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19 [Accidental Video]

[The video cuts on in the middle of Rachel brushing out her hair, watching herself in her mirror. There's a large macaw in the corner, which is the only sign of the event being in her room.

She doesn't seem focused on the PCD -- or the parrot -- but instead on her image in the mirror. Rachel sighs -- the humidity is causing her hair to be curlier and poofier than it normally is and the amount of moisture certainly isn't doing anything for her skin. A tug or two through and the brush makes it through her hair, but the girl looks less than satisfied.

Until Rachel cocks her head to the left and curls her fingers around the handle of her brush and begins to sing to herself, softly, at first, but the more she sings, the louder and more passionate it becomes:]

My mama told me when I was young, we're all born superstars. She rolled my hair and put my lipstick on, in the glass of her boudoir --

[A neat spin and Rachel is full out singing into her mirror -- and seems to be doing a dance, along with her song -- and it appears perfectly choreographed.]

There's nothin' wrong with lovin' who you are, she said, 'cause he made you perfect, babe, -- so hold your head up, girl, and you'll go far -- listen to me when I say -- !

[The brush is long since forgotten on the dresser, by this point, as she continues her dance.]

I'm beautiful in my way, 'cause God makes no mistakes, I'm on the right track, baby, I was born this way -- don't hide yourself in regret, just love yourself and you're set, I'm on the right track, baby, I was born this way --

[The PCD times out soon after -- the network has apparently had enough diva for the time being.]

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You won this time though.

The leadership was different -- and we were more effective as a team.

You learned.

I had a very high bar to beat.

[There, Jesse, go fix your shattered ego.]

-- that and I knew we needed to be better, stronger, more passionate. Hence the songs.

[Grins and -]

The original songs. [which he hadn't heard yet btw Rachel -]

[SHE'S NERVOUS OF SINGING THAT IN FRONT OF JESSE shut up don't make fun of her.]

Extraordinarily original.

So you've said -

You sound like you're fishing for something.

Do I?

You do.

Well I didn't hear your winning song yet -

[Aha. She knew it. Rachel looks thoughtful for a moment before glancing towards the camera.]

Do you have time now?

[...color him surprised Rach]

You know in between avoiding the weird animals and not getting bitten to death - I think I do.

[... eyebrow arch. He looks fine, so Rachel won't ask if he's been bitten -- so:]

Then I suppose I could sing it.

At last -

It's called 'Get It Right'.

[She's suitably nervous -- but, like with every performance, Rachel takes a deep breath, and the nerves fall away, and she sings.

It's different, really, from any other song Rachel sings, because it's her. Every single ounce of pain and suffering and hurt that Rachel has ever suffered, from Finn to Jesse to Quinn to Kurt to Santana, is poured into the song. Everything.

It sounds just as powerful a capella as it does with the backing instruments. Perhaps even moreso, without the added distraction. But when it ends, her eyes are full of tears, but her smile is firmly in place, warm and thrilled, as it always is when she is done singing.]

[As he listens his expression changes to a softer one. He starts wondering what happened in the year since he left, who got Rachel into such a position that she'd write something like that. He is worried - she looks fine of course but still. But still.]

...Rachel. [Because he - what do you say, it's amazing but he's also wondering -]

Yes?

[She's wiping her eyes quickly -- she really needs to get a handle on crying for every solo, for heaven's sake.]

What happened? [Because now she can't deny something happened -]

[... a gamble, to tell him. And where does she even begin? And now that Edward has warned her about public filters and private filters, Rachel isn't certain if everyone can see -- ]

I wrote a song.

[Obviously. But that isn't what Jesse means.]

Rachel. [Don't even try that]

[She could just hang up. She didn't owe him anything. Why would he care what had happened to her in their year apart? He was the one that left. He was the one who egged her in a parking lot and ran away to California.

But Rachel knows he's sincere. She has full faith that he is.

So she looks away.]

I can tell you in person, if you'll meet me at the casino.

[He half expects her to say just that. She has friends here, why would she talk to him?

but then -]

..Whenever you'd like.

I'm not doing anything now.

[She may as well get it over with. And the path to the casino is relatively safe, from what she's seen.]

I'll meet you there.

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