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Chapter 26
Saturday cont.
"We're engaged!"
As soon as the words leave Rachel's mouth we're surrounded by everyone, being pulled into several different hugs, there are so many bodies that I actually lose sight of my fiancée.
Once I'm sure I've hugged everyone I push my way passed a few people before I see Rachel talking animatedly with Kurt, both of them gushing over her ring so I decide to leave her be and wander over to Santana and Brittany.
"Congratulations Q, though I have to admit I'm really tempted to skip out on the actual wedding like you did ours." Santana teases.
"Well that's a shame, because I was going to ask you to be maid of honour. Sorry Britt."
"Really? Why me? Why not ginger?"
I roll my eyes at the nickname. "I don't know San, maybe coz I still feel bad about missing your ceremony, or maybe it's because as much as we made each other's lives hell in high school, you're actually still my best friend. Yes, I love Daisy but we were the unholy trinity, come on, say yes. Obviously you can still be a bridesmaid B." I add, turning to the other blonde.
"Alright I'll do it, no need to get all sappy on me." Santana chuckles.
I bite back a snide response and pull the Latina into another hug and it's not long before Brittany joins us.
"We've missed you Quinn." Britt admits quietly.
"I've missed you too."
Wednesday
I come home from work to find Rachel sat in front of her keyboard, which she's set up next to the dinner table. She quietly playing a tune that I don't recognise, humming along.
I drop my keys into the bowl by the door, alerting Rachel to my presence.
"Hey." I smile. "How was your day?"
"Quiet." She responds, accepting the kiss that I lean down to give her. "Yours?"
"The opposite." I laugh. "Was that one of your songs?" I ask, gesturing towards the keyboard.
"No. Actually Blaine wrote it, I sang it the last time I was at McKinley and just love the memories that it brings."
"All good ones I hope." I smile, turning one of the dining chairs around to sit next to her.
"Mostly." She teases.
"Will you sing it for me?"
The brunette smiles, obviously hoping I'd ask. As she begins to play the intro I start to smile too and I don't think I'll be able to stop any time soon as I watch my fiancée in her element.
"These walls and all these picture frames,
Every name they show.
These halls I've walked a thousand times,
Heartbreaks and valentines, friends of mine all know.
"I look at everything I was,
And everything I ever loved,
And I can see how much I've grown.
"And though the mirror doesn't see it,
It's clear to me, I feel it,
I can make it on my own.
"I'm not afraid of moving on and letting go,
It's just so hard to say goodbye to what I know, I know.
"This time no one's gonna say goodbye,
I keep you in this heart of mine,
This time I know it's never over.
"No matter who or what I am,
I'll carry where we all began,
This time that we had, I will hold forever.
"This old familiar place is,
Where every face is another part of me.
I played a different game then,
They called me a different name then.
I think of all the things I did and how I wish,
I knew what I know now.
"I see how far I've come and what I got right,
When I was looking for that spotlight,
I was looking for myself.
"Got over what I was afraid of,
I showed 'em all that I was made of,
More than trophies on a shelf.
"For all the battles that we lost or might have won,
I never stopped believing in the words we sung, we sung.
"This time no one's gonna say goodbye,
I keep you in this heart of mine,
This time I know it's never over.
"No matter who or what I am,
I'll carry where we all began,
This time that we had, I will hold forever.
"I'm looking out from the crossroads,
I don't know how far away I will roam.
I take a breath, I close my eyes,
Your voice will carry me home.
"I keep you in this heart of mine,
This time I know it's never over.
"No matter who or what I am,
I'll carry where we all began,
This time that we had, I will hold,
This time that we had, I will hold,
This time that we had, I will hold,
Forever.
Forever."
"That was beautiful." I compliment, wiping the tears from my eyes with the back of my hand.
"Yeah, he did a great job writing it."
"I wasn't complimenting Blaine." I laugh. "I was complimenting you. I love you Rachel."
"I love you too Quinn."
"Do you ever think about going back?" I ask.
"To Ohio? Yeah, I miss my dads like crazy."
"No, to McKinley."
"Sometimes, it would be great to see Mr Schue as the head, and see how Sam's doing with the New Directions."
"Then let's go. You want to see your dads, I need to talk to my mum face to face and we can drop into the school. For thanksgiving?"
"Since when did you start having good ideas?" Rachel teases.
"I decided to propose, was that not a good idea?"
"Alright that may have been the first good idea, but I had the same idea. My point still stands though."
"Well I'm more than just a pretty face Rach, I did graduate Yale remember?" I smirk.
"You're right, you're not just a pretty face, you're a beautiful one." The brunette compliments. "Let's do it, let's go home for Thanksgiving."
Song: This time, written by Darren Criss for Rachel's last solo.