A/N: So here's what you missed on Glee. Rachel came out of the hospital after attempting suicide and had Finn and New Direction's support for her. New Directions is getting ready for Nationals in New York and they hope to take down The Hoosierdaddies who are led by Frida Romero, the same girl that caused Rachel to go to the hospital in the first place. And that's what you missed on, GLEE.
Disclaimer: I do not own Glee, but I wish I did.
Note: As we all know by now, Gleeks lost an important person today. Cory Monteith (who plays Finn Hudson) passed away last night after being found in his hotel room in Vancouver. Let us take a moment and offer our condolences to the Glee Cast, Cory's family and to Lea Michele, the one who wanted to love Cory more. If Finn is going to die in Glee, I wanted him to die a hero. So, here is the final chapter to feature Finn Hudson as our lovable New Direction lead-and you might want some tissues. This is for you, Cory.
Friday afternoon, Finn, Rachel, Kurt and Santana entered the loft, taking in the sight. Rachel missed the smells of the loft, the sights, she even missed the bedroom where Finn and her would spend all of their night hours with one another. She glanced over at Finn, seeing that he was giving her a warm smile. Rachel couldn't believe that she thought the right way to get rid of her problems was to rid herself—with her seeing that, maybe she wouldn't have to go and see someone for help on Monday. Maybe. Rachel entered the bedroom, placing her suitcase down as she started to take out her clothes and place them in the drawers. Fin entered the room, stuffing his hands in his pockets, watching Rachel finishing her unpacking. Finn cleared his throat, causing Rachel to turn back at him with a slight grin.
"Are you almost done?" Finn asked as Rachel turned back around and continued to unpack.
"Almost. I just have one more bundle of clothes to put away and then we can go meet the Glee Club at the hotel they're staying at." Rachel said. Finn walked over to her, studying her for a moment.
"Rachel, are you okay?" Finn asked.
"Yeah, I'm fine. I'm just putting my clothes away." Rachel smiled for Finn in hopes to get him off her back. Finn however, didn't budge.
"Rachel, Regionals is on Sunday night. I'm sure that we can have some downtime with the Glee Club before they have to get back to rehearsing." Finn reasoned. Rachel raised an eyebrow, scratching her hair.
"They want to win a National Championship, right? So they have to get whipped into shape if they have any chance of beating the Starlight Knights and The Hoosierdaddies." Rachel explained.
'Is this about The Hoosierdaddies or is this about you vs. Frida?" Finn wondered. Rachel shook her head, not understanding what Finn was talking about.
"What do you mean?" Rachel asked.
"I mean that you're still upset with what happened with you and Frida back in Lima that you're willing to get back at her by using the Glee Club as an excuse." Finn clarified. "Rachel, the Glee Club can only do so much. I know you see yourself in Marley and I know that you're trying to push her to be the best that she can be, but New Directions is already down packed. The vocals are excellent, the dancing is superb and the girls are going to shine during that girls number. Just relax a bit." Finn put a comforting hand on Rachel's arm as she nodded her head. "You know, I have a great idea on how to cheer you up."
"How?" Rachel asked.
"A slumber party." Finn quickly answered. Rachel became skeptical.
"A slumber party?" Rachel repeated.
"Yes. I mean, it's what every girl dreams of. You can have all the New Directions girls, Santana, Quinn, Mercedes, Kurt and you guys can all do each other's makeup and do each other's hair and whatever stuff girls do at a slumber party." Finn plotted. "And since it's a girl's slumber party, I can hang out with the guys of New Directions. It would be no problem for me."
"And you think a slumber party is going to help?" Rachel continued to seem unconvinced by the situation.
"I think a slumber party is exactly what you need." Finn smiled. "A girl's night in with the girls and Kurt is exactly what you need. I'll even leave Rock Band playing for you guys so you can sing to your heart's content…as long as you don't bug the neighbors." After hearing a chance for Rachel to shine, she quickly grinned, nodding her head.
"All right then." Rachel agreed. Finn pumped his fist in the air as Rachel giggled slightly. Maybe tonight would be just the thing to distract Rachel from her quest of trying to win New Directions a National Championship. Finn placed a kiss on Rachel's forehead, then headed towards the living room to get his suitcase. "Where are you going?"
"I have to get my stuff." Finn said, going into the kitchen. "I left my suitcases in the living room." Rachel shook her head with amusement at her husband, then going back to undoing the suitcase. Maybe a slumber party was just what Rachel needed. She'd have a bunch of her closest friends there, and maybe she could convince them that she was perfectly fine and that there was nothing wrong with her.
The New Directions walked along Broadway in Times Square as Mr. Schuester led them to one of the nearby hotels that the choir groups were going to be staying in for the weekend. Marley marveled at all the lights and buildings. She hadn't been in New York before and she promised her mom that she would take a lot of pictures for her. Marley looked over to Kitty who shared the same enthusiastic grin with her. The New Directions were ready to take New York by storm—thanks to the help of the alumni that were going to be there to watch them attempt to win another National Championship. As the New Directions entered the hotel, Marley's mouth opened widely, staring at the fancy lobby. Her mother was never able to afford bringing her to a fancy hotel, so just to be there was a life changing experience—even if it was for the weekend.
"All right guys. Let's get you guys into your rooms and then let's head to the auditorium for practice." Mr. Schuester clapped his hands. The kids slightly groaned over at Mr. Schuester as Kitty let out a sigh.
"Mr. Schuester, we've been practicing our butts off for Nationals. It's not every day that we get to see New York City. Why can't we go sightseeing for a bit?" Kitty asked.
"Because we're not here for a vacation." Mr. Schuester quickly answered. "Now, let's get you in your rooms and—where is Jake and Ryder?!" Mr. Schuester looked around seeing that the Puckerman had disappeared along with Ryder.
"I last saw them back towards the bar." Sugar shrugged her shoulders, pointing towards the bar.
"Great. Puckerman 2.0." Mr. Schuester muttered under his breath as he left to find Jake and Ryder. Marley continued to look over at Kitty as she let out an impatient sigh.
"Something wrong, Marley?" Artie rolled next to her, staring at her.
"It's just…we're in one of the most exciting cities in the world and we're being forced to practice until our vocal cords bleed." Marley sighed. "I want to do something fun!"
"And what exactly would that be?" Kitty asked.
"We could explore New York…" Tina suggested.
"Yeah, we did that once. I remember that." Sam smiled over at Tina as she nodded her head.
"That sounds like a good plan, but where would we go?" Blaine asked.
"I think I have an idea on where we could go…" Marley's face turned into a mischievous grin, then turning back to Mr. Schuester who was bringing Jake and Ryder back to the rest of the group.
"All right then let's get to our rooms." Mr. Schuester gave Jake and Ryder a steely glare as he led the rest of the New Directions up the stairs to their room.
"What were you two thinking?" Blaine looked over to Jake and Ryder.
"Thought you could get away with trying to score some drinks with your looks?" Kitty guessed.
"Yeah, how did you know?" Ryder asked.
"Because Puck did the same thing when we were juniors." Artie added as he headed with the rest of the group. Marley nudged Jake, giving him an annoyed look as he shrugged his shoulders.
"We're in New York, baby." Jake put his arm around Marley's shoulder as they walked together to the stairs. "Anything could happen."
"All right, all right. I need your opinion on these outfits." Kurt summoned Santana and Rachel to the living room as the two girls stared over at Kurt.
"Why are we here and Finn isn't?" Santana brought up before Kurt unveiled the outfits.
"Because if Finn was here, he'd be bored." Kurt reasoned. Santana nodded her head, understanding as Kurt unveiled the outfits. The dresses were red dresses with a black sash and sequins on the top part. Rachel and Santana eyed the dresses for a moment, then turned to Kurt in confusion.
"Kurt…this is just like our Nationals dresses…just with sequins all over the place." Rachel eyed the fabric, staring at Kurt.
"All right. I didn't have much inspiration." Kurt sighed. Santana noticed that there were some other dresses that were hidden in bags.
"What are those dresses?" Santana wondered, walking over to the dress bag and unzipping it.
"Santana!" Kurt's eyes widened. Santana opened the dress then her eyes widened. Rachel walked over to Santana as they studied the dress. The dress was a hot pink with a black heart belt in the middle. The under layer of the dress had red and white flowing through it. Rachel and Santana started twirling around with the dress as Kurt eyed them. That was when he realized Rachel and Santana loved the dresses. Finn entered the living room the kitchen, holding a can of soda as he saw Rachel and Santana twirling around with the dresses. Finn looked to Kurt as Kurt shrugged his shoulders.
"What are they doing?" Finn asked, almost amused.
"I think they like the dress I designed for Nationals." Kurt suggested. Rachel and Santana stopped twirling with the dresses, walking over to Kurt with excitement.
"Kurt these are incredible." Rachel complimented.
"Did you make matching black headbands and shoes?" Santana asked.
"I would have wore this." Rachel sounded excited.
"I'm not big for pink but these are so adorable!" Santana added as the two girls continued to marvel at the dress.
"All right, I'm leaving the room now." Finn headed back to the kitchen, still chuckling at the fact that a simple dress was able to marvel Rachel Berry.
"Well, I'm glad you like the dresses…because I made you two your own even though you're not performing." Kurt held up the dresses for Rachel and Santana as the girls squealed. Rachel and Santana took the dresses, hugging Kurt in the process.
"We love you Kurt!" Rachel headed towards the bathroom with Santana in tow.
"You're welcome!" Kurt called out after them, looking to Finn who came back out of the kitchen—this time with a sandwich. "So you avoid talking about dresses by eating?"
"A man's gotta do what a man's gotta do." Finn shrugged, taking a bite of his sandwich as Kurt chuckled.
"Yep…you really are a man." Kurt went back to the dress design, adding black ribbon to the bottom of the dresses as a finishing touch.
"Come on, we have to do something here!" Marley groaned, sitting on the stage with Jake next to her. "It's not every day that we're in New York, the greatest city in the world."
"The only way that we are doing anything fun is if we sneak out the door over there." Joe pointed to the door as the others sighed.
"That's it…" Marley got up from the stage and started heading towards the door.
"Wait, Marley…where are you going?" Tina asked.
"I'm going to explore New York. Are any of you coming with me?" Marley asked. The others became skeptical as Marley sighed. "Come on, this is the last time we're all going to do something together. Let's be spontaneous!"
"Since when are you spontaneous, Mary-Sue?" Kitty asked. Marley walked over to the others as she became excited. "We should go out there and explore the city." The others weren't sure whether it was a good idea—until Blaine stood up from his seat.
"We've been practicing for a long time. We deserve a little bit of time off." Blaine concluded.
"I agree…," a voice said from behind Marley. Marley turned around as she noticed it was Mercedes and Quinn standing there with a grin.
"You do?" Marley asked.
"I do…" Mercedes smiled. "Which is why I came to tell you that you girls are going to be going to Rachel's loft tonight to have a slumber party with Rachel, Kurt and Santana." The girls turned to one another with excitement, looking back at Mercedes. This wasn't a dream. They were going to Rachel's loft to have a slumber party with Rachel Berry.
"Will you be there too?" Kitty asked.
"But of course we will." Quinn answered.
'Wait, if the girls get to go to a slumber party then what are us guys going to do?" Jake wondered.
"You guys get to hang out with Finn tonight. Finn thought that Rachel needed something like this to feel closer to her friends." Quinn said.
"So it's basically splitting us up by gender?" Artie wondered.
"I'm sold." Tina quickly said, preventing Artie from complaining. "Us girls need to bond in order to work together on the stage."
"Oh please…you think that bonding is going help your tagalong team?" A voice came from behind Mercedes. The girls turned to spot Frida with The Hoosierdaddies walking in the auditorium. "Please, all of the talented vocalists that didn't sleep around are gone from your team." Brittany furrowed her eyebrows at Frida, realizing that she was talking about Rachel, without saying Rachel's name.
"Why do you keep making fun of Rachel?" Brittany got up from her chair, walking over to Frida.
"It's not my fault that she was sleeping around." Frida shrugged her shoulders, not seeing why Brittany was getting defensive.
"Rachel doesn't sleep around." Quinn gave Frida a steely glare. "If there was one person Rachel slept with, it was Finn. Other than that, that's pretty much it."
"Oh well, I guess that you don't know Rachel as well as you think you do…" Frida and some of The Hoosierdaddies laughed.
"I think I do…" Quinn smirked. "Now how about you get out of here and you can prove yourself during Nationals. Right now, you're not wanted." The girls quickly followed Quinn and Mercedes out of the room while the boys stared over at Quinn and Frida.
"Okay…Quinn doing that was kind of hot…" Ryder mumbled as Blaine smacked Ryder in the back of the head.
"Don't let my brother hear you say that…" Jake warned as Ryder rubbed the back of his head.
That night, the girls headed to the Bushwick apartment in their pajamas, giving one another grins. They were excited to step into the home of Rachel and Santana's…they had never actually seen it before. Mercedes knocked on the door and soon right after, Rachel, Santana and Kurt opened the door with a grin.
"Welcome to the Rachel Hudson, Santana Lopez and Kurt Hummel sleepover extravaganza!" Rachel greeted the girls as they let out a grin. They entered the apartment but when Santana looked at Brittany's face, she knew that Brittany was more distracted than usual. Santana walked over to Brittany, putting a hand on Brittany's shoulder.
"Brittany? Are you okay?" Santana soothingly asked.
"Frida showed up at our Glee practice." Brittany whispered. "She was talking nonsense about Rachel." Santana looked at Rachel then back at Brittany, giving her girlfriend a soft glance.
"It's okay, Brittany. Frida can't hurt Rachel here…okay?" Santana soothed her. Brittany pulled Santana in for a hug as Santana hugged her back.
"So, who's ready to get this party started?!" Kurt yelled with a smile.
"Oh! I think this calls for a song!" Mercedes looked over to Kurt who rolled his eyes playfully.
"But we always sing…" Kurt joked slightly.
"Kurt, Mercedes is right." Rachel smiled. Santana gave Brittany an assuring smile then looked back towards Rachel. "We should sing…and I think I know which song Mercedes is talking about."
"Oh…I think you know." Rachel smiled.
"All right! Let's get this party started!" Tina yelled in excitement. Rachel played the song as the girls and Kurt started dancing around the living room with glee.
[Girls and Kurt]
I'm coming out so you better get this party started
I'm coming out so you better get this party started
[Mercedes]
Get this party started on a Saturday night
Everybody's waiting for me to arrive
Sending out the message to all of my friends
We'll be looking flashy in my Mercedes Benz
[Brittany]
I got lots of style, check my gold diamond rings
I can go for miles if you know what I mean
[Girls and Kurt]
I'm coming out so you better get this party started (Rachel: I'm coming out, I'm coming)
I'm coming out so you better get this party started
[Marley and Tina]
Pumping up the volume, breaking down to the beat
Cruising through the west side, we'll be checking a scene
[Santana and Kitty]
Boulevard is freaking as I'm coming up fast
I'll be burning rubber, you'll be kissing my ass
[Rachel and Kurt]
Pull up to the bumper, get out of the car
License plate says Stunner #1 Superstar
[Girls and Kurt]
I'm coming out so you better get this party started (Quinn: I'm coming out, I'm coming)
I'm coming out so you better get this party started
[Rachel]
Get this party started
[Brittany and Quinn]
Making my connection as I enter the room
Everybody's chilling as I set up the groove
[Rachel and Marley]
Pumping up the volume to this brand new beat
Everybody's dancing and they're dancing for me
[Mercedes, Tina and Kitty]
I'm your operator, you can call anytime
I'll be your connection to your party line!
[Girls and Kurt]
I'm coming out so you better get this party started (Tina: I'm coming out, I'm coming)
I'm coming out so you better get this party started (Kitty: I'm coming out, I'm coming)
I'm coming out so you better get this party started (Brittany: I'm coming out, you better)
I'm coming out so you better get this party started
[Rachel]
Get this party started!
Get this party started right now!
[Santana]
Get this party started!
Get this party started!
[Girls and Kurt]
Get this party started right now!
The girls and Kurt burst out laughing after the song as Rachel let out a grin. She nodded her head, giving the girls a happy expression. Finn was right, Rachel thought to herself. This was just what the doctor ordered.
The boys weren't having as much fun as the girls as they had spent the entire evening, trying to find something to do They passed by every store along Times Square, and there was nothing that caught their attention. Finn looked over to Puck and Mike then down to Artie, who he was wheeling down the streets. Maybe there really wasn't anything for them to do there.
"We have to find something. We can't go home yet." Finn was adamant about staying outside so that Rachel could have some downtime with the girls.
"But dude, we passed by every store and there's nothing that we could do here." Puck tried to reason with his friend. "Maybe we should take the guys back to the hotel and then figure out what we're gonna do from there. We could try to sneak another beer from the lounge or something."
"Dude, we're not giving minors' alcohol." Finn sternly looked at his best friend. Finn's face then softened as he looked around at the stores, wondering if there was something that they could do for fun. Artie looked to one of the stores, then got an idea…
"Hey Finn?" Artie looked up at Finn as Finn looked back down at Artie.
"Yeah?" Finn asked.
"Can we go thrift shopping?" Artie pointed to one of the thrift stores as the guys started smiling at one another…they had a great idea…and they were gonna do it—Macklemore style.
[Artie]
What, what, what, what,
What, what, what, what
What, what, what, what
What, what, what, what
[Ryder]
Badada, Badada, Badada, da
Badada, Badada, Badada, da
Badada, Badada, Badada, da
Badada, Badada, Badada, da
[Jake and Artie]
I'm gonna pop some tags
Only got $20 in my pocket
I'm, I'm hunting, looking for a come up
This is, this is awesome
[Blaine]
Walk up to the club, I'm like what up
I got a big rock
I'm so pumped up about some clothes at the thrift shop
Ice on the fringe, it's so damn frosty
That people like, 'hey, the guy on the marquee'
[Puck]
Rolling in, hella deep, heading down to the mezzanine
Dressed in all pink, except my gator shoes, those are green
Draped in a leopard mink, girls standing next to me
Probably should have washed this, smells like R Kelly's sheets (Ryder: PISS!)
But hey, it was 99 cents!
[Finn]
Copping it, washing it, about to go get some compliments
Passing up on those moccasins, someone else's been walking in
But me and my it man
I'm stunting and I'm flossing man
Saving all my money and I'm hella glad that's a bargain
I'ma take your grandpa's style
I'ma take your grandpa's style
No for real—ask your grandpa—can I have his hand me downs?
Velour jumpsuit and some house slippers
Dookie brown jacket that I found digging
[Artie]
They had a broken keyboard, I bought a broken keyboard
I bought a skeet blanket and then I bought a knee board
Hello, Hello, my ace man, my Mello
John Wayne ain't got nothing on the fringe game, hell no
I could make some Pro Wings, make them cool, sell those
The sneaker heads would be like "oh man, he got the Velcros"
[Jake and Artie]
I'm gonna pop some tags
Only got $20 in my pocket
I'm, I'm hunting looking for a come up
This is, this is awesome
I'm gonna pop some tags
Only got $20 in my pocket
I'm, I'm hunting looking for a come up
This is, this is awesome
[Ryder and Blaine]
I wear your granddads clothes
I look incredible
I'm in this big huge coat
From that thrift shop down the road
[Puck and Finn]
I wear your granddads clothes
I look incredible
I'm in this big huge coat
From that thrift shop down the road
[Jake and Artie]
I'm gonna pop some tags
Only got $20 in my pocket
I'm, I'm hunting looking for a come up
This is, this is awesome
The boys continued to laugh as they were leaving the thrift shop, and Finn felt a sense of easiness. This has been one of the best nights of his life—letting Rachel get the slumber party she dreamed of to keep her mind off of things and him going out with the guys to enjoy a night on the town. Finn continued to walk with the guys, but something felt wrong as they passed by an alley. Something felt extremely wrong.
"Maybe should turn back." Artie spoke what was on everyone's mind. "I feel like something's wrong here."
"So do I…" Finn agreed, looking out into the distance. The boys turned around behind them, seeing someone being chased by someone—it looked as if it was a robber with cops chasing after him. Finn noticed a girl running after the cops, looking as if she was crying. Finn let go of Artie's wheelchair, gripping the woman on the shoulder as she shook her head. "Hey, hey…what's wrong? What is it?" The girl eyed Finn, emitting a shaky breath.
"That guy is heading towards his car! He kidnapped my child! Please help me!" The woman almost broke down. Finn handed the woman over to Puck and decided to ensue in the chase.
"Finn! FINN!" Puck yelled after his friend, but Finn ignored Puck's screams surpassing the cops and going after the man who stole the young mother's child.
"What is he doing?!" Jake exclaimed.
"I don't know, but what he's doing is dangerous!" Mike added. Puck couldn't help but feel worried about his friend. Seeing Finn attempting to help the woman next to him left Puck fearing the worst for Finn's safety. The boys watched in horror as the man pulled out a gun, trying to aim for the police, noticing that Finn was hot on his tail.
BAM!
The sound of the gun went off while the New Directions boys watched in fear…
The bullet didn't hit the police…
Back at the girl's slumber party, Rachel and the others danced around to the music, expecting Finn and the other boys to come back soon. When Rachel looked down at her phone and noticed that Finn hadn't called her all night, she began to feel worried.
"Finn's probably just having a good time with the guys." Santana assured her, putting a hand on Rachel's shoulder. Rachel turned back to her friend, emitting a small smile.
"Yeah, you're right. I bet Finn's just having a great time with the guys." Rachel chuckled slightly. Just then, there was a knock at the door. The girls figured Finn had house keys and since Santana, Kurt and Rachel were here, they wondered who could it have been. Rachel opened the door to find two police officers with solemn faces, holding what looked like was a wedding ring. The girls lowered the music, staring over at the door. The police looked to Rachel, seeing that she was confused.
"Excuse me ma'am…are you Rachel Hudson?" The first officer asked. Rachel quickly nodded her head.
"I'm sorry officers, were we too loud with the music?" Rachel quickly apologized.
"No, no…that's not it dear." The second officer assured her.
"I'm afraid that we have some bad news…" The first officer looked to Rachel, putting a slight hand on her shoulder.
"What…what bad news? Is everything okay?" Rachel quickly began to worry. The officer looked down at the wedding ring in his hand, giving it to Rachel sadly. "What…what's this?" Rachel looked inside the ring, reading the inscription—realizing that it was Finn's wedding ring. Rachel felt a pit in her stomach as the officer spoke the words that no wife wants to hear.
"Rachel…your husband Finn Hudson was shot trying to save a woman's child. He was taken to the hospital and—he died of his injuries. I'm very sorry for your loss."
Song(s) Featured: Get This Party Started by P!nk (Sung by Mercedes Jones, Brittany Pierce, Marley Rose, Tina Cohen Chang, Santana Lopez, Kitty Wilde, Rachel Berry, Kurt Hummel and Quinn Fabray with New Directions Girls), Thrift Shop by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis (Sung by Artie Abram, Ryder Lynn, Jake Puckerman, Blaine Anderson, Noah "Puck" Puckerman and Finn Hudson with New Directions Boys)
RIP Cory Monteith
"He Took the Midnight Train Going Anywhere"
1982-2013
