Chapter Two: The Winds Are Changing
Author's Note: Thank you to everyone who has reviewed/favorited the story so far. As always, I don't own Glee or any of its characters. The chapter title comes from Make You Feel My Love by Adele.
Finn broke the kiss and took a step back from Rachel. "Wow…that was…"
"Amazing." Rachel said breathlessly.
"Worth the wait." Finn said, leaning down to kiss her again.
This continued for a few minutes until Rachel pulled back with a guilty look on her face. "Finn, we can't…we can't do this."
Finn stared at her with wide eyes.
"I mean – we're coworkers and we see each other on a daily basis. There's got to be rules and regulations about members of the same team in a relationship. I don't want to jeopardize either of our careers."
"Rach, there are ways around regulations. We can keep our relationship a secret."
"Secrets always have a way of coming out. Must I remind you about Beth?"
"I don't want to talk about that." Finn said harshly. Realizing Rachel was right, he hurried to come up with a rebuttal (because he hated being wrong). "But the two of us aren't in a weird triangle thing like I was with Puck and Quinn."
"We aren't in a twisted triangle? That's not true."
"Who are you dating, then? Because I happen to know a lot about your personal life, and I know that the only person in your social circle outside of work is Blaine, and he's gay and your half brother so it can't be him. And Jenna is your daughter."
"Finn, I have to worry about what Brody is going to say about this. And how am I supposed to tell Jenna that Mommy is dating Uncle Finn?"
"Well, she doesn't call me Uncle Finn, so we don't have to worry about that. And if it's that big of deal to you, I won't be her godfather anymore. Blaine can have the sole title. And as for Brody, I don't consider him a threat because he's a douche bag and the only reason he's still in your life is because of Jenna. But, Rach, I want to be with you, and if that means I have to accept Brody as being in your life, then I'm going to have to accept it because I want the two of us to be together."
"You really mean it?"
"I really mean it."
Rachel nodded. "Well, okay then. You and I are together now."
Finn smiled as he leaned down to kiss her. "And besides, there can't be all that many rules and regulations about team members in a relationship. Puck and Quinn are still in one, and Kurt and Blaine are in one too."
"Yes, but they are in different departments. And I'm sure Puck and Quinn have to be the exception to the rule."
"Okay, Rachel, you are reading way too much into this. We're going to keep our relationship a secret and we are going to be just fine." Finn said, kissing the top of her head. "Now, let's call that daughter of yours."
-X-
The next morning, the team was back to work trying to catch the unsub. Rachel tried to distract herself from the events of the night before, and unfortunately for her, the media wasn't being as annoying as they usually were.
"Rachel, there's something I need to ask you." Schue asked her when she was coming back from getting a cup of coffee.
"What?" she snapped. "Sorry, sir, I'm a little on edge right now. What can I do for you, sir?"
Schue raised an eyebrow at Rachel. "Is everything okay?"
"I'm fine, sir. Is there something I can help you with?"
Schue kept looking at her, then shook his head. "We're about to deliver the profile. I figure I'd try to find you so you can update the media when the presentation is done."
"Right. Of course. I'll be there in a minute." Rachel said, taking a sip of her coffee. She started walking to the conference room where the team was getting ready to deliver the profile when she felt someone grab her by the waist and pulled her into a closet. She was about to start screaming until she saw it was just Finn.
"What are you doing? We're going to get caught?" Rachel whispered as Finn wrapped his arms around Rachel's waist.
"I haven't seen you yet today." Finn said, pulling Rachel closer to him.
"We've both had to work." she said, sighing as Finn attached his lips to her neck. "And we still have to work." Rachel said, half-heartedly trying to push Finn off her.
"Just let me try to find Hudson and Berry." Finn and Rachel heard Sylvester say as she walked past the closet.
"I think that's our cue." Rachel said, taking a few steps back from Finn. "But we can continue this later tonight." She winked at Finn and opened the door to the closet.
"Berry, Hudson, what are you doing in the closet?" Sylvester asked.
"Finn was filling me in on the profile of the unsub so I could start to get it out to the media before the five o'clock news."
"And you couldn't take part in the presentation? I thought you were better than this, Berry." Sylvester said, sneering at the two of them before walking into the conference room.
Rachel watched her walk off before turning back to Finn. "That's why we can't do things like that at work."
-X-
"You seem to be in a good mood." Blaine said when Rachel called him later that day.
"That's because I am in a good mood." Rachel said, unable to stop the smile that started to form on her face.
"And why is it that?" Blaine asked. Honestly, it had been so long since he'd heard Rachel sound like this that he didn't care what the cause of it was; he was just glad she was so happy.
"Nothing that is of your concern at this moment. How was Jenna this morning when she woke up this morning?"
She heard Blaine sigh from the other line. "She was fine. Brody, on the other hand…" he trailed off.
Rachel found herself sighing. Brody had never really accepted her job at the FBI, and he'd said on more occasions than she could count that she needed to have a more "sensible" job for someone like her.
"Hey, Blaine, there's something I need to tell you." Rachel said, shutting and locking the door to her hotel room. She didn't need anyone walking in on this conversation she was about to have with her brother.
"What's going on? You're not pregnant again, are you?" Blaine asked jokingly. He knew Rachel hadn't dated anyone seriously (or at all) since Jenna was born.
"Ha, aren't you a funny one tonight. No, it's about me and Finn." Rachel couldn't control the smile that started spreading on her face when she said his name.
"You and Finn, huh? Did the two of you finally admit your attraction for each other?" Blaine asked. Rachel knew he wasn't being serious, but he was right on point.
"Actually, we did."
"What? When did this happen?" Blaine asked, genuinely surprised.
"Last night. And…I think it's really going to work this time." Rachel said as her smile grew even wider. She heard a knock on her door and walked over to see who was there. She looked through the peephole and saw Finn. "Look, can we talk about this later? Finn's here."
"Oh, of course. Be safe you two." Blaine said. Rachel didn't have any time to tell him off before he hung up the phone.
She shook her hand at his antics and opened the door. "Hi." she said breathlessly.
"Hi." Finn said, matching her tone.
"Come on in." Rachel said, stepping aside. She shut the door. "How are you?"
"I'm good. And you?"
She nodded her head. "Same."
Rachel looked around the room for something to talk about. "So, how's the case going?"
"I don't really want to talk about work."
"Right. We're off the clock for now." Rachel bit her lip and looked down at the floor.
"You wanna go grab a bite to eat?" Finn asked, rubbing the back of neck.
Rachel looked up and smiled at him. "Yeah, sure. I've heard there's a good place around the corner. We can go there. Hopefully no one from the team is going to be there."
"Okay, sounds good to me. I'm gonna go change."
"Give me like five minutes and I'll meet you in the lobby." Rachel said, pushing Finn towards the door so she could change and get ready for dinner – and by extension, their first date.
-X-
"I had a really great time, Rach." Finn said as the two of them were wandering around Seattle.
Rachel beamed at him. "Me too, Finn." She looped one of her arms through his as they kept walking.
They walked together in a comfortable silence until Finn's phone started ringing.
"Hello?" Finn said when he accepted the call. He waited a few minutes until no one answered, shrugged, and hung up the phone.
"No one there?" Rachel asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Yeah. And it was weird since it was my work phone. I didn't even recognize the number."
Rachel stopped walking. "Do you think it could be the unsub?"
"It would be a stupid unsub if he used an actual phone instead of one without a blocked number. I suppose, just to be safe, I could send Artie the number to see who it is." He started typing away on the phone and sent something to the team's technical analyst.
"I hope you guys catch the unsub soon. Just thinking about what he's doing to the poor women out here." Rachel shook her head.
"We're doing our best, Rach. We're all doing our part." Finn said, wrapping his free arm around her shoulders as he pulled her closer to him. She smiled up at him and kissed his cheek.
Little did the two of them realize, someone was watching them the entire time they were walking.
-X-
"Hudson, Berry, we need to have a conversation in the conference. Now." Sylvester said when they got to the police station in the morning.
The two of them exchanged worried looks then followed Sylvester into the room.
"Last night, I was taking a stroll around Seattle while I was thinking about this case when I saw the two of you canoodling around town. Is there anything the two of you need to tell me?"
"What's canoodling?" Finn asked innocently. Rachel had to bite back the chuckle that was threatening to escape.
"The two of you are in a relationship that you have been hiding from the Bureau. I could report you for misconduct."
So much for the two of them being in a secret relationship.
"Ma'am, I assure you, Finn and I have done nothing wrong. Yes, the two of us were out on the town last night, and yes, we have just entered in a relationship, but we decided to start dating yesterday morning. We haven't violated any rules. And as soon as we get back to Quantico, Finn and I are prepared to file the necessary paperwork."
"I'm sorry, Ms. Berry, but dating between two team members is strictly against protocol. We don't want to have another Puck and Quinn incident, do we?"
"With all due respect, Sylvester, Rachel and I are not Puck and Quinn. Rachel and I are the real thing, and I can say with complete confidence that we are not going to break up." Finn looked down at Rachel. "I love Rachel, and I know she feels the same way about me.
"Well, if this is how you want to be, one of you is going to have to be transferred. And, Ms. Berry, as Mr. Hudson is more needed to this team, you're going to be reassigned to another team."
"Ma'am, you can't be serious." Rachel said, crossing her arms. She exchanged a look with Finn and looked at him with pleading eyes. "Things just started between the two of us. We don't have to be together. Since we just got together last night, it won't be hard to go back to friends. I promise."
Sylvester looked between the two of them and sighed. "Fine. Berry, you can stay with the team. But if I find out the two of you are going behind the rules and engaging in a relationship, there will be disciplinary action taken against the two of you. Mark my words." Sylvester gave them both cold glares and left the conference room.
"Rachel, are you serious?" Finn exploded when she was out of earshot.
"Of course. We were planning on keeping this relationship a secret; we just need to be a little more careful. So what if we won't be able to have any real date nights? As long as I have you, Finn Hudson, I'm perfectly content." She smiled at him. "Now, we need to get back to work and we definitely don't need Sylvester on our case." Rachel said, winking at Finn as she left the conference room.
-X-
A few days later, the team captured the unsub (one Gary Courts from Tacoma, Washington) and were on their way back to Quantico.
As Finn and Rachel couldn't exactly sit by each other without making it obvious that they were dating, they chose to sit at different parts on the plane and kept each other company by texting cutesy messages to each other instead.
They could totally pull of a secret relationship.