Hey Guys! so this is my FIRST EVER fanfiction. I apologize for any and all mistakes, and I cant wait for the feedback. All feedback, positive or negative is welcome! this will be a mulitchapter fic.

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I got out of my car in front of the old house I had just purchased, and sighed. It was a run down little place off the edge of the town, which was called, I squinted down at my phone in the sunlight to read the name, Berry Ville. The name made me smile for a second, but then I sighed again. Texas. So far away from New York that I hoped my demons couldn't follow me here. It was time to re-vamp my life after the disaster it had been. My fathers were surprisingly supportive, even though they had always wanted me in New York, they had seen what I had gone through with Colton, and fully supported my decision to move out here. I shook off the memories and thoughts, and looked back up at the house that I now called home. It was a quaint little house, with white walls and blue shutters and doors. I pulled the key out of my pocket and walked up the steps. Time to get started on my new life….

Wow. That is the only thought in my head as I take in the little thrift shop simply named Thrifty's Spot. It was decorated for the fouth of July, which was in two weeks. I can tell that it is an awesome store, there is a very homey feeling to it when you first walk in.

"Hello!" Comes from behind me, and I spin around to see a gorgeous woman wearing a red dress that was fitted at the bust and flared towards the bottom. She has bright brown eyes, and long black hair that was styled into an expert flip. I smiled at her and greeted her as well.

"Hi! My name is Rachel and I just moved into town. I was looking around and saw your 'Help Wanted' sign, and thought I'd stop in and ask what kind of help you were looking for." She nodded when I mentioned the sign, and smiled when I mentioned working there.

"Well babe, I just had one of my own get married and move away to be with her new husband, so I do have an opening. Its mostly just keeping the shop clean, working the register and being awesome." She laughed, and I knew that I would be best friends with this woman. She had a life about her that I had been missing since I had finally left Colton. She looked at me with a quizzical look on her face, and I figured that I had probably made a face when I had thought of Colton, so I fixed my face back into a smile.

"Well, if you're ready and interested, you can start tomorrow! I was just closing up shop for the day when you came in." she smiled at me again, and I couldn't help but smile back at her.

"That sounds great. Thanks again!" I walked out of the shop, and went back to my little house. I then realized that I had never even learned her name.

Across town, Santana walked into Fiyero's Joint, which is the bar her best friend Noah Puckerman owned.

"Puckerman!" she yelled loudly, even though the bar was full.

"Satan! Is there a reason you are yellin' in my bar?" She looked around and saw him walking out of the stockroom with bottles of alcohol. She laughed at his face, whicc was schooled into a frown at her.

"Come on, lighten up. I just closed down Thrifty's for the day, and I figured I'd come see how my main man is doing." Puck rolled his eyes and brushed past her on his way to the bar.

"Care to help, or are you just here to drink?" Santana laughed and sat down to slice lemons and limes for the busy man.

"So, we got a new move-in in town." She waited to see if he would acknowledge that. He didn't.

"She moved into Q's old place." That caught his attention, but only because he had been hopelessly in love with Quinn, and had been upset for the two weeks since she had married Finn and moved out of town.

"Who cares? The house is old and crappy anyway. Finn could never be bothered to do anything to it. Good luck to whoever moved in and hope it doesn't fall in on their heads." Having said that, Puck turned around and walked back into the stockroom. Santana sighed. From what she had seen of Rachel today, maybe she would be just what Puckerman needed to snap of this Quinn induced funk, and she was gonna help get this show on the road.

The Next day, I walked into Thrifty's feeling better about my choices to move out here, and I gasped at what I saw. The owner, who I had met yesterday was dancing around in clothes that…could they even be called clothes? The tiniest bikini top I had ever seen, which barely covered her, paired with mini shorts. I could see the bows from the strings of her bottoms peeking over the top of the shorts. She turned around and noticed me, and her jaw fell open.

"Holy shit! That outfit is making me sweat!" I looked down at my clothes, a pair of light blue skinny jeans, paired with my favorite black boots and a dark blue tank top.

"What's wrong with my clothes? At least they cover me!" I slapped my hand over my mouth when I realized just what I had said. She just laughed and shook her head.

"You know, I don't even know your name, and you're laughing at me!" I pouted. I couldn't help laughing though, I just felt so at ease with this woman, joking around like we had known each other forever.

"Its Santana, but you can call me San. I'm getting you clothes that are appropriate for summertime in Berry Ville, and wont make you melt!" and with that statement, she disappeared. When she came back, she was holding a neon green bikini and a pleated green and white skirt.

"San, I can't-"

"Don't say you cant wear this, because it will look amazing with your skin tone, and now that you work here, free clothes is part of the deal." She stared me down, and I looked back at the clothes. I really liked the outfit, but I could never wear that, Colton would….nothing. Colton wasn't anywhere near me, and I just wanted to be free of him and his influence. With that in mind, I grabbed the clothes and stuck my tongue out at Santana (who looked too smug for my tastes) on my way to the dressing room. I put them on, then looked at myself in the mirror. I shook my head.

"I cant wear this San! I look like a hussy!"

"Hussy? What are you, 90?" I heard her voice ring back, and before I could do anything she had flung open the door and was looking me up and down. "Bitch, you looking fucking awesome. Stop complaining." Then she stole the clothes I had been wearing, and ran away!

"SANTANA!" I heard her laughing, but she had closed the door and that was all the delay she needed. By the time I got the door open she was gone. Ugh. Guess I'm stuck in this outfit.

When it was time to close the shop, I looked over at San and asked for my clothes back. She just laughed at me.

"Nope! But we are going out. Its Friday night, and it's the festival of lights. So lets get dressed." She grabbed my hand and dragged me to the racks of clothes.

"We are gonna keep the bikinis on, cause there will be a pool, but we can match clothes to them." She found me a white dress that flowed really well, and pulled on a yellow one herself.

"Lets go!" I couldn't help but smile and follow her. Her enthusiasm was pretty infectious. We started walking down the street, and I realized that we were walking in the direction of the little bar I had seen on my way into town.

"Are we going to Fiyero's Joint?" I asked. She looked at me, surprised that I had known the name of the bar.

"Yeah, it's a pretty hot spot around here." She answered. I just nodded and kept walking. We walked through the door, and Santana walked right up to a group of people that she apparently knew, and looked back at me. I followed her after she gestured for me to.

"So, this is Matt," The guy she pointed to looked pretty intimidating, but he smiled and nodded at me.

"this is Britt," She pointed to a bubbly blonde who waved at me enthusiastically.

"This is Mercedes," The woman just smiled at me.

"this is Sam," I looked at the blonde man and smiled, and he nodded his head at me.

"this is Mike," I looked at the Asian man and noted that he looked like a dancer.

"and these two fairies are Kurt and Blaine." Kurt was sitting in Blaine's lap and had some of the prettiest blue eyes I had ever seen, and Blaines hair like defied gravity it was so curly.

"Bitch, don't call me a fairy!" Kurt snapped. Santana just rolled her eyes at him.

"Everyone, this is Rachel, and she just moved into our little piece of heaven!" All of a sudden there was applause and cheering, and everyone turned to look at the stage, so I followed suit, and immediately lost my train of thought. The man who had walked onto the stage was the most handsome man I had ever seen, and I had only seen his back so far! Wearing black cowboy boots, and a pair of blue jeans that hugged his ass perfectly, paired with a dark green shirt leading to a Stetson perched on his head, I was staring, and I knew it, but couldn't help it. Then he turned around.. oh dear god, I'd never been so aroused in my 21 years of life. He had strong features and sparkling hazel eyes that held laughter in them. He looked over the crowd and waved in my direction, and I turned and looked to see San waving back at him. I was immediately jealous, then I scolded myself. He wasn't mine. So what if he was dating Santana? I didn't need a relationship anyway. I'd have to forget about him. I steadfastly ignored the little voice in my head that was doubtful about that.

"Singing time!" Yelled Brittany, making everyone else laugh. I looked at San with a confused look, and she smiled at me.

"The owner allows people to perform here every Friday night." She explained. I nodded and felt a spark of excitement go through me. I hadn't sung in years. Maybe I would sing tonight.

"I need a drink." I stated. Kurt clapped and turned to the bar to order two rum and cokes. He turned around again once they had been handed to him and handed one to me.

"Cheers!" he said, clinking his glass with mine.

"Cheers, Kurt." I said back, smiling. I took a drink and then set it down.

"Hey y'all," I heard from behind me, and I instinctively knew that the voice matched the man I had seen on stage. I turned around slowly to look into the hazel eyes that I had seen from the stage. He looked me up and down, and smirked when Santana chimed in.

"Hey Puck. This is Rachel, she just moved into town. Rach, This is Puck." I wrinkled my nose.

"Puck?" He laughed, and I felt a shiver of desire shoot down my back at his husky timbre.

"Yes Ma'am. That's my name." I just looked at him blankly. He laughed again.

"It's a nickname. Short for Puckerman. Noah Puckerman." I smiled. Noah. I liked that name. Then it hit me.

"Puckerman? You're Jewish?" His eyes widened slightly in shock and he nodded.

"So am I. Rachel Berry." He started laughing uncontrollably, and I couldn't figure out why until I heard Matt say,

"Your last name is Berry and you moved to Berry Ville?" when I remembered that, I blushed pretty hard, and looked sheepish.

"That's part of the reason I chose to move here, actually." That made everyone laugh, and I just blushed deeper. Kurt came to my rescue with a conversation change.

"Puckerman, you performing tonight?" Noah looked back at me and smirked, then looked at Kurt and said

"Yeah, I think so. How many of you are performing?" Everyones hands went up sans mine. That of course brought the attention right back to me. "

Berry, do you sing?" Noah said, turning to look at me fully. I didn't know what to say. I didn't wanna lie to them but I didn't wanna sing tonight either.

"Sometimes. Not very often" That wasn't a lie, it just wasn't the whole truth. I actually hadn't sung since about halfway into my six year relationship with Colton.

Will she sing? You'll have to wait and see!

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