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Chapter One: Sundays
Rachel Berry made her way to her stove where her hot water was whistling from her tea pot. Stirring in her mint teas, she made her way to the coach sitting down and placing her mug on the table. It was just another Sunday morning which consisted of her sweats, tea and her laptop. Pulling her laptop into her lap, she turned it on, taking a sip of her tea as she waited for it to load. Placing her mug between her legs, Rachel's perfect manicured fingers typed for Google.
"Randy Shaw" She mumbled while pressing enter "Hmm… go figure, the prick would try for Jesse's lead, good for him, maybe Jesse will get a taste of his own medicine"
Taking another sip, she back spaced typing in Claudia Victor and slamming on the enter button. Maria, Rachel's cast came beside her, rubbing her ears onto her arm.
"Well Maria, looks like mommy could use a very big time machine right now" Rachel sighed reading through the results of the searches. The cast purred in response "The little princess always get's what she wants…" The ringing of the phone brought Rachel from her thoughts, as she closed her laptop and reached for the phone.
"Hello?"
"Oh, don't you sound like your in a good mood" Rachel rolled her eyes at the sound of Quinn, her cousin on the other line.
"What do you want?"
"Well your god child wants to go to the park and since his fathers at work and I need a buddy to go to the park with"
Rachel sighed looking around her apartment trying to find something to get her out of this.
"And don't give me some lame excuse, I know for a fact what you do all Sunday which is why your meeting me at the park in five minutes. I will see you than, by Rachel" And with that, she hung up.
"I really despise that girl sometimes"
"I'm telling you, all that shit out there's getting annoying" Puck complained slamming his motorcycle helmet on the bar.
"Where have you been?" Finn asked taking a drink of his beer
"Quinn was bitching about some shit last night, I told her that I had to work because of her lame ass mood"
"So you had to lie to get out…yeah pretty much same stuff different day." Finn pushed his saved beer over "Nothing new"
'Speaking of your boring life, you get to go to Carter's parent teacher conference tomorrow"
"Just because I don't have a kid or a wife, doesn't mean I have a boring life. Plus why do I need to go to your son's conference?"
"Because Quinn and I have to work and we both can't get off"
"Isn't Quinn best friends with the teacher? Why can't she just talk to her about it personally"
"Carter wants one that's why and his Uncle Finn is going" Puck slapped Finn on the back
"Wonderful"
::::Rachel and Quinn::::
"Nice to see you dressed up for us" Quinn smirked as Rachel slammed her door shut, revealing her sweats and an old Broadway shirt. Her curly hair was pulled on top of her head with her big round sunglasses on.
"I'm a mess and at this point I don't care" Rachel mumbled shoving her keys deep into her sweatpants before her whole attitude changed and scooped the six year old Carter up "Didn't I just rid of you?"
"Hey Aunt Rachel"
"Hi there pumpkin" Rachel smiled kissing his cheek and letting him on the ground
"Be careful sweetie, don't let me see you pushing any kid down like the last time" Quinn yelled as he ran towards the play sets "Just like his father"
"I'm still mad at you" Rachel glared sitting at a bench
"Why?" Quinn laughed joining her "Because I pulled you away from your Sunday mourning ritual"
"Clever" The brunette stated rolling her eyes with leaning back "She's going after my space"
"I don't want to be the one to tell you but when you quit Rach, you give up the right to call it yours"
"Yeah I'm finding that out now"
"You did the right thing hun, I mean look at you. You're an elementary school teacher and you teach glee at night. You're an amazing singer and aunt, your surrounded by amazing people, this is where you belong"
"I just can't help but think of what could have been if I didn't leave two years ago"
"Which is why you shouldn't be beating yourself every Sunday, you should be out enjoying life. You can't keep yourself busy your whole life to avoid your problems, you've got to just accept what came to you. You were blessed with us Rachel, and you and I both know that what your living now is what was meant to happen" Quinn turned towards Rachel "Fantastic idea, how about I set you up with someone!"
"No way" Rachel laughed out shaking her head
"Come on, I have the perfect guy"
"I'm not looking for a relationship"
"Who said anything about a relationship" Quinn snorted
"As much…fun as that sounds I'm way to busy right now to be fornicating with anyone"
"Whatever" Quinn pouted "But Puck or I won't be able to make it to Carters conference tomorrow so were having one of Puck's friends go instead"
"Yeah I still don't understand that, if you wanted to know how he's doing in school my don't you just let me tell you?"
"He likes it when we go to these things and plus it makes up feel like good parents"
"You two aren't even going"
"It's for Carter, he really wants him to go"
"Just tell him to be there by three sharp because I have glee at 3:45 that day"
"Okay" Quinn agreed standing up "Carter Nathaniel Puckerman get your butt off that girl right now"
"Should have just named him Noah Jr"
"Should have named him devil child. Carter get off of her now, don't make me have to tell you again. That's it, your games are taken away for a week!"
"Mommy…" Carter whined stomping on the ground "These arms just aren't for looking, their for touching"
"Somehow I think you'll manage" Quinn rolled her eyes
::Finn::
"You have one new message" Finn threw his jacket on the couch and stood near the machine
"Hi honey, it's your mother. I was just calling to let you know that Kurt's coming to town in a few weeks and were planning to throwing him a little party…" The machine beeped and than said "You have no more messages"
Grabbing the phone, Finn dialed his mom's number until she picked up.
"Finn sweetie did you get my message"
"Half of it"
"Oh… your brother's coming to town with Blaine and we are finally going to be able to meet Meghan"
"After a whole four months?"
"Look, this is probably as close as it's going to come to having a grandchild so I'm going to soak this up"
"Well I think I've left this conversation" Finn ran his hands through his head, he always got this talk from his mother whenever he talked to her. He loves her but Finn seriously hated it when she pulled the grandmother card on him.
"Just leave your calendar open for next month of the fifth"
"Will do mom, I've got to go get some papers graded so I'll talk to you later"
"Alright dear, I love you"
"Love you to mom" And with that, he hung up sliding onto the couch with his feet hanging off. Letting out a huge sigh, he reached over for the stack of papers with the red pen clipped onto the top.
"Another fun Sunday grading papers" Finn mumbled kicking off his shoes, biting the top of his pen while flipping on the new for some background noise.
::Rachel::
Unlocking her apartment door, Rachel Berry threw her mail on the coffee table next to her couch before locking the deadbolt behind her. Slipping her shoes off at the door, she carried her Chinese over to the kitchen counter and grabbed a plate, fixing herself a meal. Grabbing a napkin and fork she carried her plate over to her sofa, sitting herself down on the sofa and relaxing back, turning on her TV. Going to her menu, she went down to the 2021 Tony Awards.
Rachel has already had all the parts memorized. She fast forwarded to about twenty one minutes into the program and took a bite of her shrimp lo mein while watching her ex-boyfriend accept his award.
"His perfect suit, his perfect smile, his perfect hair, his perfect walk, his perfect voice, his stupid heart" Rachel mumbled as she listened to him speak
"…thank my mother and my father for raising me to never be a quitter or to never lose sight of myself…"
"Yeah because your Mr. Down-to-Earth himself"
"…and my beautiful fiancé Claudia"
"Jerk" Rachel fast forwarded towards the end when Claudia was center stage, a bright light shining on her and the piano playing a soft tune.
"She's living my life" Rachel whispered "She's got everything"
So this is just a beginning, not to interesting but needed to start the story. It's going to probably be pretty long because I've got a lot of idea's rolling around in my head. Carter is going to be a pretty big character in this story! I promise I will kick it up within the next chapter and from now on. I just needed to get the basic's out. Everything will be explained down the road.
So if I should continue, hit that cool blue button down there and let me know! Thanks! -nickandcory