Rachel was unlocking the door to her house when she noticed Finn whipping his hands on his pants nervously.
"Are you nervous about meeting my dads." Rachel said with amusement thick in her voice.
"Shut up! I'm meeting your parents, and it's not just one dad it's two!"
Rachel opened the door and walked in the house laughing, "My dads don't like any of my friends so, you're probably no different. DADS! I'M HOME AND I BROUGHT A FRIEND!"
Rachel's dad's came down the stairs with a scowl on their faces. Finn walked up to them and held his hand out, they were obviously surprised by that gesture,"Nice to meet you Mr. and Mr. Berry, I'm Finn."
LeRoy shook his hand first,"So, your the famous Finn our daughter always gushes about. I'm LeRoy."
"DAD!" Rachel hissed.
Finn chuckled,"I guess so."
Hiram shook his hand next,"I'm Hiram. So are you two dating or..."
"DADDY! He's just here to do a history project with me."
"You got her to do homework!? We've been trying to do that for years!" Hiram said exasperated throwing his arms up for emphasis.
"Are you in any of her other classes?" LeRoy asked hopefully.
"No, sir, I'm in all advanced classes except for History. But, I did offer to tutor Rachel. I believe she could be really smart if she actually out the effort in."
"I like this friend of yours Rachel. You should keep him. You can call me LeRoy son."
Rachel looked at her father as if he had two heads,"You actually like one of my friends." Rachel said incredulously.
"He doesn't seem like trouble."
"Whatever come on Finn." Rachel took his hand and started pulling him but, he didn't budge.
"Ya know, you have to stop doing that." Rachel said exasperated.
Finn chuckled, "I'm sorry, but, we have to do something before we do our work remember?"
Rachel glanced at her fathers nervously, "U-um yeah, I forgot. Dads we need to talk to you."
"You're not pregnant are you." LeRoy said panicked.
"No, Finn is the only one in school that doesn't want to have sex with me." Rachel mumbled under her breath then said,"No, dad I'm still a virgin."
Finn knew that LeRoy didn't believe her but nodded anyways,"Okay, then what did you guys want to talk about."
"I don't have anything to say I'm just here for moral support." Finn said noticing the questioning looks on her fathers faces.
"We should go sit in the family room."
Rachel had a tight grip on Finn's hand the whole walk to the room and when they sat on the sofa opposite of her fathers.
"So, what do you want to talk about Rachela?"
"As you guys know...I've been um, smoking..." Rachel's dads nodded bitterly, "Well, I wanted to say sorry for all the times that I've yelled at you guys for trying to help me and the way I acted before I left for rehab. I want you guys to know I could never hate you..." Rachel was crying by this point, "...when all you w-wanted to do was help me." Rachel sniffed and wiped her tears, "Finn told me something's, about how I used to be and how I am now, and-um, he said he wants to help me. He said he knows a person that could help me get my singing back on track, he could tutor me, and when I ever feel the need to drink or anything I could call him at anytime."
LeRoy and Hiram looked at Finn who was smiling to himself, he wasn't really paying to what was going on he was just listening and when nobody said anything he looked up, "Did I do something wrong, sirs?"
Hiram ran over to Finn and brought him into a hug, "Whatever you're doing to our little star keep doing it because we've been trying to get her to stop for years and you just come out of nowhere and she listens to you. You're good for our little star." Hiram whispered in his ear and pulled back wiping his tears when he was done talking.
LeRoy got up next and stood right in front of him, "Thank you, son. Words cannot explain how grateful we are that you're doing this for our Rachela."
Finn looked down at Rachel, "She can do it herself, she just needs an extra little push."
"We know we just wanted to thank you for helping us get our Rachela back."
Finn nodded and whispered in Rachel's ear, "I'm going to go to your room and let you guys have some family time." Finn squeezed her hand stood up and walked away.
Rachel smiled at his back before looking at her fathers, "I'm so sorry for the way I've been acting for the past few years. I've probably put you guys through hell and back."
"It's okay and we're sorry we didn't try harder to get you to stop."
Rachel stood up and brought them into a one armed hug, "I love you guys."
They hugged Rachel back an they all cried together, "We love you too Rachela."
After a few moments Hiram pulled away wiping his eyes and smiling down at Rachel,"And just so you know, we approve of Finn, if you ever decide to date him."
Rachel smiled,"The hard part is getting him to like me in that way."
"He wouldn't be doing this for you if he had no type of feelings for you, Rachela." LeRoy commented.
Rachel looked at her dad, "You're probably right, he told me he thought I was gorgeous the start of Freshmen year but, he thought he was out of my league."
Her dads looked at her surprised, "Seriously, what about now?"
"He said he's gotten turned off by the person I've become."
Rachel's dads nodded in understanding, "He's a smart boy. Ya know what? You have our permission to marry him." LeRoy said mindfully.
Rachel looked at them wide eyed, "Okay, family time over." With that Rachel darted up the stairs with her fathers chuckling behind her.
Despite herself Rachel smiled at the thought of marrying Finn some day. Rachel walked in her room smiling at Finn, "Hey, Finny Bear." Rachel said to his attention from his phone.
Finn looked towards Rachel and sat up so that his legs were hanging off the side, "Hey, Rach. How'd it go?"
Rachel walked up to Finn and wrapped her arms around his waist and laid her head on his shoulder, "Well, we hugged, they told me sorry for not trying hard enough, I told them sorry for putting them through hell, daddy said they approve if I want to date you, and I said the hard part is getting you to like me in that way." Rachel said leaving out some parts on purpose.
Finn chuckled and wrapped his arms around her waist,"You actually want to date me? Not just have sex with me?"
"Of course I want to have sex with you, But, I also want to actually date you. After everything you've done today the real question would be why wouldn't I want to date you."
"Anyone could have done it..." Finn said bashfully.
Rachel picked her head up and looked into his eyes,"You're too modest. No, anyone wouldn't have done what you did today. They'd probably just shrug it off and move on with their lives but, you, you brought my family back together and..." Rachel trailed off and put her head back on his shoulder, "I don't know how to repay you."
"You don't have to repay me, Rach. Maybe we should do the project tomorrow I don't really feel like doing it now."
"Okay, what should we do?"
"We could...go see a movie, or bowling, anything you want to do is fine."
"Is this a date?" Rachel asked jokingly but meant it.
Finn chuckled,"It's just two friends going out."
"I guess that'll have to do...for now." Rachel said then kissed his cheek.
Finn laughed and stood up,"Let's go shorty." Finn said while pulling her into his side and started walking out the door.
Rachel chuckled,"I'm not that short."
Finn looked down at her and raised his eyebrows, "You're like four feet tall!"
"I am 5'1 for your information."
Finn chuckled,"Such a big difference." Finn said sarcastically and laughed when Rachel huffed.
They didn't notice Rachel's dads watching the whole thing but, when they turned towards the kitchen and saw them hastily starting to dust off the table with their hands they laughed.
"Dads Finn and I are just going to go out tonight, it's been a long day."
"We understand, your curfew is twelve tonight."
"Twelve!? You never even let me stay out until ten on a school night and eleven on the weekends!"
"Well, that's because we trust Finn, we don't trust never mind like any of your other friends."
"Well shit, I'm going out with Finn every night."
"Watch your language young lady." Hiram scolded.
"Is this a date or...?" LeRoy said speaking up.
Everybody looked at Finn expectantly, Rachel hoping he would change his mind. Finn chuckled, "No sirs, we are just going bowling as friends."
"Well, by the way you have your arm around her waist we would have thought you were going on a date."
Finn started moving his arm from around Rachel's waist but Rachel grabbed his arm and kept it in place,"Don't you dare move your arm. Dads we are not going on a date. We are just going out as friends. I have accepted that and you should too." Rachel looked up at Finn to make sure he wasn't looking at her before looking at her dads and winking.
They both chuckled,"Okay, you guys have fun together."
"I'll have her back before twelve, I still have a curfew that I don't want to start ignoring now."
"And that's why we trust you. How's eleven?"
"Perfect, have a nice night." With that Finn and Rachel walked out the house.
"Do you think it's a coincidence that we fit together perfectly?" Rachel asked when they got outside.
"I never really noticed but, I guess it is. Why?"
Rachel smirked to herself,"Do you think anything else of yours would be able to fit me perfectly?"
Finn looked down at her and chuckled, "You're a naughty naughty girl miss Berry."
"How about you let me show you just how naughty I could be." Rachel said seductively.
"I don't think friends do that." Finn said while opening the passenger door for her.
Rachel chuckled, "I don't think friends kiss each other." Rachel said while getting in the car.
Finn closed the door and ran to his side of the car and got in,"But, friends do favors for each other and I was doing you a favor."
"We can do each other a favor by showing each other a good time."
Finn chuckled,"You don't give up do you shorty?"
"Nope, giving up is for cowards. And I don't think friends give each other pet names."
"But, friend do give each other nicknames."
"You have an answer for everything don't you?"
"You never shut up do you?"
Rachel narrowed her eyes at him,"It's better to speak whatever's on your mind than keep it balled up inside."
Rachel saw that Finn wanted to say something but, bit his lip and kept his mouth shut. Rachel squinted her eyes at him,"What do you want to say?"
"Tonight is supposed to be about us having fun so, I will not say what I was going to say. But, I'll ask you another time."
Rachel really wanted to know what he was going to say but, a bigger part of her wanted to have fun tonight so she kept her mouth shut and turned towards the front.
They rode in silence for a moment until Finn pulled into the parked the car in the parking lot and noticed Rachel staring off into space not even noticing they were at the bowling ally. Finn put his hand on her shoulder making he jump a little but, calmed down when he noticed it was just Finn.
"Hey, what's on your mind."
"You." Rachel said like it was the most obvious thing in the world.
Finn smiled at her softly,"What about me?"
Rachel looked at him and smiled back, How it would be like to actually be with you."
Finn looked down as if he did something wrong,"I'm sorry I can't reciprocate your feelings."
"It's not your fault that I'm so fucked up and can't get the cutest boy at school (to me at least) to like me."
"You're not fucked up, you're just lost, that's what I'm here for." Finn said soothingly,"And about my feelings towards you...I'm just gonna say, don't give up hope."
Rachel stared at him with her mouth agape and her eyes wide,"Really?"
"Yes, really."
Rachel smirked,"So, you are attracted to me?"
Finn sighed,"Yes, Rachel. I am very much attracted to you, especially after that kiss."
"It's about damn time you admitted you are attracted to me!" Rachel breathed.
Finn chuckled and shook his head,"Let's go."
Finn and Rachel got out of the car and started walking towards the door.
"I should warn you, I've never bowling a day in my life so, I suck."
"Well, that's a good thing, that means I'll win." Finn said as he held the door open for her.
"I was kinda of hoping you were gonna say something along the lines of 'I'll help you Rach it's no problem, especially since our bodies are going to be pressed together . It could be a practice for when no clothes are between is and I'm inside you.'" Rachel said in her best 'Finn voice'.
Finn had to stop and double over laughing, "Did you really think I would say that."
Rachel laughed along with him, "Maybe not the last part but the first part yes."
"Like I said before you are a naughty naughty girl Miss Berry."
"And like I said before, I could show you just how naughty I could be."
Finn looked at the girl who was standing at the cash register looking awkward, she obviously heard there whole conversation, "I'm sorry about her crudeness ma'am."Finn chuckled at Rachel's mock offended face.
The girl looked at Finn,"You don't have to call me ma'am I'm only 18," She held out her hand,"I'm Kelly and her crudeness was no bother at all, it was just a little awkward that's all."
Rachel noticed something in Kelly's eyes as she stared at Finn not even bothering to look at Rachel, not even glance. Rachel already hated the girl.
Finn shook the girls hand and smiled politely at her, "I'm Finn and this is my friend, Rachel." Finn put his arm around Rachel's shoulder and smiled down at her.
"Best friend?" Kelly said with confusion and relief evident in her tone. "After the comment I just heard I wouldn't think you guys were just friends and you guys kind of look like a couple, a cute couple too."
'Maybe this girl isn't so bad after all.' Rachel thought.
"Nah, we're just friends." Kelly finally looked at Rachel and have her a sympathy smile. Was it that obvious she was in lo- liked Finn?
Rachel gave the girl a smile back seemingly confirming the girls beliefs that Rachel was into Finn.
"I'll let you guys have a lane and shoes for free."
"Really?" Finn asked stunned.
"Yeah, it's no problem. My dads the manager."
"Well in that case thanks. All three of us should hang out sometime. You seem cool."
"That'd be great." She wrote down her number on a sticky note and gave it to him with a smile. He smiled back and pocketed her number."Give me your shoe sizes and you guys will be at lane five."
Finn and Rachel gave her their shoe sizes and she walked into a closet to go retrieve them.
"Do you want to date her?" Rachel said through gritted teeth.
Finn looked down at her confused and chuckled when he saw how red her face was,"I think she's pretty, yes, but, I have feelings for someone else." Rachel was about to ask who but, Kelly decided to come back at that time.
"Here you guys go! Enjoy the rest of your night ask me if you need help with anything!"
"Thank you, Kelly, I'll see maybe this weekend?"
"I don't have anything planned so, just text or call when you plan on hanging out."
Finn nodded and smiled politely at her before walking off with his and Rachel's shoes.
"So, who-um-who do you have feelings for?"
"You wouldn't know her she goes to Carmel High." Finn said the first thing that came to mind while putting on his shoes when he sat down in one of the Chris in front by their lane.
"Oh really? What's her name?"
"Erm...Lauren Turner"
Rachel was mentally planning on tracking down this Lauren girl and giving her a price of her mind but, not before she walked right in front of Finn. She wait until he looked up at her confused to crash her lips down to his in a rough kiss. She forces her tongue into his mouth and started exploring his mouth. She straddled his lap, not even worrying about the bystanders, and ran her hands through his hair. She pulled back after a few moments and whispered against his lips,"Next time you're thinking about her, think about that kiss we just shared." Rachel brought her lips down to his once more in short soft kiss before pulling away and standing up.
"Oh God," Rachel heard Finn whisper while he stared at her wide eyed,"Um, we should um..."
"Bowl?" Rachel asked smirking at his confusion.
"Yeah, bowl! We should um...bowl." Finn said then quickly got up and walked over to the computer and put his and Rachel's names in. Rachel walked up behind him and wrapped her arms around his waist and laid her head on his back. Finn oddly relaxed a little when she touched him but, she decided not to worry about it.
"You seem a little tense Finny, what wrong?"
"You kissed me!"
Rachel chuckled;"I know Finny Bear, I was there."
"I'm serious Rachel! The problem is that I actually liked kissing you!"
"And that's a problem...why?"
"Because I'm trying to help you find yourself again not dating you."
"Why can't we do both?"
Finn turned in her arms and put his arms around her waist while she laid her chin on his chest and kept her hands around his waist,"What if something goes really wrong between us? I wouldn't be able to help you anymore if we can't stand to be around each other."
"That isn't gonna happen. I like you too much to let anything happen or if something goes wrong I will not, and I mean will not, let you stray way from me." It was then Rachel remember about the best and could feel like the biggest bitch to ever walk earth. She was gonna pull out of the bet the first chance she got because she feels too involved with to even do it. She thinks she loves him even.
"Okay."
Rachel looked at him surprised, "O-okay."
Finn smirked and got down on one knee. Rachel laughed and joked,"We haven't even been on a first date yet and you already want to marry me? I'm sorry but, I need to go on a few dates before you ask me to marry you. Then we'll see."
Finn chuckled and mocked a pout,"So, you won't marry me?"
"I'm sorry baby. Maybe after a few dates."
"In that case...Rachel Barbra Berry, will you go on a date with me?"
"Do you even have to ask?"
"I'll take that as a yes?"
Rachel knelt down in front of him and wrapped her arms around his neck,"It would be a hell yes." Rachel kissed him softly but, passionately.
He wrapped his arms around her waist and kissed her back just as passionately. When Finn pulled away he stood up then wrapped his hands around Rachel's waist and picked her up so she was on her feet too, making her squeal.
"You ready to bowl." Finn picked up the pink ball and held it out in front of her
"Wait, before we do that, I have to ask you something."
Finn nodded, "What is it babe?"
"Is that Lauren girl you were talking about real?"
Finn chuckled, "No, she is not real. You see, I have this thing for a short brunette, beautiful brown eyes, she has a smile that could put the moon to shame, smooth skin, soft lips, and she's one of the most beautiful creatures I know. But, I didn't want to admit it until she have me this really hot kiss and I just couldn't deny how much I like her after that."
Rachel looked at him shocked, "You have feelings for me?"
"Yes ma'am I do. I wouldn't have asked you on a date if I had zero feelings for you Rach."
Rachel beamed at him, "Okay! I'm ready to play now!" Rachel took the ball from him and walked all the way in front of the lane then frowned when she realized she didn't know how to do it. She put on her best puppy dog face and turned to Finn who was looking at her amused. "Finny Bear?"
Finn chuckled,"Yeah Rachy Bear?"
Rachel had to stifle her laughter, "Can you help me? Please?"
Finn laughed, "Nope."
"But, were dating!"
"We're not dating yet, therefore, we are still here as friends."
"We already kissed three times are seriously saying we are still here as friends!"
Fin chuckled, "Okay, I'll help you this one time but, you're on your own for the rest." Finn said while walking over to her.
Rachel beamed at him and turned back towards the pins.
Finn came up behind her put one hand on her waist and pulled her closer to him. Rachel's breath caught in her throat when she felt Finn's body pressed against hers.
He guided her through the whole thing but, Rachel was too concentrated on the fact that Finn's body was pressed against her's.
She didn't even registered that she got a strike until Finn yelled in victory. Rachel looked at him confused.
"What's happened?"
Finn chucked,"Were paying attention to anything I said?"
"No, not really."
"I figured since you were staring at my face the whole time."
"I was not!"
"You had a little smile on your face and your eyes were shining up at me."
"Well, if you didn't decide to press your body up against mine I wouldn't have been staring at you." Rachel retorted.
"So this is my fault?"
"Yes," Rachel stood on her tippy toes a pecked his lips,"but it's okay you can't control your cuteness." Rachel whispered against his lips and kissed him once more.
"You're taking advantage of being able to kiss me aren't you." Finn said when Rachel kept pecking his lips.
"You" peck "don't know" peck "how long" peck "I've been" peck "waiting" peck "for your" peck "lips" peck "to be" peck "on mine" she made the last kiss a little longer.
Finn pulled away and she pouted making Finn laugh, "I'll give you one more kiss until after out first date."
"One!"
"It better than none."
"Okay."
"I'm not gonna do it now. I'll do it when you're least expecting it."
"But, Finnyyyy."
"Later, I promise." Finn said then kissed her nose.
"I'm going to walk you to your door." Finn said when they pulled up in front of her house.
"Fine with me."
They got out of the car and walked to the door. Rachel started unlocking her door but, Finn put his hand on top of hers.
Rachel looked at him confused but before she could say anything his lips crashed down on hers. Rachel dropped her keys and wrapped her arms around his neck and started running her hands through his hair.
Finn slid his hands up from the small of her neck and tangled them in her hair. Finn slowly backed Rachel up to the door luckily because Rachel felt like she was about to pass out from the way Finn was kissing her.
Rachel moaned a few times but, this time Finn didn't pull away she just kissed her harder.
Rachel pulled away and let him start kissing her neck,"God Finn..." Finn pulled away from her neck and have her one more scorching kiss before pulling leaning her forehead on hers.
"That...was...perfect." Rachel breathed out of breath.
"That's what I was hoping for." Finn whispered back
"When exactly do you plan on our first date being because I don't think I will be able to go too long without kissing you after that."
Finn chuckled, "Soon I promise."
"When exactly is soon?"
"Just...soon." Finn kissed her nose and stood his full height."I'll pick you up for school tomorrow."
"Okay, baby." Rachel stood on her tippy toes and pecked his lips before turning around and looking around confused. "Um...baby do you know where my keys are?"
"Um...I think you dropped them."
Rachel looked down and chuckled,"I guess I did." Rachel bent down to pick them up and felt Finn staring at her ass and lost it when he whistled lowly. "Now who's naughty?"
"Just appreciating a nice ass that's all."
Rachel laughed and shook her ass in front of him while he just started with no shame. "I'll give you a nicer look if you want."
Finn shook his head and chuckled,"Maybe in a few months."
Rachel turned towards him with her eyes wide,"Months?" She squeaked
Finn smiled at her,"That's one of the perks of dating we can't just have sex after the first week of dating."
Rachel took a deep breathe and smiled at him,"I'm willing to as long as it takes to have sex with you."
"That's all I ask for babe."
Rachel smiled brightly at him before turning around and unlocking the door,"I'll see you tomorrow baby."
Finn kissed her cheek,"Well spend the whole day together tomorrow so, don't be so sad I have to leave."
Rachel smiled,"Okay, baby." Rachel gave him on last smile before walking outside and closing the door behind her.
When Rachel got inside she started jumping up and down squealing but stopped when she heard her fathers chuckling from the living room. "DADS! I thought you would be sleep!"
"We planned on going to sleep because we trusted Finn to get you home on time, which he did successfully, but, we were too anxious to know how the 'hanging out as friends' went." Hiram said while putting air quotes over the last part.
Rachel wouldn't have been able to hide her smile if she tried, "It was amazing!"
"After what we heard and witnessed outside I'd bet it was amazing."
Rachel blushed,"You saw everything?"
"Ever since you pulled up in front of the house." LeRoy said smirking.
"Dad I thought you were supposed to do that intimidating parent thing."
"After everything that happened today I won't be able to hide that I love the boy if I tried. Now, stop changing the subject and give us details."
Rachel beamed again,"Okay so..." Rachel told them everything and they started crying when they heard how Finn asked Rachel out. By the end of the story LeRoy and Hiram were in tears and Rachel was smiling to herself.
"You two are going to go a long way. I can feel it."
Rachel smile grew a little,"I really hope so."
"Hiram, our baby girls in love!"
Rachel's head shot up, "In love!?" She squeaked.
"You may not notice it all the way now but, we do. Just by the way you were telling us what you and Finn did. We noticed that your face lit up with every little detail you told or when ever you said Finn's name."
Rachel stood there in shock for a little while. Is she really in love with Finn? It makes sense, as long as she's been waiting to be with Finn. Rachel's shocked face turned in to a big grin, "I think you're right. I love Finn but, I think it's too early to tell him that. I need to make sure he reciprocates my feelings before telling him."
Hiram and LeRoy brought there little girl into a big hug with huge grins. "We are so happy yrou finally found someone you care about!"
Rachel hugged them back and smiled, "I am too dads."
A/N: I am soooo sorry this should have been posted days ago but, I have been so busy with school and yesterdayI was in a wedding and...ugh. Next week is going to be the same thing because I have school during the week and ANOTHER wedding on the weekend. I have a really busy life considering I'm only 14, lol. Well, I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter! I enjoyed writing it...though I did re-write how they get together like a thousand times but, I think the way Finn asked her on a date was sweet! :)
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