Regionals arrived quickly. They trained really hard and decided that Rachel would write one of them, the one that would be her solo. They also decided on "We got the beat" for their group number. They were currently discussing the third song.

"So, we just decided that it would be a duet, now, who should sing it and what will it be?" Alaric asked them.

"Of course Rachel should sing it." A senior girl said like it was obvious.

"It's a duet, we need two people to sing it." Caroline reminded her.

"I think I have a good idea…" Jeremy said shyly.

"What is it?" Rachel asked him kindly.

"I think you should sing 'Rolling in the deep' with Tyler." Jeremy said.

"That's a great idea!" Alaric exclaimed.

"Yeah, totally! Great idea Jeremy." Caroline congratulated him.

"Sure, why not." Tyler said, thinking it might be a good opportunity for him to get closer to Rachel again and to convince her to give him a second chance.

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As soon as they had decided what they would sing, they started working on the costumes, the singing and the dancing. When the day came for them to compete at Regional's, they were ready and they all got on the bus loaded with confidence.

Their parents went to support them and this time, Stefan went with Damon.

Rachel started by singing her creation "GET IT RIGHT" with the Glee girls in the back ground and she even got a few tears from the audience on top of her standing ovation. Right after that, she sand "ROLLING IN THE DEEP" with Tyler. It was intense and people definitely loved it. They closed it with "WE GOT THE BEAT".

They were very happy when they learned that they won and would be going to nationals in New York. Rachel immediately called her aunt Sage, then Puck to tell them the good news.

When they got back to Mystic Fall's they had a big party at the Lockwood's to congratulate them. At this party, Jeremy and Dawn realised that they just weren't fit to be together and decided on staying friends.

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After that, the time for Miss Mystic Fall's arrived and apparently, Damon had managed to make the ladies in charge bend the rules so Rachel could enter, even if she hadn't been in town for the registrations.

She had to find an escort and ended up asking Jeremy in Glee club while Tyler, who had been hopeful, was watching.

Of course Jeremy jumped on the occasion to spend more time with Rachel, piss his sister and Tyler off and show off at the same time. People still saw him has Elena's LITTLE brother and he wanted to use this occasion to show that he had grown up.

About a week before the election, Rachel was just coming home when she noticed Elena and Stefan arguing in the drive way.

"Why are you defending her Stefan? I'm your girlfriend!" Elena snapped.

"Elena, she's my niece and has the same right as you do to enter this election." Stefan said in a tone that could have been used with a toddler.

"She entered after the due date!"

"Because she wasn't in town back then! She had the same right as you and Caroline do to enter Elena, she's a founding family member."

"And why did she have to ask Jeremy to escort her? She had no right to do this!" Elena said.

"What's your problem exactly Elena? I know it has nothing to do with my choice of escort, even though he told me you tried to get Jenna to ground him so he couldn't come with me…" Rachel said, deciding to rescue her uncle.

"You, you are my problem. Why do you have to move in town and suddenly everything is about you?" Elena screeched.

"You're behaving like a spoiled brat Elena. What, you have so little self confidence that you're afraid you'll lose? Is this election really this important to you or is it something else entirely?" Rachel asked her.

"I'm not worried about this. It doesn't matter if you sing the town into liking you, I'm going to get all the sympathy votes since my mother wanted me to sign up for this before she died. You know, a mother…something you know nothing about since you don't have one." Elena snapped as Rachel's face looked shocked.

"How dare you…" Rachel started to say as tears made their ways to her eyes. She had been feeling on edge lately and felt that she was about to break.

"Elena it's enough! I don't know what has gotten into you but you need to calm down if you really want me to escort you. You're really being unfair right now!" Stefan snapped harshly as Rachel ran inside the house in tears.

"But Stefan…" Elena tried to say but was cut off by Stefan.

"You're lucky Damon isn't here or you'd probably be dead right now. Go home Elena and either find a way to apologise to Rachel or find yourself another escort...along with a new boyfriend." Stefan said before he turned around and rushed inside the house after his niece.

He found Rachel in her bedroom, crying in front of what seemed to be a picture of her mother.

"I didn't know you had a picture of her… Damon told me you didn't want anything to do with her after that article got out…" Stefan said, not sure of what he needed to say.

"It doesn't matter how much she's hurt me, she's still my mother… Having this here reminds me of what I don't have… Don't worry… I just miss Sage… Having her around usually helps me deal with my lack of a mother…but she's been away for so long…" Rachel said, already calming down.

"Why didn't she visit? You've been here a while." Stefan asked.

"She's been following a few trails to find Finn… I know she'd come if I was to ask but…I don't want to come in the way of her finding Finn. Don't worry uncle Stefan… I'm a teenage girl… I'm overly emotional sometimes…"

"Elena will apologize… I don't know what came over her…" Stefan said.

"She's jealous of me… I don't know why but she is…" Rachel explained.

"I don't know what to do…"

"Simply show her that even though you're my Uncle you still choose her. Even before you knew about me you spent a lot of energy trying to figure out what my secret was… You need to spend more attention on her." She suggested.

"I don't really want to have to choose… Don't worry, I'll find a way… Are you okay?" He asked her.

"I will be… Thanks."

Stefan left her room and closed the door to find Damon in the corridor, watching him with concerned eyes.

"Why was she crying?" Damon asked in a tensed tone.

"Long story short she arrived during an argument between Elena and I about her and Elena ended up making a mean comment about Rachel's mother… Rachel said she's fine but I think she misses Sage more than she says…" Stefan explained.

"I suspected as much… She refuses to ask Sage to come and visit because she's afraid of preventing Sage to finally find Finn… She's afraid Sage will come to her right when she's about to find Finn…" Damon replied as they made their way downstairs.

"What are you going to do?" Stefan asked.

"Sage is in New York right now… I'll call her and send Rachel to her for the weekend. 3 complete days with Sage and Broadway should help Rachel feel better and be in perfect mental shape to win this election." Damon said as he got his cell phone out and walked in the office he settled for himself.

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