Chapter 10

It was the week of the release of her second album and this time the record label decided to throw a party to celebrate it. Rachel hadn't seen the list of guests but Julie had told her that the press, fans who won some contest, her band and close friends like the people who helped on her album would be there.

When she was a teenager, Rachel had never went to a party nor had thrown any since she didn't have any friends so she was feeling a little nervous but also really excited about it.

Rachel was still sad because her dads couldn't come to the party but eventually she had to conform to that.

"Finn, this is for you." She said watching his reaction.

"What is this?" He asked confused.

"These are invitations for my album release party. You're going as a guest, not as my bodyguard." She informed him with a smile. Rachel had asked Julie to include Finn's name on the guest list.

Lately, Finn and Rachel had spent more time together because of her work but also every short free time she had they would spend talking to each other. Rachel talked about the time she moved to New York and Finn told her why he decided to live in the big city.

Besides Julie, Rachel felt she could trust on Finn and considered him as a good friend. So it was only fair to invite him to her party.

"Really?" He asked surprised not even hiding the grin that appeared on his face.

"Really." She confirmed nodding her head. "And you can bring your girlfriend too." Finn frowned at that.

He didn't know if that was a good idea but he thanked her anyway.

Finn had never been to a party like that before, well, recently he had been at a few but as Rachel's security. As he entered into the place with Quinn, he looked around not knowing what to do. Was he suppose to go sit somewhere? Go to the bar to drink something? Or wait for someone to guide them?

Before he could decide what to do he spotted Julie coming to his direction. He sighed relieved to see a familiar face.

"Hey Julie." Finn greeted her.

"Hey Finn!" She greeted him back and looked at the woman next to him.

"This is my girlfriend, Quinn. Quinn, this is Julie, Rachel's assistant." He introduced the two women to each other.

"It's nice to meet you."

"Nice to meet you too." Quinn gave her a tight smile.

"Rachel is taking pictures with the fans." Julie stated as she pointed to where the famous singer was talking to a group of fans.

"That's cool."

"She's been over there for a while, I'm gonna go tell her you're."

"No, it's okay." Finn tried to argue.

"Nonsense. Rachel wants to talk to all her guests. Otherwise she's going to blame me for her being a bad hostess." Julie joked. "You guys wait here for a second, I'll be right back."

"Alright." Finn said.

The tall man watched as the petite brunette came into their direction. She was wearing a gold dress but not too shiny, that went till a little above her knee, her long hair was tied in a ponytail. He noticed how beautiful Rachel looked, but he thought it woulnd't be a good idea to say it out loud since 1. She was his boss and 2. Quinn was standing next to him giving him a death glare already. Probably because of the way he was looking at Rachel.

"Oh hey Finn. I'm glad you came." Rachel told him and it made Finn happy because he knew she really meant it.

"I wouldn't have missed it for anything." He told her truthfully.

He kept smiling at Rachel when he felt Quinn elbowing his side, he winced a little. "Oh, this is Quinn, my girlfriend." He had forgotten to introduce her.

"It's nice to meet you, Quinn." Rachel said.

"Likewise." The blond woman said with a fake smile.

"You two make a good looking couple." Rachel complimented them.

Finn was used to people saying that about them, but for some reason it bothered him to hear that from Rachel.

"Thanks." Quinn said.

"I'm sorry, I have to talk to the other guests, but enjoy yourselves." She looked at her assistant. "Julie, could you please show them their table?" Rachel instructed.

"Of course. Please, follow me." Julie said to the couple.

After Julie guided them to their table, she excused herself and went to talk to the press.

"She's a lot shorter than I thought and her nose is really big." Quinn commented when they were finally alone.

"Shut up, Quinn." Finn said, rubbing his neck with his hand. It was gonna be a long night, he thought to himself.

"What? I'm just saying."

He was already regretting the idea of bringing Quinn to the party. He had only brought her in the first place because Rachel told him to but if he were smarter, he'd have given an excuse saying she couldn't come because she was sick or that she was visiting her parents. That would've been a better idea.

At some point in the night, Finn observed Rachel looking around the place with a smile on her face but then he noticed when her face suddenly felt and he knew that she was thinking about her dads, and how she wished they were there with her. He wanted to go over there where she was standing to comfort her but then he heard a sharp voice calling his name.

"Finn!" Quinn said. "Are you listening to me?"

"Sorry. What are you saying?" He asked looking back to his girlfriend.

"I was saying that maybe you could ask that woman who works for Rachel if she has contact with any agencies. Maybe she could indicate my name to them." Quinn suggested.

"That's not a good idea." Finn answered quickly.

"Why not Finn?"

"Because."

"Urgh Finn, you never support me."

"Look what you're asking me." He argued.

"Nothing big."

"Forget it Quinn." He said getting up.

"Where are you going?" She asked.

"To the restroom." He left before she could make another question.

Finn walked around looking for Rachel, he wanted to talk to her about earlier but when he found her, she was sitting on a table talking to Jesse. That guy once again was all over her. Finn didn't want to admit it but jealousy ran through him as he watched the pair laughing together. He wanted to turn away but his legs didn't move.

"You know she's too good for you, right?" A voice said behind him. He turned around to see Adam standing there, looking in the same direction as Finn was.

"Excuse me?"

"Rachel Berry."

"I don't know what you're talking about." Finn denied.

"You don't think I have noticed the way you look at her? It's quite obvious." Adam smirked, knowing he hit a nerve.

"She is my boss and I'm just her employee." Finn stated, his voice serious but not quite convincing.

"That's right." Adam agreed. "She's set for bigger and better things." He said, making his point clear.

"I know that." Finn replied, his eyes on her. As much as he liked Rachel, he knew that he didn't have a chance with her.

"Good." Adam said giving a little pat on Finn's back. "By the way, I think your girlfriend is looking for you." The man pointed to Quinn who was at their table looking around. Finn took a last glance at Rachel before he went back to his table.

On the next day Finn went to work not feeling well. After the little chat he had with Rachel's manager on the night before his humor changed quite drastically. He didn't sleep much, only thinking about what happened at the party: Rachel looking stunning, her sad expression when she was alone, Rachel and Jesse and what Adam had said to him. He wanted to talk to Puck about it all but knew his friend would probably be pissed if he knew Finn went to Rachel's party and didn't say anything. He was screwed up.

As soon as he walked into the living room of Rachel's house he saw her petite figure coming from the other room. She was going to the MTV studios to tape an interview and she was already ready.

"Good morning, Finn!" She said with a huge smile on her face. He didn't know how Rachel did it. By her cheerfull atitude at so early in the morning, nobody could tell she had stayed up all night long.

"Morning, Rach." He replied with a grin on his face, his headache suddenly dissapeared.

"Did you enjoy the party?"

"Yeah! It was great." And it was, aside those little things, the party itself went pretty well. He heard people from the press sayung great things about her new album, which it made him happy for Rachel.

"Okay, I have news for you. We're going to LA next weekened for the Grammys." Rachel spoke excitedly.

"Including me?" Finn asked pointing to himself.

"Of course! Have you even been there?"

"No, it'll be my first time."

"Then you better get ready because it's gonna be intense. There's a lot more paparazzi there than in here." Julie warned while she rubbed her forehead with his head, she definetly had a hangover.

"And crazy stalkers too." Rachel added with a shudder.

"Wow, that really sounds intense."

"You have no idea." Julie said.

TBC

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