"I can't believe it. Tonight will be our last time in this gym," said Kurt twirling around in William McKinley High School's gymnasium, taking it all in.
"I can't either. It feels like just yesterday that we were performing 'Push It' in front of the whole entire student body," said Rachel looking at the walls of the gymnasium, recalling all of her memories in the gym.
"Remember when Mr. Schue insisted on singing 'Toxic' with us? Man was that man insane before he married his little red-haired princess," Kurt said. It has been about six months since Mr. Schuester and Ms. Pillsbury married in the comfort of their backyard. With the help of Kurt, Ms. Pillsbury was finally able to find the perfect wedding dress. It was a sweetheart knee-length taffeta with lace beach. It was a very small wedding with only Coach Bieste as Ms. Pillsbury's maid of honor (Coach Bieste did not wear a dress but a baby blue suit) and Mr. Figgins as Mr. Schuester's best man. The guests included both Mr. Schuester's and Ms. Pillsbury's family, the glee club and their families, and William McKinley High School's staff.
"Remember when Finn and Jesse got into a fight at our junior prom? I can just remember thinking my life was over considering that the man who I was pretending to not be in love had a girlfriend and I used Jesse, a indeed very good friend, as my "boy toy"," Rachel said trying to use some current terminology. Kurt couldn't help but just laugh when Rachel Berry used the word "boy toy".
"Yep until Puck came in and became your prince charming after Finn was stupid enough to make the same cycle as last year," Kurt said with a sigh considering that his step-brother could be an idiot sometimes, especially when it came to love. Finn had fallen under Quinn Fabrey's spell once again during Christmas break and ended up ending things with Rachel and went crawling back to Quinn. Rachel was devastated at first, but then Noah "Puck" Puckerman came to the rescue, Kurt liked to say. After Rachel spent days, not getting out of bed and watching soap operas and 'Funny Girl' non-stop, Puck finally went to the Berry household and made it his mission to get the real Rachel Berry back. At first, he wasn't successful at all, and ended up watching the soap operas and 'Funny Girl' with Rachel, but after seeing Rachel cry one too many times, he finally got her out of the house. It was a little tricky. First, he needed Kurt and Mercedes Jones' help by getting them to call her up one day, and telling them that they just caught a glimpse of the one-and-only Barbra Streisand. Rachel jumped out of bed and met them at the Lima Mall as fast as she could. Puck "just happened" to be at her house when the phone call came, and volunteered to drive her to the mall. Once they were on the escalator, Puck made the mistake of saying that Barbra really wasn't there, which caused Rachel to become speechless, which didn't happen often. Once they got in front of the Abercrombie store, Puck stopped her and started to sing "Bad Day" by Daniel Powter. The glee club then joined in with Puck causing the whole entire mall to stop and watch. After then got finished singing, Puck said to Rachel, "Just because you feel like the sky is gray instead of blue, doesn't mean that you can't change it by going out and doing things." Rachel then realized that Noah was right in saying that and that from that day forward she was going to do as many things possible with the glee club. Then Rachel and Puck fell in love (really wasn't a surprise to everyone else) and had been in that "newlyweds stage" from the start. Then as if on cue, Puck walked in and ran up behind his girlfriend, hugging her waist from behind.
"I love it when you smell like vanilla and cherries," Puck whispered into her ear.
"Noah!" Rachel said turning around so she was facing him and playfully slapped him on his chest, and Puck then backed away acting as if he had just gotten shot.
"As much as I love watching you two lovebirds," Kurt said as the bell rang and Puck and Rachel started to make-out, "we need to get to class Hon. You wouldn't want to be late for your last class at the most wonderful William McKinley High School would you?"
"He's right," Puck said breaking away, smiling, "You wouldn't want to break your record would you?"
"I guess not," said Rachel as if she was a five year old child.
"I'll see you tonight, Babe," Puck yelled after his girlfriend as Kurt dragged her off by her arm.
"Attention. Please quiet down," said Mr. Figgins. Once the crowd quieted down, Mr. Figgins finally said, "Ladies and gentlemen, please help me in congratulating William McKinley High School's Class of 2012!" The applause then erupted as the Class of 2012 walked down the aisles and finally sat down in their seats.
"Here is your valedictorian, Rachel Berry," said Mr. Figgins. Rachel then walked up on to the stage and was greeted with applause.
"Thank you. As you all know I was a member of the glee club, who won Nationals this year! Woohoo," said Rachel as the audience started to clap again, "We've gone through many struggles. They're the typical struggles you would expect a teenager to go through. It was moments like when we sang 'Lean on Me' and 'Keep Holding On' that for me, personally made all of the struggles worth it. We stayed together like a family and fought like brothers and sisters. We truly were brothers and sisters and Mr. Schuester was our dad. He was the glue that held our family together. I've learned many lessons with being in glee club. I've turned enemies in to best friends," Rachel said looking at Quinn and Santana, "and I've made friends with people who I thought would never even acknowledge my presence. I just wanted to say thank you to each and every one of you. Ladies and gentlemen, please give your attention to the following slideshow."
The slideshow then started displaying pictures of all of the kids of the Class of 2012. Most of the pictures were of laughter and some of the pictures were of the students in the classroom. As the crowd had directed their attention to the slideshow, all of the glee members, including the ones that weren't graduating, slipped backstage to get ready for their number. Once the slideshow ended, the glee club then took the stage and the music started to play.
Rachel and Quinn
And so we talked all night about the rest of our lives
Where we're gonna be when we turn 25
I keep thinking times will never change
Keep on thinking things will always be the same
But when we leave this year we won't be coming back
No more hanging out cause we're on a different track
And if you got something that you need to say
You better say it right now cause you don't have another day
Cause we're moving on and we can't slow down
These memories are playing like a film without sound
And I keep thinking of that night in June
I didn't know much of love
But it came too soon and there was me and you
And then we got real blue
Stay at home talking on the telephone
We'd get so excited, we'd get so scared
Laughing at ourselves thinking life's not fair
And this is how it feels
Everyone
As we go on, we remember
All the times we had together
And as our lives change, come whatever
We will still be, friends forever
Finn and Sam
So if we get the big jobs and we make the big money
When we look back now, will our jokes still be funny?
Will we still remember everything we learned in school?
Still be trying to break every single rule
Will little brainy Bobby be the stockbroker man?
Can Heather find a job that won't interfere with her tan?
I keep, I keep thinking that it's not goodbye
Keep on thinking it's a time to fly
And this is how it feels
Everyone
As we go on, we remember
All the times we had together
And as our lives change, come whatever
We will still be, friends forever
La, la, la, la; yeah, yeah, yeah
La, la, la, la, we will still be friends forever
Mercedes and Kurt
Will we think about tomorrow like we think about now?
Can we survive it out there? Can we make it somehow?
I guess I thought that this would never end
And suddenly it's like we're women and men
Will the past be a shadow that will follow us round?
Will these memories fade when I leave this town
I keep, I keep thinking that it's not goodbye
Keep on thinking it's a time to fly
Everyone
As we go on, we remember
All the times we had together
And as our lives change, come whatever
We will still be, friends forever
As we go on, we remember
All the times we had together
And as our lives change, come whatever
We will still be, friends forever
As we go on, we remember
All the times we had together
And as our lives change, come whatever
We will still be, friends forever
As we go on, we remember
All the times we had together
And as our lives change, come whatever
We will still be, friends forever
As they finished the last line, all of the kids, even the ones that weren't graduating, were in tears.
"Thank you Rachel Berry and the glee club," Mr. Figgins said as the audience quieted their applause, "Now is time to hand out the diplomas."
Rachel was going to Julliard, majoring in singing and minor in acting; Mike was going to Harvard and majoring in Pre-med; Quinn was going to Ohio State University and majoring in communications; Finn was going to Ohio University and majoring in criminal justice, Kurt was going to Julliard, majoring in singing; Santana was going New York University, majoring in nursing; Puck was going to Nebraska, majoring in business; and Brittney was taking a year off and going to New York to try and open her own dance studio.
Once the ceremony was over, the Hummel-Hudson family volunteered to have the glee club over for a graduation party at their house so they wouldn't have to worry about the kids going out and drinking. The party was a success and all of the kids had fun especially doing some karaoke.
I don't own Glee or anything and I got the idea for this story while listening to the song "Yöu & I" by Lady Gaga. The song was "Graduation (Friends Forever)" by Vitamin C. Please review and give me some ideas for this story!