AN: Just letting you guys know that due to a rather condescending guest review to my story "The Broadway Geek, the Badass, and the HBIC" that I will now moderate my guest reviews. I don't mind getting constructive criticism and ideas from you guys but this review was literally questioning my sanity and I don't want that to happen as I am proud of everything that write and am in no way insane as this reviewer seemed to be implying. It's a few who ruin it for everyone. I will NOT be taking down any stories because I don't believe in that but seeing as several people have done things that I don't appreciate in reviews I am enforcing the little bit of dignity given to the writer by FF so guest reviews will be looked at from now on.
AN 2: This is AU and I know that I already have 3 other stories I'm working on but this idea just came to me and just stuck. It is AU and at least some characters will be OOC.
Disclaimer: I do NOT own Glee or the rights to this song or any works of literature mentioned in the following chapters.
Hiram Berry grew up playing football for McKinley high school, he even led them to being State Champions two years in a row, when he was the starting quarterback, and he was the second string quarterback during his freshman and sophomore years at McKinley when they also were State Champions(he played part of the game but since the starting QB was junior when he was a freshman he had seniority). Hiram was the all American type of guy and he fell for the head cheerleader Shelby Corcoran his sophomore year at McKinley and they ended up getting married once they both graduated from the Columbus OSU campus. Shelby and Hiram were the typical clichéd high school romance; both were popular, he was the QB and dating the head cheerleader, they both had the all American looks and were the relationship people thought was meant for high school and maybe college since both went on compete in their respective sports in college, at OSU, but they lasted beyond that because they were meant for each in a way that most high school couples aren't (AN: yes I consider cheerleading a sport. They work hard to get their routines perfect and the conditioning they do is NOT easy.). 5 years after getting married they were preparing for the birth of their only child. When Shelby first told Hiram she was pregnant was when she was about a month pregnant, a doctors appointment the following week confirmed that Shelby was 5 weeks pregnant and the excitement that they both felt was nothing compared to the excitement they would feel in a little less than 8 months when their little bundle of joy arrived.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Since the day they got married
He'd been praying for a little baby boy
Someone he could take fishing
Throw the football, be his pride and joy
He could already see him holding that trophy
Taking his team to state
But when the nurse came in with a little pink blanket
All those big dreams changed
Hiram had always dreamed of having a little boy so when Shelby told him they were going to be parents he began to pray and attend synagogue a lot more regularly, which really made Shelby happy, her Jewish faith was very important to her after all. They decided that they would keep the gender of their baby a surprise so Hiram still dreamed and planned on having a baby boy. He looked forward to teaching his son how to play football, maybe even being his coach one day. He looked forward to watching his son lead McKinley to the State Championship that had been so elusive since he graduated, it's not even that McKinley was bad at football it's just that they always seemed to lose by a point or two. He was also looking forward to seeing his son play baseball and watching the games(football, basketball and baseball) with him on TV. His son would definitely be his pride and joy, his biggest accomplishment(bigger than all those State Championships for McKinley) so to speak, because he would be a Hiram Berry Jr.
Hiram was truly surprised when the doctor announced that his beautiful wife had given birth to beautiful and healthy baby girl. Immediately all his dreams for his child changed and he began to think about his baby girl dating boys and all the horrible people that were out there in the world, typical father worries. He switched from wanting to teach his son to be the best man possible to wanting to protect his baby girl from all the assholes and douche bags and teach her how to respect herself enough to fall in love with a boy who respects her and only wanted the best for her. In short Hiram's dreams for his child changed the second he found out he had a daughter.
Shelby and Hiram named their baby girl Rachel, after Rachel Greene on Friends, Shelby wanted a Jewish name to reflect the Jewish heritage and Rachel was Jacob's wife in the Old Testament, Adi, it means Jewel in Hebrew and Rachel was absolutely their precious little jewel, and of course Berry for her last name, even if it wasn't exactly Jewish they couldn't change that(Hiram's great, great, great grandparents converted from Catholicism to Judaism as children and then met and married and carried on the Jewish lineage. They tried to have more kids but unfortunately there were some issues with Shelby's health that were undiagnosed during her pregnancy with Rachel that prevented further pregnancies but these weren't discovered until Shelby's third miscarriage after Rachel's birth.
Rachel was the epitome of a girly girl but she was also a daddy's girl. Growing up she took dance lessons and became a cheerleader BUT she also loved to watch the games with her dad because she loved spending time with her dad. Rachel was so much a daddy's girl that as a kid she felt like she needed his approval for everything and she absolutely hated to disappoint him, that's not to say she liked to disappointment her mom but the sadness and disappointment she felt at disappointing her dad was more than she felt at disappointing her mom. Rachel would always take it harder when she upset her dad and any punishment she received from him for doing wrong was met with tears and a million "I'm sorry's" and a million more "I'll never do that again's" and a hundred million "Please forgive me's" and while her mom always got the apologies and promises to not do something again and begging for forgiveness there were never tears and there weren't quite as many of each sentiment. Although no matter who the punishment came from one thing held true, Rachel told the truth when she said she would never do something again she was telling the truth, like the time she insulted her cousin who was adopted and then told her cousin he was adopted and that his birth parents didn't want him she apologized to her cousin, both her mom and dad, and to her aunt and uncle, begged them all for forgiveness and then promised to never do that again and she truly didn't. That's the thing about Rachel she may do things out of anger or rashness, it comes from being Hiram's daughter since he made rash decisions especially as a teenager and he made decisions out of anger, but once she promised to stop doing something or to never do something again or even to do something she kept her word. This trait of Rachel's made it really hard for Shelby and Hiram to stay mad at her when she had done something wrong and they were supposed to be punishing her; the punishments hardly ever stayed the entire time but Rachel always learned her lesson no matter what, though Hiram was normally the one to lift the punishment.
Another thing that made Rachel a daddy's girl was the fact that when she wanted something she would always ask Shelby first just because that was her mom BUT if she was told no for some reason she would go pout to Hiram until he gave in and gave her what she wanted. Hiram having such a weak spot for Rachel is how she got out of punishments so easily, how she had a car when she only 14, and how she was able to go to a sleep away co-ed cheer camp that was also right next to a football camp the summer before her freshman year. Rachel had Hiram wrapped around her finger and honestly he wouldn't have it any other way because she was his baby girl, and he often called her baby jewel referring to her being his baby and the meaning of her middle name all at once. Although only Hiram was allowed to call her that, Rachel wouldn't even let Shelby call her that much less anyone else in her family or any of her friends, it was a nickname reserved only for her Daddy, as she called Hiram.
And now, he's wrapped around her finger
She's the center of his whole world
And his heart belongs to that sweet, little, beautiful, wonderful, perfect
All-American girl
AN 3: So I know this is pretty short but instead of making it a one shot it'll be short multi chapter, maybe 6 chapters but probably less. In case you haven't already figured it out this is to Carrie Underwood's 'All American Girl'.
Hope you guys enjoy.
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