A/N so let me know if you want more? and ill start on the next chapter straight away. It's kind of late so if I've made any mistakes it's due to tiredness so I apologise in advance. I'm planning on making the next chapters longer.

Rachel stood at her locker humming quietly to herself, taking the needed books out for her next lesson when she felt a tap on her shoulder. she spun around instinctively, signature smile in place but was met with the ice cold slap she knew all to well. She hasn't seen this one coming so her eyes of course were open. To say it stung was an understatement. As always the hallway erupted in boisterous laughter and she felt tears escape her eyes leaving a hot trail through the ice as they cascaded down her cheeks, she wasn't sure if they were tears of embarrassment or from the corn syrup, that could be mistaken for acid, still burning her eyes. She felt her perpetrator move in closer until she could feel there hot breath on her ear and the sweet smell of perfume engulf her senses, her eyes were screwed shut in a failed attempt to soothe the pain, but she still knew who it was. Just the presence of this person made her stomach tingle.

"Do the world a favour and get sterilised, treasure trail."

It was merely a whisper void of emotion but the words stung more than the ice in her eyes, which she was almost certain was slowly blinding her the longer she left it. She hated that she had feelings for Quinn the girl who constantly tormented her, humiliating her on a daily basis. At first she pushed it down thinking it was just a crush that it would pass, so naive.

She stood there as Quinn left leaving only the lingering scent of her sweet perfume in the air, the ice had surely soaked through her underwear by now and was probably going to dye her skin, but still she stood still there, there wasn't much she could really do what with her lack of sight. She felt so helpless as the mocking laughter continued. Until a hand gently grasped her arm she stiffened thinking Quinn was back for another round but this was not Quinn, whoever this was did not smell like jasmine and a slight hint of vanilla. They smelled faintly of lavender. She didn't know weather to be scared by the fact a stranger was taking her somewhere while she was temporarily blinded, but ultimately decided no one could be worse than Quinn and this person was leading her away from the very much public hallway so she decided to be thankful. She hadn't realised they'd stopped until a voice broke her out of her thoughts.

"Here, hold still." The feminine voice said softly. Rachel immediately recognised that voice.

"Tina?" She asked just to make sure, as the other girl gently wiped her eyes with a wet paper towel.

"Yeah?" Rachel heaved a sigh of relife at finally a having someone familiar who she knew had only good intentions, so she didn't have to brace herself for anymore public humiliation.

"Just.. Just thank you."

"It's fine, I know what it's like. But Rachel I'm only going to be able to get the ice of your face, you'll have to use the gym showers for the rest." She explained throwing the used paper towel in the trash can. " you can open your eyes now."

Rachel did as she was told, slowly. They still burned like crazy and her vision was blurred slightly but at least she wasn't blind. "Thank you Tina, again."

"It's fine Rachel, but I've really got to get to class, will you be ok?"

"I'll be fine." She smiled. With that Tina left and Rachel made her way to the

gym showers.

Quinn sat in class thinking about Rachel and though she would never admit it to anyone, the tiny diva seemed to take up most of her thoughts lately. She had admitted to her self a while ago that she may harbour certain feelings towards the other girl but she refused to accept it. She had thought it was a phase she'd even read up about it, some girls get confused especially around her age some even..experiment, and that in a few weeks she'll grow out of it. She waited. But the thoughts continued and even intensified to a degree, she had tried so so hard to make it go away, she had prayed morning and night even going as low as letting finn touch her under the shirt until she realised it wasn't going away. The day she realised that she cried herself to sleep for weeks on end even during the day when alone however when in company became an even colder, closed of bitch than before. So now she torments the girl because this is her fault she's like this in the first place! And though it kills her each day she puts on a brave face because deserves it, it's gods way of punishing her after all. She sighed looking at the clock 40 more minutes of Mr Higgs droning on about some dead person no one really cared about. groaning she placed her head on the cool wooden surface of her desk intending to catch up on some much needed sleep. Her eyes fluttered closed to there own accord and that's when she heard it, when everybody heard it. A gun shot. At first every one froze in different states of shock. Silence. Then it happened again followed by a scream. Cue chaos. Everyone threw themselves out there chair Quinn included sprinting towards the door some kid even jumped out the window, luckily they were on the first floor. They all ran for the nearest exit eager to get the hell out of the school.

Rachel was in the shower when it happened. She hadn't had shampoo or conditioner with her so she would have to just rinse and hope for the best. She was lost in her thoughts mainly about a certain blonde when the gun fired, so when it happened she first thought she had misheard, because there is no way that was an actual gun shot, those things only happened on t.v...Right? But when the second one rang out closely followed by an ear piercing scream her stomach bottomed. She froze listening to the cries of her fellow classmates as they ran past the changing room door. someone had a gun. She'd read about this, of course she had but she never thought it would actually happen to her. Not in boring old Lima. She was terrified too scared to even appreciate the drama of the situation. With shaky hands she grabbed the towel of the cubical door and tried to dry herself quick as possible, her clothes stuck to her uncomfortably since she was only half dry. She looked around the empty locker room the sounds of her classmates got further away until nothing. Silence. What now?

Quinn stood outside packed tightly in the crowd of McKinley students as teachers scowling each time someone knocked into her which was a lot. She was currently shoved up against some gothic boy who smelled suspiciously of pot and red bull? and that weird vampire girl that used to fake stutter, as the teachers tried to gain some control and tick of people's names Of the list.

She heard her name being shouted and answered distractedly all the while searching for a certain brunette, she couldn't see her. She told her self it was because she was small so easily lost in a crowd but her gut told her otherwise as did the uncomfertable feeling in her stomach.

"Rachel berry?" Her head snapped to the balding teacher at the front who called out the name, he frowned when there was no response.

"Quite down! Is Rachel Berry present?" The front of the crowd quietened and people's heads looked around slowly for the petite brunette. No sign.

"oh no." It was quite a bearly there whisper un heard by everyone else but since Quinn was basically pressed up against the girl she heard it. Her head whipped to the Asian girl who was a shade paler than usual.

"Do you know something?" Quinn asked not caring how desperate she sounded. The Asians eyes widened.

"W-well, I-I-I.." Quinn was never know for her patience.

"We all know your stutter was fake Asian! So if you know something speak up or I swear to god I will make you life a living hell!" She knew it wasn't one of her best threats but it seemed to work as she watched the girl visibly gulp in front of her or that could've been because Quinn now had hold of her by the front of her shirt, when did that happen?

"S-she was i-in the bathroom. S-slushied, she had to use t-the s-s-showers. T-that's all I know." She choked out. Quinn let go of her shirt as her heart all but stopped beating. She clenched her jaw swallowing thickly in weak attempt to keep down the bile rising in her throat. This was all her fault. She hadn't even processed what was happening as her feet sprinted back in the direction of the school, she heard someone shout her name behind her but everything was blurred background noise. she slipped around the back of the building looking for the nearest entrance. Finding it she heaving herself up and in through the window with ease, thank god for cheerio training. she vaguely recognised the window as the one that boy threw himself out of. So that would make this her history class. She stood up closing the window behind her quietly with only one thought on her mind. Get to Rachel.