A/N First of all, if you are reading this thank you so much.
There are a few things you should know: 1) English is not my first language so please please feel free to correct any and all mistakes I make (I should find a Beta..hmm..).

2) Reed and Shane are the only students from CPs Dalton I'm gonna use. The rest of the students are from Glee so as you can see I own nothing, I'm really depressed about it so don't rub it in okay?

3) and this is not important NOW but it will be later on so I'm gonna say it now: I've slightly changed the ages of our boys so Blaine and Kurt are both seniors, Shane is a junior and I made Reed a sophomore just 'cause I always see him as the youngest of them all so there….I think that's it for now…read, review, PM me, and thank you once again *blows kisses*

Have you ever wondered how your world would be if you had made different choices?
If you had chosen a different school.
If you had said no to going out with the people who are now your friends.
If you wore different clothes and listened to different music.
What if you could go back now knowing you've been given a second chance, another try?
Would you choose to be a different person even if you knew that different may not always be better?

Would you give up everything you are if it meant pleasing the people around you?
Reed Van Kamp decided it wasn't worth it a long time ago. But now as he stood in front of a mirror in his room he wondered. With everything he's been through because of who he was, maybe he was wrong. Maybe he should have tried being different. Maybe if he had tried they wouldn't have…..HE wouldn't have….

"No Reed. You are not thinking about it!"- He said to himself fixing his striped tie to fall perfectly over his tailored light green shirt.

Being himself no matter what others said was something he was taught since he was a child. He guesses having Hilde Van Kamp for a mother just does that to you. It makes you want to be as strong as she is. And if you're not, it makes you try harder or learn to fake it. Reed was an excellent actor, if he did say so himself. His mother never found out he hasn't slept properly in weeks…well 6 weeks, 3 days, 17 hours and 43 seconds but who is counting. She never found out that he avoided touching people unless it was necessary and that his paintings became dark colored and twisted. He didn't think it would be important to her.

The tall, blonde woman was feared and respected in the world of fashion. She was fierce, headstrong and intelligent. She built her empire all by herself and she planned to leave it all to Reed someday. Her sweet, beautiful, and talented son. She wasn't there very much while he was growing up, but even if she wasn't the most typical of all the mothers in the world she loved her son and she would do anything for him. She knew Reed thought she was cold, distant and worst of all disappointed in him. He thought she wanted a strong, tall, handsome son who knew exactly what he wanted out of life and how to get it. But he was wrong. She was proud of him more than he would ever know.
Now she was standing in the doorway of Reeds room watching him get ready. She silently approved his choice of clothes (as always…duh….he was HER son after all) and couldn't help but feel a bit sad he wouldn't have that many opportunities to show off his immaculate taste as he will be in a uniform most of the time. After everything that happened to her boy she decided that Dalton boarding school is a perfect place for him to get past IT, find some friends and maybe come to terms with who he really is and what he wants out of life.

She glanced at her wrist watch.
"Reed, sweetheart, we really need to go if we want to catch a flight".
The tiny blonde boy turned to face her with a somewhat forced smile on his full lips: "Okay, I think I'm ready to go".