Second Chances
POVs are in bold, memories are in italics, and also speech is in italics. I hope you enjoy this story, the idea came to me in a dream, and then I just went on from there.
Chapter 1
5 years after graduation, the glee club are still in contact with each other excluding Lauren who became a champion wrestler and believed she was too busy with "High School memories". Rachel, Kurt and Mercedes lived in New York together, Kurt had become a fashion designer alongside Mercedes, and Rachel had many auditions for Broadway but she never succeeded. Finn and Quinn were now engaged and still living in Lima, Quinn was an estate agent and Finn worked at the garage with Burt. Sam and Artie had moved to LA, Sam was a journalist whilst Artie was a computer game designer. Mike and Tina had gotten married just after graduation; they now lived in New York as well. Together they owned a dance studio were Mike taught dance and Tina singing. Santana and Brittany are now in a relationship and live together in New York. Brittany helps out at Mike's dance studio whilst Santana works as a lawyer. Puck lives in New York and is a musician, but he has always hoped to become something bigger like a manager off a record company, even though he lives near many of the Gleeks, he would only see them now and again. The glee cast would meet for everyone's birthdays and would spend a lot of time talking by the phone or facebook but apart from that they never really met each other for more than a couple of days. So they were all very excited when they received a letter from Rachel's dads containing a ticket to Rachel's first Broadway performance.
Dear the Glee Cast,
We assume that you have heard about the big news of Rachel's. She has finally managed to get the star role in the Broadway production of Beauty and the Beast. We are so proud of her and decided that since we are unable to go to her first performance, it would be nice for her to have all of your support. So we have bought you all a ticket to the opening night, also we have paid for a hotel so you have somewhere to stay, we have booked it for 2 weeks since we decided you deserved to have some time with each other and so you can experience some more of New York. We know some of you already live in New York but the hotel is located near Rachel, Kurt and Mercedes' apartment which would mean you wouldn't have to keep travelling. We understand that you may want to refuse our offer since we are spending a lot of money on you but it is for our star, and we hope you are all able to find time of work for Rachel's sake, it gives you all an excuse to meet up since you rarely do. Enjoy the show and your time together.
With all our love
Rachel's fathers x
Everyone from the glee club were all very excited by the generosity by Rachel's fathers, they were all looking forward to be able to see each other. Apart from Puck, he was nervous about seeing Rachel again, especially after what had happened after graduation, since then they would barely acknowledge each other, he hated seeing her as it bought up old feelings, he knew he still loved her, but believed she would never have those feelings again after all he broke her.
It was only 2 days till the group would be either flying or driving to Rachel's, they spent those days talking to each other and planning on what they would do the 2 weeks. Rachel had spent a lot of time preparing the opening night, and was becoming very nervous but she did not let anyone know, and when Kurt realised she was acting strange she explained that it was because she would be with Puck for longer than a couple of days, it wasn't a complete lie as she was worried to see him, her feelings for him had never changed, she still loved him but knew he had moved on, otherwise he would have done something about it, he wouldn't have ignored her and slept with any girl that looked his way.
Puck's POV
I had began the journey to Rachel's place, whilst driving I allowed my thoughts to drift back to the night after graduation, I can't believe I messed it up, I still regret that very night. Rachel and Puck were leaning against a tree whilst looking up at the stars, "Noah, I can't believe we have graduated, it feels so unreal" "I know babe, we are all going to go our own way" "But we're not, you are coming to New York with me like we planned, right?" Puck leant down and placed a soft kiss on Rachel's plump lips before sighing, Rachel looked up at him waiting for him to confirm that he was going to go to New York, she had her big smile on, the one that could light up the world. Sadly the answer she received broke her heart. "Babe, I love you, you know that, but I can't leave my family and go to New York, I have got to look after my mum and sister, I can't just leave them behind like my dad left me" Puck risked a look at Rachel and noticed her smile fade away and her eyes that usually sparkled become grey, tears threatening to spill. Puck continued with his explanation. "Rach, I know I promised you that we would go together and both become stars, but you don't need me to become a star, I love you and will always love you but I can't go with you, I'm sorry." Puck turned to look at Rachel, he waited for her to lash out, scream at him, hit him but what happened was the least he expected. Rachel stood up and began to walk way, just before she was out of sight she turned to face him and whispered 3 words which caused his heart to ache. "I Loved you" She walked away, and out of his life, Puck knew he should have ran after her, pulled her into a big comforting hug and promised they could be together still and that he would go to New York but he stayed seated, the look on Rachel's broken face showed him how much he had hurt her, he's on heart broke at that moment. The look on her face haunted his thoughts, and it still does. The memory of her face flashed before my eyes, and I punched the steering wheel, I was an idiot for letting her go, I still am an idiot, I could try and win her back but instead I flaunt in front of her all the women that I sleep with, I only do it to get her out of her mind but it never works, I love her, and I lost her. Again I punch the steering wheel before turning the corner to Rachel's road, time to face the music.