A/N : Thanks once again for the reviews, follows and faves.
As said this chapter was written before I posted the last one, so there isn't much to say a part from that.
However this is a rather short chapter not even hitting 3,000 words (without the notes at start and end), but it's an essential one in moving the plot along!

I have virtually written up to chapter 9 and have as said before planned out the majority of this story and know where I am heading with it (and I refuse to listen to my bitchy Furby Boom, Sami; who has an obcession with Darren [and yes she is named after a certain song as well, which she adores] and who got completely pissed with Kurt's attitude on the recent ep of Glee. She did however have a complete and utter meltdown over Darren playing the guitar and screamed 'more, more, more')
I also, did find it kind of funny that Blaine and Sam would be roommates (as did Sami, who wouldn't keep the comments about that to herself!), but told her no they're not living across the hall from Mikki and Rachel (her reply - no likey! Like I said she is quite nuts!)

Anyway this chapter sees a three month time jump - only because I want to keep the story moving forward and don't want to be writing pointless things that really have no bearing on the actual point that I will eventually reach. Two more Glee characters appear in this chapter, and we may see them for a few more and they do play a crucial part to both storylines for Rachel and Mikki; in different ways.

So you know what to do from here - follow, fave and of course review.
But remember as always to keep the reviews
KJ xoxoxo

Three months had passed and Rachel was honestly surprised how quickly it had gone by, since her almost marriage to Jesse. She was sitting in the kitchen, eating breakfast and flicking through numerous rental properties on her tablet. However she wasn't finding any that would be in her price range if she was to live on her own, or if they were in her range, they were too far from work and in a neighbourhood that probably wasn't the best to begin with.

Mikki came out of her room, as she put her earrings in.

"Hey" replied Mikki, going and sitting at the table and grabbing herself some muesli.

"Hi" replied Rachel, with a smile looking up at her.

"What you doing?" asked Mikki as she poured her milk over the muesli.

"Ohh, looking for another place" replied Rachel.

"Why?" asked Mikki.

"Because I can't be a burden on you much longer, I only said it was until I got my own place" replied Rachel.

Mikki looked at her. "Why do you think you're a burden?"

"Well you've gotten use to having this place to yourself and then I ask to move in kind of just unexpectedly after us not having really talked in a few years except for the occasional talks on Facebook. I just don't want to lose probably one of the only good friends I have left by staying out my welcome" said Rachel.

Mikki laughed. "Rachel, just stop"

Rachel looked at her.

"I'm not asking you to move out, and you are more than welcome to keep living here" said Mikki.

"Really?" asked Rachel.

"Yes really, I don't mind you living here" said Mikki.

"Okay, umm thanks" replied Rachel.

Mikki nodded. "I was thinking of getting a roommate probably eventually, and the thought of some random stranger whom I've never met living with me. No thanks".

Rachel laughed. "There are some weirdos out there that's for sure".

"Oh there definitely is, and knowing my luck. I would get them, unlike Blaine who actually has seemed to luck out with his roommates, Sam and also his previous one. Both awesome guys" replied Mikki, with a laugh also.

"Are you sure though?" asked Rachel.

"Just keep paying me rent, buying your groceries and contributing towards the bills here and you are more than welcome to stay as long as you want" said Mikki.

"Thank you" replied Rachel.

Mikki nodded. "So I'm going to one of Britt's jazz classes that she teaches separate from Julliard, tonight after work. Would you be interested in coming along?"

"Umm, yeah it sounds like it could be fun" said Rachel.

"Oh it is Britts classes are energetic and they are always without a doubt fun" said Mikki.

Rachel laughed. "Sure what time does it start?" she asked.

"At five, and I will text you the address so you know where to go" said Mikki.

"That be good" replied Rachel.

Mikki nodded as she finished off her muesli.

"Okay so I have to be going, I have the marketing team coming in from Gulden's today to hear the new advertising pitch" said Mikki, standing and going over to the dishwasher and putting her bowl in there.

"Good luck" said Rachel.

"Thanks" replied Mikki, as she went over to the couch and grabbed her handbag, portfolio bag with all her sketches and layouts in and also a bag with her dance stuff in.

"See you at Britt's dance class later" said Rachel.

"Yeah, I will text you the details of where, later. I gotta run" said Mikki.

"Okay bye" said Rachel.

"Bye" replied Mikki and left the apartment.

Rachel finished off her own breakfast, now a little less stressed without the worry of having to look for another apartment and then headed off to work herself.

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That afternoon, Mikki met Rachel outside of the dance studio where Brittany's dance class was held.
They went up to the level where the classes were and walked into the room.

"Minnie" said Cynthia, running over to her when they got into the room.

Mikki laughed. "Hey Cyndy" she replied as the blonde girl hugged her.

"It's been a long time since you came to one of Britt's dance classes" said Cynthia.

"Yeah, just been completely snowed under with work" replied Mikki.

"Well all work and no fun, make for grumpy Mikki" said Cynthia.

Mikki looked at her. "I'm not grumpy"

"Really, you haven't been like extra mean to Blaine lately" said Cynthia.

"No more than usual" replied Mikki.

Cynthia laughed. "Well Britts said he looks depressed. So maybe give him a hug next time instead of making him sad".

"Fat chance of that happening" said Mikki.

Cynthia looked at her and then looked at Rachel.

"We need to be getting you a boyfriend, that's what I think" said Cynthia.

"And what are you thinking of playing match maker with me and Blaine, there Cynds" said Mikki, with a laugh.

"No, because I wouldn't wish you upon poor Blainey" she replied.

Mikki looked at her.

"Just kidding, you know I love you both. But you're like chalk and cheese, do not go together" said Cynthia giving her a hug.

Mikki laughed.

"Well if you know of any cute single guys, pass on my details" said Mikki.

"Hmm, okay is it still 1800 feisty mouse" said Cynthia with a laugh.

"Hasn't changed, nope" replied Mikki with a laugh also.

"Okay, people that is enough chit chat, class time" said Brittany, coming over to the three of them.

"Please go slow" said Rachel, looking at Brittany.

Brittany went and put her arm around Rachel's shoulder.

"Sit and watch first and then you can join in when you got the basic choreography down".

"Okay, yeah I'll do that" replied Rachel, and then Brittany began the dance lesson.

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Rachel was waiting in the room, along with Mikki, that the nurse in the emergency department had directed them too, having fallen at Brittany's dance class, and ended up hurting her ankle.

They were talking as the door opened and two doctors walked into the room.

"Rachel Berry" said the dark haired doctor.

"That would be me, the one sitting on here with her foot up" she replied.

"Well that would make sense" said the blonde haired doctor.

"Right, yes shut up" said the dark haired doctor looking at his colleague.

The blonde just smiled at him.

"I'm Doctor Duvul, that's Doctor Sterling" said the dark haired one.

"Rachel, and this is my friend Mikki" she replied.

"Hi" said Doctor Duvul, looking at her with a smile.

"Aren't you a little cute to be a doctor?" asked Mikki.

Doctor Duvul looked at her and Doctor Sterling laughed.

"Umm young, a little young" said Mikki.

They both looked at her as did Rachel.

"So my friends ankle" said Mikki, trying to avoid the looks they were giving her.

"Right" said Doctor Sterling, and began to examine Rachel's ankle.

"Why does there need to be two of you for a simple ankle examination" said Rachel.

"We like to make sure nothing gets missed here, and sometimes that does happen. So to rectify that problem we now have for cases such as yours two attendings examine" said Doctor Duvul, and glanced at Mikki with a smile.

Mikki noticed him doing this, and blushed slightly.

"So is it broken?" she asked, turning to Doctor Sterling.

"Please say no, please say no" said Rachel.

"It doesn't seem to be, but I think an x-ray would be good just to make sure" he replied.

"Okay, yeah. Whatever is needed" said Rachel.

"Well we will go get that organised and be back" said Doctor Duvul.

"Okay" replied Rachel.

"Be back soon" said Doctor Sterling and he and Doctor Duvul left the room.

Rachel looked at her friend.

"Oh my god" she said.

"What?" asked Mikki.

"You, and that line you came out with, about them being cute" said Rachel.

Mikki looked at her. "I meant young, honestly".

"Sure you did" replied Rachel, with a laugh and the two of them waited for the two doctors to return to finish Rachel's examination.

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A little while later, after the doctors came to the conclusion that Rachel's ankle was only sprained; Mikki was helping her up the stairs of the apartment block, to the fifth floor where theirs was.

"Oww, oww, oww, oww" said Rachel, with every step she took as she had one arm around Mikki for some support.

"Why didn't you take the offer of the crutches, the doctors gave you" said Mikki.

"Because then we would have to take them back to the hospital" said Rachel.

"So?" asked Mikki, as they got to the fifth floor landing and went over to their apartment.

"Oh, you'd probably like that, because that way you could go back to see the cute doctors" said Rachel, with a laugh as Mikki opened the door and glared at her.

"Just get inside" said Mikki.

Rachel laughed, and walked slowly inside the apartment.

Puck, Blaine, Sam and Brittany were all inside.

"Rach, are you okay?" asked Brittany, getting up from the chair she was sitting in.

"Yeah fine, it's just a sprain" she replied.

"Seriously I need to be changing the locks" said Mikki as she closed the door and looked at the others.

"Yeah, but you'd be giving me a key anyway, so I'd be able to let these guys in" said Puck, standing and going over to Rachel.

Mikki glared at her cousin.

"Come and sit down, get the weight off it" said Puck, helping her over to the sofa, where Blaine was sitting also.

"Thanks" she replied, as she sat down and Puck got one of the cushions off the sofa and put it on the coffee table.

"Right, now foot up" said Puck.

Rachel laughed. "Really, it's fine Noah" she replied.

"If you have a problem with people pampering you princess, then too bad" said Puck, with a laugh.

"Exactly for the next few days we are your personal go getters" said Sam.

"I still feel really bad" said Brittany as she sat back down.

"It wasn't your fault Britts, honestly. It's just been so long since I've danced that I'm a little out of practice" said Rachel.

"Guessing you probably won't be dancing on it for a couple weeks now though" said Blaine.

Rachel looked at him and shook her head.

"Did you want anything Rach?" asked Puck.

"Umm, yeah some water would actually be really good. But you don't have to wait on me" said Rachel, going to get up.

"Nonsense, sit" ordered Puck.

Rachel looked at him and Puck looked over at Mikki in the kitchen where she was doing something.

"Hey Mik, can you get Rach some water?" he asked.

"You have two working legs, you do it" said Mikki.

"True, but you were the one who took Rach to a dance class, where she sprained her ankle, so you know, you should be the one doing stuff for her" said Puck.

Mikki glared at him and got a bottle of water out of the fridge and went over to the sofa and handed it to Rachel, and then hit Puck on the head.

"Next time move yourself" she said.

"And you wonder why you're single" said Puck.

"Oh shut up" replied Mikki and Rachel laughed.

"What's so funny Rach?" asked Sam.

"Oh just Mikki was flirting with the doctors who looked at my ankle" she replied.

"I was not flirting with them" said Mikki.

"Cute?" asked Brittany.

"Hmm, yes considering she actually asked them if they were a little cute to be doctors, I think Mikki totally thinks that" said Rachel.

"That was your pick up line, really" said Blaine.

Mikki glared at him. "And like you have any better ones".

"Well I can tell you that none of them involve telling a girl I think she is cute" replied Blaine.

"Ohhh, let me guess yours would probably be. 'I'm looking to find a way back to middle earth, can you help?'" said Mikki.

"No, and like I would ever tell you what it was" said Blaine.

Mikki laughed. "Hmm, that's because you got no game, and you could never get me".

"I got to say that it is a pretty awesome pick up line though Mikki" said Sam.

"Huh?" she asked.

"The one about middle earth" said Sam.

"Yes, word of advice about women though Sam, most of us don't tend to be geeky over those sort of things" replied Mikki.

"Hence she said most women, Mikki here on the other hand probably would find something like that completely charming" said Puck.

Mikki glared at her cousin.

"Do you want to be in the emergency room?" she asked.

"Do you want see the cute doctors again?" asked Puck.

"Oh shut up" replied Mikki, going slightly red in the face whilst the others laughed.

"Why would Mikki find it completely charming though a line about middle earth" said Brittany.

"Because she's weird and she watched the Lord of the Rings movies and those Potter movies all the time in high school" said Puck.

"What is this pick on Mikki day or something?" she asked.

"Yep, it's a nice change from it being pick on Blaine day" replied Blaine.

Mikki glared at him.

"Well I think it's high time you all leave so Rachel can actually get some proper rest" said Mikki.

Sam looked at his watch. "Yeah, it is getting kind of late".

"Thanks for caring so much guys" said Rachel.

"Not a problem Rach and you know I am just a quick call away if you need anything" said Puck, standing.

"And Sam and I, just right across the hall" said Blaine.

"I'm sorry Rachey" said Brittany, going and giving her a hug.

"It's fine Britts, honestly" replied Rachel.

"We'll see you tomorrow then" said Sam.

"I'll be here, since I am taking a few days off from work" said Rachel.

"Well I don't have anything on tomorrow, so we'll hang out here and watch some movies then" said Sam.

"That's sounds good, thanks Sam" said Rachel.

Sam nodded.

"Okay get some rest Rach, and we'll be by tomorrow" said Puck.

"Thanks guys, really. You've all be so kind to me, not only today but for the last few months, I really appreciate it" said Rachel.

"Well you're one of the gang now Rach, so get use to it" said Blaine.

Rachel looked at him and nodded.

"Okay get out of here, Rachel needs to get some rest" said Mikki, ushering her friends over to the apartment door.

"See you" said Puck.

"Bye" replied Mikki, with a laugh opening the door.

The other three chorused a lot of "byes" also and then left.

Mikki went back over to the sofa and sat next to Rachel.

"Talk about your over reacting drama queens" said Mikki, with a laugh.

"Ohh, it's sweet that they seem to care so much. If it was Jesse he would have just told me to suck it up and keep on going and not really even have cared" replied Rachel.

"What did you ever see in that guy?" asked Mikki.

"He was sweet when he wanted to be, but most of the time it really was all about him and how talented he was" replied Rachel.

"Well I think you can definitely do a lot better" said Mikki.

"Believe me I think that now too" replied Rachel with a small smile, and the two of them continued to talk for the remainder of the evening until they both went to bed.

End note: Thanks for reading - will have the next chapter up soon.
Hopefully by Monday, Tuesday at the latest; just have to finish editing it.

What do you think of who the doctors are?! :)
And I bet anything that no one will ever guess who Blaine's previous roommate before Sam was...be advised this will not be disclosed to around chapters in the 30's (I have it all written out as to who it is and how we see them again, well first time for all of you, but not for some of the characters!)
(And if you ask Sami she would also tell you that Mikki and Blaine just need to stop the meaness towards each other and get on with it, or maybe just get it on. If only that character was real, she would be rather happy!)

Until next time,
Love to you all, KJ xoxoxo