Disclaimer: See last chapter.
Dear future boyfriend,
Just... take care of her, okay? I know she can be the most annoying, infuriating person you will ever meet, but.. then there's another side to her. A side that most people never see because they just can't see past the confident girl she displays to everyone. She's so sweet, loyal.. trustworthy.
I broke her heart, I know that. And I still love her, no matter what but sometimes, things just don't work out. Maybe it's just not our time, or maybe she is supposed to be with someone else. I don't know, we haven't figured that out yet but.. for the time being, she can be yours.
I just need you to know that she is the most amazing person you can ever meet, and I have seen her grow as a person over these past few years. Her belief in me is.. unbelievable, and seeing as you are dating her, then I can imagine she had the exact same belief in you that she once had in me. She will push you to be better when she knows you're unhappy, but when you're happy.. she will not push, she'll smile and let you know that she's just happy because you are. And that will be the end of that.
She has massive dreams, dreams beyond myself and I know she will live these dreams. I hope you can see this to, I hope you never try and stop her from living out these dreams because believe me when I say, Broadway.. New York... it's her destiny. And you can never take her voice from her, her voice is what makes her Rachel Berry. It's what makes her so undeniably perfect and just.. breathtaking.
When you watch her perform, your heart will skip a few beats, and then it will start beating too fast. Your palms will clam up and you will not see anyone else in the room, or hear anyone else because your focus will just be on her. That's how she gets you, you hear her sing and you're just blown away. You'll find yourself comparing everyone else to her, and no one else can even compare.
She comes across as confident, but she's just as vulnerable as most girls out there. Sometimes, she'll look in the mirror and she'll think she's ugly, she'll put herself down and you have to be there to tell her how beautiful she is. She needs to hear it sometimes, and then she'll smile as though you just told her the greatest news in the world – like, she had just got a part in Wicked (one of her favorite musicals, by the way.) - and you will feel like you just won a million dollars.
I think I should mention now that you will pretty much know the lyrics to every single song in every single musical soon after dating her. She enjoys watching Funny Girl when she's sick, followed by Rent. West Side Story is something she enjoys watching when she's feeling down, and Funny Girl is brought around again when she wants a laugh. She loves going to watch Wicked – even the off-Broadway versions, because she just loves it so much. And then you have the Wizard of Oz, Oliver, Les Miserables (which by the way, is actually amazing, but never admit that, she will go non stop on about it) and there are just so many amazing musicals, most of which, I had never even heard of. Believe me, when you're dating Rachel Berry, you become a musical theatre genius!
I can only hope that you will see her the way I did; as the amazing, beautiful, wonderful girl that took my breath away every single time I saw her. I hope she does the same to you, I hope you love her like I did.. and still do. I just.. I hope you're worthy of her love, because you're a lucky person.
Just.. please... if I can ask just one more thing of you – love her with every single bit of you that is possible. Just love her as much as you possibly can, love her with your heart, love her with so much. Hold her as she sleeps, play with her hair when she's upset, kiss her nose when she smiles – she loves that. Just, make sure she's happy because she deserves to be happy.
Love,
Her past boyfriend.