-Chapter 2-
-Rachel pov-
I am so tired right now. Last night I could just not go to sleep. I kept seeing things when I did. Now it is 10:30 in the morning and I have my phone going off.
"Why can I not just sleep in?" I sigh and answer the phone "Yes? Can I help you?"
"Well I think you could do a few things to help me" my eyes go wide and I finally see who called "Now come on down and let us in! We have a mall trip to go to!"
"I will be right down!" I hang up the phone and quickly jump out of bed "I have to get there before my dads!"
I spring to my door and slide on my bunny slippers. I open my bedroom door and sprint to the stairs. It all happens in slow motion. I soon slide and start falling down the stairs.
I am in free fall and about to crash when I feel air. I land in someone's arms but no one is there. I am on my feet and my dads are opening the door fully. What just happened?
"That was a strong gust of wind" My daddy (LeRoy) looks around outside "I better get my things and head down to the station"
"You make weather sound serious" My dad (Hiram) chuckles as my daddy pouts "Go and I will let in..you two? Are you sure you are at the right house?"
"I see Rachel has told you all what we have done" I slowly walk toward the door. I frown when I see Santana and Quinn in their cheerio uniforms "We have come to make amends and be friends with her if she would let us"
"I do not know" I watch the interaction and I swear I see something shine from Quinn's eyes to my dads "If Rachel thinks it is ok then sure!"
"That was a quick turn around dad" He shrugs but seems confused too "Let them in and I will go get changed"
I start to run but words stop me "Do not rush Rach" I turn toward Santana who is smiling a little "Would not want you falling down the stairs would we?"
"How did you know?" My question falls on deaf ears as they get lead away "I will get my answer to that later...for now I just need to change"
-Time skip-Quinn pov-
"We need to be more careful" Santana rolls her eyes and looks away "We only have so much time before she exits the changing room! We talk about this now!"
"Fine!" Santana pokes my chest "You are being a hypocrite! You are the one that ran inside and saved her! If she was paying attention she would have noticed!"
"Yeah well...so!" I pout and look away "I am just saying we both need to be more careful"
"I know" She sighs and puts a hand on my shoulder "We just keep doing crazy things around her"
I nod and smile at her "We do" I cup her face and lean in "But I would love to do more crazy things with her and you"
"Uh am I interrupting a date?" We pull apart to see Rachel in a cute baby blue dress "I can leave if you need...I should probably go"
"You look adorable Rachel" Santana steps forward and away from me "That baby blue dress makes you look just so cute!"
"She is right Rae" I step toward Rachel too "You look just so adorable! I can only imagine what you would look like in other dres~"
"Stop it!" I step back with Santana confused as tears form in Rachel's eyes "Why are you doing this? You both hate me! You both love to slushy and embarrass me! Why are you doing this now? Why could you just not show up yesterday? Why did you have to make me not feel alone? Why...why do you have to give me hope that I should go one? Why?"
I feel my heart shatter at her words "Oh Rae" I reach for her but she moves away "Please calm down ok? We want to explain this all to you"
"I am not some stupid little kid" Rachel walks back to the changing room "I want you both gone when I get out of here! I want you gone and just to leave me alone...it is what everyone is good at and wants anyways...that is what Noah said at least"
"Noah said what?" I look and see Santana's eyes go dark "I am going to murder that boy! I am going to rip him limb from limb! I will torture him till his last breath! I am going to kill him!"
"Calm down" I put a hand on Santana shoulder and make her look at me "You are getting out of control"
"Bite me ass" I see her teeth looking sharp and her words come out like growls "He has hurt her! He pushed her away from us! He deserves death!"
"Calm down" I point toward the changing room "Listen to around you"
Santana stops shaking and that is when it comes clear to our ears. Rachel is crying in the room. I feel her anger fade and become replaced with sadness. I nod and we both go to the door.
"Rachel?" The only response we get are sniffles "Rae..we want to stay here and talk with you"
"We want to be there for you Rach" Santana puts her hand on the door handle "Please...let us in"
"You will just leave" What was left unbroken of my heart shatters more at the sound of her hurt voice "Just go"
"We can not do that Princess" Santana pushes on the handle "Unlock it please?"
"Why can you not just let me be alone?" There's a sniffle and then a click "It is unlocked now"
Santana slowly opens the door and we walk inside. Rachel is still in the dress and sitting. Her eyes are red and puffy. I hate seeing her side like this.
I used to be the main cause of this sadness. Santana and I are the reason she is broken like this. We ruined her so bad. We need to fix our broken girl.
"You are going to be on Broadway someday Rachel" I pull her into me after sitting beside her "You will get Funny Girl revived, you will be the lead and be amazing, you will get the best parts in more performances, and you will win your Tony"
"All the way to that Tony we want to be there" Santana sits on her other side and leans into us "We want to be there through it all Rachel"
"You will not leave me?" We shake our heads and she wipes her eyes "This will take me a while to trust you two"
"We know" I gives her a peck on the cheek and smile "We will work on it during that time"
Santana nods and pecks her other cheek "That is right" I see Santana's eyes go dark "You taste so sweet"
I quickly pull out my phone and go through my messages. I find Maribel and send a quick text. My response is to look in my purse. I look and find a small spray bottle.
"I taste sweet?" Rachel looks at Santana very confused "Is that a good thing? I have never been told that before"
"It is a great thing" Santana leans toward Rachel again "You taste like strawberries..I love strawberries"
"Down!" I spray Santana with the bottle and she backs away quickly "How about we go get some ice cream and CHILL out"
"Uh sure" Rachel stands up and looks at us "I need to get changed and then buy this dress"
"Use this" I hand Rachel my card and open the door "Come on Santana"
"We will be at the vegan ice cream place" Rachel nods and we walk out "What the hell was that for?!"
"You can not bite her or do anything stupid!" Santana pouts and looks away "Do not kiss her if it is too much of a temptation ok? She does not even know about..that stuff yet"
Santana sighs and nods "I know she doesn't know" she looks at me slowly "She will know soon right? It hurts that we have to be separated like we are"
"She will" I lay my head on her shoulder "She will"
-Time skip-Rachel pov-
The mall trip was better after talking. Now it is late and I am just out in my backyard. There is a huge part of our fence missing. Daddy said he was gonna finish it soon.
I tense when I hear a bat squeak. I hate those stupid things. They always ruin nights for me. For some reason this one just lands and sits.
I look at the bat confused as it sits on a post. I chuckle when it flips to be upside down. I fully laugh when the wings flap like it is clapping. Maybe these bats are not all bad.
I tense again though when I hear a crunch. I look to see a wolf standing. My whole body does not unfreeze. The wolf lowers its head and almost looks sad.
I take a deep breath and stand up. Before I fully realize it I am walking to the wolf. I crouch down and hold my hand out. I slowly put my hand on its head and pet.
The wolf looks up slightly and seems to be happier. I smile as the bat seemingly walks over to join. I use my free hand to let it land. I laugh as it hangs upside down on my fingers.
I spend a little bit longer with the animals before I say goodbye. They leave as I head inside to my house. Today has been a weird but good day. Now for my dreams to take me away.
I hope tomorrow is just as good or better than today was. Cause I know I will never forget today anytime soon.
