The other Berry

The musical

"Lillie!" Kitty calls as she drags you towards the sign-up sheet while you struggle to get free.
Finally, you give in and allow Kitty to drag you to the sheet. She hands you the pen attached to it.

"Kitty, do I have to?" You groan.

"If you think I'm gonna let you go without signing up, you need to think again" She replies.

Reluctantly, you sign your name: 'Lillie'. You think about writing you surname as well, but you stop at the 'B'.

Kitty coughs pointedly.

"Lillie...look, it's not like I care about this dumb musical or anything, but I'm pretty sure you have to write your full name."

You turn to look at her. She looks back at you with a raised eyebrow. You slowly look back at the sign-up sheet before dropping the pen and quickly turning back to face Kitty.

"Nah, who cares." You say suddenly.

You both pause for a moment and stand still in silence. Kitty breaks the silence as she laughs. You smile at her surprised that she didn't get suspicious of you.

"Not me that's for sure!" She says before you both turn around and walk down the hallway laughing and gossiping.
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You and a small group of the Cheerios are practicing a routine on the football field, next to the footballers as they're training. You're in charge of the routine as Coach Sue made you and Kitty head Cheerios. Ryder is standing a few feet away from you and the group as he tries to copy the routine, making you laugh.

"Ry, Bieste is gonna make you do laps if you carry on" You laugh as the Cheerios take a break "look. You just missed the ball. Cmon, bro"
"Recon I should join the Cheerios?" He asks sarcastically as he grabs your pom-poms off the floor and shakes them, trying to pose.
"You know, it would be nice to have someone that's not a complete bitch on the team"

Kitty runs over to you and grabs your hand, pulling you away.

"Cmon, Lillie, breaks over. We almost got this routine down" Kitty drags you.
"See you later, gorgeous" Ryder smiles as you wave at him before running back over to the Cheerios.
"Okay, girls, from the top" you clap as the Cheerios get into formation.

As you finish doing the splits, you look over at Ryder walking back over to the group of footballers and catch him staring at you.

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It's last period and you're flicking your pen onto your open book while staring at the clock. There's a knock at the door and you curiously switch your attention to the guy who walked in.

He was tall, brown hair, looked a little older than you. He was wearing smart, teacher-like clothes.

You watch intently as he walks over to Mr Clippenger. He tells him that there's a phone call for him in the teachers lounge. Mr Clippenger hesitates before strolling out of the classroom.

As the tall stranger turns around, clearly looking for somebody, you suddenly recognise him.

Finn Hudson.

He used to go around yours every day before Rachel moved to New York to study at NYADA.

You remember the moment Rachel left. You watched the car that Rachel and Finn were in from the platform. You remember her mood changing suddenly. You remember the pain in your heart as your sister broke down after finding out that Finn was going to the army. The pain that you felt as Rachel gave you that one last hug. The hug seemed to go on for hours, but you wished that it went on forever. You didn't want to let go of your big sister. Tears filled your eyes as you squeezed her tight and took in her familiar scent of vanilla and mixed berries. You watched Rachel hug Finn one last time before she took her seat on the train. Finn held you tight as you both watched the train slowly begin to move forward. Finn let you go and began running along with the train as Quinn pulled you into a hug, turning you away from where Finn was running because she knew that it would break you.
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The only people that knew about you being Rachel's little sister was the original New Directions: Finn, Quinn, Santana, Mercedes, Kurt, Tina, Artie, Puck, Brittany, Mike and Matt (Quinn told Sam, obviously). Rachel made them swear that they would never tell anyone about it, because she wants to keep her 'only child' reputation. You're alright with it though, Coach Sue would probably kick you off the Cheerios if she found out. Plus, your popularity will go down the drain and you'll be a nobody.
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Now, Finn Hudson is standing in front of you, not in the army, but right here at McKinley.