A/N: I've re-uploaded a edited, better version of chapter one, it's the same just a few punctuation additions. Thank you so much for all the reviews/favourites. It really made my day when I read all the e-mails. I'd like to say a big thank you to all the people who pointed out mistakes and gave ideas. I'd like to dedicate this chapter to girlgamer112 and hannah-jennifer for all their idea's and hints. Now just to answer a few questions I received:

-Rachel is 17 (She'll turn 18 in later chapters)

-Finn is 22.

-They still go McKinley, but being in Glee is quite cool, Puck, Mike and Sam are all on the football team and Quinn and Rachel are cheer-leaders.

-The guy who stood Rachel up was Puck. It's a AU so Puck, Rachel and Quinn have all been best friends since nursery(or kindergarten)

-Puck and Quinn are dating, but they're on-off dating due to Puck's 'man-whore'yness'

-Rachel is very OCC.

-Mr Shue is a teacher, but he's another English teacher (You'll see why in later chapters)

-There is a Glee club (it's mentioned in this chapter) all the original characters from season 2+ (like Kurt, Mercedes, Tina, Sam...) are all init.

So again, thank you so much guys! And I hope you enjoy the next instalment :)

Crossing Boundaries.

"Rachel..I mean, um, Ms Berry, can I see you after class please?" Finn stuttered, shell shocked. That hour had been absolute torture for him, but he couldn't stop, he had to teach the class. He would shoot Rachel the occasional glare or look of confusion but nothing to suggest anything was going on, luckily.

Rachel slowly exhaled as she packed her things away, her heart was beating faster than it ever had done before. Quinn gave her worried looks during the lesson but Rachel assured her it was nothing. She'd refused to look at Finn, her new English teacher, in the eye for the hour, it was torture. She let out a sigh as the bell rung for end of first period and she grabbed her things before she was interrupted by his voice. She stayed in her seat until all the pupils had left, and only then did she dare get up and make her way towards his desk. Finn, who has just closed the door, turned around to face her and let out an involuntary sigh.

"You said you were in college!" She knew it was an rhetorical statement, she tried to give him an answer anyway, but she found herself speechless. Rachel thought things like this would never happen to people like her, the quiet ones who stay out of every-bodies way. She thought, these kind of situations only happened in movies or TV shows.

"I never said I was in college, I said I'd like to study AP English and Music." Her voice barely registered as a whisper and she felt tears forming in her eyes, "How was I to know this was going to happen? You were to be my new teacher!" She brought her gaze up to his and her eyes questioned his own. She noticed the loveable grin wasn't there, nor was there any sign it was to return any time soon. She bit her lip and dropped her head back down, too ashamed to even look at him again.

"You do realise this," He indicated them and the space between them as he spoke, "Can never happen? I mean, there's five years difference between us. And I'm your teacher, if people find out..." He raised his voice and suddenly felt guilty as he caught the glimpse of a sly tear sliding down Rachel's delicate face and dropping to the floor. The tear made no noise, but inside his head, he could hear it crash to the floor, echo around his mind.

"Don't worry, Sir, I have no intentions of ruining your career or my own chances of achieving my dream. I know this...this isn't right due to the Teacher-Pupil rules. And if you don't mind, I'd like to tell Principle Figgins that I cannot concentrate in your class due to friendship related reasons and I must move to Mr Schuester's class. I won't be a problem for you any-more" And when the last word fell from her lips, Rachel raced out of the classroom door, and ran down the corridor, wiping her tears away with her sleeve.

A confused Quinn, hot on Rachel's tail, threw a glance back at the open English room door, quietly mumbling to herself about squeezing the details out of Rachel later.

…

The lunch bell rang and Quinn squealed happily. She skipped out of her History class and met Rachel, on her way to the cafeteria. The two girls giggled down the corridors and walked into the huge cafeteria space. The smells of freshly burnt food stuck in the back of their throats and Quinn inwardly gagged before grabbing Rachel's hand and pulling her back into the corridor.

"The school managed to have some unnecessary refurbishments, yet they still can't afford to cook nicer food, ugh. Anyway, I need to stop off at the sign-up board and we can go snatch food off Puck. His mom took cooking classes over the summer yano?" Quinn didn't notice she was talking to a brick wall. Rachel's mind was still stuck on Finn, or Mr Hudson. Her physical mood had become much more happier over the past few hours, but inside she was still down and trying not to break-down and cry. As they passed the English room, Rachel's eyes never left the space until Quinn abruptly stopped infront of a cork-board and began scanning over the pieces of paper, stapled and scattered all over it.

"Cooking club, no. Cheerios, already captain," Her tone grew chirpier as she remembered her power and position in the school, "Blah, blah. Oh, Glee club? What's that?" She turned to stare at Rachel who was gazing over the board with a dull expression.

Quinn nudged her slightly, and she caught onto her question, "Oh, Glee club. It's a choir, but with a bit more, edge!" She smiled as the blonde girl's face lit up.

"Another thing for me to ace," She muttered as she wrote her name on the sign up sheet, below a few other people, "Hey Rach, you like singing you should join too!" Rachel knew it wasn't a question, more a statement. She laughed silently as Quinn finished writing both their names down. She looked up at her friend one more time and beamed, before racing down the corridor, a dazed Rachel in tow. Her shrill laugh echoed off the empty walls as the two girls ran down the corridors, in a silent race with each other. They passed the freshman cheer-leading try-outs and Quinn jerked to a halt. A evil smile spread across her face as she turned to face Rachel.

"Rach, with me being head-cheerleader and you being my co-captin, don't you think it's best if we, supervise the try-outs with coach Sylvester?" A sly smile washed over Rachel's face as she caught wind of Quinn's plan.

"Why Quinn dearest, that is the best idea!" The two girl's exchanged high-fives and walked towards the gym, their arms linking and their evil smiles reflected.

…

The next two days flew by for Rachel as she found herself a new position in Mr Schuester's English class. When Wednesday came, Rachel found herself, once again, bored of the high-school routine.

"Where is the choir room Rach?" Quinn stormed down the halls, Puck on her arm and Rachel quickly following the two. She pointed her long flawless finger towards the far room and rushed ahead of Quinn to look into the room. She saw eight other seniors scattered around the room, in their different cliché's. Quinn caught the gaze of two other cheer-leaders, Brittany and Santana and she scoffed, turning her nose up at the two and walked to the other side of the room, where Mike Chang and Sam Evans sat. Puck exchanged manly fist-bumps with the two guys and Quinn fluttered her lashes and sat on a chair, Rachel sitting next to her. Rachel caught the eye of Sam, who flashed her a seductive smile. Rachel giggled and nudged Quinn, who giggled too. The group of popular's were unaware of the entrance of Mr Schuester, who began to speak with his usual enthusiastic tone.

"Right guys, I'm glad to see we have new recruits. To all of you who haven't been before, I'm Mr Schuester and this, is Glee club," He received some animated chants and squeals from the usual Glee members, "I'd like to start this year off with a twist. Usually, we only have four members, but considering we now have double that, I thought we could all show-off our talent to each other. I assume most of you all have a song ready," He turned and looked at the group of kids in the corner, all upbeat and lively, he smiled in return, "So, Kurt, I suppose you want to go first?"

…

Rachel watched in awe as the Glee kids each took their positions and sang their hearts out. She was amazed at the pure talent each of them had and she found herself smiling widely at each one as they engaged in eye-contact. She watched as Puck volunteered himself to go next and serenaded Quinn, who was receiving unnoticed glares of the jealous Santana. And she wriggled happily in her seat as Quinn got up and sang with her flawless voice, smugly showing off in-front of everyone. But when the time came for Rachel to sing, she found herself awkwardly mumbling excuses until Puck grasped her arm and literally threw her up. She stumbled and and flattened out her skirt before quietly beginning.

"Um, hey. I'm Rachel Berry," She gave an awkward wave as was suddenly filled with confidence when she saw everyone was looking at her, urging her to go on, "And I'm going to sing 'Fearless'!" She inhaled deeply, closing her eyes before beginning.

"There's somethin' 'bout the way, the street looks when it's just rained, there's a glow off the pavement, walk me to the car."

Her voice floated through the choir room, filling the ears of each teenager sitting there, staring at her in shock. Rachel kept her eyes closed, squeezing them tight whenever she felt like she was going to break. They were all so astounded by her angelic voice that no-one noticed the new teacher, stopping outside the choir room and staring in, amazed at the perfect voice. He quickly walked away when he saw who the voice belonged too, but it glided through his mind, over-taking his thoughts. He slammed his class-room door shut and brought his head into his hands.

"And I don't know how it gets better than this, you take my hand and drag me head first, fearless."

…

Rain was pouring down, shattering when it hit the ground, soaking all the innocent people as they tried to hurry past. Rachel walked out of the shop, coffee in hand, and jumped back in surprise as she was hit by a few drops of rain. 'Ugh' She thought as she pulled out her cellphone and dialled in the familiar number.

"Hey, Quinn. Yeah, can you pick me up? I'm getting soaked out here and it's like a ten minute walk to my house!"

"Sorry, Rach I can't. Busy!"

Rachel let out an angry sigh as she heard that familiar laugh in the background, "Look Quinn, I know Puck's there. Can't you just leave in for five minutes to pick me up?" She ordered angrily. Her temper hitting rock bottom when the familiar husky voice barked at her down the phone.

"Rach, Quinn's busy. Walk. Cya!" The dial tone filled her ears and Rachel groaned. She placed her phone back in her bag and braced herself, before walking straight out into the rain. She squeaked as the cold water dripped down on her face and ran down her back. She mentally reminded herself to kill Quinn later if she caught hypothermia.

As the rain pounded harder, a slick silver car slowly rolled past Rachel. She threw a glance to the drive and stepped back in horror as she saw Finn. Her mouth opened to form a shocked 'o' and she quickly ducked her head-down and walked faster. Rachel brought her eyes up momentarily, to see the car speed up and then hit a standstill as it neared the end of the deserted road. Rachel stopped walking and stared at the car, as its passenger door flung open. She found herself dropping her coffee and running to the warmth of the car. She slid in and buckled her seat belt, whispering a 'Thank you' but not looking Finn straight in the eye.

The tension was building and Rachel saw Finn frown out of the corner of her eye. She knew he was hating himself for being so chivalrous and a small smile crept onto her face. She saw the turn off for her house was nearing up and she mumbled quietly the direction. Suddenly, Finn stopped the car abruptly and turned to face Rachel. He took her head in his hands and pressed his lips to hers unexpectedly. Within seconds, Rachel found herself tangling her hands in his hair, as he deepened the kiss, adding more pressure. The cramped space of the car was getting in the way and Finn slowly pulled away, opening his eyes and he groaned quietly.

"We really shouldn't be doing this Rach," She smiled at the nickname as her eyes bore into his, "I mean, if we get caught, I could get fired, you could lose any scholarships you had to any of the colleges, but...but I can't deny the connection we had. I mean, it was so easy to talk to you, it was like, you would never judge me and I felt so free. And I can't get you out of my head, but when I heard you sing, it was like, something awoke in me and, I really can't...I need to be with you!" His confession drew all of the energy out of Rachel into shock but she found enough of it to smile at him. "Right I'll be quick about this before you parents see, I want to be with you, I really do but we can't let anyone know, it would ruin us and the school."

Rachel hesitated slightly before looking at him straight on, "Like Romeo and Juliet?" She whispered, her tone raspy.

"Yeah, exactly like Romeo and Juliet." He placed a chaste kiss on her cheek before reaching over and opening the car door for her. Rachel smiled tenderly before slowly getting out, thankful that the rain had stopped. She waved before Finn sped off. Biting her lip, she made her way inside, collapsing on her bed, over-whelmed.

A/N: That took me ages to write. So I'm planning on making this 12 chapters + a epilogue, I'm really excited about it! I'm staring school again on Monday, so the updates will be less frequent but I will get them done. So please review, it really does make my day!

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