Hey guys, so here's chapter on of my new story, as always I hope you enjoy and remember I do take suggestions and I do read every single review I recieve. :)

Disclaimer: I do not own GLEE Ryan Murphy and Fox do.

CHAPTER ONE: THE START OF IT ALL

Finn Hudson and Rachel Berry were two different people, two different schools, different friends, different goals, the only things that were really the same between them were music, the city of Manhattan and the coffee shop that Finn worked. When they met however they hadn't expected that a week later they would be at a party together, or that the party would change their lives for good. Not a small change either but a slowly building change.

Finn Hudson attended Columbia University in Manhattan, New York. He was turning twenty in a month and was enjoying his sophomore year like most college men. As the quarterback of the Lions Finn had many opportunities, many friends and invites to all of the parties held by the students of Columbia, he had what most guys wanted from university. He was majoring in Music and was a drummer and singer for an on campus cover band that often got gigs in bars and cafes around the city. Finn lived in a decent sized two bedroom apartment that he shared with his two best friends Quinn Fabray and her boyfriend Noah Puckerman, Puck to everyone but his mother. To put it simply Finn had the life of royalty around Columbia, but then that meant he had a lot to lose.

Rachel Berry attended Julliard School at the Lincoln Center for Performing Arts in New York, New York. She was having a blast in her freshman year in university and would be turning nineteen in December. Rachel shared a large four bedroom apartment not far from Julliard with her two best friends; Kurt Hummel and Mercedes Jones, they'd known each other for years, since middle school. Broadway was Rachel's goal, her name on a poster, in the newspaper, on a Tony nomination, she wanted it all and she'd be starting to audition the second she graduated University. Rachel didn't party on the weekends nor did she drink alcohol, she preferred to go to a movie or Broadway musically now and then with her friends. That was until one day in a coffee shop, her quiet life would soon change even if she only did go to just one party.

"Finn! I don't care if you have a hangover the size of an elephant, get up you have work! If you don't pay your bit of the rent this month you'll get kicked out!" Quinn called as she walked down the hallway towards the kitchen. Last night after the game Finn and a ton of others had headed to Matt's house for his party, needless to say Finn couldn't remember how he'd gotten home. Work was going to be hell today. "Finn, now!"

"You don't have you yell, I heard you the first time." Finn said, mumbling curse words under his breath as he walked into his en suite bathroom. Once he was showered and dressed in his uniform Finn grabbed his wallet, phone and keys before walking into the kitchen for his coffee mug. "Where's Puck?"

"Still sleeping he's not feeling so good." Quinn replied, not looking up from her books and note book, she was studying to be a nurse and Puck was working with a big shot construction company.

"Oh okay well tell him I hope he feels better soon and that I finished of the pain killers, my head feels like it's been hit with a steel girder."

"That sir, is your own fault, one of these days you're going to learn that partying ever weekend isn't the best thing for you, something bad will happen to make you realize that Finn, you'd better watch yourself. Anyways what time does your shift end today?"

"At five it's gonna be a long day." Finn worked at a small coffee shop in the center of Manhattan and only worked weekends, he barely made enough for rent every month.

"Okay have a good day, we'll see you later." Quinn said as Finn walked out of the door with a small wave, he walked to his car and made it to work twenty minutes later, just in time for his shift at eight. His day went slow, as always and he was hoping he could get some over time today, he sure could use it, especially because he only just started working here two weeks ago after his job with the used car dealership in Brooklyn fell through. A coffee shop didn't seem like the best job but it was all he could find, he hated it.

"Hey Hudson, come here a minute." A voice said from beside him, it was Sam, a guy Finn knew from the football team, he was the one who got Finn the job. Finn walked over to him and raised his eyebrows.

"What's up?" he questioned handing a woman her order and turning beck to face Sam.

"Take a look over there coming through the door now, see her?" Sam pointed subtly to the door where Finn saw a woman and man walk in, the man was obviously not straight but Finn wasn't paying attention to him, the woman on the other hand, brown hair, curves in all the right places and the face of a movie star had all of his attention. "Gonna warn you now hot shot, she comes in here every day, she just got back from visiting her folks but you've been warned, she's a sight though isn't she? Not my type but can't deny she's got looks."

"You got that right." Finn replied moving his head slightly to get a better look.

"Okay get back to work, you're taking orders remember?"

"Right, sorry." Finn laughed and went back to the counter to take the two peoples orders while trying not to stare at the woman. "Morning guys, what can I get you?"

"A large iced coffee for me please, Rachel what do you want?" the guy answered tapping the girls shoulder to make her look up from her phone.

"A large mocha please." Finn nodded and totalled it up and took their money nodding when the guy told him to keep the change. The two of them went and sat down at a table in the corner and immediately started talking, every now and then they'd look over at Finn but he hadn't noticed.

"Finn! Take these to the tables please." Sam said as a huge rush of people came through the doors and all began ordering at once, he handed Finn a stack of orders and a tray of drinks. Finn looked at the table numbers and took the drinks around. When he made it to Kurt and Rachel's table it was the last one he had so he handed them their drinks and turned to go before he felt a hand on his arm.

"Say, waiter, not to be rude but do you mind me asking you something?" Kurt said making Finn turned and shrugged tucking the tray under his arm.

"Sure what's up?" Finn replied turning his attention to the two of them.

"You don't look like you know how to handle these big crowds, are you knew here?"

"Yeah, only been here two weeks, is it that easy to tell?" Finn chuckled and looked back to the crowd at the front counter.

"It's not that hard, I'm Kurt Hummel by the way, and this is Rachel Berry."

"Finn Hudson, Sam tells me you two are regulars?" Finn said shaking their hands quickly with a smile.

"Oh we're here every day. Twice some days." Kurt laughed taking a drink from his cup as Finn nodded.

"Alright, well then it was meeting you, if you need anything let me know." Finn said going back for orders from Sam. Finn was on delivery for the rest of the morning, rushing back and forth, to everyone else it was comical, to Finn it was torture. Finn hated work on Saturdays.

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"Well he's a cutie isn't he?" Kurt asked as Finn walked away tray under his arm and saying Hi to the other customers. Rachel looked away from Finn and back at Kurt who sat trying not to smile. "Distracted much? You never stare at guys like that, so he is cute!"

"Kurt, hush, he might here you, and what does it matter anyways?" Rachel replied, taking a long drink from her cup not looking at Kurt anymore but out of the window.

"You should give him your number, he seems like a sweetie pie, plus he's so tall! I bet he plays football, I gotta watch me some college football."

"Kurt I'm not going around giving random guys my number."

"He's not random, he's Finn. He's not random if you know his name."

"Can we not have this conversation right now?" Rachel laughed as Kurt turned in his seat to follow Finn around the room with his eyes.

"Oh Rach, please, if I were you I wouldn't hesitate to give my number to him, he's… he's something else. Please, please, please just give him your number!"

"Kurt no, come on anyways we have to go we're meeting Mercedes for lunch remember?" Rachel said standing up and throwing out her garbage as Kurt followed reluctantly behind her as Finn passed by quickly with another tray of drinks.

"You guys have a nice day." He said putting some cups on the table of some teenage girls who looked him up and down, less than subtly.

"You too Finn." Kurt replied as Rachel pushed him through the door. Finn laughed and went to clean the tables off. His day started slowly and progressed just as slow, and when five o clock came he was ready to leave. Then Sam dropped a bomb on him, a bomb that would last until Friday. That bomb? For Finn to work until midnight closing every night until Friday. So Finn carried on working and cleaning until the place was deserted at nine, he was sat drumming and singing quietly at a table when the door opened and a soaked Rachel came through the door with a gust of cold wind.

"Oh hey, Rachel right?" Finn asked, standing up and walking behind the counter with a smile as she tossed the soaking wet newspaper that had been covering her head into the garbage.

"That's me, and you're Finn right?" she replied nonchalantly, she hadn't forgotten his name, it'd been on her mind all day, because as Kurt put it, he was a cutie.

"Yup that's me, I know it's an unusual name. So what brings you by here so late, its almost eleven." Finn questioned leaning against the counter on his crossed arms in front of her as she took a seat.

"Oh we have a coffee run every night, tonight is my night apparently. But I could ask you the same thing, you're working a tad late aren't you?" Rachel countered meeting his gaze and blushing slightly before looking away.

"Oh, ah, Sam needs me to work until closing every night until next Friday, Friday's my day off you see, game day and all. It might suck every other night because of school and all but rent isn't free."

"I get how that feels, my jobs the same but I have a month off, they're doing reservations so, I don't know why I'm telling you this." Rachel laughed quietly making Finn smile his signature crooked grin.

"Friendly conversation? It'd be pretty awkward silence otherwise, but you said you were on a coffee run right? So what can I get you?"

"Well I'd like a large mocha, again, Kurt wants a large iced coffee, again, and Mercedes wants a caramel cappuccino, please." Rachel listed, handing Finn her credit card, the butterflies in her stomach going wild when his hand brushed against hers as he took her card.

"Do you all get the same every time?"

"Yeah, we're not that complex when it comes to coffee."

"I'll have to remember that then, for when you guys stop by whenever I'm working." Finn grinned and handed Rachel her card back and got the drinks going. "By the way can I just say, you look nice tonight."

"Oh, thank you." Rachel blushed and looked away from Finn who kept looking to her and back to what he was doing.

"No problem, say, I get off in like an hour, and the weather looks pretty bad outside, I can give you a ride home if you'd like?"

"That would be nice, but you don't have to."

"Oh I know, I want to though, I wouldn't like walking out there tonight, and taxis can be pretty pricey." Finn said finishing with the drinks and turning back to talk with Rachel with a smile. The two of them sat and talked for an hour about little things, getting to know each other, the drinks going to a room temperature which wouldn't go over well when Rachel got home but her friends would have to live with it, she had a good reason. Finn closed up shop at midnight and drove Rachel to her apartment building, he got lost once but then got back on track and she made it home half an hour later. The two of them sat in the car for a few minutes in silence before Finn asked for Rachel's number liking talking to Rachel, of course Quinn and Puck would want to know where the hell he'd been all day but this was worth it. With a swift goodbye Rachel went inside and Finn drove home, for the next few days the two of them texted each other all the time and when Finn was working Rachel made up an excuse to go get coffee. Finn was seriously considering asking Rachel to go out with him and he thought for some reason his gate to that would be the party on Friday night at Matt's. He hoped she'd say yes.

So guys, what did you think? Please remember to reivew :) P.S: I will take suggestions for what you want to see, if you want to see any songs in there that you think will go, anything. :) Also I do have a Facebook for this Fan-Fiction account where you can chat to me about anything, post comments on what you liked or didn't like the facebook is Shanny C Fan-Fiction and then there's Twitter, I do have a Twitter and that is Shanny1901. Hope to see some reviews and thoughts soon :)