"You may now take your seatbelts off." The pilot announced over the intercom causing Conner to try to unbuckle his. "Just because he said you could doesn't mean that you can." I told him as I moved his hands away from the buckle. Angry now, he took his game back out of his bag and pretended to ignore me. Conner was going to be 4 soon and was already too smart for his own good. It was one of the many things he got from his father. "How long before we get to New York?" He asked but never took his eyes off of the game. "In about two hours." I told him and started flipping through my emails on my tablet. I stopped at the one that was sent two weeks ago from Rachel Berry. She was starring in her first Broadway performance this weekend and invited all of her friends to come. I had kept up with her through emails since graduation but hadn't seen her. Every once in a while we would exchange pictures but nothing more than that. The only old glee member that I was still in close contact with was Santana, how that happened I have no idea. We both lived in Columbus now and spent time together frequently. She was flying with us but said at the beginning of our travel plans that she would only fly first class. So she was. I kept on scrolling through the emails when I saw all the replies from our other friends and emails that were sent to me asking how things were going. I had been able to keep Conner a secret from all of them except for Santana. It never seemed like a big deal before now about them needing to know about him.

I started to remember the night I first got the email from Rachel. Santana had already been at my apartment helping me paint Conner's room. The animals were for babies and he is a big kid now, was what he told me.

"So are you going to go?" She asked me cautiously as we started to roll more paint on the walls. "I don't think it would be a good idea. I'm sure everyone will be there." "Maybe that is a good thing. You can't keep him a secret forever; you shouldn't be embarrassed of him." "I'm not embarrassed, just afraid of what everyone else will think, especially him." I told her as I turned to face her. "Don't you think he has a right to know about his son?" She said looking back at me. Santana had softened since high school but could still play the badass role when she needed to. "Of course he has a right to know but what will he think of me? The whole reason I broke things off was because I was holding him back. He wasn't ready for a kid." Santana walked over to me and gave me a hug. "You weren't either but you are doing a great job. That was also five years ago, he has probably changed by now." I felt tears coming to my eyes then. "What if he hates me for it?" She took a long sigh before she answered. "He probably will be angry but he will come to be happy eventually. You will just have to give him time but it needs to be done." I just started nodding my head then, "Ok we will go."

"Hey how is it going back here?" Santana asked leaning against the empty row in front of us. "I'm starting to have second thoughts about this." I told her trying not to panic in front of Conner. "It is a little late for that seeing as we are already on the plane. Relax; we are going to meet Rachel and Brittany at the gate when we land. It's not like you are going to see him right away." "Your right, I still have some time before I would run into him." I was feeling a little better now. "Well I'm going to get some drinks. See you in New York." She said before heading back to the front of the plane.

I never would have thought Santana would be so happy to see Brittany. The summer after they graduated, Santana had a full ride to Ohio State and Brittany was given an opportunity to dance with one of the greatest teachers in New York. Santana had begged her to stay but Brittany came to the decision that she just didn't want to. They had love for each other but Brittany wasn't in love with Santana. It had been 3 years before they spoke again at a picnic thrown at the hospital for the employees' families that their parents still worked at in Lima. They both sat down and talked about everything as if nothing had happened between the two of them. Mostly they just emailed back and forth now but every once in awhile they will visit each other. Santana has asked me many times if she could tell Brittany about Conner but I keep telling her no. She still kept in touch with everyone that was in glee that now lived in New York. "We are beginning our decent. Please return to your seats and buckle up." I started talking deep breathes to calm down.

"Here we go", Santana said as the three of us were walking through the doors to the gate. I saw Brittany bouncing up and down first and then I saw Rachel stand up on a chair next to her; both of them were waving like crazy. They both looked the same as I remember even though it had been five years. Without realizing it, Santana and I were both running up to them to give them a hug. "I'm so happy you guys made it!" Rachel squealed as she was squeezing Santana and me to death. "We wouldn't have missed your big performance. I do have someone I want to guys to meet though." I pushed Conner out from behind my legs. "Conner, meet Rachel and Brittany." "Hello" He said to both of them who were completely shocked but were trying to keep smiles on their faces. Rachel was the one who started talking to me while Brittany was talking to Conner. "So is he…" "Yep" "And his father is…" "Uh huh" "But he doesn't know about…" "Nope" "Oh ok, so this is going to be a really interesting weekend" Rachel said before bending down to Conner's level. "Well hello Conner, how are you?" "I'm fine, are you the lady who will be singing on stage?" He asked. "Yep that is me. Are you hungry? We were thinking about maybe all of us going to get something to eat." Conner looked up at me with his puppy dog eyes, the same as his father's, "Sounds good to me." "Great how about Brittany and Santana go on to the diner downstairs and Tina and I will get the luggage and meet you there?" Rachel suggested and everyone nodded. "Can I go with Aunt Tana?" Conner asked. "Sure but stick close to her." I told him before I gave him a kiss and he ran to Santana. He took one of her hands and one of Brittany's as they started heading to the escalator.

"I'm really happy that you are here. I was afraid that maybe you would change your mind at last minute like you have done with the last two trips you had planned to make out here." Rachel said as I grabbed mine and Conner's big bag that we were sharing as Rachel grabbed Santana's zebra print bag. "Well now you know why I kept changing my plans. I knew that if I came up here that I would run into him and would have to explain everything. I haven't been ready to do that before but I feel that I am now. How do you think he will take it?" I asked her as we were heading to the diner now. "I think he will be surprised and a little angry at first but he will then be thrilled." She answered and I felt a little hope for this whole thing yet. "He hasn't gotten over you." She said then surprising me. "What?" "Every time I mention your name because of something you said in an email or something I think you would like his eyes light up. He hasn't kept a girlfriend around longer than a month and he is always comparing them to you. Noah has even told me that when he gets super drunk, he goes on and on about how you were the best thing to ever happen to him and he was an idiot to let you get away." Rachel finished as we started to walk into the diner. I had tears starting to fill my eyes as I turned to see Santana and Brittany sitting at a large table with tables full of people all around them. I saw Conner then sitting in between Santana and Puck causing me to smile but my heart stopped when I realized who was sitting next to Puck. He was leaning around Puck joking around with Conner, who was laughing like crazy, when I stopped dead in my tracks.

He looked the exact same as he did 5 years ago and it made it seem like it was only yesterday that we were standing in the airport on New Year's Day. "I can't believe I'm a finalist to tour with Beyonce!" "I really am proud of you Mike." I told him as I handed him his carryon bag. "I will miss you so much while I'm gone. I promise I will figure out a way to call you every night and get back early so I can see you during the summer." He said giving me a tiny but cute kiss. "What are you talking about?" I asked him confused. "It is a world tour; I would be on the road until next October if I stay the whole time." "I didn't know that." I said feeling completely bummed that I wasn't going to get to really spend time with him until this time next year. "Hey, I won't go to call backs if you are not ok with this." He said seeing that I was no longer smiling. "You would give up your career for me? Mike you can't do that! This is your dream since you were a kid. You shouldn't have to worry about me or my thoughts." I told him and he was now the one that was frowning. "You are my life Tina. Of course I would give up my career for you and our future together. I love you." He replied grabbing on to my shoulders trying with urgency for me to understand what he was telling me was how he truly felt. I knew though that dancing was his life and I couldn't be the reason he gave it all up. "Mike, you need to go to that audition and stay for the entire tour. I know you will get the job and you will be great at it. I know you want to quit it because of me but I can't let you do that. This is your future. You were born to be a dancer and you can't settle for anything less than that. So you need to go back and live your dream." I told him as best I could but I couldn't control the tears that were spilling over my eyelids. "W-What are you saying Tina?" He asked quietly. "I'm breaking up with you Mike. I won't be the reason you don't put your whole heart into dancing. You are the greatest dancer I have ever met and you need to share that talent with everyone." I told him and he started to tear up now. "Please don't do this Tina. We will figure something else out just please don't do this." He begged as he took my face into his hands. "I love you always Mike, Goodbye." That was all I said before I turned around and walked away. It killed me to do it but I knew it needed to be done. I had made it to my car before I had completely broken down. Blaine had been nice enough to help me put anything that reminded me of Mike into a box and hide it in my closet. The first morning that I woke up and wasn't crying about leaving him was about 5 weeks since the airport and it was the first morning I had to run to my bathroom to throw up.

"Hey guys!" Rachel said as she walked up to the table with me slowly walking behind her. "Rach, we went ahead and ordered because this little guy was really hungry but the waiter said he would be back in a minute to get your order." Puck said but all I could do was stare and Mike and he was doing the same. He had the exact same eyes that I remembered and they burned as they looked at me. "So Brittany tells us that this is her little friend and that he gets to spend the weekend with us" Puck said towards Rachel and I as we were now sitting down, of course I was stuck sitting at the only empty seat which was across from Mike. "So Santana, Mike and I were planning on going for a walk later, could Conner come with us?" Puck asked Santana and I knew everything was going to explode in just a matter of seconds. "Why are you asking me?" She said giving him a look like he is an idiot. "Well isn't he your son? I mean he did come into the diner with you." Puck stated and then the real Santana came out. "I am Latino Puck! Conner is Asian; do you really think he is my kid?" She asked and I just shook my head. Here it comes I thought. "Mommy, Can I go with Puck and Mike?" Conner looked at me asking his question. I stared back at him in shock as the two guys both said "Mommy?" in question at the same time. Oh great!

I don't own anything Glee just love the show! I had the idea to write this by reading some other fics about other characters, so I thought I would change it up a bit and write one about Mike and Tina since I hadn't seen one like it yet. I hope you enjoy reading it and please leave any comments you have about it! Thanks