AUTHOR'S NOTE: Hi! So this is kind of the introduction to the story. I kind of have an idea of where I want it to go, but who knows. All I know is that it will be eventual Faberry and it probably won't be that long of a story. I haven't exactly written anything like this before, so please let me know if I should even continue it, or if you're interested in reading how it plays out. Thanks!

It's amazing how a year can change everything. You think you're one person, and then suddenly you have no clue who you are anymore, so you're forced to find yourself all over again. It's exhausting. Just when you think you have everything figured out, it gets complicated again like an endless cycle. You feel alone and lost, and as though you're so insignificant that no one would miss you if you were gone.

This is exactly where Rachel Berry was in her life. Okay, so maybe she went a little overboard senior year planning her life with Finn, and that probably wasn't the best and most important thing to focus on for the future. But can you blame her? She had never felt love before in her entire life, and suddenly her feelings were too intense for her to handle. She was blinded by love, it happens all the time. There's no way she regretted it. Why would she? And trade all of the amazing feelings she ever felt? No way. Regardless though, along the way, she lost herself.

Now, here she was in her new apartment that she shared with Kurt, alone. There's a feeling she had grown accustomed to. Finn had completely stopped talking to her, and to be honest, she was broken. He said he was setting her free, but this wasn't exactly what she had in mind. For the past few months, she learned to live with the pain that started the second Finn stopped speaking to her. She couldn't remember a time of feeling "normal". She wondered if she would ever get back to feeling "normal", or if being in love completely changes a person after it is all said and done. After all, people go through this stuff all the time. They don't appear to be changed, or broken inside. Perhaps it's true that anyone can be an actor or actress. Anyone who can hide such intense pain of losing the love they once had deserves an Oscar, because it's hard. Even on good day, Rachel catches herself having to hold back tears in public places.

Call her dramatic, but Finn meant a lot to her. Sure, he had his not-so-bright moments, but she loved him despite it all. In fact, she found most of it endearing. She belonged to someone, and someone belonged to her. He was all hers. She always had someone there no matter what, and she got used to it. She got attached. That's the worst part. Rule number one: never get attached. She must have forgotten that…

What she needed was a hero. There was no way she could do this alone. She longed for someone to come save her from herself. She wanted to feel like she felt with Finn again. Everyone kept telling her it was possible to find someone else to make her feel that way, but she couldn't imagine it being anyone but him. She refused to believe it possible until it happened. If it ever happened…

AUTHOR'S NOTE: Okay so there it is. Short, but if I continue, the chapters will be longer. There will probably be two or three, or who knows. Just let me know if you want me to continue or not! Constructive criticism is always great. Xoxo - Charlie