Here's the next chapter and it's a big one. Enjoy!

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Rachel woke up to the smell of pancakes the next morning. Stretching her arms up over her head she opened her eyes and surveyed her surroundings. She didn't remember falling asleep last night and judging by the look on Quinn's face she had forgotten to let her mom know that she was staying over for the night.

"Oh my gosh, my mom is going to kill me!" Quinn yelled, waking the others.

The others all stirred from their sleep and Blaine's eyes as he realised that he too had forgotten.

"Shit." Santana and Blaine muttered.

Rachel's daddy walked into the living room and smiled at the teens.

"Hey kids, we made breakfast for you." Taking in the look of panic on their faces he smiled. "Hiram and I noticed that you had all fallen asleep last night and couldn't stand to wake you all. The last week has been hard on everyone." He smiled sadly when he saw how surprised Rachel was that they had noticed. "Yes Rachel we're aware, you're a horrible liar. Don't worry kids, we called all of your parents last night."

Rachel's friends all breathed in relief and focused on Rachel who was staring at her daddy in surprise.

"How did you know?" Rachel asked.

"Princess you've been moping around for almost two weeks." The smile slid from his face. "Hannah called us last week."

Rachel gasped in horror and her friends chose the moment to escape into the kitchen for breakfast.

"What did she say?" Rachel asked in a small voice.

Leroy sat on the couch and patted the spot next to him. Sighing nervously she sat next to him and turned to face him after a moment.

"Noah came home one day smelling of liquor and he was horribly hungover. The two of them argued but he wouldn't tell her what was wrong." He stared into his daughter's eyes hard. "Sara piped up and told Hannah that her friend had told her that you were engaged to Finn."

Rachel felt tears pooling in her eyes.

"Sara told her?" Rachel asked not knowing what else to say.

"Hannah asked Noah to confirm and he asked her to not call him Noah anymore. Hannah said that Noah hasn't spoken to either of them since."

Rachel just waited for him to continue.

"What were you thinking Rachel?" His anger was just barely contained.

"I wasn't." She answered through her tears.

"Did you plan on telling us about the engagement? Did Finn even think about asking for our consent? You would need our permission because you're both 17 Rachel. Not to mention the fact that it's common courtesy to ask the parents first." He continued and she could hear the anger now.

"I'm sorry daddy. It happened so quickly and Finn had a lot going on and I couldn't say no. I regretted saying yes the moment that Finn announced it." She cried.

"Do you plan on marrying him? Have you thought about how this will affect your future? Because the last time I checked Finn was planning on taking over Burt's shop here and you were going to New York."

Rachel looked up at her daddy and realised just how disappointed he was.

"We're not together anymore. He broke up with me the other night," She wiped her eyes. "He found out how upset I've been about Noah not wanting to know me anymore. He said that I was more upset about it than anytime he had broken up with me and said he didn't want to hurt me. He said that he knew that Noah would hate me when he proposed but that he didn't think I'd care."

"Honey if Finn thought for even a moment that you wouldn't miss Noah then he doesn't know you at all. Certainly not enough to be marrying you." Her dad said as he pulled her into his arms.

"He said that he loved me too much to break my heart too," She paused for a few moments. "Daddy, Finn thinks that Noah's in love with me."

Her daddy's arms tightened around her in reflex.

"And what do you think?" He asked finally.

"I-I think that he's been the most important person to me for the majority of the last ten years. I think that I mean a lot to him and maybe at some point his feelings for me stopped being strictly platonic."

"Rachel, what do you really think?" Her daddy asked again.

She strained her ears to hear her Father laughing with her friends in the kitchen. She took a moment to sort her thoughts before trying again.

"I think that Noah has been in love with me since we were children." She breathed out.

Her daddy smiled down at her and kissed her forehead.

"And how do you feel about that Sweetpea?" He asked kindly.

"I am frustrated that I have been overlooking his affections for the last few years. I'm upset that having these feelings for me means that most of my actions since freshman year have hurt him in some way. I feel sick about the fact that I used him countless times to get back at Finn or make him jealous and that I completely misunderstood his willingness to do so. I hate myself for breaking his heart by making a rash decision. I wish that I had at the very least told him before everyone else because it made him think he isn't important to me, but I was a coward and it just added to the hurt. I hate that he knows Finn and I are over but he still won't talk to me." She cried through her tears.

"Anything else?" Her daddy prodded.

"I just really miss him. I've been blinded by my need to keep Finn's attention for the past three years but Noah never stopped being important. Those two years where we stopped talking were horrible but they were nothing compared to this. Noah is a part of my life and even when he slushied me daily he was still a part of my life. But he won't look at me and I don't know how to fix this. I love him so much and I don't want him to not be a part of my life." Rachel raised her voice as she continued. "He's always been there in every dream I've had of my future. He's in my first New York apartment making fun of my rabbit food. He's walking me to my classes and he's there after every audition. He's sitting in the front row on the opening night of my first Broadway play. Noah's standing waiting for me as you walk me down the aisle and in the delivery room when our first child is-" Rachel begins to legitimately panic as she hears herself describe the last two dreams. "Oh My God."

Santana, Quinn, Sam and Hiram run into the living room as they here Rachel's loud rant turn into desperate gasps for air. The four of them had been talking when her words had filled the house. The four of them had been staring at each other with wide eyes as she had mentioned marrying and having children with Puck. Hiram quickly runs into the kitchen and comes back with a paper bag. Handing it to Rachel he kneels in front of her and tells her to breathe into the bag until she's calmed down. Hiram and Leroy hold hands are they grasp one of hers.

Santana walked over and sat beside Rachel and rubbed her back slowly. The others walked over slowly and sat on the other couch as Rachel's breathing slowed and her tears fell freely.

"It's okay sweetheart. We're all here." Hiram and Leroy said.

Rachel just closed her eyes.

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