AN: Inspired by lyrics from "Good-bye my Lover" by James Blunt. This would occur during the episode "Born This Way" during the Courtyard scene with the Warblers.
I had thought that coming back to McKinley was going to be easy. That leaving Dalton wasn't going to hurt like leaving McKinley had and it hadn't. At least not yesterday when I was saying quick good-byes to the Warblers before rehearsal.
Now though, as I listened to their voices floating through the air in perfect harmony, I realized that wasn't the case. I hadn't been there long, but the Warblers had become as important to me as New Directions had. This group had opened their arms to me right from the start. Sure the beginning had been rocky as I tried to fit into the dynamics of the Warblers but as each one of them walked by, clapping my shoulder or shaking my hand, I realized that I hadn't been the only one changing to make the fit. The Warblers had changed too, letting what I brought to the group change them.
I wasn't the same person who had left McKinely and that wasn't a bad thing. Changing was a part of life. The members of New Directions weren't the same as when I left but as Finn enveloped me in a hug, I knew that once again it was going to be okay. Even if I didn't fit in anywhere else, I fit with them. Yes they would change me, as the Warblers had, but they would change me because of the experiences we shared and not because they didn't approve of who I was.