Living Life Together in LA
AN: No I haven't forgotten about this story. My son is currently doing soccer six times a week and since he isn't old enough to drive yet I've been stuck playing chauffer for him. I know that I said that there would be two more chapters, unfortunately if I split the rest of this story into two chapters than they would be two short chapters…so welcome to the epilogue. Once again much love and thanks for your wonderful reviews. To my Twitter posse, I send much love and thanks.
Disclaimer: I still do not own Glee or the characters, or any songs that has appeared into this story. I do however own this storyline. I hope that you enjoy the ending to my second Finchel FanFic.
Due to the news of their west coast leg postponed, Rachel's home fire and the announcement of Finn and Rachel's engagement; LAX is packed with fans and paparazzi when the bands make their way through the airport to their waiting Limousines. Between flashing cameras and unanswered questions from the paparazzi, there are fans showing their support with signs of support for the bands and shouts of encouragements to Rachel in the wake of her fire.
With a warm heart, Rachel pulls Finn to a stop in front of the fans and thanks them for the support and promises that they would be back on tour as soon as possible before exiting the airport and climbing into the first limousine.
As soon as Rachel turns her phone back on it beeps with a voice message from Artie telling her to meet him at the LAPD as soon as she lands. He informs her that there has been a break in the case of her house fire. Rachel tells Finn of Artie's message, he turns to the driver and asks him to drop them off at the LAPD before taken the rest of the passengers to their homes.
"Finn, you don't need to come with me. I know that you are tired, I can call the service to come pick me up and bring me to your house." Rachel tells him sincerely. She knows that Finn has been worried about returning to Los Angeles and hasn't been sleeping well the last few nights.
"I'm not letting you go anywhere alone until we find out who torched your place and they're behind bars." He tells her before placing a kiss on her forehead.
The limo pulls into the front of the Los Angeles Police Department and Rachel and Finn gets out. Puck tells them that he and Quinn would go to Finn's house and wait on them. With a see ya later, the couple walks into the police department hand in hand to find out the new information that the police has received.
"Finn, Rachel over here. Officer Rodriquez; Ms. Berry is here now." Artie says when he spots his favorite couple walking through the doors.
"Ms. Berry I am Officer James Rodriquez and I would like to speak to you for a few minutes if I may." He tells her why shaking both of their hands and leading them to an interrogation room for some privacy. He closes the door, and offers them both a seat before he begins telling them what information that they have just received. "One of your neighbors called in on the anonymous tip line that she had seen two people in the neighborhood that night in a white van. She said the occupants were a bushy haired man wearing glasses and a blonde hair young girl. Do you have any idea who…"
"That sounds like Jacob and Harmony!" Rachel whispers, with tears in her eyes as she looks at Finn.
"Who's Jacob and Harmony?" Office Rodriquez asks looking between the two young lovers.
"Jacob Ben Israel is a guy who drove Rachel crazy in high school and he works or worked rather for the Lima Times. Come to think of it; he was fired a few days after the fire." Finn tells the police officer while pulling Rachel into his lap, trying to console her.
"And Harmony, she's a girl who Artie signed to our label that was fired for violating the confidentiality agreement that she signed before she came out on the road with us." Rachel adds.
"Well they definitely sound like two people who may be upset with you. Do you two have anymore information about this Harmony person?" Officer Rodriquez asks while searching the data banks for Jacob.
"I'm not really sure if Harmony is her legal name. Artie may be able to give you more information on her. I can tell you that she lives out here and that Jacob still lives with his mom in Lima." Rachel shrugs, feeling useless where it came to helping the officer track down Harmony but confident that she can help him find Jacob.
"I'm pretty sure that Artie did a background check and all of that before he signed her, and most of the time you can find out a lot about a celebrity simply by using Google." The officer tells the shaken diva.
"Unfortunately" Finn mumbles as he looks over the officer's shoulder at the results that Google has produced on Harmony. The officer notices her social media accounts in the search; clicking on the link to her Twitter, he starts reading her cryptic post from the days leading up to and after the fire. Harmony basically has tweets explaining exactly what her plans are prior and boasting how she has 'burned down her world' after; she even tweets about stealing someone's world and making it her own.
"Okay, I believe that I have enough circumstantial evidence to bring her in for questioning. All I need to do is to get a search warrant for her house and bring her in for questioning. I may have a harder time getting Jacob Israel back here from Lima." The officer tells them before excusing himself for a minute so he can talk to Artie. After getting the information that she had supplied to Artie, Officer Rodriquez goes to the DA to request a search warrant for Harmony's arrest.
Much later that night; sitting with Puck and Quinn in Finn's luxurious living room Rachel fills them in on what they had learned at the police station. She is still having a difficult time understanding how someone would go as far as to burn down someone's home to get revenge.
"I spoke to my insurance agent and she told me that I would be able to get the total value of my home owner's insurance policy since it has been proven as an arson case…so I guess that's something good out of this whole mess." Rachel tells the room as she wipes her tears from her eyes before she continues, "I am so damn tired of crying. I refuse to be a victim; why in the hell can't I just get mad?"
"Because Rachel you are too good hearted to get mad at anyone. The police will catch Harmony and Jacob and they will get their consequences for this." Quinn assures her best friend.
"But…my home…endangering other people's properties and lives. I've always knew that Jacob could be dangerous but, why did Harmony agree to do this to me?" Rachel shakes her head.
Puck, who has seemed to be lost in thought suddenly spoke up, "Who's to say that Jacob convinced her, I wouldn't put it past her to plant the idea into Jacob's head. I mean think about it, the crazy chick dresses like you, she wants your songs, your man, hell she wants to be you!"
Puck's outburst pisses Finn off more. He is right; the very first thing that she did when she met Rachel was attempt to get into her head, "I agree with Puck. I mean think about it Rach; she had just got fired from the best record company because she was caught leaking information about you. She was mad because she felt like it was your fault that she was kicked off of our tour. She did warn us."
Before Rachel is able to respond her cell phone starts ringing; she looks down at the screen and shows Finn that it is Officer Rodriguez calling before answering, "Hello?"
Officer Rodriguez informs Rachel that Harmony has been brought in for questioning and that Jacob Ben Israel has been picked up in Lima and is being prepped to be expedited to California. He tells her that if she wishes, she can come back to the police station and listen in on the interrogation. Before he tells her good bye, he tells her that Jacob is talking to the Lima Police Department and telling them the whole story. Rachel tells him that she would like to hear what Harmony has to say and tells him that she will get there as soon as she can.
Finn, Rachel, Puck and Quinn jumps into Puck's vehicle and heads to the police station. Quinn wishes that she could have five minutes alone with Harmony. She would definitely give her a piece of her mind for hurting Rachel. Once they arrive at the police station they are escorted to an adjacent room where they can see through a one sided mirror where they see Harmony looking down at her fingernails as she waits for the officer to talk to her. After a few moments, the police officer walks into the room with a lawyer trailing behind him. The quartet stands silently listening to the conversation that just started in the interrogation room. For every question that the officer asks, the lady; who apparently is Harmony's lawyer tells her not to answer.
"You do know that we have an arrest warrant for her, right Miss Jackson? Miss Charles will not be going anywhere tonight and the longer that she stalls the longer that she'll be here." The officer tells the lawyer just as the door opens when one of the detectives walks into the room.
"Miss Charles…" the detective starts to speak.
"Quit calling me that. I am Harmony, just like Cher or Madonna. I left Charles a long time ago." Harmony sneers at the detective.
"Your legal name is Josephine Ann Charles, and that is what you will be called considering that you are in a lot of legal trouble." The detective tells her as he sits down directly in front of her.
"You do not have anything on me. You are grasping straws here; the only reason I'm here is because Rachel Berry is just jealous of me. She knows that I will pass her on the charts and get the man." Harmony smirks.
"Actually, we have so much information on you right now that we could just take you to trial and not even bring your accomplice to LA. See, Harmony Jacob has already prepared his statement in Lima. He admits his guilt of driving you to Miss Berry's residence and instructing you how to deactivate her alarm system. He told the Lima PD that he had no idea that you were going to set the house ablaze. He seemed to be under the impression that you were going in to steal some of Miss Berry's possessions and that you were going to give him some of her things." The detective smirks back.
"That stupid ass jewfro; I should have known that he wouldn't keep his mouth shut." Harmony growls as she slams her fist on the table.
"Miss…I mean Harmony don't say another word." Her lawyer instructs her.
"Of course he is going to place all of the blame onto my client Mr. Stowers." The attorney replies to the detective.
"Apparently your client must agree with his statement by the way that she just reacted to the news of his statement." The detective tells her before he turns his attention back to the suspect. "Now Miss Charles, are you ready to give us your statement? Mr. Israel will be here in Los Angeles tomorrow."
"May I have a few minutes with my client before she gives a statement?" The raven-haired woman asks the detective as she holds her hand up instructing Harmony not to say a word.
"Yes, we will allow you ten minutes to discuss this situation since it's obvious that your client has not told you exactly what occurred that night." Detective Stowers tells her while motioning to the police officer to follow him out the door.
The police officer who had taken Rachel and her friends into the room had instructed them that they would need to stay there until the interrogation is over because if they were to open the door the light would reflect into the room and the suspect would know that they were behind the mirror. After the police officer and Det. Stowers walks out of the room the lawyer starts questioning Harmony of the events of that night.
Totally unaware that their conversation can be heard, the lawyer looks at Harmony and asks her to explain exactly what occurred and warns her not to lie to her.
"Kristy, it's not fair that bitch has everything that I want. She has the number one album on all of the charts; she had the beautiful beachfront home in a gated community and most of all she is with my man! He is the reason why I tried so damn hard to get signed by that record company and begged them to send me out on tour with them!" Harmony yells at her lawyer.
"What? You must have known that they were together before you met them on tour. It has been all over the newspapers and magazines for weeks." Kristy tells her client. She needs to know more information but she is certain that her client is in major trouble; maybe she can plead temporary insanity.
"Well yeah, but look at this compared to that thing. I mean; she was just a convenience for his on the road. Once they're done with the tour, he'll drop her like a hot potato." She tells her as she stands up and turns around like she is a super model.
"Harmony, they have a past. Did you know that? They went to high school together and from what I've read about them, they wanted to be together then." Kristy replies to her client.
"Duh, I knew that they had a history. The whole pitch for that tour was the fact that they had all grown up together in a shithole town in Ohio and moved out to LA to make a name for their bands. I don't give a rat's ass about Rachel Berry, okay? The only think that was on my agenda was getting Finn Hudson and that winch got in the way." Harmony says before sitting back down.
Kristy takes a deep breath before asking the last question, the most important of them all before the law enforcement returns, "Did you mastermind the fire?"
"Well yeah, but Jacob knew what I had planned. I wanted her scared. I wanted her to know that I hate her. She doesn't deserve to be living my life." She shrugs.
There's a knock on the door alerting the lawyer that they were coming in. Det. Stowers is accompanied by Officer Rodriguez this time. They both sit down across from the suspect and lawyer before Det. Stowers clears his throat before asking if Harmony is ready to give her statement.
With a nod of her head, Harmony tells them the same bogus story that she had told Det. Stowers and the other officer; Kristy Jackson holds her hand up to stop Harmony mid sentence before looking at her client and telling her that she will not represent her if she continues to lie. She advises her to tell the law enforcement the truth if she wanted any chance of seeing the outside world again.
With that said, Harmony looks at her lawyer furiously before recouping her story and telling Officer Rodriquez and Det. Stowers the same story that she had told her lawyer prior to them coming back into the room.
Later that night, Finn finds Rachel outside on their back deck which overlooks one of the three lakes in their community, "What'cha doing?" he asks her before placing a tender kiss on the top of her head. She has been unusually quiet since they had left the police station.
"I'm just thinking; some of that stuff that Harmony said to her lawyer, it almost sounds like she's been stalking me." She whispers while she shakes her head as if to shake the thought out of her head.
"I know baby, but now she's in jail and she can't hurt you anymore." Finn tells his fiancée before he pauses a beat before he continues, "I've been thinking that maybe we need to start looking for a new place to find, you know a new home for our new life together." Finn sits down beside her on the bench and wraps his arms around her.
"Finn, we don't need to buy a new home. This is a beautiful home and we can make it ours." She tells him, leaning her head into his chest. Rachel can't help but to wonder how many women Finn has had in the bed that they were going to be sharing. After a few minutes of silence, "On second thought, maybe we should find a new home that will only be filled with our memories."
"I'm not sure what you mean by that babe; but a new house it is. Let's start looking tomorrow; maybe we can have a home built for us." Finn tells her tightening his grip around her waist.
"Well ya know that Kurt has already scheduled for one of Vera Wang's personal shoppers to come over tomorrow with a few dresses for me to try on; so why don't you and Puck go talk to a realtor tomorrow about finding us a piece of land to build on?" she asks with the biggest smile that he has seen since all of the mess with Harmony started.
"What time do I need to be out of the house?" He asks her, stealing a tender look with her.
"Kurt will be here at nine in the morning; I'm not sure when the shopper is supposed to be here but, I want to be at the police station when Jacob arrives." She tells him, burying herself more into his chest.
"When you get the call, I want you to call me because I don't want you to go alone; okay?" Finn asks.
"I promise, I don't want to go by myself either. I keep thinking that I'm going to wake up and this is all going to end up just being a horrible nightmare." She sighs.
"I know baby; come on let's get inside, we both have a busy day tomorrow." He whispers in her ear.
"Sounds like a wonderful idea to me. Take me to bed Finn." She coos back seductively.
He leads her by the hand to the bottom of the stairway, sweeps her up into his arms and carries her up them to their bedroom. He pushes the bedroom door open and carries her into the ensuite bathroom before placing her feet gently on the ground before he reaches into the shower and turns it on. He turns back toward her and gazes into her eyes as he slides his hands down her sides slowly until he reaches the hem of her shirt. She nods her head, never taking her eyes off of his; as a way of giving him permission. He slowly raises her shirt over her head with his lips tenderly following his left hand. He straightens up and places a passionate kiss on her lips while he slides her shirt up over her outreached arms.
"I love you so very much." She whispers as she unbuttons his polo and slipping it over his strong shoulders.
"I love you too baby, I can't wait until I can call you my wife." He breathes as she kisses down his bare chest.
"I promise to always make you happy." She tells his as she pulls his shorts down and takes his rock hard erection into her mouth.
The only sounds that Finn's mouth can form are moans and hisses as she takes all of him into her mouth and hums. He feels like a high school freshman, he knows that he's about to explode. He reaches down and reluctantly pulls her up and latches his lips onto hers while he opens the shower door.
Their lips break free only enough for them both to enter the steamy shower. As soon as Finn closes the shower door, Rachel's lips are pressed against his once again. "I need you." She purrs as she spins around and leans forward, rubbing her round ass up against his dick.
He just knows that he's going to cum before he can enter her. Fighting the urge, he plunges himself inside of her soaking wet opening. "Oh fuck, Rachel you're so fucking tight. I can't believe that I can do this anytime that I want." He grunts as he increases his thrust into her tiny body.
She braces her hands against the wall, arches her back as she rolls her hips. They both know this dance so well, both know what the other one needs. He reaches around her body and placing two of his fingers of his right hand at her swollen core. Each time he thrusts into her he rubs her sweet nub.
Unable to handle the intense heat that she feels building up inside of her, with a scream of his name she feels her body explode in his hand. It only takes a couple more thrust before Finn is tumbling after her.
Rachel stands back up and rests her naked body against his, their heart beats as one while they both try to regain their breath before either one speaks. "I love you" is said in unison as Finn reaches for her lathered loofah and gently washes her body.
Rachel, who has finally regained her composure, turns her body so she is facing her amazing man. She reaches for his bath wash and starts soaping up his chest as she gazes into his darkened eyes. He leans down and places a kiss on her plump lips before whispering his love to her.
They somehow manage to finish their shower without making love again; as the water turns cold they make their way out of the shower. Finn grabs a fluffy towel and dries her body off. She is amazed. He is standing there naked and dripping wet but he refuses to allow her to dry herself off. She slips into one of Finn's tee shirts and a pair of panties while he finally dries the rest of the water off of his body.
They are both beyond tired. Neither one of them has been sleeping well since the fire. Now that they both know who caused the fire and are currently in police custody; both of them fall into a peaceful sleep quickly.
Finn and Rachel are both awaken by the sound of someone knocking on their bedroom door. Rachel is awake enough just to be frightened because someone is in her house. The part of her mind that controls reasoning isn't quite functioning yet. She hears the knocking sound again, she screams which frightens Finn so much that he falls into the floor at the same time they hear, "Rachel; diva wake up. I don't want to come in there. It's too early for me to see my brother's ass." Kurt shouts through the door.
"Damn it Kurt, come on in. You're not going to see my ass!" Finn growls from the floor beside the bed.
Kurt opens the door with a large smile on his face before he notices that Finn is sitting in the floor, "What the hell are you doing in the floor; you have a king size bed certainly Rachel doesn't need all of that space for herself." He giggles.
"HaHa very fucking funny; Rachel's scream scared the shit out of me. What are you doing here so early dude?" Finn asks, finally getting off of the floor and sits back on the bed.
"You need to leave. The shopper from Vera Wang will be here with Vera's latest bridal line. You do know that it's bad luck to see the bride in her wedding gown before the wedding." He snarls at his clueless brother.
"Alright quit talking, your voice is driving me crazy. Do I have time to shower before you kick me out of my house?" Finn grumbles while Kurt just nods his head yes.
Finn kisses Rachel before he leaves their home, reminding her to call him as soon as she gets word from the police department.
Rachel has found her dress; every since she was a little girl she always dreamed of the most perfect wedding gown and now here she stands in front of a full length mirror staring at herself in it. With a tear falling down her cheek, she tells Kurt that this is the dress. Once her measurements are taken and the shopper is gone Kurt pulls out five bridal magazines and sits down at the dining room table preparing to start planning the other details of the wedding, when Rachel is literally saved by her ringing phone.
"Miss Berry, this Officer Rodriguez I wanted to call and let you know that Mr. Israel has arrived. We will be questioning his shortly. You said that you would like to be here."
"Yes, yes I do. We will be there soon. Thank you Officer." She answers before hanging up and hitting the speed dial number two for Finn. She tells Finn what the officer has told her and he tells her that he is on his way back to the house.
Rachel meets Finn in the driveway and climbs into the vehicle before he has time to get out of the car and open her door. He knows that she is anxious to hear what Jacob has to say. He slams the shifter into reverse after she buckles her seat belt. They quietly make their way downtown and parks in the visitor parking space. Finn jumps out of the car and runs to the passenger side and opens Rachel's door. He entwines his fingers through hers as they walk through the automatic doors into the police department.
Finn and Rachel exits the police department, both is certain that Jacob's story is the one of truth. Jacob and Harmony is being held at the police station, they are to go in front of the judge for their bond hearings in the morning. Officer Rodriguez assures Rachel that he will try to keep them behind bars, citing that Jacob is a flight risk and that Harmony may come looking for Rachel if she were to get out.
"You know Finn, I noticed last night that Harmony was almost talking in a cryptic riddle; and Jacob seemed almost afraid to be interrogated." Rachel breaks the silence in their car ride back to the house after listening to Jacob's statement. He had told the LAPD everything that he had told the Lima Police Department.
"It's almost as if she has threatened him or something." Finn replies without taking his eyes off the road.
"I just want all of the stuff behind us. I need to go shopping and buy me some clothes; how did it go today with the realtor?" Rachel asks Finn as he pulls the car into their driveway.
"I think that I found the perfect land, I put a tentative offer on it; I told the realtor that I reserve the right to pull my offer if you didn't like the location. It's still early, why don't we go inside so you can shower then we'll go shopping for you a few things and then I will swing by where the lot is?" He chuckles as he sees the frown on Rachel's face when she sees the way she looks in the mirror on her sun visor.
"Oh God, I look horrible; I'm so happy that they have that barrier up at the LAPD so no one can take pictures of people walking in that door." She shakes her head. She had completely forgotten that her long shiny hair is pulled back into a messy bun, her face is makeup less and that she is currently wearing a pair of hot pink yoga pants with a green shirt. (What she wasn't given time to shower before Kurt started talking her head off about the wedding this morning.)
Finn sensing her embarrassment reaches over and grabs her hand and tells her that she always looks beautiful and once again reminds her that he can't wait to make her his wife. The duo walks into the house only to be bombarded by Kurt, with Blaine behind him trying to desperately prevent Kurt from entering Rachel's personal space. "Good, you didn't take too long. Hurry up and come look at these flowers that I think would be perfect for your wedding."
"Kurt, we haven't decided on which colors that we want, how in the hell have you already found the 'perfect' flowers?" Rachel stands with her arms crossed, looking at her future brother-in-law like she can kill him any second.
Finn and Blaine are used to these stand offs between their divas; it's Finn who comes to Rachel's (or is it Kurt's) rescue, "Kurt, Rachel hasn't even had a shower today. Leave this for tomorrow; after she showers we are going shopping for her some clothes and I'm taking her to see the land that I found today."
"And before you ask, no you aren't going shopping with us today." Rachel adds as she excuses herself up the stairs.
"What's crawled up her derrière?" Kurt huffs, "I'm just trying to help her plan her wedding."
"Rachel is grateful that you are helping her plan the wedding, but you have to step back and let her breathe. She just came back from hearing how the plan of burning down her house was executed." Finn tells his younger brother.
"I know that she is under a lot of stress, but Finn I was told; and I quote "I want to make her mine as soon as possible." He tells an agitated Finn.
"That was before we heard Harmony and Jacob's statements. Harmony burned her house down out of nothing but jealousy and pure hate for Rachel; and on the other hand Jacob done everything that he did because of the love that he feels for her." He reminds Kurt.
"Okay, I'll back off. I'll wait until she tells me that she's ready to start planning; but remember that it can take up to two months to have six gowns designed." He spats off before he stomps off like a child. Before he is able to whine his way out of the corridor, he hears Rachel's voice.
"Come back either later tonight or tomorrow morning; I want to get married before we are forced back out on the road, maybe you can call the girls and have them meet us here so they can look at some dress designs." Rachel tells the fleeing Kurt.
"Are you sure babe?" Finn questions her.
"Absolutely, I'm not letting a crazy woman ruin my wedding day." She smiles at him as she rises up on her tip toes to place a tender kiss on his cheek.
It's been three months since the bands have returned back to Los Angeles. The wedding date is approaching fast. Today is the day that the trial of Harmony starts; since Jacob pled guilty of his charges, he has already been sentenced to ten years in prison and he is to stay away from Rachel once he is freed. As expected since she is staring at a minimum sentence of twenty years, Harmony has fought her charges tooth and nail. She continues to claim that Jacob is the mastermind behind the crime. Rachel, Finn, and all of their band mates walks into the somber courtroom and sits behind the prosecution team of lawyers. Rachel, Quinn, Finn and Puck are expected to testify on Harmony's behavior while they were in Charlotte. The courtroom is called to order and the bailiff announces the judge while the jury fills the jury box. Once the judge orders everyone to be seated, Harmony is escorted into the courtroom in shackles and handcuffs. The judge motions to the lead lawyers for both sides to approach his bench. He explains what he expects and what he will not tolerate before allowing them to return to their seats to prepare for their opening statements. The trial is only set for one day and after everyone has been called to the stand, including a star witness for the prosecution Jacob Ben Israel the judge recesses court and instructs the jury of their responsibly before allowing anyone to leave the court room.
Rachel and her friends are standing outside of the courtroom; she isn't able to quit pacing back and forth in front of the large doors that leads into the courtroom. Finn reaches for her arm as she passes by him for what seems like the hundredth time, "Come on babe, come sit down over here with me." He whispers.
"I'm too nervous to sit down. I'm sorry Finn I'm scared; what happens if they find her not guilty and frees her to torture us for the rest of our lives?" She asks her fiancé.
Before he is able to answer, the bailiff comes out to the waiting area and instructs everyone to head back into the courtroom, he tells them that the jury has made a decision on Harmony's charges.
Rachel is so relieved, the jury has found Harmony guilty on all charges, as she sits among her friends on her back deck celebrating the outcome of the trial she is finally able to relax and be excited for her wedding which is in less than a week. In less than a week she will be Mrs. Finn Hudson and she can't wait.
Kurt sits down next to Rachel and brings her out of her thoughts, he leans over and whispers in her ear that her gown along with the bride maids were delivered to his apartment this morning.
Like a giddy school girl, she starts bouncing in her chair and chants over and over again, it's really happening; I'm getting married to the most wonderful man in the world. She instructs Kurt that she wants the gowns to be brought to their house the next day since the bridal party will be getting ready in the house while the groom's party would be getting ready at Kurt and Blaine's house. The wedding is taking place on the piece of land that Finn and Rachel are currently having their home built on. They realize that they did things backwards, it was told to the contractors that the gazebo was priority and that it was to be built before they started on the house. The reception is planned to take place under a large tent that has been set up at the back of their property. Everything is falling into place. All of Rachel's dreams are coming true.
The day has finally arrived; today Rachel Barbra Berry will become Rachel Barbra Hudson both in her personal life but also professionally. Her fathers arrived the day before to escort their daughter down the altar. Currently all of her Bride maids and Quinn, who is her Maid of Honor, are getting their hair and makeup done. Carol brings Rachel some fruit up to the master suite citing that she needs to eat before she starts getting ready for her wedding. Rachel accepts the plate from Carole with a thank you as she looks around the room at her closest friends.
Rachel decided to allow the ladies to pick out the design of their gowns; she wants each of them to feel as beautiful as she feels every time she slips her wedding gown on. The colors chosen are crimson red and black. All of the bridal party's gowns are crimson red with small touches of black. Vera Wang did a wonderful job designing their gowns. Each gown is a direct extension of its wearer personality.
Quinn brings Rachel out of her private thoughts telling her that its time for her to get her hair and makeup done. As Rachel sits in the chair to have her long hair curled and pinned up into a loose braid; Carole is sitting in the makeup chair. Once Rachel's hair is finished; she and Carole switch chairs. After Carole is finished having her hair curled to perfection, she excuses herself to go put her beautiful Red and Black dress on that Rachel had surprised her with. She has never worn anything designed by Vera Wang before. Rachel told her when she handed her the wrapped box that this is the gift for her soon to be mother-in-law.
Rachel, who is silently thanking God that she has on waterproof mascara on; looks around her room through the mirror at the beautiful sea of crimson red and black. She fights back tears as she stands up and turns toward her bride maids and maid of honor.
Santana gives the future Mrs. Hudson a beaming smile before asking her if she is ready to get her gown on so she can meet Finn at the alter.
"I have dreamt of this day since junior high, I'm more than ready to become one with my sweet Finn." She whispers while walking over to where her gown is still hanging in its white satin bag.
Quinn unzips the bag and gently pulls Rachel's white sleeveless wedding dress out of it. With its skin tight bodice top and short full skirt with embroidered crimson red roses around the hem. Quinn can't help to think how this Rachel is definitely Rachel's style. Quinn turns toward the bride while cradling her gown like a newborn baby, with a smile instructs her to remove her bathrobe so they can slip it on her. Rachel feels a little self conscious of removing her bathrobe, not because she's uncomfortable about undressing in front of her friends. She is worried of Carole's reaction to the white satin lingerie that she has on under her bathrobe. As with everything, Rachel is worried about nothing; Carole is the first to tell her how beautiful it is and tells her that her son won't be able to keep his hands off of her on their wedding night.
With a laugh, poor Brittney tells Carole that Rachel could have a paper bag on under her gown and her son wouldn't be able to keep his hands off of her. The confused blonde looks around the room while it erupts in laughter, Carole probably laughing harder than anyone else.
"That's the way it's supposed to be." Carole simple tells the young lady before she helps Rachel put on her garter belt and her Jimmy Choo faux alligator designed red and black stilettos which was a gift from Finn.
Carole has just slipped the final shoe onto Rachel's foot when there is a soft knock on the bedroom door. Mercedes opens the door where she finds Leroy and Hiram Berry standing outside waiting to escort their only daughter to her soon to be husband. "Are you ready diva?" Hiram asks his daughter as he links his arm through hers.
"I've waited for this day all of my life." She whispers in her father's ear as they follow her friends down the stairs heading towards the love of her life. Everyone climbs into the waiting limousine to take them to the property that Finn and Rachel will call their home.
The limousine pulls up behind the white tent that is placed at the end of the aisle. Rachel sneaks a look at her handsome man, who is already standing in his place at the altar. There he stands in his stark black tux with a crisp white shirt and a crimson red skinny tie and cummerbund. She feels tears welling up in her eyes at the sight of him, quickly pulling the opening of the tent back closed so she can compose herself before it's her turn to walk down the altar to him.
The instrumental version of "Faithfully" begins to play as the ring bearer and flower girl starts walking out of the tent. They are followed by Mercedes and Sam, Marley and Jake, Brittney and Kurt, Santana and Blaine and finally Quinn and Puck. As soon as Quinn and Puck find their place the music changes to the wedding march.
With a deep breath, Rachel links arms with both of her fathers before whispering, "I will always love both of you, thank you for such a wonderful life."
Leroy places a tender kiss on his daughter's cheek before telling her, "Come on baby girl, let us walk you down to the love of your life."
The opening of the tent is opened, the signal for Rachel letting her know that it's her turn to take the short walk down the rose petal covered altar. She never takes her eyes off of Finn as she slowly walks toward him. Hiram takes her hand and places it into Finn's before taking a seat beside his husband on the front row.
The clergyman begins the ceremony; Rachel only remembers saying "I Do" and as Finn slides her wedding band on her left ring finger. Before she realizes it, the clergyman is announcing "Mr. and Mrs. Finn Hudson" as they walk back up the altar to applause and cheers from their family and friends. The reception last well into the night, a fun time is had by everyone. At the end of the whirlwind party, Finn and Rachel are escorted to their waiting limousine that will be taking them back to their house so they can change their clothes and take them to LAX so they can catch a red eye flight to Paris and to the rest of their lives together.
AN: here you have it; we've finally made it to the end of this story. I really hope that y'all enjoyed it and thank you for going on this journey with me. I have already started on another story which is totally AU and I will write ahead a little bit before I post it, therefore I hope that it resolves the issue of it taking me over a month to post a chapter. This story is dedicated to our Drumming Angel, Cory Monteith as are all of my stories and I hope that each of you check out my next story. Please Read and Review. Much Love, Mel