After vibrating off the table, Quinn finally picked the phone up. 42 new text messages flashed onto the screen. Sighing to herself she absent mindedly scrolled through them all. Friend requests, party invitations, they all crowded her screen until in frustration she threw the phone on the floor! Couldn't they leave her alone? Sure she's the most popular girl in school but she just wants to sleep. The home phone rings and she screams into her pillow.
She quarrels with herself about actually getting up but does anyway. She glides into the uniform of her school, but her being her, she deftly rolls over the waist band of her kilt, undoes the top button of her blouse, adjusts her opaque tights (much better than those hideous knee socks that only the first years insist on wearing) and slips on Mary Jane's, all while straightening her luscious blonde locks and applying an ounce of make-up onto beautifully un-blemished skin.
Before sliding into her red Audi convertible, she munches on a slice of wholemeal toast sparingly glazed with butter.
Rachel looked at her phone and sighed. 0 text messages, 0 phone calls, 0 friends. Lying back in bed she deflated slightly. After a month in school she was still the new girl, still the freak, still alone.
Forcing herself out of bed she watched her reflection in the mirror; short brown hair frames her heart shape face and deep set hazel eyes miserably stare back at her. Well she doesn't want to be late to school now does she? She reprimands herself while throwing on the ugly uniform of a light and dark blue kilt, white blouse, knee socks and loafers.
Before slipping out the door she throws on the matching dark blue blazer and gobbles up a slice of white toast dripping with butter and climbs into her black Suzuki Jeep, which her father bought for her before she transferred schools.
Pulling into the school car park, the Suzuki indicated to park in a prime space reserved for only the school hierarchy. While waiting for a student to pass, a red convertible zooms past and perfectly parks in the available space.
Staring in disbelief at the convertible, Rachel rolls her eyes and drives off to find another space.
Quinn strutted into school and was met by: her boyfriend Puck, her BFF Santana and Santana's girlfriend Brittany. After a quick gossip and gathering of her books the four glided down the hall to class while adoring peers part like the red sea.
Rachel walked into school and was met by no-one. Shrugging nonchalantly she moved to her locker, pulled out the necessary books and power walked to class.
Flouncing down into the appropriate seat, Quinn glanced over to her Biology partner and crumpled her nose in disgust. Flicking her hair to one side she turned 180 degrees in her seat and simply said:
"Look scholarship student, we both know you don't belong here so let's make this easy. You do the homework, I put my name on the top and we both get the grade. Ok?"
Before letting her answer, Quinn swung around in her seat, crossed her legs and started paying attention to her precisely manicured nails out of complete boredom.
Dumfounded, Rachel nodded but realised that no one was paying any attention to her, never mind her biology partner.
The teacher arrived and spouted some speech about god knows what and the two completely different girls both spent the lesson in two completely different ways.
Lunch rolled around and while Rachel sat alone, Quinn was surrounded by her followers all begging for an invite to her pool party. Once bored of everyone fawning over her, she got up, mentioned something about going to the toilet and sashayed off to behind the gym.
Sighing contentedly, she leaned into him as he whispered sweet nothings into her ear. No one could find out about her dirty little secret, Quinn contemplated, Puck, her image booster was for show, whilst this was the man who held her heart in the palm of his hands. It was a pity that this was the only way they could meet but she had to protect her image. Locking lips with him all thoughts were eradicated from her mind.
Meandering around the school, Rachel tried to memorise the root she had taken, but all thoughts left her head when she stumbled across the embracing couple in the shadows behind the gym.
Backtracking, she eventually turned and ran off back towards the courtyard to try to make sense of what she saw.
Sensing someone watching Quinn looked up only to see the retreating body of her Biology partner. Eyes widening in shock, she sprang away from him and watched as the girl headed back to the courtyard. Something had to be done to keep her mouth shut or all hell will break loose...