A/N: a little plot bunny that jumped into my head while listening to "Don't Stop Believing" (the original FINCHEL version, cause the Regionals one is worthless….)

It's my first story for Glee so… we'll see. Review very much appreciated.

The crowd cheered, the curtain closed. Rachel Berry walked offstage and let her bright showface fade. As she headed to the dressing room, actors and crew members congratulated her performance quickly before heading off to meet their loved ones. Rachel lingered in her dressing room, staring at the star on the wall and listening to goodbye calls echoing through the halls.

"You ready, Rachel?" her friend Amanda asked, standing in the door.

"Ready? Oh yeah lets go." Rachel replied and the two women walked out to stagedoor before heading off to get drinks with a few other cast members.

Just a small town girl

livin' in a lonely world

A few hours later Rachel left the small bar alone.

"hmm" she muttered to herself. "Where to now?" All she knew was that she wasn't ready to return to her empty, lonely apartment.

"The glamorous life of a Broadway star. What would the people from high school think of me now?" Rachel thought, laughing at herself. "I know what they would think. My old tormentors would be in shock that I have come as far as I have. No one expects the weird animal sweater girl from tiny little Lima Ohio to become a star. But my actual friends, as few as they were wouldn't be surprised by that. They would be shocked at how lonely and unhappy I am. Here I am, living the dream but I'm alone and friendless."

Rachel hadn't been in contact with any of her old friends since they all headed off to their own dreams. Quinn to pre-med and medical school, Kurt and Mercedes to arts schools, Artie and Tina to their Ivy Leagues, Mike, Matt, and Brittany to become dancers, Santana, shockingly to major in education, and Noah actually on a football scholarship to OSU. They all scattered after graduation and Rachel in New York had no clue where they were at now 6 years later.

"Ahh" Rachel thought, spotting a subway station. "I can wander without killing my feet so I can still dance tomorrow.

Looking at the time, 11:57, Rachel descended into the subway. When the next train pulled in, she hopped on, not even looking at where it was going.

She took the midnight train goin' anywhere

A/N: So? Thoughts? Suggestions? Rotten tomatoes? Let me know what you think.