A Kelcharol Collaboration

Hi there, just a quick introduction about the authors', we are three friends and glee, Cory Monteith/Finchel fans, who normally write and post under our own pen names of: khazrn43, lefthandedrn and cab4five. But we wanted to try our hand at a collaboration hence the new pen name KELCHAROL and well, this is the result. We had a great time writing it we really hope you enjoy it and leave lots of positive reviews which will encourage us to do more collaboration work in the future when time and real life permits, this story is just for fun. Please be assured we will continue to write our own separate stories under our own pen names.

We own nothing but the plot and any OC characters. Glee characters, music/songs and named brands used belong to their rightful owners.

Thanks for reading.

This is for our favorite Canadian #5.

**Keep on drumming, honor the tether, and always, always remember the drummer**

Summary: A story about a girl and a boy and their own real life fairy tale as told to the next generation by way of a photo album and storybook.

After their Grandparents' retirement as they are helping with the packing of the family home ready for the move to a smaller condo in a retirement complex. The teenage Finchel grandchildren find a photo album and journal. Finn and Rachel Hudson relive their past by telling the kids the stories behind their discoveries.

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A/N: This first chapter is written by cab4five,

Prologue:

"Nana is there anything I can do to help?" 14 year old Alice asked as her Nana Hudson was unfolding packing boxes.

Turning around at the voice Rachel smiles and says, "Oh yes thank you darling the shelf in the guest bedroom needs doing, everything should be OK to go, just make sure not to overfill the boxes or your poor poppy will do himself an injury and I'll never hear the end of it."

Alice showed off the dimpled Hudson smile as she remembered her granddad boasting that him, being a big tough man nothing would ever bring him down, but when he caught the flu last winter all his tough attitude went right out the window. Alice and her Nana couldn't help but giggle as Alice impersonated Poppy Finn cocooned in his Superman dressing gown and fluffy bear slippers as well as a hand knitted scarf and woolly hat, hugging a hot water bottle to his chest as he shuffled around the house, then fighting with the cat for the warmest spot in his favorite squishy chair by the fire, in the end giving up and letting George make himself comfy on his lap before the pair of them fell fast asleep.

The girls were still giggling when a deep "AHEM" brought them back to the present.

"Oh h-hi Poppy, Nana was just showing me what needed to be packed." Alice said giggling at the frown and pouty look on his face.

Rachel trying to hold in her own laughter, left her granddaughter to it and turned towards her husband who despite being in his late 6o's was still as handsome and sexy as he was at 14 when they met.

"Did you need me for something honey?"

Finn's puzzled look has Rachel reaching up on her toes and cupping a tiny hand around Finn's cheek and then pressing a soft kiss on his mouth, sucking on her bottom lip trying to taste the kiss for a bit longer, as she looks up at him.

"You girls weren't laughing at me were you? Coz it sure sounded like you were encouraging our baby granddaughter to make fun of her poor poppy."

Finn raises his eyebrow in question at his tiny wife as he waits for her to defend herself, but just as she looks as though she is going to speak,

Ben their 16 year old grandson who is nearly a Finn clone, races up the stairs calling for Rachel and asking worriedly

"Is it time for lunch yet Nana? I am absolutely starving and could eat a horse. "

Through her giggles Rachel says "You know Mr Hudson that boy is just like you were at the same age, a bottomless stomach on hollow legs. Ok Ben, you help Alice finish the shelf in the bedroom and I'll go and organise some lunch sweetheart."

A chorus of "Thanks Nana" from the bedroom, followed by a loud "Yes" from beside her has more giggles escaping Rachel's lips as she tugs on her husband's hand directing him down stairs to the kitchen.

Half an hour later Rachel calls up to the kids, that lunch is ready. They race down each holding tightly in their arms, a thick pink journal type book covered in star stickers and a hard bound photo album. Putting them on the table and both asking at once for their grandparents to tell them what all the photos of themselves when they were younger dressed in fancy dress costumes are all about.

"Oh my goodness, I'd forgotten about those books and I have to admit the story is pretty amazing, ok kids let's finish lunch and then we'll go into the family room. You have been so very helpful so I suppose it would be a good time for a break, what to you say Finn, shall we tell them?" Rachel turns to her husband and knows his answer before she even asks the question

"Hell Yeah, that story is gold babe." The kids laugh at their Nana's frown and Poppy's shamefaced looks at his 'swearing' before tucking into their lunch of home made pizza.

A short while later Finn and Rachel are sat on the sofa a book each spread open over their laps and a grandchild either side.

"This story was one of the many I wrote and had published and it was based on mine and Poppy's relationship from when we met as 14 year olds, and some of the photos in that album match with each chapter" Rachel says smiling at her family.

Rachel and Finn share a long love filled look before she takes a deep drink from her water glass smiles at the kids waiting with bated breath to hear her words, she clears her throat and begins.

"When a girl met a boy…

Chapter one: Could it be love at first sight..."

Flashback:

Chapter One: Could it be love at first sight?

Like the vast majority of little girl's the world over Rachel Berry grew up believing in fairy tales, and that one day her handsome, brave prince charming, dressed in shiny armour would suddenly appear on his white steed, and whisk her away to his majestic castle, then they would get married and live happily ever after.

Her daddies always encouraged her to use her imagination and dream, because like they always said,

"Dreams can come true poppet and you never know when the stars will align and your prince will come he may not have shiny armour and a white horse, but if he is the 'one' you will know! Just always remember the road to true love can be a rocky one so keep your eyes open and watch where you step. But most importantly don't forget to live and just be yourself while you wait. Because if he really is the one, that will be good enough."

As she grew she was the apple of her doting dads' eye's she was happy, even though the number of friends she had regular contact with was able to be counted on one hand, and that they were mainly her cousins' who were spread far and wide in different parts of the country, from Arizona, to North Carolina and even as far away as Australia. The kids at school always gave her weird looks, they weren't necessarily mean to her per say, but they didn't go out of their way to be friendly either, Rachel had given up hoping the hand of friendship she extended to her classmates would be returned, and over time she'd got used to it and tried to forget it. Involving herself in all the 'artistic' groups and clubs she could, using her colorful imagination to create stories and plot ideas that one day might be useful if her dream of being a writer played out.

She enjoyed helping her dads' when she wasn't at school in their fancy dress costume hire business. Dreaming up all sorts of stories and writing them down in her pink star covered journal about the customers from all walks of life who came in, some knowing exactly what they wanted, and those who spent hours deciding on which costume. Rachel sometimes helped the clueless ones choose, asking them questions about the event they needed said costume for. Obviously Halloween was the busiest time of year but the rest of the year could be just as hectic, with birthday parties, school concerts/talent shows or proms, also the local media companies requiring costumes for TV ads and magazine photo shoots and the like.

Well, as we all know reality is nowhere near as much fun as our fantasies and dreams. Just as she was to start her freshman year at high school our Rachel was still alone and friendless, well not friendless exactly, but she certainly wasn't part of a large group who spent time outside of school together, and without so much as one phone number that didn't belong to a family member, the local police and hospital and all the other emergency services there were in her little town of Leopold Ohio, in her shiny new sparkly pink cell-phone, and only her cousins following her on her face-book page.

But…

Little did she know her world and her life as she knew it was about to change, perhaps not straight away but something in the universe was about to shift, and would make proper sense one day in the not too distant future…

Finn Hudson's dad James and Uncle Oliver, own and run the local advertising company 'Hudson Promotions'. Where Finn helps out as a general gopher, when he is on vacation from school. He really enjoys his time at the office especially when they have a big shoot coming up like now. They are working with Pierce Home improvements and construction, and apparently Mr Pierce wanted them to combine Halloween with his company's work. So ideas were thrown about and James and Oliver came up with an idea for a photo shoot, that would be a bit of fun and also grab every ones interest not to mention be in keeping with the season.

Even though James and Oliver thought the request was a little strange the team came up with the idea of zombies and skeletons and the like, who would be the workmen in the ads and then a family not unlike the old TV show the Munster's or the Addams family, would live in the brand new sparkling home with all their creepy things and all the neighbors, some of whom were the same, and others who were 'regular people' would all come by with with plates of food and drinks for a welcoming/ house-warming party. Then after a tour of their friend's new improved home the neighbors would be gushing excitedly about the quality workmanship and design of their new Pierce family home, and how they would be calling Pierce Pierce for his personal opinion on the improvements to their own castles and wondered if it was possible to include a moat and drawbridge in the front yard.

Mr Pierce loved the idea and couldn't wait to see the drawing board drafts, his only query was could they somehow put the family's cat Lord Tubbington in the ads, because he (the cat) had told his daughter Brittany quite seriously he wanted to try his paw at acting and that he even had an idea for his own costume.

Which is where Finn came in he had a list of the costumes required, and was to check with Berry's Costume and Hire shop that they would have enough and also give them time to get extras in if needed. So this particular day he makes his way to the shop on Starwood Street thinking about what his mom might make for dinner, suddenly frowning when he realizes he starts his freshman year high school in a week or so, and wonders where the summer went.

But he thought about what his mom always said "Remember Finn honey, every stage in your life is a new journey that can open so many doors if you just choose the right one, always just be you, you are special and can make your own mind up about things or which people to be friends with, without the need to follow the herd."

Even though the thought of high school sort of scared him a little it was also exciting, he was looking forward to the extra curricular subjects he could take like photography, art and design as well as business and computing. Which he knew would help him later on when he joined his dad and Uncle in the family business. Since he could remember he had loved going to work with his dad and seeing how the company ran and a few times had helped with ideas for ad campaigns that won the contract and made Hudson Promotions and him by extension a lot of money.

While singing along softly to the song playing over the store speakers, Rachel unhurriedly, continued with her task of steam cleaning a rack of vampire costumes in the work room. It was hot work and as such Rachel was dressed simply in a tank top and shorts her long thick brunette hair, restrained somewhat, in a messy bun on the top of her head, her face was damp and flushed pink from the steam. When she'd finished with the hand held steamer and organized the costumes into their correct sizes so the rack looked tidy. Finally happy with the order, unable to help the fact she was a perfectionist and had a vehement dislike regarding things being out of order or untidy. Nodding her head in satisfaction she pushed the rack back towards the shop floor. Still singing along to the music. Hoping any customers would have a look around (she didn't hear the door bell) so was thankful that she had time to at least splash some cold water on her face and make herself a little more presentable.

But the sound of the doorbell ringing made her hurry, and for some unexplained reason Rachel was drawn immediately to the new comer without even seeing their face, she made her way around the rack only to bump face to chest into the cutest boy she had ever seen ever…

With a big smile on his face and feeling extra lucky today, Finn Hudson pushed open the door of Berry's costume and hire, not having the slightest clue that one of those doors his mom was always talking about was about to open and change his life for ever.

Ducking slightly as to not bash his head on the low hanging bell. He made his way to the counter, but just to the left of the door he spotted a rack of zombie costumes and thought he'd just have a look while he waited for an assistant to come. Hudson Promotions had used Berry's before, as had Finn for Halloween a couple of years ago. But this was the first time Finn had been given the job of checking out what was needed for a campaign, He is just about to walk around the rack, putting his hand on the rail to check the sizes against the list his dad gave him when he suddenly crashes into a person wheeling another rack of costumes, a small person, a very cute girl person... A VERY VERY cute tiny girl person!

"Oh man shoot… WHOA!..." Finn holds out his hands, making contact with the prettiest girl he has ever seen, trying to stop her from tripping over the rack and falling to the floor. Marveling at the sudden jolt of electricity that rushed through his body

Finn is lost for words as the tiny girl who looks to be about his age rights herself and shyly bites her lip and swipes her fingers along her dark fringe moving her hair out of her eyes, her beautiful big brown eyes shining with something Finn couldn't understand and her face flushed a delicate pink.

"Oh dear I'm so very sorry are you alright?" She asks her voice shaky with worry.

"Yeah, yeah I'm fine, are you OK, man I'm really sorry … Ha, me and my giant clumsy feet..."

"No really I'm fine thank you, Oh… um I'm Rachel by the way… Rachel Berry."

"Ah… Finn Hudson, Finn Hudson... hi Rachel." He mumbles nervously wondering what is the matter with him, and why did he find it necessary to repeat his name like he was talking to a foreigner or something.

"Hello Finn, well if you are sure you are OK, is there something I can help you with in regards to costumes?"

Finn is just standing there lost in her voice even though she only said half a dozen or so words, something he can't define has just happened. And of course all of a sudden he has lost the ability to speak. That is until he feels an explosion of heat run up his arm and settle somewhere in his chest.

"Finn are you sure you are alright? Do you need some water or something?"

Shaking his head to clear the thick fog that appeared when Rachel touched his skin he licks his lips and runs his left hand through his dark hair then rests it on his neck. Finally finding his voice and swallowing the sudden lump in his throat, he says.

"Yeah really I'm ok Rach, but um yeah I guess… I wonder if you can help me, My Dad's advertising company have just got a contract for Pierce Home improvements and we need Halloween type costumes, you know, zombies', skeletons' ghosts' and that kinda stuff, I have a list somewhere..."

Finn pats his pockets a couple of times, the tiny girl standing in-front of him watching him with wide eyes and a smile that he reckons would rival the sun. His own shy smile showing his dimples off to their full dorky glory and his face feeling warm and mirrored in her big dark eyes.

"Hold on I have it somewhere… maybe I dropped it hang on…" he drags his eyes away from Rachel and bends his body slightly to check out the floor around their feet, but stops his nervous rambling the instant he feels Rachel's hand on his skin again and in that instant his lungs stop working and his head goes all dizzy and he feels like he might pass out. His brain snaps to order then when he hears her soft voice laced with laughter say…

"Is this the paper you are looking for Finn?"

He then feels her slide the sheet of notepaper from his fingers and smooth it out against her shirt clad belly.

Instead of words he answers her with a sheepish smile and nods his head, thinking she probably thinks he is a dork and wouldn't accept his invitation to go bowling with him on Saturday. (WHOA Hudson, where the heck did that come from? Man you only just met this girl and already you are asking her out.)

Well, he thought his words were only in his head anyway and wondered why she had tears in her eyes, maybe he did do her some damage when he nearly knocked her to the floor …. his internal voice cursing his clumsy giant body, well giant compared to Rachel he reasons, his thoughts interrupted when a soft…

"I'd love to go bowling with you Finn shall we say 1pm we shut the shop at 12 noon, will you pick me up from here?"

All Finn can do is nod wondering what just happened but liking the idea more and more, he had never had much luck talking to girls before, they always got annoyed by his ability to ramble on in what they always said was 'stupid boy word vomit'. "Kings' know how to speak properly Finn and when we are in high school and running for prom court YOU will have to be more eloquent!"… well when he says 'they' he really means her, Quinn Fabray. The only girl in his grade school class that scares him and most of the boys.

But for the first time in his life he isn't made to feel stupid, maybe coz he has never tried to talk to the 'RIGHT' girl before, one who doesn't think he dribbles crap and has the most beautiful deep brown eyes that seem to see right inside him. One who he wants to talk to and have her talk to him for a long time to come. He spends a few more minutes lost in her eyes and wondering why he's never noticed her at school, coz she is too pretty to forget, maybe he muses she was in the advanced classes and had different lunch times or something but now they have met he sure won't forget.

The loud tinkling of the door bell and calling of her name, shake both Finn and Rachel from their moment. Rachel turns from him to answer who he figures are her parents.

"Hi Dads', This is Finn Hudson from Hudson Promotions and they have a really big campaign coming up and are wondering if we can help them out with Halloween inspired costumes, here is the list of their requirements, we have enough don't we? If not I can make some more I know we have plenty of material out back."

Rachel's speed of light speech was cut short by her Dad walking over to her and Finn and slowly taking the piece of paper from his daughter's hand and watching the boy watch his daughter with a look that for some reason didn't make him worry.

"Hello Finn, is it?" Smiling at Finn's rapid head nodding Leroy continues, well firstly thank you for considering us for your business requirements, I have seen plenty of your company's work and had previous dealings with them and think very highly of both your Father and Uncle, now let me introduce my self properly My name is Leroy Berry and this." indicating to a shorter man wearing round glasses and a beaming smile on his face that according to Finn is just like Rachel's) is my Husband Hiram Berry."

Swallowing deeply again Finn offers his hand to the two men with a quiet "Hello Sir's it is nice to meet you and we at Hudson Promotions are very happy to use local business where we can, please just let us know if you have any problems with our request, my Dad's contact details are on the top of the page. So I will go now and see you soon I hope."

Whilst the Mr. Berry's were checking over the list, Rachel had moved closer to him and squeezed his hand, then as she opened the door whispered to him that she was really looking forward to Saturday. Finn spent the 1o minutes it took to walk back to the office thinking about bowling and tiny girls with bright beaming smiles and kissing soft pink lips, not even acknowledging a particular blonde girl calling to him from the beauty salon as he passed by.

Rachel was thinking that she had already the outline for a fantastic story, one which she was positive would be a long time in the making, that thought making her smile extra wide. Nothing could wipe it off even the nasty tone of the wannabe queen of the popular group at school Quinn Fabray and her dim witted followers who couldn't help but comment on her clothes, and ask if she knew about the sale at the local Gap for kids store for the millionth time, when she saw them that afternoon at the market. Rachel just waved and gave the girls an even brighter smile saying she hoped they would be so lucky to one day find clothes that were individual instead of the production line cheerleaders outfit they always wore. She ignored the litany of curse words that followed her, instead chuckling aloud and wishing everyone she passed a wonderful day. Wondering on her way home why she had never seen Finn at school before as she is positive she wouldn't forget him, but then she didn't spend much time at all mixing with the other kids.

To be continued...

A/N: How was that? Please leave a review and tell us what you thought. Chapter two up soon.