A/N I still have the shout out from the last chapter going on because no one found the Pretty Little Liars reference so try and find it! A big thank you to my beta Jenny for making this chapter less sucky!

The songs in this chapter is Come On Get Higher by Matt Nathanson, I Have a Dream from the musical Mamma Mia!. Something big is going to happen in this chapter so I hope you enjoy!

Also there will be a time jump of about a month and a half in the middle of the chapter. It will go from being October to about 15 days before Christmas in December.

Disclaimer: I do not own Glee, Darren Criss, or the songs.


The next morning Darren, Jenny, Joey, and I worked on moving my stuff into Darren's house. Darren wouldn't let me pick up anything heavy so I was making lunch for them. I was in the process of making my homemade macaroni and cheese when I felt two strong arms circle my waist.

"What are you making us for lunch?" Darren breathed into my ear.

"Only my famous homemade macaroni and cheese that you love so much."

"I missed that. When will it be ready? I'm starving." As he said that his stomach growled to prove his point.

"I can tell. It should be done in about an hour or so." I say as I put the dish in the oven and turn around.

"Great. I can't believe we're moving in together." he puts his forehead against mine and inhales my scent.

"Me either. It's all so surreal." I press my lips against his and his grip on my waist tightens. Our lips move together for a few moments before I run my tongue along his lower lip and he opens his mouth. His tongue enters my mouth and I can taste the beer he's been drinking. Our tongues dance around and play with each other for a few minutes and I can feel his hands begin to slide their way under my shirt and I pull away.

"We can't do that right now. You have to continue moving my stuff and I have to start unpacking." he pouts but turns around and I slap his ass to get him moving. Everybody brings in the last of the boxes and I hear the oven go off so I go get the macaroni out of the oven.

"Hey Reese's what smells so good?" Joey asks coming into the kitchen with a bottle of beer in his hand. I roll my eyes at the nickname but answer him anyway "My homemade macaroni and cheese. It just has to cool for fifteen minutes and then it will be ready to eat."

"Sweet! Lets start a movie while we wait."

"That's a great idea Joey get Jenny and Darren while I pick out the movie."

Joey went into the front yard and I went into my movie box and picked out my favorite movie Burlesque. I put it in the DVD player and chose the loveseat. When Darren and Jenny came in Darren sat down next to me and put his arm around my shoulders. I leaned my head on his shoulder and pressed play on the remote. When the title screen came on Jenny groaned.

"Y/N! We watch this movie all the time! Why didn't you choose a different one?"

"What's this movie?" Darren a Joey ask at the same time. I give them the most surprised look I could and Jenny laughs.

"You really just got yourself in trouble this time." she says still laughing

"This is only the best movie of all time! Plus any guy would like it it has half naked girls dancing but it has Christina Aguilera and Cher in it and its just amazing." I press play and the movie starts about a quarter of the way through it I pause it and tell everybody that the mac and cheese is ready.

I serve everybody and get myself some.

"Joey don't eat it until we are back in the living room. I have to see your reaction to eating this piece of heaven."

"I don't get what's so special about it. It's just mac and cheese." he says looking at his plate questioningly

"YOU TAKE THAT BACK!" Jenny and Darren yell at the same time.

"Okay everybody calm down. Lets just go back in the living room." I say as I lead everyone back into the other room. Darren sits down first and then I sit in between his legs. Everybody looks at Joey and Darren gets out his phone and opens vine. "Now try the best macaroni and cheese you will ever have in your entire life." he says

Joey takes a bite and his face changes into this shocked look "OH MY GOD. Is this what heaven tastes like?"

"WE TOLD YOU!" Darren and Jenny scream at him.

"I take back what I said. This mac and cheese changed my life. Thank you Reese's for opening this new door in my life."

"Okay now you're just being over dramatic. But you're welcome."

"I'm pretty sure I made the best vine ever." Darren says as he shows me the video.

"That is pretty amazing. You should tweet it."

"Already on it." he says messing with his phone."

My phone buzzes in my pocket and I see that I have a mention. I open it up to see that Darren mentioned me in his tweet.

(your twitter name) 's mac and cheese changes JoeyRichter 's life (Vine link)

"Nice. Lets finish the movie." I say as I press play.

We finally got to my favorite part of the whole movie when Ali sings live for the first time and I take out my phone and go to vine to record Darren's reaction.

"Wow I knew she had an amazing voice but... wow." we continued to watch the movie and when it finished Jenny went home and I started to unpack some of my things in the bedroom. While I was unpacking I found Darren's old song writing journal with a page dog eared.

"Come On Get Higher?"

"Hey babe do you have any laundry you need don- where did you find that?"

"In the dresser. What's this song? It's called Come on Get Higher."

"That's a song I wrote after we broke up." he said with sad eyes

"Can you play it for me?"

"I guess." he gets his guitar and sits on the floor.

"Now it might not sound perfect I haven't played it in a while." he strums his guitar and starts singing.

I miss the sound of your voice

And I miss the rush of your skin

And I Miss the still of the silence

As you breathe out and I breathe in

If I could walk on water

If I could tell you what's next

I'd make you believe

I'd make you forget

So come on, get higher, loosen my lips

Faith and desire and the swing of your hips

Just pull me down hard

And drown me in love

So come on, get higher, loosen my lips

Faith and desire and the swing of your hips

Just pull me down hard

And drown me in love

I miss the sound of your voice

Loudest thing in my head

And I ache to remember

All the violent, sweet

Perfect words that you said

If I could walk on water

If I could tell you what's next

I'd make you believe

I'd make you forget

So come on, get higher, loosen my lips

Faith and desire and the swing of your hips

Just pull me down hard

And drown me in love

So come on, get higher, loosen my lips

Faith and desire and the swing of your hips

Just pull me down hard

And drown me in love

I miss the pull of your heart

I taste the sparks on your tongue

I see angels and devils

And God, when you come on

Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on

Sing sha la la la

Sing sha la la la la

Ooo Ooo Ooo...

So come on, get higher, loosen my lips

Faith and desire and the swing of your hips

Just pull me down hard

And drown me in love

So come on, get higher, loosen my lips

Faith and desire and the swing of your hips

Just pull me down hard

And drown me, drown me in love

It's all wrong, it's all wrong

It's all wrong, it's so right

So come on, get higher

So come on and get higher

'Cause everything works, love

Everything works in your arms

By the time he was done with the song I had tears streaming down my face and all I do is press my lips to his. He quickly responds by putting his guitar next to him and puts his arms around my waist. He leans backwards and lays down on the floor pulling me on top of him. This kiss has so much passion behind it and its not rushed or has tongue it's just our lips slowly moving together. Eventually we break apart and we look each other in the eyes.

"Y/N I love you so much." he says with a sincere look in his eyes.

"I love you too Darren. More than I can put into words." I reply. I give him another kiss and sit up and put the box of things under the bed. I helped Darren up and we get ready for bed.


(Time jump!)

It's now December and things were going really well. Darren and Joey were at work and I was at the house sitting in our room just looking at a ring I placed on my left hand singing to myself. Thinking about what it would like to be married.

I have a dream, a song to sing

To help me cope with anything

If you see the wonder of a fairy tale

You can take the future even if you fail

I believe in angels

Something good in everything I see

I believe in angels

When I Know the time is right for me

I'll cross the stream, I have a dream

At this point I didn't hear Darren come in and I also wasn't aware that he was watching me.

I have a dream, a fantasy

To help me through reality

And my destination makes it worth the while

Pushing through the darkness still another mile

I believe in angels

Something good in everything I see

I believe in angels

When I know the time is right for me

I'll cross the stream, I have a dream

I'll cross the stream, I have a dream

I have a dream a song to sing

To help me cope with anything

If you see the wonder of a fairy tale

You can take the future even if you fail

I believe in angels

Something good in everything I see

I believe in angels

When I know the time is right for me

I'll cross the stream, I have a dream

I'll cross the stream, I have a dream

When I finished Darren walked backwards and made his presence known but I still didn't hear him. I only heard him when he started to speak.

"Hey babe. I'm home." I jumped and hid my left hand and smiled

"So what are you up to?" he asked

"Oh nothing just relaxing. I just finished watching my favorite musical."

"Mamma Mia?"

"You know me so well. Why don't you go get cleaned up and we'll start dinner?"

"Okay." he came over and kissed me and went into the bathroom.

I took a deep breath and put the ring back in my jewelry box and went to the kitchen to see what we can make for dinner. I found the things to make spaghetti and started to boil the water. While I was starting to make the sauce a pair of arms circled my waist and a head rested on my shoulder.

"So what are we making for dinner?" he asked

"We are going to make spaghetti. Would you like to help me make the sauce?"

"You know I would. What do you want me to do?"

"You can start cooking the meat that's the only thing left to do."

"Okay." he let go of me and went to the fridge and got the meat. We finished making dinner just in time for Joey to get home.

We all sat in the living room and ate our dinner and then Darren and Joey got out the Xbox. We all played Call of Duty for about three hours and when I got tired I went to bed. Darren and Joey continued to play for a little while until Darren couldn't keep quiet anymore.

"Joey I have something to tell you." he said

"What's up?"

"I'm going to propose to Y/N."

"That's great man! What brought this on?" Joey asked

"When I came home today she put a ring on her left hand and was just staring at it singing I Have a Dream to herself. I also want you to go ring shopping with me tomorrow."

"Of course I will! I'm so happy for you Darren, you deserve this."

"Thank you man. That means a lot. Anyway I think I'm going to go to bed. I'll see you tomorrow."

Night dude."

As I was getting ready for bed I put on a sports bra and Darren's Michigan sweatpants. When I was finished I looked in the mirror and put my hands on my belly. I just stood there for a while when I felt a pair of strong arms on top of mine.

"Babe what are you doing?" he asked.

"I think I'm starting to show." I say as I turned to the side.

"Well, I would hope so, you're past three months."

"Will you still love me when I'm fat and ugly?" I asked

"You'll never be fat and ugly, but I will always love you. Even when you're nine months pregnant with our baby girl or boy."

I turned in his arms and gave him a chaste kiss and crawled into bed. Darren followed and pulled me into his arms. I lay my head on his chest and listened to his heartbeat. It was quiet for a while before Darren broke the silence.

"So, what should we name him or her?" he asked as he ran his hand up and down my arm.

"If it's a boy I always wanted to name my baby boy Percy."

"I love that name. If it's a boy we'll name him Percy." he responded.

"What if it's a girl? What would you want to name her?" I asked.

"I've always liked the name Hazel. What do you think?"

"It's a really pretty name. It reminds me of your eyes. When I first met you they were the first thing I noticed about you, you know, beside your eyebrows." I giggled.

He chuckled and said "It's understandable, my eyebrows are pretty different from others."

"I love them and I wouldn't change them for anything. I'm pretty tired, I think I'm going to go to sleep."

"Goodnight il mio amore."

"Goodnight."

And with that we let sleep overcome us.

In the morning I was sitting on the couch watching TV when Darren and Joey came into the living room all dressed looking like they were going out.

"Y/N, Joey and I are going shopping, we'll be back in a couple hours."

"Oh! Let me get dressed I'll go with you I need to pick some things up."

"NO! I-I mean I'm not doing that kind of shopping... It's manly shopping...for men only..."

I had an amused look on my face because I knew when he was lying. And this was definitely the time when he was lying.

"Manly shopping? What exactly does manly shopping consist of?" I say as I cross my arms

"Looking at power tools and-and stuff..." he said looking down.

"Darren I know when you're lying. Are you getting my Christmas present?! Is that why I can't come?"

Joey finally stepped in and grabbed Darren's shoulders and turned him towards the front door.

"That's exactly what we're doing so we will be back in a couple hours. We'll see you later." and with that they walked out the door.

A few days later Joey insisted on taking me out for the day. And the weird part was that Darren didn't even want to come with us. By the time we were heading home it was already nine o'clock

"Joey, why did you take me out all day? I mean I had fun, but why didn't Darren come?"

"All will be explained later young Jedi." he said with a giggle

"You are such a dork."

When we got back to the house I got out of the car and noticed that Joey didn't get out of the car.

"Joey aren't you coming?"

"No, you go ahead." he said with a big smile on his face.

Why is he so happy? I thought as I opened the door to find that all the lights were off and there were a few candles scattered throughout the house. On the floor there was a trail of rose petals leading to Darren and I's room. I followed the trail and it lead up to the bed and just stopped. I looked on the bed and the rose petals spelled "WILL YOU MARRY ME?" my hand flew up to my mouth and tears sprung in my eyes and turned around to see Darren in a suit down on one knee holding open a ring box with the most beautiful ring inside.

"Y/N I love you so much. When you smile it lights up the whole room. And the world could be ending and if I just hear your laugh everything will be okay. You make me want to be a better person and make the world a better place. So, Y/F/N will you make me the happiest man alive and become my wife?"

At this point I had tears streaming down my face and I had to let it all sink in before I could respond. Finally I found my voice and I whisper "Yes." His smile grew and lit up his whole face and made his eyes crinkle. He slid the ring on my finger and pulled me into the most passionate kiss we've ever had. When he pulled away we hugged and he picked me up and started to spin me around. And when he put me down he rested his forehead against mine.

"I can't believe you said yes." he said his eyes shining

"Well, of course I said yes. I've only waited 7 years. I knew I wanted to marry you the first day I met you" I said giggling

"You're my fiance." he said as he pulled me in for another kiss.

"You want to drive the fangirls crazy?" I say with a mischievous look in my eye

"Let's do this."

He took out his phone and took a picture of us smiling brightly and I held up my left hand. You could tell that I've been crying. He tweeted he picture saying "SHE SAID YES!" and then shut his phone off and I shut my own pone off so it could be just us. He led me to the kitchen and I see that he made us lasagna. We sat down at the table and we ate and then we lied down and watched a couple movies before we went to bed.


On Christmas morning Joey woke us up and we exchanged gifts. I got Joey some Star Wars figurines and he got me more sneaker wedges that I love so much. When it was time for Darren to open his present from me I got a little nervous. It took me a while to figure out what to get him but then I was walking in an antique shop and I found a goofy watch that he didn't have yet.

"Oh, Y/N I love it!." he leaned over and gave me a kiss. "And now for your present." he said as he got up.

"Hey, where are you going?" I asked but he didn't answer. All of a sudden I heard a little scampering noise and a little tan puppy with black around his mouth came running towards me.

"Ohhh Darren! He's so cute. What kind of dog is he?" I asked scratching behind is ears

"A Great Dane. I remember you telling me a while ago that you love big dogs that as you said 'resemble a small horse'" he said smiling.

I got up and tackled him in a hug and he swung me around in a circle before setting me back on the ground. I gave him a kiss on the lips and I ran my tongue along his lip and he opened his mouth and just when our tongues were about to touch we heard a small bark. We turned and looked at the puppy and he had his head tilted to the side looking at us with big eyes.

"What are you going to name him?" Darren asked.
I scratched my head and looked at him for a minute and then it came to me. "Rex. I'll name him Rex."

"That is such a cute name. He looks a little small for a Rex don't you think?" he said as he chuckled.

"You dork you know he will grow. You will be a big boy won't you Rex?" I asked him in a baby voice.

Rex rolled over and I started scratching his belly. After my hand got tired I picked him up and put him on the couch next to me and Darren sat next to me. I leaned over and gave him a kiss.

"Merry Christmas fiance." he said as he stroked my cheek.

"Merry Christmas fiance." I reply and give him one more kiss.

A/N Ahhh! This took me so long to write! Please leave a review and tell me what you think. Your Reviews inspire me to write! See you guys soon! Oh, and MERRY CHRISTMAS!