Hey everyone, I hope you all like the last chapter, all the reviews mean a lot to me, now I fear I may have confused some people so let's set it straight.

Rachel started Mckinely later than everyone else, the time line from where I am is that glee club have been told they have another year and they are now on vacation. Finchel didn't happen, however Finn does have feelings for Rachel. Beth did happen and Shelby did adopt her.

I want to thank everyone who took the time to read this and everyone who reviewed it and added it to their favourites and alerts.

I do NOT own glee, only the Brooke the baby and the mistakes in the story which I apologise for now.

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Rachel's eyes were wide as she took in the person in front of her.

'It is you, I thought it was when I saw you talking to that lady.' The person said with a gentle smile. Rachel's head was still playing catch up. 'Rachel are you okay?' That question snapped her back to reality.

'I'm fine Brittany, thank you for asking, how are you?' Rachel said forcing a small smile onto her face. She slid her trolley around the counter as the lady started to scan her items.

'I'm great thanks, so you enjoying the holiday?' Brittany asked with a bounce in her step, setting her items down and then following Rachel around to the end of the counter.

'Yeah it's been okay so far, what about you? You been up to much?' Rachel said, she was once again fighting with a sleeping Brooke to get her hand back from the little girl, she really was strong, finally her finger came free and she started to pack.

'Oh yeah mines been good, I've spent it with the glee club at the meet ups, Santana and Quinn took me to see the ducks and stuff, it was fun, we went on the park to, I liked going on the swings.'

Rachel carried on packing, but looked at Brittany with a raised eyebrow. 'Glee club meet ups?'

'Yeah we've met up almost every other day since school ended, we've been to the mall, the arcade, the zoo, cause I wanted to go, to the movies, didn't you like get the texts, Kurt said he told everyone but you always said you were busy.'

Figures, Rachel thought to herself, she smiled a sad small smile at Brittany who looked like she understood. 'I guess he just didn't want me there to annoy everyone or something, its okay though, I probably would have been busy anyway.' Would have been nice to be asked though. Rachel sighed, she had wondered why no one had been in contact with he, not even Mike and Tina, they had been her friends, well sort of, the longest, Mike had lived next door to her for a little while, until his family decided to move that is.

Brittany looked at her with upset and was that anger in her eyes? Rachel hid her shock well though, she had never seen the tall blonde angry.

'That's not an excuse Rach, there are people who would have wanted you thee, its not just about him.' Brittany said her voice low with anger and disappointment.

'I doubt anybody else would have wanted me there Brittany, I know I don't get one with everyone.' Rachel said, well rather mumbled to herself, but Brittany heard her anyway.

'Yeah there were a couple of people who wanted you there Rach, not everyone thinks your annoying.' Brittany said trying to cheer the girl up.

'Oh really?' Rachel asked disbelievingly, she looked away from her packing and to Brittany again 'Tell me who would have want me there?'

Brittany fixed her with a determined look before continuing 'Well Tina and Mike asked Kurt every time we met up, if you were coming, when they got a no in response they looked disappointed, and Mercedes looked a little sad with answer to, and Puck, he made comments about how he missed his little Jew princess, and well, I would have liked you there to Rach.' Brittany finishes looking shy.

Rachel's about to answer when a cry rings out, she closes her eyes and lets out a breath before opening them again. Brooke had startled awake when the warmth she had once had from Rachel's hand had sunk in, her eyes had snapped open and she looked around where her vision would let her but couldn't see Rachel anywhere, as soon as she had come to the realisation her mom was no where she could see, her eyes filled with tears and her bottom lip protruded and went down turned as she let out her cry.

Brittany looked at Rachel and then behind her to see the carrier on the trolley. Rachel looked at the carrier to, and the check out person looked at her sympathetically. Rachel turned back the check out lady and gave a small smile.

'I just need to sort her out is that okay?'

'Of course it is sweetheart don't worry' the lady reassured her in understanding. Rachel gave her a thankful and relieved smile before walking to the carrier.

'Why don't I continue packing for you Rachel?' Brittany asked and started putting things in bags.

'That would mean a lot thank you Brittany' Rachel said, she got to the font of the carrier to see a very tearful and unhappy Brooke, her eyes franticly looking around. 'What's wrong baby girl?' Rachel asked the tiny girl. Brooke's eyes snapped to her mom and her arms snapped up and out to her, wanting and needing the comfort of being held. Rachel raised an eyebrow but picked the little girl up anyway.

As soon as Brooke was in her mom's arms she snuggled as close as possible, breathing in the scent that calmed her so many time before, she whimpered and her tiny hands clutched at the top her mom was wearing. Rachel rubbed her back and swayed from side to side as she tried to calm her tiny daughter.

'Did you think I had gone and left you baby?' Rachel murmured quietly, more to herself than the tiny child in her arms. Brooke whimpered and curled further into her mother. 'Oh baby girl, I could never leave you, nope, you're stuck with me and I'm stuck with you, nothing's going change that, no its not' Rachel said, she cooed the last bit as she looked down at her whimpering daughter, she placed a soft kiss on the infants head. Finally the whimpering stopped, Rachel smiled as her tiny angel hiccupped a couple of times before going quiet, the little girl just soaking in the warmth, love and comfort her mother provided her.

Rachel could tell her daughter was calm once more and so moved so she could put the tiny girl back in the carrier, as she was about to do it Brooke's hands on to her clothes and tried to pull herself back to the warmth. Brooke started to whimper, Rachel sighed and pulled her tiny daughter back to her again. She felt a tiny sigh of relief leave her daughters lips, she smiled and ran a ring through her daughters short hair. She held the tiny girl to her body shifting so she could hold to her shoulder with one arm she moved back to the counter. Brittany was on her left as she held Brooke on her right. She helped finish off packing the last few items. The checkout lady smiled at her and the tiny angel in her arms, the other people in the line had been watching the adorable scene and some had gentle smiles on their faces. Rachel gave a shy smile back on helped load the last bag into the trolley.

Brittany had been watching the two girls interact, she could see the love and adoration that went between them but she didn't understand what was really going on. She doesn't remember Rachel telling anyone she had a baby sister, but they were obviously very close to one another, maybe a family friends baby and she was babysitting, but that still didn't explain the closeness.

The checkout lady told Rachel the amount she needed to pay, Rachel sighed and pulled out her card placing it into the reader. She entered her pin with Brooke trying to help causing a couple of people to giggle. She got her receipt and put it in her back pocket. She pulled her trolley out of the way so Brittany could get her things and get the line moving, she thanked the checkout lady as she moved to the one side.

She shifted Brooke so that she could put her into the carrier once again, she could tell by the scowl and the look in Brooke's eyes that she wasn't very happy with the move, but she distracted her with Ted the teddy and soon got her little angel to her cheerful self again. She started pushing her trolley to the exit of the store when she heard her name being called.

'Hey Rachel! Wait up!' Rachel slowed her walking but carried on going, she let Brittany catch up with her.

'So... about Kurt...' Brittany said awkwardly.

'Really Brittany don't worry about it, I'm not, I'm used to it' Rachel explains, she glances at Brooke, who once again has the ear of Ted stuck in her mouth, the baby girl babbled around it. Rachel chuckled at the sight before moving her eyes away so she could see where she was going.

'Yeah but you shouldn't be used to the Rach, you're a kind girl with a huge heart and an even bigger voice, you shouldn't be left out of things, we're meant to be a team, a family' Brittany says firmly.

Rachel smiles at the girl's determination, shaking her head softly. 'A slightly dysfunctional one,' Rachel tries to joke. 'It's the way it is though Brittany' it's always going to be that way. Rachel finishes in her head.

'But why?' Brittany asks, she didn't like people getting left out, especially if they were her teammates and friends.

'I've always been picked on since I started, you know I started later than you, so someone took it upon themselves to name me loser, I found glee club and I thought great a place to be myself, where misfits can go and just be themselves, something special, I thought I would make friends, but I was wrong, I made teammates, but they never treated me like a friend, and as you can see they aren't really that bothered about becoming one either, I'm used to it now Brittany, it won't change though, it's already too much of a habit for them to break it now.' Rachel says as they reach her car. She manages to hide the tears that want to escape and looks at Brittany, she's visibly upset with the girl's answer.

'Well how about we change that, if the club meets up again, I'll text you, for real, not like Kurt's made up one, and then you can text me back, for real, with your real answer' Brittany says. Rachel smiles at the kind girl in front of her.

'I would like that, but I will most likely be busy.'

'Is that because of the little girl in the carrier?' Brittany asks bluntly, she still had her hopeful smile in place.

Rachel's eyes stray to her baby girl in the carrier still babbling away holding Ted up so she can see his face, they look to be having an interesting conversation, Rachel chuckled at her daughter and looked back to Brittany.

'Yeah, and also some of the club wouldn't be too thrilled about me being there' Rachel said.

'I don't care about what they want, I want you to be happy and I want you there, you could bring the baby girl along on some of them, like if we went to the park, or the zoo or if we went to the mall.' Brittany said as if it were that simple, I wish it were that simple, Rachel smiled at the girls enthusiasm and the fact that she wanted her there so badly.

'It isn't that simple Brittany' Rachel tried to explain.

'Why not? Why can't it be that simple?'

'Well because I doubt they would want a baby around them, and if I brought it would mean a whole lot of questions I'm really not ready for' Rachel explained, Brittany looked at her with sad eyes and a little less hope, 'how about a compromise?' Rachel asked.

'What's that?' Brittany asked, Rachel smiled gently at the blonde. She thought about it and rewarded it.

'How about we meet half way?'

Brittany's eyes brightened 'okay' she said excitedly.

Rachel chuckled at the blonde's reaction; she opened her boot and started to unpack as she explained her idea to Brittany.

'How about if you text me when you want to hang out, we will meet up and do anything we want, whether it's just lazing at my house watching a movie, or going to the zoo to see the animals, that way we can get to know each other, and we get to hang out more.'

Brittany smiled and nodded 'I like that Idea, I already have your number, hey if we hang out enough, maybe you'll feel better about hanging out with the rest of the club, I know Puck is starting to catch on to Kurt and is getting annoyed by the fact his little Jew sister isn't there' Brittany said. Rachel smiled at her friend and nodded.

'Yeah maybe it would help, I have been missing Noah to, his one of the members I am closer to.' Rachel says.

'Well cool, I'll text you when I want to hang out and you do the same' Brittany said with a beaming smile that sucked the air out of Rachel's lungs.

'Okay sounds like a plan'

'Awesome' Brittany states, she looks at her watch, which looked to be put on wrong, she raised an eyebrow at the girl for an explanation 'I taught myself how to tell the time, but did it upside down' Brittany explained, Rachel's eyes grew wide but she nodded her head. 'Anyway I better go before LT gets into my diary again, causes a lot of trouble.' Brittany says.

Rachel smiles at Brittany and closes her trunk after packing all her shopping in. 'Okay well I'll talk to you soon then.' Rachel replied.

'Of course you will' Brittany said with so much certainty in her response Rachel believed it straight away. Brittany started to walk off before turned back to the tiny brunette. 'Oh Rachel, on last question, what's her name?' Brittany asked gesturing to the carrier.

'Brooke' Rachel replied simply.

'What no last name?' Brittany replied with a raised eyebrow.

'her last names Berry' Rachel told her biting her lip with uncertainty, wondering if she should of told the blonde girl that information.

'What like yours?' Brittany asked.

'Yeah, exactly like mine, but Brittany you can't tell anyone else okay?' Rachel explained.

'Of course, lil BB is our lil secret' Brittany said with a smile, 'oh and Rachel?' she said getting the girls attention again 'my friends call me B, Britts or Britt okay?' Brittany said coyly as she turned and walked away.

Rachel smiled at her nodded, 'I'll talk to you soon then Britt.' Rachel called out.

'You know it!' got shouted back to her, Rachel just chuckled. Taking the trolley back to its rightful place and picking up the carrier, she buckled it in the back of her car and quickly got in the driver's seat.

As she sat down her phone rang out, telling her she had a message. She raised an eyebrow but got her phone. She flipped it open and raised an eyebrow at the message chuckling lightly.

So wanna hang out 2night? x Britts x

Rachel bit her lip before replying.

Brittany sat in her car and watched as Rachel received her message and text back, her phone vibrated a few minutes later.

Sure, my house 5 good for you? x Rach x

Sounds gud 2 me! I no ur address, C u then! x Britts x

Brittany replied with a smile and set off driving, she was hoping she could get Rachel to trust her enough to open up to her, especially about Brooke. Brittany could tell there was something behind that, something the tiny diva needed to let out to someone.

Rachel replied and then started her car leaving the parking lot, she had to make sure the house looked better before Brittany arrived. She also needed to feed herself and Brooke to.

Hey guys I hoped you like the chapter, would mean a lot if you could review it, someone asked me if you will get the details and the back story of Rachel, you will, I'm going to try and get them through in dreams and flashbacks, and that note her parents left plays a part to. She will also have a talk with Brittany in a couple of chapters time, when they have gotten closer. Please check out my other stories aswell, would mean alot :D