Ahh so sorry I didn't update sooner. Here's a nice long chapter to make up for it! Love you all and let me know what you think ;)
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(sorry in advance for any grammatical errors. Like I said I suck at catching those)
Shelby Corcoran was a lot of things. She was an English teacher at Carmel High School. She was the coach of an award winning show choir. She was the proud mother of three incredible, smart and beautiful children. She was a two time Tony award winning actress and she was one out of the handful of people from the 1987 graduating class of McKinley High to actually leave the small town of Lima, Ohio.
Yes. She was successful.
She was strong.
She was defiant and she was proud.
But those weren't the only things that defined Shelby Corcoran.
She was also the wife of an abuser. She was the mother of children exposed to domestic violence. She was the single mom who uprooted her kids from the only life they knew of penthouses, trust funds, limos and private schools and fled to the quiet country life of Lima, Ohio. She had been blind. She had fallen drunk with the toxicity of the city and she had been credulous to believe the father of her children. The man she had once been so much in love with. The man who tore her world to pieces.
Now she was broken.
Now she was damaged.
Now, as she lay alone on her massive bed with bloodshot eyes staring up at the trayed ceiling she felt incredibly naive.
She truly felt like a fool.
What was I thinking?
She kept hearing her ex husband's mocking voice in her head.
"What did you think you could hide in hick town forever Shel?"
Didn't she? Isn't that exactly what she thought. Those were her intentions. She fled New York with the kids and brought them to the only place she knew they would be safe.
"I have every right to see them. There my children too and I'm better now. I'm not the same as I was before. I will see them Shel and honestly there's nothing you can do to stop me."
Ha.
The man was insatiable. He was stubborn and relentless and went after whatever he wanted with an unruly steadfast manner. Right now he wanted to see the kids. For some reason Shelby couldn't wrap her head around, he wanted to reappear in their lives after she had worked so hard at healing them from the last time he was present. She didn't understand. She didn't like the way her world had been rudely interrupted by one single phone call. One phone call that had resurrected their haunted past and threatened their future.
Their was a sudden beep and Shelby sighed and turned her head towards the alarm clock on her nightstand.
2:30 am.
She ran her hands through her hair and took a deep breath. She should have been asleep. Yet here she lay in the middle of the night, torturing herself and worrying over the bastard who all of a sudden wanted to play 'house'.
Tomorrow will be a new day. You have to pull yourself together for the kids. I'm sure he's not losing sleep over this so why should you be. It was just a phone call. Let him try and come near them. He doesn't know what I'll do to him.
Sighing Shelby turned on her side and buried her head into her pillow. She inhaled, trying to quiet the raging storm that was brewing inside her mind and ease the tension from her body. She closed her eyes and waited for sleep to take over.
It would have happened, if it weren't for the sudden twitch her leg began doing. She stuck out her leg, stretched it far and wide on the bed and brought it into a new position and waited for the sleep to take over.
It should have worked that time too, if it weren't for the impossible itch that developed on her arm and to top it off her pillow felt funny. Huffing, Shelby grabbed her pillow in frustration and flipped it over, hoping the cooler side would do the trick.
Finally, after what seemed like forever, with her twitch gone, her itch barely noticeable and her impending thoughts harbored safely in the back of her mind Shelby felt the sleep take over. Her body had relaxed and her mind was straddling consciousness. She was on the cusp of falling into a deep sleep when the sudden creak of her bedroom door and groan of the floorboard snapped her eyes open and hurtled her mind out of it's sleepy stupor.
"Mom?"
The quiet voice caused Shelby to lift her head up off her pillow and prop her body on her elbows. She squinted into the dark and blinked a few times before mumbling, "Rachel?"
She could just make out her youngest standing nervously in the doorway, one hand gripping the doorknob and one hand tucking a strand of chestnut brown hair behind her ear. Shelby patted the empty space beside her and watched as Rachel practically dove for the bed.
"Honey you okay?" Shelby stared down at the the young brunette as she climbed under the covers, scooted her small body back towards her own and pulled the sheets securely up under her chin.
"Rach?" Shelby intertwined her fingers gently through her daughters silky hair, shifting her weight and hugging her closer, suddenly feeling her youngest trembling beside her.
"Baby? Rachel honey what's wrong?" Her heart clenched and her voice rose as she cooed and softly nudged her daughter's shoulder. She moved her arm securely around Rachel's waist and tried to calm the small tremors that quaked the tiny frame as she showered the top of her head with light kisses.
Rachel laid still in her mother's arms, suddenly frozen with guilt as she heard the worry etched in her mom's voice. That was the last thing she wanted to do. She inhaled through her nose and took a deep breath, catching the faint scent of her mother's shampoo, body scrubs and lotions all mixed together creating the familiar smell that was unique to her mom and she let it calm and wash over her.
Shelby was panicking.
"Rachel?" "Rach!" "Rachel!"
What's wrong. Why isn't she talking. Why isn't she talking! Not again.
Rachel took a deep breath and pulled her voice out from within her chest as she spoke quietly into the dark, "I-I couldn't sleep mom..th-thats all."
Shelby blew out a breath of air she didn't realize she was holding upon hearing her daughter's voice. She kept her arm firmly around Rachel's waist, satisfied that she had indeed answered but completely unconvinced with the validity of the response.
Rachel's body stopped shaking. She snuggled closer to her mother and took comfort in her warm embrace. She didn't want to tell her that she had the hardest time falling asleep. She didn't want to tell her that she had awoken crying in her room, trembling and terrified from an eerily familiar nightmare.
She felt her mother's fingers brush through her hair and heard the pain strain in her voice.
"Baby talk to me."
Please
"I didn't mean to wake you mom. I just couldn't sleep. C-can I just stay here with you tonight...please?" Rachel didn't realize she had an iron grip on her mother's hand.
"Hey." Shelby desperately wanted to take away all of her little girls fears so she pulled her in closer and hugged her tight. "Sweetie don't you ever apologize for coming to me." She brought her lips down and kissed the soft waves of Rachel's hair, feeling the younger girl nod in response."You can come and wake me up for whatever reason no matter the time." She pleaded with her daughter. "Always! And you can tell me anything. Anything at all. I'll always drop whatever it is I'm doing and listen." Shelby lowered her voice, "Capiche?"
Rachel nodded quietly silently questioning whether she should tell her mom about the nightmare or not. "Capiche." She exhaled and spoke in a soft voice as her eyes fought against the sleep that came so easily in the safety of her mother's embrace. She lay there for a while just listening to her mom's deep breaths.
"Mom?" She whispered, letting her eyes finally flutter shut.
"Yeah baby." Shelby's fingers traced over Rachel's hair soothingly.
"I love you." Rachel felt her body surrender as her chest rose and fell softly.
"I love you too sweetheart."
Shelby kissed her daughter on the cheek and ran her fingers back gently through her silky hair, "Go to sleep now baby. You have nothing to worry about. I'm right here."
The soothing voice was the last thing Rachel heard before she succumbed to exhaustion.
The sudden smack to the face and the quick jab of a knee to her side awoke Shelby with a groan. "Ow." She mumbled as she brought a tired hand and removed Rachel's hand from her nose, placing it gently back across the smaller girl's chest. The knobby knee in her side dug further in before she removed that too.
At least her daughter had fallen asleep. Shelby had been worried all night and kept waking at the slightest murmur or twitch from her youngest. To say she didn't sleep that well was an understatement.
Sighing she glanced over at the alarm clock.
6:00 am
At least she had another half hour or so to rest before getting up and starting a brand new day. A brand new day that would be void of any troublesome thoughts or qualms in her demeanor. Just as she was closing her eyes, Shelby heard footsteps padding slowly down the hallway and stopping just outside her door. The creak and the groan of the floorboard had her hastily propped up on her elbows squinting at the figure standing just outside her room.
Who would be awake at this time?
Santana was standing in the doorway, her hand running through her disheveled hair and mouth open wide in a yawn. The tanned brunette darted her eyes back and forth between the two inhabitants lying in the bed and her brows furrowed together. "What is she doing here?" She asked as she sauntered into the room.
"She couldn't sleep last night" Shelby absentmindedly ran her fingers through Rachel's hair as she answered Santana's question and watched as her oldest plopped herself onto the bed beside Rachel.
Santana sunk into her mother's incredibly soft mattress, almost forgetting the reason she came into the room in the first place. She spoke into the pillow, her voice muffled and incoherent. "I-mphpmh-tice-mph-thirmpty"
"Wha?- ooof!" Rachel's leg had painfully found it's way across Shelby's lower abdomen.
Santana lifted her head up off the pillow, "I said I have practice at 6:30. Sue is trying to kill me and I can't be late." She dropped her head back down, suddenly fantasizing about her coach getting blown out of a cannon and landing in a jungle infested with psycho-bitch eating monkeys far far away.
"6:30? But it's already 6!" Shelby sat up and eased her legs over to the side. So much for resting for an extra thirty minutes. She glanced back at her two daughters in reassurance and locked away the fears from the previous night as she stood up and stepped into her warm slippers.
"San you said you had to be there at 6:30 right?"
Santana groaned as she rolled over and stared at the ceiling, " Yeah. Noah's in the bathroom already. He has his run practice thingy." She felt too tired to construct words in a sentence. Instead her eyes fell on the limp form sleeping beside her and frowned, "Rachel has to get up too." She grabbed a hold of the pillow her sister was resting on and yanked it out from under her, causing Rachel's head to bounce against the mattress in a rather unpleasant way.
"Santana. That wasn't very nice." Shelby scolded as she made her way over to her bathroom, "Your sister couldn't sleep last night."
Santana's forehead creased. Ten bucks said she knew exactly why Rachel couldn't sleep and her frown deepened as she glanced back over at the midget breathing softly next to her.
"How did she not feel that? Wake up Rach!"
"Santana" Shelby poked her head around the door and raised an eyebrow at her older daughter.
The tanned brunette ignored her and quickly leafed through her own thoughts. Rachel probably had a nightmare which was the reason why she came to their mom's room last night. That means Rachel had been thinking about their dad. Santana curled her fists. She didn't want Rachel to have to worry about anything and decided she was going to try to keep her sister's mind off of everything the best way she knew how.
She uncurled her fists and felt the corners of her lip rise up into a smirk. Santana grabbed the pillow she had maneuvered away from Rachel and yelled "Get up Rach!" She waited too see if the younger girl stirred and curled her lip farther as she brought the pillow smashing down.
The younger girl awoke instantly, kicking the covers off of her and flinging her arms in the air, "SAN. TAN. A!" She threw her hand out in a lame attempt at smacking the older girl but Santana swiftly moved out of the way. Rachel huffed in annoyance and glowered a 'hmph' before she turned and curled back into a comfortable position.
"Girls" Shelby chastised from the bathroom.
"Come on Rachel get up!" Santana ordered. "Quick Kurt's here!" Nothing. "He's waiting for you inside the closet." The older brunette slid off the bed as Rachel lay unmoving, trying to block out her sisters voice. Santana glanced over her shoulder in the direction of her mother's enormous bathroom, and grinned when she saw the door was thankfully almost closed, obscuring her view just enough.
Inside, Shelby was washing her face, avoiding looking into the mirror, afraid of seeing her eyes reflected back at her. The would only betray her and slice right through her petty mask of strength she wore protectively around herself. Shelby scrubbed hard and felt the tiny beads scrape away against dead skin cells, exposing a brand new layer of skin. She dipped her hands under the faucet and splashed her face with cool water. She grabbed her towel and patted her face dry at the exact time she heard the sudden sound of a loud thwack followed by Rachel's piercing cry.
"Mooom!"
"Santana" She called out in an unenthusiastic voice as she picked up her toothbrush from it's holder. Seconds later she heard a burst of laughter and a scrambling of two sets of footsteps. There was a slam of a door followed by pounding of fists and the unmistakable yell of Rachel's voice and the muffled cackles of Santana's.
Shelby rolled her eyes as she rinsed her mouth.
Mornings.
"MOOOOOM!"
Here we go again.
They had managed to get out of the house with ten minutes to spare to get to the school. Shelby must have told Puck at least twenty times there was no need for him to speed. If they were late. They were late. Better be safe than sorry. Sue and Bieste would just have to deal.
So Puck drove well under the speed limit as he made his way towards school, drumming his fingers against the steering wheel and bobbing his head to one of his favorite bands. Beside him Santana's head was bobbing as well, and her manicured nails tapped the beat of the song against the window as she sang along to the chorus.
"Lovin is what I got. I said remember that"
Rachel was quietly sitting in the backseat. Before she left the house her mom pulled her into a tight hug and told her not to worry about anything. She was going to try, for her mom and for Noah and Santana too. Besides, she wasn't a baby anymore, there was no need for her to get worked up over this. Right?
Rachel watched her two siblings in awe, for once they weren't fighting over the music, they were actually both contently listening to one single song without either of the two yelling obscenities or having a full out finger battle over the buttons on the radio.
It almost made her not want to ask them to change it. Almost.
The younger girl grabbed onto the back of the front seat and leaned forward."As much as I'm enjoying this rare moment between you two actually agreeing on a song, I'm going to ask if you can pretty please change this pothead music to something else. Thank you." Rachel fell back against her seat and smiled.
Puck and Santana slowly turned their heads back to stare at her.
"Please?" Rachel's smile faltered.
Puck faced forward, keeping his eyes on the road and Santana shot her sister a smirk.
The smug cheerleader brought her finger over to the knobs on the radio and for one second Rachel actually thought she would change the song. Instead Santana turned the volume all the way up and the speakers at the back of the black mustang boomed loudly, causing Rachel's back to vibrate and her head to pound in protest.
The younger girl covered her ears with her hands. Santana laughed and Puck grinned, shaking his head and jabbing his elbow into Santana's arm. He glanced through the rear view mirror and caught Rachel scowling back at him. Smiling he lowered the volume, "The song's almost over Rach. Besides we're pulling into the school now."
"Meanies." Rachel grumbled as she lowered her hands from her ears and when Puck put the car in park she practically leapt out of the backseat.
A ford pick up truck pulled up next to them and out hopped the Hummel/Hudson brothers. Finn climbed out of the truck and slammed his door shut as Kurt gracefully got out of the ford, careful of not ruining his clothes against the rusting door and pushed it closed with the tips of his fingers. He spotted Rachel and rushed over towards her.
"Hey Rachel!" Kurt bounded up to the brunette, smiling enthusiastically.
Santana glared at him, there was no way any normal human being had that much energy at 6:30 in the morning.
"Hey Kurt! Ooo is that the new coat!" Rachel smiled.
"Yes!" Kurt twirled around in his long coat for his friend, "You like?"
"Love." Rachel beamed.
"Marc Jacobs" Kurt sang as he held out his hands.
The taller brunette was standing behind the two watching their interaction with a dangerous smirk on her face. "Oh. My. God. Are you serious!"
Kurt turned towards Santana oblivious to her underlying tone, "Yes!"
"Like Oh My God! NO wayyyy!" Santana swatted her hand with a plastic smile on her face.
"Yeah do you like!" Kurt twirled for the oldest Corcoran, beaming and still oblivious to the false excitement.
"Do I like?" Santana's white teeth beamed at Kurt for one glorious moment before she straightened her eyebrows and perched her lips, "Aha! No."
Rachel thought Kurt looked as if he were suddenly deflated. The boy poor glowered at the older girl.
Santana busted out laughing as she brushed passed them, "Hummel you make it too easy for me. See you later munchkin. Bye Inspector Gadget!"
"Evil." Kurt stared at the cheerleader and watched as she caught up with the rest of the Cheerios, linking arms with two blondes and disappearing into the gym.
Rachel slid her arm around Kurt's and led him towards the school, " Come on let's practice that song for Mr. Schue." She was already forgetting about the measly little problem as she coaxed her best friend who kept mumbling over and over that Satan was a cheerleader and evil had mocked Marc Jacobs.
Oh the horror!
"One more lap boys!" Coach Bieste didn't need a megaphone as her voice boomed across the field.
The team collectively groaned, but the captain smiled. He effortlessly turned around, jogging backwards as he faced the tired faces of his teammates.
"Come on you fat asses. This is easy. Last one back to the finish line's a cocksucker!" Puck yelled and turned and sprinted off around the track, his feet digging into the ground and propelling him forward. His teammates were momentarily paralyzed before they too took off sprinting after him.
Nobody wanted to be a cocksucker.
Coach Bieste looked up and smiled as Corcoran came sprinting over to a stop in front of her, Hudson right behind him as the rest of the team trickled in after.
The last person to make it around the track was wheezing and gasping for air as he caught up with the rest of his teammates.
"Karofsky's a cocksucker! Ahaha!"
The team erupted in laughs and pointed accusing fingers in the jocks direction.
"NO I'M NOT! I HAVE ASTHMA!" He yelled and punched the person closest to him. Azimio barely felt the hit and whammed his fist full swing right back into Karofsky's arm.
"Alright alright leave him alone. Hit the showers!" Bieste grabbed her clipboard and timer off the metal bench."Corcoran could you come here for a second."
"Yeah Coach?" Puck had a sheer layer of sweat around his skin. He took off his shirt and pulled it around his neck as he grabbed his bottle of water and drained it into his mouth.
The rest of his teammates were already crossing the fence that surrounded the field and were walking into the gym.
"Corcoran your one of my best players." Bieste patted his sweaty arm as Puck grinned.
"Thanks Coach"
"Your welcome." She made a face and wiped the sweat from her hand on her gym shorts. "Now you remember this summer you went to the football camp at OSU?"
Puck nodded. He remembered all right. Not for nothing but he was one of the best ones in the entire program.
"Well I got a couple of scouts coming in next game. One of them remembered you from the camp and made a couple phone calls."
Puck tried his best at hiding a smile that was tugging on his lips.
"We're having guys from OSU, Auburn, Delaware, University of Michigan and West Virginia come up."
Puck nodded taking in the information and kept a serious face. Inside, fireworks were exploding throughout his body and he was jumping like a little girl.
"Now. Your good Corcoran. I have no doubt in my mind that your going to get offers for these schools. That means a full ride, a full scholarship, a chance at playing college ball." Bieste started walking towards the gym.
Puck was listening intently walking slow beside her.
"But there's one problem." She suddenly stopped. "Your grades."
Puck froze.
"Son football is great. Yeah it's fun. But school's more important. Without the grades there's no way your getting those scholarships."
In all honesty Puck didn't need the scholarship. He knew money wasn't really a problem and he could easily pay for the school without breaking a sweat. But what was there to pay if he wasn't eligible for playing football. He loved football and never really thought about playing it in college before. He always assumed he would go into business or something. He remembered when he was younger his dad would always tell him he would take over his practice once he grew up and became a plastic surgeon just like him.
Yeah right.
"Now I've spoken with your teachers. We've come up with a gameplan. You need to pick up your GPA and your going to retake you SATs in October. That's less than a month away I know but if you devote your time I have full faith that you can do it. Your a smart man." She clasped her hand on his shoulder and made a face again as she wiped her now sweaty palm on her shorts.
"You're sister has good grades. She scored extremely well on her SAT's. Now would you mind if she tutored you?"
Puck frowned and folded his arms across his chest as he thought of Santana, making Bieste nod her head and laugh.
"Thought so. Anyway we're going to set you up with a tutor. You'll work with them everyday after school until you start picking up those grades. Enough playing around. It's time to get serious son. Understood."
The pair had made it inside the gym and Puck glanced up just in time to see a pyramid of cheerios topple over.
"Yeah coach. I understand. I'll work on my grades. I promise."
"Good." Bieste went to clasp his shoulder, but stopped just before her hand made contact with his sweaty skin. "Now go hit the showers."
Puck watched his coach walk away and he turned towards the cheerleaders, feeling a pair of hazel eyes boring into him.
He grinned and nodded his head in Quinn's direction before dipping into the locker room.
Quinn's lips twitched. It wasn't a smile. It wasn't even a grin. It was a tiny twitch upward, one that Santana caught immediately and she furrowed her brows as she looked at her best friend then glanced over in the direction of the boys locker room.
"You all disgust me." Sue blared into her megaphone. "Now go shower before I change my mind and make you do ten more sets of suicides." The cheerleaders scrambled towards the girls locker room as Sue mumbled, "They think this is hard? Pft. They don't know hard."
"What?"
"You know what."
"No. WHAT! Stop staring at me like that it's freaking me out S." Quinn reached over and pulled the heavy book open.
"Ooh are we playing the staring game. I'm so good at this. Watch." Brittany leaned forward and rested her chin in her hands as she stared at Santana. She wasn't even in their class, this was advanced English, but she had a free period anyway.
The girls were in the library huddled in a corner table away from everyone else. They were supposed to be working on an assignment. It was a big mistake on the teacher's part to separate them into groups.
Assignments my ass. Converse first. Assignment later.
"What's up with you and my brother?"
"What are you talking about." Quinn flipped through the pages of a book, attempting to search for an answer to the questions they were supposed to be working on.
"You and my brother. You both gave each other this...this look. This weird look. It grossed me out." Santana stared at her friend in disgust.
Beside her Brittany kept her chin propped up in her hand, unmoving and unblinking despite the burning she felt behind her eyes.
"It was nothing weirdo. He stopped by yesterday that's all so he was saying hi I guess."
"He stopped by? When!"
"Yesterday after school. He was walking around the neighborhood looking like a lost puppy."
"I love puppies."
Santana glanced in Brittany's direction, "Britts you won the staring contest. There's no way I can ever beat you." She gently pulled the blonde girls arms down as Brittany grinned and clapped happily. "Yay I won!"
"You did." Santana beamed then scowled at the librarian who barked at them to keep quiet.
"So wait he went over over?"
"No I was sitting outside on my steps. He just happened to walk by and act like a complete ass as usual."
Santana fell back onto her chair and slowly nodded.
Oh it makes sense now.
"Wait...You were sitting outside?" She raised an eyebrow and leaned in closer to the table.
"What's with the questions anyway? Lemme ask you something Santana why are you being extra bitchy today?" Quinn countered and raised an eyebrow of her own. The two friends stared at one another and held their glare, their eyes battling it out each of them trying to gain the upperhand.
"Oh are we playing the game again!"
After what felt like a grueling hour Santana fell back into her seat, folded her arms across her chest and sighed as she took in her best friend's appearance. Q was the only person Santana ever really trusted, besides Brittany that is. But her and Q were more alike than they even realized and often found themselves arguing over silly things. Santana opened her book and glanced down at her notes.
"Were your parents fighting again?" She mumbled as she flipped through the pages, chancing a peek at the blonde sitting across from her.
Quinn slowly nodded as she capped her pen and placed it down on the table, "Let me guess. Did something happen with Mr. You know who?"
Santana nodded and turned the page, "Parent's suck."
"No they don't. Your mom's awesome S. Your dad sucks yeah and Quinn, your parent's are making a huge mistake by spending all their time fighting and ignoring what they have right in front of them." Brittany stared at her two best friends and the girls both smiled softly at her. "So parent's don't suck. They just act stupid sometime."
"Why are you so smart Britt?" Santana said and fell into the tall blonde's hug.
"I don't know. But the answer to that question is wrong. I met a four once, and it didn't look like that." Brittany pointed at the sentence Santana had written down in describing metaphors. The two friends shared a look then glanced back at Brittany.
"B don't ever change."
"Okay."
Mr. Schuester stood in front of his glee club and clasped his hands together. "Alright guys. You all had your assignment to come up with a mashup of a classic song and a new song."
Kurt's eyes found Rachel's from across the room and he gave her a smug look.
"So let's hear what you all came up with." He grinned and made his way over to his chair, "Who wants to go first?"
"Mr. Schue B, Q and I will go first and show everyone how things are done." Santana provocatively stood up and winked at the boys sitting down.
Rachel thought it was funny Santana was so eager to go first when just earlier that day she had been complaining about having to go to glee club.
"Okay ladies great. Let's hear what you got."
The three Cheerios stood in the classic Charlie's Angel's stance and Santana shot her finger in the direction of the band. "Hit it!"
The three girls sang out a mashup of James Brown, "This is a Man's World" and Beyonce's "Who Run the World." Starting off with James Browns bluesy classic and exploding in sexy dance moves with Beyonce's lyrics, teaching the gang about the power of women through song and dance.
The guys all whooped in appreciation. All except Artie who received a smack to the arm from Tina. And Puck who sat with his arms folded across his chest, glaring at Mike Chang and Matt Rutherford for calling Santana sexy.
"Wow. Ladies. That was.." Mr. Schuester stood up when the song finished and the room erupted in applause.
"Hot. We know. Thanks Schue." Santana strutted her way back towards her seat and almost fell when her brother kicked the chair out from under her.
She clenched her fists, shot him a look and mouthed the word 'asshole', but Puck just glared back, his muscles flexing over his chest and his jaw tightening.
Matt leaned forward and was about to make conversation with a smug Santana, but Puck grabbed him roughly by the shirt and pulled him back down onto his seat, boring his eyes into him. Matt shrunk and held up his hands.
Puck narrowed his eyes and eventually let go.
"Okay whose next?"
Mercedes hand shot up. "Mr. Schue even though that was crazy fire, Matt and I are ready to show everyone how things really get done. Soul power baby. Come on Matt." The two singers shot up and Kurt watched with a smile and winked in Mercedes direction as he folded his leg over the other.
"Hit it!" Mercedes pointed in the direction of the band and the two belted out their Mashup of Michael Jackson's Pretty Young Thing and Lil Waynes How to Love, teaching the gang about love through their own unique song and dance.
When they finished the class exploded in applause. Santana winked at Matt, but the jock quickly averted his eyes from the cheerleader and caught the terrorizing stare of her brother.
"Excellent. Great job you guys!"
Rachel praised her friend and Mercedes giggled as she sat back down beside the small brunette.
"Alright next group."
"We'll go!" Kurt shot his hand up in the air and pulled Rachel up with him in front of the room. "We're going to be singing the classic Beatles song, 'With a Little Help from my Friends' mashed with the amazing 'Season's of Love' from Rent showcasing our fabulous talent and teaching you all an unforgetable lesson on friendship."
"Just sing already Inspector Gadget." Santana shouted from her seat and Kurt snapped his eyes in Satan's direction and narrowed them to slits.
He cleared his throat, ignored the sly smirks from the three cheerios and pointed at the band,"Take it away." And he began with the opening of the song from Rent. When it was Rachel's turn, every person sitting on the red plastic chairs felt their hairs stand up on end. Her flawless voice rang out perfectly and the two were greeted with an uproar of applause when they finished.
"That was amazing!" Mr. Schue clapped his hands and Rachel shyly smiled as they two were surrounded by the rest of the glee club.
"Nationals is in the bag this year!" Mr. Schuester grinned and smiled at the misfit group of students all huddled together around their two youngest members. The year was definitely looking promising.
"No. No. NO NOO!" Shelby ran her hand against her temple and massaged her head as she looked away from the kids standing on the stage.
"That is not theatricality!" She yelled and the students from Vocal Adrenaline cowered at their fierce coach.
"Let's take it from the top!" She shouted from her spot out in the audience, overlooking the large manicured group of students that made up the award winning team Vocal Adrenaline. They were number one in the nation. She had led them to winning seven national titles in the past seven years in a row and she would be dammed if this years group took away her eighth title.
The kids on stage mumbled and whispered to each other, Coach Corcoran was ruthless. Mrs. Corcoran was a tough but nice teacher. They didn't know Shelby Corcoran.
She would never let them see that side of her either. Her team needed to fear her and respect her, not befriend her. This wasn't girl scouts.
"Um Coach Corcoran." A voice sounded on her left and the poised coach glanced over, sparing the student a few precious seconds of her time.
"What is it St. Johns."
"It's St. James Miss."
"Whatever"
"Um I was just noticing, while I greatly admire and praise your coaching abilities, I think it's detrimental to the group as a whole if you keep Haley and John in the front."
Shelby had stopped paying attention to the new kid when she felt her phone buzzing in her pocket. She pulled it out of her black pants and frowned as she read the name appear across the screen.
"St. Bernard lead them into the next song." Shelby stood up and stepped down from her podium, not even bothering to look up at the young boy.
"I have to take this phone call."
A/N: Sooo crazy long chapter. I'm not used to writing long chapters but I tried my best to make it up to you loyal readers. Sorry i took so long to update It's been a crazy past few days. We celebrated my Grandpa's 85th birthday and I had family flying in from all over, aunts uncles cousins and my sisters came down for the weekend from school and needless to say it was impossible to write but I finally go it done. :D I hope you liked this chapter. The next one will be up asap! xox.
Ninjagleek21-Your cookies are amaze as usual. Glad you liked Santana tearing him a new one and I promise a flashback will be up next chapter! Hope you liked this chpt. Thanks for the review!
ajunebuga- I never thought about putting him in cahoots with Rob. Loving that idea lol. hmm just might have to borrow that if you don't mind. Thanks for the review! lol and there will be a flashback next chapter!
marinka4-Thank you so much!
twilight282-hmm just maybe he is lmao. I think this chapter answered your question. thanks for the review!
FinchelFan16-Ahh thank you! There are def some protective brother storylines in the works and definately a love interest for Puck. ;)
Elphaba Tropp Menzel- Thanks for your review!
w1cked- there will def be things hitting the fan when and if he shows up ;) but have no fear Shelby will be ready. thanks for the review!
mistressamy-yes I can!
bforethesunsets-I hope you realized that review seriously made my day! :D Sorry I took so long Hope you liked this chapter! :D
NayaFan- Thanks for the review! Santana is a force to be reckoned with lol
EmZ711- Thanks for the review!
The TBone- Okay your review made me LOL. Glad you liked awesome Shelby, sexy Puck (Ilovehimtoo) shy Rachel and badass Santana. So muchas gracias for your amazing review! Hope this chapter made you muy feliz!
SadPanda13- Thanks so much for the review!
CurlyHairedGirl- you are right my friend lol thanks for the review!
broadwaybound2016-really! aww lol im sorry lol but thanks for your review! I agree tho Eff Robert ;)
Asnbehappy-Muito obrigada! E eu prometo que havera mais Shelby e Rachel! Thanks for the awesome review!
MidnightMoon2-Thanks for the review!
gleepotter- glad you liked it! thanks for the review!
beaner008- thanks for your awesome review! I wrote this asap and Im patiently waiting for you next amazing update!
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GleeLove04- Jajaja gracias! Ese review me hizo reir :D Me alegro que te gusto mi perfil y la historia! Te voy a decir una cosa, me encanta hablar tambien y habeces hablo demasiado lol. Bienvenidos desde Nueva York! Thanks again for your awesome review! Hope you enjoyed this chapter :D
ps. theres this crazy thing where you can message a person after they leave a review..hmm i think ill try that for the next chapter lol.