A/N: First off I have never been to New York, so don't judge my ignorance. Secondly, I do not own Glee. Thirdly, Please Read and Review.
When Finn woke up the next morning, he felt a small arm wrapped around his neck. He turned over and was met with his eldest daughter's sleeping face. He worked his way out from under her arm and saw that Rachel was nowhere to be seen. He then remembered that she had to show up at work at seven. She wasn't supposed to be home until about 2. He slowly got up from the bed and slipped off into the bathroom to take a shower. When he got out he noticed Kelly wasn't there anymore. He stepped out of his bedroom and was met with the SpongeBob Squarepants theme coming from downstairs. Finn went downstairs where he found both his daughters' faces glued to the 45' plasma screen. He smiled to himself and decided to get them some cereal.
He yelled for them to come to the kitchen to eat, but there was no answer. He peeked his head out of the kitchen and saw that both girls had not moved an inch. He could keep trying to get them to come eat by calling for them or he could skip the rough part and just go get them. He walked up to the TV and turned it off.
"Come on, Daddy. That was the best part." Abby said giving her best pouty face.
"Well, you've seen it before so you know what happens. Come eat your cereal before it gets soggy. I have plans for us today and it starts with us eating breakfast." The girls reluctantly started making their way into the kitchen.
"Daddy, where is Mommy?" Abby asked.
"She's at work, Abs."
"Oh, yeah. I forgot." She said as she sat in front of her usual princess bowl.
"Alright, girls, dig in. So I was thinking after we get done here, we could get dressed and go to Central Park and just hang out. Maybe take a picnic. I figure we can just spend the day there. How does that sound?"
"Sounds good, Daddy." Kelly replied. Abby nodded in agreement with her mouth full of Lucky Charms.
A couple of hours later, the three of them were walking around Central Park taking in the beautiful day. Once they found a place to just hang out for a while, Finn got a Nerf football out and got the girls to play catch with him. He had made sure his kids could pass a football.
"Throw it to me, Daddy!" Abby yelled holding her hands high above her head.
"Alright, Abs. Make sure you catch it!" He pulled his arm back and threw it to his daughter. She caught it, but it was a bit hard and she stumbled back before falling down. Finn ran over to check on her.
"Oh my gosh! Abby, are you okay, sweetie? I didn't mean to throw it that hard." When he got to her, she looked up at him with an ear-to-ear grin.
"I caught it, Daddy. I caught it." She giggled.
"Yeah, you did." He breathed a sigh of relief and helped her get up.
The rest of their outing was full of playing around, eating sandwiches, and talking. At around 1, Finn thought he should get the girls home. He hadn't left a note for Rachel and he knew she would worry if they weren't home by the time she got there. They were packing up when it started to rain. It seemed to come out of nowhere. He didn't even have an umbrella or the girls' raincoats. He mentally punched himself for not checking the weather before they left.
"Alright, girls, we got to get going before we get too wet." He said before unfolding their picnic blanket and covering the girls with it.
They walked to the closest street they could see and tried to hail a cab. While waiting, Finn reached in his back pocket for his wallet to see how much money he had. When he opened his wallet, he didn't have any money. He must have accidentally given all he had to the cab driver that had drove them to the park. When the cabbie noticed Finn's hesitation, he moved on.
"Daddy, why didn't we get in?" Abby asked.
"Well, I don't have any cash." He replied. "Come on, girls. We need to find an ATM." He started guided them down the street.
"But, Daddy, I'm getting cold and wet."
"I know, baby. I'm sorry. Here…" He took of his jacket and wrapped the girl up in it before they started to walk back.
That seemed to calm Abby a bit, but then a couple minutes later, Kelly spoke up.
"Daddy, can we stop? My feet hurt." She complained.
"Almost there, sweetheart."
Finn looked at his watch to see what time it was. 1:32. That wasn't good.
He noticed an ATM just a couple more buildings down and felt a small ray of hope. As he approached the ATM, he reached into his wallet and pulled out his debit card. It wasn't until they were right up next to the machine that he noticed a sign that read, "OUT OF ORDER."
His shoulders slumped and he looked up toward the sky as if to ask, "Why me?"
Finn looked down at his daughters and noticed that they were both soaked and shivering. He needed to get them inside somewhere.
Finn looked around for a place to stop. He noticed a small diner across the road and decided that would work. He led the girls into the diner and then helped them dry off for a moment. Then a waitress came over and asked them what they would like.
"Actually, we're just stopping for a moment to get out of the rain." He replied. He looked at his watch. 1:48. "Um, listen Ma'am, I'm out of cash and the ATM down the street was broken. Can I just get some cash back or something please?" He asked with his 'please help me out' smile.
"I'm sorry sir, but we don't give cash back here." She replied. "If you aren't buying anything, I'm going to have to ask you to leave."
"Can we at least stand in the front? My girls are cold. I don't want them to get sick."
"Not my problem, sir. Now if you wouldn't mind. I have paying customers to attend to." She left.
"Come on girls. Let's find somewhere else."
"Daddy, can't we just call Mommy to come get us?"
He thought about it for a moment. If he called her, she would for sure lecture him about not having enough money and then not taking proper care of her girls. But, he did get another idea.
"Puck?"
"Yeah. What do you want? I was getting ready for work."
"I need you to come get me and the girls. I'm out of cash and we need a ride back to the house."
After a moment of thought, Puck replied, "Alright, where are you? I have a little bit of time."
Once Puck arrived, they quickly loaded the car and rode home. Finn had the heat blasting on the girls. When they got home, Finn told Puck he owed him and Puck just grunted. As they were making their way to the door, Finn saw Rachel's car in the garage and knew that he was dead meat.
"Alright, girls, when we get in I want you both to head upstairs and get ready for a warm bath. I don't want you getting sick so no complaints." The girls nodded and ran into the house. The girls did what they were told as Finn tried to find Rachel. It wasn't that difficult when he heard her on the phone with Kurt asking if he knew where we were. She was practically yelling at him. Finn felt sorry for his brother, but he knew Kurt wasn't getting anywhere near the amount of scary Rachel that he was about to get.
"Rach?" She turned and almost fainted.
"Oh, Finn. Thank God!" She ran over and hugged him tight. For a moment he thought that maybe she would be more understanding than he had expected. "Where the heck were you? Are the girls okay?"
"Calm down. They are fine. We are only 30 minutes late." Finn said trying to skip over the details in hopes that she wouldn't notice. "I actually need to get their bath ready. Can you talk and walk with me?"
"Hold it. Finn Christopher Hudson, what the heck happened?" She screamed. There it was. Scary Rachel had emerged.
"Okay. So I took the girls to Central Park and we were having fun. Then at one I got us all packed up ready to come back and then it started raining. I took the picnic blanket out and gave it to the girls to keep them dry. It didn't work out too well. We then tried to get a cab, but I grabbed my wallet, but I was out of cash so we had to walk. The girls started complaining so I took them in a diner where we were kicked out of because I had no money. Then I got smart and called Puck on my cell. I don't know why I didn't think of it earlier, but I didn't. He picked us up and brought us back here. Now the girls are cold and wet and they need a bath so, I'm going to go give them one you are welcome to help." He said approaching the bottom of the stairs. He silently prayed that she would just drop it, but he knew better.
"How on earth could you be so IRRESPONSIBILE? I leave for a few hours and I come back and everything has turned to chaos."
"Rachel, calm down. The girls are fine. I'm fine. Nothing bad happened."
"NOTHING HAPPENED? Do you know how traumatizing this is going to be for them?"
"Oh yeah, like they aren't traumatized enough already…" Finn countered.
"What?"
"You know what I mean. Their brother dies and then their mom withdrawals from all things happy and you expect them not to come out a little traumatized! Really, Rach?"
"How dare you? I try. This isn't even about him right now! This is about the safety of my girls!" Oh, he had definitely hit a nerve.
"Well, newsflash, Rachel. At least I brought them home ALIVE!" He instantly regretted saying that, but he knew he couldn't take it back now.
Rachel didn't say anything. Instead, she ran upstairs. Once he heard their bedroom door shut, he knew he should let her be mad for a little while. He went up and helped the girls with their baths and then laid them down for a nap. He then decided he needed to clear his head, so he left the house and went where he always goes at times like these. Grueger's Bar.
