Thank you guys so much for all the love with the reviews, favorites and alerts! Sorry this took so long. I was really having a writers block with this chapter but talking to my lovely gleemylove at 2 am this morning gave me inspiration! As usual I don't own anything but the plot and my lovely OC's! Here's chapter 7!

It's in the Music

I sat at the head table sipping on the sweet, expensive champagne that no doubt my mother had insisted on by the way she was guzzling it down a few seats away from me. I couldn't help the smile that spread across my face as I watched Noah spin around the dance floor with Addison suspended in his arms. The both looked so at peace.

"He looks happy." Savannah said coming up and plopping down in the chair next to me ever so gracefully. I chuckled.

"Stop it Sea. Please don't start tonight."

"Who me? Never." She grinned liked the Cheshire cat from Alice in Wonderland but before I even has the chance to ask, the DJ cut the music and picked up the microphone.

"Good evening ladies and gentlemen and welcome to the wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Finn Berry. It is time for our lovely couple's first dance." Everyone clapped as Finn and Rayne made their way to the middle of the dance floor with permanent smiles lighting their faces. "Now we had a special request for the happy couple's first dance. It seems that not only can our handsome Best Man sing but our gorgeous Maid of Honor has a set of pipes on her too and it has been requested that the two sing a duet of Finn and Rayne's wedding song while the couple has their first dance as husband and wife." I nearly choked on my champagne as the DJ spoke. I turned and glared at Savannah who in turn put her hands up in an 'I'm innocent' gesture with that damn Cheshire cat grin.

"No way in hell." I said flatly.

"Come on Rach, you deny your brother and Rayne this request on their wedding day?" She smiled sweetly.

"I hate you." I said as I reluctantly stood up from the table. Addison came running over smiling big and wide.

"Mommy! You and Noah are going to sing? I love when you sing Mommy you sound so pwetty!" She giggled. I sighed and smiled. All my resolved melted with her excitement.

"Yes baby, we're going to sing." I smiled and kissed her on the head. "Stay over here with Savannah baby girl." She nodded her head excitedly as I turned and walked toward the stage. I took a deep breath and climbed the stairs onto the stage. Noah gave me a sympathetic smile and handed me a microphone.

"Anything else I should know about?" I whispered.

"I didn't know about this, they surprised us both. I'm sorry Rach." He whispered back then shifted uncomfortably. "Their um song is It's Your Love."

I scoffed and mumbled "Of course it is." They would do this. It's the song that Finn and Noah sang to Rayne and I on our last Valentine's Day together before I left. He gave me another sympathetic smile as the music keyed up. (A/n bold=Noah and underlined=Rachel, regular=both, italics=Rachel's thoughts while the song is going on)

Dancin' in the dark
Middle of the night
Takin' your heart
And holdin' it tight

Emotional touch
Touchin' my skin
And askin' you to do
What you've been doin' all over again

Noah's voice sent shivers through my spine. The sheer smoothness and passion that seeped through it was like a lighthouse signaling the shore after a long battle with a treacherous storm.

Oh, it's a beautiful thing
Don't think I can keep it all in
I just gotta let you know
What it is that won't let me go

It's your love
It just does somethin' to me
It sends a shock right through me
I can't get enough
And if you wonder
About the spell I'm under
oh It's your love

He stared at me as I started to sing, the look piercing my soul. I had forgotten how perfectly our voices melted together.

Better than I was
More than I am
And all of this happened
By takin' your hand

And who I am now
Is who I wanted to be

And now that we're together
I'm stronger than ever
I'm happy and free

Oh, it's a beautiful thing
Don't think I can keep it all in, noooo
And if you asked me why I changed
All I gotta do is say your sweet name

It's your love
It just does somethin' to me
It sends a shock right through me
I can't get enough
And if you wonder
About the spell I'm under
oh It's your love

Ohhhh, baby

Ohh Ohh Ohh

I belted out on my own and the smile that came across Noah's face made my heart soar.

(Instrumental)

Oh, it's a beautiful thing
Don't think I can keep it all in
I just gotta let you know
What it is that won't let me go

It's your love
It just does somethin' to me
It sends a shock right through me

I can't get enough
And if you wonder
About the spell I'm under
oh It's your love
It's your love
It's your love

We finished the song staring into each other's eyes momentarily taken from the world surrounding us. There was no wedding party, no stressful, heavy decisions, no problems. It was just us. The rupture of applause and small arms wrapping around my leg jolted me back into reality.

"That was pwetty Mommy!" Addison squealed. I smiled down at my beautiful daughter, my reason for living.

"Thank you baby." She smiled at me and then ran over to Noah and jumped into his awaiting arms.

"You did really good!" I heard her say as he lifted her into his arms. I smiled and walked off the stage and out through the patio doors. I needed fresh air. I didn't like everything that was flowing through me. I couldn't go there again. It was just a song for goodness sakes.

"Rach." His velvety voice filled my ears as his hand touched my shoulder. "Are you okay?" I nodded my head barely turning to face him. He moved so he could see my face, his face showing all the concern his eyes held. He silently wiped the tears I didn't even realize were falling from my eyes with one hand and then softly caressed my cheek. We stared at each other for a moment and before another second wasted away his soft, perfect lips were on mine. My heart pounded and my body felt weightless. Our lips moved together so effortlessly, so passionately. His hand that had been caressing my face slid backward to twist itself in my hair while his other hand slid to the small of my back pressing me tight against his body. My eyes closed and energy surged through me, my body craved him. Almost six years of built up feelings flowing through us. My hands slipped up around his neck and I melted. We pulled away from each for air and I felt lightheaded.

"Rach…" He said breathlessly and I opened my eyes. The surprise and love that filled his face jolted me out of my fog. Noah. Marshall. I just cheated on Marshall with Noah. Oh goodness. Oh goodness. Noah felt me tense and instinctively tightened his grip knowing what I was about to do. "Rachel don't." He pleaded but I pulled away anyway and did what I knew. I ran.

…*…*…*…

"Rach! Wait!" I heard Noah call from behind me but I kept running. I didn't want to hear what he had to say. I glided quickly through the maze of the garden. Rows of rose bushes varying in size and color blurred together as my eyes bubbled over with tears.

"Rach!" His voice was slightly breathless, his hand touched my shoulder. When had I stopped running? "Rach, please, look at me."

I turned slowly to look at him, his perfect, handsome face save that one small scar above his right eyebrow. Those piercing gray-blue eyes full of passion and sadness. I averted my eyes but his rough and calloused yet gentle hand guided my face and gaze back to him.

"You know I love you, I have since I can remember. And you know I'd die for Addison, she's my daughter, I love her so much. Please stay. Don't take her away from me again, don't take yourself away again. I can't lose you twice."

The tears flowed faster down my cheeks. "We have a life in Chicago Noah. We can't just pick up and leave."

"Damn it Rach, you belong here, you know you do. Your eyes sparkled tonight Rach. You love it here, you don't want to leave, I can see it. I know you. I know you don't want to leave."

"You don't know me anymore Noah. Addison and I are going back to Chicago tomorrow and we're going to move on with our lives."

"Addie needs her father Rach."

"She has Marshall." I knew it was a cheap shot but I wanted to get away. I needed to leave.

"Marshall" Noah spat his name, the sadness in his eyes burned away, replaced by anger. "Is not her father. I am."

I took a deep, shaky breath. "We're leaving Noah, tomorrow." I said and started walking away.

"What are you afraid of?" His voice broke mid-way through his sentence causing my heart to ache, making my whole body pause. I glanced back.

"Everything." I said quietly and kept walking. He raised no more objections as I left him behind in the mazes of beautifully colored roses that were darkened by nightfall. No one made any objections as I walked through the bustling patio full of people drunk with happiness and expensive champagne. I made it all the way to the safety of my designated hotel room before my body gave in the overwhelming wave of emotion that pulsed through it.

I fell to the floor in a crying heap. Why couldn't he just leave well enough alone? Couldn't he see that we're fine just the way we are? I thought back to earlier this evening; how happy we all were, dancing across the ballroom, filled with ecstasy from the beautiful wedding. So what if I loved it? So what if I felt like I was home? I can't stay here, we cant stay here. I have Addison to think about, and I have Marshall, we're going to be fine. We're going to go back to Chicago and we're going to be happy. The sight of Noah swinging Addison around the dance floor came back to me. What if Noah is right? What if Addie really does need her father, her real father? She's been so happy since we've been down here, dare I take her away? What if before happens again? I won't survive it twice and what will it do to Addison? So many questions fill my head, making me dizzy. I work my way to the bed and crawl in, not even bothering to take off my dress. I wrap the blanket tight around me and shut my eyes, trying to find refuge from this internal and external insanity.

What's Rachel going to do? Hmmm….only one or two more chapters left! Review, comment, question! I love to hear it all and it makes me want to write that much more!