Not Afraid
Chapter Eight
Not afraid, I'm not afraid
To take a stand, to take a stand
Everybody, everybody
Come take my hand, come take my hand
~ Marshall Mathers
Authors Note:
I wrote this sober, but I edited if after having a few drinks...Just a warning..in advance...
Sorry Thanks for reading Taylor
Tuesday January 4th, 2012
POV: Rachel
Location: Lima, OH
Time: 9:00 am
Rachel stopped on Main street, gauging the situation. She had to ensure that the food storage and the gasoline storage were secure. Though they had planned for this for years, Rachel had gotten lazy the last few months and wasn't a hundred percent aware of what storage situation was. She had never let the food or gas levels under 50% but she wanted to make sure that there was more then half. She looked over her shoulder there were zombies, there would always be zombies now. But it wasn't too many, she opened the back of the hummer and whispered to the dogs to be silent. She locked the doors manually, then taking out her guns starts to walk to the Lima Stop and Shop, which had gone into lock down just like the few other places when Rachel had gotten the call. She slipped off her gloves and placed her thumb to the control box and opened the door. She stepped inside prepared to fire then hit the button to shut the doors behind her.
"Captain Berry!" Rachel lowered her gun, held her hands out to halt the dogs as the man came out of the front office.
"Sergeant Fox, good to see you." Rachel holstered her guns and hugged the thirty something man. "How's your team?"
"All present and accounted for, Madam." he blushed at her show of affection. "We know that there were plans of evacuation of this storage facility and the fuel, but our men wan to stay to safeguard our supplies, Captain if that would be alright."
Rachel nodded, pursing her lips. "Let me think it over." she looked past him to see the shelves were fully stocked. "How are we here, what are our levels."
"We're currently at 97%. We were scheduled for a delivery today, but that won't be happening now." he muttered.
"That's good news, you're doing an excellent job here. Give me the tour while I'm here, then you can take me to the fuel station."
"Of course Madam, please follow me." he led her down the isles explaining what each held, because there was more then meets the eye. There were perishable items that she didn't want wasted.
"Everything that can be frozen, freeze it. Then set enough aside for both teams here, and then I'd like to have a truck prepared for a delivery to the base, of what is left."
"Yes Captain." he made a note on his clipboard. He looked over to the left as two privates made their way to where they where. "Kent and Parker start crating the perishables take what we need for a few weeks and the rest will be going to the main base."
"Right away." Parker called smirking at Rachel. "Sergeant shall we take the civilian with us to the Base when we take the truck over?"
"What civilian?" the sergeant demanded looking around to see of someone had broken into his damn building,
"At ease Sergeant, I think Parker is talking about me." Rachel smirked. She whispered to the dogs in French to stay and be calm. "No worries gentlemen I know my way around." she winked, linking her arm with the flustered sergeant and pulled him towards the hidden passage to the fuel station which shared a wall with the grocery store.
"The impertinence," the man on her arm muttered. "I'll set them straight."
"No need to do that, " Rachel patted the man's arm. "No need to embarrass them." she slipped her thumb onto the screen and watched as the door opened. The dogs started to growl the minute they walked in and Rachel frowned. "Fox where's your team and when was the last time they checked in."
"Yesterday at 22 hundred hours." Fox said looking at her confused.
"Localiser." she said softly to the dogs and pulled out her guns. "Did you test the team before you went into lock down?"
"Yes of course." Fox said as he laid his clipboard down and pulled out his own gun. "You don't think there are infected in here do you?"
"My dogs are saying there are, I've never seen them be wrong before." Rachel followed her dogs as they made quick process across the fuel storage center. Soon Rachel was able to hear, what the dogs were hearing, though when she glanced back to Fox who was behind her she could tell that he wasn't able to yet. "Fox," she whispered to him, when he met her eyes she motioned for him to come up on the west side of the building she sent both Avi and Daemyn with Fox to watch over the man. She kept the girls with her as she rounded the corner. The team was in devastation, where the team had sent up their bunks. All six members of the team had fallen victim to an intruder. There were now seven zombies in the building and one of them was fucking toddler.
"Oh god no!" Fox ran to them, before Rachel could stop him. Before her dogs could prevent it. Rachel helpless to stop the man, before he touched the child and was bitten, put a bullet into the little girls head. Killing her with Fox within two feet of the girl. His cry brought the attention of the other zombies around them and they all started in Fox's direction. Rachel had three shot and dead, in quick session. Avi had jumped another and he and Daemyn ripped his head from its body. Zuna had rushed to stand as protection over a grieving Fox. Karida and Mena had detached the head of another zombie, and Rachel shot the last Zombie as the shouts of the other team came running into the second building.
"Stand Down!" someone called from behind her. She whipped around still in protection mode and raised her gun to the new threat. "Lower your weapon, and put your hands in the air!"
Rachel was lowering her weapon when the man threatening her was attacked by Avi he leapt straight for the mans throat. The man screamed in agony, his team all leveled their guns onto Avi, who was attacking there team member. "Avi!" she called the dog ,who stopped the pressure he was applying but held the man to the ground. "Lower your fucking weapons you idiots!" Rachel demanded.
"You lower yours, your not in charge here." some other idiot called out to her. As they re-aimed all their weapons on her again. Rachel chuckled as her other four dogs started to growl and surround the other five members of Fox's team. They all froze.
"You sure about that, sweetie?" Rachel said mockingly. "Avi, liberer le fou." Rachel smiled when Avi growled and released the man, Rachel was now able to see that is was Kent from earlier. "Lower your weapons, and we can get this squared away." she said holstering her own guns and looking back to see that Fox had lost it he was crying over the fallen toddler.
She whipped out her phone and dialed the base. "I'm calling in some reinforcements." she flipped the phone on speaker.
"Base."
"It's Rainbow Brite, get me Colonel Jackson there's been an incident."
"Yes Captain, one minute." Rachel smirked when the rest of the military population groaned, as they overheard her conversation.
"Berry, where are you? Why are you off base and what the hell do you mean there's been an incident?" the man demanded. Rachel could see him in his office screaming down the phone at her.
"Recon, Sir at the fuel and food storage." Rachel smiled. "Good thing too. You're down six personnel and your acting sergeant is mentally out of commission for a few days. You need to send in a relief team."
"You mean to tell me that there was a breach of the infected into the facility?" he demanded she could hear him throwing things around his office.
"Yes Sir, I was making the rounds and checking levels and was able to contain the situation, you're going to need to send someone over to evaluate the situation and have the team re-tested."
"Is the situation contained?"
"Of course." Rachel said smirking and petting Mena's head. "So send out your team , I've got other things I have to do, so you'll be sending them now right?"
"Berry, you're pushing it." he said through gritted teeth. "Report back to base."
"Sure, as soon as I've finished my rounds." she hung up the phone and looked at the team before her. "Well someone give me a report of the fuel situation, then start removing the heads of the zombies, then dispose their bodies."
Rachel took off in the direction of where Fox was and pulled him to his feet. She slid out her katana and sliced off the head of the toddler, then pulled the all but comatose man away from the scene, after wiping clean the blade and retuning it to her sheath. "Fox!" she slapped the man, after a few more minutes of waiting him to get out of it.
"You killed that little girl." he whispered.
"She was already dead, there was nothing that could be done and she wanted to eat you alive."
"You killed that little girl." he whispered again.
"Damn it." she shook her head, unable to pull up the compassion the man needed. She had just beheaded a child the same age as her own daughter, she was barely holding it together. "Someone take car of Fox." she whistled and headed to the exit.
"Captain, your report." someone called after, she turned to see Parker heading over with Fox's clip board. "The fuel is at 100 percent Madam."
"Good, take care of your team I'm putting you in charge until the relief team is here." she pressed her thumb to the door and left the fuel storage with her babies in tow. She hustled through the food storage and left the same way she came out into the real work and to her hummer.
She held it together loading the dogs into the back seat, then climbed in herself and headed away from the disaster that was Main street. She rolled away , she started aiming for the zombies that she found when driving the neighborhoods, of Lima. Listening to the crunching sounds as their bones, were crushed by the weight of the SUV. The pining sound as the zombies bounced off the hood and sides of the hummer as she sped past.
She headed to more familiar locations as she headed to her own neighborhood, saddened when she began recognizing the zombies that she was now alleviating with her killing machine with four wheels. She parked her Hummer three streets over and slipped into the hidden water pipes access they ran through all of Lima. They all jumped into the pipes and Rachel quickly followed the markers that would lead her to the pipes that ran straight to the hidden access pipe that was located in her back yard.
Tuesday January 4th, 2012
POV: Rachel
Location: Berry Household
Time: 11:00 am
She opened the top of the pipe climbed up and looked around. She was happy to see that her security system was still in place and zombie free. She climbed back down and pulled Mena into her arms and climbed up the stairs placing her onto the grass, then repeated the actions with Zuna, then Karida, Daemyn and finally Avi. Then she climbed through the pipe one last time herself and closed the access lid.
"Come on guys lets get a shower," she smiled down at them and headed to the back door of the house. She placed her thumb onto the pad, and waited for the automatic shutters to retract. Rachel stepped into the kitchen, and disarmed the alarm. She hopped up to the box on top of the fridge and snagged the doggie treats. The dogs barked excited and lined up. Rachel doling out a treat to each of them and then headed into the hidden basement door.
"Hello Rachel." Rachel whipped around to see the older woman in her basement. Her brown hair streaked with sliver, her face showing signs of age. The left side hanging slightly looser and lower then the right.
"Hello Barbra."
"Did I fall asleep?" she asked with a peaceful smile.
"For a little while." Rachel answered shooing the dogs into their automatic 'shower'.
"Shall I help you today?"
"If you'd like." Rachel smiled at her then headed in the direction of her own shower. "I'm just going to hop in the shower, would you mind starting up the machines, and my computer?"
"Yes, Rachel." the woman headed off out of Rachel's eye sight and Rachel closed herself off into the shower stall allowing herself to finally fall apart. She kept visualizing Gianna being in the place of that little girl, wanting to forget the entire thing. Knowing that if that ever happened she wouldn't have been able to be the one to kill her own daughter and not wanting to live herself if the little angel wasn't there to share it with.
About an hour later she left the confines of her shower stall she wrapped herself in a towel and headed into the unsanctioned Berry basement lab. She tucked the corner of the towel under her arm pit and sat on the office chair reading over the latest test results.
"This looks promising Barbra, did you see these numbers?"
"Rachel I hardly think this meets lab dress code." she chuckled. "Yes I noticed the numbers they look very promising."
"My lab, I make and break the rules." Rachel laughed. "Have you eaten today?"
"I don't remember." Barbra laughed sitting in the chair next to the younger girl. "I've been having senior moments."
Rachel smiled and leaned over to her desk drawer on her right and pulled out her hidden stash of raspberry cookies. "Shall we?"
"If we must." the woman smiled and took the offered handful of cookies. "So tell me what are we working on today?"
"Stem cell regeneration." Rachel said taking a bite out of her cookie.
"Oh is that all?" Barbra asked with a raised brow.
"I figured we would stick to something simple today."
"Have you checked in with your fathers today?" Barbra asked softly looking at the computer screen and not the now annoyed girl next to her.
"No, and I probably should its over due." she squared her shoulders and picked up the phone next to her computer.
"Dr. Berry"
"Hello Dad." she whispered closing her eyes.
"Your in the lab?" he asked sternly.
"Yes Dad." she let out a breath and smiled when Barbra squeezed her arm in support. "I was looking over some numbers for an experiment that I've been working on for my science project." she lied.
"I hardly think a high school science experiment is important, at this point." he muttered. Rachel could hear papers being flipped back and fourth in the background. "So what is the status? I'm assuming that is why you called?"
"Yes, of course. There was an incident at Main, we lost 6 team members." she sighed. "The situation was contained."
"Very good, and the ETA to the Colorado base?"
Rachel bit her lip. "It isn't safe to travel yet, with the weather, and I haven't finished rescuing people."
"You're being absurd, we've talked about this. You're already going against our wishes. How many people do you have to save? You've already saved hundreds of people. We should all be at the Berry base together where it's safe. Had you not been so defiant we would be!"
"Yes, Dad. I'm aware that you think it's a waste of our time. But I care about these people I can't just leave them defenseless! I have to go now, I'll call you later. Please tell Daddy that I'm fine, not to worry and that I love you both and will see you soon."
"I will. Good bye Rachel."
"Bye Dad." Rachel hung up the phone fighting the tears behind her eyes, still having her image of her having to kill her own daughter stuck in her head.
"Rachel?"
"Yes back to our work, Yes?" she smiled over at the woman and laughed when she pulled her into the deep hug. "I love you, Barbra. I don't know if I could have made it all these years without you."
"You and me kid, out to conquer the world. One day at a time. I love you too." Barbra kissed the petite girl in her arms, holding her tighter when her body began to shake and the sobs began again. "Its ok honey let it out, you don't have to be strong for me, I've got you."
Tuesday January 4th, 2012
POV: Santana/Quinn
Location: Base
Time: Noon
Quinn left her hand to hand combat training out of breath and sweaty. Santana was right next to her still pissed off about this morning. The proof of that was that she pushed herself to the point that she was almost unconscious next to the blonde.
"Damn I'm exhausted."
"You pushed your self too hard." Quinn scolded.
"I need to be better, we need to protect these people, Fabray."
"I understand that, and I agree with you, but you're angry and you're pushing yourself because your mad, and you want to control something."
Santana shot her the bird in annoyance. Quinn smirked and headed over to the children's play area , sitting on the bench outside watching the kids play. "We going to get lunch?"
"I wanted to eat with Beth." Quinn shrugged her shoulders.
"I knew I'd find you two here." Puck smiled and tossed them each a brown paper bag. "You want to have lunch with me and the munchkins?"
Quinn nodded and holding the bag followed Puck into the play area, Santana rolling her eyes followed after them.
"Momma, Dadda!" Beth called out to them and then grabbed onto Gianna and pulled her over.
"Good afternoon Miss. Quinn, Puckerman, Santana." Gianna said upon reaching them smiling at them as Beth settled in to sit in her daddy's lap.
"Hey kid." Santana said looking at her shaking her head. "You're defiantly the Hobbit's kid."
"Calling my mother anything other then her given name is rude." Gianna stated with her hands on her hips. "Considering who it's coming from, one would think you would know better."
"Whoa there little spitfire, what exactly is that suppose to mean?" Santana asked with an eyebrow raised.
"You're a BIG girl, I'm sure you can figure it out." Gianna muttered and then left them to eat lunch.
"Did she just call me fat?" Santana said incredulously. She watched as the little girl pulled a bigger kid off a smaller toddler and let him have it, only to turn and give the smaller child the riot act for being in the wrong part of the playground.
"Sure sounded like it." Puck laughed, smiling at the little leader in action. "She reminds me of Rachel when we were little."
"That kid thinks I'm fat?" Santana demanded. Looking back at Quinn who was hiding behind her brown bag, but her body was shaking as she looked back and forth between Puck and Santana. "Un-fricken believable. Oy little Berry, get your little bossy butt over here." she called after the little girl.
Said little girl, rolled her eyes and marched over to the Latina. "It isn't polite to call people bossy."
"Is is a lie?" Santana asked.
"No, it very accurate." she admitted and bit her lip. "My momma tells me that, being bossy it isn't nice."
Santana pulled the little girl into her lap, not liking the sad face on the girls face. "Sometimes people need to be bossed around, and it's a good thing."
"You think so?"
"I sure do, if you're momma hadn't been so bossy we wouldn't all be here, where we're safe." Santana smiled at the girl, who smiled up at her in turn. Santana melted on the spot, stick a fork in her she was done. "You want to sit with us and share my lunch?"
"How kind of you Miss. Santana." she cocked her head and gave her a miniature Berry show smile. "My momma has left the building, as my Nana ChelB says."
Santana looked over at Quinn and then Puck who both frowned. "Don't worry honey your momma is ok."
"Oh I know." the little girl giggled, at some unknown joke. "My momma is just fine, what shall we share for lunch?" the little girl tipped her head to the side. "Is there enough for your friend?
"Who?"
"Hey guys! I was wondering where you were. Hello Gigi, hi Bethie."
The three teenagers looked at Gianna who smiled up at Brittany. "Hello Ducky, Miss. Santana is sharing her lunch with me, but I'm sure between all of us there is enough for all of us."
"Yay, any word on Rachel? She isn't answering her phone." Brittany sat between Quinn and Santana, crossing her legs Indian style.
"Momma will be off base until sundown, no need to worry Ducky." Gianna smiled and smirked when Santana handed her a half of her peanut butter and jelly sandwich.
"Hold on, sweetie." Quinn leaned across Brittany taking the sandwich. "Are you allergic to peanuts?" Gianna smiled and shook her head no. "Are you a vegan like momma sweetheart?" Gianna smiled even bigger and nodded. "Crap does anyone know if this is organic?"
"It is, thank you Miss. Quinn."
"How can you tell?" Puck asked with a smile.
"Well my momma would have both as an option. " she said making the adults nod their agreement. "Santana's bag as a gold star on it." she pointed to the star. "That's how all the vegan meals will be marked, like at home." she giggled sipping her juice from the container. "And last I can smell the difference between our peanut butter and Nana Sue's."
"Good to know , kid." Santana smirked and bit into her own sandwich and was surprised that it tasted so good. "This is pretty good."
"My momma has good taste." she shot a look at Puckerman. "Well most of the time." she muttered. They all laughed as Puck choked on his own sandwich and he continued to frown.
"Gianna, why don't you like me?" he asked quietly. "Have I done something that hurt your momma and you're mad at me?" she shook her head at him. "Did someone tell you something about me, that makes you feel this way?"
"Nope, I just don't like you."
"Is it because I like you're momma?"
"You have a Beth, and you have Miss. Quinn. You don't need my momma, so just leave her alone. You make her sad, I don't like it when she's sad."
"Why do I make her sad?"
"Lots of people like my momma, Puckerman." she said with a fiery tone. "But you're the one that hurts her. Why is that, what secrets do you two share that hurt her?" Quinn turned to look at Puck, Puck looked at Brittany, and Brittany looked at Santana who in turn looked at Gianna.
"Kid, what do you mean lots of people like your momma, but that she is hurting because of Puck." Santana asked .
"I don't know, but momma cries all the time because of him." she frowned shooting him a dirty look. "But she knows how you all like her, and uncle JBI and she never cries about you guys,"
" Well sometimes she screams about you Miss. Santana, some not so nice things when she thinks I'm not listening, but I can tell you've changed. And we've always loved you Ducky." Gianna grinned at the blonde who smiled back as she sipped on her juice box. "and Quinn we're just glad you're not lost anymore."
Gianna finished eating the rest of her lunch, ignoring the older people in the group that just stared at the little girl. She stood and kissed Santana, Brittany and Quinn on the cheek. "Thank you, all very much for lunch, I must get back to the other children. Beth when you're all finished we can continue to play." she smiled one last time and took off in the other direction of the children.
"Wow, it's like getting handed a "this is your life" card." Brittany muttered looking at them, as they all nodded their head in agreement. "Puck what did you do to Rachie, that is hurting her so bad?"
"I've no idea."
Tuesday January 4th, 2012
POV: Kori
Location: Base
Time: 3:45 pm
Kori leaned back against the railing of the rooftop, popping off the Z's as they appeared in her line of sight. "What's the story with Rachel?"
"Jake, don't ask me questions you know I can't and will not answer." she frowned and adjusted her glasses. "How about you tell me what you're deal it with her?"
Jack leaned against the wall of the roof access stairway. "She gets me, I don't have to explain myself to her."
"A lot of people who actually know you get you JBI." Kori muttered leveling her gun and taking out the roaming Zombie about 900 years out.
"Nice shot." Jacob I smirked at her, lining up his own sniper and scouting the parameter. "Incoming." he pulled out their radio and looked over at Kori who was keeping the approaching truck in her sights. "JBI to Base."
"Go ahead JBI,"
" We have what looks to be a delivery truck approaching the west of the base, over."
"Is it from the Lima Stop and Shop? Over." they came back a tense 60 seconds later.
Kori nodded her confirmation standing down a little. "Confirmation on the delivery truck. Over"
"It's a scheduled delivery, there was a miscommunication. Allow the delivery truck access, the ground team is being informed. Over."
"10-4 Over." JBI set the radio down and he and Kori shard a look of annoyance. Rachel would be pissed about something falling through the cracks like that. "Rachel will not be happy about this."
"She never is." Kori set her glassed back on top of her head and frowned over at the boy that she had feelings for. "You know that Rachel has issues right? That she already has Puckerman, and Pierce after her."
"What is this about Kori?" Jacob said ripping off his own glasses. "Yes I know that winning Rachel's affections is a complicated and competitive task, doesn't mean she isn't worth it. So tell me why are you pushing me on this."
"Because I know Rachel, and I care about her. But I also don't want you to be hurt, and chasing after someone who doesn't have you on their radar is harmful to your health. Take it from someone, who knows."
"I know it is." Jacob frowned. "So you like some unattainable too huh?"
"Yeah, I don't exist to him." Kori smiled over at the guy on the roof and winked, she smiled when JBI blushed. "One day he'll see what he's missing." she shrugged then checked her watch . "Our relieve is late." she bit out as the door opened, to reveal the three military personnel heading their way.
"Sorry we're late we were getting debriefed. We're on until 10 tonight." the stocky man called over with a smile and he shouldered his weapon.
"Good then you know there will be a hummer coming in at sunset."
"We've been informed that the Captain is off base." the taller darker man said around his tight jaw and lips.
"Is there a problem?" JBI asked coming to stand behind Kori. Kori felt him come up from behind her and stilled herself so that she didn't melt into the feeling. Whatever Jacob did over her head, had the effect that he was going to for. The three men backed down, and squirmed a little.
"No, Sir." they muttered together quickly with a salute and headed to the posts around the building. Kori smirked and headed to the roof access , raising a brow when Jacob opened and held the door for her. Interesting
Tuesday January 4th, 2012
POV: Gianna A. Berry
Location: Base
Time: 4:56 pm
Gianna looked up when the clock clicked to 5pm. She noticed that the last child had been picked up. Rolling her eyes she watched the door for her mother, who appeared to be late . She glanced as her tiny watch. She watched as Stacia as she came closer. "Miss Stacia your clock is four minutes fast."
"Oh is it?" Stacia smiled. "I'm sure she's on her way."
"She is, I just wanted to inform you that the clock is wrong and she will be on time." Gianna smiled and placed her bag on the ground. "I can help you tidy up, while we wait."
Stacia smiled at the small girl and nodded they began placing the items into the correct centers . They were finishing up four minutes later as Rachel strolled into the room.
"Gra? Are you ready to leave?" Rachel asked picking up her daughters bag. "Your clock is off."
"So I've been told 4 minutes?"
"Yes, and 37 seconds." Rachel said glancing at her watch.
"Tá Máthair Tá mé réidh, chuir mé Stacia an earráid clog. Tá ocras orm, an féidir linn dul agus dinnéar a fháil?"
Rachel laughed then snuck a glace at Stacia. "Sorry were working on different languages these days." she told the awed woman. "Yes we're heading off to dinner, come Gra." Rachel scooped the girl up and tossed her in the air, smiling when the little girl giggled.
"Stacia how was your day?" Rachel asked when the woman sat heavily into her chair. "I think we need to add a few more teachers to the roster, but I didn't want to do anything without talking to you first."
"I think that is a good idea I had two students asking if we needed help today, they were very good with the children."
"Who were they?"
"Kitty and Marley."
"Kitty?" Rachel raised a brow in surprise.
"Oh yes, she has a little brother he's five. She was great with all the children his age."
"Well I'll leave it to your better judgment, I can volunteer sometime and I'm sure Puck and Quinn will as well."
"Miss Santana was very nice today too, and Ducky I think they would all be very helpful momma."
Rachel turned closing her eyes, and turned her face away from Gianna so that she wouldn't be able to read her reaction to the news that Santana had sought out her daughter. "You spent time with momma's friends today sweetie?"
Gianna stop and turned to look at her mother. "Why, does that bother you momma?"
"It..I'm not sure Gra, momma was upset earlier with Santana and I want to make sure she was nice to you."
"We had lunch together, it was very civil I was even nice to Noah." Gianna said with a smile.
"I'm so proud of you baby." Rachel smiled at Stacia. "I'll talk to my friends and work it out between our schedules. When do you need us the most?"
"Lunch and nap time." Stacia said with a smile. "We start that at noon. That is a good start until I can figure our better schedules for us. We'll have more kids coming in the next few weeks, well I'm hopeful that we will." the woman bit her lip.
"We will." Rachel promised. She nodded at Tamara, Stacia's daughter as she came into the room. "OK we're heading out, I know you guys will want to get some dinner and my little mini me is defiantly hungry."
"Good night ladies." Stacia called out as they headed out, which they echoed.
Tuesday January 4th, 2012
POV: Rachel
Location: Base
Time: 5:03 pm
Rachel headed to the crowded food court with Gianna in her hip. "What do you feel like for dinner?"
"Doesn't matter to me, I shared a PB&J sandwich with Miss. Santana, earlier."
"How about some pasta?" Rachel said heading over to the line for Portobello restaurant, after Gianna gave her a smile in agreement. Rachel leaned her head into Gianna's long brown hair. "How was your day?"
"Well you know about Lunch," she started giggling when Rachel tickled her with her fingers under her chin. "I helped Miss. Stacia a bit. She had her hands full, and the new kids didn't listen." she bit her lip then looked at her momma. "Miss. Santana , said I was bossy."
"She said what!" Rachel was furious instantly and scanning the crowd to locate the Latina.
"Wait momma, stay calm. She also said that it was a good thing that I was bossy, because the world needs bossy people."
Rachel fought her smile, she truly did. She could just see Santana saying that. "Ok so maybe I'll talk to her and see if we can find a common ground, especially if you feel strongly about this."
"I do, Miss. Santana is going to a big part of our lives Momma. We should make the best out what we have to work with." Gianna snuggled into her Rachel's neck. "I hope they have spicy pasta salad that we had last time."
Rachel smiled when they came to the from of the line the woman she recognized from her own school's cafeteria smiled at her. "Hello Ms. Rose."
"Oh Rachel, I'm so happy to see you I haven't gotten the chance to say thank you for saving my Marley the other night."
"Oh I didn't know that Marley was your daughter. No thank you needed. She is a lovely girl, her wielding a frying pan makes more sense now." Rachel chuckled. "This is my daughter Gianna, Gigi this is Ms. Rose."
"Hello Ms. Rose, Marley and I played today at the children's center." Gianna smiled, Ms. Rose blinked glanced between the two brunettes and smiled thoroughly charmed.
"It's lovely to meet you, sweetie." Ms. Rose chuckled. "She looks just like you Rachel and just as polite." the larger woman looked at them still smiling. "So what shall it be ladies, we have an assortment of vegan dishes."
"Two spicy pasta salads please, with two raspberry waters." Rachel requested. Looking over the menu. "Unless you have those delicious vegan raspberry tarts, then we'll each have one of those, as well."
"We do, and coming right up."
Rachel and Gianna made their way to an open table. They sat down talking more about Gianna's day as Rachel set up the little's girls tray for her dinner.
"Berry, hello Gianna." was all Santana said as she planted her ass across from Rachel smirking at the mini diva. "What you got there pequeña baya?"
"Spicy pasta salad, good evening Miss. Santana."
"Sounds delicious."
"My momma's is better, but then is momma," Gigi looked over at Santana and winked.
Santana glanced up to look at Rachel for the first time since this morning and gulped looking at the feral look in the girls eyes. Maybe she was buttering up the wrong Berry. "Ah..right listen Berry, about this morning."
"Lopez, this isn't the time. Are you staying for dinner?" Rachel asked with a fake mega-watt smile that, meant she really didn't look forward to that.
"Yeah Britt is on her way over. Puck, Quinn, and Beth are going to join us as well."
"Fabulous!" Rachel muttered threw clenched teeth.
"Like one big happy family." Gianna giggled as she leaned into her mother, melting her mothers with a huge smile "I love you momma, you're the best momma in the whole world."
Translation:
Irish 1:Tá Máthair Tá mé réidh, chuir mé Stacia an earráid clog. Tá ocras orm, an féidir linn dul agus dinnéar a fháil?
English: Yes Mother I'm ready, i advised Stacia of the clock error. I'm hungry, can we go and get dinner?
Last author note:
I'm aware that I'm throwing alot of things at you guys. I know that some of it seems to not make any sense. And certainty confusing as to who everyone will end up with. Will there be a HEA ? Who is Gianna's dad. All good questions, ones that I promise to answer. I promise you everything that, I've written will tie into something. I might have already revealed it, or if it's coming up in future chapters. I hope that you're happy with the long chapter and I love that you guys are reading and reviewing.
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