Authors Note: Hay everyone thank you all for reading and being supportive.
This is the last update of the year. I will return on January 2. I'd say the 1st, but I have no idea what plans my fam has. So I hope all of you have a great New Years.
May all of your dreams come true in this new year. This is your year to make your dreams come true.
I can say in my heart that this years has been crazy. It was both a blessing and hard at the same time. My only New years resolution came true. All I asked for was a new job that would allow me to be a step closer to my real dream and yes I did get a new job. If I made it possible, than so can all of you.
Chapter 10.
The next morning Rachel and I went to explore New. York.
"Rachel, look over here baby." I shouted through the voices in Time Square. Rachel was looking at the Broadway posters of Les Miserable. When she heard my voice she turned and gave me a pose. "My girlfriend is one sexy girl." I smiled looking at the picture I had just taken.
Rachel over to me and wrapped her arms around me. "I'm glad I'm enough for you."
"You are more than enough." I agreed as I kissed her. "Okay go over there and pose for me."
Rachel laughed and walked over to wall and started working the camera. All I could see through the pictures was a girl that I had started out to fix and now was fixed. I walked over to her; wrapping my arm around her waist. I took pictures of us together. I kissed her on the cheek in a few pictures. I asked a woman near by to take a picture of while I held Rachel tightly in my arms.
"You two make a beautiful couple." The woman complimented when she gave me my camera back to me.
"Thank you miss." I smiled to her.
"Its so nice to see young honest love." She added before walking away.
We walked hand in had in Time Square. "Baby what are your dreams?" I asked as walked. Rachel suddenly looked at me with a surprised look on her face.
"We've never talked about this." Rachel said in a astounded tone.
"Because I wanted to get to know you first before we start talking about the future. I think its safe to talk about it." I replied.
I watched Rachel's face dropped. "I've never really thought about it."
"Why not babe? You have an amazing voice. You could do so much if you wanted to." I looked at her confused.
"My mom was on Broadway, she loved her career more than her own kid. I'm afraid of that life." Rachel said almost in tears. I pulled her in my arms. "I just don't know what I want honestly." She added.
"Whatever you decide, I will be with you every second of the way." I assured her.
"Thank you Finn. You're the most amazing person on the planet." Rachel says as she gets on her toes to kiss me. When we finally break from the kiss people are looking at us and whispering.
"What is everyone looking at?" I raised my voice.
"That's Rachel Berry. The daughter of Shelby Corcoran." a girl says in shock. "Her only child."
"Yeah, I know that." I said turning my attention back to Rachel. "Lets go." depth
"I heard Shelby left her daughter for fame." Another girl says. "Sucks."
Rachel hung her head "That's not why she walked away."
"Lets go baby." I said pulling her away from the crowd. "You okay?"
"I'm fine. Lets enjoy the rest of the day." Rachel smiled sadly.
"I agree."
The rest of the day I took pictures left and right as Rachel explained the history of some famous plays.
"So what type of charity are you going to be singing for?" I asked that day while we walked around in Central Park.
"The national AIDS foundation." She replied happily. "And when we get to Georgia I'll be singing for Make a Wish foundation, Florida will be the Go Green Campaign and California will be Feed The Children foundation."
"I like how you do so much good." I said as I kissed her. Her face lit up.
"I want you to be proud of me." She giggled.
"I am proud of you. I always will be." I said as I took her in my arms.
She smiled at me and hugged me. I held her in my arms for a moment. Rachel was my angel. We haven't done the deed yet, but I loved her enough to wait until she was ready. I'm not sure how long she's gunna make me wait though. I hope not to long. She's hard to resist when she now that she wears fitted clothes.
The next day came quickly. Rachel had taken me to get a tux for the event tonight. I was nervous about meeting her dad for the first time. The clock hit 5pm. It was time for us to head Ritz hotel where the event would be held.
I walked back and forth as I waited for Rachel to come out of the room where she was getting ready in. After an hour she finally came out of the room. She caught my breath the moment I saw her. She was wearing a long teal dress, it was flowing around her. The dress hugged her breast beautifully. Her hair was in lose curls and her face glowed. She was the most beautiful person I had ever laid eyes on.
"You're the most beautiful woman I have ever laid eyes on." I whispered as she got close to me. I took her hands in mine and leaned in for a kiss. I felt like she held my breath.
"Thank you and may say you look dashing in that suit." She said in enthusiastic voice. She straighten my tie.
"Well my girlfriend did pick out this suit." I grinned.
"Your girlfriend must have good taste." She added.
"I agree." I laughed. She leaned in for one more kiss, "Shall we?" I asked as I offered her my arms. She happily took it with a big grin on her face. Her face lit up the room like a star in the night. When she smiled she lit up my heart… and pants.
The car took us to the front of the hotel. The moment we walked in people surrounded Rachel like the paparazzi. I could hear voices left and right.
"Its good to see everyone." Rachel greeted. After about five minutes of being greeted by the crowd, Rachel final spoke in a loud voice "Have you all met my boyfriend Finn?"
The group looked at me. I could hear voices around me "Its nice to meet you Finn."
"Nice to meet you all." I smiled uncomfortably.
"Its nice to see a boy on Rachel's arm." One woman in her early 20's finally said.
"They never stick around for more that a few weeks." Another girl said spitefully.
"We've been dating for almost 6months." I replied. The voices continued. I looked at Rachel with wide eyes. She saw I didn't like being the center of attention.
"Its great seeing everyone, but we should go set up." Rachel quickly said.
"It was nice meeting everyone." I said before we left the crowd. I turned to Rachel. "I didn't know your so popular?"
"People I've met over years."
"Are they rich or part of the AIDS foundation?" I asked as we made our way backstage.
"Both. Some of them are here because they have AIDS and some are here because their parents donate money to the foundation." Rachel explained. I looked at the clock and saw it was a few minutes till she had to be on stage.
"I'm glad you have a chance to help them. I'm proud of you." I said as I kissed her forehead. "Go make them proud."
"Thank you for not giving up on me." She said in a weak tone. Her face broke into sadness.
"I will always be here for you." I said lifting her chin to meet my gaze.
"Promise?"
"I promise that no matter how bad life gets for you I will be here waiting for you." I answered. She smiled at me. Her smile made my heart jump. Just then a man with olive skin walked into the room.
"Rachel we're ready for you on stage." The man said without a smile. She turned to the man and smiled. He didn't look at me.
"I'll be right out dad." Rachel replied.
Woah, what? Not even a hello hug or a hi dad it's good to see you after almost a year?
I coughed in a low tone. Rachel saw what I was trying to say.
"Dad.." Rachel said before her father walked out of the room.
"Yes Rachel?" He turned back to her before he left.
"I want you to meet Finn Hudson. He's my boyfriend of almost six months." Rachel spoke nervously.
"I thought you were with Jessie St. James?" He asked. He looked at me, the quickly turned back to Rachel.
"No dad. Jessie and I only lasted a few weeks." Rachel replied.
"Nice to meet you." He said blankly. He turned to Rachel "I don't need to meet all your boyfriends."
I was shocked at the response she just got.
"He's not just anyone dad." Rachel said sadly. Her father walked out without another word.
"I need you on stage right now." He yelled from the door. His tone seemed callous. I looked down at Rachel, whom seemed to be holding herself together.
"Is he always like this towards you?"
"Its nothing." Rachel exclaimed quickly. She got up and walked out of her dressing room.
"Rachel wait." I shouted as I walked out behind her. She turned back at me.
"I said I would be here for you. So tell me what the fuck is going on?" I yelled.
"Finn I said leave it alone!" She shouted back at me.
"NO! I'm your boyfriend and I deserve to know why your father treats you that way!"
"He's been like that since daddy died alright. He's not taking his death to well."
"Has he ever hit you?" I asked looking into her eyes.
"No, never. He would never lay a hand on me." She replied quickly. She walked over to
me and hugged me tightly. "He's just having a hard time accepting it. He yells at me when he tries to hide his pain."
"I don't agree with the way he chooses to deal with grief." I held her tightly.
"I know, but I hope it passes."
"Rachel!" Her father yelled "I need you out there right now. It's the last time I'm going to tell you!" he walked near us looking pissed.
Rachel hugged me one last time before she walked about ten yards away from us. I watched as she went walked on to a large stage with lights.
I looked over to her father with a furious look on my face. I felt anger towards him.
"Hello everyone, welcome to the annual AIDS Foundation charity event. I'm Rachel Berry for those of you here for the first time." I heard Rachel say into the microphone. Her voice trailed off in the background. I looked over to her father.
"Mr. Berry may I have a word with you?" I asked in a respectful tone. I walked closer to him feeling like I was about to get my ass kicked after what I had to say, but he can't get away with the way he treats Rachel. She's been through Hell and back. I needed to know if he's the reason for the bruises on her back.
"What is it you want?" He asked with an unresponsive tone in his voice. His attention was on Rachel whom was starting singing her song.
"Are you aware that Rachel's having nightmares when she sleeps?" I asked slowly. I felt my head go hot.
"My daughter is perfectly fine!" He shouted. He looked at me with fuming eyes. This made me shoot back even harder.
"You don't know that!" I yelled.
I looked at Rachel singing happily. I felt as I began to raise my voice to him "You haven't seen her in almost a year. She wakes up screaming in her sleep, she cries herself to sleep, she doesn't talk to the few friends she has and she won't sing at public school events. How can you stand there and tell me Rachel in perfectly fine? She's not fine, she's lost and in pain!" I yelled. My voice wasn't loud enough to be heard from the stage.
"You don't know anything, so this conversation is officially over!" He shot back.
This guy was really getting on my last nerve.
"No you don't get off the hook that easily. I've been there picking up the fucking pieces
you left behind. You're never around for her. Do you have any idea how she's dealing with this?" I shouted back "Do you know it took me seven months just to get her to talk me and even now she still shuts me out. Seven months Hiram."
"Lower your voice young man!"
"Not until you talk to her. She needs her dad to be there for her. She needs you. I could only do so much for her." I said looking down at the carpet. "I know that you suffered a great lose, but don't you see that she lost her dad too. You shouldn't let that have an effect over your relationship with your only daughter. If God forbid you lose her, you'll be left alone with no one else. I know for a fact you have no one else because your family doesn't except your sexuality. It doesn't bother me because Kurt is gay, but my point is you need to be there for her." I finished out of breath. We both went silent.
I looked out to Rachel to see her singing beautifully.
Her father looked at me "How long did she say you've been together?" He finally broke
the silence.
"Six months in two weeks sir." I replied not taking my eyes off Rachel. She had tears in her eyes as she sang.
"You're her longest relationship she's ever had." He said. "She never last more than a month with her boyfriends. I'm assuming if you know all that you know I'm guessing she actually feels something for you."
"I love her Hiram. She's special, and I would never do anything to hurt her." I replied as I got closer to the stage to see the audience in tears.
"She's my little girl." His tone of voice changed.
"I know that." I whispered.
"She's all I have left, and I just don't want to believe that she may have suffered the same way." He explained sadly.
"I know, but the fact is she is scared and if you don't help her you may lose her." I replied. I could hear Rachel making a speech about something. "She wont tell me what happened that day. The only thing I know is what I heard on the news and the little from what Rachel told me."
"The men that shot as us and the hundreds of other people enjoyed to causing senses. They kill people for sport. Rachel, Leroy and I were having lunch and these men just came out of the blue and shot people left and right. Leroy saw one of the men aiming at Rachel so he jumped in front of her. He was shot in the heart and died a few minutes later. Rachel got her dads blood all over her. She and I watched as people died all around us." Hiram said with tears in his eyes. "I should have know she wouldn't be okay. I should have been there for her. She's my daughter and I let her down."
"She has me now, but she needs you too." I said to him. Hiram smiled at me. Just as he was going to say something else Rachel walked up to us with the biggest grin on her face.
"So what did you think?" She smiled. Before I could answer her dad hugged her tightly and began to sob into her shoulder.
"I'm so sorry I abandoned you when you needed me the most." Hiram sobbed. Rachel put her arms around him.
"Its okay daddy." Rachel replied in comfort.
"No its not okay. I ran while you had to put yourself together on your own. I should have been there for you." Hiram continued to sob. "I just miss your dad so much."
"Me too daddy. I miss him to." Rachel said lifting Hiram off her. She turned to me "Finn has been helping me get through the rough patch. He help put me back together. I had Finn this past year."
Hiram turned to me and offered me his hand. "Its looks I owe you an apology son. You're a good man for my little girl. Thank you for being there for her." I shook his had.
"She's one in a million." I beamed at Rachel. Her father brought me into a hug. I was surprised at this.
"Be good to her." He said looking at me straight into the eyes.
"I promise." I replied. Rachel walked over to my side. I wrapped by arms around the side of her waist.
"We should go rejoin everyone." Hiram suggested. As we walked out to our table I heard Hiram say behind me "Welcome to the family Finn." I looked over to Rachel who didn't look like she heard anything. I smiled to myself. Her father disappeared to mingle with other guest there.
"What is it?" Rachel asked looking up at me.
"Nothing babe. Everything is perfect." I said to her as we reached our table. I pulled back the chair for her so she could sit down.
"Your so chivalrous." She smirked. I kissed her cheek right before I sat down.
"That's what I do. You can call me Mr. Chivalry." I teased as I sat in my own chair.
"I heard what my dad said to you." She said as I took my seat.
"What did he say?" I questioned.
"I know your not stupid Finn, and you have perfect hearing." She looked at me with her serious face.
"So your dad welcomed me into your family. I don't see what the big deal is?"
"Finn I don't want you to be tied down to me. We're barley 16 years old." She protested. I took her hands in mine.
"I don't know what the future holds for us, but I you are the woman I love and I don't care if I have to jump fire to be with you. I will." I looked into her beautiful brown eyes. Her eyes glittered against the light. "I love you Rachel. I will always love you." I kissed her. I could feel warm water on my face. I looked up to see she had tears in her eyes.
"I love you too Finn." She said as she leaned in for a kiss.
Happy New Year friends. :-D