4x14 – Glee and The Wild Night
Rachel and Finn's House - West Village – Tuesday Morning
Finn walked into the kitchen to find Rose and Henry eating their breakfast while Rachel fed Mason as she tried to read her emails on her phone. Finn made himself some cereal then took a seat next to Henry at the breakfast bar. Since bringing Mason home two months ago, Rachel and Finn had finally found a rhythm to their lives with three children under five.
"Remember we have Rose's parent-teacher conference on Friday… oh and I spoke to the plumber about the downstairs bathroom and he's going to come on Thursday. You think you can be here for to let him in. I have a meeting with the school board that day" Finn explained as he munched on his Lucky Charms cereal.
"Yeah that should be fine" Rachel answered, not looking up from her phone. Mason banged his hand on his high chair getting Rachel's attention. She put down the phone and continued to feed him a yoghurt, the email from one of her Feature Editors would have to wait until she had feed her son. The family continued to eat their breakfast in relative silence for a few minutes.
"Did you manage to pick up my suits from the dry cleaners" Finn asked once he'd finished his cereal and dumped his bowl in the sink.
"No, I'll get them today, when I meet the girls for lunch" Rachel replied as she wiped Mason face before picking up and settling him on her hip. "Rose, Henry go get your bags, we have to leave soon"
Rose and Henry jumped off their seats and ran upstairs while Rachel fixed Mason into his carrier before putting on his shoes.
"Busy day at work?" Finn asked as he shrugged on his suit jacket, then took his briefcase out of the closet under their stairs.
"Yeah it the last day before the issues go to the publishers, so it will probably be a long day" Rachel replied. She handed Mason a cuddly toy that started putting on her heels and coat.
"That's okay, I'll get take out. You can just reheat it when you get home"
"Yeah sounds fine" Rachel replied as Rose and Henry ran back down the stairs, in their school jackets, their bags flying behind them. Henry had recently started at Dalton as well and just like Rose, he'd been loving every minute of it.
"Come on Mommy, time to learn" Rose cheered as she opened the front door. Finn turned to smirk at Rachel.
"I don't know who she gets this from" Finn argued, laughing but then he noticed a strange look on Rachel's face "Hey everything okay"
"Yeah everything fine" Rachel shook off, as she lifted Mason's carrier and passed him to Finn as the family walked out of the house and over to the Range Rover.
"Oh, I forgot, the kids have their dentist appointments on Friday as well, one of us is going to have to take them" Finn said as he secured Mason into the car while Rachel helped Rose and Henry into their booster seats.
Rachel let out a small dejected sigh "Yeah that should be fine"
The Diner – Park Avenue – Tuesday Afternoon
A few hours later, Rachel was at the Diner having her usual weekly lunch with the girls. The only difference being that Quinn wasn't with them. Her and Puck had dropped NJ off at Puck's mothers for the week and they had gone on a second honeymoon to Mexico.
Rachel handed the menu to the waitress after giving her, her order then leaned back in her chair. She was thinking about the conversation she'd had with Finn that morning. Rachel couldn't remember the last time that her and Finn had talked about anything other than their children, work, or errands that they needed to run. She was started to worry that her and Finn were becoming a boring married couple.
"Rachel everything okay" Mercedes asked, when she noticed the far way look on Rachel's face. Rachel looked back at her friends with a worried look.
"Do you think Finn and I are boring?" Rachel asked.
"No of course not!"
"Yeah maybe" Santana jested. Mercedes gave her a hard look "I'm kidding. What the problem Rachel"
"I love my children, with all my heart but I don't want my marriage to only be about them. Finn and I need to be our own people but for the last few weeks I feel like we only talk about the bills or the kids or work" Rachel explained, frustrated. She took a drink of her tea as Mercedes and Santana shared a quick look.
"I'm sure that all couples feel that way after being married so long" Mercedes reasoned.
"I know but I don't want Finn and I to be one of those couples. I know it might sound terrible but I don't want to be like Noah and Quinn, I mean how they used to be and its started to feel like a slippery slope" Rachel ranted as she ran her hands through her hair.
"Then don't be! Go out just the two of you, live it up do all the things you haven't in a while. Remember what you were like before the kids came along" Santana agued. Rachel thought about it for a few beats before nodding her head.
"That's not a bad idea, have a date night. We could do it tomorrow… you could babysit" Rachel declared, looking at Santana who gaped at her. Mercedes suppressed a laugh.
"What! Why me!"
"Well Quinn and Noah are out of town and besides Brittany loves the kids. I'm sure she'd jump at the chance to look after them" Rachel said, with a pleading look when Santana didn't look convinced "Santana this is for my marriage… don't you want to help my marriage"
"Yeah Santana don't you want to help Finchel" Mercedes teased. Santana glared at her before turning back to Rachel who was holding her hands together in a plea.
"Fine!" Santana sighed heavily "But if they break anything then you're paying for it… and I don't mean with money"
"Thank you!" Rachel beamed, clapping her hands "This is just what we need, a little wining and dining, maybe some dancing or a walk through Central Park"
Santana gave Rachel a teasing look "You could save a lot of money and just have sex"
Rachel and Finn's House – West Village – Tuesday Evening
After a very long day at work trying to finalise everything for her latest issue, a very tired Rachel was working through her front door. She dumped her bag and coat by the front door and walked into the kitchen where Finn, Rose and Henry were eating their Chinese take-out at the breakfast bar.
"Hey, your home earlier than I thought, yours is in the oven. It should still be warm" Finn said through a mouth full of beef chow-mein. Rachel gave each of her children a kiss then took her dinner out of the oven and took a seat next to Finn.
"So, kids, you're having a sleepover at Auntie Sans tomorrow" Rachel said looking over at Rose and Henry both smiled back with a mouth full of food.
"And why are you trusting Santana with our children" Finn asked, glancing at Rachel.
"Because me and you are having a date night. We are going to go out, get drunk, spend a lot of money on a fancy meal" Rachel leaned over to whisper in Finn's ear "Then we are going to come home and have a lot of sex"
"That sounds awesome! What's brought this on" Finn wondered as he took Mason out of his highchair and sat him on his lap, when the baby started to fuss.
"I just think we need a night to ourselves. No work talk, no kids just me and you being irresponsible adults for the night" Rachel reasoned "I refuse to let us become a boring couple"
"Boring? Is everything okay? Is that what you were thinking about this morning" Finn asked, concerned. Rachel shook her head as she took a bite of her spring roll.
"Everything's fine, I just think we need a night to ourselves. No distractions, just us"
"That sounds good to me" Finn agreed, he leant over and gave Rachel a lingering kiss but pulled away when Henry and Rose started to boo them. Like most 5 and 3-year olds, they weren't big fans of seeing their parents kiss, especially while they are eating.
"Yep no distractions, is just what we need" Finn whispered to Rachel, giving her another kiss, ignoring the boo's coming from Rose and Henry and Mason trying to slap in hand on Finn's face.
Santana and Brittany's Apartment – Upper West Side – Wednesday Afternoon
The next evening, while Rachel was getting ready Finn was dropping the children off at Santana and Brittany's apartment. While Finn trusted Santana, he was still a little apprehensive about leaving his three children with her overnight. While lugging two bags and Mason's carrier while Rose and Henry hung on his arms, Finn knocked on the door.
"Are the staying for one night or one week" Santana snipped, when she opened the door and saw the large bags Finn was carrying. She took the carrier from Finn and he followed her inside. She set the carrier on the coffee table in the living room as Brittany walked in to the living room from the bedroom.
"Hey guys, you ready to have a fun night with me and Auntie Sans!" Brittany cheered as Rose and Henry settled themselves on the sofa, they both nodded eagerly.
"Yeah we brought The Ladybug Game for us to play" Rose said. Brittany looked over at Santana, confused.
"What's the Ladybug Game"
Santana shook her head "I have no idea"
"It's a very tedious board game that you are going to hate" Finn injected, smirking at the pair. Santana rolled hr eyes at him as he set the two bags on the floor.
"Everything's in here that you'll need. Henry and Rose's uniform, diapers, and food for Mason. Remember they both have school tomorrow so they need to be in bed by 8, despite what Rose might say" Finn explained.
"Don't worry Finn, we've got this" Brittany promised, enthusiast. Santana just shrugged.
"We promise not to kill them"
Brittany glared at Santana "Ignore Santana, we have everything under control"
"Don't worry Brittany, I trust you and I trust that Santana is too afraid of my wife to let anything happen to my children" Finn quipped, giving Santana a hard look. "I'll be by at about 8 to take them to school"
"That's fine, just enjoy your night with Rachel. You kids are in the best hands. Besides its good practice for me and Santana" Brittany reasoned. She walked into the kitchen so she missed the wide-eyed look Finn had at her comment.
"I'd appreciate if you would ignore that comment" Santana whispered.
"None of my business" Finn replied, holding up his hands in defence before walking over to Rose and Henry "Okay kids, give me a kiss goodbye. I'll see you both in the morning"
"Bye Daddy" Rose and Henry both said and they sat up and gave their father a kiss on the cheek, before slumping back down on the sofa.
"I'll see you ladies later… good luck" Finn quipped before leaving the living room and walking out of the front door.
"So, what do you guys want to do first" Brittany asked as she walked back into the living room, handing Henry and Rose a juice box each. Rose immediately held up the ladybug board game just as Mason let out a loud cry that filled the apartment.
Rachel and Finn's House – West Village – Wednesday, Late Afternoon
Rachel was sat at her vanity finishing off her make up when there was a knock at the door. Finn was still out dropping the children off. So, she put her mascara down and walked down stairs. Rachel opened the door and was surprised to find Finn at the other side, holding a bouquet of flowers.
"Hey what are you doing, you forget your key" Rachel asked as she opened the door further to let Finn inside.
"No, I didn't forget my key, I'm here to pick you up for our date. These are for you" Finn said, handing Rachel the bouquet of Sunflowers, her favourite.
"You are without a doubt the cutest husband ever" Rachel gushed, standing on her tiptoes to give Finn a sweet kiss, careful not to squash the flowers.
"Why thank you, ready to go? Our reservation is in twenty minutes" Finn said. Rachel nodded as she moved into the kitchen to put the flowers in a vase.
"Yeah just need to get my shoes. Then the night is ours"
Twenty minutes later Rachel and Finn were being seated at Gosh! an Italian restaurant in Greenwich Village. The hostess handed them each a menu and wine list then left them alone. The looked over the menu for a few minutes before a waitress came over to take their drink order.
"This was a good idea Rachel, we needed a night just the two of us. The last few weeks have been about Mason or helping Quinn and Puck" Finn reasoned as a waitress poured them both a glass of wine.
"Well I am the smart one in a relationship" Rachel quipped, as she held up her wine glass "I suggest tonight we don't talk about our friends, kids or work – just the two of us"
"Agreed" Finn said before clicking his glass against Rachel's.
Santana and Brittany's Apartment – Upper East Side – Wednesday Evening
"I'm going to kill Rachel, why did I agree to this" Santana groaned loudly as she looked at the scene before her. While Mason continued to cry in his carrier, Rose was running around the living room with one of Brittany's scarfs around her neck and lipstick on her face, and Henry was still playing The Ladybug Game, shouting out the instructions out, even though no one was listening.
"Are they normally like this?" Brittany wondered as she picked up Mason from his carrier to try and settle him. She opened one of the baby food jars Finn had brought over but when she tried to feed it to him, Mason spat it straight back out.
"I don't know, this is the first time they've stayed overnight. Rachel always seems to have them under control when we're out" Santana explained.
"Maybe we should call Finn and Rachel" Brittany suggested. She gave up on trying to feed Mason and tried to give him a bottle of milk instead, which thankfully started to settle him.
"No, they need this! And I will not be beaten by a 5-year-old" Santana argued, running her hands through her hair, frustrated. She jumped off the sofa and picked up Rose as she ran past her. Rose struggled against her aunt's tight grip as Santana fished her phone out of her back pocket.
"What are doing? I thought you said we shouldn't call Finn and Rachel" Brittany sighed as Mason started to cry again because he'd finished his milk.
"I'm not, I'm calling reinforcements" Santana said, as she put her phone between her ear and head as she was using both arms to keep Rose in place "Yeah Mercedes, get your arse over here"
Gosh! – Greenwich Village – Wednesday Evening
"This wine is really good"
"Yeah, I've always like the house white here"
"How's your Pasta" Finn asked as he took another sip of his wine. Rachel had been at the restaurant for an hour and were on to their second course and unfortunately for them, they seemed to have run out of topics of conversation while finishing their starters.
"You've already asked me that… its good, I've always liked the food here" Rachel said, somewhat awkwardly before taking a bite of her pasta. Rachel hated that things felt so awkward between her and Finn, she was starting to worry that after so long being married that her and Finn were running out of things to talk about.
"Yeah, we've never had a bad meal here" Finn agreed, looking around at all the other couples sat in the restaurant. None of them seemed to be having a hard time talking.
"Except this one" Rachel whispered before dropping her fork on the table "This isn't working. Is this my fault, did I but too much pressure on tonight?"
"No of course not, just think not talking about Work or the kids or our friends doesn't leave us much left. That is our life" Finn reasoned. He reached across for Rachel's hand when he noticed the downcast look on her face.
"I know your right. I guess just for one night I wanted us to remember what we were like when we were young, before all the responsibility in our lives. I just wanted us to be Finn and Rachel" Rachel admitted.
"Well, what you thinking? Rachel and Finn the college years because if so 19-year-old Finn and Rachel wouldn't be caught dead in a place like this" Finn mused, with a slight smirk. Rachel looked at Finn with a confused look.
"What do you have in mind?"
Santana and Brittany's Apartment – Upper East Side – Wednesday Evening
Twenty minutes later Mercedes walked into Santana and Brittany's apartment to find utter chaos. While Brittany and Santana cowered in the corner. Henry was jumping up and down on the sofa, Rose had taken Brittany's makeup and was colouring her face and clothes with it, while Mason continued to scream from where he was laid out on his play mat.
"Are you guys serious! How did you let things get this bad?" Mercedes asked as she walked over to the disgruntled pair.
"Don't blame us, Rachel and Finn obviously didn't tell us that their children were monsters" Santana argued, waving her hand at the children.
"Actually, Rachel was complaining just last week that Rose and Henry had been acting out recently and she thought it was because Mason was taking up a lot of their time" Mercedes explained, with a knowing look. Brittany lightly smacked Santana on the arm.
"You really need to start listening to your friends Santana!"
"There is only so much I can hear about baby colic before I automatically tune out" Santana quipped. Mercedes and Brittany rolled their eyes before turning back to the children "So what do we do now. We can't call Finn and Rachel, they clearly need this night off"
"We have to lay down the law" Mercedes mused. She moved into the living room and stood in front of Henry. She put her hands on her hips and gave him a stern look "Henry Hudson if you don't stop bouncing on that sofa then I'm going to call your mother and make sure you don't watch Spiderman for a month"
Henry immediately stopped bouncing and gaped at Mercedes. Mercedes gave him another hard look so Henry slumped down on sofa and crossed his arms but remained silent. Mercedes looked over at Santana and Brittany.
"Your turn"
Santana walked over to Rose, she picked up Rose and moved her over to the kitchen counter and sat her down on it. Rose crossed her arms and gave her Santana an almost smug look.
"Listen up Mini Rachel, you better start behaving or I'll make sure that you never get another cookie for the rest of your life" Santana threatened, staring Rose down. The room was silent for a few moments as Rose and Santana kept staring at each other.
"Or you give me a cookie and I won't tell my daddy that Mason ate a lipstick" Rose mused. Santana, Mercedes, and Brittany all turned to Mason, who had somehow managed to get a hold of the lipstick and was close to putting it in his mouth.
"Crap!"
Roof NYU Dorm Building – West Village– Wednesday Night
After leaving the restaurant, Rachel and Finn went to the local market to pick up some supplies then got a cab over to Greenwich Building of the NYU Dorms. They snuck in the building and went straight up to the roof, thankful that nobody else seemed to be around.
"This place looks exactly the same" Rachel mused as she looked around the rooftop. It still had the same old couches and barbeque pits as well as the make shift bar, Finn and his college friends had made in their second year.
Back when Rachel and Finn started dating, Rachel didn't have a lot of money and she refused to let Finn pay for every date so instead the couple would by the cheapest bottles of wine they could find, along a bag full of Twinkies and go up to the roof of Rachel's dorm as it had the best view of the Hudson River and nobody else seemed to go up there, so they could truly be alone.
"I don't if that's such a good thing, it's been 15 years" Finn quipped as he threw a blanket over one of the sofas, then started taking out the wine and Twinkies. He opened the plastic cups that they had brought at the market and poured then both some wine.
"God, don't remind me. Feels like on 2 minutes ago, that we were up making out on that couch" Rachel laughed. She took the plastic cup from Finn and took a seat next to Finn on the sofa.
"And now we're sneaking kisses in the few hours that are children are asleep" Finn sighed as he took a drink of the wine. Now that he knew what more expensive wine tasted like, it didn't have the same sweet taste.
"I don't regret one second of our life together Finn. I just think that we need to spend more time just the two of us, having fun together without worrying about our friends, the kids or work" Rachel explained as she snuggled into Finn's side. He wrapped his arm around her and kissed the top of her head.
"You're right Rachel, and I promise we will. How about once a month, we force our friends to babysit and we come here and relive our youth" Finn suggested. Rachel took the plastic cup from Finn and dropped it on the floor then swung her leg across Finn so that she was straddling his lap. She put her hands on either side of his face and pulled him in for a searing kiss. Finn put his hands on either side of Rachel's legs and pulled her closer to him. They two continued to kiss for a few minutes before Rachel pulled away.
"I just want you to know how much I love you, you are the best husband" Rachel said, softly as she stroked Finn's face "I don't want you to think I'm unhappy with my life, I promise it's the opposite"
"I know Rachel. I'm not gonna complain that my wife wants to spend more time with me, without those misbehaving kids we've got at home" Finn mused. Rachel nodded her head before leaning it on Finn's shoulder.
"Tell me about it, does it sound bad that we wanted a night away from our kids" Rachel wondered as she wrapped her arms around Finn's neck.
"No, we deserve a night to ourselves. Do you think we should have warned Brittany and Santana about how much Rose and Henry have been acting up?"
"No, it would serve Santana right for tuning out whenever I talk about the kids" Rachel reasoned. She moved her head of Finn's shoulder and looked in right in the eyes "You know I've had a great idea… remember how we always said we wanted to sneak into the Hilton pool after hours, but we never had the guts to do it"
"Are you suggesting we do it now" Finn wondered, raising his eyebrow at her.
"Why not, what better way than to relive our youth than do the one thing we were always afraid to do" Rachel argued. Finn thought about it for a few moments before smiling at Rachel.
"Lead the way"
Santana and Brittany's apartment – Upper East Side – Wednesday Night
"Are you sure it's not time for bed" Brittany asked looking down at Henry and Rose from where they were sat next to her on the sofa. Both children were behaving better but they were now refusing to go to sleep. They had told the adults that they didn't like the bed in the spare and they would only go to sleep with their mommy and daddy there. Brittany, Santana, and Mercedes were too tired to think up a plan to get them to sleep.
"Where are mommy and daddy?" Henry asked, looking up at Brittany. Santana and Mercedes shared a quick smile before looking back at Brittany, it was the fifth time in the last hour that Henry had asked.
"Your mommy and daddy won't be here until the morning and I know they won't be happy that you are both tired when you go to school" Brittany said, kindly. Henry and Rose looked at each other for a few moments before both shaking their head.
"Nope, we're going to wait for Mommy and Daddy" Henry replied before turning back to the TV where the group were watching Moana (at Rose's request). Brittany looked over at Mercedes and Santana and nodded her head at the kitchen. Mercedes checked on a sleeping Mason in his travel crib before following Santana and Brittany into the kitchen.
"What are we going to do? Finn and Rachel are going to kill us if we don't get them two to sleep" Brittany said, alarmed waving her hand at the two children on the sofa, both completely unaware of the frustration they were causing.
"They might understand, they obviously needed a night out because of Rose and Henry acting up. We're not parents like them, they were probably expecting this to happen" Santana shrugged. Mercedes and Brittany didn't seem as convinced.
"I'm sure they expected us to make them sleep, its already midnight!" Mercedes argued. Before anyone could respond, Santana's phone started to ring, she quickly picked it up before the noise woke Mason.
"Hello… where are you calling from?... are you serious? Yeah, I'll be right there" Santana disconnected the call then looked at Mercedes and Brittany "No need to worry, Rachel and Finn aren't going to say a word about what we let happen here tonight"
Brittany narrowed her eyes at her "And why's that"
"That was Rachel on the phone, she needs me to pick them up. Rachel and Finn were just arrested for trespassing"
13th Precinct – Greenwich Village – Wednesday Night
"Well, well now this is just something I never thought I'd never see" Santana laughed as she looked over at Rachel and Finn who were sat behind the bars at the Greenwich police station. Santana pulled out her phone and took a few photos of the married couple as they both glared at her "These are my new favourite photos. You two are parents, you should set a better example for those children of yours"
"Very funny Santana can you get us out of here or not" Rachel snipped, running her hands through her still wet hair. When Rachel and Finn had been caught, they had been in just their underwear. Luckily for them the security guard had let them put their clothes on before he called the police.
"Luckily for you, the arresting officer is an old friend of mine, don't tell Brittany, and he's agreed to let you go and I've spoken to the manager of the hotel and they said they won't press charges as long as there is a nice article about their hotel in your next issue" Santana explained, as a police officer unlocked the bars to let Rachel and Finn out.
"My magazine is about Broadway" Rachel sighed as she followed Santana over to the police man's desk.
"I'm sure you'll think of something… now if you just sign these papers, we can be on our way" Santana mused, happily. Rachel and Finn sighed the papers as the police officer opening checked Santana out.
"You should call me some time Santana" The Police Officer said, smiling seductively at her. Santana held up her hand to show her wedding ring.
"I'm married, to a woman. Now let's go felons" Santana jested before striding out of the building with Finn and Rachel following behind.
While Santana tried to hail them a taxi, Finn wrapped arm around Rachel and pulled her close, Rachel snuggled into his arms and gave him a quick kiss.
"So, what did you think to our little misadventure" Finn wondered smiling down at Rachel. They had actually been having a good time at the pool. They had been totally alone and if the security guard had come just a few minute later, it would have been very embarrassing for everyone involved.
"I had a great night, and hey we can mark something off our bucket list – getting arrested while half naked and dripping wet" Rachel joked. Finn smiled at her dipping his head to give her a sweet kiss. Rachel quickly responded despite the protests coming from Santana.
"I love you"
"I love you too" Rachel whispered back before giving him another kiss.
"Come on love birds, you have two monsters to deal with" Santana shouted at them from the waiting cab. Rachel gave Finn one last kiss before the both got in the taxi.
Santana and Brittany's Apartment – Upper East Side – Early Thursday Morning
Twenty minutes later Santana, Rachel and Finn were walking into the apartment to see Mercedes and Brittany were both asleep on the sofa while, Rose and Henry sat on the floor watching a movie, with Mason asleep on the floor between them.
"Glad to see I left my children in such capable hands" Finn snipped as he walked into the living room and picked up Mason, while Santana shook Mercedes and Brittany awake.
"You do remember you got arrested tonight right" Santana quipped as she took a seat on the sofa and cuddled into Brittany. Finn just rolled his eyes as he took a seat on the lounge chair with Mason in his arms. Rachel sat down on the floor and Rose and Henry climbed into her lap.
"We're so glad you're here Mommy, can we go home now?" Rose asked, batting her eyelashes at Rachel.
"Don't bat those lashes at me young lady, Auntie Sans told me what you two have been like tonight. You owe your aunties an apology" Rachel reprimanded, giving Rose a pointed look. Rose moved off her mother's lap and climbed up the sofa.
"I'm sorry Auntie Sans, Auntie Cedes" Rose apologised, she leaned across Santana to look at Brittany "Sorry Auntie Britt"
Brittany beamed back at Rose. That was the first time Rose or any of the children had called Brittany auntie, and unbeknownst to them it was all she wanted to hear.
"That's okay Rose" Brittany replied.
"Now you and Henry can clean up all this mess before we go home" Rachel said looking between both her children "Move it!"
Rose and Henry both immediately jumped up and started cleaning up the makeup and board game they had scattered around the apartment. While the others settled in to watch the movie Brittany leaned down so she could whisper in Rachel's ear.
"You have to teach me how you did that"
Rachel gave a small smile before she cuddled into Finn's side. He wrapped his arms around her and leaned down to whisper in her ear.
"That was so hot… the things I'm gonna do to you when we get home…" Finn whispered, sending a shiver down Rachel's spine before she leaned up to give him a searing kiss, ignoring the boo's that were coming from Santana and Mercedes and the 'gross' that Henry gave them.