Chapter 3

A couple of days later, Finn was at the bar with a couple of friends. He had called Rachel to invite her; she had accepted and said that she would go as soon as she finished with rehearsals. Finn was anxious; he hadn't seen her since that time at her house.

When he had arrived home that night, he had talked with Puck. About her. It wasn't as if he was already in love with her, but there definitely was something about her that made Finn crazy. And this usually didn't happen with him. Was it her smile? The sound of her voice? Her self-confidence? Or, maybe, just her cooking?

Puck said that it was great that Finn was finally interested in someone. Puck had introduced him to many other girls, in an attempt to get someone special into his life. Not that he felt guilty that he had, somehow, stolen his previous girlfriend…

Although this bar had a karaoke, Finn and his friends had never sang a song there, or at least not that he remembers. This bar was one of Finn's favorites, it was close to their apartment and it wasn't that bad. He would usually drink more than just a few drinks, but since Rachel was coming he decided to drink one beer.

Finn saw Rachel walk through the door and he tried to hide his big smile. He began to wave when he saw that she was looking around trying to find them.

"She her?" Puck mumbled to Finn, he nodded.

Finn took a sip of his beer before standing up to greet Rachel; he kissed her cheek, "Hey."

"Hi, Finn. This place isn't so bad after all," she said, eyeing the stage.

"What were you expecting?" Finn asked a little too nervous.

"I don't know," she shrugged and smiled turning to Finn's friends.

"Hey, uh, guys," Finn said to get the attention of his friends. "She's Rachel," Rachel waved at them as Finn began to point, "He's Puck," Finn pointed to a guy with a mohawk, he waved and cocked an eyebrow at her, "She's Quinn and she's Tina. That's Sam and over there's Mike."

A blonde girl smiled innocently at Rachel when Finn said her name, Quinn. A pretty, dark haired Asian waved too, Tina. A blonde guy and another dark haired Asian waved at her.

Rachel smiled as Finn pulled out a chair for her, "Hi."

Finn and Rachel both sat down; Quinn was the first one to speak, "Heard you're in Broadway?"

Rachel's cheeks turned to a shade of red as she glanced at Finn, she nodded and said "Just starting."

Rachel noticed that the guy with a mohawk, was it Puck? Was staring at her as he drank his beer, Rachel looked away.

"What do you want to drink?" Finn asked.

"A beer will be all right," Rachel said with a nod as she looked around.

Various conversations had started between everyone; Tina and Mike were talking with Sam and Puck was talking with Finn. While Rachel's beer was on its way, Quinn stood up to the bathroom and asked Rachel to go with her. Finn smiled at Quinn, he appreciated that Quinn was already making her feel welcomed.

"She isn't bad looking at all, man," Puck said nudging Finn's arm.

Finn raised an eyebrow, "You thought she'd be ugly?"

Puck shrugged and chuckled, "I'm just saying."

Finn eyed Puck as Rachel and Quinn sat down again. Rachel smiled at Finn and took her beer, "Have you ever sang there?" she asked, motioning her head to the stage.

Quinn laughed and Puck chuckled, Finn played with the bottle of beer that was in his hands as he shook his head, "Nah, not really."

"Yo!" A loud, familiar voice said.

Of course, Finn turned to the door and saw Santana.

Rachel looked confused as Santana walked to their table, she took a seat next to Sam and she eyed Rachel. "New girl?"

Rachel looked at Finn confused, Finn shrugged, "Meet Santana, Santana meet Rachel."

Santana smiled sneakily at Rachel, Rachel timidly smiled back.

"Is the appointment still on for tomorrow?" Santana asked Finn from across the table. Finn nodded and Santana then turned to Sam.

"Where's Britt?" Finn heard Sam ask her, Finn turned back around to face Rachel.

"Is she sick?" Rachel asked innocently, Puck spat the beer he had in his mouth and laughed, Quinn nudged him.

Rachel now had a confused face again; she didn't get what was so funny.

"No," Finn said, not wanting to get into the subject.

Rachel raised an eyebrow, "What kind of doctor are you exactly?"

"Gyno," Puck spat. Quinn giggled and Finn blushed.

"Oh, that's….interesting," she nodded not sure of what she would say next.

Puck snorted and ran his hand through his mowhawk; Finn glared at Puck and then finished his beer. He wasn't planning on telling her, or at least not now. He didn't want her to back away from him; he had heard that some woman would have some kind of problem in dating gynecologists.

Rachel noticed how uncomfortable Finn felt, so she decided to save her questions for another day. "Do you want to sing?" Rachel asked turning to the stage, Finn shook his head. "Come on, please. It'll be fun, I promise."

"Yeah dude, it'll be fun," Puck teased. Finn rolled his eyes at him and stood up, Rachel grinned.

Santana saw that they were both walking to the stage, "What's up with them?"

"They'll sing," Puckerman announced, they all tried not to laugh, Tina giggled.

"What song should we sing? It has to be duet," Rachel said, Finn glanced at the table full of his friends then back at her, he shrugged. "How about…" she began to look through the list of songs, "You've heard Faithfully, right? From Journey."

"Yeah," Finn nodded.

Rachel smiled, "Faithfully it is," she took two microphones and chose the song. She handed one to Finn before stepping on the stage. Finn sighed as he once again looked at his friends, Puck made a silly face at him and Finn showed him his middle finger with a fake smile as he walked to the stage.

Finn rubbed his already sweaty palms on his jeans before the song started. Then the time came for him to start, he took a deep breath and looked at Rachel who was looking at him with a bright smile, he looked away and began to sing.

Puck began to laugh, he high fived Sam. Quinn turned her chair around to face the stage; she raised an eyebrow as she heard the song. Tina and Mike were quiet, paying close attention to them while Santana had a smirk on her face.

When Rachel started to sing Finn stared at her in awe, her perfect voice was filling the room.

"She ain't bad," Santana said, Tina nodded quickly in agreement and Quinn ignored her comment.

Finn then joined Rachel and their voices made a perfect combination.

When the song was over some people cheered for them, Rachel grinned brightly as Finn walked back to the table avoiding everyone's look.

"Nice voice you got there!" Santana teased him as he sat down.

"Shut up, Tana," Finn said, she rolled her eyes.

"Don't call me that."

Puck chuckled, Rachel sat back down, and Finn ordered another beer.

"See, that was fun. And your voice is good, with some practice maybe you could even make it to Broadway," Rachel smiled at him, Finn just nodded. He did think that it had been fun and her voice was amazing, but he didn't felt too comfortable to talk about that in front of his friends.

"My turn to sing!" Santana grinned as she stood up from her sit. "Who'll join me?"

Puck, Quinn, Mike, and Tina chuckled Finn stayed quiet and Rachel looked at Santana curiously. Sam chuckled and stood up, "I will!"

"Seems like Sam's had too many drinks," Puck muttered with a chuckle.

The rest of the night had turned out to be more fun than what Finn had thought it would be after he had sang that duet with Rachel.

After saying goodbye to everyone, Finn and Rachel took a cab to her apartment.

"It was fun, thanks for inviting me," Rachel said smiling as they walked to the apartment number 312.

Finn smiled, "I thought it was fun too."

"You never sing with your friends?"

"No, not really," Finn said shaking his head as he shoved his hands in his pockets.

"After a while, I could see that you were enjoying it," she smiled. "You're very talented. I should know I'm very talented too."

Finn chuckled, "You are."

Rachel smiled, then she stood on the tip of her toes to kiss his cheek as they got close to her apartment, "Thanks Finn, I'll see you another day?"

Finn smiled and nodded as she began to look for the keys in her bag, "Yeah. I'll…call you."

Rachel smiled as she took out her key, she opened the door, "Okay, I'll be waiting," she smiled and hugged him before walking inside. She waved before closing the door.

Finn smiled to himself.