An:/ As always thank you all reviewers/ readers/ alerts.
Not going to have a long AN here just to say Sorry Idina I hope you don't feel the Shelby bashing.
I own nothing except my Characters and am only borrowing RM's characters to play in my playground for awhile.
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Chapter 7
The last month had not been easy for Rachel.
At first her therapy wasn't that hard, it mostly consisted of building her upper body as well as her left leg.
That she could handle mostly working with free weights and the universal gym so that the muscles in her arms would even out, and knee bends with light weights for her leg. The hardest part of it was dealing with the pain from her healing ribs, but the pain medication was helping her cope. Though she was kept on a low dose since her Aunt didn't want her to become dependent on them.
She had others ways to help with the pain such as long soaks in the Jacuzzi, as well as the massage therapy two things she enjoyed the most.
Then came the torture.
She had built up enough strength in her upper body and left leg to start using crutches.
So everyday for a hour she would practice a few times walking back and forth.
And every night she would lay in her bed crying due to the pain.
During these times her aunt would come to her room after shift was over and as they would talk her aunt would massage her leg and arms.
Sydney had taken the time to see the massage therapist and have her teach Sydney the proper way to ease the cramping in Rachel's muscles.
Rachel knew her aunt was a busy Doctor, and the fact that she would do this after having a long day herself meant the world to her.
As Rachel progressed, Sydney came to her one day and informed her that Rachel's mobility was to the point that she could be released and seen on a day patient basis.
To say Rachel's freak out was mild would have been an understatement.
Where would she stay, who would help her with some of the day to day things she still had trouble with.
After she calmed down and thought things through, she asked Sydney if she could bring her some listings for an furnished monthly apartment that was in a good area close to the Hospital.
Sydney asked why would she need those, cause there was no way in hell her niece was going to live alone in a apartment when Syd and Davis had converted their downstairs office which had it's own bathroom into a bedroom for Rachel. Which her Grandparents had decorated with help from Kurt who on his shopping trip with Dee Dee picked out the bedding and the color the room should be painted.
Her Grandparents outfitted the room with a T.V video player and a lot of movies along with laptop knowing that Rachel would have spend a great amount of time in the room to keep her busy.
She complained it was too much they stopped the argument quickly by saying consider it 17 years of Christmas, Hanukkah's and Birthdays and they are the Grandparents and she can't argue with her Grandparents.
As the days progressed at first it was awkward adjusting to living with Sydney and Davis.
Yes she was growing closer to her aunt, but she didn't know Davis all that well other than the times he would visit her.
It was another thing to live with someone, and from past experiences Rachel knew people didn't warm up to her all that well.
Davis put her fears to rest by telling her that he felt her personality was similar to her aunts and he lived all these years with Sydney so he wouldn't have a problem with Rachel.
Rachel thought her breaking point came when they finally took the cast off her right leg.
The pain from working her upper body and left leg was mere child's play compared to this.
Some nights the other avenues of soaks in the tub and massages wouldn't help,
and Sydney would have to give her a stronger pain reliever which was administered
by a needle.
Rachel hated this one the most, the medication would make her goofy and things that Rachel would never say out loud came out of her mouth.
Early on during the therapy for her right leg Rachel wanted to quit and was yelling at her aunt to cut the damn leg off. She could deal with that, the pain was just to much and what was the use anyway her dreams were gone and she didn't need both legs.
For two days Rachel refused to leave her bed, nothing Sydney or Davis said could get her out the depression she pulled herself into.
Even the calls from Kurt or Quinn didn't help, as well as the hourly phone call from her Gee-Ma hadn't worked.
And then finally on the third day her Gee-Ma and Gee-Pa showed up.
Her Gee-Pa marched into her room and sat on her bed.
They talked for over 2 hours.
He told her how when her aunt and Shelby were younger, and he was a police officer
he was shot in the line of duty.
The bullet nicked his spine, the Doctors told him he would never walk again.
And even though the pain was at time unbearable and it felt like at times his body was
on fire, he pushed through because he knew that one day he was going to walk again.
Well that day came, the day he proved all the doctors wrong he walked out of that Hospital.
Yeah sure he could never be a cop again, but he went back to school and took
some business and management courses, and now was the owner of 3 successful
grocery stores.
And he knew it was tough and she would feel like giving up a few more times after this, but he also knew she was made of stronger stuff.
She asked him how he knew if she was strong enough.
He grabbed her nose and said "Cause your a Corcoran."
She agreed she would go back to Therapy the next day and would he come with her.
He told her "there was no other place he would rather be".
She had a few more bad days, and after talking to her Gee-Pa she would show up the next day to go through it all over again.
Slowly it became easier to move around on her crutches, she stopped using the wheel chair when she went out for longer periods.
She didn't put all her weight on her right leg, but she was working her way to only needing a cane to walk around. Her legs would still ache once in awhile when she over did it.
She just finished her last therapy session for a week, She was off to Columbus for a week with her aunt and uncle.
To stay at her Grandparents for her Gee-Pa's upcoming Birthday.
At first she didn't want to go knowing that Shelby and Beth would be there, and even though she loved her Gee-Pa she just didn't want to have to watch Shelby and Beth in their Mother and Daughter interaction.
Her Gee-Ma assured her that Shelby had called and said that couldn't get away for that week and her and Beth would come the week after for a late Birthday celebration.
Dee Dee was also thankful for this for the simple reason they hadn't told Shelby they met their Grand Daughter, and were now involved in her life.
So now she was waiting for her aunt to finish up her half day of work, so they could head out to Columbus. Davis was waiting down in the SUV with the bags they packed last night.
She was excited not only was she going to see her Grandparents.
Kurt, Blaine as well as Quinn had planned to come see her so they could celebrate the fact they won Regionals a couple of weeks ago with her.
She had showed the video Kurt sent her, to her aunt and uncle and they asked if she had any with her singing.
Kurt sent the one's his dad recorded, as they watched them Sydney commented that when Rachel recorded her first C.D
it would be nice if her talented niece mentioned her beautiful aunt in it.
Davis and Rachel laughed at this and Rachel made her a promise that when she accepted her first Grammy Syd could come to the awards show and sit beside her.
Syd told her she was holding Rachel to that promise.
Rachel was startled out of her thoughts when her aunt stood in front of her and poked her in the side.
"Whatca thinking about so hard kiddo?"
"Nothing just lost in thought about the last month."
"Yeah it was a tough one, but your still pushing forward."
Rachel reached her arms around her aunt. "I would of never got this far without you and my family."
Sydney kissed her forehead. "And speaking of family, shall we get on the move so we can get this week over with?"
"PFFFFTTT, as much as you say you don't want to see them, your looking forward to this week more than anybody."
Rachel turned and waved bye to Nurse Jan and hobbled her way to the elevators.
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Columbus OH.
They arrived the night before and the trip was somewhat rough on Rachel and while everyone went out for breakfast
that morning Rachel stayed back to rest up. She told them to bring her something back.
As she was sitting down at the kitchen table reading a book while having a cup of coffee, it was good being able to have her daily cup again.
She heard the front door open thinking it was everybody back from breakfast.
Then she heard it the clicking of heels coming down the hall.
FUCK!
She wasn't supposed to be here, Gee-Ma said she was coming next week.
Rachel watched her enter the kitchen, with Beth hanging off her hip.
She walked over and put Beth down in the high chair, and kiss her on the forehead.
Then she proceeded to grab a mug off the counter and pour herself a cup of coffee.
Unknown to her why, Rachel's thought was "OH my coffee's good enough for her but I'm not!"
As Rachel finished this thought Shelby turned around and proceeded to spit out the coffee on her hands and down the front of her shirt.
Rachel mused that this must be a family thing since Sydney did it a few times.
"Ra..Ra... Rachel what are you doing here?" Shelby spluttered.
"Pardon?" was Rachel's reply.
"What are you doing here, at my parents house?"
"Oh, well my Grandfathers Birthday is coming up and I am here to help him celebrate it."
Shelby looked at Rachel, and though her heart skipped a little at seeing her again, it was weird seeing her sitting at her parents table having a coffee.
She had been worried when Puck called her that day asking if she heard from Rachel cause nobody had seen or heard from her in awhile.
Shelby asked Puck a few times after that when he came to see Beth if they had found Rachel. He told her Kurt did but other than Blaine and Quinn he didn't tell anyone else what happened to Rachel.
And since Kurt was no longer worried about her the rest of the Gleeks figured she was OK.
They thought her dads took her to New York.
Shelby thought this was the most likely answer to where Rachel went, and it had been a month since she talked to Puck. His constant advances towards her after she told him that what they did was a mistake and would never happen again had pissed her off.
So she told him not to come around anymore after he had told her date one night that he didn't like the guy asking the mother of his baby out on dates.
She allowed Quinn to see Beth, and Quinn wasn't saying anything about Rachel.
Shelby regretted not taking the opportunity to get closer to Rachel when she came back. Just everything that happened with Puck and Quinn threw her for a loop and she wanted to clear that up before trying reach out to Rachel.
Plus the whole fact she was ashamed for sleeping with Puck.
She was pulled out her inner turmoil by Beth banging her hands and calling for attention.
She went over to Beth and gave her a few cookies, she knew that would keep Beth occupied for awhile so she could focus on Rachel.
She looked back at Rachel, noticing Rachel picked up her book and was not interested in what Shelby was doing.
"Rachel?"
Rachel looked up from book.
"What I meant was I thought we said we would hold off on any relationship for now, so I want to know was how did you find out where your gran...I mean my parents lived and what are you doing here?"
The look on Rachel's face told Shelby that didn't come out right, and Shelby knew the minute she spoke it was not what she meant.
Rachel stood up fast and thought "Shit" shouldn't of done that as the pain shot down her right leg, but she was to mad to care.
"We said...We said! no Shelby you said you didn't want a relationship, so I don't think it's any of your damn business what I am doing here!"
"Watch your tone!"
"What you going to ground me? I would like to Fucking see that happen."
Shelby was shocked to say the least at the venom behind Rachel's words.
"You will watch your language in front of your sister."
"I am a only child." The icy tone sent a shiver down Shelby's back.
Rachel didn't want to deal with Shelby right now and decided to go lay down.
Still angered by Shelby's words Rachel forgot to grab her crutches and started to briskly walk out of the room as she took her second step which ended up being her right leg.
A crippling pain caused her right leg to fold sending her toppling down to the floor.
Walking without her crutches was stupid and painful, it was nothing compared to landing on her right leg.
She closed her eyes from the pain and she saw stars, if she wasn't in so much pain she would of laughed at that.
She lay on the floor taking deep breaths trying to work through the pain.
Then she felt hands on her trying to turn her on her back which caused her leg to shift, it added to the pain she already felt and she gave out a little scream.
Shelby was horrified at what she saw, she watched as Rachel move to walk away and then next thing Shelby knew Rachel was falling towards the floor. Shelby surged forward hoping to be in time to catch her before she could fall all the way.
But she was to far away. She didn't know what happened she thought maybe Rachel caught her foot on the table and tripped.
When Rachel didn't look like she was moving Shelby's first thought was she hit her head and was knocked out, she went to turn Rachel on her back and that's when Rachel's scream of pain had her pulling her hands away quickly knowing her actions had caused her baby more pain.
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Sydney and the others had just pulled up from their breakfast outing. She was busy gathering up Rachel's breakfast and wasn't aware of anything around her.
All of the sudden she heard the "Oh Shit." come out of her Dad's mouth.
Sydney's head popped up and she saw what caused her Dad to curse, sitting in the driveway was Shelby's vehicle.
Sheldon didn't even properly stop and Sydney was out flying to the door.
As Sydney opened the door she heard her niece scream and flew to the kitchen to see Shelby hovering over Rachel and her vision turned red.
Sydney rushed to Rachel and Shelby, grabbed Shelby by her arm and shoved her away from Rachel.
Yelling at her "What the FUCK did you do to her?"
From the force that her sister threw her back Shelby only had time enough to grab the counter, or she would of landed on the floor herself.
She stood confused on what was going on.
Shelby watched as her parents and brother in-law rushed into the kitchen.
Her sister was on the floor next to Rachel rubbing circles on her back all the while whispering in Rachel's ear trying to calm her.
Her mom and dad flew next to Rachel.
She watched as Sydney gave her Dad instructions to get behind Rachel to which he promptly sat on the floor behind her and sat her up and held her to his chest as she let out a loud painful moan.
Her mom squatted down wiping at Rachel's tears, trying to comfort her all the while saying "Your OK my Grand baby we have you."
Sydney called to Davis to bring her bag, turning to Shelby with the dirtiest of looks. She said "Better check on your daughter over there."
Indicating with her chin over to the crying Beth.
Shelby walked over to Beth and picked her up to calm her , and turned her attention back to what was happening behind her.
Sydney asked her Mom to heat up some of the jell packs in the microwave.
Davis came back in the kitchen and handed Sydney her medical bag.
Sydney pushed up the the right leg on the sweat pants Rachel was wearing.
Shelby looked at Rachel's leg and sucked in a gasp of air as she saw the scar on her leg.
All the while Rachel's eyes remained closed, she now had her face tucked into her Gee-Pa's neck as he still held on tight to her.
Sydney took the needle and stuck it into Rachel's calf and asked her Mom for the now warm jell packs and placed them on Rachel's leg.
She asked her mom told hold it in place, she wanted to check out Rachel's left leg.
As Rachel's sobs subsided Sydney knew the pain medication was starting to work.
She asked Davis to lift Rachel off the floor and place her in a chair for now, and after Sydney was sure there was no damage to her legs, they would place her here until the full effects of the medication kicked then they could move her to the bed.
The family ignored Shelby the whole time but as soon as Sydney finished her her quick examination of Rachel.
Sydney turned on Shelby.
Sydney looked back at her mother. "Mom can you take Beth for awhile."
"Why do you want Mom to hold Beth?"
Sydney gritted her teeth and spoke "Because I have some things to say and I don't want your child caught in the middle."
Shelby handed Beth over to her mother.
Sydney squared her shoulders and was just getting ready to have it out with Shelby when behind her they heard.
"Five bucks on Sydney."
Sydney turned to look at her niece, talking to her Grandpa. Who just sat there smiling at Rachel.
Dee Dee was about to say something to Rachel but before she could, Sydney remarked.
"The pain medication I gave her makes all goofy and the says whatever she wants."
Dee Dee clucked her tongue and tried to give Rachel a stern look, to which Rachel asked. "Why so angry Gee-Ma, your to pretty to look mad."
Dee Dee smiled fondly at Rachel.
Sydney looked back at Shelby and asked.
"I would like to know what the hell you did my niece?"
Shelby was a little taken aback by the emotion rolling off her sister, and didn't answer her right away.
"Well I'm waiting." Sydney had no patience right now, and wanted answers immediately.
"I was just talking to her." came Shelby's
"Phhhttt. Talking to me more like demanding to know what I was doing in my Grandparents house like I had no right."
Rachel turned to her Grandfather and stuck out her lower lip and turned on her full Doe eyes to him. "She basically wanted to know why you would want me a your Birthday party. You want me here right Gee-Pa?"
Sheldon gave Shelby his we will talk about this later look, he then pulled Rachel a one armed hug.
"Of course I want you here my little one." He then kissed her head.
"Thats not what happened." Shelby spat out.
"So are you calling my Grand baby a liar?" asked her Mother.
"No I mean..."
"Either Rachel's lying or you said it." growled out Sydney.
"I didn't mean for it to come out that way." Shelby bemoaned.
"So how in the HELL did you mean it."
"I was shocked to find her sitting here and I knew... well I thought that you guys didn't know about her."
"Oh so your fat headed ego thought she tracked us down to keep you in her life."
Sydney's voice was starting to get higher and Davis knew she was going to lose control on her anger any second, and decided to take Beth out of the war zone.
He walked over to his mother in-law took Beth from her and walked out of the kitchen.
As Davis and Beth left the room she knew she could let loose the fury of one Sydney Jocelyn Jensson and show Coach Corcoran here who was the most feared.
"OK so let me get this right so there's no mistake, Firstly you sign a damn contract saying you can't see the child you gave birth to till she's 18 unless she seeks you out, then not satisfied with waiting any longer, you send a student to seduce her and lead her to you 2 years ago?"
"I told him befriend...befriend!"
Sydney held up her hand to stop Shelby not wanting to hear her excuses.
"Can you kindly wait till I finish then you can defend your actions."
Shelby nodded her acquiescence.
"And who's not smart enough to know a horny teenage boy isn't going to try and get into a beautiful teenage girls pants."
"Awe you think I'm beautiful, and believe me he tried to get in my pants."
Rachel patted her Grandpa's hand "Don't worry Gee-Pa I didn't let him."
"Good Girl." Sheldon replied.
Sydney turned back to her niece who was making it hard to be angry right now, and made a motion of zipping her lip.
"Sorry." Rachel shrugged her shoulders sheepishly and zipped her lips.
Sydney took a moment to re-group her thoughts.
"And then when she does find you for some damned reason you tell her that she was wrong in seeking you out."
Shelby was about to speak when Sydney piped up.
"Lets admire each other from afar and leave her a damn glass and a song like that's supposed to mean something, who in the fuck says that to their own kid?"
Shelby again opened her mouth, and Sydney held up her hand to silence her.
"It was rhetorical."
"Then your Daughter comes to you one more time to give you a chance to be in her life, swallowing her pride and almost begging you to be in her life, not as her mom as a coach, a friend any little scrap you can give her, and what do you do? You tell her that she not what you want and how do you prove this by walking away and adopting the baby of two people who had a hand of making her life hell in high school."
Sydney turned to Rachel who was currently playing with her Grandfathers fingers while her right leg was resting on her Grandma's lap.
"Rach do I have it right so far?"
Rachel kept playing with her Grandfather's hand and gave her aunt a thumbs up.
"So after you left your daughters life and feelings of self worth in a shambles, you come strolling right back in, is it to see her and fix the major fuck up you caused? NO...NO... No not even close. You come back and the first people you seek out the parents of your adoptive daughter. If you wanted to see them that fucking bad there are such things as a phone meet them at the fucking coffee shop."
Sydney stalked to the fridge and grabbed at water for herself and Rachel and indicated to her parents if they wanted one, she placed the water on the table for everyone except Shelby. She could damn well get her own.
She took a giant gulp put the lid back on and took a breath to continue.
"So when you finally get up the nerve to see Rachel, you figure a song can patch up the hurt you caused. With a fucking song...a fucking song. What the fuck good does a song do?"
Sydney turned quickly to her niece. "Sorry Rach."
Rachel was still engrossed with her Grandfather's fingers and just gave her aunt a shooing motion.
"So where was I? So after the song you go back to ignoring your daughter to focus
your energy on Quinn and your daughters ex-boyfriend Puck."
Shelby's face paled, yes Sydney wanted to dig that one in and twist it.
She just couldn't air Shelby's dirty little secret to their parents, they didn't need to be hurt by this anymore then they had to.
So she leaned closer to Shelby and hissed in her ear. "Yes I know what you got up to with your daughter's first boyfriend although they broke up he was still her first boyfriend, and she knows as well."
At this Shelby's knees started to buckle and she reach for a chair before she crumpled to the floor.
Sheldon and Dee Dee just watched their girls when Sydney whispered some thing in Shelby's ear and they became curious when Shelby paled and had to sit down right away, they knew it had to do with Rachel and maybe it was something that Rachel wanted to keep between her and Shelby only. But allowing Sydney to be the only other one to know, and decided they would have to be fine with it.
Sydney gave Shelby a few seconds before continuing.
"After all is said and done you decide to pick up and leave again without a second look back."
"Can I ask you the whole time you worked at Rachel's school how many times did you talk to her other than when you subbed in one of her classes?"
Shelby held her head down knowing her answer of two times she could remember clearly would just anger her sister further."
"Oh that memorable you can't even answer the fucking question."
Sydney slammed down her drink.
"you know what makes me the most disgusted is that Rachel wanted to be in your life two years ago, and that meant we could have had her in our lives two years ago, but you and you alone made the decision that it wasn't going to happen. What do you do instead you go and get a newer model and with no more than a howdy do, you decide here you go I know you can't have your real blood niece this one's just as good."
Sydney's shoulders slumped and she ran her hands over her face as if to wipe away the exhaustion she felt after her verbal lashing of Shelby.
Dee Dee noticed this and lifted Rachel's leg from her lap, and went and guided Sydney to sit beside Rachel.
Sydney sat down to which Rachel promptly placed her leg on her aunts lap.
Having Rachel close to her helped Sydney calm down some more.
She looked at Shelby who had her elbows on the table with her head in her hands.
"So Shelby do you have anything to say or any questions?"
Shelby kept her face in hidden in her hands, after all how could she look at any
of them especially Rachel.
She had asked Puck if he ever dated her daughter and the little prick looked her in the face and lied.
Not that it let her off the hook for sleeping with him, she knew she was in the wrong
while they did it even more so after.
While her sister pointed out how wrong Shelby was even more so, when she came back the second time, and never did what she came to do and that was to try and have a relationship with Rachel.
She was hoping once she set up allowing Quinn and Puck in Beth's life she would work on building something with Rachel she knew it wouldn't be easy and was afraid, that's why it took some time to even talk to her.
But then she went and slept with Puck and she was ashamed. And couldn't face Rachel after sleeping with who she thought was a friend to Rachel only to now know he turned out to be her first boyfriend.
And to top it all off Rachel knew about it. What did she think about her did she disgust her own daughter?
She couldn't bring this up right now.
She decided to ask how her family knew Rachel and where did those scars come from.
Shelby finally looked up.
"How did you guys find each other?"
Sydney told her about how they found Rachel and all she went through.
Tears started to roll down Shelby's cheek as her sister told her about Rachel's accident and loss of her Dads as well as the almost loss of her legs.
As well as her painful recovery.
"OH god" thought Shelby, "my baby girl so much pain she had to go through".
Sydney watched Shelby"s tears and thought "OK maybe her sister isn't a total bitch."
"Shelby can I ask you something?"
Shelby couldn't speak instead she just nodded her head.
"Why didn't you talk to the Lawyers when they called Rachel's family looking for
anyone to take her when her fathers died." This had bothered Sydney the most after she found out Rachel was their family.
Why didn't Shelby want to claim her?
"Pssshh, She didn't want me when I had two legs what would make her want me, when we thought you were going to have to cut them off."
Sydney looked at her niece as Rachel spoke this with no emotion, it was like she was stating a fact.
Shelby's head snapped to look at her daughter. "No one contacted me, I would have been there in a heart beat."
Rachel looked at her not showing if she believed her or not.
Sydney looked at Shelby and saw the truth in her face.
"OK."
Shelby turned back Rachel. "It was never my intention to make you feel like you were not good enough for me, I just thought you were grown and didn't need me anymore
So when I saw the chance to do everything I missed with you, I grabbed it."
"When you came to me that second time I thought you understood what I wanted and was OK with it. I mean you told me about Puck and Quinn's baby."
"How in the fuck do you get me saying it's OK to replace me, by me answering your question when you asked where the rest of my team was."
Shelby didn't have a answer for that.
"I never replaced you, no one can replace you. I know it seems like a flimsy excuse,
but the first time we met I came to your school to talk to you and I saw William he pulled me in his office to ask what I was doing there, and I told him I was there to see you, What he said made sense that you and I were two different people and coming into your life now would only make a mess of it."
At this Rachel started to laugh. "Gee-Ma did she have a head injury when she was younger?"
"No I don't think so Grand baby." Not believing the words that just came out of her daughters mouth.
"Then can some one explain to me how a supposedly educated Woman can listen to someone who probably thought she was there to steal me away for her own choir, And instead of coming to talk to me and find out what I wanted believed every word, that asshat told her when same asshat did nothing to stop the bullying I put up with, as well at times the asshat even bullied me himself, so can anyone explain this to me?"
"Nah never mind the explanation is probably as pathetic as the excuse."
Sydney thought it was a good thing Rachel had taken those meds it allowed her to say what was really on her mind and not hold anything back.
Shelby put her head back in her hands as if block the hurtful words Rachel threw at her.
Yes she was an educated Woman and she fucked up royally.
Sydney saw the glazed look back on Rachel's face and knew her niece would soon
be ready to go to sleep for awhile.
Shelby knew she had to clear one thing up with Rachel before she could go any further.
"I didn't know you dated Puck."
Rachel looked at Shelby, the meds making her forget she had just yelled at Shelby.
"Yeah he tried to get a taste of Berry juice, but I didn't let him."
As this came out of Rachel's mouth Sydney and Dee Dee both sputtered and choked on their waters.
Rachel narrowed or eyes her eyes at her aunt. "I think you have a drinking problem? Your always spitting your drink on yourself."
She looked at her Grandma watching her wipe her chin. "Oh that's where you get it from."
Rachel drew closer to her aunt and said "That's OK I love you anyways."
Sydney knew her niece was in full loopy mode and it was time to get her to bed.
Shelby watched the interaction between her sister and daughter and felt jealous.
Sydney called out for Davis to carry Rachel to bed.
Davis came in and handed Beth to Shelby and scooped up Rachel, as Rachel and Davis left the kitchen they heard her say.
"Gee-Pa you owe me five bucks."
Sheldon who had remained quiet the whole time just chuckled at his grand daughter.
Shelby stood up and grabbed her purse and keys.
Sydney asked her. "So your going to run away from her again?"
"No I was going to ask Mom to watch Beth while I took some time to think about things."
"Good you have a nice long think, but know this if you decide your going to try and be in her life, if you start something with her and walk away again, you and I will have more than just words."
Sydney went to go look in on Rachel.
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AN:/ Whew well hope you enjoyed the return of Shelby.
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