Rachel's POV:

As I stormed down the hallway I knew the one place I was going and that was back to the auditorium. I pulled out my phone as I got on stage and found the lyrics that I wanted. The song was a bit edgy for my voice but it was something that I felt like I could accomplish. I walked to the middle of the stage and then peered out into the empty auditorium.

"Love love love love love love love

You were everything I wanted.

You were everything a girl could be.

Then you left me brokenhearted

Now you don't mean a thing to me

All I wanted was your

Love love love love love love

Hate is a strong word

But I really really really don't like you

Now that it's over

I don't even know what I liked about you

Brought you around

And you just brought me down.

Hate is a strong word.

But I really really really don't like you.

I really don't like you.

Thought that everything was perfect

Isn't that how it's supposed to be?

Thought you thought that I was worth it

Now I think a little differently

All I wanted was your

Love love love love love love

Hate is a strong word

But I really really really don't like you

Now that it's over

I don't even know what I liked about you

Brought you around

And you just brought me down

Hate is a strong word

But I really really really don't like you

Now that it's over you can't hurt me

Now that it's over you can't bring me down

Oh... oh... oh... oh oh oh oh oh

Oh... oh... oh... oh oh oh oh oh

All I wanted was your

Love love love love love love

Hey!

Hate is a strong word

But I really really really don't like you

I really don't like you

Now that it's over

I don't even know what I liked about you

Liked about you

Brought you around

And you just brought me down

Hey!

Hate is a strong word

But I really really really don't like you

Oh... oh... oh... oh oh oh

I really don't like you

Oh... oh... oh... oh oh oh

I really don't like you

Oh... oh... oh... oh oh oh

I really don't like you

Oh... oh... oh... oh oh oh"

I let the last note ring out in the auditorium before I took a seat on the edge of the stage and waited for Glee to start. I just needed something to distract me and that usually worked.

"Damn girl." I turned and saw Santana walking out on stage. "Was that all about your mother?" She asked taking a seat next to me.

"Please don't call her that. All she is to me is Ms. Corcoran or something else that I can't say outloud." I said looking at Santana

"Sorry I forgot." She said looking down at our feet.

"It's fine." I lied turning to her. "So you have a free period too?" I asked.

"No I'm in math right now." She said smiling.

"But you're..."

"In math Berry. Look if you are going to skip you need to learn this simple lesson. Deny, deny, deny. Oh and lie, lie, lie, but that seemed simple enough."

"So why did you come here?"

"I saw you storm past my class room and I decided to come investigate."

"You didn't have to, I am fine."

"Oh I'm sure that song showed me, that you are totally fine, although if you keep this up we will breeze by at sectionals."

"Thanks for the compliment." I said laughing as I got up.

"Where are you going?" She asked following me.

"I don't know." I said walking out of the auditorium and down the hall.

I had just reached the choir room when the bell rang so I walked inside and sat down. A few minutes later other members of glee came into the room and sat down. We talked for a while before Mr. Schuester came in and started rehearsal, or what he considers rehearsal.

"Alright guys, I hope you had a good summer and are ready for this year." He said putting down some sheet music on the piano. "Now I know that we need to get ready for sectionals but we will take care of that a little later. Right now I want to give you an assignment for the week. I want you all to come up with a song that describes your summer or your first day at school, your choice. We will start with Quinn on Friday. Now who has suggestions for sectionals..." I tuned Schuester out as I tried to think of a song to do for the summer.

There was so many things that happened over the summer but I wasn't sure how to put all those things into one song. Finn and I had sex which was a big deal, it was also very romantic. He had taken me out on a date while my dads were on a cruise and then we went back to my house and it happened. It was great and I was glad that it never happened with Jesse.

"Hey Rach, do you want to do a duet?" Finn asked leaning over to me.

"Yeah, I think I know a song."

"Great." Finn said turning back to the front of the room.

"Any other suggestions?" Mr Schuester said turning from the board.

"Momma Who Bore Me from Spring Awakening." Kurt said looking at me. "And Rachel should sing it." He added with a smile.

"That is a possibility Kurt. Anything else?" No one raised their hand. "Well then I guess we can call it a day. I know that you all have homework being as it is the first day so take a break. Rachel can I talk to you before you leave?" He asked packing up his stuff.

"Sure." Finn squeezed my hand and then exited the room while I got up and walked over to the piano.

"How was your day Rachel?" He asked looking at me.

"Fine."

"How are you dealing with the mother situation?"

"Please don't refer to her as that. I don't have a mother, she made that pretty clear the last time we spoke." I snapped and Mr. Schue gave a small smile.

"Apparently not very well." He joked trying to lighten the mood.

"It's fine, she just is not my mother, she is Ms. Corcoran and that is how I would like her referred to."

"How would you feel if I had her come and work with the glee club?" He asked in his serious tone.

"It's fine. I have to go, my dads are waiting for me." I lied looking at the door.

"Okay, I'll see you tomorrow."

"Yeah." I said as I walked out the door. "Just one thing..." I said turning back to him.

"What is that?"

"Can you let me know ahead of time what days she will be coming in, I just want to prepare myself."

"Of course."

"Thanks." I turned back to the door and walked out.

When I walked around the corner I saw Finn leaning against the wall waiting for me.

"So what did he want to talk to you about?" He asked as he walked along side me.

"He was just wondering if I would be ready to go after Quinn for the assignment."

"What did you say?"

"I told him that you and I would be ready."

"So what song do you have in mind?" He asked grabbing my hand.

"How do you feel about Greece?" Finn smiled as we walked out to my car.

When I made it home I decided against telling my dad's about Shelby right away. I had already tried to get out of her class so there was nothing that could really be done about it. I made my way into my room and shut the door being as neither of my dads were home from work yet.

I started working on my homework for the day when I stumbled across the assignment that Shelby had given us today in class. I knew what I wanted to do with the paper and that was to not do anything thing but there were other options that I had that would mess with her.

I could write about losing the big V over the summer but that could get back to my dads and well they could go a few more years without finding out about that. I could also write about hanging out with my glee family and how great that is. Out of all the ideas that I came up with I decided to just wait until later before I worked on the paper. Now that I had that taken care of for the moment I moved on to my math homework.

It was a little after seven when my dads got home. I ran down the stairs to greet them. They both gave me a kiss and then we ate a quick dinner and I went up stairs calling it a night while they watched the news.

I knew that if I stayed down there too long with them they would start to ask about my day in detail and well I wasn't sure if I could keep Shelby a secret if I stayed so I just left. I finished my reading for science for the first test and then went to bed.

In the morning I got dressed and waited for Finn to pick me up. Usually I would drive myself to school but my dads were leaving to go out of town for two weeks and they felt better if Finn or someone else drove me when they were gone at least for the first day.

Finn parked next to Kurt and Mercedes and then we walked into the school and found Puck and a few other people who were talking in a group.

"Hey Rach what did you write that paper on?" Puck asked as we joined the group.

"What paper?" I questioned as he stared at me.

"The one for your moth...I mean Ms. Corcoran's class." I felt my jaw drop in terror as I realized that I had forgotten all about that assignment. "Please tell me you did it." Puck said with a smile.

"I forgot." I said biting my lower lip.

"What?" Santana said butting in. "Berry forgot to do her homework?" She said starting to laugh.

"Knock it off. I had a rough first day." I said playfully pushing Santana away.

"So what are you going to do?" Finn asked rubbing my arm.

"I could just write it during one of my other classes..." I trailed off as I saw Shelby walking down the hallway towards our group not even aware that we all had turned to look at her. "Or I could skip her class all together." I said and the group turned to face me again.

"Skipping and not doing your work? I think I can really like this Berry." Santana said smiling at me.

"I hate this." Finn said drawing all the attention to him.

"Hate what?" I asked rubbing his arm.

"I hate that she can walk all over campus with a smile on her face while you have to avoid her like the plague so you can have a good day at school, it is just so unfair."

"I can fix that." Puck said and we all turned to him.

"Fix what?" I asked skeptically.

"That smile she has. I can make sure that this week is the worst week of her life."

"How can you do that?" I asked curious about what he had in mind.

"Well she yelled at some football players yesterday and I have kept them from doing anything being as she is...well you know, I say the word and her hell week is in full swing."

"As long as it doesn't harm animals I say do it!" I smiled an evil smile and I made that statement.

"This should be fun." Puck said as he turned and walked off.

Yes it should be fun. I said to myself as I grabbed Finn's hand and pulled him towards our first class.


Shelby's POV:

Day two. I thought as I walked back to my classroom for my first class. I was determined to have a better day than yesterday and well that shouldn't be hard being as I had set the bar pretty low for that. I walked into my classroom and walked over to my desk and sat down waiting for the class to start.

The first class went rather well. Everyone turned in their assignment which was a good thing and then we were able to get a lot done in the class. My second class was when things started to get messy. I was standing outside my door when I saw a few jocks approaching with cups in their hands. For a moment I felt fear which was strange being as I was usually the one evoking fear not feeling it. It was a few seconds later that I felt the cold drink dripping down my face. The attack was not directly intended for me but the majority of the drinks had landed on me as if it had been. The kid who had missed being attacked ran down the hall followed by the jocks while I leaned against my open door covered in the cold sticky drink.

I could feel my eyes burning as I made my way to the bathroom. I was almost there when I ran into Will.

"Shelby what happened?" He asked looking at me.

"I was an unintentional victim of the drive by slushie." I said still walking towards the bathroom.

"Do you want me to watch your class for you?" He asked walking in that direction.

"If you could, that would be great."

"Okay." He smiled and then I turned and walked into the bathroom heading towards that sink.

I had gotten most of it out of my hair and my clothes but the stinging in my eyes had not gone away as I returned to my classroom. Will had collected their assignments and they were silent and reading the three chapters that I was going to assign them from the novel The Great Gatsby. When Will saw me enter he smiled and then walked over to me and whispered.

"Well I guess your first slushie officially welcomes you to McKinley." He smiled and turned to me.

"I guess it does." I returned the smile. "Thank you for watching my class for me."

"It was not a problem, this is my planning period anyway."

"Well thank you again."

"I'll see you at lunch." He said as he turned to the door and walked out of the room.

By the time lunch rolled around my clothes were dry and my eyes had stopped burning. I took a seat at the table I had sat at the previous day and pulled out my lunch to eat. A few minutes later Will sat down next to me.

"So how are classes going?" He asked pulling out a sandwich and placing it on the table.

"Fine. The kids are great so far, although those jocks at this school are riding on my last nerves."

"What have they done?" He asked as he took a bite of his sandwich.

"Well after the slushie there was stealing all my board markers, making noises every time I turned my back, calling my name and then saying nothing when I answered, and then there was a few rude comments that were made."

"Sounds like a typical day here, so I guess they like you." He joked.

"Oh boy! I would hate to see what they do when they don't like you." He smiled and then I ate some of my lunch.

"So I talked to Rachel about you yesterday." Will started looking down at his food.

"Really?" I said looking at him with interest.

"Yeah."

"What did she say?" I pressed the issue.

"She said that you are more than welcome to come and help out with our rehearsals." He said picking up his sandwich and taking another bite.

"Really, she said that?" I questioned.

"Yeah." He nodded.

"You still think that I should talk to her don't you?" He smiled.

"Of course I do. Things between you and Rachel didn't end the way that they should have and well I think that talking to her might help the situation a little bit."

"I'm not that great at talking and she isn't that great at listening."

"Make her listen and speak from your heart. I can see how much you love Rachel you just need to let her know that."

"I might love her but she clearly doesn't care and doesn't need me and I don't think that a talk will do anything for us..."

"It doesn't hurt to try." I smiled and looked at him.

"I will talk to her after fifth period today."

"Good." He smiled and we finished our lunches.

Fourth period went by too fast. It seemed like it had just started when the bell rang to dismiss that class. I stayed behind my desk watching the students file into the room and place their assignments on my desk before they sat down. As the time passed I watched more and more students enter the room until the bell rang and I looked around finding everyone in the room except for Rachel. I stacked the papers on my desk neatly and placed them to the side wondering where she could be. It wasn't like Rachel not to show up and I couldn't remember if I had seen her earlier today but I didn't have too much time to waste trying to figure out where she was, I needed to start class.

"Alright, I hope that you all had a good first day and that you remembered to do and turn in your assignment..."

"Who could forget something you assigned." I heard Rachel's friend call from the back of the room. I ignored his comment and moved on.

"I am going to be handing out The Great Gatsby to you all in class today and your assignment for the rest of the week is to read the first six chapters and write a journal on the assigned topics that I will be handing out tomorrow."

"I know a topic I would like to cover." A jock in the front row mumbled under his breath but I let it go again. I knew that if I let them know that their comments were bothering me they would just continue with this act.

I continued on with my lecture and then I dropped my pencil and bent down to pick it up. I heard a whistle from someone in the room and when I stood up they could tell that I had enough.

"Who was it?" I demanded glaring at the entire room but no one would answer the question. "Tell me who it was." I demanded again but nothing happened. "Alright then I guess you all will be seeing me tomorrow at lunch to serve a lunch detention..." And that was when one of the girls in the front row told me who it was.

"It was Puck." She said pointing to Rachel's friend in the back of the room.

I glanced at him and he just smiled. It was a few minutes later that the bell rang and the class got up and left.

"Noah, let's talk." I said as he tried to walk out of the door. He groaned and then walked over to my desk where I was seated.

"What? I got it lunch detention tomorrow." He said rolling his eyes.

"Look I get that you have to be seen as this tough guy around all your friends but look around Noah, no one is here so you can drop the act."

"First off the name is Puck and secondly this is no act. This is one hundred percent Puckerman, and if you don't like it, too bad." I rolled my eyes and looked at him.

"Alright Puck, I will see you at lunch tomorrow." I said through a tight smile as he walked out of my door.

Rachel sure had some taste in friends. I mean this boy was clearly up to no good and he was the guy she was flirting with in my class yesterday. This was not a typical Rachel thing but I wasn't really the person to know about what a typical Rachel thing would be. I mean I barley know her so who am I to judge.

I waited until the bell rang for the students to be in class before I decided that I would go out in the hallway again. I had to go drop something off in the office but there was no way that I was taking the chance of being covered in something else that the students around here enjoyed throwing.

I made my way to the office and dropped the paper off and then I made my way back to my classroom stopping in the auditorium on my way back. As I made my way down towards the stage I felt at home. There was something about stages that made me feel comfortable even when I wasn't the one performing on them. I missed glee club so much but I didn't want to get sucked into that vortex again. Glee club was like a drug to me, once I started it was hard to stop and once I had managed to stop I went through periods of withdraw. I walked up the stairs and stood on the stage when I heard a noise coming from off stage so I went to find out what was going on.

I walked around the corner and that was when I saw the two kids making out in the corner. Normally it didn't bother me but when I saw her hair draped over his shoulders something set me off.

"Hey!" I said as I watched the boy pull away from Rachel.

"Ms. Corcoran." The boy said as he moved farther from Rachel.

"What is going on here?" I asked crossing my arms and glaring at Rachel as she glared back.

"I was just heading to class." The boy said pointing towards the door.

"You're late." I said turning to him.

"So I really should be going." He said and then turned to leave the stage. I moved to the side so he could pass me and then I looked back at Rachel who was gathering her things.

"Would you like to tell me what is going on?" I asked turning back to Rachel after I was sure we were alone.

"Not really." She said getting up trying to leave the stage.

"I think you should." I said blocking her way.

"It's none of your business. Now if you would excuse me I should be going."

"Well what you were doing might be none of my business but would you like to tell me where you were during my class today?"

"Again, not really. Now I have to go." She said pushing past me.

"Rachel!" I called as she walked away.

"What?" She yelled as she turned back towards me in anger.

"Detention tomorrow at lunch in my room. Oh and bring your assignment." I said as she turned and stormed out of the auditorium.


Rachel's POV:

Who was she to be telling me what to do? I mean yes she was my teacher but that was all. She had made it very clear to me that she was not my mother so there was no reason for her to be taking on the mothering role. I had a suspicion that if it had been anyone else making out back stage she wouldn't have said anything but when she saw that it was me she had to step in.

What was she even doing in the auditorium? She was suppose to be in class or something like that. The stage was my domain and yet there she was taking over that too. I stormed down the hallway in anger and barley noticed that I had run into Puck.

"What the hell Berry!" He said from the ground.

"Sorry Puck." I gave him a hand and helped him up.

"What is wrong with you?" He asked brushing himself off.

"Ms. Corcoran." I sneered.

"Tell me about it. That woman is a bitch!"

"What happened during class?" I asked as we walked down the hall together.

"Me and a few other jocks were giving her a hard time and she took it all out on me. She gave me a lunch detention. Can you believe that?"

"Yeah, I just got one too!"

"You? How did you accomplish that?" He asked in disbelief.

"I was making out with Finn backstage and she caught us."

"And you got a lunch detention for that? Is that even possible?"

"No, I got one for skipping her class." I said rolling my eyes.

"Well at least you don't have to do it alone."

"That is true." I said as we walked out into the parking lot.

"So Rachel I was wondering how you would feel if a few of the football players and I took this hell week thing a little farther." Puck said stopping by Finn's car.

"What do you have in mind?" I asked with a smile.

"Toilet paper, silly string, slushies, trashing her house."

"Wait do you know where she lives?"

"It wasn't hard to find."

"I'm in."

A/n: There seems to be a little confusion. This is my original story that I had posted almost a year or so ago. I had taken it down prior to finishing it due to certain reasons but after several people asking me to post it again I am posting it and finishing it. The reason the posting is taking so long is because I am editing it again and then posting it as well as working on other stories (yes I am continuing to write it is just taking some time) So I hope that clears things up.

-Katie