AN: This chapter is dedicated to my best friend Steph, because she demanded that I update the story even though I was just finishing writing this chapter! XD Ily
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Disclaimer: I don't own Glee :'(
Shelby returned a few minutes later with three glasses of water and a glowing smile, ecstatic that her daughter is giving her another chance.
Rachel was snuggled into Ruby and Santana, looking utterly exhausted. The small girl looked like she was about to fall asleep with her head on Santana's shoulder.
"Diva, don't fall asleep on me, Shelby's back with the water you wanted." Santana said, gently shaking the girl.
"Yeah, come on Tiny you don't want to fall asleep now do you? We're just getting to know Shelby." Ruby chimed in.
Rachel grumbled something incomprehensible before sitting up and rubbing her eyes with the back of her hand. Shelby handed the girl one of the glasses with an adoring smile, almost unable to comprehend how cute Rachel was when she's tired.
Just as the small brunette took a sip of water she heard a baby cry upstairs Shelby quickly gave her an apologetic glance before running to settle the child.
Santana and Rachel locked gazes and the Latina said the only thing on her mind at that moment "Beth... Rach, we're going to see Quinn's baby for the first time today!" Her eyes were as wide as saucers, matching Rachel's.
When Shelby walked downstairs with a blonde baby on her hip Ruby abandoned her seat on Santana's lap to coo at the child.
"Aww she's so cute! Can I hold her?" She asked enthusiastically.
Shelby nodded and handed Beth to Ruby watching the woman light up while she was cooing at the baby.
Rachel and Santana were in shock at how much Beth looks like Quinn. She was a spitting image of her mother, her features and blonde hair coming from Quinn but her curls coming from Noah.
Beth's giggles snapped the two girls out of their shock.
Shelby was watching Rachel with what looked like barely concealed fear on her face, probably scared that seeing Beth was going to scare Rachel away.
When Rachel stood up and asked if she could hold the baby the biggest smile you could imagine appeared on Shelby's face before she grabbed her camera, ready to take pictures of her daughters' first meeting.
As soon as she was in the older girl's arms Beth looked at her sister with a smile identical to Quinn's, causing Rachel to almost melt with the sudden wave of affection she felt for the girl. Just as she was almost overcome with affection a light flashed and a click was heard; Shelby just captured the moment on camera.
"She's beautiful... So much like Quinn..." Rachel murmured, not able to get past how much this child looked like the girl she loves.
Shelby really looked the part of the proud mother at that moment, her smile big enough to look like it could split her face.
Rachel and Beth were staring at each other with grins on their faces while Shelby stood back watching. Santana and Ruby stepped back, the Latina pulling out her own camera to take a picture of the little family moment.
Rachel turned her grin to Santana when she was once again disrupted by a camera flash. For once in her life, the small brunette felt like she's not alone; she now has a family.
The group spent the next few hours like that, chatting and telling stories from their childhoods, Shelby also telling stories about things Beth has done.
The women realised that it was late when Santana's phone started ringing.
"Hello?"
"Santana where are you?"
"Mama, I'm just at Rachel's Mom's house, I'll be home soon."
"Okay Santi, but don't take too long, dinner is ready now. Does Ruby want to come over for dinner?" Maria asked her daughter.
"Two seconds, I'll just ask her," Santana turned Ruby, holding the phone to her chest, "She asked if you want to have dinner with the family..."
"Really? Of course, I would love to!" Ruby beamed.
"She said she'd love to, we'll be there soon."
"Okay Santi, I love you."
"I love you to Mama, bye."
As much as people would think that Santana doesn't like her parents it was the total opposite, she loved her parents and her siblings more than anything and she was a real Mama's girl.
"Okay Diva, as I'm sure you just heard we've gotta go. Love you, and I'll talk to you later." Santana hugged the smaller girl briefly and kissed her cheek.
"Bye Tiny, love you, remember what I said earlier..." Ruby mimicked Santana's actions, hugging the girl and giving her a kiss on the cheek. "Thank you for having us Shelby, take care of Rachel won't you?"
"Not a problem girls, it was a pleasure having you. Of course I will take care of her Ruby; you have no need to worry."
The girls nodded and looked to Rachel for her response, "Go, I don't want to be the reason you two are on the end of one of Maria Lopez's lectures. Love you!"
This encouraged the two women to head off, back to Santana's house. Rachel watched the two of them drive away with a wave.
Rachel's bags were still in the foyer so Shelby decided to show the girl to her room. The room Shelby chose for the girl had three light purple walls and one violet feature wall, knowing that purple was the girl's favourite colour.
The small diva instantly fell in love with the room as soon as she laid eyes on the room. She turned her wide, wonder-filled eyes to her mother and said "I love it so much, it's amazing! How did you know purple is my favourite colour?"
"It's my favourite colour and I had a feeling that you would like it too." Shelby replied with a smile, causing the smaller woman to throw her arms around her and hug her for a few moments.
Rachel immediately opened one of her bags and pulled out some of her stuff to put on the dresser. She put her laptop on the desk in the corner of the room and then spent the next half hour putting her clothes away in the built-in wardrobe and the drawers.
By the time Rachel had finished unpacking her stuff Shelby had dinner ready for all three of them. Knowing that the younger brunette was vegan she had cooked mushroom and broad bean risotto and had bought vegan ice-cream for dessert.
Rachel took a bite of her risotto and moaned asking, "Where did you learn to cook this good?"
Shelby chuckled and replied "Over the years I've picked up a thing or two." giving Beth a spoonful of the risotto.
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After Beth had fallen asleep Shelby asked Rachel to pick a movie they could watch together, going to get the two of them some tea.
When the woman returned she saw that the girl had chosen her favourite movie; Funny Girl.
With a smile she told her daughter that it's her favourite movie and that she wasn't surprised Rachel chose it.
The two women were getting along so well that they didn't even realise that it was 2am until Rachel checked her phone for messages.
"Oh my Barbra! It's two o'clock in the morning! We need to get to bed!" The younger brunette exclaimed.
"Gosh, it's that late? Okay, we need to get some sleep, Beth is up at six every morning and I can tell that normally you are too."
After quickly clearing away their tea mugs, the two women walked upstairs together in silence. Shelby followed Rachel in to bed, and tucked her in. Rachel didn't have to get changed because she had gotten into a pair of sleep shorts and a baggy t-shirt after Funny Girl finished.
"Sweet dreams sweetie, I'll see you in the morning." Shelby whispered, kissing the girl's hair.
"G'night Mom..." Rachel mumbled sleepily, falling asleep immediately after she'd said it causing her mother to smile proudly.
Shelby watched her sleep for a moment before quietly walking over to her room, stopping to check on Beth on the way.