Okay, so I'm back with yet another Raine story - I can't help it, I love these 2! This is part one of two, It's totally AU, but I hope you'll like it anyway. It's based on this video that I created using a song of the same name. To find the video, then follow this link youtube(dot)com/watch?v=J25OtdS2-pw and let me know what you think :)
Hopefully Part 2 will be up by the beginning of next week, it's all in note form, but I work all weekend so it'll be difficult to actually type it up and post it, but I'll try and get it up as soon as possible.
DISCLAIMER - I don't own Glee, because if I did then Blaine wouldn't be "100% Gay"
Oh and before I forget, please review, I'd be grateful to know what you're thinking, as it's different to my previous Raine story.
Rachel Berry had never been considered popular; at McKinley High School she was lucky if anyone even really remembered her name. She was the perfect daughter, never daring to go against her father's wishes, while she had a dream of singing to an audience; they had a dream of her getting an education and going on to have a successful career in medicine. She knew that she didn't fit in at school, she'd discovered that during her freshman year when she had tried so hard to fit in with the other kids, they had rejected her and since then, Rachel had kept herself under the school's radar, concentrating on her studies instead of climbing the social ladder.
Blaine Anderson, former child actor, was the lead singer of popular boy band 'The Warblers," he'd been out of education for as long as he could remember, and he desperately wanted to get some control of his life back before it was too late. His parents had argued over his decision to take some time out from the band in order for him to socialise with regular people for a change, but Blaine had stood firm and was relieved when his management had claimed that it was a good idea. Kurt Hummel, the youngest member of 'The Warblers' didn't quite share Blaine's enthusiasm, he had been to a high school prior to joining the band and had vowed never to go back again, but one of the terms that their management had agreed with Blaine was that he couldn't do this on his own – Kurt had somehow been roped in. But Blaine was the lead singer, and no one could say no to him.
"I can't believe you're actually making me do this!" Kurt hissed as Blaine pulled into the McKinley parking lot, Blaine smirked as he parked the car.
"Come on, it can't be that bad, don't you want some normality in your life?" Blaine asked and Kurt rolled his eyes dramatically.
"Of course I don't!" he half shrieked, "Why do you think I pursued a career in show business?" Blaine chuckled lightly and shook his head.
"Kurt, you're only 17, I'd hardly call that a career," Blaine got out of the car and closed the door behind him.
"Says the boy who has never been in mainstream education," Kurt mumbled as he begrudgingly picked up his bag and got out the car, slamming the door behind him.
"Come on, let's do this." Blaine grinned, pulling his sunglasses over his eyes and walking towards the building in front of him. Kurt glared at him and slowly trudged after him.
It turns out that Kurt had been completely wrong about their new high school experience, he was no longer the outcast, he had been welcomed into the school with open arms and he wasted no time in making sure that the rest of the school knew who was boss. Blaine, on the other hand was a little overwhelmed with how everyone treating him.
"Oh my god!" Rachel frowned as she heard her friend running towards her, Tina grinned as she finally caught up with Rachel, and quickly caught her breath.
"I've just seen him!" Tina grinned eagerly,
"Who?" Rachel asked, although she had a pretty good idea who Tina was talking about.
"Blaine Anderson!" she shrieked, "I was just leaving the girls locker room, and I saw him, he was coming out of the cafeteria!"
"Well, maybe he was hungry?" Rachel said, rolling her eyes and closing her locker.
"Don't you know what this means?" Tina continued and Rachel sighed and shook her head.
"It means that Blaine Anderson and I breathed the same air!"
"Okay, I'm leaving now," Rachel laughed, before walking in the direction of the library. She was getting bored about hearing about Blaine Anderson and Kurt Hummel, she was sure that they were nice guys, she wasn't really a person to judge, but she didn't understand why the school were going to all this extra effort to accommodate them, if they wanted to experience a normal lifestyle, then surely the school should comply with their requests? She had lost count of how many extra assemblies she had attended, every one of them usually ending in the principal reminding them that they must treat their special guest with extra care and attention. That was wasn't a normal High School life. High School was a cast system and everyone knew it. She shook her head as she walked into the school's library and embraced the silence; she smiled as she approached the librarian's desk.
"Oh hello Rachel dear," Rachel smiled as the elderly woman in front of her, "That book you requested has arrived, would you like to have it now?"
"Oh yes please, Mrs Knight," Rachel replied politely, Mrs Knight smiled and turned around and ran her finger against a shelf full of books before taking one out and smiling before turning back to face Rachel. She checked it out quickly, using the computer, before handing it over to Rachel.
"Thank you very much," Rachel smiled before walking to the back of the room and finding her usual table vacant. She took her seat and made herself comfortable as she began to read her book.
"Oh my god, it's Blaine!" Blaine groaned as turned to walk in the other direction. He had distanced himself from Kurt for the rest of the day, hoping that he would take away a lot of the attention that they'd both been receiving. He was always grateful to his fans for supporting his music, but for once he just wanted to be treated like a regular guy, he had been very specific when his management had agreed to his demands, but somehow the message had been lost in translation between his management and this school. Girls were throwing themselves at him every time they saw him, he swore that he'd actually heard a girl shrieking about breathing the same air as him earlier that day, that was just plain scary. The teachers were just as bad, instead of correcting his answers; they were changing theirs, just to enable him to be correct. He was quickly beginning to realise that maybe this wasn't one of his brightest ideas. He found a door and slipped inside quickly, hoping to go unnoticed. He let out a relieved smile when he realised that he was now stood inside of McKinley's library. He glanced around the room and nobody even acknowledged his presence, he grinned and walked further into the room. Now this he could get used to. When he reached the back of the room, he spotted a table in the far corner and headed directly towards it, barely noticing the brunette sat reading quietly on her own.
"Hey, do you mind?" Blaine asked quietly, Rachel lifted her head, noticed Blaine and shook her head, before returning her eyes to her book. Blaine smiled and sat down at the table and pulled out his history notebook.
"Is it always this crazy around here?" he asked quietly,
"Not always, but then again, we're not usually in the company of celebrities," she grinned, and Blaine groaned.
"Not you as well?" he mumbled as he rested his head on his notebook and Rachel shook her head.
"Sorry, I couldn't resist," Blaine lifted his head and smiled at Rachel, who blushed slightly, "By your response, I take it that High School isn't exactly the experience you were hoping for?"
"Not exactly," he shrugged, Rachel closed her book and placed it on top of the table.
"Can I ask you a question?" she asked quietly, "Why did you decide to come back, I mean you're the lead singer of 'The Warblers,' what makes High School so special?"
"I've never actually been to a real school," Blaine said quietly, Rachel stared at him and Blaine smiled softly at her, "I know, it's weird right?"
"Not at all, from what I've heard, you're quite the accomplished performer," Rachel nodded,
"Yeah, I guess,"
"Oh, and you're modest as well," Rachel smirked and Blaine rolled his eyes,
"Hey, I can't deny the truth," Blaine laughed, causing Rachel to giggle.
Rachel was surprised at how easily she found it to talk to Blaine, as well as her dad's being controlling of her career prospects, they also played a huge part in who was friends with. They only approved of Tina because her parent's were the best doctors in Lima, and Tina's academic levels were out of this world. Boys were completely out of the question, not that they had ever been an issue, but her dad's had been pretty clear when they stated that Rachel was to concentrate on her career before she considered settling down and starting a family with an appropriate young man. But Blaine was different, Rachel was used to being ignored by her classmates, but as she was sitting her talking so casually with Blaine, she was beginning to realise just how much she had missed out on.
"So, are you a senior to?" Blaine asked, and Rachel nodded, "I've not seen you in any of my classes."
"Most of my classes are advanced," Rachel explained, "They're aren't many people in them at all,"
"Wow, you must be really smart then," Blaine said, slight in awe of the girl sat in front of him, she blushed again and shrugged.
"I wouldn't say that," she smiled.
Blaine smiled and nodded as he continued to talk to Rachel, she was just so normal, she didn't seem intimidated by his celebrity status, she didn't treat him as if he was some sort of god, just because he had a string of hit singles under his belt – although that was pretty cool. It amazed him how naturally their conversation was flowing, two complete strangers and something had just clicked between them. The bell rang loudly, cutting through their conversation; Rachel jumped up and picked up her book bag.
"I've got to go, it was nice talking to you," she smiled before quickly walking away.
"Hey wait – I never caught your name," he called as he turned around, but Rachel was already gone. He sighed and shook his head as he shoved his notebook into his bag and braved the hallways yet again, ignoring the screams that he encountered as he made his way to his next class.
"I love high school!" Kurt grinned, as he met up with Blaine at the end of the day. Blaine rolled his eyes as he unlocked his car.
"Really, because I was beginning to think that maybe this wasn't such a good idea after all," Blaine mumbled as he sat down in the drivers seat and fastened his belt.
"Are you kidding me?" Kurt grinned, as he fastened his own seatbelt, "Everybody loved me. I've already got someone to do my homework for the rest of the semester. I didn't even have to ask Blaine, they just volunteered!"
"But didn't you find it annoying the way everyone treated us?" Blaine asked as he pulled out of the parking lot, desperately trying not to hit the crowd of girls that were following them, "A teacher actually changed his answer today, just to ensure that I answered the question correctly!" Kurt laughed and Blaine his head, "I'm serious Kurt, I checked the answers at the back of the textbook,"
"Even so, I'll still take this high school over my last one any day," Kurt shrugged as he waved to his fans out of the window as Blaine was finally able to pull away.
Rachel sighed as she pulled out her homework for that evening, her dad's had always enforced a strict studying routine for their daughter, as well as her assigned homework, Rachel also had to dedicate an hour of her time to reading ahead for her classes and prepping for her next assignment, but Rachel had a secret. She had her own MySpace page, something that updated regularly, behind her dad's back of course. Tonight was no different, she had already planned that she was going to upload another video of her performing once she had finished her homework, because yes – even at the age of 18 Rachel's dad still inspected her homework to ensure that she had finished it and wasn't simply trying to take the easy way out. Only tonight, Rachel was a little distracted; she couldn't stop thinking about Blaine, and how easily they had connected in the library that day. Before their conversation, Rachel had barely heard of him, she only knew what Tina had told her, and of course what she had heard in the school hallways as she made her way to class. She smiled fondly as she thought about him, and then opened her iTunes library searching for an appropriate song for tonight's video, she paused when she settled on Katy Perry's 'Teenage Dream' well it was certainly different to what she usually posted, but she figured she'd go for it, it wasn't as if anybody actually viewed her videos anyway. She set up her camera and pressed play before she started singing, a part of her wishing that by some twist of fate Blaine would actually see her performing and realise that in actual fact she was singing to him.
A few days had passed and Rachel hadn't spoken to Blaine since their first encounter, but it didn't stop her thinking about him at every opportunity she had. The hallways were full of excited talk about the annual talent show, a big event on it's own merit, but an even bigger even now that 'The Warblers' had been confirmed to be performing, everyone wanted to be a part of the show. They saw it as their one chance to impress the lead Warbler and capture Blaine's heart once and for all.
It wasn't until the end of the week when Rachel spotted Blaine sitting alone in the courtyard outside, she took a deep breath and smiled as she made her way over to him.
"Hey Blaine," she said before she was pushed to the side, she frowned when she stared at Quinn Fabray and Santana Lopez, McKinley High School's head cheerleaders and the most popular girls in school.
"Watch it man hands!" Santana growled, Rachel sighed as she glanced back at Blaine who was had now been joined by Kurt and hadn't noticed the incident. He had now picked up his guitar, causing a bigger crowd of girls to form around him.
"Aww, does Ru-paul have a little crush?" Quinn sneered, "Word of advice, Blaine is totally out of your league," Santana laughed loudly and Rachel scrambled to her feet, shooting one more look at Blaine before turning on her heel and walking back into the building. She knew that she shouldn't let people like Quinn and Santana get to her, but she was so tired of being pushed around, she was tired of being the person that everyone wanted her to be, she wanted to be Rachel Berry, and she knew that there was only one way for Blaine to ever see the real her.
"Hey there you are," Tina grinned as she approached Rachel stood by the school's notice board. "What are you doing?"
"Something I should've done a long time ago, will you help me?" Rachel asked, Tina stared at her friend and nodded eagerly, Rachel smiled and started to walk away, leaving Tina to glance at the Talent show sign up sheet, stunned as she read the last name on the sheet: 'RACHEL BERRY*'
