Rachel had planned their trip perfectly. It was supposed to take 10 hours for them to drive from Lima to New York City, where all her biggest dreams were going to be materialized. They left at 10 am so they'd be there by 8pm... What Rachel didn't put in her calculs was the monster traffic they'd meet on the ride. She slept to most of it though, leaving her already nervous boyfriend behind the wheel. He was not a bad driver (except maybe when he'd see a mailman walking by, then he'd slow down and start sweating profusely), but all this bumper to bumper had him stressing a little more than what he thought. Or maybe it was just the realization that each miles they put behind them was getting them closer to their future... or something like that. Metaphors were more Rachel's things, he just repeated them afterward.

After feeling the car stop, Rachel stirred slowly and opened her eyes to find herself surrounded in darkness yet in light. When she fell asleep, the sun was still up in the sky and now, she didn't even understand where she was.

"Mmmhh... what time is it?" she mumbled, reaching her hand out to feel her way up to Finn's neck.

"About 9:45. Had a nice rest?" he asked, a small smile creeping up to his face as he felt her nail gently digging in the back of his neck. The way simple touches like that could make him melt was one of the numerous reasons he was completely, head over heels, madly in love about this woman. She smiled sweetly before returning her gaze to the route, frowning a little. Now, it was clear they were in an underwater tunnel but that was all she could figure out. Plus, the fact that they were late on her schedule confused her even more.

"Where are we, baby? We're late and..."

"We're almost there, Rach. Chill. Just outside this wonderful tunnel stands the big apple. It happened, babe, we're not Lima Losers anymore!" There! He said it! And suddenly, all the anxiety about all this, about leaving his mom and all their friends, about going to a new city, just evaporated. He had, after all, everything he ever wanted, he ever could dream about. It was true. He was going to college like his mother always wanted, he was out of Loserville and he had the most amazing girl ever as his girlfriend. Yeah, she was pretty high maintenance sometimes, she could also be painfully honnest, but she was the sweetest, most lovable and understanding girl he ever met. Like ever! And even the horrible traffic didn't seem so bad when she spontaneously leaned over to place a simple kiss on his lips. Automatically, his hands went up to cup her cheeks and bring her closer to him as he deepened the kiss. Soon enough, too soon if you asked Finn, the line started moving and he broke the kiss just in time to go along with the flow of cars in front of him.

"I'm not done with you, Berry." he warned as she giggled.

"I hope not!"

Apparently, the big jam was finally over and they finally imerged. Rachel gasped loudly and her hand grasped firmly her boyfriend's tigh. Sure, she went to New York before. Every years, on her birthday, dad and daddy would bring her to see a musical. But she never really looked at the city. All that interested her were the theaters. But now, this was going to be her city, her home, and the height of the skyscrapers profiling infront of her was amazing the singer. All these lights!

"New York City! You made it babe! Broadway's waiting for nobody but you!" he gace her his trade mark loopsided grin and took her hand in his. Now, direction Soho where their new flat waited for them. Finally, all the economies he had made (even if it wasn't that much) for the baby were useful. Okay, Rachel's dad were paying most of the rent at first, at least until they both would settle in and all but still... All of this was like taking 500 big steps in their life in what, a week? The won nationals, they graduated, he got accepted in NYU' Tisch School of the Arts (which was amazing) and Rachel to Juilliard (which was event more amazing, even if she didn't think so), they moved out of Lima, they were moving in together and were probably be living with Kurt too after his year off (he wanted to try LA with mercedes before, if things didn't work out for him, he'd come with them).

"You made it too, Finn, and I can't tell you enough how proud I am." she smiled, gently rubbing circles on his knuckle with her thumb. Okay, she also was proud of herself since it was mostly her tutoring and constant pressuring that led her boyfriend into college. Really, if you looked closely at what she did, it was a little selfish. After all, she started tutoring him because it was the only excuse that worked with her dads if she wanted him to stay after four thirty, then the whole point of having him going to a college in New York was to have him close to her.

With her directions, they were parked in front of their new flat by 10:00. Rachel got out of the car practically jumping up and down. The moment he walked out the car and next to her, she jumped up and wrapped her legs around his waist, almost tackling him down. Leaning on the car to be sure not to fall, he tangles his hand in her dark locks, pulling her into a passionate kiss.

"I love you, Finn Hudson!" she whispered in his ear.

"I love you more, baby."