So, do you ever have one of those moments, when you're thinking about something completely irrelevant and then BAM, you think of something and you want to write it down…so here it is.

Just inspired by the title of Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist

Alternative Universe in which Finn and Rachel, two strangers – go on an adventure

This will be around three chapters and was a quick idea that I had, I hope you enjoy

The Playlist

Chapter One: The Idea

Finn loved Kurt, he really did. As a brother of course, but he was sick of him trying to set him up with one of his friends. Especially one in particular, Ray, Raquel, Rachel – he couldn't really remember; but Kurt was always pretty adamant on setting the two of them up. Finn was a student in his senior year at Lima Senior High and Kurt was a student at McKinley and their parents met when Carole needed her car to be fixed a brought it in to Kurt's Dad, Burt. It was awesome; it was like a proper family.

It was coming up to Graduation and Kurt was constantly pestering him about whatshername and he had a lot of studying to do for his SAT's but he just couldn't do it, not with Kurt yapping his ear off. However, the Lima Bean wasn't that great either, sure the coffee kept him alert and concentrated but something always caught his attention…a girl.

Every day at precisely 4:12pm, like clockwork, a beautifully stunning girl would walk into the Lima Bean, collect an black coffee and make her way to the table allocated next to a window, she would sit and sip her coffee while either flip through sheet music or through a playbill of a Broadway Musical, however unfortunately for Finn, it seemed like she was off-bounds – she would always, no matter what constantly would check her phone and reply and smile to a text. God, she had a nice smile.

But he didn't want to be like a pervert or anything so he would try his best not to stare. Try being the key world. And when he failed a trying not to stare, he would leave just because he didn't want her to see him staring.

However, he didn't know that he had a crush on him - just a big. If not bigger.

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The average Hummel-Hudson Friday Night Dinner. Just average.

But, Finn had to admit that he secretly did like them; he liked the idea that they sat down as a family and shared stories; he found that interesting that the average person have thousands of stories to tell. Sometimes he wondered about Coffee-Girl and the stories that she had in her mind.

"Earth to Finn!" His Mom chimed at Finn in his day-dreaming state.

"Oh, Sorry Mom!" he apologised.

"Finn, it was a bit rude to do that, Kurt was talking!" She scolded as Finn blushed, being told off by his Mom unfortunately wasn't a rare occasion, in fact – it happened a lot.

"So, where was I?" Kurt continued "Oh yeah, so – Rachel was talking about renting an apartment in Manhattan and then I pointed out that there was no way in hell that we could afford an apartment

In that part of New York so we wanted to know if we could go on a road trip to New York to go check it out…" Kurt trailed off, knowing full well that he had gotten Burt's attention.

"Yeah, that sounds great – just be responsible, no drink driving and I want you to phone me every five hours to make sure you're safe – when are you going?" Burt asked, Burt and Carole knew that Rachel was a perfectly responsible (a bit too responsible…) lady who thought through every detail, it was a little weird to Finn that he had never ever met Rachel despite the fact that she was his brother's best friend – due to Kurt's timing – but he wouldn't know that for a while. Somehow Rachel was always at his house while he was at football practice and would've left by the time he got back home.

"Next week, maybe?" His vague tone light as Kurt forced in another fork-load of salad.

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4:10pm

She was ready.

No matter what, even if she was early – she would wait in her car, just for those extra two minuites hoping if that guy was in there. Every day, he would sit there doing some studying and he literally had the best eyes she had ever seen. He was tall, muscular, someone who totally wouldn't go for her but still…she could dream.

One minute to go, and she braced herself, stepping out of her car and she brushed down her skirt and was about to go into the Lima Bean when her phone started ringing.

Kurt.

"Hey Kurt, I'm really busy – can I call you back in like three minutes?"

"No Rachel, this really can't wait – I need to talk to you now."

Rachel glanced at her watch; she had to be going into the Lima Bean now.

Screw it.

She started to walk in, her phone still pressed to her ear.

"Shoot." She sighed, opening the door to the coffee shop and entering, smiling when she saw coffee-guy before queuing up to get her daily coffee.

"Right – so about Finn…"

"No Kurt – I'm sure Finn is lovely, but I'm really not interested, you know if Barbra made it while she was single – so can I." She confidently said as she happened to walk past Finn's table to get to the queue, she sort of wanted to imply that she was single – just in case coffee guy wanted to um…ask her out.

However, she didn't realise that at that moment, Finn snapped his head up.

That was Rachel.

That was Rachel.

The girl he had crushed on for the last year and a half was his brother's best friend? The beautiful girl that he can't stop staring at was the girl that he was always missing by 'accident'? His pen dropped out of his hand in shock and he tried to look concentrated while listening to Rachel's conversation with Kurt.

"Ok, so anyways – you know the road trip?"

"Yes, I know it – we did plan it together after all, what about it?"

"I can't go."

Her stomach tied up in knots. They had been planning it for ages; why all of a sudden couldn't he go? After ordering her coffee and sitting down – she had an argument with a 'disappointed' Kurt and she was close to tears herself. She wanted to go on an adventure.

After hanging up on Kurt about half an hour later, Rachel took some deep breaths and placed her head in her hands. So much for adventure. However, Finn couldn't stop himself from staring and he was wondering what the hell Kurt had done to this angel?

He got out his phone and started to text his brother to get almost an automatic response,

To: Kurt (4.46pm)

Dude, that's Rachel! What the hell have you done?

From: Kurt (4.47pm)

I have a feeling that you might want to talk to her.

From: Kurt (4.47pm)

To make her feel better.

From: Kurt (4.47pm)

To take her on an adventure.

From: Kurt (4.48pm)

You're welcome

And that was the moment when he realised something.

Kurt had just shipped Finn Hudson with Rachel Berry.

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Shit, what the hell do I do? I can't just go up to her and say "Hey , I'm Finn – Kurt's brother, and I know you're crying but do you wanna get coffee…" Even if I do have the balls, I can't just do that, she said that she didn't want a relationship with me, especially if she's seen me stare. But I don't like seeing her upset.

Before he knew it, he was up on his feet, walking towards the disappointed girl, no clue about what he was doing. Unknowingly, he had taken out a packet of tissues, gripped onto it tightly and as soon as he got to Rachel, who still had her head in her palms and was muttering something underneath her breath he placed the packet of tissues on her table.

She looked up, her eyes glazed with water and red puffy cheeks but she had never looked more beautiful, she was still flawless, damn – she even looked beautiful when she was crying. She looked at him, bewildered and shocked.

"I, um, didn't want you to be upset." He simply said, bashful and embarrassed. Rachel bit her lip, not really knowing what to do but knowing that her heart rate had sped up when coffee-guy started to talk to her and all she could think was that he had a beautiful smile.

Soon she snapped out of her daze,

"Oh, I um..I wasn't…" she managed as she pinched a tissue from the packet but to this Finn raised an eyebrow.

"Fine. But it's a long story…" She muttered to herself, not knowing if she could carry on.

"Well – I'm a very good listener." Finn said with his sideways grin of his.

To this, Rachel smile became a beam – unable to control herself. After a year and a half of crushing on coffee-guy; he was here. Wow, and he was so much better than what she had expected in her imagination.

"I'm Rachel." She smiled, extending a hand to Finn.

At this moment in time, Finn could either do two things, firstly he could admit to Rachel that he was in fact the guy that Kurt was trying to set her up with and it could end in awkward silences or he could pretend that coffee-guy wasn't Finn Hudson, he wanted to learn about Rachel Berry, he wanted to learn all the second hand information he had learnt from his parents and Kurt from the woman herself, she fascinated him. The thing Is, Finn didn't know the image that Rachel had portrayed as Finn, Kurt's Brother; the football player from Ohio Senior who has a bit of an obsession, so he decided to make a rash decision.

He tried to think of the next name he could.

Finn Christopher Hudson.

"I'm Chris." He grinned back, willingly shaking her hand and was even more delighted when Rachel asked him if he wanted to sit down and of course, he did.

So then, they started talking, all about Rachel Berry, a total 'stranger' whose best friend wasn't 'allowed' to come on a road trip to New York because they were checking out apartments. Of course, Finn knew that Kurt was allowed but he realised that this was because, Kurt had made the perfect opportunity to get to know her.

"I just wanted adventure, y'know."

However, just before he was about to respond, he received a text with a mantra that he had told Kurt many, many times.

From: Kurt (7.34pm)

"There are stories to be told, songs to sung, jokes to be said, tears to cry, dances to dance, whispers to murmur, films to watch, music to listen – don't every stop. Just keep going. Explore into the adventure."

Then something struck him like a lightning bolt…

"Chris, are you ok?" Rachel asked concerned, as she had realised he had drifted off, hitting him out of his thoughts.

After then stuttering like a mumbling idiot, he came out with something that he would never regret…

"Do you wanna go on that adventure?"

Should I continue?

I hope you guys enjoyed it!

:)