FABERRY WEEK 2013: THE SEQUEL HAS BEGUN! WOO!

Prompt: Reunion

Title: Finally

Rating: T+

Enjoy the fluff!

Rachel's heart was thumping faster than ever before. She was standing in front of the mirror in her room of the New York loft, barely able to breathe as 'Don't Rain On My Parade' played softly on her ipod. She felt like she was having a heart attack. All the rehearsing, all the running lines with Kurt in their spare time, all the pep talks from Santana. Nothing could have prepared her for the moments before she went on stage in the role she was born to play. In all her time dreaming of this moment, she never thought she'd be ready to yank her hair out and hide away instead of going on stage. It wasn't natural for her, and she didn't like the feeling one bit.

"Oh superstar!" Kurt's sing song voice came from the living room before he walked into her room. "Are you breathing?"

"Just barely." She answered, not moving her gaze from the reflection of her own eyes in the mirror.

"You need to relax." Kurt said, placing a bowl of fruit on the dresser next to her. "Eat, you haven't eaten a thing all day and no one wants to see Fanny Brice passing out on stage on opening night."

"I can't. I feel like I'm going to throw up already." She said, mindlessly picking up a grape and popping it into her mouth.

"Did you…You know what, never mind." He said, shaking his head and sighing, he stepped up behind her, gentle hands on her shoulders and leaned down to look at her through the mirror. "Sweetie, listen to me okay? You're going to do great. You know all the lines as if they were your own and you've been belting out most of the songs since you were two. If anyone is meant to play this role besides the legendary Barbra Streisand, it's you."

"Thanks Kurt." Rachel finally said after inhaling a deep breath, holding it, and then releasing it and turning the mirror foggy for a moment. Kurt happily reached over and drew a star in the fog over where Rachel's face was in the reflection. She giggled and turned around, hugging him tightly.

"You're the best friend a girl could ask for." She mumbled into his chest.

"And the most fashionable." He responded after a beat. She laughed into his chest and finally felt a little calm.

"Okay, I feel better. Thank you." She said with a smile.

"No problem." He said.

"Has anyone arrived yet?" she asked.

"Well Blaine and Sam. Others should already be on their way." He said. Rachel smiled at the thought of all their friends gathering up to see her show.

"I can't believe so many people are coming." She said with a giddy grin.

"Believe it sister. Now get ready, people will be arriving soon and they'd want to see you before the show." Kurt said, kissing her forehead before walking out of the room.

Back in the living room, he went straight to where Santana was pouring champagne into the glasses and smiled giddily at her.

"Is she here yet?" he whispered excitedly. Santana shook her head.

"No, lady Hummel, calm your tits, she'll be here soon." She waved him off.

"I just can't believe that she's coming." Kurt said happily. "Do you think they'll finally…?"

"They better. Their sexual frustration is killing me. I can smell it on them, it's gross." She said and Kurt cringed a little.

"Must you be so crass?" he asked.

"Must you be so annoying?" she retorted. He chuckled and she winked at him before taking two of the glasses to Blaine and Sam who were waiting in the living room. The buzzer went off and Kurt trotted over to the intercom that connected to the one outside quickly.

"Hello?" he said into it.

"Buzz us up buddy!" A familiar deep voice said. Kurt smiled widely and hit the door buzzer.

"Us?" Santana asked. Kurt shrugged.

"Maybe they met up outside. I'm excited, I haven't seen them in so long!"

"Well not since-" Sam was about to say but Santana grabbed a piece of bruschetta which Rachel had prepared as snacks and shoved it into his mouth as the diva walked into the room.

"Hey guys!" She said to the cheerfully. Blaine got up and hugged her, kissing her on the cheek as Sam followed, his mouth still full of the force-fed bread.

"Hey Rachel." He said through the bread and she smiled politely and chuckled.

"Careful Sam, don't choke." She said. He smile at her as he chewed. There was a knock on their door and Kurt smiled.

"Just a sec." He said, skipping over to the door. He opened it only slightly to see who had arrived, breathing out a sigh of relief. Rachel's surprise was still secure. He opened the door wider as a fully uniformed Noah opened his arms out happily.

"KURT!" he called, engulfing him in a big bear hug. Kurt giggled and hugged him back.

"It's good to see you Puck!" he said as they pulled away from each other.

"Hey that's Airman Puckerman to you." He joked. Kurt chuckled and Puck looked over the boy's shoulder to see Rachel. He smiled at her and Kurt knew immediately to step aside. The diva came up to him and hugged him tightly, he hugged her back and held her for a moment. They didn't even speak before they pulled apart and she smiled up at him.

"You look very handsome in your uniform." She said. He smiled brightly at her.

"Thanks." He said. Rachel swallowed a little before looking up at him again and cupping his cheek.

"He'd be so proud of you." She said, barely above a whisper. He nodded to her, pride filling his heart.

"He'd be proud of you too superstar." He said, hugging her again. She took a deep breath and stopped herself from crying.

"Well ain't this just the sweetest sight you've ever seen?" a voice came from behind them that brought the brightest of smiles to Rachel's face. She pulled away from the hug with Noah and looked over.

"Mercedes!" she said, going over to the other girl and hugging her immediately.

"What's up ladybug?" the other diva asked. Rachel giggled.

"Oh you know, just about to make my debut on Broadway." Rachel tried to say as casually as possible. Mercedes laughed and shook her head.

"Congratulation! I cannot be-LIEVE you made it!" she said. Rachel smiled at her.

"It's okay, I can hardly believe it either!" she shrugged.

"It's true, I caught her crying out of joy one night randomly." Santana said from behind Rachel. Mercedes smiled to the Latina, but another voice distracted the latter girl completely.

"San?" a small, soft, and very familiar voice came up from behind Mercedes. A pale, tall blonde walked in and Santana was stalk still for a moment.

"Brittany." She said, having nearly lost her breath at the sight. The blonde smiled at her, and then ran up to her and engulfed her in a tight hug, both girls nearly breaking down into tears instantly.

"I missed you." Brittany whispered.

"I did too." Santana said back. No one said anything to them, and Mercedes looked over to Sam with the same longing look. He walked up to her and hugged her tightly.

"I never forgot about you." He whispered and she nuzzled a little into his chest.

"I haven't either boo." She said. He smiled widely. Rachel looked at both sights and then over at Kurt, who was giving puppy-love eyes to Blaine. She sighed a looked over to Noah, who chuckled. No one was looking at the still open door when there was a knock on the frame.

"Looks like I haven't missed the party yet." A voice that was familiar to all of them said. Everyone smiled, except for Rachel, who's eyes went wide in shock. She turned around and barely believed her eyes when she found that none other than Quinn Fabray was standing at her door.

"Oh dammit Q! You totally ruined the surprise!" Santana called from behind the shorter brunette. But the blonde ex-head cheerio barely heard her as her eyes locked with Rachel's immediately. The diva barely noticed that she had her arms behind her back.

"Hey Rachel." She said softly, stepping closer to her.

"Quinn…" Rachel said softly as well. Quinn nodded.

"It's been way too long." The blonde said.

"I…" Rachel said. Quinn shook her head.

"It's okay. You don't have to say anything." She said. She moved her arms to her front and presented a bouquet of roses to the diva.

"For me?" Rachel asked. Quinn nodded with a smile as Rachel took them gently, bringing them up to her nose and inhaling the sweet scent.

"They're lovely." She said.

"Just like you." Quinn whispered.

"What's going on?" Mercedes whispered to Kurt, who shushed her to watch. Rachel looked up at the blonde in awe, smiling at her. She closed up the distance, easily wrapping her arms around the blonde's waist tightly, nuzzling into her chest as Quinn accepted the embrace and wrapped her own arms around Rachel's shoulders.

"I missed you Quinn." Rachel whispered to her. Quinn smiled into the soft brown locks.

"I missed you too Rachel." She said softly. Everyone was quietly watching them, except for Blaine who had been getting drinks for everyone, when he realized the time and rushed into the living room.

"Guys we gotta go Rachel's show starts in an hour and she has to be there early…" He blabbed on before even realizing the two girls where so close. He looked at them and then at Kurt who just smiled at him with a shrug. However his outburst had caused Rachel to start panicking again.

"Oh my God!" she said. "I'm going to be late!"

"Kurt did you call the cab?" Santana asked.

"I did." He said, going over to the window to see if their cab had arrived. "It's here!"

Santana ran quickly into Rachel's room to get her bag which had been prepared from the night before with everything she needed in it right before she went on.

"Okay guys, Santana and I are going with Rachel, we'll see you guys at the theater okay?" Kurt said, grabbing Rachel's coat and helping her put it on.

"We'll see you there buddy." Puck said with a nod. Kurt and Santana were about to lead Rachel out of the apartment when a pale hand grabbed the brunette's. She turned around to face Quinn again and the blonde pulled her closer

"Hey, knock 'em dead, Rachel Berry style." She winked at her and gave her a soft kiss on the cheek before Kurt pulled her away. She was smiling like an idiot the whole cab ride to the theater and Santana and Kurt were thankful that Quinn Fabray had somehow managed to get Rachel Berry to be quiet and not a panicky mess before her debut.

Two and a half hours later, the opening of the show ended as a huge success, with the crowd cheering and giving a standing ovation to the newest actress to play Fanny brice. Rachel was in tears at the end, overjoyed that it had gone so well. Once she was in her dressing room backstage alone, she could hardly believe it, but her own thoughts didn't last long as soon there was hasty knocking on her door. She opened it and quickly found Kurt's arms wrapped around her.

"That was amazing!" he squealed. She smiled brightly and laughed out of sheer joy.

"I still can't believe that happened!" she said.

"Believe it girl, a great big standing-O on your first night!" Mercedes said, hugging her as well. Somehow, albeit tightly packed, everyone was able to get into the dressing room to see Rachel. But the diva had only one person on her mind, and when she caught sight of Quinn, she quickly forgot everything and went right to her.

"Hey there, don't I know you from somewhere?" Quinn asked jokingly, Rachel just giggled. "Oh yeah, you're that girl who plays Fanny Brice in the new Funny Girl."

"Stop, you're making me blush." Rachel gushed happily. Quinn smiled at her.

"You were incredible Rachel." she said, taking her hands and gently pulling her closer.

"Thank you." Rachel said quietly. "And thank you for coming, I wasn't even sure you would after everything."

"Are you crazy? Miss my girl's big debut?" Quinn said with a smile, shaking her head. "Not in a million years."

Rachel beamed at that. She cleared her throat a little before speaking.

"So, how's your uh...professor?" Rachel asked and Quinn rolled her eyes a little.

"That was the biggest mistake of my life, but I suddenly realized why it even happened." she said.

"And why is that?" Rachel asked.

"Because there was someone else on my mind, someone who, despite all the different people I've been with and all the different methods I tried, I can't get out of my head." Quinn said. Rachel barely realized she'd gotten closer until she felt her warm breath on her lips.

"Who's that?" she asked in a whisper.

"You." Quinn said, before closing up the already small space between them in a soft kiss. Rachel wrapped her arms around Quinn's neck, pulling her closer and deepening the kiss even further. They didn't even notice the people around them anymore. And they didn't see Santana turn to Kurt.

"Finally!"