AUTHOR'S NOTE: Hello everyone that is reading this, thank you for choosing my story to read. Together we will take this journey that is my new story 'The One That Got Away, this story is an Alternate Universe World which means that Glee never existed. In this story Rachel Berry forgot all about her past in Lima Ohio, and is living out her dream of being on Broadway in her city; New York while Finn Hudson is traveling the world with his band, the New Directions. Will these two beloved strangers ever come to realize how strong their love can be? This story contains romance, drama and lots of both so sit back relax and enjoy the story that becomes Finchel. I hope you all read this and enjoy this romantic journey.

'The One That Got Away'

New York City was a big, glamour's town that most feared, but it's was just the right size for her. It had only been a few years since she has officially lived here, but it was clear she was a born New Yorker. She was a tiny young woman, a petite brunette. She only stood about 5'3" that if you saw on the streets of New York it wouldn't be hard to miss her. But, her enormous talent could overrun anyone if she tired.

Rachel Berry was a complex girl. New York is a big city, but she is much bigger than the city itself. Starring in any kind of musical performance that her talent was equipped for, if you saw her you would never think that she could ever make it in the acting business; she is small and has a big nose much like Barbra Streisand. Talent agents all around told her she couldn't make it, that she needed a nose job because she wasn't pretty enough but she didn't listen. The only person that she listened to Barbra, her idol. Who once said that 'Inner beauty conquers outer beauty at any point in life.' She never even thought about getting a nose job, and neither did Rachel. She told herself every day that she was pretty enough and that she was never going to give up, she was determined to prove to everyone that they were wrong in this world. Her dads would say 'True beauty is not what you look like on the outside, but how you are on the inside.' That quote stuck with her since the day she left her hometown of Lima, Ohio. And, so far, it seems to be working.

She had a good life. You could see her on the streets with her best friend and almost always her co-star Jesse St. James. Newspapers, magazines, television shows; they were on those every week for a new project that mostly considered them in new roles in the Broadway world. Her life was Broadway, she eats, sleeps and breaths it. She didn't care what reviewers wrote about her, she was doing what she loved more than anything and living the dream most can't handle. She had an amazing support system of family and friends that kept her down to earth, and out of the public eye. If there was one thing Rachel knew; she didn't do chaos. She loved the spotlight that was her job, but her private life was not meant for the public. Her schedule was hectic. She was constantly working whether it was photo shoots, running over lines for the show, or recording the play soundtrack. She didn't have time for a private life.

But, she was okay with that. She didn't need a man or a reality television show in her life to make her happy; all she needed was her cat, her best friend, her family and Broadway. If all those things were intact then Rachel was happy but she did sometimes wish there was that one person to tell her they love her at night and kiss her goodnight while they drifted off to sleep in each other's arms.

Wednesday evening of July 4th 2012

It was the evening of the fourth of July. Rachel was in her pajamas all comfortable in her little apartment, all snuggled up on the couch. She was ready to go look out the window and see the fireworks that people would light off in Central Park. She loved fireworks; they reminded her of big dreams that exploded because they finally made their mark. She was a firework. Simply sitting on her couch, watching re-runs of Top Chef, but, there was a knock at her door.

'Hey Rach! Open up its Jesse.' Jesse? She thought. What could he be doing here so late at night, which wasn't so late it was about 9:00pm.

'Hi what are you doing here?' She opened the door for him, he looked spiffy. Normally he doesn't get all dressed up unless there's a party somewhere.

'Get something hot on! We're going out.' Rachel knew one thing, she was not about to go get glammed up to go partying.

'Going where? I'm in my pajamas.' He stared at her with his big, brown puppy dog eyes. He knows that she can't resist that.

'I got us tickets to go see some bands in Times Square. Everyone from the cast is coming, so please go wear that hot new outfit that you got the other day. It's going to be fun!' And, so she listened to her best friend and went to go get ready for a night of partying with her friends.

Times Square, New York City

The last and final band played for about three hours, they're name was New Directions. They were a different kind of band, not your normal ACDC or Kiss; they were an indie rock band from Ohio. Rachel liked them. They had a different vibe then all the other bands that she had seen tonight. One thing that she can't keep her eyes off of is the drummer. He was suspicious and had a bad boy hint to himself. Rachel was turned on, and this didn't happen very often for her at all. She decided that it was time in her life to take a risk; after all she is 25 years old.

After rocking out on the drums for the past three hours during the sold out concert, he walked to the edge of the stage with the other members, bowed and thanked the group of people coming out to see hem perform. Finn Hudson looked out into the distance he seems to not be able to take his eyes off one woman. The woman is wearing a skin tight red dress, a black jacket over and black Prada pumps. She was so gorgeous. He noticed she couldn't take her eyes off him, was she real? Is this all a dream that he's imagining? No it's not this woman has become his new project.

Packing up all they're things the band walks out the backstage doors greeted by tons of fans, one after the other he takes the pamphlets until he reaches out to grab one.

'Name please?' He asked not glancing up though he didn't need to this girl was very short.

'Rachel Barbra Berry.' The angelic voice spoke and suddenly Finn had noticed the black Prada pumps and looked a few inches up to the gorgeous woman he couldn't take his eyes off in the audience, as he saw her face up close he had a strange feeling that he knew her from someplace, but couldn't picture where.

'You did a fantastic job on stage, drummers have always turned me on.' she winks at him not knowing what she is doing but she can tell that she is turning him on as well; not finding the words to say, being so taken back by a fan coming up to him and saying that he had turned her on.

'Thanks, I work really hard you know, working out at the gym to get my muscles so flexed.' He says showing Rachel his strong broad arms, realizing she noticed his tribal arm band tattoo.

'So you have a tattoo? Trying to hide it or something?' She smiled a little bit, not showing her teeth. That was the seductive way to smile, or so she had learned from old time movies.

'No way, that's what turns beautiful girls on like you.' She licked her lips and he could tell she was turned on by his boy band presence.

'You got me there. I have a weakness for drummers especially with tattoos.' Rachel didn't know really what to say, she was taking a risk even being sexy and seductive around a guy that she doesn't even know.

'I can tell the other members are out by the van would you like to come meet them?' He asks hoping she will say yes, he doesn't want this moment to ever end.

'Oh no thank you I really should get going but thank you for the autograph.' She starts walking away his eyes never blinking even for a second, the burning sensation stinging his eyes and finally blinking when she turns the corner.

Back at Rachel's House

Getting out of the yellow cab, saying goodbye to her best friend, she goes up to the 23rd floor of her apartment building. After taking a long and hot shower after the interesting, long day she had. Rachel gets into her bed not being able to sleep, replaying all the events that happened today. She took a risk. She met a guy that she instantly liked but never got his name, she reached over to her nightstand grabbing the pamphlet reading his name right next to the drums; Finn Hudson. She liked that name. It was cute, he was cute and he is the drummer in a band. She never told anyone this but that was her weakness. She always fanaticized about meeting a guy in a boy band, her being the big Broadway starlet and him being the bad boy drummer, riding away on his motorcycle into the sunset and just living young, wild and free.

She calls her dads like she does every night telling them about what's new in the Broadway world but she never tells her about the guy. Rachel knows that her dads would just tell her not to get involved and that she will turn into Paris Hilton with an oversize ego and forgets who she is. She knows that they were probably right but there was something about that guy that she couldn't get out of her mind. She was going to take a risk, and let some guy that she just met into her life, or was she? Turning off her cell phone and putting it on her nightstand. She lay back on her bed snuggling with her cat, Sheila.

Before falling asleep she says to herself 'Just one look, that's all it took for this feeling to not go away, and I hope it never does.' Drifting asleep with a smile on her face, she dreams about seeing Finn again, she hopes it happens soon.

There's chapter one! Hope you guys liked it, please review! Send me your thoughts on where you think Finn has seen Rachel before! Until next chapter which will be posted on every Tuesday night!(: