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Chapter 6: Music Teacher Extraordinaire

Finn could barely contain his excitement as he left the school, he was close to bursting out of his skin; he'd got the job. It was the end of the summer break now and he would start work in a week, teaching kids music, working a job that would actually buy him things. He sped to Rachel's house and knocked on the door, she answered but before she saw who it was Finn had scooped her up into a crushing hug, her feet leaving the ground.

"Finn, what are you doing, I can't breathe." She laughed as he put her down carefully before punching the air.

"I got the job! I got it." He replied when he'd let it all out, Melanie who had heard Finn's voice ran out of the kitchen and jumped into his arms. "You hear that miss, Finn finally got a job worth having, I get to teach kids how to do stuff all day, and get paid for it."

"Congratulations Finn." Rachel smiled as he pulled her in for a hug. A minute later they walked into the kitchen and sat at the table.

"Did I interrupt lunch?" Finn asked as he looked around to see plates on the counter, and a pan on the stove. Rachel stood up and shook her head.

"No, we were just about to eat so, if you're hungry there's plenty here." She said dishing the food out, Finn looked at Melanie and she nodded, he grinned and leant back in his chair.

"Rach, when am I not hungry?"

"Good point." She laughed from the stove as she handed him a plate before giving Melanie hers. The three sat and ate, when she was finished Melanie went to the living room to watch TV leaving Finn and Rachel talking and laughing. Half an hour later they were cleaning the plates; Finn was washing and Rachel drying.

"So Rachel, I was thinking," he started, looking at her and smiling when she looked at him quickly.

"Well that can't be good." She laughed nudging his shoulder.

"Ouch, that hurt, the comment not the physical violence. But no, I was thinking, maybe we could go out for dinner tomorrow night, you know just you and me?" he asked looking down at the plate he was scrubbing, Rachel was a little shocked but gained composure quickly.

"L-like a date?" she replied looking over at Finn, he looked at her, their eyes locking with the others, Rachel had to admit to herself that maybe this was a good thing, Finn treat her and Melanie great, and she couldn't deny she had feelings for him.

"Yeah, like a date, my mom said she could watch Melanie if your dads are busy, she and Burt wouldn't mind, in fact they kinda got excited over it. She's always on my case that she has no little kids to babysit and all this, so I asked if she'd watch Melanie, you know if you said yes and your dads were doing something." Finn rambled, Rachel just rolled her eyes at his little speech, he'd given her no time to truly answer.

"Finn, calm down a full explanation isn't needed, I'd love to go to dinner with you, and my dads are out of town for a week so it's fine for your mom and Burt to watch her." Rachel laughed, watching as Finn's face lit up in a smile she hadn't seen since high school.

"Great, well I'll let my mom know, and I'll pick you up at seven?" he asked as he finished cleaning the plates and dishes and picking up a brief case to leave, his jacket slung over his forearm. Rachel stood at the door with Melanie as he stepped outside.

"Seven sounds perfect. We'll see you tomorrow then. Melanie say goodbye to Finn." Rachel said, Melanie thought for a moment before signing goodbye to Finn who waved as he got into his car.

"See you guys later." He called as he started the car, and backing out of the driveway. Rachel stood and watched him as his car turned the corner before walking back into the house, before she moved back here she had been merely a shell, living a life that was hard. But now, with Finn around Rachel had a life that really made her life happy and made her daughter happy, it wasn't hard to see that Finn's past had made him grow up into this man who saw life differently but in a good way.

The next day Finn stood in front of his closet flipping through his clothes and sighing; he had no clothes that would impress Rachel, nothing about him could impress a woman like her, he was stupid to ask her on a date. He had flannel shirts, and t-shirts, and only one suit, he was a loser of the highest magnitude. So he turned to his last resort and picked up the phone.

"You finally call me, you know maybe we'd be closer if you called me more often."
the voice answered, Finn rolled his eyes.

"I called you yesterday, not to mention the one call last week, I call you once a week Kurt, but this is important." Finn replied, once again flipping through his clothes.

"And that important thing would be?"

"I have a date and nothing to wear." Finn sighed, hating to admit his step-brother was his only hope here.

"A date? You? A Date? Dear lord who is she?"

"I don't need to explain this to you, I just need help with my clothes. I'm picking her up in like three hours Kurt, I don't have time to tell you everything."

"She must be special if you're calling me, you're lucky I'm in town visiting. I'll be there in fifteen minutes."

"Thanks." Finn said as he hung up the phone and went to jump in the shower. He grabbed his jeans and threw them on before going downstairs just as the doorbell rang. Opening the door Finn rolled his eyes as Kurt walked through the door with a suitcase. "What's all this?"

Kurt walked passed and carried the case up the stairs to Finn's room, Finn followed behind confused as to what Kurt was up to. When he reached his room Kurt was pulling out garment bags, three in total and laying them on the bed.

"Okay so, you're lucky I have these set up for you, just in case, and if you need them again they'll be washed and hung up at our parents in the closet in the guest room." Kurt explained, his hands on his hips as he turned to look at Finn. "Now is this the first date?"

"Yeah, does that make a difference?" Finn asked standing with his arms crossed across his bare chest, and his face set in confusion.

"Of course it makes a difference, you want to impress the girl am I right? I thought so, so you need something that says, I mean business, but not to formal right?" Kurt said holding up an outfit and thrusting it at Finn. "Go try it on."

Finn went to his bathroom and pulled on the clothes; a black shirt and silver tie with black pants and white belt. He walked back out and Kurt gestured for him to do a spin, Finn sighed and turned around rolling his eyes.

"Perfect, now for shoes, I think we should go for black dress shoes, this pair should do." Kurt handed him a pair of shiny black shoes and Finn put them on after he sat on the bed. "How long have you known her?"

"A fairly long time, you know her, a lot of people know her." Finn replied grabbing a comb and running it through his hair, looking away from Kurt.

"Really? I know her? How do I know her?"

"We used to go to high school with her."

"Ohhh, year books, year books, where do you keep yours?" Kurt said jumping up on to the bed to look on Finn's shelves.

"Shelf in the back of the closet." Finn laughed watching Kurt jump down and walk to the closet to move the clothes away. He emerged with a year book, their senior year book.

"Did she graduate with us?" Kurt questioned as he flipped through the book and Finn came and sat beside his brother and nodded. "She did? Okay so let's see… not her, she's married… well she moved… she's married with seven kids… she married Puck, that's nice… California…. " a few minutes later through trial of eviction Kurt's finger landed on a photo. "Rachel? Finn she has a daughter, a daughter that isn't yours, what happens if she moves and decides to take Melanie with her? It'll be just like the last time."

"And what if she doesn't leave Kurt? I can't live alone for the rest of my life in fear that another woman will leave me, and Rachel would never do that." Finn defended looking at his brother and willing him to believe the words leaving his mouth. "Kurt, just trust me on this."

"I'll trust you, but I don't know how you'll handle it if something does change, or happen."

Finn had to admit, his brother had a point; what if Rachel did leave, how would he handle it? Probably not well, he'd end up like a shell again, not a person.

Kurt left an hour later leaving Finn with a little time before he had to go pick up Rachel and then drop Melanie off with his mom. He went and cleaned his car out before he drove over to Rachel's at seven. Finn was nervous when he knocked on the door, he didn't see why, he and Rachel we're good friends, and they'd dated before, fair enough it was over a decade ago but they still dated. She answered the door in a white knee length dress and her hair in curls down her back, Finn had never seen her look as stunning.

"Hey, you ready to go?" he asked smiling as Melanie ran at him her arms gripping his legs. Rachel laughed as he took her hand and walked towards the car with Melanie still sat on his foot, her arms clinging to his leg. "So Kurt's at my mom's place, he's not going to let Melanie come home I hope you know."

"Kurt's in town? How do I not know this? I haven't seen him in years!" Rachel replied excitedly, Finn just laughed and put Melanie in the car before walking around and holding Rachel's door open for her.

"Yeah he's here for a week, I'll warn you know he's waiting for us so don't be surprised when he runs out and hugs you." Finn replied, starting the car before driving towards his mom and Burt's house. Rachel and Finn climbed out, Finn letting Melanie out and Rachel bracing herself as the front door burst open and Kurt ran out to hug her. Finn simply laughed and gave her the 'I told you so' look as he took Melanie's hand and lead her into the house. "Mom! We're here!"

"Finn honey, there's no need to yell inside." Carole said as she walked out of the kitchen and came to hug her son. "Where's Rachel?"

"Outside getting harassed by Kurt, where else would she be?" Finn asked as he picked Melanie up. "Mom this is Melanie, Melanie this is my mom, she's gonna hang with you for a bit okay?" Melanie nodded and waved at Carole as Finn put her on the ground and his mom said Hello.

Rachel and Finn left shortly after, Finn driving to the restaurant holding Rachel's hand the whole way there. They ate and spoke all the way through dinner, smiling and laughing, enjoying each other's company. They headed to his family's house at nine for some wind down time, Finn leading Rachel into the living room to talk to Carole.

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