It was the first day, again, and Rachel just knew that it was going to be awful, again. Even though Puck and Santana had told her that she was going to be absolutely fine, she couldn't help but feel her stomach drop when she saw Karofsky walking toward her with a red slushie in his hand, her hands started to sweat and she braced herself, waiting for the freezing cold little chunks of ice and dye to hit her skin, but he walks past her he starts laughing like a hyena and she doesn't understand why.

"That was hilarious Berry, you should have seen your face!" he said between laughs.

"Shut up, David." She replied, glaring at him. He laughed and runs down the hall to catch up with his friends. Mike walked up to them and sends Rachel a sly smile.

"Hey guys. What's up?" he asks them. He looks at Rachel's new, um… style- a plain black t-shirt and white tank top, skinny jeans and black converse- and is instantly confused. "Whoa, Rach what happened to your little animal sweaters?" he teases her

"Well Michael I'll have you know that I decided it was time for a little change."

"Okaay then," he says and walks off to English with them.

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They all meet up outside the choir room and Mike opens the door for Rachel, who smiles at him and walks in the room. Those who are already there smile and greet them, and they talk for a few minutes before Mr. Schue walks in and starts talking.

"Hey guys! Welcome back! Ok, so you all know we might have new members this year considering now we are all on good terms with the cheerios, the football team and the hockey team, right?" he asks and they all answer in agreement. "Good, so our assignment this week is welcome and I figured you could all just pick your partner, ok? Good, go." He says and they all split up into twos mostly with their boyfriend/girlfriend, which ended up to be Tina and Sam, who got together during the summer, Kurt and Blaine, Mercedes/Artie, Santana/ Brittany, Quinn/Finn, and Mike/Rachel, who were together but the only people who knew were Sam, Puck, and Santana, who had all quickly become best friends with them this summer. They hear the bell go off and split up, talking about their songs.