"Rachel"
"Rachel…"
"Rachel!"
Rachel Berry woke up to her step-mother, Sue, screaming through the intercom. Rachel rubbed her eyes before speaking.
"Good Morning, Sue!" she said in her best fake happy voice.
"Bring me my breakfast." Sue replied with an annoyed tone in her voice.
Rachel quickly got dressed and brushed her hair before going down to the kitchen. Once downstairs she made Sue's breakfast and went outside by the pool to give it to her. She immediately felt sorry for the synchronized swimming coach that was trying his hardest to work with her two step-sisters, Santana and Brittany. Walking over to the deck chair Sue was sitting at she handed the breakfast to her.
"Is this Salmon?" Sue asked after making some comment to the coach about how extremely talented Santana and Brittany are.
"Only the best." Rachel replied, her mind shifting to her math test that she needed to study for one last time.
"I need you to go over to the diner and clean the floors before you go to school today."
"But Sue, I have a big test I need to study for." Rachel replied
"Rachel, people go to school to get smarter, so they can get jobs. You already have a job. It's like you're skipping a step!"
Rachel rolled her eyes before turning around to leave for Sue's. She noticed the sprinklers were on, watering the lawn, even during the horrible drought. She rolled her eyes again before walking down the driveway to the street to get in her old yellow convertible and driving away from Sue.
Rachel was finishing clearing tables when Ronda walked up to her. Ronda was the manager of Sue's and she used to be her father's best friend. She reminded Rachel of life before Sue. Rachel lived with her father, her mother died when she was young. Her Father owned Hal's Diner. He met Sue and they "fell in love". They got married and along with Sue came her two daughters, Santana and Brittany. Rachel's Father died in an earthquake when she was 9 years old. Her father didn't leave a will so Sue was given everything. She changed Hal's Diner to Sue's full of skates, pink, and poodle skirts.
"Rachel, you have to go to school." Ronda said following Rachel as she picked up dishes.
"I will when I'm done." Rachel replied.
"Go!" Ronda said "Let me handle Sue."
Rachel smiled then grabbed her bag and drove to Kurt's house.
"Morning Mr. Hummel!" Rachel shouted to her best friend's dad
"Good Morning, Rachel." Burt Hummel said as Kurt walked out the door.
"Hey Rachel." Kurt said dressed fashionably as always
"Hey Kurt, ready to go?" Rachel asked as Kurt climbed in and shut the door
"Let's Go! Bye Dad!" Kurt replied enthusiastically
"Have a good day you two!" Burt yelled back as Rachel and Kurt drove off to the dog-eat-dog world known as high school.
Rachel and Kurt made it to WMHS and pulled into the parking lot listening to Tina's daily drought reminder. Not only did they find that there were no parking spots, they also happened to be blocked by the most popular kids in school. First there was Quinn Fabray and her two best friends, Lucy and Wendy. Quinn was the hottest girl in school and head cheerleader. They were talking to Quinn's stunning boyfriend, quarterback, Finn Hudson and his two best friends Noah "Puck" Puckerman and Sam Evans. Quinn turned to Rachel and Kurt.
"This part of the parking lot is for cool kids only! No geeks!"
"Yo! Diner girl! Can I get a breakfast burrito! Thanks!" Puck yelled. The girls and Sam laughed while Finn looked like he had something he needed to do. They soon left and Rachel and Kurt found a parking space. As they were walking towards the school they passed the boy that acts like a man from a different universe.
"Poor kid. Living in a fantasy world." Kurt said, watching him pass.
"Sometimes fantasy is better than reality." Rachel said as her phone vibrated
"Speaking of fantasy..." Kurt said "The secret admirer that you met in an NYU chatroom. If only you knew who he was. Then you could get married and live happily ever after! I call being your official wedding planner!"
"Calm down, Kurt. I don't even know who the guy is." Rachel said, smiling at her friend. "I'll see you later." Rachel then walked off and sat down at the bench by one of the corners of the school building. She opened up her phone and read the message.
"I've been dying 2 talk 2 u." Rachel smiled before typing a reply.
"We talked this morning." She pressed send and waited to hear back.
"I want 2 hear your voice. When can we meet?"
Rachel typed a reply and sent it as the bell rang and she headed off for class. She didn't know that who she texting was just around the corner from where she had been.
Finn heard the bell and looked down at phone. He smiled when he saw NYUGirl21's reply.
"Soon"
Finn stood up and headed off for class.