CHAPTER 11: RACHEL GETS A SURPRISE VISIT
Rachel had agreed that she was going to work to learn the meaning of making her own money. Yes, her dad's helped paid the rent for the apartment they were living in but she felt like this would give her experience for if she ever got a role on Broadway. She auditioned for Funny Girl but when she was eavesdropping she heard their comments so she didn't think she got the role. She loved working with Kurt and Santana, they always made it fun to be at work. In fact, it didn't feel like work at all to her except when she had to deal with rude customers always flirting with her. She had to keep reminding them that she was already married.
Today, she was going to work with Santana and she was glad that she was. Santana always found a way to make work even better. They were working together when she noticed that the two guys from the Funny Girl audition entered the restaurant and sat in Santana's section, she told Santana those were the guys from the audition.
"I'm going to talk to them to show them that I am Fanny Brice." Rachel said.
Santana knew that Rachel had a way of being persuasive.
"Hey. I just wanted to let you know that I'm not too young and that I do have any experience. I have plenty of experience to play Fanny Brice and play it the best. I am a star and I will prove it to you." Rachel said.
She pointed to Santana and Santana pressed the play button for the karaoke machine to play.
"It's been a hard day's night
And I've been working like a dog
It's been a hard day's night
I should be sleeping like a log
But when I get home to you
I find the things that you do
Will make me feel alright.
You know I work all day
To get you money to buy you things
And it's worth it just to hear you say
You're going to give me everything
So why on earth should I moan
'Cause when I get you alone
You know I feel ok
When I'm home everything seems to be right
When I'm home feeling you holding me tight, tight, yeh
It's been a hard day's night
And I've been working like a dog
It's been a hard day's night
I should be sleeping like a log
But when I get home to you
I find the things that you do
Will make me feel alright.
So why on earth should I moan
'cause when I get you alone
You know I feel ok
When I'm home everything seems to be right
When I'm home feeling you holding me tight, tight, yeh
It's been a hard day's night
And I've been working like a dog
I should be sleeping like a log
But when I get home to you
I find the things that you do
Will make me feel alright
You know I feel alright
You know I feel alright"
At that time, she grabbed Santana and told her that they needed to get back to Lima immediately for a surprise. Well there was two surprises in store back in Lima, Ohio.
When they got back to their apartments, Santana went her separate way to get her bags packed for the trip back home. Rachel went home and saw everyone was in the living room, watching television.
"Hey guys, do you guys feel like coming back with me to Lima in a hour?" Rachel asked her friends and husband.
"Why? What's going on? Did something happen?" Finn asked, in a panic. He got up off the couch and started to worry.
"No it's nothing bad but, well I will tell you when we get on the plane." Rachel said. "We have to pack now and head out. I will trust that you guys can keep a secret anyway. Well I have to go pack. So you guys in?"
"Of course, me and Puck are in." Quinn said. "Let's go pack babe." Quinn told Puck. She then grabbed his hand and led him to their room.
"Babe you in?" Rachel asked.
"Yes, let's go pack so we can head out." Finn said.
When everyone was done packing, they headed to the airport. Santana was already on her trip back home and she was going to be staying with her parents so they could catch up. While Finn, Rachel, Quinn and Puck were all back to the hotel again. They didn't have homes in Lima and they felt like they didn't want to stay with their parents since one of them was already married and the other was engaged, getting ready to get married.
"I cannot wait til tomorrow, I cannot wait for these surprises that are going to happen. What time do we have to be there?" Finn asked Rachel.
"Well, the first surprise will occur in the morning at 11:00 A.M and the second surprise will be at 1:00 P.M" Rachel replied. "So we might be exhausted from all the good news by the end of the night. I'm glad that we were invited to both surprises and be a part of something so great. Something so life changing." Rachel said.
The next day, Rachel and Finn got up to start getting ready. They had two hours to get ready and be there. Finn already knew what the outcome was going to be. Yeah, his brother wasn't very supportive of his engagement to Rachel at the beginning but he came around and now he loved that they were married and having a family together. He realized that Finn and Rachel were endgame and I guess he preferred him over donkey face Brody any day.
Rachel and Finn decided to get ready together but Finn took that as a sign for them to have sex and Rachel had to remind them that only had two hours to be ready and with everyone else.
"Come on, we have enough time babe." Finn begged.
"We can do it when we come back before we go to sleep so we don't have to rush anything." Rachel said. "I'm going to get out of the shower now so you can focus on taking a proper shower."
"You're no fun." Finn joked.
"Shut up, the fun that we had is the reason that I'm pregnant." Rachel said, jokingly.
"You just couldn't resist me, I told you that we have serious musical chemistry." Finn said.
"Well, I'm doing a pretty good job resisting you right now." Rachel said.
"It's cause I'm not singing to you right now." Finn said. "But I will...I can't fight this feeling..."
At that time, Rachel turned on the blow dryer to start doing her hair. "I'm sorry, I can't hear you!" She yelled, laughing.
By the time, she was done drying her hair, Finn was done with the shower. He always told Rachel that he got dressed faster than her so he was just going to take his time getting ready. Rachel finished getting ready while Finn watched television since he was already dressed and ready. Rachel decided to dress up since this was going to be a big surprise celebration. She wore a short strapless black dress with red high heels with her hair down and straight. She wore her favorite earrings with her favorite Finn necklace and her beautiful engagement/wedding rings. Finn chose to wear his simple black suit with a white shirt underneath. When they were done, they heard a knock on the door.
"Hey you guys ready?" Puck asked. He was wearing a black collared shirt with dark blue jeans.
"Yes, we are ready." Rachel said.
"Rachel, you look stunning. How are you feeling?" Quinn asked. Quinn was wearing a simple blue dress with a pair of white sandals.
"No, you look amazing. I look fat." Rachel said.
"No, Rachel. You are glowing and beautiful. I promise you that." Quinn said. She grabbed Rachel's hand.
"See, Rachel. I'm not the only one thinks that you are beautiful. Now can you believe me when I tell you that?" Finn told his wife.
"Okay, well we have to go. I don't want to be late." Rachel said.
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They arrived at Dalton Academy and saw all the old Warblers and the new and old Glee club members. Blaine managed to pull it off that he got these two groups of people together. They were all told the plan on how they were going to surprise Kurt. Burt was going to bring Kurt down here for a surprise but all Kurt was told was that the old warblers missed him and wanted to have lunch with him.
They heard the car pull up and saw Kurt get out of the car. When the doors opened, they saw Kurt come in and the music started to play.
"You think I'm pretty
Without any makeup on
You think I'm funny
When I tell the punchline wrong
I know you get me
So I let my walls come down, down
Before you met me
I was alright but things
Were kinda heavy
You brought me to life
Now every February
You'll be my Valentine, Valentine
Let's go all the way tonight
No regrets, just love
We can dance, until we die
You and I, will be young forever.
[Blaine, Rachel, Finn, Quinn, Puck, Santana, Sam]
You make me feel like
Like I'm living a
Teenage dream
The way you turn me on
I can't sleep
Let's run away and
Don't ever look back,
Don't ever look back"
Blaine then grabbed Kurt's hand and they went running through the school til they got to the staircase. Rachel, Finn, Quinn and Puck stood at the top of the stairs while Kurt stood at the bottom of the stairs with Blaine in front of him and everyone behind him.
[Blaine]
My heart stops
When you look at me
Just one touch
Now baby I believe
This is real
So take a chance and don't ever look back
Don't ever look back
I'mma get your heart racing
In my skin-tight jeans
Be your teenage dream tonight
Let you put your hands on me
In my skin tight jeans
Be your teenage dream tonight."
The music stopped. Blaine grabbed Kurt's hand.
"That song has such a good memory for me. This spot has a good memory for me. When I first met you, there was something about you that I just didn't understand. I felt like when I first saw you that there was something about you that I wanted to know better. I feel like I had knew you my entire life but yet needed to get to know you better. I felt like my world was complete when I looked into your eyes. I knew than that you were sent to me for whatever reason and I grabbed your hand and we ran through this place together. I sang that song in front of you and I was singing that song to you. Only you. I want to spend the rest of my life getting to know you while knowing you at the same time. I have loved you from the moment that I met you but the thing was giving into my heart's desire. I was afraid for most of the time that you were too good for me, like you deserved better than me. But I learned to give into my heart and do my best to make you feel like the happiest person because I already feel like the luckiest person in the world getting to have you in my life. So, Kurt. I'm asking if you can let me, I will spend the rest of my life proving to you that I am worth being your husband and best friend. Will you marry me Kurt Hummel?" Blaine asked.
"Of course, I will. I will marry you Blaine Anderson." Kurt replied. Kurt reached in and gave him a kiss.
"My little brother is getting married." Finn said to Rachel. He than gave her a kiss.
"Yes, my best friend is getting married and soon we will all be in New York together." Rachel said. But they didn't have much time to talk since they had to head over to McKinley for the second surprise that was in store. Rachel couldn't wait because soon the whole Glee club that grew up into a family together was going to be in New York together.
They all headed to McKinley and they had to convince Santana to go with them. She was fighting with them for a while because she said she was tired. But, finally in the end, she agreed to go with them. She didn't understand why she had to go it was not like anyone would notice her gone anyway. She was sure they were only going over to celebrate the engagement.
Rachel, Finn, Quinn and Puck all arrived together. They met up with all the new and old members of New Directions and Mr. Schue. They saw all the flowers lined up on the stage, they knew that this surprise was going to be perfect as well. They just couldn't wait to see the surprise look they were waiting for. Everyone was just hanging out in the auditorium talking and chit chatting when Rachel got the text message that she was waiting for.
"The bird has landed, the bird has landed." That's all the text message read.
"Okay, everyone lets hid behind these chairs so we won't get seen but we can see what's going on. They all hid but Finn being the protective husband/father made sure that his wife wasn't crowded by everyone or in a position where she could hurt herself or their unborn baby.
They heard the door open to the auditorium and saw the shadow walking towards the stage. They couldn't help but notice that smile and confusion. The music than started to play.
"Well sometimes I go out by myself
And I look across the water
And I think of all the things, what you're doing
And in my head I paint a picture
Since I've come on home,
Well my body's been a mess
And I've missed your ginger hair
And the way you like to dress
Won't you come on over
Stop making a fool out of me
Why don't you come on over, Valerie?
Did you have to go to jail,
Put you house on up for sale, did you get a good lawyer?
I hope you didn't catch a tan,
I hope you find the right man who'll fix it for ya
Are you shopping anywhere,
Changed the color of your hair, are you busy?
And did you have to pay that fine
That you were dodging all the time, are you dizzy?
Since I've come on home,
Well my body's been a mess
And I've missed your ginger hair
And the way you like to dress
Won't you come on over?
Stop making a food out of me
Why don't you come on over, Valerie?"
"Awwwww this is so romantic." Rachel said. "I want them to join us in New York together as a couple."
"Yes, maybe than she would be much happier because they are meant to be." Finn said.
They both turned their attention back to the stage.
"I have spent my days missing you and wanting to kiss you. I know that you were the one who decided to end things and then I left to go to school. But, I'm not happy over there. They are constantly pressuring me and I just want to be with you again. I will move with you if that means I get to wake up next to you again. I don't know if you have moved on or not but I know that no one will love you as big or as much as I do. I want to move to New York with you. I want to live with you. I just want to be with you again." Brittany said. "I love you forever, Santana Lopez. Will you let me move to New York with you?"
"You know that I have always loved you. From the very moment that I met you and I made a mistake in letting you go but that's because I thought you deserved better than me. But I have missed you so much every single moment of the day since you have been gone. I would give anything to have you back in my arms and by my side. I would love for you to come to New York with me and live with me. I will do anything and everything for you. I love you Brittany S. Pierce." Santana replied.
"Everything is working out the way it's meant to be. Me and you are married with our baby on the way. Quinn and Puck are engaged. Kurt and Blaine are engaged. Santana and Brittany are back together. We are all going to be living in New York. Now, we just got to work on Mike and Tina getting back together." Rachel said. She then gave her a husband a kiss.
"Let's go guys." Puck said.
They all got up from behind the seats and headed towards the stage to congratulate the couple getting back together.
"I can't believe everyone has worked out the way meant to." Rachel said. "We are all with our soul-mates. Me and Finn. Quinn and Puck. Kurt and Blaine. Now, Santana and Brittany. We really just need to work on Mike and Tina."
That's when everyone started to scheme on how to work that relationship out. They hoped that Mike would decide to go to New York to be with Tina as she chose to go to New York after all instead of applying anywhere else. Maybe they could convince Mike to go to a school in New York and get transferred from the college he went to in Chicago. He deserved to be with all the greats in New York. Maybe even become a back up dancer to a major star.
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THE NEXT DAY
Mike got a call from Rachel saying that she wanted to talk to him about something important. He was confused because he never was really close to Rachel so he knew it had to be big for her to go to him. When he finally arrived at the school, he saw Rachel sitting in the auditorium and quickly approached her.
"Hey Rachel, what's wrong?" Mike asked.
"Can I ask you something?" Rachel asked.
"Of course." Mike replied.
"Do you like living in Chicago? Won't you prefer going to school in New York rather than continue to go to school in Chicago?" Rachel asked.
"I mean, it's good. I wouldn't choose it over New York. Sometimes I think I made a mistake on choosing Chicago as a place to go. I now more than ever want to go to New York especially knowing that Tina will be moving to New York. I miss her and I wish I could win her back." Mike said.
"I think you should move to New York. I mean you will have all of us there. You won't be alone. What would you say if I tell you that I want to work with you on getting back with Tina?" Rachel asked.
At the same time, Finn was talking to Tina. He knew that Rachel was going to be talking to Mike and he was going to see what Tina thought about getting back with Mike. He loved these missions that he worked on with Rachel. It was one of his favorite things to do with her. When Tina walked into the room, she was a little confused on why Finn wanted to talk to her today. Glee club was almost over since they won Nationals.
"Hey Finn. I'm confused as to what's going on." Tina said when she entered the room.
"I just wanted to ask you what your plans are for after you graduate here." Finn asked.
"Honestly, I want to go to college in New York especially after all of y'all are going to be there so I won't be alone in the big city. But, it makes me sad that I might be the only one single there. You are married to Rachel. Quinn is engaged to Puck. Kurt is engaged to Blaine. Brittany is with Santana. I miss Mike, I'm still in love with him, is that crazy?" Tina finally asked.
At that time, Finn received a text message from Rachel saying, "Mike is STILL in LOVE with Tina! Find out if she feels the same so we can go to the next step. -Your wifey, Rach3"
"I think that you should come with us to New York. I think that you should be honest with Mike because I know that he feels the same for you. Work things out. Trust me, you don't want to spend any more unnecessary time apart from him. Learn from me." Finn said. As he said that, he stood up and patted her shoulder. "Just be honest."
He walked away and sent the text message, "Talked to Tina. She is still in love with Mike as well. I told her to be honest with him. Hope this works out. -Your husband, Finn"
His phone beeped a second later, "That's awesome! I'm sending Mike into the choir room to talk to her. Hope this plan works. Meet me in Mr. Schue's office so we can spy on them from there. I love you Finny and I'll see you in a minute. -Your wifey, Rach3"
He saw Rachel walking down the hall a moment later and he couldn't help but smile. He fell more and move in love with his wife every single time that he saw her. She was the most beautiful woman in the world and he was the luckiest man ever to have her. They rushed into Mr. Schue's office and was thankful that his door connecting to the choir room was closed but thankful because they would still be able to hear what was going on since it wasn't closed all the way. They saw Mike appear at the door while Tina was still looking at her phone.
"What is Tina doing?" Finn asked, himself but out loud.
"She's on twitter. She just tweeted, "I'm about to risk it all and say how I feel. Hashtag scared" Rachel replied.
Then they both turned to the window and looked at them.
"Tina? Can I talk to you?" Mike asked as he walked towards her.
"Yes, I have something to talk to you about as well." Tina replied.
"Let me go first. I made a mistake when I decided that we should break up. I miss you and I'm still so in love with you. If I go to New York, will you want to work things out with me? I miss holding your hand. I miss kissing you. I miss telling you that I love you. You are my love and I can't imagine being with anyone if it's not you. When my dreams come true, I want you there. When your dreams come true, I want to be there. I just want to be with you." Mike confessed.
Tina smiled as he finished. "Mike, I want you to come with me to New York. I want to see what it is like living with you and having a future with you. I spent this past year missing you and thinking of you. I always thought that we would get back together because you are my soul-mate. I just took this year as a way for our love for each other to grow stronger. I love you and I want to be there to see your dreams come true. I want to wake up next to you and go to sleep next to you. I want to be the one you turn to when you need to talk. I want to be the one to cook for you. I want so much with you. Will you come with me to New York and us get our own place together?" Tina asked.
"I would love that. I love you Tina Cohen Chang." Mike said.
"I love you too." Tina said. She then reached in to give him the biggest kiss she ever gave him.
Finn and Rachel both saw and heard what happened. They both looked at each with big smiles on their face and bumped fists to symbolize that they did it. Rachel then noticed that Tina tweeted, "Back with the love of my life and we can't wait to be in NY together soon. #IloveMikeForever" So Rachel replied, "Soooo happy for the both of you. We cannot wait to have our whole famigleea together in NY baby!"
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Everyone was back into New York. Finn and Rachel were living together with Puck and Quinn waiting to find out if they were having a boy or girl in a week. Kurt and Blaine were living together with Santana and Brittany. They were surprised to find out that Sam and Mercedes were back together, would you call it back together when they never really dated in high school. Well, they were together and living with Mike and Tina. The best part of it all is that they all lived on the same floor so they were always together. Next week when they found out what they were having, Kurt was throwing a baby shower in his apartment so that was going to be exciting. Rachel never felt more happy than she was at this time but she was in for a big surprise.
Rachel and Santana were heading over for their shift at the diner. Rachel was showing more than she was before but it looked like she ate a big lunch. When she walked into work, Gunther told her that someone was waiting for her. She saw who it was and immediately got nervous.
"Hi, welcome to the Spotlight Diner. How can I help you?" Rachel asked.
"I would like a whole cake." He said.
"A whole cake?" Rachel asked.
"Yes but I would like for you to write a special message on it. I would like for you to write, "Congratulations, You are Fanny Brice."" he said.
"Are you serious? Are you serious?" Rachel said, her eyes filled with tears as she covered her mouth with her hand as she smiled. She couldn't hold in her excitement so she yelled. "I got it! I got the part! I'm going to be Fanny in Funny Girl on Broadway!"
Santana couldn't hold her excitement in for her friend as she met Rachel halfway to give a big hug to her. The man saw them celebrating so he slowly left the diner. Rachel could not stop smiling even after Santana left to go run an errand for Gunther since they were out of a couple of supplies for the diner. She felt like nothing could bring her down until she saw him.
"So it's true? I heard you were knocked up and married. I didn't want to believe it when I heard people talking about it at NYADA but I guess it's true. I don't even know how you think your going to play Fanny Brice knocked up and fat." He said.
"Yes, me and Finn got married. We are expecting our first baby in November. Why are you even here right now? I have been doing my best to avoid you. Which means I don't want to see you so you come to my work. I think you better leave before Santana comes back and sees you. I know the last time you saw her didn't end well either." Rachel said.
"That's right, she called in your "husband" to kick my ass and I guess that worked out well for you. But I know that you miss me because I know that I am way better than him. You wouldn't have picked me over him the first time if you didn't think so." Brody said.
"That was a mistake, I just used you to get him jealous. Boy I'm so glad that I never slept with you, you are nothing but a man-whore." Rachel said.
"Look who's talking. You're the one who got knocked by another man when you were with me. Now your working here? Let me guess, your husband cannot provide for you and the baby you choose to have with him." Brody said.
"For your information, Finn does more than enough to provide for me. Just get out of this diner." Rachel said.
"Yeah whatever. I will see you around. By the way, you're looking more beautiful than ever." Brody remarked as he left.
"Ewwwww so gross." Rachel said.
When she got off her shift that night from the diner and headed home, she couldn't get over the fact that Brody had the nerve to show up to her work. She didn't know if she should tell Finn or how to tell him. She knew how Finn could be when he gets jealous.
She was surprised when she got home to see that Finn was out at the store picking up some more snacks for her. She just thought he must've forgot to get them earlier. She was happy to see Puck in the living room, maybe she could ask him his opinion.
"Berry! How was work?" Puck said as soon as he saw her.
"Ugh, don't ask." Rachel said.
"What happened?" Puck asked. He turned off the television to give Rachel all his attention.
"Did Finn ever tell you about the guy I was with to make him jealous?" Rachel asked.
"Yes, the male hooker whose ass he kicked." Puck said. "Which I have to say, I am proud of him for. Why you ask?"
"Well, he came into my work...and..." Rachel said.
Puck looked at her confused...
"You won't believe the things he said to me." Rachel continued.
Puck was now furious...
**I AM SORRY FOR A LONG CHAPTER BUT I WANTED ALL OF THIS TO HAPPEN. I WILL SAY I DO NOT OWN THE CHARACTERS BUT THOSE BELONG TO THE WRITERS OF GLEE. THIS IS SIMPLY WHAT I WOULD HAVE LOVED TO SEE HAPPEN ON THE SHOW.**
LEAVE COMMENTS ON:
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF KLAINE ENGAGEMENT? BRITTANA REUNION? TIKE REUNION?
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT RACHEL GETTING THE ROLE OF FUNNY GIRL? DO YOU THINK THAT THEY WILL STILL HAVE HER NOW THAT'S PREGNANT?
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT BRODY'S COMMENTS TO RACHEL AT THE DINER?
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT RACHEL CONFIDING IN PUCK?
DO YOU THINK SHE'LL TELL FINN?
WHAT DO YOU THINK WILL HAPPEN NEXT?