She's a Fairytale
Title: She’s a fairytale
Author: grens-geval
Rating: G
Length: ~900
Spoilers: None
Summary: It’s been 5 years since Rachel saw Quinn, and now, she has something to say to her.
This is it, Rachel Berry thought, the moment of truth. She was standing in front of the stairs leading to the stage in her old high school gym. She took a deep breath, ascended the five steps to the stage, and went to stand in the middle of it. A microphone was already standing there, but it had been put up too high - as usual. Life is not easy for the vertically challenged. After adjusting it to the right height, and after receiving a few laughs when she let it drop, she looked up to the audience and smiled her famous Rachel Berry smile.
“Hi everyone, I’m Rachel Berry, but you probably already know that. Of course you know that, you’ve known me for years, we went to school together, and - nevermind.” Rachel Berry, queen of the rambling, just like the old days.
The former students of McKinley High tried to stiffle a laugh, because although her wardrobe had changed dramatically in the past five years, Rachel Berry herself had not. She still talked in paragraphs.
“Anyway, I’ve been asked to sing a song for you tonight for our five year reunion. Principal Figgins requested the song from when we won Nationals, but I’m not going to do that.”
As expected, a wave of whispers and murmuf filled the gym, because Rachel Berry ignoring the request of a principal? That was just weird. Rachel took the opportunity to look for her old glee club. She couldn’t really make out any faces because of the spotlights shining in her face, but she did see a figure standing out head and shoulders from the rest of the crowd. Thank God for Finn, she thought. Rachel guessed - hoped - that the other ‘glee kids’, as she still called them, were with him, because then she knew which way to direct her song. When the whispers stopped, she continued her speech.
“I’m going to sing a different song today. There is something I want someone to know, and I feel this is the only way to do that. And I really hope she’s here, because these lights are really messing up my eyesight and I can’t see anyone, so I don’t really know if she is. But if you are here, this is for you,” she said, looking in Finn’s direction. She really hoped she was there, because otherwise, she would be making a complete fool out of herself. Again.
And then the music started playing, and she started singing.
Years ago, when I was younger
I kinda liked a girl I knew
She was mine, and we were sweethearts
That was then, but then it’s true
I’m in love with a fairytale
Even though it hurts
‘Cause I don’t care if I lose my mind
I’m already cursed
No one in the audience knew the song, and they all wondered who Rachel Berry, the famous Broadway actress, was singing for. Everyone that is, except for one woman, who was looking wide-eyed at her ex girlfriend.
Quinn Fabray was standing in the crowd, partially hiding behind Finn. She was shocked, that after five years, Rachel had finally found the courage to be honest about her sexuality.
Every day, we started fighting
Every night, we fell in love
No one else could make me sadder
But no one else could lift me high above
I don’t know what I was doing
When suddenly we fell apart
Nowadays I cannot find her
But when I do, we’ll get a brand new start
I’m in love with a fairytale
Even though it hurts
‘Cause I don’t care if I lose my mind
I’m already cursed
It was true. Their relationship wasn’t always easy. In fact, they probably even fought more then than before they were a couple, but they always made up again before they went to sleep - until they didn’t anymore. Their fights continued unresolved, and that was mostly Rachel’s fault. Because, contrary to what some may think, it was Quinn who wanted to come out and be open and honest about their relationship, and Rachal was the one against that. She was scared of the possible repercussions for her future career on Broadway.
So they kept it a secret from their parents and friends until they graduated and Quinn couldn’t take it anymore. They were both going to college, and she couldn’t find it in her to invest in a relationship that didn’t really exist, at least not outside in the real world. Rachel’s fears messed up the best relationship she ever had. They broke up and drifted apart, and they hadn’t heard from each other ever since. Until now, obviously.
Quinn, still confused as to what was really happening, walked up to the stage, stopping right in front of where Rachel was standing and looking up to her. Rachel had seen her break away from the crowd, and she couldn’t stop watcing her. They locked eyes, and Rachel sang the next line directly to Quinn, the woman she should never have let go.
She’s a fairytale, yeah
Even though it hurts
‘Cause I don’t care if I lose my mind
I’m already cursed
The audience erupted in applaus, because although most of them never really liked Rachel in high school, she was an amazing singer, and they respected that. Rachel looked at the exit door and back at Quinn, hoping the other woman would understand. They both started walking towards the door, both grinning like idiots. They knew everything would fall in its place now, because they were Rachel and Quinn, and they are just meant to be.