So I started reading this book called 'Thirteen Reasons Why' by Jay Asher, and the whole time I've been reading it, I kept thinking of Rachel. Does anyone else notice how much her life sucks? She is constantly getting bullied and put down, not just by the regular bullies, but also by her so-called friends. Her dream is to meet her mom, and once she does, she realizes that her mom doesn't want her; she wanted her baby back. So what does Shelby do? She adopts Quinn's daughter. I'm not sure whether or not Rachel knows, but I'm assuming she does. How would you feel if you had been replaced? Because that's pretty much what she was: replaced. Jesse used her and played her heart, and as if that wasn't bad enough, he had to egg her. She was probably not only heartbroken, but humiliated. And on top of that, she was a vegan. Imagine how she felt. Then she finally gets the guy she wants: Finn Hudson. They're close, they love each other, and then she finds out about his night with Santana. She finds out he lied to her about being a virgin. If it had been Finn who told her instead, I think Rachel wouldn't have reacted in such a dramatic way, but Santana told her instead. Rachel was hurt, angry, and upset, and at the time, the only way to satisfy her troubling emotions was hurting Finn the same way he hurt her. So she did something that she definitely regretted: kissed Puck. But, hey, at least she had been honest with Finn. She didn't want her mistake to come between them and mess up their relationship like his lie had. But Finn couldn't see past her flaw and broke up with her. So, as you can see, Rachel's life kind of sucks. Thus her reason for committing suicide in this story. I hope you enjoy it. The prologue is entitled 'Last Words'.
They all noticed the severe change in Rachel's behavior. She lost drastic amounts of weight in such little time, she never sang, she lost all motivation to continue being the conceited person that made her Rachel, and she hardly ever spoke. Her clothes changed from cutesy, schoolgirl-type outfits to loose-fitting T-shirts and jeans. The spark that was in her eye died.
The last words anyone ever heard Rachel Berry say were, 'No, thank you, Mr. Schuester', as he had attempted to offer her yet another solo. She told them she wasn't going to be able to perform it. At this, Mercedes scoffed. Rachel…not being able to perform a solo? Yeah, right. Yet Mercedes still took it with eager eyes.
They never expected those words to be Rachel's last words. If they knew, Mercedes probably wouldn't have taken the solo. They also didn't expect Rachel's words to be taken so literally. The thing is, she wouldn't have been able to perform it because she never came back.
The next day at school, everyone noticed that Rachel's chair was empty. No one thought anything of it; perhaps Rachel had gotten sick or didn't feel like coming to school (again).
Oh, but it was much more then that. Weeks later, after seeing Rachel's seat empty, they all grew worried. Where had the petite yet powerful singer disappeared to?
A call came in the next day. Rachel had been found dead in her room. She had swallowed a bunch of pills, and they did their work. They gave Rachel the satisfaction of a slow yet not-so-painful death. It was suicide, the officers had told them. They all cried and wondered why she would do something so cruel to herself. What on earth would cause Rachel Berry to want to take her own life away? Was she really that upset?
Figgins assembled the entire student body in the gym during first and second period. He talked about Rachel, her personality, and how she fought hard to change the school, even if she had no one following behind her. In a way, it was like a funeral. A memorial for a student who was known by many, but loved by few.
No one really paid attention to his speech, or any of the other teachers' speeches, for that matter. They yawned, talked to one another, or stared at Figgins with bored expressions. No one honestly cared about Rachel's suicide. No one, except the glee club, even noticed that she had been gone.
The memorial then turned into a lecture. Even if life was hard on you, suicide was never the answer. People needed to talk about their issues with other people.
In honor of Rachel's life, they started what was called 'Gold Star Awareness'. It had been Mr. Schuester's idea. They hung gold stars everywhere around town. The school's campus was filled with the bright golden cardboard stars.
Almost all of them were defaced by the uncaring student body.
So, is it good? Should I continue? As you can see, this story is entitled 'Seventeen Reasons Why'. So we can all conclude that there are seventeen people involved in Rachel's choice to end her life. We can all guess that Finn is one of them, but not for the reasons you all think XD. This story will also explore Rachel's freshman year (since the show failed to do that) and maybe even before high school. The next chapter will be the chapter Finn receives the CDs. I didn't want to do tapes like book, and CDs aren't outdated yet. So, enjoy! Please read my other stories! Like my Facebook page entitled 'Finntastic17- Fanfiction'. And, most importantly, please review! One more thing: the first person to guess all seventeen people will win an exclusive update of any of my stories!