Shelby looked at her beautiful daughter sleeping. She hated having to wake the little girl up. Shelby sat down on the side of the bed and gently rubbed the girl's back.
"Come on sweetie, it's time to get up" Shelby said softly as she noticed the girl starting to rise from her slumber. Shelby continued to rub the girl's back until she was more awake.
"Good girl, will you jump in the shower?" Shelby asked standing up. Rachel shook her head and turned around to face away from her mother.
"Rachel" Shelby scolded but Rachel just pulled the duvet up towards.
"Rachel Berry, in the shower now" Shelby shouted and Rachel jumped straight out the bed and stormed into the bathroom. Shelby sighed running her hand through her hair. She hoped that the girl would be in a better mood when she returned from her shower.
Shelby walked down the stairs and made a smoothie for Rachel. She waited to hear the girl walk into her room to get changed before putting the toast on for her daughter. Rachel soon walked down the stairs in jeans and a long sleeved top. Shelby smiled at her daughter.
"Good girl" Shelby said placing the smoothie and toast in front of the girl and then kissing the girl on the head.
"We need to leave in 15 minutes" Shelby said and Rachel nodded. They sat in silence for a while before Rachel looked at Shelby.
"I don't have a bag or any of my work" Rachel admitted.
"Don't worry about it" Shelby said. "You know what, why don't I go and see if Ellie has a backpack you can borrow"
Rachel nodded and watched her mom run up the stairs.
"Els, do you have a backpack and an old pencil case or something Rachel can borrow today" Shelby asked and Ellie nodded.
"I'll have a look" Ellie said as she started looking through her cupboard.
"Are you okay now" Shelby asked and Ellie nodded.
"Listen, any problems just text me" Shelby said and Ellie nodded smiling. She handed her sister the equipment.
"Thank you Shell" Ellie said before hugging her sister. Shelby couldn't believe how quickly her little sister was growing up.
Shelby smiled before running down the stairs.
"Right, in the car now Rach" Shelby said and she heard the girl jump off her seat before heading to the car. Once in the car, Shelby looked at her daughter sitting very nervously in the back.
"Are you okay sweetie?" Shelby asked. The girl nodded but she obviously wasn't okay.
They sat in silence for a while before Rachel opened her mouth but stopped herself from speaking.
"What if people ask me why I was off?" Rachel asked nervously.
"Well, it's up to you, you can tell them as much as you want or you can tell them nothing at all and just say that it was a family issue" Shelby explained.
"It's up to you, you can say that you found me or just than there was a family incident" Shelby explained and Rachel nodded. The drive to the school was silence the rest of the time. Rachel looked out the window until she arrived at her elementary school. Shelby quickly parked her car and then they walked into the school. Instantly Rachel clung to her mother.
"Hello, my name is Shelby Corcoran and I'm here for a meeting with Principle Cruise about my daughter" Shelby said and the receptionist nodded. She was in amazement, it was THE Shelby Corcoran.
"Of course, Miss Corcoran" The receptionist said. Shelby and Rachel sat down. They only had to wait a couple of minutes before Mr Cruise arrived.
"Hello, Miss Corcoran shall we go through to my office" Mr Cruise asked and Shelby nodded. They went through to the office and spoke the three of them for about 10 minutes.
"I think you best head off to class now, Rachel" Mr Cruise said and Rachel looked up at her mother.
"Go on sweetie" Shelby said but tears appeared in Rachel's eyes.
"Why doesn't mom walk you to your class?" Mr Cruise asked and Rachel nodded. She didn't want to her mom to leave her.
They arrived at the classroom and it was only Rachel's teacher Miss Graham that was present.
"Hello Rachel, is this your mom?" Miss Graham asked and Rachel nodded.
"Do you want to help me hand out all the jotters?" Miss Graham asked handing them to the girl.
"Go on, you'll be fine sweetie" Shelby said giving the girl a hug but Rachel didn't want to let go. Tears came streaming down her eyes.
"Come on baby" Shelby said trying to pull away.
"I don't want you to leave me" Rachel cried.
"I promise that I will be here to pick you up at 3 o'clock" Shelby said and eventually after some more persuasion Rachel allowed Shelby to leave.
Shelby and Mr Cruise walked back to the office as Shelby needed to sign some forms. Then they spoke for a bit longer before Shelby headed home.
It didn't take long for Rachel to calm down again and she actually started to enjoy the morning. She felt that she was getting back into a routine. Before she knew it, it was lunch. Rachel sat down with her friends. She just listened to them speak.
"I'm just away to see, em I'll be back in a bit" Rachel said after eating. She stood up and walked back to the classrooms.
She stopped outside the door and knocked. She saw her teacher were she knew she would be.
"Oh my gold star, what are you doing here?" Miss Miranda asked. Miss Miranda was the music teacher at the middle school though she had also been Rachel's private vocal coach until she was 5. Once her dad became ill the lessons stopped. Miss Miranda had asked the girl if she wanted to carry on singing when Miss Miranda moved to Rachel's elementary school but the girl rejected the offer.
"Miss Miranda" Rachel asked nervously. Miss Miranda nodded.
"I want to sing again" Rachel said and Miss Miranda smiled.
"I have missed that gorgeous voice of yours" Miss Miranda said. "Shall we warm up?"
Rachel nodded. She started doing the warm up her teacher asked her.
"So do you have anything you want to do?" Miss Miranda asked and Rachel nodded.
"I have a song I would like to learn" Rachel said.
"What song would that be?" Miss Miranda asked. Rachel whispered the song choice to her tutor.
"Why do you want to learn that song?" Miss Miranda asked.
"For my mom" Rachel said and Miss Miranda sighed.
"Have you been thinking about her lately" Miss Miranda asked.
"I have found her" Rachel said.
"Really?" Miss Miranda asked and Rachel nodded.
"What is she like?" Miss Miranda asked.
"She is amazing, we are living in Dublin just now with my nana and papa but then we are going back to New York" Rachel explained.
"New York?" Miss Miranda asked surprised and Rachel nodded.
"Mom works there" Rachel said.
"What does she do?" Miss Miranda asked.
"She is Elphaba" Rachel said like it was the most normal ordinary job in the world.
"What is your mom called" Miss Miranda asked not sure whether to believe the girl or not.
"Shelby Corcoran" Rachel said and Miss Miranda's mouth opened in surprise.
"Oh okay, then let's get cracking" She said.
They spend the rest of lunch going over the song until Rachel knew it.
"Can I come tomorrow at lunch again?" Rachel asked and Miss Miranda nodded.
"Of course, sweetie. Tomorrow, we can look at when you want to meet with me" Miss Miranda explained and Rachel nodded.
"Thank you, Ma'am" Rachel said before leaving the room. She headed to class.
Miss Miranda smiled before deciding to call Ms Corcoran. Miss Miranda quickly pulled up Rachel's information up. She found a number for Shelby and called the number.
"Hello, Miss Corcoran it's Miss Miranda here from Shawnee Elementary School" Miss Miranda explained and Shelby nodded.
"Oh hello, is something wrong with Rachel?" Shelby asked.
"Oh no, I just wanted to speak to you. I used to be Rachel's vocal coach before her father was ill. It just want to say thank you for being involved in this little girl's life. She is finally getting her sparkly back" Miss Miranda said and Shelby nodded.
"Thank you very much" Shelby said. "I am glad that Rachel is getting back to normal. I don't suppose Rachel has told you anything about how her father treated her?"
"No, she didn't" Miss Miranda said "But well something wasn't right. When Hiram became ill, Rachel became very withdrawn but it got worse once he passed. She stopped doing everything, she didn't dance or sing. She just tried to blend in"
Shelby nodded.
"Thank you, if needed what I be able to us you as evidence if I have to go to court over keeping Rachel" Shelby asked and Miss Miranda nodded.
"Of course, you are good for Rachel, she needs you" Miss Miranda said and Shelby nodded. They spoke for a bit longer before Shelby realised she had to leave or she would be late for Rachel.
Once the conversation was finished, Shelby got into the car and drove to Lima. Shelby arrived at the school and waited in the parent car park. It didn't take long for Rachel to come out.
"Hey baby, did you have a good day?" Shelby asked as Rachel and a couple of her friends walked to Shelby's car.
"See, I told you that I have found my mom" Rachel said and Shelby smiled.
"Hello girls, and yes I am Rachel's mom" Shelby said. Shelby spoke to the girl's for a couple of minutes before they left leaving just her and Rachel. Shelby looked at the girl.
"They didn't believe me. They thought that I was making it up" Rachel huffed putting her seat belt on.
"Oh sweetie, I believed you" Shelby said smiling and Rachel rolled her eyes.
"Oi" Shelby said and Rachel huffed.
They continued to drive in silence for about 15 minutes before Shelby spoke.
"So how was school?" Shelby asked. Rachel spend a good 20 minutes telling Shelby all about school. Shelby smiled looking at the girl.
"Miss Miranda called me today" Shelby said and Rachel nodded.
"I'm going to sing again" Rachel said not making a big deal of it. Shelby smiled.
"She said you used to have private vocal lessons with her" Shelby said and Rachel nodded. "Why did you stop?"
"Daddy got ill" Rachel said and Shelby nodded.
"Rachel, I know you don't like speaking about what happened after your daddy passed but the CPS officer is coming on Thursday night and she is going to want to speak to you" Shelby said and Rachel sighed.
"I think it would help you a lot if you told me what he did to you" Shelby said.
"Too much" Rachel whispered as she grabbed her sleeve of her hoodie and held it against her mouth.
"Please sweetie, what did he do?" Shelby asked.
"He liked to hit me" Rachel said tears in eyes.
"With what?" Shelby asked.
"Everything" Rachel said.
"Is that why you have cuts on your back?" Shelby asked and Rachel nodded.
"Why did he go for your back" Shelby asked confused.
"So I was still" Rachel said.
"Why did he want you to be still?" Shelby asked.
"He just did" Rachel said letting a couple of tears slip down her face. Shelby was very worried about her daughter and decided to pull over.
"Sweetie, please tell me why?" Shelby asked. Shelby grabbed a hold of the girl's hand.
"It was easier" Rachel said.
"Why was it easier?" Shelby asked and Rachel shrugged.
"He hurt me, I don't know what he did but it hurt" Rachel cried.
"How did it hurt?" Shelby asked.
"It tickled" Rachel cried holding her arm up against her face. He hoodie blocked her mouth and nose leaving only her eyes visible to Shelby.
"He made me feel funny, it hurt okay. I don't know what he did" Rachel said.
"How did it make you feel funny?" Shelby asked not following her daughter.
"He said it was fun for him but it just hurt me" Rachel cried.
"Rachel, baby please just tell me what he did" Shelby said holding her daughter's hand.
"He hurt me mama, he hurt me so bad" Rachel said.
"What did he do baby girl?" Shelby asked.
"He, he" Rachel said unable to find the words.
"He did things to me down there, made me feel yucky" Rachel said and that broke Shelby. She had to turn her head to compose herself for a second.
"Oh my baby" Shelby said reaching over and pulling the girl into her arms.
"Rach, I know you don't want to speak about this but how did her make you feel funny. What did he use?" Shelby asked.
"His tongue, his fingers and his willy" Rachel said and Shelby's breath was taken away.
"Oh sweetie" Shelby said before driving home. She just wanted to get home quickly and hold her baby. Rachel had tears streaming down her face.
"You have been so brave, and as soon as we get home I will give you a massive hug and hold you close to me" Shelby said.
She continued speaking to the girl in this manner to try to calm the girl down. She hated not being able to comfort her. The second they pulled into the drive, Shelby was around to her daughter's side of the car and pulled her into her arms.
Shelby carried the girl into the house, her parents watched her cautiously. They were instantly worried by the tears on their daughter's face.
Shelby carried the girl up the stairs and into her room. Placing the girl on the sofa, Shelby sat down next to her and Rachel instantly moulded into her mother's shape.
"Baby" Shelby said and Rachel looked at her mom.
"Your dad shouldn't have done that to do. What he did is something that makes people who love each other feel good about being together. When people love each other, it feels different and it is something that only adults do that way it doesn't hurt as much" Shelby explained.
"It made me bleed mama" Rachel whispered and Shelby nodded.
"I bet it did" She muttered. "But you will never have to go through something like that again. He had sex with you, Rachel and you will never have to do that again if you don't want to. When you are older you can have sex when you are ready"
Rachel nodded.
"Rachel, you don't let anyone apart from me or a doctor see you down there okay" Shelby said and Rachel nodded. She stayed still in her mother's hold.
"Are you angry at me?" Rachel asked after a couple of minutes of silence.
"What of course not" Shelby said. "Why could you think that?"
"Because I wasn't strong enough to stop it" Rachel said.
"Listen, Rach, your dad was a lot heavier than you. There is no way that you would be able to stop him" Shelby explained and Rachel nodded
"Now baby, I want you to try and get a little sleep because you are shattered" Shelby said and Rachel nodded. Shelby pulled out one of her tops.
"Just put this on" Shelby said and Rachel nodded. She took off her jeans and top and put on her mom's top. It was long so reached half way down her thighs.
Rachel jumped into bed and Shelby sat beside the girl stroking her hair until she fell asleep. Once the girl was definitely asleep, Shelby walked down the stairs to see her parents.
"Shelby, what's wrong?" Elizabeth asked, herself and Sarah was in the kitchen.
"He hurt my baby so badly" Shelby said before bursting into tears.
"Oh baby, what happened?" Elizabeth asked.
"He raped her mom, he raped her. He split her in half literally. No parent should ever have to hear that their daughter was bleeding because of a man. She hasn't even started her periods" Shelby cried and both Elizabeth and Sarah was shocked.
"Oh Shell" Sarah said hugging her daughter.
"Good girl, get it all out because you have to be strong for your daughter now" Elizabeth explained and Shelby nodded. She cried into her sister and her mom before she was interrupted with Rachel's scream.
"Mama, I want my mom" Rachel shouted.
Shelby ran up the stairs, two steps at a time. She found her little girl and pulled her into her arms.
"Wake up baby" Shelby cried.
"Stop, it hurts please" Rachel cried.
"Baby" Shelby said pulling the girl into her arms. Shelby rocked her baby, she jumped slightly when she felt her leg going wet. Rachel's eyes shot open.
"I'm so sorry, let me go" Rachel cried trying to get out of her mother's arm. She was so embarrassed.
"Mom" Shelby asked knowing that she needed to get the girl out of the room. Rachel was fighting against Shelby but she had a tight hold of the girl.
"I'm away to her room" Shelby said carrying Rachel to the room that was to be hers. On the way, she grabbed another pair of panties and one of her t-shirt.
Shelby knew she needed to calm Rachel down before sorting her out.
"Are you okay now?" Shelby asked and Rachel nodded.
"I'm sorry" Rachel asked.
"Hey, it's okay. Accidents happen" Shelby said.
"But I'm 9" Rachel said.
"I know but I understand completely. You have just had to remember a horrific experience you had" Shelby said.
"Are you ready to get cleaned up" Shelby asked and Rachel nodded. They went into the bathroom and Shelby ran the girl a quick bath.
"Do you just want to have a bath just now instead of tomorrow" Shelby asked and Rachel nodded.
Once the bath was ready, Rachel stepped in. It pained Shelby to see how little her girl was. As she stepped into the bath, Shelby watched her. She still only had a baby bum, she hadn't matured and she knew how much that must have hurt her.
"Sweetie, how long has your dad been doing that to you?" Shelby asked.
"Since the start of summer" Rachel said and Shelby nodded.
"Oh sweetie" Shelby said. She helped the girl do her hair before Rachel climbed out the bath. She dried and got into her mom's top again. It made her feel safe.
"Let's go and get something to eat" Shelby said.
"I just want a cuddle" Rachel said and Shelby smiled.
"Of course" Shelby said. She pulled the girl into her arms.
"Let's go get a pizza" Shelby said and Rachel nodded.
Rachel didn't want to be with anyone else, she just wanted her mama to herself so they decided to just stay in Shelby's room. Shelby got them a pizza and they sat watching a film. By the end of the film Rachel was sleeping and Shelby didn't want to leave her daughter. She stayed awake with the girl in her lap and watched another film.
After the film finished, Shelby carried Rachel over to her bed and got changed. She then climbed into the bed and snuggled up with her daughter. Shelby was emotionally shattered, she couldn't believe what her poor little girl had told her.
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