A/N: My first Glee fanfic! I'm probably far too in love with Finchel, and I'm pretending that they actually did get married. I thought I should share that with my fellow Finchel lovers.
Story: Just Hudson
Summary: "'Are you ready Mrs. Hudson-Berry?' he asked with his sweet half- smile. 'Hudson," she declared confidently. "Just Hudson.'" A story in which Quinn never gets into the accident, and Finn and Rachel get married right after regionals. Follow the rest of their senior year, and life in New York, as a married couple. Finchel! Klaine and Brittana! Hummelberry and Pezberry friendships!
"Maybe this is her way of postponing the wedding because she isn't ready," Hiram whispered in hurried excitement to the other parents, standing near the door of the Justice of the Peace.
They all glanced at Rachel, who was staring intently at her phone screen, and Finn, who was watching her just as nervously, if not more so. The two were standing in the middle of the room with the rest of the New Directions surrounding them.
"Rach, come on, if we don't go now, we're going to lose our spot," Finn said worriedly. "If you don't want to marry me, just tell me. I don't want to go through this and find out you never wanted it in the first place."
"Of course I want to marry you. I-I just don't want any part of our family to be missing, and Quinn is part of our family," Rachel said softly, taking his large hand in her tiny one. "If she doesn't get here in the next minute, we'll go in without her."
Seconds later, the door opened to Quinn in her pink bridesmaid's dress. "I'm here!"
At that, Hiram let out a huff of disappointment and looked to Burt. The two shared similar emotions on the matter of the wedding, neither wanting their child to get married. LeRoy and Carole were a bit more understanding and willing to let their children make their own decisions.
"Let's get moving. I wants to get my party on, and I can't do that until the midget and Frankenteen gets their mack on!" Santana barked as she walked into the room, leading the rest of the New Directions, including Mr. Schue and Sue. The parents shuffled themselves in reluctantly, not ready for their babies to take the huge steps of matrimony.
Finn grinned at Rachel, who beamed brightly back at him. The two linked their hands yet again, and walked in together.
"The two, who the small Asian girl said are called 'Finchel', would like to share their own vows with all of you."
"Everything about me has changed since I met you, and it's definitely not in a bad way. I used to be so focused and determined on my own dreams that I was just wading through life: no friends, no experiences, and no love. I'm not saying that my dreams are gone; they've just gotten bigger, and that's because of you. Every single thing I dream about now has you in it, some way or another." She took a breath, readying herself for the rest of her vows. Everyone's saying that we're too young and that we're not ready. No one can decide that except for the two of us. We know that what we have is real, and it's deep, and it's not going away. We've done away, and it doesn't work for us. You saved me from being on my own, from living a life without this love that has become air. I love you so much. And no matter what anyone says or does, I'm forever yours, faithfully."
"Wow, I really wish I had gone first because there is no way I can follow that, especially with the way I always say the wrong thing," Finn smiled as everyone else chuckled. "But Baby, I love you so much, and I meant every word to you when I propose. You are my bright gold star, bringing me through all of the bad times. People have been saying that we're marrying each other because we feel like we have nothing left: that we're each others last resorts, but we know it's not true. I would marry you no matter what happened, no matter where we were in life. We're ready, and this is going to work because we have a love that no one could ever understand. I'm going to prove to you every single day that I'm worthy enough for you to let me love you. We're tethered to one another. You're the other end of my tether; I can always feel you, and I'll always love you. I'm forever yours, faithfully."
The Justice of the Peace smiled at the two, seemingly impressed. "By the power invested in me, by the state of Ohio, I now pronounce you husband and wife. You may kiss the bride."
Finn and Rachel stared deeply into each others' eyes before leaning in and sharing a powerful, passionate kiss. Everyone was on their feet, clapping and cheering on their friends. Carole was wiping away tears, as was LeRoy.
As soon as everyone filed back out to the little sitting room, Carole grasped her son, and her newly acquired daughter-in-law, in a bone crushing hug. The two giggled as she mumbled incoherent musings to them through her tears. "Carole, this kind of hugging seems like we approve of this whole business," Burt barked at the little group.
"What do you mean seem? The four of you were basically forcing us to co-inhabit!" Rachel seemed a bit outraged.
"Of course we didn't approve of the two of you getting married, you're eighteen! That is not nearly old enough to make such a life-altering decision! I would have put an end to it, had your father not stopped me every time I tried," Hiram all but screamed.
"It wouldn't have made a difference," Rachel said indifferently, as though her father's opinion couldn't mean any less.
"What's that supposed to mean?" Burt growled, glaring slightly at Rachel.
"Woah, okay don't talk to her like that," Finn said, stepping in front of his tiny
wife. "She just meant, we already signed the marriage license, this was just a formally."
"Formality," Rachel whispered gently from behind him before peaking out. "Even if we didn't, it wouldn't have changed our minds. We're legally adults, and we wanted this. It wasn't your decision, it was ours," she said, linking their hands together.
"We're going to eat finger sandwiches and have fun with our friends, if you're supportive and want to join us, we won't stop you," Finn said, glancing at his mother. "However, if you are just going to throw insults at us, we'd be better off without you there."
"We can kick you out you know," Burt said to Finn, making Carole gasp. "Then neither of you will have a place to go."
"We will do nothing of the sort!" Carole was close to tears as she looked at her son and daughter-in-law.
"It's alright, Mrs. Hudson-Hummel. With all due respect, Mr. Hummel, we have enough money saved for our own apartment; we even have one picked out," Rachel stated. "I really would like to remember my wedding day as a happy one, so can we please stop all of this?"
"What would your father think about this Finn?" Burt said harshly.
"That is enough. He is my son Burt. Mine. It's not your place to say any of this. He's happy with Rachel, and whether any of you like it or not, she's part of our family now, as Finn is of yours." She directed to Hiram and LeRoy. "I'm not pushing them away, and I suggest you all do the same," Carole said dangerously.
"Listen, while Finnocence and Hobbit are disgusting, they deserve to have one day of happiness before they go back to McKinley and relise that they still have their loser status and get slushied," Santana chirped, glancing down at her nails as everyone gave her incredulous looks. "It's not like I'm going to slushie them."
"Great, now that it's settled, we're going to get our party on," Mercedes said.
"Oh Hell yeah! Who's got the booze?" Puck said excitedly before looking at Carole. "I mean the sparkling cider."
As the wedding party crowded into the choir room for the small reception, Mr. Schue prepared the instrumentalists, who had been recruited for the occasion, to play Finn and Rachel's first song as husband and wife.
Rachel grinned as the opening notes to Faithfully began to to play. Finn pulled his tiny girl to his chest, wrapping his arms around her waist as they began to sway. He didn't trust himself to pull off anything other than swaying; it was simple, and even he couldn't ruin a sway.
"I thought it was kinda perfect. You know, our song," Finn whispered into Rachel's ear before pressing a small kiss to the base of her neck, working his way up her jaw. She was far too impatient, so she moved her lips to meet his, trapping them both in a sweet kiss.
Though Artie and Mercedes were singing the song, Finn just couldn't resist singing the words softly to Rachel. She giggled as they continued to sway in each others' arms, tucking her head into his chest.
Another song started as soon as the previous had ended, this time sung by Santana, but the two didn't even notice. "I love you so much, Baby, and I'm so happy that you're finally my wife. We can finally start our life, together," Finn said, looking into her eyes and channeling all of his emotions through his eyes.
The night continued on until Kurt rung his spoon against a glass and cleared his throat in a microphone to make his presence known.
"First, I would like to congratulate Mr. and Mrs. Finn Hudson. I know that I wasn't supportive, and I truly am sorry that I acted so maliciously. I finally realised, that while you may be young, there is nothing that is going to separate you. No matter how many times you have been apart, you've always found your way back to one another." At this Finn and Rachel shared a shy smile with each other before Rachel beamed up at her best friend on stage.
"I also realised that my best friend would become my sister! That means I can take her from Finn to watch musicals and give her make-overs even more now!" He gave a little clap of excitement. "And Finn coming to New York means we can have him do all of the heavy lifting, and use him to see in crowds, and he can amuse us with his dancing abilities! All jokes aside, I truly am happy that my family has gained another member, and can't wait to see where life takes married Finchel."
Everyone clapped and chuckled at Kurt's curtsy before Santana pushed him off of the stage. "Okay, Lady Hummel got all sappy on us. I just want to say that I'm actually happy that the Lumps the Clown and Midget are married. I just wanted to assure you that Porcelain won't completely take over your lives because I'm coming to New York with you. Though I swear if I hear anything through those walls, I will go all Lima Heights Adjacent on your asses!"
Finn and Rachel looked at each other in disbelief that the girl, who had seemingly hated them both, declared her desire to move in with them. "That was...unexpected."
"Mhmm, it really was, but that sure will make our lives interesting. Especially when someone writes my biography," Rachel giggled, looking up at Finn with adoration in his eyes.
Speeches continued well into the night, taking breaks for songs, sung by everyone in glee. The two took turns dancing with their friends but never separating too far from one another, eyes always on the other.
Carole finally broke in between Brittany and Finn to dance with her son. He smiled handsomely at his mother before taking her in his arms. "Sweetie, I just wanted you to know that I love you and Rachel, and I'm so glad she's my daughter. I don't care what the others say, I'm happy the two of you love each other so much, and I know that you're different from other teenagers. This isn't something that's going to go away, and for that I'm so happy. Besides, the two of you will make me beautiful grandchildren, you know, like seven years from now, but they'll be so beautiful." Finn can't help but laugh at that, knowing how badly his mother wanted grand-babies but was hesitant after babygate. "I finally have a daughter."
"Rachel finally has a mom," he said with a smile. "She's been so hurt by Shelby. It'll be good for her to have you."
"I hate to cut in, but can I have my husband back?" Rachel asked, standing at their sides.
"Why of course! You too are creating so many great candid pictures. You're going to have such a large wedding scrapbook by the time I'm done!"
The two began dancing again as Finn bent slightly to rest his forehead against hers. "Schools going to be brutal tomorrow. Are you ready Mrs. Hudson-Berry?" he asked with his sweet half smile.
"Hudson," she declared confidently. "Just Hudson."
"Really? What about Broadway star Rachel Berry?" he asked, though he had a satisfied smirk on his face.
"She doesn't exist anymore. Broadway star Rachel Hudson does. We can go tomorrow to get it legally changed," she proclaimed with a smile.
"I love you."
A/N: I'm definitely going to continue with this. I have so many ideas, and I really hope you like them. What are your opinions on some Finchel lovin'? I can bump this up to M if you guys want it. Let me know in a review my darlings!