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FLY WITH ME
Ch. 01 – "Secrets."
-Rachel-
Finally my 18th birthday is coming! Just two weeks!
Well, let me introduce myself, I'm Rachel Barbra Berry, Rach for short, I'm just a normal girl, senior in school, with a cool family.
The problem comes to my love life, I'm 17 and I never had a boyfriend, I never even kissed anyone. It's such a shame, but I'm in love with my father's boss, wait, he's young, well, kinda. He's 30, but soooooo HOT and kind. I've been in love with him since the first time I saw him, I was 15 back then. He became my father's best friend 'cause he actually has no family, must be sad right? Well, I could give him a family! Okay, I must stop dreaming, he'll never look at me that way.
He started to come here in my house every weekend, he still does, it's so hard to see my older sister all over him. Her name's Quinn and she's 22, well, and waaaay prettier than me! Of course if he had to choose one of us he would choose her, even though I think dad would flip if he started to go out with either of us.
I actually need to change clothes 'cause we're going to have lunch at Mr. Hudson's house. Yay, I need to look cute for him, hey what? A girl can dream!
-narrator-
*At the Hudson's house*
Finn opened up the door and smiled at The Berry's, he hugged each and every one of them, Rachel was the last, as usual. He hugged her tight and secretly smelled her hair, then he looked at her and winked, she blushed and everyone sat on the living room couch, oblivious to what just happened, to have a chat till lunch was served.
"I know that Rachel's birthday is coming and since I'm a huge friend of the family I was thinking we should throw a party here at my house, I barely use it and it's huge, what do you say Hiram?" Finn asked and Rachel immediately stared at him. WHAT?
"But we can't afford an expensive party." Hiram answered feeling a bit ashamed that he couldn't do that for his daughter.
"It will be my gift for her, what do you say?" Finn insisted.
"We can't take it... sorry!" Rachel looked so disappointed that she pouted at her dad.
"C'mon daddy! I never had a cool birthday party. It's my 18th birthday, it's special!" she begged and Hiram looked down.
"C'mon Dad, Rach's right." Quinn said knowing she would be able to spend more time with Mr. Hudson.
"Okay girls, you can have your party Rach." Hiram finally said and the brunette's eyes glowed.
"YAY!" she said while hugging her father tight.
"You don't need to thank me, you need to thank Finn." He said and Rachel blushed a bit smiling at her crush and father's best friend.
"Thanks Mr. Hudson." At that moment Finn opened his arms for her and pouted.
"What about my hug?" Rachel hugged him shyly thanking him, he chuckled and whispered in her ear. "You're welcome my beautiful." She pulled away gently at his words and blushed the hardest she's done her whole life.
...after a while...
Rachel was sat on the couch beside Quinn, who was wearing a mini skirt to impress Finn, but he wasn't paying any attention to Quinn at all. So she decided to get closer to him so their thighs were touching, he immediately stood up and said he was gonna check out if lunch was ready.
"This man will be mine." Quinn whispered to Rachel that laughed.
"Keep dreaming!"
"You think I didn't notice the way you look at him since forever? You're crazy about him, but to him you're only a child, nothing but a child." Quinn said and Rachel got teary eyes, the blond one could be so mean when she wanted. "Remember you are a fail when it comes to man."
"Excuse me, I'm going to the bathroom." Rachel said to her older sister and left the living room crying.
Hiram and Shelby were talking so they didn't notice that Rachel was crying when she walked away.
Rachel kept walking 'till she found a bathroom in that huge house, after she stopped crying, she tried to go back to the living room but she realized she was lost, and she didn't have her phone with her, what would she do now?
She kept walking around till she found a door, she thought it was the place that would lead her to where she wanted but actually it was just a huge library, she was astonish when she saw Finn siting there reading something, he just looked at her, the book still covering his face, only letting his eyes show.
"Sorry... I didn't mean to bother, but I got lost." Finn smiled kindly at her.
"It's okay." He answered and she didn't even look at him she was mesmerized by the library.
"Wow... I love reading, this is like the paradise to me." She said more to herself than to Finn. He chuckled anyway.
"You can come here to read whenever you want." He said kindly and she smiled at him but never approached him. "Are you afraid of me?" she looked confused.
"No." She looked down before continuing. "It's just, it's nothing! I can't thank you enough for the party."
"It's fine, I like to see people happy. It's very sad to be alone." He said with the saddest tone she had ever heard.
"I'm sorry to hear that, but you're not alone, you have my family to count on." She offered and he smiled.
"Not what I meant, you don't understand." She shook her head and walked closer to him.
"Actually I do. I have no one as well, it's sad to see all your friends with guys and you never had that, not even a kiss." She confessed and his eyes widened.
"Have you been crying?" he asked as he noticed her red eyes. She looked down.
"I'm fine. Can you take me back to the living room?" he nodded knowing something was wrong with her.
"Sure. Come here, but you gotta promise me that you will come back here more often to use my library and to talk to me, will you?" he asked with a puppy dog face and she couldn't say no.
"Yes."
"Awesome! And you can invite anyone you want to your party, okay? I want it to be just the way you want it. I want it to be perfect for you."
"Why are you doing all this? I don't deserve all this." She looked down. Finn pulled her chin up with his finger.
"Don't think so low of yourself, you deserve everything. And I'm doing this cause I want to see you happy."
"Do you see me like a daughter?" he chuckled, oh God knew he didn't.
"No, more like a friend, you already have an amazing dad, you don't need me as a father too. Now let's go? Lunch must be ready."
LATER
"Rachel, can I talk to you just for a while before you leave?" Finn asked and the whole family looked at them and Rachel just nodded and walked away with Finn, that before leaving told everyone that he wanted to talk to her about the party, cause after all they only had two weeks to get everything ready.
"Rachel, here's my number, you can call me anytime you need okay?" he said smiling and she just nodded confused.
"Thanks! And here's mine." She offered, she really had no idea how to act next to him.
"Okay. See you some other time, right?" he asked hopeful and she just nodded.
"Sure. Thanks for everything."
*Berry's house*
"What did Mr. Hudson want to you?" Quinn asked and Rachel just rolled her eyes fake smiling at her sister.
"To tell me that I can invite everyone I want to the party."
"I need to hook up with him at your party, it will be my best opportunity." Rachel felt like punching her sister but she didn't want her to know she felt something for Finn. She just laughed.
"Right. He won't hook up with you. You're his best friend's daughter!" Quinn glared at her.
"And? You say this cause you're jealous!" she accused and Rachel stood up walking away.
"Whatever."
Rachel was laying in bed staring at the ceiling thinking if she was going so delusional or Finn was really changing with her, maybe he wanted something more. NAH! Okay maybe he indeed does, but she still couldn't help but think she was just imagining things. Suddenly she got a text, she read it and smiled the biggest she could, it read:
"Hey Rachel, I know this may seem weird but I just wanted to say goodnight. Sleep tight! It feels good to have someone to say goodnight to. Love, Finn."
Rachel didn't know exactly what to reply to that sweet text she just got, it was so surreal for her. Was Finn Hudson, her father's boss and best friend really into her? She was just a loser 17 year old girl. He was a successful 30 year old business man, and he had Quinn totally over him, she was thousand times more beautiful than her and older too. OMG! Was she really going crazy? She decided to just answer with a simple goodnight and a smiley face. He couldn't suspect she was in love with him, or he could tell her dad, she fought so hard to keep this secret for two years, she couldn't let her guard down now.
NEXT WEEK
-after school-
Hiram had called Rachel and told her Finn would pick her up so they could arrange everything for the party, they had already set a lot of things and now they still needed to set the details, she couldn't help but be excited to spend the whole afternoon with Finn on their own, till now her mom was always there, but not today.
Rachel was thinking about life when she saw Finn's car park beside her, she smiled at him and got inside.
"Hello!" he said smiling.
"Hello Mr. Hudson. Thanks for picking me up." She said politely and he sighed.
"No problem."
-Finn's house-
"So today I brought the person who will take care of the decoration of the party, you can talk to her all you want. Ashley, come here please." He said and a very beautiful blond woman walked in smiling at Rachel and pecking Finn's cheek.
"Hey!"
"Ash, this is Rachel, she's Hiram's daughter. You must do whatever she wants okay?" he commanded and she nodded.
"Sure." Rachel felt so jealous of them, they looked close.
"Thank you!" Rachel said smiling a yellow smile at her. As soon as Ashley and Rachel got alone the blond woman turned to the brunette one suspiciously.
"So, are you and Finn dating?" Rachel blushed hard and shook her head.
"No, of course not! Why?" she asked taken aback.
"Oh, I've never seen Finn so excited about something like he is with your party." She confessed and Rachel smiled big.
"Really?" she nodded and smiled back at Rachel.
"Really! I'm his cousin. He deserves to be happy, he's a very good guy." Rachel just nodded, she had no idea why Ashley was telling her that.
LATER
Ashley had already gone away and Rachel was waiting for Finn to drive her home.
"Wanna go home now?" he asked a bit disappointed, he wanted to spend more time with her.
"Not really but I think it's getting late." She tried to explain herself and he nodded.
"You're right. You know, there's this movie I wanna see in the cinema, but I have no one to go with" he took a deep breath. "Wanna go with me?" he asked and she blushed hard.
"Of course, when?" he smiled.
"Tomorrow, I pick you up after school, okay?" Rachel smiled back.
"Sure."
Rachel kept smiling when they entered Finn's car, she couldn't help but think whether she should ask him why he just asked her on a date, wait, was it a date? She was so confused, so she decided to stay quiet.
When Finn parked his car in front of Rachel's house he smiled at her and hugged her tight not wanting to let her go, he pecked her cheek and said bye in her ear. Rachel got so overwhelmed by the way he was getting closer to her, still she was still wondering if he would go back to treating her like just before after her party, she was hoping he wouldn't.
"Wait! I have something for you." He called her out and she leaned on the window of the car from outside.
"Yes?" Finn handed her a black box.
"Open it when you get inside, okay? See you tomorrow. Bye bye!" he winked and her and left, she couldn't be happier.
-Rachel's room-
She opened the box and saw a beautiful Tiffany necklace, it was shaped in two hearts forming the infinity sign, her eyes went wide, then she saw a note inside, it read:
"Hey Rachel, I was walking around the mall and I thought it was beautiful just like you. It's the infinite sign formed by two hearts, maybe our hearts? I hope to see you wearing it soon. Love – Finn."
"Our hearts?" she asked herself shocked.
...to be continued.