-Chapter 40- Forgiven?-

-Shelby pov-

I've been steaming for 5 days. For 5 days I've been trying to figure out what I'm gonna do to my mom. My dad called but I didn't answer. I'm gonna break for her for breaking my baby girl. Rachel hasn't been out of her room or the house all week! She broke my baby!

I get up from the bed and walk angrily to the key dock. I go to grab my keys but I get stopped by a hand on mine. I look up and see it's Maribel stopping me. I wait for her to say something but she nods behind me. I turn and see Judy holding keys.

"This is my issue girls" I walk to Judy and hold my hand out for the keys "Hand them over"

"No" Judy turns and opens the front door "Lets go"

"You don't even know the way!" Maribel walks past me with a shrug and I shake my head "Alright"

I reluctantly follow them out and get in the driver seat. Judy hands me the key from beside me. I start the car and we leave for my parents house. This is going to be a lot harder.

Now I have to keep this two under control too.

-Time skip-

We pull into my parents driveway and I stop the car. We get out of the car slowly and walk to the front door. I knock on the door and wait for them to answer. It takes a few minutes but soon we are facing my mom and dad.

"Hello girls" My dad move out of the way "Would you like to come in?"

"I wanna punch you both so bad" I feel all eyes on me "I was fine thinking you hated me! I was fine thinking I'd never see your hateful glares ever again! But no! You came back into my life and not only hurt me but YOU HURT NY BABY GIRL!"

"I can't apologize enough" I look at my mom as I angrily and heavily breath "What I said was wrong and I shouldn't have...I was scared of losing you again and...and I saw them plus their daughters as the enemy"

"They were fucking kids!" I get held back by Judy and Maribel "My daughter won't even leave the house! She's missed school all week because she's hurt! It took a bit for everything to set in but it has! You pushed her away just like you did with me!"

"Shelby!" I look angrily at me dad "You need to settle down!"

"Fuck you" I move out of Judy and Maribels grasp then walk to the car "Both of you leave me and our girls alone! You're dead to me!"

-Judy pov-

"Oh god" Shelbys moms starts sobbing "I ruined everything!"

"Yes you did" I sigh and look at Maribel "Settle her down"

Maribel nods and heads to the car "You think she'll come back?" I look at Shelbys dad and see genuine worry "Is she going to be ok?"

"Let's go inside" They move and I walk inside "Do you have a sitting area?"

"Over here" I follow them to some coaches and chairs "Any spot is fine"

"Thank you" I sit down and look at them "You know you may never be at full trust again right?"

"I know" Her moms sighs "It's all my fault"

"Yes it is" She looks away ashamed "You can fix it...I know you can"

"I hope so" Her mom looks up at my with a very sincere expression "I wanna be able to see my granddaughters grow up and be happy"

"Then why say what you did?" We all look up to see Maribel and Shelby "You hurt them all!"

"I already said why" her mom start tearing up and I can see Shelby shifting uncomfortably "I will apologize how many times you want me to! Just please! Let me talk with her! I promise I can get her to leave!"

"One chance" We all look at Shelby shocked "You got one chance to fix this"

"Thank you" Shelbys mom stands up completely ecstatic "This means so much"

"Fix things with her and then I'll think about us" Her mom nods and hugs her dad "Let's get home"

I nod and send a prayer upstairs. Please let this go easy.

-Time skip- Rachel pov-

"Rachel?" I keep my back turned to my locked door "Baby! You have a quest!"

"I don't wanna see anyone" I hear the door unlock and turn to see my grandma "How did you do that?!"

"Your mom used to do it all the time" she walks to my bed and sits down "I head I broke you pretty well"

"You might wanna go" I turn my back to her "Don't wanna catch the gay"

"I'm sorry" I look at her confused and see the sincerity on her face "I shouldn't have said what I did or acted how I did...I was scared of losing you all again and blamed all of them"

"You weren't gonna lose us" I move closer to her "We were just gonna move back here to be family"

"I know that now" She sighs "I wasn't thinking straight and I...I shouldn't have done it no excuses"

"You're forgiven" She looks at me surprised "You look sincere and I really do want my grandma in my life"

"What about a old stinker?" I smile at the doorway and see my grandpa "Hey kiddo"

"Hi gramps" He walks in and sits on the other side of me "So...can we be on good terms again?"

"I hope so" I give my grandparents a hug each "Now how about we go down and go somewhere to eat?"

"I like that idea" I stand up and walk toward the bathroom "I gotta shower and change first"

They nod and quickly leave the room. I smile as I get into the shower. My grandparents are sincere on wanting to be in my life. I bet moms giving them one more chance. I hope they don't do anything to blow it.

-Time skip-

I walk downstairs to a applause "Well I could get used to this" I laugh as Brittany wraps her arms around me "Hey baby"

"It's great to see you again" We share a chaste kiss "Ready for a vegan delight?"

"Absolutely" I look at my grandparents "As long as that's ok with you two?"

"Anywhere you want" My grandpa looks at Brittany "I wanna meet the girls that taken over my grand baby's heart"

"Then let's get going" I see my mom looks apprehensive but happy as well "I know the best place"

We all pile into two different cars and go to a weird foreign vegan place. I follow everyone in and we wait for a table. We wait for Fran to show up with Emma when a bigger group of people get seated.

"Uh hey?" Mom walks up to the host standing at the podium "They has more people then we do...why were they immediately sat?"

"Did they?" The host looks and makes a sarcastic 'hmm' sound "I guess they did!"

"Yeah" Mom walks back over to us "I guess they did"

More smaller tables get sat down and Fran joins us with Emma. Another large group comes in and gets sat down. Mom growls and walks to the host again.

"There were twenty people in the group!" She points at the host "ARE YOU INCOMPETENT?!"

"Sorry you just" He looks at all of us before look back at Shelby "Don't fit the people we let in"

"I didn't want to have to do this" Maribel pulls out her phone and dials someone "Hello?...ah yes frank!...I'm here actually at the front"

I watch the host pale as Maribel ends the call. All the workers near by quickly turn away and run. Who's frank? My question is answered when a bald man with a gold manager talk walks up.

"Maribel!" Frank walks up to her and they share a hug "I'm sorry about Daniel and doc"

"I'm glad you took my side" Frank looks at her like it would've been obvious "So I have a major question! Do you normally not sit gay couples or people that look different?"

"Mari you know me better than that!" Frank looks really insulted and everything starts clicking in place "Why would you even ask?"

"Cause someone has let a group of fifteen and twenty go before my group here" Frank raises a eyebrow and looks at the trembling host "I figured my friend hadn't changed for the bad on me"

"How long have you been waiting here?" Maribel flashes ten two times. Frank turns to the host "You best get these people sat at a table and then meet me in my office"

"Y-y-yes sir" The host grabs a bunch of menus and silver ware "Me follow! Mollow fe! FOLLOW ME!"

Maribel smiles and takes the lead as we all follow behind her. We get sat down at a nice table and given our menus. Frank drags the guy away and we get a nice waitress after. We place our drink orders and then get our food ones.

"So" Judy looks at Maribel confused "How do you know so many people?"

"I own franchises" Maribel smiles proudly "I also have helped people get their own companies going"

"Which she did with mine" Frank walks over to us "Everything is on the house folks"

"Oh Frank" Maribel shakes her head "I told you to treat me normal!"

"You had a bad experience" He sends her a smirk and wink "Chalk it up as that"

"You're only getting the kitchen update!" He chuckles as she smiles "You don't need revolving doors"

"Plan foiled" Frank looks up at us "So who's the lucky lady?"

"Lucky ladies" Frank seems impressed and Maribel points to Judy and Shelby "These are my girlfriends Judy Fabray and Shelby Corcoran"

"You two have a spitfire on your hands" Maribel playful smacks him as he laughs "BUT! She'd do anything for anyone"

"It's why we picked her" Shelby smiles and then looks at Frank "Money helps too"

He laughs and we all join in. Dinner was amazing and Frank joined us for conversation. He's a old friend of Maribels from years ago. He told us to come back anytime and it'd be better the next time.

We drive home and get ready for my grandparents to depart. They stand ready and mom looks at them. I can't read what she's thinking about. It's really odd.

"You guys are showing you really what this" Mom smiles and hugs her parents "Don't screw it up"

"Never again" My grandparents hug her back "Never again"

We say goodbyes and head inside. The rest of the day goes pretty good. We watch movies until we can't anymore. I love family time like this. It's great to finally have a family to do it with.

Here's to seeing what next week brings.