Chapter 20

September – Senior Year – Age 18

Finn couldn't believe his senior year was here. While he had a full schedule, he had high hopes for this year. He had high hopes for his car this year. No graffiti or damage on day one. He dropped Charlotte off at the church daycare and headed to school. The first stop Finn made after going to his locker was at Ms. Pillsbury's office. "Hey, Ms. P," Finn greeted.

"Good morning!" she greeted enthusiastically. "Happy belated 18th birthday!"

"Thanks," Finn's cheeks tinted pink.

"Was Charlotte happy to go back to the day care?"

"Yeah," he replied. "She's pretty easy to get there."

"Are you still working for them?"

"I'm just going to pay their small fee," Finn said. "I'm going to be at the garage Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays."

"I'm sure that will make things a bit easier on you," she agreed. "You'll be able to save more money and see Charlotte more."

"Yeah, and I have quite a schedule this year, so I'm able to go to the church and do my homework before I take her home."

"What's your classes look like?"

"AP calculus, AP English, gym/health, AP Spanish, AP biology, AP chemistry, AP World History 2, and Glee."

"Are you sure you are going to be able to handle all that?" Ms. Pillsbury asked cautiously.

"I'm determined to get through it, and my friends have already offered to help me," Finn said. "And I know that it will help me when it comes to college."

"That's true," she agreed. "We'll have to start thinking about that soon."

"Yeah, I'm scheduled to take the SAT's at the end of this month. I guess I'll start applying on October."

"Have you thought of any schools?"

"Well, OSU is close, so that wouldn't be too bad."

"Good, I'll look into local colleges for you."

"Thanks Ms. P," Finn said gratefully. "I'm gonna head to my class, but I'll stop by on Friday to check in."

"Enjoy your last first day!" she said as he left her office.

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All of Finn's classes went rather well. They all got their syllabus and a small homework assignment for each. Some were easy enough that he could get them done at lunch time. Finn was very excited to go to Glee. It was his release, singing. They got to sing 'hello' songs. So when it was Finn's turn he chose a song by the Doors. Unbeknownst to him, Carol brought Charlotte in to listen to her Daddy sing.

"Dada!" Charlotte squealed as he finished his song.

"Hey baby!" he said smiling. "Did Nana bring you to hear Daddy sing?"

"Ya!" she said, clapping her hands. Finn relieved his mom of his daughter.

"And Nana wanted to hear too," Carol said. "Mr. Schuester, do you mind the interruption?"

"Never," he smiled. "Feel free to grab a seat. Santana you're up."

"Hey sweetie!" she greeted as she reached Finn.

"Tan Tan!" Charlotte squealed. Santana scooped her out of her fathers' arms. "You gonna sing with me?" She started singing 'Say a Little Pray for Me'.

During the song with Santana dancing around with Charlotte, Quinn walked by the glee room. Her eyes nearly fell out of her head.

"Get the hell away from my baby!" Quinn screamed as she burst into the choir room. Charlotte was scared of this new person who was yelling at her Tan Tan, so she started to cry.

"I'll take her to Schue's office to calm her down," Santana offered, already bouncing Charlotte on her hip to try to sooth her.

"Thanks," Finn said, he gave Santana a kiss in passing. "Quinn, what are you doing here?"

"That whore is holding my baby!"

"First, Santana is not a whore," Finn said calmly. "And second, you signed your parental rights away. She isn't really yours anymore."

"She is my child! And since you've taken up with that whore, I'm not sure you are able to take care of her anymore."

"You don't have any legal rights," Finn reminded her.

"Ahh!" Quinn screamed. She tried to get into Mr. Schue's office to get Charlotte but Puck intercepted her before she could cause any further damage to Charlotte's poor psyche. "Let me go Puck!"

"No, because you're acting like a crazy bitch," Puck said simply.

"She has my baby!"

"Char is a year and a half old," Puck said. "Where the fuck have you been?" This simple, yet crucial statement calmed Quinn instantly. Once she stopped struggling, Puck eased his grip and she turned to run out of the room.

"Thanks Puck," Finn sighed.

"No one upsets Charlotte," Puck said in response. Finn nodded in agreement. He went into the office.

"You two okay?" Finn asked. Charlotte was still whimpering but was no longer screaming.

"Better," Santana replied. "Thanks for defending me."

"She has no right to call you a whore," he said lowly. "She's gone, so you two can come out." Once they left the room, Finn turned to his mom and addressed what was still on his mind. "I need to call Wende, this is just the start."

"I wish it wouldn't come to this," Carol sighed. "Call and we can go up right now."

"Can I go?" Santana asked. "I can help keep Charlotte occupied."

"You sure you wanna come?" Finn asked. "I don't want to get you all mixed up in this."

"I'm already in this," Santana said, her words holding multiple meanings. Finn nodded.

"Mr. Schue, can you let Ms. Pillsbury know what's going on?"

"Sure, Finn."

"Thanks," Finn said. He got his phone out and dialed Wende's cell phone number. "Hi Wende, it's Finn Hudson… Things could be better… Well, I was wondering if I could stop by today… about a half hour… yeah it involves Char… see you then."

"Are you going to report Quinn?" Brittany asked.

"I can't ignore this," Finn replied.

"Well, I'll send you the video then," she said simply.

"You took a video of Quinn?" Finn asked incredulously.

"Well, I took a video when Santana started singing with Charlotte, because it was so cute, but I just kept the video running when Quinn came in," Brittany explained.

"Britt, that's awesome," Finn cried out. He picked her up and swung her around in a hug. "Absolutely send me and Santana the video."

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Carol drove and Santana rode shot gun, while Finn sat in the back with Charlotte on the way to Wende's office. She brought them right back to the familiar office. Charlotte was currently passed out in Santana's arms as they walked inside. "Finn, nice to see you," Wende greeted.

"I wish it were under better circumstances," Finn replied.

"So what happened?"

"Our friend actually took video," Finn began. "But my mom brought Charlotte to my school so she could hear us all sing in Glee club. Santana, we've been dating for several months now, took her and was singing and dancing around with her. The video starts when they start singing, but I can fast forward it."

"I'll just watch the video," Wende said, taking Finn's phone from him. Her eyes went wide when Quinn burst in the room. "I can see where this is just the start. Who is the gentleman?"

"My best friend, Noah Puckerman."

"And this was witnessed by your whole glee club?"

"And our teacher, and my mom," Finn agreed.

"Alright, I'm going to call Sam in here. She was here like an hour ago, so she still might be around looking into a few cases," Wende explained. She took out her phone and dialed Sam. "Hey Sam... yeah, you still here?... Good, can you stop by my office... yeah, you're going to be interested in this case... okay bye."

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Same came to the office after about 10 minutes and was surprised to see Finn. "Hudson, what's going on?"

"Baby Momma Drama," he explained as he shook her hand.

"What kinda drama?" she asked. Finn handed her his phone.

"Sit back and watch," he said. "She might be trying to get custody."

Sam watched the video and had a similar reaction as Wende. "There was something off about her when we were signing the papers initially. Now this seems psychotic."

"You can say that again," Santana murmured.

"This is the first time she has confronted you?"

"Yeah. I'm still keeping the observation journal about Quinn, almost out of habit. This is going in there as well."

"Good," Sam said. "She's done nothing formally about custody?"

"No, this just happened like an hour ago."

"When she does, let me know, I'll take the case," Sam said definitely. "I wrote up the custody documents. There is no way she can fight it, especially being as unstable as she is."

"Thanks," Finn said gratefully.