-Chapter-18-Nationals part 4-
-Shelby pov-
"Ok" I take a deep breath and look at myself in the mirror "I will be fine! I will be perfectly fine and the date will be wonderful!"
I take another deep breath and stand up. I check myself one more time and walk to my door. I open it and am surprised. The whole club lines the hallway with roses.
-Vocal Adrenaline-
Last night, outta the blue
Driftin' off to the evening news
She said, "Honey, what would you do
If you'd have never met me"
I just laughed, said "I don't know,
But I could take a couple guesses though"
And then tried to dig real deep,
Said, "Darling honestly...
I'd do a lot more offshore fishin'
I'd probably eat more drive-thru chicken
Take a few strokes off my golf game
If I'd have never known your name
I'd still be driving that old green 'Nova
I probably never would have heard of yoga
I'd be a better football fan
But if I was a single man
Alone and out there on the loose
Well I'd be looking for a woman like you."
I could tell that got her attention
So I said, "Oh yeah, I forgot to mention,
I wouldn't trade a single day
For 100 years the other way."
She just smiled and rolled her eyes,
Cause she's heard all of my lines
I said, "C'mon on girl, seriously
If I hadn't been so lucky, I'd be..
Shootin' pool in my bachelor pad
Playing bass in my cover band
Restocking up cold Bud Light
For poker every Tuesday night, yeah
I'd have a dirt bike in the shed
And not one throw pillow on the bed
I'd keep my cash in a coffee can
But if I was a single man
Alone and out there on the loose
Well I'd be looking for a woman like you."
She knows what a mess I'd be if I didn't have her here
But to be sure, I whispered in her ear
"You know I get sick deep-sea fishin'
And you make the best fried chicken
I got a hopeless golf game
I love the sound of your name
I might miss that old green 'Nova
But I love watchin' you do yoga
I'd take a gold band on my hand
Over being a single man
Cause honestly I don't know what I'd do
If I'd never met a woman like you."
I end at Rachel and Quinn. They take the roses and open the elevator. Inside is my dates looking lovely. They both take a hand and pull me in.
"This is it" I look at Santana who looks nervous "You still want this?"
"No one will be against you if you say no" I look at Brittany who is trying to stay neutral as she speaks "We can always be friends"
"I want this" I smile as they do "I want you two by my side more than anything in the world! Well maybe not more than my daughter but you know"
"Still behind Berry" Rachel sticks her tongue out and we chuckle "So shall we go on?"
I nod and Santana pushes a button. So begins the greatest risk of my life.
-Time skip-Rachel pov-
"Girls! Come in here!" I smile up at Quinn with Beth and we crawl to her "How are my girls doing? Rachel you need to eat up!"
I make grabby hands as she picks up Beth. She starts breast feeding her and tears form in my eyes. She is not going to feed me too. I start to whimper and fall back into the ground.
It does not hurt but it sure scares me. I start screaming and she tries to help me calm back down. I can not help it though. She is supposed to love me and she does not understand me!
"Rachel you have to work with me baby" I whimper and start sucking on my thumb "You are deep slipped...I do not know if I can feed you"
A new bout of crying begins. She sighs and switches Beth over to the other side. I want my noms too! It is no fair!
I hope mom is having a better time.
-Santana pov-Shelby singing-
Superstar
Where you from? How's it going?
I know you got a clue what you're doing?
You can play brand new to all the other chicks out here,
But I know what you are, what you are, baby
Look at you getting more than just a re-up
Baby, you got all the puppets with their strings up
Faking like a good one, but I call 'em like I see 'em
I know what you are, what you are, baby
Womanizer, woman—womanizer
You're a womanizer, oh, womanizer, oh
You're a womanizer, baby
You, you, you are, you, you, you are
Womanizer, womanizer, womanizer, womanizer
Boy, don't try to front
I, I know just, just what you are, are, are
Boy, don't try to front
I, I know just, just what you are, are, are
You got me going
You're, oh, so charming
But I can do it
Womanizer
Boy, don't try to front
I, I know just, just what you are, are, are
Boy, don't try to front
I, I know just, just what you are, are, are
You say I'm crazy
I got your "crazy"
You're nothing but a womanizer
Daddy-O
You got the swagger of a champion
Too bad for you
You just can't find the right companion
I guess when you have one too many, makes it hard
It could be easy, who you are
That's just who you are, baby
Lollipop
Must mistake me, you're a sucker
To think that I would be a victim not another
Say it, play it how you wanna
But no way I'm ever gonna fall for you, never you, baby
Womanizer, woman—womanizer
You're a womanizer, oh, womanizer, oh
You're a womanizer, baby
You, you, you are, you, you, you are
Womanizer, womanizer, womanizer, womanizer
Boy, don't try to front
I, I know just, just what you are, are, are
Boy, don't try to front
I, I know just, just what you are, are, are
You got me going
You're, oh, so charming
But I can do it
You womanizer
Boy, don't try to front
I, I know just, just what you are, are, are
Boy, don't try to front
I, I know just, just what you are, are, are
You say I'm crazy
I got your "crazy"
You're nothing but a womanizer
Maybe if we both lived in a different world
Womanizer, womanizer, womanizer, womanizer
It would be all good,
And maybe I could be your girl,
But I can't 'cause we don't
Womanizer, woman—womanizer
You're a womanizer, oh, womanizer, oh
You're a womanizer, baby
You, you, you are, you, you, you are
Womanizer, womanizer, womanizer, womanizer
Boy, don't try to front
I, I know just, just what you are, are, are
Boy, don't try to front
I, I know just, just what you are, are, are
You got me going
You're, oh, so charming
But I can do it
Womanizer
Boy, don't try to front
I, I know just, just what you are, are, are
Boy, don't try to front
I, I know just, just what you are, are, are
You say I'm crazy
I got your "crazy"
You're nothing but a womanizer
Boy, don't try to front
I, I know just, just what you are, are, are
Boy, don't try to front
I, I know just, just what you are, are, are
Womanizer, woman—womanizer
You're a womanizer
Oh, womanizer, oh
You're a womanizer, baby
"You think she is drunk?" Brittany nods with giggles "I think you snuck some of her drink too"
"I no do dat!" Brittany starts giggling all over again "I fine!"
"That has been awesome!" Shelby plops down with a big and dopey smile "Thank you for this"
"You deserve the good" I grab her hand and smile "We had a movie, had food, and now we go back to the room! You two are wasted!"
They both giggle as we walk out of the restaurant. They deserve the big tip I left. I get us a safe taxi and we get back to the hotel. The elevator ride is full of laughter and jokes.
I expect Rachel, Quinn, and Beth to be asleep in the room. Instead I open the door to Spanish yelling and cursing. I look between mom and Quinn confused. Both seem very angry right now.
"SHE NEEDED COMFORT AND LOVE!" I look at Rachel who is in a ball "You broke her!"
"How was I supposed to know she could drink my milk?!" She did not feed Rachel?! "I tried to find the stored milk but I could not find it!"
"Shut up!" I walk in with my drunk girlfriends and over to Rachel "Come on baby sit up and drink for me"
"No" Rachel stands up and walks to the fridge "I will just eat this"
"Rach?" She keeps pulling out the leftover box "Rachel come on"
"It was ridiculous Santana" She slams the stuff down and shakes her head "I am going to stay with Mercedes...I am done with being a baby"
"Wait Rachel!" She ignores me and walks out with a door slam "Quinn"
"What just happened?" I look at Shelby who seems to have sobered up during that "Did I just lose my daughter?"
"Not your daughter but baby Rachel" I sigh and shake my head "Let's go to bed and figure this out tomorrow"
Cause this is too much to unpack for one night.