Sorry it has been long, but this is just a short chapter to get me back into the story. Song used is 'Brave' by Sara. And I'm desperate to use 'Roar' by Katy Perry as well, but that's not in this chapter yet. Anyway, Read and Review :) And most importantly, Enjoy :)
Shelby could hear Rachel move around the room. The women had been able to hide inside the drawers as soon as she heard the door opening. It was just lucky she could fit and Rachel was too distracted to look at why her drawer suddenly closed as soon as she walked in. The young girl was muttering something to herself angrily and Shelby's heart felt like it could break when the diva started to sniffle. It took everything in her not to jump out and hug her. But she stayed quiet, her little girl was so close, but still she was so far away.
Rachel walked over and picked up her iPod. It was small and cheap, but it had one song on there. She hit play and then started the song, humming along to the instruments first before she sang the words.
"You can be amazing
You can turn a phrase into a weapon or a drug
You can be the outcast
Or be the backlash of somebody's lack of love"
Rachel walked over to the mirror and sang the next line to herself "Or you can start speaking up"
"Nothing's gonna hurt you the way that words do
When they settle 'neath your skin
Kept on the inside and no sunlight
Sometimes a shadow wins"
Shelby gasped. Rachel had an amazing voice that brought tears to her own eyes, she was singing with so much emotion, that Shelby had to bite her lip to stop herself from making any noise. Even at a young age, her harmonies matched perfectly "But I wonder what will happen if you-
Say what you wanna say
And let the words fall out
Honestly I wanna see you be brave
With what you want to say
And let the words fall out
Honestly I wanna see you be brave
I just wanna see you
I just wanna see you
I just wanna see you
I wanna see you be brave
I just wanna see you
I just wanna see you
I just wanna see you
I wanna see you be brave"
Rachel was practically screaming to herself with so much anger. Shelby wasn't surprised when she heard shouting downstairs telling her to "Shut up!" before she heard footsteps stamping up the stairs followed by "That's it!"
But Rachel was still oblivious to anything. And hummed again to the music until she sang along to the next verse again "Come on Rachel" Shelby whispered very quietly. For some reason, the stomping and the cursing didn't settle well with her, why was someone so mad with her singing? Her singing was beautiful.
"Everybody's been there,
Everybody's been stared down by the enemy
Fallen for the fear
And done some disappearing,
Bow down to the migh-"
"I said shut up!" Santana yelled storming into the room. The song was still playing and Santana walked over and smashed her step-sisters iPod with her fists "No Santana stop!" Rachel pleaded running over.
"Shut the hell up, midget" Santana advanced towards Rachel "You're not even part of this family, no one wants you here, so stop screaming and be quiet for once, everyone just pretends to like you"
Shelby gasped. This girl was horrible, horrible to her Rachel. She was angry, angry that Marvin was allowing this to happen. Why wasn't he up here with her? Why was Rachel crying? Shelby stopped herself when she felt like climbing out of the darer and giving the older girl a piece of her mind. But then she would expose herself, and she couldn't do that, not to Rachel.
Her phone vibrated and Shelby panicked and quickly switched it off. It was obviously Beth asking where she was. Shelby listened again and heard this other girl ask Rachel "Was that a phone? Whose phone was that you don't have a phone"
"I know..I don't...I don't know whose-"
"You stole my phone again?" Santana questioned.
"No, I haven't touched your phone, you..you have your own phone" Rachel said but then the anger was boiling up on her "So stop blaming everything on me! Because I'm sick of it, Santana! I'm sick of it, LEAVE ME ALONE!"
What Shelby heard next made her want to literally be sick. Rachel's gasp and cry when she fell onto the ground. Santana hovered over her "What did you just say?"
"I said leave me alone!" Rachel cried.
"San? Is everything alright?" Louise walked into the room. Santana scrunched her fists up. This was the women, obviously Santana's daughter "Rachel is screaming at me" Santana said.
"Rachel" Louise warned "What have I told you? Don't you ever raise your voice at Santana, she's older then you"
Rachel sniffled.
"That's it" Shelby whispered harshly before she broke out of the drawer, earning a scream from all three other persons followed by Louise looking like she had just seen a ghost "Get away from her!" Shelby growled.
Louise was staring with wide eyes and went pale, her hands were shaking as Shelby stood protectively in front of her young daughter who was staring up in shock. Louise gulped "S-Shelby? What are you doing in my house?"