Hi! This is the first chapter of my first ever published story, and I'll only continue with it if I know anybody's interested! I planned on writing around 4 more chapters for this story. Please give it a review if anyone wants me to publish more. I hope you do enjoy it! Thanks.

AT THE LIMA BEAN-

Rachel Berry looked across the table at him. Here was someone she felt she could trust, someone she knew would listen attentively to everything she had to say and give her great advice. Blaine Anderson had become a friend. And she knew that the thing they had in common, the thing that was tearing her apart inside, was something that only he could understand. As she lifted her coffee to take a sip, she stared down at it for slightly too long, because fighting back tears was easier when she didn't have to look at Blaine. The sympathy on his face was just too hard for Rachel to bear.

"Hey, Rachel, look. If you don't want to talk about it, it's fine. I'll take you home". He smiled and she felt her eyes well up as she looked up at him. He nervously ran his hand along the edge of his Dalton blazer and out of habit, checked his phone. "Oh, I have a message from Kurt- they're half an hour away from the border, so soon they'll be in Kentucky…" he said gently. Just the thought of Finn driving his family further and further away from her was enough for her to start crying uncontrollably, and Rachel turned her face away from him, sobbing- "I'm sorry, Blaine. I can't do this. Thank you for being so kind". Blaine watched her leave, wiping the tears away from her beautiful face, and covered his face with his hands as he tried to suppress his emotion. It was so unfair, in every way.

1 DAY EARLIER-

Finn had known for around a month that Burt had received a call from an old friend who was opening up a new garage in Evansville, Kentucky, and was intending on a fresh start for the whole family. Burt and Carole had only recently got married, and the Hummel-Hudson family was just starting to find its feet, but the most important thing on their minds was Kurt. He was living in constant fear and becoming thinner by the day, and as much as it hurt Finn to leave behind Lima, McKinley High and especially Rachel, he knew that his duty was to his family. If moving to Kentucky was what it took to make Kurt's life bearable, he knew that he had no choice. The problem was how to tell Rachel. Their relationship had been perfect recently- none of the jealousy or drama that Rachel was prone to causing. He considered her to be the best thing that had ever happened to him, and he knew it would break both of their hearts to be apart. That was why he had been putting off telling Rachel about the move, even though it was killing him inside each time she pulled him in for a kiss or told him how great he was. The day before they were due to leave, Finn dialled Rachel's home phone with shaking hands and after a short, friendly conversation with one of her dads, got through to her. He asked her to come straight over, and knowing that she would be worried told her to prepare herself as he had some big news. She sounded frightened but agreed, telling him "I love you. See you soon".

A MONTH LATER- AT THE LIMA BEAN AGAIN.

Rachel pushed open the door of the warm, fragrant coffee shop and pulled off her beret as she looked around for him. She spotted him propped against the counter in easy conversation with the guy behind the counter, and he turned his head as she tentatively tapped his shoulder, wondering whether he would want to be interrupted by her. This guy was tall, and strikingly handsome- A glimpse of his name tag told her that his name was Sebastian. "Maybe Blaine's in the middle of something?", she thought to herself. But she had no need to worry, as Blaine broke out into a huge smile when he saw Rachel and said "Hey, Rach! Come sit, I've got something to tell you."

They had been meeting regularly ever since Finn and Kurt had moved to Kentucky, and with his help, Rachel was coming to terms with the fact that her relationship could be over forever. He made her laugh, and she hadn't been surprised to find that they had a lot in common, what with glee club and their mutual love of old musicals. Recently, they'd branched out from just going for coffee- they'd seen 'Love Story' at the Revival Theatre together (and even dressed up as the characters!), and Rachel had been over a couple of afternoons to help Blaine babysit his younger sister, Caitlin. Blaine's parents weren't around a lot, so he was glad to have a girl around to play with her. Or that's what he told himself, anyway. He didn't want to admit that he just wanted to spend more time around Rachel, listening to her, watching her, laughing with her.

"It's so good to see you, Blaine!", she said, beaming. "It's been so long!". He laughed at the obvious joke- they'd already seen each other that week. He was finding it increasingly harder to keep himself from texting her, asking if she wanted to meet up. Blaine knew that Rachel was still struggling to deal with the reality of Finn's departure, and that she wouldn't turn him down anytime he offered to spend time with her. She didn't have many other friends, but Blaine couldn't understand why- she was the most beautiful, interesting and talented girl he had ever met. Not that he'd spent much time around girls, having been at Dalton for the last few years. There'd been a few socials with the girls from Crawford Country Day, but they were all shy and awkward, and none of them compared to Rachel. Maybe that was why everybody had assumed he was gay, and he'd let them- because he'd never found a girl worth showing any interest in. Until now.

"Blaine?" She peered at him over their coffees with her piercing dark eyes and he was shaken into reality. "Sorry!" he laughed. "I guess I was daydreaming!". He furrowed his thick eyebrows in embarrassment and cursed himself for being so rude- what if she thought he found her boring? Luckily for Blaine, Rachel just smiled and swept her hair away from her face as she told him "No worries. Now come on, don't leave me in suspense- what did you want to tell me?"