A/N - So so sorry for my absence! I've missed you all! I'm not quite sure about this chapter, but I received several PMs asking if I would put it in… so here goes! Just a filler.

Chapter 35 - Debut

A couple days later, Quinn received a phone call from Mike informing her that one of the art gallery's biggest clients was requesting a meeting. Mike said that the client did not sound at all happy, so they personally needed to meet with him as soon as possible.

Unfortunately that meant Quinn had to return to Los Angeles.

She and Rachel discussed their options, mainly concerning Jaxon, and decided that since Santana was now on the tour, it would be okay for Jaxon to stay a little longer.

However, Santana wouldn't be able to stay for the entirety of New Directions' tour, but when Rachel had called and asked if Brittany would be interested in a job as a dancer, the Latina wanted to spend at least a few weeks on the road with her girlfriend. During rehearsals, Santana had been spending most of her time with Jaxon and Quinn.

So, it was decided. Jaxon cried when he had to give his mama hugs and kisses goodbye. He had never been away from her for more than a couple days his entire life, so he cried himself to sleep that night in Rachel's arms.

However, two days after Quinn left to go back to LA, when the band was in Salt Lake City for a couple days, Jaxon got a big surprise.

"Jaxon!" Rachel called up the stairs to the top floor of the tour bus. "Your breakfast is ready!"

Pushing himself off the bed, Jaxon grabbed his Lankie and his stuffed Snoopy dog his mama had bought him before she left, and padded toward the stairs. He was still wearing his light blue pajamas and his hair was sticking up everywhere.

"Morning, Mom 'Chel," he muttered as he entered the kitchen area, wiping his tired eyes.

"Don't I get a 'Good morning' too?" a familiar voice asked.

Jaxon's eyes darted around and stopped on the new visitor. His Berry-watt grin exploded on his face as he ran across the floor and tackled the woman.

"Ga'ma! Ga'ma!" he yelled, burrowing his face in her neck, his hands clutching her shirt.

"Hey, baby," she cooed in his ear. "I missed you."

"I miss you," he mumbled, tears easily heard in his soft voice.

Concerned, Shelby pulled back so she could look at her grandson. Her heart broke when she saw that his normally bright happy brown eyes were now slightly red and tears were rolling down his cheeks. "Oh, baby! What's wrong?"

Jaxon shook his head and buried himself back into his grandma's warm arms. "I miss you," he murmured again, pulling his Lankie over his body and cuddling closer into the older woman's body.

Shelby smiled softly and leaned back in the sofa, holding him tightly and rocking back and forth. "I missed you too, Jax. So much." She looked up at Rachel, who was standing at the stove flipping omelets in the pan.

Rachel had been watching the interaction with concern. She knew Jaxon was missing Quinn and it had been hard the last couple days without the blonde there. But she had hoped that with Shelby coming for a few days, Jaxon would feel better and enjoy the time he had left to be on the tour.

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"Ga'ma! Ga'ma! Hurry!" Jaxon exclaimed as he ran down the long hallway at the Idaho Center, where New Directions were scheduled to play that evening.

"Wait up, my little man!" the doctor called after her grandson. She had to laugh at his excitement as she watched him jump up and down outside one of the closed doors.

"This one!" he said, pointing to the gold star with 'Rachel Berry' written on it, that was attached to the door.

"It looks like you found her. Should we knock?" she asked with a smile.

He nodded enthusiastically.

Shelby chuckled as she raised her hand to knock a few times against the door.

"Come in!" they heard from inside the room.

Jaxon grinned and quickly opened the door to be met with his brunette mom sitting in front of the vanity, Kurt standing behind her fixing her hair.

"Hey, sweetheart!" the singer exclaimed happily when she saw her son and mother.

"Mom 'Chel! You makeup?" he asked, his eyebrow raised as he pointed to her face.

She chuckled. "Yep. Kurt already applied all my make up."

"And her hair is now finished," the boy announced, taking a step back from the diva, a deep breath blowing out his mouth like it was such a chore to get Rachel Berry ready for a performance.

Jaxon giggled.

"You look beautiful, baby girl," Shelby told Rachel, pulling her into her arms and gently hugging her, as to not mess up all Kurt's hard work.

Kurt's eyes widened in horror as he watched the two women hug. "Okay! Okay… stop touching! You'll get her all wrinkled!"

The women laughed, but did as they were told as to not give the guy a heart attack.

Kurt huffed, then hurried out the door to go attend to the rest of the band.

"Ready sing, Mom 'Chel?" Jaxon asked as he plopped down on the couch.

Rachel smiled. "You ready to help me warm up?" she asked him, grabbing two water bottles and unscrewed the lids.

He nodded, taking one of the bottles from her.

"Okay," she said, "Remember, before warming up your vocal cords, it's a good idea to make sure they aren't dry. So we have to… What?"

"Drink water," he stated seriously, taking a big sip from his water bottle. Then he pointed to Shelby. "Ga'ma need water too."

Shelby looked at him in surprise. "You want me to warm up with you two?"

He nodded. Rachel handed her a new bottled water and Shelby took a drink.

"Okay… next we work on scales," Rachel continued the lesson.

Jaxon nodded and stood up next to his mom, studying her stance and tried to copy her.

For the next fifteen minutes the three Berrys sang scales and exercises together to loosen their vocal cords. Shelby had to admit that she was quite impressed with Jaxon. She never knew he was such a good singer - especially for a three year old. But, seriously… look at the genes he had to work with! It would have been a travesty if he was tone deaf.

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Halfway through the concert, Rachel took a quick drink of water before turning toward the sold-out crowd. "How is everybody doing tonight?!" she called out.

Thunderous cheers and screams answered her.

She chuckled. "Good! That's great to hear! Now…" she motioned to the band walking off stage, "… the boys are going to take a little break while you and I have a little chat. But I promise they will be back."

Women's screams echoed through the arena.

The singer smiled as she wandered around the stage. "One of my favorite things to do while out on tour is being able to talk with our fans. You guys mean so much to us and we could never repay you for all the love and support you've shown us over the years."

The resounding noise was deafening.

"So, I'm sure you all know about my beautiful and wonderful girlfriend…" She smiled at the loud cheers and whistles. "Not only is Quinn the best friend in the world, but she is also the best mother. She actually came on tour with us for the first week, but had to head back to LA for meetings for her art studio. But…" The singer paused and checked her watch. "It's getting pretty late, isn't it?" she said offhandedly.

Disappointed groans came from the crowd.

"Oh don't worry, we still have a lot of show left for you guys. The concert's not over yet! But… it is getting to be bedtime for all the little kids out there. However… I think Quinn will forgive me for this…" She smirked, hoping Quinn wouldn't kill her for this. "How would you guys like to meet my son?"

This time the arena shook from the intense roar, a wave of energy hitting the stage.

The brunette laughed. "Okay! Okay! But it's just about his bedtime, so he can't stay for long." She turned and looked toward the wings, seeing her mom standing there holding Jaxon in her arms as they watched the diva on stage. She turned back to the crowd and announced, "Ladies and gentlemen, for his debut into the music industry, please join with me and give a loud welcome to… Jaxon Berry Fabray!"

The crowd roared as Shelby set Jaxon down and the little boy, wearing a pair of dark jeans and his New Directions t-shirt, began to walk determinedly onto the stage.

In that moment, Rachel learned something about her son - the kid definitely did not have stage fright. He was poised and confident as he walked straight over to Rachel, waving at the crowd as the thunderous noise hit his ears. She knew Quinn wouldn't be happy that Jaxon wasn't wearing his earplugs. Oh well.

Rachel bent down and hugged the small brunette, lifting him up into her arms. "Hey, baby! How are you doing tonight?"

Jaxon grinned. "Good. Ga'ma and San gave me ice cream."

Everyone laughed and aww'd.

"Let's just keep that between us, okay?" Rachel winked at him.

He giggled back at her.

"I want everyone to meet Jaxon… and Jaxon, this is everyone!" she said, waving her arm over the huge loud crowd. The lights in the arena brightened and the two brunettes on stage got to see just how many people were there, standing and cheering for them.

"Hi!" he grinned, waving at all the fans again, then turned back to his mom. "Mom 'Chel, take this off. Not like it," he said, indicating the clip-on microphone the sound guys had attached to his shirt before he came out on stage.

"Sorry, Jax, but you have to keep it on or all your fans won't be able to hear you."

He nodded his head, understanding. "'Kay."

"So, baby-"

"I not baby, Mom 'Chel! I big boy!" he exclaimed seriously. Not at all happy that his mom was calling him a baby in front of all these people.

"Oops, sorry…" she giggled at his tough expression. "What I was going to say was… do you think we should take a picture for Mama and send it to her?"

Jaxon's brown eyes lit up and he nodded vigorously, bouncing in her arms. "Yes! Yes!"

Rachel grinned. "Okay, let's see here…" switching Jaxon to her other arm, she used her free hand to pull her cell phone out of her back pocket. She switched it on then held it up high, turning their backs to the audience so she could get her, Jaxon and all the fans in the picture. "Okay everyone!" she called out. "On the count of 3, yell 'Hi, Quinn!'"

Jaxon grinned and looked back at the camera.

"1… 2… 3…!" Rachel called out.

"Hi, Quinn!" was heard from 10,000 screaming fans as Rachel recorded the priceless moment.

She took a few more snapshots of them with the crowd in the background, the little boy loving every minute of it.

Rachel turned back to face the crowd. "Okay… back to business… Tonight Jaxon and I wanted to sing a song to everyone here."

Jaxon nodded. "Guitar?" he asked looking around.

"Right there," she pointed to the sound guy who was walking onstage carrying both Rachel and Jaxon's yellow guitars.

The singer set Jaxon down and helped him get it all strapped and ready. As she swung the strap of her guitar over her head, she said to the audience, "And to make this moment even more special… I want to invite my very talented and very beautiful mother to come and join us on stage."

Rachel and Jaxon both grinned and turned to watch as Shelby walked out to the overwhelming cheers of approval and greeting from the fans.

"Hey, you two!" Shelby grinned at her daughter and grandson, all three wearing matching Berry-watt grins.

"So, Mom," Rachel said, "I was thinking since it's close to Jaxon's bedtime-"

"No!" Jaxon interrupted, looking up at his mom. "No sleep! Play guitar!"

Everyone loved this! He was too adorable for words.

"We are going to play our guitars first, Jaxon, and I thought it would be fitting if the three of us sang the lullaby I sing to you at bedtime. It's the same lullaby my mom sang to me when I was your age."

Jaxon looked up at his grandma and she nodded. He grinned. "Kay!" He put his fingers on the neck of his guitar and was ready to begin strumming whenever his mom told him to.

The sound technicians had only plugged Rachel's guitar into the sound system, but the little musician didn't need to know that little fact.

Rachel attached the microphone to the stand and adjusted it to her height. "Okay… are you two ready?" When the other two brunette's nodded, she began to play.

Soft guitar music filled the arena and three Berry voices began to sing. It was a beautiful lullaby that had the entire audience silent and swaying along to the music, cell phone lights and actual lighters shining brightly across the huge room. Rachel and Shelby harmonized together perfectly, and Jaxon's voice added that touch of young innocence.

He sang the familiar song, strumming along on his yellow guitar just like his mom. He loved it up on stage. He loved the bright lights and the noise. It all made his heart beat faster and made him happy. It was a feeling he had never had before - and he really loved it.

When Rachel played the final chord, the crowd was silent.

Jaxon was confused. He looked up to his mom in question. He thought people were supposed to clap after a song. But before he could open his mouth to ask, the overwhelming ball of energy from the sold out arena rolled out and hit him full force as cheers and whistles and screams exploded toward the stage.

Jaxon grinned and waved, soaking up as much of the love as his little three year old heart could hold.

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