Chapter 4

Finn and Quinn had been together since high school. They had fights but they had never broken up, everyone said they were the perfect couple and that was reason enough for Finn to believe it. They had started dating right after Finn became part of the football team. Soon enough he became the quarterback and the most popular guy in the school.

Everyone wanted to talk to him but he couldn't talk to anyone - he couldn't even been seen with anyone - only with people of their group. With the help of his girlfriend, he quickly figured out the rules.

Their friends and Quinn included would make fun of the outcasts of school, they called them losers. He didn't like how they treated those kids but he never said anything against it.

This was the first time Finn was in the school's library and he was lost. He saw a kid in a wheelchair trying to get a book but it was too high for him to reach it. Finn walked to where the boy was and grabbed the book.

"Is this the book you want?" Finn asked, handing the book to the boy.

"No." The boy shook his head nervously and turned around to go to the other direction.

"Wait!" Finn called out. The boy in the wheelchair reluctantly stopped, he knew the jocks were trouble.

"Hey dude, I saw that you were trying to get this book. Here." Finn gave the book to the boy, this time making sure the boy received it.

"Thanks." He said a bit unsure.

"You're welcomed." Finn grinned. "Oh by the way, do you know where I can find this book?" Finn showed a paper with the name of the book written on it. He made sure to write the name somewhere otherwise he would forget the title.

"It's for the English class right?" He opened his back pack and pulled out the book from it. "There you go." The boy handed the book that Finn was looking for to him. "I have finished reading the book."

"Cool. Thanks!" Finn said, flipping through the pages hoping to find some illustrations, he didn't really like reading much. He was only doing this because he had promised his mom that he'd get good grades this semester.

"Sorry, I forgot to ask you, what's your name?"

"My name is Artie."

"Nice to meet you. My name is Finn."

"Yeah, I know who you are." Everyone in school knew Finn Hudson.

The boys walked through the hallway talking to each other about games and sports when trio appeared behind them.

"What the hell are you doing?" Finn heard a familiar voice, he turned around to find his girlfriend and her cheerleader friends there.

"Oh hey Quinn, what's up?" Finn greeted his girlfriend.

The blonde girl ignored his boyfriend question before she continued. "What the hell are you doing talking to this?" She questioned once more, not even looking at Artie.

"What? Him? That's Artie, we met at..."

She interrupted him. "I don't care! He's a loser! You're not suppose to be seen talking to him. Do you wanna ruin your reputation?" Quinn asked him.

"No! Of course not." Finn told her.

"Then let's go." Quinn grabbed her boyfriend's hand and walked away from Artie.

The other two cheerios, Santana and Brittany laughed and waved at the boy before following the couple.

Tina approached Artie. "Don't listen to her. If they don't wanna hang out with you, it's their lost." She told his friend.

Rachel Berry was not popular in high school, the opposite of that, she was totally the underdog and had no friends. Everyone hated her and made fun of her. It was not easy to be the only teenage girl in the town with two gay dads, some parents didn't want their children around her. She went through some tough times but she held her head high, praying every night that high school would be over soon.

That didn't erase the fact that she had been raised in a house full of love and spoiled by her dads. They gave her everything she wanted and in return all she wanted was to make them proud. All her life she wanted to show them that she was worth all the trouble they had been through.

One thing Rachel always knew since she was a baby was that she belonged on the stage. Singing was her passion and the only time where she felt loved by the others, besides her dads. Every time she sang in public, the audience would get up, applaud her and cheer for her, and she loved that feeling, even if it was just for a few minutes.

She was the only student in her school who knew what she wanted to do in her life. The other kids knew she was probably the only one who would get out of that small town and go after her dreams in the big city. They were jealous of her. They wanted to bring her down. They tried to make her feel like she was below them but deep inside they knew she could do so much better than all of them.

Rachel once tried to start a glee club with the help of her Spanish teacher but it didn't work out. The kids at the school thought glee club was for losers. She wanted to be part of something special, to look back and know she had been part of something good back in high school, but that never happened. She ended high school with the best grades but no friends. And that was going to be her memory of that period of her life.

At the beginning of her career as a singer, Rachel couldn't have been more ecstatic about it. Being famous was all she ever wanted. She was born to shine and wanted to enjoy every second of it. Although things didn't go exactly how she wanted.

As a professional singer, Rachel was prepared for the success but when it came to everything else, she was quite naïve. She knew how to hold high notes but she didn't know which people she should trust.

After she graduated high school, Rachel went to New York City with her parents. She was suppose to go alone but they didn't wanna let go of their baby, but they promised her that they were going to be there just for a short period of time. They only stayed with her for a month, then they went back to their hometown. They left their daughter in NYC by herself.

Rachel had been living in NYC for three months and she was getting frustrated because nothing was happening the way she had planned. She went to several auditions and she was getting tired of hearing the same negative answer every single time.

She was outside in the hallway waiting for them to call her name and say what they had decided. This was not her dream role but at this point she didn't really care.

"She is pretty good, huh?" One of the guys said.

"She can act and sing, that's no doubt about it." The other nodded his head in agreement.

"Are you going to pick her for the role?"

"Probably not. George told me that he was going to get a really famous actress for this role. He didn't want to say the name but he assured me that if she says yes, this play will get a lot of promotion. It's a shame but I'm sure this girl will get a lot of opportunities." Rachel heard everything. She wanted to cry and scream in frustration. When she heard the voices coming closer to the door she took a deep breath and tried to compose herself.

She wanted to run away before they could open the door but she stayed there to hear someone crashing her dreams once again.

Rachel also worked as a waitress in a cafe near her apartment. She heard that there was always people looking out for new talents so she suggested to her boss for her to sing there twice a week.

"Hey! Are you Rachel Berry?" The woman was around 30, cinnamon hair and brown eyes. Rachel thought she looked familiar.

"Yes, that's me. And who are you?" The petite brunette asked.

"My name is Julie Anderson." The woman introduced herself.

"I heard you singing the other day. You're really good." She complimented the singer.

"Thanks. Do you want an autograph or a picture?" Rachel asked confused, Julie laughed.

"Maybe later. I work for an agency, here's my card." Rachel eyes lit up when she read the card.

"It's really nice to meet you Ms. Anderson." The young brunette spoke with a huge smile on her face.

That's when Julie became Rachel's assistant. Rachel was so happy that something was finally going right for her that she hadn't asked more information about this woman before signing her contract. She was lucky that Julie was truly a good person that wanted to help and guide Rachel with her career.

Julie had been with her since the beginning of her career. The first month was chaotic, they didn't agree with anything. Rachel wanted something and Julie responded that that was not good. Their dynamic was not working out.

In the second month, Julie had the opportunity to meet the Rachel's dads and that's when she started to understand her client. She knew Rachel was one of kind, always a stand out in the crowd, but just then she started to see why Rachel was like that and that was the start of their friendship.

When they were in high school, Finn and Rachel thought popularity was the key of happiness. One savoured it as teenager and the other when she was a young adult but neither of them enjoyed the taste of it for much longer.

There was something missing in both of their lives. Something they didn't know what it was yet but they would find out soon enough.

Okay, this was a quick update. I wanted to post it before the New Year, and it's still 2010 here.

I just wanted to show a little bit of Rachel and Finn's life before they knew each other but I promise the next chapter will have more Finchel.

Please read and review and Happy New Year!