Nicole's POV:
"Nicole tighten up on that turn!" Shelby called out and I gave Beth a look as we moved back to our starting positions for the routine.
"You know for being your grandmother she is not going easy on you." Dakota stated as she reset the music.
"Tell me about it."
"Show faces people!" Shelby called out as she started the music and I grimaced as I started the song again and we ran through the routine for the hundredth time this rehearsal.
"Are we done?" Beth complained when we finished our run through and Shelby gave her a look.
"Take five, we have to get this perfect before we leave." She said and I groaned as I walked off the stage and collapsed next to Nick in the first row.
"I think your grandmother is trying to kill us." Nick said as I rested my head on his shoulder.
"You are no good to me dead, I just want perfection." Shelby said as she held a water bottle in front of my face and I took it.
"Thanks Hitler." I said as she smacked the back of my head.
"Watch it." She said as she walked away and I turned to Nick.
"Too harsh?" I asked as I opened the water and he laughed.
"I would just be careful if she is the one taking you home." He said and I smiled until I heard Beth raise her voice at Aaron.
"What the hell Aaron, I was doing family stuff this weekend. I can't spend every waking moment with you!" Beth yelled.
"You have been acting like a bitch since Nicole showed up!" Aaron snapped and Nick shifted to try to get up and say something but I stopped him.
"Let Beth handle this, plus I don't mind being called a bitch once and a while."
"What is going on?" Shelby asked as she made her way down the aisle towards the fight.
"Stay out of it mom." Beth snapped.
"Everyone rehearsal is over, be prepared to make up for lost time tomorrow." Shelby said and we all groaned as we gathered our stuff and made our way out of the auditorium.
"Do you need a ride?" Nick asked as he gestured to his motorcycle and I shook my head.
"I would but Shelby would probably kill me if I left." I said and he nodded before we kissed and he left and I leaned up against the side of the building as I waited for the fiasco inside to finish.
It was about fifteen minutes later that Beth and Aaron came out holding hands and Shelby followed behind them.
"Be home by ten." She called after Beth as she turned to me.
"Everything fine?" I asked and she nodded.
"Yep, I thought you would have left with Nick." She said as we walked towards her car.
"I didn't think that you like it when I went on his motorcycle." I said and she smiled.
"Your parents don't seem to mind." She said and I sighed.
"They hate motorcycles, they only pretend to be okay with it so that I will make the right decision on my own." I stated and Shelby laughed.
"How long have you been working your parent's system?" She asked and I smirked as I got into her car.
"I have no idea what you are talking about." I said as she pulled out of the parking lot.
"I'm sure. So a year? A few months? Longer?" She asked and I rolled my eyes.
"Why would I tell you? I mean wouldn't that defeat the purpose?" I asked and she nodded.
"Yep but don't think that I'm not going to tell your parents that you have their system figured out." She said and I sighed.
"Do you have to?" I whined and she nodded.
"Yes. I don't know how long you have been pulling this over on your parents but your days are numbered." She said and I scrunched my nose as I pouted.
"You're mean." I stated and she scoffed.
"Mean I may be but you're spoiled." She stated as we pulled onto my street.
"I'm so glad we are almost to my house because this conversation is taking a nasty turn." I stated as she pulled into my driveway and I got out.
"See you tomorrow?" She asked and I nodded.
"Yep." I said as I shut the door and rushed into the house knowing that my parents were home.
"Nicole?" My mom asked as I closed the door and dropped my bag.
"Yep, where are you?" I asked as I walked farther into the house.
"Living room." She called and I quickly made my way into the living room and I jumped onto the couch next to her.
"So rehearsal ran late?" She asked and I nodded.
"Yep and then Beth and Aaron got into a fight so we got out earlier than we were suppose to." I said as she adjusted herself on the couch so that she was more comfortable.
"Are they still dating?" She asked and I nodded.
"Yeah, better than ever. So how are you and Chloe?" I asked and my mom rubbed her expanding stomach.
"Good." She said and I smiled.
"Where is daddy?" I asked looking around.
"He is in his office..." She said as I quickly got off the couch and ran into the other room where I crashed into his chest as he pulled me into a hug.
"I thought I heard you." He said as he kissed the top of my head.
"What were you working on?" I asked trying to get past him but he stopped me and pulled me back out to the living room.
"Nothing that you need to be concerned with." He said as he sat me on his lap and I pouted.
"This isn't fair." I said and my parents rolled their eyes.
"It's November, Thanksgiving is this week you don't need to figure out what we are putting together for your birthday until at least Christmas." My mom said and I sighed.
"Fine." I said and my mom smiled.
"So what do you want to do for your birthday?" My dad asked and I smiled.
"Well being as I am off of school anyway, maybe we could go to New York for New Year's eve?" I asked and my parents exchanged glances.
"That could work. Your mom and I were talking about taking you back to New York, so I think that is a good possibility." My dad said and I happily clapped my hands together as the prospect.
"Why don't you go get changed and then help you dad cook dinner?" Mom asked and I smiled as I got up and ran to my room and changed only to quickly run back to the kitchen and get all messy from cooking with my dad.
"Were you two making dinner or wearing it?" Mom asked as she sat at the table and dad and I laughed.
"We tried our best." My dad said as he took dinner and set it on the table as I brought out the plates and we ate dinner.
After dinner I took a shower and then got ready to go to bed. I was sitting in bed when my mom came in and sat down on my bed next to me while my dad stood in my doorway.
"So your grandmother sent us an interesting text tonight." My mom said as she pulled it up on her phone and I sighed.
"I was hoping that she would at least wait and do it in person." I stated and my mom pulled me closer to her.
"So how long have you had us figured out?" She asked and I sighed.
"A while, but it's still working." I said and they nodded.
"For now, your dad and I are going to evaluate our parenting a little bit." Mom said and I sighed.
"If you must." I said and she kissed my head.
"We must, now get some sleep you have a long rehearsal tomorrow and then you have a fun break with Shelby and Beth." My mom said and I shot a look to my dad who was trying to cover up his laughter.
"Just remember that you are going with us." I told my dad and his laughter stopped.
"Night Nicole." He said and I smiled.
"Night." I said as I snugged under my covers.
The following day was long. Rehearsal lasted forever, thanks to Aaron and Beth who got the brunt of the teams anger. I was just happy when I walked out of rehearsal and my dad was standing there waiting for me.
"Ready to go home?" He asked and I nodded.
"Yeah." I said as he walked past me and I turned and watched as he walked towards the auditorium.
"Where are you going?" I called after him and he turned and smiled.
"You'll see, just get in the car. I will be back in a minute." He stated and I sighed as I got into the car and like he said he came out a few minutes later.
"What was the about?" I asked and he shrugged as we drove back to the house where my mom was waiting with two suit cases by the door.
"Ready?" She asked and I looked between my parents.
"What is going on?" I asked and my mom smiled.
"We are going to be spending the rest of the week with Shelby." She said and I turned and looked at my dad.
"Is this a joke?" I asked and he shook his head.
"Sadly no. This is something that your mother and grandmother cooked up." Dad said as he took the bags out to the car and I sighed as followed my mom out to the car.
"So how did you talk dad into this?" I asked as we climbed into the car and my parents exchanged creepy smiles and I clenched my eyes shut in disgust. "Okay don't answer that question." I said as I put my seatbelt on and my parents laughed.
We talked on the ride over to Shelby's and once we got there Shelby got out and helped my dad carry the two suitcases inside.
"So where are we staying?" My mom asked as she sat on the couch and Shelby sighed.
"You and Jesse are going to be in the guest bedroom and Nicole is going to be sharing a room with Beth." Shelby said and I looked over at Beth and groaned.
"We live like five minutes away, how come I have to be the person who loses in this situation?" I complained and the three adults rolled their eyes.
"We are bonding." Mom said and I shook my head.
"If we're bonding, you sleep on the floor." I stated and Shelby laughed.
"Who said anything about sleeping on the floor?" She asked and I cocked my head to the side.
"Then where am I sleeping?" I asked.
"On a blow up mattress, not the fanciest thing but it's better than the floor." She stated and I turned to my dad.
"And I gave up my bed for this?" I asked and he laughed as he walked over to me and flipped me over his shoulder and I squealed.
"Where can I put this?" He asked and Shelby pointed down towards Beth's room.
When we got into Beth's room he placed me on the blowup mattress and he kneeled next to me.
"What is it going to take to get you to have a good time and stop complaining?" He asked and I shook my head.
"Are you trying to bribe me?" I asked and he nodded.
"That was the plan, so name your price." He said and I smirked.
"We go to New York for my birthday. I want a room that overlooks the city and we have to keep my birthday traditions. Deal?" I asked and he nodded.
"Yep, now put on a brilliant show face and go be happy." He said as I hopped up and walked back into the other room where Shelby and my mom were sitting next to each other on the couch while Beth leaned over the arm of the couch and I walked out and sat next to my mom who immediately wrapped her arms around me.
"There she is. So what do you want for dinner?" She asked as I snuggled into her arms and I shrugged.
"Don't care but I don't want to cook." I stated as I stretched out my sore muscles, wincing a little at their tenderness.
"Aw, is my wittle baby sore?" She teased and I glared at her.
"No." I said flatly not wanting to let Shelby know that her rehearsal's were affecting me more than I let on.
"You sure?" My mom cooed and I deepened my glare to let her know that I was not happy with her questioning.
"Yes I am sure." I said and she dropped it.
"So dinner?" Shelby asked.
"I want chinese." My mom said and Shelby nodded as she got up and Beth looked at me.
"Wanna go do something?" She asked as my dad sat next to my mom where Shelby had been sitting.
"Sounds good to me." I said as I got up and I followed Beth into her room and I sat on the blowup mattress as she sat on her bed.
"So, what now?" I asked and Beth shrugged.
"Don't know, but this has to be better than hanging out with our parents."
Rachel's POV:
After the girls left I settled into Jesse's arms while Shelby brought over the menu and Jesse picked out a few things and then Shelby went to order while I just stayed with Jesse.
"So are you two always this touchy feely?" Shelby asked as she finished her phone call and she joined us back on the couch.
"We're young and in love. What can I say?" Jesse asked and Shelby rolled her eyes.
"I can say that while you are in my house there needs to be less touchy and no feely." She said and I laughed.
"Yes mother!" I joked and she rolled her eyes as she made a gesture for Jesse and I to part and we obliged.
"You are being a little overbearing, don't you think?" Jesse asked as Shelby wedged herself between the two of us.
"I'm a mom, Rachel is carrying my second grandchild and I can wait a little longer for a third." Shelby commented and I smirked.
"Trust me you have a while to wait for number three." I said and she smiled as she put an arm around my shoulder and then Jesse's shoulder.
"I'm glad. So what happened to being vegan?" Shelby asked and I looked at Jesse and we laughed.
"You see when Rachel gets pregnant the vegan thing goes out the window."
"But I will get back to it as soon as Chloe is out in this world and not causing me to crave things like chinese." I said and Shelby smiled.
"Well the delivery guy should be here in thirty minutes. Where did the girls go?" Shelby asked and Jesse pointed to Beth's room.
"They took off as soon as you went to order the food." I said and she nodded.
"I guess I will let them hang out until the food arrives..."
"Why don't you just let them do what they want tonight? I mean they have the entire weekend with us, lets not force them into family time right away." I said and Shelby nodded.
"I guess. So what are you doing with Nicole and the whole playing you thing?" She asked and I looked at Jesse.
"I don't know, what are we doing?" I asked and he shrugged.
"Are we doing something?" He asked and I rolled my eyes.
"We haven't really talked about it. She knows that we know and recently there hasn't been a reason to get onto her about her behavior so we are just going to let it play out until we have to do something about it." I said and Shelby nodded.
"That sounds like a plan." Shelby said as a crash was heard coming from the direction of Beth's room and Shelby and I looked at each other before we both got up and made our way to Beth's room.
When we entered the room Nicole was lying on the floor laughing as Beth laid on top of her with a deflated blowup mattress underneath them.
"What happened in here?" Shelby asked and the girls looked up at us and just laughed harder.
"Yo-you don't wan-want to know!" Beth choked out as she rolled off of Nicole and tried to sit up be fell back onto Nicole not able to get over her laughing fit.
"How did you manage to break the air mattress?" Shelby asked and I looked and saw the giant hole in the mattress and I shook my head.
"Nicole, what happened?" I asked and my daughter just shook her head as the laughter continued.
"We are getting no where with these two." Shelby said as she walked over and grabbed Beth's leg and dragged her out of the room.
"Nicole." I said as I bent down and stroked her hair.
"I don't know what happened." Nicole finally said and Shelby walked in.
"So Beth was the one responsible for the giant hole in the mattress. I guess that means Nicole gets the bed and Beth is on the floor but I would still like to know what went on to get a hole like that in the mattress." Shelby said and I looked down at Nicole who shrugged.
"I was just lying on the mattress, I have no idea what happened." She said as Beth slowly walked back into the room.
"So what was the loud crash sound that we heard?" Shelby asked and Beth smirked.
"I sort of fell on Nicole and knocked over some things on my desk after the air mattress popped." She said and Shelby shook her head.
"We can't even leave you two alone for ten minutes." She said as she threw her hands into the air and walked out and the girls just made their way to Beth's bed and started to laugh again.
"You two are trouble." I said as I walked out of the room leaving them to their evil ways.
"What did Nicole do this time?" Jesse asked as I walked back into the living room and sat on the couch.
"I don't actually think it was Nicole this time." I said as I sat down again and he laughed.
"It's always Nicole." Jesse said as he pulled me closer to him and Shelby walked over and laughed.
"You two have such high expectations for that girl." She said as she sat on the other side of me and I turned to face her.
"It's not that Nicole is a bad kid or anything, it's just that she is a little evil genius and she tends to get herself into situations where that is put to good use. So usually when something happens it's her fault." I said and Shelby rolled her eyes.
"She's not that bad." Shelby said.
"I never said that she was bad I just said she was evil." I corrected and Shelby laughed as the doorbell rang and she went to get up.
"I got is Shelby." Jesse said as he got up and Shelby went to protest but Beth and Nicole running out of the room screaming sent her in the opposite direction.
"You can get it this time but never again." She said as she started to chase the girls and I just sighed as I sprawled out on the couch. I was about ready to take a nap when Shelby returned with Beth in her arm and Nicole following behind.
"What's going on?" I asked from where I was lying and she dumped Beth on the chair.
"You stay here and you..." She said turning and pointing to Nicole. "Sit there." She said pointing to another chair away from Beth.
"What was it this time?" I asked as Jesse laid the food on the table.
"Beth was chasing Nicole for some unknown reason." Shelby said as she lifted my feet so she could sit.
"In my defense Nicole started it." Beth said pouting as Jesse pulled the food out of the bag.
"I don't really want to hear it." Shelby said and I shot a look at Nicole who stuck her tongue out at Beth.
"Alright so dinner is served!" Jesse said and I sat up so that I could get what I wanted before it was all picked over.
We ate dinner in relative silence. When it was all done the girls tried to run off but Shelby stopped them and made them clean up and then promise that they would not break anything else before they ran off to go do something.
"You do know that was an empty promise." I said as the girls scampered off and she smiled.
"Not from Beth, she knows I will beat her butt if something else breaks." Shelby stated and I laughed as Jesse got up and stretched.
"Do you have any movies?" He asked and Shelby nodded.
"In the cabinet below the television." She said as she sat next to me again and I rested my head on her shoulder.
"So Rachel should we ask Shelby now or later?" Jesse asked as he shuffled through movies.
"Ask Shelby what?" Shelby asked and I lifted my head.
"For Nicole's birthday we are taking her to New York for two weeks and Jesse and I thought that it might be nice to invite you and Beth, that is if you don't have other plans." Jesse said and I watched as Shelby bit her lower lip.
"When would we leave?" She asked.
"The twentieth for the three of us and then you and Beth could fly out when you wanted to."
"I sort of already agreed to have Beth spend her break with Quinn and Puck, spending Christmas with me of course..."
"If you can't come it's fine." I said and she shook her head.
"I'm sure I can talk to Quinn and Puck..."
"No, let Beth spend time with her them. It's fine, Nicole only thinks that Jesse and I are going anyway." I said and she sighed.
"Beth probably won't be able to come but I will be there, if you don't mind that is." Shelby said and I smiled.
"Nicole would love that..."
"Nicole would love what?" Nicole asked as she walked towards the kitchen.
"An extended rehearsal on Saturday to make up for lost time." Shelby quickly covered and Nicole's eyes went wide.
"I would love that?" She asked me and I shrugged playing innocent.
"It would be better than what you usually do on Saturdays." I said and she rolled her eyes as she opened the fridge.
"What are you looking for?" Shelby asked Nicole and she shrugged.
"Water, or something to drink." She said as she shut the door to the fridge and made her way over to the cabinet and grabbed a glass.
"Can you get me some water too?" I asked and I heard her sigh.
"Yeah I guess." She said as she filled up the glasses and then brought one over to me and set it down on the table. When she was done I pulled her down onto my lap causing her water to splash out the sides.
"Mom!" She whined and I laughed as I moved her glass from her hand and I handed it to Shelby who set it to the side for us.
"What? All I want to do is to make sure that you understand the rules for this weekend. There will be no more breaking things..."
"I know Shelby already went through the rules with Beth and I..."
"And I want to make sure that you are actually going to follow the rules my little genius." I said as I kissed her head and she struggled to get free only to be scooped up by her dad and then brought to his lap when she did manage to escape.
"I get it, don't break anything else and no more screaming. Can I go now?" She huffed and I laughed as her dad paused for a second before he let her go and she bolted out of the room forgetting her water entirely.
"So much for wanting something to drink." I said as I reached forward and drank some of my water while Jesse turned on the DVD player and I snuggled into his arms while the three of us watched The Sound of Music.
Beth's POV:
"What happened?" I asked as Nicole ran into the room and shut the door.
"My parents are insane and your mom is trying to schedule another rehearsal." She panted and I rolled my eyes as I fell back on my bed.
"Of course she is. So what now?" I asked and she sighed.
"Your mom threatened to spank you and you and you want to do something?" She asked and I nodded.
"Nothing that will break something of course but something, and you have some good ideas." I said and she smiled.
"I do, so here's the deal. Our parents are watching a movie which means that we can get to the game room with little to no problems in about ten minutes. I say we get there and then dance it up. What do you think?" She asked and I smiled.
"Perfect!" I said and she smiled.
We waited for ten minutes to pass and then we snuck into the game room without being noticed. I quietly shut the door and Nicole set up the dancing game.
We were a few rounds in when we decided to make it interesting.
"So what do you say that the person that loses the next game has to do something that could potentially get them in trouble?" Nicole asked and I sighed, knowing that I had a winning record but I could easily lose.
"Fine." I said and she smiled and I instantly regretted agreeing this.
There was no way that this was happening. I lost the game and I was pretty sure I was hustled being as Nicole didn't ever miss a move, and now here I was trying to figure out what I was going to do to potentially get me in trouble.
"Come on Beth we don't have all day." Nicole said and I glared at her.
"This is stupid." I complained and she shrugged.
"You agreed." She stated and I glared at her.
"I'm not doing this, I'm going to bed." I said as I went to leave the room only to start to run when I heard Nicole start to follow me.
"You are doing this!" She hissed and I laughed as I ran down the hall only to slip on the rug and crash into the side table which sent the lamp flying off the edge crashing onto the floor and Nicole and I stopped in our tracks waiting for something to happen.
"Maybe they didn't hear it?" I whispered and Nicole nodded.
"Oh no, we heard it." My mom said from a few feet behind me and Nicole took off back down the hallway and I quickly followed after her barricading ourselves in the game room.
"What now?" Nicole whispered as she helped me push the couch in front of the door for when my mom got it unlocked.
"We hide." I whispered as we dashed to different hiding places.
"Beth, Nicole, open the door." I heard my mom yell and I shook my head to Nicole who froze in the center of the room at my mom's plea.
"Don't even think about it!" I harshly whispered to her and she nodded and then dashed into the closet while I hid behind the television shelves.
It was about three minutes later that my mom got the door unlocked and she tried to open the door and found the couch blocking the door from opening.
"Jesse I need your help!" She called and I swallowed the lump in my throat as I waited for the impending fiasco that was about to occur.
With Jesse's help they were able to push the door open and my mom stepped into the room and placed her hands on her hips.
"Hiding are we?" She asked and I moved back farther as she walked around the room throwing open the doors revealing nothing and I was shocked that Nicole was that good at hiding.
"Find them?" I heard Rachel ask.
"Nope, they're not in the closet though." My mom said as she rounded the corner and spotted me.
"Found one." She said as she grabbed my wrist and then trapped me against her chest so I couldn't leave.
"Where is Nicole?" Rachel asked and I shrugged.
"The last I saw she went into the closet." I said and Rachel nodded.
"Jesse!" She called and two seconds later Jesse walked in and Rachel just pointed to the closet as my mom started to walk me out of the room.
"Mom, wait it was an accident!" I said as she pushed me onto the couch.
"Sit, don't move." She said as she walked over to the closet.
"Nicole are you in there?" I heard Jesse ask but there was no response.
"Where would she be?" My mom asked as she pulled her hair up into a ponytail.
"Top shelf, that's where she goes at home as well." Rachel said and my mom walked up to the closet.
"Last chance Nicole." She said and when nothing happened she sighed as she started to scale the doorframe with help from Jesse.
It was a few seconds later that Nicole walked through the open door to the room and stood next to Rachel.
"What are they doing?" She asked and Jesse nearly dropped my mom in shock.
"Where were you?" Rachel asked and she pointed to the other room.
"I ran into the bathroom down the hall." She said and my jaw dropped.
"Beth my room." My mom said once she was safely on the ground and she shot Nicole a look as we both walked out of the room.
"She was in the closet." I said as soon as the bedroom door shut and my mom nodded.
"I saw you both run into the room, how she got out who knows, but you broke my lamp." She said and I sighed.
"It was an accident. Nicole was chasing me..."
"Was she?" She asked and I nodded.
"Yes she was." I said and she nodded as she got up and came back a few minutes later with Nicole.
"So I thought I was pretty clear about the rules. I mean now I have a busted air mattress and a broken lamp. How many more things need to be broken for you two to get the point that you need to be careful?" My mom asked and Nicole and I shrugged.
"We will be more careful." Nicole stated and my mom raised an eye brow.
"I hope so. Nicole go back to your parents." My mom said and I shot a look to Nicole who quickly made her exit.
"Please don't spank me." I said after the silence filled the room and she laughed.
"I'm not going to spank you, this time but stay out of trouble." She scolded and I nodded.
"I will try but that's hard to do with Nicole, she just attracts trouble." I said and my mom nodded.
"That she does, I'm still trying to figure out how she got out of that room." She said and I nodded.
"Tell me about it." I said as she got up and led me out of the room into the living room where she sat me on her lap as she sat next to Rachel who had Nicole in her arms with Jesse beside her.
"How did she escape?" I whispered to Rachel and she smirked.
"Watch the movie." She said as she ran her fingers through Nicole's hair and I sighed.
"Fine." I pouted as I settled against my mom's chest and we watched the rest of their movie.
A/n: Hope you liked it !
-Katie! :)