Summary: Everyone believes that Brittany is stupid but when she starts to notice a change in a certain Jewish brunette. Can she figure out what is wrong before it's too late?

Healing Takes Times

Chapter 1

Third Person

Brittany knows that everyone thinks she's stupid. Sure she may not be very book smart or very logical, but she always knew when some one was upset or in a bad place emotionally. Brittany's mom always told her that she was smart in a way that most people were not. When Brittany notices a change in Rachel, she made it her job to figure out what was wrong and to help her through it.

Brittany has always liked Rachel and it was Santana that had kept her from being friends with the Jewish girl. Even though Brittany never actually made fun of Rachel but she still felt guilty because she never tried to stop it. As the slushies and degrading names and comments continued the light and determination in her eyes started to diminish.

Brittany first noticed a change in Rachel at Glee Club when she decided to sit in the back of the room instead of her usual seat up front. That wasn't the thing that made Rachel worry though. It was the fact that when Mr. Schue gave her the solo for regional's she had said she didn't want it and to give it to Mercedes.

Rachel never gave up a solo by choice. She loved being in the spotlight and being able to show her true talent. What really got to Brittany was when Mercedes said, "you're not even a good singer you tone deaf freak," and Rachel just agreed with her.

From that moment on she started noticing more and more changes as the days went on. She no longer sung or pitched in ideas for glee. She stopped wearing her animal sweaters and shirts, and started wearing sweats and really baggy hoodies.

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Rachel has always had some one to fall on when things at school got bad. Her dads where always there when she needed her, but that all changed over the summer. Her dads have always gone on business trips and when they were both gone they left her alone. This summer the trips became more frequent and eventually they stopped coming home all together.

Rachel first realized they weren't coming home when they stopped calling to check up on her. Her dads always called and night before she went to bed and in the morning before she left for school or her dance classes. On their final trip this never happened. They never called to make sure she was okay.

Also, normally if they have to stay late for a conference they call and tell Rachel, but this time they didn't. They continued to put money in a spare account for her though, so she could still survive. Rachel believes they are just doing this out of pity.

With out having anyone to lean on she needed to find a new way to get her emotions out. Rachel stopped eating so she could be skinnier. She started cutting herself. The feeling of the blade against her skin giving her a sense of thrill each time she cuts. She learned to take out her emotions and feelings out on her body.

Rachel started falling behind in school. First it was just her homework, she stopped singing in glee. Now she just doesn't care. School isn't a safe environment for her. Nobody cares about her, not her dads, her mom, or any one at school. Her so called friends even get a kick out of making fun of her.

Rachel started wearing baggy clothes so no one would notice what she was doing to herself. What Rachel didn't know is that she had already caught the attention of a certain blonde cheerleader.

This is my first fanfic I hope you like it. I know this chapter it short I will try to make the other chapter longer. Plz tell me your thoughts.