Tons of buildings stood up straight in front of her, impressive and majestic as only New York skyscrapers could be, leading her to look up to the sky and believe in eternity and greatness. She'd been there for a few days for her holiday break and she had already fallen in love with the city from the beginning. But, really, who would not fall in love with New York and its light, its noise, its life. She was just one of the victims of its enchantment.

She wasn't in New York only for her holidays, she was also pursuing a dream: becoming a stage performer. She had performed in minor plays across her home state, Ohio, and this time she had decided to audition for something bigger.

She arrived at the waiting room and took a seat while she was giving a quick look at the people. She saw good looking girls rehearsing their lines and small talking to each other. She had a feeling that she wasn't going to get anything, and started to feel nervous. Suddenly the door opened and a guy with a list appeared.

'Berry, Rachel Berry' he shouted. She took her bag and got into the room. There were three people sitting at the table in front of her, chatting and laughing until the guy of the list took a seat with them.

'Good morning, please introduce yourself and then you can start' said a man with glasses who was sitting in the middle and looked like the director.

'Good morning, I'm Rachel Berry, and…' she took a breath 'and I'm auditioning for the role of Blanche DuBois' She started performing the lines she had been rehearsing all these days 'May I speak plainly?... If you'll forgive me, he's common... He's like an animal. He has an animal's habits. There's even something subhuman about him. Thousands of years have passed him right by, and there he is. Stanley Kowalski, survivor of the Stone…'

'Thank you Miss Berry. We will call you and let you know our decision' interrupted the man of the glasses. She swallowed and nodded slowly, grabbed her bag and got out of the room as fast as she could. She blamed herself for having high hopes and not thinking realistically. She should have auditioned for another minor play and she wouldn't have been this disappointed in herself.

She decided to go back to her hotel and have some rest, she didn't want to let this ruin her holidays, though it was going to be a difficult task. She walked down the metro stairs and waited until it arrived. She got on and sat down next to a boy listening to his iPod. The train parted and she was getting lost in her thoughts when suddenly she heard the sound of a keyboard and she leaned forward looking for the music and saw an Asian girl playing a small keyboard and people around her staring at her. After a few chords of the keyboard, a guitar started to sound on the other side of the car. A boy with a mohawk was playing it with a smile on his face while he glanced at another girl who began to sing. The half-black girl stood up and began moving up and down the aisle singing and smiling at people while their friends accompanied her with background vocals. That was really amusing her and surprising her at the same time, those kind of things would never happen in Lima. They were all up performing in the middle of the car when she heard the sound of a xylophone, a toy xylophone actually. She turned her head and saw a blonde girl also standing up hitting the bars. She also began to sing the next verse of the song with a sweet voice that made her smile and stare at her in amazement. They crossed eyes for a while and Rachel could notice that girl had beautiful hazel eyes and that she was smiling at her, which made her flush and turned her gaze away in embarrassment. The girl walked towards her seat and smiled at her once more as she turned around to an old lady who was clapping at the music. The song was coming to an end and so the train was approaching another station when the band members stuck their hands in their pockets and grabbed some sort of leaflets and threw them all over the car. People started picking them up and reading them. She took a couple of them and did as well. It said things about how important music is for people, about how a smile can be healthy and so on. Each one was different. The car doors opened and she saw the band hopping off and she felt a mysterious force that lead her to get up and hop off too. She followed her instinct and she saw herself staring at the group of performers who were laughing, hi fiving each other and celebrating. She looked for the blonde girl and when she found her among their friends, she realized that she was also looking at her smiling. She flushed again and turned around to hide herself. She could hear them leaving through the stairs, so she decided to follow them as she stuck the leaflets she had picked up again in her pocket.

They had turned left and they were running up the stairs to another metro line. She stopped every few steps so that she wouldn't get caught in her stalkerish mission.

'Wanna join us?' she heard a voice behind her and jumped with fright

'Fuck' she could only curse while she tried to calm herself. The blonde giggled shyly 'No, I mean, I was just hurrying to the train…I'm late for…work. Yeah, work.' She heard herself rambling.

'Aha' The blonde girl walked up the stairs and turned to look at Rachel one more time 'then hurry up, you won't want to miss it' she said with a big smile.

She felt the same force again, it really took over her feet and moved her towards the girl and she started to feel a bit scared about that feeling. She reached the platform and run to catch the train that was about to leave. She saw them taking positions and starting their show, but this time It was a different song. The blonde handed her the xylophone mallet and whispered the notes she had to hit. As soon as it was her turn, the hazel-eyed girl held the xylophone closer to Rachel and urged her to play the notes. At first she was a bit embarrassed but as she was playing the music she felt full of life and a big smile crossed her face.

As they had done earlier, they threw the leaflets and hopped off the car and Rachel did the same.

'Hey! Great job!' said the guy with the mohawk as he shook her hand and everyone agreed. Rachel could not stop laughing and smiling, she completely forgot the bad day she was having. 'Hi, I'm Noah. Well, everybody calls me Puck' he introduced himself.

'Hi, I'm Rachel. Nice to meet you'

'I'm Tina' said the Asian girl 'She's Santana' the half-black girl shook her hand and smiled.

'And I'm Quinn' she smiled sweetly and lifted her hand waiting for the brunette to hold it.

'Quinn…nice to meet you' she shook her hand slowly and could feel the softness of her skin. It sent her chills through her spine.

'You have any leaflets left?' Santana asked them. They checked their pockets but none of them had more papers. 'Then we're done for today. I'm starving, who wants something to eat?' They all raised their hands with excitement and headed to the exit. Quinn remained behind to wait for Rachel.

'I thought you were late for work' she whispered smirking. Rachel laughed and admitted the lie.

'I was worried you might think I was a stalker or something. But I'm on vacation, actually.'

'Really? Then you'll have time to join us for dinner, what you say?' said the blonde looking straight into her eyes.

'I'd…love to'

They went to a bar near that station and talked throughout the dinner about their careers and their funny pastime.

'So what did you mean with 'we're done for today' Rachel asked them.

'Once in a while we gather together and we play some music in the metro' started explaining Tina

'We get on the metro, we start playing and singing and when we finish the song and the train stops we throw the leaflets and get off' Quinn continued staring at Rachel and smiling with that sweet smile that she already knew 'then we choose another line and we get there and do the same…until we run out of leaflets' she concluded the explanation with a laugh.

'Wow… that's pretty amazing' exclaimed Rachel.

'Have you read any of them?' asked Santana.

'Yeah, I've got some here' she took the leaflets she had in her pocket and started reading them 'It takes 17 muscles to smile. It's the simplest exercise! Be healthy and smile!' she picked up the other one and read it 'A life without music is not worth living' she smiled and folded the papers and put them in her bag 'Whose idea was it?' she asked. They pointed at Quinn.

'This crazy girl over here' said Noah and Quinn rolled her eyes. Now it was her who turned her head in embarrassment. Rachel simply nodded and smiled. 'Hey, we're having a party tonight at Q's place, wanna come?' he offered but soon realized he shouldn't have invited her without permission 'Whoops, should have asked you first, right Q?' he protected himself with his hands laughing at the same time.

'It's ok, I was gonna tell her myself' she smiled at her one more time

'I don't know, I kinda feel like I'm intruding…'

'Nonsense, you're totally welcomed. I promise' replied Quinn and held her hand for Rachel to shake it. She shook it gently and smiled at her while they slowly lowered their hands that were still glued together. Rachel noticed it and took it away embarrassed.

This was going to be an interesting evening.