Chapter 1-The Meeting

Rachel walked silently to her locker. The glee club was just over and she couldn't wait to go home and enjoyed a perfect bubble bath. She was about to put her books into her locker when someone called her name.

"Rachel!" said a masculine voice.

Rachel rolled her eyes. She didn't have to see who was calling her, it must be her best friend, Sebastian Smythe. She slammed the door of the locker quite fiercely and turned to leave Sebastian.

Sebastian grabbed Rachel's hand. "Hey, mademoiselle, wait up," he said. He had driven from Dalton and missed warblers practice, he wouldn't be ignored.

"What?" Rachel hissed. She glared at the tall boy in front of him with pouty mouth which Sebastian found adorable.

Sebastian smirked. "Hey, wanna have dinner together?"

"Who do you think you are? Waltzing to my school pretending you're innocent and ask me to have dinner with you?" Rachel said. "Have you forgotten something? You didn't pick me up at the airport last Tuesday." Rachel was at New York for two days because her grandparents celebrated their 75th anniversary. Sebastian had promised her he would pick her up when she got back to Ohio, but somehow Rachel got home alone.

"We'll talk about that at dinner. Come on, don't make me sad, I miss warblers practice just for you," said Sebastian, giving her his best puppy look.

Rachel scoffed. Sebastian knew how to get to her. "Fine," she finally said. "I want to go to Breadstix," she added, Sebastian never liked Breadstix, for he said it smelled like public school.

"So.." Rachel paused to swallow her vegan meatball. "Why didn't you pick me up at the airport?"

"First, I didn't forget, if that's what you think. Second, I have to go to hospital, my dad got heart attack suddenly." Seeing Rachel's concerned face Sebastian quickly added. "But he's fine now, working hard like usual."

Rachel nodded, feeling a little bit guilty that she had been angry at Sebastian. She should have asked him first.

Sebastian drank his orange juice then asked. "How's your family?"

"They're fine, I had a great time with my cousins at New York. Jesse took me to Lincoln Center to see NYCB, and grandma gave me a handmade knitted sweater for autumn," said Rachel happily.

Sebastian nodded and hummed. Suddenly he leaned forward. "Hey, Rach, I actually, um, invite my friend to join us."

Rachel stared at her best friend. "You, what? Why?" She had just met Sebastian, she just wanted to talk with him. And she wasn't in the mood for making new friends.

Sebastian scratched his head. "There's a new student at Dalton, exchange program student, he's from Paris, so the headmaster has asked me to get him used to Ohio." Sebastian was born in Paris and moved to Ohio at the age of 13. He was asked because the headmaster thought it would be easier to Nicholas if he was paired with student who spoke French fluently.

"And your plan of making this French more American is by asking him to join our dinner, now?"

Sebastian was a little confused by the sudden burst. Rachel was not a small-minded person, nor was she hostile toward new people. But before he could explain further, he spotted a boy at the entrance. Sebastian stood up and called him. "Nick, here."

Nick, who was glancing at the restaurant, heard his name, and found Sebastian at one table at the corner waving at him. Nick walked to his table, and saw a girl sitting in front of Sebastian.

"Bonsoir. How are you?" asked Sebastian.

Nick smiled widely. "Good, very good."

Sebastian gestured at Rachel. "So, Nick, I want you to meet my best friend, Rachel."

Nick turned to Rachel and offered his hand. "Hi, my name is Nicholas Duval, nice to meet you."

Rachel shook his hand, she noted he had a firm handshake. "Hi, Nick. My name is Rachel Berry. I hope you like Ohio."

Nick smiled. "I am sure I won't be able to leave this city when my exchange program is over." Another note for Rachel, he liked smiling and his smile was pretty.

"Come, sit by me," Sebastian said, moving so Nick could sit beside him. "It's pretty windy out there yeah?"

Nick nodded. "Yes, I almost lost my hat," he said, gesturing to the brown knitted hat on top of his brunette hair. It was the beginning of autumn, so he had expected a lot of wind and fallen leaves, all that jazz.

Suddenly Sebastian remembered something. "Nick, why don't you join the warblers?"

This question made Rachel rose her eyebrow. Was he a singer? Was he good? She didn't realize she had leaned forward to hear the boy's answer.

"Dalton's glee club? I'm not a good singer," Nick said.

Sebastian clicked his tongue. "But I heard you singing yesterday in the shower, and your voice is great. The Warblers could use another talent."

Rachel smiled knowingly. "Sebastian's right. If he compliments you, then you must be good. I also join New Direction."

Sebastian chided in. "That's Mckinley's glee club. So, what do you say? I can make arrangement for your audition, although I think you'll get in easily with that voice."

Nick laughed half shyly, he didn't realize he had an audience when he was showering. He had to control the volume of his voice next time. "I don't know," he said, biting his lower lip.

Sebastian didn't give up, he wouldn't take no for answer. "Come on, Nick," he said. "It will be fun, the warblers are like rock stars of Dalton. And we're like brother to each other."

Rachel nodded. "Yeah, they're awesome, although New Direction is more awesome," she supplied with a slight smirk.

Nick chuckled while Sebastian glared at Rachel. "Hey, I am trying to get him in, don't mess this for me, please." Sebastian then turned to face Nick. "Look at my face, this is my begging face. Please, join the warblers."

Sebastian, once again, was giving Nick his best puppy look, ignoring the groan from Rachel. Just like her, Nick also appeared not immune to the puppy look. With a dramatic sigh Nick said yes.

Sebastian lifted his hand. "Yes, you'll not be disappointed, trust me."

Rachel smiled before fishing her phone from her pocket. She looked at her phone and sighed. "Boys, I hate to leave early, but my dads want me to go home now." She drank the remaining of her tea and stood up. "It's very nice to meet you Nick, I hope we'll meet again someday." She kissed Sebastian's cheek. "Bye, Sebastian, drive safely."

Sebastian eyed Rachel, he knew she was making it up, her dads were still in New York. He shrugged, maybe she just had an off day, he'll call her later. Sebastian touched Rachel's hand before she left. "You too, drive safely." He watched as Rachel walked through the sea of people and disappeared from sight.

"Well, I guess it's just us for the night," said Sebastian, sitting down.

Nick played with the tissue box, twirling it. "She seems like a cool girl."

Sebastian smiled a little and sipped his juice. "You have no idea."

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