OMG. So sorry guys, I posted chapter 6 for chapter 5, so you can go back and read it if you wanna~~~ Thank you for all the reviews, follows, favorites and reminders that I did such a dumb thing XD

"You hid it where?" It was more of baffled shock than an actual question.

"I know," she slumped against the kitchen counter, "it was a bad idea to hide it under his pillow."

Santana continued to stare at her.

"I was too embarrassed to give it to him."

"Imagine when you're kissing him, what are you going to do? Kiss his pillow before he sleeps so he can kiss it later when you're not there?"

"I didn't know you were capable of such sweetness."

Noah shot his sister a look before looking back down at his files, "What?"

"The present, the book." Santana prompts.

"Oh, that." He frowned, looking a bit miffed.

She turned to him, confused. "Didn't you find it?"

"Find it?"

"The book? Her reply?" The shake of his head confirmed her suspicions. "That's why you've been acting like a perpetual grinch the entire week."

He grunts a non reply.

"It's somewhere in your room." Santana just laughs at her brother's misery as she skips out the room, goal accomplished.

Noah looks around his bedroom, scanning the possible places Rachel could have hidden the book.

He tackles the bed first because knowing Rachel, she would easily bypass the closet due to a bad memory of 7 minutes in heaven with a creepyass, jewfro in middle school. It had been a while before she could face a closet without cringing.

The successful whoop he lets out is embarrassing, but he doesn't care as long as the book is in his hands.

He carefully sets the book and hesitates before he touches the tab, blue, because it's her favorite color.

Like ripping off a band aid, he smoothly opens the book to the page he wanted.

The satisfied smirk nestled on Santana's face tells them everything as she walks by.

She hides her red face in the crook of Noah's neck. "I told you not to do this."

The chuckle reverberating from his chest shows he doesn't feel the same way, "We're just holding hands, it's normal for a couple."

She knows her face has become as red as a tomato. "We're in the office, everyone can see."

As if to prove her point, Mike from the room next to her walks stops in front of them. "Finally! I thought you two would never get together." He pats Noah on the back before giving her a smile and walking away.

The smirk Noah levels at her makes her blush even more prominent.

"I hate you." She smacks his chest once and power walks back to her office before anyone else could witness her embarrassment.

He catches up to her once she's safely behind the closed doors of her office.

"You love me." His lips are lifted into a mischievous grin. She pretends to ignore him, but he doesn't let up and grabs her wrist. With a smooth jerk of his arm, she twirls right into his chest. "I love you."

She braces her arms against his hard chest, his warm breath hits her neck. "I don't need you to say it back, I just want you to know that-."

"I love you, Noah."

Later he tells her that those weren't tears in his eyes, after all badasses don't cry.

She was the one to spot the photo booth, Noah surprised her by easily agreeing, it usually took her hours of probing and cajoling to get him to take photos with her. She often wondered why, he was sculpted like a greek god, had looks many men would die to have and often came out quite photogenic in photos.

She shrugged it away as she pulled him into the photo booth behind her.

He easily pulls her on his lap so she's nestled to his left.

He nudges her and she presses the start button, wriggling happily as she waits for the countdown.

She watches him from the reflection in the monitor. He just gives her a smile.

First photo: they both smile at the camera.

Second photo: she closes her eyes to kiss his cheek.

Third photo: he opens the small velvet box in front of her.

Fourth photo: she has her hands in front of her mouth, a classical shocked expression on her face as she stares at the ring in his hand.

The shriek and the resounding 'yes' echoes across the mall.

It's a year later when they finally say their I do's in front of their friends and family.