A/N: Hi guys! I'm glad everyone seemed to like it, so here is chapter 2.

Chapter 2: Mary Carson's Birthday

(POV Rachel)

"Why are you so late?"

My dad looked me straight in the eye as I climbed on the backseat.

"I'm sorry, dad. I just wanted-"

My dad interrupted me.

"You just wanted what?"

"Dad, I can tell you if you just let me speak!"

"Hold that tone, young lady!"

I sighed and continued.

"I just wanted to say goodbye to someone, but I couldn't find him. That's all."

"Him? You know what I've told you about boys! A boy and a girl can't be friends! The boy is gonna love the girl, and then the girl is gonna love the boy, and you know, Rachel, you know I don't allow that to happen, I-"

"Dad, I know you just want to protect me, but-"

"Rachel! How dare you interrupt me while you've said I shouldn't?"

I bowed my head and said nothing.

"Good. Whoever that boy is… leave him alone. I don't want you to talk to him again, do you understand?!"

I watched my father's face go red in the rear-view mirror as I kept my mouth shut.

"Rachel Barbra Berry, do you understand?!"

"But dad…!"

I started, but I knew I couldn't change his mind.

"I understand…"

I said against my will. It was for a few minutes quiet. Then suddenly Hiram started talking again.

"As you know, it's aunt Mary's birthday today, so I want you to come with me and Leroy this evening."

"But dad, I've got an important solo tomorrow, so I really need to practice from the moment we're home till midnight!"

Hiram gave a heavy sigh.

"You knew this was coming, Rachel, so you're coming along."

"No, I didn't, I forgot it was her birthday!"

I felt my eyes go wet, but I ignored it.

"No excuses. You're going."

/

"No, I can't practice all day. I'm going to my aunt's birthday with my dads."

I said to Kurt, who I immediately called when I got home. I was sitting on my bed and waited for Kurt to respond.

"What? You can't do that Rachel, you have to practice as much as possible!"

I crossed my legs and sighed.

"I can't, Kurt."

"But what if you mess up the song? I trust you, Rach, but… What were you going to sing?"

"Celine Dion's My Heart Will Go On."

"Then you need all the time you have. And if you don't have that… just pick another song. An easier one."

"You're right, Kurt. I thought tomorrow was the big day. I thought I was gonna blow everyone away… I guess I'll pick a fun song which is also a bit danceable, but… Kurt?"

"Yes, Rachel?"

"I want you and Tina to dance along. So, can you call her, so you both can come over and practice with me?"

"Excuse me? I haven't said I want to dance with you."

I kind of shocked, but I knew he would do this. He was one of my best friends.

"But now you do, because I am your friend and you don't want to disappoint me and you want to help me on my way to success aka Broadway."

Kurt was silent for one sec, but he luckily spoke again after.

"You're sounding kinda selfish now, but okay. And I will call Tina. See ya in half an hour?"

I smiled and let myself fall down on the bed.

"Half an hour's great! Thanks Kurt, you're the best! Love you!"

"Oh it's fine, really. Love you too."

Kurt hung up and I just kept smiling and smiling.

/

(POV Finn)

"Hey bro, you're late! Why's that?"

I walked into the house of the Puckermans and Noah aka Puck closed the door behind me.

"Oh, the teacher wanted to see me after class. Nothing special."

I raised my shoulders and took my coat off.

"Nothing special? It's your first day and the teacher already has the pick on you! Tha didn't even to me. Great, man!"

Puck high-fived me.

"Dinner's almost ready. We're eating early, because my mom has to be somewhere tonight."

Yes, I lived here. How did that happen? Well, I all started when my mum and I were living in Columbus, Ohio. She started to date a guy whose name was Burt Hummel. He was from Lima, Ohio and he had a son and lived in a small house. After a while they got serious and my mum wanted to move in with Burt. I was being honest and told my mum I didn't want to go with her. I had friends at my high school who I couldn't miss. My mum said she understood and that she'd spoken to Burt who had said there wasn't actually space for me anyway. I moved in with my grandma, who also lived in Columbus. Everything went well, my mum called me every two days and visited me almost every weekend, until two weeks ago. She was crying on the phone. She told me Burt had had a heart attack and she wanted me to come immediately. I did, and we went to the hospital together. Luckily he wasn't in mortal danger and the nurse told us he was going to be fine. That same day my mum told me she had lied about being fine. She told me she missed me insanely. I told her I'd liked to come, but there wouldn't be a place for me to stay, so I went back to granny. A few days later my mum called me again and told me I could stay at the house of the Puckermans. I still don't know how she found it, but it might had to do something with Burt's son and Puck both going to McKinley. I haven't ever seen his son, so I wouldn't just recognize him if he walked by… Wait. Probably Puck knew him.

"Do you know Burt Hummel's son?"

I just had to know. There was somewhere in this small town a boy who was my stepbro.

"You mean Kurt? I don't really know him, but I know who he is… Why?"

I suddenly remembered talking about stuff like this with boys was uncool. I should ask Rachel.

"Nothing special. Just… leave it for now. So, what are we gonna eat?"

/

(POV Rachel)

The bell rang. I ran downstairs, but I was too late. My dad had opened the door already.

"Hello kids, what are you doing here?"

He said it very calm, but I knew he wasn't happy with this.

"Rachel asked us to come."

Tina said.

"And why's that?"

He seemed to lose patience, so I decided to answer for them.

"For school. We have to practice something. Please come in, Kurt, Tina."

Kurt and Tina came in and Hiram closed the door. I saw the look on his face. This wasn't any good.

"Rachel. A word."

Told ya.

"Just go to my room, guys. I'm coming."

Kurt and Tina gave me a quick smile and went upstairs.

"I didn't give you permission to let them in. I haven't given you permission to let them come at all! You haven't even asked me!"

"But dad, they had to come, no matter what. It's this important thing for school-"

My dad cut me off.

"Yeah, what's it?"

"What's what?"

"Don't be stupid, Rachel. What do you have to do for school that's so important and wherefore you really need your friends?!"

"Oh, I have a very important solo tomorrow for glee club."

I tried my very best to sound normal, but I was shaking insanely and I was very scared.

"GLEE CLUB? They have come here for fucking glee club? Rachel Barbra Berry, how many times have I told you to quit that damn shit? It is wasting your time to study! Like this, you can never become a doctor!"

Oh god. He was furious.

"It's not shit. And maybe I don't want to become a doctor…"

Suddenly I felt a heavy pain in my cheek. My father hit me. That was it. I needed to go upstairs now. Kurt and Tina had probably heard something and I didn't want things to even get worse.

/

Four big wide eyes were staring at me when I walked into my room and closed the door.

"C'mon, get off my bed guys, we've got work to do."

I said to prevent questions, but I knew they were too curious.

"What just happened?"

Kurt sounded shocked.

"Just… nothing special. Don't worry about it. Let's start with the song."

I walked to my nightstand, grabbed my iPod and searched the right song.

"Rachel! Something just happened… We heard sounds! Please, tell us! We are here for you!"

Tina seemed to be terrified, like she was traumatized or so.

I sighed. There was no way to prevent this subject.

"Well… My dad got kinda mad… I don't wanna say more. I don't want to talk about it."

It was true. I had never talked about my father's anger problem with someone. Not only because no one knew about it, but also because, like I said, I didn't want or need to talk about it. It's something what had to do with me and my dad, so it was nobody else's business.

"Rachel?"

"Yes, Kurt?"

"Just know you have my back. And Tina's."

Tina nodded.

"You can tell us everything."

I smiled.

"Thanks guys. Can we please start practicing now?"

/

(POV Finn)

"Noah, Finn, I'll be back around 12. Don't make a mess. When something happens, you can find me at the neighbor's."

"The neighbor's? Mom, you hate them! Why are you going there?"

Puck looked at his mother with a confused look.

"Because it's miss Carson's 50th birthday, and because it's a polite thing to do."

Puck snorted.

"Since when are you being polite? Last week you hit a-"

Miss Puckerman cut Puck off.

"Okay, okay, that's enough, I'm going. See you guys later."

She waved and walked out of the house.

"She got to be kidding me! She told me she'd never go there, she promised it! If she breaks promises, so can I! Finn, call everybody you know. We're throwing a big party!"

I frowned.

"I don't think that's a good idea. Revenge is probably not the best solution."

"Oh shut up Hudson! I bet you love parties too!"

"Yes, but-"

"So, problem solved. We're throwing a party. Now. Call your friends."

I wanted to respond, but Puck knew what I was going to say.

"Oh yeah, right. I forgot. Don't you even have one phone number?"

I looked down at my feet.

"No. I've made some friends, but I thought it was too soon to ask for their number."

Puck sighed.

"Well, alright. I call my friends, you get the drinks and food."

I bit on my lip. I bet this party wasn't going to end well.

/

(POV Rachel)

I looked at Hiram through the rear-view mirror. I was mad at him. I really didn't wanna go to this birthday. I kept my mouth shut until one of my favorite songs came on the radio, and I started to sing along.

"Shut up! I want to drive the care in silence!"

Well. That's nice.

"Please, don't scream."

I whispered.

"I can do whatever I want cuz I am your dad!"

I looked down. This wasn't a discussion I could win. I had no chance. I didn't reply and stared out of the window. We were almost there.

/

(POV Rachel)

I opened the door and another ten kids came in.

"Ey Puck, how many kids did you invite?"

"Uh… like… two hundred."

I was shocked. Not only because of the number, but also because of the casual tone he used.

"Two hundred? There isn't even enough space here for one hundred?"

I closed the door and shook my head.

"Chill out, bro. I don't want people to remind this party as lame later on. You do understand that, right?"

I nodded slightly. I didn't fully agree with him, but he was the popular guy. Girls liked him. Boys looked up to him. That's something that was never going to happen to me if I didn't stay friends with Puck.

"Yeah. Let's make this party the best!"

/

(POV Rachel)

"Congratulations with your 50th birthday, aunt Mary."

I forced a smile as I shook her hand.

"Thank you, Rachel."

Aunt Mary looked at me like she wanted to kill me. I shivered and walked past her to shake everyone else's hands. I heard my dads congratulate aunt Mary and laugh behind my back. Well, that convinced what I thought. She wasn't in a bad mood, she just hated me. Just when I wanted to shake the last person's hand, I took my hand back just before she was able to grab it. I walked a few steps backwards.

"Rachel? What's wrong? Come here, let's shake hands."

It was miss Puckerman. I slowly walked toward her, took a deep sigh and shook her hand.

"Congrats with your neighbor. I thought you hated her. Puck always-"

Miss Puckerman interrupted me.

"It doesn't matter what Noah says, and you can't speak to me like that. I thought your parents had taught you that a long time ago."

I already hated this birthday party. I didn't respond and looked around to find a seat.

"Rachel, why don't you take a seat on the chair next to me? I don't bite."

I highly doubted that.

"Why not."

It was hard to get that outta me. There were thousands of reasons to not sit next to her.

"So, how are you? Do you already have a new boyfriend?"

What a great way to start a conversation.

"What are you talking about? Puck hasn't ever been my boyfriend!"

I stood back up.

"You knew what?! Screw you!"

I pointed at miss Puckerman.

"Screw all of you!"

I pointed around me and walked away, away from aunt Mary's house.

A/N: That was it for this time! I hoped you enjoyed reading it. I would really like it if you reviewed ;D