"And now you're on Broadway and Hummel's still hitting the books," he finishes, proud of them - both of them - for what they'd accomplished. She was a star, and he wasn't a Lima loser. They'd both gotten out of Ohio and, really, followed their dreams. [His dream had more to do with not becoming certain things rather than becoming one thing. The only thing he wanted to be, really, was by Rachel's side. It's dumb, really, and he's still just 20, but the past year and a half since they've been in New York - the past two years since he's stood at her side, more or less - he feels good about himself, and he wants to be more. For her. He wants her to be proud of him. Maybe that's love, or growing up, or whatever. Maybe that was his first sign that it was real.
"You are," he repeats. "Rachel Berry Puckerman's gonna have her mother-in-law on her ass if she scares Noah away, that's right. You're gonna have all that Jewish guilt up in your business, babe. Between you and my mom, you leaving me? S'not gonna happen." He leans into the frame and steals a kiss. "S'okay, 'cause I'd be fuckin' crazy to leave you. You make me wanna be the guy you saw in me, you know?"
He's not laughing! He's happy for her, proud and grinning from ear to ear as he wraps his arms around her waist and hauls her against his body. "We're gonna have a soundproofed bedroom and locks on the doors so we don't scare the kids. But s'real important 'cause when you see this, you're gonna be married for five fucking years. And the sex is fucking amazing now, so, Puckerman, you better still have your shit handled so she doesn't, like, go looking someplace else." He pecks her cheek playfully. "S'gonna be five years for us. But nobody else is gonna know, 'cause we're getting married in two days all low-key and shit so Rach can have NYPD benefits and she can have medical power for me. And 'cause I love her. So, if my fathers-in-law ever see this sh-movie - don't watch the sex part that's gonna happen later, dudes - I love her more than anything or anybody, and I want her to get her Tony, but I want her to be safe. Right now, I'm the only person she's got here, and she's all I got here, so I wanna make sure we can look out for each other. We'll have a big wedding and everything in a couple years when she's got her name in lights and her Tony or a couple of Tonys, but we want to keep this just for us right now so she can still have what she wants." Pause. "I miss anything?"
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"You are," he repeats. "Rachel Berry Puckerman's gonna have her mother-in-law on her ass if she scares Noah away, that's right. You're gonna have all that Jewish guilt up in your business, babe. Between you and my mom, you leaving me? S'not gonna happen." He leans into the frame and steals a kiss. "S'okay, 'cause I'd be fuckin' crazy to leave you. You make me wanna be the guy you saw in me, you know?"
He's not laughing! He's happy for her, proud and grinning from ear to ear as he wraps his arms around her waist and hauls her against his body. "We're gonna have a soundproofed bedroom and locks on the doors so we don't scare the kids. But s'real important 'cause when you see this, you're gonna be married for five fucking years. And the sex is fucking amazing now, so, Puckerman, you better still have your shit handled so she doesn't, like, go looking someplace else." He pecks her cheek playfully. "S'gonna be five years for us. But nobody else is gonna know, 'cause we're getting married in two days all low-key and shit so Rach can have NYPD benefits and she can have medical power for me. And 'cause I love her. So, if my fathers-in-law ever see this sh-movie - don't watch the sex part that's gonna happen later, dudes - I love her more than anything or anybody, and I want her to get her Tony, but I want her to be safe. Right now, I'm the only person she's got here, and she's all I got here, so I wanna make sure we can look out for each other. We'll have a big wedding and everything in a couple years when she's got her name in lights and her Tony or a couple of Tonys, but we want to keep this just for us right now so she can still have what she wants." Pause. "I miss anything?"