A/N: Here is an idea that I had a long time ago. It's based off of an old country song. Let me know how you like it. Please R&R. I'd also enjoy if ya'll had any input on the story. I've decided to try and get this story done by Christmas. We'll see if that happens, but in the meantime, here is my Christmas present for ya'll. Merry Christmas!

"Mommy, are we there yet?"

"No, sweetie. It'll be about another hour. You wanna sing with the radio?"

"Yes, yes, yes. Please." The five year old jumped up and down in her pink car seat.

"Okay, okay." Rachel turned on the radio and tuned it to an 80s station. The music these days had too many curse words in them and she didn't want Katie to pick that up.

They sang to a couple of songs and then Rachel noticed that Katie was beginning to yawn more and more. She slowly turned the music down a little bit. She stopped singing when she saw her baby sleeping. Fully content.

Rachel turned her attention back to the road. She had seen the Ohio state sign a ways back so she knew she was close. Close to home. It had been years since she had come home. Her dads usually just made her way up to New York to see her, but she had to make this trip. Her daddy has a brain tumor. Although the doctors are positive that they caught it in time, she still needed to see him in person to believe them.

When she saw her exit, she called her papa and told him that she would be home very soon. She smiled to herself as she passed through downtown. Memories started to flood her brain. Memories of her teen years. She sighed to herself trying to push the memories away.

When she pulled into the driveway, her dads were standing on the porch smiling and waving to her. She couldn't help, but smile. When she put the car in park, she got out and ran up to them hugging them.

"Welcome home, baby girl." Her papa said.

"It's good to be home, Papa." She said. "Oh, come and see Katie. She has grown so much since you last saw her, I'm sure." She led them over to the car's back side door.

Rachel opened the door and slowly shook the little girl until she woke up. "Katie? Come on, wake up."

The small girl moved slightly and when slowly opened her big brown eyes. "Mommy?"

"Hey, baby. We're here."

Katie took a moment to register what her mom had said and then she shot up. "Grandpapa!" She said once Rachel stepped aside.

He unbuckled his granddaughter and picked her up pulling her into a big bear hug.

After they moved all of the luggage into the house, the four finally sat down and caught up.

"How's New York treating ya?" Papa asked.

Rachel just shrugs her shoulders as she glances over at Katie coloring in her princess book. "I just thought by now, I'd have a Tony or something. Even just a part on Broadway would be wonderful."

Her daddy shook his head. "I'm sorry pumpkin, I know this isn't what you envisioned for your life, but you have to admit seeing that little girl growing up is worth it."

Rachel can't help, but agree. With all the crap she's put up in her life, at least she has this one little piece of perfect.

-X-

The week passed on with two doctor's appointments. Both optimistic. Katie was getting bored of just playing with a few of her toys. She was used to being able to look out her window and watch many cars pass by on the street below. If she looked out a window here, she might see one car pass by every few minutes.

"Mommy?"

Rachel looked up from the paper. "Yes, baby."

"Can we do something fun today? Please!" She said as she got down on her knees and folded her hands over her chest, slightly shaking them. She had always had a dramatic side. Rachel wasn't sure if she got that from her or her father.

"Okay. What do you wanna do?'

"I don't know. Is there anything fun to do around here?"

"Well, we could go see a movie. Or we could go out for some ice cream." Rachel could see her daughter's eyes light up at the words.

"Ice cream! Ice cream!" Katie screamed jumping up and down.

Rachel stood up and tried to settle her down. "Okay, baby. Calm down." She stopped her jumping and gave Rachel a big smile. "Good girl, go grab your shoes and we'll get going."

Once they had grabbed some ice cream, Rachel decided to show Katie around the town. She drove through main street sharing memories of her childhood.

"Over there is where I used to get my hair cut." She said pointing at a beauty shop. "And that is where the old arcade was. They then turned it into a clothes shop." Rachel recalled the change when she was 14.

"What's an arcade?" Katie asked.

"It was a place where there were all these video games that people could play. You know that room that we go into when we are waiting at the movie theater?" Katie nodded. "It's like that, only it has way more games."

"Cool."

Rachel continued her little tour. Once they reached the end of main street, Rachel noticed a familiar building. She remembered it as plain old Burt's Garage, but the building had changed. It was still a garage, but it looked as though it had been remodeled. Same name though. She figured that Burt was still running it. Just thinking about that place brought back so many memories. Memories she didn't want to remember.

-X-

"Finn, Wake-Up!"

Finn, startled by the high pitched shriek, jumped up, bumping his head on his headboard. He mumbled a curse word under his breath before composing himself. Rubbing his head, he looked up at his step-brother.

"Kurt? What do you need?" He half yelled.

"Good morning to you, too."

"Sorry, dude, but did you have to wake me up like that?"

Kurt came over and gave Finn one of the two coffee cups. "Yes and for two good reasons. One, you have a meeting this morning that you really need to get to."

Finn shot up out of the bed and ran over to his closet to find his suit. "Oh, shoot. Thanks, man. Totally forgot."

"Don't you want to hear the other reason that I had to wake you up?" Kurt said as he leaned against the door frame of the room.

Finn didn't look up, but responded. "What is it?"

"Well, I just got off the phone with Mercedes and she told me the most surprising thing."

"Mercedes is back in town?"

"Yeah, yeah. On a break from her tour. Anyway, she told me that a certain big-nosed, brunette is back in town."

Finn stopped his motions. "What?"

"Yeah, apparently, Mercedes saw her driving through town yesterday. It's like the first time anyone has seen her since high school."

"What's she doing here?"

"I'm not sure. I think it has something to do with one of her fathers. What are you going to do about it?"

"What do you mean?" Finn asked searching for two matching black dress socks.

"Well, ever since high school, all you've done is talk about her and miss her. You haven't even dated."

"That's not true, Kurt. I dated Riley for awhile. "

"Finn, you went on two dates with her. That does not count as dating."

"Whatever, man. I'm not doing anything. She's the one who left. She's the one who never contacted me. Now, can you please leave so I can get ready."

"Fine. But if you do decide to do anything, let me knoooow." Kurt said as he walk out the door leaving Finn to get dressed.

-X-

"Mr. Hudson, we understand how hard this past year has been on you, but changes must be made."

Finn took in Mr. Allen's words as he tried to control his anger. He replied. "Changes have been made. The shop has been completely remodeled over the past year."

"Yes, and those upgrades have cost us dearly. Don't you see, Mr. Hudson, everything that you've done has only added to the debt that the shop owes."

"Yes, I've seen the bills. And if you'd just give me and my men a little more time, I'm sure that we can figure out a way to pay."

"There is not a way to do that. I've ran through all the scenarios and it doesn't matter what you do, you will have to declare bankruptcy. Right now, you owe more than that little hick town shop is worth."

That was it. Finn had heard enough. He stood up and towered over the other man. "Listen here, Mr. Allen. That shop means so much to me and this town. Do you want to know why business has been slow lately? It's because we actually know how to work with cars. When we fix these cars, we actually do fix these cars. We do not have customers coming back with the same problem within a few days as most shops do."

"You might be a great team of guys, but this problem cannot be fixed. I'm sorry, but we're going to have to close you down."

Finn sighed. He knew this might happened, but had hoped that he would have been able to stop it. "How long?"

"I'd say you've got til the end of the year."

Finn nodded. "Okay. Thank you for your time." He left without another word.

He loosened his tie as he walked out of the bank. That was one thing he loved about his job. He never had to wear a tie. He never had to dress up. He dropped onto the curb as he thought about what was going to happen next.

He would have to start by telling his mom. She will be upset and probably disappointed. She really believed that he would take good care of the shop.

After his mom, he'd have to inform his men at the shop. They were all great guys who worked hard. This is going to break them. Some of them were the main income in their families. Finn just wished that he had a million bucks so he could divide it up between all of them.

He dreaded telling Kurt most of all. It was his dad's shop after all. After Burt died from his second heart attack last year, Finn inherited the shop. Burt knew Kurt would not be able to handle it. Turns out Burt had been wrong. Finn had drove the shop into the ground. He didn't want to have to tell Kurt that he ruined one of the biggest parts of his father's life.

He sighed again as he leaned back and let the sun warm him up. He watched as a few cars passed by him. He knew a few of the drivers since he had worked on their cars before. Then he noticed something out of the corner of his eye. He saw a bright red VW Jetta stopped at the light near the Dancing Moon bookstore. He sat up and focused in on the driver. Sure enough, it was Rachel. The one and only. He was surprised that she drove the same car that she had had in high school. The car did fit her personality though. It was small, yet drew attention to itself immediately as it drove by.

He watched as she fumbled around with something in the passenger seat. Once she was satisfied with whatever it was, she turned her attention back to the light and traffic. He took in her appearance. She hadn't changed much since high school. Her hair was up in a messy bun. He had never seen her without her hair fixed properly. He couldn't help, but think that she was even more beautiful than he remembered. Soon, her light changed and she turned left. He assumed that she was headed back to her dads' house.

He knew he should try and contact her, but with everything that had just happened, he felt that it'd be better if he didn't bother with it. Finn stood up from the curb and slowly made his way down the street to the shop. There were a lot of things he had to take care of. Better go ahead and start now.

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