Chapter Nineteen

"Well you invited me to your wedding," she said. "I couldn't miss that for the world," I pulled her into a hug and let the tears out. I had seen my mom quite frequently up until I was ten, but she'd met someone else, and she moved to New York to be with him, and she also wanted to become a star, it hadn't worked out, so she'd decided to become an English teacher at a local high school since she loved literature just as much. We'd talked as often as we could, via email and occasional phone calls. I'd been talking to her a lot since my dad's died, it was great to have her in my life again.

"I've missed you so much," she said. "Okay, I'm done crying now,"
"Hey Shelby," said Noah, "It's great to see you again,"
"Hello Noah," she said, hugging him tightly. "My gosh you've grown since I last saw you, and who are these gorgeous girls,"
"I'm Darcy," said Darcy. "You look a lot like mommy,"
"That's because this is my mommy," I said. "She's your grandma,"
"And you my dear," said Shelby gesturing to Sarah. "I believe you're going to be my daughter in law,"
"Really," said Sarah.
"Anyone who is family to Rachel, is family to me," she said.

"Hi," said Will's voice. "I'm Will Schuester, I don't believe we've met," everyone had come back to the table.
"Hi," said my mom. "I'm Shelby, Rachel's mom,"
"Your mom," said Mercedes. "Since when did you have a mom,"
"Well, someone had to give birth to her," said my mom. "How do you think she got here,"
"I just thought she was adopted," said Mercedes.
"No," I said. "Well not in that sense,"
"I got pregnant just after high school, and things were going well, me and my boyfriend we were young, but he died when Rachel was two months old," I squeezed her hand, my biological father got hit by a bus on his way home. "Anyway, I was beside myself, and I got depressed, I began drinking, so Rachel was placed in foster care until I could sort myself out, but when I saw how happy she was with Alan and David, we came up with an agreement, that we could share custody, and we did up until Rachel turned ten,"

"Mom moved here to New York, with her fiancé, and became a music teacher, and so we kept in touch via letters, and once I got older, emails, and phone calls, and I knew that I wanted her at my wedding, so here we are," I said.
"Well, it's nice to meet you," said Emma. "I'm Emma,"
"I've heard all about you," said my mom. "All of you,"
"You falling asleep squirt," said Noah to his sister.
"No," she mumbled. Darcy was already away with the fairies, on my shoulder.
"We should go," I said. "The girls are tired, I'll see you tomorrow, we can catch up,"
"Absolutely, I love you Rachel," she said hugging me.
"I love you too mom," I said. "Goodnight,"

The next day, it was just the four of us, we went to a café for breakfast and walked along the many streets, looking in shop windows, posing outside Tiffany's and the rest of the afternoon in her apartment. Richard her now husband was very happy to see us, he hadn't seen us since we were very young. "So what are your plans for tonight," she said.
"Well, Noah's going into a room with the guys, and the girls are coming into mine," I said. "Would you like to join us,"
"Are you sure," she said.
"Of course I want my mom with me on the night before my wedding," I said. "It will be fun,"
"Okay," she said. "Let me pack a bag, and get my outfit for tomorrow,"

The rest of the night was amazing, I was so happy, my mom was here with me, and I was getting married! Life really couldn't get any better…