A/N: I wrote this chapter ages ago. Just thought I'd apologise for not putting it up before.

A/N: Here is the fifth instalment in The Other Side Of The Leaf. (I still greatly apologize for such a bad fourth instalment! :( I promise to rewrite it!) Hope you all like it as much as I loved writing it. Please read and tell me how you like it or not, even if you think I may have missed something I will do my best to consider it. :D I think there is one or two more instalments left in this series. Thanks to all that have read, reviewed in the past (before I took it down) and marked it as one of your alerts/favourites. Means a whole lot to me, more than you know. I'll stop yammering now. This s a lot shorter than the other chapters. Much Love! Rose X

The Fourth Instalment: Rachel's Stand

This was the first time she had fought with her father's which ended in high proportions. She hadn't seen her daddy for over a month now. It was the longest they had ever gone without talking, though not the longest that they had been inactive from her life, away on some business trip or holiday.

She hated that her dad had to be the go between, trying to piece back their family again. But it was a task her dad took with all his might, he had always took pride in the fact that they were all remarkably close and so in tuned with each other. She glanced sadly at the picture of the three of them, and felt horribly sad that she had caused all this pain, disappointment and heart ache.

After winning regionals and now working hard to perform at the Nationals. A big influx of people had joined glee club, and they were now in par with their rival school Vocal Adrenaline. Mister Shuester had been delighted on the new found popularity of the underdog group, even though it had taken such a tragedy as theirs to have peaked it up to its maximum proportions. They were happy to have helped, leaving a legacy like theirs behind.

She lay in Noah's arms, finding no other comfort anywhere else. They had spent the entire time at his place. Working hard on finishing up their high school exams and final assessment, she had never seen Noah with so much determination and dedication before, and her heart seep with pride.

Flashback

"We have to go away on a business trip for a little while honey" her daddy tried to explain to a six year old Rachel, who looked at her fathers' like they were never going to see their daughter again.

"No I don't want you to leave… can't you make someone else do it?" she wiped her tears away, and hugged her teddy bear tight.

"I'm afraid not hon', daddy and I have to speak to a lot of men so another man who is a very good, can walk like us around the street" he tried to explain to her what they were going to be doing while they were away from her, hoping it would make sense to her and she would accept that it was something that had to be done and was out of there control.

"They why don't you just buy him shoes that are like yours, maybe you can just give him your shoes? He can walk on the street then can't he?" she looked at him with such a serious face, that the fathers' wanted to cry themselves.

"I only wish that were the case honey, but speaking to the room full of men, will keep the man happy, and don't we like to try and make people happy honey?" he picked her off the ground and brought her to sit between the both of them.

"Yes daddies' I would love him to be happy too, but isn't there another way?" she asked with such high hopes in her voice, that it broke their hearts, and were actually considering how they could get out of it, but logic made it clear that it was something they had to do for the greater good of everyone.

"Sorry honey" they both shook their heads with such sadness; she looked at them with acceptance in her eyes.

"Okay daddy" she hugged them both as tight as she could, knowing if she continued this behaviour it would only make things harder for everyone. She knew they would be back as soon as they could.

"You get to stay with Noah while we are gone" she looked at her fathers' and her face lit up like she just received a really fantastic gift from them.

"Thank you! Thank you! Thank you Daddies! I love you both sooooo much!" she beamed with happiness. "I'm glad you are going to make that man happy as I am!" she said with such pride, that they knew they had raised their daughter just right.

End of flashback.

She knew her father had to come to terms with her choices in her life. She was going to marry Noah Puckerman at a young age. And they were going to move across town to the beautiful three bedroom apartment, that Noah had been paying off since he was fifteen years old. She was going to take up studies at Ohio State University. And she was going to work her ass off so she could be a teacher one day. And if anyone had a problem with that, well they could kiss her ass.

She smiled at how Noah had rubbed off on her. Even in her thoughts she voiced his speech.

She was sad that her relationship with her father was now at a crossroads, and she had no idea how she was going to right the wrongs, and show her father that she had a right to make her own decisions. She was almost eighteen now, no longer that little naïve girl, that took charge of everything to make her dreams a reality.

That girl was long gone, and fairly, she didn't like who she had become. Hurting and trampling anyone who got in her way; obliterating people who were on the same par as her. She had been bossy, manipulative, way too full of herself, and didn't leave any room for real friendships to last, and that was not the way she wanted to continue her life any longer.

Now that she was with Noah, she had learnt to really stand up for herself and chase the things that she really wanted in her life. He gave her that extra bit of confidence and courage that she was lacking. Confidence to chase her real dreams, and not the one she had been frantically headed towards.

"We have got to help fix the problem between Rachel and Marcus. Poor Stanley had been over here every time he had a fight over Rachel, this can't keep going on like this. We need to reunite that family as soon as possible. They have always been so remarkably close, and this has been the longest they have not spoken to each other" Nancy told her son sadly, who understood what family meant to her. It was exactly how he was like with his family as well.

"Yes I know Ma, but it's such a hard situation to deal with, where do we begin?" Noah asked his mother miserably, really wanting to see Rachel truly happy again. He could see pass the unspoken words of hurt she hide from everyone.

"You two will be getting married soon, and we can't go through with it, with out her father present. It wouldn't be right and she will regret it terribly later on…"

Nancy had a falling out with her family over her decision to have Noah and be with his father as well. She didn't want a repeat of history in her son's life. They deserved the best of everything, and for that to happen, her family had to be reunited before they could join the two families together.

"How was your day?" Noah asked his fiancée over their usual tueday night dinner out.

"I'm okay" she said in her best voice, trying to hide her real emotions from Noah, but he knew better. He could always read her like a book, no matter what she was feeling or thinking.

a/n: I will re-write the flashback scene later. I totally forgot what work they both did, and the first thing that pop into my head was a lawyer… so sorry if you picked up on that mistake… and good on you if you have lol now you are seeing my writing skills fraying lol ;)