Ever since I got the role as Veronica Sawyer things have been up and down. Press have been crazy trying to talk to me and it is weird. Kurt got bashed and that was insane. Sam and Mercedes is a thing I am pretty sure which I am happy about. So happy for them. Artie got an STD and was slut shamed. Don't ask. Rachel's opening night is tomorrow night and I am so excited for her. I was over at Rachel and Kurt's apartment getting ready and I saw Kurt open the door and saw Tina. I watch as Tina walks in and Rachel walks up to her.
(Tina) "Hello, big fat Broadway star. These are for you."
Tina passes Rachel some flowers and Rachel bows her head slightly and takes them.
(Tina) "Oh, no. Do you have laryngitis?"
(Kurt) "Oh, no, she's just resting her voice."
(Tina) "Oh, thank God. This would not be a good time for your tonsils to flare up again. Remember that? First year of Glee Club?"
I walk up to Tina and give her a hug.
(Tina) "Hey, where is everyone? Rachel's opening night on Broadway is a big deal. And where's Artie? I was hoping to get to see him."
(Mia) "Oh, his short film Bags in the Wind got accepted into the Ft. Lauderdale International Short Film Festival."
(Tina) "Oh, that's too bad. I mean, what about Quinn and Puck and Santana? I mean, are they just not being supportive?"
(Mercedes) "Tina! Why don't you catch us up? How's Brown University treating you? Mm."
Tina talks to much. We move down to the couches and sit down
(Tina) "Ah, I love everything about it. Except for my dorm room. My roommate... she's nice... but she's from Pakistan and she speaks almost no English and she's always watching that Al Jazeera channel. And, no, I don't have a boyfriend, but I was dating this really nice guy, but he turned out to be..."
(Everyone) "Gay. Gay. Gay."
(Kurt) "Proud homosexual."
(Tina) "No. Yes. Anyway..."
(Sam) "Knew it.
(Tina) "Rachel, I read this amazing story about you on BroadwayWorld.com, and they are predicting that Funny Girl is gonna be a huge hit. And so is everybody else, except for a few moronic bloggers.
(Blaine) "Oh, hey, Tina."
(Tina) "But, I mean, who are they to call you pitchy?"
(Blaine) "Let's go get an iced mocha."
(Tina) "And do not get me started on those anonymous comment trolls. I mean, that... You are not that short."
(Mia) "Shut up!"
I rest my head in my hand shaking my head slightly. What the hell is wrong with her...? There is a moment of silence and everyone feels awkward. Then Rachel fakes a smile.
(Rachel) "It's fine. It's fine. Frankly, the only opinions that I care about are you guys. And I love you guys and you love me. So, you know, if I ever need any validation, I just... turn to my buffet of people right in front of me. If you don't mind, I am going to take a nap. This diva needs her beauty rest. So..."
Rachel gets up and walks to her room. Mercedes then gets up and walks over to Tina.
(Mercedes) "All right. Tina. Get your bags. You're coming to my place."
I then get up and walk with Tina.
(Tina) "But I thought I was staying here. What if Rachel needs my love and validation from the buffet?"
I lightly push Tina towards her bags.
(Mia) "Just go."
What the hell...?
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Sam, Blaine, Mercedes, Tina, and I come back the next day and Kurt looks kinda stressed.
(Kurt) "Guys. It's bad. Rachel has been cybercutting all night. She read, like, every negative comment ever written about her in the span of an hour."
(Mia) "No..."
(Kurt) "Yeah."
We all walk into the apartment following Kurt.
(Kurt) "Yeah, she's taken to her bed. She says she's too psyched to go on tonight, and her confidence is shot. We have to fill her with love and validation so she gets it back. Otherwise, everything she's ever worked for her entire life is gonna be ruined."
One by one we all try and help bring her confidence back. I don't even want to talk about what I tried to do. She almost cut my hair! Kurt comes out of Rachel's room and walks up to us.
(Kurt) "I've never seen her like this."
(Blaine) "I know. She's usually pushing people away to get onstage."
(Kurt) "It's not fair that anyone can send a hateful tweet to anyone and have access to artists."
(Mercedes) "You know, I-I don't think that it's the criticism that got to her; I think it's, like, the volume of it."
(Sam) "It's Twitter."
(Tina) "I can't believe my note didn't work."
(Blaine) "I know. It was so good."
Then the apartment door opened and we all turned to see who was there.
(Sue) "Hello, losers."
Sue... great...
(Mia) "Coach?"
(Sue) "Well, you live in the worst neighborhood in Brooklyn, and there isn't even a lock on your door. You might want to look into that. Unless, of course, you think the rapist is gonna just move on to the next apartment filled with nubile 19-year-olds simply because your door is so damn annoying to open."
(Tina) "What are you doing here?"
(Sue) "Oh, Asian Number One, that's totally something you would say. I have come to watch Rachel Berry choke on her opening night."
(Rachel) "I heard that! I'm right in here!"
I get up and walk up to Sue.
(Mia) "Sue, please, Rachel is freaking out!"
(Sue) "Well, she should be; she's going to choke."
(Rachel) "I can hear you in here!"
(Sue) "Oh, and to answer your question, Cheech and Chang, I'm staying here overnight, because I realized when we arrived at the hotel that Will Schuester is a big old perv and has been trying to sleep with me this whole time."
(Kurt) "Well, you are not staying here. I can't have you anywhere near Rachel."
(Sue) "No, that's fine. I'll stay in your room."
Sue walks away and to Kurt's room.
(Sue) "Oh, thank God there's no weird sex toys laying around."
(Tina) "Things could not possibly get any worse."
Shit... Sue then came out of Kurt's room. She has been going on about something and honestly I just zoned out. I then hear the door open and turn around to see Santana. I walk up to her and hug her and then she turns to all of us.
(Santana) "All right, where is she? Kurt called me in the cab, told me what was up."
(Tina) "She's been in there for hours. We don't know how she's peeing."
(Santana) "Okay. Give me four minutes."
Sue then begins to walk out.
(Sue) "I will return with Grey Poupon."
(Santana) "What?"
(Mia) "Don't ask..."
Santana then walks away and goes to Rachel's room. We wait for a bit waiting to see if Santana can work her magic. We then see her exit and we all sit and eat hoping that whatever she did worked.
(Sam) "I'm gonna eat it all."
I then see Rachel's door open and we all turn to face her.
(Rachel) "What are you all moping around for? It's my opening night!"
We all cheer and run up to hug her. I am so happy that her confidence is back.
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Rachel's show was amazing. She did so well. I am so proud of her. We all went backstage celebrating with Champagne. Oh and Mr Shue and Emma are going to be expecting very son which is exciting. He water broke before the show!
(Rachel) "Oh, my God. Oh, I am gonna have a big glass of that."
(Tina) "Yay."
(Mercedes) "Oh, my God, Rachel. You were so great."
(Rachel) "Thank you."
(Mercedes) "I bawled during "Who Are You Now? I had to blow my nose on Sam's sleeve."
(Sam) "This is suede."
(Rachel) "I'm sorry. You guys, I love you so much. I seriously... I couldn't have done this without all of you."
(Kurt) "And you got flowers from Quinn."
(Rachel) "I know."
(Kurt) "And Artie and Mike Chang and Puck and Principal Figgins. Clearly you're loved by many."
We then see Rachel's director Sidney walk laughing and cheering.
(Sidney) "Whoa... Tonight, you are a star."
(Rachel) "Oh, my God. Thank you so much. You know what, you guys, let's save all the praises until after the New York Times review comes out."
(Sidney) "Yeah, yeah. You're right, you're right. We have, uh, six hours of innocence left. And then when the reviews hit the stand, we'll find out if we're the best thing since sliced bread or toast. But... we are going to celebrate tonight. We are going to have an opening night party, Elio's restaurant, Italian restaurant. Eggplant parmigiana always, always brings me good luck. Rachel, Rachel, your friends, huh?"
(Rachel) "Yeah."
(Sidney) "Bring everybody!"
We all begin to cheer with excitement.
(Sidney) "All right, bye."
(Blaine) "I can't believe it, a real Broadway cast party."
(Rachel) "I don't really feel like going to the party. I think that they're just gonna only be talking about the play, and... I don't know... I'd rather just... celebrate with you guys."
(Blaine) "I know just the place down in Greenwich Village. Trust me, Rachel, they're gonna love you there."
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We had so much fun. We ended up going to this really funky place and it was just so much fun. The little party we had was the best thing ever. Rachel's review was amazing. Mr Shue had the baby and it is a boy. Daniel Finn Schuester. How cute. I was walking around the streets when I saw Sebastian.
(Mia) "Hey..."