This is my first Glee fanfic I have ever written. I know that this idea may have been used before, so the credit goes to whoever thought of it in the first place. I do not own any of the characters or songs sung, they all belong to the creator of Glee, Ryan Murphy.
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Kurt Hummel has been Rachel Berry's best friend since she moved from New York to Lima, Ohio when she was seven. They were in the 2nd grade, the same time that Kurt's older brother, Finn, was in the 4th grade, so she has known him just as long as Kurt. Rachel was Kurt and Finns neighbor.
A seven year old Rachel, who just moved to the small town in Ohio was outside reading her favorite book in the treehouse of her backyard when she heard a high pitched voice say "Excuse me! I need to talk to you!" So she climbed down just like the voice asked, and there stood a little Kurt Hummel (but she didn't know that then).
"Although I do like your choice of a book, I can say so myself that that dress is not very acceptable," the boy in very fashionable clothes says.
"Um, I-" Rachel stutters.
"My name is Kurt Hummel. We heard you just moved in. My mother told me that your fathers said that you love Broadway too? I think this could be the start of a wonderful friendship. As long as you let me change your clothes. You can look so much better, sweetie," Kurt states happily.
"Okay? I'm Rachel Barbra Berry, named after Streisand herself. That sounds great," Rachel grins. She finally has a friend.
After a couple hours of going through her own closet, and getting rid of a couple things that Kurt says "have to go", Rachel is kind of hungry.
"Want to come over for dinner, and then tomorrow, you can come over to my house to watch movies?" Kurt asks.
That was the start of a beautiful friendship.
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Rachel never really got know Finn. He was just 'Kurt's annoying older brother'. At least that's what Kurt said. They first time Rachel met Finn was that night he brought her over for dinner:
"And she even let me pick out some clothes the give away. I fixed her wardrobe, so it's okay now," Kurt grinned.
Rachel laughed.
"I like your clothes," Finn said to her.
"Really?" Rachel asked.
"Yeah, I do. They're cool," Finn says, looking up at her.
"Thank you, Finn," Rachel says, smiling at him.
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Rachel had only ever spoken to Finn in passing.
"Hey, Rach," was something she heard quite a lot from Finn. She loved when he called her that.
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It was the near the end of the school year. Rachel was in 8th grade, looking very grown up might she add, and her daddies didn't mind when she spent the night at Kurt's house as much. Finn was in 10th grade. And since she met him as a little 4th grader, he has definitely grown up. He was hot. But he was still really sweet. That's what she loved about Finn.
After school, when Kurt stayed after to retake a test, Rachel came into Kurt's house, expecting to find Kurt watching his after school choice of musical, but instead, she saw Finn sitting on the couch watching some show she didn't know the name of.
"Rachel, hey, um, Kurt is retaking a test, so he won't be back for like an hour," Finn said.
"Oh, that's okay," Rachel said. "Do you mind if I sit down?" She asked.
"No, I don't," Finn gave her a crooked smile. Oh god, he's so cute.
Rachel noticed the set of drumsticks sitting on the table in front of them.
"Who plays the drums? I know Kurt doesn't," Rachel says curiously.
"Guilty," Finn blushes.
"Really? That's so exciting! I didn't know you liked to play. I didn't even know you liked music. I've never been able to play any instruments," Rachel says, curiously, looking at Finn.
"So what? Your voice is amazing," Finn looks into her eyes.
"Really?" She asks.
"Yes, you have the best voice I have ever heard. You sing like an angel," Finn blushes.
Rachel tries to pretend like she's not blushing, but she knows she is.
"Thank you. Can I hear you play the drums?" She asks hopefully.
"Okay. I'm not that good," Finn says.
He takes her hand in his to leads her to his room. And it feels like it's meant to hold his.
"I've never been in your room before," Rachel says.
Finn just laughs and then sits down in front of the drums.
"Do you know 'Don't Stop Believing?' " Finn asks.
She smiles and nods.
So he starts the song, and the second she heard his voice, she became shocked. His voice was almost as amazing as hers! It was so wonderful. It was obviously untrained, but it was beautiful. It was Finn.
They kept singing the song, and somehow, throughout the song, Rachel's feet drifted to stand closer to Finn. When Finn's drumming part stopped, he got up to stand next to Rachel. When the song ended, they were extremely close to one another. They were staring into one another's eyes. Finn kept glancing at her lips like he wanted to kiss her, so she hoped that's what he was doing.
"You can kiss me if you want to," Rachel says, looking up at Finn. She kind of had to look up at him. He was at least a foot, maybe two feet taller than her.
"I want to," he says, before he slowly leaned in to connect their lips into the kiss that would change everything.
She was instantly kissing back, and his hands were against her back pulling her closer to him.
"Rachel," Finn says once they pulled apart.
"That was amazing," Finn grinned at her.
She nodded. So they ended up kissing again.
There were sparks and it felt so... right.
"Rachel, will you be my girlfriend?" Finn asks suddenly.
"What? Is this a joke?" She asks in shock.
"I've wanted to do that for so long, but I didn't know if you liked me, but now that I know you do..." He says.
"But we can't," Rachel says.
"What do you mean 'we can't'? Why not?" Finn asks.
"Because of Kurt. He'll be furious when he figures out that we're dating. Also because of where I am on the popularity pyramid,"
Rachel sighs.
"Then we don't tell him," he says.
"Wait-" Rachel says.
"We can like secretly date... We don't have to tell anybody," Finn smirks.
"He's going to be really angry," Rachel says guiltily.
"You're allowed to date who you want to. It's not like he's going to shun you. You're his best friend."
"Yeah, I know. You're my best friends brother. But I still like you, Finn. A lot, actually," Rachel says.
"Will you please be my girlfriend?"
"But what about your reputation? Shouldn't a Junior be worried about being caught dating a Freshman? I mean, I'm at the bottom of the social pyramid, and you're the coolest guy in school. Are you sure you want to risk losing your popularity if your chromosomally challenged friends find out?" Rachel asks.
"I don't care about them, I care about you," he says.
"Is this a joke, Finn? Because I seriously can't handle you being the one to make me feel awful about myself. I know I have a huge nose and tiny boobs, but you don't have to right to use that against me if you are playing some sick joke," Rachel starts her rant.
"What? Are you insane? This is most definitely not a joke. I really, really like you, Rachel," Finn says.
"I just don't understand. I'm not that pretty. Why aren't you dating Quinn Fabray? She certainly fits the description of who you should be with. Plus I'm not even in high school yet," Rachel says.
"Because Quinn and all of the other Cheerios aren't pretty. They're ordinary. You're... Special. Unique. That's why I like you so much. You're really beautiful Rachel. I like you for your personality too. I really want to be with you Rachel Berry," Finn says.
"Okay, I guess that means you're my boyfriend," she says.
His eyes light up when she says that.
He kisses her again, and she grins into the kiss. Finn Hudson, the boyfriend. It has a great ring to it.
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In the summer, Kurt was hanging out with Rachel in her room.
"Rachel, want to come to the lake house with my family and I over the summer for three days? Well, it's like two days and a night," Kurt asks.
"Please, I need someone to hangout with, and you're my bestfriend," Kurt pleads.
"So your whole family is going?" Rachel asks. She has only been secretly dating Finn for like three weeks.
"Yeah. So you'll go?" Kurt asks.
"Of course," Rachel says, "when is it?"
"Um... Tomorrow?" Kurt says guiltily.
"Kurt! Why did you ask me so late? Now I'm not going to have enough time to get my stuff together!" Rachel whines.
"I can help you. Please come. I need you with me, Rachel. Finn won't hang out with me. He thinks that anything that doesn't have to do with sports is boring," he sighs.
"Okay, fine. ButI need to get my stuff together. I also need to ask my daddies when they get home tonight," Rachel says.
Rachel goes to her closet and grabs her duffel bag to start packing.
Rachel starts by packing four shirts, three skirts, 3 pairs of shorts, (the extra shirt and shorts just in case she needs them or changes her mind), some underwear, and some bras. She also packs three bathing suits she got. Her fathers don't know she owns bikinis, but she went with Kurt last week to get a couple.
"Rachel? Are you home?" Hiram Berry calls.
"Daddy, I'm in my room with Kurt!" Rachel calls.
He peeks his head in.
"Going somewhere?" He asks, looking at the bag.
"I invited Rachel to come with the lake house with my family and I for a couple of days, starting tomorrow. Is that okay?" Kurt asks.
"Yes, of course it's okay,"
"Thank you Daddy," Rachel smiles at him.
Once her dad leaves, Rachel adds a couple things to her bag.
They watch a couple of movies, and call it a night.
"Meet me in my backyard tomorrow at 1:00," Kurt calls as he leaves my house.
"Okay," Rachel calls back.
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Rachel's phone buzzes about 30 minutes after Kurt left.
I heard you can come with us to the Lakehouse. I'm excited ;) -Finn
Yes. I can't wait! I'm so excited. Get ready for a couple days of my annoying personality (: -Rachel
You're personality isn't annoying, Rach. It's lovely. And I can't wait. Get a good nights sleep.- Finn
It took everything Rachel had not to correct Finn's grammatical error. But she didn't want to annoy him so she just laughed and ignored it.
You too. See you tomorrow.- Rachel
She decided to get a good nights sleep. She set her alarm for 7:00, so she would have time to get on her elliptical, and take a shower, and pack all of her extra belongings. This week would be a great start to summer.
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Please review this fanfiction if you liked it. I have six other chapters written (I have been writing this for a couple of weeks, so if you tell me you want more, I'll put the others up. Thank you for reading (: