it's been a bad year, so bad in fact, that when she receives the application in the mail from a ms. emma pillsbury, she fills it out without hesitation. years ago she would have thought that spending her summer in a place called lima, ohio sounded like a fate worse than death.
but really, she thinks to herself, how much worse can things get?
when she opens her email a month later, she finds out:
congratulations!
you have been selected to serve as an instructor at the sixth annual summer program for the performing arts in lima, ohio…
she scans over the email for the details of when she's supposed to arrive in lima and what's expected of her, already starting to regret agreeing to this. at least i'm getting out of here for a bit, she thinks. six whole weeks in the middle of nowhere with no one who knows me.
then her eyes fall to a list at the bottom of the message: the names of all the instructors who will be in attendance that summer. her heart practically stops when she sees a name she recognizes-
santana lopez
surely, it has to be a mistake. but she knows it isn't. it can't be. that's exactly how much the universe hates her, and maybe, just maybe, it's what she deserves.
stealing santana lopez's girlfriend probably isn't the dumbest thing rachel berry has ever done, but she's pretty sure it's the thing that's going to get her killed.
