Here's the next chapter! Hope you are all ready for Brittana and Klaine to be reunited! I promise there will be more of them to come! Thank you all who read this! Please leave your reviews!
Summer was beginning to come to an end. Finn had gone back to Lima a month ago once Burt had to go back to Washington D.C. meaning Finn had to go home to help Sam run the shop. After he had left, Rachel had begun taking a few workshop classes that were being offered to help improve her range and her performance. Kurt and Santana were both registered for classes at NYU where they would begin in September. Finn would move to Georgia at the end of August to begin looking for any bit of information he could find about what had happened to his father. Detective Jones had even set him up with a job which would help him to be right on the base and would benefit him in finding out any information he could. Everything seemed to be finally falling into place.
Rachel and Kurt were sitting on the couch trying to figure out a song for Rachel to sing at the workshop the next week when they heard Santana scream. Before either of them could get up to see what was wrong she came running into the room holding her phone out. "Look at the picture Britt just sent me! Is that not here in New York? I swear we walk past that coffee shop all the time."
Kurt took the phone away from Santana. The message read Look where I just stopped to get something to eat. I've heard that it is a great place to go when you are starving. Loves! "Umm yeah Tana that is about 4 blocks from here. Rach, didn't we go here the other day."
Rachel looked at the phone and laughed, "Yeah we went there last week. I was telling Finn how much I loved the bagels that they had. Wait, how would Brittney know about it, the grand opening was like two weeks ago?"
Before any of them could figure out what was going on, they heard a knock at the door. Santana ran to the door and gasped. Kurt and Rachel were following close behind. Standing in the door way was Brittney and Blaine. "Surprise!" they both yelled in unison. Santana and Kurt both just sat there staring at the two of them.
Rachel laughed and invited them in, pulling Santana and Kurt out of the way so that Blaine and Brittney could come in. As Blaine was coming in, she saw him look down the hall and nod his head. Figuring it was one of their neighbors she began to shut the door. Just as it was about to close she felt someone's hand push against it. As she opened it again, she knew she recognized that hand. The door was barely opened all the way before she threw herself into Finn's opened arms. "You came back," she whispered into his shoulder. "I figured you were so busy at home that you wouldn't be able to see me before you went to Georgia. But here you are!"
Finn could feel his shoulder getting damp with her tears. He pulled her down so he could see her face, "Rachel, darling, do you honestly think that I would have gone away without coming to see you? Brittney and Blaine wanted to take a trip here before school started so I decided to tag along with them. I've known for about two weeks but they swore me to secrecy because they wanted to make it a surprise for Santana and Kurt. It has been so hard to not say anything to you. I kept trying to drop hints to you whenever we would talk but I guess they weren't that good of hints."
Rachel thought about what Finn was saying. She did think it was weird when she had told him about the coffee shop that he said he wouldn't just take her word for it, but he would try it out soon and when she had told him that she missed him he just replied back with a soon. She had assumed he just meant that he would try to hurry up everything in Georgia as soon as he could. She smiled at him and wrapped her arms around his neck, forcing Finn to lower himself to her level. She didn't care if the other two couples were staring at them. She kissed him and she felt him deepen their kiss. She finally felt like she had come home again.
The three couples were all seated in the front room eating the take-out they had decided to order in. All of them just wanted to enjoy each other's company rather than go out and explore the city. The only one of them that hadn't been there before was Blaine but Kurt had a plan all of his own to make lots of great memories while his boyfriend was in town. They were all relaxing and trying to decide what movie to watch. Rachel was lying across Finn's lap while he played with her hair. She didn't know why but whenever he would play with her hair, she was completely relaxed. She was so relaxed she didn't realize that Kurt was trying to talk to her.
"Rachel! We still need to pick that duet you are going to sing for your class next week! That is what we were in the process of doing when we were interrupted by the arrival of these three wonderful people. We need to pick that song so we can start practicing it."
Rachel slowly sat up and leaned against Finn's shoulder. She felt him shift and drape his arm over her. She turned to look at his face as she spoke, "When are you guys going back?"
"Umm, didn't we decide two weeks Blaine?" Blaine nodded. Finn turned his attention back to Rachel, "Burt is home for a few days and he hired a new worker to take my place when I leave so he is training him and Sam to take over more responsibility. But we may be able to extend it longer depending on when the other two want to go back. Why what's up, princess?"
"Well I have to sing this duet at my workshop this next week. As much as I love singing with Kurt, our voices connect better and I think it would be really fun to sing one last duet with you before you leave me. Kurt, are you okay if Finn sings with me? I am sure there will be lots more opportunities for us to sing together."
Kurt looked as though he had just been thrown in a dumpster, "Serious? I am getting replaced for him?" Rachel was about to take it back and tell Kurt he could sing with her when he started laughing, "Oh Diva you didn't think I was serious did you? I would be more than happy to defer to Finn."
Rachel looked up to Finn searching his face for his answer. They hadn't sung together since they graduated and she had no idea if he had still been singing. "I mean, I totally understand if you don't want to but I just thought that…"
"Rachel, stop talking. I would love to sing with you! We should probably find one so we can practice. Do you have any ideas?"
Rachel threw herself into his arms, "Thank you! I am so excited! Come on, let's go find one!" She pulled him up off the couch and started walking towards the bedroom to grab her computer and a notebook. Finn went to follow her but was stopped when Brittney started talking about a song she had heard when she was hanging out with Mercedes and Sam.
"Mercedes was telling Sam about this song which relates humans to glass. I don't quite understand what that has to do with anything but it is a duet and I think that it would sound great with Rachel and Finn singing it. Mercedes knows the name of it but I can't even remember what it is called."
Sam had shown the song to Finn when he was at work one day. Sam had asked Finn if he knew what it meant, but of course Finn was just as confused as Sam. He remembered how beautiful the song was. He grabbed his phone and thanked Brittney for the idea.
Hey man! Remember that song that you showed me the other day that Mercedes loved? What is the name of it? Rachel needs a duet and Britt thinks that would be a great one for us to sing. You guys don't mind do ya? –Finn
Within a few minutes, he had his reply: Glad you made it to New York. The song is called 'Glass' and Cedes thinks it will be a great song for the two of you to sing. She wants you to try recording it so she can listen to it! –Sam
When Finn finally opened the bedroom door, he saw that Rachel had changed. Rather than the white skirt and navy blue top she was wearing, she now was wearing capris sweat pants, a magenta tank top and had her hair pulled up in a ballerina style bun. Finn stood against the door and just stared at her. Kurt had made the comment once that he hated when girls would walk around in their sweats and their hair pulled up because it looked like they had been too lazy to even get ready for the morning. Finn, however, loved when he saw Rachel like this. It reminded him of just how beautiful she really was. Rachel would never be caught dead outside of her apartment like this unless she was at dance rehearsal which made it even more special for Finn to see her like this.
Rachel hadn't even looked up from her computer when he came in. He walked to his side of the bed and took his shoes off so that he wouldn't get the bed dirty. Once he had finished, he leaned over and kissed her cheek. She finally looked up and smiled, "About time you showed up. I can't find a song that is perfect for us to sing. I am getting so frustrated." She almost protested when Finn leaned over and kissed her gently on her lips and then took her computer off her lap.
"Sam showed me this song the other day and I think that it would be perfect for us to sing. Let me play it for you and you can decide since it is for your class. He handed her the computer back and leaned against the headboard, pulling him closer to her. As she listened to the song, she would nod her head and write down a few things.
As the song came to an end, she rested her head back on his shoulder so she could look into his eyes, "This is a perfect song for us to sing. I love it, just like I love you."
Finn wrapped his arms around her. They were silent for a few minutes before he decided to ask the question that had been weighing on his mind for a while. "I don't mean to upset you, my love, but have you talked to your dads at all since the falling out?" He felt her tense in his arms, "I was just curious, if you don't want to talk about it or anything we don't have to."
"Finn, I've tried to get in contact with them, but they never answer or return my phone calls. I just didn't realize that they were so bitter towards our relationship. I sent them an email asking them to send me something and I got it in the mail two days later with no letter or anything. I just hope that they are more accepting of it by our wedding."
Finn rested his chin on her head and sighed, "Well the reason that I am asking is because my mom and I were talking before I came out here and I told her that I was really worried about it and that I didn't want to be the reason your family was now completely broken. I love you too much to see you hurt like this. Anyways I told her that we were worried about trying to pay for the wedding since your family is against the whole marriage thing. I mean yes we already have the dress, but I want to make the wedding more special than the first one would have been. She said her and Burt have been discussing this and they are going to help us cover any costs that we can't cover on our own. She has a friend that caters weddings who will give her a discount and if we have Kurt help us out, I am sure he will keep it under budget like he did with Mom and Burt's wedding. I don't want you to be worried about that. While I am in Georgia, I want us to get the wedding all planned so that once I get home we can get married. If you want to give your dads more time, I completely understand. I just, I just am so tired of waiting. I feel like I have been waiting too long already."
Rachel wiped tears from her eyes and looked into Finn's soft brown eyes. He somehow always knew exactly what she needed to hear. He wiped away the tears and tucked a piece of stray hair away that had fallen out of her bun. He leaned down so his forehead was pressed against hers and kissed her nose, "Can I just tell you how beautiful you look when you are wearing no makeup and sweats. You are the most beautiful girl I have ever seen. How about we practice this song so I don't mess it up for you?" She smiled and kissed him gently. She could hardly wait until she could bear his name as her own