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Disclaimer: Ryan Murphy you should really put Glee up to be publicly traded. It would be better for you and your fans in the long run.
The 12th Article of The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, one of the first major actions of the United Nations once formed states the following:
No one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with his privacy, family, home or correspondence, nor to attacks upon his honour and reputation. Everyone has the right to the protection of the law against such interference or attacks.
The Barry's, as well-educated gentlemen, were well aware of this document and what this article protects to an individual's personal life. S, when Mr. and Mr. Berry found out that their precious star Rachel was slanderously written about on a gossip blog, and that a paid member of the William McKinley faculty was the main source for this unreached article, they took drastic measures. With the full support of the Ohio Civil Liberties Union behind them.
Rachel Berry went back to school about a week and half after her procedure. Her body needed time to recover and so did her emotions. She was the center of a school scandal unlike one she ever thought she would happen to 'little ol' Rachel'. Every so often Rachel found herself wondering if this whole experience would end up in her young-talent-on-the-rise exposé in Vanity Fair.
Sporadically several members of New Directions came to visit Rachel while she was home, each of them subtlety trying to convince her back into the club. But, even though she missed it, she wasn't sure she could do it anymore. Even though Finn has said he wasn't mad at her – that they were broken up and it wasn't his place to pass judgment – she still wasn't sure. They had been really mean to her, and there was only so much of that even Rachel Berry could take. Puck even stopped by to apologize, where in which Rachel insisted that it wasn't his entire fault, but that she was pretty pissed that he lied about his seamen status.
Rachel was well aware as to what her parents were up to and purposely tried to keep low profile. She knew several members of the school would be upset about what was going on behind-the-scenes. Then again, she also knew there were several people who would call her a savor. Rachel knew that Sue Sylvester wasn't all bad, but what the cheerleading coach had done crossed too many lines and that type of behavior had to be punished, no matter what the age or status.
"Hey Rachel," Finn says as she gets some books out of her locker.
"Hey Finn," she repeats.
"So...how has your first day back been?" he asks as they start down the hall.
"Odd," she replies for lack of a better word.
"Yeah, I kinda know how you feel. The day after everything went down with Quinn, I had a really hard time getting though the day."
Somehow what Finn said endured Rachel to him. It made sense somehow in relation to what Rachel was going through. "Yeah. Thanks."
"What class do you have instead of Glee now?" Finn was being curious.
"Just study hall. This semester has been really been busy, so I need the extra time for school work," Rachel explains as they continue down the hall.
"Oh. Well I guess there is no way of getting you to stop by rehearsal today?" Finn tries to be hopeful putting on a sad puppy dog face and his patented half-grin.
Rachel stops walking. "Is that the only reason you even bothered to speak to me?" She asks anger in her voice.
"No. Of course not. I know what's going on and you're one of my friends and I want to make sure your okay. But, as Captain of the Glee Club, I also have an obligation to those involved to try to recruit the best performers in the school," Finn explains; anger in his voice as well. "You are still the best singer in this school despite not being in Glee anymore and since you quit we are still one member short and Glee is still not a club people are running to join, Rachel. I understand your decisions and respect them, but you still put us in a tough position when you quit!"
"Is that the only the reason why you weren't mad at me when you found out about Puck and I? Because you wanted me back in Glee?" she was interrogating him, wanting answers.
"No, I wasn't mad at you because I have no business intervening in whatever decisions you make regarding your body! And after what happened when the whole world found out your personal business, I was there for you as a friend supporting you just like you were there for me after the whole world found about Quinn." Finn walked off after explaining his motives, annoyed by her assumptions.
Rachel hated the fact that his logic made sense. That the good-hearted boy she was in love with was still there. She also hated the fact that now he was the sole captain of New Directions and their co-captainship that she always secretly loved no longer existed. Standing in the hallway alone, Rachel realized that while she was recuperating, life around her was still going on, and she needed to find her place back in the world of McKinley High.
Sue Sylvester was summoned down to Figgins' Office with a stern a look on the Principle face. In a rare occurrence, Coach Beiste and William were not in attendance; however Bryan Ryan was sitting on the couch starring with extreme intensity as Sue walks in.
"Take a seat, Sue" Principle Figgins requests; gesturing to one of the seats in front of his desk.
"Okay. May I ask what this is about?" Sue glares as she takes her stat, questioning the need for her presence.
"Did you notify Jacob Ben Israel's Big Gay Glee Blog that Rachel Berry had an abortion without getting her consent on the matter?" Bryan Ryan asks, fast and stern, his eyes as daggers.
"Is this what this is about? Rachel disappointed me. I gave her the chance to be a Cheerio and then she went and got knocked up instead. I have no tolerance for Cheerios ruining their lives," Coach Sylvester explains with disgust.
"Had she already resigned for being a Cheerio before she had the procedure done?" Mr. Figgins asks.
"Yes, but she still was degrading what the Cheerios stand for," Sue sneers.
"Her parents are suing the school for slander and volitions of human rights against the school. And they are also suing the Lima Department of Education because we did not intervene sooner," Bryan Ryan explains.
"Gay parents...always think their kids are so special..." She trails off.
"We're offering you a severance package and benefits as well as pension pay for the rest of the year," Bryan Ryan says nonchalantly; as if he assumes Sue knows to expect this.
"I beg your pardon?" She questions, standing up and looking over to Bryan. She wasn't expecting early retirement.
"For your resignation..." Mr. Ryan continues, as if he wasn't interrupted.
"I beg your pardon?" Sue repeats herself, raising her voice, gripping the back of the chair.
"Sue, its either this or the Barry's take this case to court, where in which that happens, the district is required to immediately terminate you, without benefits or severance, due to possible endangerment of a student," Figgins explains, sitting proud at his seat.
"I got the Glee Club a second year; did you tell her parents that? That their precious baby girl wouldn't even have Glee Club if it wasn't without me?"
"That doesn't matter Sue," Bryan Ryan explains. "First of all because Rachel is no longer a member of that one-way-ticket to Hell that is Glee, but also because her parents have proof that you were trying to damage the reputation of a student that immediately puts you in breach of contract."
"So what? I've damaged the reputation of dozens of students who've graced these halls, why is this suddenly becoming an issue now?" Sue's blood boiled as they continued to explain the circumstances of her actions.
"Because, Sue, those parents never took legal action!" Figgins intervenes.
"I will not stand for this!" Sue replies, standing her ground.
"Well, once again Sue, you really don't have a choice. It's either this or immediate termination. Plus, we've have been granted permission, that if we deem necessary, to have you escorted off the campus by security if you are getting too out of hand while leaving the premises," Bryan explains.
"This is not over!" Sue shouts, pointing at Mr. Figgins and Mr. Ryan before marching out of the Principal's Office, flinging a student who dared to cross her path.
"Not the children, Sue," Figgins' chirps out from his desk.
"Yeah, please apprehend Coach Sylvester. Over and out," Bryan says into a walkie-talkie.
25 minutes later Coach Sylvester was done packing up her office and exiled from William McKinley High School. The opinions of her dismissal were mixed. Several students, faculty, and staff loved Sue for what she had done for the cheerleading program and athletics at the school. Several others thought she was a bully and that karma finally came around and punished her for her actions. Either way the damage had been done and Rachel was bracing herself for the consequences. The backlash.
Slamming Rachel's locker shut, just missing her nose, Santana is in full Battle Bitch Mode as she confronts Rachel for getting Sue kicked out. "How could you do that?" Santana asks, demanding Rachel attention.
"She aired my personal business, incorrectly I might add, for the whole world to see. My dads felt repercussions should be taken for such actions and I didn't disagree." Rachel stands her ground as she explains her feelings on the matter, confidant in her opinion.
"You got someone fired. Don't you even care?" Santana was being too bitchy to even act as though she cared.
"She slandered my existence! She personally attacked me! No educator should be allowed to educate if that is the example display!" Rachel was getting angrier by the minute.
"I don't know why you even care anymore," Santana interjects. "You quit the Cheerios! You know what; I don't know why I'm even having this conversation with you. You're not hot. You're not sexy. You and you're scraped out uterus are really just a waste of oxygen in my opinion. Planned Parenthood, really?" Santana tries to saunter off, breezing past Rachel, but stops herself as Rachel beings to speak.
"But don't you go there for your bi-weekly Chlamydia treatments?" Rachel asks rhetorically, regaining Santana's attention, as the Latina turns intrigued. "I'm sure with all the dicks you've had inside you, you must be riffled with STS's." At this point, the majority of the McKinley student body is entranced by the catfight a-brewin'.
"Excuse me?" Santana interrogates.
"You think you're so powerful because you've had all this sex, right?" Rachel continues her voice even and confidant; projecting down the hall. "Well, you're not. The guys at this school just think of you as a humping post. And some of the girls too, I shouldn't discriminate. People don't respect you, they just see you as a way of getting off," Rachel explains.
"You think you're so powerful because you got a teacher fired."Santana was eerily calm. "You don't know me and you ruined the lives of several students by getting rid of their coach. Ms. Sylvester was the person who made me the athlete I am today," Santana clarifies, changing the subject. The school was still watching display. Wondering if it was going to get to blows.
"Didn't Sue nearly kick you off the squad because of your own personal choice? Do you truly think that she was the reason you are a better athlete or because of your own talent?" Rachel was really trying to get under Santana's skin. To let her know how it feels. "Sure mentors and leaders are important, but do you think you will be so bad off without them."
"Maybe," Santana answers. "I think that Mr. Schue was smart in giving me a solo at Sectionals. And I think he made us all better singers."
"True," Rachel concurs. "But can you say the same thing about Sue and Cheer?"
The question Rachel posed to Santana stood in the air, as she was afraid to respond. The Cheerio, still in her pristine uniform walked away; not defeated, but confused. Santana stopped battling with Rachel after that. It was then when Santana realized that Rachel was going to fight back. Both had enough ammunition to take out an army, but neither wanted to start another war.
After a few weeks of not-so-subtle persuasion, culminating with New Directions performing "Memories" by Barbra Streisand as a way to ruse Rachel back, she finally rejoined Glee Club. Just in time for Regionals.
A/N: I just want to say that I do love Santana and Sue, because like any lover of literature I appreciate a good antagonist (and they are great ones), but in this story they were the main villains and they needed do get their actions rectified. Please review and let me know what you thought.