Disclaimer: I own nothing but one character. The songs are not mine and Glee is not mine.
This chapter is happier than the last and I hope you like it. I'm introducing a new character.
CHAPTER 5
"You're lonely." Brittany said that night over a late dinner. She didn't know if it was late or early considering when she left the theater it was half past eleven.
"What?"
"You're lonely. You should get a pet. I don't think I could ever get one after Charity passed." after that the conversation centered on pets and different animals. The topic forgotten.
Rachel was surprised when Taylor didn't show up the next morning. She was even more surprised when she saw the driver and he said Ella had taken her to school. It made Rachel proud that Ella was trying. She was happier than she could ever remember when she saw Taylor's face light up to the mention of shopping with Ella after school.
Brittany was out looking for apartments when she decided to take a break and that's when she spotted the familiar blondes. She was ordering some coffee and a few donuts she would have then and bring back for Rachel. They walked in and the little blonde recognized her immediately.
"Mommy look! Its Auntie B!" she ran over to the tall blonde and hugged her tight.
"Hey little B." it was the nickname they had given the young girl when she was born.
"I thought they were rumors but here you are."
"Hi Quinn." Brittany smiled hugging her. "What are you two doing in New York?" Brittany asked.
"Santana talked us into moving in with her almost two years ago after getting a job with some big firm. Puck was ecstatic and practically shoved all of Beth's things into his truck." Quinn giggled.
"How is Santana doing?"
"Good." Quinn felt bad for bringing the Latina up.
"Oh. if you've been here two years then you've seen Rachel right?" Brittany asked.
"No, but Puck tells us how she is doing when he sees her. How have you been?" Quinn asked as the two took a seat.
"Great! I got a job teaching dance at Julliard and I'm currently living with Rachel till I find my own place." Brittany answers.
"She didn't offer to let you stay?"
"She did but I don't know she takes care of her neighbors' kid when they're out of town and she wants to ditch the nanny." Brittany said.
"How is Rachel?" Quinn asked suddenly.
"She's fine. Or she acts fine. She's really lonely." Yep. Brittany hasn't lost her touch. She can still read people like comics. Brittany never liked books. With comics you don't need to visualize the characters they were already there on paper.
"Why?" Beth asks from behind her donut.
"Rachel feels as if she has nobody like in high school. But she has Taylor who is just as lonely as her."
"Taylor?" Quinn asks.
"Her neighbors' kid. She's fifteen." A waiter brought over Brittany's order. "It was great seeing you two but Rachel called in her understudy and is home alone so I'm going to go cheer her up." Brittany hugged the two before leaving.
When Brittany got home she saw Rachel sprawled out on the couch with a beer in hand and when she got closer she saw the four already empty bottles on the coffee table. She took the half empty bottle of beer from Rachel and placed the box of donuts into her lap.
"It's not even five yet Rach." Brittany said.
Rachel shrugged. "So?"
"So you're just going to sit here and watch soaps and drink all night?"
"I'm trying." Rachel slurred.
This wasn't good. "Where's Taylor?" Brittany asked.
"Who cares? She left." Rachel huffed tearing into a donut.
"Rachel, she's a teenage girl she has other responsibilities and activities. Her mother is with her and from what she told me it's a wonderful thing." Brittany said as she sat beside Rachel.
"I don't like being alone." Rachel said with a whine. "She keeps me company." she curled into Brittany's sighed nibbling on her donut. "Do you have to find a new place? Can't you stay here? Please?"
"I want to, but I don't want to impose."
"You're not! I don't want to be alone. You were the only one who stuck around after high school." Rachel said with a mouthful of donut. She was still a light weight. Then Brittany spotted the empty grey goose bottle under the coffee table and she sighed. Maybe not. Just too much Vodka.
"Rach, you have Kurt. Puck and Mercedes, you have me and Taylor. You aren't alone." Brittany said taking a bite out of her own donut sipping at Rachel's confiscated beer.
"Puck only likes my company, Kurt likes gossip and so does Mercedes and Taylor leaves for college soon and you're looking for a new place." Rachel said.
"I'm staying Rachel and Taylor won't leave you. She'd fight tooth and nail to stay with you and you'd do the same for her." Brittany said hugging her.
"I never should have left Lima." Rachel yawned.
"Rach, don't say that!" Brittany reprimanded. "You're talented and deserve to be on Broadway! You were the one who said nothing would keep you from the stage. The Rachel Berry I know wouldn't be giving up." Brittany looked at her and sighed. "She also wouldn't fall asleep drunk when I'm trying to talk to her." Brittany grabbed the blanket that Taylor used over the weekend and draped it over Rachel.
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