It was 3 PM on Sunday, and it was time to meet Rachel at the café for coffee. Dan quickly threw on a button-down shirt with some jeans and tried to make his hair look as nice as it could. Then he headed down the elevator and got a cab.
After glee club rehearsal, Rachel quickly went back to the hotel with Kurt to get ready while the others went to walk around Times Square. They found a fairly cute dress that didn't look quite as hideous as her other sweaters. Kurt fixed her hair up with a modest headband and some flats, and she was good to go. "Perfect." Kurt smiled. "Now, go get some caffeine with your hot tour guide!" Rachel grabbed her bag and headed to the café.
"Dan!" Dan quickly looked up from his newspaper and smiled, seeing it was Rachel. She looked even prettier than she did yesterday. She was wearing a beautiful yellow dress, that wasn't too fancy like all the dresses seemed to be in this city. Rachel took a seat and ordered a vanilla latte from the café waitress. Dan tried not to be weirded out by the fact that it was the same drink that he always ordered here.
"So, Rachel, tell me about yourself," Dan folded his hands and rested his chin on them, trying not to stare at her.
"Well, I love to sing! A lot. Like, a LOT! I want to be a Broadway star someday, like the almighty Barbra Streisand! I'm going to be famous!" he chuckled. She was cute.
"So, you figured coming to NYU would get you there…?" Dan wondered why she wasn't touring Julliard.
"Well, you know, you can't have too many options! My two dads have been pushing me to take a zillion college tours! I have a theory that they just want to get me out of the house!" he marveled at how many times her facial expressions changed in a simple sentence.
"Ah, two dads?"
"Yes, I have two gay dads. They're actually very nice. Well, I mean, why wouldn't they be?" Dan wondered how she could talk this much while barely even taking a breath.
"So, were you adopted?" Dan sipped his coffee.
"No, well, it's complicated. I did meet her, but, you know…" For a few moments, she was actually silent. She sipped her coffee quietly. Then, she regained herself and sat up again. "Moving on," she smiled. There was something slightly vulnerable about her that interested him. He could ask her questions all day and just watch her talk. God, she's beautiful, he thought. Then he snapped himself out of it again and smiled back. He had a feeling he would be asking her out on a second date.
After a long chat and they had both finished their coffee, Rachel gathered her things and stood up. "Well, thank you, Dan. This was nice. I have to go meet Kurt now and tell him everything that just happened. Well, I probably wasn't supposed to tell you that, but oh well." she smiled, walked over and kissed him on the cheek. Dan tried not to blush. Then, she walked away before he could say anything. Suddenly, she turned back around. "Dan!" He smiled. "Yes, Rachel?" "Would you like to come watch me and the glee club perform at nationals tonight?" "Um, yeah, sure." he was surprised at the invitation. She gave him the information on another piece of her star-shaped notepad paper and left the café.