Hey guys this is my new story...It came to me while in the shower and I hope you guys enjoy it...its during season 2 and the pairings will be: Finchel, Klaine, Asian Fusion, Brittany and some others that arn't decided yet. This is a kind of depressing story so I hope you don't mind that... there is character death but thats later on... no spoilers anyways please review and get to reading now
Disclaimer: sadly I don't own Glee, Darren Criss or anyone else :(

Rachel loved everything in her life to be organized. That's why she wakes up every morning at 6:30 sharp. That's why she goes on her exercise bike first thing and works up a sweat for 10 minutes. That's also why she gets seriously pissed off when her phone rings. She grumbles and goes to answer it. Its Kurt, wait, why would Kurt call her, they were archnemisis's. She quickly picked up the phone and held it to her ear.

"Kurt this better be important!" She shouted into the phone agitated. There was a pause on the other end then Kurt and someone else broke into hysterical giggles.
"Kurt...Kurt, are you alright?" Rachel asked franticly, wondering why her fellow diva was giggling over the phone. As Rachel thought of reasons why Kurt was giggling at her over the phone and ruining her schedule, Kurt suddenly stopped and she heard him take a deep breath. There was still giggling in the background.

"WE'RE GOING TO NEW YORK BABY!" Kurt squealed and Rachel dropped her phone.

They we're going to New York, the place she had always dreamed of living in. Her Broadway dreams seemed closer than ever to coming true. Then she heard Kurt squealing on the other end and scrambled to pick up her phone. She put it to her ear and interrupted Kurt's squeals.

"Kurt Elizabeth Hummel, stop your squealing and answer this question." She paused for dramatic effect and it went silent on the other end, except for that background giggling.
"Why are we going to New York? we placed 12th at nationals remember" She asked finally, trying to brush her hair with her left hand and holding the phone in her right hand. Kurt didn't hesitate to answer quickly.
"Because Vocal Adrenaline and Aural Intensity both quit, so we get to go to Nationals as the back-ups." He answered and shushed the person giggling. Rachel paused, Vocal Adrenaline quit, what about Sunshine. She had graciously offered her assistance to the girl only to have her team quit. Then she remembered that Kurt had said two teams quit.
"Kurt sweetie who's the other team going to Nationals, you said Aural Intensity quit too." She pondered. She heard Kurt laugh on the other end.
"You're not gonna believe this." He stated a little breathlessly. "The Warblers will be joining us on our crusade to Nationals. They graciously offered to share a bus since there are currently no planes flying from Lima to New York."

Rachel groaned and rubbed her temples. The Warblers probably wanted to spy. She took in a breath to tell Kurt what a bad idea that was when Mercedes interrupted her.
"Hey Rach this is 'Cedes here, just telling you that we leave this afternoon since nationals are in a week." She paused and Rachel's eyes grew wider. "Get packing sister." Then the line went dead.

Rachel was not the type to panic, but this went totally against her schedule. She sat down on her bed and looked at her alarm clock, it read 7:30. She hurriedly pulled out her travel suitcase and a backpack. She yanked open her drawer and started pawing through her clothes, decided which outfits would be New York appropriate. After she had packed all her clothes, she rushed into the bathroom and turned on the water. It was cold she noticed but she put on her best face and stepped into the freezing shower, at least it woke her up. She was out of the shower in 10 minutes feeling refreshed and very cold. After she had thoroughly dried off, gotten dressed and brushed her hair 100 times (that was to distribute the oils evenly), she packed her toiletries in her suitcase and some other necessities went in as well. Once she had closed her bag she rushed to fill her backpack with things to get her through the ride. When she was finished she walked over to her dresser and picked up her gold star necklace that Finn had gotten her as a Christmas present. She undid the clasp slowly and pulled it around her neck. Squeezing it once she let it fall around her neck and after adjusting it she turned again.

"New York here I come." She muttered under her breath and slung her backpack around her shoulders. She dragged her suitcase slowly down the stairs and grabbed her dad's car keys. They were off on vacation to the Caribbean for their honeymoon so she left them a note and dashed outside. The sun glared harshly down at her and she had an odd feeling that it was gonna be a great day. Soon enough she was speeding towards McKinley where Kurt had mentioned that the bus was picking them up. It took a total of 20 minutes to get to the school. As she parked her car she noticed that the bus had already arrived and they were lifting Artie into through the special entrance. She opened the car door slowly and sped up as she saw Finn. She waved and Finn smiled. Then he trotted over, a goofy grin plastered on her face.

"Hey Rachel, need help with your bags." He asked following her to the back of the car. Rachel nodded and smiled up at him while opening the truck of her car.

"That would be great Finn, thanks." She answered and pointed to the suitcase she had hastily shoved into the back. Finn lifted up easily and waited for her to pick up the backpack.

"I can carry this." She whispered as Finn tried to take the backpack as well. Finn smiled at her again and closed the trunk. She shouldered the backpack and locked her dad's car. Then her and Finn made their way to the bus. Stepping onto the bus she saw that she was the last one here. The New Directions kids were on the left side and the Warblers were on the right, Besides Kurt and Blaine who were sitting next to each other whispering feverently.

"Took you long enough Man-Hands!" she heard Santana shout from the back of the bus. Rachel stuck her nose up into the air and turned to Finn who was putting her suitcase on the top shelf with all the other. He strapped it down by the others and went to sit next to Quinn, who had been glaring at Rachel the whole time. Rachel sniffed a little as Finn looped his arm around her waist.
"They deserve each other, I can't let him get in the way of my stardom" She thought to herself as she went and sat across from Blaine and Kurt. They were too absorbed in their conversation to notice she sat down. Then Mr. Schue stepped onto the bus and smiled wide. Rachel thought that Mr. Schue looked better smiling, everyone did.

"Alright New Direction! We must thank the Warblers for letting us share a bus. I'll be your chaperone for this trip and I've decided that during this ride we aren't two glee clubs about to fight for a national championship, but friends getting ready to have the time of their lives." He told them and then clapped his hands.

"Let's get this show on the road" Rachel heard one of the Warblers shout. Mr. Schue nodded and sat down in the seat behind Rachel. She noticed that the piano player that was always in the choir room was also the bus driver. He started the bus silently and then pulled out of the school parking lot. Rachel quickly fastened her seatbelt and leaned over to Kurt and Blaine's seat.

"You two had better put your seatbelts on, this ride could get dangerous." She whispered and leaned back to her own seat. Blaine nodded and fastened Kurt's seatbelt first; causing the latter to blush and then Blaine fastened his own seatbelt. Rachel smiled; she couldn't have her back-ups dying if they got into a car accident. Then she remembered that she hadn't told the others to fasten their seatbelts. Mr. Schue beat her to it though as he stood up.
"Everyone fasten your seatbelts, there could be an accident and we don't want you to get hurt." She heard kids grumbling and most of the Warblers already had their seatbelts fastened.

She was sure Santana, Puck, Artie and Brittany weren't listening. They were busy sucking face in the back seat. She turned back to Kurt and Blaine but they were having their own little conversation. Their heads were so close that Rachel thought they were kissing. She could see Kurt's faint blush from her seat and smiled. Better not disturb them. She turned to the window and watched the trees zoom past. She began to practice her vocal warm ups slowly and smiled again. The bus was on the highway and it would be a while till they reached New York. Rachel began to get a little sleepy and she took her pillow out of her backpack. Then she rested it against the window and drifted off.