Okay guys! Here is the next chapter. I'm pretty happy with this chapter though it is by far the longest. I hope you guys like it, it is a rather emotional one I think. Quick note that I forgot to mention many chapters ago, it's a little weird but my view of Marley's dad is something along the lines of John Barrowman. You guys can imagine him however you'd like though. Also if you watch Arrow and the Flash, you'll recognize some names from the last chapter. They are names only, just my nod to where I got the idea for this story.

Anyways, please let me know what you guys think!


Santana's POV

Santana's blood was absolutely boiling. She looked down at the sweet girl, half sitting in her lap sobbing her heart out because of a boy. It broke her heart to see Marley so upset, but she wanted to skin Sebastian alive for causing this to happen.

She looked up at Rachel, Kurt, and Blaine who were all sitting around them looking worried and upset. They had all been surprised when Marley had shown up at almost midnight, crying. It had taken them almost half an hour to find out what happened because she was crying so hard.

Suddenly, there was a knock on the door. They all looked up, except for Marley, who just buried her head in Santana's shoulder more.

"Marley." Sebastian's voice drifted through the door. "I know you're in there, I pinged your phone."

Though she didn't make a sound, Santana watched the fresh wave of tears begin.

"Please, Marley just listen to me. It's not what you think." Sebastian called.

"Get him out of here or I'm going to kill him." Santana whispered to Blaine, arms tightening around Marley.

Blaine got up and went to the door while Kurt and Rachel stood up to block any sight between Marley and Sebastian. "Sebastian, you can't be here." Blaine said.

"Please just let me talk to her." Sebastian said. "I didn't cheat on her, Blaine you have to believe me."

Blaine had Sebastian step back and went outside, closing the door behind him.

Marley eventually drifted off to sleep, so after making sure she was tucked in tightly in Santana's bed, Santana moved into the living area with the others.

"As much as I hate to say it I'm not shocked that this happened." Kurt said.

"Kurt!" Rachel said admonishingly. "We all thought that he was changing. He was doing so well around Marley."

Santana rolled her eyes. "All we know is that he never got caught." She replied.

Blaine was being very quiet as they talked, in fact, he had barely spoken a word since he came back inside after sending Sebastian away.

"You haven't said anything Blaine," Kurt said. "You spoke with him outside. Care to weigh in here?"

"I think I believe him." Blaine said after a minute. He held up his hand before they could all start talking. "He told me outside that this girl has been throwing herself at him since fall semester and she is the one that caught him off guard at the party and kissed him. He said he pushed her off immediately. It does match up with what Marley mentioned she saw a while ago with the girl flirting and Sebastian ignoring her."

"Yeah, but he'll say anything to avoid being the bad guy here." Santana said. "All cheaters do that."

"I didn't." Blaine said. "I was fully at fault when I cheated, and I hate myself every day for that. But you didn't see him out there Santana, I've never seen Sebastian without some degree of control, even when we've gone out with the two of them, and he was really torn up over this."

They all sat in silence as they pondered the possibility as well as how to help Marley.

Marley POV

The next morning Marley woke up earlier than everyone else. She sat curled up in one of the living room chair, a blanket wrapped around her as she scrolled through pictures on her phone. She had turned it on airplane mode to stop all the notifications. At the time of turning it off she had 45 missed calls and voicemails, and 72 text messages, mostly from Sebastian but a few from other Glee friends and some from her dad. Word travels fast, even in New York.

After the initial emotional break down, she was able to look at photos of them together without feeling like she was going to suffocate but now it felt like there was a void inside of her that was going to swallow her whole and there would be nothing left.

She left a note for everyone and left quietly intending to go home. When the cab pulled up in front of her father's brownstone, she found him sitting on the steps with a cup of coffee waiting for her. She walked up and sat beside him without a word.

They sat in silence for a long time, just listening to the birds and the sounds of the neighborhood waking up.

"I wish you had called me back." He started carefully.

"Sorry." She said softly fiddling with the hem of her dress skirt.

He shook his head. "Marley, I'm sorry." He said. "I know your mother would know what to say right now, and I'm sorry that I don't. I stayed up all night trying to figure it out, but just know that if there was anything that I could do to take the pain away, I would do it."

"I know." She said taking his hand. "I'm really grateful that you're here dad."

He put an arm around her and hugged her close, she rested her head on his shoulder, and they stayed like that for a while. When Marley sat up, she did feel a bit better, even if there weren't many words exchanged.

"If you want to talk about it," he said as they stood up. "Remember I'm here okay?"

"I will." She said offering a more genuine smile.

She took a shower and changed into some jeans and a blue wide-ribbed crew neck sweater. She fondly ran her fingers over the JCREW label. Though it was an actual name brand this time, it would always remind her of the times her mom sewed the labels onto her clothes.

Coming down the stairs, she politely turned down the offer of breakfast from her stepmom, though she adored Alana's famous cinnamon apple waffles, her stomach was too in knots to eat. She had to be at Juilliard in an hour anyways to work with the percussion section for the showcase.

It was therapeutic to throw herself into work on the showcase. She could turn off her phone and just become absorbed by the music.

It was late afternoon by the time they were finished working. Marley said goodbye to the last two cellists who were heading out, turning down an offer to go out with everyone in favor of working a little bit longer.

As was sitting at the piano, listening to a chord change and didn't notice someone walk into the room with her.

"Marley."

She froze at the voice and slowly turned around. She saw Sebastian standing a little way off and she was startled by the person she saw. The Sebastian she knew stood tall, head held high, a confidence radiating off him to fill up the room. The man standing before her, though no tears were present, his shoulders slumped, and the dull, sad look in his eyes pulled at her heartstrings.

"I knew you'd be here today." He offered a smile, though there was no joy there. "No matter how sad you are, you put others before yourself."

She licked her suddenly dry lips as she stood up. "What do you want Sebastian?" She asked crossing her arms in front her, like it was somehow a barrier.

"I needed to see you." He said. "Marley, I know what that looked like and I can't apologize, I can't beat myself up, there is nothing that I could do that would ever be enough to express how sorry I am that I hurt you. But Marley, you have to know that I'm not the one that initiated that."

"I know." She finally said, voice soft and fragile. "After they thought I fell asleep last night, I heard them talking about what you told Blaine outside. I believe you, I do."

Sebastian's eyes lit up with a bit of hope as he stepped forward, but she held up her hand to keep him in place.

"Once I was able to think again, I realized that I knew you would never cheat, but the thing that tore me up was something that you can't do anything about." She said not quite looking at him. "I've never felt…like I was good enough…for anyone. And even though it was something that I tried desperately to ignore, it was always worse when you and I are together. You come from this whole other world that I have had the opportunity to glimpse, but I've always felt like I was this outsider, or that it wasn't really me who was experiencing all of this." Her voice broke as she continued. "And that's why we can't be together. It's not fair to you because it's never going to change."

Tears were streaming down Sebastian's cheeks as he listened to her. "Then talk to me and tell me why you're unhappy. Marley," he said, stepping forward and gently gripping her shoulders as her arms were still crossed. She wouldn't look up at him, and just continued to cry silently. He swallowed the lump in his throat. "Do you remember when we were in Greece, and we met that old couple that had lived on the island for like 60 years?"

She sniffed and nodded, still not meeting his eye.

"You told me how much you admired them to just live there with almost nothing, but it was so clear how much they loved one another." Sebastian said. "I want that! Yes, I've worked my ass off lately, but that is because I want to give you everything, but I would abandon it all if that meant that it was the only way to keep you." He gently cupped her face in his hands, trying to get her to look at him. "Nothing in that world matters if you aren't there by my side."

Tears were streaming down her face and she pulled back. She still didn't believe him.

Sebastian POV

When she pulled away from him, the desperation grew until all he could hear were her silent tears, and the sound of his own heart pounding in his ears. Maybe the only way to show her was to communicate in the way that always worked best for them: music.

Sebastian started singing, a song that was very familiar to them both. The acoustics in the room were amazing as they echoed his voice back, creating a haunting acapella sound.

You know I want you

It's not a secret I try to hide

I know you want me

So don't keep saying our hands are tied

You claim it's not in the cards

Fate is pulling you miles away

And out of reach from me

But you're here in my heart

So who can stop me if I decide

That you're my destiny?

What if we rewrite the stars?

Say you were made to be mine

Nothing could keep us apart

You'd be the one I was meant to find

It's up to you, and it's up to me

No one can say what we get to be

So why don't we rewrite the stars?

Maybe the world could be ours

Tonight

Marley turned to face him, as hurt as she was, her voice reached out in the next section of the song.

You think it's easy

You think I don't want to run to you

But there are mountains

And there are doors that we can't walk through

I know you're wondering why

Because we're able to be

Just you and me

Within these walls

But when we go outside

You're going to wake up and see that it was hopeless after all

No one can rewrite the stars

How can you say you'll be mine?

Everything keeps us apart

And I'm not the one you were meant to find

It's not up to you

It's not up to me

When everyone tells us what we can be

How can we rewrite the stars?

Say that the world can be ours

Tonight

Their voices melded together perfectly as they moved around each other.

All I want is to fly with you

All I want is to fall with you

So just give me all of you

It feels impossible (it's not impossible)

Is it impossible?

Say that it's possible

How do we rewrite the stars?

Say you were made to be mine?

Nothing can keep us apart

'Cause you are the one I was meant to find

It's up to you

And it's up to me

No one can say what we get to be

And why don't we rewrite the stars?

Changing the world to be ours

Marley backed up as she softly sang the last few verses, tears back in her eyes again.

You know I want you

It's not a secret I try to hide

But I can't have you

We're bound to break, and my hands are tied

She turned to leave, wiping away her tears. As she grabbed her back, picking up her stuff, Sebastian felt the hopelessness seeping into him.

"Marley wait!" He said in a last-ditch effort. "You still have the key to my apartment, right?" She nodded and reached for it. "No, keep it. I don't know what else to prove to you that all I want is you. But I can promise you that I will never stop waiting for you, no matter how long it takes. If you ever change your mind, just come to the apartment."

She paused for a long moment, and then walked out without a word and without a glance back.

"I'll wait for you forever." He whispered quietly.

Marley POV

Marley walked, and walked, and walked. She wandered mindlessly around New York for hours as she thought over what had happened. Singing with him felt like the most natural thing in the world, it made her feel whole as she sang, and things seemed clearer.

Without thinking about it, she hailed a cab and asked the driver to take her to the cemetery where her mom was buried. She walked through the rows of tombstones, some covered with flowers, some looking like they haven't been visited in a while. She finally found the spot she was looking for, a very simple headstone that read:

Millie Rose

Beloved Mother

In the end we only regret the chances we didn't take

Marley smiled as she read the quote her mother loved to tell her growing up. Every time Marley was ready to fade in to the background, her mother was always there to give her the push she needed to jump back into the fray of things. She joined Glee club at her mother's urging and she ended up with friends that she never even dreamed that she would have, she met Sebastian, she was confident enough to submit her music to Juilliard and received a full ride scholarship. When she didn't know if she wanted to major in vocal performance or composition, her mom told her to do both.

Some many amazing things that had happened in her life, all because of her mom…and her mother wasn't here to see it anymore.

Marley sat down and just cried. "Mom, I wish you were here." She said. "I don't know how to do this anymore!"

Sebastian POV

Sebastian made himself a cup of coffee and walked into the living room of his apartment. He looked up and smiled at the strung butterfly lights that Marley had put up while he was gone one day, along with several other decoration pieces.

~ "Do you hate it?" Marley asked as she stood in the middle of the living room, looking a little bashful

Sebastian looked around, while it was a little girly, something about it and the smile on her face that just screamed Marley. He could never say no to that feeling. "I love it." He said kissing her. ~

The friends that had come over teased him about it, saying he gave her too much control, but he ignored it. Nothing matter if it meant that she was happy and felt safe and at home there.

He set his cup on the coffee table and was just about to sit down when he heard the lock on the front door click. He froze for a second and then turned to face the door.

It slowly opened, the pounding of his heart getting louder in his ears as he waited. The slender brunette walked in, her signature paper boy hat hiding her eyes a little as she walked in.

Marley looked up at him and they just stared at each other for a long minute. She finally spoke first as she set her stuff down. "I don't know if we will work. I don't know what next week will hold. But I know that if I don't try than I will forever regret losing you because I was afraid." She said.

She stood, waiting for his reaction, bracing to expect rejection.

Sebastian let out the breath he had been holding and crossed the room in a few quick strides. "Thank God you're home!" He said pulling her into and tight embrace. She returned the embrace just as desperately.

He pulled his head back to kiss her passionately. "I love you." He gasped out. "I love you."

"I love you too." She said breathlessly, tears streaming down her face.

They just embraced tightly, arms wrapped around each other tightly, Sebastian had his eyes buried in the crook of her neck as she stroked his hair gently. Finally, they both felt like they could breathe again.