Title – It's a New Dawn and a New Day
Rating – T
Summary – AU and a bit OOC fic. Brittany and Hollie are now living with Rachel and her dads. This is a mix of fluffy one-shot type chapters about how they adjust and the 'first time' moments they go through with some scenes that develop the story started in the first 2 parts of the series.
Series – The Life of Brittany part 3
Disclaimer – I don't own Glee. Everything in this is pure fiction.
A/N So, this is part 3 of this series! Sorry I've been away so long, I may add a final chapter to part 2 (You Light the Sky) to tie up any loose ends but I decided to post this up first. I will update this from time to time with new chapters, which will interlink. I recommend that you read the other 2 parts of this series first so that the background this is based on will make more sense. Please read and Review!
Chapter 1 – My Own Room
Brittany and Hollie were finally allowed to move into the Berry's household today. Rachel and her dads arrived at the hostel to pick the two girls up. The hostel was being closed down after the girls had left and its fate was still uncertain depending on who bought it – it would either be refurbished or demolished. The other four had already moved into a council house on the other side of town, which prompted a very emotional goodbye when they left. Rachel gets out of the car to greet the girls and is almost knocked over when Hollie runs at her, jumping into her adoptive sisters arms and hugging her neck. Rachel gently moves one of Hollie's pigtails from near her mouth and holds her in her arms.
"You got everything?" Rachel asks, noting that Hollie is clutching her teddy.
"Yup, I got my backpack and teddy" Hollie smiles, pointing to her battered pink backpack that Brittany is carrying. Brittany herself has her school bag and a small blue satchel bag that belonged to Alex, the boy she met on the streets who was stabbed just over 3 years ago.
Hiram Berry gets out of the car and puts the bags into the boot. Brittany keeps hold of the satchel as they climb into the back. Brittany looks over and smiles warmly at the interaction between her 'sisters'. Rachel is explaining what a booster seat is (Brittany is used to cars as she always walked to Santana's house and got a ride into school with her, Hollie has been in one a couple of times when she was very young and has learnt about them in school) and she helps Hollie with the seat belt, who grins at her in return. Rachel does her own seat belt and they set off to the house. Brittany takes one last glance at the hostel and feels weird – glad to be leaving and getting a better life but sad because it will feel weird not living their with the group anymore.
Once they have arrived at the house and are sat on the sofa in the living room, Rachel enters with a parcel in each hand. One is wrapped in pink paper with cartoon characters on and the other in turquoise blue with a purple ribbon tied on.
"I got you each a present. I made a little pack of things you might like to celebrate you moving in" Rachel smiles, handing out the presents. Both girls smile broadly at Rachel before opening their presents. Hollie's is the pink parcel, which contains a small toy cat, a butterfly print notebook and a pencil case filled with school-type stationery: colouring pencils, crayons, felt tips etc. Brittany's parcel contains a toy duck, a sparkly purple notebook and a less bulky version of her sister's pencil case that is blue with rainbows on.
"We've got you each the basic stuff you will need – dental stuff, shower stuff etc. You each also have your own room which we've decorated accordingly." Hiram says.
Hollie squeaks in excitement, which makes Rachel giggle.
"Wow, I get my own room?" Hollie smiles
"Yup sweetie" Leroy smiles back "I'll show you yours and Britt im sure Rachel will show you yours in a bit, she designed it!"
With this, Hollie jumps down from the sofa and takes his hand. They walk out to the hallway and Leroy guides her to her room. There is a butterfly sticker on the door, which Hollie likes, and they open the door to reveal a small white and pink bedroom. There is a rug shaped like a flower on the floor, with a small bed in the corner and a mini dolls house sat on a box by the window. There is a wardrobe which has some basic clothing in it – underwear, a few pairs of trousers, a selection of tops, school uniform, a couple of dresses and 3 pairs of shoes (school ones, trainers and fancier ones for special occasions).
"Do you like it sweetie?" Leroy asks, giggling at his daughter as she wanders around the room, showing teddy the doll's house.
"I love it!" she proclaims, flinging her arms around the tall man "Thanks."
"No problem sweetie, are you going to sit and play for a bit? I'll come and tell you when lunch is ready"
"Okay" she grins and he walks out of the door, a warm sensation making him smile as he watches her play.
Meanwhile, Rachel and Brittany have been sat downstairs talking. When Leroy comes back down, Rachel is sat on the floor in front of the sofa with Brittany behind her who is plaiting Rachel's hair into a French plait.
"Hi girls" he smiles
"Hi daddy" Rachel replies. Brittany looks up for a second, smiles and then goes back to finishing off the plait. She ties off the end with a small bobble from Rachel's box of hair things she keeps in the downstairs cupboard. Brittany also pulls out a ribbon with little gold stars printed on it and ties that around the end bobble.
"There, it's done" Brittany says, climbing to her feet and helping Rachel up.
"You like it daddy?" Rachel asks, spinning around slowly so he could see the plait.
"Very nice sweetie" he says "Are you gonna show Brittany her room?"
"Yeah, come on Britt!" Rachel grins, taking the taller girls hand and excitedly dragging her out of the room and upstairs.
When they reach the landing, Rachel dashes to the toilet. Brittany has already guessed which of the 4 rooms is hers – Rachel's has a large gold star on the door with her name on, Leroy and Hiram's is plain with a couple of drawings on the front of it which were obviously by Rachel when she was younger, Hollie's has the butterflies on and the last door along has a red and white plaque on the door with a couple of cheerleading and duck stickers. Brittany can hear laughter from Hollie's room and opens her little sister's door slightly to see her. Hollie is trying on her new clothes and is wearing a bright pink dress with sparkly trainers.
"Hi!" she grins as she twirls around in the dress
"You look lovely!" Brittany smiles
"Wanna dance?" asks Hollie, who takes Brittany's hands
Rachel enters the room as the two of them are twirling around. She can't help but smile at them and they both smile back. Rachel hugs Hollie, telling her she looks pretty, and then takes Brittany hand.
"Are we gonna see my room now?" Brittany asks
"Yes, it's just next door" Rachel says
"Have fun sis" Hollie says, going back to rummaging through her wardrobe.
Rachel guides Brittany to the room next door, which Brittany had seen earlier. The room is painted a turquoise blue colour with a green border. There is a wooden bunk bed in the corner which has a 'den' part underneath with a desk, a little TV and some DVDs. There is a wardrobe with the same sort of clothes of Hollie's but in Brittany's size and style. There is also a table with a mirror over it and a dresser to the side of that with a CD player on. Rachel shows Brittany how to work the CD player and puts a song on. Brittany instantly recognises it as Santana's favourite song that she plays in a morning and smiles.
After lunch, Brittany, Hollie and Rachel spend the rest of the day dressing up and dancing to music. This makes Hollie and Brittany feel like they belong, but also Rachel. She's never had a sibling or even a proper friend before, but now she has both and life couldn't be better.