"Happy Anniversary Rach!"
Today was Rachel's and Finn's first year anniversary for their wedding, and Rachel was dreading it.
Not because she forgot about it. Nope, she remembered. And she had, of course, bought Finn an excellent first wedding anniversary present. It wasn't because she didn't love Finn or they got in a fight. No, Finn was the second person she loved most in this world.
Second.
And that's why she was dreading it.
Since freshmen year, all she could think about was an adorable blonde. But she never said anything.
Ohio wasn't a very friendly place when it came to lesbians or gays or bisexuals or anyone that wasn't "normal". So she kept it a secret. A secret from Kurt and Blaine, who would have accepted her either way, from Mercedes, Tina and Mike, Puck, Sam, Rory and Artie who would never have judged her, from Brittany and Santana, who would have welcomed her to a threesome anytime, from her dads and her mother who would love her no matter what, from Mr. Schuester, and especially from Finn, who loved her from the beginning. Most importantly, she kept it a secret from the one she loved; Quinn.
Not a single person knew or guessed that she would ever be a lesbian, or bisexual- Rachel still wasn't sure on that part.
Sure, she loved Finn, but she wasn't entirely sure if it was enough. Scratch that, she knew it wasn't enough to "change her mind". When he had asked her to marry him, it had been the perfect scene she had always thought she wanted. So she said yes. No one else was going to love her she thought, so it might as well be Finn. She was dreading her anniversary because it was another year she was silenced by Ohio, and another year she felt longing for something she could never have.
The night of her anniversary, after Finn fell asleep, Rachel prayed to her higher power, Barbra Streisand. She prayed that somehow, her lamb would find her and sweep her away.
Quinn loved being in New York. She was free from all the people that wouldn't accept her in Ohio since she came out.
Meaning her parents.
She hadn't told any one of her friends. She hadn't had time after her parents -mainly her father- threw her out of the house and told her to get lost and never come back. She decided to go as far away as she could where she would be accepted. New York was perfect, except it was missing one star: Rachel Berry- rather, Rachel Hudson, but Quinn hated him. Finn brought Rachel's talent down.
She could've been with Quinn in New York, becoming the Broadway star she was born to be. But Quinn was getting ahead of herself. Rachel was in love with Finn. God knows why. There was no way Rachel could ever love Quinn, because Rachel was straight, and Quinn was a lesbian.
She detested men nowadays. Even her days with Puck were unsatisfying because she was just not attracted to… well… male genitals.
Eurgh. Anyway.
Every night, Quinn would go out to try and forget one special berry, but not a single woman was up to Quinn's standards. So every night, Quinn went home alone. And every night, Quinn prayed to a higher power that somehow, her berry would be brought to her.
Neither Rachel nor Quinn realized how soon their wishes would come true.