Tina spoke to some estate agents and actually sold the 17 houses she owned in the area.

She donated a million dollars to the glee club under an anonymous donation, she gave Puck a whole load of money to help his family get out of the poverty they had been in, she helped Burt afford a house for him and Carole to move into with the boy's and also donated a million dollars to the Cheerios anonymously under the premise that Sue would leave the glee club alone.

The group were in glee with Will and Holly, studying how to be sexy, the girls trying to dress sexy and while Santana wasn't having any of it, Shelby found the whole thing amusing to watch.

"I hope being sexy isn't a requirement for Regionals because with Berry in those tights, we're never gonna win..."Santana said a Puck grinned.

"To be honest I think out of everyone here, Tina's the clear winner of being the sexiest in the room"

Tina went a deep red in the face and looked at Puck.

"You really think that?"

He nodded with a grin"Of course"

Tina was currently wearing a pair of skinny grey jeans, green hi tops and a lot cut green top with a jacket over the top.

"He's telling the truth"Finn said and Tina smacked him in the arm.

"Shut up"she said as the group began to sing 'Do You Wanna Touch' with Holly, the group having a lot of fun and getting out of breath as they collapsed back into their chairs laughing, Finn pulling Tina down onto his lap and kissing her head as they whispered to each other.

Tina and Shelby were at home one night and had finished eating dinner when Tina pursed her lips.

"Could we watch a film?"she asked and Shelby smiled.

"Of course, what did you have in mind?"she asked, the pair walking to the living room as Tina shrugged.

"I don't mind... I just feel like watching a film..."Tina said and Shelby looked through her stash of films and found Beauty and the Beast and smiled, slipping it into the dvd player and pressed play, the pair sitting on the sofa as Tina bit her lip, glancing at Shelby who looked over.

"What's up?"Shelby asked as Tina blushed a little but grabbed Shelby's wrist, lifting her arm up and cuddled up against her, Shelby chuckling as she pressed a kiss to Tina's head, rubbing her arm as she pulled the blanket from next to her and covered the pair.

They had a great time, watching the film, singing along and then when the film was done, they packed the stuff away and went to their separate rooms.

Shelby was super happy Beth was sleeping soundly and got into bed herself, closing her eyes and got a good two hours of sleep when she was suddenly woken up by a scream that made her leap out of bed and rush to Beth's cot but Beth was perfectly fine, sound asleep.

She frowned, looking around with a sigh of relief when she realised nothing was wrong.

She got back into her own bed, and just as she closed her eyes, she heard another scream, Shelby made a beeline to Tina's room.

She busted the door down to see Tina tossing and turning on her bed, eyes clenched closed, curled up and shaking with tears streaming down her face, the girls hands clutching her head as if to protect herself.

"I'm sorry... I'm sorry... Please don't hurt me... I'm sorry..."

Shelby had never seen so much pain in the girls face before and quickly turned the light on, walking over and crawled on the bed.

"Tina... Tina wake up!"

She began to try and shake Tina awake, the young girl waking up with a gasp, choking on her tears as she began to hyperventilate, looking around frantically.

Shelby grabbed Tina, cupping her cheeks"Your okay Tina, your fine... Your safe..."she said, caressing Tina's cheeks as the young girl focused and saw Shelby in front of her and suddenly lurched forward and wrapped her arms around her.

"I had such a horrible nightmare... H-he killed you... Right in front of me..."she sobbed, shaking her head.

"Please don't leave me Mamma..."

Shelby sat on the bed looking down at the girl sobbing into her shoulder as she wrapped her arms around Tina and held her tightly.

"I won't leave you, don't worry..."she said, stroking Tina's hair as Tina's breathing slowed down as did her tears.

Shelby started to calm down as she picked up Tina and laied her back down in bed, Tina rolling over to Shelby and tried to immediately cuddle up to her as if she was a stuffed teddy.

Shelby got up, Tina whining in her sleep as she shut the light off then went back and crawled back into the bed, pulling Tina close to her as the pair fell asleep easily.

The woman falling asleep realising that, that moment then was the second time Tina had addressed her as Mum, or well Mamma but the first since she had adopted the young Asian and it made her feel good.

The morning after, Tina was quiet, the nightmare she had still fresh in her mind as she ate that morning, Shelby giving her a concerned look as she sipped her coffee.

"Tina?"she asked gently and the girl looked up at the woman.

"Yeah?"she asked as Shelby wet her lips, leaning forward.

"Are you okay? Is this because of that nightmare?"she asked and Tina nodded.

"Yeah..."

Shelby got up and walked over to Tina, sitting next to her.

"Talk to me about it Tina... tell me"

Tina looked down.

"I...In my nightmare... I was a child again... my Dad he... He forced me to watch him kill you... He shot you in the head with a shotgun... And then he... He..."

"He what?"Shelby asked, giving Tina a concerned look.

"He forced himself on me... He...raped me..."

Shelby froze, listening to Tina and realised that was a possibility he had never thought of.

Her Dad had assaulted Tina's actual Mother like that AND owned a Brothel so there was nothing stopping him from doing it to her.

"Tina, can I ask you somthing?"

Tina nodded, looking up at Shelby.

"Yeah"

Shelby took a breath"When you lived with your Dad... did he ever... Force himself on you? Sexually"she asked as Tina closed her eyes, letting out a shaky breath.

"I... I lost my virginity when I was 8..."

Shelby felt sick to her stomach as she moved forward and hugged Tina tightly.

"Your okay Tina..."she said, Tina resting her head on her Mum's shoulder.

"I know but... It still scares me... a lot..."Tina said as Shelby pulled back, cupping Tina's cheeks and kissing her forehead.

"We all get scared Tina, it's nothing to be ashamed of..."

The pair cleaned up then went to school after getting dressed.

They went into glee and Shelby saw Finn which gave her an idea.

She walked over and sat next to the boy.

"Oh uhh hey Miss Corcoran..."he said as Shelby leaned closely.

"Finn your really close to Tina right?"

"The closest I imagine..."he said as Shelby nodded.

"Well do you know how she would cope with nightmares?"Shelby asked as Finn thought about it.

"Well she used to have a green stuffed teddy, when holding a stuffed bear, she wouldn't ever have nightmares..."he said and Shelby remembered the stuffed bear that was in the spare room that she caught Tina cuddling a few times but stuck it in Beth's room not to long ago.

"Okay thanks, you've helped me with my problem..."

Finn nodded"Did she have a nightmare last night?"he asked and Shelby nodded.

"Yeah, it was really bad, said her Dad forced her to watch him kill me then he... sexually assaulted her..."

Finn pulled a face"That's a common nightmare for her... she had that about me once, but in the dream we were both 12 and he killed me... nasty one that was..."

Shelby nodded"Yeah well... thanks Finn"

"No problem"

So Shelby went shopping and that afternoon, she went back home to find Tina with Beth, feeding her already.

She held an object behind her back as she smiled.

"Tina?"

The 15 year old girl turned from Beth and smiled.

"Hi, how was shopping?"Tina asked as Shelby walked over.

"It was good, I got you a present..."

Tina paused"You got me somthing?"

Shelby nodded"Yeah, close your eyes"

So Tina closed her eyes and Shelby brought the object in front of her and grinned.

"Open"

So Tina opened her eyes to be looking at a green stuffed build-a-bear with a Slytherin house crest stitched on the stomach.

"You brought me a bear?"she asked as Shelby nodded, handing it over.

"Finn said stuffed bears were your nightmare remedy and I found this guy... I had to get someone to sew the crest on as I got that separately and I didn't put a voice box in there because I'm sure you didn't want to be woken up in the middle of the night to a song blaring out of the bear..."

Tina smiled, hugging the bear tightly as she pressed her nose against it, always loving the new bear smell.

"Thank you so much..."she said and threw her arms around Shelby, hugging her as Shelby laughed, hugging Tina back and from that day on, she would catch Tina hugging the bear at random points in the day so she decided to snap photos of her.

If Tina was doing homework, she was hugging the bear, watching t.v? Hugging the bear, sometimes Shelby caught her coming out of the bathroom with the bear too, Tina was acting like a child who didn't want to put her toy down.

Shelby walked into Tina's room with a basket of clean clothes and saw the girl reading with the bear in her lap.

"Tina?"

The girl looked up"Yeah?"she asked as Shelby sat down.

"Since I gave you that bear, you havent put it down... I see you carrying it everywhere..."she said as Tina looked down at the bear.

"I... I just really like it..."Tina admitted with a smile"I don't want to put it down..."she said, hugging the bear as she crossed her legs.

"Somthing I havent told you about me is that I am autistic"Tina said as Shelby paused.

"Really?"

Tina nodded"I've gotten good at hiding it but when I get really really excited about somthing so unexpected, I flap my arms and make noises... I really adore this bear, I love bears... well teddy bears, my favorite animal is a penguin"Tina said and Shelby nodded.

"And why is penguin's your favorite animal?"she asked as Tina grinned.

"Because I call then tuxedo chickens"

Shelby laughed with a bright smile at that"That's a good reason for them to be your favorite..."she said as Tina nodded.

Shelby looked at the book"What'cha reading?"

Tina showed Shelby"C.S Lewis's Chronicles of Narnia series, Carole brought the book's for me for Christmas when she saw how much I adored the film"she said as Shelby smiled.

"That is a good book series, which one are you on?"

"The Dawn Treader... I really like Lucy, she's so cool"Tina said as Shelby hummed.

"I like Caspian... he's hot in the films..."

The pair laughed with smiles as Shelby got up to leave the room and paused.

"I was hoping to go and see a friend later, could you look after Beth for me?"she asked and Tina nodded.

"Of course, no problem, can Finn babysit with me?"she asked as Shelby nodded.

"Sure, but be responsible..."the woman said with a raised brow making Tina go deep red in the face.