A/N1: This is all in Shelby's POV, Enjoy!

The dog days are over
The dog days are gone
Can you hear the horses
'Cause here they come

-Dog Days Are Over, Glee cast

"Glimpses?" Will questioned.

"Yes, Will. I've seen Glimpses of her throughout the years." I softly began. "And now that she's my student, I can at least see her and make sure she's doing OK, even if I can't contact her outside of school. Will, my dog days of not knowing who she is are over." I ended with a little smile on my face.

"What do you mean?" Will asked, still looking confused.

"I mean, Will. That I've seen glimpses of her at different places and different times throughout the years." I said, losing my patience.

"OK…" Will slowly said, "Like what?"

"Like when she was 3 months old. It was one of her first Dance Recitals." I started, a smile beginning to come upon my face.

"Wait," Will said, "I thought there was a contract that banned you from seeing her."

"There is, but it says I can't intentionally contact her. I didn't mean to go to the recital, but I-I was in so much pain, Will. It had only been 3 months since I had given birth to my baby girl, and I just couldn't get my mind off her. I was at my neighbor's house, and she was working at the theater that Rachel was performing at, and she had 2 tickets. Neither of us knew that Rachel would be in that competition! She had told me that it was an old-people's choir, so I agreed to go. When we got there and sat down and the curtains opened, we realized that it was a Dancing Competition for Children 3-5 months old. I didn't think about if Rachel was going to be in there or not. We just let the show go on. I had to leave to go to the bathroom and I missed the last couple of performances. I later realized that Rachel was in those last performances. When I got back, they had the winners standing on a podium. She was right there, even before they called her name, I knew that it was her. I knew that it was my baby. She was sweet, beautiful, and just…perfect. She was me. She looked exactly like me, and I know that other people thought so too, because when we were leaving, one mother came up to me and said "Your daughter did a great job. Only 3 month's old and won first place! Congratulations!" That was the first Glimpse I had of her. After that…I saw her in New York City…" I trailed off looking at Will to see his reaction. He was looking at me. His eyes were a mixture of confusion, love, and something else I just couldn't decipher.

"Shelby," he finally said after he snapped out of his trance to see me looking at him. "Did Rachel ever see you?"

"Well, Will" I replied "that's the part I'm getting to."

"Will, she has my autograph."

"What?" Said a stunned Will. "Does she even know that it's from you?"

"No. Her Fathers didn't even know it was me." I quietly answered.

"How could they not know, Shelby?" Will softly asked.

"Because I was green."

"You were what?" Will said looking confused and a little bit disgusted.

"Green. I was Elphaba, Will."

"Oh…" Will said, blushing. "I get it now." He started to laugh and soon we both had wide grins on our faces and were trying to hold back laughter.

"OK," Will said, trying to regain back his composure. "So how did you know it was her?"

"Well, after my performance, I was out at the back door signing autographs." I said looking up to see if he was listening. He was.

"After a while, two men with a little girl who was about 8 or 9 years old in-between them walked up to us-all of the cast members were signing autographs- and started getting autographs from everybody. When they came to me, it was just the little girl, she had a gold star necklace on, just like the one I have-"

Will interrupted me "-That could have just been a coincidence, Shelby."

"Really, Will" I said challenging him "Two Gay Dads, a little girl who was about 8 or 9, which was how old Rachel would have been? And, to top it all off, she said her name was Rachel."

"OK, fine." Will finally admitted.

"Thank you." I said. "May I finish my story?"

"Yes, please do." Will said with a tone of urgency in his voice.

"OK, well, as I was saying, she came up to me and asked for my autograph. We all still had our make-up on, so my face was all green. As I took her playbill, her Dad's came up behind her and started praising my singing. I took the playbill and the Sharpie and asked Rachel 'what's your name, sweetie?' Rachel, she responded. It seemed as if time slowed down… She then started rambling on and on about how she was going to be just like me when she grows up. She even told me that she sang Defying Gravity a lot at home too. She wanted to sing it for me, but her Fathers said they had to go. I gave her back the playbill and she gave me a hug then ran to join her Fathers…" I stopped. The tears were coming.

"Oh, Shelby…" Will softly said. The tears were falling, but with the help of Will's tissue, they stopped. "I'm so sorry, Shelb" That was the first time he called me that. I had a mini panic-attack inside. Did he love me? The bell suddenly rang, ending my thoughts.

"Well," Will said getting up. "Looks like it's time for Glee!"

He must have seen me looking a bit nervous or something because he came and gave me a hug saying "Don't worry Shelb" eep! He said it again! "They'll love ya!" Let's go. I reluctantly followed and entered the Choir room with him. The Bell rang again and the Students started filing in.

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