Title: Can You Feel the Love Tonight?

Author: Lao Tse

Fandom: Glee

Disclaimer: Don't own Glee or its characters, they belong to FOX and Ryan Murphy. Any songs, lyrics, don't belong to me if I don't state otherwise.

Rating: PG-13/T, this might change

Spoilers: All episodes aired to be on the safe side.

Summary: We are now in the future; there will be other stories to fill the gap between this and I Give You the Morning. Sam had made decision that it's time for what he has known ever since he got together with Rachel. He has spent a lot of time planning what he is about to do. All he hopes is that Rachel is on the same page as he is. Nothing gained, nothing lost, is the saying but he is taking this chance because Sam knows that there is a lot to gain here.

Feedback: I would love to know what you think of this, and then I would like to know what you want to read next, there will be a poll in my profile when this is finished with three different scenarios that I'm going to write.

Can You Feel the Love Tonight?

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Sam and Rachel were sitting in the car; he was going to drive them back the three hours it would take them to get back to Lima.

"So how have this trip been so far for you?" Rachel asked as she tried to lace her fingers with Sam's.

"It has been eventful to a degree," Sam said and gave Rachel a quick glance before his eyes were back on the road again.

"Care to explain," she asked as she leaned her head back against the car seat, she closed her eyes.

"When we get back to Lima, I can tell you all about it," Sam said as he gave her a small smile.

"Okay," the brunette mumbled as her eyes were closed, she could hear the faint sound from the radio, playing a song, and she was pretty sure that she could hear Sam sing-a-long to the song, and she couldn't help but to smile at the thought of Sam singing to her again.

/

As they had arrived in Lima, Sam stopped by the LimaBean, he knew that Rachel would want to have some coffee before she was meeting her fathers or his parents. Sam poked Rachel on her arm, waking her up.

"Do you want to go inside for coffee or do you want me to buy you a cup?" Sam asked as Rachel woke up some more.

"We'll sit there for a minute or two," Rachel said and yawned as she opened the door to the car.

"That sounds good," he replied as he took Rachel's hand, he opened the door for her and they walked inside the coffee shop.

Rachel sat down and she let Sam order for them, he had learned fast during their years together what kind of coffee that she wanted and he always knew which one she wanted and when she wanted it.

"Here you go," Sam said as he put down her cup, "It's a soya latte."

Rachel smiled at him, as she lifted the cup and took a small sip of it, "is there something else added to it?"

"Yeah," Sam said and he lifted his cup too, "I asked them to add some chocolate flavor to it."

"They have evolved since the last time we were here," Rachel said and she let out a small laugh and Sam couldn't help but to let out a laugh himself.

"So are you ready to face the parents?" he asked as he took a hold of her hand.

"Yeah," Rachel said and she let out a yawn again, "but nothing big, you could drop me off at my dads house and then you can go back to for parents house."

"I'm spending the night with you," Sam said before Rachel had a chance to say anything more, "I haven't seen you in three days, so I'm staying with you."

"So," Rachel said as Sam opened the car door for her, "we will stop by my dads for a while and then we will spend the night at your parents' house."

"Are you sure that you want to sleep in my room?" Sam asked as he helped her in to the car, "it looks the same as it did when we left after our senior year." Rachel nodded her head in response.

"I want those Star Wars and Avatar posters," Rachel said with a smile gracing her lips, "You have enough of my Broadway things in out apartment back home."

"You are the best girlfriend anyone could ask for," Sam said as he leaned down and placed a small kiss on her lips, "but to the Berry's we go."

/

Rachel and Sam had spent a couple of hours at the Berry house, Rachel had caught up with both of her fathers and told them all about the play that she was doing.

As Rachel left the room Sam turned to the two men, and gave them a small smile, and they were looking at him.

"I know what you want to know," Sam said and ran a hand over his hair as he looked at them, "And I have it all planned in my head, it will take place in New York."

"What will take place in New York?" Rachel asked as she walked back in to the room, Sam glared at her fathers, he did his best telling them that they shouldn't say anything.

"Nothing really," Sam said and got up from the couch where he had been sitting, "they were just wondering something and I let them in on a small part of it."

"Dad, daddy," Rachel said and looked at both of her two fathers, her lower lip was sticking out a little, so she was pouting, "what was it that you talked about?"

Leroy was about to answer the question when he felt someone pinch him in the side of his body.

"Daddy?" Rachel asked and looked at Leroy, she had seen that he had been about to tell her something, and she knew that they knew what was happening in New York and they weren't supposed to tell her what it was.

"Oh, look at the time," Sam said and placed an arm around Rachel's waist and pulled her slowly out from the room, "I think that we have to leave."

"I think you should too," Hiram said and looked at Sam and Rachel, "it's getting late and we should head to bed," he said and elbowed Leroy in the side, it was a loving gesture but at the same time telling his husband that he should agree with him before he said something that they all would regret.

"But dad," Rachel tried to plead with her father, "We haven't been here that long."

"We have more time together tomorrow," Hiram said and he got up and pulled Rachel in to a hug, "and we will be coming to New York sooner than you think."

"But tomorrow, I have to visit Shelby and Beth, she has a recital that I want to see," Rachel said and smiled at both of her fathers, "and then I have to get caught up with my friends that still are here."

"We can have a big family dinner all of us tomorrow night," Hiram said and smiled, "your father would love to cook for everyone."

"Are you sure that is a good idea?" Rachel asked as she and Sam was on the way out the door.

"I'm sure," Hiram said with a big smile and he turned to Sam, "You should invite your parents and make sure that she asks if Shelby and Beth can come too."

Sam knew in that moment what Hiram was trying to do, and if Sam was going to be honest with himself, he kind of liked the idea that Hiram was presenting to him right now without using that many words and at the same time he managed to keep it a secret from Rachel.

"I'll ask them," Sam said and nodded his head, "and if she doesn't ask them I'll asked them myself."

"What was that all about?" Rachel asked as the couple sat down in the car.

"I think that they wanted to make sure that everyone has a chance to spend some time with you."

"It was kind of nice of dad, to tell us that daddy would cook for all of us tomorrow," Rachel said and she looked out the window, "but I think that there is more to it."

"I think that they just miss you," Sam said and placed a hand on Rachel's thigh as he drove them to his parents' house.

/

Rachel was greeted with a big hug as soon as she entered the Evans' house, and she couldn't help but to smile, it always felt warm and nice to meet up with her in-laws, that was what they were and she knew that they liked her, it made it all so much easier.

"You two went by your dads?" Mrs. Evans asked as she released Rachel from her hug, the short brunette nodded her head.

"We did," Rachel said and the two of them walked towards the livingroom where Sam and his father already were sitting, "and it appears that you are coming to dinner tomorrow with them and Sam and me."

"Rach," Sam said and looked up at her and reached out for her hand, and as he got a hold of her hand he pulled her closer and down to the couch next to him, "don't forget that you are supposed to ask Shelby and Beth too."

"I know," Rachel said and leaned her head against his shoulder, as the two of them snuggled closer together on the couch, "and I will ask them tomorrow after the recital."

"Does they know that you are coming tomorrow?" Mr. Evans asked and looked over at the couple on the couch.

"Puck knows that I'm coming," Sam said and he ran his fingers through Rachel's hair and the girl had her eyes closed, "and I told him that he needed to tell Shelby that."

"But you never know with Noah," Rachel said and put an arm around Sam's neck, "but I told Sam not to mention that I might make an appearance if I wouldn't be able to make it."

"I think that it's great that you are here," Mrs. Evans said and smiled at her daughter-in-law, or that was how the woman saw it, and if she guessed right, it would just be a question about how long it would be until it was a fact that Rachel was her daughter-in-law, "we have missed both you and Sam."

"I have missed the two of you also," Rachel said and she gave the older woman a small smiled.

"Rachel and I are going to bed," Sam said as he felt how Rachel was about to fall asleep as she was leaning against him, "I think it has been a long day for her."

"More like a long week," Rachel mumbled, Sam placed a kiss on the top of her head.

"To bed," he said and he placed an arm around her waist, as he helped her walking towards his old bedroom.

/

Saturday morning meant that it was family breakfast at the Evans house, now that Rachel and Sam were visiting, and the older members of the Evans family had called both of Rachel's fathers and asked them to come over for some time together before the night's dinner with every kind of family member that lived closed by.

The Berry and Evans families sat together around the table in the kitchen, it was a big breakfast that was served, there were egg, bacon, pancakes, everything that you could think of were present at the table.

Rachel sat with a bowl of fruit in front of her just looking at it, she was shaking her head, no big movements, if you didn't really look at her you couldn't see what she was doing, Sam had a smile gracing his lips as he watch his girlfriend. He knew that this was not how Rachel had planned to spend the morning, and if he was going to be honest, it was not the way that he had planned it either.

"When are you leaving?" Leroy asked as he looked over at Rachel, he could tell that this was not how she wanted to spend a Saturday morning, when she was with her boyfriend.

"Noah is stopping by and picking us up," Rachel said and she glanced on the clock that was on the wall, "and that should be in a couple of hours."

"So maybe you should take a shower," Sam suggested and looked at Rachel, her hair was up in a messy bun, and she was still dressed in the clothes that she had been sleeping in.

"And you should see what you are wearing," Rachel said as she looked over at Sam, he had a wife beater on and a pair of pajamas pants on, and his hair wasn't in that much better shape than Rachel's.

"We both know who need more time in the bathroom," Rachel said and gave Sam a sweet smile, before she patted him on the head, "so you should go and take that shower."

The two of them continued on with their bickering, and from the looks they were getting from both sets of parents, it was approving looks, and they knew that this was going to last.

/

Sam opened the door, and he could see that it was Puck that was standing on the other side of the door, looking over Sam's shoulder.

"Who are you looking for?" Sam asked and eyed his friend.

"I was just wondering of Berry was here or if we need to stop by her dads place," Puck said as he continued on to look over Sam's shoulders.

"She is here," Sam said and opened the door some more, "you should come in."

"We need to leave like five minutes ago," Puck said and glanced down on his phone, that he was holding on too.

"What?" Sam turned around as he heard Rachel's voice, both Sam and Puck was looking at her, "Noah, what are you talking about?"

"I told you the wrong time," Puck said and turned his head away from Rachel, he had seen the look on Rachel's face, it was not the look that you wanted to see on a girl that was known for ranting and telling people her feelings and he knew what was coming, Puck glanced over at Sam, asking him with no words.

"Sweetie," Sam said and he walked up to Rachel, and pulled her in to a hug, "It's okay, we will be there in time."

"Noah," Rachel said as she walked pass Puck glaring at him, "You better be sure of that we are there in time, if not then you will never be able to have any kids of your own ever again."

Puck gulped when he heard Rachel, he knew that she was telling him the truth, Rachel was a girl that would make sure that it happened.

"I'm sure that we will make it," Puck said as he started the car, and they left the Evans house and drove to the community center where the recital would take place.

/

The three of them stood in the reception of the building and Rachel looked over at Puck, "You have the tickets right?" they had made it in time, they had time to spare, it was about fifteen minutes until the show would start.

"Tickets?" Puck asked and looked at both Sam and Rachel, "I didn't know that there you needed tickets."

"Noah Eli Puckerman," Rachel said and she took a couple of steps closer to him, she placed her hands on the collar on his jacket, "you better be kidding right now or so help me."

Sam looked over at his friend, he closed his eyes and shook his head, "Puck, you better tell her that you are kidding and that you have the tickets."

"I don't have any tickets," Puck said and looked at both of them, Rachel's face were getting redder and redder the longer she stood there, and Sam knew that she was going to snap any second now, he placed a hand on her shoulder and pulled her of his friend.

"Then you better get some tickets now," Rachel said and she tried to launch at him, the only thing that was keeping Puck safe right now was the fact that Sam had a grip around Rachel's waist.

"Rachel, you made it," Rachel turned her head to the right when she heard her name, and as she did, she saw Shelby walking towards them, the younger of the two brunettes left out a small breath as she did her best to calm down before the woman that was her mother was there with them.

Rachel sent a small smile in Shelby's direction, "I couldn't miss my sister's first recital."

"I understand that," Shelby said and she gave Rachel a hug, it was not as awkward as they used to be but Rachel still had some walls up, and it wasn't better from the way that Puck had acted just minutes before, "and I have your tickets here." Shelby handed Sam and Rachel one ticket each and then she looked over at Puck, "you have your own right?"

"About that," Puck said and scratched the side of his head, "I kind of forgot about that."

"Here," Shelby said and handed a ticket to Puck, "I had an idea about that."

"So is Quinn here too?" Rachel asked and looked at Shelby.

"She couldn't make it but she said that she wanted the tape as soon as possible."

The four of them made it towards the auditorium where the kids would be performing.

/

Rachel was smiling as she saw the young blonde dance on stage with her friends, she could remember the first time she had danced on stage, just like Beth was doing right now. Rachel turned to her left where Shelby was sitting, the older woman held a camera in her hand as she was filming Beth on stage.

When the recital was over Rachel turned to Shelby with a small smile, "I know that this might be late but we are having a dinner tonight and it would be great if you and Beth could come."

"Are you sure that you want us to be there?" Shelby asked as the two of them were walking out from the auditorium.

"I'm sure," Rachel said and smiled at her mother, "and my dads and Sam's parents would like to see you too."

"I think that we would be able to attend," Shelby said, and the two of them saw a young blonde girl coming running towards them, the young girl stopped in her tracks, both rachel and Shelby realized that Beth had seen Rachel. The young girl blinked a couple of times before she started to run again; this time was she aiming for Rachel.

The shorter of the two brunette felt that someone was hugging her and Rachel hugged the girl back before she sank down, so that she was at eye level with her sister, "Hello Beth."

"Rachel," Beth said and looked at her sister, "you didn't tell me that you were coming."

"I know," Rachel said and pulled her closer for another hug, "I wasn't sure if I would be able to come, and I didn't want to get your hopes up."

Beth turned to her mother, "Did you know?"

"I didn't know," Shelby said and placed a hand on her shoulder, "but I think that Rachel has something that she would like to tell you."

The young blonde turned to Rachel with a small smile gracing her lips, "you have something to tell me?"

"I was just wondering if you would like to come to dinner with me and Sam and our parents tonight," Rachel said and looked Beth in the eyes, the young girl turned to her mother, and Shelby nodded her head as she looked at Beth.

"I'll be there," Beth said with a huge smile, before she turned to her mother again, "can I ride with Rachel now?"

Shelby looked over at Rachel, asking her if it was possible, "I think that you can ride with us," the younger brunette said and smiled at the blonde, "but Sam and Noah will be there too."

"That's okay," Beth said and she took a hold of Rachel's hand and she dragged the brunette with her, Rachel just shook her head as she was looking at Shelby, who was laughing a little at the scene that was playing in front of her.

/

Rachel was sitting in the car with Beth, Sam and Puck, the young blonde wanted to them to put some music on, and she looked over at Rachel, who tapped her finger on Sam's shoulder.

"can you put some music on," Rachel said and smiled at him, "someone in the back wants to hear something."

Sam fished his iPod from his pocket and connected it with the radio in the car, and he started his searched for the song that he wanted to start with, and as he pressed play the tones to Can You Feel the Love Tonight to play, it didn't take long until he was singing along.

"And can you feel the love tonight," Sam was humming along and he looked in the rear-view mirror, and he could see that both Rachel and Beth were singing along to the song too, "How it's laid to rest." Sam had a feeling that he might not be able to wait until New York with the plans that he had.

"It's enough to make kings and vagabonds," Sam could hear how Beth was singing for all that she was worth, and he couldn't wait until he and Rachel had one of their own, he closed his eyes before he softly sang, "believe the very best."

And as they had stopped singing along Puck stopped the car outside the Berry house, "here we are and I think this is the stop for Beth and her entourage."

Everyone but Puck got of the car, Sam helped Beth out of the car and he smiled at the young blonde as the three of them walked up to the door of the Berry house.

/

The dinner at the Berry house with that included the Berry family, the Evans family and also the two members of the Corcoran family were all sitting together at the table in the dining room, it wasn't a room that were used that often.

Sam was smiling as he saw how Rachel was interacting with everyone, she was joking with beth and she held a couple of conversations going with the other people around the table and Sam knew in that moment that he couldn't wait any longer, the New York plan was scrapped in that moment.

Sam pulled his chair out and stood up, "if you would excuse me for a moment," the rest of the table looked at him and they nodded his head as he looked at them, he looked over at Leroy and Hiram, and the two men knew what Sam was about to do. The young blonde man saw how Hiram discreetly nudge Shelby in the side and he could see how the balding man was whispering something to her.

"If you excuse me for a second," Shelby said and got up from the chair and she followed Sam.

Shelby could hear that Sam was singing a song; she knew that he had been a part of New Directions, and she smiled as she realized what it was that he was singing, "There is a time for everyone if they only learn." There was a small beat before he continued on, "that the twisting kaleidoscope moves us all in turn."

The two of them were standing in the hall; Sam was going through his pockets on his jacket.

"Hiram said that I should talk to you," Shelby said in a low voice, Sam found was he looking for and he opened the box to make sure that it was still there and he smiled when he saw that it was still there.

Shelby saw what Sam was looking at and she smiled when she saw the look on Sam face.

"I know that I maybe should have told you before, but I never got the chance," Sam said as he showed Shelby what he was holding, "do you think that she will like it?"

"I'm sure that she is going to love it," Shelby said and squeezed his shoulder before she left him in the hall; she had a feeling that he needed a minute to collect himself before he came back to them.

Sam walked back to the dining room and he let out a small breath, he felt how the box was now burning in the front left pocket of the pants that he was wearing, he had put the box in his pocket before he walked back to them.

He started to play with his fingers as he tried to figure out how he was going to start this, he looked over at Rachel before he took a breath and looked at everyone at the table, and then he walked up to Rachel, he took both of her hands in his own, and helped her up so that she was standing in front of him. Sam was looking in to Rachel's brown eyes, and he knew that this was the right thing to do.

"I have a lot of things that I want to tell you," Sam started and looked Rachel in the eyes his eyes never left hers, he still held on to her hands, "but I don't know where to start." Sam could see that Rachel was blinked away tears.

"I think that I have always known," Sam said as he let out a breath, "and now is the time to do this," he said as he let go of one of Rachel's hands so that he could pull the box out of his pocket. Sam slowly bent one of his knees and kneeled in front of Rachel till holding on to one of her hands, "and I had everything planned out and I knew what I was going to say and everything would be perfect."

The room where silent, the only thing that could be heard was how Sam was trying to get the words that he wanted to say to Rachel out, "but then this day came and I knew that I couldn't wait until that moment that I had planned for."

"Sam-," Rachel said and looked down in his eyes.

"Please just let me finish what I'm trying to say," Sam said and smiled at her, "this was in this house it all started when Mr. Schuester paired us up for a duet, and it was in this house we shared a kiss for the first time."

The room was looking at the pair, but Sam didn't notice what was going on around him, and he was pretty sure that Rachel didn't either.

"So there for I wanted to ask you," Sam said and he let go of the hand he had been holding and he opened the box that he had in his other hand, "If you want to make me happier than I have ever been before," Sam said and he smiled at Rachel, and he could see the tears that was about to fall from Rachel's eyes, "and marry me?"

Rachel stood in front of Sam, who was still kneeling in front of her, Rachel couldn't find the words that she wanted to say, there was just one word that she needed to say, but she couldn't say anything. The only thing that she could do was nod her head, Sam took the ring out from the box and slid it on to her left ringfinger and he smiled up at her.

Sam stood up and he continued to smile as he pulled Rachel closer to himself, and he placed a small kiss on her lips, and as they broke the kiss he leaned his forehead against her and in a whisper he said, "We are getting married."

"We are getting married," Rachel said and smiled at him and placed peck on his lips.

"There is rhyme and reason to the wild outdoors," Sam sang in Rachel's ear as he held her close to himself, "When the heart of this star-crossed voyager beats in time with yours."

"So this was the reason why you have been singing Can You Feel the Love Tonight?" Rachel asked and as she pulled away from Sam, and the young blonde man smiled at her, and nodded his head with a big grin over his face.

The End!