A/N: Here's another chapter. It's been a while but this is a hard one to write. I know that the end is in sight. So enjoy. Please R&R! Lots of Love
The next day, Rachel and Finn made their way to the police station to find Detective Reed. Rachel wanted to tell him what she had remembered. It wasn't much, but maybe it would help.
The detective seemed happy with the new information and got right back to work. With the police working on the case, the couple really did not have much else to do so they just walked around the city enjoying the beautiful day.
"Can we go to NYADA?" Rachel randomly asked as she was sipping her smoothie.
Finn was taken aback by the request. "Y-yeah, sure. Mind if I ask why?"
"Well, I figure that I need to go back to help me get used to it again."
Finn smiled. It was the first time that she had mentioned the future. "Alright then." He replied as he wrapped his arm around her shoulders as they continued their walk.
-X-
When they arrived at NYADA, Rachel immediately grabbed Finn's hand. He thought that maybe she was scared and didn't want to go any further. Instead, she excitedly pulled him towards a building. He gladly followed her.
"This is one of the music buildings. It's mainly for vocal performance." She informed him as they walked through the front door.
He followed her as she took him through the building, showing him the practice rooms and recital halls. They even stopped in one of the practice rooms so she could sing him a song. They left that room and walked down the hall to another. In that one, she tried to get him to do some vocal exercises with the piano, but he shortly changed her mind and they ended up making out instead.
She then took him to the cafeteria where he insisted on buying them lunch, mostly because he was hungry and they had a burrito place. As they were sitting in the cafeteria, he noticed a few people staring. He figured that they knew what happened to Rachel. It didn't seem as though she noticed the staring. She was too busy telling him about her first dance class and how the teacher was a real bitch.
After lunch, Rachel wanted to take him to see her dorm room. She hadn't been there in weeks so she was worried about what her roommate had done to the place. He had always wondered what it'd be like to have a college girl invite him to her room and he made sure to tell Rachel about it in the elevator. She just shoved him playfully and laughed about it. When they got into her room, it was, well, interesting.
Her roommate, Kate, had put a curtain up beside Rachel's bed and desk so that no one could really notice Rachel's side of the room. Kate's side was as cluttered as all get out. There were clothes scattered everywhere. There were empty Ramen containers on her desk and on the floor. And there was this smell. Neither of them could really tell what it was. The expression on Rachel's face was a mix of disgust and horror. Thankfully, nothing on Rachel's side had been touched, but it would take weeks to get that smell out of her comforter and pillows.
Rachel went crazy. She ripped down the curtain and started cleaning everything. Finn had seen crazy Rachel before, but this was a new level of crazy. He instantly felt bad for Kate and what she would have to deal with the next time Rachel saw her.
After two hours of cleaning and no sign of Kate, Rachel wanted to leave. Finn suggested that they go back to the hotel and watch a movie or something. He figured that would bring back the less crazy version of Rachel that he knew and loved.
-X-
After a back-to-back Barbra movie marathon, Finn woke up to find Rachel asleep on his arm. He quietly moved his arm out from under her and went to turn the TV off. Before he reached the TV, Rachel's phone went off. He tried to reach it before the sound of Faithfully woke her up. He answered it with a whisper as he walked into the bathroom and shut the door. "Hello?"
"Hi. Is this Finn Hudson?" The other voice answered.
"Uh… yeah. Who's this?"
"It's Detective Reed."
"Oh. Okay."
"Listen, Mr. Hudson, we've had a major break through in the case."
"Really?" Finn said just a bit louder.
"Yes. We have arrested whom we believe is the attacker. He matches the description. We are waiting for DNA to tell us whether it's him or not."
"That's great. Right?"
"Yes. It is. The only problem is that when we tried to arrest him, he ran. We had to fire shots at him." Finn was trying to understand what the detective was getting at. "We had to shoot him down. By the time, we got him to the hospital, he lost a lot of blood. The doctors do not expect him to make it through the night."
"What does this have to do with Rachel?"
"We are going to need her to come in and wrap up her statement. As long as the DNA test comes back for a positive match, then this case is over."
"So, he's going to die, right?" Finn asked.
"It seems that way."
"Okay." Finn gathered his thoughts. "When do you want to see Rachel?"
"Sometime later today would be great. I'm sure that both of you are ready for this to be over."
"Yes, sir. We'll be there soon." Finn hung up. He went to open the door and there she was.
Rachel was standing at the door with a thoughtful look on her face.
"Did you hear all of that?"
She nodded. "It's him?"
"They are pretty sure it is."
She took a breath. "And he's going to die?"
"Yeah. He ran when the police tried to arrest him. They had to shoot at him."
She just stood there taking in the information. "What now?"
"They want to meet with you one last time to wrap things up."
"When?"
"Now?"
She looked up at him for the first time during this conversation. "Okay."
She gathered her things and then took his hand as they departed for the police station one last time.
