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Rachel Berry had the perfect life. Or so it appeared to her fathers.

She had great grades, she was a member of many school clubs, she was the star lead soloist of the school's show choir, and best of all, she was dating the star-quarterback, who also so happened to be the most popular guy in school.

However, Rachel's life did not appear so perfectly in her own eyes. She was tired of the names and the comments she received for being part of the glee club. She wished she had more free time and wasn't always working, and she had real friends to do spend her free time with. And lately, she wasn't even sure how she felt about dating Finn.

Yes, he continued to date her even though she was far from the most popular, or prettiest, or best-dressed girl in the school. Or even the nicest. But after the whole shock of the most popular guy in school choosing her, Rachel Berry, over Quinn Fabray (who just so happened to be the most beautiful girl Rachel had ever seen) had worn off, she started to notice his many flaws. He was completely oblivious, a little self-centered, not really the brightest, he didn't seem that into her, and lets be honest, sometimes he was just a flat out jerk. And it usually seemed like he was still more into Quinn.

She couldn't blame him, really. Quinn was beautiful. She was the girl everyone wanted to be. She was a cheerio. She was a great singer. She got great grades. And most of all, she was popular. Which appeared to be the main reason Finn appeared to kind of want her back.

Rachel didn't really care. In the small town of Lima, at her crappy old high school, Finn Hudson was as good as you get.

Rachel grabbed her textbooks from her locker and slid them in her bag, shutting her locker as she walked away. She always tried to look as confident as possible when she walked down these hallways. If she was going to be famous one day, she didn't want to be remembered here as that girl that tried to stay out of peoples ways and always came off as shy.

As she was walking home, she stopped off at the corner store and bought some healthy snacks to eat later while she did her homework. She walked up to the counter and placed her items so that the cashier could she then, and then reached down into her purse to pull out her wallet.

"That'll be $6.29," the cashier said.

"Crap," Rachel muttered quietly as she opened her wallet and realized she only had six bucks. She sighed and looked up at her items, deciding which one to put back when someone else walked up beside her.

"Need some help?" a voice came from beside her.

Rachel sighed. "A little."

"Here," Noah Puckerman said as he handed over a handful of coins to the cashier. "Keep the change."

Rachel grabbed her purchases and walked out with her neighbour.

"Thanks."

"Don't mention it, it wasn't much."

Noah, or Puck, as other kids usually called him, had been friends with Rachel ever since they were little kids. Before they even went to McKinley High together, they had always been close as kids, seeing there were very few other kids that lived on their street. But of course, as all childhood friendship stories go, everything changed when they left middle school. Puck turned from a scruffy boy that put on a tough image (but was actually very sweet most of the time) to a full on bad-boy, pulling one bad stunt after another that eventually led up to his expulsion early that year. Of course, Rachel stayed her bratty, conceited self and stood by watching her old friend change right before her eyes.

Puck and Rachel had barely spoken after high school started, and even less so after he switched schools. In fact, Rachel couldn't remember the last time she spoke to Puck before this. But it was nice. They just generally chatted about life, how much homework there was in grade 10, their families, how Puck's new school in a different district was treating him. They talked all the way until they reached Puck's house, which was about three down from Rachel's.

"Well, it's been nice talking to you." Rachel said with a small smile.

"You too," Puck replied, honestly meaning it. "I'm gonna be honest, Rach, I really miss being friends and hanging out all the time and stuff."

"Same," Rachel said, honestly meaning that too.

After a short silence, Puck said, "well, lets change that. See if we can go back to how we were before. You free afterschool on Friday?"

"After five, I have cooking club until then."

"Okay, see you then."