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CHAPTER FOURTEEN: FINALLY

When May came around again Finn felt the pressures of Laura not being around even more, one day after a rough day of work and schooling he went to the cemetery with fresh flowers and a tiny box in his pocket, Rachel was picking up the kids that day so he took the time he had to go talk to Laura. He took a seat on the grass and placed the flowers by the head stone and sat for a moment unsure of what to say. The spring breeze whispered around him and he listened to his surroundings for a while, he needed words, and sadly he didn't really have any, no matter how much he tried.

"Um, I don't quite know what to say here Laura. It's been a damn year now, Ben's doing good, Rachel's been taking good care of him. It was three years ago last month that her husband died you know. I'm doing just fine too, when I got back home I had a tough time but I'm better now, I'm thinking of selling the house, I'm living with Rachel, in the guest bedroom of course, I-I um, gave her a promise ring, I know it seems too fast and as if it's on a whim, but I loved Rachel before I met you, we went to high school together. I don't know how to move on from here, I have a ring, an engagement ring, I've had it for a week now, just in my pocket, waiting for the right time." He said quietly fiddling with his hands as he looked at the headstone. "I don't know what to do or what to say, and that's the hard part, I-I well I think I love her, enough to do anything for her… I don't know what you'd think of me, moving on so quickly… I want to marry her Laura… I want a family again. I want to ask her more than anything, I just don't know how to."

Finn sat for a few minutes again before sighing and standing up to walk away, his hand twirling the box in his pocket. He'd figure out a way to ask Rachel soon. Tonight even if he got the guts to, he was just worried about her answer, why, just a few months prior he gave her a promise ring, just three months ago. What would she say, what would she do? Well that night he sat in the living room waiting for Rachel to come down from putting the kids in bed, he moved over and wrapped his arm around her.

"Shouldn't you be studying for the tests you have coming up Finn?" Rachel asked as she leant into his side, he rolled his eyes and sighed.

"I'm not in high school anymore Rach, I already studied for ten minutes, it's all good." He replied taking a deep breath and kissing her head quickly. "So, um, I've been doing some thinking Rach, about us and all, and I was thinking, I'm selling my house soon, and um I thought, you know, maybe we could buy a house, together, in Lima of course but one that's ours. I want a whole life with you Rachel not just little things we can share, I want us to have a house together with the kids, I want to come home from work every day and know how your day went, I want us to have a child together, one that's ours together. I want it all with you because I know, no matter what I've always loved you and I'll never stop, so I want to ask you something, and I want you to answer it honestly, because no matter what your answer is I won't stop loving you." With quick movements Finn stood up and took Rachel's hand as he knelt in front of her. "Rachel Johnson, I love you and I swear on my life I will love you until the day I die, will you marry me?"

"Oh… Finn, yes, of course!" Finn smiled and placed the ring on Rachel's finger before leaning forward and pressing his lips to hers, she kissed him back and wrapped her arms around his neck. After a few minutes they pulled apart and Finn took Rachel's hand to lead them quietly to his room, he laid her down on the bed before moving forward to kiss her again.

Their hands roamed each other's bodies, slowly things started to progress and they tried to stay quiet, Finn's room was two away from the kids so it wasn't likely they would hear anything anyways, but he didn't want to take any chances. He leant down and pulled Rachel closer to him, kissing her with more force now as he thrust slowly into her, a quiet moan escaped her mouth as Finn kissed down her neck. A little while later the two of them fell over the edge together, Finn joined his hand with Rachel's as they laid down beside each other, Rachel huddled against Finn's side. One thought entered Finn's mind It can only go up from here.

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Three weeks later Finn decided to go "visit Kurt" for a few days in New York. Really he went and found where Michael was buried, to thank him for keeping Rachel happy in the years he himself failed to do so, he thanked him for being a part in raising Jennifer, for bringing her into the world, Finn thanked Michael for being a good man to the girls he now considered his family. Finn left New York feeling like he'd made amends, he made sure Michael knew who he was and how Finn would take care of Rachel and Jennifer, he went back to Lima and told Rachel his real reason for going to New York and she had never been prouder to call him hers.

Soon after the wedding planning sprung into action, when they wanted it, where they wanted it, who they wanted to be there, every detail was soon put into order and the wedding would take place next year on Valentines Day, Finn thought it cheesy but it was what Rachel had wanted and he made sure it would happen. Life began moving on faster, Finn graduated from the college with a teaching degree, he got a job teaching shop and engineering at the high school and Rachel was soon bumped up to vice principal of WMHS. The kids were happy of the arrangements and in October of that year together Finn and Rachel bought a house of their own. With four bedrooms, enough for a baby when they were ready. Had they known being ready would have been sooner they probably would have gotten a house together earlier; a month before the wedding Rachel found out she was pregnant.

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"Finn!"

"Whatever I did I'm sorry, I'll fix it now, don't hurt me." Finn ran up the stairs and into the bathroom almost tripping on the way through the door. Rachel stood looking at the counter where five tests were laid out, all of them declaring 'positive'. "Mk, so I know what those are… don't know what they're saying though. Is it good?"

"Of course it's good! I'm pregnant!" Rachel exclaimed and launched herself into Finn's arms, he stood, shocked and ecstatic, his only problem was the fact he was frozen on the spot.

"Rach, baby are you serious?"

"I wouldn't joke about this Finn, aren't you excited?"

"Oh, I'm more than excited, the kids are old enough now, Jennifer just turned nine and Ben's almost ten, well we could tell them later, and just a month before the before the wedding. You have no idea, how excited I am." Finn pulled Rachel closer to him, his lips pressed against hers, the two were happier than they had been for a while, they'd had a lot of stress surrounding them recently and this was a miracle of some relief. They told the kids that night and they were excited, it just started arguments between them on where they wanted a sister or a brother, Ben wanted a boy 'because I already have a sister, another one would be too much', and Jennifer wanted a sister 'because boys are idiots and she never wanted to date one, never mind have two brothers'. Needless to say the two took it… well, took it like only kids would.

When the wedding came around it sent shockwaves of nerves through Finn, sure he and Rachel had both been married before, but this was what his dream had been in high school. He grinned widely as Rachel's fathers walked her down the isle, the only other time he had felt this proud was when he met Ben, and he knew this was perfect, what he'd wanted for a long time. Finn smiled and took Rachel's hands during the ceremony, and when the time came to say 'I do' it just didn't come fast enough. With the ring on each of their fingers they shared their first kiss as a married couple, and it was everything they'd ever dreamed of in high school. Their honeymoon was spent with the kids for a week in L.A and as much as they enjoyed it they wanted to get back home.

Two months later on a scheduled ultrasound Finn and Rachel found out they were having a baby girl, Finn couldn't keep the smile off of his face as this was announced, because that was when it hit him, he would be there for every first this time, no more going off to war when he wanted to be home, just teaching kids who hated his guts because he made them learn. The fact was he and Rachel were doing this together and he couldn't wish it another way. He went into Daddy Overdrive after the ultrasound and went to work straight away working on the baby's room, the walls were done in varying shades of pinks and light browns, the crib and changing table were put up the day they were bought, he even set up a baby shower. It was going well for them and as a family they were growing happier by the day, even though it didn't seem possible. The baby was due in September and everything was arranged and finalized by the beginning of August.

It was going like a fairy tale for Finn and Rachel, even if it all did start on a rocky, bumpy road with no light to guide them. They were making it work and were finally fully happy.

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