-EPILOGUE-

"Finale"

One month later

Sam was standing in front of his bedroom mirror. He was finishing knotting the tie around his neck. The suit he was wearing was simple. Black. The tie was also black and the shirt was white. He was alone in the house. Kurt was at the theatre, for this was his opening night. Sam knew that was nothing special in the theatre world. Kurt was no big star. But he was for Sam.

That morning, Kurt woke up early. He was very agitated, but he knew that that was his shot, his first big shot, so he didn't have to screw it up. He was ready. He knew he could do it.

He had sent tickets to his father, Carole and Finn. He couldn't send tickets to all members of his old Glee club, first because he didn't know where they lived, then because the manager didn't give him enough.

When Sam woke up, he found himself alone in the bed, something he wasn't used to anymore. He went to the kitchen to make some breakfast, when he found a not from Kurt attached to an envelope, which read:

"I didn't want to wake you up. I feet strange. I have to go to the theatre now. I know it's weird because, right now, it's 7 a.m. and I will only be performing at 8 p.m. tonight. I hope it's OK for you.

Open the envelope. There's a treat for you."

He took the envelope and opened it. Inside, there was a little piece of paper. In the middle, it read:

"GERSHWIN THEATRE

222 WEST 51ST ST., NYC

WICKED"

On the left there was a bar-code and, beside it, some strange numbers and:

"SEC: ORCH

ROW: AA

SEAT: 110"

Inside the envelope there was another note from Kurt:

"This is the best ticket I got and the best ticket there is. It's front row, right in the middle. Under the stage. It's your first Broadway show and it has to be special.

I hope you liked it.

See you tonight at the stage door (242, West 51nd Street).

xx

Kurt"

'Wow,' thought Sam. 'I hope he's all right now.'

He looked at the kitchen clock. It was 11 a.m. He wasn't hungry anymore. All he wanted to do was to do something special for Kurt.

He didn't know what happened on opening nights but in movies, it involved something anybody liked.

Sam spent the day looking Finn's and the Hudson's telephone numbers. He wanted to meet them at the theatre. It was quite awkward when Sam phoned Finn.

'Hello. Is this Finn Hudson?'

'Yes, it is. Who's talking?'

'It's me, Sam. Sam Evans.'

'Wow! Sam! How are you?'

'I'm fine thanks. Listen Finn, I'm calling because of tonight.'

'I'm sorry Sam, but I'm not free. You see, it's Kurt's opening night on Broadway and he gave the family some tickets.'

'Yes, I know. I got one too.'

'Cool! So, Blaine is coming too, isn't he?'

'Uhm... No, he's not.'

'Oh... That's weird. Well, we'll be there at 7.30 p.m. You?'

'I guess 7.30 p.m.'

'See you there, then.'

'OK. Bye.'

'Bye, Sam.'

He hung up.

'That was awkward.'

But he did not care. Nothing could spoil his boyfriend's best day of his life.

The sky of New York City was dark, apparently star-less. It was 7 p.m., but the lights of Times Square made it seem like midday. Sam, dressed up smart and elegant, walked straight to Broadway, passing by the tkts booth, Hershey's and the Ambassador Theatre

He reached the Winter Garden Theatre. He tried to remember what Kurt told him about this theatre.

'This is a Broadway major venue. West Side Story and Funny Girl opened here first. Then Cats came here from London. And now there's Mamma Mia!. It's here since 2001. I can't believe it's still on.'

He turned left. He now faced the Wicked's billboard.

'He was so happy when he told us he had sung with Rachel here,' thought Sam.

He had now arrived at the entrance, when a voice called.

'Oy, Sam!'

It was Finn. He also was wearing a suit and he was with his mother, who wore a beautiful blue dress, and Kurt's father. He also wore a suit.

'So these are my parents-in-law...'

'Hey, Finn!'

They hugged.

'It's been so long, isn't it?'

'Yeah! Sam, this is my mother, Carole, and this is Kurt's dad, Burt, my stepfather.'

'Hello. Nice to meet you. Mrs Hummel, you look fabulous in that dress.'

'Oh thank you Sam!'

'Yeah...,' said Finn, surprised. 'So, how do you do Sam?'

'Oh, great. I just found a new job. Finn, I heard you broke up with Rachel. I'm so sorry.'

'Yeah, it was a month ago, but I'm fine.'

They entered the theatre. Sam could appreciate the beautiful design of the entrance hall, especially made for Wicked. They reached their floor.

'I don't think I even need to see it to know the story. Kurt played the show's CD every day when he was in high school. He had an iPod exclusively for Wicked,' laughed Burt.

'I've never seen it,' said Sam.

'Oh, I'm not gonna spoil it for you, but I can tell you you'll love the plot twist. OK, so we've got row F seats 105, 106, 107. You?'

'AA 110.'

'It's right under the stage,' said Carole, surprised.

'Yes,' smiled awkwardly Sam.

'And you've never seen the show.'

'Never.'

'How come Kurt invited you and that bloke, Blaine, is not here,' said Burt, curious.

'Uhm... I have no idea!'

A bell ringed.

'I think we'd better take our seats,' said Sam, quickly.

He reached his seat. Everything was marvellous. The giant dragon over the curtain, the map of Oz, the whole theatre.

'Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to this performance of Wicked. We remind you that the taking of photograph is strictly forbidden. Also, please take this opportunity to turn off cellphones and beepers. We thank you for your collaboration, and hope you enjoy the show.'

The overture started.

The show was begun. And now the two main characters were discussing about room assignment.

'Glinda totally looks like that lady... April Rhodes! And Elphaba reminds me of Rachel Berry,' thought Sam.

It happened in a second. Glinda was complaining about his room, when a sweet and familiar voice said something.

'That is so unfair! You should say something!'

Kurt appeared on stage. He had surely been there all along but the scene was focused on the girls. He looked radiant in his costume, a proud and fierce look on his face. It meant to say 'I can do it, and you're going to like me!'

Tears filled Sam's eyes. He was so happy for him. All his dreams had come true. He was on the stage he loved the most playing his favourite musical. At that moment, Sam didn't care about himself. All he cared about was Kurt.

The next scene with Kurt was in the school ground. Sam smiled at the thought of Kurt liking a girl, but he knew that that was fiction. When he showed up at the Ozdust Ballroom dancing with Nessarose, helping her and her wheel chair, that reminded him of how Kurt helped him and how he nice and gentle he was. He looked as if he was really caring about that girl on the wheelchair.

'Another one of his amazing gifts...'

After the spectacular end-of-act-one number, the curtain fell.

All Sam could do was to pick up his phone and text Kurt.

"It's only me and you here. We're both where we're supposed to be."

Kurt reappeared on stage. Sam couldn't believe the plot twist! He grew up watching The Wizard of Oz and this could explain it all.

'He's the Wooden Tin Man!', said he.

A girl next to him looked at him as if she was saying 'DUH!'.

In his last scene, this time Kurt was evil. That look didn't belong to him, but he wore it amazingly.

'Kill the witch!,' screamed Kurt.

After an amazing closing number, the curtain fell again. It rose again. The curtain call began.

When it was Kurt's turn, Sam jumped on his feet, clapping his hands and screaming as much as he could. He knew Kurt couldn't see him from up there, but he thought their eyes met somewhere in the dark.

At the stage door, Sam was waiting with Kurt's family. Some girls were looking at him with a malicious look.

'Damn it, I've forgotten something to give Kurt,' said Carole. 'Well, I can see we all have,' smiled her.

'Well...,' said Sam.

By a fortuitous chance, a voice rang in the crowd.

'I've got something to deliver to Mr Sam Evans. Mr Sam Evans!,' said the voice.

'It's me!'

Sam came back after a minute with an enormous bouquet of red roses.

'Wow, dude!,' said Finn.

The cast began to come out. When Kurt arrived, Sam approached and gave him the roses.

'You were amazing. I'm so proud of you,' said Sam.

He kissed him in front of everybody. The reactions were multiple.

Burt and Carole were surprised. They knew their son was gay, but they also knew that Blaine was his boyfriend. Anyway, after a second they smiled.

Finn's jaws dropped. 'Dude!' was all he could say.

The girls groaned. 'Pity. He was too cute to be straight.'

Kurt went to his family, bearing the roses and hand in hand with Sam.

'So what do you think?'

'Brilliant!,' said Carole.

'I so proud of you, son,' said Burt.

'Dude!,' said Finn, again.

After having accompanied Finn, Burt and Carole to their hotel and after a lot of explanations, Sam and Kurt headed home. Hand in hand. Again

'That went well, didn't it?'

'Oh, yes! Finn was shocked! He kept saying 'Dude! You dated Quinn!' and so on,' laughed Kurt. 'Did you like the show?'

'Oh, yes! I especially liked a sexy little Munchkin on stage.'

Kurt laughed.

'So, you heard me talking about Wicked for ages and now you've seen it! What do you think about it?'

'It's great! I loved it!'

'Favourite number?'

'Well, all of them are great...'

'But?'

'"Popular" was really funny!'

'There's a place for us,

A time and place for us.

Hold my hand and we're halfway there.

Hold my hand and I'll take you there.

Somehow,

Some day,

Somewhere!'

'I love you, Kurt.'

'I love you, Sam.'

And, in front of their house, they kissed once more.

THE END

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