So here is a preview of the first chapter of the Sequel to Surrender for a While. I was amazed at how fast this new chapter came about so I wanted to share it all with you! I hope you enjoy it!

I don't own Glee or any of the characters besides Mandy and Julia.

Four months, three weeks, six days. That was exactly how long it had been since Finn had left for Georgia. He hadn't come home for Thanksgiving like he had originally planned; he told her that they were so close to a breakthrough he couldn't leave quite yet. He hadn't even come home for Christmas, instead Burt and Carole had flown out to Georgia. Detective Jones said that Carole was needed for a few days so they decided to make a family trip out of it. Since Rachel wasn't technically family yet, her dads wouldn't even think about letting her go to spend Christmas with the Hudson-Hummels. Her dads had even decided to come to New York for Christmas so she wouldn't have to leave.

Finals had gone well and she had successfully completed her first semester at NYADA. She had made some friends besides Mandy and Julia. She had been selected in an elite group of freshman to help tutor underprivileged children in some of the local New York schools. She loved getting to know some of the kids and to help them in some way live out their dreams. She kept busy with school in hopes of keeping her mind off the fact that Finn was still in Georgia.

They talked every night and once a week they would Skype so it could seem more personal. He didn't really talk about what was going on with his dad's case. She would always ask, but he never seemed to want to talk about it. She told him everything she was doing and gave him updates about Kurt and Santana. Kurt had gotten into some fashion classes and was absolutely excelling. His professors loved his designs and he had even been chosen as one of the top designers in a competition. He would still sometimes do singing performances on the side and was quick to volunteer to help Rachel work on any song she needed a bit of help with. He spent a lot of time helping Blaine to transpose songs to fit all of the new ranges in the New Directions. Santana was doing very well as NYU. She was taking general classes and trying to decide what career she would want to pursue. She was taking a few singing classes and giving all the hints she could to Brittney to help the New Directions out. She also spent quite a bit of time tutoring Brittney so she would for sure be able to come to New York with Santana the following year. All of them were dealing with long-distance relationships, but the other two seemed to be handling the separation much better than Rachel was.

"Diva! Look what just came in the mail for the three of us!" Kurt came running at a full sprint to show Rachel what had come. Inside was an invitation to Mr. Shue's wedding to Ms. Pillsbury. The wedding was to take place the third week of March which worked out well for everyone because it fell either at the beginning or end of each of their spring breaks. Inside was a handwritten note addressed to all three of them:

Santana, Rachel, and Kurt

I hope all is going well for the three of you! New Directions just isn't the same without you, but we are getting along just fine. If I have the date right, our wedding should fall on the Saturday that ends your Spring Break. Carole told me that she knew Kurt and Santana were planning on coming back to McKinley for the entire week. Rachel, we were hoping that you would accompany them and come spend the week helping the New Directions out. I have already gotten special permission from Principal Figgins for all of my former students to come take part in the week long training. I know for sure that Mike and Mercedes will be there. I, at the point I am writing this letter, am still waiting to hear from Puck and Quinn. Finn said he was sure he would be able to make it and try to convince you to come as well.

We also want all of you to sing for the entertainment at our wedding. I know we have already had a 'glee' wedding, but I look to you all as my children so it is only fitting that you not only perform at the wedding, but also be the bridesmaids and groomsmen. Emma wants all the girls to wear yellow dresses, much like the ones that you each wore when you sang your mash-up of Walking on Sunshine/Halo. The boys will be wearing black pants, white shirts, and by Artie's suggestion suspenders which I will provide and a tie to match the girl's dress you are paired with. Rachel, you obviously will be paired with Finn, Kurt, you with Brittney, and Santana with Blaine. I tried to talk Emma into letting the couples be paired but her OCD kicked in and she said she needs all the girls on one side and all the boys on the other. I promise it is nothing personal.

Song selection – I am putting you three in charge of this one. Everyone is going to have to okay their songs with you. I hope that is okay. I figure the three of you should be able to handle that. This is what we were thinking we needed, a song for the first dance, a group number, and then however many others you all want to sing. I am okay with whatever. I will send you a few song selections for our first dance. Emma is struggling to pick just one so I want the three of you to do it for us. I trust your judgment! :) I also am planning on singing a song to Emma with the help of all of you!

Thank-you so much for helping out! New Directions just isn't the same without any of you! I wish you all the best.

Mr. Will Schuester

"Another Glee wedding I can't wait! This is going to be so great! Tana, did you hear that? We need to go shopping soon to find our dresses so we can give the boys time to pick out their ties." Rachel stopped jumping around when she saw Kurt shaking his head. "I mean we need to pick them out so that Kurt can pick out their ties." Kurt nodded his approval and smiled at his best friend. This was the first time in months that he had seen her so excited about something. It had been hard for him to see her so sad and then go to Georgia and hear Finn's report about how well the case was going.

Rachel immediately went to her computer and started looking at different dress designs. "Kurt," she called from the kitchen.

"What's up?" Kurt came walking in holding his sketch pad.

"I just had a great idea. Why don't you design all of our dresses? You could get permission from your teachers to do it as a project and then that way we would for sure all have unique dresses. You could even design the ties to match so we were guaranteed a perfect match." She knew she had come up with a great idea when she saw her best friend's face light up.

"Diva that just may be the best idea you have ever come up with. Hurry and text everyone! I feel a Google hangout coming on so we can discuss this as a group." Kurt ran out of the room to get his computer and drag Santana out of her room. Rachel could hear Santana cursing at Kurt in Spanish. She couldn't help but laugh at the unique relationship her and her roommates all had with each other. Rachel quickly pulled out her phone and composed a text:

Hey! Google hangout? We need to discuss some important stuff for the glee wedding even though it is in like 2 months. Love, Rachel

The responses began to come in quickly. Everyone but Finn had responded and agreed to hang out in a half hour. Instead she got a phone call from Finn. She felt her heart skip a beat when she saw his face appear on her phone. She quickly answered it.

"You have no idea how much I wanted to hear your voice today! How has your day been? Did you get a letter from Mr. Shue about his wedding?"

Finn laughed, "Why hello to you to my dear. Yeah I got an email from Mr. Shue. Are you going to go to the week-long workshop or did you have other plans?"

"Well I don't have any other plans yet so unless you had some ideas I was planning on going back to Lima. I am really looking forward to going back to see everyone. Will you be joining us for our Google hangout later tonight?"

"Well, I was hoping to have a date with you but I guess I can settle with having a group date. Wait, what time is this date happening?"
"It is happening in about 25 minutes. Why? Are you super busy right now? I can just tell you what happens later if you are too busy to hang out with everyone. We were just going to ask everyone if they had thought of any songs and tell everyone our idea for the dresses."

"No, Rach, I am not too busy for it, I just didn't know what time it was happening. You didn't really say that in the text that I read so I wasn't sure. Anyways what are you up to?"

He was interrupted by Rachel, "Hang on Finn someone is knocking on the door, let me hurry and answer it." He heard Rachel run to the door and he couldn't help but smile as he heard the door unlocking. He waited for what seemed like forever until he heard her begin to open the door.

He saw her look down as she opened the door and then when she saw his face, she practically dropped her phone. "Finn, what, how, why, I can't believe it! You are here! For how long?" She wasn't talking in complete sentences which made him smile even bigger. Oh how he had missed this girl.

He closed the gap between them and pulled her close. "Well, I am here for just a short visit as they need me back at the base to finish up some stuff but Detective Jones was taking a vacation so I decided that I could too. It isn't permanent yet. The case has had a few setbacks that we weren't expecting. I am so sorry that I have kept you waiting for…"

"Four months, three weeks, and six days," Rachel finished his sentence for him. "I have been waiting for you to come back to me for three weeks and six days longer than you promised me." She couldn't hold it in any longer and soon the tears began to fall. She grasped onto him, not wanting to let go, fearing that if she did, he would disappear and she would realize it was all just a dream.

He pulled away and tilted her chin up so he could look into his eyes. "I know babe," he said softly. "I tried everything I could to get back to you at Christmas time and like I said, this isn't permanent yet, but I PROMISE you, we will get married. It may not be in May like you originally wanted, but it will happen." He took her left hand and kissed close to the ring. He looked up and saw that she was still wearing the necklace he had given her. He smiled and touched her cheek. He looked deep into her brown eyes and knew he had finally made it back home.