I do not own Glee, any of the characters you may recognize or any music that may be used in this story.
Rachel took a deep breath as she sat in the driver's seat of her gleaming red Lexus LF-A. The shiny vehicle was getting a lot of attention in the public school parking lot where few cars were worth more than $20,000..
It wasn't that she was nervous. She was merely fortifying herself, preparing mentally for the waves she was about to make among the McKinley High student body. She couldn't even lie and say she wouldn't enjoy the attention. She was Rachel Barbra Berry, after all-a performer to the last breath. Her reputation at McKinley was one of being an obnoxious, ambitious, loud-mouthed diva that was at the bottom of the social ladder. Today, that was all to change. The real Rachel was about to come out to play.
When Rachel had first moved to Lima both the beginning the summer after her freshman year, she was definitely not impressed. As a girl who was used to traveling all around the world for vacations and living in a city where there was always something to do, a little town in the middle of Nowhere, Ohio with only one restaurant was a big change. But when your daddy is offered the spot as head of the cardiology department, what can you do? Luckily, Lima was only a little under two hours away from Columbus and the friends and life she grew up with.
As Rachel acquainted herself with the little town through early morning jogs and wondering around in boredom an idea had popped in to her head. She decided that she would amuse herself and practice her acting skills by creating a character. A role that she would portray at school.
And that was who she was known as among her fellow students at McKinley. The facade she created and has lived by, in public anyway. She was the brash little Jewish girl with bad fashion sense and an overbearing personality.
Her friends in Columbus were thoroughly enthralled with her soap opera like life. From the big, dumb quarterback, the knocked up Christian girl, the self-proclaimed sex shark, their twisted love triangle, the teacher who tries to live vicariously through them and everyone in between, there were many stories to be shared. When Rachel and all her Columbus friends got together once a month, it was pretty much laughter nonstop. The only bad part was that Rachel was seemingly alone throughout it all. But she said have one person in her corner.
Since Rachel was six, she'd had one constant best friend-Brittany S. Pierce. They had met in their dance classes and then again in gymnastics. It was an instant friendship after their first sleepover where they danced around and sang along to Disney movies. As a token of their best friendship, Rachel gifted Brittany her first stuffed duck.
Even when Brittany moved to Lima in middle school they remained best friends. They called each other every few days and still went to dance competitions and sleepovers together. It was pure luck that Rachel's dad's new job was close enough that they could live in Limstand she would be with Brittany again.
The summer that Rachel moved, Brittany had been away at cheer camp with the Cheerios. By the time she came back, Rachel had already started to develope her role. To say Brittany wasn't happy would be an understatement, but she had no real room to judge. She let nearly everyone around her believe that she was just some dumb blonde, and she couldn't deny that this would make school much more entertaining.
As sophomore year passed they stayed secret friends. More often than not Britt would go with Rachel on her weekend visits to Columbus. It was even Brittany who helped set up the idea for the Unholy Trinity to infiltrate the Glee club. It didn't hurt that her Aunt Sue was in on it and loved Rachel like a daughter.
As her junior year passed by Rachel started to grow weary of keeping up the charade. There was just only so much a girl could put up with. The breaking point came in December wheit it finally came out that Finn had lied about being a virgin. It wasn't that he hurt her feelings, because she never truly liked him. It was more that he pulled such a dick move, lying to her even after having the opportunity to come clean, and still tried to play the victim. Rachel just wasn't having it anymore, and things were about to changearound McKinley. Change in a big way.
A/N- This is my first story. I've been reading fanfic for a while and I finally sucked it up and tried to write my own. I do plan on continuing this. If anyone might possible want to Beta let me know. Now I won't be one of those authors who asks for reviews but I would love to know what you think.