So I'm not abandoning Near To You or anything, but since Wheels last week I've had this idea running through my head that I really wanted to mess around with.

It's going to be a Rachel-centric fic, but I'm not sure who I want her to end up with yet. I totally love the whole Rachel and Puck, but after the way that Finn told her he was rooting for her in Wheels I love him too, or so I want to bring in someone totally new for her? Who knows?

As always, I would absolutely love to know what you think, so please, please, please, review and let me know!!!

Wild Horses

Chapter 1

As she sat in her seat waiting for takeout she rested her head against to cool window and her mind drifted back to a couple of months ago.

She was standing outside of the choir room when she heard him hit it. Kurt was going to beat her and she was going to have to tell her fathers that she lost another solo. She remember how they reacted when they found out that Tina would be singing lead-they had lectured her that night on how they were not raising a second-rate star for nearly two-hours, and she knows they cut it short because American Idol was coming on and they didn't want to miss it. When they auditioned she was shocked when his voice broke and although she was thankful that she was going to be getting the lead she was still curious why he did it because she knew it was intentional. She corned him after Glee practice a couple of days later and he relented that he did it to protect his dad. Rachel envied the relationship that Kurt had with his dad, as twisted as it may be, but Kurt would obviously give up something to protect his father. Rachel only knew what it was like to have her fathers push her and berate her anytime that she fell lower that the top. It was because of that she offered that they turn it into a duo, that way they would both be able to sing and he wouldn't feel as much pressure than if he sang it alone. They nailed it at Sectionals and won, but they lost in Regionals.

Rachel hated to admit it but she was glad that they lost. That meant that her commitment to Glee was over, and, now that she was sixteen, she would be able to audition for the Ramsey Performing Arts, which she loving referred to as RPA, the high school equivalent of Juilliard. Since she was six years old and her fathers promised her that when she was sixteen she would be able to audition she had been stashing away all of her allowance, birthday, and holiday money. She had a nice little nest egg for her dream to get out of Lima, and it was finally turning into reality.

As the plane leveled off she pulled out her iPod and continued listening to her Wicked playlist. As I'm Not That Girl played she thought back to just last month when the truth of the baby's paternity was revealed.

Finn and Quinn were the last to come into the choir room for practice, something that had become a usual occurrence, as was the arguing that was always happening between them. First it had been about money for doctor's visits, and then it was money for maternity clothes, which brought them to the current argument, adoption. Finn didn't want to put their daughter up for adoption, Quinn said that there was no other choice. Finn kept pushing the subject and Quinn finally told him that he had no say in it, he wasn't the father. The whole Glee room had fallen silent as they stared at the two. Rachel was the first to look away, towards Puck, who didn't hold the same shock in his eyes as everyone else. Rachel did notice some shock in them, but they looked more hopeful then anything. It was then that she understood. That was two now, Finn and Puck, who wanted Quinn, and none that wanted Rachel.

Rachel stopped the song and switched playlists. She had done enough wallowing and had a few too many self-pity parties lately. She was going to be an optimistic realist (not in a pesky perky way), it was even one of her resolutions. Granted, 2010 didn't start for another week, but Rachel Berry always liked to be prepared.

She reclined her seat and closed her eyes. It was nearly ten o'clock on Christmas and she was exhausted. With Hanukkah ending almost a week ago, her father and she decided that Christmas would probably be a good day to fly thinking that the airports wouldn't be too busy. She had spent part of the afternoon with Kurt, they had formed some sort of friendship after the whole Defying Gravity incident, but everyone else where either out of town, had family visiting from out of town, or were in the middle of the baby drama that she was trying to stay out of. A part of her was relieved, she hated goodbyes, but she was hoping to see some of her friends one more time. The slight rocking of the plane lulled her off to sleep. It wasn't until they made the announcement to put the seats and tray tables in the upright decision that she woke up and smiled. She was in New York. She was that much closer to making it.

Quick little Chapter 1, I'm hoping to make the other chapter much bigger. So...whatcha think?