Rachel
"I'll be right back." I say kissing Finn ever so gently on the cheek.
I went into the bathroom and wiped the remnants of mascara out from underneath my eyes.
Then I slipped out of the gym without Finn noticing. My heels clicked loudly against the empty halls of McKinley High School. If I remembered correctly the choir room should be one, two, three doors down. I opened the door and slipped inside quietly.
Despite winning Nationals since 2012 not much had changed. The old piano had been replaced by a shiny new baby grand. The risers had been replaced with bigger ones to hold the bigger group. 's white board still hangs on the wall. "Showmance" was written across it in his sloppy Black Hand writing.
"Rachel Berry?" a voice said from behind me. I turned around to see a girl, long blond hair, clipped at the sides with barrettes, wearing a simple purple polka dotted dress. Her white anklet socks had matching purple bows on them.
"It's actually Rachel Hudson now, Berry is only used as my. . ."
"Your stage name." the girl blurted out. "Oh my god IT IS you!"
I gave her a puzzled look.
"I'm sorry. I'm just your biggest fan ever! I saw Spring Awakening SEVEN times when we were in New York. Sure my seats weren't the greatest, I mean I got a nose bleed walking to them, but it was so worth it when you sang "those you've known!" Oh I cannot believe I'm meeting you!"
"I see you've met Evangeline." said coming out from his office.
"I'm you're biggest fan! Can I have your autograph? Wait let me get my camera!" She said, running out of the room.
"What brings you back to this humble abode?" Mr. Schu said sitting down on the piano bench.
I sighed. "Well, I need to think about some things. This was where I always did my best thinking."
He smiled. "What's going on?"
I told him the whole story. He just sat there rubbing his jaw. "Well Rachel, I can't choose for you. But I've been on both sides of the stage. Lima was just the place for me. It's where I want to raise my babies. It's just "home" to me. Letting these kids stars burn brighter than mine, letting them feel like they aren't Lima Losers? It's the best feeling in the world. Now if you excuse me I need to go find Emma. Ken Tanaka is in here and I don't want her to tell him about the babies. Last time it was Jessica Simpson crazy. This time it may be Britney Spears crazy." He smiled and walked out.
I looked down at the piano stool to see papers. "Mr. Schu? You forgot your . . . papers." My voice fell. The papers were sheet music. To Celine Dion's "Taking Chances". The song I had auditioned for new directions with all those years ago.
Quinn
My left ring finger dazzled in the moon light. My mother was more than excited when I had showed her. She smiled and looked at me "Once I saw you and him with Beth in New York I just knew. Your club had just lost Nationals, but holding her, you looked liked the happiest people in the world." I knew that day, like the back of my hand. The first time we had seen Beth since giving her up. Shelby had tried to watch the competition unnoticed. But you can't go unnoticed when Rachel Berry knows you.
"Ready to go in? My Fiancé." Puck said smiling.
"Let's do this." I said, holding my head up high.
"Quinn! Puck! Hey!" we heard a voice calling from the hall. Sam Evans came sprinting toward us. "How are you guys?" he said hugging us tightly. "Puckerman's mom banged the mailman!" someone called from the end of the hall. Puck whipped around. "Hudson? Ah man. You pansy! You're dead!" he called.
"Be right back babe" he said kissing my head before sprinting down the hall. "Man is that a bald spot?" he called to Finn.
"So, you and Puck. Still a thing?" Sam said standing there awkwardly.
I nodded and held up my newly engaged hand. "A very serious thing."
Maybe it was my cheerio Quinn persona coming back and inflating my ego, but he looked a little bum. "Congrats."
Just then Puck and Finn flew past us, running at top speed. "Sam's a no good Beiber impersonator!" Puck yelled. Sam took off sprinting behind them. "I made good money with that show Puckerman!"
"Engaged to Puckerman eh?" a voice called from a mega phone.
Coach Sue stood in front of me wearing a bedazzled track suit. "I like the look coach." I said walking up to her. She sighed. "Your old friend lady face and his boyfriend Suzy Q made it." I held up my ring so she could see. She looked for a minute and then pushed my hand away in disgust. "You call that a diamond?" I laughed. came out of the choir room. Quinn! Hey, I'll catch up in a minute. Have you seen my wife?"
Sue walked behind him. "Where is ol Elma? I have some facts about the amount of bodily fluids displayed during a normal birth I want to relay to her" She said rounding the corner. I walked down to the choir room. Rachel was standing there, pecking at the keys of the piano. "Hey Q! Do you remember this?" she played a little melody. I started to hum along.
Emma
Twins. I wanted two girls. No two boys. No a girl and a boy. "There you are!" Will called. He rubbed my belly. "Hello my future superstars!"
I shook my head. "Will, you'll give them a complex. We will be happy no matter what they turn out to be."
"They?" Principal Figgins said sneaking up behind us.
We both smiled. "Yes. Twins."
He hugged me and shook Will's hand. "William good job."
Will smiled blushing a bit.
Will took me out to the football field. "Emma this is all a dream. So much has happened since the first New Directions graduated."
He twirled my hand and dipped me slightly. "No Will. This is my dream."
He started humming "I could have danced all night"
. I giggled. "I thought you were sick of that movie."
He kissed me, scooping me up into his arms. "How many times have you suffered through "singing in the rain?"
