How To Fall (In Love) Part 3 - Chapter 4, a glee fanfic

Chapter 4

It was Charlie's last 'vacation' day. That afternoon she would have left to go back home. She had decided that she would keep her promise to Blaine: she would have gone back to school, she would have graduated, and then she would have run away.
She went to McKinley with her suitcase, to say goodbye to the Glee club members before leaving. Suddenly, her mobile phone vibrated. She took it, imagining that she had gotten a message from her brother or from one of her very few friends, but actually it was an anonymous message, in which the sender asked her to go to the auditorium.
She went to the rendezvous, and she was really surprised, when she saw the boy who was waiting for her, on the auditorium stage. He was a boy who had made fun of her, two years before, during her first day in that school, and who had received a punch in the face by Charlie, because of that. He was one who was respected by the whole school, but Charlie always thought that, after all, he was a little afraid of her. For this reason, they had never talked to each other, but she was pretty sure that the boy's name was Noah Puckerman, and that he was called 'Puck' by his friends, as his reputation preceded him. She also knew that he had graduated the previous year.
She left her suitcase near the door, and got closer to the stage. The boy, who was holding a guitar, started to sing.

"I remember when I realized
The depth of your beauty for the first time.
A million ears had heard you,
But none had listened quite like mine

Every phrase that leaves your lips
Makes me feel as if I'm paralyzed.
Talking is trivial, sing another crazy note,
And I will be there below…

The troubles that we knew before
Disappear and all I know is that…

It makes no difference where you come from,
I don't care if you need my love,
You know I'll be there!
I swear I want to sing to the world,
No need to keep it a secret:
You are the one, the only,
My musical soulmate."

It was incredible: she didn't know how, or why, but someone had fallen in love with her. She believed it was impossible, for her, to catch someone else's attention for a positive reason, but it had happened anyway.
She remained there, listening to the boy who was dedicating a song to her.

"Darling, listen:
The audience is calling you.
(They're calling you)
There's no way in hell that
They will ever feel you like I do…

When the song ended, Charlie didn't know how to react. No one ever had fallen in love with her, so that he would dedicate a song to her. Or perhaps it had happened, in the past, since she had never discovered that her friend Joe was in love with her.
"Wow..." she tried to say. "A wonderful song..."
"Yeah..." said the boy. "I've decided to dedicate it to you, because I felt exactly like this, when I realized I liked you."
Charlie blushed. She didn't really know how to behave, in such a situation.
"You know, if you had dedicated this song to me some time ago, maybe I would've started dating you, we would've run away together, and our relationship would've ended in a few weeks' time," she said. "The last thing I want is to hurt someone, so... No, thanks: I gave that up."
"Are you afraid of my 'bad boy' reputation?"
"No, it's just that it seems that I bring very bad luck... All my previous love stories ended badly, and all my human relationships too... except my relationship with my little brother, obviously... I was considering the idea of moving on to girls, but I don't think I would be much luckier in that case, either!"
"But it won't cost you anything to give me a chance..."
"I'm so sorry... But now I want to change! I want to stop searching for the perfect boy, and I will start waiting for him while living my life, because if he exists, I know that sooner or later I will meet him anyway!"
"You mean, you want to stop kissing frogs, waiting for your Prince Charming to come?"
"Exactly! I don't doubt that you're a good boy now, but it's better for me to stop falling in love with anyone!"
The girl left the auditorium. She took her suitcase, and went to the choir room.

"As you know, today is my last day here," she began. "I will go back home, where non-stop moving and living hell will be waiting for me, and I will try to hold on until I graduate! After that, I want to leave for a very long trip: I want to see the world, but not moving continuously! I will travel alone, like I've always dreamed!"
She would have liked to leave immediately, but she wanted to keep the promise she had made to her new friend.
"I also wanted to thank you all," she continued. "First of all, for being the only friends that I have (and, above all, I hope you will remain my friends), and then, for having helped me improving myself! I don't think I would've made it without you... But before saying goodbye to you, I wanted to sing a song for you."
She told the band to start playing the song, and then she started singing.

"Sometimes you think you'll be fine by yourself,
Cause a dream is a wish you make all alone.
It's easy to feel like you don't need help,
But it's harder to walk on your own."

Many Glee club members too knew that song, so they started to sing with her.

"You'll change inside,
When you realize…

The world comes to life,
And everything's alright,
From beginning to end,
When you have a friend by your side,
That helps you to find
The beauty you are,
When you open your heart and believe in
The gift of a friend,
The gift of a friend."

As her social relationships never lasted for a long time, she had never understood how good it was to have friends. In fact, she had discovered the importance of friendship right during those days.

"Someone who knows when you're lost and you're scared,
There through the highs and the lows.
Someone to count on, someone who cares,
Beside you wherever you go.

You'll change inside,
When you realize…

She had never had true friends, before. And the first true friends she had ever had were the first people who had managed to make her see her inner beauty.

"And when your hope crashes down,
Shattering to the ground,
You, you feel all alone.
When you don't know which way to go,
And there's no signs leading you on,
You're not alone…

Everyone hugged Charlie, to say goodbye to her. Charlie was happy she could count on her new true friends she had found. Now she knew she wasn't alone.
Blaine was the last one to hug the girl.
"Don't do anything stupid!" he told her.
"I'll try to be a good girl!" said Charlie.

Having friends she could talk to, and unburden herself to, also through the Internet or a phone call, really helped Charlie, who managed to endure her life until her graduation day. The following day, as she had planned, she would have run away, and no one would have known where she would have gone.

Hi readers!
This is the final chapter of Part 3. The next chapter will be the epilogue, written long before the actual Glee finale. It ends more or less in the same way, but, obviously, in the real finale there is no Charlie!
As regards this chapter, I'm sorry if you actually believed Charlie would end up with Puck. I guess they weren't meant to be after all! Then, the songs that appear here are "Musical Soulmate", by Mark Salling (I always hoped Mark would actually sing one of his original songs on the show) and "Gift Of A Friend" by Demi Lovato.
I hope you like this story! In any case, I would really appreciate it if you left me a message, a comment, or whatever you like, to let me know your opinion, or also if you feel like giving me some advice. It would make me really happy! :)