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"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.

Mrs. Peirce stood in the door way staring at the four teenagers her heart breaking when she saw the small girl, with bruises on her face.

"Brittney either you or one of your friends here better start talking because I want to know what the hell is going on here. What happened to this girl?" She said pointing to Rachel walking closer to the bed.

"Mom I –"But Rachel cut her off.

"Nothing happened to me. I have to go. I'm late and I have to go home." Rachel said jumping off the bed franticly looking for her things. But Quinn got up and grabbed Rachel's shoulder lightly not missing her flinch but slow down.

"No Rachel. You… You cannot go back there… Please. Just l-let us help you." Quinn said fighting the tears that threatened to fall from her eyes. She didn't want to cry in front of her knowing that the girl had been beaten and abused all these years. She wanted to be strong for her. She had to be strong for her.

"Rachel, sweetheart I need you to tell me who did this to you. We need to go to the police so that we can put him away honey." Mrs. Peirce said walking closer to the girl. When Rachel heard police she stated to panic again. The thoughts of her being alone flooded through her head again.

"NO! No police please. They'll take me away. I don't want to be alone please. If they take me away no one will want me. "Rachel screamed starting to cry again. Mrs. Peirce's heart broke even more for the girl. She was enraged at whoever had the audacity to hurt a small girl much less beat her as bad as Rachel had been beaten.

"Rachel, you need help. You cannot sit here and say that you honestly want to go back and get the sh- "Santana stopped glancing at Brittney's mom "crap beat out of you. Yeah, I know it's hard to trust us because we weren't very nice to you but trust this, you need help and we are not letting you go back to whatever dick face is beating the crap out of you.

"Santana." Quinn said in a shut up tone. Her words where scaring Rachel. The girl started to shake. She was feeling overwhelmed. A part of her wanted to tell say everything. She wanted to scream and yell and tell the truth. She wanted to be free and every time she built up the courage to say something that little voice in her head would tell her that it wasn't worth it and that if she would open her mouth he would kill her or she would be alone forever and she didn't want that to happen. Rachel wrapped her arms chest as if she was trying to hold herself together. As if she where to let go of herself she would crumple into a million pieces.

"C-can you… will i… Can you promise t-that I w-won't be alone? I… please?" Rachel asked looking so small and broken and Quinn couldn't hold it back anymore. She let her tears flow freely. Quinn nodded in reply to Rachel pulling the girl into a hug. She hated the see the girl so broken and so sad. She was so ready to kill whoever had dared to put their hands on her Rachel. Her Rachel. She liked the sound of that. She wanted to hold the girl forever and keep her as far from danger that she could. She wanted to kick Leroy's ass. She wanted to give him every single bruise he had put on Rachel. She wanted to kick him over and over again until his voice was hoarse and he could move he was in so much pain.

"Mom, we… we have to help her. Please mommy?" Brittney said to her mother looking at her with sad pleading eyes. Brittney's mom nodded an unreadable expression on her face then left the room.

When Brittney's mom left Quinn took Rachel into Brittney's bed and laid down with Rachel in her arms. She knew that what the girl needed reassurance and love and she wanted to be the one to provide it. She didn't know why she wanted to protect Rachel. Hell she had been mean to the girl every chance she got. Yeah she felt bad about it after but that only meant she had a heart. She didn't know what was happening but she knew one thing. She liked Rachel Berry and she was going to do all she could to protect her as much as she could.

Brittney and Santana laid next to the other two girls holding each other. They both had millions of thoughts running through their heads.

Why would anyone hurt Rachel? She was so small and yes she was confident and strong but the small girl was defenseless and beating on her because you were upset throwing a hissy fit was not right, Santana thought. She was furious and ready to kick ass. She hated to see who didn't deserve it get hurt although she would never say it out loud to anyone but Brittney. The only person she would show her sensitive side to. The girls all laid down letting their minds drift and letting what about to happen sink in. They all hoped that they were ready to handle what was about to come.

About 25 minutes or so Brittneymother called the girls down stairs. Rachel's mouth dropped to the floor when she saw 2 police female police officers standing next to Brittney's. Rachel sighed and took a deep breathe. She knew that today was going to be a long day but she didn't know It was going to be this long. Her head was spinning at how fast everything was going. She didn't know if she was ready to do this. She didn't want to get her other father Hiram in trouble. He didn't do anything wrong in her eyes. Sure he hasn't notice what his husband was doing to her but it wasn't his fault in Rachel's eyes. She figured that he was working his best to provide food even if he was barely home and couldn't protect much less realize the danger Rachel was in. But she didn't blame him for wanting to get away. Rachel wasn't sure she wanted to do this. She gulped then turned around to run upstairs but Santana grabbed her arm before she had a chance to book it.

"Oh no you don't, Shorty. Come on. Where right here and no body I mean NO BODY is going to get anywhere near you with me here you have nothing to be scared of okay?" Santana whispered in Rachel's ear as Quinn grabbed her free hand. Rachel sighed and turned around nodding her head.

"Okay." Rachel said. They all followed Rachel into the living room. Rachel made sure she held on to Quinn's hand like it was the only thing she could do to keep her from leaving. Quinn sat in the middle of the couch pulling Rachel into her lap wrapping her in her arms while Santana and Brittney sat on each side of the two girls. Quinn didn't want to let get go of Rachel just as much as Rachel didn't want to let go of her.

"Rachel sweetie, I need you to tell the officers what you told the girls about how you got all those bruises honey." Mrs. Peirce said in a calming voice so she didn't alarm the girl or make her feel the need to run. Not that she could wrapped in Quinn's arms. Rachel took a deep breath and looked at the two officers studying them.

"Hi Rachel. My name is officer Torok. This is my partner Officer Bens. Can you tell us what happened sweet heart?" the offer said calmly kneeling in front of the girls. She didn't want to scare Rachel and she didn't want to give Rachel any reason to believe she couldn't be trusted.

"Okay…. It first..."

And that's chapter 5. I hope you like it. And thanks again for all the wonderful comments. PM if you have any suggestions or anything I could use to improve my story please ? Thanks again !