A/N: So here's what you missed on Glee. Tina and Marley made up and are now friends and they even sang a song to the Glee Club. Rachel convinced Finn that she wanted to see Frida Romero and ask her why she was being mean to Tina, but they all found out that Frida's kind of mean herself. Also, Frida had been talking to Hunter while he was in jail and now the entire show choir world thinks that Rachel sleeps around. Apparently the text messages and the lies became too much for Rachel. Blaine and Kurt found out they both got into NYADA and Finn was about to tell Rachel where he wanted to get married until he broke into the bathroom and he looked upset, although we don't know why. And that's what you missed on, GLEE!
Disclaimer: I do not own Glee but I sure wish I did.
Note: Here's the newest chapter and it's Part 2 to the previous chapter. In this chapter (right away actually) we find out what Finn saw in the bathroom via a flashback. I tried to make this chapter powerful hence why I cut back on the songs (there's only one) and focused more on dialogue. I hope you guys enjoy the chapter.
Finn continued to sit in the hospital waiting room, fiddling with the wedding ring on his hand. He looked down at it, feeling the tears in his eyes accumulate as they streamed down his face. He sniffled a moment, thinking of the scene that had unfolded in the bathroom, realizing that he had never been so petrified in his entire life.
Finn, Santana, Kurt and Blaine felt their heart race when they saw Rachel lying on the ground, looking as if she was peacefully sleeping. The way that Finn knew that Rachel wasn't sleeping by choice was when he saw an empty bottle of prescription pills lying next to her. Finn quickly ran over to Rachel, leaning down as he started to check if he could feel a pulse in Rachel's wrist. Santana whipped out her phone as she began to dial 911, as Finn continued to look for a pulse.
"I…I can't find a pulse. I CAN'T FIND A PULSE!" Finn started screaming. Kurt and Blaine ran over to Finn's side as they started to check for a pulse on Rachel, just to make sure that she was still with them, even if a little bit. Kurt put his two fingers on Rachel's neck, then looked over to Finn and Blaine nodding his head slowly.
"She has a pulse but it's faint." Kurt assured Finn. Finn looked over at Santana who finished putting her phone away and walked over to them.
"An ambulance is coming. There's nothing we can do for now until they get here. Is she alive?" Santana's voice sounded a bit shaky as Kurt nodded his head.
"B…barely. She's barely alive." Kurt looked to Finn seeing that he was hyperventilating.
"Blaine, get Finn out of here. Kurt and I will stay with Rachel for now. Call Mr. Schue, Carole and Burt." Santana ordered. Blaine helped Finn off the floor as Finn tried to break out of Blaine's grasp.
"I can't leave her there Blaine! Let me go! LET ME GO!" Finn bellowed.
"FINN! There's nothing you can do right now! We need to get you out of here! Rachel is going to be fine." Blaine tried to assure Finn but Finn shook his head.
"I can't lose her Blaine! I can't…I…" Finn broke down and started to cry as Blaine patted Finn's back.
"And we're not going to lose Rachel. Now let's get out of here. You're getting delirious." Blaine led Finn out of the bathroom, but Finn turned around to get one last glimpse of Rachel, lying on the floor unconscious.
Finn continued to look at his wedding ring, then heard someone walking towards him. Finn looked up to spot Carole looking at her son as Finn felt like he was going to break down and cry again. Carole sat down and patted Finn's back, pulling her son into a hug as he started to cry like a four year old child.
"It's okay baby…it's okay…" Carole consoled her son as Finn continued to sob. "I know, I know…" Carole noticed Finn trying to compose himself as he looked over at his mother.
"Is she okay?" Finn found the strength to say. Carole looked at Finn then nodded her head.
"I spoke to the doctor. They said that she's going to be fine and it was a good thing that you found her when you did. She's stable but she's still sleeping." Carole softly told her son. Finn shook his head, running his hands through his hair, then looking over to his mother.
"Why would she do something like that? How could she be so selfish?" Finn sounded a bit upset and bitter as he spoke. "How could she be willing to leave me like that?!"
"Finn, I don't have all the answers, but you have to understand where Rachel was coming from. I'm not saying that ever attempting suicide is okay…but she's gone through so much in the past year. She may have felt overwhelmed."
"I don't care if she was feeling overwhelmed. She could have come to me and we could have talked about this." Finn sighed. Finn noticed Santana walking over to them as she kept her eyes on Finn.
"Finn, I think I know why Rachel did what she did." Santana muttered.
"Why? Why did she do this?" Finn got up from his seat, looking at Santana.
"Frida and other show choirs that we've competed against have been sending her text messages about Hunter and how he's been telling everyone that Rachel has been sleeping around. We know it's not true but, I was going through her phone and some of these texts she was getting were pretty bad." Santana took out Rachel's phone, scrolling through it then showing Finn a couple of them. "One of them says, 'Gee Rachel, I never knew you were such a whore'. That one was from one of the dancers that graduated from Vocal Adrenaline. 'Wow Rachel, I never thought that you would do something so degrading you disgusting pig.' That was from Harmony of The Unitards. 'Why don't you just kill yourself and save yourself the embarrassment of your actions you, slut.' That was from The Starlight Knights. 'I heard you slept with the judges for the competition. What a slut.' And that one was from Frida Romero and The Hoosierdaddies. Even behind bars, Hunter is able to make Rachel's life a living hell by brainwashing the rest of the show choir world. And imagine if this had gotten out. Imagine if they had fired her from Funny Girl because of all these lies and the controversy. Rachel has a lot to lose, and she figured the best way to get rid of her problems was to get rid of herself. Why she didn't talk to you, I don't know. But, Rachel felt that she was alone. Even with having friends—she probably felt that she was going through this on her own." Finn continued to stare over at Santana, impressed that Santana was able to get inside Rachel's mind and pinpoint how she was feeling. Finn let out a shaky deep breath as he looked at Rachel's phone.
"What the hell am I going to do?" Finn asked.
"What do you mean what you're going to do?" Santana shook her head, trying to process a plan in her mind. "We're going to have everyone who wrote these texts arrested, that's what we're going to do."
"Santana. We can't do that." Finn sighed.
"What do you mean we can't do that? Rachel almost died, Finn. Because of these people. If she had died, then they were just as responsible for her death." Santana tried to reason with him.
"But she's not dead. She's fine." Finn quickly cut in, not wanting to think of Rachel losing her life.
"I know she's fine, but they put her through a lot of emotional stress, Finn." Santana put a hand on Finn's shoulder. Finn and Santana looked at the doctor walking over to them as she looked to Finn.
"Rachel Hudson?" The doctor softly said. Finn looked over to the doctor as he quickly nodded his head.
"Is she okay?" Finn asked.
"She's fine. We were able to save her in time. She's awake now if you want to see her. However, she's under 48 hour suicidal watch, just be sure that she doesn't do something like this again." The doctor advised Finn.
"So she's gonna be here for the next two days?" Finn questioned.
"Yes, she is." The doctor said. Finn nodded his head, stuffing his hand in his pockets.
"Can I see her?" Finn wondered. The doctor nodded her head, leading Finn to the room where they kept Rachel. Finn noticed a couple of doctors writing down something on their clipboards as they came out of Rachel's room, making Finn feel a bit uncomfortable. "What are they writing?"
"They're just evaluating her." The doctor assured him.
"By what, making her feel like a loon?" Finn sounded a bit argumentative.
"It's just precautionary, Mr. Hudson I promise you." The doctor led Finn to the room as he looked inside. Rachel was staring out into space, and it was beginning to scare him. "I'll leave you two alone." The doctor patted Finn's shoulder then made her way down the hall. Finn slowly walked into the room, keeping his hands in his pockets as he observed Rachel. He decided to sit in one of the chairs as the silence filled the room. After a moment, Rachel looked over to Finn, seeing that he was just staring at her as if he were studying her. Rachel didn't know whether she should start the conversation first, but thought against it when Finn took a deep breath and let it out.
"Are you okay?" Finn asked in a soft voice, causing Rachel to look confused. She was expecting Finn to yell at her for being so stupid, how she almost could have lost her life and all he had to say was if she was okay? Rachel didn't understand. Finn noticed Rachel looking over at him as he shook his head. "Of course you're not okay." Finn got up from his chair and walked over to Rachel, looking into her eyes. Rachel looked away from Finn, not wanting to make eye contact with him. All she saw in those three seconds of staring into his eyes were anger and grief. The grief that she had caused him when he found her unconscious in the bathroom. The anger she caused him when he wasn't sure if she was going to make it, leaving him to attempt to face a reality of a world without her. She knew where Finn was getting at without him having to say a word. She knew he was disappointed, but he also wanted to help her. She just couldn't take it anymore. "So you're not going to say anything to me? Not one word?" Finn kneeled down to Rachel's eye level, causing her to look at Finn once again. "You're not going to explain to me why you did what you did and how you could be so stupid as to try to take your own life away?!" Finn's voice began to rise as Rachel stared at him. "You're not going to tell me that you were being harassed by every show choir out there and yet you thought the best way that you could make your problems go away is to try to overdose?! And I'm guessing you weren't going to at least come to me so we could work this out together?! Is that what you're not going to tell me?!"
"You don't know what I've been through, Finn!" Rachel yelled at him. "I've been through a lot! And you're just going to sit there and reprimand me like I'm a child?"
"Hell right I am! Rachel, what you did had to be the stupidest, idiotic thing in the entire world! How could you be so willing to leave me behind?! I thought marriage was working through our problems together, no matter how hard they were. I guess you were trying to take the easy way out!" Finn continued to feel frustrated as he started at Rachel. The more he yelled at her, the angrier he became.
"Finn! You don't know what I've been going through, okay?!" Rachel felt the tears come to her eyes as Finn crossed his arms.
"Okay, so what don't I know that you've went through? Huh? Please explain this to me!" Finn felt his voice crack but he attempted to keep his composure.
"I was raped, Finn! I don't think that's something that you can easily forget when everyone around you is shoving that fact in your damn face!" Rachel felt her voice crack as she started to cry once again. Finn's face immediately softened, realizing that Rachel had been trying to be strong all this time—but the fact that Hunter violated her had her as an emotional wreck. "Hunter messed with my life Finn…he abused me and he almost killed you. He then told Frida everything from his twisted point of view and now I'm viewed as probably a hooker by the entire show choir industry. I'm not respected anymore. All that respect is down the toilet and because of Hunter, I could lose my role in Funny Girl."
"Wait…what do you mean you could lose your role in Funny Girl?" Finn wondered, his voice softening as he walked closer to her.
"I got a call from the director. He said that I better find a way to clean up all the controversy or he's going to be quick to replace me. He doesn't care if I have star quality…he doesn't want an actress that brings controversy to his theatre." Rachel wiped her tears, looking away. "I had everything to lose all because of him." Finn took one of the chairs and sat by Rachel's bedside, running a hand through her hair.
"You weren't going to lose everything." Finn assured her. Rachel looked over to Finn, not sure what he meant.
"What do you mean by that?" Rachel felt her voice crack as Finn took his free hand and wiped her eyes.
"You weren't going to lose me. You never were going to lose me, Rachel. Hunter could have said anything he wanted and I wouldn't budge. I would still be here for you. You also still have your friends. You have Quinn, Santana, Kurt, Puck, Mike, Brittany, Marley, Tina, Blaine…the Glee Club. You have Mr. Schue. You have my mom and dad…you have your dads. Hunter could have said anything he wanted but everyone I said wouldn't change the way they feel about you, because they know what kind of person you are…"
"A pain in the ass?" Rachel muttered as Finn slightly chuckled.
"Yes…" Finn had to agree, but then cleared his throat as he looked at her. "But you're our pain in the ass…and we love you, so much Rachel. Let everyone else think what they want to think. They're missing out on seeing such an amazing girl like you. And I want this to be the last time you ever try to harm yourself. I don't ever want to see you do something like this again. Seeing you lying in that bathroom unconscious, it scared me. I felt like I was going to lose you. I've almost lost you multiple times but…this time could have been permanent. I never would have seen you again and…I would have been so lost Rachel." Rachel heard Finn sniffle a little bit as he wiped some of the tears he had falling from his eyes. "I'm sorry, I…I just…I realized that you mean the world to me and…ever since the day I first lay my eyes on you I knew you were special. And…I was afraid I was never going to see that special face or smile ever again. Rachel, I don't ever want to go through this again. I don't want to go through a mindset where I have to think about what I'd do if I lost you. I couldn't live with myself if I had to…" Finn then unexpectedly broke down and started crying, causing Rachel to cry as well. Rachel pulled in Finn for a hug as they both cried together. After what seemed like an eternity, Rachel wiped her tears, looking into Finn's eyes.
"I'm so sorry, Finn…I didn't mean to cause you so much pain. I really didn't mean to." Rachel muttered. Finn looked into Rachel's eyes as she brushed a tear from his face. "I promise…I'll never do something like this again…" Finn nodded his head, then leaned in to kiss Rachel. Rachel wasn't expecting Finn to just kiss her, but she sensed the passion, the hunger in his kiss and quickly responded. After having their lips locked in a passionate state for what seemed to be a while, Finn broke the kiss slowly, then wrapped his arms around Rachel's neck.
"I love you, Rachel." Finn muttered into her ear as Rachel held onto Finn as tightly as she could.
"I love you too, Finn. Forever and ever." Rachel added; the both of them not letting each other go.
The doctors had allowed Finn to stay overnight with Rachel, which made Finn a bit relieved that he didn't have to leave Rachel alone at the hospital. However, Rachel learned that being under 48 hour suicide watch wasn't fun. The doctors would come in and jot things down, then leave. It made her feel like she was their personal guinea pig. After they agreed to let her get some sleep, they closed the door to the room as Finn looked over at her. Finn shut the blinds that covered the door and the window, walking over to her and sitting in the chair next to her bedside.
"You know you can just climb up here…" Rachel moved over and patted the bed so that Finn could get on as well.
"Yeah, I could but I like the chair better." Finn slightly lied. Rachel shook her head then laid down, grabbing Finn's hand and looking at his wedding ring. Rachel felt the guilt return as she looked into Finn's eyes, giving him a saddened look.
"I'm really sorry about the hell I put you through, Finn. I've been questioning why you're still here even though I messed up badly and almost ruined everyone's lives." Rachel sighed. Finn saw the hurt in Rachel's eyes and motioned for her to move over on the bed so that he could sit down with her. Finn kicked off his shoes and got on the bed, wrapping his arm around Rachel and grabbing her hand.
"Because I love you…" Finn said.
"Well you really shouldn't especially after I made you cry today. I never wanted to be that person that made you cry, but I did." Rachel leaned her head on Finn's shoulder.
"Rachel…I'm human and I'm going to cry. And I was crying because of the fact that I was scared to lose you. It's not like you stabbed someone that was close to me and dunked my car into a river. I just don't ever want to see you hurt yourself. The image of seeing you like that is going to be in my brain for a long time, but…I'm still here because you need someone and I need someone. We need each other. We're like Nick and Fanny from Funny Girl without the whole embezzlement and jail thing." Finn slightly chuckled. Rachel looked into Finn's eyes, letting out a small grin.
"You know, I'm still touched you saw Funny Girl for me." Rachel told him.
"And I'd watch any other Broadway musical just to make you happy." Finn promised. "The director's not going to get rid of you. Where would he find someone as talented and beautiful as you? You're one of a kind, Rachel…and he'd be stupid to let you go because of a stupid rumor."
"You really think so?" Rachel asked.
"I know so." Finn assured her. Rachel pressed a kiss to Finn's cheek then tried to get as comfortable on the hospital bed as she could. She didn't anticipate the bed being this small.
"How long do I have to stay here?" Rachel wondered.
"48 hours." Finn seriously told her. "But, good news is 5 hours went by already and I'm not leaving your side for nothing."
"Do you think we'll still go to New York in time to see Nationals?" Rachel wondered.
"You'd still want to go and see Nationals?" Finn asked.
"It's the last time some of our friends are performing as High School students. Next year they'll be off to college and doing their own thing and they won't be in show choir anymore." Rachel admitted.
"You're right, but they'll be fine. I'm sure of it." Finn pressed a kiss on Rachel's forehead. "Get some sleep, okay?"
"Oh, can you do me one favor though?" Rachel asked.
"What's that?"
"Can you bring me some real food? The hospital food tastes like garbage." Rachel muttered as she began to feel sleepy.
"In the morning, I will do just that. Now get some sleep, baby." Finn cuddled up next to Rachel as she leaned into his touch.
"I love you Finn…" Rachel mumbled, then fell asleep. Finn looked at Rachel with a loving grin, then leaned down and fell asleep.
"I love you too, Rach." Finn softly said as he fell back asleep.
The next afternoon, the Glee Club were standing on the stage, practicing their three numbers for Nationals, but a lot of them had trouble focusing when they realized that Rachel wasn't there. Rachel had been the heart and soul of the New Directions show choir before she graduated, and the current New Directions felt that it was only fair that Rachel should have been there sitting with them, watching them and critiquing them on what went wrong with their performance. Mr. Schuester even had to admit that their performance wasn't as up to par as he usually expected. Mr. Schuester knew that Rachel meant a lot to the Glee club, even if she wasn't in the club anymore. He had to admit when he got the news that Rachel was in the hospital after attempting to commit suicide; he was as shocked as anyone. Not Rachel Berry, the girl who had the ambitions of being a star on Broadway. Not the Rachel Berry that always looked like she was going to fight head on and not let anyone or anything get in her way. Mr. Schuester realized that maybe, Rachel was better at acting than they all thought. She never let anyone see what she was really thinking—until the fateful event with Hunter Clarington the Third. Ever since then, there was a change in Rachel. Sure, she would try to act like the same person she was before, but she was different. She was more hesitant about trying things. She was a little more withdrawn and she spent all of her free time either with Finn to prepare for Funny Girl. She had buried herself into her work as a distraction, hoping that if she tasted success, she would feel different, more like herself. Mr. Schuester should have seen the signs, and he even mentioned it to Principal Figgins in his office that morning when Figgins also heard the news.
"These situations are quite dangerous and serious." Principal Figgins spoke to Mr. Schuester as soon as he heard the news, instructing him to sit down. "I never would have guessed Rachel would have done something like this."
"Neither have I. She always seemed so happy." Mr. Schuester added. "I guess we all thought she was fine but in reality, she wasn't. I have to admit, trying to forget something like that is hard, and it's difficult to put behind for a person. It would be easier to tell her to move on from the situation but we weren't there. We didn't know how she felt when she woke up in that hotel room after being drugged, knowing she had been violated. It's a tough and touchy subject for her. I wish there was something that we could do for her."
"William, with all due respect, there's nothing that you can do for her." The voice that was neither Mr. Schuester nor Principal Figgins said. They both turned their heads to find Sue Sylvester standing there, walking into the room. "I couldn't help but ease drop on your conversation as you were talking about Barbra Streisand's clone and how she was violated by that chiseled yet somewhat handsome Warbler. The point is you're all looking at this wrong."
"How are we looking at it wrong?" Mr. Schuester crossed his arms, staring at Sue.
"Everyone is saying what you're going to do for her. There's nothing you can do for her." Sue simply said.
"But of course there's something we…" Principal Figgins started to speak but Sue put her hand up.
"I clearly wasn't finished yet." Sue turned her attention back to Mr. Schuester. "The question you should be asking is what you could do to help her. She needs help, Will. If her being in the hospital after attempting suicide because of Hunter wasn't enough, it's probably decided that she needs someone to help her. Asking what you can do for her makes it sound like you're sorry for her. You need to help her. Not feel sorry for her. Then she'll really feel like no one cares." After Sue finished speaking, Principal Figgins and Mr. Schuester looked at one another, then turned back to Sue.
"My goodness…that has to be the most logical thing Sue has ever said." Mr. Schuester's eyes widened.
"I have to agree…what did you do with the real Sue Sylvester?" Principal Figgins asked. Sue rolled her eyes then turned to Mr. Schuester.
"You want to help Rachel, then get together with your Glee Club. Maybe they have an idea or something." Sue walked away from them as Principal Figgins and Mr. Schuester eyed one another. Maybe Sue had a point after all…
"Mr. Schue?" Mr. Schuester was knocked out of his thoughts when Tina poked him. Mr. Schuester looked to Tina, nodding his head. "We can't do this…"
"What…what do you mean?" Mr. Schuester asked, seeing that all of New Directions were sitting down on the stage, looking worried.
"We can't do this without Rachel." Marley clarified as Tina nodded her head.
"Rachel is the heart and soul of New Directions. She's the success story. We can't do this without her." Tina sighed.
"We need her to tell us what we're doing wrong. Something feels off about our performance." Kitty added.
"I'm pretty sure that I can tell you what's wrong with your performance." Jake chided as Kitty put a finger up towards him.
"Nobody asked you." Kitty said.
"All right guys…" Mr. Schuester looked at them then sighed. "We're gonna have to do this without Rachel for the time being. She's in the hospital right now, and Finn said she'll be out and back with the Glee Club tomorrow. We need to keep a strong front for her."
"But is there anything that we can do to help her?" Marley asked. Mr. Schuester looked at Marley with amazement, while the rest of the Glee Club nodded their heads.
"Yes…there is something we can do." Santana spoke up from her seat, getting up while the rest of the alumni got up from their seats with a smirk. "We have to work on this together…and we'll need Finn's help."
The next afternoon, Rachel was finally discharged from the hospital but Finn promised to keep a close eye on Rachel. The first place he was going to keep a close eye on Rachel? McKinley. As Finn and Rachel walked along the hallways, Rachel felt the stares of the students creep on her, as she turned to Finn with an uneasy expression.
"I don't know, maybe we should get out of here." Rachel whispered to Finn.
"Rachel, this is McKinley, you're safe here." Finn assured her with a soft tone.
"I don't know about that." Rachel shook her head, trying to keep her composure.
"I know one place where you will feel safe. Come on, let's go to the auditorium." Finn walked to the auditorium, gripping Rachel's hand tightly as they entered. Rachel looked to see her friends and fellow Glee Clubbers standing on the stage, ecstatic that she had returned. Rachel and Finn walked down the long ramp down to the front of the auditorium as Finn turned to her. "Everyone was really worried about you and they wanted to do something nice for you."
"Like what?" Rachel asked. She then turned to Quinn who walked over to her.
"Rachel, we know that you were in a dark place for a while and we completely understand that. But know that there are better ways to deal with your depression than just trying to harm yourself. Doing that to yourself will also harm others." Rachel noticed Brittany walking over with a business card in her hand.
"We did some research and we want you to speak to someone about your feelings. She's more of a psychiatrist and not a shrink—plus she's the best in New York. We did a lot of research, well, some of the other members did because I thought the 'x' on the windows programs meant that we were hunting for buried treasure." Brittany added. Rachel took the card and started looking through it.
"We made an appointment for you on Monday. This will be good for you." Santana chimed in.
"You've been keeping your feelings bottled up for a little too long and it's gotten to the point where you're doing things that are a bit crazy." Finn looked to Rachel as she turned to face him. "You need to talk to someone about it. And, you just have to go to this one meeting. If you like it then, that's great you can sign up for another meeting. If not then we'll think of something else. We're with you every step of the way, and we'll guide you through whatever you're going through. That's how much we love and care about you." Rachel released a grin to Finn as she looked down at the calling card.
"Thank you all…so much. I really appreciate it." Rachel put the card in her purse as Finn led her up the stairs of the auditorium into one of the stools. "What, what are you doing?"
"We also prepared a little something for you." Quinn released a smile.
"We thought that you would want to hear us sing." Brittany innocently said with a wide grin. Rachel chuckled, looking at her friends.
"Well of course I want to hear you guys sing." Rachel nodded her head as Finn walked over with the other Glee Clubbers.
"This one's for you, Rachel." Finn continued to look right at her as Brad started to play the song. Rachel continued to stare at her friends, seeing them sing their way into her heart. Rachel felt so lucky to have friends that cared about her, and she was even more grateful about the friends she made throughout this year.
[Finn]
Ooh, oooh
This life don't last forever (New Directions: Hold my hand)
So tell me what we're waiting for (New Directions: Hold my hand)
We're better off being together (New Directions: Hold my hand)
Than being miserable, alone (New Directions: Hold my hand)
[Mercedes with Quinn, Sugar and Kitty]
Cause I've been there before
And you've been there before
But together we will be all right
Cause when it gets dark
And when it gets cold
We'll hold each other till we see the sunlight
[Santana]
So if you just
[New Directions]
Hold my hand
[Brittany]
Baby I promise that I'll do
[New Directions]
All I can
[Jake]
Things will get better if you just
[New Directions]
Hold my hand
[Puck]
Nothing can come between us if you just
[New Directions]
Hold my
Hold my
Hold my hand
[Tina and Mike]
The night's are getting darker (New Directions: Hold my hand)
[Kurt and Blaine]
And there's no peace inside (New Directions: Hold my hand)
[Marley and Jake]
So why make our lives harder (New Directions: Hold my hand)
[Ryder and Kitty]
By fighting love tonight (New Directions: Hold my hand)
[Artie with Finn, Puck and Mike]
Cause I've been there before
And you've been there before
But together we will be all right
Cause when it gets dark
And when it gets cold
We'll hold each other till we see the sunlight
[Mercedes]
So if you just
[New Directions]
Hold my hand
[Finn]
Baby I promise that I'll do
[New Directions]
All I can
[Brittany]
Things will get better if you just
[New Directions]
Hold my hand
[Blaine]
Nothing can come between is if you just
[New Directions]
Hold my
Hold my
Hold my hand
[Santana and Brittany]
I can tell that you're tired of being lonely
Take my hand, don't let go baby hold me
Come to me and let me be you're one and only
Cause I can make it all right till the morning
[Puck and Quinn]
I can tell that you're tired of being lonely
Take my hand, don't let go baby hold me
Come to me and let me be you're one and only
Cause I can make it all right to the morning
[New Directions]
Hold my hand
[Tina]
Baby I promise that I'll do
[New Directions]
All I can
[Ryder]
Things will get better if you just
[New Directions]
Hold my hand
[Finn]
Nothing can come between us if you just
[New Directions]
Hold my
Hold my
Hold my hand
Hold my hand (Finn: Yeah, yeah)
All I can (Finn: Hold my hand)
Hold my hand (Artie: Nothing can come between us if you just)
Hold my
Hold my
Hold my hand (Finn: Hold my hand)
[Finn]
Hold my hand
As soon as the song finished, Rachel felt tears fall down the sides of her cheeks as a smile was plastered on her face. Everyone had cared so much about her that they even sung a song for her! Rachel gave Finn a hug as he smiled down at her, followed by the rest of New Directions to give her a warm hug. Mr. Schuester was watching in the background, giving a warm smile towards his team. They really cared about one another, and it was evident. Mr. Schuester clapped his hands as everyone turned towards him, releasing a grin.
"Now that's what I'm talking about. Great job, guys." Mr. Schuester beamed towards the New Direction and the alumni. Rachel wiped her tears then got out of Finn's grasp.
"Thank you all so much for that beautiful rendition of that song. I couldn't have sung it any better than you guys just did." Rachel turned to them.
"Yes you could have, you're just saying that." Santana let out a slight chuckle.
"No, I mean it…because when you sang it, it came from the heart and it was beautiful." Rachel said. "If I had just sung it, I wouldn't have known what I was singing it for. So thank you. Now, enough about me…we still have Nationals to train for. The plane to New York leaves tomorrow so we need to get into tip-top shape."
"So you're gonna go and see us perform? Even with Frida Romero there?" Kitty asked.
"Of course, because I'm not there to see her. I'm there to see you." Rachel looked to them. "Now, let's take People Like Us from the top. Tina, Marley, Brittany, Kitty, let's go." The girls quickly did as they were told as the guys went off to the side. Finn continued to stare over at Rachel, flashing a smile towards her. He had a strong feeling that Rachel was going to be just fine—for now at least.
Song(s) Featured: Hold My Hand by Michael Jackson & Akon (Sung by Finn Hudson, Mercedes Jones, Santana Lopez, Brittany Pierce, Jake Puckerman, Noah "Puck" Puckerman, Tina Cohen-Chang, Mike Chang, Kurt Hummel, Blaine Anderson, Marley Rose, Ryder Lynn, Kitty Wilde, Artie Abrams and Quinn Fabray with New Directions [Excluding Rachel])
