AN: I own nothing. Glee belongs to Fox and RIB.
This is sort of AU. There will be parts from season 2 though.
Here is the next chapter. This one tells us how Santana and Rachel started bonding
I hope you enjoy.
CHAPTER 7
THE DAY AFTER THE DINNER (AKA THE DAY SANTANA AND RACHEL ACTUALLY GOT ALONG FOR MORE THAN A FEW MINUTES)
Santana groaned as she listened to Quinn laughing from her bed where she was feeding Beth.
"If you weren't holding the munchkin I'd punch you in the face." Santana growled.
Brittany giggled beside her and hugged Santana's arm to her pulling her close. "I think it's nice. Maybe you and Rachel will become friends and we can all hang out."
Santana and Quinn both paled but for different reasons. It was obvious that Santana nad Rachel would never get along. They are completely different people. As for Quinn. Her thoughts were everywhere.
'I can't hang out with Berry. I can barely keep a pair of underwear dry when she sings. I can't be nice to her. What the hell is wrong with me?' Quinn took a deep breath and continued to feed Beth.
"Britt, Rachel is at the bottom of the social pyramid. We will never be friends." Santana said and Brittany pouted. Damn it! Santana hated and loved that pout. It made Brittany look so adorable but at the same time it was the same one Santana couldn't say no to.
"But Rachel is actually pretty nice and hot if you look past the sweaters." Brittany said pout still in place. "She can be loud and rude and talk with big words I barely understand but she's always nice to me."
Santana smiled weakly at that. Brittany was right. Rachel was looking ok at dinner last night and she was never mean to Brittany. If it would make Brittany happy… Santana thought before letting out a sigh.
"Ok. Since I'm going to be seeing her more over the summer I might as well try and be her friend." Santana said. "What about you Q?" Santana asked and Quinn frowned with a shrug.
"Please Quinn?" Brittany turned her pout to Quinn and Santana gave Quinn a look saying 'just make her sad Fabray and see what happens.'
Quinn sighed in defeat. "Ok. I'll try."
Brittany squealed and hugged Santana tight kissing her cheek before doing the same to Quinn but carefully as not to jostle Beth.
"When's the next family dinner?" Quinn teased.
"Wednesday at Breadtix and you're both coming." Santana ordered glaring at Quinn.
Wednesday came around and after much arguing Gregorio allowed Brittany and Quinn to come along.
When Rachel saw them she froze but put her best show face on and continued in with Shelby.
"I'm sorry I know it was supposed to be us and the girls but Santana insisted." Gregorio began but Shelby shook her head and kissed his cheek.
"It's ok. And who is this little one?" Shelby cooed fawning over Beth.
"This is my daughter Beth." Quinn said with a smile to the little girl.
"So nice to see you again Quinn." Shelby greeted shaking her hand and then Brittany's. "Hello Brittany."
"Hi, Coach Corcoran." Brittany smiled shaking her hand.
"You can all me Shelby. We aren't in competition with each other anymore." Shelby smiled warmly as she and Rachel took a seat.
"Not to bring up un-pleasantries, but I have been curious." Santana mused. "What happened to Vocal Adrenaline after they egged Rachel?" Santana asked causing her father to choke on his water, Rachel to flinch and Shelby to clench her fist.
"Santana!" Gregorio warned.
"What?" Santana shrugged. "It is a very valid question."
Gregorio went to say something else but Shelby held her hand up.
"It's fine Greg. I forced them to pay for half the damage repairs Puck and Finn did to the Range Rovers and I threatened their spots on the team and the ones who will be returning next year if I return will be fearing for their reputation and futures in dance, singing or performing." Shelby chuckled. "I thought they were going to start bawling."
Rachel looked up at her mom with surprise evident in her face.
"Wait, you aren't returning to Carmel next year?" Quinn asked as the waiter came over to take their orders.
Once the waiter got their orders Shelby and Santana spoke up.
"Oh, and can we get an extra basket of Breadsticks?" the two exchanged a look and smiled.
Shelby cleared her throat and looked at Quinn. "I have been asked to return next year but I was also offered a spot at McKinley as a Biology teacher."
"You have to stay with Vocal Adrenaline." Rachel said.
"What?" Santana and Quinn cried. "Berry, if she left them we'd have a better chance of kicking their asses."
"Santana." Gregorio warned at the same time Brittany did."San…"
"I don't think it is proper to swear in front of an infant Santana." Rachel put in.
"Ok, I'll try not to swear in front of the baby. But come on, she could be our coach and we'd get revenge on the ones that egged you who are still around."
Brittany sighed. "What she means to say is that if Shelby wasn't the coach of Vocal Adrenaline there would be no hard feelings for when we prank them."
Santana deflated and gave Brittany and incredulous look.
Shelby chuckled. "I have all summer to decide girls, I am thinking about it."
The food arrived and they continued to make small talk.
Santana was happy that her dad was happy but she couldn't shake the feeling of wanting to keep him and Shelby apart but they were already so close. Her mother left them so what's to stop Shelby from doing the same. Not to mention if this lasted Rachel could become her…Santana fought to keep the gasp in her head. Her and Berry could become step-sisters?
Santana cast a glance at her father and Shelby to see them smile lovingly at each other. She hadn't seen her father this happy in a long time. Five years actually.
"I have an idea." Gregorio smiled. "The fair is coming up why don't we all go?" he suggested.
Santana furrowed her brow. They hadn't gone to that since her mom. Rachel contemplated it. Her fathers hadn't taken her since she was ten.
"You two are welcome to join us." Shelby said and Brittany beamed bouncing in her seat.
Santana smiled and nodded. She could go. Brittany always wanted to but one of them was either busy or out of town.
"Sure." Quinn said and Rachel couldn't help but smile at the smile on Quinn's face. She was already in deep with her feelings. It was why she kept trying to break her and Finn up. Dating Finn however only became part of making Quinn jealous which she didn't know if it was working at all.
"I suppose." Rachel said.
"Great, it is this weekend and we can all meet there." Gregorio said clapping his hands together.
As much as Santana hated it when her father had told her he had met someone, seeing the look in his eyes made her smile. Her dad was happy. She wasn't going to ruin that.
AN: I was going to make this a whole other chapter but decided against it. I left you all in the dark for so long. So here it is. How the Unholy Trinity came to befriend Rachel.)
"You don't have to go if you don't want to." Shelby said and Rachel shook her head.
"No, if you and Santana's father are going to be in a relationship I must get past everything and try to befriend Santana." Rachel said smoothing out her t-shirt. She looked at the jeans turned jean short and smiled. The jeans had still fit but they were short so Rachel cut them to stop mid-thigh.
Shelby kissed her forehead. "Thank you for trying. This doesn't mean I won't be there for you ok? Just come find me or call and I will drop everything to make sure you're ok." Shelby swore hugging her close and tight.
"Thank you."
"I'll always be here."
Rachel wiped the tear from her ear and they pulled away.
"We should get going now." Rachel said as they shared a small laugh.
"Yeah."
They headed out and got in Shelby's car.
They arrived at the fair and they all agreed that Shelby and Gregorio would go their own way and the girls and Beth would go theirs.
"So Berry why are you living with your mom? What happened to the loving gay dads?" Santana asked crossing her arms. Rachel flinched and wrapped her arms around herself.
"San don't." Brittany said placing a hand on her shoulder. Brittany could see that it was a subject Rachel didn't want to talk about.
"What? You can't tell me you aren't as curious as me." Santana scowled.
Quinn watched Rachel retreat into herself more and gave Santana a look to just drop it. But Santana wasn't listening.
"Come on Berry, first she leaves you, then you're living with her? Did your dads give you to her? I mean they wouldn't just leave you with her. I thought they didn't want you to meet her in the first place." As Santana kept going on and on Brittany and Quinn could see Rachel was about to burst. "Did they finally get tired of all the argyle too? I mean this is a nice look on you and you could do without the sweaters that make you look like a kid. Did they dress you? Aren't gay men supposed to have good fashion sense?"
"SHUT UP!" Rachel shouted startling all three and Beth who looked around at the noise.
Santana raised an eyebrow. "What?"
"You heard me. Shut up! You don't know anything!" Rachel screamed before storming off, not letting a tear fall till she was facing away from the Unholy Trinity.
Brittany gave Santana a disapproving look and Quinn glared. Santana scowled. "What?"
"You were inconsiderate San." Brittany said shocking Santana. More so for the fact that Brittany used a big word correctly. She knew the bubbly blonde wasn't book smart and had her moments.
"She's right. Anyone could see that she didn't want to talk about them." Quinn said with a disapproving look of her own. "Let's go find her." Quinn sighed pushing Beth's stroller and walking away from Santana with Brittany in tow.
Santana sighed and followed them.
They found Rachel sitting behind a booth on the far end so no one would see her cry.
"Hey." Rachel looked up as Quinn sat next to her.
Brittany took a seat next to her and wrapped an arm around her. "San won't say it but she's sorry for making you sad." Brittany said as she glared up at Santana.
"What happened Rachel?" Quinn asked softly as Beth squirmed in her arms.
"My dads left." Rachel sobbed and Santana quirked an eyebrow. There was no way she had a big thing in common with her. "I came home on the last day of school and their bags were packed. I asked them if we were going somewhere and they told me they were but I wasn't. They wanted to go and find out what made them fall in love. I ran to Shelby's and told her what happened. Then we got my things and moved it to her house. So for the past three weeks I have been living with her." Rachel said sniffling. "They just left. They expected me to stay in that house with my grandparents." Rachel wiped away tears. "How could they just leave?" Rachel started bawling and the last person she ever thought would comfort her did.
Santana motioned for Brittany to scoot over and she did. Santana wrapped her arms around Rachel tight and rocked her from side to side.
"When I was eleven, almost twelve, my mother walked out on me and my dad." Rachel looked up at her. "Believe it or not I used to be a happy kid." Brittany and Quinn giggled at that even Rachel had a smile. "Tell anyone and I will ends you. But the point is they're idiots, just like my mom, papi always tells me she is the one missing out on us not us on her because she will never witness the wonderful woman I grew up to be. And same with your dads, they're idiots to just leave you like that."
"They wanted to remember what it was like. Before me." Rachel sniffled and Santana scowled at her fathers.
"Well then they don't deserve to have you." Santana said. "Our parents are dating Berry, while it may take some time." Santana held out her hand to Rachel. "Welcome to the family Berry."
Rachel ignored the offered hand and hugged her. Santana was caught off guard and if it wasn't for Brittany who threw her hands up to support her she and Rachel would have fell to the ground.
Once they were sat upright Brittany clapped. "Yay, we're friends!" She wrapped the two brunettes in a hug and beamed at Quinn who joined the hug with one arm as to not squish Beth.
"Ok, enough sap." Santana grumbled. "Let's go have some fun." Santana said standing and helping Brittany and Rachel to their feet.
Rachel smiled and offered a hand to Quinn who was having difficulty since she was holding Beth. Quinn blushed but took the offered hand. The sparks that flew through both girls caused a surprised look to flash over both of their faces.
"Thank you." Quinn said as Rachel smiled and nodded.
They spent the day riding rides and playing games. They ate food and candy. Brittany was on a sugar high the whole way home. She finally crashed when they arrived at the Lopez house.
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