Finn dropped down on the bench beside Rachel, blowing out a breath. Rachel watched him for a minute, then smiled. "Tired?"

"I always knew that school sucked," he told her, "but college super sucks."

Rachel laughed a little, rubbing his back. "It will get better."

Finn looked at her, eyebrow raised. "No it won't. It will get harder."

Sighing, Rachel looked out at the park. "Do you really hate it so much?"

"So much," he told her, taking her hand and watching some kids play soccer. "I can't even tell you how much."

Rachel put her head on his shoulder. "So Ohio State and NYU probably wouldn't have worked out?"

Finn shook his head. "I would have done whatever I had to do to be with you, Rach."

"But you would have been miserable," she said softly.

"I'm not miserable right now," he told her, bringing her hand up for a kiss. Rachel moved her head to smile up at him. "You and the boys finding everything you need?"

She nodded. "Blaine finally had to put his foot down; there will be no pink in his new bedroom. Anywhere."

Finn grunted. "Good for him. What color is your room going to be?" he asked, pretty sure the pink Blaine was resisting would make its way to her.

"Blue," Rachel said, watching him.

"Blue?" he asked.

"Blue has become a very important color to me," she told him softly.

Finn's eyes lowered to her lips and his hands moved up to cup her face, kissing her lightly. "You're awesome."

She laughed, kissing him again. "Hey, hey, hey, break it up," Puck said, coming up to them. "You'll scare small children."

Rachel jumped up and held her arms out. "Hey Beth!" she said, taking the little girl. "How's my favorite little girl?" Beth squealed happily, hugging Rachel.

Puck looked at Finn. "I don't even want to go to this class. School sucks."

Finn laughed. "Tell me about it," he said, watching Rachel and Beth "talk" to each other. Rachel seemed to understand what the little girl was saying without a problem but it was like a different language to Finn.

Puck sat down on the bench beside him, watching Rachel and Beth. "Can you believe how big my baby is getting?" he asked.

Finn shook his head. "It's crazy."

Puck sighed. "She'll look like a completely different person by the time we get back." Finn didn't know what to say to that so he stayed silent. Beth would look like a completely different person. "Shelby and I have it worked out; she's going to let Beth come stay with me once I'm stationed in Hawaii. Not forever or anything, but she can stay with me for a while."

"Dude, that's great," Finn said, smiling at his friend. That meant he'd get to see the little girl, too. "Us and little Baby D, chilling on the beach."

Puck groaned. "Please, bro, stop calling my little girl Drizzle."

Finn laughed. "Drizzle's a good name, man, I'm telling you."

Puck snorted. "I'm glad I got to name her. That's all I'm saying."

"I should have at least got to come up with the middle name," Finn said, still laughing. "I worked hard on that name!"

Puck nodded, grinning. "I know." He slapped Finn on the shoulder and stood up. "I'm glad you guys could watch her today."

"We love spending time with her," Finn told his friend honestly. Shelby and Rachel had bonded, finally, and they really were like a family now. Finn and Rachel kept Beth whenever they were asked because she was fun. Finn couldn't believe it, but it was true. He looked at his friend. "Heard anything from Quinn?"

Puck shook his head. "She's still refusing to talk to anyone but her mom," Puck told him. After Puck and Mike had gone to her house to confront her, Quinn had checked herself into a hospital. Puck and Shelby had both tried to talk to her but she had refused all communication from them.

"Sorry," Finn told him.

Puck shrugged. "She's the one missing out on her life," he said, smiling as Rachel chased his little girl across the grass, both giggling. "Bye Rach," he called to his friend. "Bye Beth!"

"Bye!" Rachel called. "Beth, say bye!" The little girl waved, blowing Puck a sloppy kiss. "Oh no, Beth! I think I see a Finn Monster!" The little girl shrieked, laughing, and tried to hide behind Rachel's legs.

Finn got off of the bench, dropping low to the ground and crab walking towards them. Both girls jumped around excitedly as he got closer. Puck watched them for another moment, smiling, then walked back to his car.

After they'd spent almost an hour in the park Beth started yawning. "Uh oh," Rachel said. "I think I know a little girl who might be s-l-e-e-p-y," she said to Finn.

Finn nodded. Puck's class was only an hour, so he would be coming to get her soon. "Come here, Beth," he said, holding his arms out to the little girl. He picked her up and she rested her head on his shoulder, sticking her thumb in her mouth. Rachel opened her mouth to say something about that and Finn shook his head, rolling his eyes. "It's okay," he told her quietly, smiling. "Hey, Beth, do you want to hear a song?"

Beth nodded, watching Rachel with sleepy eyes. Finn began singing "Angels" by Robbie Williams, walking over to the park bench and sitting down with the little girl. Rachel followed them, sitting down and watching them.

"I sit and wait
does an angel contemplate my fate
and do they know
the places where we go
when we're grey and old
´cos I've been told
that salvation lets their wings unfold
so when I'm lying in my bed
thoughts running through my head
and I feel that love is dead
I'm loving angels instead."

While he sang, Beth's eyelids fluttered closed. Her thumb fell out of her mouth and she fell asleep against his shoulder. Rachel closed her eyes as well and listened to the song. She still remembered the first time she'd heard him sing; they'd been in the auditorium, singing "You're the One that I Want." She'd dismissed him when she'd first saw him, annoyed that he was wasting everyone's time when he clearly didn't belong in the Glee Club.

When he started singing, her entire body thrummed. When she looked over at him again, she saw him completely differently. His voice was rough around the edges, but there was so much potential…and something else. There was just something about him that, once she actually looked at him, made her heart feel funny. And it all started with his voice.

When he was finished singing the song to Beth, Rachel opened her eyes and smiled at him. "She's asleep," she said.

"I figured that would do it," he said.

"I still love your voice," she told him. "I'm going to miss it." She looked down at her hands, distressed to realize that she'd started to cry.

"Rachel," he said, putting his hand on her leg, "it'll be okay."

Rachel nodded, wiping the tears from her cheeks. "I know it will. I don't know what's gotten into me." She looked at him. "I was just thinking about how we met."

Finn smiled widely. "You scared me."

"Well, I was a little zealous," Rachel admitted. "But your voice shook me."

He winced. "Was it that bad?"

Rachel laughed softly. "No, it was that good."

"I'm not that great, Rach," he told her. He thought his voice was okay, but not great.

"I think you are," she told him sincerely, taking his hand and looking into his eyes. "I think you're amazing."

Finn leaned over, careful not to disturb Beth, and kissed her. "Thank you."
"What an adorable family," an elderly woman said to her husband. "Aren't they just the cutest thing?" The old man smiled and nodded to the young couple.

"Oh, we-" Rachel started, but Finn just squeezed her hand.

"Thank you," he told them with a smile. When the couple continued walking, she looked at him. He shrugged. "We are adorable. And we may as well be family." He winked at her.

Rachel again opened her mouth to say something but this time Puck interrupted her. "Oh man, she's out, huh?" he said, walking toward the couple.

"The Finn Monster was too much for her," Finn told his friend.

"How was your class?" Rachel asked him.

"Shitty," Puck said. "I can't wait until it's over."

Rachel shook her head. "You two are so much alike sometimes it's scary."

"I'll tell you what's scary," Puck said. "Math."

Rachel laughed, getting Beth's bag from beside the bench and standing to give it to him. "Just bring her over to the house tomorrow and I'll watch her there."

Puck took the bag and nodded. "Thanks Rach." He held out his arms for the little girl and Finn carefully passed her to him, being sure not to jostle her and wake her up. "I'll see you for class tomorrow," he told Finn. Finn nodded and Puck walked off, humming to his little girl.

"Noah Puckerman with a baby girl and a diaper bag," Rachel said, watching him. She looked at Finn. "I don't know when that's not going to be weird for me."

"He's a really good dad," Finn said. "I don't know when that's not going to be weird for me."

Rachel put her head on his shoulder, watching until the man and his little girl were out of sight. "Hey, Rach?" Finn said, moving around beside her.

Rachel turned her head and looked at him. "Yeah?"

Finn stood up, then knelt down beside the bench. "I was going to wait," he said nervously, reaching into his pocket. "I've been waiting for the right time…"

Rachel gasped when he pulled a ring box out of his pocket. "Finn," she said, looking into his eyes, "what-"

"Just listen for a second," he pleaded. The sun was setting behind him and the wind was blowing his dark hair. Rachel had never seen his eyes shine like they were now. "I'm in love with you, Rachel. I always have been. And even though I'm going away, I know that's not going to change. I'm not asking you to marry me before I leave, but I'm asking you to take this ring as a promise that you'll be mine…and that someday you will marry me."

Tears once again falling from the corners of her eyes, Rachel nodded happily. "Of course I will," she said. He stood, picking her up and hugging her tightly. "I'm in love with you, too," she whispered, closing her eyes and just holding him.

He pulled back, kissing her. "And listen, I know you already have names picked out," he said, smiling at her, "but can I at least be in charge of the middle names?"

Rachel laughed. "So long as it's not Drizzle," she said.

Finn shook his head, grinning. "Everybody's a critic."