A/N: I know it's been a while but I've had some computer issue, first my internet connect died and it took a couple days to get fixed, then we had a power cut and it blew my external harddrive so I've spent ten days trying to recover most of the 700gb of stuff that was on it. Then I got caught the bug that's been going around.
"Santana?" Rachel said spotting a familiar figure. They were back in Lima for their ten year reunion.
"Rachel Berry." Santana turned around and gave her a hug.
"How are you? We all lost touch with you after high school."
"Engaged." She held out her so Rachel could see the large shiny diamond. "To a Count."
"A Count. Congratulations."
"So did you make it on Broadway?" Santana asked.
"No." Rachel admitted. "I teach music and drama at our local high school."
"Didn't work out then."
"Didn't try." Rachel corrected. "I decided my last year of college I didn't want it any more I wanted to teach. I love what I do and it worked out well since I was married and five months pregnant by the time I finished college."
"Who did you marry?"
"Noah." Rachel replied.
"Puck? Where is he then?"
"At work." Rachel answered.
"He couldn't get out of work to come to his high school reunion?"
"Not when he's on an aircraft carrier in the Indian Ocean. He's a Lieutenant in the Navy."
"So you and Puck got married and have a kid."
"Four." Rachel corrected. "We tried to invite you but your parents said you had gone to Europe and they couldn't contact you."
"Four kids?"
"Beth, Hayley, Isaiah and Grace."
"You named your kid after Puck and Quinn's kid?"
"No same Beth, Shelby died in a car crash a few years ago. Noah and I adopted her."
"Does Quinn know about that?"
"Yes. She comes and visits every couple of months."
"Did I hear my name mentioned?" Quinn walked over. "Hey Santana, it's been a while."
"She was just asking how you felt about the whole Beth situation."
"Its fine she's happy, Rachel's more her mother than I ever was. How are you?" Quinn inquired.
"She's engaged to a Count." Rachel pointed.
"I thought you were a lesbian."
"He has a huge castle." Santana shrugged.
"I can't believe you had a baby three months ago. Do you have any more pictures?" Quinn asked Rachel.
Rachel pulled out her phone and pulled up a picture.
"She is going to have Puck wrapped around her finger like the others when he meets her, and it's a good thing he changed his mind about Tallulah."
"Meet her?"
"Noah deployed a month before she was born. He made it home the day before Isaiah was born." Rachel knew what the next question would be. "Noah named all of the kids, he wanted them to have something if anything ever happened to him, and the day we found out that Grace was a girl he decided we were calling her Tallulah. The day he left he told he'd changed his mind we should call her Grace."
"You got kids?" Santana asked Quinn.
"Two boys, Finn Jr. and Christopher."
"What about everyone else?"
"Brittany owns a burlesque bar in Vegas; it's great we went when we went there when Matt got married. He's in the Navy too, a SEAL. He and Yolanda have an 18 month old boy Alexander. Mike won So You Can Think You Can Dance a few years ago and owns a dance studio in Miami. Tina writes graphic novels for girls, Artie teaches music. Kurt's a wedding planner; he and Blaine got married last year and are in the process of adopting a three year old boy and two year old girl."
"Did I hear my name mentioned?" Kurt came over. There was a quick hellos and catch up.
"Where's Blaine?" Rachel inquired.
"Giving Mr Schue investment advice." Kurt replied before adding for Santana's benefit. "Blaine's an investment banker."
"What about Sam?"
"He didn't come. He wouldn't leave Becky even though she told him to come." He paused. "Sam and Becky got married two years ago, she's eight months pregnant. They both work for the Red Six."
"I saw Mercedes earlier." Quinn looked around.
"Bathroom." Kurt supplied. "She's four months pregnant."
"Mercedes designs really beautiful wedding dresses." Rachel added. "She got married about three years ago to this jerk we all hated; he got drunk one night and hit her. She left and filed for a divorce. About a year ago, she was designing this dress for the daughter of some Greek shipping magnate, her brother drove her to one of the fittings, and they hit it off. He keeps proposing but Mercedes keeps saying no. I think that's everyone."
"Speaking of everyone, did Rachel tell you about her real job?" Kurt asked Santana.
"She said she was a teacher."
"She is and she coaches glee club and JV cheerleading."
"Kurt." Rachel muttered.
"She's a multi award winning song writer."
"Right." Santana didn't believe him.
"Her college roommate was Desi Blake. She co-wrote her first album and all of the others. There is a huge list of people she's written for."
"Kurt, we're keeping that quiet." Rachel warned him. "I like my anonymity."
"You wrote Pigtails?" Santana looked slightly stunned.
"Why is that the only song anyone can think of? It was just my kids' lullaby before Caitlin insisted on putting it on her album."
"Because it was the biggest selling song of the year, number one in 21 countries, number one here for 13 weeks, won practically every award under the sun and I know many zeros were on the bonus check the label gave you."
"I think I need to speak to your husband about keeping his mouth shut or I need a new accountant."
"But above all of that it's the guy in the video." Quinn stated.
"Julio. He's been married since he was 18 and has four year old triplets. He's currently filming the remake of the West Side Story movie."
"You keep track of people in music videos?" Santana looked at her.
"No, but we went to college with Julio. When we talking about the video Julio was the first guy who came to mind." Rachel explained as her cell phone rang. "Excuse me for a moment. Hey Donovan, can this wait I'm at my high school reunion…. No, ok play it for me…. It's not working because you're over complicating it. You know I refuse to write for people who can't really sing, give him a guitar and have him record just like when he sang it in my living room two weeks ago… I know Hugo's not going to like it but trust me on this one…. I'll call you back in a couple hours… Bye." She hung up.
"Who was in your living room?" Quinn asked.
"Tyler Deacon. I know Beth already told me it makes me the coolest mom in the world."
"You have famous people in your living room."
"I have four kids; they have to come to me or we video conference. I live on a military base, the press can't follow them."
"Hey." Mike walked up and flung an arm around Rachel and kissed the top of her head. "Can I still get a ride back on the gulf stream with you on Sunday?"
"Sure." Rachel agreed. "Sorry." She apologised as her phone rang again. She smiled when she looked at the caller id. "Hey sailor." She answered. "That's because I'm in Lima, for our reunion…. No they're with your mom; she's been feeding them sugar all day…. No they are all here, except Sam… Finn's here do you want to say hello?"
She handed the phone over to Finn who had joined them.
"He calls?" Santana asked.
"Three times a week for ten minutes and I get emails every other day." Rachel replied.
"How can you live like that?"
"We've been doing long distance for ten years you adjust. We have a schedule and it works." Rachel shrugged.
"He wants to talk to you." Finn handed her back the phone.
"I almost forgot we need a new car, this one has had it…. Yes I had Dave from the motor pool look at it…. You know I have power of attorney I could just trade your Harley in for a Porsche…. Yes I'll take Jake with me; you know he's coming out to you in a few weeks…. I know… I'll send you pictures…. I know I love you too, I'll talk to you in a few days….Bye." She hung up.
TBC
