Third and final chapter! Thanks so much for reading and I hope you enjoyed!

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The next morning he went to church with her, and then packed his stuff up, as Martin and Jason were due home in a few hours. Rachel hugged him, saying, "Thank you for staying. I wasn't too thrilled with the idea of a babysitter, but you weren't really my babysitter. You were my friend."

Mr. Schue smiled and hugged her tightly. "My pleasure." He didn't mention Glee club at all, and for that, Rachel was grateful. She still had a decision to make about that, whether to return to Glee club or stay out of it.

Just for the heck of it, the two of them watched RENT again. At the end, when Seasons Of Love started playing, Mr. Schue started to sing, and not long after Rachel joined in. Together the two sang along with the cast, and when the song finished, clapping could be heard from the doorway.

Martin and Jason stood there, having seen the whole performance. Will grinned while Rachel blushed and ducked her head. "They're clapping for you," Mr. Schue whispered to her, and she grinned, running and embracing her fathers. Mr. Schue grabbed his bags and was thanked profusely by both Martin and Jason. "See you in Spanish," Mr. Schue told Rachel and then left.

Monday morning dawned too early for Rachel, and she rose, stretching and after she was dressed she headed to school and took her place in first hour, just like on Friday. But this time, there was an announcement. "All classes report to the auditorium."

When the student body was seated, Rachel slipped in and took a seat next to Mr. Schue. "Is it Glee?" She asked him in a whisper, and he shook his head.

"We haven't rehearsed anything."

But when the curtains slid open, the Glee club stepped out, singing "Perfect" by P!nk.

Puck started off first, singing,

"Made a wrong turn
Once or twice
Dug my way out
Blood and fire"

Quinn stepped up next to him, singing,

"Bad decisions
That's alright
Welcome to my silly life"

Mercedes stepped up next to her, looking straight at Rachel as she sang,

"Mistreated, misplaced, misunderstood
Miss "no way it's all good"
It didn't slow me down"

Mike stepped up next, singing,

"Mistaken
Always second guessing
Underestimated
Look, I'm still around…"

Everyone started singing, but Kurt took the lead, singing,
"Pretty, pretty please
Don't you ever, ever feel
Like your less than
Less than perfect
Pretty, pretty please
If you ever, ever feel
Like your nothing
You are perfect to me"

Tina stepped next to Mike, taking his hand and singing,
"You're so mean
When you talk
About yourself
You are wrong"

Brittany walked up, looking at Rachel and singing,
"Change the voices
In your head
Make them like you
Instead"

Santana stepped up next, taking Brittany's hand and singing to Rachel,
"So complicated
Look how big you'll make it
Filled with so much hatred
Such a tired game"

Sam walked up next, strumming his guitar and singing,
"It's enough
I've done all I can think of
Chased down all my demons
See you same"

Finn stepped up, taking the lead in the chorus, singing straight to Rachel,
"Pretty, pretty please
Don't you ever, ever feel
Like your less than
Less than perfect
Pretty, pretty please
If you ever, ever feel
Like your nothing
You are perfect to me"

Artie rolled up and did his rap thing, singing straight to Rachel,
"The world stares while I swallow the fear
The only thing I should be drinking is an ice cold beer
So cool in lying and I tried tried tried
But we try too hard, it's a waste of my time
Done looking for the critics, cuz they're everywhere
They don't like my genes, they don't get my hair
String ourselves and we do it all the time"

All the Glee members sang, "Why do we do that?"

Finn stepped closer to Rachel, singing, "Why do I do that?"

Mr. Schue found himself whispering along with the Glee club, "Why do I do that?" while Rachel's eyes filled with tears as she looked from the Glee club to Mr. Schuester.

Finn suddenly ran off the stage, grabbing Rachel's hand and pulling her onto the stage to join the club on the last chorus.

"Ooh, pretty pretty pretty,
Pretty pretty please don't you ever ever feel
Like you're less then, less than perfect
Pretty pretty please if you ever ever feel
Like you're nothing you are perfect, to me
You're perfect
You're perfect
Pretty, pretty please don't you ever ever feel like you're less then, less than perfect
Pretty, pretty please if you ever ever feel like you're nothing,"

Finn look Rachel straight in the eyes as he sang quietly, "You are perfect to me."

When the curtains slid shut, everyone converged on Rachel, hugging her and apologizing. Kurt's shrill voice demanded, "What are you wearing, girl?" It was sweats and a pink t-shirt, the same as Friday. Mr. Schue came backstage with a grin on his face, asking in shock,

"Where did that come from?"

"That's what we've all been doing this weekend." Finn explained with his arm around Rachel's shoulders. She looked at Mr. Schue and opened her mouth, but he took an envelope out of his pocket, saying,

"I won't be accepting this." With that, he tore it in half.

"Thank God," Rachel said with a grin, and all of the Glee club members cheered.

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The end! Like I said, my very first Glee story, and I'm not sure if I did very well with the characters. Constructive criticism welcomed and appreciated! And I wasn't sure if I was spelling Mr. Schue right, because in other fics I've seen Mr. Schue, but in a magazine I saw Mr. Schu.

Thanks for reading!