A/N: It's such a beautiful day out here where I am, I just want to finish this up and get outside. :)

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RLM: First Date by Blink-182


At six o'clock that Saturday, I picked up Rachel for our date.

I was visibly shaking when I rang her bell. What if I was too early? Or what if her dads didn't like me? Or, what if, worst of all, I had just dreamed the entire thing? The cute, out-of-season Jack O'lantern suddenly looked like it was taunting me.

"Hi, Finn! Watch yourself make a complete fool of yourself while I laugh in your face!"

I shook my head, telling myself I was just seeing (hearing?) things. The November air suddenly seemed way too warm... What was taking Rachel so long? Was it true I really did imagine our encounter the other day and now I was really about to make a huge fool of myself? Oh, god... I began thinking of other reasons I could be at the Berry household on a Saturday evening in my best gray t-shirt and jeans.

There was a sudden draft in front of me, and Rachel appeared.

Oh. My. Gosh.

She was dressed like herself (girly dress, knee-socks, etc.), but a more, trendy version. Her bright, polka dot dress was paired with blue knee-socks and a pair of red sandal wedges. It was a combination that was totally Rachel, yet really trendsetting and kind of edgy, too. Her makeup was very natural, which I liked after being with so many girls who caked on too much. Not only did that look bad, but caking could be bad for your skin.

... Kurt needed to stop leaving his Teen Vogues out for me to read.

"Hi,"

Rachel seemed... Nervous? I'd never seen her be nervous before. Even so, I could see a excited sparkle in her eyes. Standing there, on Rachel's doorstep, it all seemed so surreal. It was crazy- I was actually going on a date with the girl of my dreams... I kept thinking it had to be a dream, because there was no way I actually had Rachel Berry's hand in mine, that we were really going on a date.

"So, uh, I figured we could go to that new pizza place for dinner. They have really good veggie burgers. And then I got tickets to the community theater's production of West Side Story after."

I pulled on the dark gray T-Shirt I picked out, suddenly worried. What if Rachel hated veggie burgers? Or what if she had already seen West Side Story? I bit the inside of my mouth, anxiously waiting for a reaction.

Rachel took a moment to react (which made me more worried), but when she did, she seemed really happy.

"You got West Side Story tickets? I've been wanting to see that since it opened last week, but tickets are impossible to get! How did you get them?"

"Kurt's, uh, in the ensemble. He scored me two tickets early on."

She grinned at me and led me to my car.

On the way there, it seemed I found this new, fresh side of Rachel: she seemed to ease up to me really fast (I hoped that was a good thing), and soon I had discovered this hilarious, confident, goofball side to her. If she like that more often, I later thought, she could have all the friends in the world. I found myself idly wondering why this took so long, why for so many years Rachel had just been the over-acheiever that sat in the front and was often bullied, only now, at least three years after I met her, to find that I was so deeply in love with her? It was just so strange, to think I had known her so long and without giving her another thought aside from the occasional asking for a missing pencil or getting notes I missed. How had I not seen her before? They say love is blind, but I still couldn't get why I hadn't noticed her before.

It was the first time I saw her sing, saw her with so much emotion and passion and love that I first felt something. It was when I felt so alone in the world, and suddenly she was there, that I realized this might be something more than just a little crush. And it was when I discovered about Quinn's baby and the fact Fuinn wouldn't work out that I knew she was the one.

And now, it would just take a little bit of convincing on her side to make her realize it too.


The date was one that left her reeling, although she hadn't really been on any other dates to compare with. It didn't matter, because she knew this had gone perfectly, from Finn taking her to the only restaurant in Lima that had veggie-burgers (she squealed on the inside that he cared enough to take remember that), to the production of West Side Story (everything about it was amazing. Rachel promised herself she would sign up for the next play the Lima Community Theater put on), to the perfect moment when she fell over and broke the heel of her sandal and suddenly felt stupid for letting Kurt put in this, only to have Finn call her pretty despite her messy features.

It seemed the night had gone too quickly, yet gone too fast. She wished she had more time with him, but time slowed down whenever he was around so she felt she had cheated time, at least for a few hours. She felt outstandingly pretty and perfect with Finn, and whenever they touched she felt sparks. He was always on her mind, so much she had started to wonder if it was possible to get a person stuck in your head the same way you can get a song to.

And when he walked her to her door and kissed her, just like in the movies, it was just so...

Perfect. Everything was perfect. It seemed, for just one night and one night only, she was in a fairy tale, and it ended in Happily Ever After.


A/N: Who saw Tuesday's Glee? *Fangirl Squee* I don't want to spoil anything, so if you haven't seen it yet skip the next line.

Ahhhh! It was the best! With all the Quinn/Finn/Rachel drama to the songs ("Trouty Lips" was my fave.) to the Kurt/Blane love! Whoop!

Now that I'm done fangirling, I'd like to inform you this is about halfway over. I'm not sure exactly how many more chapters are left, but hey, who knows, right? I could finish this tommorow or in 40 years. There are, though, still many things on The List, so stay tuned!

Points to anyone who knows what song goes to this chapter (hint: Not the RLM). I'll change it to the real song after everyone guesses, although it's fairly easy if you know you Taylor Swift. Already know the song? Tell me in a review!

Review with song and thoughts on last Glee!

~Queen