Disclaimer: Please see first chapter…and I just realised I didn't post this message in the last chapter, so sorry about that :)

As she leant into Finn on the couch, watching Funny Girl for what was probably the third time that day, Rachel absentmindedly twirled the ring around her finger, unaware that Finn was gazing down at her hand with troubled eyes.

"Rach?" he asked, a little strained.

"Hmm?"

"Can we talk…about…you know…the whole marriage thing?"

"Finn!" she sat up straight and looked at him questioningly. "Are you getting cold feet? After all of this drama and me making you wait?"

"No, Rach! No! It's just that something Kurt said made me think a little bit about New York and everything…"

"Kurt?" Rachel interrupted. "What would he have to say about this?"

"He told me…he told me that I was a star too, Rach. That I was unique. And I thought that was kind of nice, you know? Until he said that me proposing to you was pretty much the same as giving up on myself."

While listening to this Rachel's face had undergone several transformations: hardness, to softness, and finally - anger.

"HE SAID WHAT?"

Oh crap, Finn thought, and he shut his eyes, bracing himself for the tsunami about to flow from Rachel's mouth.

"Finn, look at me! Listen to me." Her expression softened once again, and he opened one eye to check if it was safe. Clasping his hands tightly, Rachel sighed.

"Finn - we've been through so, so much together. I'm not about to sit here and accept that all of it was for nothing. I'm not going to be complacent and believe that Kurt's right about you giving up; 'cause you know, he's not. You're not giving up on yourself Finn, and I'm not giving up on you; and you'd better darn well not be giving up on us either. Remember what I said that night after West Side Story? I meant it then, and I mean it now. Your dreams aren't dead Finn, you just have to find new ones. And we're going to figure it out together, alright? You and I, we're going to make this work, and we're going to show Kurt and everybody else that we can stick together through the thick and thin, and we'll grow together."

Finn gazed at his fiancee lovingly, and wondered how he'd ever been so lucky to win her back after everything that had happened last year.

Softly grazing his thumb against her cheek, he whispered, "What would I do without you, Rach?"

"Mmm I'm not sure, Finn," she teased, and gazing up at him lovingly.

"I love you so very much, Rach. You're right, we'll work it out. Baby steps, right?"

"Right, Finn. And you know what? I don't know what I'd do without you either. I love you too, Finn, more than you'll ever know."

The passionate kiss that followed drowned out anything else she might have said, and Funny Girl was soon forgotten as Finn and Rachel attended to more important things.

That night, Rachel retrieved her diary just before slipping into bed.

"Dear Diary," she wrote. "Finn and I really laid ourselves bare today (not just metaphorically…) and we've decided we're going to figure everything out together. In baby steps, just like he said. We know now that we're not going to let other people and their opinions tear us apart or make us think twice. We'll turn only to each other, and we'll make this work. I know we will."

A/N: So, this was a little companion piece I wrote for the last chapter, just for RachelGleek :) Hope you like it, please review! Reviews make me happy…and keep me writing!

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Debbie xx