However, that was the case. After the two separate tours, Rachel and Puck were found sitting on the sofa entertaining Beth while Jack and Will were sat around the kitchen table getting to know one another with Daisy and Shelby leaning against the kitchen counter deciding on what they should cook for dinner that night.

"What about lasagne and salad?" Shelby asked as she opened the refrigerator door checking for the ingredients.

"That's actually a good idea," Daisy replied, "however, we don't have much salad in and we don't have any tofu for Rachel."

"You wouldn't mind popping to the shops for us, would you Shel?" Jack said from the table looking up at Shelby intently. He had two reasons for sending her there. The main one was that he was too lazy to go to the shops as he knew Daisy was about to ask him to go. The other reason was so that he could grill Will about his plans for him and Shelby, not to mention Rachel and Beth as well.

"Yes, Dad, I would love to go," Shelby murmured sarcastically rolling her eyes, she knew the exact reasons her father was sending her.

"Fabulous. Rachel!" Jack called. A moment or two later, Rachel walked into the kitchen with Beth on her hip once more. "Will you join your mother in her journey to the grocery store?"

"Umm, sure," Rachel replied and shrugged, "Why not."

So it was settled, Rachel passed Beth to Puck and grabbed her coat and headed to the car with her mom.

"Naomi, Amelia and the boys should be here when you're back," Daisy said as she waved them off.

This made Rachel want to stay so she could greet her family but she'd already agreed to go to the store with her mom. She was sure that her grandfather would spend the time they weren't there to question Puck and Will while they weren't around.

oOoOo

Rachel and Shelby had collected all of the salad ingredients that they needed for tonight and were just heading to the tofu when a very familiar person practically walked into Shelby.

"Do forgive me…Shelby!" The stranger cried.

He was the same age as Shelby with flecks of grey in his dark red hair. He had green eyes that sparkled when he looked into Shelby's. He wore casual jeans but a smart shirt and suit jacket on top.

"Oh my gosh, Scott!" Shelby gasped in surprise. She never expected to see Scott again, not since the break up in senior year… "What are you doing here?"

"I'm here with my family. We're visiting my parents. Why are you here?" He asked.

"Same actually," Shelby murmured. "You're married?"

"Yes, again," he sighed. "First one didn't work out. I have three kids too." He pulled his wallet out of his pocket and took out a picture before handing it to Shelby. "The girl is Charlotte and the boys are Joshua and Jeremy. They're ten, twelve and six respectively. Are you married?"

"No, but she's engaged," Rachel said stepping forward. This must have been the Scott Mia told her about, the Scott that broke her mother's heart. "I'm Rachel, Shelby's eldest daughter."

"Hello, Rachel. I'm Scott. You have daughters?" He asked turning back to Shelby.

"Yes, two. Rachel here is eighteen and my other daughter, Beth, is almost two," she replied.

"Quite the age difference," He stated.

He then started to think and Shelby knew this because he always played with lip when he thought about something. Shelby knew what it was but he was wrong but she didn't know how to tell him that it wasn't true.

"Yeah, but that's the circumstances. Anyway, it was lovely seeing you again, Scott, but we have to go and get the tofu for Rachel and then get back to Mom's," Shelby said quickly.

"Pass my regards to Daisy and Jack," he requested, "we'll have to catch up soon."

He then turned and walked off shaking his head. Rachel looked up at her mother but Shelby shook her head at Rachel and walked off.

Shelby was distracted for the rest of the shopping trip and even bought a couple of bottles of wine; she would need them tonight, she said to herself. Rachel literally ran behind her mother in attempt to keep up with her. She was grateful when they got to the car. After unloading the shopping into the trunk, she climbed into the passenger seat and waited for her mom to get in. She saw Shelby calm herself down before she stepped into the car.

"Is everything okay, Mom?" Rachel asked concern was heavy in her eyes.

"Perfectly," Shelby muttered in reply but kept her eyes on the wheel in front of her.

They got back to Daisy and Jack's quickly and saw that Daisy had been correct; Naomi's car was parked on the drive where Shelby's had been previously. Shelby parked just beside it. However, instead of helping Rachel with the shopping, Shelby ran into the house and shouted for Puck and the boys to help Rachel with the shopping before going into the kitchen and grabbing Naomi's hand and dragging her upstairs.

Shelby led Naomi to the latter's old bedroom and sat on the bed.

"Shelby, what on earth is going on?" Naomi demanded as she tried to catch her breath. She was just starting to get to know Will before Shelby had grabbed her.

"He's back," Shelby whispered, "Scott," she added when Naomi looked confused.

"Oh shit," Naomi replied and then joined her sister on the bed.

She didn't know what to say at all, mainly because she didn't know why Shelby was getting so worked up over him. It was then that she realised that Shelby had slept with Scott about two months after she was inseminated with Rachel. She figured that Scott knew about that, but with the look on Shelby's face, it seemed that she hadn't told him. This would mean that when Scott saw Shelby today, he would presume that Rachel was his. However, Shelby revealed that was so. She then went to say that when she saw him today, she had no feelings toward him, she wasn't even that jealous that he had kids or that he'd been married twice. She loved Will now more than anything and couldn't wait to be his wife. Her life wasn't the best, but she now had the family that she'd craved for so long. She didn't want to ruin it but she knew that Rachel was bound to ask questions. She just hoped that she could put those questions off until when they got back to Lima.

oOoOo

As soon as Rachel and Shelby left, Puck was still stood in the kitchen with Beth on his hip, Will was sitting at the table with Jack and Daisy was perched by the sink.

"So, Noah, Beth seems pretty comfortable with you," Daisy murmured.

Puck didn't know what to say; he didn't know whether Shelby had told them the truth about Beth. He glanced over to Will to see if he knew but the teacher shook his head and shrugged, indicating that he didn't know. Will gave Puck a half smile that Puck took to mean 'tell them, they'll find out sooner or later'.

"That's because she'd technically my daughter," Puck whispered. Hoping that saying it quietly would make Daisy not yell at him.

"How?" Jack asked. He was calm but that just scared Puck even more. However, Puck didn't want Jack to get angry, he wanted to make a good impression still, so he told him and Daisy about his sophomore year and about Quinn.

"I don't regret anything," Puck said as he finished his long story, "the only thing I regret is letting Rach go the first time. I love Quinn as a sister and I love Beth as my daughter, yes, but I love her as my girlfriend's little sister more because that's what she is. The twins Rachel's carrying are my children and I will treat them that way. Rachel and I will always be in Beth's life because Rachel is in Shelby's. I promise that I will never hurt Rachel like I did Quinn. I've learnt my lesson."

"We're very happy that you could tell us the truth," Daisy said finally.

"Yes, we can see that you have changed and you are perfect for our Rachel," Jack added.

"Did Shelby not tell you?" Will asked.

"She said she adopted Beth from a teenager in Rachel's class, she didn't go into the details," Daisy replied and shrugged.

Puck was about to say something but there was a brief knock on the door and five people stormed in. The two twins ran straight to the game room, the older boy jumped onto the couch and switched on the television and the two women walked into the kitchen.

"Tommy, Jamie and Brady get your butts into this kitchen and meet the partners of your aunt and cousin!" Daisy demanded before greeting Naomi and Amelia in a tight hug. Jack then stood up and greeted the two women in the same way as his wife.

Will stood up and walked straight up to the Naomi. He knew this was Naomi because she looked exactly like Shelby except she was blonde.

"Hi, I'm Will," he announced, "I'm Shelby's fiancé," he added and held out his hand.

"It's lovely to meet you. I'm Naomi," Naomi replied and shook his hand.

"And I'm Amelia." Amelia stepped forward and knocked Will's outstretched hand away and hugged him. "We're family," she said answering his silent question, "Families don't shake hands." Mia then turned round and saw Puck standing with Beth in his arms. "You must be Noah," she guessed.

"Yes," Puck said. "I'm Noah, Rachel's boyfriend."

Naomi and Amelia shared a smile. This wasn't what they expected when Rachel had described him. His Mohawk was unusual but it suited him. He also looked down at Beth like she was the most precious thing in the world; it was the face he pulled when he looked at Rachel. Both Naomi and Amelia knew about Puck's relationship to Beth, Shelby had told them everything.

A couple of seconds later, the boys walked into the room and introduced themselves. They shook hands with Will and Puck, after the latter had passed over Beth to Will.

"You'd better treat our girls right," Brady stated. It wasn't a threat but it could be taken that way. Brady seemed to be exactly like Jack.

"We promise," Will replied and Puck nodded.

"Hey, Rachel said you play the guitar," Jamie said looking up at Puck, "I play drums and Tommy plays guitar too, fancy joining us?"

"Sure!"

Puck kissed Beth on her forehead and then walked out of the room and joined the twins in the game room. Brady hugged his grandmother and followed Puck and the twins to join in with the music.

They spent the rest of the afternoon playing through different songs only pausing when Shelby and Rachel returned. Puck had just exited the room when Shelby dashed past him, grabbed her sister and headed upstairs. He then motioned to the twins and Brady and the four of them brought the shopping in. Rachel headed straight into the kitchen to greet Amelia and Naomi, well she couldn't greet Naomi as she had gone upstairs with her mother.

"Hello, Rach," Mia greeted and hugged her niece.

"Hey, Mia!" Rachel replied.

The two didn't need anything else and they started talking rapidly, Puck couldn't get a word in at all. He soon gave up and joined the twins and Brady in the games rooms. They'd packed in playing music now and had switched to the Xbox.

About half an hour later, Rachel was sent upstairs by Daisy and timidly knocked on Naomi's door before it opened slightly.

"Gran said it's dinner time," Rachel murmured.

"We'll be right down," Naomi replied and turned to look at Shelby.

Shelby's makeup was a little smudged but it wouldn't be obvious that she'd been crying if she washed off the smudged make up. After doing just that, Naomi squeezed her younger sister's shoulders in reassurance and comfort before they walked downstairs together.

Will shot Shelby a concerned look but she just shook her head and mouth 'later'. She didn't know what she'd tell him later but she could think of that then. Will had wanted to follow Shelby and Naomi up stairs but Daisy had warned him against it saying that when Shelby was like this, she would talk to no one but Naomi. Daisy had no idea what was wrong with Shelby either but she was used to the girls rushing into a room and grabbing the other when there was something of importance that needed to be discussed between the two. She just hoped that one of them would inform her later.

The meal itself was delicious, there was lots cucumber, lettuce and tomatoes to spread around. There were different types of peppers and olives and a number of sauces and dips and that were just the side dishes. Daisy and Amelia had cooked a big pot of beef lasagne and a small pot of tofu lasagne too.

"Is yours okay, Rach?" Amelia asked, "I've never made tofu lasagne before."

"It's amazing, don't worry," Rachel replied and smiled at her aunt before tucking back in to her food.

The rest of the meal contained mild discussions about different things but Will never took his eyes off of Shelby. He knew she was keeping something from him but he didn't want to ask, he knew she'd talk to him later. However, he didn't know if he could wait that long.

Once the meal was over, Shelby stood and began washing up. Naomi immediately went to dry up next to her, but Will took the towel out of her hand murmuring, "allow me."

Naomi looked puzzled but nodded and grabbed Rachel's hand to she could greet and talk to her niece properly as Shelby had made that impossible. Puck and Amelia walked out with them, the latter carrying Beth on her hip. The boys went back into the game room to continue playing and the women sat on the sofa and started gossiping like normal. Jack and Daisy stood and joined the women in the living room. Jack had to pull Daisy and she reluctantly followed. She, too, wanted to know what was wrong with Shelby but she knew her daughter wouldn't tell her yet, if at all.

It was silent between the pair at first. Shelby just washed the dishes that were too big for the dishwasher and Will wiped them and placed the on the kitchen counter, as he didn't know where they went.

However, after a few minutes of silence, Shelby had had enough.

"I can't tell you yet," she murmured, not turning to look at Will. "I don't know how to tell you and I don't know what is going on entirely."

"Then I'll wait," he replied and looked at her, "Until you're ready."

Shelby sighed and dried her hands on her spare towel after she'd finished the last pot. Will quickly finished and then put the pots in the cupboards that Shelby pointed to. When he'd finished, he wrapped his arms around her and pulled her close.

"I love you, Shelby," he told her honestly and kissed her forehead.

"I know," she replied and looked him in the eye, "I love you, too." She then leant up and kissed him passionately and they both felt the love that they shared. This was what Shelby wanted to feel when she was with the man she loved. This was not what she felt when she kissed Scott all those years ago. Will was definitely the man for her. Things started to get heated when the doorbell rang. Will and Shelby pulled apart and she recognised the voice at the door.

"Hey, Naomi." Scott said, "Is Shelby in?"

Will was the first to storm out of the kitchen and into the hallway with Shelby rushing after him.

"Why do you want to see my fiancée?" Will demanded.

"I heard she was back in town so I thought I'd pop by," Scott lied in reply.

"How about Shelby meets you for coffee tomorrow morning," Naomi suggested.

"That's sounds okay," Scott replied, "Ten o'clock at the usual place?"

"Perfect," Naomi said simply causing Shelby to glare at her.

Scott nodded and waved at Jack and Daisy, both smiling and waving in return, before turning and leaving.

"Who's he?" Will asked Shelby.

"That's Scott," Daisy replied for Shelby, "He was Shelby's boyfriend when they were at high school. They were together for around three years, if I remember correctly."

With this, Will's face started getting red and Rachel and Puck knew that he was only a few minutes from kicking off.

"Will, calm down, sweetie," Shelby said and stepped forward and put her hands on his neck in attempt to calm him down.

"I'm calm," he murmured, more to himself than anyone else.

Shelby leant in and kissed him briefly before pulling back and smiling at him. She took his hand in hers and led him to the sofa. He sat down and she sat on his knee and leant back before they joined the conversations, Rachel, Mia, Naomi, Jack and Daisy were having before. Shelby was distracted throughout the whole thing; if she had it her way, she wouldn't meet Scott tomorrow but now she had to and she was dreading it completely.