A/N: Thanks for the reviews and also the follows and faves on the previous chapter - good to see that people are still enjoying the story! I must admit the fact that the chapter before only having one, had me worried that people were falling out of love with it. However I can assure there is plenty of dramas and more to come, for all characters in this story!
Sorry I couldn't get this up earlier, I went to the usage point on my internet for the month and using a prepaid usb stick for internet, just getting my daily emails chews through data and then when I use YouTube to look up a way to get out of something in Watch Dogs games, then there goes the credit on the thing! (Yes I am among other things a gamer girl as well - does it really surprise anyone that much!)
That and also I spent all last weekend at rehearsals for an upcoming show I am a part of - not on stage, but I am doing makeup for this one!
This chapter sees the opening night of Funny Girl on Broadway, although I am not going to be going into any of the songs for it, or writing any part of it on stage. We will also get to meet in the story Rachel's dads. As well as also meeting Puck's mother and the rest of Mikki's family - including her other sibling, and well let's just say it's not going to be who people are maybe thinking it will be!
But I like putting in the little twists that no one sees coming!
And I know Will (who isn't in this chapter) is kind of being a little sleazy, but and as I said it plays into a bigger part of the story.
Anyway here is the opening night of Funny Girl so enjoy that and also getting to see my take on some more familiar Glee characters!
You know what to do from here - review, follow and fave!
Love KJ xoxoxo.
Chapter 17 –
After a successful run of Funny Girl in Philadelphia, Rachel and the cast returned to New York and were in the throes of doing some last minute fine tuning to the show to make it just that little bit better before it was to open on Broadway.
The show was opening on Friday night, and Rachel had invited as many as people as she could to the Broadway premier of the show.
The producers had given everyone the Thursday night before the show off so that they were able to get some rest and be fully prepared for the opening night show the next night.
"You better be not looking at stuff about Funny Girl on the internet" said Rachel, looking over at Mikki, who this time had managed to actually get off the day she organised for, was sitting in one of the armchairs with her laptop.
Mikki looked at her friend. "No, promise not looking at that, I'm selling some stuff on eBay, and just seeing if it's been looked at and all that".
"Good" replied Rachel, who had put a self imposed internet ban on herself from looking up anything about the show or her friends mentioning anything if they saw anything about it, after Puck had found a Twitter account entitled 'Rachel Berry's nose', and supposed posts from it, when there was a knock at the door of the apartment.
"I'll get it" said Rachel, standing from the sofa and going over to the apartment front door.
She opened the door and on the other side were her dads, Leroy and Hiram Berry.
"Daddies" said Rachel, when she saw them.
"Hey my sweet little girl" said Hiram, giving his a daughter a hug and kiss.
"Oh my angel" said Leroy, also hugging his daughter at the same time as his husband did and also kissing his daughter.
Rachel laughed as her fathers hugged her.
"I can't believe your both here" said Rachel.
"As if we are going to miss our baby girls opening night on Broadway" said Hiram.
Leroy looked over to the living area where Mikki was still sitting.
"And Mikayla, how are you my dear girl" said Leroy.
Mikki laughed and closed up her laptop and put it down on the coffee table and went over to Rachel and her dads.
"I'm very well" she replied.
"Well that's good to know" said Leroy, giving her a hug.
Mikki laughed.
"And thank you for looking after out baby girl and making sure that she had somewhere to go after what that jerk Jesse did to her" said Hiram, also giving her hug.
"It was nothing, and I'm sure if the situation was reversed Rachel would have done the same thing for me" replied Mikki.
"Yes, most definitely" said Rachel, with a nod.
"Well I for one never liked that Jesse guy, and believe me your dad and I, and also Lydia are both thrilled that after all this time you and Noah are finally together" said Hiram.
Rachel laughed as did Mikki.
"So did you want a little tour of the apartment then?" asked Rachel.
"That would be nice actually, see what sort of living arrangements you have now, not that we'd expect Mikki to be living in squaller" said Leroy.
Rachel laughed. "Come on, I'll show you my room and then you can also see the view from the balcony we have".
"Sure" replied Hiram.
"I'll make some tea, is herbal okay with all of you?" asked Mikki.
"That would be lovely" said Leroy.
Mikki nodded and Rachel led her dads to show them her room and Mikki went over to make a pot of tea for them all to then have and talk some more.
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That night, Rachel and her dads had gone out for some shopping time, and were going to meet the others at Sardi's for dinner.
Mikki, Brittany, Blaine and Sam got out of the cab outside the restaurant, and Blaine paid the cab driver.
"So Rach was going to meet us here" said Sam, as they went to go inside.
"Yeah, and also Puck and his mom and my family as well, since Rach has invited them along as well" said Mikki, as they walked into the restaurant.
"Hi, reservation?" asked the girl on the front counter.
"Yes, I can actually see the rest of the people we are having dinner with over there" replied Mikki.
"Okay, well go on through and have a lovely evening" said the waitress.
"Thanks" replied Brittany and the four of them headed over to the table where the Puckerman's and Kapowski's were already seated.
"We were just talking about you" said Eric Kapowski, Mikki's father as they approached the table.
"I hope it was good stuff" replied Mikki, with a laugh.
"What good stuff is there about you" said Ryder, Mikki's younger brother who was in his sophomore year of college at Ohio State University.
"Ohh did you finally develop a sense of humor at college?" asked Mikki, looking at him.
Ryder looked at her and poked out his tongue.
"Ryder" said Midge, their mother as Mikki laughed at her younger brother being told off.
"Why can she get away with being mean?" asked Ryder.
"There is being mean and then there is being immature" said Midge.
"Yes, and you are immature" said Kitty, who was sitting next to her brother.
Ryder glared at his other older sister, not tempted to do or say anything for fear of getting told off again.
"So the immature idiot there is my little brother Ryder, and this is my mom Midge, dad Eric, and also my Aunt Lydia who is Puck's mom and his younger sister Sarah" said Mikki, making introductions.
"And this is Sam and Brittany, and of course you already all know Blaine" said Mikki, as she finished off.
"Yes, lovely to finally meet you all. Mikki mentions you all the time, when she is emailing us" said Midge.
"Lovely to meet you as well" said Brittany.
"Take a seat guys" said Eric.
"Sure of course" replied Sam and the four of them sat at the table.
"So Puck isn't here yet?" asked Blaine.
"No, he was going to meet up with Rachel and her dads beforehand and come with them" said Lydia.
"Is Rachel nervous at all?" asked Midge.
"About opening night?" asked Mikki, looking at her mom.
Midge nodded.
"A little and she is not looking at anything on the internet after Puck found something quite mean, so she's not getting as nervous as she probably would reading people's mean comments about the Philly run" said Mikki.
"Noah said the Philly run was a success though" said Lydia.
"It was, apparently there are just professional idiots out there who even though haven't even seen the show or know anything about Rach, just see pictures and that, and thinks its okay to comment about things that they know nothing about" said Blaine.
"Modern technology it's a blessing and also a curse" said Eric.
"Yes, well you grew up in the dark ages Dad" said Kitty.
Eric looked at his daughter. "I grew up in an era where we didn't have the internet and believe me it wasn't all that bad".
"Are you seriously kidding me, doing school assignments would have sucked. No Google" said Ryder.
"There was something called a library where we got out something called books and had to read them through to find the information we wanted" said Eric.
"Yeah, I think I prefer the way it is now. Google Scholar is awesome" said Ryder.
"Didn't know you needed that at clown college" said Mikki, looking at her younger brother with a smile.
"You go to clown college, really?" asked Brittany, looking over to him as well.
"No, I go to OSU, I'm studying commerce. These two just always you to say I was going to go to clown college when I grew up and it's become a running joke with them" replied Ryder, pointing to his sisters.
"Well being a clown is a real job" said Kitty, which made all the others laughed including Ryder.
"And there are actually people who do study circus arts, it's a serious business" said Blaine.
"Yeah and speaking of clowns, where is that annoying girlfriend of yours Blaine" said Kitty.
"Tina" said Blaine.
Kitty nodded.
"I broke things off with her" replied Blaine.
"Really" said Kitty, with a grin and looked at Mikki.
"Yeah, as nice as she was. There just wasn't that spark there and we didn't like any of the same stuff" said Blaine.
"I've come to know Blaine, that with women you just nod and smile when they don't like something you like" said Eric.
Blaine looked at Mikki's father. "Really?" he asked.
"Uh huh take Midge for example. She despises Star Wars, and when she mutters something about me watching it for the millionth time or getting some obscure toy on eBay, I just nod and smile" said Eric, nodding and smiling.
Blaine laughed as did all the others.
"Yes, and you just had to make your children all obsessed with it" said Midge, looking to her husband.
"I think all of us would have anyway, if dad hadn't shown us it. You know the Kapowski's are twisted" said Ryder.
"Yes they are, and us Berman are normal sane people" said Midge.
"Oh I don't know there Immy, I think some of those genes are definitely from our side of the family" said Lydia.
"Hmm, you're probably right" said Midge with a laugh.
"Speaking of the insane" said Mikki, as Puck approached the table with Rachel and her fathers.
"Excuse me?" asked Puck, looking at his cousin.
"Your Aunt seems to think that our side of the family is sane" said Lydia.
"Oh please, I married a lesbian that definitely proves I wasn't sane" said Puck, with a laugh.
"Granted you didn't know that at the time, but yes marrying Santana wasn't a sane moment for you" said Lydia.
"Well it wasn't all that bad really, she did give you a grandchild" said Midge.
"True" said Lydia.
"I very much doubt I am ever going to have grandchildren. I seem to have three very independent kids who are determined to have careers over marriage" said Midge.
"Oh that's not true mom, one day sure. But right now I do want to focus on work" said Mikki.
"Exactly" said Kitty.
"See, be thankful" said Midge, with a laugh, as the others laughed also.
"I'm sure all our children will give us grandchildren when they are ready" said Leroy as he sat at the table.
"Yes, and I know Rachel always said that she had to have a Tony award before she even considers that" said Hiram as he also sat.
"Well I don't want to be giving up a life on stage to be a mother and I don't want a child to be raised by a nanny. So I do this first and then focus on that part later in life" said Rachel as she sat.
"Besides you're already kind of a step mom in a way, since you're dating Puck and he has Jayden" said Mikki.
"True" replied Rachel, with a nod. "And I'm being awfully rude" said Rachel, looking to her dads and then friends.
"Dads, these are my other friends here in New York. Sam, Brittany and Blaine" said Rachel.
"Lovely to meet you all, and thank you for being there for our little girl" said Leroy.
"Well it's been a pleasure getting to know Rachel" said Sam.
"Yeah and she makes Puck happy, so it's kind of awesome" said Brittany.
"She makes me very happy" said Puck, taking Rachel's hand and giving it a squeeze.
Rachel looked at him and smiled, as a waitress came over to the table.
"Hi are you already to order?" she asked.
"Honestly, we haven't even looked at the menus yet" said Blaine.
"Sure that's fine, I'll give you a few minutes" she replied, with a smile and walked away.
"Maybe we should look at the menus" said Lydia and the all continued to talk well into the night over their dinner.
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Funny Girl opening, Friday night. Rachel had reserved the third row of the theater for her family and friends. The lights of the theater dimmed and the overture started to play through the theater, with the songs from the show mixed together.
The whispers of peoples voices quietened down as the anticipated wait for the Broadway premier of the revival of Funny Girl to the start.
The curtain opened to reveal Rachel on stage, and there was a huge round of applause as the show started and she launched into the first musical number for the evening 'I'm the Greatest Star', and with that the Broadway production of Funny Girl, was now on Broadway. Hopefully bound for even more destiny for Rachel further down the path.
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The morning after the Funny Girl opening, Brittany got to the apartment block of the others armed with bagels and croissants that she had picked up from a nearby bakery, along with the New York Times.
She went and knocked on the apartment door of the guys first, and Sam came and opened the door immediately.
"Good morning" he said, when he saw Brittany.
"Hey morning. So I got the papers" she replied.
"Yeah, cool. Just go wake Blainers and tell him we're across the hall" said Sam, going over to Blaine's bedroom door and opening it.
"Blaine, wake up man" said Sam, flicking on the light in the room.
Blaine groaned and pulled his pillow over his head.
"Britts here, and we're heading across to Mik and Rach's apartment to see what the review for last night says" said Sam.
"Okay, be there in a bit" replied Blaine, muffled by the pillow.
"Sure man" said Sam, and walked back over to Brittany. "Shall we" he said.
Brittany nodded and the two of the crossed over to the other side of the hall and Sam opened the door to Mikki and Rachel's apartment.
The two of the walked in to see that Mikki was already awake and waiting for to brew.
"Good you have coffee" said Sam.
"I always have coffee" replied Mikki with a laugh.
"Well I have the croissants and bagels, so we are all set" said Brittany, placing them on the table.
"Are Rachey and Puck awake yet?" asked Brittany, as she sat down.
"I am indeed, and Noah is in the bathroom" said Rachel, as she came out of her bedroom, pulling her hair up to a messy bun as she walked over to the others.
"What you couldn't satisfy the guy in the morning Rach?" asked Sam.
Rachel looked at him and went red in the face and Sam laughed as did Brittany.
"Hmm, I'm sure they did enough of that last night. Even with earplugs I could still hear muffled sounds" said Mikki, as the coffee finished brewing and she bought the pot over to the table.
"Muffled sounds of what?" asked Blaine, coming into the apartment.
"Rachel and Puck doing it last night apparently" said Sam.
"Excuse me?" asked Puck as he came out of the bathroom.
"You and your girlfriend having sex" said Sam.
Puck looked at him.
"You were both kind of loud last night, and if you wish to be that loud in the future, please make sure you're in your apartment, well away from here" said Mikki.
"Ever heard of earplugs?" asked Puck.
"Yes and I had them in, but I could still hear stuff" said Mikki.
"Umm, sorry. We did get a little carried away last night" said Rachel.
"Yeah, you did" replied Mikki, with a laugh.
"What were they saying?" asked Brittany.
"I'm not really going to be repeating what I heard" said Mikki.
"You better not, or I will murder you" said Puck.
Mikki looked at him and smiled. "Sure thing cowboy" she said with a laugh and Rachel went extremely red in the face.
"So reviews" she said, picking up the New York Times.
"Yes, reviews" said Puck, as he poured a cup of coffee and grabbed a bagel.
Rachel flicked through the paper to the theatre review section and looked for the one for Funny Girl.
"Ohh, I can't read it. Someone else do it" said Rachel, putting the paper down on the table.
Mikki picked up the paper and quickly scanned over the review.
"Don't keep us waiting here, what it say?" asked Blaine.
Mikki sighed and began to read from the paper. "One would have to ask why revive a musical like Funny Girl, when there are so many already amazing musicals out on the Broadway stage. However in an age where people want to see the way we lived before, and hear songs from an era long forgotten, why not have Funny Girl be one of those we do remember and get to see again, and hear those classic songs that somehow are still well known to even today's generation. Rachel Berry, who takes on the iconic role of Fanny Brice in this production, certainly had extremely big shoes to fill, and she doesn't disappoint. Having been a chorus member in many Broadway productions over the years, it's hard to think that this is the first time we have gotten to see her shine and make a role truly her own. Although we did see glimpses of some nerves and a few little hiccups, one could put it down to opening night and just the knowledge of now knowing that this show is on a Broadway stage, but Rachel did a splendid job and should be admired for taking such an iconic role and truly making us believe that she deserved to be on that stage"
Mikki looked up at the others. "And there is just some stuff about Will and the production itself, but it's all good. Nothing bad".
"That's an okay review though right, you all think that right?" asked Rachel.
"Sweetie, it's fine" replied Puck, hugging her.
"Exactly, it's your first real lead Broadway role and they're not blasting you" said Sam.
"You're right. I should be glad for that, I mean I have read some really bad reviews for people over the years and the thought of that was kind of hanging around in my mind last night I must admit" said Rachel.
"Well you don't need to worry anymore. You're brilliant, the critic thought so, we all thought so and everyone who goes to see the show will also think so" said Puck.
Rachel looked at him and smiled.
"Thank you" she replied and then looked at her friends. "All of you thank you, I couldn't have gotten to here without all of you".
"Just remember that when you're excepting your Tony award then, because we want a mention" said Blaine.
"Sure I promise" replied Rachel, with a laugh and with that the six friends continued on with their breakfast.
End Note:
So bet no one was expecting that Mikki would have a brother! And that it would be Ryder! It's pretty much set in my mind through all my stories that Mikki has a younger brother and sister (of course in the other stuff it's not obviously Kitty and Ryder), so this is why when it came to this, I thought to myself why not make it that Ryder is her younger brother.
As you can see from what was said, he is still in college and is obviously the youngest of them (again this is common throughout my stories - boy is always youngest)and again we will see him appear a little later on for a few upcoming storylines.
I hope you like the other characters in the story, those you would be familiar with on Glee and also the original characters as well. We never heard Puck give his mom a first name, so I gave her the name Lydia.
And Midge, her actual name is Imogene which is why Lydia called her Immy - and no that had nothing to do with a particular movie that someone from Glee was in with a character with that name. I used it well before then and it was purely by chance and almost like with a lot of stuff I write, a sheer twist of fate!
And don't worry - we won't see Rachel leaving the musical because after doing a month worth of shows she finds it boring and repetitive. The Rachel in my story, will remain on the Broadway stage for a while to come, and there will be no 'I want to be on TV now' storyline.
On an awesome note for me, I have tickets to Celtic Thunder tomorrow night! Sadly though Damian isn't going to be here. But it will be good all the same - all the guys are truly amazing!
Anyway tiny spoiler for the next chapter and that is, it will be very Brittany focused! Felt it was time I give her a little something (Sami actually demanded that I do! And you must always listen to her!) and I do this in a very interesting manner! One that I am sure will quite surprise you all!
So until then, love to you all.
KJ (and the crazy furbies!) xoxoxoxo.