( Present Day )
Rachel walked down the halls of McKinley High, with a frown on her face. Rachel hadn't managed to hold on to a guy for more than a couple of months. She had been slushied by everyone in the school but the Glee Club, excluding Noah Puckerman. Rachel's lips tingled familiarly.
Her and Puck had been childhood sweethearts until Grade 5, he had gotten mixed up with the wrong kind of people and had broken up with her cruelly. Puck had given Rachel her first slushie facial as a gift after breaking up with her infront of the whole school. Rachel had been broken hearted since.
After Puck had left her, she had become attention hungry. Rachel had tried to make everything about her thinking it would help, but it only seemed to make it worse. Make-out sessions with random people didn't help either.
Finn Hudson, Jesse and Noah Puckerman had all broken her heart atleast once.
Finn had lied about having slept with Santana.
Jesse had ditched the Glee Club for Vocal Adrenaline and then cracked an egg over Rachel's head. (Causing her to have nightmare about chicken fetus' and mama hens)
And Puck had broken her heart in grade 5, and had only recently stopped his 6 years of slushing her.
The choir room was full when Rachel walked in. The room silenced awkwardly and everyone turned to her. Slowly everyone resumed their conversations, all except Puck, who was presently staring at Rachel.
She blushed and sat down, Mr. Schue walked in moments later. "Hey guys, I have your assignments for this week." Mr. Schue handed the sheets to everyone. "I've decided.. that you are all going to pull a number from this bag, and who ever get your number is your new partner, to be a little random."
Mr. Schue said and walked the bag around and everyone pulled a number from the bag, eager to find out who their partner was. After having gone around, Mr. Schue grabbed the last number from the bag and dumped it on the piano.
"I am also going to be included in this assignment. Ok, so your assignment for this week is to find a song to explain your opinion of life, how you see it." Mr. Schue added, Rachel pulled on a smile. She was good at doing the assignments Mr. Schue gave them. Rachel had the number 2, "I wonder who my partner is.." she thought.
"And you partners are.. Number 3?" called. Santana and Mike raised their hands and stared at each other. Santana made a little huffing sound and fell silent.
"Number 5." Lauren and Tina. "Number 1." Sam and Mercedes.
"Number 4." Artie and Quinn smiled at each other friendily.
"Number 6." Brittany and Kurt raised their hands.
"And who also has number 7?" Finn raised his hand, Mr. Schue smiled, "So Finn, you're my partner. And number 2?" he added loudly. Rachel raised her hand and looked around, Puck had hand his up too.
Mr. Schue didn't notice the new and akward in the room and continued to instruct. " Well you now know who your partner is. So get ready and begin rehearsing your song." Mr. Schue said, turning his back to the club. Everyone began talking all at once and Rachel let out her breath, which turned into a gasp. She could feel Puck's eyes on her, but she hid her face behind her hair.
Authors Note: Hey everyone, Sam here. Just wanted to thank you for your reviews and patience. I am finding it difficult to complete the next chapter, because of Mr. Shue's assignment (details will not be inclosed as it will be a surprise ;) )
