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What a girl wants

What a girl needs

Whatever keeps me in your arms

-I'm not really sure what song this is, but it's the song Rachel sang while Puck was playing the guitar in Mashup.

GLEE

-Rachel POV-

I was about to press the play button when my phone started ringing. I looked at the caller ID and it said "Finn Hudson" quickly answering the phone, I heard Finn's voice come into my ear through the speakers.

"Hey, Rach"

"Hi, Finn. What's up? How was the football meeting?"

"Oh, it was fine. We finished early and I was wondering if you wanted to go to Breadsticks, say 7ish?"

"Sounds great!"

"Awesome, I'll come pick you up at 6:45"

"Ok, thanks Finn. I love you"

"Love you too, Rach."

Well, I guess the tape can wait for later.

GLEE

-Shelby POV-

I wonder what she's doing now. I mean, I know that she's in High School, and it's a Friday night, so she's probably out on a date with some boy… I wish I was there to tell her to be careful and to make sure the boy was nice. Maybe I'll ask Will more about Rachel on our date tonight.
I have to say, Will asking me out might have just been one of the best things that has ever happened to me. I mean, I guess it all started a few months ago when we met at sectionals. I know that I'm the rival coach, but when I saw him there, I thought he was just about the cutest thing. Next thing I know, he's asked me out to go see a local revival of Wicked, which I SO love and then I guess it all fell into place after that.
I hadn't really thought about Rachel a lot before Will asked me out. I mean, don't get me wrong. I thought about her every day and asked myself the same questions over and over again about if I did the right thing, and where she is, and how she's doing. I remember the night that we went to go see Wicked. Will said he had free tickets to see the show.

FLASHBACK

Once we got there, he told me why he had the free tickets; one of his Glee Club students was playing Elphaba. As soon as I heard the first notes belted out of her song, I immediately turned to Will and said:

"Will, who is that?"

"Well, Shelby, it's Elphaba."

"No, Will, I know that, but who is playing her?"

"Oh, actually that's my Glee Club student I was telling you about. She's our Female lead."

"What's her name" I asked cautiously. This couldn't be my daughter could it? No, that's impossible. "Keep it together, Shelby. No wishful thinking.

"Her name is Rachel."

"Rachel?"I said with disbelief, sadness, and hope in my voice. "As in Rachel Berry?"

Will turned to look at me, confusion evident on his face "Yes… how do you know?"

"Will, I think we need to go, I need to explain some things to you. "

"Well, alright. The show's over anyways, let me just go tell Rachel she did a great job."
"No, Will! We can't! I'm sorry, but I can't" I finished in a whisper.

Will, being the amazing person he is, then proceeded to lead me out the auditorium through the back door and quickly lead me away before any of the cast members or their families recognized us.

END FLASHBACK

My phone rang suddenly ending my flashback. I picked up the phone and it was one of my students from Vocal Adrenaline asking me about how long our practices were going to end at the following week. I was feeling hopeful and told him that it would end at 5 pm. Then I hung up on him before I could ask him again.

I looked at the clock and realized I had 20 minutes until Will came and I had absolutely no idea what to wear. I wish I had a daughter to help me out…

"Keep your cool, Shelby. Remember, she has a better life then you could have given her." I kept on silently reminding myself as I was putting an outfit together, but in the back of my mind, I was saying to myself "Really, is she really?"

GLEE

-Rachel POV-

Great, I have a date with Finn and I don't know what to wear. I wish I had a mom to tell me what looks good and what doesn't. It's funny though, when people ask me what I miss about not having a mom, I usually tell them something along the lines of this:

"Well, I can't really miss something that I never had, but I suppose I did once upon a time. I miss the small things; you know, like someone to tuck me in at night, help me with boy troubles, or someone to hug when I get sad and scared."

My Dads are there, but since everyone is already against Gay marriage, they want us to seem like a model family. If you feel really upset, keep it to yourself. Sure, they help me though things once in a while, but it's nothing a Mother, no, a Mom couldn't do better.

I finally found an outfit to wear and was putting on the finishing touches when the doorbell rang. My Dads were out of town so I ran downstairs, checking in the peephole first to make sure it was Finn, and then I opened the door and was less than a second later pinned to the wall for a hello kiss from my love. Once we parted for air, we walked out to his car and started the drive to Breadsticks.

GLEE

-Will POV-

I rang the doorbell and not even a minute later, it was opened to reveal Shelby- MY Shelby- looking absolutely stunning, so stunning in fact, that I had to pin her to the wall for a kiss, which soon lead to the couch. When we had finally finished, I picked her up bridal style and walked to my car and put her down.

Once we arrived at Breadsticks, we walked in to find it packed. We put in a reservation for a table for 2 and sat down to wait our turn. We were at our table 10 minutes later, just as a table in front of us (the one I could see, but Shelby couldn't) cleared out. We ordered our food and as soon as the waiter left, a younger couple sat down in the table in front of us. I could only see the boy who was looking at his menu. A couple minutes later, he looked up and I realized that it was Finn! He didn't notice I was there; probably because it was very crowded and Shelby and I were sitting in a corner area.

Our food came and while we were eating, Shelby started asking me questions about Rachel:

"Will," She said getting straight to the point "What's she like?"

"She has all the best of you" I responded "She's strong willed, smart, sweet, very talented, beautiful…" I paused.

"Keep going" She said, encouraging me with a smile.

"But she's not strong like you" I said. "She's soft and tiny. She's sensitive, but when she gets hurt, she holds it all in. She doesn't have anyone to talk to. She's independent, but she's sweet. She needs someone, Shelby." I said finally looking up at her. Her eyes were glistening over with tears.

"I," She said, trying to find the right words to say. "I-I didn't know. I always thought she was strong and let nothing hurt her."

"She makes herself seem that way." I said, trying to be careful with my words. "But, she's just a girl. She says she just wants a Mother, but truth be told, she needs one. She needs you Shelby. I don't understand why you can't just go up and introduce yourself."

GLEE

-Shelby POV-

I'm shocked. I can't process what I'm hearing. I'm trying to find the words to answer Will's question, but I just can't.

"I need some air. I just need a minute" I said.

"Sure, Shelbs. Take your time."

"I love you, Will." I said it, and I meant it.

"I love you too, Shelby." He said with a kiss.

I quickly walked out of the room and went outside.

GLEE

-Finn POV-

"Rach, do you honestly know how much I love you?" I said in the middle of our dinner.

She looked up from her spaghetti and said to me "Finn, I couldn't have asked for a more loving boyfriend. Thank you so much for loving me the way you do." She said taking my hand. "You know Finn," she said continuing, "My Dads are out of town for the next week.

"What a funny coincidence" I said, "My house will be empty for the next week too." I said with a mischievous smile.

Rachel went back to eating her pasta and I was looking at her when suddenly I realized that I saw Mr. Schue at the back of another table.
"Hey Rach," I said stopping her mid-twirl "I think I see Mr. Schue over there" She turned around and started nodding.

"Yes, Finn. I think you're right! Let's go and say Hello!"

We got up and started walking towards his table.

"Hey Mr. Schue!" Rachel said,

"Hey guys! What are you doing here?" He sounded vaguely surprised. "We're just here for dinner. Same as you I suppose" Eveying the unfinished food next to him.

"Well, we'd better get going. Nice seeing you Mr. Schue" Said Rachel elbowing me and sliding her hand up my back. I got the message loud and clear. "Ya, Mr. Schue. Have fun!" I said.

"Bye, Finn. Bye Rachel" He said.

"By Mr. Schue!" We responded.

GLEE

-Shelby POV-

"Bye Rachel." I heard Will say. I quickly turned around and saw a petite girl with brown hair walk past me. I turned to Will and said

"Was that?"

"Rachel," He said. "Yes it was"

"Oh Will," I said suddenly taking my seat.

"Shelby," he said. "I have a proposal for you."

"Will! We've only been dating for a month!"

"No, no!" He said laughing. "I meant a suggestion."

"Oh," I said, suddenly turning Red.

"Do you want to come teach Glee club with me next Saturday?"

"Will," I said taken aback by surprise. "I would love to. Would I meet Rachel then?"

"Yes, you probably would, if you are ready."

"Yes, Will. I think I'm ready."

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