A.N.: So this is a collaboration story with moony2002. She's one of my favorite authors and I have so much fun reading her works.- -cloudyinsignia
So with no more further ado, here's our story. I hope you like it guys. ;)-cloudyinsignia and moony2002:)
Story: For the First Time
Chapter 1: Friendship Never Ends
Main Characters:
Rachel Berry
Tina Cohen-Chang
Summary: Two best friends start college in a new city, with new classes, new people and somehow, old friends that could become new love? Puck/Tina, Mike/Rachel!
***Tina's POV***
I can still remember that time. It was my very first day at school and I was so nervous. I was in my mom's car and I didn't want to go out. I saw a lot of boys and girls inside the class. I can my mom staring at me.
As I was about to protest, she started,
"You know Tina, it's your first day. I know you don't like to mingle with other kids but I know that after today you'll sure make a friend."
I smiled at her unsure of what to say to her. "B-b-but, mom, I-I-I I don't think they'll li-li-like mmm-me."
"Well, they sure won't if you still put that act of stuttering, Tina" She said tucking some hair on my ears.
"B-but, I fff-feel better every time I ddd-do this" I really do, it kind of lessen my nervousness while I stutter.
"Oh, Tina" she hugged me in her arms. "You don't have to do that; you just have to be yourself" she told me smiling. But I am myself. I did not push the topic any further and so after she hugged me I just nodded. As I climb down the car, and walked farther away she yelled, "I'm going to pick you up later, have fun, Tintin!"
As I saw my mom's car drove away, there was another car parking in the place where my mom parked hers. I looked inside the car, I saw two men on the front seat and a girl with a long black hair with an animal sweater on the back. I saw them laughing and as the girl got out of the car. I heard the two men talking to the girl,
"Have fun sweetie; dad and daddy will pick you up later. Plus, always remember…"
"Keep a positive vibe and all is well" the girl squealed and laughed with her fathers.
Dad and daddy? Okay that was weird. I thought that parents we're supposed to be a mom and a dad. But why does she have two dads? Does that mean she has two moms? I'm lost in my thoughts when somebody snapped their fingers in my face. I was surprised and I fell.
"Oh, I'm really really sorry, I didn't mean to make you fall!" she said extending her arms to help me get up, as I stand, she brushes away the dirt that was in my skirt. She then looked at me with those wide brown colored eyes with long eyelashes. As I look back at her, she smiled so wide, it looks as if she's being forced to smile. "Hello there, it's been rude of me not to introduce myself, my name is Rachel Barbara Berry. I'm really sorry that I scared you and made you fall. Because of my rude behavior, I am willing to share my baked chocolate chip cookies with you" she smiled a wide smile again and extends her hand out to me. She's loud, talkative but she's nice. So I took her hand and shook it. I look at her to study her, and smiled shyly.
"Hi, my nnn-name is Tttt-Tina" I said trying hard not to stutter.
"Oh is that your real name? Daddy says we should call people by their real name" she said as we linked our arms and we walked side by side until we reach a bench near the entrance of our room.
"Uh, You want to know my whole nn-name? Uuuh, it's Ccc-ristina Aaa-nn Cohen-Chang" I said looking down. It's not that I hate my name it's just that, I really think that it doesn't fit my whole personality.
"Oooh, that's a wonderful name. Did you know that my name came from Hebrew, well because I'm a Jew, and Rachel means innocent lamb and Barbara is a stranger, my dad keeps on telling" she looked at me with bright wide eyes and I just noded. I am a quiet girl since forever. I don't talk much, I just let people talk and I just listen to them. I love listening to them, especially when they could go on and on about their lives.
As Rachel kept on babbling about things, four boys were walking towards us. They looked like little boys who are having fun bullying other kids. They looked at us as if we were their targets. Which I think was right. And so I move closer to Rachel, she stopped talking, confused and then she saw the boys too.
"Hey! Are you new here?" the tall boy told us dumbly.
"No, no, no Finn! You're doing it all wrong!" the boy with a weird haircut cut him off, "Look how I do it, okay? Hey you, newcomers! Give us your lunch or will break your bones!" he said and he pointed his finger at us.
"Yeah he will totally do that!" the boy who looked Native American said looking at us at us followed by a quiet Asian boy who looked at me as if he's trying to say I'm Asian too. He looked as if he just wanted to go home.
"You would?" Rachel asked the boy with the weird haircut. "Hey, I know you! You're Noah! I met you yesterday when we were at the temple" she said excited. Then, she turned to the other three. "Oh, hi guys! I'm Rachel Berry" she said smiling sweetly. "It's my pleasure meeting you, guys."
"Hey shut up, Rachel! I mean Big Mouth! I don't know you! Don't pretend that I know you because I really don't know you. And my name is not Noah! It's Puck! PUCKZILLA" he told her trying to be tough and and he flexed his arms as if there's muscles flexing but obviously there's none.
"Hey Puck, she knows you!" the tall boy look excited, "Hi my name is Finn, Finn Hudson. And this is Matt, Matthew Rutherford and Mike, Mike 'Asian' Chang.' He points at the Native American as Matt and he points at the Asian as Mike.
"Shut up, Finn! We need to have their food!" Puck said trying to be angry.
"Well, as much as you would like to show your bad side to us to have some food, you can just ask for some and I will give you some" Rachel said as she took out some plastic from her bag and hands it out to the boys. "I don't mind sharing, so you can have this pack of my deliciously made chocolate chip cookies" she said excited. I looked at her speechless and she turned to me and whispered, "Don't worry there's still some left for us."
"Let's go boys!" Puck said, getting the cookies and leaving.
"A thank you will be good too" Rachel said loud enough for Puck to hear but he ignored it.
"Hey, thanks for the cookies Rachel" Finn said sweetly. "By the way, what's your name?" he asked looking at me. Is he talking to me?
"Mmm-me? Aaa-are you talking to mmm-mme?" I blurted out as the three boys looks at me.
"Uh, well yeah, you" Finn said dumbly.
"I-I-I-" I kind of looked down thinking if I should give them my name or what.
"Her name is Tina, Christina actually" Rachel said standing up. "She's my friend" she told them. I looked at her, and smiled. Wow she considers me as her friend even if we have just known each other a while ago.
"Nice name. Would it be Tina or Christina? How should we call you?" Matt asked looking at me.
"Ti-Ti-Tina, Tina would be great" I whispered shyly.
"Cool" Finn grinned. "Well, bye Rachel and Tina. See you guys."
"Bye" Matt and Mike waved goodbye. As they went inside they're classroom.
"Let's go, Tina" Rachel said wrapping her arm around mine and smiled.
I woke up feeling a bit dizzy; I saw pink walls, and a pink dresser near the bed. Okay, this is definitely not my room. Oh yeah, I was in… As I turned and look at the person beside me, I saw her still asleep, mouth half open, curled up with a pillow. I move near her and touch her nose.
"Hey Loves? Loves? Are you awake?"
"Hmmm" was all that she could say.
"Hey! Sleepyhead, come on, wake up! It's almost…" I look at her clock near the bedside table, "It's almost eight o'clock! Do you want to be late?"
"WHAT!" she said sitting up. "It's already eight o'clock? Why didn't you wake me up, Sweets! Come on! You know this is important for us! Why are you still lying there laughing?" she said a little mad. "It's not funny, Sweets!" she said getting up, jumping in her closet and trying to find her clothes.
"I..." I said laughing hysterically. "Wait, I can't breathe! It's just too hilarious for me to handle" I said rolling over her bed. "Just stop okay just stop!" she stands up from leaning at her closet and looks at me.
"What's so funny?" she looked at me confused.
"You're really funny, Rach" I said sitting up. "You should look at your clock first before going berserk" I pointed at the clock.
"What do you mean?" she asked and looks at her clock and her eyes widened, as if it could get any wider. "You! You, little liar, you!" She ran towards me and jumped on top of me.
"Gerroff me Rachel!" I said trying to take her down.
"Oh no! You are going to get a piece of me!' She said hitting me with a pillow "How dare you wake me up at 4 in the morning! I hate you!"
"Oh please! You-love-me! If you hate me, I wouldn't be here!" I said trying to catch my breath. She stops and lay beside me, hugging me.
"I hate you for waking me up, but you know I'll forget it anyway. So now that we're awake what should we do?" she asked me, as I tried to think of things to do.
"Well, we can tire ourselves by singing?" I said looking at her.
"Don't we always?" She nudges me, gets her Ipod and put it on a speaker. "I'll follow you" she smiled and we both cuddle each other.
[I started]
Listen as your day unfolds
Challenge what the future holds
Try and keep your head up to the sky
[She smiled at me and continued singing]
Lovers, they may cause you tears
Go ahead release your fears
Stand up and be counted
Don't be ashamed to cry
[And then we sang together]
You gotta be...
You gotta be bad, you gotta be bold, you gotta be wiser
You gotta be hard, you gotta be tough, you gotta be stronger
You gotta be cool, you gotta be calm, you gotta stay together
All I know, all I know love will save the day
[I brought out my Iphone and pulled her near me and took a picture of us when I started singing again]
Herald what your mother said
Readin' the books your father read
Try to solve the puzzles in your own sweet time
[Rach started singing again]
Some may have more cash than you
Others take a different view
My oh my, yea, eh, eh
[We both stared at the picture in the ceiling; it's a picture of us when we were in kindergarten]
You gotta be bad, you gotta be bold, you gotta be wiser
You gotta be hard, you gotta be tough, you gotta be stronger
You gotta be cool, you gotta be calm, you gotta stay together
All I know, all I know love will save the day
Time asks no questions, it goes on without you
Leaving you behind if you can't stand the pace
The world keeps on spinning
Can't stop it, if you tried to
This part is danger staring you in the face
[She moved and rested her head opposite mine, we look like Yin Yang]
Remember, listen as your day unfolds
Challenge what the future holds
Try and keep your head up to the sky
Lovers, they may cause you tears
Go ahead release your fears
My oh my, eh, eh, eh
You gotta be bad, you gotta be bold, you gotta be wiser
You gotta be hard, you gotta be tough, you gotta be stronger
You gotta be cool, you gotta be calm, you gotta stay together
All I know, all I know love will save the day
"Let's do it again" she laughed.
"Hahaha! Remember when we were just ten years old and we kept on singing that song?" I asked raising an eyebrow.
"Are you sick of it?" she asked sadly.
"Not singing with you, but with the song. We need a new much more happy song" I suggested.
"Yeah! We should get a new song!" She said excited.
"Yeah. Let's think about it next time okay? I'm…" I yawned. "Sleepy. Good night Loves!
"Good night sweets" she said half asleep too.
***Rachel's POV***
I can't believe it! Today is finally here! After about three hours of Tina's mom and my dads crying, and Tina's dad saying that he would kill any guy that comes near us, Tina and I are moving to New York. This is probably the best day of my life. I see everything pass by as we sing in the car almost there.
So here's a story from A to Z
You wanna get with me, you gotta listen carefully
We got Em in the place who likes it in your face
We got G like MC who likes it on her
Easy V doesn't come for free, (she's a real lady),
[Tina's part haha]
And as for me, ha you'll see
Slam your body down and wind it all around
Slam your body down and wind it all around
If you wanna be my lover
You gotta get with my friends (Gotta get with my friends)
Make it last forever
Friendship never ends
If you wanna be my lover
You have got to give (You have got to give)
Taking is too easy
But that's the way it is
"You know that could be our new song" Tina said laughing.
"That song is like older than us!" I said laughing too. "But it's an option!"
"We're here!" she said pointing excited at the parking lot. With her directions we made it to our building (getting lost a few times, but she insists it was the best way to get there).
"Okay that's our building" I said pointing at it. I open the trunk and millions of bags (okay so not millions but a lot) fall on top of me.
"Rachel!" Tina yelled a little scared and grabbed the bags helping me. "Are you okay Loves?"
"Yeah, sucks being a midget" I said laughing a little.
"How are we gonna get all of this to our dorm?" Tina asked me looking at our entire luggage.
"We could get hot guys to carry them for us" I said as I pulled down my sunglasses checking out a few guys that were walking by us, smirking a little at us.
"Rachel!" Tina said a little annoyed.
"Right, sorry. Um, well, how hard can it be?" I said pretty confident I could handle to get it all. I grabbed what was most of my luggage and managed to stand up. "See?" I said about a second before I fell backwards all over my luggage.
"Right!" Tina said sarcastically and laughing at me. I have an awesome friend; she doesn't pick me up when I fall. She laughs.
"Hey! Are you ok?" I heard some guy ask us. The voice was too familiar but I couldn't quite place it. "We saw you from all the way over there and- Tina?" he asked surprised. Wait, who is it?
"Mike?" Tina asked a little excited.
"Dude, how can you run that fast?" I heard another boy ask. I can recognize that voice anywhere.
"Noah?" I asked trying to get up.
"Rachel?" he said helping me up. "I should've known. No one is as clumsy as you to fall in the first day" he said laughing and I stuck my tongue out at him.
"What are you lovely ladies doing here?" Mike asked smiling.
"We're going here" Tina told him. "I assume you guys are going here too?"
"You know, Tina when you assume-" Puck started.
"Shut up Noah!" I cut him off. "And please, help me?" I said sweetly.
"No!" he argued with me. "You have way too many shit" he said laughing. I pouted at him trying my best to convince him. Apparently, I failed.
"I can help you Rach" Mike told me smiling.
"Thank you Michael, you are so kind" I said glaring a little at Noah.
"Do you need help?" Puck asked Tina.
"Um, s-sure thank you" she said shyly and blushing a little bit. Okay Miss Cohen-Chang we're talking about this later.
"So, where to?" Mike asked me.
"Oh, over there" I said pointing towards our building.
"Sweet, your building is across from ours" Mike told me smiling.
"Key?" Noah said when we reached the door. I looked over at Tina and she looked at me.
"Um" I started panicking a little.
"Seriously midget? You lost the key already?" Puck said laughing.
"I found it!" Tina said looking inside her bag.
"See? I didn't have it" I told Noah as Tina let us in.
"Girls, your walls are boring" Mike told us. What walls aren't boring?
"That's because we're gonna paint them" Tina said smiling.
"Why?" Noah asked.
"Because we're not lazy bums like you" I told him smirking.
"We could help you" Mike told us.
"Dude!" Puck complained a little bit and they went to put our stuff in our bedrooms.
"Hey! I thought I heard voices" two really cheerful girls said appearing on the door.
"Oh, hi. I'm Rachel" I said introducing myself. "That's Tina!" I said pointing at her.
"Well, looks like we're neighbors" she said a little too excited. They were really perky girls "I'm Mika and that's Allyson"
"Okay girls, you're on your own. We have to go finish settling in- well, hello there" Mike said flirting at Mika.
"Hi" she said giggling stupidly. Okay where did that come from? I don't know her but for some reason, I don't like her flirting with Mike. Maybe I'm just hungry. Yeah, that must be it. "I'm Mika! This is Allyson! Ally for short, and you are?"
"Mike Chang" he said smiling at her. "Sorry, but we have to go. Puckerman!" he yelled and Puck came back into the room.
"I'm coming! They have a lot of shit!" he complained. "'Sup?" he said smirking at the girls who giggled stupidly again. Tina and I just looked at each other and laughed silently.
"See you around ladies" Mike said winking at them and I felt something in my stomach. Again, I'm hungry. Puck walked behind him and winked at them too making them giggle again.
"Oh my God!"
"Are you guys with them?" Mika and Ally asked us.
"Noah and Mike?" I said laughing with Tina.
"No! They're old friends from high school" she said between laughs.
"Well, they didn't make them like that at our high school" Mika said checking out Mike.
"Well, we just wanted to introduce ourselves to our neighbours." Ally said cheerful.
"We're having a party this Friday! You have to be there!" Mikasaid excited.
"And please bring your cute friends" Ally said even more excited.
"We have to go now" Mika talked again.
"Bye neighbors!" they said at the same time excited and closed the door. I turned to look at Tina and she had the exact confused look on her face that I did. We both burst into laugh at the exact same time.
"Oh my God! We like, so have to go!" I said mocking Han tone.
"Like, I know right!" Tina said in the same tone.
'Like, I'm so hungry, like I could eat everything I see.' I said linking our arms together.
'Oh my God! Me too! I could like eat this room. Come on, we should like go to some fancy diner near us. So that we could eat and be perky all the time.' She said grabbing the keys and closing the door.
Authors' Note: So what do you guys think about this collaboration? :)
Preview for next Chapter: Rachel and Tina eat lunch and was joined in by Puck and Mike, who are becoming a chick magnet. We get to see Rachel and Tina's past friendship when they're in high school. Plus Mika and Ally's party. :)