Chapter 13

"So how well did you know Mr Puckerman?" Detective Martins asked Rachel. An hour after the shock announcement the detectives had separated everyone in to different rooms. Rachel was in the dining room talking to Detective Martins.

"He's my friend's father" Rachel answered vaguely as she nervously tapped her nails on the table. Detective Martins was constantly writing in his notepad and Rachel was nervous about what he could be writing. While the detective was blunt and suspicious as he noted down her answers, Rachel couldn't actually tell if he really believed they were somehow involved in Frank's murder or if he was just using public gossip that the two families hated each other.

"You know it common knowledge in this town that Frank blamed you for your sister Quinn leaving his son Noah at the altar" Martins pressed giving Rachel a look to not bother lying to him.

"Frank always liked to blame other people for his problems" Rachel snipped until she realised better if it.

"I'm sensing the dislike went both ways then" Martins interjected with a knowing look.

"I wasn't his biggest fan no, but I didn't kill him" Rachel snipped. Rachel wasn't sure why she was so nervous but knew there was only one reason that the detectives would come straight to the Plantation to talk to them about Frank.

"I never said you did"

"You obviously think one of us did otherwise you wouldn't be here at 11 0 clock at night" Rachel snapped running her hands through her hair in frustration.

"Miss Berry there is no need to get worked up I'm simply trying to get a feel for who Frank Puckerman was" Martins acknowledged trying his best to look calm.

"This is a small town; you know exactly who Frank Puckerman was" Rachel asserted rolling her eyes at the Detective. She knew Martins was trying to bait her into saying more than she should.

"Can you tell me where you were between 2 and 5 0 clock today please" Martins asked when he realised Rachel wasn't going to say anything else about Frank.

"I was here, in my room sleeping while everyone set up for the party" Rachel answered. She knew straight away how it would look that she didn't really have a strong alibi but she knew it was better than lying.

"Anyone else in the room with you" Martins wondered even though it was clear he knew the answer.

Rachel looked away from Martins "No"

Martins scribbled something on his notepad "I see"

XoXo

"Do I really need to do this now I should go see my mother" Puck pressed as the two detectives watched him closely. Puck wasn't sure what it meant that the two detectives were interviewing him together when everyone else had only had one.

"You didn't seem concerned when you were ignoring her calls" Detective Rogers questioned with a knowing look. Puck had to stop himself from smacking the look off the detectives face.

"I would have answered if I had known my father was dead" Puck said through gritted teeth. The detective made more notes. Puck noticed that Rachel almost looked sick when she had left the room and Puck was wondering if these detectives were getting some kind of kick with going after the richest family in Lima, when they had no real proof.

"Isn't it true you're estranged from your parents?"

"We've had our disagreements" Puck shrugged off not meeting the detective's eyes.

"I'd say more than disagreements. Isn't it true that he has threatened you on multiple occasions" Detective Martins argued as he continued to scribble down notes. Puck shouldn't have been surprised Lima was a small town and almost everyone had been at the wedding that didn't happen.

"My father has threatened a lot of people on multiple occasions" Puck counted not really answering the question.

"So your father has enemies?"

Puck scoffed "I'd say"

"Many of which are probably in this very plantation" Detective Rogers said with a wave of his hand around the room.

"I didn't say that" Puck snipped angry at himself for being baited by the detectives.

"I have to be blunt Mr Puckerman you don't seem that upset for someone who has just lost their father" Detective Rogers argued. Puck couldn't argue with the statement, he knew he should be more upset that his father was dead but Puck just couldn't seem to find the sadness and a part of him k new why.

"I lost my father a long time ago" Puck concluded. The Detective let out a sigh as he realised again he wasn't going to get anything else.

"Where were you between 3 and 5" Detective Martins asked as he put away his note pad.

"I went for a drive to clear my head"

"Any one with you" Rogers added.

Puck shook his head in slight defeat as he knew what his answer meant "No there wasn't"

"So really you have no real alibi"

Puck shrugged his shoulders defiantly "I guess not"

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"I didn't kill him" Quinn blunted out as soon as she sat down across from Detective Rogers.

"I never said you did" Rogers said giving her a confused look.

"I know but you're probably thinking it" Quinn reasoned as she tapped impatiently on the table. Quinn was handling the questions better than Rachel and Puck had done, she knew none of them were capable of murder and she knew deep down the detectives had to know that too.

"I just want to understand what kind of person Frank Puckerman was" The Detective reasoned as he watched Quinn's calm demure.

Quinn rolled her eyes at the Detectives obvious attempt to bait her "He was evil"

"He hurt a lot of people you love"

"And then some"

"Do you think that justifies murder?"

"Nothing justifies murder" Quinn snipped. Frank was not Quinn's favourite person but she was sad it had ended this was for him" You wanted to know what kind of person Frank was - I've told you"

"Where were you between 3 - 5" The detective asked concluding their quick interview.

"I was here setting up for my sister's engagement party. My mother was there as well as 15 other workers" Quinn stated then got up from the table and quickly left the room.

The Detective watched her leave with almost disbelief "I guess that will be all then"

XoXo

"You seem nervous Mr Hudson" Detective Martins questioned as he watched Finn nervously tap a pencil on the table.

"I'm not!" Finn exclaimed before he straightened up "It's just a shock that's all"

"Yeah I'm sure when you arrived here for the weekend you didn't expect to have a murder on your hands" Detective Martins stated. Finn tried his best not to roll his eyes. While he might have appeared nervous he wasn't going to be caught out that easily.

"There isn't a murder on my hands I'm just shocked my friends dad is dead" Finn replied. He stopped tapping the pencil but quickly his leg started tapping. This just encouraged the detective's notion that Finn was nervous.

"I'm sure that's all it is" Martins replied with fake serenity "I know Mr Puckerman caused your soon to be wife's family a lot of trouble and I'm sure now that's she's pregnant you want to protect them at all costs"

"How do you know she's pregnant" Finn demanded. His own parents didn't know yet, although he was sure his brother did with the knowing smiles he keeps shooting at Finn.

"Small town" The detective shrugged. While Finn wanted to question the detective more about how he knew, he wanted the interview to be over more. When Finn didn't say anything else the detective continued.

"Where were you between 3 and 5?"

"I was driving around Lima"

"Seems a lot of people had that idea" Martins sneered with a slight smirk as he wrote Finn's answer down "By yourself?"

"Yes I wanted to clear my head before the dinner you interrupted"

Martins nodded his head "I guess that will be all now Mr Hudson"

XoXo

After interviewing Rachel, Quinn, Puck and Finn the detectives also interviewed Will and Shelby with the exact same questions. They noted down that like Puck and Finn Will didn't have an alibi for the time of the murder as he too said that he had been driving around while his wife set up for the party. While the group knew that wasn't enough for an arrest it didn't mean they weren't worried that they were the first people the detectives wanted to speak to.

Two hours later the detectives had eventually interviewed everyone and we're now talking to the small group in the ball room.

"I think we have everything for now but it goes without saying that none of you can leave town" Detective Martins addressed the shocked and tired group.

"Wait you can't actually believe any of us did this" Santana snipped looking at the detectives in disbelief.

"I'm afraid so Miss Lopez. You all had the most to benefit from Mr Puckerman's murder and currently 4 of you don't have alibis" Detective Rogers chided.

"What does this mean?" Shelby asked from where she stood at the front of the group with a whiskey in hand. It had been a long and stressful day for all of them.

"It means that until I get information that proves otherwise you are all persons of interest and none of you can leave Lima until I'm convinced you had nothing to do with this" Martins demanded.

"I'll show you out detectives" Will muttered. Along with Shelby Will quickly led the Detectives from the ballroom to the front of the property.

Everyone else quickly took a seat at one of the ballroom's tables, the rest of Rachel and Finns relatives had gone up to their rooms an hour before when they realised they was nothing they could do.

"Where's Puck?" Rachel asked as Mike passed them all a drink. Rachel's was the only non- alcoholic one.

"As soon as the detectives finished questioning him, he went to see his mom" Quinn replied. She had seen Puck only briefly before he left but even she could tell that even after everything that his father had done he was still struggling with the loss in his own way.

"How is he?"

"Quiet, he hasn't really said anything - he said he'll be back in the morning" Quinn answered.

Everyone drank silently for a few minutes not sure what else to do or say. Not only had their friend's father been murdered but currently they were all the lead suspects.

"I can't believe this" Sam said with a shake of his head as he downed the last of his beer.

"I always thought Frank would outlive us all just out of spite" Quinn commented leaning back on the chair and looked out of the large glass doors at the back at the room at the decorations that had been set up for the party.

"No doubt he's going to haunt us for the rest of our lives" Mike said with sad sigh.

"So which one of you did it"

"Not funny Santana!" Mike snapped as Santana smirked at him while finishing off her drink.

"What? Like any of us can say we're sad he's dead"

"That doesn't matter its still Pucks father" Mike argued back.

"Because we all showed restraint around Puck, when his father was alive. I can understand why they think one of us did it" Santana reasoned with a roll of her eyes not noticing the look of annoyance of Finns face.

"Santana!" Finn snapped gesturing his head to Rachel who was rubbing her stomach nervously.

Santana immediately felt guilty as she looked at Rachel, the last thing her expectant friend needed was more stress "Sorry, I was just being stupid"

Everyone went back to their drinks as Finn wrapped his arm around Rachel and pulled her close.

"Well" Will announced as he walked back into the ballroom "I think we should all call it a night, we've had a long day and I suspect tomorrow will be even longer"

Everyone quickly agreed, so they finished off their drinks and walked out of the ballroom to the main staircase. Finn began walking out when he realised Rachel wasn't following him. He looked back to see her sat down staring off, like she hasn't realised everyone had gone.

"Rachel, come on" Finn said as he pulled Rachel off her chair and back into the house. Rachel was so deep in thought she barely registered them getting to their room until Finn closed the door behind them.

XoXo

"So I hope that it goes without saying that I didn't murder Frank" Rachel said with only a hint of amusement as the two began undressing for bed.

Finn rolled his eyes at her and climbed into bed "Of course it does Rachel and for the record neither did I"

"I can't believe that he's really dead. It wouldn't surprise me if this was just another elaborate plan to ruin our lives" Rachel admitted as she immediately cuddled into Finn's waiting arms.

As she cuddled into Finns arms it was the first time Rachel let herself think about the day's events. The day had brought an argument with Finn, her confession about the accident, endless amounts of stress and then a murder of which everyone Rachel cared about was a suspect.

"I'd believe that more than any one of us actually being responsible for this" Finn replied as he absentmindedly played with her hair. Finn looked down at Rachel and quickly noticed her worried expression.

"Rachel relax okay, we know none of us did this and I don't want you to stress out okay it's not good for you. For all we know this could have been a burglary gone wrong" Finn proclaimed as his other hands began lightly tracing patterns on Rachel's flat stomach. Rachel's couldn't help but smile at Finn's actions. Finn had been dealt so much today for her but he was still there and Rachel felt safe in his arms despite everything that was happening.

"Do you really believe that?"

"I believe that more than the idea that anyone we love is capable of murder even if it is Frank" Finn answered pressing a light kiss to her forehead.

"I'm not sorry he's dead. Doesn't that make me a terrible person" Rachel confessed in a whisper. She was sorry that Puck had lost his father and that he was probably hurting but in some strange way Rachel had always thought Frank would meet his end this way.

"It's understandable Rachel after everything he's done and what he was about to do to your parents" Finn reasoned as he tightened his hold around Rachel.

"Some people would call that motive"

"I call Mercedes and Artie tomorrow. I know that they were going to hang at their hotel before the party but I'll tell them to come up to the Plantation instead so we can talk to them at breakfast. If anyone can figure what's happening it's them" Finn said knowing that if anyone could help them it was his lawyer and publicist, he also knew it would put Rachel's mind at ease.

"Thank you Finn" Rachel replied lovingly as she leaned up to kiss him.

"Anything for your baby"

XoXo

"God I didn't realise we'd invited this many people" Rachel moaned as herself and Finn walked into the ballroom the next morning.

Every table was full of their friends and relatives chatting almost themselves and the last four tables against the front wall was full of any kind of breakfast food you could think of. Rosa and the rest of the staff must have been up at the crack of dawn making it all. Everyone was so consumed by their breakfast and conversations nobody even noticed Rachel and Finn enter, which Rachel was secretly pleased about. She hadn't slept a wink the night before and she really couldn't be bothered faking enthusiasm for her out of town relatives.

"I don't think we did, I think our mothers did" Finn responded as he looked around the room for their friends who he quickly spotted sat a table at the back of the room.

"You go sit with the guys, baby I'll get you some breakfast" Finn stated as he pointed to their friends. Rachel smiled up at Finn and gave him a sweet kiss before she walked over to their friends.

"Hey Rachel, how you feeling" Mike asked as she took a seat at the table. She immediately went for his eggs which he happily handed over.

"I officially have morning sickness" Rachel replied through a mouth full of scrambled eggs. While everyone smiled affectionately at their brunette friend Quinn beamed at her sister and quickly dabbed a tear from her eyes.

"Why are you smiling like a serial killer" Santana mused shaking her head at the blonde before slapping Rachel's hand away as she tried to take her bacon.

"Sorry, with everything last night we haven't actually celebrated the fact that we're actually having a baby" Quinn beamed clapping her hands while Rachel just rolled her eyes.

"I don't really feel like celebrating" Rachel admitted with a sigh "Besides Finn's parents don't even know yet so rain it in"

"Everything's going to be okay Rachel, none of us did it so there not going to find anything" Sam affirmed as the other nodded their head in agreement. Rachel went back to eating Mike's breakfast without further discussion.

"Here you go Rach" Finn said as he sat a plate down in front of Rachel then took a seat next to her. He gave her an amused smile when he saw the empty plate beside her.

"What I'm eating for two" Rachel shrugged as she starting eating her second plate of eggs.

"Hundred people" Finn joked until he noticed Rachel scowling at him "I love you"

"Yeah yeah" Rachel quipped before turning to her sister "Where are mom and dad?"

As Rachel and Quinn looked around the large room for their parents they quickly noticed their father walking towards them with Detective Martins and Rogers "Why are the detectives back so soon"

"Finn the detectives want to talk to me and you - Puck as well he's waiting in the library" Will explained once he had reached the table. Finn nodded his head at Will, gave Rachel a quick kiss on the cheek then followed the Detectives out of the ballroom.

Quinn squeezed Rachel hand as she watched her sister worryingly watch Finn's retreating body "I'm sure it's nothing"

XoXo

"Good morning, I'm sorry we are here so early but this couldn't wait" Rogers announced once Finn and Will walked into the ballroom. They both patted Puck lightly on the shoulders as they stood facing the detectives.

"Do you three recognise these vehicles" Martins asked as he handed each of the men a different picture of a car.

"That's the rental I've been using" Finn acknowledged handing the photo back to the detective.

"That's my car" Will answered

"That's mine" Puck concluded. Martins took the photos from them then looked at Rogers to continue.

"So you'll all know that these three cars were spotted by security cameras driving by the Puckerman's house yesterday" Rogers pressed. The three men gave each other confused looks as the detective continued "Which means you all lied yesterday to me about where you were at the time of the murder"

"I didn't I told you I was driving around" Finn answered trying not to sound as worried as he felt. He knew the photos didn't look good for any of them.

"Just not that it was passed the victims house" Martins replied with a raising his voice at the end.

"This doesn't prove anything Detective you can't even prove it was us driving those cars" Will snap shaking his head.

"Let's not hash this out here when we can do it at the station" Martins stated "I want you all to come in for questioning this afternoon. You're welcome to have your lawyers present"

"This is ridiculous instead of finding my father's actual killer you are harassing us just because you heard from a bunch of gossips that we didn't get along" Puck shouted. He ran his hands through his hair in anger as Finn and Will shared a worried look.

"I think we all know it was more than that" Rogers replied almost sarcastically.

Will pressed his hand on Pucks arm as a warning before he turned to Martins and Rogers "We will be there detectives but I hope we can keep this out of the papers. My daughter and son in law are public figures and I don't want this to tarnish their reputations when we've done nothing wrong"

Martins nodded slightly in agreement "I'll try my best but I'm afraid if this goes any further it will be out of my hands"

XoXo

"Why do you think he just wants to talk to you three?" Rachel asked as she paced around her room "why were you even near their house?"

Once the detectives had left Rachel had cornered Finn into their room to discuss what had happened. Rachel was once again worried about what it could all mean for them.

"Rachel I was pissed yesterday and was just driving around to clear my head I don't even know where the Puckerman's live" Finn reasoned. He took Rachel's hand and pulled her onto the love seat next to the window.

"Do you really think they will buy that?"

"They will have to because it's the truth" Finn reassured her.

"If it makes you feel any better Artie will be with me to make sure I don't say anything stupid" Finn reassured her as she wrapped herself around from where they were both sat on the chair.

"I don't like this Finn. It's like they want to pin it on one of you. We don't even know when we can leave Lima and what if the press find out about this" Rachel worried.

"Rachel I don't want you to worry okay. Mercedes is already on it to make sure the press don't catch wind of this. She's tracking everything on Tumblr, Twitter and Facebook for even a mention of this" Finn affirmed

"God this was supposed to be a great weekend with our friends and family" Rachel groaned

"I know and I promise I will make this up to you" Finn said as he got of the chair to grab his jacket "But I don't want you to think about anything but the beautiful baby growing inside of you okay?"

"Okay"

Finn turned to give Rachel a pressing look "I mean it"

"I promise! I won't think about my father and future husband being questioned about a murder of which neither have alibis but both have motives" Rachel quipped with a roll of her eyes. Finn walked over to Rachel and put his hands on either side of the chair.

"That's the sprit" Finn laughed half heartedly. He leaned down to kiss Rachel's lips "I promise everything will be fine, I better go" Finn kissed Rachel again then stroked her face lightly "I love you I'll see you soon"

Rachel smiled at Finn but the worry was still clear in her eyes "Love you too"

Finn walked out of their room, closing the door behind him. He quickly noticed Santana coming out of her room and waited by the door as she walked over to him.

"Hey, you as worried about this as everyone else" Santana asked once she had caught up to Finn in the hallway.

"Well it isn't looking good for any of us but I don't want to worry her" Finn answered honestly as the pair walked down the hallway.

Finn knew he was innocent but it didn't stop him for worrying especially if this had any damage to his or Rachel's careers.

"I get it, don't worry I'll watch her" Santana reassured him then patted him playfully on the back "you go prove your innocence"

XoXo

"Why do you think it's taking so long" Finn asked as he looked around the busy police station.

Finn, Will and Puck had been at the police station for over three hours. They had interviewed them all separately and Finns interview alone took an hour. They detectives went over pretty much all the same questions as before. Why was Finn near the house? Did he have a reason to want Frank dead and the fact he had no real alibi. Finn knew it had been the same with Will and while they were just a repeat of the questions Finn couldn't help but feel worried about how official it had been, in a police station with his lawyer present. Once Finn's interview had finished Artie had gone back to the plantation to go over a game plan with Mercedes in case the investigation became public.

"They are probably just covering all their bases. Noah was his estranged son - they always question the family first" Will explained. Finn just nodded his head. While it made sense to him what the police were doing it didn't mean it sat right with him. He felt it was time wasted that could be spent finding the real person who had killed Frank.

Finn and Will waited in silence for another twenty minutes before Puck finally walked out of the interview room with Detective Martins.

"Everything okay Noah?" Will asked once Puck had reached them. He had a solemn look on his face and couldn't seem to look them in the eyes. Puck just nodded his head as a reply.

"That's all we need for now but like I said before I'm afraid none of you can leave town until we clear everything up" Detective Martins clarified. Finn had to stop himself from saying something sarcastic in reply, that was the fourth time Detective Martins had told them they couldn't leave and Finn was getting tired of hearing. Finn felt Martins was treating like they were stupid, it was clear to all of them what kind of trouble they could be facing.

"Will that be all detectives" Will said in a clipped voice. He seemed just as fed up as Finn was.

Detective Martins gave them all a pressing look before answering "For now"

The three men walked out of the police station in silence. Finn felt like he had talked enough in the last three hours and just wanted to go home to Rachel.

"I'm just going to ring Shelby and let her know that we are on our way back" Will said once they reached Pucks car. The two other men just nodded in response and watched as Will walked away, phone already to his ear.

"What happened Puck?" Finn asked finally turning to his friend, who seemed lost in his own thoughts.

"They found my fingerprints on my dad's clothes and in the living room where they found him" Puck answered as he ran his hands through his hair frustrated.

"That could mean anything" Finn shrugged before he gave Puck a questioning look "couldn't it"

"Yeah I was there yesterday visiting my mom I could have touched his suit without realising it" Puck waved off but Finn could see what he thought was guilt behind Pucks eyes.

"Yeah of course" Finn replied as Will walked back over to them. Finn was relieved because he wasn't sure what else to say.

Will looked at both men carefully "You boys ready"

XoXo

"Hey, where's Rachel?" Quinn asked as Santana walked into the dining room where the friends were eating a small lunch.

Santana had been with Rachel for over an hour holding her hair back as she brought up her breakfast. Apparently Rachel's morning sickness was lasting all day. Santana had finally come down for some food because Rachel had fallen asleep.

"Sleeping, apparently growing a human and worrying about your soon to be husband takes a lot out of you" Santana replied as she took a seat next to Mike and quickly swiped his beer.

"They have been gone a while" Quinn worried. She ran her hands together and shared a worried looked with her friends

"They probably just questioned them individually and they're just waiting around for each other" Sam reasoned although it didn't seem as reassuring as he wanted it to be.

Santana looked down at her bottle nervously "You don't think there's a chance that -"

"No I don't come on Santana Finns never even been in a fight before. Frank had about 30 pounds on Will and no matter what happened he was still Pucks father" Mike snipped giving Santana a pointed look. They last thing Puck and Finn needed was there friends doubting them.

"Sounds like you're trying to convince yourself as well" Santana argued still not looking up from the bottle as she lightly ripped off the label.

"Santana!"

"All I'm saying is it's a possibility" Santana said finally liking up at Sam and Mike "Will and Shelby were about to lose their home because of that man"

"Santana!" Sam snapped again nodding his head towards Quinn who was looking down at her lap trying to fight back tears.

Santana immediately felt guilty, she knew she didn't really believe Puck, Finn and Will had anything to do with it and she wasn't really sure why she was voicing that concern in front of a worried daughter. It was the second time she had upset someone and she wasn't sure why she continued to talk about it.

"Sorry Quinn I was just being stupid of course I don't really think they did anything" Santana apologised taking Quinn's hand and squeezing it tight, Quinn just nodded her head back.

"Where's your mom?"

"With Carol and Burt - they are ringing everyone to tell them the party is cancelled tonight"

"Really I thought that would be the last thing your mom wanted to do"

"It is but even she can't argue it would be in bad taste to throw a party a day after someone we know has been murdered"

"Even from the grave he's still controlling us" Sam commented sadly.

"I thought they would be back by now" Quinn worried as she once again looked down at her watch and noted that they three men had been gone almost three hours.

"I'm sure they won't be much longer" Sam reassured Quinn just as Puck and Finn walked through the glass patio doors, quickly walking over to the group.

"How did it go?"

"Where's Rachel?" Finn asked ignoring Mikes question.

"Asleep upstairs" Santana answered. Finn just nodded his head then quickly left out of the door he had just come through.

"Everything okay Puck?" Quinn asked as Puck took a seat at the table.

Santana watched Finn walk away wondering if he had heard any of what they had been talking about.

"Everything fine" Puck affirmed lamely as he looked around "I just need a drink"

Mike quickly handed him one from the table and the friends continued to drink in silence not sure what else to say.

XoXo

"Maybe not the right time but this house is incredible Rachel" Mercedes commented as herself, Artie and Rachel made their way outside, where a car was waiting for Mercedes and Artie.

Just like the rest of the guests Mercedes and Artie were leaving Lima after Rachel's parents had cancelled the party. Rachel was disappointed but she also knew it was for the best, having a party after a well known person in the community would definitely send the wrong message.

"Thank you, I'm sorry you guys had to travel all the way here for no party" Rachel apologised as they walked over to the waiting car that would take Finn's lawyer and Publicist to the airport.

"Don't worry about. Your parents did the right thing; it wouldn't look good having the party. They would be more attention on you which would risk people finding out what happened" Mercedes reasoned as the driver got out of the car and took Mercedes numerous bags from her. Rachel couldn't help but smile at how many she had for just one weekend.

"Artie's only a phone away for Finn if anything else happens and I'll work things back on my end. I'll make sure no one finds out especially with Paper Town production starting next week. I think of something to distract people to why Finn isn't there especially with him being executive producer as well now" Mercedes explained quickly as she looked through the emails on her BlackBerry.

"You could always say it's because he wants to be there for Rachel" Artie smirked as his eyes went to Rachel's stomach. Mercedes chuckled as Rachel stared wide eyed at them both.

"Finn told you"

"Actually his brother let slip at breakfast but really it's kind of obvious" Mercedes laughed before quickly hugging Rachel who couldn't help but be shocked, Mercedes was not a hugger. "We will figure this out Rachel - the detectives have nothing to go on and even they know it"

"I hope you're right" Rachel sighed as Artie and Mercedes made their way inside the car.

Mercedes playfully waved Rachel off "Please in the two years you've know me have I ever been wrong"

XoXo

"They can't possibly keep us here any longer - can't Artie do something" Rachel complained once Finn had finished telling her about what had happened at the police station.

"I told him not too I don't want to look like we're not cooperating" Finn reasoned "Besides production at Paper Towns can go on without me for a few days and you'd already agreed with Brittany that she would do the Food Festival in without you so you could come to set with me and you can write the website from here at least for a week"

"A week! I didn't even really want to be here for the weekend" Rachel snipped as she type up a new blog entry for her website although Rachel knew it wouldn't be very good as she was focused on other things.

"Can we talk about something else" Finn sighed as he threw himself down on their bed.

"How about we talk about your brothers big mouth - he told Artie and Mercedes I'm pregnant I didn't even know he knew" Rachel quipped trying to look more annoyed than she really felt. She was more upset that they hadn't told Carol and Burt yet when her own parents knew.

"He guessed but he promised not to say anything until we could tell my parents properly" Finn explained as he watched Rachel type a few sentences then quickly delete them.

"I'm sorry we couldn't tell them this weekend" Rachel said as she closed her laptop in defeat, she knew she wouldn't get any more work done that didn't sound like it was written by a five year old.

"Don't worry about it - it's not the right time and I want to be right when we actually tell someone for ourselves that we are having a baby" Finn joked lightly as Rachel came to lay next to him on the bed.

"That what you get for having friends like ours" Rachel laughed as she snuggled into Finn, who brought his arms around her.

Finn threw his arms in the air playfully "God help this child"

"You know I really like the name Hazel" Rachel teased with a knowing smirk. The last thing Finn would do was name their child after a character in his book; he thought it was just too cheesy, even for him.

"I hope you're kidding" Finn laughed as he tickled her side playfully. Finn was glad for the distraction it was the most relaxed they had felt all day.

"And Quentin"

"I'm pretty sure that's child abuse" Finn replied with a wide smile, glad to see that Rachel wasn't as stressed as she had been that morning.

"Whatever we call them, I hope they have your eyes - I love your eyes" Rachel commented with a loving smile as she climbed over so that she was straddling Finn.

"They have to have your nose then" Finn commented back as gently stroked Rachel's face. She smiled back and lowered herself down onto Finn.

"And your lips" Finn added as he kissed her sweetly on each cheek.

"Your hair"

"My hair really" Finn laughed rubbing his nose against Rachel's.

"I don't know I'm distracted" Rachel moaned suggestively "I really want you to kiss me"

Finn smirked at her "Yes mam"

XoXo

"Hey Noah I've been looking everywhere for you" Rachel stated as she sat down next to him on one of the benches by the basketball court.

"I just needed some air, everyone gone home?" Noah asked as he took another sip of his beer. He looked out over the property instead of facing Rachel.

"Everyone who's allowed to has. Even Finn's parents and his brother, Finn didn't want them around all this" Rachel answered. She watched Puck closely. It had been a hard few days for Puck and Rachel wasn't really sure how he was handling it all.

"Makes sense"

"I know it might not seem it but I am sorry for your loss Noah - even with everything he's done he was still your father" Rachel affirmed squeezing Pucks hand affectionately. It still amazed Rachel how far they had all come since the last time they were all together at the plantation.

"Only by blood" Puck spat before finishing off the rest of his beer "I wouldn't be a suspect in his murder if it was anything more"

"I'm sure the police know you had nothing to do with this Noah. They just have to cover all their bases" Rachel reassured him. She was still worried about the Detectives interest in Will, Finn and Puck but she still had to believe that they knew realistically the three men had nothing to do with the murder and were just following procedure.

"I'm not so sure about that"

Rachel pulled on Pucks arm and forced him to look at her "What's going on Noah"

Puck took a deep breath and looked straight into Rachel's eyes before answering "Yesterday when I found out about my dad telling Finn about what happened I was so angry. After everything you guys have done for me even after everything with Quinn I was livid that he was still taking from you"

"That wasn't your fault"

"But it was. He was punishing all of you as a way to punish me and he knew it. So I decided I had to confront him once and for all" Puck continued as he ran his hands through his short hair. "That's why my car was on the street and why my fingerprints are on his clothes"

"Noah are you saying that you attacked your father"

Puck shook his head lightly "I didn't have to. When I got to the house he was already dead"