Hey y'all so I've been on Fanfiction for about a year, and I've written a lot of fics but I have never written a Glee fic, so this will be my first Glee fic, I want to think BK1300 for writing The Pretender a One Tree Hill fic that gave me the general idea for this fic, I also want to thank my RP friends James 888, Marchingband Gleek XD, and Madly Sane for giving me the inspiration to write my first Faberry fic, I hope you guys enjoy it.

Without You

As Rachel Berry sits on the couch in her Penthouse apartment sipping on a small glass of red wine, she keeps thinking why she can't be happy she has everything she's ever wanted. She's made in New York despite all the odds against her she's a promising young starlet in the cities many Broadway theatre's people practically shove each other out of the way just to get within 3 feet of her. Yes she's got more money and fame than she knows what to do with but somehow she feels empty inside…

The young brunette leans back against the couch wondering how someone like her could feel this way. Her mind naturally wants to chalk it up to her competitive nature but even she knows that isn't true. Her mind slowly starts to wander back to her days as a member of the New Directions. She remembers being happy or at least content. Happy to spend her day belting out different Broadway tunes or popular top 40's tunes with Artie, Tina, Puck and Finn…. Her mind suddenly stops their Finn, it had been years since Finns death.

The sad chain of events had rocked the Glee club to its very core destroying years of friendship in a matter of days. She still remembers the moment when she saw it all starting to fall apart.

Flash Back

It was about 3 weeks since Finn's death and everyone had been on edge since the funeral all feeling somewhat responsible for Finn's untimely death. They were all standing in the choir room each in the middle of their own individual shouting matches with each other. Rachel still remembers shouting at Quinn tears streaming down her face. She knew Quinn didn't mean the things that she had said.

But somehow the fact that Quinn had even brought up their sorted past in their fight for Finn's love had irritated her down to her final straw. Quinn shouts back at her. Her face cherry red with anger both girls can almost feel their blood boiling as they continue to berate each other their words cutting like sharp knives.. "You never loved him Quinn, I mean come on we both know you were just using him to keep your popularity…" Rachel growls glaring at her with an icy cold stare sharp enough to cut class

"Oh really Rachel you never even appreciated him you spent so much of your Senior year bitching about getting into NYDA that you made him feel isolated.." Quinn counters glaring back at her with an equally chilly stare. The last thing Rachel remembers from that day was pulling her hand back and slapping Quinn hard across the face before turning and storming out of the choir room door. Everyone around them had stopped and were staring at the two with shocked and worried eyes as Rachel brushes past them.

Before walking out of the choir room for the last time she turns back and sees Quinn sitting in the floor sobbing hard looking absolutely defeated as she rubs the red hand print on her face where Rachel had slapped her. Brittany being the kind friend she is kneels down beside Quinn cradling the other blonde's small frame in her arms as she gently rubs her back in a soothing motion. Rachel then turns and walks out of the choir room feeling as though she had kicked a puppy a sick feeling festering down in the pit of her stomach…

End of Flash Back…

It is in that moment of deep contemplation that Rachel finally realizes the truth. As she gently uses her pointer finger to stir the wine on the inside of the glass she thinks to herself ' I'm in love with Quinn ' suddenly their past in High School all starts to make sense the longing glances she would have in the choir room or when they were both in the room. The reason for all their constant bickering and fighting, the fact she kept breaking up with Finn and never truly felt happy.

It was because Rachel Berry was in love with Quinn Fabray and she wants nothing more than to reach out to the young blonde to tell her how she feels. But she knows that isn't going to be possible after that day she had cut ties with every member of the Glee Club choosing to live a life of isolation away from her old friends. It seemed like a good choice at the time but now she wanted to practically kick herself for being so stubborn… Before she has time to think any further on the subject of her and Quinn her the cordless phone rings on the coffee table in front of her rings.

Rachel quickly picks it up "Rachel Berry speaking?" she says trying to sound as cheerful as possible "Rachel this is Dr. Millard at UCLA Medical Center we have your friend a Ms. Quinn Fabray she's been in a very serious accident." He says his voice soft gentle. Rachel pulls the phone away from her ear as her heart sinks and a thick knot begins to form in the pit of her stomach. Finding it hard to breathe as the words echo in her mind

'Quinn her sweet beautiful Quinn was hurt...'