"Ok everyone, the first two shows were great. Let's go for three in a row, good luck everyone." I told all the dancers as they were heading out to the stage to start the performance. I walked over to the podium to watch the show from there next to Adam and James who is the director of the show. "You don't have anyone in the audience for you to sit by tonight?" James asked me as I sat down in my director's chair. "Nope, they are all chilling out and packing to head back tomorrow. I am heading out to see Tina and Conner after the show though. They are heading back to Ohio tomorrow while I'm going to finish up a few things here and then join them in Ohio in two weeks. I have three small music videos to choreograph and a meeting with the lead scout at my company to recommend a college friend. He isn't the greatest dancer but I think he would be a better scout than dancer even though my manager recommended me this would be the worst mistake of my career." "So you are really going all the way to Ohio for this girl?" James asked me as the show started and Rachel walked past us to her spot. "Yeah I am she isn't just a girl. It is the girl who I fell in love with in high school and haven't gotten over. The little boy is also my son and would give anything including leaving my career to be with them." "Oh yeah, Mike I forgot to give this to you after your meeting. Tina and Conner had stopped by here earlier but left when they saw you were busy. She wrote a note for me to give you." Adam told me pulling a note out from the podium shelf to give me. I unfolded the piece of paper to see Tina's handwriting all over it.

Mike, this past week has been the best I have had in the last 5 years. Being able to see you and spend time with you was amazing and it was wonderful to catch up with you. We had something special five years ago and it is clear that is still there. I'm happier though that you were able to meet and connect with Conner. He is a very special boy and deserves to see his dad whenever he wants. That being said, I don't think it is a good idea for you to leave New York. Your career and life are here. It isn't right for you to come back to Ohio with us and I don't want you too. I know this is the worst mistake and after accidently over hearing the conversation you had with your manager, I know that you both agree as well. Conner and I will be heading back home to continue on with our lives as I had planned on doing. I would love it if you could come and visit Conner as much as possible and don't mind the idea of sharing custody with you. I'm sure about this and think we were just in the heat of the moment and it was great to be with you that way. I will always love you but please don't give everything up for us. Tina

"Mike, are you ok?" James asked me as I realized there were tears falling down my face. "Uh yeah I'm fine. I need to go." I told him as I started to stand up from my chair grabbing all the paperwork I had in my lap. "You can't leave this show. This isn't your first show and you know the choreographer has to stay for each show during the opening weekend." "James, Tina is leaving me to go back to Ohio without me. I'm leaving now and I'm sorry if that isn't ok with you but she is my family and nothing is going to stop me." I told him as I ran to my office to grab my sports jacket and wallet.

I left out a side door to avoid anyone stopping me. I had to get to Tina as soon as possible without anything stopping me. There was a full line of traffic in front of the theater and no empty cabs in sight. How is this possible? The one time in my life I needed a cab and there was a traffic jam. There wasn't time to spare though so I did the only thing I could think of and started to run down the street. Every step I took was echoing in my head and it was hard to focus on anything. I could feel the life draining out of me with every thought of her sitting at the hotel crying over what she could have heard. Thinking back to the conversation I had earlier with John, I think I know what part of the conversation she must have heard.

"Well I must say that I am happy for you Mike. I can tell that you are serious about Ohio if you are putting this much into it already." John told me as he was looking over my small game plan I had just typed out over the items I had left to take care of before I left. "So what is going to happen with your job at the talent agency?" "Well I'm going to meet with Tom in a few days to recommend Shane for my job. I know he isn't the best choice but they need someone to take over my position immediately and he is the only one who is qualified and have the needed schooling. Luck for us though, he is a much better critic than actual dancer." "Mike, I gotta say this is going to be the worst decision of your professional career." "You don't think I know that? I already made a promise though and I'm not going to go back on my word." "Couldn't you just ignore the little detail and stay the best scout in town?" "I'm sorry but I am not going to back out of my deal no matter how much of a mistake I am making. We have too much history to just turn my back on this problem. I will just have to figure this out before I leave town and it's too late." "I don't know Mike." "Listen, he was a good friend of mine the last four years and I promised him I would help him if I could. They need a new scout and he is available." "Well it looks like you have things all set for you. What are you planning on doing when you get to Ohio?" "Tina and Conner are living in Columbus and so I thought I would open a dance studio where I could teach children and any artist who still wants me to help them with their videos can come to see me there. I did some research and think I have already found a building open for me. I will be looking at it next weekend when I go for a visit."

If Tina heard the middle part of that conversation, then I was seriously screwed. I can't believe this was happening right now. This morning I woke up to the most perfect women in the world and planned on how we would spend the rest of our lives. How did this all get mixed up so bad? I can't let her walk out of my life again. Last time I was left standing with an engagement ring in my pocket and a broken heart. That wasn't an option this time. I had planned on taking Tina somewhere tonight and give her the ring. It was the same ring that I had five years ago in my pocket to give her and ended up putting it in my closet box because it was too painful to look at. The ring was given to me by my grandmother who felt it would look great on Tina's hand.

I was running through the hotel lobby doors and launched myself into the elevator to go up to her room. Standing against the back wall, I padded my chest pocket just as a reassurance that the colorful box was still there. At this point I would be lucky if I didn't just drop to my knees the second I saw her and ask for her to marry me. The doors opened what seemed like seconds later and I stepped out to turn towards her room. Walking up to the door, I knocked and straighten my jacket waiting for a response. There were footsteps on the other side of the door and my pulse started to race.

"Mike? I thought you were at a show." Santana asked me opening the door to talk to me. "Where is she Santana? I need to talk to her. She heard the wrong part of the conversation and I have to explain that to her. I need to see her to tell her everything I have put in order today." "What are you talking about everything you put in order today?" "I found a building for a dance studio in Columbus that I plan to open when I move there. I even planned on taking her out tonight and proposing with same ring my grandmother gave me five years ago to give her." I pulled the box out to show Santana. "Tina was right. That is the ring she found in your closet box." "Tina saw this ring earlier? Man I screwed this all up. Could you please let me in so I could talk to her about all of this?" Her face fell and I knew something was wrong then. "I sorry Mike but she is heading back home. She got back from the theater and started to pack. You could tell something had happened but she didn't tell me what. All she did was pack up her and Conner's stuff up and headed to the airport to catch a 9 o clock flight." My heart sunk into my stomach and I had to brace myself against the door. "Go after her. You have enough time to go get her Mike. Neither of you deserve to go through another 5 years away from each other." That was all I heard her say before I was running back down the hallway.

GLEE

"Sorry for the delay ladies and gentleman but it will be another 20 minutes before we start loading for the 9pm flight to Columbus." I let out another sigh because I just wanted to go home. This was a great trip over all but it was hard to hear that Mike really didn't want to give up everything but he was because he felt obligated. I loved him so much that I could scream but I wasn't going to force him to be with us. "Mommy, is it time to get on the plane yet?" Conner asked me as he leaned against me with his eyes starting to close. "Soon sweetheart, I promise we will be getting on the plane soon and then you can go to sleep." I told him as I pulled him into my lap and gently rocked him. How could I have been so stupid? It was childish of me to think that we would continue as if nothing has happened between us. We spent five years apart and to think that we could pick up like nothing happened, other than our son getting older. People change and the reunion with everyone this weekend was proof of that. I am so stupid!

"Conner, you need to wake up sweetie, the plane is going to be boarding soon." "I don't want to leave tonight mommy. I want to stay here." "There isn't anything for us here anymore Conner. I was wrong to bring us here." I told him as I sat him in the chair next to me while I put our stuff back in the bag we were taking on the plane with us. I felt horrible saying it out loud but it was the truth. Mike would come to visit Conner when he could visit but that was going to be the extent of our relationship. "That isn't true Tina. I'm here for you." I heard from behind me and turned around in my chair to see Mike standing a few feet away panting as if he had just run a marathon.

"Wh-what are you doing here Mike? I heard you at the theater. Moving back to Ohio is the worst move for your career and you admitted it." I told him as I stood up to face him while trying to keep the tears back. "No you are wrong Tina. I want to come to Ohio with you guys, what you over heard was me talking about my replacement at the agency. A friend of mine from college is going to interview for the position and I am going to recommend him. The thing is that he isn't the greatest dancer and everyone at the agency and my manager thinks it is a horrible idea. I love you Tina and I want to be with you." He told me as he slowly made his way towards me and taking my hands in his. "We were selfish Mike. It wasn't right to think that we could start up again after all this time. This past week has just been a fairy tale and nothing more than that. We can't keep pretending anymore." I admitted shaking my head back and forth trying to stick to how I felt without letting him get into my head.

"Tina, I know you went through the box and found the ring that was in there. It was given to me by my grandmother on Christmas Eve five years ago. That night in the airport I was going to propose to you but you ended up breaking up with me first. I have spent the last five years in a stall pattern because I couldn't move on without you. Please believe me that I don't want to stay anywhere without you. Don't make me live in pain without you for the next five years." Mike went down on his knee then and pulled the colorful box out of his jacket pocket. "Tina Joy Cohen-Chang, will you marry me?"

I looked at him in shock. This was the second I have waited years for and I was frozen. Of course I wanted to marry Mike but just 10 minutes ago I thought he didn't want anything to do with me. How good of a relationship could we have if we go from one extreme to another in a matter of minutes? This was Mike though and even amongst everything else in the world, I knew he did love me down to his core. That was my answer then. It didn't matter if we weren't always on the same page or if I thought it was best for him to put his career first, he always loved me. "Yes, I will marry you." I told him as he looked up at with me as a smile was taking form on his face. I had never seen a smile like this before on him but I had to imagine that my face looked the same. It was a smile that showed you were finally getting everything you had wanted for the last 7 years. Mike slipped the ring on my finger and then picked me up and swung me around.

Things happened pretty quickly after that…

Conner and I stayed in New York for a few more days to help Mike get everything in his apartment packed up and hired some movers to take it to my apartment in Columbus. Mike stayed behind in New York to work on the last few jobs he had and to see that his friend took over his position at the agency. I made sure all of Mike's stuff got moved into the apartment just in time to help Santana pack her place up and move in with Brittany in New York.

Mike came to Ohio to stay a few weeks later just in time to settle on a building for his dance studio and Conner's birthday. We had the party at my parent's house and had all of our friends join us. Puck and Rachel came and informed us that were officially dating. We all played around in the pool for awhile before we got up to eat the BBQ and open presents. Mike took on the role of dad perfectly. He was in charge of grilling alone with Puck and my dad. After the presents were opened, Mike and Puck spent the rest of the afternoon putting them all together.

Mike and I said "I do" on New Year's Eve that same year with all of our family and friends around us. Everyone from the original glee club was there to help us celebrate. It was a beautiful ceremony that had Mike in a perfect black tux and Conner was a smaller spitting image of him. I had a long cream colored dress with my hair a wavy mess going down my back. All of the bridesmaids were wearing long maroon dresses. It was our own winter wonderland in the reception hall and it was perfect.

A year since our trip to New York that brought Mike and I back together, we headed back up to New York for Puck and Rachel's wedding. We stepped off the plane and made it terminal where Puck, Rachel, Santana, and Brittany were waiting for us. "There they are!" I heard Brittany holler and they all came running to us. Mike was holding Conner's hand while carrying the on board luggage in the other hand. I was holding the baby carrier that had our new daughter fast asleep in it. Molly Kaye Chang was three months old now and was a perfect blend of Mike and me. Two months after we made it back to Ohio, I figured out I was pregnant again. It seemed perfect how everything finally ended up for us.

I don't own anything Glee just love the show! I really hoped you all enjoyed this story. I would really like to thank all of you for sticking to the story while I was writing. Thank you so much again! Thanks