A.N. Hey guys, here's chapter two, this story is all written so baring any unforeseen consequences I should be updating once a day until it's all done. Enjoy!

Chapter Two – The Calm Before the Storm

They didn't see Renee for the rest of the day, in fact the next time they saw her was the next morning. Rachel woke to the smell of pancakes wafting through her room. She frowned slightly, her Dad's never cooked. She didn't think they could. She got up, intrigued just as her alarm turned to 6am and her iPod started its playlist. She turned this off and walked downstairs before stopping dead in her tracks at the sight that awaited her in the kitchen. Renee was making breakfast but it looked like a bomb had gone off. There was flour all over the sides with tipped over boxes and caps of the two bottles of milk that she had got out of the fridge. She was also dancing ... and singing. Rachel frowned. Was this usual behaviour for someone who had just lost their Mother? Then she took note of the singing. She was actually really good, a little untrained perhaps but she had the same power in her voice that Rachel herself had. Obviously that was genetic.

"... And it's killing me to know you without having a chance to hold you when all I wanna do is show you how I really feel inside, you can run to me you can laugh at me or you can walk right out that door, but I can't be just friends anymore ..." Renee sang and then spun to face the door where she saw Rachel standing with her jaw open. "Oh ... sorry I get way to into my singing sometimes." She said with a sheepish smile. "Let's try that one again ... good morning, I've made blueberry pancakes." She offered Rachel the plate and then realised that she was staring at the mess in the kitchen. "Oh ... yeah sorry about that Mom ..." she frowned slightly, "Well Mom always said that the kitchen looked like a hurricane had gone through it after I had been cooking but I will clean up after myself."

"You cook?" Rachel asked.

"Yeah I love it ... how about you?" she asked as Rachel sat down at the breakfast bar and Renee slid her the plate of pancakes.

"Not really," Rachel replied with a small shrug, "We're pretty committed to take out ... well except for my sugar cookies." They stayed in silence for a few minutes whilst Rachel slowly ate her pancakes and Renee started to clear up.

"So Hiram, told me that I'd be going to McKinnly high with you ... what's it like?" Renee asked. Rachel swallowed the bite of blueberry pancake she had just taken.

"It's just like any other high school, main thing we're known for is the Cheerio's I guess."

"The Cheerio's?" Renee asked.

"Yes, the cheerleaders." Rachel confirmed.

"They're seriously called the Cheerio's? Isn't that incredibly cheesy?" Renee smirked.

"Yes but Coach Sylvester is anything but cheesy and they're not all that bad once you get to know them. We have two Cheerio's in Glee ... well there used to be three but Quinn got kicked off after Coach Sylvester found out about babygate." Rachel explained. She looked up to see the confused look on Renee's face. "Oh sorry, Quinn used to be the head cheerleader but she got kicked off the team when Coach Sylvester found out she was pregnant." Renee's eyes widened at this.

"Whoa, how old is she?" Renee asked.

"Sixteen, same as us."

"Wow, bet her parent's loved that." Renee mumbled as she put the caps back on the milk bottles and put them back in the fridge.

"Hardly, Quinn's parents made her move out, she's living with her best friend now."

"So what about you?" Renee asked.

"What about me?" Rachel replied, confused.

"What do you do at school?" Renee clarified.

"Well ..." she hesitated, whilst her Dad's knew she didn't have friends, that she was focused on her singing, they didn't know she had slushie facials a few times a week, nor did they know that people pretty much hated her but she couldn't really avoid telling Renee this as she would find out herself when she started at the school. She decided to just tell her about Glee, that at least was true, the rest she would let her find out. "Glee is pretty much my world at school. I'm the lead most of the time, the rest of the girls are Mercedes, Tina, Quinn, Brittany and Santana. Brittany and Santana are the Cheerio's and are probably the best female dancers we have ..." Rachel started to ramble on about the rest of the Glee members, detailing the strengths and weaknesses of each person. Renee watched with a half smile on her face. She knew Rachel's type. She was the girl who had to be perfect at everything, the driven one who you knew would get where they wanted in life. She didn't realise how telling it was that she knew these people inside out, she really liked these people although by the sounds of it, they weren't always that keen on her. Her grin widened slightly when she started talking about that Finn guy. Her sister was obviously crushing on him, might be more than a crush really from the way she was talking. She probably talked about Finn for as long as she talked about the rest of the Glee club combined before she switched to the teacher in charge of Glee, Mr. Schuester and how they all thought that there was something going on between him and the guidance counsellor, Miss Pillsbury. She was just telling her about the mattress incident when Hiram and Leroy came down the stairs, dressed and ready to leave for work. They smiled as they saw Renee and Rachel talking in the kitchen.

"Good morning ladies." Hiram smiled, "What smells so good?" he asked as he sat down beside Rachel.

"Renee made blueberry pancakes, Papa." Rachel smiled, she was in a good mood after talking about the other members of Glee.

Leroy made an appreciate noise as he too sat down. "Are there some for us?" he asked.

"Sure." Renee shrugged and put a plate in front of both of the men. Renee finished off cleaning the kitchen as the Berry's ate their breakfast. Rachel, who had almost finished when her Dad's came into the kitchen, got up first to put her plate in the dishwasher but was stopped by Renee. "I've got a sink of hot water Rach, just put it in there and I'll wash all the plates when the guys are finished." She smiled at them brightly. Rachel felt that twinge of annoyance again at being called Rach but mainly at the fact that she was being so ... helpful. It made Rachel feel a little pushed aside. She tried to ignore this. The girl had just lost the only parent she had known.

"Ok ladies, we're going to have to get to work." Leroy told them as he put his plate in the sink and poured two travel mugs worth of coffee and passed one to his husband as he too finished his breakfast and put his plate in the sink too. "Rachel, honey, you're off school for the rest of the week but you're due to go back on Monday unless you feel like you need more time off, try and help Ren settle in. Ren, Principal Figgins said that you can start school when you feel up to it, so let us know and we'll make the arrangements."

"Thanks Leroy," she paused and looked down to the floor before looking back at them all, "I promised Mom before she went into that surgery that I would live my life if she did leave me, I can't do that my moping around," a small tear fell from her eye before she brushed it away. "I think I should try doing that by going back to school if nothing else."

Leroy and Hiram looked at each, a little doubtfully. "Are you sure sweetie, it will only have been a little over week since the accident ..." Hiram trailed off. Renee just nodded. "Well ... if you're sure?" She nodded again. "Ok well, I'll call the school today and have you both put back to school on Monday."

"Have a good day ladies" they both said as they left together, leaving the twins completely alone for the first time. Renee broke the silence.

"So is Glee auditioning?" she asked.

Rachel didn't know what was wrong with her. Renee was a nice person. She was kind, considerate, she picked up after herself and made dinner practically every night but she was the exact opposite of Rachel a lot of ways. First was there difference in music. Rachel loved show tunes the most, she sang them all the time but Renee preferred country and soft rock so when they were watching TV together they had to flip as coin as to whether they were going to watch CMT or the movie channel dedicated to musicals. Rachel was up every day at 6am and other than the first day, Renee didn't get up until she had to and hated to leave the warmth of her bed. Rachel always wore skirts and nice clothes, usually made of plaid and argyle whereas Renee preferred the jeans and t-shirt look. Most of her t-shirts had funny pictures or sayings, usually of her favourite TV programs and the only shoes she had in her wardrobe were different coloured Converse and a pair of plain black heels. She found herself liking Renee most of the time and then something would happen and she'd feel really annoyed but she was determined to get along with her twin.

TBC

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