Chapter 7 is up! I know it has taken me forever and a day to get this chapter posted, but not only did I have a difficult time writing it the way I wanted it, I had to take my finals and study for them and it was chaos. This chapter is Finn asking Rachel to marry him this summer, not in a few years or so, and the Glee club's reaction (which is kinda like in the show), only afterward Finn has a few words to say to them.

Enjoy!

When Rachel finished singing, the Glee club gave her a small standing ovation. She was immediately swarmed by all of them in a huge group hug, and then Mr. Schue set them to work writing songs for Nationals. He was determined to at least have a semblance of a set list when they boarded the plane to head for New York City.

"Um, Mr. Schue," Finn hedged, and when Mr. Schue nodded he continued, "I'd like to say something to Rachel before we get started,"

"Finn?" Rachel asked in confusion as he took her hands and pulled her in front of the club. He half-smiled at her and reached out, pulling the ring out from under her blouse that she had on a chain. Rachel was silent as he unlocked the clasp and held the ring in his fingers.

"Rachel, almost losing you made me realize how precious time really is," Finn started, and then he nervously chuckled. "I don't even know if this is overdramatic or what, but…" He swallowed hard and looked Rachel straight in the eyes. "Rachel, when you said yes, I thought we'd get married in a few years or something like that, but I'm asking you to marry me this summer. Before we go to New York."

"What?" Rachel whispered sentiment was echoed by the entire Glee club, and Finn reached for her left hand.

"Would you wear this ring on your finger, and marry me this summer?" Finn asked, and Rachel's eyes filled with tears. She reached out with her right hand and touched his face, nodding silently.

"Yes, Finn, I will marry you this summer," She said with a smile, and he slipped the ring on her finger before hugging her and spinning her around.

"When's the baby's due date?" Puck asked, and Rachel glared at him.

"I'm not pregnant, Noah, and you know that,"

"Had to ask, Rach, you know me," He said with a smile and a shrug. She rolled her eyes at him and Kurt spoke up.

"Whoa, wait a minute," Kurt said, shaking his head.

"This summer?" Blaine asked skeptically, while Mike and Tina glanced around at everyone.

"Guys, it's their decision, we should back them," Mike muttered, and Tina nodded.

"All of us know what it feels like to be in love, they're obviously are in love and want to spend the rest of their lives together, what's wrong with that?"

"No," Sam and Mercedes said at the same time, and Mr. Schue said,

"That's rushing it, guys, maybe it'd be better to wait a while, you're really young to be engaged,"

"It's not as if they're rushing off to get married because they've dated for, like, two weeks, they've been together for a long time," Artie reasoned, but nearly everyone else still muttered about how bad an idea they thought the impending marriage was.

"When I told you guys months ago you seemed perfectly fine with it!" Finn exclaimed, and Rachel looked at all of their faces.

"That's because they didn't think it would ever happen. I was dead back then, remember? They weren't going to tell you they thought it was a stupid idea when I was lying dead in a hospital," She said quietly, and then turned and ran out the door.

"What the hell, guys?" Finn demanded furiously before rushing after Rachel.

"They can't be serious," Mercedes said, shaking her head.

"It'll never last," Quinn muttered, and everyone seemed to agree.

Finn ran down the hallway, listening for any sound of Rachel. "Rachel?" He called, and still there was silence. He pulled out his phone and dialed her number, but it went straight to voicemail. When he had searched the entire school, he went to the parking lot and saw that her car was gone. "Dammit!" He swore, and ran back towards the choir room.

"Finn, we think…" Mr. Schue started to say, but Finn held up his hands.

"You all are a bunch of hypocrites, you know that? All of you preach about acceptance and supporting each other and fighting off the bullies together, but what you did just now? You turned into the bullies. You're supposed to support us, no matter what, and even if you think that me and Rachel getting married is a bad idea, you should still accept us. It's our decision and, if you want to think of it like that, our mistake."

"Finn, you know that only a small percentage of high school relationships work out," Mr. Schue said logically, and Finn looked around the club.

"What if we're part of that percentage? Mike, Tina, do you think your relationship is going to last? How about you, Kurt and Blaine? Santana and Brittany?"

There was an uneasy silence, and Finn nodded. "I don't much care about me, I don't need your approval, but we are a family, and Rachel is a part of this family. And basically you guys said that it's okay for us to be engaged if she's dead. That's hurtful, no matter how you look at it. You all broke her heart, and that's not right."

"So basically you're saying we shouldn't have any opinion?" Santana asked with a hard look in her eyes, and Finn shook his head.

"No, I'm saying that you need to be supportive, and express your opinions politely, at least. When you came out as a lesbian, Santana, did any of us put you down? Tell you that it's a bad idea? Or when Quinn was pregnant, did any of us tell her to get an abortion? How is our engagement any different? If we want to get married, then that decision is up to us. If it's a mistake, we'll pay for it later. Simple as that. But I'm telling you right now, it's not a mistake. I will be with Rachel for the rest of my life, and I know that."

"You're right," Mr. Schue finally said, after a long moment of silence. "We were wrong to just throw your decision away like it was nothing but a mistake. I'm sorry, Finn," He said, and the young man nodded. Mr. Schue looked hard at the rest of the Glee club, and slowly they all nodded.

"We were unfair," Kurt admitted, and Finn replied,

"Don't tell me, tell Rachel."

"Where is she?" Blaine asked, and Finn shrugged, looking down at his phone for the umpteenth time.

"She's not answering her phone, it's going straight to voicemail and I can't get ahold of her dads, and her car is not in the parking lot,"

Kurt nodded and got up, walking out of the room without another word. Blaine got up and followed him, all the way to Breadstix. Kurt walked in and went into the back corner that no one sits in because it's too dark. Blaine stepped towards the back and saw Kurt standing there, talking to Rachel who was sitting on the booth.

"Rachel, I'm sorry. Finn made us all realize that we were complete asses to you and him in the choir room, and I am ashamed of myself. You and Finn deserve to be happy, and if getting married this summer will make you happy, then I will be there with bells on. Literally. I'm going to sew bells onto my best suit just for you."

Rachel grinned and got up, wrapping her arms around his neck. He held her tightly and then sat down across from her, holding her hands across the table. "Kurt, I just want you to know that I love you. Not like anything weird, but I love you, like my absolute best friend in the entire world, closer than a brother kind of thing," Rachel said, squeezing his hands.

"I love you too, Rachel," Kurt said, laughing at her description. She grinned too and then Blaine walked up. He slid into the booth next to Rachel and wrapped his arm around her shoulders.

"I was a complete jerk, Rachel, and I'm sorry. Kurt and I will support you and Finn in whatever you want to do, no matter what,"

She wrapped her arm around his waist and hugged him back. "Thanks, Blaine. What made you change your minds all of a sudden? Not that I mind or anything,"

"Finn came barging back into the choir room and yelled at all of us, told us we were hypocrites and the whole nine yards."

Rachel smiled softly and ducked her head, looking at her left hand. "I do love him, you guys. I believe with all my heart that we will be together for the rest of our lives,"

"Then that's all we need to hear," Kurt said, squeezing Rachel's right hand.

"But you probably need to turn your phone back on, Finn's been calling you like crazy," Blaine suggested, and Rachel dug her phone out. She turned it on and saw the twenty missed calls from Finn. She dialed him back and when he answered he exclaimed,

"Rachel!"

"I'm sorry, Finn, I just wanted to be alone," Rachel apologized, and Finn replied,

"It's fine, Rach, but where are you?"

"Breadstix with Kurt and Blaine."

"What are they doing there?" His voice sounded angry, and Rachel soothed,

"They apologized to me, Finn, and they told me what you said. I love you, I want you to know that,"

"I love you too. I'm on my way, I'll be there in a few minutes,"

Rachel and Finn said their goodbyes and hung up. Blaine switched sides as Finn came into the restaurant and Rachel waved to him. He slid into the booth next to Rachel and kissed her.

"The rest of the Glee club wants to apologize," He told her, and she shrugged.

"Later. All I want to do is eat something and then go home and tell my dads that I'm getting married this summer,"

"I'll go with you," Finn said, taking her hand. She nodded and rested her head on his shoulder.

"You guys are gonna have to tell my dad and your mom soon," Kurt said to Finn, and they both nodded.

"We're gonna tackle my dads first, since I figure they'll be the hardest ones to convince. Well, other than the Glee club," Rachel said, and Kurt nodded.

After a few minutes, Rachel and Finn got up and left, leaving Blaine and Kurt there by themselves. "Do you think they're making a mistake?" Kurt asked quietly, and Blaine shrugged.

"I feel like even if they are, it doesn't matter. They're in love, and we can't mess with that. They would support us no matter what, and we owe it to them to do the same,"

"Wisely spoken," Kurt murmured with a nod.

That's the end of this chapter! I pinky swear, cross my heart and hope to die that I will get the next chapter posted really soon. I'm already halfway done with it, and since I am now on summer vacation, I'll have a lot more free time to write! Thank you so much for reading this story and sticking with it, and I'll post the next chapter soon! I hope you like this story so far :)