Disclaimer: Though I wish at 11:11 every day and night, I still don't own Glee =(

Graduation

Rachel Berry stood in line with her fellow classmates and looked out to the crowd to see her fathers smiling proudly and filming her like they did done at all of her recitals and performances. She was sure that this would be one of the best performances of her life. After the diplomas were handed out and the valedictorian had given a beautiful speech, Rachel stood next to her friends much like she had for the last three years and sang like she never had before. If this was going to be the last time they would sing together, the original members of new directions would give it their all.

Things had changed a lot in the last three years and New Directions had become more of a family then a club. After Quinn had lost the baby, everyone had banded together to support her and Puck as they grieved the lost of the child they had never met. That had been the last time Finn had spoken to either of them, though he had forgiven them both it was hard to feel like he too had lost a daughter and have no one to turn to. Puck had understood, for three months Finn had thought that the baby was his so it was normal for him to feel the way he did but Puck was so caught up in his own grief, he just couldn't deal with anyone else's. So he let his former best friend become distant and accepted the fact that the bridges had been burned. Quinn took it harder than he did and he had been there for her when she finally accepted the loss of her first love.

If someone had told Quinn at the beginning of sophomore year that she and Rachel Berry would be friends by the end of it she would have had Puck slushy them every day that year. If someone had told Quinn that by the end of junior year she would be spending more time at Rachel's house than her own she would have slushied them herself. If someone had told her that she would be moving into an Apartment with Rachel to attend Julliard she would have just killed them and been done with it. Yet here she was, a long way from hating the girl who was trying to steal her boyfriend. She turned to looked around her and smiled. There were quite a few new members of glee club and though she cared from them all she knew which ones were family and which ones were friends.

Kurt had volunteered his house for the graduation after-party and everyone had show up early to help set up and really just hang out. As the rest of the guests started to arrive, the party really got started no one had been surprised when people branch off to spend time with those closest to them. They came together towards the end of the night and celebrated for the last time as the graduating class of 2012.

They had slept over at Kurt's and made plans for the summer. They wanted to spend as much time together as they possibly could. None of them were worried about losing touch, they knew that it would never happen; they're bond too strong. But they knew that things would be different now, they had never been a part for any extended period of time in the last three years. It would be hard not seeing each other every day.

Mercedes had never been scared of anything her entire life; not spiders, or heights or clowns, nothing. But she was scared of this, she was scared to lose those closest to her. It had been a rough road, for all of them, but they had made it; mostly because of the friendship they had shared. Once they had truly accepted each other, faults and all, things had only gotten better. She had never been a crier but she cried over this. This was her family, and it was special because they had picked each other, they weren't forced by blood to stand by one another; they did it because they wanted to. Her heart broke to think of all ways they might be broken apart.

Matt didn't really remember why he had joined glee club, somewhere in the back of his mind he has a vision of a very intimidating Santana coercing him in the locker room. Whatever the reason is, he's glad he did it. He had met his best friends because of it and fallen in love. He and Britney had always been a part of the same crowd but he had never really spoken to her until glee. After their duet in junior year he knew she was the one. A lot of people had told him that he was wasting his time but he didn't listen, now look at them, they were both going to OSU in the fall and they were happy.

Santana looked around the room and smiled. She had never seen herself here, with these people. She's willing to say that Mike had made her a better person and she was glad for it. She was a bitch in sophomore year and she won't lie about it, it had taken the baby situation for her to realize the importance of true friendship and Mike to show her what it mean to truly care about her boyfriend. A lot of them would be staying in the Ohio area but there were those who were going to leave Lima far behind, but she knew that this would not be the last time they were together like this. Nothing was tearing this family apart.

Rachel rested between Pucks legs and listened to his heart beat as her friends made plan after plan for the summer to come. She felt him place kisses on her forehead and tighten his arms around her. There had been times where thing between them didn't seem worth the heartache but she's glad that he hadn't giving up on them. Noah had her heart, and one day she knew that he would follow through on his promise to make an honest woman of her.

Tina deemed it was time to sleep, tomorrow would be a busy day for them. They said their goodnights and turned off the lights in the den. The couples settled into their pairs and they all tried not to think about what they would do when the summer came to an end and it was time to say goodbye.

AN: couples – Puck&Rachel, Mike&Santana, Britney&Matt, Artie&Tina. Kurt, Mercedes and Quinn are alone for now.