Disclaimer: I own nothing but one character. The songs are not mine and Glee is not mine.
This chapter is happier than the last and I hope you like it. I'm introducing a new character.
CHAPTER 4
Rachel woke up Saturday morning to silence. She got up and walked downstairs to find that sometime during the night Taylor had rolled onto the floor tangled in her blanket. She smiled at the sight and walked to Brittany's room to see she too was still asleep. She headed to the kitchen and got breakfast started.
Taylor lifted her head from her arms and smelt bacon. She got up and went to the kitchen.
"I smell bacon." she saw the plate and sat down. "Thank you." she picks up the bacon with her hands and takes a bite out of it.
"I told you she was just like Quinn when she was pregnant." Rachel giggled with Brittany.
"I resent that you are comparing me to someone who was pregnant at around my age." Taylor said putting rice between two pieces of bacon and taking a bite out of it.
"You just made a bacon and rice sandwich." Rachel pointed out.
"Nothing wrong with that." Taylor says. "What are we doing today?" Taylor asked.
"Whatever you want kid." Rachel smiled making Taylor smile.
"Sweet! Can we take Brittany to the pond?" Taylor asked hopeful. "They have so many ducks there!" Taylor beamed and Brittany smiled hopefully at Rachel.
"Sure."
Rachel sat on the bench as she watched Taylor and Brittany feed the ducks. Even though older and wiser Brittany's love for ducks would never leave.
The two had wide smiles on their faces. Taylor seemed to be enjoying herself through Brittany and Brittany was enjoying the ducks.
Rachel felt the pang of sadness as she thought about Monday. Would Brittany stay or find her own place? Taylor was always across the hall. But that didn't mean the girl was always going to be there. She had a life away from her.
Monday came along and it ended sooner than Rachel would've liked.
They were eating breakfast when there was a knock at the door. Rachel opened it and came face to face with Taylor's mother.
"Good morning Ms. Berry, Cassie left a note saying we could find Taylor here." She gave Rachel a genuine smile. Ella Lancaster was the one who cared for Taylor the most. Well more than her father at least. She sometimes neglected the teenager herself.
"Of course. She's having breakfast now; would you like to come in?" Rachel asked. She could see the rare side of her being a mother instead of the strict no nonsense business woman that used Taylor as an asset more than caring and loving her for her daughter.
"That's quite alright. Just send her over when she's finished. I'll call the driver." Ella said politely. She envied this woman's relationship with her daughter. She was there for Taylor more than she had ever been in just three years. Ella was more than shocked when she had come home from a business trip to find her daughter pulling out a package of pads from a grocery bag. She asked Taylor why she had them and how she knew what they were for. Taylor had told her about what had happened that Sunday the day before she came home. She was home alone when she felt a warm wetness and when she saw the blood she screamed and Rachel raced across the hall to check on her. Taylor had opened the door and asked Rachel if something was wrong and explained puberty to the girl and even gave her some pads that would last till she bought some for herself.
"Oh. If it's alright with you I was going to drop her off on my way to the theater." Rachel said.
"That's very kind of you but we don't want to burden you."
"No burden at all. I would be more than happy to drop her off. It's on the way." Rachel said and Ella smiled politely.
"Thank you very much Ms. Berry."
"Rachel please; But would you like to say hi? I'm sure she would be happy to see you." Rachel said with a look trying to tell this woman it would gain her points with Taylor if she did. Luckily the woman got the hint.
"Sure."
Rachel led her to the kitchen and smiled at the bright smile on Taylor's face.
"Mom!" The teen exclaimed jumping out of her seat to hug her mother.
"Hello sweetheart. Did you enjoy the weekend?"
"Yeah, Rachel brought us to the duck pond and even brought us to the theater and showed me all the cool things in the booth." Taylor beamed.
Ella smiled at her daughter and hugged her tight. "That's wonderful darling."
"Mom are you going to be home when I get out if school?" Taylor asked and Ella smiled.
"I'll do you one better, I'll be there to pick you up and we'll go shopping. Just you and me." Ella said as she watched Taylor's face brighten and ruffled her hair. "I'll see you later sweetie. I'll have to get to my meeting if I want to get out in time. Behave for Rachel."
"I will!"
"Ok. Bye dear." Ella left after she kissed her daughter's head.
Rachel sat in her dressing room alone. She wasn't needed on stage since they knew she had all her stuff memorized and ready for show time. She looked at her reflection in the vanity mirror. She saw nothing. Just a shell of who she used to be. She needed a distraction. Her mood dropped the second Taylor waved goodbye when she got out of the car and ran off to class.
Brittany was out looking for an apartment since her job didn't start till the next school year and she had enough to support her.
When show time came she hoped that Taylor had an amazing day with her mother. She knew she would hear it about in the morning before her driver came and brought her to school.
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