Author's Note: Hi Everyone! Starting a new project :) Sad to see Dear Friend was removed. I am still writing for Dear Friend and soon will let you all know where I upload it if anyone is interested. Now This little story has two very special characters. Though I wish it was Monchele I guess I will write about their "alter egos". Its a short little beginning but I Hope we can all share together this new journey.
No more teachers, no more homework, it will all disappear in a few more weeks. All Rachel had to do was endure the last few weeks and be away from the hell known as high school. The end of her high school years could not come any sooner. All these popular kids were living in a fairy tale thinking being popular would get them anywhere Rachel thought as she sat in her Chemistry class. As for her she knew what she had to do to get out of this small town in Ohio. She had spent the last 4 years keeping to herself and making sure she would get the grades that would help her leave this town. She wanted to be as far away as possible and she had her eyes set out for two separate locations, now all she had to do was wait and see which one would accept her. Rachel Berry was not one of the popular kids; she had never attended a high school game, a dance or for that matter any high school activity. Why would she even attend such events? She hated seeing the jocks with their cheerleader girlfriends in class let alone outside of school hours. Not once did any of them share any kind of conversation with her apart from the regular name calling. If putting people down would make them feel better about themselves she did not care for it. Rachel walked into her last class of the day in high spirits, knowing it was officially Friday and tonight was movie night with her best friends Kurt and Tina. Just like Rachel they both could not wait to get out of Ohio. Kurt had his eyes set on the big apple, New York City and Tina had her heart set for LA. Kurt Hummel and Rachel have been friends since junior high school when everyone found out Kurt was gay and the school turned against him. Everyone except Rachel, she supported his decision to come out to everyone and encouraged him to embrace himself. Since then they both have been inseparable. Kurt lost his mother a year after meeting Rachel, they were both in 8th grade, the passing of his mother brought Rachel and Kurt closer as Rachel didn't have a mother also. Rachel was raised by her two gay dads, which was another reason she understood and supported Kurt. Last year was a hard year for Kurt, he watched his father re-marry. Carole is a sweet and great woman for Kurt's dad Burt but at the same time Kurt wasn't ready to welcome anyone new into his home specially an entire new family as Carole had a son from a previous marriage. Kurt was happy for his father and decided not to share his opposing concerns with Burt instead he would spend every evening possible over at Rachel's, always giving Burt a new excuse of class work that needed to be finished.
Tina Cohen-Chang came into Rachel and Kurt's life freshman year of high school. Her family moved to Ohio from Washington and of course McKinley High School did not welcome her with open arms. Tina was different and different was never good at McKinley. Tina didn't really care she always stayed true to herself she always said no one or nothing would change her. Tina's dream is to go to LA and become and a Hollywood actress. Her parents did not agree or support her decision of acting which was one of the main reasons they moved to Ohio to keep her away from the big cities. It did not matter to Tina she enrolled in drama class or as she liked to call them "acting classes" since freshman year. After hearing of the wonderful acting experiences she had for the past years Kurt decided to join her for his senior year and enrolled in the class as well. Kurt wanted to go off to Broadway and become as he would say "A real actor". They were both excited for tonight's movie night, it was Tina's turn to choose a movie and her choice was "West Side Story". It was only obvious she was going to choose that movie as it would be their last play they will be doing for school. Opening night was only 1 month away and Kurt and Tina wanted to watch the movie to help them get in character. Senior year had been more lonely for Rachel as Kurt and Tina were always together for drama class and they were both making her attend her first official high school activity by going to the show on opening night.
Rachel sat staring at the clock listening to Mr. Rogers give a speech about Sociology she watched as each second pass by, waiting for the bell to ring so she could hurry home and set up everything for movie night.
"Now you are all seniors and I have a feeling not everyone here has gotten a chance to know each other. Which brings me to your assignment for the next few weeks. This will count for 40% of your grade and trust me a lot of you need this" Mr. Rogers said as he walked around the class. "This is a two person assignment you must work with a partner."
Hearing that Rachel stopped looking at the clock and looked around the class. She didn't know anyone in there. She was hoping Mr. Rogers would allow for the partner to be anyone outside this class.
"Your partner will be in this class" he said crashing Rachel's thought of getting Kurt to be her partner. "I will give each of you a package with questions that you must learn about your partner and each of will give a presentation of each other. Be creative." Mr. Rogers said as he handed each row with packages of questions. Rachel stared at the paper she had just received. These were personal questions that only her dads and Kurt would know the answer to. Some not even they had ever asked such questions. How was she to open up to a total stranger about her dreams, her likes, her fears, everything? She looked around the class room once more. Looked at all the non familiar, unfriendly faces. Worst time for Mr. Rogers to want to bring the class together she thought to her self. After staring at every face trying to figure out who she would settle with she found a familiar face. Blaine Anderson. She had seen him before around with Kurt and Tina as he was in the drama class with them. Rachel had not spoken to him once but if he was nice to Kurt then she knew they wouldn't have any problems. Blaine looked up from his package of questions to find Rachel staring at him, she quickly tried to smile to avoid any tension. Blaine returned the smile not sure why Rachel was looking at him so intensely. Rachel got off her seat about to walk over and talk Blaine into being her partner when Mr. Rogers grabbed her attention.
"Alright class now I will give everyone their partner and good luck" Mr. Rogers said. Rachel couldn't believe her ears, not only did he want her to share information with someone new in class but he was choosing who she must reveal everything to. Her head begun to spin as she heard Mr. Rogers begin giving out partners.
"Breathe in, Breathe out Rachel" she whispered to herself. She heard Blaine's name he was now partnered up with Missy Gunderson. Rachel couldn't believe the one person she could possibly be ok with was now officially partnered up. She could hear her heart's beats in her ear, her head spinning faster than ever, her breathing just a little bit more heavy and then before she knew it she heard it. Her name.
"You will be with Rachel Berry" Rachel heard Mr. Rogers say. She stared at Mr. Rogers in total shock, she had just missed her partners name. She stared forward not wanting to turn around to see who was looking at her, who her new partner was. The bell rang and she couldn't move. All this time she had been wanting to run out of the classroom now her feet were stuck to the ground, her body frozen. She waited a little longer for her brain to catch up with her other senses. She listened as the rest of the class began to exit the room with their new partners all of them making plans to get started. She could hear people whispering behind her in between those whispers she heard her name but she could not turn to look to see where it was coming from. She slowly began to get her things together, all she had to do was go ask Mr. Rogers the name of her partner. By the looks of it her partner was not eager to come talk to her as no one had approached her. Why would her partner even come talk to her now? Obviously he or she did not care for her either. Rachel quickly grabbed her bags and walked out of the classroom. If her partner was not interested than she wasn't either she could wait until Monday if necessary to talk to Mr. Rogers. Rachel quickly placed her books inside her locker before grabbing her purse.
"Rachel" she heard someone say her name almost as a whisper. She closed her locker door and turned around.
"Yes" she said confused.
"I guess your stuck with me for a few weeks."
"Excuse me?" Rachel asked confused.
"For the project. For Mr. Rogers"
"You're my partner?" Rachel asked not sure if she was seeing or understanding things right.
"Yes, sorry I guess I have not properly introduced myself." said the young, tall boy in front of Rachel extending his hand for her to shake. "I'm Finn Hudson".