Hey everyone! My teachers didn't give me homework (which was surprising considering I ALWAYS get homework) so I was able to write this chapter once I got home! Yay! Here is chapter six and I hope you enjoy(:

Disclaimer: I DO NOT OWN GLEE!

November 21, 2018

It was the day before Thanksgiving and Finn would be spending the holiday in Lima. Chloe was going with him since her family lived in California. Meanwhile, Rachel was flying up to New York, where her dads had moved a few years ago. Ryan, who had become Rachel's boyfriend, was going to Muncie, Indiana to spend the long weekend with his family.

Currently, Finn and Chloe were in his car, driving through Marysville, about one hour from Lima. Rachel was on a plane, about 30 minutes from landing, and an hour and a half from arriving at her dads' apartment. Ryan was driving through Springfield, Ohio, almost 2 hours from his mother's house. All four people were excited to see their family (and in Chloe's case, future family-in-law).

When Finn and Chloe arrived at his mom's and Burt's house, Carole opened the door, immediately pulling her son in for a hug.

"Oh, Finn," she said, still holding on to him. "I missed you so much!"

"Missed you too, Ma," Finn told her.

Carole let go of him and turned to Chloe.

"Well," she said. "You look as pretty as ever. Come here and give me a hug."

Chloe smiled and stepped forward, embracing her soon-to-be mother-in-law.

"It's good to see you, Carole," Chloe said.

"You too, sweetie. Why are we standing out here? It's cold and everybody's inside," Carole said, turning to go back inside the house. "Your brother's already arrived, Finn," she said over her shoulder.

Finn and Chloe followed her in, walking into the living room to see Burt, Kurt, and Blaine. What his mom meant by 'everybody' he didn't know.

Kurt stood up and hugged both Finn and Chloe, commenting on how Chloe's new hair color went with her eyes. Blaine followed behind Kurt, hugging the pair also. They all sat down and started to talk about how life's been.

Meanwhile…

Rachel's plane had just landed and she got off, seeing her fathers immediately.

"Dad!" she said as she hugged her dad, Hiram. She turned to her other dad, Leroy and hugged him too. "Daddy! I missed you guys!"

"We missed you too Pumpkin," Leroy told her.

"Come on," Hiram said, putting his arm around his daughter. "Let's go get your bags then go get something to eat. I'm starved."

Rachel laughed. "You sound like Finn, dad."

Hiram laughed. "How is he anyway?" he asked.

"He's good," Rachel replied. "He and Chloe are getting married in a few months."

"Speaking of which, when are you planning on settling down? Have you met someone lately?" Leroy asked.

Rachel bit her lip subconsciously. "I actually have a boyfriend, Daddy. His name is Ryan. He's really sweet and I really like him."

Leroy and Hiram shared a look before Hiram said "I'm glad for you, honey."

Rachel smiled, wondering what Ryan was doing right now.

In Muncie, Indiana…

Ryan got out of his car, exhausted by the long car ride. He had never understood why his mother moved to Indiana after his father died, but never wanted to ask. His father's death was still a touchy subject for her. He was only half way up the sidewalk to the house when he heard his name.

"Ryan!"

He looked to his left to see a 9 year old girl running towards him. When she reached him, she wrapped her arms around him.

"I missed you, buba," she said.

Ryan laughed. He found it funny that she still called him that.

The pair walked up the rest of the sidewalk together, being met with their mother on the front porch.

"Ryan," she said, wrapping her arms around him.

"Hey Mom," Ryan said, hugging her back.

"Wow, you've grown since I last saw you."

"We just saw each other last Christmas. I don't think I've grown," Ryan told his mother as the two, along with Misty, walked into the house.

"Well, maybe I've shrunk," his mother said with a laugh.

When they got inside, Ryan was surprised to see his dog from when he was 12 years old still alive. He walked over to the old dog and scratched his ears.

"Still hangin' in there, huh Carlos?" he asked the dog.

"I'm surprised that dog is still with us," his mom said, walking over and petting the dog absently. "He's already 13, most German Shepherds only live to be 10-11 years old."

Ryan nodded, agreeing with his mom.

"So, who's all coming to dinner tomorrow?" he asked.

"Just your Uncle Tom and Aunt Gloria," his mom responded, walking into the kitchen.

"Hey, Ryan!" Misty said, bounding into the room with dolls in her hands. "Come play dolls with me!"

Ryan sighed as she pulled him towards her room. This was going to be a long weekend.

November 23, 2018

Rachel was in her fathers' living room, reading the book she had brought with her. Both her dads were out shopping. They had always shopped on Black Friday as far as she could remember. There was a knock at the door and she got up, planning on telling the person on the other side of the door that her fathers were not home. She wasn't, however, planning on it being who it was.

"Hey Berry."

Rachel stared, shocked, at the Latina and the blonde girls that stood in front of her.

"Santana!" she exclaimed. "Brittany!"

Rachel hugged them both and they hugged her back.

"Your dads told us you were in town," Brittany said. "So we thought we'd stop by."

"Oh, you guys," Rachel said, tears welling up in her eyes. She hadn't seen them for a year, but they kept up with each other frequently.

"Berry, please don't cry," Santana said and Rachel glared at her. "I'll cry too," she added and Rachel hugged her again.

The three of them walked into the apartment, sitting down.

"So," Rachel started. "How have you two been doing?"

"Well," Santana said. "We adopted a little girl. She turned four on April 9th and her name is Maia Rose."

"Pretty name," Rachel commented.

"I'm still working and NYADA and San is still working with troubled teens," Brittany said.

"Not much has happened lately," Santana added. "What about you, Berry? How have you been?"

"Well, I've been helping Chloe help plan her and Finn's wedding."

Santana shared a look with Brittany.

"They're getting married?" Santana asked.

"Yeah," Rachel said. "They've been engaged for a couple months now."

"And how do you feel about that?" Brittany asked.

"Fine," Rachel said, confused as to why she wouldn't be fine with it. "Why?"

Brittany opened her mouth but Santana answered first. "Oh, no reason, we're just wondering."

The Latina gave Brittany a look then looked back at Rachel, smiling.

Rachel brushed it off. "Where is Maia?" she asked.

"At home with her babysitter," Brittany told her.

The three girls talked for a long time, sharing stories and laughing with each other.

"…And then she said 'Mommy, you dumb'," Brittany said, telling Rachel what Maia had said days before.

"Then I said 'Maia, you know that's not nice'," Brittany continued. "And she said 'I know Mommy, but it's true.'"

Rachel and Santana were laughing at the little girl's innocent honesty.

"She really is a sweet kid, considering what kind of family she had before," Santana said.

Brittany and Santana had told Rachel that Maia's biological mother had been a drug addict and Maia's biological father had abused her mother. Maia had had to watch her parents constantly fight and she was often with her biological aunt until the CPS had took her when she was three and a half. Brittany and Santana had adopted Maia 3 months ago, and in the beginning, Maia hadn't liked them. Just a few weeks ago she had told Santana and Brittany that she liked living with them better then with her real parents, which had made both girls cry.

Santana looked down at the book on the couch and recognized it as Rachel's favorite.

"Berry, you needs to gets out of this place," Santana said, walking towards the door, Brittany right behind her.

"Where are we going?" Rachel asked, ignoring Santana's bad grammar and following them.

"I know a place you might like," Santana replied, fishing her car keys out of her purse and leaving the apartment.

"A karaoke bar?" Rachel questioned when she, Brittany, and Santana walked up to the bar.

"Yep," Santana said. "Best one around. Britts and I come here all the time." Brittany nodded in agreement.

"And you're gonna sing, Rachel!" Brittany said.

"What?" Rachel asked. "Why?"

"Because we said so," Santana said, leading Rachel into the building with Brittany following.

The bar wasn't as bad as Rachel thought it would be. There were people sitting in booths, at tables, and at the actual bar. Currently there was an old man on the stage, singing some country song.

Santana and Brittany walked up to the bar, Rachel trailing behind. Santana pulled Rachel up next to her and looked at the man behind the bar.

"Henry," she said. "This girl's gonna sing!"

Henry looked at Rachel before reaching under the bar and pulled out a clipboard with a piece of paper attached to it. Santana quickly wrote on it and shoved it over to Rachel.

Written on the paper in the name column was "Rachel Berry", in the song column was "A Thousand Years", and in the artist column was written "Christina Perri".

The girls ordered drinks and sat down to wait for Rachel's turn. After two more performers Henry walked onto the stage and said "Rachel Berry". Santana shoved Rachel up to the stage and Rachel stepped up, taking the microphone from Henry.

After her performance, she got the most applause out of the people who they had seen perform.

"That was kickin' Berry!" Santana said when Rachel reached them.

"Totally!" Brittany said.

"That was amazing Miss Berry," they heard and they turned around.

Standing there stood a tall man with hair that went to his shoulders.

"I'm Bartlett Sher," he said, holding his hand out to Rachel. "Broadway director."

"I know who you are," Rachel said, shaking his hand. "You were working on a revival of…"

"Funny Girl," he finished and Rachel nodded. "I've been looking for somebody to star in my show, and you are talented. Very talented."

Rachel just stared, waiting for him to continue.

"How would you like to audition for the show?" he asked.

"Well, I—" Rachel started but Santana cut in.

"Only if you can get her an audition tomorrow."

"Why?" Mr. Sher asked.

"I live in Columbus, Ohio Mr. Sher sir," Rachel told him.

"Ah, well, I can get you an audition tomorrow then," he replied.

Rachel gave him her phone number and the girls left. Santana and Brittany dropped her off at her dads' apartment, told her to call them tomorrow after her audition, and left.

Rachel got a call at two o'clock from Bartlett Sher. He told her that he was able to get her an audition and she had to come down to the studio immediately. She told her dads where she was going and took a cab down to the address he had given her over the phone.

When she got there, Mr. Sher was waiting outside for her. He greeted her and led her inside. Quickly introducing her to the other people who would be witnessing her audition, he ushered her up onto the stage.

"So, Rachel," the lady whose name she already forgot, started. "Tell us about yourself."

'Well, my name is Rachel Barbara Berry and I was born in Lima, Ohio. I've been acting and singing since I was 6 months old. Currently I live in Columbus, Ohio and I work as a teacher to young talents."

"Alright, what are you going to sing for us?" the older man whose name she also forgot, asked.

"I'm going to sing My Man, the ending song in Funny Girl," Rachel said. It was the first song that popped into her mind.

She sang and when she was done, all three people clapped.

"Thank you, Rachel," Mr. Sher said. "We'll get back to you as soon as possible.

"Thank you," Rachel said, leaving.

Although she loved her live in Columbus, she hoped that she got this part.

Wow, that chapter was really long! Well, thanks for reading! Would you like some spoiler quotes from next chapter? I bet you do! Here are some!

"I think I'm falling in love with him"

"You're my best friend, you can tell me anything"

"What do you mean you're moving to New York?"

Can you guess who says those things? Leave your guesses in the reviews!

Also, I don't own A Thousand Years by Christina Perri, Bartlett Sher (who is a real person), My Man, or Funny Girl.

Aha, you probably don't care, but I looked up cities in Ohio and Indiana and found out how long it takes to get from one city to the other so I could write the beginning accurately.

Anyways, reviews are love!(: