That Saturday, I had made up with Katheryn that she would too come to the airport, watch our performance and then we could talk, but as we all gathered in the middle of the waiting hall, all the soldiers standing in a line in front of us, and other people standing all around. Neither she nor Zeb were anywhere to be seen. But as I hadn't told anyone except ma, pops, Kurt and Blaine about them coming, we started at eleven as we had said earlier.
Right in the intro for this is war, Marcie lifted her microphone to her mouth. "This is a song about peace."
"Well, that was this is war by Thirty seconds to Mars." Marcie said, while we put the microphones away. "We´re the new directions, and we´re now gonna sing the star spangled banner, and we hope that everyone here, would like to join the singing, so if you know the lyrics… then sing." She put away the last microphone, and then the second- and last song started. Before we started singing, I looked around the hall- but still neither Katheryn nor Zeb were anywhere.
When we had reached the last verse of the song, almost everyone were singing along, and as we finished the soldiers stood in line saluted to us. I smiled, but in the next second, Katheryn came out from the crowd, she grabbed my forearm and pulled me towards ma and pops, way too fast. In her other hand she held an envelope.
"Whoa Katheryn not so fa- ast. Katheryn, Mrs. Ralston… Mum?" At last she stopped right in front of ma and pops. She reached my hand towards them.
"Take good care of her." She gave Kurt the envelope, he looked with a raised eyebrow to me, I nodded, so he opened it and checked the papers. Then he nodded and smiled to me.
"They will I promise," I loosened my arm from Katheryn´s grip, and turned to her. "And you can come and visit any time, can´t she ma?" I looked to Carole.
"Of course you can."
"Ma…" Katheryn breathed. Then she started turning around to walk away.
"Katheryn?" I spoke up.
"Yes."
"What does N. S. stand for?"
"Madelyn´s full name was Madelyn Nicole Sunshine Ralston."
"What about N.R?"
"Nicholas Rainer? You were all named after the nurse or doctor, that was there when you were born, and the one who was there for both Madelyn´s and Zebastian´s was Nick… the one for you I don..." Ma stepped forward.
"I don´t know if you remember me. But as you know my name is Car…" Katheryn gasped.
"You were there." Ma nodded.
"I want you to know, that we will take care of your daughter as good as we can, and that you can come and visit how often you would like." Katheryn nodded.
"Katheryn?" I spoke up again.
"Yes."
"Are we all named after the weather we were born in?" Katheryn smiled.
"Katheryn?" I said when she had started turning around again, when she stopped I walked over to her.
"Yes?"
"I love you mum."
"I love you too… Lex." I took one step forward and embraced her, then I took one step to the right and embraced Zeb too.
"I love you too Zeb… and you are under no circumstances allowed to get any taller." I giggled.
As soon as we had watched Katheryn and Zeb walking out, I could hear the others coming walking behind me, Pops was the first one there, he lifted me up and span around with me. When I was on the ground again I hugged first Carole, then Kurt and then Blaine, then Tyler did the same as pops. And then Ma, pops, Kurt, Blaine, Tyler, Connor, Liam and Mariah started throwing me in the air, and then catching me again, after doing that about ten times, and I came down to the floor again, I realized the soldiers had left, Marcie stood with her mum a bit away from me. But I was soon waken up from my thoughts by pops´ shout.
"Family, Tyler, Mr. Schuester come on, lunch at Breadstix, on me." He showed us to get out from the airport.
"Why did he want me to come?" I heard Mr. Schue mumble to himself.
"Isn´t that obvious?" I asked.
"Not… really." I laid my hand on Mr. Schue´s shoulder. "Because if I hadn´t met you, I would still be living with Brian, and then I would never have met ma and pops."
At Breadstix, I asked a member of the staff to take a picture of us all, and when I came home I put it on facebook with the line.
This- including Finn Hudson and Rebeccah Zaine, is my real family
Playlist
First song- This is war- Thirty seconds to Mars
Second- the star- spangled banner or whatever it is called
