Finn entered the dance excited. He could not believe that he was finally going to meet NYUgirl21. Puck and Sam soon came up to him. Finn was dressed as prince charming with a dark blue jacket. He looked to at his friends dressed in three musketeer costumes.

"What the hell, dude?" Puck exclaimed looking at Finn's costume. "We were supposed to be the three musketeers. Now you're prince charming and we are his wimps in wigs."

"Sorry, dude." Finn said. He looked up to see Quinn, Lucy and Wendy in short angel costumes. They soon came over to Finn and the guys.

"Come on, Finn! Let's go dance!" Quinn said cheerfully. Finn sighed

"Quinn I told you we're through. I meant it." Finn told her. Noticing everyone turn to look at the grand staircase he looked over. First, he saw Santana and Brittany in connected cat costumes laying, possibly unconscious, at the bottom of the staircase (probably from falling in that ridiculous costume). Then he saw a kid dressed in all black. Behind him was who everyone was starring at. There was a beautiful girl in a white dress and white mask. She had dark brown hair in loose curls. She was gorgeous.


Rachel was walking down the staircase and saw everyone starring at her. She felt both flattered and embarrassed. She caught up to Kurt.

"I have to be back at midnight." she told him

"Give me your phone." Kurt said while holding his hand out. Rachel reached down under her dress and grabbed her phone that was attached to the strap of her shoe. She handed it to Kurt. He just starred at her.

"What?" she asked him. He rolled his eyes before pressing some keys on her phone. He handed the phone back to her.

"I set your alarm for a quarter til. Come find me when it goes off and we'll leave." Kurt told her before she clipped it back onto her shoe, earning another eye roll from Kurt. "Go." He said "It's almost 11." Rachel gave him a smile before going to the center of the dance floor.

Rachel was standing under the disco ball when Tina Cohen-Chang spoke.

"Alright everyone, put your smiles! Mr Schuester and Ms Pillsberry are about look for the Homecoming King and Queen." Everyone suddenly started smiling and Rachel laughed at how those people cared so much. "Alright," Tina said "Let's slow it down." She turned on a slow song and couples partnered up. Rachel looked around wondering who her "secret admirer" was. That was when she heard it. Behind her was a soft voice.

"NYU girl?" it asked. Rachel smiled and turned around. She opened her mouth in shock at the 6'3" prince the voice belonged to.

"Finn Hudson? You're NYU dude?" She asked

"I guess my costume doesn't disguise me very well." Finn said giving her a lopsided grin. Rachel admitted to herself that it was the cutest grin she ever saw.

She also realized that it would never work out once he realized who she was. She was just Diner Girl. He was the most popular guy in school.

"I'm sorry. I don't think this will work out." she said. She turned to walk away.

"Wait." Finn said grabbing Rachel's arm.

"You don't know who I am, do you?" she asked him while turning around.

"I know who you are. You are... NYU girl. I know exactly who you are." Rachel raised her eyebrows. He continued "I know that you're dad died in an earthquake and left you with your stepmom and stepsisters. I know that have wanted to get out of Lima your whole life. I know that I was falling in love with a girl I never met."

"what about Quinn?" Rachel asked

"it's over." Finn told her. "Um...do you want to go for a walk with me?"

"If you want to win Homecoming King you better stay in here." She told him jokingly

"I don't care. That was all Quinn." he said motioning for her to walk towards the door. Rachel smiled and walked towards the door with Finn following. Meanwhile, Kurt looked over and saw Rachel with Finn. He smiled thinking about how cute their wedding will be. They also didn't go unnoticed by Mr. Schuester and Ms Pillsberry. They looked at each other and smiled, knowing they had their winners.


Rachel and Finn walked out to a garden at the hotel the dance was being held at. Rachel saw Finn hold out his hand for her. No matter how much she wanted him to engulf her small hand in his big hand, she pretended not to notice. She figured not to keep her hopes up. This was already too good to be true.

"How about we play 20 questions?" He asked her, breaking the silence.

"Alright." She replied smiling

"You do go to WMHS, right?"

"Of Course!" she said "Why would you ask that?"

"Just making sure. Were you disappointed when you found out that it was me?" Finn asked nervously "Be Honest."

"Surprisingly, No." Rachel said causing Finn to smile and her to blush. They were coming up on a gazebo. Finn grabbed her hand as they entered the flower covered roof, most likely for a wedding.

"Does it count as a question if I ask you to dance?" he asked

"Yes, but I'd love to." She said smiling. "Either way there is no music."

"So" Finn said with a shrug. He grabbed her hand and put his other hand around her waist. They began swaying back and forth. Finn tried to take her mask off causing her to turn her head and shake it no. He just smiled and put his hand around her waist again. Soon a violinist that had been practicing for the wedding began playing. The rest of the group joined in and Edwin McCain's "I'll Be" was playing through the darkness. Finn and Rachel stopped swaying.

"You still have some questions left to ask." Rachel said

"Ok" Finn said grabbing a rose off the side of the gazebo. "I only need one more. Did you feel you made the right choice meeting me tonight and would you ever like to see me again?"

Rachel laughed as he handed her the rose. "Yes and Yes" She said looking up into his eyes.

"Are you sure we have met before?" He asked her

"Yes."

"You'd think I'd remember those eyes." Finn said as he reached up for her mask. Rachel decided in that moment to let him know who she is and not have any regret. As Finn started to pull her mask off Rachel's phone started beeping. She looked down disappointed and turned to leave. "Wait! Where are you going?" Finn asked dropping his hands to his sides.

"It's been lovely, but I'm late."

"For what?"

"Reality" she said turning

"Do you have a curfew or something?" Finn asked

Rachel turned around "Something like that" she said before turning and running away to go and find Kurt.


Finn stood there watching her run away before deciding to run after her. He ran back into the dance and found Puck.

"Have you seen the girl I was with?" he asked Puck, out of breath

"No, but you should of seen all the girls I was with!" Puck said. Some guys never change Finn thought before the music stopped and Ms Pillsberry was standing on the stage with a microphone.

"The moment you have all been waiting for." Ms Pillsberry said "This year's Homecoming King and Queen are…Cinderella and Prince Charming!"

"Dude, that's you!" Puck said as he and Sam pushed Finn onstage.

"Looks like Cinderella has stage fright!" Ms Pillsberry said as a spotlight found Cinderella running up the grand staircase. Finn soon saw her phone fall from her shoe while she didn't notice. He ran off the stage and pushed through the crowds to get to the phone. He picked it up and ran outside. Looking around he saw that she was already gone. He looked at the phone and rubbed it between his hands know this was the key to getting his Cinderella.


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