A.N. Sorry It's a little later than normal but I've been running around all day after three nephew ranging from five months to three years so been really busy lol, hope you enjoy the last part :)

Chapter Eight – The Beginning in the End

The next day saw Ren arrive at the choir room first. She smiled as she saw Puck's guitar leaning against the chair and quickly picked it before she started playing "Tell Her About It" by Billy Joel. She was singing along, so into what she was doing that she didn't notice Puck entering the room. He took one look at her and broke into a wide smile.

"Tell her about it! Tell her everything you feel! Give her every reason to accept that you're for real! Tell her about it! Tell her all your crazy dreams! Let her know you need her, let her know how much she means!" Ren sang loudly.

"Yo Cain, not very subtle are ya?" he smirked about her song choice. Renee had been startled by Puck's arrival and had spun around to face him as he had started talking but she immediately smirked back, undeterred by his biblical insult.

"Listen up Fonz," she insulted right back, "Billy Joel songs are classics ..." then she paused, "But thanks for the warning, I hadn't thought about that and you're right."

Puck's eyebrow raised as she didn't even pause before the insult slipped from her lips, she was something else, she had the looks and talent of Berry with none of the high maintenance. She put his guitar back down and sat down on one of the chairs as Puck came to sit next to her.

"So ..." he began, "You Jewish too?"

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Finn was determined. He hadn't been this determined since he had driven to Sectionals after he had talked to Mr. Schue. Today he was going to get Rachel to talk to him and say more than just hello. He walked down the nearly deserted hallways a little later than usual as his math teacher had kept him behind to talk about his grades. As he turned the corner to the practice room and reached forward to open the door he collided with someone else who was also about to enter the room.

"I'm sorry!" he exclaimed, steadying himself and the small person who had nearly been knocked to the floor but any further apologies or explanations were caught in his throat as he looked down into the deep brown eyes of Rachel Berry.

Rachel paused, not knowing what to say before she finally mumbled a quick, "That's ok," and started to open the door but Finn snapped himself out of his stupor and reached for Rachel's hands, stopping this action and leaving the door open enough that everyone inside stopped to look and see who was coming in but neither Rachel nor Finn noticed this. He took both of them in his own and looked at her beseechingly.

"Rach, I miss you," he told her, his eyes not leaving her as she looked back up at him, "I made another huge mistake but can this fight be over now?" he begged.

"We're not fighting ..." Rachel started but Finn interrupted.

"No we're not, this is worse, way worse," he squeezed her hands slightly as if trying to emphasise his point. "You don't talk to me or look at me, you can barely even sing with me!" he exclaimed. "I miss you looking at me and seeing me, I miss teasing you and I how you make me feel when we sing together and it's my stupid fault ... again." Finn sighed at this and looked down at his feet for a moment before taking a deep breath and looking back into her eyes, "Ren was right about one thing, I was so scared to tell you how I feel but now I'm more scared you'll never know so here it is ... I love you Rach, to me you're perfect."

Had either of them been paying attention they would have heard the muffled gasps of shock and happiness coming from different Glee members but as it was, they only had eyes for each other.

"You ... y ... you love me?" Rachel asked.

Finn smiled and nodded emphatically as he replied, "Yes." He let go of one of her hands and lifted it to cup her face. "I don't expect you to feel the same, I mean I've been pretty awful to you but I'm gonna wait a long time to convince you I'm serious and hopefully have you tell me you feel the ..."

This time Rachel interrupted Finn, but not with words. She broke into a wide smile, took a fistful of his shirt and pulled him down into a fierce kiss. Finn steadied himself, a little shocked at her reaction but quickly started to kiss her back however they broke apart as there came a sudden loud cheer from the practice room. They both looked into the room to realise that they had been entertaining an audience the whole time. Rachel flushed in embarrassment and went to step back but Finn lifted her from the floor and knocked the door shut with his foot to give them some privacy.

"Finn! Put me down!" Rachel exclaimed whilst unable to stop the giggles that were escaping from her. He did, smiling widely as he looked down at her.

"So does this mean you'll be my girlfriend?" he asked, teasingly as he kept her close to him in a loose embrace.

"Maybe ..." she drawled and then laughed at the pout that had appeared on his face, "Yes I'll be your girlfriend."

Finn kissed her softly and mumbled, "Good answer," against her lips before leaning in for a deeper kiss.

This time Rachel broke the kiss and she smiled at Finn, "Oh and Finn?" she said, waiting for his raised eyebrow before she continued, "I love you too."

Five minutes later both Finn and Rachel walked into the practice room, holding hands with wide smiles on their faces, ready to endure the Glee club jibes at their new relationship.

The End.

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