A/N: Sorry for the lateness but I had some writers block, then I wasn't in the mood to write because my external hard drive died with everything on it and I just finished my first week of the semester so I didn't have time to do anything else. The good news about going back to school is that I have more time to write so the weekly updates are back. Thanks for everyone that is reviewing it means the world to me that you guys like my story. Thanks to my awesome beta for everything she does.
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Previously on Break out of the Funk
"We'll be back to get her things later. There is no way she is ever coming back to this house again," Burt told them. "And you can trust that I am telling all this to Mark to see how he likes it. Consider yourselves lucky if you don't get sued."
"How is she, doc?" Burt asked.
"She has a mild concussion, but thankfully nothing severe."
"Is something wrong did something happen to Rachel?"
"It's a long story."
"I've got time."
Ch 21
There is a knock on the door and a man gets up to open it.
"Excuse me, is there a Leroy or a Hiram Berry around?" asks the woman at the door.
"I'm Hiram Berry."
"Sign these please," she said, handing him some papers.
"Who are you, and what exactly is this?"
"My name is Alyssa Fray, and I'm with Shepherd and Associates."
"The law firm?"
"Yes, and to answer your question this is a lawsuit against Leroy Berry for Child Abuse and my client is also suing both of you for Custody of Rachel Caroline Berry-Sloan. Have a nice day, Mr. Berry," she told him before she got in her car and took off, leaving a shocked Hiram Berry behind.
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"So what are your plans for today?" Burt asked Kurt and Rachel at the breakfast table.
"Well, according to Jonathan the boys are going to go over to the Berry house to pack up all of Rachel's things, and we are going to stay here and get everything ready," Kurt told him.
"You alright with that?" Burt asked Rachel.
"Yeah, I don't really want to go back there, plus Santana and Quinn are going with them to make sure they don't break anything."
"That's probably a good idea."
"Knowing them, it is a very good idea. What about you, Dad?"
"I have the post-cruise meeting with the rest of the parents."
"Oh right, I had completely forgotten about that," Rachel said.
"Chris is going to let us know how you all behaved. Is there anything I should know about before I go?"
"Nope, nothing comes to mind. We behaved, Dad, I promise."
Before Burt can say anything else the doorbell rang, so he went to open the door. Jesse was standing on the other side of the door.
"Good Morning, Mr. Hummel. Is Rachel here?"
"Yeah, she's in the kitchen having breakfast with Kurt; go right in."
"Thanks."
"Rachel, there is someone here to see you," Burt told her.
"Who is it?" she asked. Then she saw Jesse come into the kitchen. "Jesse!"
"Hey, Rach," he said as he went to hug her.
"Okay then, I'll leave you guys to talk," Burt said, walking out of the room.
"On that note, I'm going to go call Bree and set up everything. Nice to see you St. James."
"Likewise, Hummel," he said as Kurt left the room, leaving Jesse and Rachel alone in the kitchen. They sat down at the table and Jesse grabbed Rachel's hands.
"I would have been here last night, but Chris didn't like the idea."
"So you know?" she asked.
"Yeah, Jonathan called me last night. When he said you were in the hospital I freaked."
"It's okay; it was just a mild concussion."
"How are you?"
"I'm fine."
"Rachel."
"I am fine; don't worry."
"I know you. You are not fine so tell me the truth; you don't have to be strong all the time."
"The truth is I don't know how to feel or how I'm supposed to feel. It was horrible; there was just so much screaming and then he hit me, he actually hit me! I still can't believe it. Both Jon and Dad want him to pay, and I don't know what I'm supposed to do," she said. As she started crying, Jesse got up and put Rachel in his lap.
"It's okay to cry, just let it out," he told her. She started crying more, and he put his arms around her. He whispered soothing words in her ear and kissed her head.
"You know I love you right, baby?" Jesse asked.
"I know," she sniffled. "I love you too, Jess. I don't know what I would do without you."
"The feeling is completely mutual."
"Thanks for being here."
"My pleasure."
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Most of the parents were sitting in Chris' living room waiting for the meeting to start. The parents there included Deb Puckerman, Burt Hummel, and Judy Fabray. Shelby couldn't make it because of work related issues.
"Does anyone want anything to drink?" Chris asked.
"No, I think we are okay. Is this all of us?" Judy asked.
"I think so," Chris said, and then the doorbell rang so he went to open it
"Chris?"
"Hello, Andie. Come on in."
"You live here?"
"Yeah, I do. Welcome to my humble abode."
"Kinda cozy. I like it."
"Thank you very much."
"Just one question. What exactly am I doing here? I got a call at the station from Bree telling me to come here. What did they do now?"
"They didn't do anything. You know how they went on a cruise?"
"Yeah, Bree called me and said that they were going a cruise with Jesse and his friends and that Jonathan was going to be there too, so I told them they could go. Why?"
"Well, I was the chaperone and this is basically a meeting with the rest of the parents to tell everyone how it all went and so on."
"You were the chaperone on the trip? Seriously?" Andie asked.
"Why is that a problem?"
"Chris you are like a male version of Lorelai Gilmore. You're not exactly strict parent material."
"She's got you there," Deb said while getting something to drink.
"I just realized I haven't introduced myself. I'm sorry, I'm Detective Andrea Danvers. I'm Rick and Bree's mom; just call me Andie."
"Hi, nice to meet you. I'm Burt Hummel, Kurt's dad."
"Likewise. So you're Kurt's dad? Bree cares about him a lot. She says he's a very cool guy and that he has the best fashion sense of anyone she's ever met."
"Yeah, that sounds like my Kurt," Burt said with a smile.
"Nice to meet you. I'm Deborah Puckerman, Noah's mom."
"Noah?" Andie asked.
"Noah Puckerman, mostly known as Puck," Chris clarified.
"Oh, I know who that is. He is friends with Jonathan and his sister, right?"
"Yeah, he's Rachel's best friend. You know Jonathan?" Deb asked.
"I've met him once or twice when I went to visit Bree. Those two are tied at the hip most of the time. Plus I've heard Bree mention Puck once or twice."
"Yeah, Noah has mentioned your daughter too now that I think of it."
"No offense, Deb, but your son notices every woman that crosses his path," Judy pointed out.
"It takes two to tango, Judy. What happened wasn't just Noah's fault; it was Quinn's fault too."
"Oh please, your hoodlum of a son obviously tricked my daughter."
"Mrs. Fabray, if you don't mind, I don't need you criticizing others; so please don't."
"Just stating the facts."
"You know what? There's the door; don't let it hit you on the way out," Chris told her, and Judy left pissed off.
"I hate judgmental people," he said, sitting down on the couch.
"I know you do, so who was that?" Andie asked.
"Judy Fabray, Quinn's mom. The Fabrays are one of the most Christian families in Lima."
"Let me guess, her daughter and your son had sex and she got pregnant."
"Precisely. How did you know?" Deb asked.
"Let's just say Chris and I are kind of experts in teen pregnancy, aren't we Chris?"
"Shut up, but yes we are."
"What happened?" Deb asked.
"I got pregnant at 17 and since my parents didn't want there to be a scandal because my boyfriend was 10 years older than me, they made us get married. A year later I got pregnant with Bree around the time Chris here got his girlfriend pregnant."
"I wanted to keep my son," explained Chris. "And I managed to convince her for a while, but I realized she didn't want to keep him so we gave him up-hardest thing I ever had to do."
"You too know each other from school?" Burt asked.
"Yeah. Alice, my sister and Jesse's mom was Andie's best friend, and we were in the same social circles so we spent a lot of time together."
"Did you talk to Noah about that?" Deb asked.
"Yeah, don't worry, Deb. I talked to him about the subject on the cruise and he understood, which brings me to the reason we actually are having this meeting."
"Yeah, we got a bit sidetracked there," Andie commented.
"So the cruise, how much trouble did they get into?" Deb asked. Chris just smiled and started telling them about the things that happened.
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"So the boys are dealing with everything back at the house, Santana and Quinn are making sure everything gets done right, which means we've got time to do whatever we want," Tina told them.
"I say we get started on the makeover. What do you think, Barbie?" Kurt asked.
"I like that idea, but don't we have to go shopping for that?" Rachel asked.
"Not exactly," said Bree. "You see, the agency gives us the clothes we wear in the photoshoots, and sometimes the different brands and stores give us samples of new lines and so on. Plus we get a discount on most clothing stores so we've already got a whole new wardrobe for you."
"Seriously?" Rachel asked.
"Yeah seriously. Aren't you glad you have a friend who's a model, or at least used to be a model?" Bree asked.
"Oh we so are! And I'm glad I have someone to share my love of fashion with." Kurt told her.
"Pleasure is all mine. So Rachel, do you want to see your new wardrobe?"
"Yes please," Rachel told her as they entered the walk-in closet. Kurt had given Rachel the space to half his closet, something that had shocked her and the rest of the girls. They joked that it proved that Kurt really did care about Rachel.
"When did you guys set this up?" Rachel asked, looking at the fully stocked closet.
"When you were with Jesse this morning, Puck, Santana, Jonathan, Rick, Quinn, Kurt, and I set this up before they left to pack up your things. Brit, Mike, and Tina helped with moving things from the car to the closet while the rest of us put them in their right place."
"Aww guys, this is amazing," she said, hugging both Kurt and Bree, then going to hug Brittany and Tina.
"It's our pleasure, Barbie."
"Yeah, don't worry about it, Rachel," Tina told her.
"Now that we've gotten the clothes situation out of the way, we need to move on to the hair. Kurt mentioned you wanted to cover up the stitches? " Bree asked.
"Yeah, I'd rather cover them up so no one asks," Rachel told her.
"What about bangs?" Brittany suggested.
"Good idea, Brit! How do you feel about bangs, Rachel?" Bree asked.
"I think they would be good," Rachel said.
"We can trim your hair a bit, add more waves, and add the bangs. What do you think, Barbie?" Kurt asked.
"I think that sounds great."
"Then let's get to work."
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"That's the last box," Jesse told the rest of the group.
"Finally! I thought we would never finish," Rick said.
"Oh shut up, you big baby," Quinn told him.
"Jonathan, your girlfriend is being mean to me," Rick said.
"Great job, hon." Jonathan said, putting his arm around Quinn.
"Oh really, Sloan? I thought we were tight, man; bros over 'hos," Rick joked.
"I'm sorry, Rick, but I prefer blondes."
"I feel abandoned. Now I know how Brooke felt when Lucas pushed her aside for Peyton," Rick said.
"Is he talking about One Tree Hill?" Mike asked.
"I've learned that when it comes to Rick, it's better not to ask," Jesse told him.
"Did you just call me Lucas Scott?" Jonathan asked, going along with the game.
"Yeah, I did. You pushed me aside for a blonde cheerleader. It hurt me, man, right here," Rick said, pointing to his chest.
"I'm sorry, I never meant to make you feel that way. Will you ever forgive me?"
"I guess I have to."
"You two have serious issues, man," Puck told them.
"Rick, you are acting crazier than usual," Mike said.
"Thanks."
"So what did I miss?" Santana asked, coming into the room.
"I think Jonathan and Rick are going to leave us for each other," Quinn told her.
"I knew it! I suspected it all along," Santana said, playing along.
"Not you too," Mike complained.
"Oh Mike, if you can't beat them, join them," Jesse told him.
"Okay, so back to the real world, are we done packing?" Santana asked.
"Yes, we just need to finish loading them into the car and then it's settled." Quinn told her.
"And what Quinn means by we need to finish loading them into the car is the guys need to finish loading them into the car," Puck commented.
"Right on, Puckerman," Quinn told him.
"How do you think the girls and Kurt are doing?" Jonathan asked.
"By that you mean how do you think Rachel is doing?" Rick asked.
"You would act the same way if it was Bree; don't deny it," Jonathan responded.
"I don't," Rick told him.
"I think she is doing okay," Santana answered. "Bree and Kurt are in charge of the makeover so they won't give her time to think about anything else."
"That's true. If I thought Kurt giving a makeover was bad enough, along with Bree it's something else," said Quinn
"Yeah, they are both overly obsessed with fashion," Jonathan said.
"We all know Kurt has been dying to give Rachel a makeover since forever," Puck said.
"Very true," Jesse confirmed.
"Jon, have you talked to your dad?" Quinn asked.
"Yeah, he's here but he's been with the lawyers all day," Jonathan told her.
"What's going to happen with that? Is he still going to live in New York?" Mike asked.
"Last I heard, he is looking for a house here in Ohio and is looking into making his contract with the hospital shorter so that he can come live here sooner."
"Don't you guys have a house? What about the one you guys are living in?" Puck asked.
"I think it's not large enough, and we bought that one to be close to Rachel; and she's probably not going to want to be anywhere close to the Berry house."
"Good point," Puck agreed.
"Yeah, and mom is back so Bree and I are probably going to move back in with her," Rick said while loading the last box into the car.
"Your mom is back?" Jesse asked.
"Yeah, she got here a few days ago," Rick told him.
"Your mom is pretty cool," Jonathan commented.
"You've met her?" Rick asked.
"I'm best friends with your sister."
"Right! Sorry, dumb moment."
"How is your mom?" Santana asked.
"She's pretty awesome. Don't worry, she'll love you."
"You really think so?"
"I know so."
"If you ever want dirt on Chris, just go to her. They went to school together, and she was my mom's best friend so they've spent a lot of time together," Jesse told her.
"Okay, group, everything is ready!" announced Jonathan. "Let's go!"
AN: I hope you all liked this..Once again sorry for the delay
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If you want to picture Andrea Danvers just think of Stana Katic (from Castle)