Chapter One: On The Road Again

Author's Note: So, this is my new multi chapter fic! Sorry it took so long to post, I had family matters that were more pressing and I wanted to finish the story before I started posting. This fic contains violence as Finn and Rachel are both in the FBI, so the M rating is for more than smut (which there will be in later chapters), so you all have been warned. As for when I'll be updating this story, it will most likely be at some point on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. I'm not an expert on anything FBI or BAU related, all of my knowledge comes from watching Criminal Minds. The flashback in the chapter is in italics. As always, I don't own Glee or any of its characters. The chapter title comes from On The Road Again by Bob Seger, and the story title comes from Half Life by Imogen Heap.

Finn Hudson loved his job. Really, he did. Sure, the hours sucked and he never really knew when he'd get to stay in his bed again. And he definitely didn't get to know when he'd get to see his family because of the crazy schedule.

Finn had just gotten back from his most recent case just a few hours ago. This time, the Behavioral Analysis Unit of the FBI had just gotten back from assisting on a case in Albuquerque the last few days. As much as he needed sleep, he knew as soon as he'd get comfortable in bed, his phone would start beeping, and the voice of Artie Abrams would tell him he'd have to head back to headquarters in Quantico, Virginia.

Sure enough, right after he finished unpacking his clothes from the last trip, his phone started beeping. He sighed as he ran a hand through his hair and crossed the room to answer his phone, not bothering to look to see who was calling him.

"Hello?" he mumbled as he looked at his alarm clock. He'd been home for a grand total of five minutes. This had to be a new record.

"Finn, there's a new case that's being presented in twenty minutes. Think you can make it back into headquarters for it?" Artie Abrams asked.

Finn sighed. Sure, he loved his job, but it was times like this when he really regretted his career choice.

"I'll be there in ten minutes."

-XX-

Rachel Berry hardly ever left her office at the FBI headquarters in Quantico. Being the communications liaison for the Behavioral Analysis Unit, she not only accompanied the team on all of their cases, but she also had extra paperwork she had to fill out before and after cases. So when the team always complained about not being at their respective homes, she always topped their stories (except for maybe Will Schuester but he was the head of their team and it was to be expected).

But tonight was a different story. She decided to do some of the paperwork on the plane, so when she got back to headquarters, she left herself a note to file the paperwork in the morning, leaving her a little bit of time to get home to see her five year old daughter, Jenna, before she had to send her to her father's house for the week.

Pausing to look at the pictures of her and Jenna, she smiled and touched the necklace she always wore around her neck. It had been a gift from her grandmother after Rachel told her family that she was pregnant and her cheating ex-boyfriend Brody Weston had abandoned her. And when Rachel gave birth to her healthy baby girl, her grandmother gave Jenna a similar necklace. She never takes the necklace off, and whenever she sees it, she thinks of Jenna.

"Oh, good, Rachel, you're still here." Schuester said, peeking into Rachel's office (technically, they all were supposed to call him Schuester, but since they were always in a hurry, they'd shortened his name to Schue). "Sylvester directly handed us a case. She's presenting it in fifteen minutes.

Rachel looked back at the pictures of Jenna on her desk and sighed. "Is there any way we can wait until the morning? It's my last night with Jenna for the week and I promised her I'd tuck her in to bed tonight."

"Sorry Rachel, I promised Sylvester we'd all be here."

Rachel's face dropped as she tried not to cry. "Okay, sir. I'll be there in a minute." She watched Schuester look and see who else was still here then went over to her phone.

"Let me guess, you have another case." Blaine Anderson said when he picked up the phone. Blaine was Rachel's half brother and was one of the only people in her family who didn't turn their back on her when she first got pregnant (eventually everyone came around when they realized how much Rachel needed her family and it didn't hurt that Jenna was totally adorable).

"I'm really sorry, Blaine. Do you think you could tuck her in for me and read her the bedtime story?" Rachel said, a tear sliding down her face.

"Of course, Rach. I hope this case goes by quickly. Maybe Brody will let you see her whenever you get back."

"Brody would never agree to that. I really think the only reason he wants visitation of Jenna is so he can try and score with unsuspecting girls." Rachel looked out her office window and saw the rest of the team was starting to gather. "I have to go now. I'm really sorry about this. Give my baby girl a kiss and hug for me. Text me when Brody comes to get her in the morning."

"Will do, Rach. I hope you catch the bad guys." Blaine said as he hung up the phone.

Rachel hung up the phone, pulled her hair back in a ponytail and walked across the hallway into the conference room.

-X-

The team was flying out to Seattle this time. Apparently, a serial rapist had decided to start killing his victims to ensure they wouldn't be ratting him out, and the BAU was called in to help with the case.

While on the flight out to Seattle, Rachel sat by herself and looked at pictures of Jenna on her phone. She was upset she wouldn't get to say goodbye to Jenna, just like she hadn't been able to get her from Brody's this time, nor had she been able to take Jenna to the mall to get her picture with Santa a few weeks ago. At least January was nearing its end and she had the first weekend of February off for Jenna's birthday. All she had to do was keep telling herself that to get through the next few weeks.

"Rachel, do you mind if we talk for a minute?" Sylvester said, coming up to sit next to Rachel on the plane.

Rachel groaned inwardly. Whenever Sylvester, the Section Chief of the BAU wanted to talk, it usually wasn't something good. Rachel couldn't afford to be fired; she had so much she had to take care of.

"Of course, ma'am." Rachel said, sliding her phone into the pocket of her jeans.

"Schuester tells me you hesitated on coming on this case. Why is that?"

Rachel balked on answering her boss. Sylvester was a hard ass and hated children, and Rachel didn't want to end up on her bad side.

"No reason in specific. I just needed to get home to see someone." Rachel said, trying to avoid saying why she was hurrying back.

"Well, just be forewarned, Berry. Next time you want to skip out on a case, you can pack up and start looking for a new job. Understand?"

Rachel nodded and looked out the window of the plane. Sylvester got up from her seat across from Rachel and walked to the cockpit, probably about to interrogate the pilots about when they'd arrive in Seattle.

"What did Sylvester have to say?" Rachel's best friend, Finn Hudson, said as he walked over to sit by Rachel.

"Just her usual threats. I almost didn't come because I wanted to get back to the apartment said I could spend some time with Jenna before she has to go spend the week with Brody." Rachel said, her blood boiling at the fact that her perfect little girl had to spend time with someone as terrible as Brody. Sometimes, she wished she had picked a better guy to be her daughter's father, but there wasn't anything she could do about it now.

"Well, if it makes you feel a little bit, I didn't even get a chance to call my mom to tell her to keep Max up for a little bit until I could stop by the house."

Rachel rolled her eyes. "Yes, Finn, but Max is your dog. I actually have a daughter that I have to take care of. Although it's mostly Blaine who's taking care of her now." Rachel said.

Finn frowned. "Have you thought about cutting back on your hours? There are other communication liaisons we can use. It's just –"

"None of them are as good as I am." Rachel finished. "Honestly, there's times when I've thought about quitting all together and going back to school to do something else. But I don't have the money to take care of me and Jenna and go to school. And I'd miss the team a lot."

"Well, I know I'd really miss you too. So I guess it's settled, you aren't allowed to ever leave us." Finn said as he gave Rachel his famous half smile.

"I guess not." Rachel said, sighing as she pulled out her phone. Blaine had just texted her to say that Jenna had a nightmare.

"You know, you're pretty amazing." Finn said.

Rachel looked up at him with a slight frown on her face. "I am?"

He nodded. "Totally. I mean, you work a job that keeps you away from home a lot and you're still totally dedicated to your daughter. How is the little munchkin doing, by the way? I know she misses her super awesome godfather. Well, at least one of her godfathers."

Rachel smiled. When she was pregnant with Jenna, Finn was the first person outside of her family that she actually told. He promised her that they'd stick together throughout the thick and thin. When Rachel had to choose who Jenna's godparents were going to be, she automatically knew it would be Finn and Blaine.

"She's good. I just know she's going to be upset I won't get to see her before she goes to Brody's for the week."

As he always did when someone brought up Brody, Finn balled his fists up and his eyes narrowed. He couldn't understand why someone would walk out on their pregnant girlfriend, but that's exactly what Brody did. He didn't come see Jenna until she was four months old, then demanded visitation rights.

"Calm down, Finn. I know, it sucks that I have to do this. That's what happens when you're a stupid twenty year old who thinks any relationship is going to last forever." Rachel said.

"Listen to me, Rach. You are doing everything right and are raising an amazing little girl basically by yourself. What happened between you and Brody, no matter how stupid it was, happened in the past, and you can't change the past. Besides, you always say Jenna is the best thing that ever happened to you."

"Because she is. I just wish I'd picked a better guy to have my baby with." Rachel said. "Oh well, it doesn't matter now. Especially after what happened with Jenna."

Finn had just gotten to the restaurant to meet his date for the evening when his phone started ringing. Usually, he'd just ignore it, but when he'd left Rachel and Blaine's apartment a little earlier, she hadn't looked very good, and though she passed it off as just slight nausea, he knew something else was going on.

He pulled out his phone and saw it was Blaine calling, which also tipped Finn off to the fact that there was something wrong with Rachel.

"Hey Blaine, what's going on?" Finn asked, shivering outside of the restaurant.

"There's something wrong with Rachel." Blaine said. "I'm taking her to the hospital."

"Which one?" Finn asked, already heading back out to his car.

-X-

Two hours later, Rachel was being prepped for a C-section to try and save both hers and the baby's lives. As Rachel's family lived far away from Quantico (where they were still enrolled at the FBI Academy), it was just Blaine and Finn at the hospital with her.

It was a tense time for the three of them at the hospital. Rachel was freaking out because she needed surgery, Finn was freaking out because he was worried about his best friend and her baby, and Blaine was freaking out because he was the only member of the family that could get to the hospital on such short notice since he was also at the Academy.

"Yeah, Rach, let's not put anyone through that again." Finn said, feeling his heart break a little. Rachel was a great mother to Jenna, and he always knew she wanted more kids. He just wished she'd find someone who wouldn't desert her when she'd really need it, because in all honesty, Rachel stressed out so much when she was pregnant with Jenna, and he thinks that's why she was born early.

-X-

"Are you the Behavioral Analysis Unit?" someone asked when the team arrived at Seattle's police station.

"Yes, I'm Rachel Berry, we spoke on the phone." Rachel said, extending her hand. "This is the team. This is SSA Schuester, SSA Beiste, SA Chang, SA Puckerman, SA Hummel, SA Fabray, SA Evans, and SA Hudson." Rachel said, pointing out the various members of the team. "And this is our Section Chief Sue Sylvester."

"Well, thank you all for coming out here. We have a conference room set up for you." The officer led the team back to a room where they started to set up.

"Ms. Berry, the media is already gathering outside and are wanting a press conference. Are you ready for it?"

"Yes, she reviewed the case on the flight here. She'll be outside in five minutes." Sylvester answered for her.

The officer nodded and left the room.

"Okay, team, we have to treat this as every other case. While Rachel is addressing the media, Hudson, Evans, Puckerman and Beiste are going to head to the crime scenes and consult with CSI while Chang, Fabray, Hummel and I are going to attempt to build a profile based on what we know. We're in for a long few days." Schue said.

-X-

"How was the media?" Finn asked Rachel that night when the team was getting checked into a hotel.

"The media was the same as always. They wanted to know more information to get out to the public, and I didn't have exactly what they wanted, so they got mad." Rachel said as she pulled out her phone to see if Brody called her. Not surprisingly, he didn't.

"Ever wish you were actually profiling like you first wanted to?" Finn asked, grabbing his room key.

Rachel shook her head. "No, I'll stick to the media. They're much less harmless than an unsub. Besides, if something happened to me, Jenna would have to live with Brody and I can't do that to my baby." Rachel took her room key and started walking to the elevator.

Finn nodded and followed her to the elevator. "Hey, Rach, I have a weird question for you."

"Okay…"

"I know you said you don't want any more kids, but do you ever think about getting married?"

The elevator doors opened and the two of them stepped in. Rachel pushed her floor number, as did Finn.

"I guess if I met the right person this time. I don't want to be stuck with another Brody who takes off when something happens." Rachel said, looking at her reflection in the elevator doors. Finn did the same thing.

"Hey, Rach." Finn said as the doors opened up on the second floor. Rachel's floor.

"Yeah, Finn?" she said, turning to him.

He let out the breath of air he was holding in. "Never mind. Have a good night."

"You too, Finn. Oh, I'm in 207. Stop by later and maybe we'll be able to call Jenna and you can talk to your favorite goddaughter."

Finn smiled. "Sounds good, Rach."

-X-

Finn stood outside of Rachel's room for ten minutes, working up the courage to knock on her door and tell her how he really feels. He realized he'd been slowly falling in love with Rachel for the last few months and he was just now deciding to tell her about it. He knew there would be something there, and he knew he wouldn't be like Brody and take off when the going gets tough. He wanted to be with Rachel for the long haul.

He knocked on the door and a few moments later, Rachel opened the door. She smiled when she saw him.

"Hey, I was just about to text you to see if you wanted to call Jenna. Come on in." Rachel said, stepping aside to let him in.

"There's actually something I needed to ask you first, Rach." Finn said, feeling his heart start to speed up.

"You okay, Finn?" Rachel asked, raising her eyebrow.

"I think I'm love with you." he blurted.

Not exactly how he planned on saying it.

"I mean, I know I'm in love with you. I just think you're totally amazing and I'm constantly in awe of you." Finn said as Rachel started smiling. "And I was just wondering if you wanted to go out sometime."

Rachel crossed the room and stood a few inches away from Finn. "You know, I feel the same way about you." she said as she started tracing patterns on his chest. "Your heart is beating like crazy." She looked him in the eyes and felt her own heart start to race. "You know, you can kiss me if you want to."

"I want to." Finn said, closing the distance between them as his lips crashed down on hers.