HOW RACHEL BERRY GOT ENGAGED.
Chapter I: Not Like The Movies.
Takes place litteraly right after the Yes/No episode so be careful for spoilers!
"- Rachel? I was kind of expecting you to say something..."
Finn was down on his knees, still holding the ring he had bought to propose to his girlfriend. The whole situation was the most awkward thing Rachel had experienced in her entire life. Since she had seen Finn starting to kneel down thoughts have been rushing through her mind. Every time she would think about her future Finn wasn't there, she was a Broadway star married to someone who was supporting her and actually enjoyed her rant about her talent and dreams. And the proposal was making her realize that Finn wasn't this person, he wasn't smart enough and he was never listening to her the way she wanted him to. She had been trying to change him to turn him into the perfect man but now she was looking at him holding this ring and she knew that he wasn't going to change. But what if she never found the perfect person? Nobody was ever listening to her after all, maybe Finn was the best she could get and maybe he could give her enough affection for her to trust herself and make it on her own.
"- I... I need time to think about it.
- How much time?
- Give me a couple days. Please."
These few days were not going to be enough and she knew it, she wasn't brave enough to break the boy's heart and end up alone. She needed him, he was all she had.
"- I was just not expecting it Finn, please understand.
- I get it. It's fine. I'll talk to you when you're ready to give me an answer.
- Thank you."
Finn got back up and walked out of the auditorium leaving Rachel alone. She slowly walked towards the piano and sat down in front of it. Why was she so lonely? She had been faking love to feel better and lied to herself about what was really going on in her mind. The only person she would hang out with outside of school was Finn. Sometimes she would see Kurt and Mercedes as well but their love lives were now taking most of their time and Rachel wouldn't see them as much anymore. And now she had this choice to make, either to marry Finn and get the affection she wanted without being in love with him or say no and be on her own.
Her fingers started moving on the piano as a song came straight to her mind. She started playing, letting all her feelings out. She needed it, she needed those tears on her face, she needed to think about it. And music always made things better.
Quinn was exhausted. Now that she had gone from being the most popular girl in school, as well as being a cheerleader and head of the celibacy club to having no friends, no dad and a nonexistent mom, all she had to think about was school and all the extra-curriculum activities she could find to get into Yale. Sometimes she would hang out with Sam when she was volunteering for different associations, but other than that she was on her own, just like Rachel. She had learned to focus on her future though, High School was almost over, she just needed to keep studying and focusing on school to be happy afterward.
The Glee Club was helping her a lot, even though she wasn't really talking to any of its members, singing and dancing were making her feel better. And she would often go to the auditorium after class to sing her heart out. After doing the musical proposal in the pool for Mr. Schuester she had taken the time to shower and dry her hair. She liked to take her time, to wait until all the other girls were out of the locker room cause when she was alone she didn't have to fake anything. She could be herself.
She then walked towards the auditorium and as she opened the door she heard the piano and this voice. She knew it was Rachel and her voice was always giving her goosebumps. She never told anyone of course, but she was in love with that voice and Glee Club was always so good cause Rachel would sing every single day.
But this time was different.
They say you know when you know, but I don't know.
I didn't feel the fairytale feeling, no.
Am I a stupid girl for even dreaming that I could?
Rachel was crying while singing this song, and even though Quinn knew that the original song was sung by Katy Perry, it felt just like if Rachel had written it. Those tears were coming straight from her heart and the blonde just couldn't move anymore, the brunette was taking her breath away.
Snowhite said when I was young, "One day my prince will come"
So I'll wait for that date.
Wasn't Rachel deeply in love with Finn? Suddenly thought Quinn. Because she had never heard the diva sing a song with that much emotion. And if you know Rachel Berry, you should know that she ALWAYS sings with tons of emotion.
'Cause I know you're out there, and you're, you're looking for me.
It's a crazy idea that you were made perfectly for me
You'll see...
Quinn gathered all her thoughts and started going down the stairs towards the stage. Rachel hadn't seen her, she was way too into the song she was singing that nothing could have disturbed her. And Quinn was in awe. She sat down on the edge of the stage and kept staring at the girl with the amazing voice.
Just like the movies, that's how it will be.
Cinematic and dramatic with the perfect ending, oh.
Rachel stopped for a second. She wiped her tears and took a deep breath. She always was singing about love without ever feeling it; she knew that Finn wasn't the one, she had watched Barbra perform so many times and these feelings described in the songs were not what Rachel felt for her boyfriend. But she wanted to feel it so badly...
It's not like the movies, but that's how it should be
When he's the one, you'll come undone
And your world will stop spinning,
And it's just the beginning,
When she ended the song, she wasn't able to move. She was slowly catching her breath and gathering all the emotions that had taken over her when she heard footsteps. And while she was praying to be hallucinating she turned around as fast as she could and saw..
"- Quinn? What are you doing here? I... I didn't know you were here, I thought I was alone? I thought everybody left the school? I mean...
- Rachel. Calm down."
Rachel stopped talking. Why did Quinn Fabray have to show up in the auditorium after hours on the same day as her? Talk about bad luck. And her red eyes and pink cheeks showed that she had been crying, sweet. What was she gonna do? What was gonna happen? Why did this had to happen?
"- What happened?"
What happened? Who was this person talking to Rachel? Quinn had never cared before, all they would talk about was how awesome Quinn was and how annoying and meaningless Rachel was. That was it. So when the blonde asked this question, there was no answer, just a simple:
"- Nobody was supposed to hear this song. I understand that you will try to cause drama in my life and I really don't care so I'm just gonna go."
And right after that, she was gone.
I've been inspired so here it gooes. If you guys enjoy it I'll write more chapters.
I love reviews btw, they're awesome.
The song is "Not Like The Movies" by Katy Perry. Actually the only Katy Perry song I like! ;D
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