AN: So, I don't know how to fix it, but let me clear up some major Typos on my part:
In the first chapter, when I said Rachel's Dads gave her breakfast, that never happened.
In the chapter before this, I said it had been about a year since her Dads went away. I was wrong, it's been about 4 weeks.
I'm really sorry about all of this, guys. This is my first story, and I haven't planned it. I know, I suck. I'm really really sorry.
Anyways, I hope you like this chapter! It's a filler, but you do get a basic background of…well, just read to find out! :D
"Family of Rachel Berry?" The nurse asked out aloud. Everyone was restlessly sitting in the hard, cold, plastic chairs of the hospital ER waiting room.
"Yes?" Shelby, Will, Puck, and the rest of the Glee club stood up and said.
"Well, there's a lot of you, aren't there?" The nurse said with a laugh, trying to add some humor into the story. It didn't work. "Well…" the nurse began, "I'm afraid I can only let immediate family into see her."
"Well, I'm her Mother." Shelby said, earning looks of major confusion and gasps from around the whole group, with the exception of Quinn who just whispered "Rachel was right?" utter disbelief evident in her voice.
"An-and I'm her boyfriend. I have to go see her." Puck said, snapping out of his daze.
"OK, well then, I guess you two can follow me." The nurse said walking out of the room, beckoning Shelby and Puck to follow her.
"We'll send the rest of you updates." Shelby said, the tears starting to fall, walking out of the room with Puck in tow.
GLEE
"Noah, are you OK?" he turned around, a small smile on his face.
"Rachel, my Mom, and my sister are the only ones who call me that, everyone else calls me Puck." He said.
"Why Puck?" Shelby asked, referring to his nickname.
"I-I don't know… It sounds manlier… or it did, when I was 5." He ended his short history with a laugh in his voice. He looked up to see a small smile on Shelby's face.
"Ms. Corcoran, what happened to her?" Her name wasn't needed, but they both knew he was asking about Rachel.
"I-I don't know. All I know is that I was walking to the Auditorium to meet her; I was going to tell her that I was her mom." She said with a small smile forming on her face, "But then, I saw red spots on the floor. I thought it was a slushy someone dropped, but it was her blood. I realize that now. Then I heard whimpering from another classroom, so I went to go see who it was, and that's how I found Rachel, then I called, and that's that." Shelby ended, with tears falling down her face.
After thinking for a while, Puck said, "How come you were never there? Why didn't she know that you were her Mom?" He said, questioning Shelby.
"I was a surrogate. I saw an ad from her Fathers in the newspaper. They seemed like nice guys, so I went for it. They said they were going to pay enough for me to live in New York for 2 years. Enough for me to get that big break on Broadway-" She was interrupted by Puck.
"Like Mother like Daughter." Puck said with a smirk on his face.
"Anyways, I promised myself I wouldn't get attached to her, and I didn't not until she was born. I didn't even get to hold her, not even for a second. But while they were cleaning her off, she turned her head through all those nurses and looked at me. Her hand reached out, as if she wanted me, but then they took her away. He fathers took her away. They said they'd send me pictures and updates, but they never did. Speaking of which, I guess I need to call her Fathers." Shelby ended her small speech, wiping away a stray tear, looking for her cell phone in her pocket.
"Wait, you don't know?" Puck asked in a small voice.
"Know what?" Shelby asked suddenly interested.
"About her Fathers?" he said. "They, Ms. Corcoran, um, they died. About 4 weeks ago. Rachel's been living all by herself. The Government deemed her responsible enough, so she's been on her own. Whatever family she had from her Dad's wanted nothing to do with her. They all were at the funeral, but they didn't even say anything, or even acknowledge her. Her Dads were really rich and stuff. The house is all paid for, so is her education, so she's basically set financially, but I don't know anymore…" He trailed off, his voice cut off by the tears threatening to fall off his nose.
"Oh my gosh…" Shelby said, stopping. "So then, if I'm here…" She let her thoughts absorb her mind.
"Ms. Corcoran, you can go in now. I'm sorry Mr. Puckerman, only her immediate blood family. Please take a seat in the waiting area." He got up with a nod and then walked away.
"Ms. Corcoran," the nurse called, "There has been some major blood loss, as you can see," She said looking down on Shelby's shirt, which was covered in Rachel's dry blood, "and Rachel needs a transfusion, so we were hoping that you" She was cut off by Shelby,
"Of course… I'll do it. Show me where." Great. Thank you so much Ms. Corcoran. You can do it right here. We just need you to fill out these forms." The nurse said, handing the papers and a pen to Shelby.
GLEE
"What happened, Puck?" Mr. Schue asked, seeing Puck walk back to the waiting room.
"Blood family only." Puck softly replied, taking a seat next to Quinn.
"Hey." Quinn said, looking at him. "She's gonna be alright, OK? Our Rach is a fighter." She finished with a small smile on her face, but Puck could still see the tears tracks and fresh tears falling.
"God. I'm so sorry Q. I didn't even think about how you guys were taking this." He said apologetically.
"Dude, chill. We're fine. Don't worry about us." Finn said, clapping Puck on the back.
"Thanks man." Puck said, tears starting to fall.
GLEE
"Nurse?" Shelby called, "I'm done." She said, handing the papers back to the nurse.
"Great. Thank you. We'll just run this through the system then start." The nurse replied.
"Um, Nurse, could I go see Rachel?" Shelby asked hopefully. The nurse looked at her with a small smile on her face.
"Sure. She's right through those doors." She said.
"Thanks" Shelby said getting up and walking into the door. What she saw when she stepped inside made her blood run cold. There she was. Her Rachel, her little star, her Baby, but she could barely see her. Rachel's body was covered with a bunch of different tubes. She looked so small; so fragile… Shelby could feel the tears slipping down her face. Soon a doctor came in and led her outside.
"Are you alright Ms. Corcroan?" he asked.
"Um, not sure." Shelby said with a small laugh.
"Well, considering your situation, I'd say you're doing OK." The Doctor said with a smile on his face. "I actually have some questions about the forms you filled out.
"OK," Shelby said.
"Um, it says that you only have 1 daughter, Rachel. And you said you can't have anymore? Is that correct?" The doctor asked confusion in his voice.
"Um, yeah. After Rachel was born, there were some complications and the Doctor said that I couldn't have any more kids." Shelby said, reciting her line.
"Well, according to the physical exam you had last month, that's not true." The Doctor slowly said, not wanting to push the already emotionally-fragile Mother over the edge.
Shelby's head was clouded with so many different thoughts. She turned her head to see Rachel covered in all those tubes and decided that the new fact she had just learned would have to be pushed to the back of her head.
"Does this affect my ability to donate my blood to Rachel?" Shelby asked, snapping out of her thoughts.
"No ma'am, not at all. We just wanted to get that out of the way." The Doctor said with a small smile. "Are you reading to donate?"
"Yes. Take me there." They got up and left the room.
AN: OMG! OMG! Thank you guys SOO much for the reviews! It totally made my day! :D
Ok, so here's my rant about regional's: one word: AWESOME! That was amazing! THEY'RE GOING TO NEW YORK! Aaaaaahhhhhh! :D
Haha, ok, I'll leave you guys to your thoughts. Thanks so much once again for all the reviews, favorites, story and author alerts! It made my day! :D
I know this was short, but it needed to be said. (:
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~InternationalGleek786