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-Rachel's POV-
"Alright Berry what the hell is going on with you yesterday we see you with bruises all over your face and now you're ready to rip Mercedes' face off. What is going on? You are not leaving here until you tell us the truth."
I started to back away from the three cheerios standing in front of me trying to think of a way to get of this. How could I be so stupid as to let this slip? How am I supposed to get out of this? My dad is going to kill me if he finds out that I let this secret slip.
"Rachel, its okay to let somebody know if someone is hurting you. My mom says so all the time" Brittney said sliding a little closer to the retreating girl.
"Yeah Berry what is going on?" Santana said in a soft tone. Brittney slowly made her way to Rachel sliding her arm around the small girl.
"Rachel please, tell me who's hurting you. Who's got you so angry? "Quinn said in such a soft tone. Rachel was so used to hearing her father's mean and harsh tone that it shocked her. She couldn't take it anymore she just starting sobbing as Brittney wrapped the girl in her arms holding her close. The sight of the girl crying and breaking down in front of them broke their hearts. Yes including Santana.
The girls may have never been very nice to Rachel but they weren't as cold hearted as everyone may have thought. They didn't want to see anyone get hurt like that. And they never EVER wanted to see someone lay their hands on anybody. Brittney stood there with her arms wrapped around Rachel as the small girl cried. She rubber her back and whispered soothing words in her ear as her mother had done whenever she cried or was upset about someone teasing her because they thought she wasn't very bright.
"Come on Rachel let's get you to my house so we can talk about this." Quinn said as Rachel began to calm down and stop crying.
"No I can't. He'll be upset if I don't get home on time!" She said her voice getting higher and higher after every word. Shit. I shouldn't have said that. What if they figure out that it's my dad? I'm so dead.
"He'll? He who Rachel? Is it someone at your house? Is it one of your dads Rachel?" Santana said the rage obvious in her tone. Rachel shook her head speedily. She started to hyperventilate. She couldn't believe this was happening. She couldn't be taken away from her fathers because she thought nobody else would want her. She knew if that happened she would be alone and she would rather be beaten and have one father who loves her then nobody at all.
She then started to think about what Leroy would do to her if he found out somebody knew. He would probably beat her to death. She started to panic even more.
"No. No. NO. NO. He'll kill me. I can't. He is going to kill me. Oh God." Rachel broke away from Brittney's grasp and starting backing up until she hit the wall. She slid to the floor, pulled her legs into her chest and started rocking backing and forth. Quinn gently slid down by the girl, put her arms around her to stop her rocking and pulled her into her lap as Santana and Brittney sat next to them Brittney with tears in her eyes holding Santana's hand.
"Shh Rachel its okay. Relax. Breathe baby. Where not going to let anything happen to you anymore I swear. Just let us help you." Quinn said over and over, stroking her hair until Rachel calmed down and got her breathing under control.
"I can't tell anyone. You can't tell anyone. You can't help me. If I say anything they'll take me away and no one else is going to want me. I… I don't want to be alone anymore. I don't want to be unloved anymore. Nobody wants me. " Rachel whispered burying her head in her hands. She was tired. No scratch that she was exhausted.
"No Rachel that's not true. Just please…" Quinn sighed. "Please let us help."
"You can stay with me Rachel. My mom wouldn't mine we have a spare room." Brittney said smiling sadly at the girl hoping that it would help to change her mind and help her believe that she wasn't alone and that they could help her if she would just let them in.
"Oh God what time is it? How long have we been in here? If I'm late I'll be in so much trouble." Rachel said looking her around for her things.
"No Rachel we are not letting you go back there when we know that someone is hurting you. Just come back with us to Brit's place and we can figure it out from there." Santana said. She was pissed and was waiting for a name so she could beat the living day light out of whoever was hurting Rachel. Yeah she thought the girl could be incredibly annoying and her fashion sense could use a very big update she still didn't like her getting the shit kicked out her. It just wasn't right. Now Rachel didn't know if it was the fact that she was exhausted or the fact that the girls were so nice to her in that moment that made her do what she did but she gave in. She just wanted to crawl into a bed and sleep for ever. She leaned into Quinn and nodded her head.
"Okay. Let's… let's go to Brittney's." She whispered. The three cheerios nodded to each other knowing that this was going to be hard not only for Rachel but for them too but they would do what they had to because the way Rachel looked with her face bruised and the anger and sadness in her eyes will forever be etched into their brains forever.
-Brittney's House-
All for girls piled into the house and went to Brittney's room.
"Brittney do you have any make-up remover?" Santana asked. Brittney nodded walking in the bathroom to grab the remover and pads to wipe the make-up away.
"Rachel, I'm going to wipe the make-up away okay? I don't want to hurt you" Quinn said taking the supplies from Brittney. As Quinn wiped the make-up away pausing when Rachel hissed when she would run over a new bruise. After all the make-up was gone they stared taking in all of the bruises on the girl. All they could was what kind of cruel person could do this to such a small girl.
"Rachel, I need you to take off your hoodie okay mija?" Santana said figuring that if she was hiding behind all the clothes she wore. They all gasped when Rachel unzipped her hoodie and took off her under shirt.
"Dios mío" Santana said covering her mouth as Brittney and Santana gasped.
After a minute Rachel grabbed her undershirt, threw it on, and then went to sit on the bed. After the initial shock of how badly Rachel was beaten the other three climbed on to the bed. They all sat on Brittney's bed waiting for Rachel to start. They needed her to say what's wrong before they could do anything to help her.
"I guess you guys are waiting for me to start huh?" Rachel said pulling her legs into her chest and resting her head on her knees. Quinn reached out and rubbed Rachel's arm.
"Whenever you're ready to start Rach. We'll be here to listen." Rachel said nothing for a minute or two then took a deep breathe.
"Okay. I'm ready." She took one more deep breathe then began to tell her story. "It all started about 6 months ago when my dad Hiram got promoted to head surgeon. Dad and Daddy Leroy where already having problems because he was always working and being promoted just made him even busier. Before the promotion daddy never hit me. He would yell at me and get in my face but he wouldn't hit me. I could tell her resented me for the time that dad spent with me. At night I would always hear them arguing about how Dad never had any time to spend with Daddy. The first day he hit me…"
-Flashback-
Dad had just left the house after giving Rachel a kiss on the head then slamming the door on his way out. Daddy and him had just had an argument about not spending enough time with each other and how Dad was all about work. After he left Daddy came in the living room fuming. He started pacing back in forth in front of me. Then he picked up the glass on the table and threw it across the room. The pure rage on his face scared the crap out of me. I got up and tried to go to my room but I didn't realize that was my first mistake.
"Where the fuck do you think you're going?" he roared as he grabbed my arm and squeezed so hard it bruised.
"Ouch. Daddy, get off me that hurts. What is wrong with you?" I said. He looked at me eyes filled with rage like he couldn't believe the words that had come out of my mouth. The he slapped me so fast and so hard it made my head spin. I clutched the side of my face my cheek burning. I couldn't believe he had hit me.
"You selfish little ungrateful bitch. How dare you talk to me like that?" He screamed as he tossed me to the floor. "You worthless little piece of shit." He screamed at me as he kicked me over and over again in the stomach. "You will stay quiet. You say anything about this and I will kill you. When you get punished you will stay quiet or it will be 10 times worse." He screamed. He gave me one last final kick before walking away. But before he left he screamed over his shoulder.
"Get your worthless ass up and clean this up. Your good for nothing and nobody loves you. You don't deserve your father's time." Then he left the house leaving me on the floor shaking and crying.
-End of Flashback-
They where do wrapped up in what was going on and listening to what Rachel was saying that they didn't realize that Brittney's mom was home.
"Brittney I'm ho- Oh my Lord what happened?" Mrs. Peirce said her eyes on Rachel. All of them to turned to see Brittney's mom standing in the door way.
"Oh shit." Rachel said a shocked look on her face.
Well guys that's chapter 4. Hope you like it. Tell me what you think. Oh and thanks for all the review. I appreciate them soooooooo much. You guys are amazing !