Glee – After Graduation:
By Daniel Pridgeon
Chapter one: New York
Rachel walked around New York for about the next 20 minutes, dragging her suitcase along behind her. She eventually decided that she should call her Dads and find out where her apartment was.
"Hello, I'm in New York now. Where should I meet you to go to my apartment?"
"Well, about that. We haven't managed to sort you an apartment yet!" Leroy replied in a nervous tone.
"WHAT?" Rachel shouted down the phone "Where the hell am I supposed to live?"
"We'll pay for you to stay in a hotel until we can get you an apartment!"
"Fine, where shall I meet you?"
"Meet us at the empire state building in about 10 minutes!"
"Ok, Cya soon Dad!"
"Cya soon honey"
10 minutes later:
Rachel walked up to the Empire State Building and looked around for her Dads, She saw Leroy stood by the main door next to her other Dad Hiram. Rachel ran up to them with her arms wide open and embraced them both in a large friendly hug.
"I can't believe I'm finally living in New York!" Rachel excitedly explained.
Just before her Dads could respond Rachel realized that she had left her suitcase about 20 meters away when she ran up to her Dads to hug them,
"Shit my suitcase!" She cursed before running over to her luggage and pulling it over to where her Dads were still standing.
"So, what hotel are you putting me in?" Rachel nervously asked.
"We're going to put you in the New Yorker until we can sort out an apartment for you, we hope to have one for you within a week!" Hiram explained.
Rachel got real excited and jumped up and down clapping her hands together, she then charged at her Dads and tightly wrapped her arms around them
"Thank you so much for this Dads!" She said "I've always wanted to stay in the New Yorker"
"You're welcome honey!" Leroy replied
20 minutes later:
Rachel and her dads had all got a taxi to the Hilton hotel. As Rachel wheeled her suitcase through the main doors and into the lobby she looked around the room with a beaming smile on her face. She couldn't believe she was standing in the New Yorker. She felt as though she had finally made it. She was standing in the exact same building that many famous people like Mohammed Ali and President John F Kennedy had all spent the night in. Leroy and Hiram walked in behind Rachel carrying some of her things that they brought from Ohio to New York for her. Hiram put a hand on his daughters shoulder and used his free hand to pass her the dream board she had made when she was a little girl. Rachel held up the dream board in front of her face and began to cry.
"Honey why are you crying?" Hiram asked as he began to wrap his arms around Rachel
"Because I've finally began to achieve my dream. I mean, to live in New York and be on Broadway and attend NYADA is what I've always wanted, and now I'm here. I just can't believe that it's all coming true!"
Leroy left Hiram to talk to Rachel and to attempt to calm her down whilst he went and checked his daughter in.
About 2 minutes later Leroy ran up to Rachel and said
"I know what'll cheer you up?"
"And what's that?" Rachel asked inquisitively
Leroy held out a small key attached to a small, golden key ring which had engraved upon it 'Enjoy your stay at the New Yorker'.
"Oh my god it's my room key!" Rachel excitedly said.
"And it's not just any old room!" Leroy explained "It's the room that Jennifer Hudson and John Kennedy stayed in!"
"That's actually amazing, how did you manage to get me that room?"
"Well, a bit of exaggeration and a sob story about how much you have always wanted to stay here helped!"
"Thank you sooooooooo much for this!" Rachel said this and once again pulled her dads in close to her for a hug. She then quickly broke the embrace, grabbed her room key off Leroy and ran towards the elevator leaving all of her things behind for her Dads to carry up.