Rachel's gone... But is Finn ready to accept it?
That night, Rachel was rolling in her bed. She couldn't sleep at all. She decided to get up, grab the Hairspray movie she keeps at her bedside and watched about an hour of it. "That'll be me soon. Dancing queen, everyone following me... It'll happen!" She smiled.
During Glee, Will told everyone about Rachel. "Now, everyone, I have some sad news." "Oh my God (!)" Santana shouted in boredom. "What could it be now?" "Santana, you should be more considerate to people!" Lilly said to her in a mean tone, and Santana rolled her eyes and kept quiet. "What's the news, Mr. Schue?" Lilly asked. "Well, Rachel's leaving." "What?" Lilly was shocked and so was everyone else. "How the Hell?" Mercedes questioned. "That's it. Glee's over. I'm gonna go back to class." Finn started walking out. "Finn, wait--" Will tried stopping him but he left. "I'm gonna try and get him back here." Lilly volunteered and ran after him.
She met up with him near his locker, and saw he was upset. "Finn, what's wrong?" He sighed and looked at her. "It's Rachel leaving." "Finn, I know it's hard to take since she's your friend and you used to date but she's not going because of you." "Yeah, she is. I told her I'd go out with her again when I wanna and she took that to mean 'as soon as possible.'" "It's because I'm with you. She hates Filly, especially the 'illy' of it! She hates me." Lilly banged her head on the locker next to Finn's and a tear dropped from her eye. "I want my friend back..."
After school, Lilly tried calling Rachel but she'd ignore it, so she left a message. "Rachel, please don't leave McKinley. I've known you for a while now and me and the Glee Club's gonna get squashed at Sectionals without you. I want my best friend back, and I'll do anything to have her. Finn's upset about it too, you know. He thinks he broke your heart. Rach, if I break up with Finn, will you stay? Anyway, please call back."
Rachel heard the message when it mentioned Finn and called back. "Lils... I'm not a good person and you don't deserve a friend like me, let alone best friend. I let jealousy get the best of me all the time, so I'm not leaving because of you or Finn... I'm transferring because it's a Performing Arts school, the All-Star Performing School... The best thing--" Rachel's phone cut off so the message was sent without her finishing it. "-- It's in Paris." She said with sad eyes.
Rachel remembers how much it meant to Lilly when she sang 'Magic' in the style of Selena Gomez, so she bought the soundtrack of Wizards for her as a present to remember her by. On Rachel's last day, Friday, the Glee Club set something special for her: Lilly singing a classic song meaning for her to have luck at her new school: Eagles' 'Hotel California.' Before it started, Finn interrupted Lilly's warm-up vocalizing. "I wanna sing Eagles." "Oh... Well, I think she'll love it more from you." Finn looked at her and said, "You should dedicate your version of 'Magic' to her." She grinned. "Good idea." They shared a little kiss and Finn went through the lyrics.
"Rachel's here!" Lilly yelled, as she saw Rachel walk into the Auditorium. Mercedes introduced the two, "Now, as a goodbye gift for Rachel, Finn Hudson's rendition of Eagles classic 'Hotel California.'" Rachel smiled as she saw him onstage. "Rachel, I want to wish you luck at the singing school." He sang the whole ballad and walked off. "Now, Lilly Ted's wonderful version of - you know it - Magic, in the style of Selena Gomez!" She walked on wearing a light blue tee with a pink heart on the top left, and blue jeans with light blue Converse trainers. "Rachel, since I came here, you've been a welcome pal to have and to keep. We had a little fall-out when I started dating Finn, but we're both past that and I wanna dedicate my song to you." She sang away and Rachel's heart was pumping with love and care for her friend. "Thanks." "Wait!" Rachel called out to her just before she walked off. "What, Rachel?" "Here." She had the soundtrack CD in her hand, and Lilly's face got brighter.
"It's the Wizards soundtrack. I know you only downloaded 'Magic' off iTunes, but this has all the songs. It's so you can remember me while I'm in Paris." Lilly's eyes rose from the CD to Rachel. "You're school's in... Paris? Paris, France?" Rachel nodded and her smile was sinking. "So... I'll never see you again?" "I guess." Rachel and Lilly started shedding some tears together and hugged. "I'm gonna miss you lots!" Lilly said to Rachel. "I'm gonna miss you lots more!" She replied and they just didn't wanna let go.
The next morning, both Lilly and Finn were there to say their final goodbyes to Rachel and her family. "See you, Rach. Please stay in contact." Lilly hugged her one more time. "Rachel, have fun in France and achieve your greatest dream." Finn smiled and they hugged too. "Bye, guys." Within minutes, Rachel was boarding and waved for the final time to them before heading on and flying to Paris.
"She'll enjoy it... I know." Finn laughed and so did Lilly. "Me too." The two of them kissed then left to go home.
Wait for part 6... :)
-AnimeTomboy1998 xxx