It was a bright and sunny morning in the small town of Lima, Ohio. The kids were getting ready for the first day of the new school; husbands were kissing their wives good-bye before going to work, The young paper boy was making his way through his last route on his way to school. Everything seemed fine, like it was going to be just another normal day in this small town, but it was going to be anything but.

Rachel Berry's morning started out like every other morning. She woke up at 5:30 and went downstairs in the basement to do her work out. After that she made herself a protein shake, then went to shower. When she got out of the shower she sent a text to Noah to make sure he was awake and would be there early since they had their first glee club this morning before school. That was when she started to get this awful feeling in her gut. Something was telling her not to go to school. She tried to will the feeling away as she went through her closet to find her destroyed skinny jeans, her favorite black v-neck batman shirt that showed off her toned body and arms, and her favorite pair of scuffed black chucks.

As she got dressed the feeling in her gut seemed to be getting stronger. Thinking that maybe it was just nerves since it was the first day of her senior year and the first time that anyone but Noah and some of the other gleek guys would see the real Rachel Berry. Everyone thought the diva at school was really who she was, but it wasn't. Sure it was who she sort of was her freshman year, but that was only because she was trying to please her fathers. You see the dream of Broadway was never hers. She loved to sing and perform, but it wasn't what she wanted to do for the rest of her life. She wanted to be a photographer and travel the world. The only reason she kept up the act of a diva at school was, because she thought maybe her fathers would come back, and they could be a family again. She knew it was stupid to even think that because they made their choice, and she wasn't part of it. She hasn't been for almost three years, once her fathers realized that she could take care of herself, they left. Only sending her money to her bank account each week. It used to bother her, but now she could be careless, because she may have lost them, but she gained four brothers. Four guys who would do anything for her and loved her for who she was. Although it wasn't always like that it was now, and she couldn't be happier.

Fixing her hair, she thought back on how she became closer to Noah, Mike, Sam, and Blaine. The thought alone makes her smile. Noah and Blaine were the first ones; she became close with through Boxing class. It might sound weird that a small girl like her who was barely 5'2 took up boxing, but she did, and she loves it. Sam and Mike came into the picture not too long after that when Rachel, Noah, and Blaine decided to go to the comic convention that was held every year in a few towns over from Lima. After that day, all four boys and Rachel became inseparable. Always going to the comic store, playing video games, riding dirt bikes, paintball, going to the firing range, or just hanging out and watching horror movies. It really was the best summer ever for Rachel. She was brought out of her thoughts when she heard the front door close and the sounds of her boys laughing and talking. She smiled to herself and grabbed her shades, bag, and black snap back cap that had a little batman logo on the right of it before she made her way downstairs.

"Momo! Blainey! Sammy! Mikey!" Rachel's greets them with a smile and hug.

"Looking good my hot little Jewish American princess." Noah said with a smile as he hugged. "Your totally going to knock them out of their socks."

"Yeah Rae, you're definitely going to make three certain girls drool." Sam laughs a little when Rachel smacks his arm. "I'm just telling you the truth."

"I knew I should have never told you guys that I liked them." Rachel sighs before walking into the kitchen.

"Aww, were just teasing you Rae." Mike says walking over to the fridge to get something to drink.

"I know and you know I'm glad I told you guys, but I'm just really nervous about today." Rachel says with a little frown as she hops up and sits on the counter. "I've been having this really uneasy feeling in my stomach all morning and something just keeps telling me not to go to school."

"Rach, you have nothing to be nervous about. Today you're going walk into that school and show everyone the Awesomeness of Rachel Berry, and then you're going to win over the hearts of the unholy trinity." Blaine smiles at her and gives her forearm a light squeeze.

"Blaine is right, Rae. Just remember we're all behind you." Noah tells her as the other three boys smile and nod at her.

"I love you guys!" Rachel yells.

"We love you too!" They all yell back before laughing.

Once the laughing died down they all began to discuss the plan for Rachel to get the girls. Rachel knew it was probably going to be a long shot for her

to get them, but she was going to try. She loved them. It sounds crazy to fall in love with three girls who were hell-bent on tormenting her, but she did. She fell in love with them the moment she laid eyes on them as they walked down the hall at school.

"I really hope this works." Rachel says once they finally come up with a plan.

"It will, Rae." Mike tells her with a firm nod.

"Yeah, I mean we all can tell they have feelings for you." Sam says taking a bite out of the apple he just got out of the fruit bowl on the counter.

"How do you know that though?" She asks.

"Rach, It's so obvious. They teased you for like two years then all of sudden last year they stopped. Plus, they always stare at you when they think no one is looking." Blaine states as if it the most obvious thing in the world.

" Don't forget that when you and Puck went to that boxing tournament, and

the Gleeks got together for a pool party that all three of them looked sad and a little jealous when they were told that you went with Puck on vacation." Mike says grabbing an orange from the fruit bowl.

"Mike is right; They all looked upset that you weren't there and kept trying to find out where you, and Puck went." Blaine tells her.

"I just hope they give me a chance or a least want to be friends." Rachel says with a small smile hopping of the counter and grabbing her keys. "You guys ready?"

"Yep." All of them say as they follow Rachel out to her Hummer h3. Once Rachel got into the driver seat, she felt the uneasy feeling in the stomach intensify. Taking a deep breath and trying to push the feeling away again she started up the hummer. She knew something was off, and she knows it has nothing to do with nerves.

"Seatbelts." Rachel told them before she put the car into drive and headed to school.

The drive to school was filled with comfortable silence the only sound was the radio playing lowly in the background. Rachel still couldn't figure out why it seemed that as the closer they got to school; her stomach seemed to churn more. Part of her just wanted to turn around and go back home, but the other part wanted to- no needed to- see the three girls and to make sure they were okay.

"Are you okay?" Noah asked looking over at Rachel. He knew something was really bothering her, and that it probably had nothing to do with the nervousness of the first day of school or the three cheerios. He could tell it was something totally different from the look that lingered in her eyes.

"Yeah." Rachel says dismissive as she glances at Noah, before tighten her grip on the steering wheel. Noah nods an okay and looks out the window watching the houses and trees go by. Taking a mental note to keep an eye on Rachel.

Rachel is glad that Noah didn't push the matter, because she wouldn't even know what to tell him. Stopping at the only stop light in town, Rachel let's out a sigh, of course the only stop light in town would have to be the only thing that stood in her way to get to the three cheerios. She's anxious to make sure they're okay, and she's not entirely sure why, but it has something to with the uneasy feeling she has. Gripping the steering wheel and shifting in her seat, she glances over to the left towards the park. The sight she saw made the hair on her arms stands up. They're not even 10 yards away stood a woman covered in blood staring straight at her. The dress the woman wore was ripped all over, her hair looked like it was starting to fall out, and her eyes were a pale color.

"Rae?" Sam asks from the back seat reaching up and touching Rachel's arm. Rachel jumps and whips around to look at him. "The umm light turned green."

"I- I-" She starts to say as she looks back over where the woman stood, only to find that she is gone. Shaking her head and blinking her eyes, she looked back up at where the woman was standing. There was no sign of her anywhere. She's officially going crazy.

"Uh, Rae are you okay?" Sam asks with concern. His littlest bro was acting so strange and out of it, this morning. He's never seen her like this before, and it was a little unnerving.

"I'm fine." Rachel mumbles taking one last look over at the park, before she continues to drive to McKinley.

"Okay." All the guys share a concerned looked. They all know she's lying, but don't want to push the matter right now. If something is really bothering her she will talk to them or a least they hope she will.

Feeling four pairs of eyes on her, she decides to try to lighten the mood a little and make them stop worrying. "I never got the chance to ask how your guy's night was? I bet Tina, Mercedes, and Kurt was happy about finally get to spend time with you."

All three boys in the back seat shift and look down. They thought for sure she forgot, or well; they were hoping she did. Sensing the boys' nervousness, Rachel glances up into the rearview mirror to them see all have their heads down.

"Guys? Something wrong? Did something happen?" Rachel asks still looking through the rearview mirror.

"No, everything is fine." Mike replies still not looking up.

"Yeah, everything was great." Blaine shifts more in his seat.

The only one who never said anything was Sam. He only sat there with his head down as he wrings his hands together. Hoping that maybe Rachel would at this moment drop it.

"Sam, What happen?" Rachel asks as she focuses on the road again

"Nothing." He says a little to quickly.

"Sammy, you're lying."

"No, I'm not."

"Just tell me what is going on before I pull this car over and beat it out of you!" She yells getting frustrated. She hates when they try to lie to her. You would think that they would know by now that can't lie to her, she always knew when they do. Sam and Mike always try to look away while wringing their hands together, Blaine would only smile a small and fake smile, and Noah, well he would run far from her.

Sam's head snaps up to see that she is looking at him with her "I'm not playing look." He knows that he has to tell her, or she really will beat the crap out of him.

"Last night when we went over to Mercedes to hangout with them; we all got into a big argument." Sam says quickly as he looks back down.

"About what?" Rachel asks with a raised eyebrow.

"Nothing important." Sam mumbles.

"Sammy."

"They were running their mouth about you, and we got sick of it, so we told them how we felt and left." Mike answers for him.

"Oh." Is all Rachel can say. She knew that Tina, Mercedes, and Kurt have never liked her much, but she never thought that they would run their mouth about her when she wasn't around or been around them in a while. She also knew it was her fault that they never liked her. She was always so guarded and tried to keep everyone out. She thought that by acting selfish and like a diva from hell, she wouldn't be hurt. Everyone in her life has left her. So,

What was the point of letting someone in when they would just end up leaving at the end? Although she has opened up more and is not as afraid as she was, the fear is still there. Her four boys have really helped her, but she still feels as if she's just going to wake up one day, and none of them are going to be there.

"What did they say?" Noah asks clenching his jaw tight. He hated when people talked about his JewBro. He even hated it before they got close, because he knew she was hiding behind her diva act. He also knew he was as bad as the others when it came to picking on her, and he hates himself for not ever giving her a chance before, but now that he finally realized how bad ass she was he promised himself that he will make sure everyone else would see it to and give her a chance to show them the real her. "I asked you question."

The boys share a look before silently agreeing on telling Rachel and Puck what was said.

"Well, we were talking about Glee club and then all three of them started talking about Rachel and how the kiss at nationals was her fault and how it would be better if Rachel wasn't around." Blaine whispered the last part looking down at his lap. He absolutely hated it when he heard that stuff come out of his boyfriend's mouth. He couldn't believe that he would say something like that about someone who were a friend and teammate. Sure, he knows about Rachel's diva attitude at school and stuff, but that don't mean you say stuff like that.

Rachel was shocked and hurt. If those three thought that what does everyone else think? Does Quinn, Santana, and Brittany think that too? Do the four boys she thinks of as bothers think that to?

"We don't think that, Rach." Mike says sensing that's what Rachel was thinking. "We all use to think you were nothing but a diva, but we never thought it would be better if you weren't around. What they said was out of line and inappropriate. We told them about it to, before we left."

"You shouldn't have left." Rachel whispers as she pulls into the school lot.

"What do you mean we shouldn't have left. They had no right to talk about our sister like that."

"Mikey, you love Tina and you two are perfect together. Just like Sam and Blaine are flawless for Mercedes and Kurt. You guys should have stayed and not worry about what they say about me. I'm use to it."

"But-"

"But nothing. All three of you are going to go talk to them and fix what happen. Even if it means that you agree with them. Got it?" Rachel said in firm tone. That let the boys know that she meant it and not to question it. All three of them nod their head reluctantly when she turns around to look at them after she parks. "Good. Now let's go to glee."

"We'll meet you there Rach, we have to go talk to Coach, and Blaine wants to talk to her about trying out." Noah tells Rachel as all of them get out of the vehicle. Rachel nods her head as she tells them bye and heads toward the school.