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Six Months Later
My life has been a whirlwind. That's the word, right? When your life is out of control but in a good way and everything happens so fast but you're happy about it. Yeah; I'm pretty sure I'm right.
Anyway, after the wedding, Evianna decided I needed an upgrade. I enrolled at the University of Lima in the business program. Evi said "Your name is on the building. You should at least know how to do payroll." So off to school I went.
I gotta admit, I felt like an even bigger Lima Loser on campus. All those hard bodied 18 year-old looked at me like, 'Old dude, night school's at McKinley.' It sucked hard at first but then I remembered I went through four years of high school and three of those years I was slushie every other day at 10 o'clock. So, these kids with no slushies weren't shit.
I also moved out of the Lima Towers. My new place was a townhouse near Evi's house. It was three bedroom, three bathrooms – the master had the bathroom in the room and a walk-in closet. It has an actual kitchen and I could use the hot water whenever I wanted.
Now, I know you're asking how in the hell did I afford this place? Easy. Burt and my mom were so proud of me finally getting my shit together they gae me $305,000 for the house and school. So, no, my crappy oil pit job didn't pay so well I coud move. I'm not ashamed to say that my parents gave me money.
Evianna also created a budget for me and some of the money from my parents went toward new clothes. Apparently, I dressed like a depressed hobo. Now I wear a lot of dark wash, color and pattern tees, blazers, vests and deck shoes. Evi and I found about her trying to give away my green bubble vest. The fight was entirely my fault. I should have just told her that it was my dad's – Christopher not Burt. She apologized and put it back in my closet.
Other than that one fight, we're happy. I wanna explain something; and maybe this is going to be stupid or I'm just going to look stupid saying this but I think now – with Evianna – I'm finally in a real relationship. I know, I know. Anyone who knows me knows that before this I would have fought someone who said that Rachel and I weren't in an adult relationship and that they didn't know us or what goes on in our house but I would have been a fool to do that.
Being in a relationship with Rachel Berry is like being in a relationship with my mom—but not the gross kind where I hook up with my mom but just like Rachel would wake me up in the morning, have my clothes picked out, have the shower running for me, have my breakfast ready, then a list of shit she wanted me to do – since I worked at night and if we had somewhere to go at night and I didn't work, my tux would be laid out and I was ordered not to go near it. See? That's the way a mom treats you. Although, I do miss that shower thing. Rachel had a knack for getting it the perfect temperture every time; but perfect water temparture does not a perfect relationship make.
Evi and I just started staying the night and when we wake up in the morning, she's still in my arms. There is no food cooking, no shower running, no clothes at the foot of the bed. It's just her in my arms, smiling up at me. We don't talk about whatever important thing she has coming up but about what we both have coming up. I don't know. Just everything about what I have with Evi is different. I don't feel like I have all these rules and expectations to live by. All I have to do is be Finn and love her and loving her is a job that I know I have to better for. According to Burt, that is what a good woman is supposed to do for you. Help you dress better and make you better man. We've been together six months and in these 180 days I have felt more like a man who has something to offer a woman and the world than in the thirteen years I was with Rachel, where I felt like a little boy playing pretend.
Anyway, I've been home for year and a half and other than that rocky start I've been happier than I've ever been. Evi and I are coming up on our anniversary and I am at a complete loss. I have no idea what to get gift-wise. I'm a sucky gift giver. I mean I'm better than Rachel and Puck. I still shudder at that cat calender with her and my face's on it and that ancient Playboy Puck gave me with Coach Sylvester in it. I was a young guy. I didn't even know that girls had hair down there. I thought it was just guys.
Six Days Later
When our anniversary finally arrived I was a stumbly, sweaty mess. I had gotten Evi a gift that I thought she would like but again, I suck at giving gifts. I knew that as I stood looking at myself in the mirror that she wasn't going to want to go out because of the sweat on me so it was probably a good thing that I bought some stuff at Breadstix.
I sat nervously on the couch waiting for her to arrive. She was supposed to be picking me up. Feminism, you know? So, I waited impatiently. When the doorbell rang I jumped up like a loser and practically ran to the door. I slowed down and tried to calm myself. When I pulled it open she stood there in these black silky pants that sat high on the waist, one of those black things that looks like a bra but isn't that was covered in dark pink crystals and her favorite Daffodile Strauss Louboutins with the dark pink crystals. Her hair was pinned back on one side but all done up in big curls. Her make-up was understated except for her lips. They were shiny with Louboutin lip lacquer. I remember asking her what was the difference between lacquer and lipstick and she told me price and quality.
"Hey," I pushed out on a breath.
"Hi," she beamed at me.
"You look beautiful," I told her as I moved and allowed her in.
"Thank you. You look very handsome," Evi said. I looked down at myself. I had on super dark wash jeans, a lightweight black sweater, a charcoal gray blazer and black and charcoal lace-up Louboutins with dark pink crystals on the toe. I was completely self-concise about wearing them but Evi said it's sexy when a man is confident enough to wear pink.
"Thanks," I said closing the door. I wrapped her in a hug and kissed her lips. It still amazed me that that lip lacquer wasn't sticky and didn't come off on my lips.
"Finny?" Evianna asked looking up into my eyes.
"Yeah?"
"Is there a reason you're sweating like a sinner in church?"
"Uh," I said. "Shit!" I thought. "I guess I'm just nervous."
"About what?" she asked, stepping away from me. "Tonight?"
"Yeah. I just want it to be what you want," I explained.
"Being with you is what I want," Evi told me with a smile.
"Cool," I grinned. "So, because of the sweat problem, I picked up some Breadstix and thought we could just do dinner here."
"Sounds great!" Evianna beamed.
"Cool, so everything is set up in the dining room," I told her leading the way. So it wasn't an actual dining room but it was in a room with three walls and there was a table with six chairs so, yeah, Finn Hudson was rocking the domesticated man look.
I pulled her chair out and then took my own seat. We fixed plates and just talked, laughed, kissed and enjoyed each other's company all through dinner. But then I could feel the sweat starting to bead up on my forehead again.
"You're fine, Finn," Evi said softly as she dabbed my face with the cloth napkin. "I'll go first." I nodded my thanks. She rose from the table and left the room; a few moments she returned and placed a velvet box in front of me. I opened it an inside was a platinum Rolex. The outside of the face was covered in diamond and parts of the face had diamonds on them.
"Wow," I whispered. "This is great."
"You like it?" she asked with a bright smile.
"Yeah! The last gift I got from Rachel was a diamond bracelet but oddly it was too small for me but fit her perfectly," I told her as I took the watch out of the box and slipped it on.
"If I've said it once, I've said this shit a thousand time; that Berry girl is a bitch," Evi said rolling her eyes. I nodded my agreement. "Ok, my turn," she beamed. I sighed deeply, reached in my blazer pocket and pulled out the light blue box. "Finn," she whispered.
"Just open it," I said matching her tone. She nodded and flipped the lid open. She gasped and covered her mouth with her hand as her eyes welled with tears.
"It's...it's beautiful," she said as she thumbed the platinum diamond heart necklace. The large heart pendant was covered with diamonds except for the open keyhole. I took it out of the box and put it around her neck.
"I wanted to get you something special," I told her as I kissed the back of her neck.
"But the money..." she began.
"Is just money and I'm in a good place with money," I told her as I sat back in my chair and watched her finger the pendant.
"What place is that?" she asked finally looking up and meeting my eyes.
"I have some," I said plainly. Evi threw her head back in laughter. I loved that sound. It was the sweetest song. "You wanna watch a movie?"
"Sure. What'd you have in mind?" Evi asked as we got up from the table.
"Hmmm, how about X-Men?"
"Which one?"
"All of them," I said matter-of-fact.
"Finn Hudson, you are awesome," she said kissing me before grabbing my hand and pulling me toward the living room.
