A/N: Here is Chapter 10! Thank you for the reviews and encouragement to keep me writing this lovely tale. I thought I would end at like Chapter 7, but Finn and Rachel are really addicting to write about, haha! Anyway there isn't a lot of Finchel moments in this chapter but there were a lot in the previous chapters so I decided to have Rachel talk about her love for Finn with several people. I hope you like this chapter because it was kind of hard to write. Enjoy. -groff-monteithchick94

Chapter 10: An Understanding

All the glee club members arrived at Finn's house at five pm. Rachel had arrived earlier to help set up and bring veggie burgers for her and in case someone wants to try. Hiram and Leroy Berry were also there to help Burt with the barbeque, while Kurt went to pick up Mercedes and Tina. Mr. Schuester was the last one to arrive.

"Mr. Schue, what's up?" Puck greets as he answers the door.

"Hey, Puck, is everyone here?" Will answers.

"Yep, in the backyard," Puck replies as he leads Will through the house.

"Mr. Schue!" everyone in the backyard exclaims as their favorite teacher sits down. Burt hands him a beer.

"Mr. Schuester, why don't you make yourself comfortable," Carole says to him.

"Oh thank you, Ms. Hudson and please, call me Will," he replies.

"Ok, well you can call me Carole. Do you want anything?" she asks.

"No, I'm good thank you though," he answers. Carole grins and walks back inside. Burt, Leroy, Hiram, and Will start talking, mainly about the kids.

Rachel and Quinn are talking while Rachel looks at Finn every once in awhile.

"I'm sorry I had to make you lie for me, Quinn," Rachel apologizes.

"It's ok, Puck is a good persuader," Quinn replies.

Rachel snickers. "I don't want to know what he did."

Quinn smiles. "Good, it's just between him and me," Quinn spots Finn looking at Rachel, "he loves you doesn't he?"

Rachel looks at Finn and grins. "Yes, he does and I love him."

Quinn nods. "That's good. He's never looked at me the way he looks at you."

"It's different when I'm around him, I just feel so alive and safe."

Before Quinn could answer, Finn walks to Rachel. "Hey what are you two talking about?" he asks.

Rachel smiles up at her boyfriend and leans her head on his arm. "Nothing that concerns you, Finn," she answers sarcastically.

Finn chuckles. "Well, if you two ladies aren't busy anymore, dinner is ready," Finn replies.

"Let's eat," Quinn says getting up.

"Let's eat," Rachel agrees. Finn stands up and takes Rachel's hand as they walk into the Hudson house with Quinn.

After everyone has eaten, the glee club surprises Will and their parents with their Journey medley. As Finn and Rachel begin singing "Faithfully" they had a lot more fun singing it then they did at Regional's. When they performed the "Any You Way Want It/Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin'" mash-up, Finn held Rachel tighter than he did during the Regional's performance. When the last chorus of "Don't Stop Believin'" fades away, Will congratulates his students and receives several hugs from the girls and high fives from the boys.

"Wow, you guys were excellent," Will says.

"Thanks, Mr. Schue, it was Rachel and Finn's idea to perform it," Mercedes replies.

"Yeah, it was a good way to practice for next year," Rachel adds on.

Finn looks down at Rachel. "It'll be worth it, Mr. Schue, all the practices," Finn interjects.

Will looks at both Finn and Rachel. "You guys make a great team," he turns to the rest of the gleeks, "We're gonna have a great year next year! I have so many things planned."

All the gleeks cheer and begin chatting away about what next year has in store for them. Finn talks with Puck, Mike, and Matt while Rachel talks to Quinn, Mercedes, Tina, Kurt, and Artie.

After the party, Rachel and Kurt stay behind to help Finn and his mom clean up. Rachel and Kurt are cleaning the living room.

"Kurt, I know you still like Finn," Rachel says quietly.

Kurt stops cleaning up for a second and resumes cleaning. "I don't like him anymore. I-I have a boyfriend," Kurt confesses.

Rachel drops the plate she was holding. "Really," Kurt nods, "Who is he?" she asks as she picks up the plate.

Kurt pauses. "Um, it's a secret. Look, about what happened when I gave you a makeover. I was delusional back then; I did not know what I was saying. I'm sorry."

Rachel smiles at Kurt. "I'm glad we came to an understanding, Kurt. I hope you and your boyfriend are happy."

Kurt smiles back at Rachel. "Now you can be happy with Finn, Princess, nothing standing in your way."

Rachel puts down her mess and hugs Kurt. "You're amazing, Kurt."

When Rachel lets him go, he fixes his blouse. "You wrinkled my outfit and I know."

Rachel laughs and picks up her mess and takes it to the kitchen; Kurt follows her.