A/N: Okay two chapters in one day... I had time on my hands. Rachel's nickname for Rose (Ro) is pronounced row, just to keep you guys from getting confused. Hope you guys/girls like it. Reviewing makes me wright chapters faster *hint, hint*.

You Know You Love Me,
XOXO,
Alyss Rose Heart

Chapter Three

"So what is public glee like?" Rose, who had never been in any public school, asked yet again.

"I told you, Ro," Rachel replied, exasperated. "It won't be much different. I've been working on getting Shelby Corcoran to coach the club while Mr. Schuester is in the hospital. Apparently he was in an accident the day after my dads' accident and is in similar condition. If she agrees than it will be pretty much exactly like our club, maybe a bit harsher."

"How do you know the ex-director of VA?"

"I used to date their lead, Jesse St. James, remember?"

"So? That doesn't mean you know her."

"Okay, so I wasn't going to tell this to anyone at the academy-"

"I'm not at the academy anymore and I'm your best friend, tell me."

"She's kinda my mom."

"No way."

"Way. I found out late in my freshman year. Anyways, she's, like, more strict than me, so it won't be that different from what you're used to. Oh, and you so cannot let me lose my confidence while we are at McKinley. This place was meant to stay a bad memory for me. I was never meant to go back to that place."

"Ra, you're like the Queen of the bitches, no one is going to even think you're that girl."

"You haven't met Santana Lopez."

"I highly doubt that she can hold a candle to the high school junior who has a college sophomore wrapped around her finger, willing to do anything you want, just to win you back."

"I don't make him do too horrible of stuff, do I?"

"You're like Regina in Mean Girls, Ra, only not such a bitch to your friends."

"All passengers, please fasten your safety belts, we'll be descending momentarily." The nasally voice of an air attendant said via intercom.

"Ohio here we come."

"Mom, you don't have to drive us," Rachel said once again as Shelby got Beth ready for her first day of day care. "I renewed my Ohio license yesterday and reregistered my car. I can easily drive us.

"But why waste the gas?"

"Seriously, Miss Corcoran. What High School senior want to show up to their first day at a new school with their mother who happens to be the new music teacher? It's social suicide." Rose had had enough time to learn to call Shelby by her first name when outside of school, but she refused to do so.

"I've told you to call me Shelby. And I guess I can see your point. But this school slushies people."

"And I know this," Rachel said. "And no matter how hot we look, if we show up with the new teacher, we will get slushied."

"And they would get detentions," Shelby contorted.

"And that would make it worse."

"Fine; I give. Rachel you can drive you two to school. But be careful."

"Yes, Mom." The teen girls said simultaneously as they grabbed their bags and headed out the door.

"And so that's McKinley High." Rachel had given Rose a quick tour of the school having arrived well before most other students.

"And how would a new student give another new student a tour of their new school, exactly?" Came the voice of the one and only Santana Lopez.

"They were probably following a map." Brittney's ditzy voice soon followed.

Rose turned immediately, sensing a chick fight coming on.

"I don't see how that's any of your business, Latina Cheerleader Barbie."

Rachel put a hand on Rose's shoulder, to stop her friend from progressing the fight, and slowly turned to face her old teammates.

"Santana, Brittney," she said, nodding to each girl in greeting. "I see you two haven't changed.

"And you know us how?" Santana couldn't shake the feeling that she had seen this brunette before, she reminded her of Rachel but with more confidence and a better fashion sense. Though the red head she had stopped, she knew they didn't know.

"Maybe this will remind you," Rachel replied, her voice calm and steady as she began to sing a song she hadn't sung for years. "Just a city boy. Born and raised in south Detroit. He took a midnight train going anywhere."

Rachel was interrupted when Brittney hugged her.

"I knew you'd come back."

'And so Manhands has returned."

"Without man hands, bitch."

"And with an attitude and style no less."

"And not by choice either. Oh, and this is Rose Nightengale."

"Oh, nice Ra. Mention your best friend as an afterthought."

"Sorry, Ro. This is Santana Lopez and Brittney Peirce."

"You mean the bitch of the school Santana Lopez?"

"I see my reputation precedes me."

"Only because I've told her everything about my life here."

"The Jesse debacle?"

"And the so called relationship with Finn. Thanks for freeing me by the way."

"I didn't do it for you."

"Just like I didn't leave for you. Now if you excuse me, I need to speak with the new music teacher, who is going to be coaching the glee club this year, about a pass out of first period Spanish for myself. I have a performance I need to rehearse with the new assistant director."

"What about Mr. Schue?"

"You didn't hear? He was in an accident about a week ago. He's in a coma."

"How do you know that?"

"Because Misters Berry were in an accident the day before. They're in the same hospital; same condition. It's why we're here."

"Oh my gosh," Brittney said coming back into the conversation. "Are you okay, Rachel?"

"I'm fine Brit, really. See you bitches later."

"And with that she walked towards her mother's new classroom.