I curtsy sweetly after finishing my song and then leave the stage. When I reach the table Sebastian envelopes me in his arms and pulls me down to sit on his lap. He presses sweet kisses to my hair, my temple, my cheek. "Princess that was beautiful. You're beautiful. How in the world did I get lucky enough to land you?" I turn slightly so that I can look into his eyes and wrap my arms around his neck. "Knowing what you know, you can clearly see that I am the lucky one to have a guy as wonderful as you." I pull his face to mine and give him a passionate kiss.
Once we separate for air he cups my face with one of his hands and gently rubs his thumb across my cheek. Softly he begins to speak to me, "Pretty Girl, we told them. They're understanding but I think they have a couple of questions that we really couldn't answer." My eyes are full of worry as I look at him but he gives me a reassuring smile and presses another soft kiss to my lips. He whispers for just me to hear. I love you no matter what. Nothing changes that. You are mine and I won't ever give you up without a fight.
I smile and give him one last kiss before I release my grip on his neck and turn around to face everyone. Tina is now on stage singing 'True Colors' which is eerily appropriate if you really think about it.
I am met with sympathetic eyes and soft smiles from everyone. "So um... what did you need to ask me?" I feel Sebastian softly running one hand across my arm while his other one is holding me securely around my waist. The New Directions and Warblers members look nervously at each other, silently debating on who should speak first. Finally Mercedes starts. "So they explained what happened in the end but how did everything begin?"
That really wasn't what I expected. "Um... well..." Sebastian gives me a reassuring squeeze as he tightens his hold on my waist. "Pretty Girl, nothing you have to say will change things between us. So don't worry about that."
I sigh and look at my hands. I really don't want to get into this but they asked. So I begin my story. "Okay so this really starts in April two years ago after my Variations trip to New York. Everyone at school was getting ready for prom and my art classes were mainly devoted to decorating the school. I was paired up with a few people I really didn't know to help design and paint the stage setup for the promenade photos. One of them was a guy around Puck's height, brown hair, blue eyes. An athlete, he swam." I log into my Facebook and pull up an album I made last year so that they can see photos. Some of which are from that fateful Homecoming dance.
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I passed my phone down the table as I continue my story. By this time Tina has returned and Finn is now on stage singing 'Juke Box Hero'.
"I was involved in a TON of extracurricular activities. Other than show choir, I had student council, class committees, Italian club, Spanish club, dance classes, constantly going to musical theater productions or competitions with my gifted classes. But most definitely I'm not an athlete. But like I said Jason swam and he seemed really nice. We would chat, basic getting to know you things while we worked."
I look up and Finn is back at the table now. People we don't know are now singing some sappy song from the 1970s. "So he had this party when he turned 16, May 2nd. And he asked me if I wanted to come as his date. I was very nervous but he seemed genuine about it so I accepted. We danced but all he got at the end of the night was a kiss on the cheek. The next week he officially asked me out. We would do the types of things couples normally do, movies, dinners. We held hands a lot but I didn't kiss him until maybe a week or so into our relationship."
I take a deep breath, it feels like I'm rambling now. Everyone is enraptured by my words so I continue as Sebastian starts running his hand up and down my arm again. "By this time it was summer so we had a lot of free time on our hands. We spent whatever time we could together. Going to the amusement park, the water park, the zoo. We would spend a lot of time lounging by my pool. But that was the least amount of clothing he ever saw me in, my bikini."
I pause to take a drink of my Diet Coke. Quinn and Jeff are on stage now doing a duet, 'Almost Paradise' from the movie 'Footloose.' I smile to myself, they look cute together. I pick up my story again. "By the time August and my 16th Birthday rolled around he was really pushing towards taking our relationship further than the occasional make out session. Things were mainly PG, nothing under the clothes at all..."
Santana interrupts me at this point. "So let me get this clear, you were with this guy for months and all you were doing was kissing?" I nod as Rachel takes over the questioning motioning to how Sebastian and I are currently interacting. He has pulled me back so that I am sitting reclined against his chest. Both of his hands are securely wrapped around my waist and his chin is resting on my shoulder. "You and Sebastian look adorable together. But we all know that more is going on between you than just kissing and you've only known each other for what, a few weeks?"
"A month, tomorrow." Sebastian speaks softly at that moment and all eyes turn towards him. Thad's eyes are wide as he starts to speak, "Wait. What was that Bas?" Sebastian presses a soft kiss to my cheek. "I met her a month ago tomorrow at the Lima Bean. Our first date and kisses were at Dalton that following Tuesday. And that Wednesday back at the Lima Bean I asked Pretty Girl to officially be my girlfriend."
It's amazing now that I actually think of it that way. I turn my face to place a gentle kiss on his lips. "That's the odd thing about all of this honestly. I feel completely comfortable with Sebastian and have since the second I saw him. Like something inside clicked right away." Sebastian is humming in agreement behind me. "But I never felt like I was being myself with Jason so I didn't feel comfortable expanding our relationship like that."
Quinn and Jeff have returned to the table by then when the MC calls Sebastian's name. It is his turn to sing his song. He gives me one last hug before I stand allowing him to walk to the stage. I sit back in the seat he vacated to watch him. My friends try to ask me another question but I hold up a finger to silence them, I want to listen to him.
He looks at me and makes a heart with his hands before pointing my way. I recognize the song right away and smile to myself. I just wonder what they will think of his declaration.
On The Way Down (See video above)
Sick and Tired of this world There's no more air Trippin' over myself Goin' nowhere Waiting Suffocating No direction And I took a dive
And on the way down I saw you And you saved me From myself And I won't forget The way you loved me On the way down I almost fell right through But I held onto you
I've been wondering why It's only me Have you always been inside Waiting to breathe It's alright Sunlight On my face I wake up and yeah, I'm alive
'cause on the way down I saw you And you saved me From myself And I won't forget The way you loved me On the way down I almost fell right through But I held onto you
I was so afraid Of going under But now The weight of the world Feels like nothing, no, nothing
Down, down, down You're all I wanted Down, down, down You're all I needed Down, down, down You're all I wanted You're all I needed
And I won't forget the way you loved me
All that I wanted All that I needed
On the way down I saw you And you saved me From myself And I won't forget The way you loved me On the way down I almost fell right through But I held onto you
Down, down, down But I held onto you Down, down, down But I held onto you
