A/N:

So this is set around the beginning of Season Three of Glee, after Rory comes, but before Santana and Brittany join the TroubleTones. Rory has a crush on Rachel (not Brittany) and they allready have an established friendship.

It will feature Flanberry (Rory/Rachel), but will also have some Raine (Rachel/Blaine) and Flanderson (Rory/Blaine).

Also, Rachel/Finn and Kurt/Blaine aren't together. I don't want you thinking that they are cheating...

Mr. Shue had assigned the annual mash-up competition to the New Directions that week. To change things up the two groups were randomly drawn out of a hat. That is how Rachel found herself at Artie's house on a Friday night going over song ideas with Artie, Brittany, Tina and Blaine. They had spent the past hour preparing for the competition, but the others had gotten bored and started gossiping. Rachel wasn't really interested in what they were talking about and knew that they were never going to get back on topic.

"I'm going to go home guys," she said collecting her sheet music and CDs off the table and stowing them in her bag. "I'll see you on Monday." The others mumbled back a goodbye then returned to their conversation as Rachel let herself out the front door.

The street was dark and the night was silent. Rachel walked down the drive and across the road to her car. She stood next to her door as she dug around her handbag, searching for her keys which seemed to keep escaping her grasp. She couldn't help but shake the feeling that she was being watched, but tried to ignore it thinking she was just being paranoid.

Her hands finally found the keys, just as she heard the sound of feet shuffling towards her. Her heart rate quickly accelerated as she turned around and see a large hooded figure coming towards her. A large hand grabbed at her arm, as the other slapped a hand across her mouth. She let out a scream, but it was muffled by the pressure over her mouth.

It took Rachel a few second to process what was happening. The man begun to pull her down the street, into the shadows.

Rachel's mind raced back to those self-defense classes she took in her freshman year. She attempted to bite the hand that was covering her mouth, managing to sink her pearly whites into the man's rough skin deep enough to draw blood. She let out a scream as the bloody hand left her mouth, hoping to draw the attention from any of the surrounding houses.

"You bit me! Bitch!" yelled the man as he slapped her across the face, leaving a smear of her own blood on her pale skin.

Rachel's check exploded in pain, but she was determined to ignore it and continue to fight back. Her survival instincts kicked in and she slammed her right knee into the man's groin. The man let go of Rachel to instinctively protect himself from further attack. Rachel took this opportunity to ram her palm upwards into the man's nose, feeling it crumple beneath her hand.

The man staggered backwards as blood began to rush from his bruising nose. Rachel too backed away in a state of shock. She was surprised that she had been able to get away from the man. All of a sudden a look of terror crossed his eyes and he bolted into the darkness, still clutching his gushing nose.

Rachel was unsure of why the man had fled so suddenly, but felt safer now that he had left. Her hand caressed her cheek were he had hit her. It felt tender and wet; she only just realised that she had been crying. She made to walk back to Artie's house, but as she turned around she ran into something solid.

It was only then that she realised Blaine had come out onto the street and he must have been the one who scared off her attacker. He had been calling Rachel's name, but she was still in shock and hadn't heard him approach her. Blaine embraced the shaking girl in his arms.

"It's okay. He's gone. You're safe." He soothed as she began to sob. "Let's get you inside."