He was sitting at the kitchen table, reading the paper.

She was getting ready for her interview in their bedroom.

He took a sip of coffee.

She applied her blush.

He started to think about her…again.

She started crying about him…again.

He stood up to refill his coffee mug and she walked into the kitchen.

She was so nervous she could die. What if he was mad at her?

He heard her footsteps and smiled. "Good morning!"

She saw his happy face and sighed. "Morning, Finn."

"What's wrong?" He sensed her feelings.

"We need to talk about this." She didn't even have to say what this was.

"We already have. I remember because I slept at my step-brother's house for two weeks because of this." He took a deep breath.

She braced herself and began to speak again. "We need to get a divorce."

"What?" He knew what she said. He knew she was serious. He knew this was coming eventually.

"I can't hang in there any longer. This thing between us isn't real. We don't love each other like we used to. And then you came home on Saturday at 3 AM drunk with Noah and Mike and that was the last straw. I can't handle this anymore. I married you for happiness and I'm not happy. Tina said she was gonna divorce Mike, too." She explained. He listened.

"Rach, I've never came home drunk before Saturday. I admitted I made a huge mistake and apologized for everything I said three months ago. I thought you forgave me?" He explained. She listened.

"I did. But clearly you didn't learn from your mistakes. You did things to me that hurt. You called me spoiled and selfish. You weren't at the hospital when I had Nikki. You invited your mom to town without my permission. You got fired which means I have to get a part time job. You missed Landon's piano recital, three times. You haven't showed up to any of Sophia's volleyball games. You can't ever take Nikki to her early learning classes. And now you're coming home at 3 in the morning drunk? I can't take it." She listed.

"I've given you reasons for all of that stuff, Rach. I had to work and then my boss replaced me with the guy who took over my job while I was home with you trying to induce Nikki's birth." He clarified for the millionth time.

"Really, because I called your boss the other day and he said it was because you were absent all the time. He also said that you would sneak off with one of your co-workers named Debby all the time."

"What? Debby who?"

"Save it," She tried to hold back her tears. "You cheated on me!"

"I didn't cheat on you!"

"Oh really?" She held out his phone which held millions of texts with Debby Jackson.

(D is Debby and F is Finn)

D- Hey babe!

F- Hi

D- Why aren't you at work today?

F- I'm at the bar w/ Mike & Noah

D- Oh. Boo.

F- We can hang out tomorrow.

D- : D

F- Cool.

D- Wanna come over tonight?

F- I have plans

D- With whom?

F- My wife and my 3 kids

D- Oh. Well ttyl

F- K

"What do you have to say about that?" Rachel felt a tear stream down her face.

"I swear I didn't send those! I don't even have a co-worker named Debby! Wait… yes I do. But she's ugly and 54 and you're hot and 33!" He felt a tear stream down his face.

"Right."

"Maybe somebody hacked my phone. Maybe it was Debby! She had a huge crush on me!" He tried to rub Rachel's back but she pushed him away.

"Don't touch me. We're getting divorced. End of discussion." She grabbed her thermos full of coffee and walked out the door.

"Oh my God." He said as he ran out after her. "Rachel, wait!"

"Go away." She turned around and yelled. The busy New York streets made her feel claustrophobic. He turned around and went back to their house, crying. Divorce. A bad word. Divorce. A sad word. Divorce. Definition: a judicial declaration dissolving a marriage in whole or in part, especially one that releases the marriage partners from all matrimonial obligations. AKA, something that happens to all marriages but still makes the husband cry. For the rest of his life he would love her. He would miss her. He would be stuck to her. They had three kids together. Oh the kids… Sophia was only 15. She was still a little baby to him. She was a heart breaker. She had a new boyfriend every three days. Landon was only 13 (almost 14). He was smart, talented, artsy. He hadn't dated because he didn't want to. Nicole (Nikki) was only a baby, a newborn, only two months old. When Rachel got pregnant with her, she thought it was a mistake. Finn and Rachel only had one perfect night and that was the night Nikki was conceived. They had fought a lot. They had yelled at each other. She had slapped him. He had left her and slept at Kurt and Blaine's house for two weeks. When he came back, she apologized. But they kept fighting. And yelling. And swearing. And crying. They never slept together anymore. He slept in the guest room. He could still remember the day when he proposed and how happy she had been.

"I love you. I really, really love you. You are the most amazing, perfect woman I've ever met. From the first time I saw you, I knew there was something special about you. You had this beautiful face and this beautiful way of life that I could only dream of. Then we started dating. Then things got complicated but we held it together. Now, I stand before you as a man. You have made me this man. I would've never gotten into college if you wouldn't have helped me. You made my life perfect. You are the only thing I need. We might not agree on everything, and this might not be perfect, but we can make it perfect. I know we're only 19, but we can do this. I need you to know that I'm doing this because I love you, not because of Sophia. This is a promise. A promise to love you until the day I die. All you need to do is say yes. Rachel Berry, will you marry me?"

"Oh my God! Yes of course I will! Oh my God! Yay!" She jumped into my arms and I spun her around. "I love you!"

"I love you too!"

He could still remember that sad day senior year when she told him she was pregnant with Sophia.

He was walking down the hall looking for her. He hadn't seen her in two weeks. It had been two months since she came over to his house while his mom and Burt were campaigning. Rachel hadn't been at school and he was really worried. She wouldn't answer her phone… or her door. Then, he saw her, staring at herself in her locker mirror, trying to stop crying. He ran up to her and covered her eyes. "Guess who?" He smiled.

"Not funny." She pushed his hands away.

"What's wrong?"

"I don't want to talk about it." She wiped away her tears with her hand.

"But we tell each other everything," He reminded her.

"I don't want to tell you this. Just go to class." She cried.

"I can't let you suffer like this. Tell me what's wrong." He stopped her.

"Okay fine…I…I'm…I…uh…" She paused before continuing. "I'm pregnant."

"You're what? You're joking right?" He smiled.

"Why would I joke about that?" She sobbed.

"Oh my God…" He whispered as she fell into his arms. She bawled. "I'm so sorry!"

"I'm having a baby," She wept.

"No, we're having a baby." He smiled and she smiled back. "I'm gonna be there every step of the way, I promise."

The memories they had together were numerous. It killed him to think those memories were over. She would never tell him she loves him again. She would never kiss him or lay with him or laugh with him. He really loved her. He didn't cheat on her. Debby was hideous compared to Rachel. Rachel was young and beautiful and she made Finn happy. Divorce is a big word. But he deserves it. He only got drunk because Rachel was driving him crazy. No. Don't blame this on her. He said to himself. He loved her so, so much. She was his perfect thing. He had three perfect kids with her. He had a perfect wedding with her. He had a perfect high school pregnancy and romance with her. She was perfect. They were perfect. Finchel was perfect. But now it was all gone. She was divorcing him. They were done. He was done. Finchel was done. Nothing more said, Finn walked into Nikki's room after hearing her begin to cry. He took her out of her crib and began to sing to her.

Highway run
Into the midnight sun
Wheels go round and round
You're on my mind
Restless hearts
Sleep alone tonight
Sending all my love
Along the wire

That song always made Nikki smile. It made Finn smile too. He couldn't continue. He started to cry. Time passed by and all Finn did was sit on the couch and cry. By 2:30, Sophia and Landon were walking through the door.

"Hey dad," Sophia smiled as she sat next to him. She had such a perfect face. "How was your day?"

"A little…sad," He admitted.

"What happened?" She curiously asked. Landon sat on the other side of Finn.

"Just some stuff with your mom."

"Was it another fight?" Sophia laid her head on Finn's shoulder.

"Yeah, but it was…different this time." He didn't know if he could tell them about what Rachel said.

"How? Did mom call you an a** and a jerk again?" Landon sighed. Finn felt terrible.

"You aren't supposed to hear that," Finn confessed.

"What's gonna happen?" Sophia let her father reach his arm around her. "With you and mom?"

"I don't know."

"Dad, can I go over to Owen's house?" Landon asked randomly when Finn realized he had been texting with his friend through this whole conversation.

"Sure," Finn sighed and Landon thanked him as he ran out the door.

"Can I tell you a secret? You have to promise not to tell your mom," Finn asked his daughter.

"Anything," She smiled.

"She asked me for a divorce this morning."

"What?" She was shocked.

"She's divorcing me."

"But she loves you! You and mom are a fairytale!" Sophia kissed her dad's cheek.

"I thought we were. I have loved her for 17, almost 18, years. I thought we were really happy. She was happy when Nikki was born. She loves you and Landon. You and your brother are a perfect combination of your mother and me. You both have her talent. You have my athletic skills. You both have her brains. You have my awesome teeth!" He joked. Sophia giggled.

"I wish you could be happy."

"I do, too. I was happy. She thought I was cheating on her with Debby. Did you meet her when you came to my office?" He noticed she was thinking.

"Yeah, she was old and ugly! Mom thought you were with her?!" Sophia laughed. "I mean…you wouldn't cheat on mom but if you did you could do better than an old, lonely cat freak!"

"Do you remember when you were five and I took you to Central Park all the time?" Finn asked.

"I remember."

"Those were the happiest days of my life. I had you and Landon and your mom…we used to never fight. We used to laugh and have fun but that all changed just a few years ago when we got in that big fight about dreams and stuff. Then last year when we got in that fight about achieving dreams and how I have an amazing job and she's a stay at home mom. Then I left for two weeks, remember? And I stayed with your uncles. And then we had a perfect night where she apologized and I apologized and we were really happy and she got pregnant. She was so mad. We weren't at a healthy place to have a baby. But we did and for a few months we were fine until I got fired. Then I went out with Mike and Noah and she lost it. She yelled and screamed and she wasn't afraid of you and Landon hearing her or Nikki waking up. All because I had one night that I let get out of control…" He paused to let a few tears fall. "I love her so much and I can't stand the thought of not being able to see her beautiful face every morning."

"How long has it been?"

"What?"
"Since you and mom were happy and never fought? Since you actually slept together at night?" Sophia sighed. She loved him and Rachel so much. They were her parents. Finn was always there for her. Rachel wasn't.

"A few years…maybe two," He responded. "All I want is to just wake up one day and see her face lying on the pillow next to me. I want to go back to before she got pregnant with Nikki and do all of that over again. Make that night even more perfect. Make her believe that I love her more than anything."

"I wish you could. Every story you tell me about your past with mom makes me cry. They're amazing stories. My favorite is the time you were about to perform at regionals and she said 'Break a leg' and you said 'I love you' for the first time. Or maybe when you kissed at Nationals because that video was awesome! I swear someday you need to write a book about you and mom. You belong together." She laughed and hugged her dad again. "What happened on that 'perfect night'?"

"Well…you were sleeping over at Brooke's house for that dance team slumber party and Landon was at Owen's birthday party. We had a big fight the day before." He started. "When she got home from dropping you and Landon off, she came up to me and told me she was really sorry about what she said the day before and I said the same thing. We forgave each other and I took her out to dinner at Sardy's. We walked around in Central Park for a while just talking about the fight and how beautiful it was there at night. Then we came home and I turned on some music. I picked the playlist 'Our Songs' which has all of the songs your mom and I have ever sang together, had a moment during, or danced together. After listening to few songs, 'Faithfully' came on and I asked her to dance. She said 'of course' so I took her hand and pulled her close. We slow danced for the first half of the song until I pulled my head away and whisper sang the part of the song that says 'I'm forever yours, faithfully'. Then she kissed me and I picked her up. We kept kissing and walked into the bedroom with the music still playing."

"Wow…that is so perfect. What happened?" Sophia smiled at the thought of her parents being happy and slow dancing.

"She forgot about everything. She never brought it up again. I tried but she never wanted to talk about it." He sighed. That night…if only he could do it over just one time. He wanted the feeling of her kissing him as passionately as she did that night. The way she smiled…she never smiled anymore. The way she woke up with a smile on her face when he kissed her good morning…

"She didn't forget. That's a night that if I was her, I would remember for the rest of my life. She just doesn't want to bring it up because she knows that if it happens again, she won't want to leave you." Sophia was right.

"That's amazing, Sophia…all I need to do is repeat that night! I need to do all of that again! All I need is one night to prove that I love her and to prove that I would do anything for her!" He smiled at his smart daughter. "Thank you. Is there a way you could sleep over at Maddy or Tiffani's house on Friday or Saturday?"

"Totally, and Maddy really likes Nikki so we can babysit her for free if you want. I'll just tell mom that Maddy's mom said she can take Nikki on Saturday night to play with Maddy's little sister." Sophia cheerfully suggested. "What about Landon?"

"Landon will want to sleepover at Owen's this weekend anyways. I'll tell Owen's parents it would be a huge favor. Problem solved!" Finn smiled and Sophia grinned back.

"I love you daddy!"

"I love you too, Sophia." He laughed. They stood up and walked out the door to get some fresh air. Walking around outside felt nice and very relieving. After an hour long walk and talk sort of thing, Sophia and Finn walked home because it was almost five and Rachel would be home soon. Sophia made plans to sleep over at Maddy's that weekend and Finn talked to Maddy's mom about the Nikki situation. Rachel got home at around 5:30.

"Hey Sophia, how was school?" Rachel stumbled in, avoiding Finn.

"Boring. I'm sleeping over at Maddy's on Saturday and Nikki's coming, too."

"Okay, where is Landon?"

"He's at Owen's house. He's sleeping over there on Saturday, too." Sophia smirked.

"Um…why all on the same night?" Rachel asked not wanting to be alone with Finn for a whole night.

"Just…no reason!" And that was all that was said about Saturday night.

Hey! I decided to try something new. Let me know what you think! I like this story and I like where it's going! Suggestions please?!