Something Extraordinary

Chapter 3

Cassandra looked at Rachel, with a smirk on her face and mixed another two drinks. "You sure you don't wanna try it Rachel?"

"Why do you call me Rachel?" Now that Kurt was gone it didn't seem so embarrassing to ask.

"Because, that's how you introduced yourself to me." Cassandra didn't wait for Rachel to accept the drink, she just handed it to her.

"I know that, but you always call me Schwimmer and tonight you called me Rachel." Rachel felt stupid, but she wanted to know.

"You prefer Schwimmer?" Cassandra raised an eyebrow.

"No of course-" but she was interrupted.

"Then why are you complaining?" Cassandra just walked away and turned the music on, this time pretty loud so that she wouldn't have to talk to Rachel anymore. Rachel was confused and just watched her teacher, she sat on the couch and wondered about Cassandra's attitude. She watched her about 20 minutes when Rachel decided to drink the martini, first because she was curious and second she just wanted to feel the alcohol. She drank it, but she didn't like it, so she looked at the bar and found tequila, salt, lemons and shot glasses. When Rachel looked back up she couldn't see her teacher.

"So you like tequila?" She almost dropped the glass when she heard the voice behind her.

"Yea..." Cassandra smiled and continued her practice, so Rachel assumed she was okay with that. She cut lemons, put them on a plate, took two glasses and put them on the small table by the couch, then she got the tequila bottle and sat down. Cassandra didn't pay attention to Rachel, so she just took a shot. And another. After the second Cassandra came over and sat next to Rachel.

"Can I get one, too?" Rachel didn't know what to say, so she just nod and gave her teacher he glass and filled it. Rachel already felt dizzy, but she wasn't dunk, yet.

"Do you often invite your students home?" Rachel was curious.

"No." The answer was dissatisfying to Rachel.

"Why did you ask me?"

"I told you, you're a bad dancer and you need more practice." Cassandra took another shot.

"I was better than Kurt and you told him he was good."

"Yes. But he doesn't go to NYADA, does he?"

"No."

"See." Both took another shot now. Rachel was sure she would be drunk by the end of the night and surprised that Cassandra wasn't drunk yet. Or maybe she was and Rachel just didn't know.

"If you think I need more practice, then why are we drinking right now, instead of practicing?"

"I don't need to practice and you don't need to drink if you don't want to."

"I thought-"

"God." Cassandra put her glass down. "If you wanna practice then do so, and if you wanna talk, talk about something interesting."

"I'm sorry." Cassandra looked slightly annoyed, but she was staring at Rachel with a smirk, which made Rachel a little uncomfortable.

"What do you want to talk about."

"I don't know."

"We'll I don't know what I should talk with my teacher about other than school."

"How about...your boyfriend, or how you like New York, or stuff like that. That's what people talk about, you know."

"I don't have a boyfriend." Rachel took a shot.

"You don't sound sad."

"I'm not. I broke up with him today."