A/N: I can't believe it! My first own story here! It's not the first fanfiction that I ever wrote...I already published some in other communities. But this one here is definitley my favorite website! So many amazing stories 3 :) Well, I don't want to bother you with my claptrap so...Here is the first chapter:
Rachel let herself fall down onto her bed, holding the letter in her hand. She couldn't believe it.
For the past 10 years she has always spend her summer break in Camp Harmony and now the owner had decided to close it once and for all. That camp was the only time in the year when Rachel was really happy because all of the other teenagers there were just like her. They loved to sing, to perform and they acknowledged Rachel's talent. Other than all the kids here in Lima.
How would Rachel survive this summer without them?
She had no idea and right now all that she wanted to do is cry. So she curled up on her bed while holding on to the letter and started sobbing.
"Cutie-pie?" Her dad knocked soft at her door. "Can I come in?".
"Sure." She quickly wiped away her tears when her dad entered her bedroom.
"Oh, Cutie-pie. Don't you cry over something like that." He took the letter out of her hands and threw it into the dustbin.
"Dad? What am I going to do all summer? I will bore myself to death!" She leaned her head against her dad's shoulder.
"Listen, sweetie. You are going to have fun this summer, alright? Seriously, you are Rachel Barbra Berry! You can do everything!" He smiled warmly at her.
"Yeah. But what about the singing?"
"You can sing here, honey. You know that your Daddy and I don't mind!"
"But it's not the same, Dad. There was this huge stage at Camp Harmony..."
"Well, how about you go and ask Mr. Schuester whether he could give you the keys to the auditorium? And then you can go there and sing your heart out."
It still wasn't the same as it would've been in camp, but Rachel knew that her father's idea was good.
"You're right, Dad. I'll just change and then head to Mr. Schue's place. Thanks, Dad."
She kissed his cheek and started to search for something nice to wear.
"I love you, Cutie-pie." Her dad said when he left the room.
"Love you, too, Dad!" she shouted so that he could hear it.
"Noah! WAKE UP!" Eden shouted while she was jumping up and down on his bed.
"Shut up." Puck growled and buried his head under his pillow. His little sister immediately stopped hopping and gasped. "Mommy said that you are not aloud to say that!"
"Eden! Stop annoying me and leave me alone! It's the first day of my summer-break and I seriously can't stand you right now." The 7-year old jumped out of the bed and left his room, not without slamming the door loudly.
"FUCK!" Puck sat up and stretched himself. When he looked at the alarm clock on the nightstand he couldn't believe his eyes. It was 8am. On a Saturday morning! AND on his first day of summer vacation. Still sleepy he dragged himself into the bathroom and took a long shower. He was SO going to kill Eden later that day. It wasn't his fault that his sister was an early bird.
When he entered the kitchen he figured out that his mother had already left for work.
She tried so hard to make sure that her children had a pleasant life, Puck knew that and he felt bad that there was no way he could help her with that.
Sure he had worked as a pool cleaner for about three years, so that he could support his mom a bit, but he'd quit a few months ago. Those cougars had used him like a Kleenex. He was alright when they needed him but after that they just wanted to get rid of him. Not that Puck complained about that. For fuck's sake he was the Puckasauras!
He'd always liked a good bang...but those Ladies...they were nuts!
His mom had suggested that he could babysit their neighbor's twin-babies. But that was out of the question. There was no way that the Puckasauras would guard two none-housebroken rug-rats.
He had to keep up a reputation.
Puck just had sat down at the table and prepared his bowl of cereals, when all of the sudden he heard the front door being unlocked and a female voice echoes through the little house.
"Hello? Anybody here?" Puck recognized the soft and high voice, even before his other sister stepped into the kitchen.
"Wow, Noah! Never thought I'd see you up this early." Zarah pecked his cheek.
"Yeah! Good to see you, too. Where is Caleb?"
"At work of course. Where is Eden?"
"I think she is in her room and plays with her dolls. Why?"
Zarah got herself a glass of water and drank a sip. "Mom asked me to take her to the mall. She needs a new dress for temple."
In that moment Eden stormed into the kitchen and threw herself at Zarah. Puck's sisters always had a very close relationship, even though Zarah was 14 years older than Eden.
Well maybe that was exactly the reason why they were so close. Zarah was more like a second mom to Eden than a sister.
Just about fifteen minutes after his sisters had left Puck decided to go for a walk. So he exited the house and strolled along Lima, thinking about everything that sprang to his mind.
Rachel just walked up the stairs to Mr. Schue's apartment. He looked confused when she entered his place.
"I'm really sorry to bother you, Mr. Schue. But I've got a really important question."
The teacher guided the petite girl into his living room. "How can I help you, Rachel?"
"Well...I don't know if you knew, but I spend all my summer-breaks in a camp called Camp Harmony for the past 10 years...but now it's closed and I have no place to practice my singing.
So I was wondering if it's possible that you could give me the key to the auditorium so that I can practice and have at least a bit fun during my vacation."
Rachel sat down on the couch, crossed her legs and looked eagerly at Mr. Schue.
He sighed. "Fine. I'll give you the key. But you have to promise me, that you will always be on call. So that I can easily contact you when I need the key."
Rachel grinned like a Cheshire cat. "Of course, Mr. Schue. You can trust me. I'll behave perfectly."
"I'm sure you will, Rachel. And now I would like you to leave I have to get ready."
"Yes, Sir."
He gave Rachel the key and led her out of his apartment. "Goodbye, Rachel."
"Bye, Mr. Schue."
The delicate brunette hurried down the staircase, got in her car and drove to the school.
At first she thought that it was a bit weird to be in school when there was no one around but when she arrived at the auditorium she felt at home.
Rachel walked up the stairs to stay in the middle of the stage. Yes, this is where she belonged.
She put a CD in the stereo and pressed play. A soft melody appeared. She remembered how jittery she'd been to sing that song to her friends at camp when she first practiced it. But now no one was going to listen to her perform it.
Somethin' in your eyes, makes me wanna lose myself
Makes me wanna lose myself, in your arms
There's somethin' in your voice, makes my heartbeat fast
Hope this feeling lasts, the rest of my life
If you knew how lonely my life has been
And how long I've been so alone
And if you knew how I wanted someone to come along
And change my life the way you've done.
Rachel put everything she had into this song. She thought about her canceled vacation, about her life here in Lima, about her wish to become a huge star on Broadway and about her relationship with Finn.
They were still together but things had changed. The way it felt when they kissed, the way Finn looked at her and also her own feelings had changed.
They'd tried so hard to make this relationship work. But it seemed that the more they tried to solve their problems the more they drifted apart.
Neither Finn nor Rachel wanted to be the one to end it, that's the only reason why they were still with each other.
They were afraid. But Rachel knew that she would have to put an end to this.
It feels like home to me, feels like home to me
It feels like I'm all the way back where I come from
It feels like home to me, feels like home to me
It feels like I'm all the way back where I belong
Rachel was so focused on her singing, that she didn't notice that someone had sneaked into the auditorium and was now sitting in one of the seats at the far end.
Puck had no idea how he ended up sitting in school at a Saturday listening to Rachel Berry sing a song that he didn't know.
The only thing he knew was, that he passed the school on his walk, when he realized that he needed to take a whiz. So he checked if the doors were open and for some reason they were unlocked.
And then when he was done with pissing he heard someone sing.
He lurked into the auditorium and was surprised to find none other than Rachel Berry, Miss Bossy Pants-herself, standing in front of the stage singing her heart out.
He knew that she hadn't noticed him, because if she had she would've stopped singing.
So he sat down in one of the seats and simply listened to his little classmate sing.
A window breaks, down a long, dark street
And a siren wails in the night
But I'm alright, 'cause I have you here with me
And I can almost see, through the dark there is light
Well, if you knew how much this moment means to me
And how long I've waited for your touch
And if you knew how happy you are making me
I never thought that I'd love anyone so much
Rachel might have never been one of his favorite persons but he couldn't deny that she had a phenomenal voice.
She was the only Glee Club member who continuously gave him goosebumps when she sang.
And that definitely had nothing to do with the fact that she was a hot Jew just like him.
Berry had something in her voice that no one else that he'd ever heard singing had. It was this infinite amount of emotions that she put into every single song she sang.
But except from that she was still the annoying, dictatorial, munchkin sized princess she had always been. She was such a pain in the ass that to him it was some kind of a miracle that both, Jesse St. Sucks and Finn, were able to bear her for longer than a two days.
It feels like home to me, it feels like home to me
It feels like I'm all the way the back where I come from
It feels like home to me, it feels like home to me
It feels like I'm all the way back where I belong
It feels like I'm all the way back where I belong!
The song was over and Rachel finally noticed that someone was sitting in the audience.
She shielded her eyes from the spotlight and tried to make out who it was.
It took her some time to realize. "Noah?"
A/N: Okay. That was the first chapter! I hope you guys liked it...and .pretty please write a review! I want to know what you think of all this so far.
xoxoRina 3
PS: Song is "Feels like Home" by Edwina Hayes ;)
