I Feel Pretty When You're Around

Chapter 47

Epilogue:

5 Years Later

Rachel Barbra Berry stood up on stage and beamed one of her megawatt smiles as the audience stood up and continued to give her a standing ovation. She made it. She was officially a star... A Broadway star... All that hard work she sowed daily was now being reaped. From winning her first ever singing award as a toddler, to waking up early every morning to work out on her Elliptical Machine, to winning Nationals in her senior year at Glee Club, to graduating from NYADA meanwhile doing small off Broadway shows, to right now... Right in this moment, she took one final bow to her audience as she held tightly onto her Glinda... That's right; Rachel Barbra Berry was the new face of Elphaba on the 'Wicked' stage in New York. The stage she stood on at the age of 17 with one of her closest friends, Kurt Hummel.

As she stood up and received a bouquet of roses, she took one last look in the crowd, locking eyes with the one person she wanted to share this special moment with, the one that told her this is where she belongs up on stage with her seating in the chairs watching her shine. Quinn Lucy Fabray with tears streaming down her face clapped with everything she had. Her girlfriend just performed her first ever performance up on a Broadway stage, she couldn't be prouder than she was right now. Rachel was truly phenomenal.

Rachel whispered out an 'I love you' and blew her girlfriend a kiss. She then moved her brown eyes that were filling with tears along the line on chairs that had been reserved for her friends and family. Judy clapped proudly next to her new partner, Robert; he moved to Lima two years ago to be the assistant manager in the business that Judy now ran. Late night business meetings together ended up being late night dinner dates and now they were officially a couple. Quinn couldn't have been happier for her mother; Robert seemed like a wonderful man and treated his lady like a gentleman.

The brunette continued down the line and locked eyes with her mother who was bailing, Beth stood next to her jumping up and down clapping... Who wouldn't be proud and happy to see their big sister up on stage shining? Rachel then meet Quinn's eyes again, who had just received some tissues from Leroy who stood next to her also babbling his eyes out. Hiram was next to his husband hunched over in tears but trying his hardest to hold himself up because he didn't want to take his eyes off his daughter but even if he tried he wouldn't be able to see her because of all the tears that were streaming down his face.

Santana stood next to Hiram with tears filling her eyes; she was trying so hard to keep up her rep and not shed a tear in this public environment but one of her best friends was on a fucking Broadway stage, it was a bit hard. The Latina had her arm wrapped around her very pregnant wife's waist, helping Brittany stand up, the tall blonde was suppose to be on bed rest but she wasn't going to miss seeing Rachie for the first time up on a Broadway stage, she couldn't miss such a big moment in her old housemate and also made of honors life. Also she really shouldn't have flown from Los Angeles either, isn't it like a rule to not travel when you're pregnant? But Brittany got away with it, seeing as Santana's like super rich with her new album that just came out and probably bribed whoever to let her wife fly, so Brittany was proudly standing up and clapping. Brittany stood next to another best friend that she made a few months ago, her name was Jessica; the brunette stood clapping up at her new friend as she stood next to her boyfriend, Puck. The couple met just over a year ago, but it was Jessica's first trip from Los Angeles to New York to visit Rachel and Quinn for the brunette's big moment.

Next to the now no mohawk haired Puck was Blaine and his newlywed husband, who is also a fashion stylist for Vogue, Kurt. The couple stood proud as they clapped up at their close friend and next door neighbor. Tina stood next to Kurt and Mercedes, the Asian was waiting to engulf her boyfriend Mike who was currently backstage, in a celebratory hug; he was the lead choreographer for the dances in the musical. Next to Mercedes stood Mr. and Mrs. Schue, both clapping and beaming up at the brunette. Emma was sporting a little baby bump, the married couple were expecting their second child.