"Mom!" I literally ran at my mother and threw myself into her arms. "What are you doing here?"
"We found you... we found you!" Rayna kept saying, rubbing her hand through Maddie's hair and squeezing her tight.
"Maddie I missed you so much!" Daphne squeaked. Maddie looked down at her. "I didn't have any one to sing with and it was lonely. Why did you leave me? Do you not love me?"
"Daphne what I did was stupid. I was mad at mom and-"
"We were hoping we could get a song out of Ms. Maddie Claybourne!" The announcer finished. Maddie looked from Juliette to her mother back to Juliette. Her fath- Deacon, was leaning against a wall far back. He probably still didn't want anything to do with her.
"Mom I-"
"You should do it." Rayna declared.
"But I-"
"No Maddie I was wrong. I wanted to protect you for as long as you could. You're getting older and you need to start making your own decisions. You're not getting signed to any labels any time soon but you started what you did here and you need to finish it."
"I wrote a song." Maddie mumbled.
"You did?" Rayna said, tilting her head. "Can I hear it?"
"Yeah you will. But I need a guitarist." She shrugged. "I was hoping Puck would teach me some but he never got to it. He did help me with the chords though." She said and shot a look at Deacon, who in turn shot a look at Rayna. "Look, I know you probably don't want anything to do with me but.."
"Is that what you think?" Deacon lifted himself off from the wall. "That's not true at all."
"Look can we talk about this later... guitar?" Maddie tried, again.
"Of course."
"As some of you know, I am Maddie Claybourne-Conrad. I came here to Lima to escape from my problems. My mother and my newly discovered biological father got in a car crash. I just couldn't take it. I know how snobby and selfish I sound. But I learned something from this experience. It's that your family is your family. Running away from your problems does not solve anything, not in the slightest. I did however write my first song about this whole ordeal and I hope you'll like it. I hope to someday learn how to play guitar, but until then, I guess I will have to use my dad, Mr. Deacon Claybourne."
The crowd erupted in applause. Maybe these people do know who my parents are.
I wonder what it's like to live on cloud 9
Where everything's fine all of the time
I wonder how it feels to be unafraid
Day after day after it rains
Someday, somehow
Before too long
I'll say goodbye to my burdens
I'll fly beyond the sun
I wonder what it's like in the shade of a tree
Shooting the breeze being carefree
I wonder what I'd choose if given the choice
Between silence and noise
Words or a voice
Someday, somehow
Before too long
I'll say goodbye to my burdens
I'll fly beyond the sun
Fly, fly beyond the sun
I'll fly beyond the sun
Someday, somehow
Before too long
I'll say goodbye to my burdens
I'll fly beyond the sun
I opened my eyes to see the whole audience was standing in a standing ovation. I looked to the side of the stage to see the whole New Directions crew smiling at me. I turned back to look at Deacon, who honestly has never looked happier to me, smiling at... my mom? Oh...
I ship it.
After everything calmed down, I was standing with Quinn and Rachel, who had her arms crossed in defeat (and was jealous of my solo, I could tell she was trying to get her point across) when a brunette lady walked up holding a blonde baby girl.
"Shelby? What are you doing here?" Rachel said, her arms dropped.
"I got an invite from some girl named Maddie. Said that I needed to be here."
Rachel shot a death glare at Maddie. Quinn just looked shocked, staring at the baby in 'Shelby's' arms. "Who do you think you are? I have no business with her!"
"Look Rachel I was just trying to help. I realized how much I missed my mom and that I needed her and Kurt told me what happened and I just-"
"You think you're sooo great don't you? Well why don't you just pick up and go back to Nashville!"
"RACHEL!" The brunette snapped. "She's right. We need to fix this. I need to fix this. Quinn, can you hold Beth for a bit?" She said, handing the blonde to the blonde. Quinn looked shocked and screamed for Puck and the two sat in a corner. Shelby smiled at me and walked away with a defeated Rachel. Kurt shuffled over.
"Do you think I did the right thing?" I mumbled, looking at Puck and Quinn with the baby and Rachel and her mother talking in the corner.
"Probably not." Kurt laughed and his mouth dropped. "Is that RAYNA JAYMES? LOVE HER DRESS IN WRONG SONG!" Rayna laughed at this kid standing with Maddie. "I am such a huge fan of your work!" He squealed, looking at Rayna and Deacon and Juliette, who was hanging out with Daphne against the wall. She waved at him.
"Glad you love me. Maybe I'll have to have Maddie send you some tickets for one of my shows sometime."
"Oh my goodness that would be great!" Kurt squealed before walking away to go converse with someone else. Rayna wrapped her arms around Maddie.
"Ready to come home?" Rayna gave Maddie's shoulder a squeeze.
"Yes, very." And they started making their way towards the door.
"Maddie!" The group stopped, glancing back at the boy, then giving Maddie the raised eyebrow. Maddie turned a bright shade of red.
"I just- wanted to stay that it was really nice hanging out with you and I know you're going back to Nashville but..." Maddie smiled and gave him a kiss on the cheek.
"It was really nice to go out with you. I hope to see you again sometime soon..."
He nodded, smiling. "Okay." The crew continued walking til they found Juliette and Daphne hanging out outside.
"He was kinda cute..." Juliette started. Rayna glared at her and Juliette laughed.
"Maddie has a boyfriend! Maddie has a boyfriend!" Daphne squealed.
"So what is going on with you and my da- Deacon?" Maddie leaned into Rayna.
"I don't know honey. But I do know that he wants to be your father."
"I do." Deacon said, appearing on the other side of Maddie. "I know I've missed a lot, but I really want to be able to get to know you and be your father. If that's okay with you.."
"It's very okay, Dad. I love you guys so much. I'm so sorry for all of this."
"Oh thanks for apologizing, but you are so grounded!"
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