Brand New Start
Chapter 38
Finn POV
"Yo yo yo Hudson!" Puck yells from across the security lane. Sam waves at Rachel and they make their way toward us.
"I'm so excited." Rachel squeals as she breaks free from my hand and jumps into Sam's arms. Puck walks over and bumps my fist.
"I knew we'd be back bro." He says.
"Yeah well, as I said on the phone. Don't make me regret it!" I laugh.
"You guys, isn't this amazing? The four of us in New York City. I could scream." Rachel squeaks.
"Please don't Berry. I don't want to have to gag a lady but I will." Puck jokes and I give him a dirty look.
"I thought that's what you did with that one chick last Friday night?" Sam jokes.
"Hey that was NO lady!"
Flashes go off from across the street as we walk back to the car. I look up and see a few people waving in our direction and I wave back as I climb into the driver's seat.
"I guess they are back to work." I say to Rachel as she gets in.
"Yeah I saw them earlier when we got out. That's good for the band though right?"
"I guess."
We pull up at the loft and grab their stuff out of the back of the car. They will be staying with us until they find a place of their own. I'm excited but the house is getting crowded. When we walk in the door Kyle, Kurt and Blaine are playing a video game and yelling loudly.
"That was my kill Kurt." Kyle complains.
"Oh go sod off. You whine like a girl and we're the gay guys!" Kurt jabs. Blaine starts laughing and then notices we have arrived.
"Hey! You guys made it!" He says jumping up and grabbing some bags from Sam's hand.
"Hell yeah, now where's the food?" Puck shouts.
Rachel groans and heads to the kitchen. Puck leans over, "She's not going to make that gross tofu pizza again is she." He whispers.
"Maybe." I smirk.
As we're sitting around the table eating our pizza, peperoni of course because Rachel always makes her own tofu pizza and doesn't force me to eat it, we are all joking and talking about the yogurt shop gig that we finally landed.
"So it's a shop for just yogurt?" Puck asks confused.
"Does it matter what they serve? It's a gig." I say as I toss a piece of peperoni at Puck.
"Hey you'd be wise to hush mister or my story will have to come out."
I look at him in terror. "You wouldn't."
"What story?" Rachel asks. Oh shit!
"It's nothing. Not important, nothing to tell." I say quickly getting up from the table and putting my dish in the sink.
"Finn, it sure seems like something to tell." She laughs.
"So it's junior year…." Puck starts.
"PUCKERMAN! Don't you dare?" I shout.
"And my boy here is in a complete depression about Rachel."
"I'm not fucking kidding." I say walking back to the table.
"Finn let him talk man!" Sam says enthused. "I haven't heard this either."
I groan and put my head into my hands and rest them on the table.
"So before I was interrupted I was saying that Finn here is in depression. He and Rachel are on the outs, and I'm feeling pretty bad about it."
"Because you helped cause it!" I yell.
"Shh. I'm talking bro. My story here!"
"I'm feeling pretty bad about it cuz well I might have had a small part it in."
I groan again and I feel Rachel's hand graze my thigh and she smiles nervously at me.
"So anyway, it's after our big win at the Superbowl and Finn and I are still not on the best of terms."
"Ok I think I'm missing what the heck you had to do with them breaking up." Kyle interrupts.
"Yeah he's leaving out the making out with my girlfriend part." I laugh.
"My story bro!" Puck says irritated.
"It's vital information dude!"
"Whatever! Continuing. So Finn's all upset a couple of days after the game and he's not talking to anyone. So I talk to him after school one day and he says he's tired of fighting and he just wants to get drunk."
"Finn!" Rachel scolds beside me.
"What! I was stressed out. I had a lot going on back then."
"ANYWAY you two. As I was saying, we go back to my place and really party. Like I still don't think I've ever drank like that again. We both pass out cold. But when I wake up…."
I jump up from the table. "I'm out." But Rachel grabs my hand and pulls me back down in my seat.
"And I wonder where I am when I wake up because all I can feel is someone behind me, groping me. And I look down and I feel these arms wrapped around my waist and I'm freaking out thinking I'm about to be gang raped or something and then I hear it."
"Oh my God what?" Kurt says totally in to the story.
"It's this low moan. 'Raaachel, oh Rachel.' And I turn my face and all of a sudden someone is kissing me. So I yank back and scream 'rape rape' and the person who was kissing me falls off the bed."
"Jesus Christ you make this so dramatic." I shout.
"I look over the bed." He says peering down on to the floor in dramatic fashion. "And I see my boy here Finn, dressed only in his spiderman boxers, and he's cuddling my dog now, trying to make out with poor old Reggie, crying out for Rachel."
"Oh my God!" Everyone around the table says as they all burst into laughter.
"Yeah yeah make fun of me. I was drunk and I was having a moment!"
"Yeah with Reggie!" Sam blurts out as he holds his sides laughing.
"Whatever." I say getting up from the table.
Rachel looks up at me and she's trying not to laugh but she also looks kind of sad. I turn back to the table. "Hey I was confused. Quinn had kissed me after that damn game, I thought Rachel wanted Puck or something, and I was generally pissed off. I can't help it if I drunk dream about Rachel." I say seriously.
"I'm happy you drunk dream about me." She says grabbing my hand.
"Yeah it's better than what they do now when they get drunk." Kurt laughs and then starts to mimick our voices. "Oh God Rachel right there. Oh please Finn don't stop."
"Oh laugh it up big boy!" I say kicking the back of Kurt's chair.
"So were these like the cookie monster boxers." Sam laughs.
"Oh God! Let's so not go there, I think we've picked on Finn enough." Rachel says seriously.
"Oh now you wanna stick up for me." I say to her.
"Ok I'm missing something." Kyle says confused.
"Let's just say Finchel has a tendency to tape their sexcapades and sent them to their friends on accident." Kurt announces to the table.
"Holy hell you two." Kyle chokes.
I look over and Rachel is getting red in the face. "I think we've talked enough about this now. I think we should clean up." She gets up from the table and starts to remove the dishes from the other guys.
"So these videos, are they out there on the net somewhere?" Kyle asks.
"Don't go there man, I'm not afraid to hit you." I joke.
"Kiddddding! He says holding up his hands in front of his face. And I wonder if he actually was kidding, but I've gotten used to his joking about Rachel now. And I know that Rachel wants nothing to do with him anyway. She's my girl and no one is taking her from me ever.
"Ok boys, clean up and go work on your next song. I expect you all to be back out there performing soon!" Rachel grabs the towel and swings it at my butt. Everyone gets up from the table and takes their stuff to the sink and heads back out to the living room.
"You coming Hudson?" Puck asks.
"In a minute, I'm gonna help Rachel with the dishes." Puck's face drops.
"Fuck you are whipped!" He says shaking his head as he leaves the room.
"Baby you don't have to do that. I know you guys got work to do."
"No way, just cuz you are the only girl in this house doesn't mean you need to take care of all of us guys. That's like sexual or something."
She laughs and then puts her arms around my neck. "Sexist. It's totally sexist Finn. So thank you." She leans up on her toes and softly plants her lips to mine. I wrap my arms around her waist and lift her off the floor as I deepen the kiss and she squeals into my mouth.
I set her back down on the ground. "I love you Rach."
"I love you too." She smiles.
"I'm so glad we worked things out. I wouldn't have a life without you."
"Me either baby." She giggles and turns to the sink and starts to wash off the dishes. I walk over beside her and start drying the clean dishes and put them away.
"We make a good team." She giggles as she hands me a cup.
"We always have. I seem to recall the only time our football team won a championship was when you and I were both on the team." I smile down at her.
"And Glee club only won the years we were together on the club." She states.
"So true. We're like totally awesome and stuff."
"Team Finchel." She giggles and gives me a wet high five.
"You two are disgusting." Puck complains as he walks in the kitchen and grabs a beer from the fridge. "Cute but totally disgusting." He walks back out of the room.
Rachel and I look at each other and laugh. "Do you ever wish you were single?" She says quietly.
"What? Why?"
"You've been dating me since high school. Now you're in a band and girls love you and you're still tied down."
"Baby, I'd be tied down by you any day." I smirk as I wrap my arms around her and bring my forehead down to hers.
She smacks my arm. "I'm being serious."
"Babe, there is no way I want to be single. Ever again. I love being with you. Besides, none of this would even be fun if I didn't have you to share it with. You make this worth it."
She blinks and then I see a smile grow on her face. "You'd tell me if you wanted to be free right. Even if you just needed a break."
"Babe this isn't friends. This is real life, we don't get to take a break. Besides, I remember that didn't go so well for Ross and Rachel anyway."
She giggles. "They still ended up together in the end."
"Yeah and so do we." I lean down and capture her lips with mine and she sighs as we make contact. I groan as I hear the guys calling for me in the other room.
"Go, write some epic music. You could even write me a song." She grins against my lips.
"I only want you forever, don't forget that." I say softly as we pull apart.
She grins and then gets a mischievous look on her face. "Tied down huh?" She giggles.
"Woah. That was a joke." I laugh nervously.
She winks and then walks back toward the bedroom. I stand there staring at her wondering if she realizes I really was kidding about the being tied down part, and then I make my way to the guys in the living room.
"You done being a girl Hudson?" Puck smirks as I sit down.
"Fuck off; at least I have a girl." I snap.
"Let's get down to business shall we. We have one original song and we need at least 6 before we do that gig." Blaine says seriously.
"Ok let's get to work." I say grabbing my paper and pencil.
"Kurt, can I borrow you for a second?" Rachel asks coming in to the room.
"Sure Rachel, what do you need?" Kurt asks as he followers her toward the bedroom.
"I'm trying to find some rope. I need it for later." She says looking over her shoulder at me and grinning.
I swallow hard. Oh shit!