His Princess

Voice Crack

Rachel's pov:
I slam my locker shut and earn a few glares from the people around me. Screw them.. I slowly make my way towards my science class. I got in and got my stuff out. Everyone started talking while the teacher was writing things on the board and his freaking marker started squeaking. Okay today has not been my day... Can't anyone just shut up and be quiet?!
"Hey Rachel" someone says.
"What?" I snap. I turn and see Finn standing there with widen eyes. He then holds up his hands in defeat.
"Sorry uh, I didn't know-"
"No I'm sorry" I interrupt him. But when I spoke his eyes widen even more if that's even possible.
"Your voice..." He quietly says sitting down. I slowly nod and look down at the blank piece of paper on my desk. I close my eyes and blink away the tears. Yes I know I'm being a complete diva right now but my voice is sore. SORE! And there was no way I was able to sing. That's what got me so mad and upset! I bet everyone in glee was counting on me to sing a solo but now I would let them down. And this doesn't happen! I actually take care of my voice but I don't know what went wrong.. The rest of the day I spent it with giving people ugly stares and all of that. Then came the period I dreaded: glee...
I slowly walk in and and we started talking about the new songs we were gonna do.
"Defying Gravity!" Kurt squealed out. I turn to look at him.
"Uh-no! I'll sing that thank you very much" I say and sit up straight. He turns to me with a shocked expression.
"Your voice-"
"Yes yes I know my voice is bad right now but I will beat you" I say as I stand up and go to the center of the floor. I nod at the piano man and he nodded back and started playing. I turn to look at everyone and everyone is looking at me like I'm crazy.
Something has changed within me,
Something is not the same
I'm through with playing by the rules of someone else's game
I start to sing like its the end of the world but at the end of the song, the best note, my voice decided to crack. And yes after that, no voice at all...
I start coughing but my throat throbs and I turn to look at Mr.Shue for help. He pats my back softly and sighed remorsefully.
"I'm sorry Rachel but you've lost your voice.."

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You're strong, you're a great singer, and you're better. You'll get through this and everything will be back to normal..
That's what I keep telling myself but it doesn't seem to work. So apparently since Finn was forced back into glee because of his little stunt, some Cheerios decided to join. Yes, the mega popular squad, Quinn Fabray, Santana Lopez, and Brittany Pierce...
Right now they're working on the dance routine Mike Chang and Matt whatever his last name is designed for some of the songs. I notice the looks Quinn sends to a very clue less Finn. He smiles as he tries to dance but obviously he can't. And guess what?! Guess who gets to sing Don't Rain On My Parade by the one and only Barbra Streisand? SANTANA!! I was about to cry and shout whenever Mr.Shue decided she would be the one to sing it. UGGH!!!
I cross my arms and lean back on my chair as I see everyone dancing and singing. I roll my eyes and look around to just kill time. I look over at the door and see Sam looking at everyone dance. He doesn't seem to be laughing or anything, which is something the jocks would do. He just stands there and looking at their dance moves, as if trying to remember them. I stand up and make my way to the door. Sam looks at me and quickly turns to walk away but I grab his arm.
"What were you doing?" I ask sorely. He raises and eyebrow. I roll my eyes. I can barely speak so I grab the notebook that was on his hands and grab my pen I always have on my pocket.

        I know my voice is sore! But what were you doing??

I write down and hand him the notebook for him to read. His eyes go over the words and look back at me.
"Don't worry about it" he says. I roll my eyes and grab the notebook again.

     I know you're different. I could tell after you slushied me last time. Just admit that you want to be in glee club.

He reads over my words again and shakes his head.
"I'm not so sure about that... But I think I've kinda memorized the dance moves. If you guys ever need someone to cover someone else ask me okay? Just... Not in front of the jocks or anything else like that... And don't tell anyone about this okay?" He says and I nod smiling. He smiles back and walks back to his classroom. I turn back and everyone is still busy. So I sit down and watch everyone. well at least we've got someone to cover us if something goes wrong.
I'm glad Sam is different. I mean Finn is different too but I'm glad Finn isn't the only one that's like that.
"Now I would like to practice my solo. And yes Berry, I can sing this song better. So stand back and it's okay to cry if you're jealous. I understand completely" Santana says as she turns to brad, I think that's his name, the piano guy and starts with the music. Pfft Santana is half as good as me.. Right? I roll my eyes. Soon I'll be able to beat her. I turn around and Finn was already staring at me. He gives me a half smile as I smile back and notice Quinn giving me the evil stare.. Whatever. Today I dont care since I already lost my voice didn't I? What else have I got to lose?

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