Okay so the story didn't quite seem finished so I guess I'm going to continue it. Unfortunately I'm more of a reader than I am a writer and again this is going to be choppy so readers beware!
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"Okay every one, are you ready with your assignments?"Mr Schue said rubbing his hands excitedly. It was only a week ago that Rachel had dropped a bombshell on them that she wanted to leave Glee Club. Fortunately she left them with the loophole of being there until they found a new Glee club member and he planned to utilise it to the fullest. His happy demeanour faltered though when he saw Rachel's hand up in the air as usual. Softly, he let out a breath he didn't know he'd been holding in."Yes, Rachel."
"While I am ready with my assignment I can't help but wonder if I should actually have to do this assignment considering that I handed in my proverbial notice?"
"Rachel we still haven't found another person for Glee so yes since this is an assignment important for our development as a team, you do have to do your assignment."
She pursed her lips but didn't really say anything else.
"Since you are ready with your assignment why don't you go first?"He said hoping to appease her by increasing her involvement.
It seemed like it was only when Rachel actually left that they realised just how much they needed her. While she wasn't very enthusiastic about working with them he was just happy she was still there. She could very well have left them hanging dry and that thought alone was enough for Will to understand just how much Rachel had grown in the last few weeks.
"I'd rather not."She said coldly and went back to the sketch book she had taken to carrying around with her.
After her break up with Finn and the other Glee members' horrible behaviour towards her, Rachel had been horribly depressed. It was disheartening to know that even among the outcasts she was an outcast. Finn had been her only friend and she had hoped to make him understand how much she really cared for him by singing that song for him at Christmas, but it had not worked. All it had done was make her see how truly alone she was and how Glee had taken over her life.
She knew she was a star and had a perfect voice that was amazing, but it had taken her a bit of fumbling to realise that she had become nothing more than a voice. Now every time people looked at her all they saw was a voice, one that hadn't even been heard at the Sectionals at that!
And vaguely she remembered a time when it wasn't all about singing. There was a time when there was no rigid schedule to put up MySpace videos and when Santana's words didn't cut so bad because there were people who would fight for her and when she didn't need a boy to make her happy. There was a time when Rachel Barbra Berry was just Rachel and not the crazy Captain of New Directions, ex girlfriend of Finn Hudson QB extraordinaire.
The thing about wake-up calls is that you never really realise how much you need them until they're dancing in front of you wearing a garbage bag and sock bunnies.
She sighed continuing to draw random faces onto the sketch pad and only when Mercedes started screeching about an unreceptive audience and glaring pointed at her that Rachel took off the earphones that were hidden beneath her hair. "Did you say something?"
Mercedes turned to Mr Schue, nostrils flaring in rage. "You see? Now what kind of teamwork are we supposed to be working on when some of us aren't even listening?"
"Rachel please, don't start with this now." Mr Schue pleaded when she opened her mouth to speak and she gritted her teeth.
Rachel stayed silent. She still had so much to say but considering how unwilling they were to actually listen to her she kept shut and paid attention as Mercedes belted out 'Independent women' by Destiny's child because she was in her words 'an independent sistah'.
One after the other all of the Glee club members sang.
Santana, with her eyes trained on Rachel's figure a smirk on her face crooned 'Like me.' By Girlicious ("You know it's true.")
Finn broke into a heartbreaking rendition of "This love" by Maroon 5. ("Glee was always the one place where I could really let loose so here it is.")
"Rachel would you like to go next?"
Throughout Finn's song every member shot glares at Rachel except for Puck who kept eyes off of either of the two. As if Finn was the only one who had his heart broken.
As soon as she got onto the stage, Quinn and Santana scoffed and turned to their phones presumably texting each other .No matter how badly Santana had behaved with Quinn at the start of the year, it seemed like their mutual dislike for Rachel brought them back together.
Ignoring them Rachel took a deep breath. For some reason she actually felt nervous being on this stage. It didn't feel like home anymore.
"This is the song Dad sang for me when I asked him why I don't look like him."
The band struck a familiar tune but one which none of them remembered
"I Took My Baby
On A Saturday Bang
Boy Is That Girl With You
Yes We're One And The Same
Now I Believe In Miracles
And A Miracle
Has Happened Tonight
But, If
You're Thinkin'
About My Baby
It Don't Matter If You're
Black Or White"
A smile lit up on her face as Rachel kicked and strutted across the stage, remembering days when her Dad twirled her and danced with her small feet on his shoes and she started to really get into the song.
They Print My Message
In The Saturday Sun
I Had To Tell Them
I Ain't Second To None
And I Told About Equality
And It's True
Either You're Wrong
Or You're Right
But, If
You're Thinkin'
About My Baby
It Don't Matter If You're
Black Or White"
She ended with a high kick and praised her stars that she had the foresight to wear jeans that day.
It felt good. It felt so good to focus on memories that were wonderful and loving and true and would always stay that way.
So she smiled even if at an unappreciative audience. Because whether or not they accepted that she was the star of New Directions she was still a star. And she didn't need them to prove it.