I wrote this really short drabble ages ago and without my girls Mona & Carrie I would not even post this here but I thought even if this is short why not post it:)
Here she was. Rachel Barbra Berry; high school graduate, accepted at NYADA her dream school, in New York City waiting for her dads to meet her.
Everything still seemed slightly unreal and more like a dream to the tiny brunette. Twelve hours ago she had been ready to marry her now, ex- fiance, Finn Hudson. However instead of driving to City Hall, he had driven instead to the train station. There he had her free, so that she could go live her dream in New York, the one place in the world she knew for certain that she belonged. She still hadn't had enough time to fully process all that had happened but as always just being here in the city calmed her.
For the first time in months Rachel breathed in and felt free. It wasn't that she didn't loved Finn, she did, but he was right. This city was where she was meant to be and she was thankful to him for doing this for her and for them.
As the month went on, Rachel felt more at ease and welcome in New York, than she had ever felt in Lima. She loved NYADA, although she was sad that Kurt wasn't with her to share the experience. She missed all of her friends, trying her best to stay in contact with as many of them as she could. Rachel saw Quinn every two weeks and Santana almost every other day, as the Latino girl had also moved to New York following graduation, to fulfill her own dreams.
Whatever doubts Rachel may have had in past about finding her place in this city had finally been wiped away. After all the years of bullying during high school, all the slushies she had endured, the name calling she had tried so hard to ignore, she had survived and now got to call New York home.