Glee

'When the hour is nigh, And hopelessness is sinking in, And the wolves all cry, To fill the night with hollering, When your eyes are red, And emptiness is all you know, With the darkness fed, I will be your scarecrow.' The music played through Rachel's headphones quite loudly as she pulled her coat around herself a bit more.

She didn't know why she'd grabbed her coat and said she was going for a walk… it wasn't like she actually knew where she was heading. Get to grips, you do know, Rachel thought to herself.

The estate was nice. Walking out of her street, she followed the path downwards where she found herself right in the middle of the estate. That was also where she bumped into a girl around her age by accident. Rachel was looking down at her mobile as she took her headphones out when they lightly collided with each other.

"Sorry!" Rachel exclaimed looking up.

The other girl looked at her for a moment before shaking her head slightly "It's fine, I guess we should both watch where we're going." She said.

Rachel nodded her head in agreement "Definitely," she said.

"You from around here then?" The blonde girl asked.

"Yeah, I just live up the road. What about you?" Rachel asked genuinely interested.

"Same," The girl nodded "I'm Dani." She added whilst her lips turned upwards slightly. The wind decided to pick up making it a bit colder.

"Rachel," she said unable to stop the little shiver.

Dani looked at her "Come on, there's no use staying out when it's only going to get colder." She said as she started walking in which Rachel followed keeping pace with the blonde.

"How long have you been around here then? I don't think I've ever seen you." Dani said as they walked up the steep hill which had Rachel slightly panting.

"A while," Rachel answered "I don't really get out much. When you don't know anyone you kind of just avoid trying to meet someone… I think. I'm not actually sure if that made sense." She added laughing lightly.

Dani laughed too "No, I understand you perfectly."


"Santana, I need to speak to you. Urgently." Quinn said as she caught the Latina at the end of the school day. She kept her voice as low as a whisper as she roughly caught her best friend by the arm.

Santana opened her mouth to undoubtedly make a comment but she closed it a second later when a look of concern swept over her features "Quinn…" she said "are you okay? You've got this kind of crazy look about you." She added.

"I would punch you," Quinn said glaring at her "but I need to talk with you. Come by mine where we can talk properly." She said before embracing her friend in a hug "Please. I need to talk to someone." She murmured.

After she released Santana, her friend looked even more concerned "I'll come by," she promised.

Quinn exhaled feeling relieved. If she could convince Santana that something could be wrong then it would mean that it's not all in her head. She knew Rachel would never leave without saying goodbye. In fact she wasn't sure Rachel would've ever left her by choice. Quinn shook her head lightly, that was just wishful thinking.

"Thank you," Quinn said "thank you." She repeated herself.


"Do you really think we can pull this off?" Robyn Berry murmured to her husband as they awaited Rachel's return to the house.

"Of course we can," Jason Berry assured his wife.

Robyn looked at him "She confided in me about not knowing about us, what if that sparks something?" she asked challenging him.

"They've always started out like that; Rachel Berry is no different from the rest. We'll give it a bit longer with her and then everything will be back to normal." Jason told her.

"Okay," Robyn nodded.


"Alright crazy… what's troubling that mind of yours?" Santana asked as she made herself at home in Quinn's room.

Quinn closed her bedroom door before she moved to sit on her bed opposite Santana "I'm not crazy… I… I don't know how to say this," she admitted softly as she looked down at her cream bed sheets.

"Quinn, you know you can tell me anything." Santana said reassuringly.

Quinn looked up to Santana again "I think Figgins is lying about Rachel wanting to transfer," she said out loud. It was a slight weight off her shoulders.

"Rachel's gone!?" Santana exclaimed loudly.

Quinn glared at the other girl and motioned for her to keep quiet "Yes. But I don't think she went willingly like he told me." She whispered.

Santana looked at her before she asked "And why would you think that?"

Quinn bit her lip for a moment wondering if she would actually sound crazy "She kissed me," she said smiling at the memory "It was two days ago, we were just talking about giving it another go and… she kissed me. Why would she do that if she was going to just leave?" she questioned.

Santana shrugged lightly "Maybe it was her way of saying goodbye?" she suggested "However I am pissed she didn't say bye." She added.

"Santana, she wouldn't… Rachel wouldn't lead me on like that." Quinn said shaking her head slightly. She knew Rachel wouldn't do that.

"Q," Santana began and Quinn could see by the way Santana was looking at her that she was about to receive an 'it's time for a sensitive heart to heart talk' until Quinn cut her off by getting off her bed and pacing her room.

"No. Santana, you don't get it! Things may have not been perfect but she wouldn't just give me false hope." Quinn said pacing back and forth.

"Look, even if there was something off about this… how would we even begin to prove it? We'd be working against the whole school." Santana said.

Quinn stopped her pacing and her lips turned upwards "Not the whole school. I can think of a couple more that would be willing to help…" she said her mind on the glee club. Of course they'd want to help


"Well this is my street," Dani said as they approached the same street Rachel had left earlier.

"Same," Rachel said to which Dani raised her eyebrows in surprise.

"Which one are you?" The blonde asked Rachel as they slowed their pace as they walked into the street.

"I'm right at the end, number sixteen. What about you?" Rachel asked as she shoved her hands in her pockets in order to warm them a little bit.

"Ah, I live at number five." Dani said as they walked past the first house in the street which had various things just dumped in the front garden which made it look tacky. "It'd be nice to meet up again at some point," the blonde said with a (flirty?) smile.

"I'm going into town tomorrow to look for some sort of job until I figure out… what I actually want to do, so if your free I'll be waiting here for about half ten." Rachel said to the other girl, making a mental note to ask if her parents needed anything from town.

Dani nodded her head "Sure, print off your CV because the café I work at has an opening for a waitress job if you're looking for something like that. I'll hand it personally." She said.

Rachel couldn't help the smile "You'd do that?" she asked in disbelief.

"Sure, it'd be cool to be able to walk home with someone in the dark now." Dani said as she crossed her arms over her chest as they come to a stop outside number five.

"Thank you so much," Rachel smiled at her "I should probably get back before my parents wonder where I went." She added as she looked behind her.

"I'll see you tomorrow," Dani said.

"I'll see you tomorrow then," Rachel echoed before she carried on down the street.


Rachel closed the front door behind her before she slipped her shoes off and shrugged her coat off. The warmth the house offered was amazing. As Rachel passed by the stairs she hung her coat over the banister.

"If you think that's going to stay there all night, you're wrong." Her mum said from the kitchen with her hands on her hips.

Rachel looked at her "I promise to take it upstairs when I next go up," she said.

"You better, your father is no better than you. He thinks he can place his shoes anywhere in the house and that they'll just stay there until he wears them again." Her mum said and she started to wave her wooden spoon lightly as she spoke.

Rachel carried on into the front room where her dad was lounging on one of the sofas watching a sports channel "Mum's moaning about you and your shoes," she tells him.

Her dad rolls his eyes "When does she ever talk about anything else?" he asked huffing slightly.

"I CAN STILL HEAR YOU!" Her mum called out.

Rachel chuckled as she turned her attention to the television before she quickly lost interest in whatever the man was waffling on about. Something about a match and the winning football team… she didn't really care.

"I'm going upstairs," she sighed as she stood back up and made her way down the hallway and past the kitchen where she went up the stairs.

"Uh, coat. Doesn't stay there." Her mum reminded her.

"Sorry," Rachel said as she picked her coat off the banister and ran up the rest of the steps an straight into her bedroom.

She was feeling better now, maybe all she needed to do was pick herself up and carry on as usual. Perhaps getting a job is a step in the right direction and meeting new people.