From This Moment On

Chapter 25

Finn POV

"Seriously, you can't wear that on stage. It looks ridiculous. Are you trying to make us look like idiots?" Puck grabs the hat off my head and tosses it on the couch. I quickly walk back to the couch and grab the hat shoving it back on my head.

"Are you kidding? This hat makes me look hot. We're in Texas Puck. They wear them to the grocery store. I'm wearing it on stage!" He rolls his eyes and laughs at me.

"I think it looks good." Blaine says patting me on the shoulder. "And the fans will love it."

I hear a knock at the door. "Excuse me, flowers for the band." The lady peeks her head in the door and I shudder when she carries the flowers into the room. It had been a week since the nonsense in Alabama with the food delivery and they had spoken to the local police. The food was fine and there wasn't anything they could do about the letters since no one was actually being threatened. I put it out of my mind and it had been quiet for the last week but I was still on guard and every time I saw flowers delivered I felt my heart jump.

Sam grabbed the flowers suddenly from the woman and quickly grabbed the card and read it over. He looked at me silently and nodded that it was fine. I immediately relaxed and grabbed my drumsticks to get myself prepared for the show. I sat on the couch tapping out the beat on my legs as I mentally prepared myself to go on stage. It had been a stressful couple of weeks but I was determined to move past it.

"One night stand, you're up." We heard the stage manager yell and we gathered our stuff and headed toward the stage.

"Let's go cowboy Finn." Puck jokes as he walks out onto the stage and starts to get the fans riled up.

I tip my hat to the fans as I enter the stage and climb behind my drum set causing a lot of screams. I knew this hat would be freaking epic when I bought it.

"Howdy." I say into the microphone as the crowd goes wild screaming for me. I tip my hat at Puck who gives me the finger and I bang out the beat for our first song. I love seeing the people in the audience cheering for me and I recognize a lot of their faces from previous shows or meet and greets. I really am quite lucky to be able to do this. I know it won't last forever and eventually I am going to have to find a job in the teaching industry but right now I just want to see where this leads. And if it eventually brings Rachel and me some cash then it will help us get our own place for after we are married.

I watch as Blaine finishes thanking the crowd for coming and I yell my goodbyes into the microphone and toss my sticks out into the crowd and run off stage.

"Told you they would appreciate the hat." I say to Puck as he walks off.

"Yeah I may need to borrow that thing after the way those ladies looked like they wanted to eat you for dinner in it."

"You can never be me man. Hat or not. You're just gonna have to deal with that." I slap him on the back and walk back to our dressing room.

When we enter the room I immediately notice the two other people already there. "Rach? What are you doing here?" I walk over to her quickly, pulling her in to my arms and looking over at Quinn and nodding.

"Hey, um well we just wanted to check on you guys." She says smiling.

"That's awesome babe." I say pulling her face to mine and kissing her lips softly. "I have missed you so much." I whisper in her ear as I pull her into my chest again.

She smiles and I notice something a bit different in her eyes but then she pulls me to the couch with her and sits down. "The hat is very adorable." She says pulling it down over my face.

"You like that ma'am." I say in my best southern drawl.

She giggles and curls into my side, gripping me around the waist.

I watch as Quinn stares at us, finally getting up and walking over to talk to Puck. "So how long are you here?" I ask her.

"Oh just tonight. I just…I felt like seeing you." She says softly.

"So you and Quinn just drove here….together?"

"Oh no, we flew here. Kurt's here too. Somewhere." She says looking around for him. Just as soon as she says it he and Blaine come walking in hand in hand.

"Can you believe the surprise?" Blaine says laughing. "So glad you guys did this. I think I was actually missing home."

We drove back to the hotel and Rachel and I head off to our room to change. She's quiet in the elevator and she keeps looking at her hands and I'm not really sure if she's upset or just tired. When we shut the door to the room I set our bags down and turn toward her.

"So babe, are you tired or is there some…." I'm cut off by her lips on mine and I immediately melt into her. Her hands are quickly under my shirt, pulling it up my chest and I yank the hat off my head to help her remove it. I start to toss the hat on the bed when she grabs my hand.

"Nuh uh." She says putting the hat back on my head. "I think I want to ride this cowboy." She grins as she reaches for my belt and starts to pull at it, unfastening it quickly and yanking it through the loops of my jeans.

Once she got the belt off she tugged at the button and zipper on my jeans and I couldn't help but laugh when she got frustrated and I removed my hands from her own shirt to quickly tug my jeans undone and push them toward the ground, toeing out of my shoes and then refocusing all my attention on pulling her shirt off. She was quickly pulling her own pants off when she pushed me backwards and shoved me hard so that my knees buckled and I sat back on the bed, my arms wrapping around her waist and pulling her toward me.

"So you like the hat do you Miss?" I breathe out.

"Oh I like the hat." She grins as she leans her legs against my thigh. I reach out and palm her breasts. Growling as I lean over and take one in my mouth, squeezing the other in my hand. I look up into her eyes and she grins at me, her face dark and full of lust.

"God Rach." I groan out as she slides onto my lap, putting her knees on either side of my waist and bringing her mouth against mine as our tongues collide. My hands tangle with the hair laying against her naked back and I pull some of it into my fist, lightly yanking her hair back, exposing her neck to my waiting mouth. She moans loudly as my tongue explores the skin there, gliding along her jaw line, leaving a hot wet trail as I bite down on her bottom lip.

"Finn I need you so bad." She groans and I move my hand between us, tugging slightly on my erection and guiding it into her.

Her voice wavers as she says my name, slamming herself hard against my hips and I quickly place my hands on either side of her hips, steading her as she slides on and off my cock. "Rach…." I moan and slam her hard against me, her arms wrapped around my neck and her breast against my mouth. I tug my teeth at her nipple before pulling it into my mouth and I feel her hand slip between us as she massages her core. "God you're beautiful." I say looking up into her face, taking one of my hands and grasping her face with my hand, pulling her hard against my mouth and assaulting her mouth with my tongue forcing it into her mouth as she uses her hips to continue to grind into me.

"Yes, oh God…Fi…nn…." I feel her walls tighten around me and she slams against me hard as I release inside her groaning her name and digging my fingers into her hips. She wraps her arms around my neck and her face nuzzles against my shoulder. I wrap my arms pulling her tight against me. When she finally pulls back she reaches up and tips the hat off my head.

"Hey you." She says softly as her lips ever so lightly graze my own and her finger tips ghost against my cheek.

I pull her back with me on the bed, sliding up to the top and resting my head on the pillow as she curls into my side, her head landing on my chest and my fingers immediately play through the strands of her hair splayed out against my chest.

"Rach, why are you really here?" I say softly as I watch her lying there. She flinches and I know my instinct was right.

She looks up into my eyes. "Um, I told you. I wanted to see you."

"Rach, I know you. You don't ever just pop in to see me without telling me first. What's up?"

She sighs. "Ok but I don't want you to freak out ok." She sits up on her elbows.

"We got this call. Well I didn't, Beth did."

"Is something wrong with Beth?" I ask concerned.

"She's fine. But the person on the phone told her that Puck and Quinn were her parents and that her mom was lying to her and that I was really Shelby's daughter."

"What? Who the hell did that?"

"I don't know. I don't want to think Quinn would do that, but she was my first guess since she wasn't in the house at the time of the call. But it just seems so cruel that it's almost too mean even for Quinn."

"Did you talk to Shelby?"

"Yeah and she thinks maybe it's some crazy from our show who has seen us all together or something. I don't know. Part of me thought it might be Seth, but he's been really quiet lately and I don't think he knows anything about me and Shelby and Beth."

"Do you need me to come home?" I ask her concerned as my fingers trace her cheeks.

"No. I just needed to get away. I didn't want to worry you over the phone because Shelby thinks it's going to be fine, but I just needed to see you because I always feel better when I'm with you."

I pull her close to me and she snuggles against my chest and closes her eyes. "I'm always here for you babe." I say to her before drifting off to sleep.

I don't tell her about the letters. She has her own worries and I don't want to worry her any more than she already is dealing with Beth and Shelby.

I hate saying goodbye to her the next morning. It hurts to see her leave anymore. I miss waking up with her and holding her. But I know she needs to get back to her own show. It's funny how when you are chasing your dreams and you have someone so supportive beside you that you forget you have to miss being with them every moment when your dreams finally arrive.

I kiss her goodbye and watch as the cab leaves for the airport and head back up to my room. When I enter the room I notice immediately the smell of perfume. And it's one I know I've smelled before. I carefully look around the room to see if anyone is there. "Hello?" I call out but I'm met with silence. I shrug and head in to the bathroom to shower.

When I come out of the room I start to pack up my stuff when I notice the small paper sitting on my pillow. It has the same pink writing that has haunted my dreams for weeks.

'Finny,

That bitch needs to stay in New York. I've tried being nice. I'm not going to stay that way for long. When are you going to realize that all she does is bring you down with her baggage and her problems? You belong with me. One day it will be you and I together in that bed wrapped in each other's arms. And I won't even make you wear the hat. I'll see you soon my love.

Love, your secret admirer'