Hey , I wrote this story a while ago but never got round to publishing it, tell me what you think will update all my other stories soon, checkout my crossover of glee with Thunderbirds, sounds bizzare I know but give it a try.

I hope you like this one...

Chapter One

'Don't Stop Believing, Hold On To That Feeling,' that was the sound of my radio waking me up at 6am, I groaned, "Berry, turn the fuckin thing off," shouted Jack, banging on the wall loudly.
"You have to be up anyway," I yelled back. "Your manager is coming here in like half an hour,"
"Yeah and I'll be ready," he said. "I just need more sleep,"
"Can both of you shut the hell up," yelled Dylan.
"He started it," I yelled.
"No she did," yelled Jack.
"Who cares who started it, it's too early to argue," said Cam's voice. "We'll annoy the neighbours,"
"We're in the penthouse dumbass," yelled Jack.
"They can still hear us Jack," said Dylan.
"Oh fuck off," he yelled, and I heard him scream into his pillow.

I giggled to myself as I got ready. Life was never dull with those three. I'm Rachel, by the way. Rachel Berry, it had been a year since the day my life changed forever, and I now live in an apartment with my best friends. We've been friends since diapers; they're one of the most famous bands of the moment, 'The Blackbirds'. I've been their number one fan since like forever, not that anyone at school would know, as far as they knew I was a showtune freak, well I will admit I love show tunes of course, but I like other music too. And also as far as they knew I lived with my dad's.

You see my dad's, yes I did have two, ran a successful drug dealing business, they were also addicted to the stuff they sold. On the day my life changed I was kicked out of glee for sending to a crack house, they didn't give me a chance to explain, (I didn't send Sunshine to a crack house, it was my house,) personally I thought Mr Schue was waiting for an excuse to kick me out.. My life growing up was not like the one everyone at school believed, I saw things that no child should ever see. My parents would take drugs whilst I ate breakfast, and invite people round to have parties etc. It was the reason I turned to music, when I listened to music nothing else mattered, I was in a world where I was safe.

Jack, Dylan and Cameron were my rocks throughout my childhood. They were my overprotective brothers and they knew all my secrets, especially about my crush on a guy called Noah. Well I called him Noah, but at school he was known as Puck. I sighed, everyone at school thought I was in love with Finn, but after he played me so that I would return to glee any romantic thoughts I had towards him were forgotten, and I spent an entire weekend convincing Jack, Dylan and Cameron not to in their words, kick the shit out of him. I have since rejoined, they'd forgotten that glee club is not popular and no one joined after I left, so they couldn't compete in competitions, so a month ago Mr Schue begged me to re-join, and reluctantly I accepted.

The buzzer rang, and I ran to answer it, I was only in my underwear but I knew their manager hated being kept waiting, and today I agreed since it was pouring with rain. "Hi Chris," I said. "I'll let you up, knock the door when you're here,"
"Thank you Rachel," he said. "Are they up yet,"
"Sort of," I said. I went back into my room and got dressed, "Guys, you better be awake, Chris is literally on his way up," All I heard was groans, I sighed, I knew how to wake them up. I turned the coffee machine on and the smell filled the room, it always woke them up for some reason and they soon appeared in the kitchen. "Here you go boys," I handed them their coffees and hugged them goodbye as I really had to go. "Hi Chris,"

"Hi Rachel," he said. "How are you,"
"I'm good thanks," I said. "I apologise, but I'm going to be late for school, See you later guys,"
"Bye Rach," they yelled back. I smiled as I walked to my car in the underground car park, I loved my friends.

School for the most part was pretty normal, I was thankful that I hadn't been slushied but I had a spare set of clothes in my locker just in case. Since it was coming up to Sectionals we were all practising as much as we could, so lunchtimes and the period after had been set aside for us to do that. I hadn't been given a solo which hurt, even though I was back, I was simply a background singer, I was all for everyone having a turn don't get me wrong, but I'd like to have been acknowledged, I was listening to my I-pod, whilst Mr Schue was talking. I was lost in the music of my best friends when all of a sudden my ear plugs were pulled, rather roughly it has to be said, from my ears.

"Oh I'm sorry," I said rubbing my ears.
"I know you think only showtunes are worth listening to, Rachel, but Sectionals is two weeks away," said Mr Schue.
"She wasn't listening to Broadway," said Noah's voice.
"Barbra Streisand, then," said Mr Schue annoyed, he had his favourites, and me, and Noah definitely weren't any of them, especially since Noah hurt his precious Finn, he slept with Quinn, which I know was wrong but it takes two to tango and she wasn't nearly as clean cut as she made out.
"Actually she was listening to The Blackbirds," said Noah.
"Yeah right," said Quinn nasal voice. "You're full of so much bull shit Puck, why I had sex with you I'll never know,"
"I don't know why I had sex with you either, because you sucked unfortunately not literally," he said back, I hid a giggle.

"I must admit I'm surprised you'd listen to a group like them," said Mr Schue, but the way he said it was as if they were dirt. "I mean their songs are offensive, and to be honest their music isn't that great,"
"Their music, is amazing," I said. "It's not offensive they sing about real issues, and they have more talent in their pinky fingers, than you have grease in your hair and that is a lot,"
"You got owned Mr Schue," said Noah laughing, but stopped when Mr Schue glared at him.
"Anyway, the reason I wanted your attention, is that the choir room is in use this evening and since the auditorium is being refurbished we have nowhere to practice, do any of you know of anywhere," said Mr Schue.
"I have a music room at my place," I said.

"That explains why you are a spoiled brat," said Kurt "You have everything," I inwardly scoffed, I wasn't anything like that, Sunshine on the other hand she was twice as bad as I was about demanding a solo, but she did it in such a way that no one could be rude to her, she'd make herself look vulnerable, it was pathetic.
"Does anyone have any objections," said Mr Schue. "I'm not particularly happy about it myself,"
"You know you couldn't be any more obvious about your dislike of me," I said. The bell rang, signalling the end of our glee practice. "If we meet here at the end of the day, so we're all together, and then we can follow Rachel to her house," we all began to file out and I heard them all complaining.
"I can't believe we have to go to her place," said Kurt.
"I know it'll be like full of Broadway crap," said Quinn.

I smirked, they really didn't know anything about me, I quickly texted the guys telling them there would be guests. They told me they were out at a signing, but would be back at four. The rest of school past by very quickly, and soon it was time to leave. "Okay, all you really need to do is follow me, I don't live very close to school, it's about half an hour away is that okay," I said. There were mutterings of agreements, I got into my car and waited for them to line up and then we were off. I sang away to the radio, it made the journey much shorter.