"I'm Rachel Berry," she says. "I live down the hall with Tina and Mercedes." She holds out her hand to him. "I've been here for over a year. It's not so bad. But someday I'm going to leave and be a famous singer." AU. Finn and Rachel grow up orphans.

As Rachel tries to make it as a songwriter in the music industry, she meets a drummer who inspires her to reach for the stars. A/U.