An: I have this idea in my head, so let me get the first chapter out of the way. So you can tell me if it's worth continuing. It will be a Rachel/cooper story but Cooper isn't in the 1st and possibly 2nd chapter.
Rachel had finish glee club practice, a bit later than usual. Well it wasn't unusual for her, but Mr. Schuester made sure everyone stayed until the dancing was perfect. Well it wasn't perfect because you can never get that with Finn. She smirked at that thought when she was listening along to her Broadway soundtrack that included Wicked and Rent on her iPod. She was only a block away from home, when she heard an explosion. She looked up to find a cloud of black smoke, in the direction of her house fill the air. She couldn't tell you what her next thought was, because she didn't think she just ran. It took her only five minutes to get home. She was twenty feet away from her house when she froze in horror. She watched as her childhood home up in red billowing flames. She knew she couldn't go inside but no one was there. She ran closer to her home to be pulled away from it by Mike Chang.
'Rachel, no' Mike yelled.
'But my house, my dads' Rachel yelled.
'Ms. Jenson already called 911' Mike said, as he pulled her across the street to the neighbor's driveway. A young mother and her two year old child poke their head out the doorway.
'Are you alright?' the lady asked.
Mike didn't say anything and let the fire speak for him.
'Oh well, do come in' the lady said, 'my husband is part of the fire department and they are actually good with response time. Just come inside. I'd feel better.'
'But my dads' Rachel yelled.
'I'm sorry dear but it was a big explosion, if they make it out alive. It will be a miracle'
Moments passed, multiple fire trucks and other rescue vehicles began to work on the house. Rachel watched as two bodies were pulled from the house and placed on grenies. She jumped up and ran out of the woman's house. Mike quickly followed her. She managed to get passed the barrier created to keep the public and news reporter away from the area.
'How did you get past the Barrier?' a police man asked
'Does it really fucking matter?' Rachel yelled.
'Rachel' Mike said warning, he had never heard her swear before, so he knew she was beyond upset.
'Those two men you pulled out of that fire are my dads. I have every right to know what happened?' Rachel said.
'Oh okay, we aren't sure yet why the fire started but we do know they died right away from it' the police man said, 'is there anyone we can call?'
Mr. Schuester had just gotten out of the shower, when his phone rang. He quickly wrapped himself in a towel and went to go answer the phone.
'Will Schuester, who may I ask is calling?' Will asked
'Mr. Schuester, I'm Deputy Graves, one of your students requested to contact you'
'What did Puckerman do this time?'
'Nothing sir, he's been doing well for a while. It's Rachel Berry.
'What happened?'
'Her house exploded when she was leaving school and her dads died. We have yet to contact her family lawyer about what happen and she needs a place to stay. Her friend Mike is here and he already called his parents and they'd agreed to let her stay with them until her guardian is contacted but she wanted you to know.'
'I'll be there in ten minutes'
Will quickly got dressed and managed to get to Rachel's burning house in less than the time he had told the police officer.
'Rachel' Will yelled, 'Mike'
'Over here' Mike yelled.
Will ran over to Mike, who was holding Rachel in a deep gripping hug.
'Is she alright?' will asked
'no, I don't think she's going to be for a while' Mike said, 'she was a block away when she watched her house exploded and she watched her dads being pulled out dead. My mom already said, she refuses to send Rachel to school for the rest of the week. You don't disagree with mother.'
'I don't plan on it' will said. 'Is there anyone you can trust to let you borrow clothes Rachel?'
'Yeah' Rachel said, she pulled her phone out and typed
Can you meet me at mikes?
Rachel wasn't shocked that she got a text back right away.
Why Mikes? What's going on Rach?
Q
I need to tell you in person and you have to promise not to tell anyone.
Quinn quickly grabbed her keys, yelled to her mom, got into her yellow bug and drove off. She arrived to Mike's house sooner then she expected. She wasn't going to lie; it surprised her when she wasn't given a ticket. When she walked into the house after being greeted by Mrs. Chang, she took her shoes off and grabbed a pair of slippers. Quinn wasn't sure if this was a Chinese thing or a just a Chang family thing. She liked it either way, so it didn't both her. She walked into the family room to find Rachel attached to Mike Chang. Quinn was certain that Mike wasn't cheating on Tina, so something much deeper had to be wrong with what was going on.
'Wait are you guys together?' Quinn asked
'No!' mike and Rachel both yelled
'I just had to ask'
'Beside Mr. Schuester is here' Mike said.
'Why is Mr. Schuester here?' Quinn asked, not sure how she should be responding.
'He's calling Emma for my contact papers' Rachel said.
'Why would he need to do that?' Quinn asked Quinn lives across town and didn't hear the explosion like Mike did.
Rachel just dropped to the floor and started crying.
'What did I do?' Quinn asked
'It's not you' Mike said, he placed a pillow on the floor and a blanket. They kept talking as Rachel calmed down and fell asleep on the floor. 'She was walking home from Glee practice today and when she was a block away her house exploded. I was on my run; I didn't think anything of it. I thought someone had firecrackers, really big ones. It quickly connected to me that it was Rachel's house. I had to stop her from running into the house.'
'Wait, where are here dads?' Quinn asked
'They died in the accident' Mike said.
'Oh' Quinn said, 'well is there anything, I can do?'
'Can you find some clothes that she can borrow? Mike asked, 'she's staying home tomorrow because she's still in some sort of shock. So if you could help me keep the reason why she isn't at school down low that be great.'
'I can do that' Quinn said, 'wait who's her guardian?'
An: well here's the first chapter, I hope that it isn't too bad for a start. For my story, Cooper is going to be in 30's, yes he's still Blaine's brother. Little side notes, finchel was a 2 week thing that ended sophomore year. Tike is on, Brittiana and klaine is on, puckleberry are best friend. Mike's presense is key for the story. A promise Puck/mike fight in the next few chapters.
