Why did she even bother? Everyone in here hated her for the most part so what was the point in even trying to be a "team player."
She had a grand total of one friend in glee club with her since Kurt left and it seemed like Quinn was even more hell bent on making her life a living nightmare than usual.
"Okay everyone take your seats we have a lot of work to do today to prepare for regionals, but before we can get to that we must learn to get our crowds attention. How do we do that you ask? Here's your answer." Mr. Shue lectured eagerly as he pointed to the white board that read those four dreaded letters that Rachel was hoping would never be a lesson in glee club.
Being sexy.
"Wait we all have to be sexy? If so we're screwed, because believe it or not Man hands argyle knee highs, and animal sweaters that you clearly stole from some kindergarteners aren't exactly a big turn on." Quinn spat from the back row in a mock sweet voice.
Rachel's hands clenched around her binder in her lap stopping herself from exploding. She looked to her left at Santana who looked like she was about to pounce on the blonde but stopped when she saw the look on Rachel's face.
"Any one of us could beat Rachel in the sexy department. I mean look at her she dresses like an over sized four year old and an ugly one at that." Quinn continued seeing just how far she could push Rachel to make her cry.
All of a sudden something just snapped in Rachel, it was as if all of the insults that had been piled on her year after year had finally gotten to be too much.
"You know what Quinn? I'm tired of this! I have no clue why you always target me but I'm tired of it. Quite frankly it's none of your business how I dress or choose to spend my time, and for the record the name "man hands" is actually quite laughable since your hands are far bigger and more muscular than mine." Rachel said with a bitchy smile before sitting back down.
"Well why don't we just ask Finn, I mean he is after all the only one in here with the guts to even touch you, in fact he's the only one in this whole school with enough guts. Did you know that the football team has a game going? It's called "who can pop Berry's cherry first." But none of them have strong enough stomachs to handle it." Quinn shot back returning the same bitchy smile.
"Excuse me?" Rachel challenged with the dramatic raise of her eyebrow.
"I think you heard me Rupaul."
Correction that was the last straw.
In a split second Rachel was up the steps to Quinn's spot in the back row.
Before Rachel knew what she was doing her hand flew across Quinn's face making a very loud "Thwap!" sound.
"You bitch!" Quinn exclaimed cradling her cheek.
In a split second the two girls were on the floor, pulling hair, slapping each other where ever their hands could reach, really anything they could do to cause pain.
A faint "My money's on Berry!" could be heard from Santana.
Mr. Shue just stood at the front of the room staring at the fight with a confusedly scared expression unsure of what to do.
Quinn somehow got the advantage being above Rachel and threw repeated strikes at her face.
Rachel managed to slip out of Quinn's grasp only to slip into a chair behind her causing her head to bleed profusely.
That seemed to get Mr. Shue and a few other boys out of their stunned trance.
Mr. Shue and Mike held Quinn back while Sam and Puck tended to a bleeding Rachel.
"Uh Mr. Shue this looks pretty bad, she should probably get to the nurse." Puck state his face scrunching up once he saw all of the blood that accumulated in that one spot on Rachel's head.
Both girls appeared quite injured and beaten up. Quinn possibly more so than Rachel despite Rachel's bleeding head.
After both girls got checked out and cleared for no serious injuries they were (no surprise) sent to Figgins office.
Santana would have waited around but it was taking what seemed like ages for them to get done.
So instead she headed straight for the Lima Bean eager to tell a certain green eyed Warbler about the fight.
She spotted him very quickly as soon as she walked in, but much to her surprise he wasn't alone. There he was with Kurt and Blaine obviously none too thrilled about it.
"Well, well, well what a nice surprise. Here I thought I was going to have to be talking with just meerkat over here." Santana greeted with a smile as she sat down scooting her chair away from Sebastian just a bit.
Kurt gave a small laugh and looked around the rest of the coffee shop for a small brunette girl.
"Hey where's Rachel at?" Kurt asked a little bummed at his best friend's absence.
Santana's face lit up as soon as he asked this, and she didn't miss the way that Sebastian instantly tuned in upon hearing the small girl's name.
"Oh I have a feeling that you won't be seeing much of Berry today or possibly even the next few days."
Sebastian's face curved into a frown at this news. "What? Why?"
"Long story short, Quinn was being a bitch, Rachel had enough so she stood up for herself, Barbie continued to be a bitch, Rachel slapped her and a girl fight ensued." Santana summarized proudly.
The three boys eyes widened as large as beach balls.
"That's hot." Sebastian mumbled under his breath.
"Wait so who won?" Blaine asked curiously, he didn't know much about Quinn, but he did like Rachel she seemed nice, and she was funny.
"Undetermined, Quinn came out more beaten up than Rachel, but the fight ended when Rachel slammed her head against a chair and her head started bleeding."
For the second time in the same minute all three of the boys eyes grew wide and alert.
"Is she okay?" Sebastian asked not even attempting to conceal his concern for the smaller girl.
"Yeah when I left they were both getting yelled at in the principal's office."
"What started the fight anyway?" Kurt asked knowing that the two girls had already had some bad blood between the two of them and the fight could have been about a number of things.
"I personally blame Mr. Shue partly. This weeks lesson is "sexy" so Quinn made a lame comment about how Rachel wasn't capable of being sexy."
It all clicked in Sebastian's head, she already had very low self esteem that comment was bound to throw her over the edge.
What he would do to be able to just take her in his arms and make her feel sexy. Once again he cursed the fact that they were "just friends".
Well as her friend he had to fix this. He knew she must have been pretty broken up right now and needed someone.
"Well I should get going I have some uh things to take care of." Sebastian excused himself as he stood up.
"Any of those "uh things" have to do with Berry?" Santana asked giving him her most innocent look that she was capable of.
Sebastian wisely ignored the question as he exited and headed towards Rachel's house.
He checked her driveway just to make sure her dads weren't home (they never were). Once the coast was clear he found the spare key that the Berry's always placed under the welcome mat and headed inside.
He had been in her house enough now to know just where her room was so as soon as he opened her door his heart practically broke at the sight in front of her buried under a plethora of pink blankets, with faint sobs able to be heard.
"Hey ass kicker." Sebastian greeted with a small smile from her doorway.
This instantly brought Rachel out from under her blanket.
"Sebastian? What are you doing here?" Rachel asked using the back of her hand to wipe away the remaining tears on her face.
Sebastian grimaced at the bruises on her face but quickly recovered.
"I heard about your little fight with Barbie, I thought I'd come by to make sure you were okay." Sebastian replied as he sat on the end of her bed.
"I'm fine." Rachel answered the sound muffled by her face in her pillows.
"Really? Because you don't look so fine. Wanna tell me what's wrong?"
Rachel thought about it for a minute before sitting up to look him in the eye.
"Sebastian do you think I'm sexy?" Rachel asked saying the word "sexy" rather nervously.
"Are you kidding? Rachel you're hot as hell, and the way you move, god you really make me wish I was your boyfriend."
"Well nobody else seems to think so, including myself. I mean maybe it's time to lose the knee socks or the animal sweaters and start dressing more like Santana o-or Quinn." Rachel stuttered almost whispering Quinn's name.
Sebastian's face turned serious the minute she said that. No, no way was he gonna let her turn into that self obsessed Barbie doll who cares about nothing except her reputation.
"You're not doing that." Sebastian said simply looking her directly in the eye.
"Wh-why do you care what I do? Besides it might appear better for you if you start hanging out with someone who looks- well hot." Rachel shrugged wiping her tears away.
"I care because I know that isn't you."
"Why are you being so nice? I haven't heard you say one extremely vulgar or sarcastic thing since you got here."
Sebastian gave her a small smile. "Berry there's a time and a place for everything. This unfortunately is not the time and place for me to make extremely true remarks about how smoking your body is."
Rachel gave him a playful shove. "There's the Sebastian I know and lov-listen to." Rachel lamely tried to cover up what she was about to say. Yes she loved him but he did not under any circumstances need to know that.
Sebastian gave her a smirk and a sideways look.
Of course he knew what she was about to say, but it wasn't like it was something she hadn't already told him. Although she wasn't sober she still said it, it still counts.
"What was that Berry?" God he loves to torture her.
"I mean I love to listen to you talk. You have a lovely voice." Great job Rachel you're just making things worse, the small girl internally scolded herself.
Sebastian smirked. "Right of course."
"Anyway Sebastian, my point was I think the thing that's holding me back is the way I dress-." Rachel began to explain before Sebastian cut her off.
"Rachel Barbara Berry you are not doing that. Sexiness has absolutely nothing to do with what you wear. I mean look at me, this Dalton blazer is probably one of the least sexy articles of clothing in the world, but look how hot I make it." Sebastian said pointing to himself causing Rachel to giggle.
"Uh huh."
"Ok now look at Lady Hummel, the blazer on him. Not sexy at all." Sebastian said pretending to shudder at the thought of Kurt.
"What exactly is your point?"
"My point is you either got it or you don't, and you Miss Berry definitely do. So why change your whole personality to be someone you're not?"
Rachel sighed. "Alright I get your point, but I still don't feel sexy or appear sexy to anyone else."
Good, because nobody else needs to think of you that way Sebastian thought to himself.
"Well then we're just going to have to change that now aren't we? How about this weekend you and I go dancing." Sebastian asked with a nudge.
"Dancing? As in some trashy club where people where tiny scraps of fabric and grind all over each other? No thanks." Rachel scoffed.
"No I mean dancing as in ballroom dancing, tango, the fox trot. So what do you say?"
Rachel thought about for a moment before her face broke into a huge smile.
"That sounds awesome, just two friends dancing, and having a good time."
Sebastian forced a smile, did she really have to add the fact that they were only friends in his face?
"Great I look forward to it. See you later, hope your head heals."
Great! Rachel thought. Now that he's gone the song writing can commence.
Rachel had been working on a song to sing to Sebastian at regionals in just two weeks but so far... Nothing!
She had the feelings and the words in her head but when she tried to get it down on paper it's just gone.
And now was no exception, seriously she had just talked to him, and the inspiration was already gone.
She was brought out of her trance when for the second time that night her door swung open, except she was expecting this one.
"Hey Berry."
"This is so frustrating! Do you know how hard song writing is?" Rachel exclaimed frustratedly adjusting her hair so it wasn't in her face.
"Just calm down! It will come to you okay?"
"You're right I'm going dancing with him this weekend anyways. What the hell am I doing Santana? He clearly wants to be with me, hell he even told me he wants to be with me and I want to be with him too so why wait?"
Santana looked at the smaller girl knowingly she herself knew how it felt to want to be with someone but not acting on it in fear. In Rachel's case it was fear of the New Directions finding out and shunning her for the rest of her life.
In Santana's case it was fear of everything, not that she would ever admit that because Santana Lopez doesn't get scared.
"Berry don't you want that feeling of "I've been waiting so long for this!" it's a great feeling or so I've heard I guess." Santana said looking down at her hands.
"Why are we even talking about me and Sebastian? Santana I know you're hiding something, yeah we haven't been friends for very long but you can trust me. With anything."
Santana let out a sarcastic chuckle before shaking her head. "No, not with this. I'm sorry Rachel but I-I have to go." Santana said standing up quickly.
"Wait! We can talk when you're ready stay let's just focus on what you came here for."
Santana shook her head. "No I really need to go. Look Rachel, you and Sebastian are gonna happen and if you ask me it's going to happen when it's meant to. See you around Berry."
The week seemed to fly by for Rachel, Sebastian however not so much.
He couldn't wait for the weekend, being in a very close proximity to Rachel, dancing, having an excuse to touch her. How was this not a great idea?
Rachel on the other hand was dreading this weekend. She wanted to be with Sebastian so badly! But she also wanted that super romantic moment that she could look back on and smile.
She had it all planned out too, they would go dancing tonight, have that magical moment where they gaze into each others eyes and profess their love for each other.
If only it were that easy.
So here she was wearing way too short of a dress waiting for the guy she secretly loved, maybe forcing this was a bad idea.
But when you're in love you really don't have any good ideas until you're with that special person.
She was brought out of her thoughts by the sound of her doorbell ringing.
She smiled as she got up to answer the door.
"I see so when I'm expecting you, you actually act like a civilized person and ring the doorbell but when I want to be alone you sneak into my house using my families poorly placed extra key." Rachel joked smirking at him.
"What can I say? I'm just special like that."
Rachel let out a small giggle. "Come on let's go."
As soon as they got to the club and begun dancing things got very heated very quickly.
Only Rachel and Sebastian could turn a intimate, romantic slow dance into something dirty.
Rachel discreetly had her hands placed on his ass and Sebastian had her pressed up very close to his groin.
"This is nice." Rachel mumbled into Sebastian's neck.
"Yeah it is, I'm gonna go to the restroom really quick okay?"
Rachel gave a nod of her head before turning her attention to her phone. The moment wasn't happening! They just slow danced for crying out loud and it still wasn't romantic.
She sent a quick text to Santana.
Rachel- I'm getting absolutely nothing! This was supposed to be the night where we just worked and got together.
Santana- Don't force anything!
Rachel sighed and put her phone away.
She knew her friend was right. She couldn't control when her an Sebastian got together it just had to happen.
"Excuse me? You look kind of lonely over here, and this is a slow song. Nobody should be alone during a slow song." Some guy who had to be a good four years older than her said giving some cheesy grin that wasn't nearly as cute as Sebastian.
"Oh um no thanks, my friend is actually just in the bathroom he'll be back any minute." Rachel said trying to politely decline.
"Well if he's just your friend then he won't mind now will he?"
Damn this guy was persistent! One dance won't hurt, will it?
"Ok." Rachel mumbled quietly.
This guy was just gross, he smelled funny, he had a small gut that kept jiggling against her upper torso, and he kept trying to squeeze her ass.
Sebastian wasn't too happy about it either. The minute he saw them dancing his fight or flight instinct kicked in, he wisely chose flight this time.
Rachel caught glimpse of his sad distraught face and harshly pushed the unknown older boy off of her and ran after Sebastian.
"Sebastian! Sebastian wait!" Rachel screamed running as fast as her six inch heels would allow.
Sebastian reluctantly turned around, but not before wiping the single tear in his eye away.
"What? Already get tired of the greasy asshole who was feeling you up?" Sebastian questioned snarkily.
"Did I do something wrong?" Rachel asked somewhat offended.
"I don't know did you? Here I am thinking that the reason we aren't together is all because you aren't ready, but clearly I'm mistaken."
"Sebastian I wasn't dancing with that guy because I wanted to be with him."
Sebastian scoffed. "Heh could have fooled me."
"Why are you making such a big scene out of this?"
"Because Rachel I love you! There I said it! I finally said it. At least I'm not too chicken to admit how I feel to the person I love." Sebastian had never opened up this much. Ever.
Never had he told someone he loved them not even his own mother.
"Sebastian-."
"No save it Rachel, I don't want to hear another speech about how "you're not ready and to just give it time." because you know what? I am ready and I have been for a long time."
"Sebastian I-."
"What Rachel just spit it out!"
Okay this was enough, she was mad now. Sure she gets it he had a right to be angry but not down right rude!
"Just forget it, it's not important. See you at regionals asshole." Rachel said as she began to walk away.
Did she just cuss at him? Rachel Berry hardly ever called anyone such a vulgar name.
"Dammit!" Sebastian exclaimed as he kicked a nearby wall.
"Trouble with the lady?"
Sebastian groaned as he recognized the voice. Quinn.
"I'm not in the mood Barbie."
"I'm sorry it just seems to me that you and Rupaul over there need a little nudge."
Sebastian's eyes narrowed at the blonde. "Her name is Rachel."
"Whatever, I now more than ever would love to piss off manhan- I mean Rachel." Quinn said the name so sarcastically it was almost worse.
Sebastian was about to scoff the offer off like he had before until he really thought about it.
Him being jealous and seeing her dance with that pathetic greasy ass was enough to make him profess his love for her maybe going to prom with Quinn would do the same for Rachel.
"Alright I'll do it." He regretted those words the minute they came out.
"Great! Here's my number call me later." Quinn said mock sweetly before rolling her eyes.
What the hell did he just do?
A/N: Don't hate me! I swear next chapter will make up for ALL of this! I'll post it sooner if I get ten reviews. Otherwise see you guys next weekend. Review!