.Part VII-A Star Is Born
Disclaimer: Still don't owe Glee. I do owe any characters that I made up in the story. This is no longer a flashback. It will continue after Finn and Rachel are married and have Lilly.
Finn Hudson looked down at the program he held in his hand. He was at Radio City Music Hall in Manhattan waiting for the premiere of "West Side Story" in which his wife, Rachel Hudson was playing the part of Maria. She had wanted to become a star her whole life. Finn was really proud of his wife and he couldn't wait to see her Broadway debut.
"Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the premiere of West Side Story. Playing the part of Tony is Mark Phillips. Playing the part of Maria is Rachel Hudson."
Finn cheered when he heard his wife's name. In fact, an elderly woman behind him kicked his chair and shushed him.
"I'm sorry, it's just that my wife is playing Maria and it's her first show and I am just so proud of her."
The elderly woman just turned up her nose at Finn and began looking toward the stage.
The emcee continued: "I now present to you the premiere of West Side Story!" The crowd began applauding and before he knew it, he would see his wife in her Broadway debut.
Finn just smiled and couldn't believe how lucky he was to have his wife starring on Broadway.
The curtains opened and the lights turned down. The show was starting. The pit orchestra began playing the Overture and the Prologue.
Tony came out and began singing "Something's Coming" and this was the actual start of the play. Finn couldn't wait to see his wife up there on stage. This was her dream and he was so happy to be supporting it.
Suddenly, Rachel appeared and she had never looked so beautiful in her entire life. She sang her duet with Tony and then she looked into the audience and she was proud of herself for doing a good job.
Time passed and it was now time for the show to conclude. Finn was so proud of Rachel and he was happy that he could go home with the star of the show.
When they got home, they found Kurt and Blaine, who had driven from New Jersey to watch Lilly asleep on the couch. Instead of waking them, Rachel and Finn suggested that they stay the night. Plus, the drive back home to New Jersey was at least another hour to two hours away and it was already late enough.
"Rachel, come here. I have something for you." Finn told her and grabbed her and they headed into their room. They noticed Lilly sleeping and she looked so peaceful. Finn went to his dresser and pulled out a tiny box. Rachel was taken aback since he had already proposed, so she knew that it couldn't be that.
"What is it?" she asked.
"Open it!" he demanded.
Rachel opened the box and saw a star necklace. "Finn, it's so beautiful"
"There's more. Turn it over." Finn instructed.
Rachel turned it over and she saw an inscription.
Rachel,
You are my shining star. You are the brightest among them.
I am so glad to call you my wife.
I love you!
Finn
"That was the sweetest thing that anyone has ever done for me. I love you, Finn Hudson."
"I love you too, Rachel Hudson."
With that, they headed off to bed and fell asleep in each other's arms.
The next morning, Rachel had another show to prepare for. She was so happy that her life was all intact. She had a wonderful home, a handsome husband and a beautiful little girl. Now, she was becoming the Broadway star that she always dreamed of becoming.
As Rachel was walking from her apartment to the subway station, she witnessed a terrible sight—a mother and son getting robbed at gunpoint. At this point, she was already late for the subway anyway. She turned back and started running back to her apartment as fast as she could. Tears streamed down her face. She missed Lima more than anything now.
Rachel jammed her key in the lock and closed the door quickly.
"Rachel, what are you doing home?"
Rachel, with tears streaming down her face could barely make out what she needed to tell Finn.
"I just saw a mother and son get robbed"
"So that's why you missed your show? Because of a robbery?"
"Well, see, I was on my way to the subway station when I noticed it. Please don't be mad at me. It is just that by the time I could get over seeing that, it was too late to catch the subway."
"Geez, Rachel. I can't believe that you put your job in jeopardy just because you witnessed a crime. We live in New York. Crime is everywhere!"
"Maybe we shouldn't live in New York anymore!"
"But you love it here and we are going to school and what about Lilly?"
"I only love it because I do Broadway. I can do Broadway in Los Angeles just as well as I can do it here!"
"There's just as much as crime in Los Angeles and there is in New York!" Finn snapped back.
"Well, maybe you and I can transfer back home and we can raise Lilly there."
"Wow, Rachel. I can't believe it. We've only been here a year or so and you are already to move back to Lima? I thought that you wanted to become a star and move to New York?"
"I thought I did, Finn. It's just that maybe New York isn't the best place to raise a kid."
"I can still major in music and you can do whatever the hell is it you're doing."
"Entrepreneurship" Finn corrected her.
"Well, whatever. I think that we should move back to Lima and now I can pursue my second choice."
"Which is?" Finn asked.
"Teaching Glee club" She told him.
"Wow, Rachel. You really that your silly little music degree is going to entitle you to teach Glee club at a high school? Last time I checked, you have to be a full-time teacher in order to teach Glee club. Are you going to just become the music teacher there now too? I thought that when we left McKinley that we were never going to return!"
"Things change, Finn! I can't believe you're being so unreasonable about this!"
"Me? Being unreasonable? Yeah, Rach, that's real mature. I, the husband, am being unreasonable to want to move back to Lima because my wife saw a crime that scared her. Rach, there's gonna be crime anywhere. You don't think there's crime in Lima?"
"I didn't say that Finn. I think there's less crime in Lima than there is here. I just don't want Lilly to be exposed to crime everyday when she walks back and forth to school or even just to the park."
"Rachel, that was one time you saw a crime. How do you know that you are going to see another crime? I think that you were just overreacting."
"I was overreacting, huh? Well, don't be surprised if I "overreact" some more. I don't think that by living in Manhattan, we are doing ourselves any favors. Why don't we just put our apartment up for sale and move back home to Lima?"
…..Alright, some drama in this episode? Do you think Finn will go along with Rachel and move back home with her? You'll soon find out. And please, review. Thanks!
