The Start Of Something New

A/N: Okay so here's the second chapter, I realised while I was writing this chapter that it isn't following the storyline of season 1, just to clear a few things up its based at the end of season 1 a little bit before nationals but Quinn isn't pregnant and Rachel hasn't met Jesse or Shelby. I hope this clears some things up. Enjoy! Reviews would be lovely:*

As Rachel arrived at the front of the school, she took a deep breath; collecting herself before stepping through the doors and heading straight to her locker her head down. As she was gathering her things for her first lesson she heard the laughter of a small group of Cheerio's heading towards her, quickly closing her locker she turned away from them hoping to get out of the way before they noticed her.

"Hey, Manhands, think fast" The girls chuckled as the ice-cold drink hit Rachel square in the face, "You know, I was hoping to drink that this morning but this outcome is much more amusing" the tallest of the four said as she turned and walked back down the hall.

Rachel's eyes were burning and the longer she stood in the hall the harder it would be to get the blue stain out of her blouse and so she reopened her locker and grabbed her spare clothes before heading off to the nearest bathroom where she would be able to change her clothes and wash her face and hair.

The rest of the day had continued the way it had started; she hadn't had any more slushie facials which she was thankful for however she had been on the receiving end of name calling all day which was starting to wear her down just as much as the ice hitting her face but despite all this she had managed to keep her show face up throughout the day and so nobody was aware of the damage it was doing to the little star.

By the time Glee Club had rolled around Rachel was exhausted. As she stepped into the choir room she noticed that she was the first one there, allowing her walls to crumble for a second she made her way to the back of the room before hiding behind her show face once more.

Gradually the other members of New Directions trickled in through the door taking their seats; Santana, Brittany and Quinn sat on the middle row with Puck and Finn either side, a few seats to their right sat Kurt and Mercedes and then right at the front sat Tina, Artie, Matt and Mike. The general chatter between the groups died down as Mr Schuester entered the room

"So guys, has anyone come up with any ideas for nationals"
Naturally Rachel's hand shot straight
"Mr Schue, as I have been telling all of you for many weeks, I have some excellent ideas –"

"Rachel, sweetie, as much as we love hearing your voice," Kurt piped up, his words dripping with sarcasm, "we, as in, everyone in New Directions have come to the agreement that your ideas just aren't what we need"

"Yeah, so if you could do everyone a favour and just keep your mouth shut, that'd be great," Santana added turning in her chair so that Rachel could see the hatred in her eyes

"Well it's not as if anyone else has any ideas, good or bad!" Rachel defended, she could feel her walls beginning to crumble as the events of the day caught up to her

"It's not as if anyone else has had the chance," Puck shot back

"C'mon Rach, just let someone else contribute to the setlist this time, that's not too much to ask, is it?" this time it was Finn who spoke up

Rachel didn't have the energy to argue with everyone and it seemed as if the whole room was in agreement so she muttered a simple 'fine' at least if no one wished for her to talk she would be able to sit in silence until the end of glee without raising suspicion.

A/N: There we go the end of chapter two. In the next chapter I was thinking of either having Rachel go and visit Carmel before deciding that's where she would like to go OR having Rachel talk to her dads about the situation and finding out what they think. What would you like to happen?