This is the 12th Chapter. A dozen chapters in now which is crazy that I have been able to get this far with it. Hope everyone is enjoying it. In this chapter, some of the Glee kids go shopping and there is a confrontation between Santana and Mercedes. The Unholy Trinity are the bad girls in this story but in particular Santana and Quinn. Brittany is just the stereotypical dumb blonde. The Glee kids also discover Rachel's situation what will they do to help it? Enjoy.

Chapter 12: Holidays and a Shock.

Finn's POV.

I get up on the Monday at around 11am because I have had a weekend where I have tried to get most of my work done. It was the first day of the holiday and I am feeling excited. My Mom is still asleep because she had a long weekend at the hospital. Guess the college students have got back and got into drunken fights and got themselves hurt in the process. Hopefully I don't get involved with that.

I decide to go and make myself some breakfast. It might be a very slow day but hey, it is the first day of the holidays. After I make myself some bacon and toast, I sit down and eat it. All of a sudden, I hear my cell phone ringing. The number on it is unrecognisable; I decide to answer it just to hear who it is.

Kurt: 'Hey Finn, how are you doing?'

Finn: 'Kurt? When did you go and get my number? I don't remember giving it to you?'

Kurt: 'Mike gave it to me. Burt wanted me to call you wondering if you are doing anything over Christmas?'

Finn: 'No. Grandparents have been stuck in Michigan and we don't have the money to fly. Do you want us to come over?'

Kurt: 'That was what Burt wanted to ask. He said that we could invite friends over and he also wants to get to meet you and know you.'

Finn: 'That is fine Kurt. Heard from anyone else over the weekend?'

Kurt: 'Well Tina, Mercedes, Mike and I are going Christmas shopping today, if you want to come and join us? I hear that Quinn and Puck are staying together, probably baby shopping. Artie is going out to LA with his dad to see family over there. I have tried to text Rachel but she hasn't responded in the last couple of days.'

Finn: 'Well, with what happened on Friday with her finding out who her Mom was and then being abandoned. I just feel that she just wants her space right now. When she is ready to talk, she will call us.'

Kurt: 'Okay, I will see you later then. Do you want me to pick you up?'

Finn: 'If possible, in about 10 minutes. See you then Kurt.'

Kurt: 'See you then Finn.'

I put Kurt's number into my phone so I know when he is calling in the future after the conversion. I just finish my breakfast before getting freshened up and writing a note to my mother when she has gotten up saying that I have gone out with Tina, Mercedes, Kurt and Mike and that I will be back home later today. Thankfully I have done most of my work so I can enjoy spending time with friends in the holidays. After all we only have 2 and a half years left at this school. I want to get a football scholarship so I can make my mother proud. I hear the doorbell ring that would be Kurt.

My thoughts are right. He comes out and we head on our way. We are going to the shopping mall where we are meeting the rest of the gang.

Kurt: "Mike told me he passed his driving test late on Friday which was why he left early."

Finn: "Good for him. Guess the car was his Christmas gift from his parents then. Well that is another one who can drive."

Kurt: "Well why is that?"

Finn: "Well if there is no other way to competition. It does mean that more people can lift share in short notice. I know at least four in the group that can drive including Mr Schue as well."

Kurt: "Your car looks neat."

Finn: "Well it is my Mom's. Is this the car that Mercedes broke in that car wash?"

Kurt: "Yes it is. She agreed to pay for the damage though."

Finn: "At least she made it up for you."

We pull up to the store. I get a text from Tina saying that 'We are in the food court.' I respond with 'We have just arrived at the mall. We will be there ASAP.' After Kurt buys a parking ticket, we head into the mall where we find our friends waiting at the food court.

Tina: "(Gives Finn a hug) Hey how are you doing?"

Finn: "(Hugs back) Great. Nice to enjoy Christmas with my friends. Congrats Mike on passing your driving test."

Mike: "Thanks pal. The car is a Nissan. I feel that this year is going great so far. I finally found some people who accept me for who I am in you guys. I want to be able to make it as a dancer."

Mercedes: "Well, you could easily make it as a dancer. I want to be a recording artist so you could always be in a music video of mine."

Kurt: "(Teasing) Finn could always play as a lover."

Finn: "(Gives Kurt a mock flick round the ear) Behave. Who wants to go shopping?"

Everyone: "Me."

Finn: "Let's go then."

It was great fun. We got some new clothes that could be costumes for Glee. I got some jewellery for Mom to show how much I love her. Mercedes got some make-up that she plans on giving her mother. I brought a star necklace for Rachel. Tina got herself some new skirts in order to improve her fashion outlook with the help from Kurt. Kurt and Mike were currently purchasing new shorts for the summer when I thought I saw Quinn and Puck walking towards Starbucks together. I then look away, I want to have nothing to do with them anymore.

But as we come out of the shop, I see Santana coming up and wants to have a talk with Mercedes about something, she says that she'll be a minute. We decide to go and wait.

Mercedes' POV.

I go over and talk with Santana. This can't be good. Santana hasn't been very kind over the past few weeks. I saw her leave school on Friday with a massive smile and was laughing about something. Wonder if that has something to do with it.

Mercedes: "Santana, what is going on?"

Santana: "Mercedes you were part of the Cheerio's and now you are hanging out with those guys who were behind the backstabber."
Mercedes: "You mean Rachel? She only did what we all couldn't which was to tell the truth."

Santana: "And became a home-wrecker. You know what happened on Friday after the Concert?"

Mercedes: "No?"

Santana: "Quinn, Jesse, Brittany and Vocal Adrenaline threw eggs at her in revenge for making our lives a living hell. She destroyed Quinn's relationships and broke Jesse's heart."

Mercedes: "Why? That is horrible. Hope you had fun because she is fragile."

Santana: "Why would I care? She needed to be dragged down a peg or too. She is short and awful and will never make it."

Mercedes: "Hope you had fun with that. I was stupid for being friends with you. Consider any trust or friendship you had with me over."

Santana: "Fine go back to the train wreck group and the abandoned dwarf. (Leaves)"

What? Rachel is abandoned? What about her dads? We need to get to her house soon?

Finn's POV.

After Mercedes' little confrontation with Santana, she comes back to the group. We begin to ask her what was that all about?

Tina: "What happened Mercedes?"

Mercedes: "Basically Santana and I fell out about Rachel. Me supporting her rather than her and Quinn made her feel threatened and now she planned a revenge."

Mike: "Of what?"

Mercedes: "She, Quinn, Brittany, Jesse and Vocal Adrenaline threw eggs at her in the parking lot on Friday. She apparently ran home afterwards."

Finn: "Do you think we should go and see her?"

Kurt: "I say we do. She might be on her own."

We head up in the two cars to her house. We see no car on the drive. I thought her parents were back by now. Now I am worried. We knock on the door, no answer. We ring the doorbell but no answer either. Tina then remembers something and finds a spare key under a plant pot. She had been friends with Rachel for years so maybe she knew where the spare key was.

We head inside and begin shouting for her. There is no response. We look at the telephone and it says 15 missed calls from Leroy Berry. They keep saying the same thing only getting more concerned that their daughter isn't replying. We head upstairs and find her room; we wait a few seconds before opening the door. The sight in front of us shocks us.

Rachel is on her bed in just her underclothes. Her eyes are puffy through crying. She looks like she has thrown things across her room in anger. She looks like she is a ghost. She looks like she hasn't eaten for a couple of days. She needs help because she looks like she is dead. Is this through feelings of abandonment or rejection?

I get by her bedside and try to get her to wake up. Tina grabs her other hand to try to get her up.

Finn: "Rachel, baby. Wake up. What has happened? Why didn't you tell anyone about this?"

The response is weak.

Rachel: "No-one wants me anymore."

Poor Rachel. Let's see if the Glee Kids can help her in the next chapter. A new relationship is also made. Reviews and Feedback are always welcome.