You've Got A Friend 3/3
Title: You've Got A Friend
Author: laotse4
Rating: pg-13/T
Pairing: Sam/Rachel
You've Got A Friend
[3/3]
“So tell me to what you show you us tickets.” Rachel almost yelled and jumped up and down on her chair, almost like a little kid around Christmas.
“You remember how we came to decide on which song to sing at the duet competition?” Sam asked and looked at Rachel, hoping that she remembered the songs that had been mentioned.
“yes.” She breathed out, she remembered that she had suggested songs from Miss Saigon and Phantom on the Opera. And she knew that Sam had suggested a song from The Lion King, so she had no idea on what show they were going to see.
“And then I told you dad that I cried when Mufasa died in the Lion King.” Sam said and Rachel nodded, and now she had an idea on what they were going to see but she wasn’t going to say anything, she loved the fact that it seemed like Sam had put some thought behind this and not just booked some tickets to a play, it was going to be one that somehow was connected to them.
Sam was nervous about telling Rachel what they were going to see what if she had expected some other play, but he had really wanted to see this when he saw that they were playing it. “So that is why I got us tickets to the Lion King, and I hope that is okay.” Rachel just smiled as she saw the look on Sam’s face, she could tell that he was nervous about what she was going to say.
“I love it.” Was all that she could say, she hadn’t even thought that he would get them tickets to a play, she had thought that he would take her to a movie or something like that but never a play on Broadway. She had seen one play there before with her dads but she had listened to all of the cast albums that she could get a hold of and old musicals that had been turned in to movies.
“I’m so happy that you like it.” Sam said and breathed out. “And we kind of have to make a move if we are going to be there in time. He called for the waiter so that they could get the check so he could pay for their meal and he didn’t really care about what it had cost him, he was happy that Rachel had liked it all so far and he had some money saved and to spend them on Rachel was one of the best things he could think of.
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Sam and Rachel stood outside of the theater, he looked at her and he could tell that she was trying to take it all in an he walked so that he was standing behind her and he placed his arms around her and he claps his hands together around her stomach and whispered in her ear, “I know that your name will be on one of all of those billboards one day.” He could feel that she shivered when he whispered in her ear. “And when your name is there I will be standing beside you, and I will do anything in my power to help you get what you dream of.” Rachel couldn’t believe what she was hearing, no one had ever said anything like that to her, the only one that had come close to understand what it was the wanted out of life had been Jesse St. James and that was one person that she didn’t want to think about at all.
“I think that you are talking too much.” Rachel breathed out as she felt how Sam’s grip around her tightened.
“that might be true but I think that we should head in so that we can find out seats in the theater.” Sam said and walked to the side and took her hand and laced their fingers together, they could say whatever they wanted to him right now, and there was nothing that anyone could say that would change how he was feeling. They walked inside and when they were inside Sam took Rachel’s coat and walked over to the closet and left them there and he took the numbered key that they had given to him and walked up to Rachel, and as they were on their way in to the main theater where the play were, he bought he her a program so that she would have something to remember the day.
As they sat down Rachel couldn’t help but smile as she leaned against her boyfriend she whispered. “Does anyone know that we are here?”
“Well, Puck knows that I was taking you out to a play and dinner but he has no idea on what we are seeing, your father knows and so does my parents.” Sam said and kissed her cheek. “And my guess is that by now, almost everyone in Glee knows.”
“And you don’t care what they are going to say to you tomorrow or when we get back tonight?” She asked, all she could think of was how Finn or Noah or maybe even Jesse would react to something like this.
“I don’t care what they say.” Sam said he had no idea where this was coming from, he had seen this side of Rachel a couple of times and most of the time he would know where it was coming from but not this time, but he had a guess to it. “All I know is that both you and me will enjoy this play and then we will be back at the hotel for the night and go to sleep and tomorrow we will do some sighting with the rest of the club and then on Sunday we will be flying home.”
“You do know that you are the best boyfriend someone could ask for.” Rachel said and gave him a quick kiss before she turned her eyes to the stage, she still had a hard time believing that she was seeing a Broadway play with her boyfriend, and they hadn’t even been together that long, well two months was maybe long as teenagers but Rachel was kind of hoping that it would be for even longer and from what she had heard tonight, so was Sam.
“I hope that you will like this.” Sam whispered as the play was about to start and he felt how Rachel pocked at him, he now knew that whatever was happening on the stage would have her attention and not him but he didn’t care because he knew that he would have it during the intermission and after the play and tomorrow and the day after that and so on and that was all that he cared about right now. He took her hand and laced their fingers, and he could hear the first notes to Circle of life, and he looked to his right where Rachel was sitting, and it looked that she was mouthing the words to the song.
If she hadn’t been cute before then, well she definitively was it right now. Sam could see how the they held a small Simba in the air, looked at Rachel and from the dim light he could see that she was real happy and her eyes was shining, it was then that he was sure that this had been the right thing to do.
The play continued on and Sam was trying to watch both what was happening on stage and how Rachel was reacting to it, he actually liked watching Rachel better than seeing the play, just from watching his girlfriend he could tell what was going on but then again he heard what was happening.
When it was time for the intermission both of the walked out the theater and when they stood outside for some air, he wished that they had been older an together longer, and in that moment he knew how his future would look like, and he deiced that in five years or so they would be back on this particular place, and they were going to see a play and during the intermission, their life would change forever.
“Do you want anything to drink before we go back inside?” He asked as he held her closer, to warm her a bit, and Rachel just shook her head, and he walked them back inside and they were back in their seats.
When Sam heard the intro to Can you feel the love tonight? He looked at Rachel, and he wanted to answer the question so bad with a hell yes, but he knew better than that, so he leaned over so that he was close to her.
“I think that we should sing this in Glee together sometime.” He whispered, and he then he was eye to eye with his girlfriend, that was looking at him, and it looked like she wasn’t as happy as he had thought that she would be. “But if you don’t want to then we don’t have too.”
“we can talk about that later.” Rachel whispered. “Now, look at the play.” The rest of the play was enjoyed in silence between them even if Sam wanted to say something to Rachel he kept his mouth close and he was going to wait until after the play to talk to her.
He took her hand, he had let it go for a while but now he wanted to hold it again, and it seemed like Rachel didn’t care about that right now, it was okay as long as he didn’t say anything.
As the play had come to an end, Sam was the first one of the two of them out of his place and stood up and he took her hand as they walked to the closet and he got her coat and his own jacket. Sam turned to Rachel, “Would you like to go and wait by the stage door?”
She looked at him, trying to figure out what she should say, she would love to go to the stage door and talk to some of the cast but she knew that it was late and it had been a long day for both of them and she was tired even after her nap, and she wasn’t sure if Sam had slept something, he saw the look on her face and he decided for her. “How about we go there and wait for about 15-20 minutes and if we don’t see anyone or hear about that anyone is coming then we can head back to the hotel. Rachel nodded, once again he proved that he was the boyfriend that she loved and she had no idea on how he always seemed to know what he was supposed to say and when to say it.
They walked to the stage door, and the stood there on the outside and it didn’t take that long before Sam saw that Rachel was quivering, and he stood behind her and placed his arms around her waist and held her hands under his own trying to get her a bit wormer, she leaned back into him as they stood there outside the stage door waiting to hear or see someone, but the minutes passed by one by one and soon they had been standing there for twenty minutes and Sam looked at her, before he asked. “Do you wanna wait some more or head back to the hotel, it is all up to you.” She looked up at him trying to figure out what she should say. “I would love to stay but I think that we should head back to the hotel.”
“If you are sure we can wait some more.” Sam said, and Rachel shook her head.
“I am sure, we should head back.” Rachel said and Sam took her hand before he hailed a taxi so that they could go back to the hotel.
Back at the hotel, in the lobby they almost ran into some of the Glee members but Sam stopped them just in time, Rachel looked at him and he could tell that she thought that he was ashamed of her and before she could say anything he stopped her. “I don’t want them to ask too many questions, I just want us to be able to enjoy what we have left of this evening.” Sam leaned down and gave her a quick kiss before they were heading to the elevator and just as they got in to the elevator, his parents managed to walk in the same elevator, he closed her eyes and counted to ten in her head, he met his father’s eyes and they silently agreed on that they wouldn’t say anything and when Sam saw that his mother was about to ask something, Joseph grabbed her by her arm and shook his head, telling her silently not to ask in front of them, she had to wait.
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They stood outside the door to Rachel’s hotel room, and they just looked at each other like they had done the first time they had been out on a real date.
“so…” Sam said, he wasn’t sure what to say, they just looked at each other and he leaned down and kissed her, he ran his tongue over her lips, asking for permission, and they deepened the kiss, it was something about kissing Rachel that made him feel like he was on cloud number nine. As they broke apart, he rested his forehead against Rachel before he breathed out. “I will come by tomorrow morning so that we can go to breakfast together.”
“That would be nice.” She breathed out and leaned up a bit and placed a small kiss on his lips. “good night.”
Before he left he gave her a kiss good night himself. “Just so you know, this was one of the bets nights I have ever had.”
“I can just say the same.” Rachel said and smiled, and she walked inside the room, Sam had stood outside the door until he was sure that she was inside and safe, and he had a dumb smile on his lips, and he almost skipped down the hallway to the room that he was sharing with Puck and Mike, he took a deep breath before he walked in.
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“So what did you two do?” Was the first thing that Rachel heard as the door was closed and she had finished squealing. She looked up and saw Mercedes, Tina and Kurt sitting together at one of the beds.
“he took me to dinner at some fancy restaurant, that I have never heard of but it was amazing.” Rachel said and smiled.
“As much as I like good food.” Mercedes said and looked to Kurt and then Tina and the three of them looked at Rachel. “I don’t think that just that would lead to the reaction that you just had.
“and as I was trying to say.” Rachel said and took of her coat. “During the dinner he told me that he managed to get two tickets to a play.”
“So he took you to an off-Broadway play?” Kurt asked as he patted the spot next to him and Rachel reluctantly sat down, she had hoped that they would be asleep when she came back, she bit her lip and shook her head. “So where did he take you, was it some obscure no one will ever know about this play.” Once again she shook her head in a negative answer.
“You better tell us where he took you and what you saw.” Mercedes demanded.
“before I got to know what we were going to see he told me a story about why he had chosen the play that he did.” Rachel said and smiled. “he was great and I think that he liked it too, it seemed like that, and after wards we were waiting at the stage door, and we had decided to wait about twenty minutes but nothing happened, and then he asked if I wanted to stay longer.”
“You are so lucky.” Tina sighed. “I don’t think that Mike would ever do something like that for mer.”
“Both of you are lucky, even if I love being single.” Mercedes said and looked at them. “Both of your boyfriends are great to you.”
“What about me?” Kurt asked and the three of them looked at him before they all said.
“Even if you want it as much as you want it, Blaine isn’t your boyfriend so don’t even try.”
“okay, we can leave that, but what did you see and where?” Kurt asked.
“it was a Broadway play and it was on Broadway.” Rachel said, and she could see how Kurt’s eyes grew as she said that. “And one of the songs that we were thinking of singing for the duet’s competition was featured in the play, which is the reason that he chose it in the first place.”
“So what did you see?” the three of them asked.
“if I tell you will you let this go, so that I can go to bed and sleep?”
“yes.”
“we saw the Lion King.”
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New Directions was back in Lima after the competition and they were all heading back to their house but before they did, they had all agreed on that they were going to sing together just liked they had done last year after regionals, it somehow had brought them closer for the moment Rachel had suggested that they needed something like that right now, just so that they could move on and she had suggested a song to them, and all of them had agreed that she had a great choice with that song.
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It was Tuesday and they had used the Monday for practice when Mr. Schue had told them that they could relax for the day and that should meet up the next day instead. The Monday had been used as quick rehearsal, mostly a run through so that everyone knew when to sing and who was singing what, it didn’t have to be perfect, it was just supposed to show them that they had a friend in each other, and it would continue on to be just like that even the next year and hopefully over the summer too.
They were all sitting on their own stool, on the stage in the auditorium and they were all looking out over the almost empty auditorium when Rachel as the first one to sing.
“When you’re down and troubled.” She reached for the person that was sitting next to her and grabbed her hand, this time it had been Brittany. “And you need some loving care.”
The next person in line was Puck and he had his guitar with him and played, “And nothing, nothing is going right.” He smiled towards Tina and Artie that was sitting further down his right. “Close your eyes and think of me.”
And Sam and Quinn took the next couple of lines together, “And soon I will be there. To brighten up even your darkest night.” As Sam sang and played his guitar, he had wanted to play too when he found out that Puck was doing it and he didn’t want to be any worse than his friend.
The whole group sang together, "You just call out my name. and you know wherever I am, I’ll coming running to see you again.” They looked out over the auditorium where they could see Mr. Schue sitting looking at them, smiling. “Winter, spring, summer or fall. All you have to do is call. And I’ll be there. You got a friend.” And they all held on to each other’s hand as they smiled and let Puck and Sam, play some more before it was time for the next verse.
Tina took the next few lines and looked from Artie that was next to her to Mike who was sitting to Rachel’s left. “If the sky above you. Grows dark and ful of clouds. And the north wind begins to blow.”
Next one to sing a few lines were Finn, at first he hadn’t wanted to sing a song, they had one more year so why did they have to do something like they had done last year, everyone had disagreed with him but he wanted to have a solo in the song otherwise he wouldn’t be on the stage. “Keep your head together. And call my name out loud.” And all of the came into the next line and the chorus.
“Soon you’ll hear me knocking at your door.” They were all smiling, this was so far one the songs that they was pretty happy with and they didn’t know why they hadn’t used it before. “You just call out my name. and you know wherever I am. I’ll come running to see you.” Everyone was happy that they had one more year and there was nothing that anyone could do about that, and next year they were going to take nationals, that were one thing that they all were sure of, “Winter, spring, summer or fall. All you have do is call. And I’ll be there.” As they sang the last line, they all stood up and started to walk to end of the stage and looked at their teacher.
Artie, had the next few lines of the last verse, “Ain’t it good to know that you got a friend.” He had wheeled himself so that he was next to Rachel and Tina, they had all gotten some new positions. “When people can be so cold. They’ll hurt you and desert you.” He smiled to Mercedes who was the one that would end the last verse before they moved to the last chorus.
“And take your soul if you let the. Oh, but don’t let them.” They were now all standing huddle together in a big group and hugging each other as they sang the last chorus together.
“You just call out my name. and you know wherever I am. I’ll come running to see you again.” They all turned so that they were split in to two groups and sang the last part of the song to whoever it was that they were facing, there were going to be a great group and work together and be friends and not trying to bring each other down, it was that that Rachel wanted to have said with the song but she wasn’t sure if there were other people that had really understood the meaning behind the song.
“Winter, spring, summer or fall. All you have to do is call.” They looked at each other smiling, Rachel closed her eyes, this was better than winning Nationals, or so she hoped at least. “And I’ll be there. You got a friend.” As the last note of the song was sung and played they all walked to each other and stood together and shared a big group hug and after that, Rachel walked up to Puck first and gave him a hug, and then Tina and Mercedes.
Sam was the one that got to Rachel and he lifted her and spun her around, he was happier than he had ever been and from the look of it, it looked like the same could be said about Rachel.
They could hear someone applaud them, they had all forgotten about that Mr. Schuester had been sitting in the auditorium, as their audience. He smiled at all of them, he was proud of them, even if they had lost, well they hadn’t placed at Nationals, they were still happy and for once they were acting like a group of friends, and that would hopefully lead to something great next year.
“You guys, that was amazing.” He said when he stopped to applaud them. “I don’t know what else to say.” He had a bit of teary eyes, he had no idea how they could come up with such amazing number just like that, maybe he should listen to them when it came to what songs they should be doing, when they themselves had decided on what they wanted to do it seemed like they were much more comfortable with all of it, and in that moment he decided that during their senior year they would have the power to decide on what they would be singing during their competitions, but if there was any kind of tie, he would have the deciding voice.
The end!
Songs in the story:
(Everything I do) I do it for you - Bryan Adams
How do you do - Roxette
You’ve got a friend - James Taylor
Circle of life - The Lion King (Mentioned)
Can you feel the love tonight? - The Lion King (Mentioned)
Author: laotse4
Rating: pg-13/T
Pairing: Sam/Rachel
You've Got A Friend
[3/3]
“So tell me to what you show you us tickets.” Rachel almost yelled and jumped up and down on her chair, almost like a little kid around Christmas.
“You remember how we came to decide on which song to sing at the duet competition?” Sam asked and looked at Rachel, hoping that she remembered the songs that had been mentioned.
“yes.” She breathed out, she remembered that she had suggested songs from Miss Saigon and Phantom on the Opera. And she knew that Sam had suggested a song from The Lion King, so she had no idea on what show they were going to see.
“And then I told you dad that I cried when Mufasa died in the Lion King.” Sam said and Rachel nodded, and now she had an idea on what they were going to see but she wasn’t going to say anything, she loved the fact that it seemed like Sam had put some thought behind this and not just booked some tickets to a play, it was going to be one that somehow was connected to them.
Sam was nervous about telling Rachel what they were going to see what if she had expected some other play, but he had really wanted to see this when he saw that they were playing it. “So that is why I got us tickets to the Lion King, and I hope that is okay.” Rachel just smiled as she saw the look on Sam’s face, she could tell that he was nervous about what she was going to say.
“I love it.” Was all that she could say, she hadn’t even thought that he would get them tickets to a play, she had thought that he would take her to a movie or something like that but never a play on Broadway. She had seen one play there before with her dads but she had listened to all of the cast albums that she could get a hold of and old musicals that had been turned in to movies.
“I’m so happy that you like it.” Sam said and breathed out. “And we kind of have to make a move if we are going to be there in time. He called for the waiter so that they could get the check so he could pay for their meal and he didn’t really care about what it had cost him, he was happy that Rachel had liked it all so far and he had some money saved and to spend them on Rachel was one of the best things he could think of.
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Sam and Rachel stood outside of the theater, he looked at her and he could tell that she was trying to take it all in an he walked so that he was standing behind her and he placed his arms around her and he claps his hands together around her stomach and whispered in her ear, “I know that your name will be on one of all of those billboards one day.” He could feel that she shivered when he whispered in her ear. “And when your name is there I will be standing beside you, and I will do anything in my power to help you get what you dream of.” Rachel couldn’t believe what she was hearing, no one had ever said anything like that to her, the only one that had come close to understand what it was the wanted out of life had been Jesse St. James and that was one person that she didn’t want to think about at all.
“I think that you are talking too much.” Rachel breathed out as she felt how Sam’s grip around her tightened.
“that might be true but I think that we should head in so that we can find out seats in the theater.” Sam said and walked to the side and took her hand and laced their fingers together, they could say whatever they wanted to him right now, and there was nothing that anyone could say that would change how he was feeling. They walked inside and when they were inside Sam took Rachel’s coat and walked over to the closet and left them there and he took the numbered key that they had given to him and walked up to Rachel, and as they were on their way in to the main theater where the play were, he bought he her a program so that she would have something to remember the day.
As they sat down Rachel couldn’t help but smile as she leaned against her boyfriend she whispered. “Does anyone know that we are here?”
“Well, Puck knows that I was taking you out to a play and dinner but he has no idea on what we are seeing, your father knows and so does my parents.” Sam said and kissed her cheek. “And my guess is that by now, almost everyone in Glee knows.”
“And you don’t care what they are going to say to you tomorrow or when we get back tonight?” She asked, all she could think of was how Finn or Noah or maybe even Jesse would react to something like this.
“I don’t care what they say.” Sam said he had no idea where this was coming from, he had seen this side of Rachel a couple of times and most of the time he would know where it was coming from but not this time, but he had a guess to it. “All I know is that both you and me will enjoy this play and then we will be back at the hotel for the night and go to sleep and tomorrow we will do some sighting with the rest of the club and then on Sunday we will be flying home.”
“You do know that you are the best boyfriend someone could ask for.” Rachel said and gave him a quick kiss before she turned her eyes to the stage, she still had a hard time believing that she was seeing a Broadway play with her boyfriend, and they hadn’t even been together that long, well two months was maybe long as teenagers but Rachel was kind of hoping that it would be for even longer and from what she had heard tonight, so was Sam.
“I hope that you will like this.” Sam whispered as the play was about to start and he felt how Rachel pocked at him, he now knew that whatever was happening on the stage would have her attention and not him but he didn’t care because he knew that he would have it during the intermission and after the play and tomorrow and the day after that and so on and that was all that he cared about right now. He took her hand and laced their fingers, and he could hear the first notes to Circle of life, and he looked to his right where Rachel was sitting, and it looked that she was mouthing the words to the song.
If she hadn’t been cute before then, well she definitively was it right now. Sam could see how the they held a small Simba in the air, looked at Rachel and from the dim light he could see that she was real happy and her eyes was shining, it was then that he was sure that this had been the right thing to do.
The play continued on and Sam was trying to watch both what was happening on stage and how Rachel was reacting to it, he actually liked watching Rachel better than seeing the play, just from watching his girlfriend he could tell what was going on but then again he heard what was happening.
When it was time for the intermission both of the walked out the theater and when they stood outside for some air, he wished that they had been older an together longer, and in that moment he knew how his future would look like, and he deiced that in five years or so they would be back on this particular place, and they were going to see a play and during the intermission, their life would change forever.
“Do you want anything to drink before we go back inside?” He asked as he held her closer, to warm her a bit, and Rachel just shook her head, and he walked them back inside and they were back in their seats.
When Sam heard the intro to Can you feel the love tonight? He looked at Rachel, and he wanted to answer the question so bad with a hell yes, but he knew better than that, so he leaned over so that he was close to her.
“I think that we should sing this in Glee together sometime.” He whispered, and he then he was eye to eye with his girlfriend, that was looking at him, and it looked like she wasn’t as happy as he had thought that she would be. “But if you don’t want to then we don’t have too.”
“we can talk about that later.” Rachel whispered. “Now, look at the play.” The rest of the play was enjoyed in silence between them even if Sam wanted to say something to Rachel he kept his mouth close and he was going to wait until after the play to talk to her.
He took her hand, he had let it go for a while but now he wanted to hold it again, and it seemed like Rachel didn’t care about that right now, it was okay as long as he didn’t say anything.
As the play had come to an end, Sam was the first one of the two of them out of his place and stood up and he took her hand as they walked to the closet and he got her coat and his own jacket. Sam turned to Rachel, “Would you like to go and wait by the stage door?”
She looked at him, trying to figure out what she should say, she would love to go to the stage door and talk to some of the cast but she knew that it was late and it had been a long day for both of them and she was tired even after her nap, and she wasn’t sure if Sam had slept something, he saw the look on her face and he decided for her. “How about we go there and wait for about 15-20 minutes and if we don’t see anyone or hear about that anyone is coming then we can head back to the hotel. Rachel nodded, once again he proved that he was the boyfriend that she loved and she had no idea on how he always seemed to know what he was supposed to say and when to say it.
They walked to the stage door, and the stood there on the outside and it didn’t take that long before Sam saw that Rachel was quivering, and he stood behind her and placed his arms around her waist and held her hands under his own trying to get her a bit wormer, she leaned back into him as they stood there outside the stage door waiting to hear or see someone, but the minutes passed by one by one and soon they had been standing there for twenty minutes and Sam looked at her, before he asked. “Do you wanna wait some more or head back to the hotel, it is all up to you.” She looked up at him trying to figure out what she should say. “I would love to stay but I think that we should head back to the hotel.”
“If you are sure we can wait some more.” Sam said, and Rachel shook her head.
“I am sure, we should head back.” Rachel said and Sam took her hand before he hailed a taxi so that they could go back to the hotel.
Back at the hotel, in the lobby they almost ran into some of the Glee members but Sam stopped them just in time, Rachel looked at him and he could tell that she thought that he was ashamed of her and before she could say anything he stopped her. “I don’t want them to ask too many questions, I just want us to be able to enjoy what we have left of this evening.” Sam leaned down and gave her a quick kiss before they were heading to the elevator and just as they got in to the elevator, his parents managed to walk in the same elevator, he closed her eyes and counted to ten in her head, he met his father’s eyes and they silently agreed on that they wouldn’t say anything and when Sam saw that his mother was about to ask something, Joseph grabbed her by her arm and shook his head, telling her silently not to ask in front of them, she had to wait.
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They stood outside the door to Rachel’s hotel room, and they just looked at each other like they had done the first time they had been out on a real date.
“so…” Sam said, he wasn’t sure what to say, they just looked at each other and he leaned down and kissed her, he ran his tongue over her lips, asking for permission, and they deepened the kiss, it was something about kissing Rachel that made him feel like he was on cloud number nine. As they broke apart, he rested his forehead against Rachel before he breathed out. “I will come by tomorrow morning so that we can go to breakfast together.”
“That would be nice.” She breathed out and leaned up a bit and placed a small kiss on his lips. “good night.”
Before he left he gave her a kiss good night himself. “Just so you know, this was one of the bets nights I have ever had.”
“I can just say the same.” Rachel said and smiled, and she walked inside the room, Sam had stood outside the door until he was sure that she was inside and safe, and he had a dumb smile on his lips, and he almost skipped down the hallway to the room that he was sharing with Puck and Mike, he took a deep breath before he walked in.
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“So what did you two do?” Was the first thing that Rachel heard as the door was closed and she had finished squealing. She looked up and saw Mercedes, Tina and Kurt sitting together at one of the beds.
“he took me to dinner at some fancy restaurant, that I have never heard of but it was amazing.” Rachel said and smiled.
“As much as I like good food.” Mercedes said and looked to Kurt and then Tina and the three of them looked at Rachel. “I don’t think that just that would lead to the reaction that you just had.
“and as I was trying to say.” Rachel said and took of her coat. “During the dinner he told me that he managed to get two tickets to a play.”
“So he took you to an off-Broadway play?” Kurt asked as he patted the spot next to him and Rachel reluctantly sat down, she had hoped that they would be asleep when she came back, she bit her lip and shook her head. “So where did he take you, was it some obscure no one will ever know about this play.” Once again she shook her head in a negative answer.
“You better tell us where he took you and what you saw.” Mercedes demanded.
“before I got to know what we were going to see he told me a story about why he had chosen the play that he did.” Rachel said and smiled. “he was great and I think that he liked it too, it seemed like that, and after wards we were waiting at the stage door, and we had decided to wait about twenty minutes but nothing happened, and then he asked if I wanted to stay longer.”
“You are so lucky.” Tina sighed. “I don’t think that Mike would ever do something like that for mer.”
“Both of you are lucky, even if I love being single.” Mercedes said and looked at them. “Both of your boyfriends are great to you.”
“What about me?” Kurt asked and the three of them looked at him before they all said.
“Even if you want it as much as you want it, Blaine isn’t your boyfriend so don’t even try.”
“okay, we can leave that, but what did you see and where?” Kurt asked.
“it was a Broadway play and it was on Broadway.” Rachel said, and she could see how Kurt’s eyes grew as she said that. “And one of the songs that we were thinking of singing for the duet’s competition was featured in the play, which is the reason that he chose it in the first place.”
“So what did you see?” the three of them asked.
“if I tell you will you let this go, so that I can go to bed and sleep?”
“yes.”
“we saw the Lion King.”
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New Directions was back in Lima after the competition and they were all heading back to their house but before they did, they had all agreed on that they were going to sing together just liked they had done last year after regionals, it somehow had brought them closer for the moment Rachel had suggested that they needed something like that right now, just so that they could move on and she had suggested a song to them, and all of them had agreed that she had a great choice with that song.
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It was Tuesday and they had used the Monday for practice when Mr. Schue had told them that they could relax for the day and that should meet up the next day instead. The Monday had been used as quick rehearsal, mostly a run through so that everyone knew when to sing and who was singing what, it didn’t have to be perfect, it was just supposed to show them that they had a friend in each other, and it would continue on to be just like that even the next year and hopefully over the summer too.
They were all sitting on their own stool, on the stage in the auditorium and they were all looking out over the almost empty auditorium when Rachel as the first one to sing.
“When you’re down and troubled.” She reached for the person that was sitting next to her and grabbed her hand, this time it had been Brittany. “And you need some loving care.”
The next person in line was Puck and he had his guitar with him and played, “And nothing, nothing is going right.” He smiled towards Tina and Artie that was sitting further down his right. “Close your eyes and think of me.”
And Sam and Quinn took the next couple of lines together, “And soon I will be there. To brighten up even your darkest night.” As Sam sang and played his guitar, he had wanted to play too when he found out that Puck was doing it and he didn’t want to be any worse than his friend.
The whole group sang together, "You just call out my name. and you know wherever I am, I’ll coming running to see you again.” They looked out over the auditorium where they could see Mr. Schue sitting looking at them, smiling. “Winter, spring, summer or fall. All you have to do is call. And I’ll be there. You got a friend.” And they all held on to each other’s hand as they smiled and let Puck and Sam, play some more before it was time for the next verse.
Tina took the next few lines and looked from Artie that was next to her to Mike who was sitting to Rachel’s left. “If the sky above you. Grows dark and ful of clouds. And the north wind begins to blow.”
Next one to sing a few lines were Finn, at first he hadn’t wanted to sing a song, they had one more year so why did they have to do something like they had done last year, everyone had disagreed with him but he wanted to have a solo in the song otherwise he wouldn’t be on the stage. “Keep your head together. And call my name out loud.” And all of the came into the next line and the chorus.
“Soon you’ll hear me knocking at your door.” They were all smiling, this was so far one the songs that they was pretty happy with and they didn’t know why they hadn’t used it before. “You just call out my name. and you know wherever I am. I’ll come running to see you.” Everyone was happy that they had one more year and there was nothing that anyone could do about that, and next year they were going to take nationals, that were one thing that they all were sure of, “Winter, spring, summer or fall. All you have do is call. And I’ll be there.” As they sang the last line, they all stood up and started to walk to end of the stage and looked at their teacher.
Artie, had the next few lines of the last verse, “Ain’t it good to know that you got a friend.” He had wheeled himself so that he was next to Rachel and Tina, they had all gotten some new positions. “When people can be so cold. They’ll hurt you and desert you.” He smiled to Mercedes who was the one that would end the last verse before they moved to the last chorus.
“And take your soul if you let the. Oh, but don’t let them.” They were now all standing huddle together in a big group and hugging each other as they sang the last chorus together.
“You just call out my name. and you know wherever I am. I’ll come running to see you again.” They all turned so that they were split in to two groups and sang the last part of the song to whoever it was that they were facing, there were going to be a great group and work together and be friends and not trying to bring each other down, it was that that Rachel wanted to have said with the song but she wasn’t sure if there were other people that had really understood the meaning behind the song.
“Winter, spring, summer or fall. All you have to do is call.” They looked at each other smiling, Rachel closed her eyes, this was better than winning Nationals, or so she hoped at least. “And I’ll be there. You got a friend.” As the last note of the song was sung and played they all walked to each other and stood together and shared a big group hug and after that, Rachel walked up to Puck first and gave him a hug, and then Tina and Mercedes.
Sam was the one that got to Rachel and he lifted her and spun her around, he was happier than he had ever been and from the look of it, it looked like the same could be said about Rachel.
They could hear someone applaud them, they had all forgotten about that Mr. Schuester had been sitting in the auditorium, as their audience. He smiled at all of them, he was proud of them, even if they had lost, well they hadn’t placed at Nationals, they were still happy and for once they were acting like a group of friends, and that would hopefully lead to something great next year.
“You guys, that was amazing.” He said when he stopped to applaud them. “I don’t know what else to say.” He had a bit of teary eyes, he had no idea how they could come up with such amazing number just like that, maybe he should listen to them when it came to what songs they should be doing, when they themselves had decided on what they wanted to do it seemed like they were much more comfortable with all of it, and in that moment he decided that during their senior year they would have the power to decide on what they would be singing during their competitions, but if there was any kind of tie, he would have the deciding voice.
The end!
Songs in the story:
(Everything I do) I do it for you - Bryan Adams
How do you do - Roxette
You’ve got a friend - James Taylor
Circle of life - The Lion King (Mentioned)
Can you feel the love tonight? - The Lion King (Mentioned)