AN: Oh. My. Groff. Its the end! Hee, my first ever fanfic, which also happened to be multi- chapter, finished! I hope you enjoy the final chapter, I had fun finishing it. I hope it's up to standard. I'll be updating my other stories, aswell as starting two more, including a mystery involving fires, kidnappings, swordfights and shocking secrets! (It probably sounds better than it will be.) R&R please, tell me what you think of the ending. :)
Key for song.
Bold- Noah
italic- Rachel
Bolt italic- Both
Tina and Brittany's performance of This Is Me by Demi Lovato and Joe Jonas was just coming to an end. Tina had taken the girls part and Brittany had covered the guys. The group clapped.
"So Rach," Noah muttered quietly. "Was that any good?"
"I won't go into technicalities Noah," Rachel gave him a small smile. "I know they just confuse you. Lets just say it was well done, musically, however, replacing a boys part with Brittany wasn't something that I would have done."
Noah just laughed. Kurt and Matt stood up to take their turn. They performed a bizarre version of Airplanes by B.o.B and Hayley Williams, with Kurt singing the chorus in his soprano voice, while Matt just rapped around him. Then it was Rachel and Noah's turn.
Noah grabbed a stool and dragged it to the centre of the auditorium stage, and took out his guitar. Rachel carried over a microphone stand and took her place behind it. She nodded at Noah and he begun to sing.
Let me hold you, for the last time
It's the last chance to feel again
But you broke me, now I cant feel anything
When I love you, and so untrue
I can't even convince myself
When I'm speaking it's the voice of someone else
Oh it tears me up
I tried to hold on but it hurts too much
I try to forgive but its not enough
To make it all okay
You can't play on broken strings
You can't feel anything
That your heart don't want to feel
I can't tell you something that aint real
Oh, the truth hurts and lies worse
How can I give anymore
When I love you a little less than before?
Oh, what are we doing? Rachel took her verse with full gusto.
We are turning to dust
Playing house in the ruins of us
Running back through the fire Noah joined in, harmonizing with Rachel perfectly.
When there's nothing left to say
It's like chasing the very last train
When it's too late (too late)
Oh, it tears me up
I try to hold on but it hurts too much
I try to forgive but it's not enough
To make it all ok
You can't play on broken strings
You can't feel anything
That your heart don't want to feel
I can't tell you something that aint real
Oh the truth hurts and lies worse
How can I give anymore
When I love you a little less than before
Oh were running through the fire
When there's nothing less to say
It's like chasing the very last train
When we both know it's too late (too late)
You can't play on broken stirngs
You cant feel anything
That you're heart don't want to feel
Oh the truth hurts and the lies worse
So how can I give anymore
When I love you a little less than before They came to the climax of the song.
Oh you know that I love you a little less than before
Let me hold you for the last time
It's the last time to feel again
The club clapped them and Rachel pulled Noah up for a bow. After she'd forced him to arch his back, he pulled her into a hug.
"Well done Rach. Think we beat everyone there." Noah muttered in her ear.
Rachel smiled. "Obviously."
Noah grinned, and before realising what he was doing, bent down and kissed Rachel. He could feel her shock at first, but she soon relaxed and deepened the kiss. Then she pulled back, remembering where she was. Noah laughed at her expression before smirking and walking off stage, pleased with himself. Rachel hurried after him.
"Oi, Puckerman." She called to him.
"Yes Berry?" Puck replied.
"What kinda guy kisses and runs away?" She raised her eyebrows at him.
"I didn't run away." Noah smirked. "I simply walked off so I could find us a more private make out spot." He grabbed her and shoved his lips against hers.
"Well guys, I think our assignment was a success, don't you?" Mr Schue smiled at the group of good-hearted kids in front of him.
The group nodded and muttered agreement. They had grown closer, now that they had been forced to work out their differences.
"Great" Mr Schue said. "How 'bout this session we take some time to 'discuss' the events of the past week?"
"Doesn't that just mean chat?" Mercedes clarified.
Mr Schue nodded, and the group went off into little groups to talk. Noah was chatting to Rachel when Finn and Quinn came over.
"Hey guys" Finn smiled at them, and Quinn nodded.
"Hello Finn." Rachel was wary as to how Finn was going to react to her and Noah's new romance.
"So err, are you guys together now?" Finn asked, putting his arm around Quinn.
"Yeah." Noah stepped in. "Got a problem with it?"
"Hey, no man! It's cool. I'm happy for you." Finn smiled genuinely.
"Wait." Rachel wondered why Finn would be cool about this. He was usually protective over her, no matter what their relationship status was. "Are you two together again?" She thought that that was the only possible explanation for why Finn wasn't warning her against Noah.
Finn and Quinn looked at each other and smiled.
"Yeah, we are." Finn told them. "We thought, now that everything with the baby was over, we could try again."
"Yeah." Quinn added. "If it wasn't for what happened before, we might still have been together anyway."
"Aw, that's good for you!" Rachel grinned at them, pleased that they were able to work through their troubles.
Quinn and Finn smiled at Rachel. Puck slowly extended his arm, the same way he had while they were waiting at sectionals.
"We cool man?" He asked, keeping a cool front but feeling extremely nervous for Finn's reaction.
Finn nodded slowly. The past few months they'd been force to reunite over troubles with Glee, Vocal Adrenaline and regionals.
"Yeah man, we're cool." He put his hand in Noah's and bumped his shoulder. The two friends grinned at each other.
Noah sat by the lake, his arm around Rachel. He kissed her gently.
"You know, we've come a full circle Rach. We started off becoming friends after we talked here, and now here we are again."
Rachel smiled at him. "I know. It's strange. But I like strange. It's my middle name."
Puck smirked. "I thought Barbara was your middle name?"
Rachel hit him playfully, shaking her head. Noah laughed and kissed the top of her head, pulling her towards him. She snuggled into him, staring out across the lake. She thought about the journey she and Noah had been on from giving each other, or rather Puck giving Rachel, slushie facials daily, to being together. It had been a long journey, a drama filled one, but she was content now.
Noah smiled to himself. He'd finally got her. All the times he'd been trying to prove he was best for her and now she'd finally worked it out too. All the other problems he'd faced went away when he spent time with Rachel. She was the girl he'd chased, and it felt like an achievement to have finally got what he wanted. The small Jewish girl with a huge voice; his small Jewish girl with a huge voice. Noah pulled her closer to him, muttering sweet nothings in her ear, as they both stared across the lake that had really brought them together.
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