Epilogue
Ten years later
Lia and Quinn cuddle in their bed after a long day. They've come so far since the first time they laid eyes on each other. Sometimes they reenact their first kiss; the one in the grass, not the one on their camping trip. It's cheesy and maybe a little embarrassing, but they don't care.
"I can't believe our ten year high school reunion is tomorrow." Quinn murmurs.
"I know. Has it really been that long already?"
"It was like just yesterday that we were packing up the U-Haul with Rachel and Kurt, ready to take Greenwich Village by storm."
"And that we did. New York wasn't ready for us." Lia chuckles.
"I can't wait to catch up with everyone." The blonde smiles
Judy is waiting for them when they get off the plane, and Lia is the first one to sprint to the older woman like a child, throwing her arms around her. Quinn chuckles and hugs her mother next.
"Sometimes I think you two love each other more than you do me." Quinn jokes.
"That's because we do." Lia and Judy say simultaneously.
Quinn rolls her eyes and gets in the car as Lia puts their luggage in the trunk.
"Where's Frank?"
"He's at work, but he should be home before you go to the reunion." The older blonde answers.
Judy met Frank a year after the girls set off to NY. She wanted to build a small greenhouse in the backyard, so she called an architect; her and Frank got married a couple years later. He's the complete opposite of Russell and Judy is very happy. It also doesn't hurt that the girls love him as well.
When they get to the house, the girls put their luggage away and help Judy make a late lunch. They hear the front door close and footsteps coming towards the kitchen.
"Where are my girls?" a deep voice says through a smile.
A tall lean man with short almost black hair and bright blue eyes appears in the doorway. All the girls' faces light up at his charming smile and Lia is once again the first to pop up out of her seat to give him a hug. He makes his way to Quinn and then kisses Judy hello. The older woman goes to get up to make him a plate, but he insists that she do no such thing and that he's perfectly capable of doing it himself. Lia and Quinn really love this man.
After they all eat and catch up, the girls head upstairs to get ready.
"Do you think Rachel's going to talk about how famous she is all night?" Quinn asks in amusement.
"Oh I know she is. She's probably going to go around to everyone, trying and failing, to subtly bring up her four Tony's and then act coy as they ask for her autograph." Lia laughs.
Sure enough when they step into William McKinley's gymnasium, Rachel is surrounded by a group of people talking animatedly and taking things to sign.
"Told you." Lia grins and Quinn shakes her head.
They make their way to the glee table and beam at all of their friends. The ones that they haven't seen in a while are the ones that jump up first to hug them. Taking a seat, they ask everyone how they've been and it feels like high school all over again.
"Mercedes, I heard about your Grammy, congratulations!" Quinn squeals. "What else have you been up to?"
"Thank you, Quinn. It's been so surreal. I've just been working hard, you know, keeping LA on its toes." She grins.
Mercedes is a Grammy award winning solo artist and is currently living in LA. She's not married yet, but she's been with her boyfriend going on three years. She and Sam tried a long distance relationship while in college, and it went well for a while, but ultimately they decided that it was best if they went their separate ways.
"How are Susan and Mikey? I bet they're so big now." Kurt asks Tina.
"They're a handful, but I wouldn't trade them for the world." Tina smiles.
"Here, we took them out for Halloween last year. They were Princess Peach and Wario." Mike passes around his phone with a picture of them.
"You're still a nerd I see. I bet this was your idea." Lauren snickers playfully.
Mike and Tina are married with two little Asian babies and they live in Washington. Mike is a dance instructor and Tina is a kindergarten teacher. She misses performing, but she loves her class and the kids are wonderful.
"I saw that action flick with what's her face this summer, it was so awesome! And then to my surprise when I saw the credits there's Artie's name! Dude, nice job." Puck fist bumps him.
"Yea, after college I worked really hard and made a few friends, now I'm a well-respected producer." He beams.
"I'm so proud of you." Lia says and the whole table agrees.
Artie lives in San Francisco with his girlfriend of two years and is a movie producer. A pretty successful one at that; he's produced some the highest grossing movies this past summer.
"How's your crazy boy band coming along, Sam? Are we going to hear an album soon?" Blaine asks.
"Actually, we're finishing up our first album now and it should be out within the next couple of months. We're really excited about it."
"That's great, what do you guys call yourselves again?"
"The Fishhooks." At that, Santana loses her shit and can't stop laughing.
Sam is in a boy band located in Nashville, where they live. They all have really big mouths so it was easy to come up with their name. Their house is like a frat house, but with men who are almost thirty years old and should have their shit together. But Sam is happy and doing what he loves, so it's ok.
"How's the coaching going, Lauren?" Lia asks.
"Great, we're undefeated in all weight classes." the coach answers proudly.
"And you, Noah? How's the little league?"
"It's awesome. I love it. Getting to coach them is really amazing, especially since I can't have any more kids." Everyone gives him a sympathetic look, but he shrugs it off.
Lauren was the wrestling champion at Ohio State all four years and is now the coach. Puck also went to Ohio State to play football and now he's coaching a little league team in Boston.
"Santana, how's the glamorous life treating you?" Tina asks.
"It's interesting. I definitely love doing what I do, but it gets a little hard sometimes with the paps."
"I know exactly how you feel, girl." Mercedes agrees.
"And how's little Brian? I miss him, I think I need to visit more often." Lia pouts.
"He's a piece of work, but he's good, excited." Brittany says cryptically.
"Excited for what?" Kurt asks.
"To meet his new baby brother or sister." Santana beams.
"No way! You're pregnant again?" Quinn almost jumps out of her seat she's so excited.
"Nope, I am." Brittany rubs her barely noticeable tummy.
Santana and Brittany are happily living in Beverly Hills where Santana is a famous actress and Brittany a famous choreographer. After they both graduated from UCLA, they had their big wedding they promised and had their first baby a year later. Pregnant Santana is much scarier than bitchy Cheerio Santana, and not because she was a colossal bitch, but because she would cry for every little thing.
"Kurt, Blaine, how's the married life?" Artie inquires.
"Great. I mean it's like we've been married this entire time, but it's different, official." Blaine kisses Kurt's hand.
"Yea, now he's stuck with me."
Kurt and Blaine were constantly on and off until they finally got married a couple years ago. They reside in NY, where Kurt decided on a fashion career after he got bored with doing off-Broadway shows. Blaine on the other hand has gotten some roles on Broadway, but he's not as successful and well-known as Rachel.
"Where's Rachel?" Puck looks around the gym.
"Probably talking someone's ear off about her fame." Lia rolls her eyes.
"Typical Berry." Santana shakes her head.
"Did you expect anything less though?" Quinn chuckles. "I mean give the girl a compliment and she takes it to the head, but four Tony's? Come on."
Rachel has won four Tony's in the short amount of time it took for her career to pick up. Two of which are for her brilliant performance of Fanny Brice in the revival of Funny Girl. She still lives in the little brownstone that they moved into when they first came to NY. She bought it from Lia when the brunette and Quinn moved out after their wedding, which she proudly sang their wedding song for them. And Kurt also designed their wedding dresses.
"Lia, Quinn what's up with you guys, we haven't seen you since the wedding." Mike asks.
"Working mostly. Which reminds me, Artie, Santana, we have to do a project together. You know, for old time's sake."
"Yea totally, I'm down." Santana agrees and Artie nods along.
"Oh, Santana you're doing a spread for Vanity next week right?" Quinn questions.
"Yea, how did you know that?"
"I'm your photographer, so don't be late, bitch. I know how you like to make impressions." Santana scoffs and rolls her eyes.
Lia and Quinn got married a year after they graduated from NYU and bought an apartment in the city. Lia is a famous director for both film and TV. Though she lives in NY, she sometimes flies out to California for work. Quinn is a well-known photographer who shoots for many different magazines. They don't have any kids yet, but they've definitely been talking about it. Quinn also takes a trip with Noah to visit Beth once every few months. It makes them all happy.
Finn graduated from Ohio State and stayed to help Burt with the tire shop, which he eventually took over. He got married and had a couple kids. He lives an average life in average Lima. Kind of like everyone knew he would. But he's happy and that's all that matters. Speaking of Finn…
"Hey guys." He greets with his familiar boyish grin.
"Hey." Everyone greets.
"This is Marney, my wife." He introduces.
Everyone takes turns greeting them. When he gets to Quinn and Lia, he smiles tentatively at them, not sure if he should shake their hands or hug them or what. Both girls hug him and greet his wife very politely, making the smile on his face broaden. It's been ten years; Lia and Quinn are over the immaturity that Finn once displayed.
They all sit and chat as Rachel finally joins them, stealing the spotlight like always. Lia playfully rolls her eyes at her best friend and it gets the woman to beam.
When the reunion comes to a close, the old glee club decides to hit up a bar and continue their reminiscing. They get drunk and make promises of staying in touch and maybe featuring in one of Artie's or Lia's movies. They all laugh and cry and it's like they never left each other.
The next morning, the girls, and Judy and Frank find themselves at the Berry residence for brunch. When Leroy opens the door, Lia lifts an eyebrow at him.
"My, my have you gotten old!" she says.
"I may be old, but I can still kick your ass."
"I'd like to see you try, old man!"
They stare each other down before Leroy cracks a smile and pulls the woman into a hug. He greets everyone else and ushers them into the house where Hiram rushes to squeeze the life out of Lia and Quinn. Rachel then makes an appearance like it's a privilege and everyone shakes their heads.
"Just because you have four Tony's doesn't mean…" Lia starts, but the short girl cuts her off.
"Say it again!" the excitement and wonder isn't lost on anyone.
"You're still that little girl that everyone knows." Hiram giggles and everyone follows.
They all sit around the table passing food back and forth. Questions of when Rachel is getting married and when the girls are going to give them grandchildren float around, and they couldn't be any happier.
A/N: Thanks for reading! :)