A/N: I know this chapter is actually super short, but the show only had so much I could use. However I do promise this will be the only chapter that is actually more filler than anything. Thanks to those who have favorited/alerted the story and me. And thanks to those who have reviewed.
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All mistakes are mine and I don't own glee.
"You—" David stammered falling into the wall behind him. "You want me to what?"
"Hell to the fucking NO!" Sebastian yelled.
Boss only smirked at the groups reactions. Harmony was wide eyed, Gabrielle face blank, Chandler was huddling in a corner, Mitchie looked shocked, Lily was stunned, and Azimio looked around in fear.
Snapping out of her shocked state, Harmony shouted. "No! You won't force him to commit suicide!"
Boss only rolled his eyes, ignorant little girl. "He's not going to die! Just enough to get him into the hospital, the Witch over there will make sure of it!"
Mitchie looked up. "What?"
"You heard me," Boss sneered. "You're going to make a draught that Karofsky will take."
The Lima bean was packed per usual. And the majority of the Glee kids had gathered around to talk about song ideas. Dallas and Taylor were sitting on one couch, Miley with Lily and Caitlyn with Tess on either side, in front of them on chairs sat, Blaine, Kurt, Sam, Mercedes, Finn, and Sugar. And on the remaining couch Quinn sat with Rachel on her lap, Santana and Brittany mimicking their actions on their left while Mikayla sat on the right next to Mitchie and then Gabrielle. Tina and Mike sat next to Artie around the small table. They didn't notice another figure walk close.
"Well well well," Sebastian spoke. "If it isn't the unfit losers of Lima. I see you've all recovered."
"We can't come here anymore," Kurt pointed out.
"What do you want Seb," Rachel stressed out, while the unknowing gleeks gasped.
"Rachel," Sebastian smiled. "I brought something for you."
Proceeding to pull out a brown envelope and handing it to Rachel. Tentatively, Rachel opened it, curious eyes looking at her. Quinn's arms tightened their hold on her as the blonde tried to peer over her shoulder.
"What is it?" Quinn asked feeling her girlfriend tense.
"Nothing," Rachel muttered. "How did you get this?"
Sebastian smirked. "Just think from now until the end of time, every time someone Googles Rachel Berry that image will appear."
Now the club was perplexed. Grinning Sebastian was about to continue when Rachel stood up, envelope still clutched in her hands. Facing the evil boy, Rachel leveled a glare.
"What do you want Sebastian?" Rachel asked through clenched teeth.
"I want a guaranteed Regionals win," Sebastian lied, to keep my boyfriend safe, he added in his head. "So I want you to drop out. McKinley gets home-court advantage this year. So you need to vanish for the competition. You have 24 hours to drop out or that photo goes viral."
"What's on that image, Rachel?" Artie questioned as they watched the Warbler leave.
Rachel stood shocked debating in her head what her options were.
"Rachel," Finn whined reaching for the envelope.
Knocking out of her inner ramble, Rachel stepped out of reach. She squared her shoulders before ordering: "Brittany, Tina, a word outside, please, now. Mikayla, Dallas, Taylor you're more than welcome to join us."
The mentioned girls stood up and proceeded to file outside. Rachel was about to follow when Quinn's hand wrapped around her wrist. Standing up, the blonde's hazel eyes met Rachel's brown.
"Baby?" Quinn murmured concerned.
Shaking her head, Rachel smiled. "It's okay, princess. I'll be back in a minute; I just have to take care of this."
Rachel kissed Quinn quickly before walking outside.
"Okay so what does he have on us?" Mikayla answered.
"Well he knows," Rachel replied. "He knew about me, but now he knows about all of us."
"How?" Brittany asked.
"I don't know, but he does." Rachel answered rubbing her temples. "He knows everything, including why you moved here."
Mikayla's jaw clenched as Taylor shrank into Dallas' arms.
"I'm going to kill him," Tina spoke up. "I don't care if he's your friend Rachel."
"What's even in there?" Taylor asked.
"All of our secrets, all of them." Rachel replied.
"He can't post that online, he's bluffing," Dallas intervened.
"I don't know," Rachel sighed. "He can do a lot."
"You can't give in," Brittany said. "We need you to win."
"You won without me," Rachel said. "You can win again, and we have a complete team now."
"Rach," Tina mentioned. "You sat one out, you can't do another one."
"Well," Rachel commented. "What do you suggest? I can't let this make it way online."
Mikayla shook her head. "It doesn't matter. We'll figure it out later, as of for now you're still competing. We need to come up with our set list and a backup plan just in case. Come on we need to go back inside. Rachel the file, please?"
Rachel handed it over, and watched a Mikayla pulled out a lighter and lit it aflame.
"What do you think they're talking about?" Kurt asked the group.
Tess, Miley, Sam, Blaine, Sugar had scooted closer to the door to listen into what was being said outside. So Kurt's question had caught mostly Quinn's, Mercedes', Santana's, and Mike's attention with Gabrielle, Lily and Mitchie also listening.
"Probably what was in the envelope," Quinn replied.
"What was in it? Did you see?" Mercedes inquired.
"No," Quinn answered, "Rachel wouldn't let me."
"Then it's probably really bad if the Hobbit didn't let you see," Santana spoke up.
"What could it be?" Mike questioned.
"I don't know," Quinn sighed. "I think she's keeping something from me, but I'm too afraid to her."
"You're not the only one," Mike exhaled. "Tina's got a secret too and I'm pretty sure it has to do with Rachel."
"Please, I know Britt's got one," Santana commented. "But I'm not afraid to ask."
"Oh yeah so what is it?" Mercedes interrupted.
Santana grumbled. "She wouldn't tell me."
"You should find out," Mitchie intervened. "I mean you trust them so you if they're keeping secrets you should have a right to find out."
"Or maybe they should respect their counterparts secrets and not push," Caitlyn added her two cents having been quietly listening.
"It's an idea," Lily defended.
"Well it doesn't matter cause they're coming in," Gabrielle said.
"Your plan failed," Boss spoke up. "She's still competing which means my plan is a go. Today, I want you gone."
Sebastian's eyes filled with tears, "Please anything but that."
"No," Boss sneered. "Witch, do you have it?"
Mitchie gulped and handed over the potion.
"Drink it," Boss demanded.
Karofsky gulped before taking the draught. He felt himself grow dizzy before passing out. Sebastian fell to his knees cradling him in his arms. Desperately he searched for a pulse, finding none.
"Stop crying, Smythe," Boss chuckled. "He'll be fine, if Witch drew up the potion correctly."
Mitchie winced as everyone's eyes landed on her. She hoped she had, but it was the first time she created something that powerful. She'd hope it would work.
"So we wanted to share our song with you," Dallas explained from the piano.
"We thought this could be a good suggestion for Regionals, since the theme is inspiration," Taylor continued sitting near the piano with her guitar. "Ready?"
"Yep," Dallas replied her hands playing the introducing chords of the song.
Taylor:
Lyin' here with you so close to me
It's hard to fight these feelings when it feels so hard to breathe
Caught up in this moment
Caught up in your smile
Dallas
I've never opened up to anyone
So hard to hold back when I'm holding you in my arms
We don't need to rush this
Let's just take it slow
Both:
Just a kiss on your lips in the moonlight
Just a touch of the fire burning so bright
No I don't want to mess this thing up
I don't want to push too far
Just a shot in the dark that you just might
Be the one I've been waiting for my whole life
So baby I'm alright, with just a kiss goodnight
They were interrupted when Ms. Pillsbury asked for Mr. Schue.
Figgins office was crowded as parts of the major faculty walked in. Shelby and David were the last ones to walk in. Sue, Emma, and Kelly had taken the chairs in front of Figgins, Will hovering over Emma and Sharron over Sue and Holly over her daughter. Taking the remaining seats on the couch next to the desk, Figgins started talking.
"We need to break the news gently to the student body."
"What news?" Kelly asked perplex.
"Dave Karofsky attempted to commit suicide. He is now in the hospital, but his friends are all here." Figgins filled in.
"What?" Shelby asked. "Dave wouldn't do that."
"Well, he did, and according to research and my understanding, these actions can create more attempts," Figgins mentioned.
"It's just so senseless," Sharron spoke softly.
"Well thanks to social media it's all over the world," David, the Spanish teacher, stated.
"Yeah," Will lamely added. "Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr."
"Sue are you crying?" Holly asked, not meaning to sound unkind or condescending.
"I could've done more," Sue cried. "He was having troubles when I was principle. I was so focused on Porcelain, that I didn't see him struggle. God, his father finding him, that feeling of helplessness, it must have been horrible."
"We were all hard on Dave," Will stressed. "We were trying to protect Kurt."
"It wasn't our job to know," Figgins tried to justify.
"Well then whose was it?" Emma asked as Shelby and Kelly paraphrased the same question.
The God Squad's meeting was much larger today. Mercedes sat at the front of room facing the other members, slightly out of the circle. Joe sat to her right, then Rory, Sugar, Tina, Mike, Miley, Lily, Tess, Caitlyn, Gabrielle, Mitchie, Mikayla, Sam, Rachel, Quinn, Santana, Brittany, Dallas and Taylor. They had all heard about David Karofsky and were all shocked.
Mercedes started the meeting, "We should start by praying for Karofsky."
Quinn followed her lead, "I think we should also pray for his family. They could use the support, and comfort more than him."
"I just don't understand," Sam stammered. "How he could get to such a horrible dark place."
"It's all over Facebook," Tina spoke up. "Everyone found out he was gay and went ballistic."
"He couldn't take it," Mike supplied.
"How is he? Is he going to live?" Joe asked.
"Well," Rachel jumped in. "He's in the hospital. Thank god, they found him when they did."
Quinn spoke up again, "I feel sorry for Karofsky, but what he did was selfish."
Most of the gleeks turned to Quinn.
"Oh yeah how?" Mitchie asked.
"He didn't want to hurt himself, but everyone around him. I went through rough times as have most of you, but never did that thought cross my mind. I couldn't bear hurting anyone else."
"Quinn please," Kurt interrupted from the doorway. "Sure, you almost got pregnant and your dad left you and your mom in the dirt. You went skank and had a horrible hair dye for about a month. But you made it, and the world still loved you. You have no idea what Karofsky went through."
"You really want to try and compare," Quinn argued tears forming in her eyes.
"The despair, the self-loathing," Kurt listed.
Opening her mouth to argue Rachel stood up and wrapped her arms around Quinn. They didn't need to fight within themselves right now. Whispering into her girlfriend's ear: "Princess, let it be. You suffered too, but Karofsky and your pains were very different. Kurt has a better understanding of what was going through his head."
Quinn frowned, but nodded cuddling into Rachel and answered Kurt anyway. "It doesn't matter, I just can't imagine things getting so messed up you'd consider taking your own life."
"That's so harsh and reductive, have some compassion. Do you know he's still getting threats?" Kurt mentioned.
"Don't talk to her like that," Rachel growled, her protective nature coming out. "This isn't the point of the meeting anyway. We're here to show our support for Karofsky and to pray for him to get better."
"Why are you even here Kurt?" Gabrielle asked. "Thought you didn't believe in God?"
"I invited him," Joe muttered.
"This is my fault," Kurt cried. "He called me because he wanted to be friends, but I ignored him. If I had just answered one of his calls, he would be okay."
"It's not your fault," Mitchie answered, feeling guilty. "How about you take the arrangement to him?"
"This school year has been an emotional roller coaster," Taylor murmured later that night.
Dallas and she were lying down on their bed. The brunette spooning her best friend and mate, their hands linked together.
"Mmm," Dallas nodded. "It totally has."
"I don't want to wait," Taylor whispered after a while. "After what happened to David, I don't want to wait."
"What do you mean?"
"I don't want to die before becoming completely yours," Taylor commented looking at Dallas. Her blue eyes met Dallas' brown.
"Taylor…"
"No, Dallas. This year, I've come so close to losing you, multiple times. And I can't bear the thought of actually losing you at least not before becoming a Torres…I wanna get married after our win at Regionals," Taylor answered.
"Taylor," Dallas replied. "That's really soon."
"Do you not want us to?" Taylor asked.
"No! Of course I want to marry you," Dallas stated. "It's just this is really sudden."
"Oh…"
"I'll make you a deal. We will get married," Dallas said. "We'll wait until we graduate. If you want to marry at the end of the year then we will, if not we'll wait. Does that sound okay?"
"Do you promise?" Taylor inquired.
"I swear," Dallas answered kissing her.
The Lima Bean was crowed. Sebastian sat with his hand over his face crying. He didn't care he was making a fool of himself in public. All he care about was his boyfriend's safety something he clearly could not control. Harmony frowned at him, she was suffering as well, David had become an older brother to her, and she hated that he'd been hurt.
"Hey," Gabrielle whispered softly as she took a seat next to the other two.
"Hey," Harmony mumbled. Sebastian didn't acknowledge her.
"He's going to be okay," Gabrielle sighed.
"How do you know?" Sebastian muttered. "I'm his boyfriend! I should have been able to protect him from HIM! From Monroe, I should have been able to avoid this."
Gabrielle frowned and Harmony offered a sympathetic hand.
"There was nothing we could do," Harmony whispered.
"No, I should have been able to do something," Sebastian cried.
Gabrielle watched silently over their exchange. Her eyes flickered up as chatter filled the open door.
"Gleeks, one o'clock," the Gabrielle announced.
Harmony glanced up, but didn't move as Gabrielle asked a silent question and Sebastian nodded. Gabrielle got up and left while Harmony held tightly onto Sebastian's hand and Santana came in.
"Let me break," Santana slammed her hands on the table for enfaces. "It down for you, from one bitch to another. All this victorious crap has got to stop!"
"I know," Sebastian replied his eyes flitting around the room.
Santana stood in front of him, Dallas, Brittany, and Tess flaunting her left while Kurt, Blaine, and Sam stood on her right. Dallas eyes immediately sought out Harmony.
"Harmony?" the Latina questioned.
Looking up like a deer caught in headlights, the girl nodded with a smile.
"What are you doing here, with him?" Tess inquired.
"She met me," Sebastian answered. "We're related." He lied before continuing his previous sentence, Sebastian apologized. "I'm sorry about the slushy, Blaine."
"It doesn't matter to me," Blaine gritted out.
"I'm sorry, I have no excuses," Sebastian continued. "Second the image," His gaze focused on Dallas and Brittany. "Have all been destroyed. The Warblers are going to win fair and square. We're also taking donations after the competition for the Lady Gaga foundation no matter the result. We're going to dedicate our performance to Dave Karofsky. We thought you'd might like to join us."
The gleeks looked impressed.
Pursing his lips, Kurt commented: "Waiting for the punch, you know it's coming."
Sebastian shook his head bitterly. "Not this time. I've been a jackass and I have got to stop. It's all fun and games until it's not."
"Mr. Schue," Rachel spoke up. "I love the auditorium as much as the next star, but unless you have a set list number prepared then we should really start thinking of that."
Mr. Schue shook his head at her. "We will get to that, but first. I want all of you to sit in a circle on the floor. Ms. Corcoran, Ms. Holliday, and Ms. Holliday's daughter, Kelly are joining us."
The glee club members nodded and walked onto the stage as Holly, Shelby, and Kelly walked in as well. They took a seat in a giant circle, (from left to right from Mr. Schue) Shelby, Blaine, Artie, Sam, Quinn, Rachel, Dallas, Taylor, Brittany, Santana, Sugar, Tina, Mike, Kelly, Finn, Tess, Caitlyn, Miley, Lily, Mikayla, Mitchie, Gabrielle, Rory, Puck, Mercedes, Holly and Kurt.
Mercedes decided to break the silence that had overlapped them. "Mr. Schue, why do you have a jar of peanut butter with one spoon?"
Sugar chose to crack a joke, still feeling the tension, the past days had left them with, "Yeah, there are twenty-four of us, and I only feel comfortable sharing a spoon with about half of you."
The club laughed and Mr. Schue smiled. "Well, it comes to my attention that our good friend, Rory Flannigan has never tasted peanut butter."
The club gasped. Tina being the loudest to ask: "What?"
"Rory if you don't mind?" Mr. Schue extended the peanut butter.
Tasting it the forign exchange student nodded smiling. "Oh my God…that's the best thing I've ever had…"
The club laughed again, the heaviness disappearing.
"Mr. Schue, while that's incredibly moving," Kurt spoke up. "It's kind of been an emotional week for some of us."
And then Kurt brought it all back and room became somber.
Finn opened his mouth next, "Yeah, Mr. Schue what's the point of all of this?"
"The point is," Mr. Schue said, "Rory just had a brand next experience, small as tasting peanut butter."
"You guys are young," Kelly stated.
"And we want you to promise us," Shelby added.
Holly finished the teachers combined thoughts: "That no matter how depressed you get, no matter how hopeless or alone you feel that you'll remember the great times you've had."
"And that you'll think of all the amazing things ahead of you," Mr. Schue said.
"Mr. Schue, Ms. Holliday, Ms. Kelly, and Ms. Corcoran, I know we're a little dramatic sometimes, but I don't think any of us would ever consider doing that," Mercedes replied.
"I did," Mr. Schue said. "Junior year."
"I did," Shelby agreed. "After giving up Rachel."
"As did I," Holly nodded. "It made me become a counselor."
"I did," Kelly imputed. "About three years ago."
The club looked shocked, none of them expecting those words from their superiors.
"How?" Rachel asked, being the first to recover.
"I cheated on a test," Mr. Schue sighed. "And although that's not extreme it was for me. They called my dad and I was utterly petrified. He was going to kill me, how was I ever supposed to look him in the eyes ever again. I went to the roof, and looked over the edge. One step and it would all be over."
"Is that true?" Kurt asked.
Mr. Schue nodded lost in the memory.
"Mom?" Rachel asked.
Shelby looked up from her hands, sighing the math teacher told her story: "I was eighteen, fresh out of high school when I got pregnant. I'd met your fathers, and they offered to pay me and keep you. I was naive looking for a life on the stage, so I immediately said yes determined to grow no emotional connection to you. But that didn't work, nine months later and I had you in my arms for the first time. You were perfect, are perfect, but I didn't get the time wanted. You were swept out of my arms before I could protest. I tried to move on from that empty feeling of you gone, but I couldn't. I failed off the stage. I was twenty-one when I almost did. I was in New York living on the streets; all I had to do was time it perfectly. Walk onto the busy street and get hit. I almost did, but then I was pushed out of the way. I don't know by whom, but I was out of danger and all I could think of was thank God. Because for me that meant that God wanted me here. That I would find you one day and it happened."
Rachel was shaking in Quinn's arms, silent tears flowing down her cheeks as Quinn rocked her.
"I was twenty when it happened," Holly spoke softly, the attention now on her. "Partying was my life. High school had been my kingdom and college was as well. I had gotten into a crowd of wrong people, drinking and smoking every night. My grades were slipping and my family hated me. So one night it was just so simple to overdose. I ended up the hospital. It wasn't a conscience effort it just happened. I stopped smoking and intaking drugs."
"It's not that hard to feel that urge," Kelly whispered. "I had just failed my first class. I was doing so well, and all of a sudden I failed. I was terrified of my mother finding out. I had been the perfect student and I let it all slide away for one stupid boy who made me feel stupendous. He gave me everything and left me to deal with his problems. I stayed though and he bullshitted me into the streets. I couldn't take it. I wanted to vanish, my mother, my grades, my school, my friends. All it would take was two slashes to the wrist and everything would be gone."
"Everyone has something that would take them up to the edge," Mr. Schue mentioned. "And look at everything I would have missed out on. So right now, I want you all to think of something that you're looking forward to, big things."
Sam was the first one to speak up, "Someday I want to earn enough money to buy my folks a new home so they don't ever have to go through losing their home again."
Mercedes spoke after him: "I'm most looking forward to meeting Rachel, and hopefully Quinn's children."
The club laughed at hers as Quinn blushed and Rachel smirked. Artie said his next: "I want to be there to see my kid's first steps."
"I want to be there to see Sex and City Part III," Sugar joked. "But seriously, I want to be there to see my best friend's getting married."
Tess spoke up next, "I'm looking forward to finding my one and only match."
"I do want to graduate high school," Puck stated.
"I'm going to petition the Army to change my dad's dishonorable discharge status to an honorable one," Finn mentioned.
"I'm looking forward to inspiring the world with my music," Taylor said.
"I'm looking forward to graduating from Yale at the top of my class," Quinn whispered.
"I'm looking forward to leading McKinley's Girls' Varsity basketball Championships for the next two years," Lily uttered.
"I'm looking forward to the day when my grandmother loves me again," Santana mumbled.
"I'm looking forward to the day I make my Dad and Mom extremely proud," Miley spoke.
"I'm looking forward to the day my brother and I get along again," Gabrielle muttered.
"I'm looking forward to when Lord Tubbington kicks his Ecstasy addiction," Brittany deadpanned. "No, I'm looking forward to the day when I dance in front of the world."
"I am looking forward to marriage equality in all 50 states," Blaine hummed.
"I'm looking forward to the first time I dance in Carnegie Hall," Mike smiled.
"I just want a song," Tina giggled.
"I'm looking forward to watching my dad make a difference in congress," Kurt said.
Mikayla went next, "I'm looking forward to reuniting my family."
"I'm looking forward to getting out of Lima," Mitchie grumbled.
"I'm looking forward to producing music in Los Angeles," Caitlyn said.
Dallas smiled softly and hugged Taylor, "I'm looking forward to marrying the love of life."
The club awed.
"I'm looking forward to being friends with all of you for the rest of my life," Rachel commented looking around the room.
"I know this is silly and peanut butter may be my next favorite thing," Rory intervened. "But do you know what I'm looking forward to? Winning at Regionals."
The glee club cheered.
"So what now?" Chandler asked. "Karofsky's in the hospital, what now though?"
"We put the rest of the plan in action," Boss sneered.
Harmony head snapped up, Gabrielle looked at him, Chandler paled, Sebastian tensed, Azimio frowned and Lily started pacing.
"You mean," Mitchie swallowed.
"You're not scared are you Witch," Boss taunted. "I mean all you have to do is crash the car with her in it."
"Wait you mean?" Lily whispered. "We can't kill her."
"Well man up," Boss established. "After Regionals, Corcoran is to be dead and Russo-Anderson is to be put in blame."
The theatre was packed and the schools were all a bunch of nervous jumbled.
Sebastian with Warblers:
Come on, stand, up again
Stand, you're gonna run again
Sebastian:
Don't give up,
You're gonna see tomorrow
Sebastian with Warblers:
That you'll be on your feet again
Sebastian:
Sometimes the world's gonna knock you over
But you will see who are your friends (Warblers: Ooooo!)
Sebastian with Warblers:
Come on, stand, up again
Come on, stand,
Stand, you're gonna run again
As they sang the gleeks stood up to support them.
Sebastian:
The sun goes down,
The stars come out,
And all that counts,
Is here and now,
My universe will never be the same,
I'm glad you came,
Sebastian with Warblers:
You cast a spell on me, spell on me,
You hit me like the sky fell on me, fell on me
And I decided you look well on me, well on me
So let's go somewhere no one else can see, you and me
The crowd went wild and New Directions stood up to make last minute decisions in the choir room while the next school sung.
"Show circle," Mr. Schue clapped his hands.
Mitchie, Gabrielle, Caitlyn and Lily looked perplexed as did Miley, Sugar, and Tess.
"It means we gather in a circle," Dallas explained. "We give each other a pep talk."
"Finn wanted to start you off," Mr. Schue said. "So?"
"With everything that's has happened I thought a lot about what Mr. Schue said and what everyone else did as well. I want us to believe to live every day like it's our last."
Santana:
They got their guns out aiming at me
But I become neo when they aiming at me
Blaine:
(New Directions: If I can see it)
Me, me, me against them
Me against enemies, me against friends
(New Directions: Then I can do it)
Somehow they both seem to become one
A sea full of sharks and they all smell blood
(New Directions: If I just believe it)
They start coming and I start rising
Must be surprising, I'm just surmising
(New Directions: There's nothing to it)
Blaine and Santana:
I win, thrive, soar,
Higher, higher, higher
More fire
Rachel:
I came to win
Rachel and Santana:
To fight,
To conquer,
To thrive
I came to win,
To survive,
To prosper,
To rise
The crowd cheered and New Directions smiled as they went through the songs.
Santana:
You know the bed feels warmer
Sleepin' here alone
You know I dream in color
And do the things I want
Brittany:
You think you got the best of me
Think you've had the last laugh
Bet you think that everything good is gone
Think you left me broken down
Think that I'd come running back
Baby you don't know me, cause you're dead wrong
Mercedes with The Troubletones:
What doesn't kill you makes you stronger
Stand a little taller
Doesn't mean I'm lonely when I'm alone
What doesn't kill you makes a fighter
Footsteps even lighter
Doesn't mean I'm over cause you're gone
The Trouble Tones garnered much of the attention and as the crowd cheered them on. New Directions got prepared for their last number.
Rachel:
Here's to you
Fill the glass
Cause the last few nights
Have gone too fast
Rachel with New Direction Girls:
If they give you hell
Tell em to forget themselves
Here's to us
Here's to us
Rachel (New Direction Boys harmonizing):
Here's to all that we kissed
And to all that we missed
To the biggest mistakes
That we just wouldn't trade
Rachel with New Direction Girls:
To us breaking up
Without us breaking down
To whatever's comin' our way
Rachel:
Here's to us
Here's to us!
New Direction Girls:
Here's to us
Here's to love
All the times
That we messed up
As the song came to an end Rachel eyes' locked with Quinn's and they shared a small smile.
"You were amazing," Quinn grinned feeling herself being twirled by Rachel.
"And you princess were beautiful," Rachel replied.
"You're being biased," Quinn teased.
"Maybe," Rachel giggled. "You are brilliant, and I love you."
"I love you too," Quinn whispered.
"Guys, they're announcing the winners," Tina mentioned.
"The 2012 Midwest Regional Winners…from McKinley High…New Direction!"
"It's show time," Harmony muttered, watching New Directions cheer at their win. Sebastian and Azimio nodded their heads as did Chandler.
"HARMONY!" Sugar squealed, launching herself onto her girlfriend.
"Hey," Harmony whispered, catching Gabrielle, Mitchie and Lily's gaze over her shoulder.
"What are you doing here?" Sugar enthusiastically asked.
"Umm," Harmony stammered. "I came to support you." And to kill your best friend.
"You are sweet," Sugar smiled.
"I'd hope you keep thinking that," Harmony grimaced.
"Coach Sylvester?" Quinn questioned as the older woman made her pause outside the auditorium on the way to change.
"I know you must be exhausted from singing backup," Sue quipped. "I've been thinking…probably due to Karofsky…or seeing you perform. I've realized I always admired you, Quinn. I thought it was because you reminded me of a young Sue Sylvester, but I admire you because you're not like me. You've still managed to change for the better. With that in mind, I want to give you this."
The older blonde pulled out a box from behind herself and handed it over to Quinn. Cautiously the blonde opened it resulting in tears in her eyes. The red box with her name contained a red, white, and black uniform lay folded neatly.
"You're not going to regret this," Quinn answered. "I'm going to win us a nation championship in this uniform."
"Looking good Fabray," Blaine commented as Quinn walked by.
Quinn blushed dressed in her newly restore Cheerios uniform. Her hair pulled into a ponytail with her bangs out. Turning the hall she saw Rachel at her locker talking with Harmony and Gabrielle.
"Thanks boys, I'll catch you later," Quinn nodded. Taking a deep breath she approached the group.
"Come on Rachel," Gabrielle commented.
"Why can't you just drive yourself," Rachel asked.
"Please," Gabrielle pleaded. "They know me so I won't be able to."
"I'll think of it okay," Rachel replied. "You guys are coming over right? I mean to Sugar's?"
"Yeah," Harmony forced a smile while Gabrielle nodded her head.
"Hey," Quinn interrupted watching her girlfriend turn around. "How do I look?"
Rachel's eyes zeroed in on her girlfriend. The Cheerios' colors complementing Quinn perfectly, her skirt short gave a satisfying view, and overall Quinn looked like she was using a second skin.
"Coach Sylvester gave it to me earlier," Quinn continued watching Rachel's eyes become darker, but still she received no answer. "And I couldn't resist."
Struggling with the knot in her throat due to both arousal and fear, Rachel choked out: "Well, I'm glad you're happy. Everyone deserves to be happy."
"When you were singing that song," Quinn asked. "Who were you singing it to?"
"Honestly?" Rachel mulled over. "You. Only you, you make me incredibly happy. It's scary to imagine, to remember what life was without you, Quinn."
Quinn flushed, "I love you."
"I love you too," Rachel whispered wrapping her arms around her girlfriend. "I don't think I'll ever stop."
Harmony's eyes glistened watching the scene unfold.
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"I can't do this," Harmony muttered. "I can't do this to them, Gabby."
Gabrielle looked just as conflicted. "We have to."
"I can't," Harmony cried. "What if that was me and Sugar."
"Harmony," Gabby sighed. "We're doing this so it's not you and Sugar."
"I don't want to be a murder."
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"So I'll meet you later?" Rachel asked pulling away.
"Aren't you coming?" Quinn questioned.
"Yeah, but I have to do something first," Rachel mentioned.
"Oh…okay."
"I'll see you there," Rachel stated kissing Quinn. "I love you, princess."
"Love you too," Quinn smiled.
"Now," Sebastian spoke into the phone. "She's leaving."
Sebastian turned to look at the door and missed how Rachel didn't get into Quinn's car, but the blonde left alone while Rachel got a lift from Tina.
Mitchie's voice came from the phone, "Okay, the accident is set to happen."
"Then we're good to go."
"Yeah."
"We can't do this," Harmony panicked as Gabrielle and her met with Sebastian, Mitchie, Lily and Chandler.
"We have to," Chandler stated.
"Harmony's right," Gabrielle intervened. "I don't want to murder someone to save my own skin. I can't kill Rachel, not after all she's done for me."
"Can I come in?" Kurt asked at the hospital.
Karofsky looked up, "Yes."
"She's coming up now," Lily whispered watching the red bug approach the intersection.
While the rest of the group argued, Chandler eventually tying both Gabrielle and Harmony up because they had to go through with the plan, Mitchie gulped and shakily stood up. Emitting raw magic from her hands, she saw an oncoming truck and controlled it. Concentrating she watched as the red bug went to run a stop sign and thanked her luck. She made the truck accelerate. Lily held her breath as did Gabrielle and Sebastian. Chandler looked wide eyed and Mitchie was about to pass out. Harmony's demeanor changed and as the truck was about to make contact with the red bug, enough to kill both drivers, Harmony shoved Mitchie causing her to lose control of the truck. The last thing both of the heard was the sound of two cars colliding.
New text from Rachel*
Hey Princess, I'm at Sugar's, where are you?
Quinn glanced over at her phone. She wanted to reach it, but knew it was a bad idea. So she ignored it and honked at the driver. Could he be any slower?
New text from Rachel*
Princess hope everything's alright. Hurry please, Santana and Britt are about to have sex on the lounge chair.
New text from Rachel*
Princess? Call me so I know where you are, please.
Having heard enough of her phone, Quinn reached over and unlocked it.
New text to Rachel*
On my way.
It was the last thing Quinn saw before being enveloped in black.
The party had picked and most of the gleeks were enjoying the inside swimming pool at Sugar's. Rachel sat nursing a drink waiting for her girlfriend.
She sipped her drink leisurely while checking her phone. Quinn had texted her she was on her way, that was ten minutes ago where could she be.
She didn't expect being knocked off her chair by a startling cry.
"RACHEL!"
Jumping and spilling her drink over partially herself, Rachel looked up to meet Jesse's frantic ones.
"Jesse?" She asked.
"ST. JAMES!" Finn and Puck shouted.
"Rachel," Jesse panted. "It's Quinn."
That silenced the room.
"What about Quinn, Jesse?" Rachel asked her brows furrowing.
"She's—" Jesse whispered. "She's been in accident. She's at the hospital."
And with that Rachel lost her grip and fell into her arms. Her frame was shaking, she felt dizzy and nauseous, she needed to lie down. Her wolf woke up to the news and was breaking the control she had over it.
"I need to get out of here," Rachel muttered as she ran outside. She felt constricted and behind her she felt her name being called out.
A/N: So I know this chapter was lousy. But there wasn't a lot I could from with the show. A lot of what happened will be set into perpective in the next chapter.
Songs:
Just A Kiss.
Stand.
Glad You Came.
Fly/I Believe I Can Fly.
Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You).
Here's To Us.