Since then, the pair kept thinking about eachother.

Shelby kept wondering if Tina was okay and Tina kept thinking about what it would be like to still have a Mum.

Tina turned her attention to sketches and did a whole load of sketches of her with Shelby and Beth, they were great and heavily detailed but she always hid them when someone visited.

Soon enough school was back in session and Tina was back in glee, and she was really surprised to see Shelby at school, the woman helping with the club.

Tina deduced it was to get closer to Rachel when she was wrong.

They were going strong when Will stood forward.

"I've heard we're all having some Mother troubles at the moment and I decided to use that focus as today's assignment, pick a song that you would use to express what you want to say to your Mum and sing it up here for everyone..."

Tina looked up and stuck her hand in the air.

"Mr Schue?"

"Yes Tina everyone has to sing, you can't back out-"

"Actually... I was wondering if I could go first?"she asked as Will paused.

"Oh uhh yeah, you have a song already?"

Tina nodded"Yeah..."

Will gestured to the floor, sitting in her seat as Tina got up, walking over to the piano and began to play it.

She began to sing a heartfelt rendition of Avril Lavigne's 'When Your Gone'

The song hit hearts with everyone, the girl going slow at start but got louder, putting emotion and power into the song that had Shelby almost in tears, knowing why Tina was singing the song in the first place.

When she finished, she was met with silence.

Since her Mother passed away, she hadn't allowed herself any time to grieve, she didn't think about it, she just carried on doing what she did and singing that song was breaking down the facade she had put up.

She clenched her teeth staring at the piano keys, trying to stop the tears pooling in her eyes as she made a fist, the others seeing it.

"Tina?"

"I'm sorry..."

The girl spoke quietly as she got up and rushed out of the room.

The group looked at each other and Shelby stood up, Rachel frowning in confusement as her Mum got up and rushed out of the room after Tina.

Shelby found her going into the auditorium and went in after and grabbed her, holding her as Tina sobbed.

Tina couldn't hold back the tears as Shelby held her and Tina hid her face in the woman's chest as she cried.

"Shhh shhh shhh..."

Slowly Tina calmed down, Shelby stroking her hair as Shelby sat her down.

"You didn't grieve for your Mum did you?"

Tina shook her head"N-No..."she said looking down"I didn't want anyone to know... I didn't want to give the b-bullies more fuel for the fire..."

Shelby sighed"Tina when something like this happens you have to let yourself grieve or it's just gonna explode like it did just a second ago..."Shelby said, taking Tina's hands in hers.

Shelby stayed with Tina for a while, just talking to the girl, consoling her and then the pair went back to the choir room, the girl taking her seat as did Shelby.

Shelby found herself drawn to Tina ever since the young girl rescued Beth.

She was spending more time with Tina than she was Rachel and Will noticed.


A few days later Shelby came into the choir room with Beth, a bag on her shoulder and a stressed look on her face.

"Miss Corcoran..."Finn said as the woman turned to Tina.

"I need your help..."

Tina paused"My help?"

Shelby nodded"Yes, I've just been asked to go to the hospital for an appointment and I can't care for Beth and be paying attention to the Doctor at the same time, she really enjoys your company and I was hoping you could come and watch her for me"she asked.

Beth was Quinn's child.

Shelby was Rachel's Mother.

Yet she asked Tina to look after Beth?

"Sure"

Shelby turned to Will"Tina's free to come with me right?"

Will nodded"Yeah of course"

So Tina left with Shelby, holding Beth as they waited in the hospital room.

"I'm surprised you asked me to look after Beth"

"Why?"Shelby asked looking over as Tina held the sleeping Beth in her hands.

"Well Quinn did give birth to Beth... and Rachel is your child, I thought you would have asked one of them to come with you..."

Shelby thought about it"I guess but Beth likes you, and I trust you, yeah Beth came from Quinn and Rachel's my child but that doesn't mean I trust them, plus... No offence its not like you were going to be busy in there anyway..."

"Mr Schue was going to announce our Sectionals songs..."

Shelby nodded"Yeah..."

Tina frowned"What?"

Shelby tore her eyes away from the Doctor who sat at the computer.

"Your... not being featured again..."she said gently"I tried to persuade him to give you a part in the group number but he didn't budge..."

Tina shrugged"Mr Schue obviously believes I'm not good enough to handle a solo... or a duet... or a group number..."

Shelby frowned"Tina you're a great singer, a really great one... he's just hung up on Rachel and Finn..."

Tina nodded"Did you hear about what Rachel did last year?"

"What?"Shelby asked with a smile.

"Mr Schue gave me my first solo, it was 'Tonight' from West Side Story and as soon as Rachel found out she wasn't doing the solo she threw a fit, said I wasn't ready for a solo, or an iconic role such as Maria, she quit the club because she thought Mr Schue was punishing her, asked why he had to hurt her to make me feel good and I was happy I got the solo... I practiced every day multiple times to be able to perform for the group... to show them how well I was but..."

"But what?"Shelby asked as Tina looked up.

"Mr Schue got Rachel to rejoin by giving her the solo... I didn't get to sing it for the group and didn't get any other opportunities to sing for the year..."

Shelby stared"Oh Tina I'm sorry..."

Tina shook her head with a shrug"Don't be... there must be a reason why I don't sing... I think he keeps me in the club to make sure we have regulation numbers... which hurts because I was one of the original 6 that made up the club... Finn Rachel Artie Kurt and Mercedes all get featured all the time but I don't..."

The Doctor rolled himself over and began to talk to Shelby, Tina not listening in as she sat holding Beth.

Time flew by and suddenly the Doctor looked over at her.

"Miss Cohen-Chang?"

Tina blinked a few times, looking over"Yes?"she asked as Shelby rolled her eyes.

"Since you decided to come too, to look after baby there, I decided to pull your info up and it seems you haven't had your yearly check up since you were brung back to civilisation..."he said and turned to the two females.

"If you have the time... I could do that for you now and get it out of the way?"

Shelby looked at Tina"I have time"

Tina sighed"I guess..."

The Doctor chuckled"Okay, hop up on the bed and we'll get started..."

So Tina got onto the bed and the man began to check her reflexes, then went on to her eyesight.

"Alright Tina, can you see the words on that board?"

Tina looked at the board with the letters on it on the wall in front of her and nodded.

"Yep"

"Can you tell me the letters on it?"

Tina sat straight and blinked a few times then focused her eyes.

But every two seconds her eyes went funny and she was seeing two sets of letters and they were blurry.

She sighed and blinked again.

"T...M...T...I...O...P?"

The man hummed"Do you have a sight problem?"

"Yes for the love of god yes I do... I just didn't know who to talk to about it, I need glasses... my eyes are screwed..."

Shelby hummed"Is this why your always sitting at the front of the class?"

Tina nodded"Yeah"

So Tina had a whole eye test done and she really did need glasses so she picked a pair of green frames from the book that would suit her and then they carried on with the check up.

"Alright, now I'm going to need to get your weight and height, if you want to take your shirt shoes and pants off..."

So Tina kicked her shoes off, took her trousers off, standing in her shirt and green boxers as she froze, only for a few moments but took a breath, pulling her shirt off as Shelby saw Tina was much thinner than when she patched the girl up.

Standing in her green boxers and matching bra, Tina waited as the Doctor turned to Tina and paused.

"Your really thin..."

"I exercise a lot..."Tina said, faking a smile, actually trying to push her stomach out as much as she could.

Dr Grey looked at Tina, bringing her off the bed and putting her on the scale and what he saw really confused him.

He took her off the scales and looked at her.

"Can you take a few breaths for me?"

Tina tried, seeming as she was forcing her stomach out, he could hear the difference in her breathing as she was straining a part of her body.

"Tina, stop... Stop trying to lie to me..."

So Tina took a deep breath, stopped straining her stomach which made Shelby really wide eyed.

Tina's ribs were really visible against her skin and Dr Grey nodded.

"Tina, this isn't 'just exercising' your not eating are you?"he asked and Tina looked down.

"The last time I tried to cook I started a fire..."Tina admitted, rubbing her arm"And my house isn't near any shop and they won't deliver food to my house... so I just eat crisps and snacks..."

Shelby rubbed her head, Tina stressing her out without knowing it.

"Okay..."

So he took Tina's height and hummed.

"Tina, personal question, since your retrieval from the Brothel when you were 12, have you hit puberty at all?"

Tina rubbed her neck"Not that I know of... I mean... I have had my period but that was way too painful so I just take birth control pills but... I havent gotten taller... I have no hair on my arms... or other places either..."she said with a shrug and an embarrassed look.

"And my chest hasn't grown either so no..."

Dr Grey nodded"Okay, well I can prescribe you some tablets that can induce it for you if you wish?"

Tina nodded"Please, that would be great"

So she put her pants back on and sat back down as he checked her heart beat and then she put her shirt back on.

"Okay... and I see you havent had any of your up to date vaccinations..."

Tina paused"Uhh umm well uhh..."

"Your not an anti-vaxxer are you?"Shelby asked as Tina shook her head.

"I have nothing against the vaccines themselves... I just have a phobia of medical needles... my Dad used them a lot on me to test drugs as a kid..."Tina said as Shelby nodded.

"Oh..."

And seeing the needles Dr Grey came in with made Tina's breathing increase, closing her eyes, trying to stay still but fidgeted a lot.

"Tina you need to stay still..."Dr Grey said, wiping the girls arm down and Tina tried but opening her eyes and seeing the needle had her pulling away.

"Tina..."

Shelby placed the now sleeping Beth on the bed and walked around Tina and sat down, pulling the girl against her and held her hand.

"Just relax okay..."she said gently as Tina took slow breaths, her head facing Shelby's chest as she felt the needle go into her arm and tensed up a little but kept her cool as she shook a little.

3 vaccines later, Tina was plastered up and the trio were sent on their way.


A/N: If you want to listen to the version of 'When your gone' that I imagined Tina would play, it's on Youtube by SLSmusic, go check them out and listen to their cover.