Winning Regionals wasn't the great sensation Rachel had expected, after all. It was just another trophy on a shelf. What she had lost worthed much more. Finn had made her look like a slut in front of everyone, and she had made a fool of herself by telling Kurt she liked her. The craziest thing is that he liked her too, and Rachel hadn't quite understood yet where she had gone wrong. At first she considered the option that Kurt had simply found a lame excuse not to hurt her, and he didn't really like her because he was gay. But the way he looked at her, the way he smiled at her, even the way he talked to her, with his sweet voice.. it had to mean something. Plus, it came to Rachel's mind one night, when she was home alone, Kurt was always trying to make fun of Finn, like when he didn't know the meaning of 'vegan'. She shook her head; how could she had possibly dated a boy who didn't even remember she didn't eat meat and animal products?

"Idiot" Rachel told herself. "You're an idiot, and now Kurt knows too."

She had to do something about that. Rachel Berry never lost. She painfully remembered when she had said the same thing to Kurt, before their Brown eyes / Blue eyes performance. After a moment of hesitation, she grabbed her phone and dialed his number. She'd begun to realize how foolish she's, when Kurt answered:

"Hello?" his voice was sweet as always, and he didn't sound pissed. Rachel sighed in relief.

"Hi, Kurt. It's.. it's me, Rachel. Can we talk?"

"Hey, princess"

"Princess. He called me princess" thought Rachel, her heart melted within her bosom.

"Of course I can talk" continued Kurt. "Actually, I wanted to call you.."

"You did? Why? What did you wanna tell me?"

"You called me, so you speak first" said Kurt, smiling, even if Rachel couldn't see it.

"Fine.." she hesitated. What did she want to tell him, really? "I just wanted you to know that I'm sorry for.. uhm.. for being importunate and intrusive.. I know I kind of freaked out the other day. I'm really sorry"

"It's ok, princess" replied Kurt, "I completely understand why you did that. I was.. stupid. I panicked and made a list of lame excuses to push you away. I don't know what scared me.. I guess it all happened too fast"

Rachel couldn't disagree more; too fast? She had been waiting for him to tell her he liked her for weeks, months, maybe! But she obviously couldn't say so to him, could she?

"I suppose you're right" whispered Rachel, biting her lips. "I mean, I had just had a fight with Finn in front of you.. well, you and everyone else from Glee. I bet it wasn't nice, was it?"

"Not really" agreed Kurt. "I can't believe he yelled at you like that.."

"Yeah, it was.. unpleasant" Rachel's voice cracked. She didn't want to hang up, but she didn't even want to talk about Finn. She wanted him to drive over to her place and tell her that he had changed his mind about giving her time and that he wanted her to be his forever.. but she couldn't find the words to say it.

"Well, I'm going to bed now" she said, faking a yawn. "I'm very tired. I'll see you tomorrow"

"Sure" replied Kurt with the sweetest voice, "goodnight, princess. Sleep well"

"You too. Goodnight." As he hanged up, she buried her face into the pillow and began to cry. It wasn't a goodnight. The next day she woke up with a terrible headache. She got ready for school and asked one of her dads to give her a ride. Once she was there, she walked to her locker, wanting to avoid Kurt more then anything else. She had made a total idiot of herself one more time, and she needed a friend to talk to, but the only friend she had was him, sadly. Knowing that she couldn't have held it any longer, and it wasn't healthy anyway, she decided to fix it the best way Rachel Berry knew: singing about it. So she had a regular day, somehow managing to avoid Kurt, then she went back home and started working on a song. Two days later she met the other guys in Glee, and after Mr Shuester had congratulated with them and showed them their trophy one more time, Rachel stood up and said:

"I know we've just won Regionals and we should be happy and stuff.. but I don't want to rest on my laurels, so I've prepared another number to perform, Hopelessly devoted to you, from the musical Grease"

"You know we love your motivation, Rachel" replied Will with a smile. "We wouldn't have won anything without your passion and talent, so, please.. feel free to sing whatever you want. We're all ears"

Rachel already had tears in her eyes because of those words. She gave Brian the sheet music and sang:

"Guess mine is not the first heart broken,

my eyes are not the first to cry.

I'm not the first to know

there's just no getting over you.." she tried to avoid Kurt's stare but it was painfully hard.

"You know I'm just a fool who's willing

to sit around and wait for you,

but, baby, can't you see

there's nothing else for me to do?

I'm hopelessly devoted to you.."

Kurt had understood she was singing to him right away, and he felt incredibly guilty for hurting her so much.

"But now there's nowhere to hide,

since you pushed my love aside

I'm out of my head,

hopelessly devoted to you.." Tears were rolling down Rachel's face. "I'm hopelessly devoted to you.."

Kurt wanted to ran towards her, hold her tight and never let her go, but he was enchanted by her voice.

"My head is saying 'fool, forget him',

my heart is saying 'don't let go,

hold on to the end',

and that's what I intend to do.."

"Yes!" thought Kurt, excited. "Hold on just a little bit longer.. till the end of the song.."

"I'm hopelessly devoted to you.." continued Rachel, "but now there's nowhere to hide,

since you pushed my love aside,

I'm out of my head,

hopelessly devoted to you..

I'm hopelessly devoted to you..

hopelessly devoted to you" as Rachel finished sining, Mr Shuester began to clap. "Well done, Rachel" he said, amazed. "The song was beautiful, and you seemed really involved.." "I was" whispered Rachel. And with one last look at Kurt, she quickly walked out the room.