Author's note: I only briefly talked about the funeral because it was just too sad for me to write. The last two chapters have already been sad enough. I hope you like this one. There will be more Pezberry interaction in the following chapters.

Chapter 8

Rachel fell into her bed with a sigh. The funeral had been a gloomy day. Rachel spent most of the time hugging her father, Kurt, and Santana as they cried. Quinn, Puck, and Brooke had also come down to Lima for the funeral. By the end of the funeral, Rachel was emotionally drained. She had just gotten back to Lima a few hours ago. Of course, as soon as she turned on her phone, it blew up with emails from her manager, director of her TV show, and other business related things. She was thankful that they were understanding, but she wished she could have a few more days off. Her phone buzzed with a text message.

Brooke: I'm outside babe.

Rachel smiled slightly, Brooke had been there for her as much as possible, and she was thankful for it. Rachel unlocked her door and let Brooke in, not before Brooke stole a kiss though.

"How are you doing?"

"I'm okay. I'm holding up." If Rachel was being honest, it made it worse when people kept asking because it reminded her that her father was really gone. Brooke held up a couple of movies in her hand,

"Which one?" Rachel took the movies into her hand. She grinned when she saw The Amazing Spider-Man. I mean, who doesn't love Andrew Garfield?

"I guess I got my answer then." Brooke says with a smirk.

"Here, you can put it in. I'll go get some snacks." Rachel says tossing the movie gently into Brooke's hand.

"As long as it's not anything vegan." Rachel just playfully threw a pillow in Brooke's direction.

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Santana zoned in and out as the wedding planner went on and on about how she was the perfect person to make their wedding amazing. This is the tenth one they've seen. She felt Dani nudge her.

"What?"

"I said, what'd you think of that one?" Dani asked, eyebrow raised. It was then that Santana noticed that the wedding planner had stopped speaking.

"You okay?" Santana sighed,

"Yeah, you know it's just been a rough week." Santana rubbed her temples. When Santana had gotten to Lima, she called Dani and told her briefly about what happened, and to Santana's surprise, Dani didn't make a big deal about her being with Rachel for a week, which Santana appreciated. Dani started massaging her shoulders.

"Aw I'm sorry babe. We can continue this tomorrow, if that'll help?" Dani suggested, Santana smiled gratefully.

"Yeah, that sounds like a good idea."

"I'll meet you at your place later, I got some stuff to do at the studio." Santana just nodded, gave Dani a peck on the cheek, and grabbed her purse and left.

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Rachel woke up at the sound of her phone going off. She sat up and looked around confusingly for Brooke. She glanced down at her phone and noticed she had two texts.

Brooke: Had to leave for a shoot, u looked too peaceful to wake up. See u l8r xx

Rachel smiled and responded quickly before reading the text from Mercedes.

Cedes: Need ur opinion on a song I just recorded. Can u come down to the studio?

This wasn't the first time that Mercedes asked Rachel for her opinion on one of her songs because Rachel was known to have a very good ear for music and she's a perfectionist. If you had told her back in high school that Mercedes would be asking for her opinion, she would've laughed, but they've come a long way from that.

Rachel: Sure. Be there in 20.

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Rachel makes her way inside the building and into the main office. The receptionist already knew who Rachel was and just gave her a visitor's pass. As Rachel walks down the hallway to Mercedes' studio room, she hears moaning. Thinking that it's nothing, she keeps walking, but it keeps getting louder. She immediately stops when she hears "Dani." Being moaned out by a woman who obviously isn't Santana. Rachel ducked under the studio door so she was out of sight and peered in. All she was able to see was a woman with blonde hair, who was obviously Dani, in between someone's legs. Rachel had to put a hand over her mouth to cover up her gasp. She quickly walked away from the room. She had a feeling Dani was a bitch, but this was just a new low. She shouldn't be that surprised because Dani was a known player, but this angered Rachel. Dani had an amazing woman, and yet she's wasting time being unfaithful and having sex with random groupies. Rachel was so into her thoughts that she didn't notice she was outside of Mercedes' studio door until she heard music playing.

"Hey girl. Woah, you look like you've seen a ghost." Mercedes says as Rachel walks in.

"You okay?" Rachel shakes her head to rid her thoughts and plasters on a smile. 'Should I tell her what I saw?' Rachel thinks, but decides against it for now.

"Yeah I'm fine, just tired." Mercedes gives her an apologetic smile.

"I'm sorry, we could do this another time if you want."

"And miss an opportunity to hear one of your songs before it airs? No way." Rachel says with a small smile. Plus, she could use a little distraction. Mercedes just grins and motions for her to sit down.

"You know how much of perfectionist I am, and something seems missing from the song. I just don't know what it is yet." Mercedes then plays the song. Rachel immediately loves it, but she agrees with Mercedes that it's missing something.

"Maybe you should have a feature on this song." Rachel suggests, Mercedes thinks about it for a minute before nodding her head.

"You're right, and I have the perfect person in mind for the feature." Mercedes has this sneaky smirk on her face and before Rachel can respond, Mercedes speaks up,

"You'd sound amazing on this record. And I know for a fact that you miss singing." She points out. Mercedes was right though, Rachel did miss singing. Now that she's not on Broadway anymore, she doesn't get to sing often. Rachel grins,

"Alright, let's do it!"

"They won't know what hit em!"

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It's around five when Rachel gets into her car. She got a text from Puck, asking her to come hangout for some much needed bro time. She still can't shake what she saw at the studio out of her head. She pulls up to Quinn and Puck's driveway and hops out of her car. She knocks on the door which Puck opens.

"How's my Jewish American princess?" He asks before opening his arms up for a hug. They squeeze each other tight before Puck closes the door.

"Eh, I'm okay. Where's Quinn?" Rachel asks.

"In the office room." He nods his head over to the mahogany colored door. He walks over to the fridge and pulls out a pack of beer. Opening it up, he tosses a can to Rachel. She raises an eyebrow up at him.

"What? You look like you could use some." Rachel chuckles and thanks him before opening it up and taking a sip.

"Let's play some pool!"

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"Alright Rachel, what's on your mind?" Puck finally asks, Rachel looks at him, eyes a little wide.

"Nothing. Why?" Puck gives her a look that says, 'You know I don't believe you.'

"Be honest." Puck demands, Rachel bites her lip. She knows Puck won't let it go.

"Okay, but you have to promise not to say anything to Quinn and especially not Santana." It's Puck's eyes that now widen.

"Dude, what the hell is going on? I can maybe promise not to tell Santana, but I don't know about Quinn. She's like a shark when it comes to secrets." Rachel sighs and runs a hand over her face.

"Rachel…"

"I saw Dani cheating on Santana." Rachel blurts out quickly. Puck's face expression turns from worry to anger.

"You saw what?!"

Author's note: Uh oh! Here comes drama. Sorry for the wait, it's been a very busy week and I had a bit of writer's block, so hopefully this turned out okay.