Chapter 21

Finn POV

"Rach, come on, would you hurry up and come out of there. I really gotta pee." I've been standing outside the bathroom door for 20 minutes waiting for Rachel to finish getting ready and my bladder has finally decided that enough is enough. Living with Kurt means always having to scramble for the bathroom, but since Rachel has been staying with us, I have to time my bathroom breaks just right or I don't get in there.

"I'm almost done Finn."

"Rach, if you don't come out right now, I'm coming in and taking a piss in front of you. I don't care if you are dressed; I don't care if you want me in there or not. So I'm coming in….3…2…1." I grab the handle and open the door. Rachel is standing in front of the mirror with her face covered in cream. Between her and Kurt I don't know who scares me more in the morning.

"FINN!" She yells. I throw my hands in the air, walk in the room, and shut the door behind me.

"Don't care right now, gonna pee my damn pants Rach." I push past her and quickly unzip my pants as I run to the toilet.

"Oh my God are you seriously going to pee right now in front of me. Have we become THAT couple?" She screeches!

"Don't hear you. Peeing now." I holler back at her.

"Oh God." She says turning back to the mirror. I finally feel relief and zip back up and look over at her in the mirror. She has her eyes closed and her hands over her ears and I can't help but chuckle at how adorable she is.

"I'm done now. You can stop acting like a child." I laugh and sit down on the edge of the tub watching her.

"Finn that was….weird." she says making a face at me in the mirror.

"Why? You've seen me naked, I've seen you naked, and we've done stuff naked." I raise my eyebrows up and down and then wink at her.

"I get it Finn, nakedness ensued. How does that equate to you peeing in front of me." She giggles.

"Rach, we are gonna be living together next year. Four of us in a loft with one bathroom. This isn't going to be the last time this comes up." She turns around with her mouth open.

"Oh God, you expect me to just watch Kurt or Blaine pee in front of me too?" Wait What?

"Woah, NOOOO. No way in hell Rach. I watched you kiss that dude, there is no way you are checkin' him out naked too." She wrinkles her brow as she washes the cream off her face.

"Oh good, I thought you had lost your mind or something."

"No my mind is still completely in thumb tacks; I wouldn't want you to see any of those dudes naked. I've seen Kurt naked on accident. You don't want to make that mistake babe." She giggles and walks over to me.

"Thumb tacks baby?" I look at her confused.

"Let me guess, not what I meant to say? I always do that Rach, colleges are going to hate me." I'm the first one to admit that knowing what I'm saying and meaning the right thing totally don't come easy for me. Sure it's been better since I met Rachel; she's really cool at helping me pick the right words. But I really don't want to come across like some dumb jock idiot in New York. Especially since I won't be a jock anymore.

"Baby, colleges are not going to hate you. Besides, I'll be there to help you out with your homework and your papers." She grins and sits on my lap. "And I think what you meant to say was 'intact'. You're mind is still intact."

"Oh, yeah well I guess I was close then." She kisses me on the forehead and I breathe in her scent. I can tell she's just showered because her hair is still wet and smells of strawberries. I nuzzle into her neck and kiss her just under the ear lobe.

"You smell nice." I say quietly in her ear. And I hear her moan lightly and I'm proud of myself for being able to have that effect on her.

"You on the other hand. Shower, now?" She says standing up.

"Hey! I would have already done it if you and Kurt weren't taking up rent in here. How's a guys supposed to keep up if you two won't even leave the bathroom!" She pushes me off the tub and leans over and turns the shower on. Suddenly I can't think of anything else except a naked Rachel with water running down her very naked body. I lick my lips and she looks up at me.

"What?" she says, her cheeks red.

"Nothing..what? I didn't say anything." I say quickly turning around and taking my t-shirt off.

"What are you doing?" She asks as I start to push my jeans to the floor.

"I'm doing what you told me to. Geez Rach!"

"Finn, I'm still in the room." She starts gathering her stuff of the sink.

"Again, you, me, already seen each other naked." I say shoving my boxers to the ground and stepping into the shower.

"You are impossible Finn Hudson." She says pulling the curtain shut behind me.

"You know you could always join me in here." I say grinning out at her. Her faces pales and then she smiles at me.

"You do know your parents are in this house right at this moment making your breakfast? And Kurt is in the other room." She leans over and I pull her in to kiss her and the water starts to splash on our faces. She runs her hands down my chest and my heart starts pounding. Talk about every boy's fantasy. But then she pushes me backwards and closes the shower curtain.

"Keep dreaming Hudson." She says as she walks out the door and shuts it behind her.

"Dammit!" I curse. Women truly are evil.

By the time I finish my now cold shower, everyone is sitting down at the table for breakfast. Rachel smiles sweetly at me from the table and I sit down next to her and stick my tongue out.

"Bout time you came down here, we've been waiting forever." Kurt says snapping at me.

"Are you serious?" I say staring at them both. "You two divas need more time to get ready in the morning than that Gaga chick needs to put make up on!"

"Oh please." Rachel says. "Whatever." Kurt chimes in. "You never even bother doing anything except throwing water on your head and shaking like a dog in the morning."

"Yeah, but it doesn't take that much to look this good." I say winking at Rachel.

"Ok boys, stop showing off in front of Rachel." Burt says while pouring the milk.

"So what do you guys have planned today?" Mom asks smiling up at Rachel. Rachel looks over at me and gives me a grin which makes my heart skip a beat.

"Uh. Sorry, what? Oh plans. Yeah, I gotta do some shopping. I was thinking of heading to the mall today." I look up at Kurt. "You and Rach can tag along. I just need to finish my Christmas shopping." I look over to Rachel and see her eating her toast and she looks up at me.

"Oh I need to do that too. I would love to go to the mall. Kurt I totally was going to ask you to help me out with something anyway." Kurt claps his hands together.

"Yes! New clothes, thank God." Rachel frowns.

"Hey, what's wrong with my clothes? I thought I was dressing much better recently." She frowns down at her outfit and I reach over and take her hand.

"You look beautiful baby, your clothes are fine. Kurt's just an ass."

"Mouth." I hear Burt yell across the table.

"Sorry." I say clearing my throat.

"Kurt that was kind of rude. I think Rachel dresses really cute." Burt continues. Rachel looks up and smiles really big and continues eating her toast.

"Sorry Diva. My mind just always goes to clothes." Kurt says. "But I can definitely do a big shopping trip today. I need to buy some things too. I have NO idea what to get Blaine for Christmas."

"Oh good then we can help each other pick out a gift for our boyfriends." Rachel says to Kurt. My head snaps up.

"Rach, you don't have to get me anything. I mean I know Jews don't do that kinda thing."

"No Finn, I want to. I'm actually really excited to. I want it to be much better than last year's." She realizes what she says and quickly puts her toast in her mouth.

I lean over and tilt her face toward me. "Rach, hearing you sing is still the best gift you give me every sing day." She blushes and my mom makes a sighing sound beside her and I quickly go back to my cereal.

"Well I'm going to go upstairs and get ready for shopping." Kurt says standing up.

"Yeah well don't take forever, I'm leaving in 20 minutes whether your hair is perfect or not." I shout after him.

"Rude." He says walking out of the room.

"I think I'll go finish getting ready then too." Rachel says standing up and squeezing my shoulder.

"20 minutes Rach. You two better be ready." I grab her hand and kiss it as she moves to walk from the room. I quickly finish off my cereal and look up to see Burt and mom staring at me smiling. "Whaat?" I say trying to speak with my mouth full.

"Don't mind your mom. She's just happy." Burt says standing up and cleaning up the dishes from the table.

"I'm just happy to see you so happy Finn. You really care about her a lot don't you?" She reaches over and grabs my hand.

"Yeah mom, I do. I love her so much."

"I can tell. I'm so happy you are finally past all the mistakes and bad stuff from last year."

"Yeah, me too. It's nice to finally feel so care free. I think this is the first Christmas in a while that I actually get to spend being happy and not locked in my room angry." I chuckle.

"Yeah we appreciate that fact too. You were a real pain last year." Burt says wiping down the table.

"Gee thanks!" I get up and put my dishes in the sink and kiss my mom on the cheek. "Ok I'll be back later today. Wish me luck with those two all day!"

"Yeah good luck with that." Burt says laughing as I walk to the hall to grab the keys to my truck.

"Truck's leaving in 5 minutes. I would advise anyone coming along to find their way outside soon." I grab the keys and head out the door to the truck parked out front. I climb in and start the engine so that it warms up. The snow is starting to come down and I'm really happy that it looks like we are going to be getting that white Christmas. I wait for about five minutes and see Rachel running out the front door. I roll down the window and holler out. "Would you please not run? I don't want to have to scoop you up when you fall down."

She stops running and slowly walks to the truck and climbs in to the middle snuggling up beside me. "Sorry, I didn't want you to leave without me." She giggles.

"I would never leave you. Kurt on the other hand has 30 seconds." I start counting down by yelling out the window. When I get to 9 he comes running out the door.

"Would you relax Finn? I'm coming!" He makes his way to the passenger side and climbs in. "Oh shopping trip here we come. I'm so excited. I can't wait to go to the Gap. I'm totally buying Blaine a new scarf."

"Yeah well you two do your shopping together. I need to do something on my own first, but I'll meet you both at the food court for lunch." Rachel smiles up at me and squeezes my leg and at that moment I would rather pull the truck back into the driveway and drag her up to my bedroom. But there will be plenty of time for that. Right now, I need to pick out the perfect Christmas gift for Rachel. But first, I just need to figure out what the heck the perfect gift is!