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"When Rachel pulled up to the school the next morning, she was met with a protective-looking Quinn, who insisted on walking her to the school and then to all of her classes. She would show up just as her class was ending and walk her to the next one. As much as Rachel enjoyed not being made fun of by the girl, she was quite confused with the constant following.

She finally confronted the blonde. "Quinn, what is it? You've been watching me like a hawk all day. Is this because of Finn or something? What's going on?"

She chewed on her lip, thinking. "Well..."

"Quinn...," I said warningly.

She sighed, giving up. "Rachel, Shelby was waiting for you to show up to school this morning. I didn't want her bothering you, so I sent her away. However, I didn't know if she would try to come back or not so I had to keep an eye on you."

"Ok...but how did you find out about that? Did I tell you that she talked to me?"

"No...but, Puck may have..."

"That boy is going to get it!" I exclaimed. I realized as I looked over at Quinn that she seemed hurt by my reluctance to tell her.

"Quinn, it's not that I don't want you to know, it's that I don't want everyone to know. And I have a bad feeling that it's already spread among the Glee club."

"Heh, heh, heh" she laughed awkwardly.

"Brilliant! Simply brilliant! Now everyone is going to find out! This is what I was trying to avoid." I take a deep breath. "But it's okay; you had my best interest at heart and it's alright. It's alright," I repeat, more to convince myself than anything.

Quinn looks ashamed, so I pat her on the shoulder, "It's alright, really Quinn. I'd rather they hear it from you guys than someone else. And by that I mean Shelby herself. What do you think I should do about that. I asked Noah, but he says he is out of ideas. Maybe you could give me your opinion. I'm really lost. I mean, she is my mother. I wanted so long to meet her. But she can't leave me again. And on top of that, I'm still furious that she replaced me and she slept with Noah-I mean really! Quinn, I don't have anything against Beth, it's Shelby replacing me, not Beth-she did nothing."

I mentioned the last part because she looked quite devastated that I wouldn't like her baby.

"No, Rach...I-I understand. I don't know what you should do. Wait and see if she approaches you. I promise I won't get involved again unless you expressly tell me to do so, alright? But I know it'll work out one way or another. You'll get past it. Even if you don't have the relationship with Shelby that you wanted originally, at least you'll be able to use the emotional experience on Broadway!" She said, trying to make a joke.

Rachel smiled, "Oh, absolutely."

When they made their way to the choir room after school, they were greeted with a silent room. As soon as they walked in, it was made clear why.

In the far corner of the room, talking earnestly to Mr. Schue, was Shelby. Apparently she had managed to sweet-talk him into letting her come in. Or maybe she convinced him the same way she did Noah. No, Rachel, you oughtn't to think like that, she said to herself.

Immediately after she saw Rachel enter, Shelby made her way over to her.

"Rachel, please come talk to me." she said, touching her arm lightly. "I really want to talk to you. I am so sorry, and I want to at least have you be able to call me a friend," she begged.

"Only if Noah and Quinn can come with me-otherwise, the answer is no." Shelby looked at her imploringly, but in the end, conceded. She wanted to talk with her daughter, with or without an audience.

They walked out into the hallway.

"Okay, Shelby, talk. What is it that you have to say to me?"

Shelby was stunned for a moment by the cold in Rachel's voice, but it didn't stop her for long.

"Rachel, I know I hurt you, and you know that if I could go back, I would do it all differently. I never wanted it to be like this. Also, I want you to know that Beth is not a replacement for you. You cannot be replaced. You came from me. And though I love Beth the same as if she had come from me, you are my daughter too, and I see so much of myself in you. I love you so much, Rachel."

It took her a few seconds to get through all of the information Shelby had just imposed on her.

"Yes you did replace me! How can you say that she isn't a replacement? What the Hell else would she be? You found me, declared me unworthy of your love, and left me for a newer model. What else would you call that? You say you love me, but none of your actions agree with that! You found me, not the other way around, then you left me. You came back after you adopted Beth, slept with Noah, had a talk with Quinn, then left. Yeah, you wrote my application-after I came to you. You never would have approached me. Oh, and, though you said you were done coaching; you wanted a family," she sneers the last word. "but somehow you could coach the Troubletones-because they weren't me! I am so tired of you coming into my life and leaving! It hurts so much!"

Rachel ran out of the hallway, leaving Quinn and Noah with a sobbing Shelby.

She managed to choke out, "Do you think she'll ever forgive me?"

Quinn responds, "She forgave me, she'll forgive you. Think about this from her perspective, though I hurt her, I was never supposed to love her unconditionally, and neither was Noah. You were, though. That is your job as a mother. I don't regret giving you Beth, because I know you'll take care of her; at least now I know that, but sometimes I get scared that you'll abandon her, and she'll get hurt like Rachel. Go find her now, she needs you to go after her. It's part of her thing. She runs away, then we go find her and talk sense into her. Just show her you really care."

Shelby thanked her and nodded, setting off to find the daughter who hated her so much.

Fortunately, because they were so alike, she found Rachel right away; in the auditorium, singing.

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