Glee-done (Discontinued)

Season 3, Episode 22 - Goodbye (Redone)

Kurt couldn't help but smile and laugh watching his father doing the routine with Brittany and Tina. It had taken them a long time to get to the place where they were at where Burt was comfortable with Kurt being who he was and Kurt himself was in a good place. Burt highfived Tina and Brittany as he finished the performance as Kurt beamed back at them, grateful for his graduation present.

Cut to an empty classroom as Kurt is entering it with Blaine to talk about what his father had done. "It was the best graduation gift ever," Kurt said in awe. "What about those monogrammed towels I got for you?" Blaine asked. "Oh, you didn't have to get me a gift, silly," Kurt said brushing it off. "Um we've been putting this off for far too long, but don't you think we should have the talk? Can't we just have two final days of denial?" Blaine frowned a bit as Kurt shook his head. "No, no, we cannot," Kurt said in a definite tone. "This is happening right now, Kurt. It's not some far-off thing in the future. You're graduating, I'm not," Blaine sighed taking a deep breath "You know how hard long-distance relationships can be. We both saw The Notebook." "Do you want to know how I picture the end of my life?" Kurt asked as Blaine looked at him "Just like in The Notebook, I'm sitting in a nursing home, talking endlessly about my high school sweetheart- my first love- going on and on about every little detail, as if they matter. Only, in my version, he's there with me, telling me to shut up so he can finish watching the American Cinematheque salute to J-Lo." "So we're going to be all right?" Blaine asked in a hopeful tone. "Yes, we're gonna be all right. I told you I'm never saying goodbye to you," Kurt assured Blaine who looked relieved "We'll figure out this whole long-distance relationship thing. I promise." "Okay," Blaine said satisfied with Kurt's answer before asking "So have you decided how you're going to say goodbye to everyone else?"

Cut to the choir room where Kurt is in front of the New Directions to say goodbye. "I wanted to dedicate my goodbye song to all of you, but I wanted to mostly thank the men in the room who have truly inspired me and never saw me for the things that made us different," Kurt smiled as some of the guys smiled back at him "You only saw me for the ways that we're the same. Because, in this room it doesn't matter if you're gay or straight what matters is that we're friends." Sam couldn't help but nod feeling what Kurt was saying especially since he himself had just accepted that he was bisexual this year. "To say goodbye, I wanted to perform a song with someone who's going to be there every step of the way in New York, so Rachel, come on up," Kurt smiled a bit as Rachel joined Kurt in front of the New Directions as the two began to perform 'For Good' from Wicked for the New Directions who were emotional listening to them perform.

 "I'm limited. Just look at me. I'm limited and just look at you. You can do all I couldn't do, Glinda. So now it's up to you for both of us now it's up to you," Rachel sang as Kurt then took over. "I've heard it said that people come into our lives for a reason. Bringing something we must learn and we are led to those who help us most to grow. If we let them, and we help them in return. Well, I don't know if I believe that's true but I know I'm who I am today because I knew you," Kurt sang as he then took Rachel's hand as the New Directions watched emotionally. "Like a comet pulled from orbit as it passes a sun. Like a stream that meets a boulder halfway through the wood. Who can say if I've been changed for the better? But because I knew you I have been changed for good," Kurt sang to Rachel as she smiled back at him as Rachel then took over the lead singing to Finn. "It well may be that we will never meet again in this lifetime. So let me say before we part. So much of me is made of what I learned from you. You'll be with me like a handprint on my heart and now whatever way our stories end. I know you have rewritten mine by being my friend," Rachel sang towards Kurt who smiled back at her "Like a ship blown from its mooring by a wind off the sea. Like a seed dropped by a skybird in a distant wood. Who can say if I've been changed for the better but because I knew you," Rachel sang. "Because I knew you," Kurt repeated to the New Directions. "I have been changed for good," Kurt and Rachel harmonized as the New Directions seemed thrilled with their performance. "And just to clear the air I ask forgiveness for the things I've done you blame me for," Rachel sang. "But then I guess we know there's blame to share," Kurt sang. "And none of it seems to matter anymore," Kurt and Rachel harmonized. "Like a comet pulled from orbit," Kurt sang. "Like a ship blown from its mooring," Rachel sang. "As it passes a sun," Kurt sang. "By a wind off the sea," Rachel sang. "Like a stream that meets a boulder," Kurt sang. "Like a seed dropped by a bird," Rachel sang. "Halfway through the wood," Kurt sang. "In the wood," Rachel sang. "Who can say if I've been changed for the better? I do believe I have been changed for the better," Kurt and Rachel harmonized. "And because I knew you," Kurt sang. "Because I knew you," Rachel repeated. "Because I knew you I have been changed for good," Kurt and Rachel harmonized as they finished the song as the New Directions cheered for them, clearly taken aback by the incredibly powerful performance, realizing how much they were all going to miss each other.