Tina was watching movies Thursday afternoon while Mike was working on homework in her living room. Mike's teachers really understood and gave him his homework assignments without any hesitation; they just gave him a lot to do. He was working on his last paper so he could spend all day with Tina tomorrow. Wanting to recreate the date he had in mind was turning out to be a lot harder than he thought it would especially since it was winter and she had a broken leg but he was determined to make it as perfect as he could. Many times over the last few days Tina had tried to get him to tell her where they were going but he wouldn't budge; secretly he hoped she would figure it out on her own.
While watching Burlesque, Tina kept looking over at Mike. She always thought he was cute when he was working on his homework. He always looked so serious and that was funny to her because he was the sweetest guy. Even though she couldn't remember the last few years with him, she did always know he wasn't like every other football player. Spending these last few days with him was better than she could ever imagine. It was clear to her after just 5 days how much Mike really did love her and she was beginning to realize just how much she must love him back. Tomorrow night's date seemed to be important for him but sadly she couldn't figure out why and she hated that. All week she had been trying to ask him in different ways what they were going to be doing but he never budged once. She decided to try again.
"Mike, why did you pick this date for us to recreate?" Tina asked as she looked up at his face. Mike stopped working on his paper and looked right into her eyes letting out a sigh. He could see confused look and couldn't not give her any answers anymore, "It was the date that you said was the best night of your life and that you would never forget it." Tina just stared at him wondering what could have possibly happened to make her say that. She saw Mike's face as he couldn't help but smile as he remembered the date himself. Suddenly Tina felt she knew the answer. "That was the first night we spent together, wasn't it?" She quietly asked. Mike nodded as he looked like he might cry. "Yeah, my parents had told me the week before that they were going to go visit my aunt and would be gone for the weekend. That Friday fell on our one year anniversary and we had talk about what we wanted to do for a few weeks before but had never made any official plans. We didn't plan for that part to happen though; it had just felt right after the rest of the date. When we woke up the next morning, your hair was wild and you had no makeup but I had never thought you looked more beautiful. You had woke up a few minutes later and you caught me staring at you, you told me that last night was the best night and you would never forget it. So that is why I want to recreate that night." Mike told her as he saw that she was now crying. "It sounds perfect. I wish I could remember so much." She whispered in between tears as Mike pulled her into a huge hug.
Tina had told Mike and her mom that she wanted everything to be as close as possible to the first time. So she was wearing the same outfit with her hair the exact same way and Mike was to dress the same way also. There were a few changes like the fact that all that they wouldn't be going back to Mike's house and they would be able to eat at the outside restaurant where they also had a dance floor and band outside. Mike had made arrangements to make it as close as possible though.
"Thank you so much for helping me get ready. It is still kind of weird for me to think that we are pretty close friends now when all I can seem to remember is you guys hating me." Tina said to Santana and Brittany who were helping her get ready. "Seriously girl Chang it isn't a big deal. We are all friends now, even Berry. We want you to get better, so we are happy to help boy Chang with all of his weird requests." Santana said as she was finishing her makeup. "Weird requests?" Tina asked confused. "Oh you will find out sooner than later" Santana told her as there was a knock on the door then. "Speaking of boy Chang" She said giving Tina one last look over. "You look beautiful Tina. I hope you have a great night tonight. We will see you later." Brittany told her as the two girls left. Tina was walking down the hall way when she heard Mike closing the door behind them. He turned around and saw Tina standing in front of him. "How do I look?" Tina asked as she did the best spin that she could with her cast. "You look amazing. Just as beautiful as you did 7 months ago" Mike walked up to her and kissed her. "Are you ready to go?" He asked as she nodded and the then helped her to the car.
Tina was smoothing out the fabric of her short but poufy light green dress. She had already put blonde highlights in her hair for the original date, so she looked exactly the same except for the cast. Driving with one hand and holding Tina's with the other, Mike pulled into the far side of the school parking lot that was closest to the theater. He parked the car and got out to open Tina's door. "You brought me to the school on our important date?" She asked completely confused. Mike laughed as they walked towards the door. "No, on the original date I took you to an outside restaurant where we were able to dance after we ate. Seeing as it is 30 degrees outside, I had to make a few changes." They had made it inside then and Tina saw the stage.
The stage had a bunch of fake trees all around it. One half of the stage had a few tables with a few of the glee members still down and the other half of the stage had the band and an open dance floor. Tina saw Kurt standing on the top step as Mike and Tina approached them. "How many in your party tonight?" Kurt asked very professional causing Tina to chuckle. "Just the two of us" Tina answered as he showed then to the only table that was empty and had a dozen roses sitting on it. Blaine came walking up behind Kurt then. "I will be your waiter tonight, please let me know it there is anything I can get for you." He said as he handed them a small menu. Tina looked over her menu to look at Mike, she knew right then that this was the real thing.
"Would you like to dance?" Mike asked as she had just finished her cheesecake. "I would love to" She answered as they walked out to the dance floor. The rest of the club was dancing by this time and it felt like the prom she had heard a lot about but couldn't remember. Mike pulled Tina in close as the band started to play a slower song. "This is amazing Mike. I can't believe you did all of this for me." She said looking up at him. "I would do anything for you Tina. I promise I will always be there no matter what to help you." He bent down and gave her a deep kiss. She pulled away "I love you Mike". She was completely shocked by what she had just said but she knew it was true. "I love you too Tina. Are you ready to head out?" Mike asked as Tina nodded her head and they walked back to their table to get their things. They waved bye to everyone and left the school.
The next stop was an outlook point in Lima. Mike parked the car and pulled out two fortune cookies out of his pocket. "Now the last time we did this, I got a fortune saying 'good things come to those who wait' and yours said 'the early bird gets the worm'. Let's hope our fortunes are better this time around." Tina took her cookie out of his hand and broke it open. She read it to herself and then looked up at Mike. "What did yours say?" Mike looked over at her "This is a year worth remembering, so don't waste it. What about yours?" "You will be lucky in love" Tina said causing them both to laugh. "Are you ready to head back home?" Mike asked. "Yeah I think I am"
They got back to Tina's house and Mike had helped her inside. Mike had stopped right inside the living room. "I will be sitting on the couch here. You should go change and then come out here if you want." Tina looked at him confused. "You don't want to finish the date?" Mike looked at her and took her hands in his. "Of course I want to finish the date but it took a year for us to get to this point. You have been cramming so much in this week but I don't expect you to be ready for this." Mike told her. "Mike I have fallen in love with you on my own. I don't have any memory of our times together in the past but I do know that just spending this week with you, I am ready. I want you to finish this date with me Mike because I am in love with you." That was all Mike needed to hear before he picked her up bridal style and carried her upstairs to her room.
Tina woke up the next morning and saw Mike lying next to her. Smiling as she stood up, she grabbed her robe and went into her bathroom. Remembering everything from the night before caused her to feel on top of the world this morning. She walked back into the bedroom and lay back down next to Mike. Her movement caused him to walk up. "Hey good morning" he said as he turned over and gave her a kiss. "Morning, I'm thinking about going to go downstairs and make breakfast. After last night I'm sure you need some food too. I don't think I will be able to stand on my leg long enough to make pancakes this morning but I'm pretty sure I could do eggs instead." She told Mike as they were both getting clothes on. Mike stopped in his tracks as he was pulling a t-shirt on. "What did you say?" Tina looked at him like he lost his mind. "When we stayed together for our anniversary, I made you pancakes the next morning but my leg hurts too much right now and I won't be able to do that this morning." She said shrugging her shoulders. "I never told you about that part of the weekend." Mike said as they both stared at each other.
I don't own anything Glee just love the show! I will write one more chapter for this story and then it will be complete! Thank you so much for reading! I hope you liked this chapter