I am SO SORRY it took me so long to update this story! If you haven't noticed, I started another long fic "Just Give Me A Reason" which has kind of invaded all of my creative juices. Anyway, I wanted to get an update out and I thought of this idea...and voila!

Anyways, I own Melody, Caleb and Riley. Not Finn, Rachel or anyone/thing related to glee. They're all owned by Ryan Murphy & Fox.

Enjoy!

Chapter 11: This Is How A Heart Breaks

It's the middle of the night when the house phone rings. Rachel is in that in between state of asleep, yet not quite deep enough that things like a phone don't disturb her. She blindly reaches for the phone, her eyes just blurry enough that she can't read the caller ID. She answers anyway, as her fathers were getting older and she was never sure how much they were actually telling her about their health. What makes her sit up though, are the sobs that come from the other end of the line. The sobs are distinctly her daughters, she can tell and she immediately sits up straighter, adjusting the pillows behind her back.

"Melody? Baby, is that you?" She asks softly. Finn grunts in his sleep and she almost slaps him awake so he can be here for this too, but she waits to see what's going on.

"It's me Mommy." The phone crinkled.

"Melly, what's wrong?" She heard the heaving on the other side of the phone. "Melly, talk to me."

"Mommy, he broke up with me" She cried into the phone. As soon as the words were out of her mouth, Rachel felt her heart break. She immediately flung her arm across to her husband and slapped him repeatedly, trying to wake him up. Unlike her, he was a deep sleeper.

"What happened Mel?"

"He...he...he was supposed to come for the weekend this morning and he called and said...Mommy he broke up with me!" She cried into the phone.

"Mel, I'm so sorry baby. I'm so sorry."

"Mommy, I thought we were going to make it..." She sobbed. "We were going to be the ones who made long distance work and he just didn't want me anymore" She cried into the phone.

"Oh Mel." Rachel sighed into the phone just as she listened to her daughter cry.

Melody and Riley had been dating for three years, since she was 16 and he was 18. When Melody had moved to Chicago two Septembers ago to go to college, Rachel was sure they were going to make it as they had both seemed dedicated to make it work. But now, she wasn't so sure.

"Mommy, I want to come home." She sobbed. "I need a hug."

Rachel's heart broke and she reached over to slap her husband again. He finally grunted, rolled over and almost glared at her.

"Why are you smacking me at midnight?" Rachel moved the phone from her mouth and looked at her husband.

"Riley broke up with Melody" Melody must have heard her tell Finn, because she began to sob on the other end of the phone. "Mel, Mel, it's okay. I was just telling Daddy."

"Mommy, my heart hurts" She sobbed into the phone. "I...I...I loved him"

"I know you did honey." She soothed.

"Please come get me."

"Let me talk to Daddy, hold on."

Finn was already sitting up, scrubbing his head, mumbling something about wanting to kill and castrate Riley Schuster.

"Finn, she wants to come home."

Finn wasn't going to lie, he kind of wanted to hug his little girl right now. He rubbed his forehead. "Can she, though, school..."

"School doesn't matter right now Finn. Plus it's Thursday, she can stay for the weekend." Rachel whispered. "She needs us..."

"Tell her to pack. I'll go find her a flight home." Rachel smiled at her husband as she watched him get out of bed.

"Tell Daddy thank you" Rachel heard on the other end of the line. She must have heard what Finn had said.

"I will honey. We'll see you soon."

Rachel waited in the Cincinnati airport, anxiously hoping from foot to foot. She hadn't been able to sleep since Melody had called this morning, and Finn had booked her a flight home for the weekend. She just wanted to see her daughter, hug her and help her feel better. She knew what it felt to have her heart broken, her and Finn had done it many times to each other in their early relationship. She knew how much it hurt to have someone who you thought loved you, break your heart. Hence why she really just wanted Melody to come home, even if it was just for the weekend. Finn had gotten her the earliest flight into the Cincinnati airport. She'd had to head out just as Finn was taking off, Caleb in tow to start their day at school. Caleb had tried to beg off school feigning concern for his older sister, but it had fallen to deaf ears.

Melody saw her before Rachel could blink, and had ran at her mother and threw her arms around her.

"Oh Mom" Melody cried as soon as she hugged her mother.

"Melody, I'm sorry." She hugged her daughter and kissed her head. Melody sniffled as Rachel led her out of the airport and to the van.

They drove home in silence, soft music filling the van interspersed with Melody's sniffles. Rachel knew that Melody would come to her, start talking when she wanted to. She knew that her company was enough.

They got home just after lunch time, and Melody dragged her backpack and purse inside with her. She watched as she walked up to her bedroom and closed her door behind her. Rachel bit her lip as she watched her go, before going to the kitchen to start up the kettle to boil some water. Melody loved tea, and if they were going to have the big heart to heart she thought they were tea would be a necessity. She set about making her tea, but when Melody didn't come back after the kettle whistled, Rachel felt her heart sink. But she made the tea anyway, with milk and sugar, before putting them on the tray and carrying them up the stairs. She knocked on Melody's door softly and didn't get a response. She knocked again before trying the handle and finding it unlocked. She opened it after putting the tray down in the hallway. She opened the door and found Melody asleep on her bed, her pillowed curled up under her cheek. Rachel walked further into the room, pulling the blanket up to her chin before kissing her head and leaving the room.

Melody walked down the stairs rubbing her eyes an hour and a half later. Rachel was folding laundry in the living room.

"Hey sleepy head." Melody walked into the room more and sat down next to her mom on the couch.

"Hi."

"You okay?"

Melody sighed and shook her head. Rachel put down the pair of socks she was folding.

"It hurts Mom." Rachel leaned over and placed a kiss on her head.

"It wouldn't be heartbreak if it didn't hurt." Rachel murmured against her head.

"I just don't get it Mom. We were...we were happy..." She whimpered. "We had just talked...we had just spent the summer together...Mom, I don't get it."

Rachel's heart broke as she listened to her. She was right, they had had the summer together. They'd both been home for the entire break, each of them working part time jobs but spent the majority of their free time together.

"Did I do something wrong, Mom? Was I not a good girlfriend? Should I have chosen a university closer?" She sobbed into her shoulder.

"Melody, you did nothing wrong. This wasn't your fault. He broke up with you. And unfortunately you won't know what's going on in his head or why. Maybe you will one day, but that answer isn't going to come soon."

"How do I get over it?" She whispered. "Everything hurts."

"I know baby. I know." Rachel sighed. "And I don't know. Every breakup is different. I wish I knew what to tell you about how to get over it. You just do over time." Melody nodded as she leaned into Rachel.

"I miss him." She whispered. "I miss him so much."

"I know honey. And that's perfectly okay. Nothing wrong with that at all."

They were quiet after that, as they sat together. Rachel pushed all of the laundry back into the basket and cuddled with Melody on the couch. They put on Funny Girl while they waited for Finn and Caleb to return home and just spent time together. Rachel remade the tea, and found some vegan ice cream in the freezer that they both dug into.

When Finn and Caleb arrived home, the movie was all but over and the ice cream was gone. Melody's lip trembled as soon as she heard her father's voice.

"Daddy" She lifted her arms and Finn went to her, wrapping his strong arms around his daughter.

"It's going to be okay baby." He kissed her head. "How about we go out to Breadstix for dinner, take your mind off things?" He looked to Rachel who only nodded to agree.

Caleb looked at his sister after Finn pulled away from her.

"I'm sorry about Riley Mel. I didn't like him anyways." Caleb sighed. Melody smiled a little bit through her tears and leaned over to punch her brother playfully.