GLEE: NOT THE END

Disclaimer: I do not own Glee, but I wish I did.

Note: There's no 'Previously on Glee' in this chapter because obviously, this chapter is supposed to be extremely serious. It's more of a reminisce chapter about Finn (and Rachel will reveal some news in this chapter that we didn't see coming before). So here we are, the special second part to the end of the previous chapter, "Glee: Not The End"


Rachel spent the rest of the night after getting the news about Finn locked up in the bathroom, crying her eyes out. She couldn't believe it. Earlier that day, Finn was there! He was making a sandwich in the kitchen, drinking a can of soda, joking around with Kurt about how much Santana and her loved the new dresses he made for Nationals. They were planning to have a real wedding with all of these dreams, and it was cruelly taken away from her because one person decided to be ignorant. She flashed back to the conversation that she had with the police officer, just shortly after learning that Finn had died.


"What?" Rachel was in disbelief. Did she hear the cop speak correctly? Finn couldn't have been dead. She spoke with Finn before he left to hang out with the guys.

"I'm afraid it's so, Mrs. Hudson. I am so sorry." The first police officer said. It took Rachel a moment to sink it in, and then that was when the waterworks came. Rachel got down on her knees, burying her hands into her face, sobbing uncontrollably for her husband. The other glee girls walked over to her with tears in their eyes, sitting down next to her and holding Rachel tightly.

"Once again, we are very sorry." The second officer added. "If it makes you feel any better, your husband died a hero."

"I don't think that's going to help the fact that Finn's not here." Kitty roughly told the cops.

"Well…we'll…just…go." The police officers made their way out the door, the girls watching the door close.

"Do you think that the boys know about Finn?" Quinn asked, her voice barely above a whisper as tears streamed down her face.

"I don't know." Kurt answered, his face red from the crying he had just done. "Um…call Puck and ask. In the meantime, someone's going to have to break the news to Mr. Schue and my parents."

"I think that you should tell your parents, Kurt." Mercedes tearfully added. "Rachel's in no position to even talk to anyone right now." As Kurt went to the phone to deliver the terrible news, Rachel sat there, still in her tears, unbelieving that the love of her life—was gone.


Rachel continued to sit in the bathroom, staring down at the floor, unsure whether or not she was ready to come out and face her friends. Rachel continuously kept hearing the door open and close to the loft, hearing the guys joining the girls. Rachel looked in the mirror, her face blotchy from the crying, her hair an unkempt mess. She was supposed to be enjoying herself at the slumber party. Instead, she found out that she would never see Finn again, and that her fairy tale ending was punctured by a bullet. Rachel walked out of the bathroom slowly, seeing all of New Directions, past and present, sitting in the middle of the room. Rachel looked over to the corner of the loft where Finn's drum set was, remembering the countless times in the past that she would need her beauty sleep, and that he needed to stop playing the drums and go to bed. In fact, right before they left for Lima to help with prom.


Rachel was finding it hard to get her beauty sleep that night as she peered over to the other side of the bed. Finn wasn't on his side and instead was in a place that he shouldn't have been at 2 in the morning—in the living room, playing his drums. Rachel had figured that if she had let Finn be that he would have come to bed himself. But after two hours where Finn didn't come to bed, Rachel felt that this time would have been the moment to get up and go get her husband. Rachel put on her robe, trudging over to the living room where Finn had a notepad out. He was trying to write down a set of rhythmic beats on the drums. Rachel rolled her eyes towards Finn, seeing that he wasn't even paying attention to her.

"Finn Hudson! Do you know what time it is?" Rachel exclaimed. Finn looked up from the notepad, twirling the other drumstick in his hand, giving Rachel an innocent glance.

"I don't know, what time is it?" Finn asked.

"It's 2 in the morning, Finn. There are people trying to get their beauty sleep and I'm surprised a neighbor hasn't called the cops yet due to this noise!" Finn put the notepad down, getting up from the chair.

"Sorry, I didn't mean to annoy you." Finn chuckled. "I was just working on the drums for Marley's song for Nationals. She asked me to work on that." Rachel then remembered that Marley and Finn were working on a song.

"And let me guess, you think better at night?" Rachel couldn't help but crack a small smile towards him, badly trying to show him that she was upset with his noise.

"Yep, but if it bothers you then I could stop and work on it when I get to Lima." Finn started to put the notepad away, but Rachel grabbed his hand while giving him a lustful look, She pressed her lips to his, intertwining their fingers. "So I guess you like the idea then?" Finn replied after a moment.

"Yes, yes I do." Rachel continued to press kisses on Finn's lips, noticing that he was losing his train of thought. Finn picked up Rachel bridal style, causing her to emit a squeal as the both of them headed to their bedroom.


She then peered over to the dishes that were in the sink, the same dish that Finn was eating from earlier that day still in there, unwashed along with his cup. She remembered after him eating, she asked him to wash his cup multiple times but he had refused, acting like a five-year-old child that didn't get what they wanted in a candy store.


"But Rachel, I don't want to wash the dishes!" Finn whined, seeing that Rachel was sitting at the table, writing on a money order to pay the rent.

"Finn, I asked you to wash the dishes." Rachel replied, not looking up at him. "I didn't ask you to perform brain surgery."

"Would brain surgery be easier?" Finn slightly joked.

"Finnegan Hudson, wash the dishes now." Rachel almost sounded like his mother. Finn crossed his arms playfully, raising an eyebrow with a grin.

"Oh really. And what if I don't?" Finn asked. Rachel gave Finn a serious look, then crossed her legs.

"Then you're sleeping on the couch on the week and we won't have sex for a month." Rachel spoke in a stern tone. Finn realized that Rachel wasn't joking, the smug expression disappearing from his face. He walked over to sit down next to her, grabbing her hand with a smile.

"Rachel, I promise I will do the dishes as soon as I get home tonight." Finn vowed. "I just promised the guys that I would pick them up early so that you can have the house to yourself while you wait for the girls. Does that sound fair?" Rachel contemplated Finn's reasoning, finally pressing a kiss to his lips with a grin.

"All right. That sounds fair." Rachel beamed towards Finn. Finn put a hand through Rachel's hair, then got up to go get ready for his night out with the boys. Little did Rachel know, that was the last time she was going to see Finn alive.


Rachel stood there, almost as if she was in a daze—she was praying that this was a nightmare. She wanted more than anything for Finn to come back to her. She wanted Finn to be there, hugging her, kissing her, telling her how beautiful she was, making her feel loved. She was inconsolable and every fragment in her body was burning for Finn—unfortunately, things would never be the same. She would never see Finn again. She'll never kiss his lips, give him a huge hug, give him all her love, she'll never smell his scent, she'll never get a chance to tell him to pick his clothes up off the floor after he tore them all around the room, looking for his new shirt that he recently bought to celebrate summer and his Les Mis directorial debut. Rachel realized that Finn's dreams of being a teacher were gone. He would no longer attend classes at NYADA. He would never be belittled by Cassandra July and now he would never get a chance to shove in Brody's face that he was the one Rachel had chosen forever and always. He would never come in the house again—his smile illuminating the room. There would be no more 'Finchel'. Now they were two separate pieces that would never find each other again. Rachel was stuck on Earth. Finn was in heaven. All those thoughts choked Rachel up as she started sobbing, Quinn and Santana getting up from their positions and getting Rachel, leading her to the circle and sitting her down, comforting and consoling her. Rachel wiped her tears after a couple of moments of crying, staring at the support of friends she had.

"Finn's gone…" Rachel simply muttered. "I kept thinking that I was going to wake up from a terrible nightmare—thinking that when I woke up, he'd be sitting by the edge of the bed. Telling me that he missed me, how was my night, if I had fun, if I had a good time with the girls. Why did he have to go? It's not fair! WHY DID HE HAVE TO GO?!" Rachel screamed, the others simply looking at her with saddened expressions.

"I don't know Rachel…" Santana said, wiping a few of her tears. "But even though Finn's gone…he died a hero. He attempted to save that woman's child."

"He did…" Puck softly said, looking down at his fingers. "He was shot in his arm the first time but he kept running…he eventually tackled the guy, saw the kid in the car and called over the police. The police got to him but—the attacker shot Finn again. He was rushed to the hospital and his condition got worse from there…I'm never going to forget his last words when he looked at me on that gurney."

"What did he tell you?" Kitty wiped a few of her tears, staring at the older Puckerman.

"His last words were…'take care of Rachel for me.' He then closed his eyes and they shoved me aside to put him in the ambulance…" Puck felt the tears flow down his face, letting out jagged sighs as he tried to continue speaking. "I got to the hospital but they said that the shooter hit an artery and that Finn wasn't going to make it. I felt so scared, losing my best friend. Sure, we'd fight and I'd try to steal his girls and stuff but at the end of the day he was my bro. I loved him…I did." Puck used his sweatshirt as a napkin, taking the tears off his face, but it was no use as he started to cry more.

"Oh Noah…" Quinn hugged Puck tightly as they cried together. Rachel continued to sit there, almost in a daze.

"I can't believe he's gone." Rachel said. She looked over to Marley, seeing that Marley was crying into Jake's arms. Finn had played a huge part in Marley's songwriting for Nationals. He was almost like a father figure to her, and to see him snatched away like that was cruel and unfair. Rachel wanted to go over and hug Marley as tightly as she could. Rachel sniffled, the tears streaming down her cheeks. "Marley, get over here." Marley looked at Rachel, crawling across the room until she reached Rachel's arms, sobbing uncontrollably when she reached them. Rachel and Marley cried together while the other Glee members couldn't help but sob along with them.

"We can't do this…" Tina mumbled after a moment.

"What can't we do?" Quinn looked to Tina as Tina started back at Quinn with puffy eyes.

"We can't go on that stage for Nationals and perform, knowing that Finn isn't there." Tina spoke softly but sternly. "Finn was the heart and soul of New Directions. We can't go up there without breaking down."

"You guys are going up there." Rachel sniffed as Puck handed her a tissue. Rachel turned to Puck, nodding her head as a thank you before looking back to the girls. "You need to go up there. Finn wouldn't have wanted you to mope around and not attempt to try to win Nationals." Rachel ran a hand through her hair, seeing the girls agreeing with her.

"It's gonna be hard." Quinn said to them. "We're all going to be crying when we see you on stage and Finn isn't there. He's the heart and soul of New Directions. He really is…and we're gonna miss him terribly."

"But it's crazy…he was here this morning and now he's…" Mike struggled to say the word that had everyone slightly on edge. "D…dead."

"Well, I called mom and dad about it…they're devastated." Kurt wiped a few crocodile tears as Blaine rubbed Kurt's back soothingly.

"Are they coming into New York?" Santana asked Kurt.

"They said that they were. They'll be here tomorrow." Kurt answered.

"Frankenteen was just that…Frankenteen." Santana's voice cracked thinking about the nickname she had given Finn when they were in High School. "You know, I made fun of Finn countless times over the years but you all know that I was only doing it in good nature. I guess that was my way of just being close to him."

"We all were close to Finn, Santana." Kurt said softly.

"Right, you mean like how you had that crush on Finn when we were sophomores?" Mike brought up. Some of the New Directions members slightly laughed at the memory—even Kurt.

"Yeah, I can't believe that I actually thought that something was going to happen between Finn and I." Kurt shook his head, slightly in disbelief. "I was wrong."

"It turned out he was only into girls." Quinn chuckled slightly.

"Remember the time how in order to get comfortable into his own skin for Rocky Horor, Finn walked down the hallways in the nude—except he had underwear on of course." Santana recalled the memory.

"I remember that." Rachel nodded, her face forming into a sad smile. "We never got to do the play so it never happened during a performance."

"Remember during Lady Gaga week when he dressed up in an inspired Lady Gaga outfit and tried to tell off Karofsky and Azimo?" Mercedes recollected.

"Was I the only one that thought that the outfit didn't look good on Finn? I mean seriously?" Kurt's comment elicited a couple of chuckles.

"I remember I tried to recruit him for my pool cleaning business." Puck said. "He was so hung up about coming to New York with Rachel that he blew off my offer. I'm not mad though—I was at the time."

"Well, for one of our first dates, Finn took me bowling although it was a ploy just to try to get me back into the Glee Club after I had quit." Rachel fondly remembered the memory. "I'll never forget that."

"I also remember how terrible of a dancer Finn was." Santana spoke up. "Let me tell you, he was so bad he broke Rachel's nose."

"What?" Jake and Ryder looked to Rachel, seeing that Rachel was slightly embarrassed by the thought.

"Yes, Finn broke my nose but I forgave him for that." Rachel pointed a finger at Santana, causing the rest of the New Directions to let out some laughs.

"Finn was such a good friend." Brittany spoke. The other New Directions turned to her, seeing if she was going to say something that was out there. "Even though Finn called me stupid once and made me realize that Rory wasn't a leprechaun that came out my Lucky Charms cereal box, Finn was a fantastic friend. He was the soul of Glee Club. When he wasn't there, everything would fall apart. He would have been a fantastic teacher had he graduated from NYADA." Rachel felt some tears fall from her face, wiping them slightly.

"Yeah, he would have been a phenomenal teacher." Rachel's voice began to crack. "Finn was just so amazing in every single way. Did he have his faults? Yes. But he was just that person that made you believe that being a part of something special makes you special. I never felt so strongly about someone before and to see him gone just like that…it's sad. I loved him…I'll always love him."

"We know you did Rachel…" Quinn and Mercedes sandwiched in between Rachel, giving her a hug. "We all loved Finn. He was a one of a kind visionary."

"He was special….and we're never going to forget about him for as long as we live, right?" Mercedes slightly shoved Rachel in hopes of getting a response from her.

"Yeah, I guess…" Rachel said.

"I was just wondering, did anyone tell Mr. Schue what happened to Finn?" Kitty wondered.

"He does have the right to know so he can say goodbye to his student property." Marley added.

"We told him we were doing a candle vigil in Central Park in about an hour…we might as well go and pay our respects to Finn at midnight." Mercedes said. The glee kids got up from their seats, heading towards the front door of the loft, but they noticed that Rachel was still sitting on the floor, unable to get up. Quinn looked to Puck, then pulled him a bit closer to her.

"Go and talk to her." Quinn instructed.

"All right…" Puck headed over to Rachel as Quinn left the room. Puck stood there for a moment, seeing that Rachel was in complete shock. She never had to go through something like this before, and it was one of the most heartbreaking things to happen in her entire life. Just like that, her world was gone. Finn had vanished into thin air and as hard as she tried to wish for him back, he wasn't going to come back. Puck sat down next to Rachel, looking her in the eye as she turned to face the Puckerman. "Hey, are you all right?" Puck softly asked.

"This has to be the worst year of my life." Rachel murmured after a moment. "There was the Hunter nonsense, the Brody nonsense, the Frida nonsense, my dads not approving my marriage. But through thick and thin, Finn was there. He never left my side for a moment…he was always standing by me, never letting me forget how beautiful or sexy or smart I was. And…I'm the most upset because I had this wonderful news that I wanted to share with him and now I can't."

"Well, if you want to share with me you can." Puck solemnly said. Rachel considered, then nodded her head slowly.

"I took a test this morning and…I'm pregnant, Puck." Rachel looked to the Puckerman. "The baby's Finn's…and I was going to tell him after Nationals was over, right before our wedding—but now I can't even do that. I mean, I could talk to his dead body but he won't respond back. He won't tell me that it's wonderful and that he's going to be a father."

"Wait, you're pregnant with Finn's baby?" Puck asked.

"Yes, have you not been listening?" Rachel snapped. She then quickly became apologetic, releasing a sigh. "I'm sorry Noah…it's just I've been through so much and losing Finn was the poisonous icing on the proverbial cake." Puck put an arm around Rachel as she leaned on his shoulder, as she softly wept.

"I know it's hard Rachel…I know. Finn was my best friend in the whole world. I had a plan that we'd be best buds until we were 90…but knowing that it's not going to happen has me thinking that I'm in some terrible nightmare, that I want to wake up. Whatever happens with the baby, just know that we're all here for you and him. There's nowhere that the Glee Club would rather be, than with you." Rachel felt herself grinning from ear to ear, staring at Puck who simply just thought of the sweetest thing to say in the entire world.

"Thank you Puck." Rachel said.

"You're welcome. And in this time we're going to need each other. I'll need you and you need me. Do you think we can do that?" Puck questioned. Rachel nodded her head, pulling Puck in for a hug. Puck and Rachel finally parted from their hug as Puck got up from the floor, pulling Rachel alongside him. "Come on, let's go meet the others at the vigil. I'm sure Finn would have wanted you there." Rachel agreed, walking along with Puck out the door and heading to Central Park to say one of their last few goodbyes to Finn.


When the Glee Club went to the park, they noticed Santana already lighting candles, standing in front of them as the pianist started playing. Santana remembered the song that she was going to sing was one of Finn's favorites from Adele. Last week he had actually stopped her from listening to the radio to question what song it was. Santana felt that this song would have been the perfect opportunity to show Finn just how much the Glee Club cared about him, and how he wasn't going to leave their hearts for anything.

[Santana]
When the rain is blowing in your face
And the whole word is on your case
I could offer you a warm embrace
To make you feel my love

When the evening shadows and the stars appear
And there is no one there to dry your tears
I could hold you for a million years
To make you feel my worlds

I know you haven't made your mind up yet
But I would never do you wrong

[Santana with Rachel and Brittany]
I've known it from the moment that we met
No doubt in my mind where you belong

[Santana]
I'd go hungry, I'd go black and blue
I'd go crawling down the avenue
No there's nothing that I wouldn't do
To make you feel my love

[Santana with Rachel and Brittany]
The storms are raging on the rolling sea
And on the highway of regret
Though winds of change are throwing wild and free
You ain't seen nothing like me yet

[Santana]
I could make you happy, make your dreams come true
Nothing that I wouldn't do
Go to the ends of the Earth for you
To make you feel my love

After a moment, Rachel looked to her friends, obvious that tears were streaming down her face. Rachel glanced at Puck who slowly nodded his head to her. Rachel had some news that she had to get off her chest to her friends.

"Finn always told me how he wanted to be a father." Rachel muttered. Her friends turned to her, Rachel looking out towards the lake. "He was so good with kids. He was able to figure out what was best for kids. He was great when it came to leading the Glee Club and I just knew in my heart he'd be a great teacher because of the kids that were in that room, wanting to gain knowledge from him."

"Finn would have been a great dad, Rachel." Santana softly said, silence occurring after a moment. Rachel placed a hand on her small stomach, which lead to the others eyes widening.

"Wait…you're…" Santana pointed to Rachel as she let out a small sad smile.

"Yeah…and it's Finn's. He won't see the baby…even though I wanted to tell him." Rachel sighed as Puck put an arm around Rachel's shoulders.

"I had a feeling something like that was going to happen when I noticed you and Finn wouldn't stop making love to each other." Santana said, although she had a small smile on her face as she said it. "So that means that Finn's never really gone. He's still going to be in that child, because that's a child that you and Finn made together."

"Wait, but what about school?" Puck asked.

"Let's not worry about that right now." Rachel didn't want to think about NYADA. It wouldn't be the same without Finn. "Right now…there are more important things that we have to do right now…like get New Directions a Nationals trophy…for Finn."

"For Finn." Everyone else said in unison as Rachel smiled slightly. She was still in terrible grief that Finn was snatched away from her forever…but she still had her friends to get her through this—and she was going to get her friends through it as well.


After the candlelight vigil, Rachel, Santana and Kurt returned to their apartment while everyone else went to the hotel for the night. Rachel took one look at her bedroom and headed straight for the couch. Santana wasn't sure why Rachel didn't want to go to her room, but Kurt had an idea why.

"Rachel, are you okay?" Kurt walked over, sitting down next to her.

"Yeah, I'm fine." Rachel sniffled, the tears coming back. "It's just…I don't think I can ever go back into my room. That's where Finn and I used to sleep. It would just hurt too much…"

"I know it would hurt now honey…I know." Kurt hugged Rachel tightly as they silently wept. Santana joined them, sitting down next to Rachel and rubbing her back. "But you will get through this. You are Rachel Berry…you are a star. And every shining star has a guardian angel looking out for her. And in this case, Finn is your guardian angel. Like Puck said, Finn always thought about you. Even when he was dying, his last thought was about you…how much he loved you and how much he wanted us to take care of you. Finn loved you so much Rachel—and there will never be another person like him in this world." Kurt's speech brought him to tears, causing him to break down and sob. Rachel wrapped her arms around Kurt, holding him tightly while they all cried on the sofa. Santana wiped off the running mascara from her face, going over to the cabinets to get some extra blankets.

"Here…" Santana handed Kurt a blanket as she sat back down next to Rachel. "We're not going anywhere, Rachel. We're gonna stay here for you. No matter what." Rachel leaned her head on Santana's shoulder as Santana wrapped an arm around Rachel's shoulder. Kurt leaned on Rachel's shoulder and the three friends tried to go to sleep, after an eventful day that ended in them losing the one person that they really cared about.


The next morning, Rachel awoke from her slumber, hoping that what happened was a terrible dream. She was hoping that Finn would be in the kitchen, possibly whipping up some pancakes or in the room, sleeping. Rachel slowly got out of Santana and Kurt's grasp and rushed to the kitchen, plastering a smile in case Finn was there. Rachel jumped out from behind the wall—but the kitchen was empty. The dishes were still in there, the table wasn't made and there was nothing on the stove. Rachel then decided to make her way to the bedroom in hopes Finn would be sleeping. Rachel tiptoed to the door, once again plastering a smile on her face, and opened the door—but the bed was empty and unkempt after Finn refused to make the bed yesterday morning. Seeing that Finn was nowhere in the house let reality dawn upon Rachel. Finn really was gone…and he wasn't coming back. Rachel slowly walked over to the edge of the bed, putting her hand on the railing as she thought about the last time her and Finn ever made love. She remembered she was frustrated about something and he was able to make her forget everything—the rest was history. Rachel sat down in the chair next to the bed as she started to cry again, staring over at the unkempt bed—then realized there was a cassette tape sitting on the table. Rachel got up from her position, walking over the tape and picking it up, observing what it said. The label had Finn's handwriting on it, and Rachel continued to stare at the words. 'Not The End'. Rachel held the tape, still looking at the title, wondering what it could have been.

"Morning sunshine." Kurt walked into the room, seeing Rachel looking at the tape. "Is everything okay?" Rachel turned back around towards Kurt, heading towards him and handing him the tape. "What's this?"

"I think it's a song or something…" Rachel mumbled. "It was Finn's…" Kurt read the label then gave Rachel a sympathetic smile.

"I know what this is…this was a song that he was recording for you. He wanted to have a recording for your wedding—and he wanted this song to be the first dance. He told me last week." Kurt said. Rachel began to look a little eager, the most eager she looked since she found out Finn died.

"Do you think that he finished it?" Rachel wondered.

"Did you want to hear it?" Kurt asked. "I think he finished it since it's on the cassette player. Hold on, I think I have a boom box somewhere so we can hear this." Kurt looked through his closet in his room before coming back with a boom box. "Come on, we need some fresh air and we have to be ready for Nationals tomorrow. Let's take this and walk to the hotel with Finn's voice blaring all around New York." Rachel quickly nodded her head, a small grin appearing on her face.

"Finn deserves to have this song heard. Let's do it." Rachel said. Kurt and Rachel quickly got dressed, woke up Santana and the three of them were off to the hotel. When they closed the door, Kurt looked to Rachel, wanting to make sure she was ready to hear the last bit of Finn's voice that they'd probably hear.

"Ready?" Kurt wondered. Rachel quickly nodded her head as Kurt pressed play on the boom box. As Finn's voice began to fill the hallway, the three friends started smiling, then running down the stairs, going across New York and ending up at the hotel. When they entered the hotel room, New Directions were already hard at work, but stopped when they heard Finn's voice coming from the boom box. The New Directions members started clapping their hands and singing along to Finn's voice, and Rachel started singing along towards the end, getting one last duet in with her partner.

[Finn]
The sun will shine tomorrow
So it's time for moving on
There's not a second for sorrow
Even though the moment's gone
The puzzle left so many pieces
But you can't, you can't hide
Cause life just keeps on living
And sooner or later you'll find

This is not the end, no-oh
Your day is gonna come

This is not the end, no-oh
You're not the only one
We all have our ups
And we all have our downs
But we have to find our way around
This is not the end, no-oh
No-oh, No-oh
This is not the end

I know it's never easy
To pick yourself up again
But take a deep breath cause you know that
It's time to look ahead

[Finn and Rachel]
Cause one foot in front of the other
And you can, you can fly
Into a better tomorrow
And leave yesterday behind

This is not the end, no-oh
Your day is gonna come
This is not the end
You're not the only one
We all have our ups
And we all have our downs
But we have to find our way around
This is not the end, no-oh
No-oh, No-oh
This is not the end

[Finn, Rachel and New Directions]
Woah, oh, oh, oh, oh (Finn: Don't ever give up no)
Woah, oh, oh, oh, oh (Finn: it's just the start now)
Woah, oh, oh, oh, oh (Finn: Don't ever give up no)
Woah, oh, oh, oh, oh (Finn: It's just the start now)

[Finn and Rachel with New Directions]
This is not the end, no-oh
Your day is gonna come
This is not the end, no-oh
You're not the only one
We all have our ups
And we all have our downs
But we have to find our way around
This is not the end, no-oh
No-oh, No-oh
This is not the end

[Finn, Rachel and New Directions]
Woah, oh, oh, oh, oh (Finn: Don't ever give up no)
Woah, oh, oh, oh, oh (Finn: it's just the start now)

[Finn, Rachel and New Directions]
We all have our ups and all have our downs
But we have to find our way around
This is not the end, no-oh
No-oh, No-oh
This is not the end

The song finally ended as New Directions started to become sad once again. That was it. That was the last new performance Finn would ever give. Rachel felt their sadness, but looked down at the tape. She picked it up, looking over to Mr. Schuester who had tears in his eyes. Rachel finally realized the meaning of the song recorded—and the joy that Finn brought even though he wasn't physically with them.

"Guys…" Rachel started to say, causing the others to turn to her. "All this grieving that we're doing…Finn wouldn't have wanted this. He wouldn't' have wanted us to be sluggish and getting into crying fits because of him. This song…this song proved Finn's importance to Glee Club—happiness and life and joy. Even though Finn's gone—we should be celebrating his life, not grieving his death. I know it's hard to believe that I'm saying that…and it's going to take time for me to cope with this—but Finn would have wanted us to get the Nationals trophy, beating Frida Romero and The Hoosierdaddies…beating the Starlight Knights. He would have wanted us to focus on the prize. We can honor Finn by winning Nationals…and we can all do it together." The New Directions noticed Rachel's point, but also noted Rachel's tears streaming as she spoke. "But…we do need to honor Finn while you're up there, so does anyone have an idea?"

"Well…Finn and I finished the song that we were supposed to be working on for Nationals…" Marley spoke softly.

"Of course…" Rachel nodded her head. "So you can sing that as the opening number. But does anyone else have any ideas?"

"I have one." Kurt raised his hand. "Remember the costumes that we wore during the Journey Regionals? I was thinking that in homage to Finn, they could wear the same thing. Life and death are a journey—and you never know when you're going to step on either path—anyone." Rachel nodded her head, turning to New Directions.

"What do you guys think?" Rachel hoped that they would be open to the idea. Tina walked over to Rachel, giving her a nod.

"Let's do this…for Finn." Tina put her hand into the circle as Rachel did as well. Soon, everyone put their hands in the circle as Rachel tearfully looked up at the sky.

"This is for you Finn…this is for you."


Song(s) Featured: Make You Feel My Love by Adele (Sung by Santana Lopez with Rachel Berry and Brittany Pierce), Not The End by The So Manys (Sung by *Finn Hudson with Rachel Berry and New Directions)

*Finn's voice was recorded on a cassette player.