The New Girl on the Block

A/N: Hey this is my first fanfic and I have read quite a lot of *finchel* fanfics and I couldn't wait to try my own.

This is about if Finn is like how he is at the start of glee and Rachel is completely new to the school. They are brought together in a simple lesson of Spanish and they just have to find their way to each other despite the Quinn side of things. Rachel doesn't know about her singing voice yet.

Please rate and review so I can see if I should keep going with this.

Disclaimer: I unfortunately do not own glee

Thanks…here we go!

Rachel POV-

I look out of the car window wondering what lies ahead. Even though I've only been gone for a couple of hours, I already miss the bright lights of New York. There always seemed to be so many people around. I always felt safe.

If someone had told me yesterday that I would be moving to Lima in Ohio I would have laughed my head off but now that seems to be my reality.

I think back to what happened yesterday…..

Walking into the apartment, I see that all the furniture and all our belongings are gone. I reach into my bag for my rape whistle and pepper spray in case the burglar is still here.

"Hello, Is anyone here?" I say, trying to be confident but yet my voice cracks in the middle.

I brace myself as the door from the kitchen swings open, only to see my dad's standing right there.

"Yes we're here princess don't worry" Noticing my confused face, my dad continued by simply asking "What's wrong hunny?"

"What happened to all of our stuff?" I asked curiously.

"Ahh, we have something to talk to you about, come and sit" They ordered.

I did as I was told and quietly thought to myself "Where do I sit?" I decided just to perch on the floor as I listened intently.

"Now your father and I know that you love it here in New York and that you have made a few good friends but our jobs have been transferred to a place called Lima in Ohio. We don't want to uproot the family princess but this is the best chance we have for a promotion and it could make our careers. I hope you understand" my daddy said very tentatively trying to make it seem like it was nothing.

I couldn't believe it. New York was my home! I was so annoyed. For the first time, I was speechless.

I stormed out that room so fast but I still caught my dad saying...

"Ahh, another Rachel Berry storm out".

I flinched as I thought about the memory. It seems so long ago even though it was only a couple of hundred miles ago.

The scenery I can see out my window is much different to the one in New York. I haven't seen a building that has more than 5 floors for hours.

It is rather unsettling seeing so much green whether it is grass or trees. In New York it felt as if they put trees there for the sake of their being trees but here the trees felt like a part of the landscape.

I lean forwards and say to my dads "I want to go home now please"

They reply with no emotion in their voices by saying "No, we will be at our new home in a few hours"

I sat back and thought about my old life.

I had never had a boyfriend,

I only had 2 friends, and they weren't even close friends

Maybe moving to a new place wasn't too bad after all.

I heard my dads talking to me but I didn't listen. I had nothing to say to them, even if this move was for the best.

"RACHEL" my dad yelled. He only yells like that when I don't listen.

"What?" I whisper moodily.

"Firstly, what is with the attitude and secondly we have enrolled you in a school called McKinley High. There isn't a uniform but you need to go and get more supplies" My dad demanded.

I had completely forgotten about school. I suddenly panicked and wondered if I would fit in. This was in the middle of the semester and I was about to be thrown in the deep end tomorrow.

What if people don't like me? What will I do? This is when I needed a friend.

I replied nervously "fine."

I leaned against the window and gently sobbed. Why does it always have to be me?

A car ride later:

"Honey we're here…wake up!" I heard being gently whispered in my ear. I sniffed and my eyelids gently rose as I took in my surroundings. I looked outside and saw a good sized house.

I had never lived in a house before!

I jumped up to the surprise of my dad's and ran to the front door as if it would open by magic. It didn't of course but I could still hope.

"Hurry up!" I shouted to them.

"We're coming princess" They replied as they took the suitcases to the door.

The door flung open and as my eyes wandered around the house, a slow smile grew on my face. This house was amazing!

Feeling like a 5-year old, I ran around looking at every room in the house until I stumbled upon a room decorated completely in pink. I was pretty sure it wasn't my dad's room and I thought to myself "Could this possibly be mine?" I ran back downstairs and asked my daddy

"Is it mine? Please say it is because I have always wanted a big room with a pink bed and pink curtains and it would be my dream bedroom if I could have it please tell me it is mine and also you know my favourite colour is pink and I can put pictures up on the wall and-"

"Yes it is yours Rachel" they interrupted.

I realised I had been rambling on again and interrupting was the only way that anyone could think of to stop me.

I was in a different state of mind thinking about the pinkness but once again my mind shot me back to reality as I realised I had school tomorrow.

But even that couldn't put down my spirits!

I was home-ish

Later that evening…

All the furniture was in the house and I was unpacking all my personal possessions into my room. These included my academic awards and a couple of trophies and photos from when I was a baby.

I put my clothes away in my pink wardrobe and then let my head fall down onto my cloud-like bed.

Bye bye to the city that never sleeps.

Night night new life.

A/N: The next chapter will start with Rachel's POV and then go to Finn's POV for the first day of school