I do not own Glee if I did it would have been pezberry from day one.

Angel

Chapter 1: Broken

Rachel Berry, once the self proclaimed diva of her high school glee club. Was now nothing more than a broken shell of the person she once was. Having to fight to get into NYADA she ended up having to drop out half way through her freshman year because of one little mistake. That mistake turned out to be her wonderful four year old son Tyler Levi Berry who Rachel just called Ty. She had with then boyfriend Brody Weston.

Brody was now Rachel's fiancé and the reason she was where she was now. Brody stepped up and took responsibility as soon as Rachel told him she was pregnant which surprised her roommates and friend's at the time, Kurt Hummel and Santana Lopez. Though Santana kept saying there was something wrong with Brody. She believed he was a drug dealer and kept calling him the plastic man. The last time Rachel saw or heard from Santana was the night they asked her to move out that was almost five years ago now. Rachel often wondered if Santana finished college if she had she should be working her way to becoming a great doctor. Unlike most at Mckinley high school who thought Santana was a bitch and only cared about herself Rachel was one of the few who knew that the Latina really had a heart.

After Santana left a few months later Kurt left to, he wanted to be back home in Lima with his father who was slowly losing his fight with cancer. Leaving Rachel and Brody to have the entire flat to themselves. After Santana and Kurt were gone however Rachel noticed a slight change in Brody he became a little more controlling and his temper was getting worse and worse. Rachel would admit that Brody never laid a hand on her while she was pregnant so she thought he never would. Rachel learned that she was wrong when Tyler was only eight weeks old when Brody slapped her because the baby wouldn't stop crying. Over time the slaps came more often and slowing turned into punches or kicks. Thankfully Brody never laid a hand on Tyler other than to shove him out of the way. Brody mostly yelled at the young child to keep quite and not to move.

Over time the abuse got worse and Rachel thought she would never get out of it. She no longer had friends, because of Brody and her fathers didn't speak to her since she dropped out of NYADA. After time Rachel just stayed because she thought that it was the best thing that Ty had his father in his life. As time passed Rachel even lost her will to sing. After about a year Brody started making the rules, rules that Rachel thought were dumb and somewhat unfair. If she disobeyed any of the rules she would pay for it. Tonight she disobeyed one of those rules Thats why she was here in Manhattan General Hospital. All she had done was feed her child first and that broke the rule. Tyler and Rachel had to wait for Brody to eat his meal first then they were allowed to eat what was left and most of the time it wasn't much because if Rachel made extra Brody would throw it away and then neither one of them would eat that night. Brody found out that Rachel has fed Ty a piece of tomato from the salad. Brody had taken it to far this time and beat Rachel with his fists first the struck with his belt several times scaring Tyler who had learned how to call the police while in preschool the day before and used his daddies phone to call for help for his mommy.

Rachel lay on the gurney while Tyler sat on the bottom since him and his mom were so tiny there was enough room. The police had arrested Brody but without Rachel pressing charges they could only hold him for twenty-four hours. While waiting for the resident doctor to come examine her the nurse who was helping fill out her forms was trying to talk Rachel into just going home with Brody. Rachel knew that she knew the nurse from somewhere, but her head was pounding, she really couldn't see straight. Rachel was also holding an ice pack against her left cheek. The medic who brought her in thought it might be broken. But she knew she heard that voice from somewhere before she just couldn't place it now.

"Miss, maybe you should just head home with this little guys father. Instead of making him sit here with you." The nurse said as she looked at little Tyler asleep on Rachel's leg.

"Why? Why would I want to go back he's the one who did this. I refuse to leave my child with that man." When Rachel spoke her voice sounded so broken.

"Well according to you. You don't have a job. I'm only guessing you don't have your degree. So why not just sign the papers and leave. I'm sure the two of you could work this..."

Just then the nurse was interrupted by another nurse clearing her throat. "Last time I checked Nurse Weston we didn't talk abuse victims into going back home to person who abused them." She turned to Rachel carefully throwing a blanket over Tyler. "Miss Berry a doctor will be in shortly you just stay right there." the nurse spoke before dragging the nurse out of the room.

That's when it clicked with Rachel the nurse was Brody's little sister. Great Rachel thought she would have to leave here before Brody got released but where she would go she had no idea. Social Services was so backed up they wouldn't be able to help for at least a month. Rachel felt like crying and breaking down. She just looked up at the ceiling trying to think what she could do when a voice from the past brought her out of her own head.

"Holy Shit, Berry?"

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