Chapter 1
Rachel and Kurt were sitting together in the Starbucks in the centre of New York City and discussing their past back at McKinley and with their partners who they thought they'd stay with forever, but that dream was cut short when they both decided to follow their dreams in New York and study there. Rachel was just getting over her relationship with Finn and Kurt was still secretly trying not to ever forget his relationship with Blaine.
"Rachel do you ever think about your relationship with Finn and wish you could just get back together?" Kurt asked, but Rachel just sat there staring at him and took a sip of her hazelnut latte and then to Kurt's surprise she spoke,
"Yes of course I think about Finn, but he's in the past my life is in New York now and he's taken over for Will leading glee club so let's just not speak about him and not discuss what went on at high school." As Rachel said this, a tear was running down her cheek; however she quickly wiped her face and went up to the counter to order a massive wedge of chocolate fudge cake with cream. She wasn't supposed to be eating fatty food as she had to keep her weight down, but she was in a bad mood now because Kurt had brought up her past relationship with Finn. Finn had been Rachel's most serious boyfriend ever and it broke her heart when he dropped her at the train station on the day they were supposed to get married. To make the situation worse as Rachel sat back down at the table the song changed on the radio. The song was – roots before branches – it was the song they'd sang as she went away on the train. It was the last song her and Finn sang together. She stood up and shouted the barista over. As he approached she spoke,
"Can you turn this stupid music off I'm trying to have a nice peaceful coffee with my friend and this music is just getting on my nerves!" it was unlike her to kick off in public but the barista just nodded and turned away. She sat back down at the table shocked by her own actions but she was already feeling down and that song just had too many memories all of which she wanted to leave in the past.
"Don't you think you over reacted then, yeah that song has memories attached to it, but how was that barista to know. You need to stop thinking so negatively about all the memories from back home and think about all the good times we had. Like at sectionals when we won and came back with the trophy, everyone loved us. Remember the time we sung- don't stop believing- it was one of the first ever solo's you sang with Finn. You need to begin to think positively about the past and cheer up a little." Kurt sat there with a smug grin on his face partly because he was shocked at the speech he'd just made and also because he'd managed to actually tell Rachel to stop being such a drama queen. Rachel sat in silence as she knew Kurt was right and despite wanting to lie and tell Kurt he didn't know anything she couldn't she knew he was only being a good friend and she had to accept that she had to think positively about the past. At that moment Kurt and Rachel's phones both rang they looked at each – firstly because they both had their version of don't stop believing as there ringtone and secondly because there phones were both ringing at the same time.