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Meanwhile, I tried to not have mistakes, but if it any, sorry.

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Enjoy!

Glee is not mine, I mean it.

The summer holidays had just begun and the glee club was willing to devote it exclusively to Rachel, they hoped she could return to school at the end of the holiday.

They had already surpassed the harassment of the media and the horde of reporters in the Berry's house courtyard,The had to testify again on that fateful day in school and face the trial. The next step, perhaps ironically, the most difficult, is to convince Rachel that together could get through this. They put their plan into action, her parents were very happy that their daughter had such good friends. Finn also was very happy with the idea, wanted to bring back the old Rachel, his Rachel.

MONDAY

Mike and Tina arrived early, could not wait for make a great day for her friend, Hiram received them with a smile and told them to go up to her room.

They entered the room feeling optimistic.

"Hi Rachel." Tina took the initiative.

The brunette was lying in a bed in her pajamas, stroking and playing with the kitten. She looked at them a brief moment and return to what she was doing, ignoring the presence of the two teenagers.

"We come to spend the day with you, are you okay with that?" She asked, trying to make conversation.

Rachel followed in silence.

Mike followed the example of Tina. "M-My mom sent you some of her special meal." He said with a smile.

"If you remove the chicken feet doesn't taste as bad." Tina tried to make Rachel laugh, something that Mike didn't give much grace.

Again no answer.

Tina sat next to her and brushed her hair from her forehead, Rachel shivered at the touch but then relaxed.

Mike sat in the bed next to Tina.

"Do you know that Mike and I are dating? ... It was very spontaneous a-and I love him ... he is my first love." She said smiling, Mike took her hand.

"I know you know what I mean right? ... You feel the same way for Finn"

Rachel stopped stroking the kitty and looked at smiled at her and thought she had achieved it, but with the speed that appeared hope faded when the little brunette turned her attention to the kitten.

Tina sighed sadly. "You know ... I really would like to talk to you about this ... the truth is that before entering glee, you were my friend ... maybe not as now we are but we grew together, and you are an important part of our little family ... I love you and I miss you." She said sincerely.

"Rachel ... I love you too... I miss everything about you, you are really talented ... but now Tina and I prepared something special for you." Both smiled and stood up,Tina pulled out a small CD from his bag and put it in the recorder on the desk of Rachel.

M-See, I really couldn't sing I could never really sing What I couldn't do was...

T- Sing!
M-I have trouble with the... -
T-Note!
M-It goes all around my... -
T-Throat!
M-It's a terrifying... -
T-Thing!
M-See, I really couldn't hear Which note was lower or was... -
T-Higher!
M-Which is why I disappear If someone says, "Let's start a... -
T-Choir!"
M-Hey, when I begin to... -
T-Shriek!
M-It's a across between I... -
T-Squeak!
M-And a quiver or I... -
T-Moan!
M-It's a little like a... -
T-Croak!
M-Or the record player... -
T-Broke!
M-What it doesn't have is... -
T-Tone!
M-Oh, I know you're thinking what a crazy... -
T-Ding-a-ling
M-But I really couldn't... -
T-Sing!
M-I could never really... -
T-Sing!
M-What I couldn't do was... -
T-Sing!
M-But what I lack in pitch I sure make up in... -
T-Power
M-And all my friends Say I am perfect for the shower
M-Still, I'm terrific at a... -
T-Dance!
M- 'Cause I'm messin' on my
T-Pants!
M-I'm a birdie on the... -
T-Wing!
M-But when I begin to... -
T-Chirp!

M-They say, "Who's the little..." -
T-Twerp!
M-Goin' 'pong' instead of... - '
T-Ping'!"
M-And when Christmas comes And all my friends go caroling
M-It is so dishearten -
T-ning!
M-It is so disquiet -
T-ting!
M-It is so discourag -
T-ging!
M-Darling, please stop answer -
T-ring!
M-See, I really couldn't -
T-sing!
M-I could never really -
T-sing!

MT-SING!

Rachel looked on quietly during their performance, she also missed them but something just don't let her.

Both ended with the song waiting for a positive response from the brunette but nothing.

Both were a little sad about it, but understand.

Attempted to establish a conversation with her and encourage her to speak but without success.

After a while the two teens leave with their smiles off.

"Any luck?" Hiram asked with hope, despite their faces.

"No." They said said in unison

Hiram looked a little disappointed. "Well, thanks anyway, and tell your mom thanks for the meal."

"Seriously take away the chicken feet before eating." Tina said almost dramatically.

"Tina ... stop making fun of mom's food." They left the house.

"I'm sorry baby, I love you." She said smiling.

Mike smiled back. "I love you too."

"But I hate your mother's food"

"Yeah, me too."

As soon Mike and Tina left, Finn arrived.

Rachel was looking toward the ceiling, the kitten was asleep next to her.

Finn went to her and took 'Finny-bear', lay on the floor pulling his hand holding the teddy, like a puppet.

"Hi Rach." Finn said, feigning another voice.

Rachel look at him.

"Is me, Finny-bear and I came to talk to you about something very, very important, Finn does not like when Rachel is sad,Finn want me to tell you that Finn loves Rachel very much ... And it hurts Finn to see Rachel like this and ... Finn also misses Rachel ... do not tell Finn I told you this but... Finn thinks that Rachel has the most beautiful, kissable and soft lips around the world ... And Finn is scary try to kiss them cause Finn does not want to make Rachel feel bad ... but Finn would do anything for kiss Rachel one more time."

Rachel stretched out her hand to reach the hand that held Finny-bear.

Finn stuck his head and smiled shyly at her, she stares at him.

He approached her with uncertainty until their faces were just inches away. "Finny-bear is telling the truth." He whispered.

He kissed her forehead and handed little kisses across her beautiful face.

"I love you." said grazing his lips against hers, she didn't move, that encouraged Finn to try to kiss her. He gave her a chaste kiss on the lips, looked at her again making sure she agreed, Rachel just looked at him expectantly, he kissed her again, she didn't move just let him kiss her.

"You are so beautiful, I love you ... I know you'll get through this ... I know you can, you're the bravest, strong and intelligent girl I have ever met."

"I can't do this ... Why this is so difficult?"

"Shelby, just relax ... She will understand." Leroy looked how Shelby paced nervously from side to side, he was holding Beth in his arms , the baby looked around smiling at everything she saw.

" I'll just going in there and tell her, she knows that I love her, right? So she will understand and accept it... okay I'm ready." Shelby looked determined and then she entered to the room.

"Good luck ... wish good luck to mommy sweetie." Leroy told the baby.

Rachel was leaning against the headboard of the bed, humming a tune to herself as she scratched the cat's tummy who purred happily. Shelby wanted to use that Finn had gone home for clean clothes to speak alone with Rachel.

She sat up in bed with Rachel. "Hey honey". She started "Did you have a good day?"

There was silence, Shelby began to succumb to nerves. "Each day you get more beautiful." She said at random, with a nervous smile.

"Mmm ... your parents have been very kind with me for letting me stay ... I like being around you, be part of your life." Shelby tried to read her face, Rache only paid attention to the damn cat! "Rach look at me." The brunette woman took her chin to make her see her, Rachel looked at her with glazed eyes. "Rachel, I love you and want you too be part of my life." Shelby swallow her fear and insecurity. "So I want you to meet someone very important in my life." Shelby took the kitten gently off her lap, Rachel didn't want to let it go but eventually relented."It will be only a moment." Shelby got up, her palms were sweating. "J-Just wait."

Shelby quickly returned with a baby in her arms and sat back down in bed. "S-She is... is your baby sister ... Beth" She said smiling. " Beth she is your big sister, say hi to Rachel my love." The baby looked at Rachel and smiled, the little brunette looked at the baby and then to her mother.

"I adopted her, she needed a home ... Isn't she beautiful? ... now I have the two of you and I have never been happier, my two girls, I love you and that will never change... I also love her , she is so adorable ... I was thinking that maybe I could bring Beth up here and-d bring her toys, you could play with her and sing to her ... she loves when I sing." Rachel looked at her, just that.

" Would you like that? ... Maybe when she grows up you could help me to teach her singing ... Do you wanna hold her?" She asked with an open heart.

Rachel stared at her, it seemed as if she wanted to cry, Rachel stretched, Shelby thought she wanted to reach Beth but felt the tears in her eyes when saw that Rachel just wanted to take her kitten again.

"Well ... I ... I'll let you alone." She said trying not to cry."I- I love you, I will come to see you in the morning..." She kissed her forehead and went as fast as she could.

"Shelby I really sorry." Leroy watched everything from the door, he felt bad for her, he thought that Rachel would take it better.

"Yeah ...me too." She said disappointed, took a last look at the room before leaving with a broken heart, she felt like she had lost Rachel.

Tuesday.

Quinn, Santana and Brittany went into the room silent.

The three girls approached the bed, Rachel had her back to them, Quinn and Santana looked at each other without having any idea of how to talk to the girl, they never were friends,not even when they entered to the glee club, and in that time, most of their "conversations" ended or began with insults. And now they wanted, really wanted to be kind to her, but how, they didn't want to seem hypocritical,the two cheerios knew they had been horrible to Rachel, and wanted get it right, a clean slate, the problem is how to begin.

Their dilemma was alien to the tall blonde, who eagerly ran to the side of the bed to face the little brunette.

Brittany put a big, fat cat on the bed. "Hi Rachy, I brought Lord Tubbington to play with your kitten, he cancel his poker game to come." She said smiling. "Everyone needs a friend."

The smallest cat approached Lord Tubbington, the size difference was too obvious, and it appeared that the kitten is thrilled with her new friend because she started to jump from side to side of Lord Tubbington . Rachel stayed watching the cats interacting

"Does your cat have a name?"

Having no answer, Brittany's face turned sad."Rachy are you mad at me? ... Why you don't wanna talk to me?"

"No honey, Rachel is not mad at you, just doesn't feel like talking." Santana decided to step in scene, took the chair of the vanity of the diva and approached it to the bed next to Brittany.

"It's like when you felt sick and had no desire to talk or do anything, you remember Britt?" Quinn said, she sat on the bed near Brittany.

Immediately her face lit up again. "Oh Rachy, are you sick? Don't worry we will take care of."

"Hey Rachel, you might not expect to see us here, is weird, look...we know that we haven't been kind to you, and well... we want to change that, I hope ... we hope you wont feel uncomfortable with us here and give us an opportunity to be your friends." Santana said nervously.

"Rachel, I really sorry for have been so awful to you, and all the names that I have set, I really hope you'll forgive me, I guess now, with everything that is happening and what happened, I changed and I think... I done me softer and I have had time to reflect all aspects of my life, I was wrong, I'm aware, I just want to believe in second chances...you know before ...I... thought I was bravest and strongest girl all over Ohio, but I was in a error, you are and you really admire. I'm sincere."

Rachel kept looking down with tears running away from her eyes. I'm not brave I'm a fucking coward. She thought to herself.

"I want to apologize too... for being horrible to you, I was so focused on keeping my reputation, stupid little things, I know that's not justified but I wont be that person any more, I don't even know her, ... I'm sorry, even when I got pregnant you offered your friendship and you were nice to me ... Puck told me why you did what you did ... you know ... thanks... you not only saved me, you saved her too , and I don't think a thanks is enough, Rachel ... We are here for you, I know you've heard this a lot these days, but we say it for real, we will support you in everything ... we can't imagine the pain you feel now, but ... We know how is feeling lonely and distressed and sometimes ... desperate ... and we know that doesn't talk about it, is much worse, the pain consumes you from within." Quinn also wept as she spoke. "You can talk to us when you need it."

"I think you're hot, and cute too cute to be sad ... I don't want you to be sad ... Sad people make me sad ... and I hate being sad." Brittany stroked the girl's hair affectionately.

Santana looked lovingly at her girlfriend and then looked at Rachel, she looked scared and confused ... lost, the situation was different but she had seen that same look in the mirror.

"Rach, I know we are the last people whom you trust, it is hard to trust after feeling pain and being insecure about everything, I know ... I ... I came out of the closet not long ago ... Rather, I fell out of the closet ... I had ... a heated fight with Finn in the middle of the hallways at school... I was upset, he was upset ... I don't even remember how it started ... I-I just I started yelling and I was angry and well ... I hurt him... with the thing that more hurt him ...you, he just exploded ... I don't blame him... and Finn yelled at me things about Britt and then about my sexuality ...and... All who were in the hall heard it a few days later the whole school knew it, and then my parents and my family ... It wasn't as bad as I expected ...but I haven't had the courage to tell them about my relationship with Brittany, neither do in school ... Only the glee club and Mr. Schue knows ... I'm scare ... I remember everything that Kurt suffered...the abuse and ... after everyone at school knew, I could feel their eyes on me ... I feel how they watching every move I do and I heard them whispering behind my back ... I feel like I have a huge neon sign on me... and I don't want Britt feel the same, I don't want anyone hurt her ... my parents don't mind really, and they have been very supportive ... But now they see me differently ... thats how you feel? You feel observed ... labeled as a freak show, as if all that someone see to see you...is.. is a big neon sign with the words kidnapped in it ... what happened to me, is nothing compared to yours but I'm telling you this cause I can understand what you're going through."

Santana broke down and started to cry free until she found the strength to go on. "I say this as a friend, I want to be your friend you can trust me."

Brittany took Santana's hand. The blonde's eyes were full of tears, Brittany was not stupid as everyone thought, but all she understood of what Santana said was that she loved her and how sad she had been these days and she didn't like to see sad people and less to the girl she loves.

Quinn tried to catch her breath, a train of emotions hit her.

"Rachel, I ... I have felt lost ... After Beth was born ... I lost what I think I have never really had,I spend half of my life pretending to be someone I'm not and... in one point and I lost myself ... I feel like I have lost my way ... And now I have to find it again ... Just like you, and if you let me ... I would be there to help ... I really want to be your friend too."

The three girls were sincere to the little brunette.

The Latina clean her tears and smiled at the beautiful blonde who had her head resting on Rachel's head as she played with her hair and let out tears over it. She still held her hand tightly.

Rachel was looking down without paying much attention, or at least that's what they believed.

"I think it's time to go ... Come on babe, we have to let Rachel rest." Santana helped her up from where she was sat.

"Rachy, don't be sad, please ... You don't have to, you still alive ... You should be happy for that, when I am sad mom gives me ice cream,I'll bring you ice cream, I can bring to Lord Tubbington played with booties."

"¿Booties?" Quinn laughed between sobs as she wiped her tears.

"That's how I call her,she is using little pretty boots, it's like the cat with boots but small." Brittany kissed her several times on the forehead. "Goodbye, Rachy"

Brittany took the fat cat in her arms, Santana leaned up to Rachel and whispered. "You can trust me, I'll be willing to listen, I mean it."

Suddenly Rachel's arms were around her neck holding her tightly in a hug, the Latina heard the girl let out a soft, repressed sob.

Santana smiled against her hair. "Its okay, you're doing well, I swore, soon you will be okay."

Rachel let her go, for the first time since they arrived she looked into her eyes,they reflecting a big sadness. Santana smiled and wiped Rachel's tears with her thumb. "You'll be fine."

Quinn also said goodbye to the girl. "I'll be around when you need me, I'll be there honey, okay?"

Rachel looked at the blonde and nodded gently.

Quinn smiled big. "Yes sweetie? okay." She kissed her cheek gently.

When the door closed behind the girls, Rachel sat up on her bed and stared at the door, assimilating what just had happened. The kitten jumped into her lap faithfully.

Rachel looked at her kitten. "Everyone needs a friend."

When they were going to leave the house they met Finn.

"Hey ... How did it go?"

"Okay ... in fact it was ... something good, we're happy to help." Quinn said wistfully looking at Finn.

"Thanks for doing this, it means a lot to me and I'm sure for her too". He said smiling.

Quinn, doubtful, approached Finn and hugged him.

He was surprised, but it felt good, he'd lie if he said he had no feelings for her any more, he still cared about her, but not in and look romantic, Quinn was not as bad as it seemed, she had just made some mistakes, now Finn thinks that he know her more now than when they were dating. It is weird but he loves her more as a friend than as a girlfriend. She would always be that special girl who he fell in love and a part of him will always love her, but the truth was that they never belonged together, just not feeling right, It didn't feel like it feels with Rachel, he thought he would never get over Quinn but now his future was waiting upstairs.

"Quinn, we have to go. Santana broke the moment, Quinn nodded and smiled awkwardly back to Finn, perhaps she felt the same.

The three girls were about to leave.

"Santana, wait ... I can talk to you one moment please, in private?" The Latina stopped at the door and looked at him strangely. "Tell me."

Finn waited for Brittany and Quinn leave and started talking.

"Santana ... We ... well I haven't had the opportunity ... I mean ... I-I regret for what happened ... You know." Finn sighed." I should never say that Brittany would never love someone like you or that she wasn't stupid enough to love you ... and ... I'm sorry to repeat it again now ... I'm not good at apologies,I mean that... I should never have said that ... or yell at you the way I did."

"No need to apologize ... was partly my fault too ... , I should have never said that Rachel was better with those guys than with you or that Rachel should be very happy to not see you any more ... Or

"Okay I got it the first time."

"Sorry, I'm not very good at apologies... What I meant to said was that you don't need to apologize, I ...

"No, I have to." Finn interrupted her." I shouldn't have yell at you all those horrible things, and I shouldn't do it in front of everyone, I hadn't the right to tell your secret."

"Yes, but it was my fault, I started the fight."

"Yes but ...

"Now we will discuss about who had the fault?"

Finn laughed. "No, I just want you to know that ... I really sorry, I feel I ruined your life." He said embarrassed.

Santana looked down and then to Finn, she tried to lower her defenses."I accept your apology Finn." She said sincerely.

He approached to the Latina and before she react he hugged her , Santana tried to contain the urge to kick him out of her, and accepted the hug,she gave him little pats on the back.

"By the way, you don't ruined my life, in fact you helped me to accept who I am, gave me the push I needed ... I ... I thank you."

Both were separated, when Santana was leaving said Finn stopped her again.

"Wait ... I just wanna say that you shouldn't let that what other people think stop you from being with the person you love, if you love Brittany you shouldn't be ashamed or afraid to show it in public, one day you could wake up and discover that she's no longer is there and you never had the chance to prove it to her, to tell her... It's like if a huge tractor pass over you again and again and you just can die, feeling how is breaking your bones, I know that, no ... let them tell you who you should love."

Santana looked at him, smiled and walked out the door to meet her friends.

On the way to Brittany's home, Santana thought about what Finn had said as she watched the blonde sitting beside her, talking to Lord Tubbington about his problem with the alcohol. She loves Brittany, she had no doubt about it, she loved her from the first time she saw her, and she want to shout out to the world her relationship with her, although she loved to make love to Brittany every time she had the opportunity, and kiss her at will when they were alone, she also craved a contact just as intimate but innocent in public, like holding hands in the street, hugging in the hallways of the school and dance with her at the prom. Then she thought what if she loses Brittany, if she had never admitted to herself that she was in love with her best friend or if she will never have the courage to show their relationship to the world.

Brittany looked at her girlfriend and realized she was crying.

"Why are you crying San? Please don't cry. "Brittany sat closer to her, started kissing her tears.

Santana smiled. "Britt ... I love you, I- I cann't imagine my life without you, if you had been the one who was ki... If someone took you away from me ... I ... would look for you under rocks if it was necessary I will never let anything bad happen to you, and I'll rip the head of anyone who dares to hurt you, I'll kick the shit out of anyone who hurt you"

"I know San, I love you too."

"Britt I will... I want to tell your parents and mine about us, I wont hide our relationship nevermore, I'm very proud of it, I wont hide you, I want us to be a couple as a real couple ... but baby you have to know that not everyone will understand, and some people can be really bad,I don't want them to make you feel bad"

"Santana, I really don't care, I really don't pay much attention, not when I'm with you, it's like when I take too much syrup cough and I forgetting where I am or my name, you are like my syrup cough, you make me feel like floating in clouds and good, like the Ke$ha song says."

The Latin took the chin of the blonde and crashed her lips to hers in a passionate kiss, full of love.

Quinn looked at her friends through the rearview mirror while she was driving, she smile to see the kiss,she was happy for them, it have been to much since she didn't feel that connection with someone special.

It was night and Hiram went to his room to sleep after going for a glass of water, when he met a Finn Hudson accommodating his pillow as if he were preparing to sleep on the floor right in front of the door of his daughter .

"Finn, son what are you doing?" He ask surprised.

Finn used to sleep much at Berry's home and since Shelby and Beth used the guest room, he slept on the couch thing that he didn't mind, he would sleep in mud if that's what it took to be near to Rachel.

"I ... I'll sleep here ... Sometimes I hear her cry or waking up from a nightmare and hear how you wake at midnight to comfort her until she returns to sleep and I thought maybe if I stay here I can take care of her so you can rest."

Hiram smiled to the boy. "Finn you know, I really like you ... Why not, if Rachel is fine with it, sleep in her room, I trust in you." He said in a tone stern and tough.

"I would never do anything to hurt Rachel, I'm in love with your daughter."

"I know, and I think that's what worries me ... go." Said in a kinder tone, he didn't like much the idea of a teenage boy sleeping in the same room with her baby girl, but he knew that Finn was a good kid who only cared about his daughter.

The room was dark except for the light which produced the lamp on the nightstand beside the bed, which was always on at night for Rachel's fear of the darkness that had aggravated from her "situation", Finn noticed that Rachel was awake despite the hour.

"Baby it's late, what are you doing awake., you should be asleep already." He sat at one side of the her.

Rachel looked at him worried, Finn looked at the table and realized that the sleeping pills still there

"Why haven't you taken your meds yet?" Rachel looked at her nightstand a little ashamed, for some reason. Finn understood what she was trying to say with her eyes.

"Want to try to sleep without them right? ... Okay I understand that." He said smiling.

"Your father gave me permission to sleep with you tonight, if you agree with that, of course."

Rachel said nothing, he took it as something good, he was ready to settle into the floor when she stopped him and made him a space in bed.

"You want me to sleep in the bed with you?" He had to be sure.

She looked into his eyes and nodded her head gently, Finn's heart raced, was the first time in a while she gave him a straightforward answer.

Wasting no time he fills the space created for him, when his body was already in bed, Rachel immediately settled near him.

"You know that first you have to close your eyes to sleep right?" Rachel still had her eyes open as if she was afraid to close them. Finn had an idea,he stretched to turn off the light, when all was dark Rachel tensed noticeably and began breathing erratically and hyperventilate.

"Baby relax, I'm here, right next to you, nothing will hurt you, come here." He didn't have to say it twice, in seconds Rachel was in his arms, shaking. "Baby, trust me just close your eyes."

He didn't know if she did or not but he hope so, Finn settled so that Rachel's head was on his chest.

"Just close your eyes and hear how my heart beats just for you." Rachel began to relax.

"I'll be awake until you fall asleep, I'll take care of your dreams." He whispered. "Don't think of anything, just let yourself go, let the dream take you, I'll be here, I'm not going anywhere."

Rachel forced herself to close her eyes and concentrated on the beating of his heart.

"Hear my voice ... Rach I'll sing for you, my voice is just for you." He said, stroking her hair.

I set out on a narrow way many years ago
Hoping I would find true love along the broken road
But I got lost a time or two
Wiped my brow and kept pushing through
I couldn't see how every sign pointed straight to you

Is your fault... slut. Rachel hugged tightly to his chest, ignoring the voice

Every long lost dream led me to where you are
Others who broke my heart they were like Northern stars
Pointing me on my way into your loving arms
This much I know is true
That God blessed the broken road
That led me straight to you

I think about the years I spent just passing through
I'd like to have the time I lost and give it back to you
But you just smile and take my hand
You've been there you understand
It's all part of a grander plan that is coming true

Now I'm just rolling home
Into my lover's arms
This much I know is true
That God blessed the broken road
That led me straight to you

That God blessed the broken road
That led me straight to you…

His voice and the heart beats were the perfect harmony, by the time he finished the song Rachel started to surrender to the sleep, several minutes after she had fallen asleep in his arms, feeling his soft touch and hearing his heart beating for her.

True to his promise, Finn didn't sleep until he had ensured that she was already asleep.

Rachel got a peaceful night without pills.

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