AN: Here we go! the final chapter in my little two shot. I hope you all like this as much as the first one. I got so many more alerts, favorites and reviews than I thought I was going to. You guys are awesome.

This is the last chapter of this lil story that popped into my mind but I have a ton of other ideas that I should be writing soon, so keep an eye out for that.

I wont bore you anymore with my rambling..


It was very bright when Rachel opened her eyes the next morning, unusually bright. Letting that sink in for a moment she looked to the clock on her night stand.

It was 10:30, this explained the brightness. Rachel woke up every day at 6am no matter what, the fact that she had slept in so late defiantly said something about the party she had hosted the night before.

It wasn't until she moved to sit up that she noticed that she wasn't alone in her bed. She turned over to find both Kurt and Mercedes asleep under her covers. She smiled to herself as she got out of bed and made her way downstairs towards the kitchen.

She chuckled to herself as she found several more people asleep along her trip through the house. Brittany and Artie were wrapped up together on the couch, Blaine was on the love seat and Puck was passed out on the floor with Santana using his stomach as a pillow.

She stopped as soon as she stepped into the kitchen when she saw Finn looking into the refrigerator. She tried to quickly fix her hair, wishing she had made a stop at the bathroom to at least freshen up a bit before coming down stairs in her pajamas.

"Hi" she beamed at him, still running a hand through her hair.

"Hey." he smiled looking at her around the refrigerator door.

"Where did you sleep?" she asked looking back towards the living room. "Almost every flat surface is accounted for."

"Oh, um on that window bench thing outside your room."

"You should have come in, I would have shared my bed." She said blushing a bit at the implications of her statement.

"I did." he smiled "But Kurt and Mercedes were already in bed with you, so I just came back out."

"Sorry." She mumbled "That must have been really uncomfortable."

"No it was ok."

They both just stood there staring at each other for a few moments.

"This is silly," she said moving forward to stand right in front of him, she leaned forward on her tip toes to kiss him lightly on the lips. "Hi" she breathed.

"Hi." He whispered back.

"So what's for breakfast?" Artie asked as Brittany wheeled him into the kitchen.

"We were just talking about that." Rachel responded with her eyes still on Finn's

After looking in a few cabinets Rachel held up a container "Pancakes?" she asked.

"I love pancakes!" Brittany grinned. "Will you cut them up for me like my mom does?"

"Sure Britt" Rachel smiled fondly at her. "You wanna help me? We have a lot of pancakes to make."

They started prepping to cook breakfast for everyone in the house. Brittany was quickly put on mixing duty as soon as she told Artie that she didn't know that you were supposed to try and keep the shell pieces from falling into the eggs.

"I thought that's what you were supposed to do so that they would be crunchy."

"Brit, eggs aren't supposed to be crunchy." Artie told her as he was helping Finn get different ingredients together.

The others started filing into the kitchen one by one with hair sticking up in odd directions and clothes wrinkled.

"I gotta hand it to you this time Berry, this was a pretty bad ass party. I didn't think you had it in you" Santana told Rachel from across the table as she reached for another pancake and held it up "these don't hurt either."

"Thank you." Rachel nodded towards the other end of the table at Santana, she wasn't too excited about having this girl sit at her kitchen table. Finn noticed the look on Rachel's face and patted her knee under the table.

"Yeah I agree, last night was off the hook." Artie spoke up.

"You should let us help you clean up." Quinn offered as Tina handed her a plate. She was a bit late to breakfast because it wasn't until they started eating did they realize she was missing .They found her asleep in the hall closet with the coats.

"I would appreciate that a lot." Rachel smiled standing up and collecting her dishes and some of the others.

It took next to no time to get the disaster that was Rachel's basement cleaned up with everyone helping. Finally around 1:30 everyone was collecting whatever it was that they brought with them and leaving.

"See you on Monday." Rachel told Mercedes as they hugged at the door.

"Kurt, Blaine we're still on for Tuesday right?"

"For the Sound Of Music?" Kurt asked "You would literally have to kill me, to get me not to be there." he joked.

"I'm totally in." Blaine smiled.

"Good." Rachel beamed as she hugged him then Kurt.

"Good luck." Kurt whispered into her ear as he backed away.

Rachel nodded at him and whispered "Thank you."

"Call me later." Mercedes mouthed to Rachel as she walked away with Kurt and Blaine.

"I'll see you later." Rachel beamed as she turned to look up at Finn.

"I can't wait." He smiled down at her and picked up her hand and kissed her knuckle lightly.

"I'll be over in a little while." She grinned up at him then playfully shoved him in the chest when he just stood there looking at her. "Go." She laughed and motioned towards the others waiting in the car.

Finn nodded then gave her one last lingering look as he started backing away still holding onto her. Rachel laughed as their fingers snapped away from each other. She stood on the porch and waved until the car turned the corner.

Rachel took a deep breath before turning towards the door and running up to take a shower and get ready for her talk with Finn.

After getting out of the shower and fixing her hair and makeup Rachel spent 20 minutes trying to decide which would be the best outfit to wear when she and Finn made up.

She finally managed to make a decision and grabbed her purse and car keys and headed for the stairs. She was about half way down the stairs when there was a knock at the door.

"Hey." She greeted Finn surprised after finding him standing on the other side of the door. "I was just on my way to your house."

"Yeah, a couple of Kurt's Dalton friends showed up and started some movies. So I figured I would just come here." He shrugged. "I hope that's OK." he added after a moment.

"Of course!" Rachel nodded "Come in."

"Thanks" he smiled as he stepped inside.

"Sooo?" he asked standing next to her in the entry way with his hands in his pockets. "What do we do now?"

"Let's go sit on the couch." She said taking his hand and leading him towards the living room.

"I think that we should just sit here and talk until we get it all out. I have plenty of food here and I got these note pads" she told him taking them out of her bag. "So we can write down anything that comes to mind while the other is talking, that way we don't interrupt each other."

"OK." Finn nodded. "Where should we start?"

"I think we should just jump right in. But I have a couple of requests before we start if you don't mind?" she asked him.

"Yeah, of course. What are they?"

"One, no fighting. We are talking about feelings not casting blame. And two, I honestly think that once we get through everything we should move on." She told him.

"That sounds really good." Finn half smiled.

"OK good." Rachel took a deep breath then asked "What are our biggest issues?"

"You cheated on me." Finn whispered.

"You slept with Santana, and lied about it." Rachel mumbled almost as quietly as she stared straight ahead.

"OK, um" Rachel stated turning to face him "Where do you wanna start?" she asked.

Finn shrugged his shoulders "I guess with the Santana thing, cause… you know, it happened first."

Rachel nodded "You tell me what happened, and then I'll tell you what it was that made it such a huge deal for me."

"Yeah, uh. OK….So last year when you were dating that Jesse kid, I was kinda starting to realize that I messed things up with you and I was pretty bummed. You know I went to dinner with Santana and Brittany that one week you and I dated the first time. So she came up to me in the hall and said we should go out again, just the two of us.I told her that I didn't think it was a good idea, cause I was into someone else."

"She guessed that it was you, and told me I was wasting my time because you were with Jesse. That's when I asked you about it, and you told me you were. I was pretty upset so I went back to her and said OK. She took me to a motel across town and…we, you know did it."

He turned to see Rachel staring down at her hands in her lap. "Uh, afterward I thought I would feel different somehow but I didn't … I was so disappointed. I literally felt nothing. I figure it was because it didn't mean anything."

"She made me take her to get a burger after I didn't even get anything. I just sat there while she ate, then took her home… that was pretty much it. I never really talked to her much after it happened. Then all of a sudden she started making comments about it once you and me finally got together just to bug me and hurt you…I guess."

Rachel stayed quiet for a moment, then asked in a small voice "Why didn't you just tell me?"

"We came back to school that Monday and you were talking about your date with Jesse and how it wasn't that big of a deal and I figured you had done it too. Then,I honestly forgot about it." He told her.

"Then, outta nowhere you told me you didn't do it with Jesse and how you were happy because we could save it for each other. I couldn't tell you then, I didn't want to upset you… Then I couldn't figure out how or when and Santana kept saying stuff, and then…. You know…you found out. We weren't together at the time" he said looking at her. "It was just a dumb thing I did."

"Why her?" Rachel asked. "I mean, I know she's prettier than me, but…. I just"

"Rachel." Finn called firmly cutting her off. "She isn't prettier than you. I don't know why you say things like that all the time. I mean I guess she's hott, but so what?" he asked her. "I think you are beautiful. Way prettier than Santana, or Quinn… or Brittany or whoever else."

"But I'm not hott." She told him.

"Rach, don't put yourself down like that. I think you are the prettiest girl in the school and I don't care if anyone else thinks so, I think you are super hott."

"You don't have to say that Finn." She told him turning away from him.

"No it's true, you don't have to push it, you know? You don't have to advertise it. I think you're sexy cause, you're you. Not because of what you wear or anything like that." He told her taking her hand and pulling on it until she looked at him.

"Thank you." She smiled then leaned forward and kissed him softly on the lips.

"Rach, you don't have to thank me for telling you what I think." He smiled, he hesitated a moment then asked "Why did it upset you so much?"

Rachel took a deep breath "Well…there were several things about it that upset me. I mean the most rational reason being I was devastated I couldn't be your first. But I think I could have gotten over that with a bit of time. The thing that made it worse at the time, was the way I found out, in front of everyone… and they all knew."

"I didn't know they all knew." Finn mentioned quickly "I didn't like, talk about it with people."

Rachel nodded. "I was so shocked by it, and it hurt that you didn't tell me. I was embarrassed in front of the people who I thought were my friends…and yet, not one of them told me. I was just really confused." She told him a tear rolling down her cheek.

"Rachel I didn't do it you hurt you." He said reaching over to wipe her cheek. "I'm so sorry, I really am."

She nodded and continued "I felt so stupid. Here I was head over heels in love with you, planning out our future in my mind and I was already scared you didn't feel the same way about me and I just… I guess I kept waiting for the day when you would realize I'm not good enough for you, then come to find out you had already slept with someone else…" She whispered.

"What are you talking about?" He asked in disbelief.

"You're so much better than I am Finn." She told him. "You're popular and you play football. You're just such a good person, you have friends and everyone likes you. You care about other people and their feelings and I try, but I'm so socially awkward. It's easier for people to dislike me than it is for them to try and figure me out… I just worried you were going to find another girl who is prettier and less high maintenance. Someone who will put out and not nag you all the time about stupid stuff." She said as tears started rolling down her cheeks.

"Rachel." Finn whispered pulling her into his arms."I know you." he smiled and kissed her cheek "And I love you, all the things about you. Nothing you can do can change that" he said hugging her tighter "So I've recently learned." he added with a small laugh, hopping she didn't get upset that he was joking about their breakup.

Rachel laughed despite the tears that were still running down her cheeks. "I love you too." She told him looking at him over her shoulder. "It's just all those thoughts were there before the whole Santana thing happened…and it just made everything so much worse."

"Bring popular isn't important. I think you should know that, what is it gonna mean in a few years? Rach, you need to realize that I don't care about stuff like that anymore." He said.

"As much as I want to believe that and as much as I trust you, it's just something that I've always worried about." She told him.

"Well you shouldn't" he told her.

"I'll try and work on it." She mumbled. "Now, I don't want any kind of graphic detail, at all. But what exactly happened? I can't let her hold it over my head and make random comments to upset me for the rest of our time in high school." She asked as she maneuvered out of his arms.

"Oh, wow….uh ok." He shifted around uncomfortably "Like I said we went to a motel and…um, she never really took her clothes off or let me touch her. There was no kissing and it was all over a few minutes after it started…"

"Did you…um…finish?" She asked.

"Yes." Finn nodded sounding ashamed. "But not like…cause it was good, but just because it was sex." He paused then after a moment added "Not to gross you out or anything but I thought it would be better that when I was alone, and while it kinda was…it wasn't. That doesn't make any sense I know but, afterward I was just numb, I thought I would be like this whole new me, but all I was, was disappointed …that was it. I thought it would be better…special …or…something."

"Thank you for being honest with me" she told him and kissed him on the cheek.

"You know, I realized since we've been apart, well I mean I knew before but it's really sunk in since we've been apart. It should have been you…. I wish it was you and I'm sorry I took that away from you." He told her honestly.

Rachel leaned forward and pressed her lips to his. "It's ok" she whispered "I was upset about it before, but not having you made me realize that it doesn't matter. As much as I want to have been your first, as long as I have you none of that stuff that happened before matters."

He smiled down at her and kissed her softly on the lips again. She backed away from him and put her hand on his chest to stop him from leaning in again.

She took a steadying breath and backed away from him a bit further "I was devastated when I stormed out of the meeting with Miss Pillsbury, which I think was one of the biggest mistakes I've ever made by the way." she added as sort of an afterthought. "We were talking about it, and I think we probably could have been ok if we kept talking….but when I left, I closed off that communication. And I'm so sorry for that." She paused for a moment

"I ran into Puck in the hall," she continued "He saw me crying and asked what happened, I explained we were having issues and he took me home. I kissed him." she said simply. "I wanted to…hurt you. I wanted you to feel the same way I felt…And I tend to overdo things, we both know that." She tried to joke.

He smiled a bit but said nothing.

"I'm so sorry, I don't know how I could be so nasty and vindictive. You know the whole story of what happened there, I went straight to tell you everything…What did you?…Did you have anything you wanted to ask or say about it?" She asked as she held back a new wave of tears.

"I was pretty hurt." He said "And I was so mad at you. I just kept wondering how you could have done it to me, deliberately hurt me like that. I didn't understand how you could cheat on me. How you of all people could turn on me like that. When you knew everything that cheating has done to me in the past. I loved you and trusted you in a way I've never loved anyone, so I was lost for awhile…" he took a breath

"I don't get what it is… with Puck I mean." He started.

"Finn, can I just say that kissing him had nothing to do with him." She said quickly then continued when he just stared at her. "I didn't want to kiss Puck, there was nothing romantic about it. I only did it as a means to upset you. That's terrible, I know but I wanted to make sure you know I didn't do it because I have any kind of feelings for Puck. He was more of a prop than anything, I just ….wanted to make that clear."

Finn nodded "That's what took me a long time to deal with, I felt you picked him like Quinn did, and while it wasn't as bad as getting pregnant…physically, but it was worse…"

"Emotionally." Rachel added in a shaky whisper for him when he was searching for the right word.

"Yeah." he nodded "I thought I did at the time, but I never loved Quinn. It wasn't until after I realized I loved you that I figured that out. With Quinn when I found out about the baby I think I was more embarrassed than anything really. I never really felt like I lost anything other than a baby I didn't even have yet."

"I could never get back together with Quinn over the past few weeks because what she and I had wasn't enough to overlook the drama she caused me. It wasn't enough to put aside what I feel for you. Even though we weren't together, I still felt more for you that I did for her at anytime. I didn't want her to make us getting back together not an option."

"You broke my heart." He said looking up at her which caused Rachel to lose the battle she had been fighting and let out a silent sob.

"With you, aside from feeling like I lost pieces of my heart, I lost a part of myself, part of my future. I had just been banking on us for forever, and I lost everything I didn't really know I had wanted with you."

"Finn I'm so sorry" Rachel got out in between the tears that were now free flowing "I can't really say anything that would make what happened OK, but it's like I said I did it only because as stupid as I was I wanted to hurt you. I don't want to kiss puck ever again I would rather kiss you than anybody … and I can only promise to never ever do it again if you could just forgive me or give me a second chance to prove to you it would never happen again. Can you maybe try to love me again? The way you did before because I can…"

"Rachel I can't…" Finn interrupted.

"What?" Rachel asked looking up at him "But I thought.."

"Rachel I can't forgive you because I can't get a word in to try." He laughed.

Rachel took in a breath, the tears rolled down her cheeks as tried to stop shaking.

"Rachel." Finn said picking up her hand to hold in his. "I forgive you." he smiled "And I want to give us a second chance if you'll let me, if you can forgive me too."

"Don't scare me like that" she choked out smacking him on the shoulder with her free hand. "But yes I forgive you. I want to give us a second chance also. I want us to be together like we used to be. I want to work on us and I would love…"

"Rachel" He cut her off.

"Huh?" She asked looking up at him.

"Shut up." he smiled as he leaned in to press his lips against hers.

"Oh," she breathed against his lips "OK."

"Shhhh" he breathed into her mouth.

After a few minutes she backed away slightly.

"Can I ask you something?"

"Of course" he smiled

"Does this mean we are officially back together?"

Finn couldn't hide the smile that formed on his lips at the excitement in her voice."Yes is does."

Rachel almost bounced off the couch as she threw herself at him. Hugging him and kissing all over his face. "I love you. I love you. I love you" She chanted in between kisses.

"I love you too" He laughed hugging her.

"Let's never fight again" she suggested wrapping her arms around him.

"I don't think that's possible, we'll still fight over some stuff I'm sure, like where to eat dinner and what movie to watch or what to name our kids."

Rachel beamed "I really do love you." she smiled leaning into place a loving kiss on his lips

"I love you too" he replied.

"Can I ask you something else?"

He nodded.

"Can we please never lie to each other again? Honesty from here on out."

"That sounds awesome." Finn agreed

"Let's not be afraid to tell each other something …anything even if it might upset the other, as long as we have each other nothing can be that bad." She said.

"Ok" Finn nodded. "I like that. Also, can we just let all the old stuff go and move on? Cause I don't think you should be intimidated or whatever it is by Santana anymore, or be mad at her or Quinn."

Rachel nodded "Then you can't be mad a Puck."

"Ok" Finn agreed.

They looked at each other for a few moments before Rachel launched herself back at him, forcing him to fall back onto the couch and causing them both to laugh.

They laid on the couch with her head resting on his chest and their arms wrapped tightly around each other until the sun started to set.

Neither one of them had said anything for hours, and Finn was sure that had to be some kind of record for Rachel. He almost started to laugh until he heard Rachel sign in contentment, which made him smile.

"I've missed this." She whispered nuzzling into his chest "Not having to say anything and just being able to be happy, together."

"I totally did too." Finn smiled as he kissed the top of her head and started rubbing her back.

It was silent again for awhile as they lay on the couch. Rachel started running her fingers along his jaw and moved so that she was more or less lying on top of him as opposed to next to him. He though she fell asleep as he continued to rub her back until his stomach growled lightly.

"Oh my god!" Rachel cried sitting straight up "I haven't fed you all day!"

"You heard that?" He asked a bit embarrassed.

"Well, yeah a little. I mainly felt it." She said going pink in the cheeks.

"Oh." He nodded trying not to laugh at how adorable she was.

"Come on I'll make you lunch." she said standing up and reaching for his hand.

"Rach, it's like 9 o'clock." he laughed.

Rachel's head snapped towards the clock in the living room "Oh, I had no idea it was so late, you must be starving."

"I actually didn't even think about it until just then."

"What would you like me to make you?" She asked as she turned to stand in front of him.

He moved to a sitting position on the couch and just looked up at her for a second before pulling her by the hips to stand directly in front of him, after a few seconds he started to laugh.

"What?" she asked reaching up to run her fingers through his hair.

"Were almost the same height like this." he grinned up at her.

Rachel rolled her eyes and pushed his head back and started moving away from him.

He laughed harder and pulled her back into his arms and onto his lap. She shook her head but couldn't help laugh along with him.

"I missed that." He said kissing her neck.

"What?" she asked as her eyes dropped closed enjoying what he was doing to her.

"Your laugh." he told her as he continued kissing the side of her neck "Not your like 'oh, that's funny' laugh but your happy laugh. It's different when it's just the two of us."

Rachel smiled down at him as she pulled herself away from his lips. "You make me very happy." She told him looking into his eyes.

"I plan to make you happy for a long long time." he promised.

She smiled sweetly as she leaned down to capture his lips with hers.


AN2: Once again I hope you enjoyed it. There is a lot to get through when you start thinking about the problems in the FINCHEL relationship. I hope that I touched on all the important ones to you, as I wrote what I felt was important to me. please let me know what you think.