Forty-Five
A Glee Fan Fiction
Sequel to Seventeen
DISCLAIMER: I do NOT own Glee, the show and its characters are the property of Ryan Murphy and FOX.
Chapter One: Christmas With The Hudson's
Finn Hudson sat at his kitchen table, the mug in his hands erupting steam against his face. He listened to his sons playing music with their friends up in their room, the sounds of their music mixing in with Rachel's Broadway show tunes as she rushed around the house cleaning and primping. It was Friday December 23rd, Christmas weekend and the house was spot less and looked like Santa's Grotto. Wynter would be arriving soon with her new husband Ian and Rachel wanted the place looking perfect, the house was built to accommodate five to six people in the upcoming weekend it would be filled by about five times as many people. Perfect would soon be ruined.
"Honey, you know you could help me right?" Rachel asked as she walked into the kitchen with the washing basket tucked under her arm and resting on her hip, she was way too stressed and Finn was taking a break after his first semester of teaching the music classes at the Brooklyn High School of the Arts.
"Rach, baby the place is spotless already, sit down for a minute and take a breath." Finn replied looking up from the table top to look at his wife. At forty five she was still the teenager he fell in love with, his star, she still even wore his twenty five cent ring even though he had offered three times to get her a real one. It had been twenty nine years since they fell for each other, twenty eight since they were seventeen and twenty eight since their baby girl had been born and twenty three years as a married couple. It usually always felt like the first day, like the love stories in the movies Finn was forced to watch.
"Finn it needs to be better, our baby girl married into a proper, fancy family, help me clean… please?" she looked at him; his aging face, his slowly greying hair, she gave him a look she knew he couldn't say no to. He knew her game but he always lost, heaving a sigh he pulled himself up from the table.
"Okay fine! Go on, you dust and I'll vacuum." He sighed, yanking out the pink vacuum cleaner from under the stairs. Rachel laughed and ran to the laundry room before coming back with a pink duster. Pink. "And on a second note here, on your fact of a 'proper, fancy family' she married a St. James, my baby girl married a St. James, it hurts it really does. We do not have to impress Ian I mean he's nice but his father can be a stuck up ass else where it doesn't need to be at my house. It honestly doesn't matter to me."
"Finn hush, Noah and Quinn will be here later too so you don't even need to look at Jesse let alone talk to him." Rachel replied over the noise of the vacuum. Finn simply grumbled his dislike of having to be under the same room as Jesse. His dislike of Jesse St. James seemed irrational but Finn just didn't like him, he disliked him even more for the fact that his on had married his only daughter, in Finn's opinion twenty eight was way too young and Wynter should still live with them, she never had listened to a word he said.
On the other hand, Finn did like Ian St. James, a significant amount more than he had liked any of Wynter's previous boyfriends, maybe because Ian only looked like Jesse, and acted like his mother who was a civil person and was actually nice and worth talking to.
Rachel and Finn cleaned the house for another half an hour, occasionally starting up a conversation about Regionals in the upcoming semester, or Finn's plan for Nationals this year if they made it again. They cleaned the living room, twice, they cleaned around the Christmas tree and in the hallway, they cleaned the front porch they cleaned everywhere until the place was sparkling. Finn tucked the vacuum away again as Rachel walked to the laundry room to get clothe ready.
"Boys! It's time for your posse to leave now, Brad's dad is picking him up tonight to take him to Miami tonight remember." Finn called up the stairs as Rachel came and handed him a garment bag, he rolled his eyes and took it with a smile as their sons' music stopped and seven boys trudged down the stairs. The leader being James, as usual.
"Dad, we really thought you were cool, yet, you're kicking our friends out into the cold, snowy streets, with the risk of a cold or worse death." James sighed, adding a little too much theatricality to it as their friends gathered in the front porch to put on their coats and shoes.
"Brad drove them all here, Brad is driving them all home, don't be such a smart ass James. And remember your sister is going to be here in half an hour or did you forget?" Finn questioned as he said goodbye to the boys' friends.
"What sister? I have no idea what you're talking about, you're losing it Dad, it's the old age, ooh unlucky." James replied earning a slap on the back of the head from Rachel. James and Joseph were fifteen and would be going into their sophomore year next year. They had inherited Finn's height but looked more like Rachel than their father, James had his fathers personality whereas Joseph had his mothers personality, both on the other hand we driven and determined.
All three of Finn and Rachel's children were musically inclined, which made the two parents insanely proud. Wynter was an actress on Broadway with two music majors and a bachelors in drama, she'd been an avid glee club member for three years in high school and she played the piano. James wanted to start a band after university and tour the world playing his own music, he would be playing football while being in glee like his father and he also played the drums just like Finn. Joseph wanted to produce music as a record producer while teaching music here in New York or down in L.A, but that all worked around Macy, he would be where she was, he also played guitar and sang in his free time. With the three of them all into music they honestly wouldn't have a hard time getting into the things they wanted to, not with a Tony winning Broadway actress for a mom and a seven time Show Choir National Champion Glee club Director as a dad.
Once their friends had left Rachel ushered everyone upstairs to get changed into the outfits Kurt had put together for them. Finn was in a dark blue button up shirt with a black waist coat and black pants. James and Joseph were in the same shirts as their fathers only with black sweater vests and black pants, they hated wearing matching things but it made their mom and Uncle Kurt happy, they did it to escape the whining.
"Finn, boys they're here! Are you dressed?" Rachel called up the stairs twenty minutes later. They sighed and decided to race down the stairs, Finn winning as usual. "Your hair is a mess Finn."
"It won't stay down Rach, I tried, I really did." Finn answered moving his right hand up to flatten his hair down so it was down over his forehead, when he removed his hand it stood back up with a sigh from Finn. "By the way, you look beautiful."
Finn and Rachel stood side by side at the door as the boys walked through into the living room. They were excited to see Wynter as they hadn't seen her since July at the twins' birthday party. Her schedule was always busy and where hers wasn't Finn's was. When she entered the house Rachel had her in a vice tight hug and when she let go Wynter flew into her fathers arms.
"I missed you two so much!" she said when she pulled away to stand beside Ian. "I even missed tweedle dee and tweedle dumb."
"Well we didn't miss you Alice, we were hoping you'd be lost in Wonderland forever." The twins replied from the living room, Finn shook his head and poked his head through the door way into the living room.
"James, Joseph, quit it right now." He said, authority deep in his voice before he turned back to his daughter and son in law his eyes never leaving Ian. "So how are you two? It's been a while."
"We're great Daddy, I just got a lead role in a new musical, and Ian just got a new job teaching at a school in down town Manhattan." Wynter replied as they all walked through into the living room to sit down. When she passed by the twins she hit them both on the back of the head before sitting next to Ian on the love seat.
"Well that's great honey!" Rachel grinned and patted Finn's knee, he simply sat smirking. "Did you hear that Finn?"
"I did, congratulations baby, make sure you save your mom and I some seats okay?" Finn replied and turned his attention to Ian after Wynter nodded. "What about you then Ian, a new job at a school, which school would that be?"
"Lower Manhattan Arts Academy, I just got the job a week ago sir." Ian answered, avoiding looking at Finn who was sat still smirking.
"That's nice, I heard they have a great music program there, I assume that's what you'll be teaching?" Finn responded moving his hand to ruffle his hair as he watched Ian.
"Yes, music, drama and well glee club, I needed the job and with music the glee club directors job comes with it." Ian replied, twirling his thumbs in his lap as Finn leant back and wrapped his arm around Rachel's shoulders.
"Then in that case I look forward to seeing you at Regionals, I mean from what I know there isn't too hard of a challenge for sectionals there. It'll be easy for you to get to Regionals, trust me." Finn said loosening some of his son in laws tension. Rachel knew what Finn was playing at and elbowed him in the side making him look at her and she shook her head.
"Well Sectionals sure, but Regionals? Not against the infamous Finn Hudson, I mean seven National wins is hard, almost impossible to beat." Ian replied causing Finn's grin to grow along with his ego, Ian looked to the newest trophy on Finn's mantle, from Sectionals a week ago, it would be there until the first day back.
"My not so secret, secret is just let the kids have fun, if they have fun the crowd feels it, the judges feel it, so it equals a better chance at a win." Finn commented watching Joseph get up to answer the door when a knock sounded.
"Mom, Dad, Quinn and Noah are here." His voice called from the hallway. "Macy and I are going to go listen to music in my room." Finn walked into the hallway and stood next to Puck before they turned to each other in shock of what they'd heard. They spun and stopped at the bottom of the stairs.
"Arm's length apart, teenage pregnancies run in both families!" they yelled in unison, the second the words left their mouths the living room erupted into laughter. "It's not funny."
"Just come sit down you idiots." Quinn called from the living room still laughing with Rachel. Finn and Puck walked into the living room with a slouch and sat down next to their wives as they both began talking about girly things their husbands just didn't care about.
"If my only child ends up pregnant Hudson I swear to God I will castrate you, and then kill you, slowly and painfully, and I'll laugh. Of course that's all after you pay for the doctors visits and baby items." Puck said folding his arms across his chest leaving Finn to roll his eyes and turn to talk to Wynter.
Later that evening Jesse and his wife Veronica arrived with their sixteen year old daughter Isabelle, Finn had no problem at all talking to Veronica or even Isabelle seen as she was in his glee club. He left Jesse alone, he simply didn't want to talk to him, they both just ignored each other like the amazing in laws they were. At supper they all sat around the table, it was cramped but it was family, even Kurt flew in to join them for the weekend. Of course that meant that thirteen people were there at the table. Tomorrow was Christmas eve and there would be even more people stuffed in the house, but it still wouldn't be as cramped as the first Christmas is New York.
Their Christmas Guest List grew ever year or so, this years consisted of Finn and Kurt's parents, Rachel's fathers, Quinn, Puck and Macy, Kurt, Mercedes, her husband Ryan and their son Phillip, Tina, Artie and their two kids Edward and Jessica, Santana and Matt with their daughter Ruby, Brittany and Mike, Will, Emma and their son Marcus, Jesse, Veronica, Isabelle and Wynter and Ian. The home that once fit a family of five comfortably would soon be filled with thirty three people, thirty three close family and friends. It was the same ever Christmas eve and every January 12th for Wynter's birthday and Finn and Rachel's anniversary party.
"Okay guys, group photo, one of you then one with the kids." Carole said as she took the camera Kurt held out for her. It was tradition ever Christmas eve to have a picture of New Directions together, the graduating glee club and then again with their family. "Finn, honey stand up straighter."
"His head won't be in the picture then though mom." Kurt said from Finn's left, earning a smack on the back of the head from Finn and laughs from everyone else.
"Okay jokes can wait, smile or we'll never have a picture taken. On three… one… two…" when the flash went of their smiles grew and then shrank as Carole put the camera away. They had the second one took and they all went back into conversation, catching up and telling stories, it was basically just a huge family gathering for the rest of the weekend.
Rachel, Quinn, Tina, Mercedes, Santana, Veronica and Wynter made supper with Carole and Brittany taste tested in the kitchen. Finn and the guys teamed up and went to play football in the freezing air and deep snow in the back yard, wrapped up in knee length coats and plaid scarves. The kids would all gather round and swap music and rock out in the living room, until seven PM that is when it was time for the family supper.
"Guys ten minutes until we serve supper go get washed up. Music off, boys inside." Rachel called walking through the living room passed the ipod dock to turn it off and then to the back door to call the men in. With the cramped conditions of the house at that time of the year everyone was spread around in the kitchen and the dining room.
"Okay, so we need a bigger house." Finn announced as he weaved in and out of people and purposely bumping into Jesse. "Rach, we're moving okay? To a place that can hold thirty plus people."
"I've been telling you that for about five years now Finn, you just don't listen." Rachel replied as she moved to sit with Finn on the floor in the dining room.
"They're arguing, someone get the popcorn!" Puck yelled from the other side of the room causing everyone to laugh, Rachel and Finn with them until Finn leant over and kissed Rachel.
"Get a room!" James called out, turning away from his parents. Finn pulled away and shuffled closer to Rachel so their arms were touching.
"Hey kiddo, a base or two more you may have had a little brother or sister." Puck laughed, the rest of the adults laughing the teens looking at him like he was insane. "What you kiddos don't know how little cute babies are made? Wow, when I was your age… anyways, I guess it's time for Sex Ed. 101 with Uncle Puck. Alrighty, so when a man and a woman really love each other, or they're drunk…"
"PUCK!" Finn, Rachel and Quinn yelled in unison making him stop talking and the kids release a sigh of relief.
"Awh come on, my version is so much better than what they teach in schools." Puck sighed and went back to eating. Once dinner was all finished with and cleaned up the cameras came out like every year. Kurt didn't even enforce the rule anymore, they all made fun of it when he did. It was basically just a competition on who had a bigger memory card for their camera. It was always one of the girls. The insane part was, the part that had them spend the most money was each occasion about one thousand pictures were taken at a time, and when they were all printed off each couple got a copy of every single picture and a photo album to put them in. They all had shelves and shelves just dedicated to Christmas and their Children. It was the same for the vacations they all took together, they went on an annual vacation together.
When it started getting late everyone went to their cars and got all of the gifts out, when they had finished stacking them under the tree there were hundreds of gifts and that's without the exagerations. They did this every year too seen as the second everyone was awake they headed over to Finn and Rachel's. They all said goodbye except for Jesse, Veronica and Isabelle, Wynter and Ian had held them back so they could talk to the St. James' at the same time as Wynter's parents.
So this is the Sequel a few people asked me for, it'll be about 6 chapters so, please post ideas for songs or anything in your reviews. Tell me what you liked, didn't like, want to see, don't want to see anything.
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