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Shelby told Rachel she needed to check her email and the two walked downstairs, separating at the stairs. Rachel went into the livingroom and sat down on the couch. She flipped through the hundreds of channels, not finding anything. Figuring Shelby wouldn't mind if she started a movie, Rachel crouched down by the DVD rack and sorted through Shelby's wide range selection of DVDs. Her eyes fell on Funny Girl and Rachel couldn't pass it by. It was her favorite. Opening the case, Rachel let out a little gasp as an out of place DVD fell out. Picking up the disc, Rachel read the hand written title. Rachel. Hearing the office door opening, Rachel quickly replaced the DVD in the case and shoved it on the shelf, grabbing The Way We Were instead.

"Hey Rach?" Shelby said, leaning against the open french doors.

"Yeah?" Rachel stood up.

"I'm gonna be a few extra minutes"

"Okay, I was just, um, getting a movie to watch." Rachel said, holding up the case.

"Good pick." Shelby winked. "I'll be in soon."

"Should I wait?" Rachel wondered about starting the movie.

"You go ahead." Shelby said.

She left the room to go to her office and Rachel put the DVD into the player, then sat down on the couch with the remote. Most of the time, Rachel found herself staring at Funny Girl. She wondered what was on the disc but knew she'd have to wait until Shelby went to sleep before she could find out. In her latest staring contest with Fanny Brice, Rachel didn't notice that Shelby had walked into the room. It was the sound of the French doors closing that she glanced over to Shelby. The woman sat down on the couch. Wanting to be closer to her mother, Rachel moved to sit on Shelby's lap. A kiss was placed on Rachel's head as Rachel leaned back against her mother. Shelby played with Rachel's hair as they continued to watch the movie. Having her hair being played with, combined with the long day she had, Rachel's eyes grew heavy and she fell asleep.

Shelby chuckled lightly when Rachel's head wobbled and dropped when she finally passed out. Rachel was moved to lay in her mother's arms, Shelby stroking her back and arm. Rachel moved just slightly in her sleep, pushing her head against Shelby's upper arm. Her hand reached up to rub her eye and as Rachel returned to sleep, her hand landed on Shelby's left breast, much like a real baby's hand would. Shelby tensed at first be relaxed a few seconds later. Shelby returned her attention to the movie but only for a couple minutes. Rachel began moving around a lot and Shelby hugged the girl a little closer to comfort her. Rachel whimpered some more and Shelby tried to comfort Rachel a little more, without waking her.

"Shhh. It's okay, baby." Shelby whispered, patting her bottom, lovingly.

A warm wetness filled the diaper and Shelby sighed. She was comfortable and didn't want Rachel to wake up but she couldn't let her sit in a wet diaper all night. Getting to her feet, Shelby placed Rachel on the carpeted floor and hurried upstairs to the bedroom. She changed out of her clothes and into her pajamas, then headed into Rachel and her sister's room to get a diaper. Pulling a wipe from the case, Shelby also grabbed a set of pajamas for Rachel. Shelby returned to the livingroom and sat on the floor by Rachel's legs. Rachel didn't stir as her diaper was changed. Her clothes were removed, this time including her bra, and Shelby slipped the pajamas on she wrapped up the diaper and wipe, Rachel finally woke up, noticing the wet diaper. Tears filled her eyes and she began to sob.

"Hey now, what's with all the fuss?" Shelby asked, setting the diaper aside to hold Rachel.

For the last three years, Rachel had been holding in a secret. One no one knew about, deeper than her fathers neglecting her. Rachel had a bed wetting problem. It started when Rachel was 12, when her dads left her alone for the first time. Normally they'd leave her with a sitter but they felt Rachel was old enough to stay home by herself. They were going to be gone for three days. An alarm system had been installed so Rachel was told she had nothing to worry about. The first night had gone by okay and Rachel went to school with no worries. The second night, however, Rachel was woken up by the sounds of the kitchen window being broken. Scared, she dived under her bed and called her dads. Over the alarm, Rachel cried for her dads to come home. Thankfully the alarm scared away the intruder The police arrived and Rachel slept at the police station until her dads could come and get her. Hiram and Leroy lied to police and said the sitter had left Rachel alone for a few hours so she could hang out with her boyfriend. Nothing had happened to the dads but Rachel was afraid to be home alone. She was told it wouldn't happen again and she needed to be a big girl.

Ever since then, Rachel had the nightmare at least two to three times a week. Rachel tucked her head into Shelby's neck and cried harder. She was embarrassed that she had wet herself from the nightmare and she was scared because of the nightmare. Shelby was unsure of why Rachel was crying but thought it was only because of having to be changed again and not being use to the diaper situation just yet. Rachel's cried eventually subsided into hiccups and Several yawns. Shelby turned off the TV and carried Rachel up to the mom's bedroom. Shelby placed Rachel in the playpen and covered her up with a baby blanket. Rachel started to cry again, wanting her mother to hold her to make the fear of her nightmare to go away. Shelby scooped her up and laid her down on the queen sized bed. Turning off the lights, Shelby moved over to the bed and laid down, pulling Rachel and the blanket closer. The girl settled down , falling back asleep, Shelby wasn't far behind her.

Rachel woke up just after 2am and she gently got out of bed. Tip toeing down to the livingroom, Rachel grabbed her phone and sat down on the couch. She checked her email and Facebook messages, then opened a blank web page. She googled info about infants ages 10-12 months old. Around 3, Rachel headed back up to Shelby's room, her phone still clutched in her hand. She was sure she wasn't allowed to have it until Shelby gave it back but she took it with her anyway. Laying next to her mom, Rachel cuddled back into Shelby. Still rattled by her nightmare, Rachel scrunched her eyes shut, hoping she could fall back to sleep. She rarely ever was able to go back to sleep after having the dream. Rachel was extremely worn out but her mind and fears kept her from actually going to bed. Tired tears began flooding her eyes and pooled on her pillow. Shelby heard Rachel's whimpers and groggily wrapped her arm over Rachel's waist. Rachel calmed down a little but it still wasn't doing anything for her need to sleep.

The bright screen of the phone in her hand caught her attention and Rachel re-read an article she had discovered earlier. Biting her lip, Rachel tapped Shelby to see if the woman was awake. When Shelby didn't budge, Rachel bit her lip harder as she reached up and hovered her hand over Shelby's tank top. Her mom wasn't wearing her bra, so it made it a little easier on Rachel. Grabbing the hem of the shirt, Rachel slowly pulled it down, revealing the breast near Rachel's face. She moved her mouth closer to Shelby's breast, relaxing her head on the mattress. Capturing the nipple ever so lightly with her teeth, Rachel enclosed Shelby's nipple with her mouth. Nervously, Rachel sucked twice and stopped to see if Shelby had woken up. Thankfully the mom was still sleeping and Rachel continued to suckle on her mom's breast.

Two hours later, Shelby woke up around her usual 5:30-6am time. Rachel was passed out next to her, a peaceful look on her face made Shelby's heart melt. Her smile faded and Shelby blushed when she noticed one of breasts was exposed. Lifting slightly off the mattress, Shelby covered herself. It sometimes happened that her tank would slip down in her sleep and she made a note that she should probably wear a tee next time Rachel slept over.

An unfamiliar pinging noise distracted Shelby and she looked down next to Rachel and saw the cell phone that was alerting that it's batter was going to die. Shelby picked up the device and rolled out of bed. Walking down the hall to the bathroom, Shelby placed the phone on the counter and splashed water on her face. As she dried her face, the article on the phone caught Shelby's attention and she saw that it was about the pros of breast feeding.

Some of Shelby's co-workers in the child play world, did use breast feeding in their work. It never crossed Shelby's mid as most of the patients she worked with were older than Rachel's child play age. She turned off the dying phone and walked down stairs, replacing it on the shelf. Instead of getting her first cup of coffee of the morning, she went into hER office and started doing Her own research. After sending off an email to a friend of her who includes breast feeding in her therapy, Shelby got up and walked into the kitchen to finally get her coffee. Sipping on her second cup, Shelby realized Rachel needed to get up for school. Setting the cup on the side table, Shelby sat on the bed and gently shook Rachel awake.

"Come on, Honey, you've got school today." Shelby said. She was going to have to stop at home and change her clothes and Shelby was worried the girl would be late.

"No." Rachel grumbled, pulling the comforter over her head.

"But you love school, your perfect attendance is important to you." Shelby said.

"I'm tired." Rachel replied with a whine.

"How late did you stay up on your phone?"

Rachel closed her eyes tightly, praying Shelby didn't see what was on her phone. She completely forgot to shut off her phone before she fell asleep. Her stomach began doing flips as she tried to form an answer in her mouth.

"I woke up and couldn't go back to sleep." Rachel replied. "It was almost 3:45 before I went to sleep."

"What kept you up?" Shelby asked, pulling back the blanket.

"Um, there's this nightmare." Rachel said, not looking at Shelby.

"What about?"

Rachel played with the corner of the pillow with no intention of answer and Shelby could see that. The mom made a note in her head to bring it up in Rachel's first one on one session.

"Can I sleep a little longer and go in for Glee?" Rachel asked.

"I'm just really tired. My dads will call me in. I'll just sleep for a bit longer and go home until glee."

"There's no need for you to leave, you're free to stay." Shelby said.

"Are you sure? Don't you have like a day job or something?"

"I have therapy sessions during the day but you can still hang out. I only have three patients today."

"Alright." Rachel smiled to her mom.

"Now, get back to bed and I'll wake you up in a few hours."

"Thanks."

Rachel hurried back upstairs and slid between the blankets of her mother's bed, sleep over taking her minutes later after she had sent her dads messages that she wasn't feeling well. Shelby quietly crept up to the second floor an hour later to get ready for her first patient. After her shower, Shelby wrapped a towel around her body and headed into her room. Rachel was tucked in the blankets, only pieces of brown hair were showing. Shelby tugged the blanket down just enough so Rachel's face was showing and went over to her closet to get some clothes.

It was after 11am when Shelby completed two of her appointments. She figured Rachel should get up to eat something and she kicked off her heels at the foot of the bed. It didn't take much coaxing for Rachel to wake up and the girl moved to lay her head in Shelby's lap.

"I have a few hours before my last patient and I need to run to the pharmacy, wanna come with? Or do you wanna be a lazy butt all day?"

"Do I have to wear the baby clothes?" Rachel quietly asked.

"No." Shelby shook her head.

"Okay, good." Rachel said getting out of bed.

The girls freshened up and headed out the door. Shelby unlocked the car doors and Rachel got in, waiting for her mom to get in too. Shelby tossed her purse in by Rachel's feet and got in, shutting the door. Before she started the car, Shelby plugged Rachel's phone into the plug that connected to the lighter outlet. Shelby gave her a quick tutorial on how to change the songs and let Rachel have free reign over the song selection. Most of Rachel's music was Broadway and Barbra, two of Shelby's favorites. The ten minute drive was a blast for the two as they sang along to the music.

Inside the pharmacy, Rachel broke away from her mom and walked around the store herself. She picked out a few magazines, some snacks, and couple bottles of nail polish. Carrying her pile of items to the check out, she paid using the refillable card her dads got her so she always had money when they weren't home. Walking around the pharmacy, Rachel looked for her mom and found her in the baby section with a white bag in her hand.

Shelby grabbed a bottle of baby shampoo for the girls and a matching bottle of lotion. Rachel stood next to her mom, flipping through a magazine she had purchased, not paying attention to what was being collected from the shelf. Shelby told Rachel she was ready and the two returned the Range Rover when they finished at the register.

Rachel put the magazine in her bag and sat back in her seat. She glanced over at her mother, a small smile cross her face as Shelby mouthed the words to the song on the radio. Shelby, feeling like someone was staring at her, turned to look at Rachel.

"What?" She asked with a smile.

"Nothing." Rachel giggled, unable to look away from her mom, even as Shelby's attention focused back on the road.

"What?" Shelby laughed.

"It's us." Rachel answered, joy dancing in her eyes. "Three days ago, I never would have thought-This just didn't seem possible but now, I feel closer in a strange new way. Waking up in your bed, having you hold me while I cry, just being your daughter-it's changing me. Do you feel it?"

"I do." Shelby said, reaching over to hold one of Rachel's hands. It was a simple answer but to Rachel it meant the world.

Once back home, Shelby put the things she had bought away in her office and came out to find Rachel eating a bag of chips on the couch. It hit her that Rachel hadn't had anything to eat yet and she plucked the bag from the girls' hands.

"Hey!" Rachel pouted.

"You can have them back after lunch." Shelby said, walking into the kitchen.

Rachel followed her mom into the room and sat down at the table. Shelby whipped up some lunch in no time as the girls talked about Rachel's summer plans, which consisted of uploading more videos of her singing on the internet and reorganizing her entire room. When their lunch was gone and the dishes were in the dishwasher, Shelby asked Rachel to follow her to the office.

"This isn't a therapy session is it?" Rachel asked.

"No, no. I don't spring those on you guys, unless you really need it." Shelby said, sitting down at her desk. Rachel sat across from her, wondering what her mom brought her in here for.

"Am I in trouble? I know I took the phone without asking you and it won't happen again. It's just I couldn't sleep and then I-"

"Slow down, kiddo." Shelby stopped Rachel. "While I do want to discuss your phone, you are not in trouble."

"Oh, ok." Rachel said.

"This morning, I emailed a friend of mine, who also works in the child play therapy field. She works with teens, who choose to be the age you picked all the time. Sometimes Mindy, with the permission and agreement of the teens, breastfeeds them. I contacted her, explaining our situation. She advised me to speak to the director of our program and she had the doctor, who works with our program to prescribe me this medication." Shelby said, pulling the white bag from a drawer in her desk. "It's given to mothers who adopt their children, so they can produce breast milk. Um, breastfeeding is a huge bonding experience for mothers and babies, something we've missed out on. I noticed on your phone that you had looked it up too."

"Yeah." Rachel quietly said.

"If it's something you want to explore, then I will start the medication. If not, I will put it aside in case you change your mind."

"I want to do it." Rachel blurted out.

"Okay." Shelby said, a little blindsided by Rachel's quick response. "And this will stay between us. I am going to get a breast pump once my milk comes in and I will pump when you're not around, so that way you can still get the milk when the girls are here, only you'll use a bottle. There are so many benefits to breastfeeding for both of us but if you get to a point, where you're not comfortable with it or you just don't want to do it anymore, all you have to do is tell me. I won't be hurt or mad and whenever you want to nurse, just let me know."

"Okay."

"Kay." Shelby said, glancing at the clock on her computer. "So, there's a little less than three hours before you have to go to glee and before my last client comes in for the day, what would you like to do? We can go hang out at the mall or we can catch a movie. Um, I'm not really sure what you like to do."

"Can we just stay here?" Rachel asked. "And play?"

Rachel laid on the bed, staring at her mother while Shelby put her in a diaper and dressed her in a green onesie. Shelby sat Rachel up and pulled her long brown hair into a ponytail and picked her up.

Shelby had some laundry that needed to be put away in her bedroom. Rachel sat next to her with some toys Shelby had taken out of a small plastic storage bin. In an extra effort to keep Rachel occupied, Shelby turned on Sesame Street, a show Santana was overly fond of. Ten minutes later, the basket was empty and the clothes were folded on the bed.

Shelby got up and carried a handful of clothes to the closet to hang up. Rachel shook her favorite toy, a soft plush duck that rattled, and it flew out of her hand, landing between two piles of clothes. Rachel giggled and pounced on the toy, making Shelby's stack of jeans fall over and onto the floor.

"Rachie? Did you knock those over?" Shelby asked with a hand on her hip. Rachel gave her mother a sweet, cheeky smile and laughed. "I thought so." Shelby replied, bending over to pick up the clothes. "You just haveta make it hard on momma don't you?"

Rachel, spotting her pink and purple pacifier in the playpen, started whining and wiggling her fingers in its direction.

"You want your pop-pop?" Shelby cooed, reaching into the baby containment unit to get the pacifier.

Rachel bounced on her diapered bottom and popped the pacifier into her mouth when Shelby handed it to her. She grabbed her blanket from between the pillows and hugged it to her as she sucked on the pacifier. Reaching her arms up, Rachel silently begged for Shelby to pick her up. Shelby obliged and picked Rachel up, the baby nuzzling Shelby's neck.

"Momma." Rachel said around her pacifier.

"Oh baby." Shelby said, holding Rachel tighter. A few tears slid down the mom's cheeks and she wiped them away before they could fall on Rachel.

Rachel loved her mom but was still worried to admit it and she didn't have it in her to call Shelby 'mom'. She needed more time to really know that Shelby was there for her. Calling her momma as a baby was easy, because in reality this was a game. One day big Rachel could call Shelby mom but for now, Rachel was okay with baby Rachel saying momma.

Shelby took Rachel into the girls' room so she could pick up their mess too. Rachel was given a basket of her own toys to play with while Shelby cleaned up the clothes, older kids toys, and made the beds. As the final bed was made, Shelby muttered that the girls were going to get a talking too about leaving their room like this. Rachel got bored with her toys and started to crawl around the room, looking for something to do. Shelby saw Rachel making her way to Brittany's nightstand, that held some trinkets. Before she could get to Rachel, the baby had grabbed a snow globe Brittany got on their trip to the aquarium a few weeks ago.

"No! No!" Shelby said, taking the glass object from her before it got broken. She replaced it on the nightstand and carried Rachel back to the playmat that held the toys.

Rachel was dead set on playing with the snow globe and when her Momma left the room to put some dirty clothes in a hamper, Rachel started to crawl back over to the nightstand. Climbing onto the bed, Rachel reached over and started messing with the globe. Shelby walked back into the room, catching Rachel in the act. Shelby marched over to the infant and pulled her off the bed.

"I said, no, Rachel." Shelby sternly said, placing Rachel in the crib. "If you can't stay out of things, then you have to sit in here."

"Momma!" Rachel shouted, not wanting to be stuck in the crib. "Momma!"

"Hush." Shelby said, with a finger to her lips.

"Momma!" Rachel shouted once more. Shelby shook her head and Rachel scowled, tossing her pacifier on the floor. "Momma. Pop."

Shelby turned around from picking up Rachel's toys and saw the discarded pacifier. She got up and handed the pacifier to Rachel, the girl reached her arms out to be held but Shelby said she needed to wait. Shelby left the room once again, this time going down to the kitchen. Rachel couldn't believe her momma had refused to hold her. Why was she being this way?

Shelby returned to the bedroom with a glass of water and saw Rachel was crying. Shelby sat with Rachel on the rocker and used her toes to gently push them back and forth. Rachel buried her head in Shelby's chest and continued to cry. Shelby sat Rachel up so they could talk.

"Rachel, what's going on? Why are you crying?" Shelby asked.

"It's nothing." Rachel hiccuped. "I just get over emotional when I'm tired."

"Do you want to take a small nap before glee?" Shelby asked.

"No."

Rachel shook her head and slid down to Shelby's feet, grabbing some toys. Shelby followed suit, sitting down on the floor by Rachel to play. An hour passed by and Rachel realized she needed to get changed for glee. She motioned to the clock and Shelby stood up. She had a client coming in five minutes and she had lost track of time. Rachel changed back into her regular clothes and found Shelby in her office.

"I have to go home before I can go to glee." Rachel said, walking into the room.

"Okay." Shelby said, looking up from some files. "What time will your dads be home tonight?"

"Uh, they' said around 8pm." Rachel replied. "But I told them I'd be home around 9:30 because I was hanging out with some friends."

"Do they go away often?"

"Every once in a while." Rachel continued to lie. "But I better get going."

"Aright, well, I'll see you in a few hours."

"Bye." Rachel said walking over to Shelby, giving her a hug.

"Bye sweetie."

Rachel stopped at home, then hurried to McKinley once she was changed. The Cheerios were waiting for her at their agreed on spot in the courtyard behind the school, where they ate lunch together.

"How come you didn't answer my message?" Quinn asked as they walked to the choir room.

"Oh, I didn't get my phone back until the middle of the night and I didn't know if you were still up." Rachel shrugged.

"What do you mean you didn't get it back?" Brittany asked.

"I spent the night at Shelby's."

"You did?" Santana gasped.

"Yeah, we just watched a Barbra movie and then went to bed but I couldn't fall asleep. I ended up staying up late and Shelby let me stay home from school."

"You're so lucky." Brittany whispered.

"You'll get to sleep over one day." Rachel said, trying to cheer the girls up. "Anyway, has anyone heard what song Mr. Shuester picked for the assembly on Monday?"

"I haven't." Santana shook her head.

"Take your seats." Will said as soon as the girls walked in.

The four girls sat down next to each other, Mercedes eyed them up, knowing something was up with them.

"For those of you who are wondering, I have in fact chosen a song for Monday's assembly." Will said about the start of underage drinking awareness week.

The school board decided a few years back to have the last full week of school be dedicated to drinking awareness, since summer was right around the corner. Their hope was that the students would think twice before drinking at parties. The glee club has been asked to perform as a kick start to the assembly.

"We are going Joey by Sugarland. Rachel, I'd like you to do the solo and everyone else will be your back up." Will said, looking to Rachel.

"Thank you!" Rachel grinned.

"Oh hell no! Why does she always get the solos?" Mercedes complained.

"This song needs a delicate voice and your voice is more fit for powerful songs, you yourself have even admitted that." Will pointed out.

"Back off Rachel, Wheezy." Santana said, glancing back at the girl.

"Shouldn't you be meeting some guy in janitor's closet?" Mercedes shot back.

"And when's the last time you've gotten any?" Quinn jumped in.

"I'm sorry but who had a kid at 16 and give it up?" Mercedes raised her brow. "It must be easy to just do what you want and then throw the consequences away like it's no big deal."

"Mercedes." Will warned.

Quinn grabbed her backpack at her feet and walked out of the room, murmuring that she quit.

"Quinn wait!" Rachel called, running to the door. Quinn pushed her way out of the school, ignoring Rachel. The brunette whipped around, facing Mercedes. "Why would you say something like that?"

"Don't dish out what you can't handle." Mercedes shrugged.

"That's it." Santana jumped up.

She began screaming at Mercedes in Spanish as Brittany, Puck and even Rachel held her back. Will ended the entire fight, telling Santana to back off and Mercedes to watch what she says. Santana grabbed her bag as well and faced Will.

"Unless you kick her out, you've lost another member."

"Look, no one needs to leave. Lets just take a breath and talk about this." Will said, looking to everyone.

"Maybe one day you'll grow a set." Santana snapped, taking Brittany's hand as the two walked out. "Rachel, are you coming?"

"Um. I." Rachel stammered looking between her and Will. Stepping closer to her coach, Rachel whispered that she'd try to get the three cheerleaders to return. He nodded and Rachel grabbed her stuff, following her friends out to find Quinn.

"I'm not going back." Quinn yelled at Rachel.

"I don't blame you." Rachel replied. "What Mercedes said was totally out of line."

"I say we all quit and form our own group." Santana said. "We'd be unstoppable."

"That'd be great but you're forgetting one thing." Rachel said.

"What?" Brittany jumped in.

"We need a coach."

"We have one." Quinn smirked.

"I'd be honored but according to the show choir handbook, I do not meet the age-" Rachel started.

"-Not you, midget." Santana rolled her eyes. "Your mother."

"But she left coaching and teaching." Brittany said.

"So, we'll change her mind." Quinn shrugged.

The girls decided to go to to Rachel's house to hang out before they had to be at Shelby's. The mom had a client and they didn't want to intrude, knowing how much it bothered Shelby when that happened. Sitting down in the basement, the girls admired the built in stage.

"Yeah, it's all soundproofed now because our neighbors were threatening a lawsuit." Rachel said, sitting on the couch.

"When are they going to be back?" Quinn asked.

"Not until July. They've been gone for a few days so far." Rachel answered, knowing she could be honest with her sisters.

"Whoa, they're leaving you alone for like 5 weeks?" Quinn's eyes widened.

"It's nothing new." Rachel shrugged. "But look, Shelby thinks they're coming home tonight and she can't know otherwise. This has to stay between us."

"Fine." Santana said, turning to look at Rachel. "But-"

"But what?" Rachel asked.

"But we get to sleepover this weekend."

"That would be so fun!" Brittany squealed. "We haven't had a sleepover in forever."

"You guys wanna spend the night? Here? With me?" Rachel gasped.

"We're friends-" Santana started but Quinn stepped in and corrected her.

"-Sisters."

"We're sisters." Santana smiled, putting an arm around Rachel. "And that's what sisters do."

"I didn't think you guys would think of me as your sister." Rachel said.

"Now that we've gotten to know the real Rachel Berry, not the annoying Rachel you think you need to be at school, you're actually pretty cool." Santana admitted.

"I've been meaning to apologize for that." Rachel said. "About the way I acted at school towards you. The outbursts when I didn't get solos and all that."

"Don't worry about it." Santana said.

"We're all sorry too." Brittany said. "The more we learn about each other, the more we understand how we each work."

Without an initiation, the four girls had a small group hug, forgetting about the past. Several sorry's were exchanged as the hug ended. The four settled down and turned on the TV but really didn't pay attention to it. For the most part they shared stories and little facts about each other. A game of truth or dare broke out and the girls lost track of time.

Shelby impatiently stared at her watch, wondering where her daughters were. She sent out a mass text, demanding that the let her know where they are. Quinn's phone was the first to go off and then there were three more buzzes and alert tones. Rachel and her sisters scrambled to their feet, running up the stairs.

"Go faster, hobbit." Santana shouted, pushing Rachel up the stairs.

"I'm going. I'm going." Rachel scowled.

Quinn had given Santana and Brittany a ride that morning and they all hopped into her car, Quinn stating she'd drop Rachel off at home. The giggling girls got out of the car, speeding up Shelby's lawn. The woman heard the laughter and met the girls at the door. As frustrated as she was by their tardiness, seeing them having a blast together, made all her negative feelings go away.

"Hi girls."

"Hi." They all replied at the same time, which caused another wave of laughter.

"I see I'm gonna have my hands full this evening." Shelby said, shutting the door. "What's with all the laughter?"

"You shoulda seen it." Rachel said, out of breath and her sides hurting. "Quinn..and Brittany...their voices...Miss Piggy."

Rachel started laughing again, nearly falling to her knees on the floor. Santana, Brittany, and Quinn began to laugh just as hard and all Shelby could do was shake her head with a smile.

"Alright, let's calm down." Shelby said, noticing the red and blue faces in front of her. "Do you guys want a snack or something to drink before the session begins?"

"Actually." Santana spoke up, catching her breath. "We need to talk to you."

"Oh?" Shelby raised her brow.

They entered the kitchen and Shelby sat at the table, while the four moved around the kitchen getting something to eat. Shelby waited until they had a snack and something to drink before she pushed about what the wanted to talk about.

"We quit glee." Quinn said. "There was this fight and we left."

"What kind of a fight?" Shelby asked, knowing the three cheerios could get a little feisty and out of hand.

"Verbal." Rachel said. "Mercedes Jones started jumping down my throat, then it just escalated from there."

"Where did you go after you left?" Shelby asked.

"Rachel's house." Brittany said.

"Okay." Shelby replied, unsure how she should feel about that.

"Anyway, we talked about forming our own girl group." Santana said. "We'd need eight more people to join but seeing as we're all popular-"

"Most of us anyway." Rachel muttered.

"-It won't be hard to get some more girls to join. The only thing is, we need a coach."

Shelby tilted her head at Santana, knowing just where this was headed. "Girls-"

"Before you say no, hear us out." Quinn said. "When you coached Vocal Adrenaline, you had a really great booster club. Couldn't you get some of them to sponsor us? And it's not like you've been out of the job for years, it's only been a two and a half months. Please? We all love glee but there's always some drama or someone complaining about something."

"Yeah, and Mr. Shue doesn't let anyone have a say in what songs we do. The only reason we sang the songs we did a sectionals was because the other teams stole our set list and Mr. Shue was banned from the competition. We came up with it last minute. Well, Rachel did anyway." Brittany said.

"With everyone's help and it was mostly Finn who planned it out." Rachel shrugged.

"Mom, we just think we'd have more fun and have a better chance at winning if you came in to coach us." Santana said.

"I'd love too but the only problem is, I have to be a teacher at the school." Shelby sighed.

"One of the science teachers is leaving at the end of this school year, you could take her place." Quinn said.

"I'm not saying no but I just want to make sure this is okay with Rachel." Shelby said and all eyes turned to the smallest girl. "Would you be okay if I worked at McKinley?"

"I wouldn't mind it. I think it's a great idea actually. Then when ever we needed to to talk or other things." Rachel hinted about her and Shelby's new bonding thing. "You'd be there. Besides, I'd like to be apart of a glee club where I'm not constantly being called names or having to be bitched at for-"

"Excuse me?" Shelby said. "That language is not okay."

"Sorry!" Rachel exclaimed biting her lip. "It just came out."

"If it happens again, you get soap in your mouth."

"Yes ma'am." Rachel nodded and Shelby told her to continue talking. "I just don't want to feel bad because I have a solo. You'll make everything even and make sure no one is getting picked on. I'm tired of being teased."

"Rach, we apologized." Brittany said.

"I know and I know you guys meant it." Rachel said. Shelby sat back to let the four talk this out some more. "It hurt that you guys called me names but it didn't hurt as bad as when Mercedes and Kurt did it. I expected it from you three. I was at the bottom of the food chain and a total loser. It was your right to bully me but Mercedes and Kurt, they'd be my friend one minute, then turn around and they were against me. They were suppose to be my friends but they weren't. At least you three were consistently hating on me. I never felt like I belonged and I want to belong."

"You do belong Rachel. You fit in, right with us." Quinn said, placing her hand on Rachel's arm.

"Yeah. You're our midget and we're not gonna let anyone hurt you." Santana said.

"Thanks." Rachel laughed at what was now a term of endearment. She glanced down at her lap, then up to her mom. "So will you coach us?"


Thanks for reading and I am going to try to update some of my other stories this weekend, so keep an eye out :)

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