Thursday had been a long day for us, first we had gone to meet Mike's parents at the airport, went to our last practice, and then meet both sets of parents for dinner. Once again I had been afraid for nothing and the parents had gotten along perfectly. My dad and Mike Sr. were both business men so they spent their time talking stock quotes and other completely boring stuff while my mom and Julia kept talking about shops they really wanted to hit while they were here. "So Tina what do you think?" Julia asked pulling me out of my slight daydreaming. "Think about what?" I asked looking confused at my mom who was smiling. "I was saying that the three of us should have a spa day tomorrow before your performance while the guys do something like hit golf balls or something like that." Julia said leaning onto the table with excitement. I glanced up at Mike who nodded his head slightly, "Sure that sounds great to me." "Fabulous, well we better get going so we can get an early start tomorrow." Julia replied as everyone started to file out of the restaurant. "I wonder how many embarrassing stories and I can get out of your mom tomorrow?" I asked Mike as we were walking back home. "I hope none but I'm sure she won't be able to say no to you. I will have to try the same on your dad though; I'm dying to know what little Tina was like. Maybe he will even have pictures!" I bumped him with my hip and he grabbed me around the waist and picked me up bridal style. "I doubt it, but I'm sure your mom will. She does have a huge purse." I said trying not to laugh too hard that people around us think I have lost my mind.
Friday morning, I was up bright and early making some breakfast for myself. Santana goes running every morning and grabs a bagel while she is out. I had just sat down to watch the morning news when my phone started to ring. I saw that is was a unknown number but went ahead and answered anyway. "Hello, Rachel Berry speaking" "Hi Rach" My heart stopped. I would have recognized that voice anywhere and felt every emotion run through me as soon as I heard those two words from him. "Wh-why are you calling me Puck?" I asked trying to sound mad and hurt but came out weak and pathetic. "I just wanted to talk to you. I felt bad for just telling you everything over that note. I never meant things to go like that." He said as I just tried to listen without crying too much. It didn't work. "I know why you did it and am not angry at you for that. I'm sure I would have done the same thing if the roles were reversed. I just don't know how you could have left me at all like that." I said finally finding my voice again. "This is my dream Rachel. This is the reason I came to New York in the first place. I needed to do this to find out where it will take me." "So coming out here for Finn was a lie?" He sighed and paused before he answered. "Rachel, he is my best friend and will always keep in touch with him no matter what but you were the one that made me question everything. It finally came down to giving up everything I have ever worked for or possibly losing you forever. It wasn't an easy choice but it had to be made. I plan on coming back when I can and I hope you will still be around for us to date but I don't want you to wait for me." The tears were starting to flow faster now. "Did you ever truly love me?" I stuttered out. "Yes, I love you more than I have ever loved any other person. Many times since I've been out here, I have thought about you and have had to stop myself from getting on a plane and rushing back to you. I am still in love with you Rachel and hope you still feel the same way." He finished as I heard a crack in his voice too. Was he crying? "I do still love you Noah but I don't know if that will be enough. I need someone who will be there for me next week when I get to perform again or just someone that I can tell my day to and not have to worry about where they are in the world today." He sniffled quietly before he answered. "I understand Rachel. I hope I see you or talk to you soon." "Goodbye Noah" "Bye Rachel" I hung the phone up and set it back down on the coffee table next to my now cold oatmeal as Santana walked through the door with her bagel in hand. She took one look at my face and instantly saw her frown appear. "Do I need to cut a bitch?"
"I really needed this" I said as I was getting my arms massaged while I had a cucumber scrub on my face. "We figured you would. You have been so busy lately with everything. How is Rachel by the way? We haven't seen her since we got here on Tuesday." My mom asked. "She is doing pretty well all things considered." "Julia, I have to admit, the necklace you gave to Tina is absolutely beautiful. I wish my family handed stuff down like that but we are all country folk and only hand down land." My mom said causing all of us to laugh. "Oh don't worry. Between Mike and me we have tons of stuff like this. Both of our parents were packrats and didn't throw anything away or sell it. I hate to admit that I'm the same way with Michael though. I have all of his report cards, sports awards, and pictures." The conversation from the night before clicked in my memory then. "Please tell me that you have some with you" I asked really excited now. "Of course I do. We can take a look at them after the massage." I was now finding myself very eager to finish up here. "Mike seems to be a complete gentleman. You guys did a good job of raising him right." My mom told Julia. "We thought it was important for him to be raised the same way we were. The only difference is that Mike wanted to be a dancer and not have a "real job" and his father didn't like that. Once he came around though things were much smoother but it was tough there for awhile. While we are on the subject though; Tina is quite brilliant too. She is one of the brightest, polite, and respectful young ladies I have ever met." Julia told my mom as I just closed my eyes and was thankful they couldn't see the red in my cheeks. "We should head over to Macy's after this to pick out outfits for tomorrow night." My mom said then thankfully changing the subject.
"Whoever hits the farthest out gets free lunch from the other two." Kyle said as the three of us took our places on the top level of the hitting club. "Sounds good to me" my dad said. I was really enjoying the company of the all guys day. I had really missed my dad and enjoyed the fact that I could spend some time with him without my mom making us run in and out of stores with her. Kyle being here just made it that much better; I really felt like I was on his good side after our conversation earlier this week. "Mike I really hope that isn't the best that you can hit. They should be bouncing off the back fence with the muscles you have." My dad said pulling me out of my train of thought. "Well I was going to take it easy on you old timers, but I could up my game." I said laughing as I started to really put some oomph behind my swing. After 30 minutes of swinging and an unsurprising victory by me, we found ourselves at a small sandwich counter in Central Park and got some lunch. "I blame all that dancing." Kyle said regarding my win. "I know from Tina that you have to have some killer muscles to do some things." He said taking a bite of his food. "Speaking of Miss Tina, I hear you had a rather important conversation with Kyle here the other night." My dad said causing all of the color to drain from my face and my food to fall out of my hands and back on my tray. "Yeah I uh yeah", I stumbled out while nodding my head. "Well if you are sure son, then I think it is a great idea and think your mother would agree. We love Tina and think she is wonderful." My dad said as both he and Kyle were smiling at me. "Thanks dad" I said suddenly wondering why I was scared of what he would think about this. "Now I do have something for you in regards to this conversation."
I was in my dressing room starting to get ready Saturday evening. I had decided skipping food for now was a great idea. The last thing I needed to worry about was throwing up on everybody. "So I put a bottle of water out on the side of the announcer's podium along with a few crackers just in case you change your mind." Santana said walking back into the room. I was able to get her a job as my assistant for the show. Rachel was backstage with us also helping with hair and makeup. "This is so exciting. I can't believe you are going to be on that stage in just 90 minutes performing your favorite movie growing up." Rachel said squealing as she was putting my eyeliner on. "I don't think I have ever been this nervous before in my life." I said starting to hyperventilate again. "Oh relax; just pretend everyone in the audience is in their underwear. Well everyone except for Brittany." Santana said as she was running a lint brush over my first costume. We had found out that Artie and Brittany were coming to the performance tonight as well and Santana was slightly less than thrilled when she found out about it. Her comment made me start to laugh out loud. "See this is why I'm such a kick ass assistant. I can always make you laugh even we you want to hurl."
The show was starting in 10 minutes and I was waiting just to the side of the stage waiting for Tina to come out. Rachel had come out of there a few minutes ago and started making her way to her seat. I looked in between the crack of the curtain one last time and saw our family members sitting in the second row quietly talking while they waited. "So do I look like a perfect Mulan?" I heard behind me and turned to see Tina standing there in her first costume which was a traditional Chinese dress and lost my voice. "You look perfect. Better than I could have imagined" I told her as the music started to play. "Yeah, yeah Tina always looks fabulous. Now the two of you need to kick ass tonight." Santana said pushing us both to our places. "I love you Mike" "Love you Teebug" I shouted back to her causing her cheeks to become rosier. Now she was absolutely perfect.
As soon as we took the last bow, I flew into Mike's arms as he lifted me up and gently spun me around. "That was incredible. I can't believe it actually happened. My dream actually came true." I said as he started to set me back down. "Don't worry; we get to do it again tomorrow night too. Now we need to go change and get ready for the party." Mike said as he pulled his hands back from my waist and we headed to our changing room doors. I opened mine up and saw flowers everywhere and Santana sitting on the couch. "Where did all of these come from?" I asked in a daze. "Mostly family and friends but the a few others did as well. Julliard sent a vase along with your talent agency." I was completely in awe that so many people were rooting for me. "Now get changed. I'm heading down to the restaurant to help finish things up there." She said giving me a hug and heading out the door. After I put my short light green dress and heels on, I walked out the door to see Mike in a pair of black pants with a black vest and tie and a white shirt with rolled up sleeves. "You look far too hot Mr. Chang. I am almost tempted to skip this party." He said laughing as he gave me a kiss. "Just remember that thought for later tonight when we get home." He said taking my hand and led me to the door.
The party was being held at the restaurant where we had Rachel's party last week. Everybody we knew was there from parents, Mike's cousins, and all of our friends from school and the play. There was a buffet style dinner with tables and chairs all around the room and an open bar in the corner. Blaine had given the restaurant Mike's ipod so we even had some music playing in the background. I made it my mission to go around and thank everyone who came to the show and party tonight and let them know how much it meant to me. I was dancing with my dad to one of our favorite songs when the music stopped and I heard Mike's voice over the sound system in the large room. "If I could have everyone's attention, I would like to thank you all for coming tonight and helping us celebrate the opening of our play. I would like to give a special shout out to my parents Mike Sr. and Julia as well as Kyle and Michelle for putting this together for us. You guys helped Tina and I get to the point where we can live our dreams out every day and we love you so much for that. I also want to say thank you to Tina for whom I probably never would have got this role. She helped me for hours every day preparing for this role because I'm not the greatest singer. Today has been a dream come true for her and I'm so happy that I get to be a part of it with her." Mike was saying to me as my eyes started to get watery. He walked off the little platform then and made his was to me. I couldn't look away from him. He was standing right in front of me before he started talking to me again. "Tina, I love you more than I could ever admit and hope I can spend the rest of my life love you just as much as I do now. Tina Elise Cohen-Chang, will you marry me?" Mike asked me as he got down on one knee and held out a small box with gold, diamond ring in it. I opened my mouth to start to answer, "I…
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