I saw that Kennedy was already awake when I walked down the hall. I stuck my head into Rachel's room and saw her sitting on the floor with her eyes closed.
"Hey. What are you doing?"Rachel opened her eyes and looked at me.
"Oh I am visualizing myself in ten years."
"And how is that working out for you?"
"It was going great until you interrupted."
"Sorry."
"No it's okay. I have been thinking lately that I might be re-writing my life if this continues."
"The fight?"
"No. Are we leaving soon?" She asked getting off the floor changing the subject.
"As soon as Kennedy is done."
"Alright." She forced a smile and then walked out of the room.
I waited until she was gone and then turned and walked into Kennedy's room and sat on the bed and waited for her to come back into the room.
"What do you want?" She asked walking over to the closet to grab her shoes.
"Call this war against Rachel off."
"What are you talking about?" She asked turning to me.
"This war you have going on against her, call it off. It is one thing for you and her to be fighting but I don't need my entire glee club in on it." I was pleading with her.
"Your entire glee club? I thought you gave up glee? I mean that was what you said when you got Beth. I thought that it was now Dustin's club and you were just helping."
"Oh don't give me that."
"Give you what? The truth? Look there is no war against Rachel. If someone is picking on her then that is her problem."
"Kennedy just cut it out, this will not end well for you if it happens again."
"Whatever."
"Don't whatever me."
"Okay fine." She rolled my eyes and then grabbed some shoes and walked down stairs.
After Kennedy left I sighed and then walked downstairs. I gave my mom a hug and then sat next to Rachel.
"What happened?"
"What do you mean?"
"I mean why did she storm out of the house?"
"No reason in particular. She is just being her old self."
"Well should we get going?"
"Probably." We all got up from the table and walked outside. When Kennedy saw us she got up from where she was sitting on the porch and walked over to the car and got into the back seat and slammed the door shut. I rolled my eyes and walked to the car. My mother let Rachel sit up front and she sat in the back next to Kennedy.
The drive to the mall was silent. Kennedy just looked out her window and Rachel did the same. I turned on the radio and hummed silently to the songs that played. This fight that was going on was starting to become more and more ridiculous.
When we got to the mall I parked the car and then we all got out and walked into the department store. Kennedy led us all to the dresses and she started to look around. Rachel groaned as Kennedy pulled a few dresses from the rack and then turned to go into the dressing room. I put my hand on her back and led her into the dressing room after Kennedy.
She tried on a few dresses but she was not happy with any of the dresses that she tried on. She put them on the rack again and looked around a little more. I watched as Rachel gazed at the dresses with longing eyes and I felt a little bad for her but I was sticking to my guns on her punishment.
When we were done with the first store we went to another store and then another store. I never thought that we were going to find the dress until we came into the fifth dress store. She walked around a little bit and then she saw it. She walked over to the dress that was hanging up on a high rack being as it was a full length dress. It was a golden color, strapless gown with a sweat heart neck line. She picked it up and then walked back into the dressing room. I was tempted to follow her but when I turned around to find Rachel she was gone.
"Mom." I walked up to my mother who was waiting for Kennedy to come out of the dressing room.
"Yes Shelby?"
"Have you seen Rachel?"
"Yeah she had to go to the bathroom. She said she would be right back."
"And you just let her leave?"
"Well what was I suppose to do, take her to the bathroom?"
"Yes."
"Just calm down. She will be fine."
"You better be right." I turned for her in enough time to see the dressing room door open and watch as Kennedy stepped out in the dress. She tied her hair back into a pony tail and then walked to the mirror. My mother and I followed her and watched as she looked at herself in the mirror and then turned around.
"So what do you think?"
"You look stunning darling. Now turn around." My mother demanded and Kennedy happily obeyed.
I couldn't help but smile as Kennedy twirled in the mirror. She looked stunning in the dress and I couldn't believe that my little girl had grown up so much.
"Well." My mother's voice broke my concentration. "I think that this is the one."
"Mom. What do you think?"
"Do you like it?"
"I love this dress mom."
"Well then I guess that this is the dress that we are going to get. Now go change so we can buy the dress and then look for some matching shoes."
"Thank you." She gave me a quick hug and then ran into the dressing room to change back into her clothes. I looked over at my mother and smiled.
"When was the last time you have seen her that happy?" My mother asked pointing towards the dressing room.
"I have no idea."
"So are you going to let Rachel go?"
"Are you seriously asking me that?"
"Yes I am asking you that. I was hoping that you would have changed your mind by now."
"Why would I have changed my mind? She lied to me and I am not going to let her out on prom night. We both knows what happens on prom night and I don't trust her to be out..."
"But you trust Kennedy?"
"That is a different story."
"How?"
"It just is now drop it." I snapped and then turned to watch Kennedy slowly walk out of the dressing room.
"Is everything alright?" She asked slowly coming out from where she had been changing.
"It's just fine dear. Here let me pay for that." My mother reached out to take the dress but I snatched it away from her.
"She is my daughter I will pay for it." I said as I walked towards the register.
"Hey, you will do no such thing. I don't get to see her that often and your father and I are going to pay for the dress." My mother said as she pulled my shoulder turning me around.
"No I am going to pay for the dress mom." I walked to the counter and put the dress down and paid without any further argument.
"Hey I will be back in a minute." Kennedy said as she started to walk out of the store.
"Where are you going?" I asked.
"I will be right back." She rushed out of the store and I grabbed her dress and turned back to my mother.
"You really had to do that?" She asked pointing to the dress.
"Yes I did."
"Fine then I am buying this one for Rachel." She help up a light pink strapless dress and walked to the counter.
"She isn't going."
"You say that now." She purchased the dress and then walked next to me.
"So are you happy now mom?"
"Thrilled." We walked out of the store to go find Kennedy and Rachel.
I walked out of the store in a hurry. I know that I lied when I told Shelby's mother that I was going to the bathroom but I needed to get out of that store. Kennedy had dragged us to so many stores and it was torture. I saw every dress that I couldn't wear and I just needed to clear my head.
I walked over by the escalators and took a deep breath, finally I was away from that mess. I enjoyed a few minutes of peace before a familiar voice caught my attention.
"Hey traitor." I turned to see Quinn and Finn holding hands behind me.
"Look guys I'm sorry that I didn't tell you..."
"So you're sorry you didn't tell us but you aren't sorry that you left?" Quinn sneered as she rubbed the back of Finn's hand making me angry.
"Why should I be?" I snapped. "I mean you all seem to think that I am replaceable, and apparently as more than just a singer." Finn pulled his hand away from Quinn's and put it behind his head.
"Look Rachel you left me..."
"Save it Finn. I didn't wait around for you."
"What does that mean?"
"I have a boy friend now Finn."
"Is that what I am?" I felt Dean wrap his arms around my waist.
"Finn this is Dean, my boy friend." I watched as Finn looked Dean over and then wrapped his arm around Quinn's waist.
"So these were your friends Rach?" Dean asked walking to my side.
"Were? We are her friends." Quinn said hugging Finn tighter to her.
"Some friends. I mean Finn was her boyfriend and you probably didn't waist a second after you heard that she was gone to snatch him up again. And you." He said nodding towards Finn. "She invited you to a party that she was throwing and you couldn't even come? She didn't have any friends as far as I could tell."
"You have some nerve talking to me like that." Finn got all up in Dean's face and started to push him.
"Hey hands off buddy, this shirt costs more than you can afford to replace."
"Oh really then you would hate that I did this." Finn grabbed Dean's collar and ripped it.
"Finn!" I cried in anger.
"Oh lay off Rachel this whole thing is your fault. You just had to go and pitch your little diva fit!"
"Diva fit? I believe that what I did was called for. Everyone knows that you sing like a child and while your voice might have gotten our team to nationals there is no way that your voice is going to win it."
"Our team is it? I think you lost the right to call it OUR team when you quit."
"Yeah well that might have been the best moment of my life!" I screamed not caring who heard. Dean and Finn were in a full out fight and I would have been in a slapping match with Quinn if someone didn't yank me away from the action. I was great full for the arms that pulled me away from the fight that was breaking out. I turned and saw Carmen, Justin, Greta, and Timmy jump into the action along with Puck and Santana along with a few other members from both teams who I didn't quite see their faces. I turned to see who had grabbed me and saw Kennedy leading me away from the fight.
"What are you doing?" I asked as she finally stopped and faced me.
"I might not be talking to you right now but that is the stupidest thing that you could be doing. Our mother and grandmother are in this mall. Do you not think that you wouldn't get caught?"
"Thanks for your concern but I can handle myself." I turned and then started to walk away from here when I heard our mother call out and we both turned to her.
"There you two are. Let's move on to shoes." I forced a smile and then walked over to where she was. "What is going on?" She asked as the crowd was gathering at the fight we had just left."
"What? Oh that, it's nothing. So shoes?" Kennedy tried to distract her but it wasn't working.
"That is more than nothing. Here mom hold this." She handed the dress to her mother and then walked towards the gathering crowd and pushed her way to the front. It was a few seconds later that the crowd scattered and what was left were Quinn, Finn, Mike, Puck, and Santana along with Carmen, Timmy, Justin, Carlos, Hazel, Rick, Giselle, Andrea, Greta, and Dean.
Shelby was talking to the mall cop and when they were done talking Shelby led the group into a back room in the mall where she called Mr. Schuester so he could come down and talk to his club members.
When he got there Shelby pulled him to the side and talked to him and then they turned on the teams.
"Who started the fight?" Shelby questioned looking at Finn but no one spoke up at first.
"It was Rachel." Quinn said glaring at me.
"Really it was Rachel? Thats funny because she was with me when the fight was going down. Weren't you Rachel?" She turned to me and I was about to lose it when Kennedy spoke up.
"It was me. I was there when the fight started but I didn't start it that would have been Quinn and Finn." She glared at them. I guessed that she had seen the whole thing go down. "Ask Dean he was there."
"Dean?" Shelby turned to him and he nodded in agreement.
"Guys we are so disappointed in you. This is not the way to react around each other. The competition between our teams is to be taken out on the stage with our voices not in the mall with our fist..." As Mr. Schuester ranted about how we should all get along I watched Shelby glare at Kennedy.
I couldn't believe that she had done that for me. First she pulled me from the fight before I got in trouble and then when it seemed to be back firing she took the blame for everything. They finally released everyone who was in the fight and everyone on Vocal Adrenaline knew that rehearsal on Monday was going to be interesting to say the least.
Needless to say we didn't go shoe shopping. Shelby led us back to the car and she drove us home without a word. When we got there she got out of the car followed by Kennedy but Shelby's mother stayed to talk to me.
"Kennedy didn't do it did she?" I shook my head.
"No. And I don't know why she lied for me."
"It's because she wants you to forgive her for everything that she has done."
"She doesn't apologize."
"Have you met your mother? Look Shelby and Kennedy are a lot alike. They are stubborn people who hate to admit that they are wrong and apologizes admit that they were wrong. Rachel this is a way for Kennedy to get you to forgive her, she will come around I promise."
"You think?"
"I know." She put her arm around me and smiled. "Oh and I got something for you."
"You did?"
"Yeah here lets get out and I will show it to you." We got out of the car and she pulled a pink dress out from one of the hanging bags. "I don't know if pink is your color but I saw it and thought of you." I smiled and then gave her a hug.
"It is gorgeous thank you."
"You're welcome but we might want to get inside before Shelby kills Kennedy."
"You're probably right." She placed the dress back in the bag and then the two of us turned from the car and made our way into the house.
I followed my mother into the house. I knew that she was holding her anger in until she finally exploded and I was hoping that we could at least keep the huge sense she was going to cause away from the neighbor's prying eyes.
I walked in the house and followed her up the stairs into the hallway where she turned to face me. He hands were by her sides clenched in fist and her jaw was tightly shut. Her eyes pierced mine and it took all that I had not to look away. Suddenly her hand loosened and she crossed her arms in front of her and she unclenched her jaw.
"You were alone for ten minutes and you do something like that?"
"I can explain..."
"You better." She wasn't yelling but her tone was not pleasant either.
"I was talking to Dean when Finn and Quinn came out of no where. They thought that I was Rachel..."
"So what you started a fight with them? Kennedy do you realize how much trouble you could have been in, no that you are in?"
"I know..."
"Then why? Tell me why you would do something like that?"
"Because it wasn't her." Rachel was standing behind me. Our mother's eyes flickered from me to her and then back to me.
"Alright I have no idea what is going on here but someone better tell me the truth."
"I was in the center of the mall when Quinn and Finn walked up. I started talking to them and then Dean came over and that was when things got out of hand. Finn started to yell at Dean and then he ripped his shirt and that was when the fight started. All Kennedy did was pull me out of the fight..."
"And call all the Vocal Adrenaline members that were in the mall to come and help."
"You did that?" Rachel turned to look at me.
"Don't take it the wrong way. I didn't do it for you. I was talking to the group of them when I saw them outside of the store. Dean asked me where Rachel was and I told him that she had walked off so he went to find her and it was a few minutes later that Greta got the 911 text from Dean telling us to come to the center of the mall and that was when we saw Dean and Finn going at it and Quinn was starting a yelling match with Rachel. I grabbed her and then the rest of them jumped into the fight. It had nothing to do with Rachel, we just couldn't stand by and watch a member of our club get pounded by one of them."
"So this had nothing to do with me?" Rachel crossed her arms in front of her in anger.
"Not everything is about you Rachel."
"Well sorry that I am actually a human being who thinks about other people and has emotions!" Rachel screamed.
"I have emotions I only have them for people I care about!" I countered.
"HEY!" Our mother screamed. "That is enough. Both of you come with me." She turned and we walked into her bedroom and she shut the door behind us. "Rachel you sit there." She pointed to the bed and Rachel sat down. "Kennedy you sit there." She pointed to an armchair that she had in the room. "We are not leaving this room until the both of you work this out. So what is this fight about?"
"Nothing we just realized that we are different from who we thought we were." Rachel said glaring at me.
"Different? You are the one that changed Rachel." I attacked.
"Hey there will be no attacks in this room. The only person that you are allowed to address is me and if you are attacking one another I don't want to hear it. Now Kennedy lets start at where this fight started."
"This is pointless. It isn't going to fix anything."
"If this can fix you two going at each other all the time then it fixed enough for me. Now how did this fight begin?"
"It started when she lied to you about being at Michael's house. I didn't want her to lie about where she was but she didn't want you to find out about my dads not being home."
"So then what happened?"
"She got mad at me about how every time I did something wrong she got punished for it..."
"Like when?"
"Like when she skipped rehearsal to make out with Dean and suddenly we both couldn't see our boyfriends." I stated looking at her.
"That is because I don't like Michael and you know that."
"But you don't get to make that choice."
"I'm your mother I get a say..."
"In other things but not in who I date."
"Alright this isn't solving anything. What else happened?"
"I told her that she was just jealous of the relationship that I had with you and that you didn't lie to me like you did to her."
"Lie about what?"
"About Quinn and Beth mom." I snapped growing frustrated with this process.
"You know about..."
"Yes Rachel told me. Why would you lie like that? I mean Beth, Rachel, is there someone else you want to tell me about?"
"No."
"Then why lie about them?"
"Because Quinn could have led you to Rachel and I didn't want you to know about each other. Rachel had her life and we had ours and up until she showed up here I was fine with keeping it that way."
"So you were fine lying to me?"
"I didn't just lie to you. I mean Rachel didn't know about you..."
"But she knew that you were her mother and she knew about Beth. Beth is my sister and when I asked you who her mother was you should have told me. And you should have told both of us about each other and let us decide what we wanted to do about it. You can't always choose what is best for us."
"I was just trying not to complicate your lives any more than I had to..."
"You already did that by reaching out to me and then rejecting me. It really hurt."
"I'm sorry Rachel. I didn't want to hurt you I just wanted to see you."
"It doesn't seem that way."
"Rachel I love you. Sometimes I don't know how to deal with you but I love you very much."
"Yeah well Kennedy doesn't think so." Our mother turned to me and glared.
"What else was said?"
"I told her that she was a spoiled narcissistic brat who dresses like a toddler and that no guy would look at."
"Kennedy you didn't?"
"Wait she forgot a part." Rachel said in a sing song voice.
"What else?"
"I told her that at least you wanted to be my mother." She looked over at Rachel and then sat next to her on the bed.
"Rachel that is not the truth. I wanted to be your mother so badly from the moment I saw you but I had made a deal with your fathers and I had to up hold that deal with them. As for you Kennedy." She looked at me. "You said some really nasty things to Rachel and you need to apologize to her."
"But..."
"I wasn't finished. I know you don't think apologizes are sincere but you better make this one sincere. Rachel is your sister and my daughter. I love you both for who you are and I know that you are fighting but just remember at the end of the day you both are sisters and in the end that is all you have. Now I am going downstairs. I want you both to work this out before either of you leave this room. You got it?" We both nodded and then she got up and left the room.
We sat there in silence for a while. I guess neither of us really knew how to start the conversation. I felt bad for everything that I had said and did to Rachel, I really did but I didn't apologize that often.
"Rachel..." I started and then trailed off.
"So you really didn't do that stuff today for me?" Rachel asked after my failed attempt to talk to her.
"Maybe a little bit."
"Why? I mean if you hated me so much why would you take the time to pull me out of that mess?"
"Because I don't hate you Rachel."
"Then what was with the stuff you did yesterday?"
"I don't know. I was upset and stupid."
"You can say that again."
"Look Rachel I didn't mean those things I said. I don't do this a lot but when I do I really mean it and I know that just because I say it you might not accept it but I am really sorry for everything that I have done to you lately. If I could I would take it all back..."
"And I'm sorry for what I said to you earlier."
"So does that mean we are good?"
"We are going to have to work at it but I think that we are getting there."
"So all is forgiven?"
"Yeah. It is." I got up and gave her a hug and then we sat and talked for a while. It was good to have Rachel back but I knew that there was one thing that I had to do to get her to totally forgive me and that was get her to prom.
A/n: Okay so I know that the last chapter didn't go over so well and I promised that I would have this one out soon to redeem myself so here it is. Kennedy and Rachel are back on track to being close again and there are starting to be some good moments between Rachel and Shelby. So please review and let me know if I have redeemed myself and what else you would like to see. Their punishments for the fight and lying about it will be discussed in the next chapter so again please let me know what you think!
-Katie