Fools Rush In
This is an A/U fic of Finn and Rachel based off the film "Fools Rush In". You don't have to see the film in order to understand this story. The concept will be the same, but the characters of Alex and Isabel from the film will be played by Finn and Rachel, of course.
Disclaimer: I do not own Glee, nor do I own Fools Rush In. This is just for fun.
Christmas Eve 2012
"Greetings, Tervehdys"
"Greetings, Tervehyds"
"Greetings, Tervehyds"
"Greetings, Tervehyds"
Finn Hudson, with headphones in his ears, rushed through the Plaza Hotel New York carrying a big turtle that was given to him as a gift from his latest client. Suddenly, a familiar face that Finn had recognized starting to converse with him.
"Hey, Hudson! There's a face that I haven't seen in a while. How was L.A.?" the man asked him.
"We opened this last Friday" Finn replied "I hoped you packed your long johns, Salt Lake took me four hours."
The man continued, "so are you in town for a while?"
"No, next stop is Helsinki" Finn answered.
"They're having you take over the world!" the man yelled to Finn as the door of the elevator that he was now in began to close.
"That's the idea" Finn yelled as the door closed.
"Merry Christmas" the man yelled back to Finn, but it was too late as the elevator door had already closed.
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Jerusalem, Israel (AU: Since Rachel is Jewish on the show, I figured that she would also be Jewish in the film as well. She is vacationing in Jerusalem with her parents for Christmas. She has no gay dads.)
"How long have you been following me?" Rachel asked the little boy following her. "
Since you accidentally took my yo-yo" the boy told her.
"I was going to give it back, I hope that you don't mind." Rachel replied back to the boy.
"Keep it, he's in love with you!" the little boy now alongside his friend, replied back. "
Shut up!" the little boy's friend barked back. "How can you be in love with someone you just met?" Rachel asked the boys.
"When I am eighteen, I will come to Las Vegas and find you." The boy answered.
"Well, when you're eighteen, I'll be forty." Rachel explained to him.
"Are you going to marry that fireman?" the little boy asked her, changing the subject.
"I wish I knew..." Rachel replied.
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Finn had finally arrived to his Christmas party on the fourth floor. His best friend, Sam Evans greeted him.
"Am I in the right place? Who are you people and why don't you work for a living?" Finn asked.
"What's with the turtle?" Sam asked.
"It's a keychain."
"Why the party? We still design nightclubs, right?"
"Not during the holidays." Sam corrected him.
Just then, Finn and Sam's boss, Will Schuester made his way over to greet the two of them.
"Merry Christmas, Hudson! Evans!" Schuester greeted them enthusiastically while offering them some sushi.
"I see you're coping well with this divorce" Finn noted.
"I've finally found two women who understand what I am going through" Schuester replied.
Finn was making his way into the next room of the conference area when Schuester stopped him. "Hudson, don't go in there"
"Why not?" Finn wondered.
"Mike Chang got Helsinki. He leaves in the morning, you're taking Las Vegas." Schuester told him.
"I was supposed to get Helsinki!" Finn began to raise his voice.
"You do not want Helsinki" Schuester reassured him.
"I don't? I want Las Vegas?" Finn asked. "Everything famous about Las Vegas is about leaving it! That movie, the song, even the mob left Las Vegas"
"Just get in there!" Schuester yelled at Finn and Finn walked into the party acting like nothing ever happened. Finn met up with Sam and they began to talk in a closet nearby.
"Look, Hudson, this could get me fired, but this morning I closed a deal to buy a big space across the street from, wait for it…the Paris! If you play your cards right, you can come home to the sweetest gig." "The Middle Club?" Finn wondered.
Sam shook his head. "And guess who will still be eating sushi?" Sam asked.
"Mike Chang!" Finn and Sam said together, hugging.
Just then, Schuester opened the door of the closet finding Finn and Sam hugging each other. "We have conference rooms, you know" Schuester told them.
"It's just it's the holidays, they're just hard" Finn lied.
"I'm afraid I need you in Vegas" Schuester reminded him.
"Did you say Vegas? Well, that's my favorite city in the world!" Finn lied again.
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February 5, 2013
Finn had arrived in Vegas two months later. He was busy working on his new club when his secretary, Mara helped him to get into his car.
"Do you have your keys, Finn? I got you some groceries; they're in your kitchen. Are you sure you won't be more comfortable in a hotel?"
"Too many distractions" Finn got in his car and became startled by the hotness of the seats.
"Hot! Hot! Hot! It's February for crying out loud!" he yelled before getting back in his car.
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Finn was eating dinner at a small Italian restaurant. A young, brunette girl was dominating the phone near the restrooms.
"Noah, I'm not ready for marriage. I love you and all, but I don't love you like that. I think we should see other people. How was that?" she spoke to the person on the phone with her.
Her friend suggested that she not say the part about seeing other people.
"My grandmother said that I should wait for a sign and you know the bracelet he got me from Hanukah? Well, it broke. Listen, I got to pee, so I'll talk to you later. Chao!" and the young girl hung up the phone and tried to get back in line, but Finn was now in her place.
"Excuse me, I was here" she kindly told him.
"I would have noticed" Finn began to flirt with her.
"See, I was on the phone, and the line moved, but the cord wouldn't stretch that far." The girl told him.
"I would like to believe you, but I can see that you're lying." Finn continued his conversation with her.
"Come on, I thought that line was pretty good!" she started to make an excuse.
"You realize that I can get severely beat up for this?" Finn reassured her.
"I can pee really fast, I promise" she told him. A man in line began to complain in Hebrew about Finn letting Rachel cut him in line. Rachel began complaining back in Hebrew.
"I was just going to say that" Finn lied.
"I just told him to stop being a pig in front of our new Rabbi"
"That's Rabbi Finn to you" he told her.
"I'm Rachel" The two began to converse while waiting in line.
"So all that waiting for sign stuff, is that a religious thing or what?" Finn asked her
"Do you always eavesdrop on other people's conversations?" Rachel asked him back. "Why do you want to know?" she continued.
"It just sounded a bit deep for a Saturday, I was just curious."
"So you don't think that it was fate that brought me to this line?"
"No, no, I think it was of an "I have to pee" thing" Finn told her.
"Well, that's really too bad because you see, I think there's an explanation beyond this that brought you to this very spot at the same time that I showed up at this very spot."
"You do?" Finn wondered.
"Absolutely" Rachel told her.
"And why would fate go to all that trouble?" Finn wondered again.
"So that I wouldn't have to wait in line" Rachel replied back before heading into the bathroom.
And with that, Finn asked Rachel if she would like to go home with him and stay the night. She accepted, but left in the middle of the night. Finn and Rachel wouldn't see each other again for three months.
Well, there is the first chapter! Sorry it's really long, but I wanted to include everything so that you guys wouldn't be confused. Reviews are greatly appreciated! Much love, Stephanie