Chapter One

Ok, so I had a this really good idea the other day and I had to make a fic! The chapters for this are shorter than the ones for my other fic, but I will be updating this one much more. Please review at the end of the chapter! Enjoy :)

He read over the email one last time, still unsure about his decision. The rest of the cast had been selected, and he was confident he'd made the right choice. But Rachel Berry had always been difficult. He sighed and hit send.

After the cancellation of Rocky Horror last year, Will Schuester decided to form a small, independent amateur theater group, to give the kids a chance to do some serious theatre outside of competitions. He had told the New Directions to audition for the Lima Young People's Theater Group's debut production - Spring Awakening.

Rachel Berry strode into the rehearsal studio. She was an hour early, but that was how she liked it. She shrugged out of her coat and walked towards the piano. Rachel felt the familiar pricks of tears in her eyes, but she blinked them away. No-one else had to know how angry she was about the casting. To calm herself, she began to play the show's opening number, Mama Who Bore Me, and soon her voice filled the room. There were many songs that Rachel could relate to, but this song was especially poignant to the girl because of her mother, or lack thereof.

As she flawlessly sustained the note at the end of the bridge, she heard a voice behind her. It was quiet, but authoritative. 'That's my song', it said. Rachel stopped singing and spun around, even though she knew who the voice belonged to. Blonde hair waving gently down, resting somewhere below her shoulder, a perfectly manicured hand resting on her size zero waist, Quinn Fabray had arrived.

'What?', was all she could bring herself to say. Rachel had always felt deeply inadequate next to Quinn in every aspect of her life - appearance, popularity, relationships - but music and theatre was Rachel's turf, and there was no way Quinn Fabray was better than her. 'Your part?', she asked incredulously. When Rachel had recieved her email informing her that she would be playing Ilse, instead of the part she auditioned for - Wendla - she had been really upset. She knew some people from other schools had auditioned, and assumed it was a girl from another district. Not anyone from New Directions, least of all Quinn.

But Quinn was nodding and unzipping her jacket to reveal a shirt with the phrase 'Haven't You Heard The Word Of Your Body?', and Rachel frowned. 'Oh please, you just ordered that from , there's no way the good little christian girl who's never seen RENT would know anything about Spring Awakening. And what did you do to make Mr Schue give you the part, huh?', she challenged her, but at that precise moment, somebody walked in and both girls forgot their argument.

He nodded briefly at the two girls, not meeting Rachel's eye, and took a seat in the far corner. They didn't know what be was doing here - there was no way be was in the show - but he took out a well thumbed libretto and began reading. Quinn and Rachel glanced at each other, mouths hanging open. It was Quinn who spoke first. 'Um, what part did you get?', she asked. The man glanced up at her. 'Melchior. And you?', he asked, directing his question only to Quinn.

An expression was forming on Quinn's face - an odd mixture of shock, excitement, fear and hesitation. She answered slowly. 'I'm playing Wendla', and he looked somewhat relieved. 'Do you want to practice one of our songs? Before the others arrive', he offered. Quinn nodded. 'That would be really helpful, thanks', she told him gratefully. They both strode towards the piano, he complemented her shirt, and that's when Rachel lost it. 'Am I just invisible, Jesse?'

What did you think? Reviews are the saints to my berries...also anyone who knows where the title is from gets a shout out :)

PS if you want a total St Berry fic, then check out my story called In The Lima Heights. It's all St Berry, from start to finish. Also the chapters are longer, and people seem to like it...it contains drugs and heavy smut though, so if that puts you off then don't read it. However, this fic will have some smut at some point...something to look forward to ;D