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Chapter 13

Santana/Rachel/Quinn/Brittany

When the girls entered the mall Quinn steered them toward Abercrombie & Fitch. "That's where I got the jeans you've been wearing and they look fabulous on you. If we get them a little shorter they will be perfect. I think that should be our first stop." The girls all nodded their approval as they entered the store. They shopped for an hour and a half with Rachel modeling several jeans, slacks, and a few shirts. They had fun and giggled at the store clerk that was watching them like a hawk afraid they were shoplifters.

Rachel was outright laughing when he kept hovering close but never spoke to them. "You'd think we look like a bunch of deviants or something." She lowered her voice with a serious note to it "Three cheerleaders and a diva absconded several outfits at the local A&F store last night. When asked why they did it their only reply was, 'eh, the diva needed a makeover' and now on to the weather Mark." The girls lost it and were laughing so hard they had tears rolling down their faces.

Quinn was the only one able to speak. "Oh my god Rachel. That was priceless," and they all laugh even harder.

At the outburst the sales associate came forward. "Is there anything I can help you ladies with?" He said with a snooty air about him.

Rachel looked up at him and replied, "Actually yes. Do the associates here work on commission?"

"Yes ma'am we do." He snootily replied.

"Ok, good, thank you. May I speak with your Manager please? I have a question that can only be answer by a member of the management staff." The girls looked at her questioningly but said nothing wanting to see where she was going with this. The sales associate nodded and left to find a manager but not before whispering in another employee's ear before running off. The other employee just rolled her eyes and waved at the group shrugging her shoulders.

When the sales associate return he had a manager in tow. "Good afternoon ladies. I was told you were in need of my assistance."

Rachel reached out and shook the woman's hand. "Yes, thank you for your time. I just had a question. Is it customary for your customers to be treated like deviants ready to run for the door without proper payment for the products that they are trying on and deciding whether or not to purchase? Because this man has been following us around since we got here and has been making us uncomfortable. He never asked if we needed help until we started laughing a few minutes ago and was rude about it."

The manager looked absolutely appalled. Looking from the sheepish associate back to the girls. "Absolutely not…"

Rachel cut in. "Oh good, because I was about to spent in the neighborhood of about $1000 or so in your fine establishment for the starts of my new wardrobe. Not to mention the amount all three of my friend were about to spend as well. Now if that is not acceptable I can take my business elsewhere." The girls just watched in awe as she was in full diva rant. They hadn't seen this since sectionals and they liked it.

The manager's eyes had bugged out when Rachel dropped a dollar amount on her and immediately started to apologize. "I am so sorry for the way you were treated here today and I assure you that it will never happen again. I will personally help you continue your shopping and check you out myself to insure that you are satisfied with your service here today."

"That is not necessary, I know you are a busy woman and have a business to run." She pointed to the sales associate that the other had spoken to. "We will be fine with that associate there. I just wanted to ensure that this man did not receive any monetary gain from our purchase today as he did not properly treat us, but I do thank you for your time and help getting a new associate to help us."

The manager smiled at the polite girl and called over the other associate telling the one standing beside her to wait in her office. "Of course dear. This is Amanda, she will help you with anything else that you require." She then turned to the associate. "Make sure they get a ten percent discount for their trouble Amanda." The girl nodded and the manager looked back to the girls. "If you need anything else don't be afraid to ask." She shook Rachel's hand again, nodded to the others and left to deal with her employee.

After she was out of ear shot Amanda spoke up. "Oh my god, you guys are great." She said with a small chuckle. "What else do you need help with today?"

Rachel looked at the clothing around her. "Well, I actually think we are done if you could help us get all of this to the counter we can check out and get out of your hair." The other girls were starting to fight off their giggles

Amanda was having a hard time as well. "Of course. Let's get you to the counter." They all started gathering things and made their way to check out.

After she was done ringing up the purchases, bagging them and the girls paying she spoke up again. "I just wanted to thank you for that. That guy has always irritated me with the 'all teens are shoplifters' thing. I was so glad to see him get knocked down a peg by a teenager who spoke more elegantly then he could ever accomplish. It was the highlight of my day." She said with a warm smile.

Rachel just waved her off. "I simply hate it when people have a preconceived opinion about me or my friend, and I really just didn't want him getting the commission for our purchases, but you are welcome. Thank you for your help," and with that the girls all grabbed bags and headed out the door.

Once they were out of the store the girls lost it. San was the first to speak through her laughter and tears. "Ok my god querida. That was priceless. Did you see the look on that guys face?" She burst in to laughter again.

Rachel calmed her laughter to answer to that. "Well to quote a very smart lady I know. I wants what I wants and I gets what I wants." She said in a perfect Santana impression that only cause the girls to completely loose it and they had to sit down on a nearby bench before they ended up on the floor.

Once the laughter died down Quinn spoke, "ok, after all that shopping and entertainment I need to eat. How about we hit the food court before the next store?"

They all agreed and headed to find food. When they were all seated Rachel turned to Brittany. "Hey, you know that place in the routine that you couldn't figure out what kind of stunt to put in?" Britt just took another bite and nodded. "I think I figured out what would look good there. Do you remember our last competition with the dance team where we added in that throw with spinning flip with backwards dismount?"

"Oh my god Rachie I forgot about that one. You were the one to figure that out. That would be so cool in the routine." Britt said excitedly while bouncing in her seat.

"I know it was so good, but I think we need to make it a double with two flier teams' side by side flying in opposite directions." Britt just squealed and clapped getting up to rush over and hug Rachel. The other girls just stared in awe. They had no idea the girl was so talented with this stuff. They knew she could sing like no other. They also knew she could dance. They had seen it in glee, but their dance routines were always so basic accept for some special flips and moves done by Brittany and Mike on occasion.

Quinn looked at the two as they continued to discuss the routine. "Hey I have a question." Both girls looked over giving her their attention. "If you guys can do all this with the Cheerio's and your dance and gymnastics teams why do we do such tame stuff for glee?"

Rachel just chuckled shaking her head slightly and Britt answered. "Really Quinn? Think about it, can you imagine Finn or Mercedes trying to do any of the cool moves we do in Cheerio's? Even the easier ones?"

They all started laughing. San spoke next. "Ok I get it," she looked to Rachel, "but why don't you help Britt with the choreography for glee too?"

"I do," she answered timidly, "but I do it outside of glee so no one knows."

Quinn cut in, "but why Rach?"

Rachel just shook her head some more, "because Quinn. They barely take any of my suggestions when it comes to music and think I'm just trying to make it the Rachel Berry show. How do think they would react it they knew that I am the one who actually choreographs the routines, not Britt because she is too busy with the Cheerios routines and helping with our other classes? They would blow a gasket saying I was just trying to showcase myself, even if it is not the case." As she said all this they could see she was visibly starting to get a little worked up and had the beginnings of tears in her eyes.

San quickly came around the table and dropped to her knees turning Rachel toward her. She wrapped her arms around Rachel's middle and buried her head in her stomach starting to cry. "Oh carińo, can you ever forgive me? I am so sorry. I was one of those who treated you so badly and it never had anything to do with you. It was always me and my shit. Please, please say you can forgive me?" she is starting to shake with her tears.

Rachel pulls her up with her hands cradling San's face. "Yes San. I forgive you. I forgave you the other day when you apologized before. You don't need to keep apologizing sweetie." She said as she pulled her into a hug nuzzling her neck.

San just let out a sob, "Thank you hermosa, and I promise I will never treat you poorly again."

Rachel just smiles running her hands along her back. "I know, I believe you." She said quietly.

San sobs again at that phrase. Again Rachel was showing that she had faith in her. She held on for another few minute calming herself then pulled away. Rachel grabbed a napkin and cleaned her tears.

Quinn was finally able to find her voice, grabbing Rachel's hand, "Rach…" she choked out.

Rachel cut her off shaking her head, "No Quinn. You don't have to apologize again." She looked to Britt too, "either of you. No more apologizes from any of you. All of that is over. Let's just move forward from here. Ok?" She asked looking at all three of them. "Now. Let's finish this up and get back to shopping we only have two hours before the stores close and I needs to gets my swag on." They all laughed at this and silently agreed to try and let it go and just be whatever their diva needed.

Once they finished their food they went to American Eagle, and Aeropostale for tops. Then they went to Journey's where Rachel bought several colors and styles of Chucks and Aldo shoes for more formal footwear to complete her new look. Completely exhausted, but content they headed out to drop Britt off and head back to Rachel's.

When they reach Britt's she got out and started to walk away but turned around and leaned in the window. "Hey Rachie? Tomorrow is Friday can I ask my mom and come spend the weekend with you guys?"

Rachel smiled softly, "Of course you can. We will have a movie marathon and make ourselves sick on junk food. We can also work on our duets for next week." She looked to the other two girls, "does that sound ok? Can you guys stay the weekend?"

Quinn answered first, "Yes that's fine with me. Mom won't be home until Wednesday night and said I could stay until them and come home Thursday if that's ok with you?"

"That's fine Quinn, you can stay as long as you like." She turned to San

San just shrugged. "I can stay as long as you like. Mom doesn't care if I ever come home, and a girl's weekend sounds awesome."

Rachel smiles sadly at her then turns to Britt, "Ok, we are all set for the weekend. Ask your mom if you can stay until Monday and we can all ride in together and bring you home after Cheerios practice." Britt just nodded vigorously and bounced into her house. The girls just giggled and Quinn pulled out and headed to Rachel's.

When they arrived home they unloaded all the bags and headed upstairs. They put all the bags on Rachel's bed and she sent a text to Puck.

Rachel-Puck: We are home from our shopping trip. Just wanted to tell you goodnight.

Puck-Rachel: Hope you had fun and got lots of new duds. Goodnight my Jewish American Princess. I love you

Rachel-Puck: I love you too Noah. See you in the morning.

As she put her phone on the charger and on the nightstand she looked over at the other girls. They were sorting through the bags talking about what items went together to form outfits. She walked over into the closet and looked around for a minute.

San came in and wrapped her arms around her from behind. "You ok Estrella?"

Rachel hugged the arms around her and leaned into the girl. "Yes. I was just thinking. I haven't got any new clothes since daddy died." She paused and San just tightened her arms a bit waiting for her to continue. "He always picked out my clothes for me. I didn't always like them but I wore them anyway because he would always get so excited and it made him happy. I think it's time to pack most of them away." She paused again turning in San's arms to hug her. Seeing Quinn in the doorway she reached a hand out. Quinn came forward and wrapped her arms around them both. They stayed that way for several minutes until Rachel continued. "Will you guys help me figure out which ones are still stylish with the other stuff we bought? The rest I will box up and store for now." She pulled out of the hug and both girls nodded.

They spent the rest of the night sorting through and boxing up clothes to be stored and hang up the new ones. She didn't get rid of all of her skirts but did put them to the back of her closet. She wasn't sure when she would ever feel comfortable to wear them again but she was hoping to work up to it eventually. Once they were finished they all went to prepare for bed. By silent agreement they all got into Rachel's bed and settled for the night. Rachel wrapped up in both of them feeling safe and secure.

A/N: Next time a little more Glee and the sleepover. Thank you for all your reviews and support. Their like crack to me. Lol!