A/N: Hey guys sorry for the scare and just deleting the chapters. I tried posting an author's note from my phone explaining why I had deleted all the chapters. For some reason it wouldn't let me post. The reason I've deleted all of the chapters to this story is because I'm trying to get back into the swing of writing again. I was reading over this story and started to edit it when I decided that I could improve on it a lot more. If this is your second time reading this story then a lot of the plot is the same but there will be a lot of changes made mostly just me adding to the story. If this is your first time reading then I hope you enjoy this story. I've also decided to get rid of all the old author note's so if you have any new questions please ask and I'll answer them.
This story is AU based in the TV show universe and characters will be OOC. The story starts during the summer between junior and senior year. Shelby never sent Jesse to McKinley so therefore Rachel hasn't met her yet. Quinn got pregnant with Beth during junior year instead of sophomore and kept her instead of giving her up for adoption. Finchel happened but they are not together and will not be at all in this fiction. New Directions still lost at National's due to Finn kissing Rachel. Everything else should be the same. This is will be AU but will have some plots from the show. Once again so I don't have to repeat myself this story will have parts from the show but will not follow the show 100%. This is a Brittberry story because there aren't enough out there with a Santana/OC. Yes this story is going to humor and romance but what good is it without a little angst and drama.
The story is G!P. I repeat there will be G!P present in this story. Two counts of it actually. So if you don't want to read that then stop now.
This story is unbeta'd so all mistakes are my own.
Disclaimer: I don't own Glee or any of its characters. I wish though because then it'd just be one giant rainbow parade. I do however own Blake and any other O.C. characters created.
Chapter 1
Rachel Berry is currently lounging on the couch in her living room watching TV. She is waiting for her best friend, Blake July, to return from picking up their order from Breadsticks. Rachel and Blake have been best friends forever. The two girls even managed to stay in touch after Rachel moved to Lima, Ohio from New York City right before the start of freshmen year. They kept in touch through phone calls, text messages, Skype, and other forms of social media during the school but would visit one another during the summer, with Rachel usually going up to New York.
However this summer they had decided that Blake would come down to spend the summer with Rachel in Lima. Their parents didn't really care seeing as they were too busy to even worry about their daughters. Blake's mom was busy teaching classes at NYADA and performing on Broadway while Rachel's dads were in Prague or Beijing or somewhere out of the country renovating some building. The parents would call to check in and send money to the girls every so often. It was hard on both of them sometimes, but they have always had each other to lean on through the hard times.
Besides her dads', Blake was the only person Rachel could truly be herself around. At school she had to pretend to be someone she's not. She had to hide who she really was and play a role. No one had really bothered to get to know the real Rachel. Yeah Rachel could have been herself but why bother when no one cared to try and get know you. Why show people who you really are when they don't care nor deserve to see it?
Rachel was intensely watching TV when the doorbell suddenly sounded throughout the house. Rachel jumped in fright before standing up and heading to the front door. Her first thought was why would Blake ring the doorbell and not use her key to get in. Rachel had given her a key for this very reason.
As Rachel opened the door ready to chastise her best friend she was shocked to see Quinn Fabray, former HBIC of McKinley and one of Rachel's biggest tormentors, standing on the other side. Sitting in a car seat on the ground next to Quinn was a sleeping baby Beth. Rachel noticed that Quinn didn't look like her usual put together self. Quinn was dressed in a black hoodie with dark blue jeans and black shoes. She also looked really anxious, was fidgeting around a lot, and constantly looking over her shoulder like she was afraid someone was following her. She hadn't even noticed that Rachel had opened the door. Rachel cleared her throat and Quinn slightly jumped and quickly turned back around to face Rachel.
"Hey... Rachel..." Quinn greeted once she was fully facing Rachel. Quinn was kind of shocked to see Rachel dressed so casually. The brunette singer was wearing a black shirt with words Tapout written in white, a pair of black basketball shorts that hung to her knees, long black Nick socks, and black Jordan slippers. This is the only time besides Glee performances that Rachel was in something that one of those ugly sweaters, short skirts, white socks, and Mary Janes.
"Umm... hey Quinn, what are you doing here?" Rachel replied before adding
"Well I was wondering if I could talk to you for a moment." said Quinn. Rachel could only stand and stare at Quinn. Never in a million years did Rachel think that Quinn Fabray would be at her front door asking to talk to her. I mean sure they had formed a very tentative friendship after Quinn became pregnant but they were never the come over to one another's house type. They were the friendly smiles and words in passing but never hang out type of friends.
"Sorry uh... yeah...we can umm... talk... Do you umm... wanna come in?" Rachel asked after a few moments. Quinn simply nodded her head in response before bending down, picking up the car seat, and looking over her shoulder once again before entering the house.
Rachel couldn't help but look around as well before following Quinn inside, closing the door behind them, before leading Quinn into the living room where she was previously sitting. Rachel grabbed the remote and quickly turned down the MMA fight she had been watching. She looked at Quinn sheepishly because she knew that the Rachel Berry she portrayed at school hated violence and constantly spoke out against it.
Quinn however didn't make a comment on the show. She wasn't saying much of anything. She was busy looking around and checking out Rachel's home. She had only been to Rachel's house once before and that was for the train wreck party. They all stayed in the basement that night and she never really got to look around the Berry residence. Quinn noticed some of the pictures on the wall. Most of the pictures were of Rachel and another girl that she had never seen before. There were other pictures of Rachel and who she was assuming her dads but also pictures of Rachel and a blonde woman she had never seen before.
"So uh... Quinn, what can I do for you?" Rachel asked finally breaking the silence that had settled over them.
"I'm sorry... I'm being a terrible host. Would you like anything to drink?" Rachel added a few moments later. Quinn jumped at the sudden sound of Rachel's voice. She had been lost in thought trying to figure out who the girl and older woman in all of Rachel's photos were. Rachel always talked about how amazing her dads' were but never mentioned anyone besides them. It seemed as though Rachel purposefully hid that part of her life. Yet the girl was in pictures from when they were kids to now.
Rachel was a little nervous at having Quinn in her home. Besides in passing, she hadn't really spoken to Quinn since the blonde girl gave birth to Beth three months ago. She felt bad because, glee club was supposed to be a team, a family, and they all should have been there for Quinn more and they haven't been. She couldn't do anything about the past but she could be here to help Quinn now if she asked.
"No thank you and I sorta dropped by unannounced so it's o.k." Quinn replied before turning to face Rachel with a small smile on her face. Rachel could instantly tell it was a fake smile and she couldn't help but feel like something was up with Quinn. The blonde looked extremely tired and well defeated.
"I'm sorry to just show up like this Rachel, but I really need someone to watch Beth for a few hours. And you were the only person I could think of that would be responsible enough to do it. If you can't do it then that's o.k. I'll just..." Quinn started to ramble out.
Rachel's hand came up in front of her to stop Quinn from her nervous rambling. Rachel couldn't understand why she was so nervous about asking her to babysit. To Rachel, she was the most reasonable choice, besides Mike and Tina, out of their teammates, so it made sense as to why Quinn asked her.
"Umm... o.k...Yeah Quinn uh... do you have a schedule for her or something for when to feed her and all that stuff?" Rachel replied simply. She could watch a sleeping baby for a few hours no problem, plus Blake would be there. Two brains are better the one and they'd figure it all out. It's not they didn't have Google.
"Wait... really you'll watch her? Thank you so much Rachel, you have no idea how helpful this is. Thank you, I owe you, thank you. She needs to be feed at 7, I've written the portion size on the lid in sharpie, and don't forget to burp her when she finishes. She should sleep the full two hours until then. Thank you once again Rachel, this means so much." Quinn riddled out. Rachel nodded as she listened to Quinn give her instructions.
"Really Quinn, it's no problem and only for a few hours right so no big deal. " Rachel replied with a smile on her face getting another fake one in return. Quinn's phone beeped and she took it out of her pocket before reading the text and immediately standing up. She ran her hand nervously through her hair before turning to face Rachel who had stood up as well.
"O.k. her diaper bag has everything she needs in it and thank you once again." said Quinn before she leaned down and gave Beth a long kiss on the forehead and whispered something to her that Rachel couldn't hear. Both girls walked to the front door and outside together, Rachel stopping on the steps and Quinn stopping on the path way before turning and facing Rachel one more time.
"So once again thank you for this and I'm sorry for the short notice." Quinn stated as she stuck her hands into her pockets before turning and checking over her shoulder.
"Really it's no problem and it's not like your leaving forever it's only a few hours." Rachel replied with a small laugh. Quinn didn't reply simply nodded before turning and briskly walking down the path way and the driveway before disappearing around the corner.
Rachel had a feeling something was up but didn't think it was her place to ask. She shrugged her shoulders before turning and walking back inside. She quietly made her way back to the living room where Beth sleeping soundly in her car seat. Rachel couldn't help but stare at the little girl. This would be the first time since Beth was born that she had seen the little blonde haired baby in person. She had seen a few pictures of the little girl that Quinn had shown to everyone in Glee during meetings but that had been it.
"Damn she looks a lot like Quinn." Rachel muttered to herself as she looked down at the little girl who looked like a mini version of Quinn minus her nose. The little girl had Puck's nose. Rachel shook her head before going back to watching T.V. and making sure it wasn't too loud. She didn't want Beth waking up before she was supposed to. 20 minutes later Rachel heard the front door open and close.
"LUCY I'M HOME!" was shouted from the front of the house. Rachel rolled her eyes as she quickly jumped off the couch and walked towards the hallway to shush her best friend before she woke up Beth.
"Yo shut the fuck up there's a sleeping baby in there." Rachel shout whispered pointing at the archway leading to the living room. Blake rolled her eyes and walked over to Rachel before looking past the shorter girl and into the living room where there was indeed a sleeping baby.
"What the fuck dude? I'm gone maybe 40 minutes and you replace me with a baby." Blake whispered at Rachel. Rachel rolled her eyes at her best friend and pushed her toward the kitchen. Blake quietly laughed in response but walked into the kitchen with Rachel following behind her.
Blake Idina July had light creamed coffee color skin and stood at 5'9. She is perfect mix of African American, Jewish, and German decent. She had big piercing green eyes, a nose that she felt was too big at times but it honestly fit her face, a set of full lips that looked soft, and an amazing jaw line. Blake is muscular and had the body of a fighter and basketball player due to her years of training in martial arts and basketball. Blake's black hair was cut in a fauxhawk with the top full of curls and the tips of those curls dyed red.
"Really that's the first thing you ask, fucking smartass. Do you remember that cheerleader I told you got knocked up by the school manwhore?" Rachel asked as she followed Blake into the kitchen. Blake nodded in response as she began separating their orders. She didn't want to eat any of Rachel's vegan food. Blake didn't mind eating vegan food every now and then, but she loved meat and cheese way too much to fully commit like Rachel had.
"Well she needed a babysitter for a few hours." Rachel explained as she sat down on a stool and grabbed her food. Blake walked over to the fridge and grabbed two Gatorades before walking back over to the bar, sitting down, and sliding Rachel one of the drinks. Rachel caught the drink and mumbled a quick thank you before taking a bite of food.
"So we're a babysitting service now?" Blake asked playfully after she had taken a bite of her own food as well.
"Nope, I'm just helping out a fellow teammate. You didn't see her man. She looked like she really needed the break. Besides she was probably at work or something and couldn't take Beth with her. It was something last minute, so I figured why not." Rachel replied simply receiving a nod in return. The girls had finished their food, talking about the fight Blake had missed in between bites, before heading back to the living room.
"Let's watch a movie." Rachel stated before switching the TV to Netflix and picking a movie to watch. She and Blake were both huge fans of super hero movies. They were in the middle of watching The Avengers when Beth started to stir. Rachel looked at the clock and realized that it was already a little past 7. The blonde baby started crying and squirming in her car seat.
"It's time for her to eat. Can you grab her while I fix a bottle?" Rachel asked as she stood up and headed to the kitchen to fix Beth a bottle. Rachel noticed as she lifted the diaper bag that it was heavier then she thought but didn't think anything of it. Rachel was surprised to see Blake rocking and cooing at her when she returned a few minutes later with a fixed bottle in hand.
"Who would have thought the spawn of Satan is good with kids. Do you want to feed her?" Rachel commented before handing Blake the bottle. Blake just shrugged and rolled her eyes in response before taking the bottle from Rachel and giving it to Beth. Both girls sat next to one another and just watched as Beth drank her bottle.
"She's got beautiful hazel eyes." Blake commented while looking down at Beth who was looking up at them. The little girl was switching between watching Blake and Rachel. She didn't know why but she felt calm with the two big people even though she'd never seen them before.
"Just like her mom." Rachel commented back. Rachel couldn't deny that Beth had Quinn's beautiful eyes that seemed to have such curiosity and wonder in them. Rachel also couldn't help but wonder why the little girl seemed so calm with two complete strangers. It didn't take long for Beth to finish her bottle.
"You have to burp her." Rachel stated getting an eye roll from Blake in response.
"No shit Sherlock." Blake responded getting a slap on the arm from Rachel.
"Language, there's a baby present." Rachel stated. Blake shrugged as she lifted Beth and placed her on her chest to burp her. She had seen plenty of people due this and didn't think anything could go wrong. As Blake was patting Beth's back she felt something warm on her chest. She looked down and noticed that the baby had spit up on her.
"Ugh that's just fucking great." Blake muttered as she lifted the little girl off of chest. Rachel quickly put her hand over her mouth to keep from laughing out loud. She couldn't help but think that it was funny that Beth had spit up on Blake.
"Dude, seriously watch the language, there's a baby present." Rachel chastised as she took Beth away from Blake so the taller girl could go upstairs and change.
Rachel walked into the kitchen and grabbed another onesie for Beth to put on seeing as the one she had on was ruined. She laid the baby down and changed her out of the dirty onesie and into the clean one. Once Beth was dressed again Rachel picked her up and started walking around as she bounced and cooed at Beth. Rachel turned as Blake made her way back into the room with a clean shirt.
"Isn't there thing that prevents her puke from getting on my shirt?" she grumbled to herself. Blake did not like being thrown up on at all.
"Yea I think but I don't know," Rachel stated, "And stop complaining you can wash the shirt it's not the end of the world." Blake just flipped Rachel off in response. Rachel rolled her eyes and continued to walk around rocking the little girl whose eyes were starting to droop. It wasn't long before Beth was sleep again.
"Holy cow how did you know that'd put her back to sleep?" asked Blake as she noticed that the little girl was sleeping soundly in Rachel's arms once again.
"I'm the baby whisperer duh. Oh I saw it on a show once and this isn't that bad to be honest. I don't get way people complain so much." Rachel stated as she placed a sleeping Beth back into her carrier and getting a nod from Blake. Rachel flopped back down onto the couch before starting the movie again.
Almost three hours had passed when Rachel looked over at Blake who had a sleeping Beth on her chest and then at the clock on the wall behind her. While the girls were watching The Amazing Spiderman 2 Beth woke up and was a little fussy. Rachel had guessed that the baby had needed to be changed. So the two girls' googled how to change a diaper before Blake attempted to change her. Once the little girl was changed Rachel had rocked her back to sleep and tried to put the little girl back into her car seat. However after 20 minutes Beth once again was fussy. Blake guessed that Beth wanted to be held and pick her up. Once Beth was placed on Blake's chest, feeling her heart beat and warmth she fell back asleep in no time. Blake didn't place Beth back into her car seat out of fear of waking her up. It was nearing 10 pm and there was no sign of Quinn anywhere, not a single phone call or text message.
"Not that I'm complaining or anything but I've gotta whiz bad. Where the fuck is Quinn?" Blake asked. She really didn't want to disturb the little girl sleeping so peacefully on her chest, but she really had to go.
"I don't know she should have been back by now." Rachel replied with a shrug.
"Hold her because I'm about to piss my pants dude." Blake stated as she stood and handed Rachel the baby before running down the hall to the bathroom.
Rachel chuckled at her and grabbed her phone to text Quinn and see how much longer she'd be. She made sure to move slowly and not jostle the sleeping baby in her arms. Rachel typed up a quick message and hit the send button her phone. Not even a few seconds later she received a message stating that the message did not go through. Rachel made a face at her phone before sending another message and receiving the same failed sent message. She typed a message to Blake who was still in the bathroom.
"Dude I was just in the bathroom for a couple of minutes no need to miss me already." Blake walked back into the living room. Rachel just rolled her eyes in response but instantly that it wasn't her phone that was messing up if Blake had gotten her message.
"You'd have to exactly matter for me to miss you." Rachel retorted with a smirk. Blake gasped dramatically and placed a hand over her chest and she looked offended before chuckling.
"I can't even lie that was a great comeback." Blake stated with a nod. Rachel didn't respond instead deciding to try and call Quinn.
Rachel hit Quinn's number and put her phone next to her ear to wait for it to ring and Quinn to pick up. She was instead met with an automated voice telling her that the number she dialed is no longer in service. Rachel's eyes nearly came out of her head and she nearly dropped her phone onto the sleeping baby in her lap. That couldn't be right she'd seen Quinn use her phone earlier. She tried again and was met with the same message.
"Try calling this number for me?" Rachel asked Blake before reading her Quinn's number. Blake sent Rachel a confused look before typing the number in and hitting the call button. She was met with the same message Rachel had gotten, that the number was no longer in service.
"Why'd you have me call an out of service number?" Blake asked as she looks over at Rachel.
"Try it again?" Rachel asked as the feeling that something might be wrong started to intensify. Blake shrugged her shoulders before trying the number once again.
"I got the same no longer in service message." Blake replied. The color in Rachel's face drained before she stood up and place Beth onto the couch with pillows around her.
"That was Quinn's number." Rachel stated as she began to pace around the living room.
"WHAT ARE YOU SERIOUS?!" Blake shouted causing both teens to flinch at how loud her voice had been. Rachel and Blake both turned to check and make sure Beth hadn't woken up from the sudden outburst. Rachel grabbed Blake's arm and drug the other girl back across the hall into the kitchen.
"Please tell me that that was some sick joke Buzz?" Blake asked. Rachel could only shake her head no and begin pacing once again.
Rachel had a million thoughts in her head. What if something happened to Quinn and she couldn't answer? What if something happened while she was walking back from Rachel's house? Rachel thought back to when Quinn was here and when she left. She remembered that she hadn't seen a car in the driveway or parked on the curb. Had Quinn been taken by someone and why was her phone disconnected? Maybe they were just over reacting and Quinn had just forgotten to pay her phone bill.
Rachel calmed herself and grabbed her phone to call one of two people who would know where Quinn was. She decided to call Santana first and if the Latina didn't know where she was then she'd call Brittany. They were Quinn's best friends and had to know where Quinn was. Rachel dialed Santana's number and waited for the other girl to pick up and answer her phone.
(Rachel/Santana)
"Hey Santana, I have a quick question for you."
"Who the hell is this?"
"It's Rachel Berry... from Glee Club."
"How the fuck do you even have my number Hobbit?"
"Schue remember, look that's not important right now. Santana I seriously wouldn't have called if it weren't something important."
"Even then you shouldn't be calling me...we aren't friends remember."
"Yea I know. Whatever, look, I'm looking for Quinn."
"First why are you looking for her Manhands? And secondly why would I tell you if I did know where she was?"
"I don't have time for your shit right now Lopez. Do you know where she fucking is or not?"
"Who the fuck, do you think you are talking to? I will go all Lima Heights on your little hobbit ass!"
"DO YOU FUCKING KNOW WHERE SHE IS OR NOT. IT'S A SIMPLE FUCKING YES OR NO QUESTION SANTANA. I DON'T HAVE TIME FOR YOUR BULLSHIT RIGHT NOW."
(Rachel groaned and smacked herself in the head when she heard Beth crying from the living. She had forgotten not to raise her voice so loud and had woken Beth with her shouting. Blake quickly walked back into the living and picked up the crying baby to try and calm her down. Rachel turned back to her phone, were she could still hear Santana cursing her out in Spanish.)
"Look Santana, please just tell me if you know where Quinn is, so I can get a hold of her it's important."
"Tell me why and I'll tell you"
"Santana I really don't have time for this"
"Well I guess you don't wanna know"
"Fuck… Seriously… come on"
"Rachel that kind of language is crass and unladylike"
"Whatever Santana, can you tell me now please?"
"Not until you tell why it's so important"
"Fuck, you're so damn stubborn. Alright fine you wanna know why, because Quinn came over earlier and asked me to watch Beth. She was supposed to come back to get her and hasn't shown up yet. I have tried texting and calling her and her number is disconnected."
"Ay dios mío, why would she ask you to watch Beth and not me or Britts."
"Look I don't know now can you tell me if you know where is she or not."
"I don't believe you."
"What?"
"I don't believe you have Beth. I mean seriously, why would she ask you and not me or Britts, it makes no sense."
(Rachel walked into the living room where Blake was still trying to get a crying Beth to calm down and held out her phone up so that Santana could hear the crying before bringing the phone back to her ear.)
"Believe me now."
"Oh fuck you are telling the truth."
"Yeah, now do you know where Quinn is?"
"Me and Britts are coming over."
"No Santana just tell"
The phone disconnected before Rachel could finish her sentence. She could only stare down at her phone in disbelief. Santana had just hung up on her without telling her where Quinn was. Rachel was beyond worried now and that feeling had intensified even more.
"So did she finally tell you?" Blake asked as the brunette singer walked back into the living room. Rachel had remembered that Beth had a pacifier in her diaper bag and grabbed it before making her way over to the living room. She handed it to Blake who popped the pacifier into the little girl's mouth and continued to bounce Beth in her arms.
"Umm no she's didn't but... they, being Santana and Brittany, Quinn's best friends, are coming over here." Rachel answered as she flopped down onto the couch and began rubbing her temple. She could feel a headache beginning to form.
"Do you feel like something is up? Like I don't know, but I just have this feeling." Blake slightly rambled as she turned to face Rachel. Rachel could only look at her friend in shock and nodded slowly. If Blake felt it as well then something really was wrong.
While the girls waited for Brittany and Santana to show up Blake smell something awful. She looked down before lifting Beth a little and sniffing. Beth really needed to be changed again.
"Dude I changed the last one. It's your turn." Blake stated as she handed Rachel the baby. Rachel rolled her eyes in response before once again pulled up the 'how to change a diaper' video on YouTube. Rachel nearly gagged when she undid the diaper but managed to not through up. As she finished wiping Beth clean and putting the clean diaper on the little girl she noticed Blake walk back into the living room with Beth's diaper bag.
"What are you doing Turtle?" Rachel asked as she watched her best friend begin taking things out of the diaper bag and setting them on the couch.
"I don't know looking for clues or something. I mean seriously who just drops their baby off and not call or text or show up to pick them." Blake replied. Rachel nodded in understanding even though she didn't know what kind of clues Quinn would have left in a diaper bag. Rachel picked Beth up and began rocking and bouncing the little girl once again. The singer turned to face Blake and had finally noticed how many things were actually in the diaper bag.
"Well she did pack a bunch of clothes, diapers, and things. Maybe you're right. She probably meant to ask me to watch her over night while she worked or something." Rachel commented. Blake had dumped every single item in the diaper bag out, even unfolded and refolded the clothes to make sure a note or something wasn't stuck in-between them. She hoped they finally got some answers when whoever was supposed to be coming over got here.
After another 15 minutes of waiting there was a knock on the door. The girls were grateful that whoever was at the door knocked instead of ringing the doorbell, seeing as Rachel had just gotten Beth to go back to sleep. Blake went to answer the door while Rachel laid Beth on a blanket that they had followed and put into a cardboard box. The two teens had read online that placing the little girl on pillows was a bad idea and that the cardboard box could be used as a makeshift bassinet until a real one could be purchased.
Blake opened the door and two beautiful girls were standing on the other side. One of the girls is tall, blonde, and had beautiful blue eyes and dressed in a yellow tank top, short black shorts, and flips. The other girl is shorter then blonde, had black hair, Hispanic, and drop dead gorgeous, and was dressed in a red cut off shirt, black skinny jeans, and black converse.
The two cheerleaders could only stare at her. The blonde girl stepped back and looked at the side of the house. Blake was guessing that she was checking the numbers on the house to make sure that they were at the right address.
Santana and Brittany weren't expecting someone other than Rachel to open the door, well maybe Rachel's fathers, definitely not the curly haired chick that answered the door. Brittany and Santana both had to admit that the girl was extremely sexy, even in her plain purple t shirt and grey sweatpants. Santana couldn't help but stare into the mystery girl's bright green eyes and think that this girl was extremely attractive. For a moment it seemed as though the two best friends had the wrong house and a new family had moved to town.
"Umm does Rachel Berry still live here or do we have the wrong house?" Brittany asked as she turned back to face the girl standing in front of them.
"Yeah and this is the right house. Follow me, but quietly, Rachel just got Beth to go back to sleep." Blake answered quietly before leading the girls further into the house and toward the kitchen. It was the easiest place to talk and keep an eye and ear out for Beth.
Brittany and Santana stopped in the hallway between the kitchen and living room. They looked over noticed a cardboard box sitting on top of the couch. They heard a throat clear behind them and turned to see Rachel and the mystery girl sitting at a table.
"Beth's in the box. We read online that it was the best alternative to use." Rachel stated with a shrug. Santana and Brittany nodded in response before walking toward the table the other two girls were sitting at. As they pulled out chairs to sit down in Santana pulled an envelope out of her jacket pocket and slide it across the table to Rachel.
"That was taped to the back window of your car." Santana explained as she finally sat down.
Rachel caught the envelope and saw her name on the front of it. She scrunched her nose in confusion before opening the letter and instantly knew it was Quinn's handwriting. She and the blonde cheerleader had to work together on a project once for English class and the blonde girl preferred to handwrite thing versus typing it up.
Dear Rachel,
I'm so... so... so... sorry for doing this to you and for everything I've ever done to you in the past. I know I have already apologized for that but I never gave you a reason as to way. Well the reason I bullied and harassed you so much was out of pure jealousy and spite. You got to wake up every day and be yourself while I had to hide. You got the loving parents who are always there while mine just wanted the perfect daughter to fit their perfect image to show off to friends. You got the amazing talent and even amazing looks along with the great personality while I had to work so hard for all of that and be a total bitch in order to be on top.
It was wrong of me to take that anger out on you and I'm sorry for that. You were an easy target because you didn't let the taunts and things get to you. You managed to smile and hold your head high no matter what I hit you with and that infuriated me. I wanted to make you feel how I felt all the time. I honestly should have embraced that instead of shunning you. We probably would have been amazing friends.
If you are reading this then you have noticed that I haven't come back yet and went out to search for me. I will tell you now that I'm not at my house or anywhere else in town. I had to leave town and I'm not coming back. I didn't know what else to do or who else to turn to. Brittany and Santana would have asked a million questions.
Out of all our teammates, you are the one who is constantly there for everyone no matter what and I know your heart is big enough to help her. I know you'd figure out what to do and take great care of Beth. I know that you will find her a loving family and home. I can't take her with me and I couldn't let her become another clone of my parents. I want her to have a chance to thrive at life and be whoever she wants to be. I know you'd do everything in your power to ensure that. I also know that you'd make sure she is safe and happy. Please make sure she has a loving family and home, the two things I never had and can't give her myself. I'm sorry for doing this, this way Rachel but Thank you. Take care of her please.
Quinn Fabray
Rachel read the letter three times before slumping back into her chair. She had absolutely no idea what to think after reading that later. Blake eyed her best friend as she read the letter and watched the emotions play across her face. Once Rachel sat back the letter fell limp in her hands Blake grabbed it and read it. Blake left the room immediately after reading the letter herself, startling Rachel out of her thoughts.
Rachel looked up and watched Blake walk out of the room. She should go after Blake see what she was thinking but Rachel herself was in complete disbelief. Rachel had some many emotions running through her body at once. She was angry at the fact that Quinn pretended to know her when in fact she didn't know the first thing about Rachel. She couldn't fathom how Quinn could think that Rachel's life was perfect when she herself made sure it was a living hell. Rachel didn't have perfect parents, nor did she think she had the perfect body, and the only time she could be herself was when she was at home.
Rachel was also feeling confused, tired, a little hungry, and shocked. The main thought that kept repeating itself in her head is that Quinn is gone. Quinn was gone and she had left Beth. She had just left her child with Rachel. The same Rachel that she had tormented before forming a tentative friendship with and who is only 17 years old and about to start her senior year of high school. Rachel hadn't ever really babysat before, except the few times she had to sit with her and Blake's younger cousin for like an hour or so. Other than those few times she had no experience with kids. What was she supposed to do with a kid?
A/N: So what do you guy think of the changes. Reviews, follows, comments, message are all encouraged I loved to hear your thoughts, whether good or bad. Thank you for taking the time to read this story again or for the first time.