living in west ham all her life really wasn’t rachel berry’s destiny. she was better than this place and she was ready to get out. graduating from high school this year and going to new york, to nyada, and soon enough performing on broadway, that was everything she’d been looking forward to since she was a little girl. she really didn’t want to go on this stupid trip, everyone in that stupid school hated her anyway, so what was the point? gosh even most of the theatre kids were popular, they didn’t treat her too well though so she stuck to choir and dance mostly as far as the work she did in school. outside theatre was more her scene anyway, better for her resume.
she drives a pretty nice car thanks to her dads (a gift for her eighteenth birthday), so you’d think someone, anyone might want her on their side for fugitive, but no one really bothers to invite the girl to anything. after all when she posts her covers on her instagram and youtube channels, they’re too busy posting rude (and inappropriate) comments on her feed to bother to acknowledge her as a person with feelings who they might consider including.
honestly the one and only person from this town she sees herself having anything in common with is elle tomkins. the girl is a dancer, like rachel is, and she’s from new york to boot. while rachel’s plan was broadway where elle’s was to be a ballerina for her career, they do have a good bit of an interest collision regardless. they’ve danced together for years now and so they’ve gotten to know each other decently well. the social outcasts with the extensive collection of pointe shoes have to stick together.
her dads make her go on the trip, it’s a time for her to enjoy herself, bond with her classmates one last time. and her sister would be there they argued. but ally wouldn’t be with her, she was two grades below her after all, so realistically they may not truly see each other much. they definitely weren’t allowed to ride on the same bus. rachel was planning on sitting next to elle to at least be around someone who doesn’t hate her guts for the several hour long bus ride (whether this happens or campbell gets the seat is open for plotting but... it could be an interesting au wink wink).
when they have to turn the busses around she’s honestly kind of grateful to be going home. but... then they get home and no one’s there. that’s more than a little bit frustrating for the girl who’s been used to having a good deal of attention from her dads, especially when things become uncertain like this. she only tries contacting them for the first few days however, she tries not to freak out too much because she has her sister ally who she doesn’t want to cause stress for.
rachel does go to the party, but she’s not exactly friends with anyone so she’s mostly on her own. i’d love to see her hanging out with elle at the party, or maybe even pulling elle away from campbell? idk. i just want to give elle friendship because she deserves to be unisolated and imo rachel would be someone who tbh might be a good candidate. if elle hangs out with rachel at the party, she could even go home with rachel and ally instead of campbell... idk idk just ideas.
but anyway outside of that, she’s nervous at the church, but she’s also definitely going to follow orders, at this point while she’d love to be able to stand up and organize things, she knows she’s too disliked among these other kids to get anyone to even remotely follow her. here, in this new empty place, you need consensus, and she can’t get it and she knows as much so she keeps her mouth shut.
she remains forgotten in the background just as she always has been as days go by. she goes and does her shifts, she dances and sings on the little stage in her basement with her sister in the evenings when she can, trying to cheer the two of them (and whoever else that winds up living in their semi-decent sized family home) up. she’s just another member of the community, just, one who no one else really pays attention to. for the girl who’s always been determined to be a shining star, it hurts to be in a place where she’s got no way of going and following her dreams. college was her escape plan, and now it looks like that’s never going to happen.
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