Disclaimer: I don't own Glee.
A/N: This idea has been bouncing around in my head for a while now and I'm just now getting around to getting it posted. It's another future fic and I hope you guys like it. If you read 'Moving on', this is the fic I was talking about posting.
"Of course I did, Daddy." Rachel said into the phone. "Yes… Kurt just brought the last box in… I have to go. I'll talk to you when you get back on Saturday. I love you, too. Tell Dad I miss him and that I love him. See you on Saturday. Bye, Daddy." She slipped the phone back into her pocket and turned to smile brightly at Kurt who was standing the doorway of the living room. "This is it. I am officially a home owner."
"You had an apartment in New York." Kurt pointed out.
"Yea, but this is a house." Rachel looked around. "My house... my home. This is my home."
"You've been back in Lima for five days already. Have you talked to Finn yet?" Kurt prodded.
Rachel let out a shallow breath and turned to pick up a box before sweeping past Kurt and into the kitchen, slamming the box onto the counter and quickly starting to unpack it. She did not want to get into this right now. Especially not with Kurt.
"Rachel." Kurt frowned.
"I have only talked to you, dad, and daddy since I got back. I'm not sure anyone else even knew I was planning on moving back to Lima." Rachel told him.
"He asks about you all the time." Kurt said. "He's going to find out that you're back eventually. It's been ten years since you two broke up. Don't you think it's time to move past whatever happened between you and Finn?"
Rachel sighed, knowing he was right, and sat down in one of the kitchen chairs with a defeated expression plastered on his face.
"He broke my heart, Kurt." Rachel's voice waivered.
"Sweetie." Kurt felt guilty for bringing this up. Finn had always been a sore area with Rachel, even after all of this time.
"I… I never want to feel like that again." She whispered and Kurt pulled her into a tight hug.
"So do you want to tell me what happened?" Kurt asked. "I promise I'll let you talk as long as you want and I won't even try to cut you off."
"Thanks." Her laugh was watery as she fought back the tears. "Maybe later though… I just can't right now."
"I understand." Kurt nodded. "Whatever it is… I'm on your side, Rachel. Finn may be my brother but I'll always love you more."
"I love you, too." She smiled and patted his hand. "Now help me unpack these boxes. I'd like to get it done by tonight."
"Sure thing." Kurt moved around the house easily, placing everything in its right place and making a few changes in Rachel's arrangement of the furniture.
"So I heard Mercedes is doing great in Chicago." Rachel commented after a while.
"Yea." Kurt replied. "She hasn't been back to Lima in a few years but she's texts me all the time. She met someone a few months ago. They're going pretty strong. You'll never guess who it is." He looked over at her.
"Who?" Rachel asked.
"Matt." Kurt smiled, deviously and Rachel's eyes widened. "I know! I had the same reaction!"
"Our Matt?" Rachel laughed. "Who would have guessed? Now that you mention it they do make an adorable couple."
"I'm not sure if you heard but Artie and Brittany made it official a few months ago." Kurt told her. "I think they're still living in California." He noticed her face grow dark and he frowned. "What's wrong?"
"Nothing." She shook her head and busied herself with the box in front of her. "I'm fine."
"I'm your best friend, Rachel. You can't lie to me." Kurt said.
Rachel looked up at him and then back at the box, biting back the tears that threatened to betray her. "I'm just wondering how all of this happened." She shrugged.
"What do you mean?" He asked.
"Artie and Brittany are married; Mercedes and Matt are getting serious; Sam is living with Quinn in Alabama; Mike and Tina moved in together years ago; and you… you and Blaine are so in love. I'm just… I'm jealous. I look around at everyone, I see how happy they are, and I wonder… I wonder why I'm still alone. I'm 28, living by myself in the same town I was raised in, I'm a failed Broadway star and I'm alone. Do you know how pathetic that is?"
"Listen to me, you are not a failure. I don't even want to hear that word come out of your mouth again." Kurt told her firmly. "You are beautiful and you're talented. You will find that someone. I know you will and it will be soon."
"You really think so?" Her voice was small.
"I know so." He smiled. "You'll find your Prince… you just might have to kiss a few frogs along the way."
Rachel frowned and sighed. "I'm tired of frogs."
"Me too, sweetie." Kurt chuckled.
"You have Blaine." She pointed out.
"I meant I'm tired of your frogs. No offense, but you have the worst taste in men." Kurt told her.
"Thanks." She rolled her eyes. "I love you too, Kurt."
"You have to admit that you pick some losers." Kurt frowned. "Finn, Jesse, that guy from the bank… They are all class A douche bags."
"Isn't Finn your brother?" Rachel shook her head.
"Your point?" Kurt asked.
"You shouldn't speak so ill of him." She sighed. "Just because he and I broke up doesn't mean you have to dislike him so bluntly."
"Why did you two break up again?" Kurt pondered.
"Kurt." Rachel warned quietly.
"Sorry." Kurt jumped up from the chair, quick to change the subject. "You should come out with Blaine and me tonight. We're going to this new bar in town. It's going to be fun."
"Maybe." Rachel nodded. "It would be nice to get out for a while. I don't know the last time I actually went out with some friends."
"Oh and Rachel…?" Kurt stopped at the door on his way out. "It's karaoke night at the bar tonight."
"Eww." Rachel laughed and hugged Kurt. "Just don't let me drink."
"Yes, we all know how funny you get when you're drunk." Kurt shuddered. "I don't even want to think of the last time you got drunk with Blaine and I."
"Spin the bottle and a duet with me and Blaine." Rachel frowned and shook her head. "Not pretty."
"It's a good thing we got past all of that." Kurt nodded. "We'll meet you tonight at six. The bar is on the corner of second and main."
"I'll be there." Rachel told him. "I'm going to try to get most of these boxes unpacked and then I'll probably soak in the tub for a while before I show up."
"Bye, sweetie." Kurt kissed her cheek and she closed the front door behind him.
Turning back to look at the mess that was her new house she smiled. This was all hers. New beginnings. That was her mantra from now on. New beginnings. She was back in Lima and she was determined to make something of herself.
After unpacking the few boxes she and Kurt hadn't gotten to before he left, she had slipped to her nose in the bubble bath she had ran, but now she was rushing out of her front door in a black mini dress at nearly 5:30 and at this rate she was going to be late.
She was almost to the bar Kurt had told her to meet him at when she saw the blue lights flashing in her rearview mirror. She cursed herself under her breath and pulled over onto the side of the road. If this was a preview of what the rest of the night was going to be like she should just go home and hide under her covers.
A/N: I know this is kind of short but I thought it was better if I stopped it here. So what did Finn do to Rachel? Who's the cop pulling her over? I probably won't get to the Finn thing next chapter but I will be adding a lot more of the Glee members. Probably Finn, Puck, Mike, Tina, and Blaine. The others probably won't be in it. Except Santana. She's going to play a big role in this fic but I won't bring her in next chapter.