A/N: I promised a new story, and here it is! I would love feedback to know whether or not you feel that I should continue or if you'd be interested in reading something like this. It's going to progress into the future, I think, but for right now, it's high-school Finchel with some obvious Fuinn, maybe some other ships.

On to the story!

When you think everything is perfect, sometimes it's time to take a step back and look at the rest of the world.

She may not be the most beautiful girl or the most popular, heck, she may not even be a dot on your radar, but the moment you see her, you will know. She is the beginning of your life, and she is the end. You will spend the rest of your life with her.

But until you find her, your life is missing something… And then it all changes.

Finn Hudson walked into the halls of McKinley High. Today was the beginning of the rest of his life. Well, at least he thought he was beginning the rest of his life.

Finn was quarterback of the football team, engaged to the most beautiful girl in school, and he thought everything was going great. He was a senior this year. He would graduate and marry Quinn Fabray and he would have a football scholarship to some extraordinary school.

That's how Finn Hudson expected to start and end his senior year, but that's not how things went at all.

Being the new girl on campus her senior year of high school was not Rachel Berry's idea of fun. Her mother, famous Broadway star and singer, Shelby Corcoran, had married some sleaze of a guy, who she had then divorced only a few months later.

After deciding that it was time to take a break from Broadway, Shelby had taken her only daughter and herself to her hometown. Lima, Ohio.

So, here Rachel was on the steps of her new high school, McKinley High, hoping to start her senior year right.

She walked into the counselor's office and was greeted by a doe-eyed redhead.

"Um, excuse me? Miss… Pillsbury? I'm Rachel Berry, a new student here," Rachel said timidly.

"Oh, hi!" Miss Pillsbury replied, turning around and pulling a file out of a cabinet.

"Let's see, Miss Berry… You are a straight A student, involved in the student council, you were in GLEE club?" she said, dropping the folder.

"Um… yes," Rachel replied, fidgeting slightly.

"We have an excellent GLEE club here at McKinley, I'm sure Will—I mean Mr. Schuester would be honored to have the daughter of Shelby Corcoran on his team," she smiled.

"I'll think about it, but I'm not sure if I'm interested right now," she replied, "Thank you though, Miss Pillsbury, I'll um… see you again sometime."

She rushed out of the office and bumped into a guy, dropping her books.

"Oh, gosh, I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to run into you, I should have been watching where I was going," she rambled, looking at the floor and avoiding eye contact.

"It's okay, really," he said, stopping her from rushing and picking up her books for her.

They both stood up and she finally looked him in the eyes.

Life really only has one beginning and one end.

Rachel Berry was eye to eye with Finn Hudson, and Finn Hudson had never seen anyone as beautiful as her in his life, not even his girlfriend, the one he was engaged to.

Shit. I'm engaged. Supposedly. It was Quinn's idea.

"I-I'm sorry, I have to be somewhere," Rachel managed to choke out, walking in the opposite direction.

"Wait!" he said, trying to stop her, but it was too late. She had already rounded the corner into another hallway.

This was not good. He didn't even know this girl and he already felt a connection to her. He had to find out who she was.

Rachel walked into her last class of the day, calculus.

She wasn't a huge fan of math, but she was good at it, so it was obvious that her mother had insisted they put her in calculus.

She sat down in the back and was aimlessly scribbling in her notebook when she heard a cough beside her.

She looked to the left and saw the boy she had ran into in the hallway.

Shit.

"Hi," he smiled, "I'm Finn. Finn Hudson."

"Hi," she answered, ignoring him as she continued to doodle.

"And you are?" he persisted.

"Rachel. Rachel Berry," she said, forcing a smile as she turned back to her notebook.

"You're the new girl, aren't you?" he asked her.

"Yes," she sighed, annoyed.

"I'm sorry if I'm pissing you off, I'm just trying to be your friend," he said, turning around and facing the front of the room.

Rachel felt kind of bad. She needed friends. She was all alone in this stupid pathetic little town and the last thing she needed was an enemy.

"Finn?" she said, as he turned towards her, "I'm sorry for being a bitch, I'm just… It's hard trying to adjust to a new environment. And everyone expects me to be brilliant because my mother is—"

Just at the time she was about to begin her life rant, the teacher stood at the front of the classroom, clearing his throat.

Well, guess I won't be talking to him anymore.

As the teacher lectured on and on about limits, she heard a small sound to her right and looked in the floor as a note was kicked towards her.

What about your mother? And what are you doing after school?

My mother is a famous Broadway star… everyone expects me to be extraordinary… I mean, I sing okay, but I'll never be as good as she is. And I'm going home, I think… why?

She kicked it back towards him.

I'm sure you're wonderful. Come with me somewhere.

Don't you have a girlfriend or something? You're obviously a football player and I'm not really in your league… You're a little out of mine…

She waited.

Don't worry about that. I just want to talk to you. Get to know you. Friends.

Fine, Hudson. I'll go with you.

More waiting.

Great. I'll walk you there after class.

You've got it.

Little did Rachel know what she was about to get herself into.

A/N: Love it? Hate it? Want more? Let me know!