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"Wake up, Rachie. Wake up little lady"

She felt how the lights of her room had been turned on, and how two male voices, the ones she loved so much, took all the peaceful silence of her light-pink room.

"Is our little star ready to start school again, but this time in.. New York?" They said singing the two last words as they smiled to each other.

New York. Was she still dreaming?. Nope, not this time. She had been living the begin of her dream since the past three weeks, exactly the day when her dad LeRoy receive a call that anunced he had an opportunity of a better job in the city who never sleeps, New York City. That job gave them their daughter's dream and their too, of course they loved Broadway and just the thought of having it around the corner made them accept it right away. But to her everything had happened so fast and she couldn't believe how her life had turned out so well. Her plan was going to New York when she had finish school but now, now it was happening at the moment, at the early age of 16 almost 17.

As she opened her eyes she felt how her lips turned up in a big smile. Summer break was now officially over. And her time in her old home, was too. It was time to start her dream, her future. She, Rachel Berry now was going to climb a high sky so she can be the shiny star that she has always dreamed of. And no more a Lima looser.

This three weeks had proved her how she belonged here, she had already seen tons of Broadway plays, and she saw herself up there, she knew she will be up there. Just the sound of the "prip" when they passed you tickets was melody in her ears, and the Times Square was the sun of her nights. Going forr walks in the Central Park, and just feel in home made her smile widely. Also in here she saw how open her parents could be with their sexuality preference, cause there were a lot of gay people, and those were very respected, the opposite of Lima. They also had lot of friends from the past here, and family. She had her aunt Betty, uncle Thomas and cousins Noah and Holly, living here, she loved them, and they loved her so much. She came on holidays and school's breaks to live with them so she could in New York. Actually, she was going to go the same school that Noah was, and happily she would have someone to talk to.

"Hi daddy's!"

"Here beauty" Hiram told her, giving his daughter a kiss on her rosy cheeks and dropping a cup of tea in her bed-table "We are bringing you some tea so you can be prepared to show the school how your perfectly perfect voice is"

"Oh papa, I don't thing I will sing today at school but I apreciate it" She thanked both of them with a big smile on her face as she continued "Now, I need to change my clothes and do my morning's exercices so please.."

"Well but can we be.."

"LeRoy I think our daugther needs to put on, tons of make up to make a good imprecion to the boys in this school, we should keep going"

"She doesn't need it Hiram, she is pretty without it" he told his husband touching her daughter's hair lovely.

"Of course she is! But you know the gir..."

"Stop right now dads!" She interrupted them with a grin "Thanks for your sweet compliments but I need to get ready so please go."

"Ok, but first, we talked to your cousin. He said that he is in every class you are in"

"You talked to Noah? But dad's I already know that, we have the same age!"

"We know, we know. But we wanted to be sure."

"Alright, now go, please."

Kissing both sides of their daughters cheeks they went out of the room and she was alone again felling how her stomach made flips as her mind couldn't stop thinking.

"Goodbye Rachie, say hello to Noah" Hiram said with a smile.

"Please let us take a photo of you in your first day" LeRoy added.

"No, papa! Remember? I am almost an adult. And I am running late. Love you both." She said finishing the lasts words outside the car while his dads turned on the car and disapeared in to the streets of New York. She was finally alone, as students around her hugged after months without seeing each other.

She entered to the big school, it was strange to not being around her old mates in McKinley. But she totally didn't miss a thing about it. She was now on an art school in New York City, and she couldn't believe what her eyes were looking at.
She saw a group of people singing together in the corridors, in a corner some more painting and others dancing. People here were artistic, the best thing she could asked for, but even that there were lot of hot boys. Like this one, drumming in the lockers. He was as tall as the liberty statue she thought giggling to herself, and she couldn't believe that her next thought was how she would do to kiss those lips if he was so tall. She was going to need some new shoes for that... Wait, Miss Rachel Berry what are you thinking? You've only been one minute in this school and you are already thinking how could you kiss a tall boy. No way. Her thoughts were interrupted by a loud bell, which officially made the summer vacations over.

Her first class was drama, cause this art school had besides biology, maths and all 'normal' classes artistic ones. So she walked directly to it, sitting on a chair next to her new teacher who seems was going to introduce Rachel to the rest of the kids.

"Come on guys. Take your seats we have a lot to talk! I wanna know how your vacations had been. You missed me right?"

"Of course miss Holly"

"Alright, now, before we begin, I will introduce you to our new student misses... Rachel Berry everybody" Holly pointed her as she smiled shyly at her new mates. "Come on Rachel! Introduce yourself, tell us about you"

Standing up she smiled at the group and saw some of the guys who were singing in next to the lockers now on her class, and Noah too who smiled welcoming her, also she could see that drummer staring back at her directly.

"Well hello everybody, as miss.. Holle? Sorry, Ho- Holly my name is Rachel Berry I am from Lima, Ohio. Luckily I could get out of there and now here I am in New York. Besides for my dad's work I am here to follow my dreams."

"Oh, and wich dreams, if we may know?" The teacher interrupted her.

"My dreams of becoming a singer on Brodwas miss." She answer simply playing with a wisp of hair.

"Big ones, huh?"

"I think so.. But I can make it!"

"I like that! You will be big, you are very positive. Hope someday you show us your voice, right?"

"Anytime miss"

"Great Rachel, thank you for sharing that with us now I want loud claps to our new student! Please sit whenever you want dear"

Rachel smiled felling confident as the room was filled with claps. She sat down in a chair next to her cousin and the class went on, as what-it-seemed usual.

Everyone talked about their summer, laughing and making jokes about each other. They also talked about wich plays they wanted to work on and who was going to be a part of the after-class drama classes. Rachel was totally in and so were some of her new mates, including that hot drummer that had been looking at Rachel the whole class.

"Pst" she heard "Pst, Rachel" she turned back and saw one good but strange dressing guy.

"So you dream about Broadway new lady?"

"I do" she answer smiling. In her old school if she said something like that she would already have two maybe three slushies in her hair. But no, this was different, this guy smiled to her and respong politely "Then, we are two!"

"Really? I already like you then" she said smiling, feeling happy to finally find another person besides her dads that like the same.

"By the was my name is Kurt. I think we will really have a lot in common"

"Me too, Kurt. Me too"

"Alright, time for lunch guys" The history teacher said "Don't forget to buy the books I order you to for next Thursday"

"We won't" A boy in a wheelchair said smiling.

"Good, now go"

Everyone went outside the classroom, and Rachel was intercepted by Kurt and a brown curly hair boy.

"Come with us Rachel." Kurt offer politely as she followed the two of them in the corridors of her new school.

"Thank you, I don't even know where do we have to go eat and I lost my cousin"

With a light laugh the curly-hair boy answer pointing to a big door "Who is your cousin?"

"Noah"

"Who? I don't think I know him" Kurt said confused

"Sorry, here he's called Puck. Yeah, he is Puck"

"Ah! Yeah I think he mentioned something about you. By the way I'm Blaine, Kurt's boyfriend"

"Oh, nice to meet you Blaine"

"How its like to be the new?" Blaine said with a light laugh.

"Kind of strange but its not so bad!"

"If you like broadway, and singing/acting/dancing you should enter to the glee club! Right Kurt?"

"Oh my god YES!" He yelled clapping his hands "You are a genius babe!"

"I actually was in one in my other school, but it wasn't easy. We got slushied everyday."

"Oh, that sucks"

"Well in this school its the opposite. You should be happy cause as you may know this is an 'art school' so here the glee club its a well-seeing place so it won't happened anymore."

"Really? Where do I have to sing up?" She couldn't believe how she felt so identificated to the school. Yeah, she was totally sure New York was her home.

Entering to the big place she saw a latin girl who was waving at them, she was also in her class and seemed was telling them to sit with her and some of her new mates.

She took a vegan menu, and sited with the whole group.

"Vegan, huh?" Kurt asked curious.

"Yup"

"That's awesome" A chinese girl said smiling "I am Tina, nice to meet you." She took her hand friendly "My mom is vegan too. So, my house is an almost a vegan home"

"That's great, nice to meet you too."

"Noah, tonight you and your family are having dinner in my home"

"Sweet! But first Rach don't call me Noah, you know I'm Puck"

"I have to, its the name your parents gave you my dear cousin"

"Well, come on everybody, Rachel doesn't know any of our names so present yourself." Kurt said smiling.

"I'm Mercedes." "Tina." "Hi, I am Queen." "My name is Britanny." "Santana." "Hey, I'm Finn." "I'm Sam" "Mike" "Hello, I'm Artie" Everyone have her a kiss, or a high five as they said their names.

They chat for a little while as they finished their lunch. Rachel was the center of atencion, she talked about her old life, friends, family, etc. As they asked her random questions to know more about her. Today was the first glee club meeting and she was obligated by her new mates to go with them. It was great cause almost all the glee club was on her table, and class.

They had been very nice to her, and the group entered to the next class when the bell rang. It was biology and she was pleasant how great her day was being.