By XxSailorWinchesterXx
Well everyone, we are coming to the end of our story. This is the second last chapter, gosh it's gone so fast. Thanks to everyone who reviewed the last chapter, all those positive reviews are like crack to me. So keep em' coming
Anyway enough rambling and on with the chapter
5+reviews=update.
I do not own glee or any of it's charcteres.
Rachel stared at her time table.
Glee practice. It said in big bold letters. Rachel sighed, without going to glee practice she had the entire afternoon to herself. What to do? Rachel thought to herself as she packed her school books into her locker. She was on top of all her assignments, had no homework or any other type of work to do. Gosh. Rachel thought as she slammed her locker shut. I have nothing to do without glee. She needed something to do, otherwise she'd go crazy. She looked at her phone and decided to ring Shelby and ask if she could come round and see Beth. It was a long shot, but it was something to do at least. After dialling Shelby's number Rachel waited patiently for her to pick up.
"Hello."
"Hi Shelby it's Rachel. I was wondering if I could come round and maybe see Beth." There was a pause on Shelby's end and Rachel began to panic. What if Shelby thought that she was desperate? What if Shelby had had enough of her? What if she didn't like the way she was around Beth?
"Don't you have Glee practice now?"
Rachel breathed a sigh of relief to know that it was just that.
"Ummm…it's a long story." Rachel said hesitantly, not wanting to let Shelby know how much was going on with her at the moment.
"Okay. We're at the park right now, the one near my house, you can meet us there."
"Okay. Sure. I'll be there in 20." Rachel said then hung up. Now at least she had something to do.
Rachel opened door of her car and was about to pull out of the school parking lot, when she remembered that she better call Finn to let him know where she was going.
"Hey Rach. What's up?"
"Hi Finn I just thought I'd call to let you know that I'm just leaving school for the afternoon." Rachel explained as she put her key into the engine.
"What? Why?"
"Oh I'm just going over to see Beth and Shelby." She said casually, as if this was becoming a regular habit.
"We were just there last night, does she want something?"
"No. I just want to go and see my sister and mum. Is that such a bad thing?" Rachel said coldly. She didn't mean to snap at Finn, but she still hadn't forgiven him for last night either.
"Rachel I think this is a bad idea; I don't want to see you get hurt."
Rachel turned the key and the car turned on Rachel turned down her radio so she could hear Finn.
"How is this a bad idea Finn? Shelby wants me to be apart of Beth's life. This is me being apart." Rachel snapped and then regretted it even more. Giving a deep sigh Rachel continued talking. "Listen Finn I'm sorry, but I'm going. Can you come round tonight around 6. I think we need to talk."
"Okay sure. I'll see you then. I love you."
"Love you too." Rachel said then hung up. That was not how she wanted the conversation to go.
Rachel walked through the park and smiled at all the playing mothers and children. Some were playing on the slide, others in the sandpit. But the one she was looking for was sitting on a picnic rug simply playing with toys.
"Hey Beth." Rachel said bending down and sitting on the rug next to her sister. "You look beautiful today." Beth gave a small giggle and grabbed Rachel's finger.
"Hello Rachel." Shelby said pulling Beth into her lap. "How was school?"
Rachel shrugged. "Nothing new happened." And she was right, nothing new ever happened, everyday was the same. Arrive at school. Go to class. Go to lunch. Get slushied. Finish classes. Go to glee. Go home. It was always the same.
Shelby looked at Rachel and saw that was somewhat distracted. "Is something the matter Rachel? I mean you're not at glee, so something has to be wrong."
Rachel looked at her mother and gave a small sigh. "Have you ever felt like people only want you for your talent." Rachel said softly, moving her stare towards Beth.
Shelby looked at Rachel with a frown. "I take it this is why you're not at glee."
Rachel didn't say anything but gave her head a slight nod.
"Rachel. You're talented. No one can deny that, and with talent comes some sacrifices." Shelby began passing Beth over to Rachel in the hopes that it might make her feel better. Since having Beth she'd been finding it hard to get angry at anything, there was just something about the baby that calmed her.
"There will be times when people will only want you for you're voice, and you have to accept that. When people in a group know that someone's more focused and into it then the others, they'll slack off. It's a true leader that passes the slack back to the people who dropped it."
Rachel listened to Shelby's words and couldn't help but see sense in them. Every time the glee club had made her take the slack, she'd happily do it, but they never learned from it.
"Rachel, you're so much like me. I alienated a lot of people due to my stubbornness over the years. I did what you're doing now, trying to teach them a lesson by pulling away, but it didn't work. And I take it it's not working for you either."
Rachel looked up at her mother and gave her smile, the kind that she usually reserves for Finn. Handing Beth back to Shelby Rachel stood up and pulled out her keys.
"Thanks you so much for the advice. I think you may just have saved sectionals."
Shelby smiled and gave Beth a kiss on the head. "I think Beth would like to see you perform at sectionals."
Rachel looked down at Beth and gave her a small kiss on the head too. "I would like that."
Finn pulled into Rachel's driveway and suddenly felt very nervous. He had no idea what to expect. While he loved Rachel he couldn't deny that she changed moods faster then Kurt changed the colour scheme in their bedroom. Finn looked at himself one last time in the review mirror and then got out of the car and walk up to the front door. He was about to knock when the door swung open revelling Rachel standing before him. With an unreadable expression on her face. This isn't a good sign. Finn thought to himself as Rachel lead him inside into the lounge room. Rachel took her usual seat on the couch and Finn, his next to her. Finn sat their nervously waiting for Rachel to yell or scream at him. But much to his surprise Rachel have a loud laugh.
"You look like I'm going to kill you Finn." Rachel laughed, as she noticed his rigid posture and lack of conversation. He didn't even so much say hello. "You can relax Finn, I'm not mad."
Finn breathed a huge sigh of relief and leaned back into the couch. "You had me worried there for a moment Rachel. I though you were going to Hulk out on me."
Rachel raised an eyebrow at Finn's expression. "Hulk out?"
"Yeah Hulk out. Like you know when the guy gets really mad and he turns into the Hulk." Finn explained and when he noticed the still clueless look on her face he sighed. "You've got to watch something other then Funny Girl."
Rachel shrugged and leaned into Finn's chest. "I'm coming back to glee." She said and saw Finn's face light up. "But it's not going to be the same as last time. I can't go back to the way things were. They didn't work for anybody."
Finn wanted to question her more but Rachel pulled his face down and gave him a kiss. "You'll see what I mean."
Hmmmm….what does Rachel have up her sleeve I wonder? Well I don't wonder, but I'm sure you do. Remember everyone, review, review and review.