Rachel kept her hand in her pocket fumbling around with the ring box. She knew her father knew that something was up, if the side eyes he kept giving her was any indication. Rachel decided to keep quiet for now, she would reveal everything when they were at lunch. Hopefully her father wouldn't choke or get strangled, her announcement would have to be well timed.

Rachel was dancing in her seat a little when her and Leroy settled into the movie seats. It felt like it had been forever since she had actually seen a movie instead of just being in one. Considering that it was so early in the day, the theater was empty. Rachel didn't mind, she was a talker and so was her father. They could discuss the movie without being shushed the entire time. She grinned as Leroy sat down beside her right in the middle, the only best and most logical place to sit of course. Leroy passed the small bucket of popcorn as the lights dimmed and the previews began.

Santana stepped back to look at her handy work. She was serious when she said she was going to paint Rachel something magnificent. Rachel just didn't know that the words will you marry me would also be painted on it. The painting itself was a large galaxy painting. Rachel deserved to have her name written in the stars. Yeah, this was about as mushy as she could get without dissolving into a puddle. To see the look on Rachel's face would be priceless though and that made it all worth it.

Going about cleaning her brushes off, Santana spun around startled when her studio door opened. She really shouldn't have been surprised to see Dax and Dahlia standing there wagging their tails. Dax barked once and that's all it took for Dahlia to start trying imitate him. Her bark would be stronger as soon as she got a bit older.

"Are you two ready to go outside?" The word outside was all it took for Dax to take back off into the living room to grab his frisbee. He was always ready to go outside at a moments notice.

"Well what did you think?" Leroy asked as he and Rachel exited the theater waving by to the new manager that Finn had hired a few weeks prior. She was a sweet girl, Rachel just couldn't recall her name at the moment.

"I love it. You know I am a sucker for romcoms though."

"Yeah, you get that from me." Leroy replied with a wink as he slung his arm around Rachel's shoulders. "Were would you like to go get some lunch at?"

"Hmmm, how about you pick?" Rachel looked up at her father. He always picked good places to eat and she could tell by the glimmer in his eye that he already knew the place to go.

"You up for some sushi?"

"Always." Rachel smiled as they made their way back to Leroy's car not noticing the man watching them from across the street.

Rachel was halfway done with her sushi platter when she finally decided that she was going to take the plunge and tell Leroy about the ring that was burning a hole in her pocket. She wiped her mouth and laid down her napkin before taking a sip of her ice water. Why had her mouth suddenly gone dry? Jeez, she felt like she was asking for Santana's hand in marriage or something. Speaking of..should she call the Lopez's and ask them? Would they tell her to piss off without a second thought? With the excitement of asking Santana and everything else that was going, asking the Lopez's for permission to marry Santana had been the last thing on her mind.

Santana still didn't have that great of a relationship with her parents. The last time she has seen them had been in the hospital after the accident. They called every once in a while just to say hi and try to make some form of small talk. Just like when she was little, they barely noticed that they had a daughter. Rachel's heart broke for Santana, she couldn't imagine growing up like that. Either way, she needed to tell her father first that she was going to propose to Santana as soon as she figured out how to she wanted to do it. She watched her father finish chewing his bite of sushi before she placed her hand on his to get his attention.

Leroy quirked his eyebrow at Rachel when he noticed that she was starting to vibrate with energy again. "What's going on Rachel?"

"I uh..I have some big news." Rachel smiled as she turned around in her chair to fish the ring box out of the pocket of her jacket that was hanging on her chair. She placed the box on the table and slid it towards Leroy, motioning with her head and eyes for him to open it.

Leroy looked at the box like it might explode if he touched it. He had a very good idea about what was hiding in that box. When Rachel noticed that Leroy still hadn't opened the box, she reached out and brushed it with her fingers, sliding it closer. "Just look at it dad, please."

Internally, Leroy was starting to panic a bit. Sure he was beyond happy that his daughter was possibly proposing, he still hadn't opened the box, but Santana was proposing tonight. He was stuck in between a rock and hard place. There was no way in hell that he could call Santana and tell her and there was no way in hell that he could tell Rachel about what was supposed to happen tonight. Finally opening the box, Leroy peered at the ring inside. It was gorgeous and it honestly was perfect for Santana.

"Is this an engagement ring?" Leroy asked as he removed the ring from the box to get a closer look.

"It is. I want to ask Santana to marry me." Rachel was starting to bounce in her seat. She clasped her hands between her knees to try and control herself.

"Finally going to make her a permanent daughter. I approve completely and this really is a stunning ring. When do you plan on asking?" Leroy started chanting please not tonight in his head.

"I'm not sure." Well that was a better answer than tonight. "I want to do something special for her but not huge, you know she doesn't like really big over the top stuff."

"Well, I say figure out what you would like to do first and then set the date. It gives you a better time frame to prepare. The process of proposing should be fun and exciting not stressing out at the last minute figuring out how to get everything done on time." That had been the advice that Leroy had given Santana when she had asked for his help in preparing for Rachel's proposal. Leroy had to keep up the facade that he knew nothing about what was going to happen tonight. He knew that as soon as Santana proposed tonight, Rachel was going to break out her ring and a double proposal would happen. It was inevitable.

He couldn't wait to hear about it all. This was one thing that he had always lived for, Rachel getting married. His little girl walking down the isle, joining hands with her forever person. He just wished Hiram could be there to also walk Rachel down the isle. However, he would be there in spirit and...the form of video tape. Hiram was a hard working man, but he also a great family man. When you're a doctor sometimes it can be very hard to find that balance. When he was able to find that balance for the biggest milestones in Rachel's life he always had a video camera strapped to his hand. There were tons of home videos that Leroy had slowly been converting into DVD's for Rachel and for himself. He had the perfect idea to put together a video for Rachel and Santana. He would just have to figure out how to get pictures of Santana from when she was little. If the Lopez's was lacking in memories of their child, maybe Santana knew where some were. She did spend a lot of time with her grandfather growing up. He would definitely have to ask.

Just as Rachel was about to respond to her father about some ideas she might have, she noticed a shadow looming over their table. She was surprised to see Jasper standing there when she looked up. What was he doing in St. Lawrence? He should be at the studio working or so she thought.

"Hi Ms. Berry." He grinned and yeah Rachel could see why Santana really thought his smile was creepy. "How are you, today?" Jasper asked, briefly looking at Leroy and subtly dismissing his presence.

"Hello Jasper. I'm great, I was just having a bit of lunch with my father Leroy Berry." Rachel motioned to her father who was giving Jasper the stink eye.

Jasper turned to his right and stuck his hand out. "I apologize for interrupting your lunch. I'm Jasper McNeal."

Leroy looked at Jasper's hand, before deciding that he might as well be a little polite and shake it. "It's nice to meet you. Can I ask how do you know Rachel?"

"Jasper is an intern for PF Productions. He is up for a writing position working with me on my album we are planning. Speaking of, why are you not at work? I know Puck had some stuff going on for you guys today."

"I'm on my lunch and wanted some sushi. I heard this was the best in the county so..here I am." Jasper did a little jazz hand number motioning to the entire restaurant.

"How did you manage to get an almost two hour lunch in order to drive out here, eat and drive back?"

"I told Puck I had a family matter to take care of while on lunch and I would be a while. He understood and let me go." Jasper grinned again, feeling like he had just developed the best lie known to man. Everyone knows the best lie known to man is that yes you have read and agree to those terms and conditions. Rachel sat there flabbergasted, Jasper had just admitted to lying just to go get sushi.

Leroy cleared his throat after seeing the perplexed look on Rachel's face. "Son, it's not wise to tell basically your boss that you lied to the bigger boss." Jasper faltered, he hadn't really thought of it that way.

"I better be on my way then. It was nice seeing you Ms. Berry and nice to meet you Mr. Berry." Jasper quickly turned and practically sprinting out of the door. If Rachel called Puck on him he would lose his internship and everything would be ruined. This was bad, if his uncle found out he would be in some major hot water.

Rachel turned to look at her father. "What just happened?"

Leroy chuckled as he took a sip of his drink. "I think someone is scared they're going to get in trouble."

"Really though? A family matter to come and get sushi? Who even does that?" Rachel was slowly gathering her things so that they could get ready to go. "I should call Puck on him, but I won't. Apparently his uncle tries to squash this dream for him and losing that internship would just give him another kick in the shins. But if I catch him doing something like this again, I won't hesitate to call."

"You have a big heart honey. I would have already dialed the number."

"Yeah well, Santana said the same thing. Sometimes I give people the benefit of the doubt too often."

Leroy smiled as he stood up from the table and grabbed his keys. "You do, but it's not always a bad thing. Now I think I have a lovely mud bath calling my name and you my dear have a full spa package waiting on you."

"I can't wait. You might have to take me home in a bucket." Rachel laughed as she leaned into Leroy's side as they made their way to the counter to pay for their food.

"That's okay, I would love you even as a pile of goop as I am sure Santana would too."