Hello all, I've decided to start a new fic. Hope you all enjoy it. It wont be as angsty as my last one...Well I'll try not to have too much angst :P
Anywho...in this story Rachel and Finn are best friends...um...also it's set around the beginning of season one, it's pretty AU I guess. Quinn isn't pregnant...I think thats all you need to know before reading...so enjoy and please review!

I own nothing, names of songs will be listed at the end of the chapter

Chapter 1

Five hundred-twenty-five thousand-six hundred minutes, Five hundred-twenty-five thousand moments oh dear. Five hundred-twenty-five thousand-six hundred minutes how do you measure, measure a year? Great now she had RENT stuck in her head, that's all she needed while trying to do her maths test. Ok back to the question 525,600 x 652,500 = … Honestly the teachers in this school are so lazy why give us these sorts of questions? We are supposed to be learning about geometry! Rachel sighed as she punched the numbers into her calculator and wrote down the answer. Today was not a good day. First she was slushied and had to quickly change her clothes before going to class which made her late and that was not ok. Then she forgot they had a maths test today and so she was unprepared for that and last but not least she had seen Quinn and Finn all over each other in the hallway. She knew she shouldn't be mad or jealous of them but she just couldn't help it. At least there was Glee club today so that should make up for the bad day she was having.

Rachel walked into the choir room and noticed that a few of the members were already there including Puck who was chatting to Mike also there were Brittany and Santana god they are so obvious, why don't they just come out already! The two cheerios were up the back sitting extremely close to each other quietly talking. Rachel sat up the front and waited for the rest of the group to arrive. Mercedes, Kurt, Tina and Artie soon entered the room and took their seats the last to enter was Finn and Quinn who walked hand in hand giggling. Rachel rolled her eyes and looked away. So freakin' charming! They took their seats next to Rachel, which just made the brunette diva even more annoyed. Finally Mr. Shue arrived and began the class.

"Ok gang, we have been working really hard these last few months and so I want to give you the opportunity to let your hair down. This week I want you all to find a song and perform it for everyone. We will be having a little show in the auditorium for your performances. So I want you to go all out, with costumes and props and…yes Kurt?"
"Can we do a duet?" He asked.
Mr. Shue nodded "Whatever you want this is all up to you there will be no restrictions."
Kurt smiled and high fived Mercedes.
"Ok so everyone know what they have to do?" He asked his students who answered with a nod and a few yeses. "All right, so this time is now yours."

The members of the Glee club began to spread off into their own little worlds. Some paired up including Kurt and Mercedes, Brittany and Santana and Quinn and Finn. Rachel reached into her bag and pulled out her music folder and began looking for a song. She disrupted when Finn came over to her and sat down beside her.
"Hey Rach." He smiled at her with that silly goofy smile he has.
"Hello Finn…what can I do for you?" She replied.
Finn shifted in his seat and looked a little shy "I um…I want…I was wondering if you could help me find a song…for Quinn. I want to sing to her."
Great! Just what I needed…why is the world against me today? Ignoring her irritation Rachel put on her smile and replied. "Oh…well…sure. What kind of song were you thinking of?" She asked.
"Well I was thinking of something romantic…I just don't know any romantic songs, that's where you come in." He smiled at her it took everything in her not to roll her eyes at the boy. In all honesty she did want to help Finn, they have been best friends for such a long time and she liked seeing him happy and any chance to help someone find a great song was not an opportunity Rachel liked to just throw away its just she really, really didn't want to help Finn find a romantic song for him to sing to Quinn. Damn, why do I have to be such a good friend? Quinn should be with me not him! It's not fair.
"Why don't you have a think about it and I'll see what I can come up with and we can talk about it tomorrow." She told her friend. Finn smiled and said thanks before he left to go back to sit with Quinn.

After Glee had finished everyone headed out and went home, Rachel decided to stay back and practice. Her father was going to be late picking her up anyway so she was happy to stay in the choir room and sing her heart out. She liked doing this whenever she had a bad day as it made her feel as though she could just escape for a few minutes. She placed her music folder on the piano and flipped through the book to randomly pick a song. When it opened to On My Own from Les Miserables she groaned and quickly flipped the page but the next song was All Alone Am I by Brenda Lee, Rachel groaned again then wondered how a Brenda Lee song wound up in her music folder. Then she remembered her dad was going through it the other night. He must have added some new songs to it that she wasn't aware of. Her dad was a big fan of the 50's and early 60's music and loved people like Brenda Lee, Connie Francis, Ricky Nelson, The Shangri-Las and Elvis just to name a few. So she wouldn't be surprised if the rest of her music folder was filled with songs by them and probably Doris Day. Michael Berry loved him some Doris Day! And yes as she turned the page there it was looking at her Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps by the Day herself. Rachel sighed and continued to flip through her folder until one song caught her eye. It was one her dad had put in, she read over the lyrics and couldn't help but relate. It's as if this song was written for me! Rachel quickly sat at the piano and played the first couple of notes so she could get the tune in her head and then began to sing.

The way she walks
The way she talks
How long can I pretend?
Oh I can't help it
I'm in love
With the girl of my best friend

Her lovely hair
Her skin so fair
I could go on and never end
Oh I can't help it
I'm in love
With the girl of my best friend

I want to tell her how I love her so
And hold her in my arms but then
What if she got real mad and told him so?
I could never face either one again

The way they kiss
Their happiness
Will my aching heart ever mend?
Or will I always be in love
With the girl of my best friend

Never end, will it ever end, please let it end.

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Songs:

Seasons of Love - RENT

Girl of My Best Friend - Elvis Presley