Disclaimer: don't own glee... too bad.

A/N: This is like something that I have read, but written my way! Hope you like it!

"Rachel! We need to get to work!" Quinn yelled early on a December morning. "We can't be late again!"

Rachel got out of her bed where she was comfortably snuggled close to Finn. Her bare feet touched the cold floor when she looked out the window to see it snowed yet another few feet. Rachel, Finn, Quinn, and Puck had all moved to New York after graduating from McKinley. Rachel and Quinn were the first to graduate then Puck, and Finn still stuck barely passing his classes. He was struggling but making it through with the help of Rachel.

"I'll be down in 5!" Rachel said rushing into the bathroom. Rachel loved waking up next to Finn everyday. They were lucky that her dads put in the bid for the two-story condo; two bed and bath, and downstairs living area and kitchen. It was small but it suited what they needed.

Rachel quickly put on leggings, a pencil skirt, printed crop top, and UGG boots. She ran downstairs to meet Quinn anxiously waiting with their coats and scarves.

"Lets go! We have 15 minutes!" Quinn said rushing out the door.

The two girls ran down the streets rushing to get to their work. Forever 21 was 5 minutes away from their condo and normally walked every morning. It was black Friday weekend and they had to get there to work the registers, for the customers who would impatiently wait to be checked out.

" I know you and Finn were up all night and I don't need to know about it, just next time set your alarm before you two 'go to bed'."

Rachel laughed. "Quinn you know I would never do that before work the next day. That is just for the weekends." Rachel said jokingly.

"Then what really happened last night?" Quinn asked as she took of her coat and hung it up in the backroom.

"Finn has a huge mid-term today and I was helping him study." She turned to Quinn. "I am really worried about him. I don't know that he will finish. I have talked to him about other options, but he doesn't seem to be interested."

"Rachel, I know you are worried, but these things he needs to find out for him self." Quinn was afraid that Finn hadn't told Rachel that he was thinking about going into the NYPD. He had told Puck and Quinn a few weeks ago when Rachel went out to get dinner.

"We need to get to work ladies, Berry and Fabrey folding table." their manager said walking quickly to the registers trying to get ready for the mob of people trying to find exactly what they needed.

"Come on Rachel, let just get this 9 hour shift out of the way and then we can talk about it."

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"I totally bombed that mid term." Finn said walking into the condo.

"You think so?"

"I know so. My professor graded them right after we turned them in and I failed it completely. He said if I don't bring my grade up he will have to fail me for the semester and I will have to take the course for the 3rd time."

Puck just sat in the living room looking at the T.V playing video games on X-Box.

"Puck! Did you hear me?"

"Yeah, something about you and Berry for the 3rd time."

Finn sighed. He knew Puck meant well, he just got caught up in his games. We slowly walked up to his and Rachel's room. He read the note sitting on his night stand:

Good luck! I believe in you!

-R

He knew Rachel would be disappointed, more so his mom and Burt than Rachel. He saw Rachel's phone sitting on her dresser. He decided to take it to her. Anyways, what did he have to lose. They had a two weeks off and the group of four had thought that it would be a good idea to go back to Lima to visit parents. On the walk there Finn thought about how he would tell both his mom and Rachel about his thoughts on joining the police department. He knew they would both worry about him, and only make Rachel more crazy about safety. When he got to the busy store the first thing he saw was Rachel and Quinn dressing mannequins in the display windows. Rachel looked up and waved. She ran to meet him, and he kissed her lightly on the lips.

"How did you do?" she asked with anticipation.

" Well, that's not why I am here. We will talk about that when we get home. You left your phone and I thought I would bring it to you."

"Thanks! You know me and Quinn have a lunch break in about an hour so you and Puck should meet us at the coffee shop down the street."

"I'll let Puck know. See you in about an hour?"

"Yep, see you soon." Rachel said as she stood on her tip-toes to give Finn a kiss on the cheek.

Rachel walked in to see her manager looking at her unhappy. "Rachel I know you love your boyfriend, but save the chatting until after your shift."

"Kurt I know you are serious about this sale, but loosen up a bit." Rachel tried to convince her friend.

She knew Kurt was going crazy with all the people in the store. She never thought she would work in New York with her two best friends in one of her favorite stores.

"Berry you better get back to work." Kurt said leaving to go split up a fight over hand back in the accessory room.

"I know Kurt is our friend and all but he has become so up tight about everything lately." Quinn said wrapping a scarf around the mannequin's neck.

"He just has a lot of stress on him lately with the Christmas sales and the auditions with Broadway. His life is going the way he wants and he doesn't want anything to change."

Rachel said hopping down from the display window.

"So what did Finn want?" Quinn asked.

"he just came to give me my phone and I told him and Puck to meet up at the coffee shop in an hour for our lunch break."

"Did he tell you about his test?"

"No, I don't think it was good though. I mean I know I have to be hopeful for him and everything, but the way he was acting it couldn't be good."

"You never know."

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Three hours later the girls rushed out of the busy store to see the boys standing outside the store greeting them with open arms and kisses on the cheek.