Hi guys. I hope you liked the little Pucktana background. But now time for the Fuinn. I hope that you guys like it.
Reliving High School
"Yes, Quinn. Why don't you tell everyone else how you and Hudson managed to get back together?" Santana nudged her best friend.
Quinn blushed before looking at her fiance. "Well our story goes quite differently."
6 years ago...
Quinn was back in Lima for the third time since leaving. The second time being when she came to visit her mother for Christmas a year ago and the first was for Christmas two years from that. She wasn't back for Christmas this time but it was a special occasion. Her mother had found a new man and was getting married. It worked perfectly for both of them. Judy Fabray had always wanted a nice early summer wedding. And Quinn had just finished getter her master's degree.
Quinn was accompanied by Santana and Puck who had gotten married not too long after Mike and Tina's summer wedding, and their newborn son who was born only a month ago, Jack Lopez-Puckerman.
Santana and Puck were going to be staying with Santana's parents for the duration of the trip. Santana's mother was overly excited when Puck and Santana told her that she was a now a grandma. Puck's mom didn't take it quite as well. Sure she was excited to finally have a grandson but everyone could see the disappointment on her face when he found out it was Santana's baby. That lady just couldn't let go of the dream she had where Puck would marry a nice Jewish girl.
On the other hand, Quinn was going to be staying in her old room with her mom and sister, Frannie. Oh and her mother's fiance. The times that Quinn met him during her visits, she found out he seemed to go really good with her mom. His name was Andy and he looked pretty decent. Quinn was able to get to know him and found that Andy was sweet, generous, funny, determined, and exactly what her mother needed.
The times that Quinn and Frannie met with Judy and Andy, they realized that the two do go really well together. Sure they have their share of fights, even if Quinn and Frannie were in the room, but at least they let it out. Quinn hated when her parents would act like nothing ever happens and their family was perfect.
And that brings her back to her father. She's never heard a single word from him since Judy kicked him out. That came as a relief from everyone. The Fabrays no longer had to worry about trying to please Russel and his views on life.
Because Quinn and her mother were on much better terms after her pregnancy, they were able to build a strong relationship with each other. Which caused Judy to call up her youngest daughter and ask her to be one of her bridesmaid. Of course Quinn accepted.
That brings her up to now, where she was in her house with Frannie getting ready. The two of them actually didn't have to do much work at all. Everything else had been taken care of by her mother's maid of honor, who they still have yet to meet today. All the bridemaids and groomsmen were going to meet today to get measurements done for their dresses and tuxedos and then they were all going to grab lunch together to discuss the wedding.
After about twenty minutes the girls were at the store waiting for the others to arrive. The first person they see is someone they both knew, someone Quinn had gotten to know quite well in the past Carole Hudson-Hummel.
The last time Quinn had see Carole was actually during her last visit to Lima. They got along quite well despite everything that happened in the past. Somehow Carole had not held a grudge against Quinn and Quinn later discovered that Carole and Burt were actually pretty close to Judy now, since they seemed to have spent a lot of time together after their kids graduated high school and moved out.
"Hi guys. It's great to see you." Carole greeted as she hugged the two ladies.
"Hi, Mrs. Hudson-Hummel. What are you doing here?"
"Please now that you guys have graduated college you can call me Carole. Mrs. Hudson-Hummel makes me feel a bit old. But I'm here because I'm your mom's maid of honor." She explained.
Quinn smiled. "It's good she picked someone as nice as you. Thank you for helping with my mom's wedding."
"No need to thank me. I am honored that your mom chose me to be her maid of honor. Especially since your mom wants a smaller wedding with just the closest people she knows. So to be a part of that group feels nice."
"Do you know where everyone else is?"
"They should be here any minute. We're just waiting on Andy's best man and two groomsmen. Like I said this is going to be a nice small wedding."
"Do you know who they are?" Frannie asked, jumping into the conversation.
"Actually I don't. Andy wouldn't tell anyone and just told us it was a surprise."
"Ok that's cool."
Less than 5 minutes later, a man walked in that they were all familiar with, followed by a man that they had never seen before.
"Hello girls."
"Hi Burt." Quinn and Frannie said, always knowing that Burt liked to be on a first name base.
"Why didn't you tell me that you were going to be Andy's best man?" Carole asked.
"I'm not. I'm a groomsmen. Jake here is Andy's brother and best man. Jake this is my wife, Carole, these are Judy's daughter Quinn and Frannie. Carole, Quinn, Frannie, this is Jake.
"It's nice to meet you." They all said before shaking hands with him.
"Where is the other guy?" Frannie asked.
"Should be here any moment."
The sound of the door turned all their heads. They all looked and were shocked to see who the other guy that would take place in the wedding is. Carole and Burt smiled at the man as did Jake, but both Frannie and Quinn looked shocked. This man was none other than Corporal Finn Hudson.
Quinn took a minute to take the sight of him in. He was wearing a pair of skinny jeans, a white V-neck, and a pair of sunglasses. He has grown a little leaner. His tight white V-neck showed the contour lines from his well defined muscles and one was able to see the slight tracing of a six pack. Just by looking at him he looked more mature. His face was shaved-clean, and he looked almost exactly as he did the last time she had seen him but for a few wrinkles. The Marines worked him alright.
Before she knew what she was doing, she had flung herself at him and was holding him tightly as if he would disappear any moment. Finn returned the hug fiercely and held her even tighter when he felt the tears beginning to soak his shirt.
"I'm so glad you came back safe. I missed you." Quinn mumbled into his shirt not lifting her head from his chest. The others had walked away to allow the two a moment to reunite.
"Well I had something to come back to." Finn said as he picked her up and carried her to a seat. He sat down and settled her down on his lap as she continued to cocoon herself into his body.
The first year after graduation, Finn had finished boot camp and was stationed in Iraq. When Quinn heard this news, she was scared for him. She held even more respect for him for putting his life on the line to not only protect this country but to also redeem his father's reputation. Quinn was terrified but she just couldn't bring herself to ask about him, it just hurt her too much.
Like when Puck came to visit the girls in NYU after Santana's break up and asked if she had heard from him. She plainly stated that she didn't. She had a chance right there to ask if he was ok but she couldn't do it. When Puck told her that he always asked for her, her heart was touched but broke a little at the same time. She missed him immensely but she couldn't stand the thought of one day hearing that one day he would not be coming home.
Although most probably thought she had moved on from Finn after attending Yale, it was the opposite. She tried to forget him, but it wouldn't happen. She could not forget her first love, and maybe her only because she could hardly see herself with anyone else. When with other guys she couldn't help but compare them to Finn.
She ran into him on her first visit back to Lima. He was lucky enough to take leave for the year's holiday season. It was awkward at first but soon they were back to normal. She forgot all her worries for him and just payed attention to him. It broke her heart when he had to go back, but he promised that he would write her from now on.
And that's what they did. If they were lucky, every month they would get a stack of letters from one another. The next time Finn was given leave, he had actually flown to New York and surprised her there. They spend a lot of the time together, but like always it went by too fast. Two years had gone by since then and they haven't seen each other since, and they were letters were few in between because the war in Iraq seemed to get worse.
Sometimes when she would get his letter, she wouldn't leave her room for a few days upon receiving it. Feeling like she could break any moment without the one hundred percent reassurance that he was going to make it back. The last four months were actually the hardest because Quinn had received no letter from him during that time. She tried to stay positive but once in awhile she could only assume the worst.
Now that they were back in each other's arm for the first time in a long time, they wouldn't let go.
"You don't know how much I missed you." Quinn stated.
"I might have an idea because I missed you just as much."
"I almost thought you were dead. Nobody I knew had heard from you and I died inside. Don't do that to me ever again." Finn kissed her head and promised that he would try not to do that to her again.
She appreciated it even though she knew that there was still a chance he could be called back, it may be a very small chance but a chance none the less. For the next four years they could only hope that he does not get called back.
"Let's find the others. We still have to make sure you get your pretty dress for your mom's wedding."
Quinn reluctantly got off his lap but immediately grasped his hand in her not letting go for a second. That and she stood as close to him as she could get. They spent half of the day with the other bridesmaid and groomsmen. Then spent the other half of the day with Finn, Santana, and Puck. Needless to say, the friends were happy to be reunited and Finn and Quinn were attached at the hip all day.
At the end of the day, Finn drove Quinn home, but when they got there they didn't want to say goodbye.
"Please don't go." Quinn pleaded.
"I have to go home." Finn said even though he didn't want to.
"Stay here with me. We just go back together and I don't want you to go yet. Please stay with me tonight."
"Okay." Quinn led them up the stairs. They both took showers and Finn changed into the clothes he had in his truck. After showering, they gathered on the bed. Finn scooped her into his arms, allowing her head to rest on his chest and his arm to wrap around her tightly.
"You're heartbeat is so soothing." Quinn said.
"Is it? And why is that?" He asked in a teasing tone.
"Because it's you. I know you're real when I can lie here and hear the normal beat of your heart. I know that you're home safe when I hear it. I know that you're alive."
"No matter what happens, just know that I love you. I always have and always will. Even if I'm a thousand miles away from you, all I think about is you and how I am determined to make it back to you. To be with you. I love you, Quinn. Forever and always."
"I love you, too." Their night following this contained no sleep as they reveled in being together again, having no plans to let the other go.
"Too much information, girl!" Mercedes interrupted.
"Ok well, let's just say that that was the night that my handsome boy, Adam was conceived. Born in March of the next year, making him now five. And this beauty here, is my little Alex who is a total Daddy's girl." Quinn says.
Finn laughs as he picks up his daugher, proving a point when Alex hugged and kissed him over and over. "I stayed with my parents for a little while before moving out to New York and move in with her right after Santana moved in with Puck. Still wanting to help, Puck and I joined the New York Police Department. Being back home, makes me never want to leave again, especially with these two munchkins."
"So how come we were never invited to your wedding?"
"Because there hasn't been one yet."
"What?"
"I gave birth to Adam and we raised him together and a year later we brought Alex to the world."
"Right after Alex was born we didn't have much time to think about it. But as soon as I could, I proposed to her. Then we decided that we were going to say engaged until the kids grew up a bit because of course we would want our kids to be a part of our wedding."
Quinn brought her hand up to show the others the engagement ring Finn had proposed to her with. "I wish that we could have gotten married before having the kids, but this works just as great. Even though it is a little backwards."
"Well that's sweet you guys. Congratulations on the engagement!" Tina says.
"And we expect invites to this wedding. Got it. Don't make me hunt you down if I don't get an invite." Mercedes interjects.
"Of course. I wouldn't imagine having a wedding without you guys."
The group talked a bit more and shared laughs and stories before they heard the doors to the gym open.
"Well look who decided to show up."
Who do you think it is? Could be anyone. Please review! Thanks!
