"I'm flawed, I just don't like to be reminded of it." she responded "I admit that much and that I do stupid things, granted, the only people that give me criticism are Noah and Blaine."

She remained silent for a moment, eying Mercedes carefully. She didn't really have much to lose if Mercedes decided to spread it around her circle of friends that Rachel wasn't doing what she had boasted about doing. "Honestly, even after graduating I didn't have the..." she paused, choosing her words carefully "It didn't feel right? I don't know how to explain it. I went for local stuff in Ohio but didn't get cast which was whatever, Ohio isn't exactly the most cultured of places anyway. At one of the auditions this producer saw me and offered me a job and place to stay down here for a few months. Once that ended I decided to stay here and got a job and...yeah. That's about it." she finished offhandedly.