Finchel is Love
I do not own Glee or its Characters. They belong to Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk and Ian B. I do not own the music use within it belongs to the singers and songwriters. Shout out to Adam Anders for his great arrangement on any Glee cover I use.
*****As always my Fictions are full of Finchel smut. If you get offended these stories are not for you*****
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Thank you for all the wonderful response to the revised Chapters 1-3. From here on out all the plot belongs to me. I hope you all enjoy it as much as the original.
Chapter Four: You Must
Rachel slowly slid the answer key to the right. "Hello, Shelby?"
"Oh, thank God, I've been watching the news all night. I was so scared something happened to you when I saw it was McKinley High School. I've been calling your dads but they aren't answering. Are you okay?' Shelby panic stricken stated.
"I am, but why are you calling me? You said there was no place for us" Rachel said trying not to sound bitter.
"I know what I said, but I was wrong. Adopting Beth has made me see that I can have everything. I want to know my daughter. I want you to be Beth's sister. I want to apologize for what I did. How I contacted you. And most of all putting Jesse in your life. He isn't the person I thought he was and I am so, so sorry." Shelby sounded sincere.
"Shelby, I really want to believe you, but I'm not sure if it's sincere. I can't go through trying to get to know you for you to pull away again."
"I understand. I'm not asking that you call me mom and we spend Hanukah together. I'm asking for a chance to get to know you. The real you and for you to know the real me, not the coach of Vocal Adrenaline me."
"I don't know if I can do this now. Quinn shot Noah and he needs a liver. We came home to change out of our Prom clothes and we need to get back to the hospital."
Finn laid in her bed listening to Rachel talk to the woman who birthed her. He watched intently ready to jump in and take over if it became too much for his girlfriend. So far he's extremely proud of her. She's not letting Shelby walk all over her and she's making her birth mom work for her forgiveness.
"Oh, okay. Well I really hope that Noah is going to be alright. I've been emailing him keeping him updated on Beth. The open adoption was the best thing. I didn't want Beth to go through what we went through. Wait a minute, did you say Quinn shot Noah?"
"I did, she's gone off the deep end Shelby. She blames me for everything she did last year and she blames me that Finn broke up with her and chose me. She pushed me into a janitor's closet a couple of months ago and locked me in there. She tried to strangle me at Prom last night. Finn got her off of me but she was crazy. She brought a gun to school. Noah, tried talking to her, he apologized for what he did to her but she's acting like she never cheated on Finn and had Noah's baby. She's obsessed with Finn and getting me out of his life. She shot Noah, and came after us with the gun. Thank god coach Sylvester and Mr. Shue had called the police before the gym was evacuated. The sharp shooter shot Quinn in the shoulder before she could shoot Finn." Rachel looked at Finn giving him a small smile as she explained what happened to the teens the night before.
"Oh God, I was wondering what was up with her. She never responded to the emails or letters I sent her. Poor Beth. I'm glad she's not in her life."
"I will think about what you said Shelby, but I really need to go. We have to get back to the hospital to find out if any of us are a match." Rachel told her.
"Sure, Rachel keep in touch please. I do love you even if you don't believe me now. I do" Shelby said to her daughter before hanging up.
Finn gathered his tiny girlfriend into his arms after she hung the phone up and let her cry. "Why now Finn, she didn't care before, why now" Rachel cried.
"Maybe she realized Life is too short because of what happened and she truly wants a relationship with you. You're lucky, I'd give anything to be able to have any type of relationship with my dad, but I never can, you can. I'm not saying forgive her right away, but seriously think about it."
"When did you get so smart" Rachel asked him kissing his lips. "When I got my head straight on, stopped acting like a douche and got back together with you." Finn captured her lips once more, pushing her back into the mattress. Loving her once more.
Finn and Rachel made it back to the hospital. They are the last people back. Santana was giving them a weird look but they choose to ignore her. They headed to Carole who was sitting with Mena waiting for news about the donor.
"Mom?" Finn said slowly. His mom looked up "Good, you're back. What took so long? Everyone's been here for a while." Carole asked the couple. Finn and Rachel looked at each other. They hadn't realized how long they took. Rachel was the one to speak, because they both know Finn was a terrible liar and there was no way he could lie to his mom.
"My birth mom called and talked to me. After I had sort of a melt down and Finn comforted me" Rachel relayed. What it was the truth, not the whole truth but truth none the less? "Yeah, She was very upset then we both had to take showers" Finn added. His mom didn't need to know they showered together.
Carole cocked her eyebrow at her son and his girlfriend looking intently. "Ok, the nurse was out just a bit ago, Noah is stable for now and she said that we should be hearing about the donor soon, they wanted to wait for all the results so we can know all at the same time. Mena doesn't need the torture of piece meal of the results." The teens nodded and went to sit with their friends and wait.
The Glee girls were in a huddle when Finn and Rachel approached them. Santana was the first to speak "Rachel the girls and I want to talk to you, let's go" she grabbed Rachel from Finn and pulled her to the woman's restroom. The other girls followed behind. Leaving Finn confused.
"Santana you're hurting me, let go" Rachel whined as they got to the restroom. Santana let go and spoke "Spill hobbit." "Spill what? I have no idea what's going on" Rachel truly confused as to why the girls where peppering her with an inquisition.
"Come on Rachel, we can tell" Tina explained. "Tell what?" Rachel answered. "You and Finn, something is going on" Mercedes contributed to the interrogation.
"I really don't know what you guys think, but Finn and I are fine. We took a shower and changed then came back" Rachel said with a ghost of a smile on her face remembering the new found intimacy she shared with Finn.
"That right there, what was that" Brittany asked. "For the love of all things holy, you and Frankenteen totally did the nasty when you were gone." Santana finally said. Rachel opened her mouth then closed it. She was at a loss of what to say. How could Santana know that? They just finished, does she look different. She sure feels different. She doesn't want to discuss this with Santana. Then she remembers what Santana said to her all those months ago
"We all just pretend to like you"
"I'm sure I have no idea what you are talking about. If I did sleep with Finn, you are the last people I'd talk to about it, you all just pretend to like me right?" Rachel was starting to get mad now, who did these girls think they were? "You just want a piece of gossip" she pointed to Mercedes. "I don't know what you would care for, you don't want to be my friend" She told Tina. "AND you," Looking at Santana "Want to use something to torment me with, so no thank you. If and when I have sex with Finn It will be none of your damn business" With that Rachel stormed into one of the stalls to get away from the girls.
Tina was the first to speak. "Rachel, I'm sorry you think that. I don't hate you. I'd like to be your friend. You are going to need someone to talk to and I'll be here for you if you want me to." Then she left the restroom.
"I'm sorry Rachel' Mercedes said simply and left. Brittany "Rachie, you can talk to me, I'm not going to make fun of you. You are really nice and I don't hate you."
After hearing Brittany leave she assumed Santana left with her because they are always attached at the pinky. But to her shock Santana was still there when she came out of the stall.
"Are you here to make fun of me for crying? Tell me how ugly I am. Well you can save it, I don't care what you think." Rachel screamed at her.
"Look hobbit, you know you are not my favorite person but…" Santana was cut off when Rachel yelled. "Why Santana, Why? What did I ever do to you that you hate me so much? You purposefully ruined my relationship with Finn. You constantly put me down. Why? Because I tell you when you are sharp. I hate to tell you but you do go sharp, but that is no reason to make my life a living hell."
Santana didn't know what to say, the girls came back because they heard Rachel screaming at Santana. "I hate you because you know what you want. I hate you because you don't care what other people think about you. I hate you because you can love Finn and not be afraid of what people are going to say. I hate you because I'm jealous, you are getting out of this town and you were right, if I continue like this the only place I'm going to be is on a pole. I am sorry." Santana said running from the room.
Rachel looked at the door and Santana's retreating figure. "Look, Rachel we are sorry. I shouldn't have let Santana talk me into confronting you. She said it was like you and Finn didn't care about Puck. That you went home to fuck, her words, when Noah is fighting for his life." Tina explained .
"I think she's so afraid that something is going to happen to Puck. She doesn't know how to handle her feelings. She is not used to caring about people, Puck is one of the only ones she does care about. She was probably looking for us to agree with her so she could feel comforted." Mercedes surmised.
"Do you not think that maybe Finn needs to be comforted? His very best friend is lying in a hospital bed fighting for his life and he blames himself. He blames himself for breaking up with Quinn, her going off the deep end and for what she did last night. Did you think he is having a hard time? That maybe his girlfriend understands him and provided him some comfort in an otherwise horrible day was not as sordid as she claimed it to be. Physical comfort is what he needed and what I needed. We needed to be with each other and it was beautiful and special and I'm not going to apologize for what we did. And I'm 100 percent positive Noah would be like 'get sum Berry'" she said in her best Puck voice. The girls laughed. "He would wouldn't he. He'd be like its bout time you gave my boy somthin" Mercedes said.
The glee girls minus Santana gathered for a hug. "We won't tell anyone. It's your business and no one need to know. But you are sure you are okay right?" Tina asked. "I mean after Mike and I…well I needed to talk to someone and Mercedes and Kurt where so great. I know it'd probably be weird talking to Kurt, seeing he's Finn's brother. But we will be there for you."
"He was sweet and loving. He made sure I was alright. It was surprisingly not as painful as I thought because he was very gentle." Rachel relayed.
"Oh, Finn is a sweetheart" Brittany gushed . "I bet he's huge!" She said without thinking. "Well on that note I think we should get back don't you?" Mercedes blushing because she really doesn't' need to know how big white boy was. "Yeah, we should." Rachel said equally embarrassed.
After about an hour and a half, the doctor attending to Puck's case came out with news for the group. "First I want to thank all of you who were tested. Secondly, Noah has been put on a breathing machine called a ventilator. We need him to keep up his strength and breathing on his own is causing him to expend too much energy. Putting him on the ventilator will keep him from depleting his own energy. He is very jaundiced as well, his skin will appear yellow. This happens because his liver is damaged. All his other organs are hanging in there, but the longer it takes to get a donor, the more his organs will fail. We have him on medication to help his kidneys and heart and the ventilator keeps enough oxygen to his brain." Dr. Casado paused then continued. "That being said, everyone who was tested thank you again. We will be keeping your information and passing it to UNOS in case you could donate to someone you are matched to. I'm sorry to inform you Mrs. Puckerman, but no one here is a match for Noah." Mena sobbed into Carole's chest.
"What does that mean for Noah, Louis" Carole asked. She knew Dr. Casado because she's a nurse and worked with him here. "Well, Noah has a rare antibody in his blood. Although his brother and sister were the same blood type they do not carry that antibody. We were hoping, but the pathologist looking at the antibody has isolated it and for there to be a match, Noah would have to have a child. This antibody is from father to child only."
The Glee Club with their parents let out a collective gasp at that news. "I'm sorry Mena. I wish there was better news. The surgeon took out the damaged part and part of the healthy tissue. He is trying to get it to regenerate in the lab, but don't get your hopes up, that rarely works. I am sorry, I have to get back. We will talk soon."
Hiram said. "We have to call Shelby. Beth is Noah's only chance." "Do you think she'd care?" Leroy suggested. "She can't be that heartless." Carole offered. Rachel heard the parents speaking and walked over to them.
"Daddy, Shelby called me today. She wanted to see if I was okay. She told me that she has been keeping Noah updated on Beth. She may be willing to help. She did tell me she wanted him to be a part of Beth's life. If Noah, if Noah….." Rachel cannot continue, Finn wrapped her up in his arms and finished for her. "If he doesn't make it. Shelby really didn't want Beth to experience not knowing her birth parents. Well not Quinn. So I think we should call her." Finn finished and looked at Mena.
"We should call her, she emails me regularly to update me and Sarah on Beth. I have her number. I don't know if I can talk to her. Why did this happen to my boy? He's a good boy over all. He's rough around the edges but he loves his family. Why did she do this?" Mena cried and Hiram spoke to her quietly in Hebrew.
"I'll call her and ask her to come" Rachel volunteered. "Whatever has happened between her and me, I can put aside for Noah." Rachel proceeded to call Shelby asking her to come to the hospital but didn't elaborate. Shelby agreed to come to the hospital with Beth.
Shelby finally arrived with Beth in tow. Mena has a smile on her face, the first time she has seen Noah's daughter. "Oh, my bisl, she is so beautiful" Mena softly cried looking at Shelby. Shelby hands Beth over to her grandmother.
"trefn deyn grandoter" Shelby told Mena. Mena hugged Beth, whispering to her how beautiful she wasand how glad she was to have met her. Shelby left Beth with Mena while Carole, Hiram and Leroy asked to speak with her in private.
The parents and Shelby along with Rachel and Finn stepped into a smaller waiting area that wasempty, to explain the situation to Shelby. Leroy spoke. "Thank you for coming Shelby, having Beth here is really great for Mena. She wanted to be in here to talk with you but she can't we are her surrogates right now."
Carole took over as she was the one with the medical knowledge. "I don't know how much Rachel told you but I'm going to cut to the chase, it's bad. Noah's liver is severely damaged. The bullet tore through it and the healthy part is not going to stay healthy for long. He needs a liver transplant. The problem is he has a rare antibody in his blood. It is passed from father to child. His father doesn't have it but was a carrier so it was passed to Noah. Shelby this is a lot to ask I know but I'm asking you to save Noah's life. We need to test Beth."
Shelby listened to Carole intently. "She is just a baby. She turned one two months ago. Is it safe? What would happen to Beth?" Shelby asked.
"Normally they wouldn't even attempt to have a baby be a living donor. But in this rare occurrence UNOS will make an exception. Beth may be a carrier of that antibody and that will save Noah. She would have to have surgery yes, they would take a small portion of her liver, but her liver would regenerate itself without problems. They would transplant that portion of her liver into Noah and it would regenerate and grow." Carole explained without getting to technical.
Shelby took everything Carole and the Berry's said to heart. How could she say no? Noah was just a kid, he deserved a life. He was trying to help someone he loves. He was protecting Rachel. She couldn't in good conscious say no to the request. "I'll let Beth be tested and if she's a match, we will go ahead with the surgery. I want Noah in her life, she should know her daddy."
Finn jumped up and pulled Shelby into a great big bear hug while fighting tears that were winning the battle. "Thank you Ms. Corcoran, Thank you for trying to save my best friend's life." Shelby hugged the giant teenager then pulled away to wipe away his tears. "I have to do whatever it takes, the world needs what does he call it, yes, the world needs his badassness." Shelby smiled, Finn smiled and Rachel cried. "Thank you Shelby, Thank you" Rachel said.
The next few hours felt like torture. While Beth was tested and the group awaited the results everyone was allowed to visit Puck. Two at a time were allowed in. Mike and Tina went first, they came out with Tina sobbing. Mercedes and Kurt went next. Came out pretty much like Tina. Finn was there to comfort his brother.
Santana and Brittany slowly made their way to Puck's room "I can't do this Brit' Santana nervously said. "You can and you have to, that's Puck in there and he needs us." Brittany forcefully told her friend. "He is going to be okay, and he will want to know that we were here for him, now lets go." Brit grabbed her hand and lead her to Puck's bedside.
Once inside Santana broke "God Puckerman, what did you get yourself into? Look at you, you got to get better Puck, we need you. I need you. Fuck, I hate that I'm standing here crying like a bitch. I swear Puck, I'm going to make that bitch pay." Brittany looked on holding Santana as she spoke to her friend. When she said all she needed to say, she and Brits turned to walk, but Santana went back to Puck and placed a kiss on his swollen face whispering in his ear "I Love you Noah, I always have." Then walked out the door.
Finn and Rachel walked to Pucks bedside and Finn who was being strong all day finally broke. Seeing his friend in such a vulnerable state was too much for Finn "OH GOD! Puck you got to get better man, I can't survive without my Iceman. My wingman. I'm sorry Puck, I should have known she'd do something. I'm so sorry" Finn cried and fell to his knees burying his head into the mattress of Puck's bed.
Rachel stood next to Finn, rubbing circles on his back "baby, he doesn't blame you. You've got to stop blaming yourself. She did this not you. There was no way you'd know she was capable of this kind of violence. Maybe I should have pushed to have her locked up when she locked me in that closet. If I didn't think she could change. If I had her locked up, she wouldn't have done this" She started to cry and Finn looked up at her.
"This is not your fault, I don't want to hear you say that again. You were being you, forgiving is your nature, so don't you dare blame yourself." Finn scolded her. Rachel looked at Finn pointedly. "Right back at you honey." Finn gave her a small smile and they both turned back to Puck patting his hand.
Finn grabbed a chair and sat it next to Puck's bed pulling Rachel on his lap and spoke "Remember that time when we were fourteen and our mom's brought us to the lake. We sat at the end of that pier for hours trying to catch a fish. We caught the fucking smallest fish that ever was. You were so pissed. Remember going there after we lost a Regionals last year. We sat there got wasted. We paid Patches to buy us some beer. We had it out over Beth on that pier. I wanted to throw your ass in the lake." Finn stopped talking to wipe the tears out of his eyes when Rachel took a turn.
"I remember when I first met you Noah, it was at synagogue after the service, my daddy was talking to your mom and I was sitting on the carpet waiting for them to finish. You came over and told me your name was Puck and I told you no it wasn't that your mommy just told my dad your name was Noah and that you were a liar. You pulled my braids and I cried." Rachel laughed at the memory.
"Shelby brought Beth, man. You got to get better so you can meet her. She has your eyes my ma says. She's beautiful Puck. She needs you in her life. She needs someone to teach her how to pick a lock or how to talk your way out of a D in Mrs. Holloways English class. I need my best friend. You got to be there when I marry Rachel and we have kids. They are going to need their Uncle Puck." Finn sobbed into Rachel. They both spent the rest of their time with him talking to him about their lives and their futures.
Mena came in with Sarah and Finn and Rachel left them to be with Noah. Back in the waiting room Shelby was there talking with Burt and Carole, while the glee kids entertained Beth. Rachel walked over to the little group and began to sing.
There comes a time
A time in everyone's life
Where nothing seems to go your way
Where nothing seems to turn out right
There may come a time
You just can't seem to find your place
For every door you open
It feels like two get slammed in your face
The girls started to harmonize with Rachel while the boys took over the next verses.
That's when you need someone
Someone that you can call
And when all your faith is gone
It Feels like you can't go on
Let it be me
Let it be me
If it's a friend that you need
Let it be me
Let it be me
Feels like your always coming up last
Pockets full of nothing you a'int got no cash
No matter where you turn, you ain't got no place to stand
Reach out for something and they slap your hand
Now I remember all too well
Just how it feels to be all alone
To feel like you'd give anything
For just a little place you can call your own
The Glee club was not whole. They wouldn't be whole until they had Noah Puckerman back into the fold. They sung their hearts out letting him know that they would be there for their friend.
That's when you need someone
Someone that you can call
When all your faith is gone
It feels like you can't go on
Let it be me
Let it be me
If it's a friend that you need
Let it be me
Let it be me
Let it be me
Let it be me
If it's a friend that you need
Let it be me
Let it be me
Let it be me
When the song ended, Rachel looked up to see Mena walking toward Shelby and the parents. No expression was giving them away. The Glee kids jumped up gathering Beth with them and went over to where Dr. Casado was speaking.
"We have the results" he said
"Is she a match?" Rachel asked at the same time Finn questions "Can Beth save him?"
Dr. Casado looked at Mena and Shelby then back to the kids "She…..
Credit where credit is due:
UH oh Cliffy, Sorry to leave you hanging but it's so much fun for me. I won't take too long to update I promise.
The stories Finn reminds Puck about, the ones of them at the pier I took from my one shot Drink a Beer. Check it out.
UNOS is the organization that is in charge of the donor registry. Normally an infant wouldn't even be considered as a donor. You need to be between 18-69 to donate but I am suspending that reality and letting them make an exception in this case for the drama of my story.
Bisl- Yiddish word meaning little bit. trefn deyn grandoter- meet your granddaughter in Yiddish
Let It Be Me by Ray LaMontagne written by Ray Charles and Jack LaMontagne.
Lots of love: See you next time.