Can You Feel the Love Tonight?

by Lao Tse

Sam had made decision that it's time for what he has known ever since he got together with Rachel. He has spent a lot of time planning what he is about to do. All he hopes is that Rachel is on the same page as he is.

1. Chapter 1

Title: Can You Feel the Love Tonight?

Author: Lao Tse

Fandom: Glee

Disclaimer: Don't own Glee or its characters, they belong to FOX and Ryan Murphy. Any songs, lyrics, don't belong to me if I don't state otherwise.

Rating: PG-13/T, this might change

Spoilers: All episodes aired to be on the safe side.

Summary: We are now in the future; there will be other stories to fill the gap between this and I Give You the Morning. Sam had made decision that it's time for what he has known ever since he got together with Rachel. He has spent a lot of time planning what he is about to do. All he hopes is that Rachel is on the same page as he is. Nothing gained, nothing lost, is the saying but he is taking this chance because Sam knows that there is a lot to gain here.

Feedback: I would love to know what you think of this, and then I would like to know what you want to read next, there will be a poll in my profile when this is finished with three different scenarios that I'm going to write.

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Can You Feel the Love Tonight?

[1/3]

Sam had been working hard for the last couple of years; he had done whatever he could to try to save up some money. He had finally done that, he had saved enough money to make sure that this night that he was planning was going to be good. Forget that it was going to be perfect, and Rachel wouldn't be able to resist him, and his life would be complete, as far as it could at this point in their lives.

Sam knew that he couldn't ask Rachel to put her budding career at hold for him to have everything that he dreamed of, because he knew that Rachel would agree to it. He wouldn't do that to her, her dreams were bigger than his and he knew that her dreams were to come true.

"Sam?" He looked up when he heard his name being called, he saw his beautiful girlfriend standing in front of him. He smiled at her before taking the steps that he needed to make sure that he greeted her as he had done for the last three years, of them living together in a small one-room apartment in New York City, where both of their dreams were coming true.

Sam took Rachel in his arms as he pulled her closer to his body, feeling her whole body against his own before he captured her lips in a kiss, he dipped her down a little, he could hear how Rachel giggled in to the kiss, and he smiled.

"What was that all about?" Rachel asked as Sam was holding her, he wouldn't let her go.

"That is how I always greet you when you get home," Sam said and let his hands rest of the small of her back.

"I know that," Rachel said as she had her arms around his neck, with her head resting against his chest, feeling his heartbeat, "but I still can't believe that you still do it every time that I walk through the door, or you come home and I'm already home."

"I will do this for the rest of our lives if that is what you want," Sam said as he placed a kiss on the top of her head, "but you seemed a lot happier."

Rachel let a smile grace her lips as she turned her head and looked up at him, "I got it!"

"You got it?" Sam asked as he looked at her, he took a steady grip around her waist and spun the two of them around in the apartment, "you got it!"

Rachel nodded her head as she smiled at Sam, both of them were laughing together; this was what they had waited for. Well it was what Rachel had waited for and Sam couldn't be happier for her.

"This means that you are going to be on Broadway." Sam said as he put her down, and Rachel shook her head as the two of them locked eyes with each other.

"It's not Broadway," Rachel said as their fingers were interwoven with each other.

Sam smiled at his girlfriend, she was going to be on Broadway, "Of course you are going to be on Broadway, you were after all born to show the world what kind of talented and amazing singer and actress you are."

"Sam-," Rachel said as she tried to get him to listen to what she had to say but he didn't listen to her, he was of in his own world, this was an even bigger step to making sure that their dreams were coming true, and he knew that he had made the right decision.

"I hear you, Rach," Sam said as his eye sparkled when he looked at her, "it might not be Broadway right now but it will be and you have the lead."

"Yeah" Rachel said and she looked at him. She couldn't believe it, she had gotten the lead role in a musical. It was on an off Broadway stage, but it was a start, and she didn't have anything really big on her resume until this day. Rachel knew that she was going to make it, she had Sam at her side, and he always believed in her even when she doubted her own talent.

"You are going to be kind of busy with this?" Sam asked as they made their way to their bed. They lay there together snuggling with each other, enjoying the time they were spending together.

"I think so." Rachel said and she turned around and looked Sam in the eyes, "Why do you ask?"

"Well," Sam said and pulled her up a bit so that Rachel's head was resting in the crook between his neck and shoulder, "I talked to my mother earlier today."

"You talked to mum," Rachel said, Mrs. Evans had told Rachel about the same time that Rachel and Sam had moved in together that she should call her mum, "and you couldn't wait until I got home?"

"Sorry?" Sam said and looked at her, "but if it makes you feel any better" Rachel looked at him waiting for him to say something more, "it was mum that called."

"That is a little better," Rachel said, and Sam could feel how she pouted against his neck, and he let out a small chuckle, "that's not nice.

"I'm sorry," Sam said and placed a kiss on the shell of her ear, "but you are just so cute, and I can't help myself."

"Fine," Rachel said against his neck, "So what did she want?"

"It was nothing really," Sam said and ran one of his hands through her brown locks; Rachel moved away a little and looked at her.

"Samuel Evans," Rachel said as she looked him in the eyes, "I know that it was something otherwise you wouldn't have said anything about it right now."

"You are right," Sam said and pulled Rachel down again so that she was lying on top of him, and he was drawing small circles on her back with his fingers, "She asked when we were going to visit Lima."

"You know that I'll be busy," Rachel said as she started to draw small shapes on one of his shoulders, "but I know that you miss your family, and you will be alone a lot when I start rehearsals."

"Are you saying what I thing that you are trying to say?" Sam asked and wet his lips, he saw Rachel nodding her head a little.

"You should go back for a couple of days when I start up with the play," Rachel said and then she turned and rested her arms on his chest and placed her head on them looking up at him, "but I will miss you when you are gone."

"Are you sure that you are okay with me going?" Sam asked as he looked at Rachel, "I won't go if you want me to stay."

"You should go," Rachel said and placed a couple of kisses a long his neck, "but right now I want to celebrate that I just got my first lead in an off Broadway play."

"I agree with you," Sam said and flipped them over so that he was resting on his arms looking Rachel in the eyes, "and I know exactly what to do."

Sam leaned down and captured Rachel's lips in a kiss, and it grew, it got more and more passionate. He moved one of his hands on along her thigh, on the outside as he reached the hem of her shirt, and his fingers danced at the small gap between the shirt that she had on and the skirt.

Rachel ran both of her hands down his back until she had reached the end of his polo shirt. She played a little with the hem, before she let her hands moved under the shirt, and up against his back under the shirt. She was doing the best she could to move the shirt with her, and Sam smiled in to the kisses that he was placing down her neck towards the collarbone that was exposed to a small fraction.

/

The next morning Sam was the first one to wake up; he was almost always the first one to wake up of the two of them after they had shared a night of celebration. That was something that had noticed after the first couple of times that it had happened.

He slowly got up from the bed; he did his best not to wake Rachel, as she slept. He knew that she needed the rest; he leaned down a little and placed a small kiss on her cheek. Rachel started to stir a little but Sam was quiet and still for a second and Rachel snuggled closer to the pillow that Sam had used to replace his own body. He was smiling at the sight in front of him before he snuck out of their bedroom, he closed the door a little he didn't want the risk of waking Rachel until everything was ready.

Sam started his laptop, he needed to make sure that everything was perfect and the best way of doing so was to get flowers that said what he wanted to say and of course also give Rachel the time to really sleep, and last but not least give her the best breakfast that he could that meant to find some great vegan recipes, and that was where the computer came in to play.

As always, Sam knew what flowers he wanted the bouquet to have. He placed a call to a flower shop asking if they delivered. He told them he wanted the flowers as soon as possible also that they should call him when they arrived so that he could come and get the flowers. He then told them what and how many he wanted.

With that part finished, he checked it off the list that he had. Rachel had taught him the importance of having everything under control, also, how important it was to have a plan, and he had a plan.

Sam danced around in their kitchen smiling to himself as he heard the music in his head. He knew better than play music when Rachel was sleeping, he had that mistake one time, and Rachel had woken up, remembering what happened when she had seen him was a nice memory, he wouldn't mind that happen again sometime.

Sam almost jumped a little when he heard the intro to Star Wars coming, he had been lost in his own thoughts as he walked around, more liked danced around in their small kitchen making breakfast for Rachel.

He answered the phone, "'Hello," as he continued with the vegan variant of scrambled eggs. He had no idea how there was something like scrambled eggs for vegans but he did what he could. They were going to have an amazing breakfast together and then an even better day together. "You are already here?" Sam asked. He had asked them to come as fast as they could, but this was even faster than he had thought they would be here; "I'll be down stairs in a minute."

Sam took everything of the stove and turned it off; he wasn't going to take a chance of the fire alarm going off.

/

Sam walked in to the bedroom with the flowers and breakfast. He sat it all down on the bed then he walked over to the other side of the bed and tried to wake Rachel from her sleep.

"Rachel," he said in a singsong voice, as he moved away some hair that was blocking her eyes. When he didn't get a reaction from her he said, "it's time to wake up," and he ran a couple of his fingers against her cheek, as he tried to wake her up.

"Nga yawne lu oer," he whispered as he placed a kiss on her cheek, which got Rachel to start and stir a little.

Rachel slowly opened her eyes, she let out a yawn, as she looked Sam in the eyes, and she used one of her hands to get some of the sleep away from her eyes. "What time is it?"

Sam smiled at Rachel, "it's almost noon," Sam said he placed a peck on her lips, morning breath wasn't something he cared about right now, his baby was awake.

"You know that I don't like sleep that long," Rachel said as Sam took her hands and in his and helped her sit up in the bed.

"I know that," Sam said as Rachel rested her back against the headboard, "but I wanted you to get the sleep that you needed after last night."

"You are so sweet," Rachel said and reached for Sam's hands as she pulled him down on the bed, "What did I ever do to deserve someone like you?"

"The thing that everyone wants," Sam said and reached for the flowers, "Nga yawne oe."

"You know what I think of you talking Na'vi," Rachel said and held her arms around Sam's back, and Sam nodded his head.

"And I bought you some flowers," Sam said as he handed Rachel the bouquet of flowers, it was Roses, and Forge- Me-Nots.

"So can you tell me the meaning of these flowers?" Rachel asked as she looked at Sam, and she took in the scent of the flowers.

"I think that you know the flowers that are in this one but if not, roses obvious and the other ones are called Forget-Me-Not," Sam said and pointed to the smaller flowers, that was in a bluish color.

"I know the roses," Rachel said and kissed Sam on the cheek, "you always give me roses, and most of the time it's the red ones."

"That is true," Sam said and smiled at her, "and I hope that you remember what the red ones means," Rachel nodded her head, "so what do they mean?"

"Red roses means True Love," Rachel said and she knew that her cheeks were starting to get the same color as the roses, "but I don't know what the Forget-Me-Not's means," Sam looked at her, "Okay I can understand the name but I have a feeling that you know one more meaning to them."

"It does have another meaning other than the name." Sam said, "I decide this time, that the flowers would have the same meaning," Rachel smiled at him, as she pulled him closer and captured his lips in a kiss. The kiss deepened when Rachel had put the flowers on the bedside table, and she pulled him so that he was straddling her over her thighs, when the kiss broke.

Sam looked Rachel in the eyes, "They also mean True Love," Sam said and once again Rachel pulled on his shirt.

"You, Samuel Evans, know how to woo a girl." Rachel said against his lips, "I can smell that there is coffee here so let's drink some."

"There is breakfast too." Sam said and smiled at her, "If I had known that you knew yesterday that you had gotten the part the flowers would have been in your hands as soon as I had given you your welcome home kiss."

"I know that," Rachel said and she started to kiss his neck, and nibbled a little, "but you know that you don't have to do all of this for me, I'm happy as long as you are here with me."

"I know that but I want to do this for you." Sam said and moved away a little so that he could look her in the eyes, "I think you should eat something," as he took a slice of an apple from one of the bowls on the tray. Rachel opened her mouth a little and Sam put the slice in her mouth, "see, you are doing good."

"So after we have eaten," Rachel said as she swallowed the last piece of the apple, "I was thinking that we could take a shower."

"I think that sounds like a great idea," Sam said and pecked her lips, "but I have already taken one," Rachel pouted a little as she heard Sam.

"But I was hoping that we could do a bit of water preservation," Rachel said and looked Sam in the eyes, and gave him her best Bambi impersonation; tears were almost forming in her eyes as she looked at him.

"It sounds like a great idea," Sam said and smiled at her kissing her cheek, "I know how important the environment is for you, and I will do anything I can think of to help you with that."

/

About a week had passed since Rachel had told Sam about her part; her days were slowly starting to get longer and longer. She got home later and some days they didn't see much of each other but they still knew that nothing was going to change.

"I was thinking of going home," Sam said and looked at Rachel, while they laid in bed together on a Saturday morning. The weekend was the one time when they really could spend time together and there was nothing that was going to change that.

"But this is our home." Rachel said as she turned and laid on the side, propped up on her elbow up so that she could rest her head on her hand.

"Sorry that was the wrong choice of words." Sam said and did the same; he let his other hand rest over Rachel's hip. "I was thinking of booking my ticket to Lima."

"When are you going?" Rachel asked and let her head fall down on the pillow, Sam ran his hand over her back.

"I was thinking, sometime during next week," Sam said as he continued on to run his hand over her back making small patterns, "and I was hoping that you would be able to fly there on Friday, so that we could spend the weekend together with our parents."

Rachel closed her eyes, if there was anything that she missed it was her own parents and Sam's parents, they had all been amazing ever since they found out about them. They had been supportive of them and letting the two of them live their own lives without too much interfering.

"I don't know if I can." Rachel said and looked down; she couldn't look Sam in the eyes. She knew how much it would mean to all of them and not just Sam and Rachel, if she could get away and visit them in Lima during the weekend.

"I know that I shouldn't play this card," Sam said as he placed a hand under her chin tilting her head up a little, so that they could look at each other. "but I talked to Puck and he mentioned something about a recital, I think it's Beth first one."

"You know that I don't like when you play the Beth/Shelby card." Rachel said and closed her eyes; tears were slowly falling from her eyes. Shelby had started to be a part of her life about a week after Regionals their senior year and the two of them had started to build a relationship. It wasn't really a mother daughter one, but they were closer and Rachel loved her younger sister, even if Beth wasn't her sister.

"I know that but we both know that Beth would want her big sister there." Sam said and pulled Rachel closer to him before he started to slowly dry her eyes with the pad of his thumb. "We know that you want to be there for her also, so why don't you see if you can give it a try? I promise that I won't say anything to anyone, so if you do show up it will be a surprise."

Rachel nodded her head Sam got up from the bed, walked over to a desk, and grabbed one of their laptops. He walked back to the bed and lay down next to Rachel, who cuddled up next to him. Sam placed one of his arms around her shoulders and she moved closer to him.

She looked over at the computer and she saw the wallpaper, it was Sam's laptop, he had had the same wallpaper for a long time. He made some changes to it but never change the background; he said that he felt closer to her when she wasn't there with him in person. She smiled as she remembered all of the different times that the photos that made the wallpaper happened. One from the performance of Everything I do (I do it for you), their first duet together in a competition. They had their heads pressed together and it had been the first time that Sam had told her that he loved her. There was also a picture of her laying on stomach with her back bare, and just a sheet covering her, it was from their first time together, it was Nationals their senior year prom, graduation.

"When are you going to change that?" Rachel asked as she looked at Sam.

"Never," Sam said and kissed the top of her head, "you know that, I say the same thing every time you ask me that."

"I don't recognize that one," Rachel said and pointed to one of the photos.

"It's my latest addition," Sam said and smiled at her, "it was the morning after you got your part."

"I didn't know that you had taken a picture." Rachel said, and almost traced the outline of one of the pictures that was featuring Sam, "Can you tell me what this means?" Rachel said as she pointed to the words in Na'vi on the screen.

"I think you know what it means," Sam said and took a hold of her hand and placed a small kiss on her knuckles, "Nga yawne lu oer means I love you."

Rachel smiled as she heard Sam speaking Na'vi and telling her what it meant and Sam couldn't help but to laugh when he looked at her, "Nga lor."

"Again," Rachel said as he head rested against his shoulder.

"Nga kifkey si nga lor," Sam said and turned Rachel's head around so that he could kiss her. Rachel had never had a problem with his geeky side, which was one of the reasons that had made them survived this long and a reason why they would make it.

/

It was Tuesday and Sam was going to fly to Lima, Rachel would stay behind in the city for a couple of days.

"I'll drive you to the airport," Rachel said as she walked with Sam who was on his way to hail a cab.

"But you hate the traffic," Sam said as he looked at Rachel, she had never really driven them anywhere, most of the time he was the one that drove.

"I know but I want to spend as much time as I can with you," Rachel said as she linked their hands together, "but if you want you can drive to the airport and I'll drive back."

"I think that sounds like a better idea," Sam said and looked at Rachel as he started to put his bag in to the car, "but I would prefer if we park the car at the airport and you take a cab home."

"Sam," Rachel sighed and looked at him, shaking her head, "I know how to drive"

"I know that but I don't want to have to worry about you driving alone," Sam said and peck her lips, "just for me?"

Rachel huffed but nodded her head in agreement, "Just this time."

This was a conversation that they had a lot of the time when Sam was going somewhere or if Rachel was supposed to go somewhere. Rachel said the same thing every time but it always ended in Rachel taking a cab or the subway, anything that would keep Sam away from worrying about Rachel driving.

As Sam walked though his gate, on the way to the plane, he could hear Rachel call after him, "I love you," Sam turned around he was going to blow her a kiss but in the last minute he changed his mind he kissed his hand, and placed it over his heart.

He let his carry on rest on his shoulder as he used his hands and arms, so that it looked like he was using a bow and arrow, as he shot the kiss in Rachel's direction and he saw Rachel catch it and placed it over her heart.

Sam disappeared slowly around a corner, and Rachel started to walk towards the taxi zone to catch a cab. She was alerted about the fact the she got a text from someone, when she looked at the phone, she saw that it was from Sam, telling her that he already missed her.

Sam was sitting on the plane, and he was humming along to one of the songs that reminded him of Rachel the most. He had made a special playlist of songs that reminded him of Rachel but it also had all of the songs that they had sung together in Glee.

"Excuse me?" Sam turned to the person that sat in the seat next to him, and she saw a young girl, maybe around five, she looked like a young Rachel, and he couldn't help but smile as he imagined the two of them with their own kids sometime in the future.

"Yes?" Sam asked and smiled at her.

"What's the song that you are singing?" the young girl asked and looked at Sam with her big brown eyes.

"It's called Can you feel the love tonight?" Sam said and looked at the girl again. He always wished that they had made a duet, but it seemed like it was never the right time for it.

"I have never heard of it before," the girl said and looked up at him tilting her head to the side, "can you sing it to me, I don't like flying."

This was almost a miniature of Rachel, he closed his eyes, shaking his head for a second before he opened his eyes, and smiled at the girl, "Of course."

And Sam started to sing along to what he was hearing, "There's a calm surrender to the rush of day. When the heat of the rolling world can be turned away."

The girl smiled at him and Sam continued on with the song, "An enchanted moment, and it sees me through. It's enough for this restless warrior just to be with you."

Translations of the Na'vi:

Nga yawne lu oer – I love you

Nga yawne oe – you love me

Nga lor – you are beautiful

Nga kifkey si nga lor – You are my world, my beautiful