Here I am attempting to write another fanfic. I lost motivation and got stressed out with school. I'm not giving up on my other story, but I'm taking a break from it. This idea came to me and I just had to write it. Hope you enjoy the story.

BACKGROUND: Based after "Extraordinary Merry Christmas." The Gleeks receive news that change all their lives forever and must stand together in this difficult time. I do not own anything except one character who I created for this story so ND would have an even number, plus an equal balance of boys and girls. Will mostly be Finn's POV. Heavy on Finchel and Klaine, with heavy Finn/ Kurt brother moments and Finn/ Blaine friendship. Label may change as story progresses. COUPLES: Finchel, Klaine, Quick, Brittana, Tike, Samcedes, Artie/ Sugar, Rory/ OC.

The New Directions finished performing at the Homeless shelter. Everyone was sure they'd made the right choice, despite what their other offer had been. After Sectionals, the group had really begun to come together again. The first three months of the year had been just crazy. The group had begun with ten members, after Lauren and Quinn had quit and Sam moved out of state. Just when Blaine had joined, Santana had been kicked out. Almost right after Quinn and Santana had come back, Mercedes had left after Rachel had gotten the part of Maria to join the Troubletones, taking Santana and Brittany with her. Finn recruited Rory to join Glee, but still, there weren't enough to qualify. The week before Sectionals, Rachel had been suspended and Finn recruited Sam to come back to McKinley, though Sam was living at Finn's house. Finally, after Sectionals, Mercedes, Santana and Brittany returned to New Directions, bringing Sugar and another girl named Katie from the Troubletones with them.

Just going through all that made Finn's head hurt. The year had been crazy. But one thing was good. He and Rachel had kept a stable relationship, and they were happier than ever. There hadn't been any fights, nothing that even made one of them consider breaking up. He thought they were happy before, but when he compared then to now, there was no comparison.

She'd had her share of hard times this semester. She and Kurt had been through a big fallout when she thought she hadn't gotten the part of Maria and decided to enter the class president's race. Rachel then withdrew and decided to make it up to Kurt by stuffing the ballot box. She'd been suspended and banned from competing at Sectionals and was devastated.

But now - that didn't matter. Finn was enjoying tonight with all his friends, performing for the homeless. His family would be having a Christmas dinner back home with Rachel and Blaine's families. Sam's parents had come into Ohio and were taking him out to dinner, but he'd be home tonight, meaning Finn and Rachel had the room to themselves for the afternoon.

Finn, Rachel, Kurt and Blaine drove back to the Hudson-Hummel house where Burt, Carole, Rachel's dads and Blaine's family were waiting. After a quick dinner, Finn and Rachel returned to Finn's room to lie on his bed. As they lay down, Rachel just reached out and pulled off Finn's shirt. Finn smirked and unhooked her bra.

-/-

About an hour later, Finn heard the door to his room open and pulled the blanket over himself and Rachel. He didn't want anyone to have to walk in on them sleeping together. The light flitched on and Finn looked up to see Sam. "How's your family?" Finn asked.

"It was great to see them," Sam said. "Do you need me to step out for a few minutes so you and Rachel can - fix things?"

Finn nodded. "Yeah, thanks Sam." He breathed a quick sigh of relief. It wouldn't have been good if one of their parents had walked in on them.

One of Rachel's dads came upstairs. "Rachel, we should probably get home now."

Finn sighed with relief again that they were dressed by the time Rachel's dad came upstairs. "I'll see you tomorrow, right?" Finn asked Rachel.

Rachel smiled. "Of course! Last year's winter break was just miserable. We're spending every moment together."

Finn gave Rachel a kiss. "Merry Christmas, Rach."

Rachel returned the kiss. "Merry Christmas, Finn."

-/-

Finn collapsed on the couch and begin looking through the "Finchel scrapbook" Rachel had given him for Christmas. She'd put in photos and other memorabilia from throughout their relationship. It was so sweet. He didn't even know she'd saved all this stuff. There was a program or ticket stub from virtually every event they'd attended together.

Kurt came downstairs. "Hi Finn. I guess you prefer Rachel's gift to mine?"

Finn laughed. "I liked yours too."

"It's fine," Kurt said. "I'll admit, my gift from Blaine was my favorite." He then started coughing.

"Are you okay?" Finn asked.

"I haven't been feeling well these past few weeks," Kurt said. "I've been getting tired easily, and I've been sore a lot."

Finn wrinkled his nose. "That's not good."

"It's probably a virus or something," Kurt said.

"I hope it's nothing too bad," Finn said back.

-/-

Finn woke up the next morning to a silent house, something he hadn't expected. He was usually the last one up, but even so, he had a feeling something wasn't quite right. He checked in Kurt's room and then in Burt and Carole's to see both rooms totally empty. Finn then went downstairs to find a note on the kitchen table.

"Finn - went to hospital at 3 in the morning with Kurt and Burt. If we're not home by the time you wake up, fix yourself some breakfast. Mom"

Finn gulped. Just last night Kurt had told him he wasn't feeling well - had something happened?

As he began to fix himself breakfast, Finn's cell phone went off. He looked at the caller ID, noticing it was his mom. "Mom, what's going on?" Finn asked.

"Finn, come down to the hospital," Carole simply said. "We need you there."

Finn dropped the phone and ran to his car.

So there we have it - what do you think happened? I'll post the next chapter soon - luckily my school's scaled back this week, so I'm already at work on it :)