Takes place during Laryngitis

Rachel walked into school with a smile on her face which she hasn't been able to do since the Total eclipse of the heart song. Clutching her books to her chest, Rachel strode into school feeling hopeful yet happy, not even the tri-daily slushy facials could bring her down. After coming out of the toilets, cleaning herself yet again, she was met by a boy, facing her with compassion in his eyes; it just happened that Rachel knew who this boy was, Jessie. She beamed at him, the plans working? Either that or he's come to tell her it was a joke and he never wants to be friends with her again then walk off, which would be totally cruel and just be leaving Rachel standing there gob-smacked. Shaking herself mentally from her thoughts she realised that there was just silence between them, she took it upon herself to start the conversation.

"Hey Jessie" Rachel was still beaming at him remembering his brown curls in his hair, his smouldering manly looks, his eyes, how lost you could get into them.

"Hey Rachel" he was smiling back at her, not as enthusiastic as she was but at least he was smiling at her, it meant that the plan was working, he wasn't going to walk away from her saying it was a joke. He wanted to be friends with her. Great. "How are you?"

'Oh my gosh, he's asking how I am! Its working the plans working! I'm a genius I knew it.' Rachel smiled, mentally to herself. "Oh yeah I'm fine thank you. You?"

"I'm fine" then there was quietness.

"Look Jessie…" Rachel couldn't bare the silence anymore this had to come out. "…I'm sorry for the whole video thing"

"I just hope we can still be friends Finn?" Rachel asked Finn later that day.

"Because I want to be friends again, like we were before, Noah" Rachel informed Noah even later.

It seemed that Finn, Jessie, Noah said the same thing to her. This: "I would love that"

"Great! Thank you Jessie"

"That's good Finn"

"Wonderful news Noah"

Science was the next lesson after lunch, Rachel couldn't wait for her lessons now, before she was worried and always shrouded with guilt and worries seemed to linger around her but now it was like they had dissolved or been lifted from her shoulders. She waltz into the next lesson and took her usual seat, at the front, only to be companied by a certain male jock that was freakishly tall, Finn.

"Hey Rachel" he grinned at her while taking his seat next to her.

"Hey Finn, how are you?" she replied grinning like an idiot back at him. He's talking to her.

"Yeah I'm fine you?" he asked while turning to face the front but still waiting to hear her answer.

"I'm fine thank you." He's talking to her! To her. Rachel Berry is talking to Finn Hudson again! Rachel felt like she could faint. Its beginning to come back to normal. The rest of the lesson went on with Rachel and Finn talking about Glee, science and other things, just like before.

RIIINGGGG!

Class was finished and as Rachel was packing up her pencil case and her notebook Finn came up to her.

"Hey Rachel ermm what lesson do you have next?"

Rachel turned to face Finn completely shocked by his question. Its like nothing happened, which is good but still you think it would have taken a little bit of time to re-heal, apparently not to Finn. "I have art next, why?"

"Well your art is on the way to my next lesson so, I mean if its ok, can I walk you there?" he had his hands in his pockets and looking at the floor studying his shoes.

"Totally" she smiled at him once again. He shot his head up smiling at her the taking his hand out of his pocket and put it out for Rachel to grab, which she did.

In art Rachel had to sit next to, no other than Noah Puckerman. Rachel and Noah didn't really have a good relationship before the whole 'Run Joey Run' fiasco but things haven't completely gone back to normal because Rachel and Noah were talking! Actually talking like she and Finn did. This only hit Rachel at the end of the lesson when she was walking into English. Noah was being really nice to her. Whoa.

It was English, last lesson, and Rachel couldn't help but just smile and daydream about how her plan was coming along, how happy she's going to be, how great it is to be on speaking terms with the lads again.

"Miss Berry…do you know the answer or not?" the English teacher was asking while standing in front of her desk.

"Ermm…what? Yes it's a metaphor" just because she was daydreaming doesn't mean that she wasn't listening, she's Rachel Berry, she listens carefully in her sleeping.

"Good. So class…" his voice faded as he faced the class walking away from Rachel, to the centre, leaving her drift back to her thoughts. Class had ended and to Rachel's surprise there was someone waiting for her at the door, Jessie.

"Hey Jessie?" Rachel asked confused.

"Hey Rachel" he greeted then realised she had one eye brow raised wondering why he was there. "Oh well I came to tell you I'm going on spring break with Vocal Adrenaline"

"What?"

"Yeah I mean it's the last time I'm going to be with them you know? So I wanted to go with them, my last holiday with them." he shrugged he shoulders causing Rachel get more curious.

"Wait I don't get it. You're going with VA?"

"Yep. So I just thought that I should tell you, so you don't worry about me or where I am" he smiled at her.

'Aww that's so sweet.' Rachel beamed at him like the sun was shinning at of his rear end and the wind was blowing his hair and standing in a superman position with the cape flapping behind him. "Well ok. That's nice you wanted to tell me"

"Yeah well you're the only person I would really tell" he shrugged again but this time causing Rachel to blush.

"Well its sweet"

"Yeah" he looked at the floor at this point. "So ermm well can I drive you home?"

"Sure"

Usually when Rachel was with Jessie there was a little part of her thinking about Finn but not this time maybe because she was on great terms with all of them. It definitely was not like before it was totally better. There wasn't any sexual tension with any of them which always worried Rachel, she didn't think of the others when she was with one of them. It was like all of them were her boyfriends. Whoa scary thought.

Rachel arrived home opened the door waved Jessie off, he waited until she was able to get into the house before setting off, how sweet. She locked the door and leaned against it smiling.

'This day couldn't have gone more perfect! I'm one step closer' Rachel's smile grew even bigger at that thought she had conjured up. 'It's only a matter of time now. I just need to give it some time then...well then I'll have him'

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