Meeting Rachel Berry
She walked into the halls of McKinley high with her head held high. Nothing was going to stop her taking this school by storm, as she had with her old school. She hated her father for making her move, but business was business and he, along with his family, now had to move from New York, to Lima, Ohio. She was head Cheerleader, Captain of the celibacy club and the Glee club. Back at her old school she had it all and there she was only a freshman. She had the quarterback boyfriend and grades which were at the top of the class. She was the prettiest girl there and a perfect Christian. Quinn Fabray vowed she would get that all back, here at William McKinley High School.
She was greeted by a small, brown haired girl, as she walked through the doors. She was wearing a very short black skirt with long white socks and black flats. She had a pink shirt with a black and white cardigan over the top. Her hair flowed over her shoulders in small brown curls, the same colour as her eyes. She carried behind her a small pink suitcase, that Quinn though to be adorable. The girl had stacks of papers in her hands and was looking through them.
"Hello" the girl spoke in a high, but gentle and sweet voice. "My name is Rachel Berry, you must be Quinn Fabray." She held out her hand and Quinn politely took it. "I have been commissioned to give you the grand tour and to escort you to your locker and classes."
"I-I- You don't have to do that I am sure I can find my –my own way around" Quinn said slightly overwhelmed by the small girls gratitude, no one in New York was ever this kind.
"Nonsense, Quinn it took menearly 3 days to be fully accustomed to the dynamics of this school, I am sure if you accept my offer you will be on your way by the end of the day."
Quinn was speechless, and she had not been in the school more than 10 minutes. Rachel was different, she couldn't quite understand why. It was more than her good looks and overly kindness, it was more than her odd dress sense and fact she had a suitcase and spoke using unnecessarily long words. Rachel was just….different, and Quinn wasn't sure that was a bad thing.
"Su-sure, sorry. Lead away Rachel" Quinn spoke.
Quinn was not paying attention to the brunette leading her, she didn't care about the classrooms or dining rules, she was too focused on the girl in front of her. Taking in every inch of her. She wasn't sure why but Quinn could not peel her eyes of off the girl before her.
"Well Quinn" Rachel asked.
"Huh…. S-sorry what- what did you say?" Quinn asked slightly embarrassed, a blush creeping over her cheeks.
"Were you ignoring me Quinn Fabray?" Rachel asked, in a joking tone with a grin on her face, but that didn't reduce Quinn's further embarrassment. So she just stood there perfectly still. "I asked why you decided to move school."
"I-I didn't chose you I had to. M-my dad moved here with business, so I didn't have a choice. We used to live in New York and it….."
"Wait!" Rachel, rather loudly, interrupted. She had dreamed of New York and Broadway since she was little. She had never been though, her dads could never afford it. "You lived in New York?" Quinn just silently nodded. "Oh My God! I have always wanted to go to New York, Broadway and the big City, oh God you are so lucky"
"Rachel!" This time it was Quinn's turn to interrupt. "Calm down Rachel"
"Bu-but-but its New York"
"I know I lived there" Quinn chuckled to herself, she liked this girl, she could see them being great friends. "My dad still owns a flat down there, for business, we could go down there one day, if you would like?"
"YES!" Rachel almost screamed, causing Quinn to take a few steps back "I- I mean, y-yeah I would love to if that-it's okay with you "
"I'll see what I can do, now how about we get back to that tour?"
"y-yeah sure" did she do that? Did she just invite me to New York, New York? Calm down Rachel, don't get your hopes up just, just breath, tell her about Glee, we always need new members. "So Quinn, do you sing?"
"Well yeah I do, a bit, I was captain of the Glee Club back at my old school" Rachel froze, captain! What if she takes this away from me, captaining Glee is all I have at this school. "are you okay?" Quinn asked, generally concerned, what did she say?
"yeah- yes- yes I am fine it is just that I happen to be the captain of the Glee club at this school and I rather enjoy my position I just don't want some new girl waltzing in here and stealing my hard work away from me" Rachel did not mean to say that "I – I am so s-sorry, I didn't mean that"
"it is okay, I understand and I am not going to steal you captaincy, but I would however, be
interested in joining, how do I sign up."
"Turn up" Rachel said simply "It is in the choir room down the hall at 4pm tomorrow, turn up and you are a member, you don't even need to be able to sing"
"Okay I will see you then, but don't you think it is now time to go to lessons?" Quinn asked trying not to sound like she wanted to get rid of the girl, which she didn't she rather liked Rachel.
Quinn sat through her Maths class, bored as hell. She knew everything the teacher was saying and even thought the teacher was wrong a few times, but said nothing of it. All she could think of was Rachel, and seeing her in glee club tomorrow. She really wanted to show her how well she could sing and was intrigued as to if the girl herself could sing.
