sorry this is so late i have been busy with school work and then there was the hoildays but i am back now i am NOT giving up on this story i love it and i love you guys too much thanks for all of your support you rock!
After this chapter it will go back to Rachel and Shelby but I thought adding the two in would be fun but I will put Shelby and Rachel back in the next chapters like Kris and Shelby are going to be having a long distance relationship because this is Rachel's story not theirs but maybe I will make a story of their own if you all want me to
Thanks to my wonderful beta aussiebabe290 you rock
A very worried Shelby whipped out her phone.
"Idina do you know where Rachel is? I can't find her anywhere I am so worried!"
"I don't but I am going to Kristen's room ASAP maybe she's there".
Rachel knew she should have stayed and let her mother and Kristen figure things out but she needed to fix things between them she just had too she hated seeing her mom like this something happened years ago in college and she was going to find out what it was and try to fix it.
Rachel knew where Kristen was staying because Idina had told her. She went to the second floor and knocked on her door.
"Rachel what are you doing here is everything ok with your mom?"
"NO WHAT DID YOU DO TO MY MOTHER?" Rachel cut her off she hurt her mother and one person she's very protective of is Shelby. She is always there for her so now its Rachel's turn.
"What ever happened on the drive over here and at dinner really affected her! What happened? And what happened with you two in college I want to know, I want to fix her, she's broken right now she won't even talk to me! She was moping around the room and she went straight to bed she won't tell me anything I need to fix this so please just tell me!"
"Rachel I was in love with your mother and I never got to tell her because she just left and I never even got to tell her how I felt so I finally did tonight and she said we couldn't do this right now even though she loves me I just don't know what to do but one thing I am asking is for permission may I love your mother she loves you so I want your approval".
"Yes I give you full permission and I am going to help you get her back she loves you and you should have heard the way she talked about you before she told me we were meeting you. She loves you too it's just she broke your heart and you broke hers and it needs to be fixed so good luck I will do whatever is possible to get you together where you belong".
Idina and Shelby went to Kristen's room and knocked lightly just in case she was asleep and when she opened the door she saw Rachel.
Great I am in so much trouble, thought Rachel
"Mom before you yell at me I sneaked away for a good reason you too belong together and Kristen asked for my approval to start dating you and I said yes you deserve to be happy and I know you love me but we could be a little family please just let her talk to you she loves you a lot"
"Shelby I know we hurt each other in the past but can we please put that aside and learn to be with one another again I will never let you go I will be there for you and for Rachel and I promise I love you Shelbs".
"But Kristen you travel you do five shows for Wicked a week we will never see each other!"
"There's Skype my darling and it will work because I will call you ever day and we will make it work ok?"
"Ok… you're very convincing!"
"And here's my promise to you I will never just randomly leave like that I didn't know that it hurry you that bad I want to start over and I love you too Kris".
Using their collage nicknames made each of them feel warm inside.
Shelby leaned down to kiss her it lasted about two minutes before they parted. "I'm never leaving you again".
"Don't you just love happy endings", Rachel said to Idina, and the pair shared a smile.
"Well little happy ending maker I think it's time to get you to bed we have a lot of shopping to do tomorrow being as we have a ton of money to blow and I have never gotten to take you shopping tomorrow should be fun!"
"Not it I buy her everything first" said Idina cheerily.
"Yeah, me too", said Kristen, "we have Broadway salaries after all!"
"Rachel you're going to be so spoiled but we will have to have a talk when we get home because you broke a rule and you will have to be punished. We will talk about it on our way home but I will put it off till tomorrow after our trip so we can still have fun", Shelby said to her daughter.
"Don't go coach Corcoran on her Shelbs, I remember you could get pretty rough with people who crossed your path at school one lesson I learned never mess with Shelby when she's mad."Kristen grinned at the tiny brunette and Rachel beamed at the blonde.
"What are you taking about she is a total softie she has never yelled at me once!"
"Well that may change in a minute do you want me to go all Coach Corcoran on you tomorrow in the car?"
"No ma'am", Rachel said jokingly.
"Say goodbye to Kris and Dee, sweetie".
She went up to Kris and Kris held her so tight Rachel gasped for breath. "Thank you so much for getting us together, sweetie".
"It was my pleasure and for the record when you get married I can't wait to be your daughter in law how does Rachel Chenoweth sound", Rachel said as a joke. "Just kidding I will only be a Berry for a little longer I am legally changing it to Corcoran when we get back".
She made her way over to Idina. "Hey, can I call you Dee? I love that name and I have always wanted to call you that".
"As long as I can get in on calling you Rachie it's adorable", Idina smiled.
"sure but just you three it can be our little thing"
"I know I just met you today but I love you like you're my own little girl you are everything I want in a daughter and I hope I have one, one day and she's just like you"
"I love you too Dee you're like my second mom already"
"Good now come here", Idina said, opening her arms for the smaller girl, "Don't ever scare us like that again".
Rachel and Shelby went to go to the car Rachel went over to her mom and gave her the biggest hug of them all.
"No one can beat your hugs not even Kristen Chenoweth or Idina Menzel".
This warmed Shelby's heart "thanks baby girl".
"Mom I told Riley about Kris and Dee and is it alright if she meets them and does my vocal lessons with me and I told her when she's here Kris can come too and we can all have dinner together is that okay?"
"Of course Riley is so good to you so of course she can do all of those things".
That night Rachel feel asleep in Shelby's arms thinking that for right now her life was perfect and there wasn't anyone in the whole world she loved more than Shelby and she knew her mother felt the same.
Rachel woke up still in her mother's arms she was so thrilled to be going out shopping with Dee not that she didn't adore Kris it's just that Idina is now like another mom to her and she loves that Idina adores her as well and Rachel was soaking up all this attention to the new found women in her life it's probably because all these years she just had her two dads and something was missing Dee was like her sister. She would have only dreamed of getting to meet Idina yet alone have her in her life and have her only be a phone call away.
She felt her mom moving in her arms.
"Morning baby"
"Hi"
"Are you excited for today?" Rachel got up from her mother's arms. "I'm going to go take a shower now and get ready for the day do you know what time we should be ready by?"
"I think I remember Idina saying around 11 or 12 so it being 9 already we should start to get ready so we can pack and check out on time" said Shelby
"Ok that sounds good"
Rachel took her shower and got dressed in a pair of skinny jeans and a sparkly tank top and a pink cardigan. Her mom was just getting out of the shower when Rachel was done blow drying her hair.
"Kris said that they're going to pick us up at noon so we have about an hour and a half to get ready"
"Ok I just have to do my makeup and pack"
Rachel did simple makeup as always and put her hair into a single French braid that's one skill she was glad she learned how to do.
She didn't really unpack so packing consisted of putting her dirty clothes back and her makeup and carry on things back into their bags.
"Ready to go put our things in the car and then wait for Idina and Kristen?"
"Sure but I just want to say one thing. Thank you so much for this my dream has come true I got to meet you and I meet my idols and now they will be in my life more"
"Sure baby I'm glad you had fun but I just want to ask one thing. Is it ok that Kristen is going to be in my life and that she may live with us one day I really love her but you are more important to me and I am going to put you first"
"Omg yes I would love if Kris became part of our family I know I have only known both of them for a day but I love both of them so much"
"They absolutely adore you Rachel especially Idina she loves you and I know she has always wanted a daughter and you are the closest thing she's ever had so don't be surprised if she wants to but you half the mall today"
"I don't want her to buy me anything though she's enough as it is just her presence and when she comes to give me lessons that's a gift in its self its right before nationals it's going to be perfect"
"I know honey but she wants to do this she wouldn't do it if she didn't and she loves makeup so I know she's going to take you to Sephora so you will have fun with that"
"Mom do you think we could have a little time where it's just us two so we can have some more bonding time?"
"Of course I will tell Kris and Dee to go off by them self's for a little while"
"Ok let's go to the car and wait for them to come pick us up" said Shelby she really loved having a daughter.
Kristen and Idina pulled up about five minutes later Idina got out of the passenger side "you can sit with Kris and I'll sit with Rach in the back"
"Ok"
"I am so excited to go to this mall there are so many stores I don't get to visit because we don't have them in Carmel"
"I know how you feel I used to live in a small town and it sucked knowing that everyone else in big cities could get to any store they wanted and you couldn't" said Idina.
They pulled up to the mall and Rachel wanted to spend some time with her mom first "hey I am going to go spend some time with Rachel for a few hours meet at the food court at 2" "ok that sounds good bye Rachel" the duo said"
So where do you want to go asked Shelby
"Oh I have somewhere we can go" said Shelby she had a really special surprise something she would have loved as a teenager.
Rachel followed Shelby all the way to a coach store where Shelby stopped "no way are you for real?"
"Yep I am for real am I the coolest mom ever or what"
"Yea you passed coolest mom ever long ago" Rachel said giving her mom a side hug.
Rachel and Shelby walked in and they started to look around. 1000 dollars and a half an hour later Rachel had "the one" as she called it. A pink tote with the signature c's all over it the zippers were gold it was so Rachel the perfect gift for the rest of the school year.
"Mom I love you so much you have no idea"
"You're very welcome Hun I am glad you like it"
"Want to know what's going to be even better I think I am going to ask Dee and Kris if they will sign the interior that way it will be even better and more unique."
"That sounds great"
Rachel and Shelby went to a few other stores but they ran into Idina and Kristen.
"Hey guys how it is going" asked Dee
"Great my mom bought me a coach bag" she said pointing to a coach bag and I was wondering if you two could sign it, it would be even more special and unique"
"Of course" they said taking out pens
They wrote "to our shining star we love you Rachel love Idina Menzel and Kristen Chenoweth.
"Shelby I was wondering if I could possibly get rides back to Carmel with you my aunt is sick and needs a little cheering up and she lives about 15 minutes away if it's not too much trouble if it is I understand"
"of course you can am sure Rachel would love that we aren't going to get back till late so if you want to spend the night at my condo you are welcome to and join us for breakfast tomorrow you can"
"Okay thanks so much" said Idina
"Mom if you want to go around with Kristen you can"
"Are you sure baby this day is yours"
"Yeah I am sure go have fun and remember what it's like to be a teenager again" said a laughing Rachel.
Shelby went to give Rachel a hug but instead swatted her playfully of the backside
"What was that for?" Rachel said indignantly.
"You just called me old!" Shelby protested.
Rachel laughed. "Have fun mom"
"Finally your mine we are going straight to Sephora I love makeup it's my passion and your face will have all of the best products after the day is done and Shelby told me how you don't like to have money spend on you but you're just going to have to deal with that for a few hours because I am always buying boy toys for Walker and I love the chance to buy makeup and pink things"
"Okay I don't see how I could argue with Idina Menzel"
They walked in and they headed over to the face stuff she wanted to buy foundation and Shelby and her both agreed on a make up forever one and a powder to go with it and it continued on like this for every single brand and every single part of the face she was right she really wanted to buy make up she bought a few things for herself of course.
Rachel's favorite thing that Idina bought her was the Urban Decay Naked palate. "Thank you so much Dee I love everything and I love you"
"Thanks I love you too and I'm glad you love everything before I leave tomorrow evening we will have to try out different looks it will be so much fun and before I leave Ohio this weekend we need to have girls night on Friday you can invite a friend and maybe we can do a little sleepover and it will be really fun because after I leave I won't be back for a little while" Idina picked up on the sadness on Rachel's face. "Don't worry I am texting you every day and you can call whenever you want I really do love you Rachel"
Meanwhile Kris and Shelby were walking hand in hand and they stopped and sat on a bench "we really need to talk about our future it's going to be a lot of long distance because I can't live where you live and vice versa I am auditioning for another show and I will be in New York but I am willing to make this work I will come out to see you and Rachel whenever possible"
"I know you will Kristen we will make this work no matter what I promise" she said kissing her on the cheek "let's go find out girls.
Rachel spotted Kristen and her mother first but what was in Shelby's other hand shocked her she knew that blue bag all too well it was a tiffany's box.
"Mom you have already spend enough on me"
"Nonsense I missed out on buying you stuff for 16 years"
"yeah but you don't have to buy me 3000 dollars' worth of stuff you already bought me a 1000 dollar bag.
"I really wanted to do this these things are special and besides Kristen bought you one as well as Idina she they both bought you something too we all put in for it that's what Kristen and Idina were doing earlier and we just went to pick it up now" so are you ready to open them?"
"Sure thank you guys so much"
The first one she opened was from Kristen it was a bracelet with a heart and the heart was pink and on the back it read "Rachel you will always be my number 1 fan love Kristen"
"Aww thank you so much I love it" she said giving the small blonde a huge hug and she stayed like that for a few seconds. "I know we haven't really bonded that much yet but I can't wait until we do and we have that special bond that I have with these two" she said pointing to her mom and Dee. "I know we will sweetie sometimes it just takes time for two people to get to know each other it took your mom am I a good 2 months to get on talking terms we loathed each other but became best friends anyway"
The next was another bracelet from Dee except the heart was green like from wicked that was the theme of the two bracelets she couldn't wait to open this one because she loved Dee so much she liked Kristen but she just didn't warm up to her like she did with Dee.
The bracelet also had something engraved on it
"Rachel I love defying gravity with you follow your dreams love Dee" omg I love it" said Rachel on the verge of tears thank you so much she said leaping into Dees arms and staying like that for a few minutes.
Next was Shelby's gift she could tell that hers was different than the other two it was a longer box she was really excited to see what was behind the cardboard
Rachel opened the box and it reviled as a necklace the same as the bracelet but sliver the words on the back of the heart really had her in tears.
"I am so glad I found you, you will always be my number one girl I love you more than you will know love mom"
I love you so much you have no idea how much I love you mom she stayed in her arms for the longest not wanting to let go because she was scared that she would wake up and not be in her mother's arms again and she would just disappear.
Their mall day was coming to a close and they made their way to the parking lot to go back to Rachel's and Shelby's hotel. When they arrived they said there good byes Rachel gave her mom and Kris some alone time and then she said good bye to Kristen.
"I will be back in about two weeks to help you with your glee club I can't wait and I love you and even thought we aren't what you and Dee are I hope we are one day and that we can bond over that week"
"I know we will I know that we will be just as good as me and her are thank you so much for my bracelet I love you too"
Rachel got it the back seat and surprisly so did Idina "why are you sitting back here"
I don't really know I think because I want more room and I want to be with you
Ok that's fine they all were in the car and stared to head home after a special weekend that none of them would have ever even expected.
About two hours later they were back in the outskirts of Carmel with Rachel resting on Idina's lap with her playing with her hair and her sleeping and Shelby humming to a song on the radio the drive wasn't that bad.
Shelby pulled into her condo and noticed two men with a paper standing in front of her house on her porch she recognized them as Rachel's fathers what were they doing here she thought.
"What's going on?" asked Idina
"Those are Rachel's fathers and they have a contract of some sort I think they want Rachel back follow me and please leave Rachel in the car and try not to wake her up she doesn't need to be here for this"
Idina and Shelby got out of the car and walked up to the two men
"WHAT ARE YOU TWO DOING HERE?" Shelby demanded.
Ooo a cliff hanger you know what to review and I will get the next chapter up sooner
i have a question if someone would like to beta the next chapter or two that would be great my regular beta isnt able to and it would just be one or two chapters you would have to do other wise my chapters wont be betaed for a few chapters so just sent me a pm letting me know