Here's Chapter 6 :) Let me know what you think. :)

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It was Tuesday morning. Will was in the teachers lounge with Emma. He was drinking a cup of coffee while Emma was looking through her notebook. When Will saw Shelby walk in that morning we knew something wasn't right.

"Shelby, are you okay?" He asked. "You look exhausted."

"I think I only slept for an hour last night." Shelby said as she sat down to join them.

"Did Beth keep you awake last night?" Emma asked.

Shelby shook her head. "It wasn't Beth. I got up every half hour to check on Rachel."

Will gave Shelby a confused look. "Rachel stayed with you last night?"

"Actually she's living with me now." Shelby said as she thought back to the events the night before.

"What?" Will said, feeling even more confused.

Shelby sighed. Rachel told her the night before it was okay to tell Mr Schue and Ms Pillsbury what happened if they promised to keep it a secret.

Shelby looked around to see that were alone in the room. She knew it was safe to tell them without anyone else hearing. "Rachel's pregnant."

The two other adults gasped.

"No way." Will said. "How far is she?"

"Nearly six weeks." Shelby replied. "She told her dads last night, they kicked her out. Rachel's heartbroken. You can't say anything to anyone! Rachel doesn't want anyone knowing."

"Oh god. I can't believe they kicked her out. She's only seventeen." Emma said.

"She's sixteen." Shelby said. "She turns seventeen in December."

"I can't believe it." Will said.

"She cried her eyes out for hours last night. I kept going into her room to make sure she was sleeping." Shelby said as she put her head on the table. "By the way, she won't be in any of your classes today. I didn't want her going to school today because she was so upset."

"So is this why she quit New Directions?" Will asked.

Shelby nodded. "Yeah. She said she wasn't really thinking when she quit. Will, she's going to talk to you soon about joining Glee again."

"What about West Side Story?" Emma asked.

"She's going to talk to Mercedes about it." Shelby said before yawning.

"I think you need some coffee." Will said with a small laugh as he got up and walked over to the coffee machine.

"Thank you." Shelby said.

"What is Rachel going to do?" Emma asked. "Is she keeping it or is she thinking about adoption?"

"She hasn't said anything yet so I don't know." Shelby said with a sigh. "I'm not going to bring it up now. I need to give her time after what happened last night."

"Does Finn know?" Will asked as he handed the cup of coffee to Shelby.

"Thank you." Shelby said before taking a sip of the coffee. "Finn knows about the pregnancy. He doesn't know what happened with Rachel's dads yet."

"Well, if you see Finn today tell him he can skip Glee practice to be with Rachel." Will said.

"Thank you, Will." Shelby said with a smile.

"No problem." Will said back. "I just hope Rachel is okay."

Shelby looked down. She hoped her daughter would be okay.

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Later that morning when Shelby was walking to her classroom to prepare music for The Troubletones. She was trying to decide whether or not she should call Rachel. Rachel was probably still sleeping, so she might not answer. She started to write out a text to Rachel. She saw Finn run over to her with a worried look on his face.

"Ms Corcoran, do you know where Rachel is?" He asked. "I haven't seen her all day and she's not answering her phone."

That answered Shelby's question. Rachel was most likely still asleep.

"I was actually looking for you." Shelby said. "Something happened last night."

Finn was now even more worried. "Is she okay?"

"Come with me." Shelby said before she walked to her classroom. Finn followed her.

"So what's going on?" Finn asked as he watched Shelby close the classroom door.

"You know Rachel planned on telling her dads last night." Shelby said as she walked over to him.

Finn nodded. "Yeah. I didn't call her last night cause I knew she was telling them."

"Her dads didn't take it well. They kicked her out." Shelby told him.

"Oh god." Finn said as he covered his mouth. "Where is she?"

"She didn't come to school today. Don't worry she's going to live with me." Shelby said.

"Is she okay?" Finn asked.

Shelby shook her head. "She cried her eyes out for hours last night."

"I have to see her." Finn said.

"Mr Schue said you could skip Glee today to be with her." Shelby said as she grabbed some paper and started writing on it. She then handed it to Finn. "That's my address. You can have some time alone with her. I have to get Beth after school and I have some work related stuff to take care off."

"Mr Schue knows?" Finn asked.

Shelby nodded. "Ms Pillsbury knows too. They won't tell anyone. Rachel said it was okay to tell them."

Finn nodded. "Thank you for letting me know."

"Your welcome." Shelby said. "Also, I know you want to see her but please wait until after school. No skipping classes."

"Don't worry, I won't skip any classes." Finn said before leaving.

Shelby smiled after Finn left. She could see how much Finn loved Rachel.

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That evening Rachel was curled up on the couch, covered with a blanket. She lay there and waited for Shelby to come home. She hated being alone. She heard someone knock on the door but she just ignored it.

"Rachel! It's me! Open the door!"

She knew it was Finn straight away. She quickly took the blanket off her and went over to the door. She opened it and saw Finn standing there.

"Hey." He said. "You okay?"

Rachel shook her head as she started to cry again. "No."

"Hey, come here." Finn said as he wrapped his arms around the small girl. He closed the door and took Rachel over to the couch and they both sat down.

Rachel sobbed into his shoulder. "They just kicked me out, Finn! My dad couldn't even look at me."

Finn stroked her hair and gently rocked her back and forth to try and get her to calm down. "Everything will be okay, Rach."

"How? How will everything be okay?" Rachel sobbed harder. "This is not something that will change overnight. In nine months we're going to be parents. I don't know how I can take care of this baby."

Finn hugged Rachel tightly and rubbed circles in her back. "Your not doing this alone, Rachel. I'm here and I'm going to do everything I can."

"Don't leave me, Finn." Rachel said between sobs. "I can't do this without you."

"Hey, look at me." He said. Rachel looked up at him. Finn's heart broke when he looked into Rachel's sad eyes. "I'm not going anywhere. Everything will be okay."

"You promise?" Rachel said with more tears falling from her eyes.

Finn took Rachel's hand and held it. "I promise. I love you, Rachel. More than anything in this world."

Even though she was still crying, Rachel managed to smile a little. "I love you too."

Finn moved over with his arm still around Rachel. They both lay down on the couch. Finn got the blanket that was on the couch and pulled it over them.

"We still have to tell your mom." Rachel said quietly as she wiped away her tears.

"We can tell her tomorrow after school." Finn said.

"Do you think she will be angry?" Rachel asked.

"I don't know, Rach." Finn told her before kissing the top of her head. He was worried about telling his mom but he didn't want Rachel to know that.

"I'm scared." Rachel said. "What if she doesn't take the news well?"

"She won't kick me out, Rachel." Finn said as he rubbed circles on Rachel's back. "Don't be scared, okay?"

Rachel put her head on Finn's chest and wrapped her arms around him. "Thank you for coming over."

Finn held her close. "I needed to make sure you were okay."

Rachel closed her eyes. Finn gently stroked her cheek with his thumb. They stayed that way until they both fell asleep.