This is my first time writing a Finchel fanfic.. in fact, I made an entirely new account because that's all I can see myself posting for a while! This is based off of a tumblr roleplay (fnnhud & rachel-bberryss). I'm going to try and have a song for each chapter, just because I think that's fun, but we'll see about that. There is a LOT more to come, this is merely a slightly non-exciting introduction, so apologies for that. Regardless, tell me what you think! Please R&R :) - Lizzy

Open your heart to me, baby
I hold the lock and you hold the key
Open your heart to me, darling
I'll give you love if you, you turn the key

It was officially prom season. There were prom court posters taped over every square inch of McKinley High, and the excitement was almost tangible. Rachel leaned against her locker and rolled her eyes as girls lectured their dates, telling them exactly what shade of a yellow tie they had to buy to match their dress, or what their flowers had to look like. She would have been acting the same way, but she wasn't going to prom, not this year. This was an immense disappointment considering that she hadn't gone the year before, either. You could only buy a two-person ticket, meaning that you had to go with a date. Nobody had bothered to ask her to go to prom with them, and Rachel wasn't about to ask anybody, either. Finn saved her from her disappointment by coming up to her with a book in his hand.

"You'll be happy to know that this was the last Ancient Egypt book left in the library, and I got it just for you. Pretty sure I pushed some people out of the way to get it." Rachel couldn't help but laugh. The entire grade had just been assigned an ancient culture research paper, and Rachel had her heart set on writing about Egypt.

"Ah, my knight in shining armor!" She joked. "Thanks," She said, a smile on her face. She happily took the book from his hands and put it in her locker. Finn always knew just what to say to make Rachel feel better. They'd been best friends for as long as they could remember. In fact, they'd never gone more than a week without seeing each other, and they didn't want to try it. "Ready?" Rachel asked, closing her locker and draping her schoolbag over one shoulder. Finn nodded, and they made their way out to the parking lot.

A lot of people at school made fun of their friendship, and Rachel liked to think that it was because they were jealous. Finn thought that it was because they didn't understand it. It hadn't taken long for the two of them to get over the stares and to ignore the assumptions that they were dating, they were just used to it by now. As they got into his car, the air fell into a comfortable silence.

"Thank God that's over," Finn sighed as they pulled out of the parking lot. "I'd much rather stay at home than see those stupid prom court posters everywhere. I practically had to peel one off of my locker today."

Rachel rolled her eyes and nodded. "I know, it's ridiculous." She snorted, looking out the window as he drove. "Prom can be sweet and special, but only for so long, you know?" Finn nodded.

"It's just like every other dance that everyone goes to, it's just that you need to spend ten times the amount of money you normally would. I mean, it's senior prom, and it's important I guess, but… whatever." He shrugged. He didn't know how to explain it. "Do you know what I mean?"

"Exactly!" Rachel said, nodding her head. "It's just like homecoming, only more people show up drunk." Finn laughed.

"Yeah, totally." They fell into quietness again, and Rachel closed her eyes, letting her head fall against her seat. "Hey... are you going? Like, to prom?" Keeping her eyes closed, Rachel laughed sadly.

"As if someone would ask me to go with them. No, I'm not going." Rachel opened her eyes and raised her eyebrows, looking over to him. "Are you planning on going?"

"I haven't decided yet." Finn said. He was quiet for a while after that. "Do you maybe want to go with me?"

"You want to go together? Like, you and me?" Rachel couldn't help but let a huge smile spread out onto her face. "Why didn't I think of that? That's such a great idea!" She squealed, hitting Finn on the shoulder.

"Why not? It'll be fun, I promise." He said encouragingly.

"Oh, it'll be so fun!" Rachel sat up a bit, realizing how serious this had become. "But I need something to wear…" She thought for a moment. "Ooh! Do you want to go dress shopping with me? Oh, no, you can't see the dress until prom… but maybe I can break that rule. Well I know I'm going to have to wear pink, so you'll have to match. I'll give you the exact shade once I have the dress. Maybe you can wear a pink vest or tie to match… or both! If you need help, my dads can help, it's no problem." Rachel was talking at hyper speed, and Finn laughed, struggling to take it all in at once. "You'll get me flowers, right?"

"Whoa, okay, slow down," Finn laughed again. "I think I can manage this one on my own, Rach. I'll probably get a little help, but that's it. And yeah, we'll see. I think a pink vest would be good. I'm thinking about a bow tie or something. And of course I'll get you flowers. That's a stupid question. If you're going to senior prom, you're going to get the full experience. Pictures, flowers, a corsage… you name it."

Rachel squealed and clapped her hands together excitedly, satisfied with all of Finn's answers. "Yay! I'm so excited, we're going to have so much fun!" She grinned. "Ooh, you're going to have to come over afterwards for some post-prom festivities."

Finn smiled and nodded to her as he pulled up in front of her house. "Okay, but if that includes watching Funny Girl, you can count me out."

Rachel scoffed. "What?! How totally rude. Fine, then. What do you have in mind?"

"Totally not rude! You've made me sit through that movie at least twenty times." Finn shook his head. "I don't know. I think we should do something when we don't have your dads breathing down our backs."

"It's a classic, Finn. It was nominated for seven Oscars, three BAFTA awards, and—"

"And Barbra won a Golden Globe for her portrayal of Fanny, I know. Hey, did you know that when she won her Oscar, all that she said for her acceptance speech was 'Hello, gorgeous?'"

Rachel rolled her eyes. "You're mocking me, and I don't appreciate it." She said, picking her bag up from off of the floor of Finn's car.

"You know I'm only joking." Finn said, earning a smirk from Rachel in response.

"Back to my dads, you know they'll be away the weekend of prom because they're going to that Broadway cabaret that I got them tickets to for Hanuuka."

"I know." He said simply.

Rachel nodded. "So, you're in charge of food, I'm in charge of decorations and movies that we will both want to watch. Deal?"

"Deal," Finn said, nodding to her as she started to get out of the car. "I'll try my best to bring food that you'll eat this time."

Rachel rolled her eyes playfully. "It's not that hard to find vegan friendly chips, Finn. They have them in aisle four of the Giant supermarket!"

"Yeah, the Giant supermarket that's a half an hour away." He raised his eyebrows at her, and she mockingly did the same in response. "I'll find the chips."

"Thank you," Rachel said gratefully. "I'll see you tomorrow?"

"Tomorrow's Saturday."

"I know what day of the week it is, Finn. I'm going to buy my dress in the morning and then you're going to come over and help plan for our two person party!"

Finn couldn't help but smile. "Alright, just text me."

"I will!" Rachel gave him a thumb's up and closed the car door, running up the pathway and going into her house, waving goodbye. Finn couldn't help but smile at her as he waved back. She was just too cute. He didn't know why, but he got the feeling that prom night was going to be more special than he was expecting.