Chapter 18

June – Junior Year – Age 17

The Junior year of Finn Hudson had absolutely flown by, in his opinion. His daughter turned one, he passed his AP exam, and the Glee Club went to Nationals. While they only won 12th place, it was still good to go. It was, however, difficult for Finn to leave Charlotte for those 3 days.

Now here they were, their last glee club meeting of the school year. Mr. Schue was pretty much letting each of them sing a song of their own choosing. The song they were feeling in that moment. There were songs from every genre.

Puck serenaded the club with his rendition of 'Sweet Caroline'. He played his guitar and the rest of the choir ended up joining in and laughing along. Artie sang a Michael Jackson song, 'Man in the Mirror.' He had the right amount of soul to sing the song and everyone was swaying along in the end. Mike didn't sing this time, but he danced along to the old Usher song 'Yeah 3x'. He was truly amazing. There was no one else who could move like this guy. Everyone would be surprised if he didn't have a connection with a dance school or join a company after he graduated from McKinnley. Tina gave them a beautiful rendition of 'Shake it Off' by Florence and the Machine. That was truly her calling, singing that genre of music. Mercedes knocked their socks off by singing 'How do I know' by Whitney Houston. Brittany got up and made everyone giggle by singing 'Tik Tok' by Ke$ha. The Newest member to the club, Sam, got up and got them all up singing 'Red Solo Cup'. Mr. Schue even got up and gave them a song. He sang 'Sway'.

Kurt got up on the make shift stage and belted out 'Roses Turn.' He made that song his bitch. Practically everyone was on their feet cheering. Some of the other teachers had walked in on this little celebration and were enjoying the quality and diversity of the songs. Matt got up and almost didn't want to go on after that slice of awesomeness. But he got up and sang 'Ain't No Mountain High Enough.' Dave even sucked it up and sang 'Pink Houses'. Kurt and Dave were entirely different, and you could tell that by their song choices, but it was funny to see them together after all that.

When it came to Rachel's turn, she got up and was staring at Finn. "This song is dedicated to Finn," she said softly. She sang 'With or Without you.' With each passing verse, Finn sunk lower and lower into his seat, grabbing onto Santana's hand like a life line. Rachel's eyes refused to leave Finn the whole performance. He couldn't even look anymore; he felt so uncomfortable.

Once she was finished the performance, Mr. Schue piped up. "Rachel, thank you for, um, that, uh, interesting performance."

"I just wanted to make my feelings known," she said, simpering. "They best way to do that is through song."

"Okay," Mr. Schue said awkwardly. "Um. Next up is Santana."

"Good thing," she said. "This Hobbit needs to know her place." Santana got up and gave Finn a very thorough kiss on the lips; their first PDA in front of all their friends. She made her way up to their 'center stage' "Sorry 'bout that Mr. Schue."

"Just don't let it happen a lot," he warned.

"This song goes out to Rachel… Keep your hands off!" She went right into a sassy version of 'The Boy is Mine.'

Rachel was very embarrassed. Her cheeks turned pink and she couldn't look at anyone. All four teachers were impressed. Sue certainly thought Santana would go after the smaller girl physically and emotionally. But this was certainly a way that would ensure that Rachel got the point. This proved that she wasn't starting to grow up a bit. Finn looked proud of Santana too. It was a wonder to see him looking at a girl again, especially after the way Quinn treated him.

Once her song was over, Santana gave a pointed look at Rachel, who subtly nodded, but said nothing. "Finn, I do believe it's your turn."

"Yup," he said, smiling. "Nice song."

"Thank you," Santana replied, smirking.

"Well, I'm going to dedicate this song to my daughter, Charlotte Amelia," Finn said, but he winked at Santana as well. He delved right into 'This I Promise You.' The performance was simply beautiful. Even Beiste shed a tear. When he was finished, he walked over to Santana and kissed her sweetly. "You coming over today?"

"Yeah, I'll meet you there. I gotta square a few things away before I come," she replied. Friday was his night off. He, Santana, Kurt, and Dave hung out and occasionally went out, to not well publicized areas to avoid the gossip train.