Fall to Pieces
Chapter 1
Rachel looked up at the big building in front of her. Sure enough if you looked up in big letters were the words the Juilliard school. She felt a smile tug at her lips as she repeated the words over and over in her mind. She had made it. She got accepted to the top performing arts schools in America. This is where every little girl who sang or played an instrument or danced wanted to go. This was the hardest school to get into and she did it. Rachel Berry ,out of all the people in the world who could sing, made it into Juilliard.
She looked around at her dorm room. She had started putting what Kurt called ugly clothes into the closet when her phone started ringing saying she had received a text message. She flipped it open. It was from Kurt.
Hey Rachel I am in my dorm room with Blaine right now. We will all meet at star bucks later. This place is everything I dreamed it would be!
Love you talk to you later
-Kurt
As she started typing away on her phone she heard the door open. This must be her roommate. She started to smile hoping she would get someone like herself.
"Hello?" A small voice asked as they entered the room. Rachel walked closer to the doorway so she could meet her. A small girl with curly brown hair and glasses appeared in front of her.
"Hi you must be my roommate. I'm Rachel Berry soon to be Broadway legend." She shook the girls hand.
"Nice to meet you. My name is Kelsi Nielsen. I am here to major in music." To Rachel she was quite and didn't talk much. Great just what she wanted, a silent roommate.
"So you dream big. That's great Rachel it will get you far." Kelsi said. She was sitting on her bed across from Rachel. They were getting to know each other.
"Thank you. It is amazing you want to be a musician. What instrument do you play?"
"Piano. I want to be an accompanist for some big name someday."
Rachel smiled at her before she replied. "Seems like you have plans for yourself also. You could start accompanying me in my solos if you would like."
"We could give it a try. Sure." Then her phone vibrated. She picked it up and looked at the text before she replied.
"Who was it?" Rachel asked as Kelsi put her phone away.
"Oh just my friend Sharpay asking where I want to go out to eat tonight. You need to meet her. She is kind of like you."
"I would love to meet her sometime. So is Sharpay in New York for a visit?"
"No she and my other friends are attending colleges in New York. Sharpay along with my boyfriend Ryan got accepted into Juilliard also. Ryan and Sharpay are twins."
"That is so weird. I have some friends going here also. Maybe we could all have lunch together one day."
"You bring all of your friends that are attending college in New York and I'll bring mine. Sound like a plan?"
"Sounds like a plan to me." They smiled at each other before Kelsi got another text message and went downstairs to get her car and meet Sharpay and Ryan at a restaurant.
Gabriella looked around for Taylor. She found her still taking pictures of the building. "Come on Tay! We need to go get our room assignments." she signed as Taylor saw her.
"Ok lets go." Taylor signed back. Yes Gabriella was deaf. She was born deaf. And Taylor knew sign language. The whole gang knew sign language. It was the only way to communicate with her. It was a nice thing to know.
Columbia University, one of the highest ranked school for law, was the building that was leaving a growing smile on Gabriella and Taylor's face's. They walked in and immediately went to get their dorm room numbers. They looked at each other and smiled as they saw the were sharing a room.
"Come on roommate lets go check out our dorm." Taylor said and Gabriella followed her towards the dorms.
They looked around the room and started unpacking. They got some food at a close by Chinese restaurant and went back to their dorm.
Gabriella looked up at the ceiling as she flopped down on her bed.
"Tay can you believe we are attending Columbia? We are going to be lawyers." Gabriella looked at Taylor to see her smiling.
"I know Gabs. I can't wait to win my first case."
They got ready for bed still talking about their first day of classes. Their life was going to turn out amazing.
Chad and Troy walked into the vacant room with their suitcases in tow. Chad turned the light on and they looked around at the room. They put their suitcases on the bed. They heard a knock on the door and Chad went to open it.
"Hey is this room number 104?" Chad looked at the guy standing in front of him. He was like an Amazon. He had to be taller than six foot. He looked at him with an confused expression on his face.
"Umm… Troy is this room 104?" Chad turned to look at Troy.
"Why don't you two geniuses look on the wall beside the door." Troy rolled his eyes at their stupidity.
Chad walked out the door and looked for a number. He looked back at the guy that was glancing at the piece of paper in his hand quizzical.
"Yeah this is room 104." Chad walked back in the room leaving the door open.
"Awesome." The guy walked in the room. He put his bags down on the open bed.
"What's your name man. I'm Troy and this is Chad."
"I'm Finn." He shook Troy's extended hand.
"Blaine I told you that you could have that bed and I will take the one by the window." Kurt tried saying calmly.
"I know bu-" A knock on the door interrupted Blaine. Blaine sighed and went to open the door.
"Hi. I'm your new roommate." The blonde haired guy told Blaine. He extended his hand and Blaine took it. They both walked into the room.
"Kurt this is our roommate."
"I'm Ryan." He shook Kurt's hand and then started unpacking his things while Kurt and Blaine looked at one another with a quizzical look.
A few minutes later Ryan turned around to go put some things in the closet. He caught Blaine and Kurt staring at him.
"What's wrong?" Ryan asked as Kurt opened his mouth to say something.
"Ok what's the deal?" Kurt said bluntly.
"I don't quite understand what you mean."
"Just tell us we don't care. You can be open."
"Tell you what?"
"Come on you can be open here."
"Open with what?"
"Your sexuality. Come on we know your gay."
Ryan looked at Kurt for a second before actually processing his words.
"I'm not gay Kurt."
"Yes you are."
"And why would you think that?"
"No straight man has rhinestone covered hats." Ryan looked down at his hats he had in his hands.
"Well Kurt I can assure you I am not gay."
"I know you are. I have a sense for these types of things."
"Listen I'm not gay."
"What kind of coffee is that?" Kurt said motioning to the star bucks coffee he had gotten earlier with Kelsi and Sharpay.
"Large non-fat mocha. Why?"
"That's my coffee order. You are definitely gay." He looked at Blaine.
"Kurt a certain coffee order doesn't make you gay."
"Well then prove that you aren't gay."
"I don't have to prove anything to you." Ryan said. Then he left the room.
"Kurt. Why didn't you just stop when he told you he wasn't gay?"
"Because he is he just is confused. Just like you were."
"Hello?" Mercedes opened the door to her room. She walked further in to find pink suitcases scattered everywhere. And then her eyes met a girl covered in pink. Literally.
"Hi I'm Sharpay Evans. Actress, harries, soon to be Broadway legend. We must be roommates." Sharpay extended her hand. Mercedes shook it and looked at her. It was like Rachel Berry was standing right in front of her.
"I'm Mercedes. Which bed do you want?" They both looked at the two beds set up against the wall.
They picked out their beds, unpacked, then started talking.
"So what are you here for?" Mercedes asked as she laid down on her bed.
"I'm waiting for my big break on Broadway. But while that is in progress I am attending school here."
"I don't think you can find a better place to go to school. This is as good as it gets."
"What about you?"
"I'm here, like everyone else that sings, to be a professional singer."
"On Broadway?"
"No just one of those big names. A legend like Aretha Franklin."
"Well if you are planning on being like Aretha than you must be good. Lets hear something."
"Oh umm.. Not right now."
"Come on I'll sing with you."
"Ok. What do you want to sing?"
"Chain of fools."
They started signing and Mercedes phone went off.
"Hello?"
"Mercedes I was going to ask if you wanted to have lunch Thursday afternoon with my roommates friends and all of ours."
"Sure. Can my roommate come also."
"Sure. Who is she."
"Her name is Sharpay."
"I think my roommate mentioned a Sharpay. Kelsi don't you know a girl named Sharpay?"
"Sharpay do you know a girl named Kelsi?" sharpays eyes lit up.
"Is she sharing a room with your friend?"
Mercedes nodded.
"Yes I know her. She is my friend and accompanist." Mercedes relayed this information to Rachel.
"Ok Mercedes I'll see you tomorrow."
"Ok night Rachel."
"Goodnight." They hung up.
"Finn I told Mercedes that we would go to lunch with everyone Thursday."
"Yeah Rach told me the same thing."
"I'm hungry now aren't you?"
"Yes."
"The only problem is I don't know how to cook anything." Sam heard a knock on the door and then a voice say hello. "I gotta go Finn. My roommates here."
"Ok see you later man."
"Hi I'm Sam."
"Zeke."
"I was going to go downstairs and get something to eat would you like to come?"
"I can cook us something if you want."
"You know how to cook?"
"That's what I'm majoring in. So yes."
"Ok what can you make?"
"Good night Kelsi." Rachel said as she got situated in her bed.
"Night Rachel." Kelsi turned off her lap and they both drifted off to sleep. Ready to meet each others friends Thursday.