As soon as the door to her bedroom closed, Rachel pulled her hand out of Finn's and turned to face him, her hands on her hips. He knew that she wanted answers about what was going on and there would be hell to pay if she didn't get them.

"Tell me what is going on, Finn. Why is my grandmother angry at my dad?"

Finn hesitated for a moment to sit down on the foot of Rachel's bed. He knew that she would be hurt after finding out that he had planned on cancelling their wedding and going into the army.

"She overheard your dads and me talking about getting you on a train to New York on our wedding day so you wouldn't sacrifice your dreams of being a star for me."

"What!"

"I thought you were ruining your life by wanting to marry me and stay here in Lima for six months. Your grandfather helped me change my mind and has offered me a job in an apartment building he owns in New York."

"Finn, you are not ruining my dreams. You have become a part of them," Rachel replied, sitting down beside him on her bed and gently touching him on the cheek. "He must want you to replace that incompetent maintenance man in his building on Central Park West. Which apartment did he offer us?"

"The penthouse on the 17th and 18th floor and I am paying him five hundred a month for us to live there."

"Finn…"

"I won't take charity, Rachel. I want to earn my own way in this world."

"Okay. As big as that apartment is, Kurt could stay with us and we could even invite Puck to stay with us there. Grandpa could hire him to help you because it is going to take a lot of work to repair everything that was neglected."

"I will talk to your grandfather and Puck about it, as long as he and Kurt are in a separate part of the apartment from us."

"Finn, the master suite and the private gym with an indoor swimming pool are the only rooms on the top floor. The other three bedrooms are under the gym and not the master suite. We will have privacy. The master suite has a key lock to where a password has to be entered to go into that room. So we won't have to worry about people snooping around or in the case of Puckerman, trying to get a free peep show and making comments."

Finn smirked at Rachel before leaning over to kiss her. As soon as their lips touched, passion took over and it led to a full on make out session, their worries over graduation and their wedding, and not caring that her fathers and grandparents were downstairs.

Camilla was making dinner in the kitchen when Hiram came into the room and grimaced when he heard the music start up in Rachel's room. She grinned at her son-in-law and touched him comfortingly on the arm.

"It isn't easy on a parent when you realize that the young child who loved you before anybody else when they were small, have new relationships that are just important. It is especially difficult when that child becomes sexually active."

"Camilla!" Hiram exclaimed, his face turning red with embarrassment.

"Hiram, they are engaged to be married and to think that they aren't having sex is naïve on your part."

"I know but to have that knowledge made known is a different story."

"This is your payback for all of those times that James and I walked in on you and LeRoy when you first got together and would come to visit us."

"You don't have to enjoy this so much, mom."

Camilla laughed at Hiram's words and felt the thrill that went through her every time her son's partner called her mom. His own mother had turned her back on him the moment he had come out of the closet and she had held him while he had sobbed at her rejection of him. The only family he had left was his younger sister, Hannah.

"Have you heard anything from Hannah lately?"

"I talked to her last night. She is flying to Washington DC to help Christina move to New York."

Right after Hiram's parents had rejected him, they had been killed in an auto accident, leaving him with a nine year old sister to take care of. At the time, he and LeRoy had been struggling with taking care of themselves, even with Camilla and James helping them so Christina Morgan, an old friend of his mother's had taken Hannah to her home in a DC suburb and raised her. She had already raised four sons of her own and had the time and money to devote to a young girl who had just lost her parents.

"Are Travis, Tim, Mark and Walter helping them too?"

"Yes and all of them and their wives are coming back here with Hannah and Christina to go to Rachel's graduation party and the wedding."

In the years of Hiram and LeRoy going to see Hannah and bringing her when they would visits with Camilla and James when she was a little girl, the Berry and Morgan families had become close to each other. The four sons and their wives had all been there when Rachel had been born.

Their conversation was quickly brought to an end when James and LeRoy had walked into the room. They were both grimacing at the music playing from Rachel's room to Camilla's continued amusement.

The next day, the families and friends of the graduates sat in the auditorium waiting for the graduation ceremony to start. Finn was sitting behind his drums, relieved that this day was finally here. The next day, he and Rachel would be getting married and preparing to move their things to New York.

He had seen pictures of the apartment they would be staying in and it would be more than they would need but at the price Rachel's grandfather was charging them for it and the added bonus of a job, Finn would drop some of his pride to move into a penthouse near Central Park. Kurt had just about passed out in delight at the sight of the apartment they would be staying in until he found out Puck was moving in with them too.

His best friend had jumped at the chance to be making his own money along with a roof over his head and had taken the job offer before James could finish speaking. He had also agreed to go as soon as he had found out Beth was in New York too, living with her adoptive mother, Rachel's biological mother, Shelby. She had already agreed to let both Puck and Quinn see the little girl but with the condition that none of the drama that had happened earlier in the school year would happen again.

That left a fourth bedroom for when anybody would come to visit them or for Santana to move into because Finn had a strong feeling that she might not stay at Louisville that long. The keypad on the door to his and Rachel's room would prevent her from snooping in their things.

He was pulled out of his thoughts by the sight of Puck walking over to stand in front of his drums, holding his guitar. The two friends nodded at each other before starting the musical number, Glory Days that they would be performing for the graduation ceremony.

Camilla watched Puck and Finn prepare for their performance,, lost in the memories of her precious granddaughter as a little girl. She had fallen in love with her at first sight and had been a source of advice for Rachel when she had needed him. Although Camilla hadn't been there like she had wanted to, especially when her son and Hiram had sent that poor child to school with stuffed animals stapled to her clothes during Lady Gaga week her Sophomore year, she had been the female figure in Rachel's life.

A smile came over the older woman's face when a woman in her mid to late thirties with long dark hair walked over to where Camilla was sitting. With her was another woman who was around the same age as Camilla with shoulder length gray hair. She was tall with a slender figure and had an air of class to her that couldn't be taught.

"Christina! How wonderful to see you," Camilla exclaimed, standing up to hug both women before they all sat down together.

"It is wonderful to see you too. I told the boys I would record Rachel's graduation for them so they could watch it later. They are at the hotel, putting the final touches on the party," Christina said. "It feels like only yesterday that we were all visiting the hospital on the day she was born and now Rachel is graduating, going to one of the best drama schools in the country and getting married. Time has gone by too quickly."

"There wouldn't have been a wedding if James and I hadn't of overheard Hiram and LeRoy plotting to make sure the wedding doesn't happen and that Finn put Rachel on a train to New York. Finn was convinced that he would bring Rachel down and prevent her from making her dreams come true if he had gone through with the wedding."

Hannah shook her head in dismay as Camilla told her and Christina the story of what had almost happened and how it had been prevented.

"I told Hiram that it was a bad idea, that Rachel would hate all three of them for doing it," she said, holding her head in her hands. "It's a good thing that you and James heard what was going on and stopped it."

The conversation was stopped short as James, Hiram and LeRoy joined the three women and the graduation ceremony started. They were all caught up in the joy of the moment and thoughts of the graduation party that would take place in a few hours.

The party was in fully swing in the same place where Burt and Carole Hummel's wedding reception had taken place. The members of New Directions that had graduated mingled with their family and friends that either hadn't been able to make it to the ceremony or there hadn't been enough tickets for them to go.

Rachel stood beside Finn with his arm around her waist, deep in conversation with her aunt Hannah and another woman that was around the same height as her aunt and also had waist length dark hair.

"Thank you for coming, Bonnie. I'm glad that you and Walter could come to the party and be here for my wedding, "Rachel stated, smiling at both women.

"I wouldn't have missed it for the world, sweetie."

Bonnie Morgan had been born into the Craig family, one of Washington DC's elite families but had given it all up to marry Christina's youngest son, Walter. Her older sister Justine had married Walter's older brother, Tim and were still together in spite of a brief separation twenty six years earlier when their issues with having their own child and demands of Tim's political career had driven them apart for a brief period of time. It had driven their mother, Margaret crazy to have both daughters marry the sons of her biggest rival.

"Now what is this I hear about the wedding being cancelled," Bonnie inquired.

"I had a moment where I thought that Rachel would have been better off without a Lima loser like me," Finn said, nervous around Rachel's aunt and her friend. He could sense that these two women were from wealthy backgrounds and that Rachel held a lot of stock in their opinion. He was unsure of how to deal with this new world of wealth and power that he had just found out that he was marrying into. Rachel and her dads were very down to earth and didn't act how he had always thought the extremely wealthy should act.

"Sweetie," Bonnie said. "I don't know what a Lima loser is but after meeting you and seeing the way Rachel looks at you, you are not one. This girl loves you so much that she would fight a dragon for you."

Bonnie walked away from them and over to where her husband, Walter was talking to his older brothers while Hannah stayed behind to talk to them.

"Here is my wedding and graduation gift for the both of you," she said, handing Rachel a plain white envelope. "Consider this my contribution to making sure the two of you have some stability when you start your lives together."

Rachel opened the envelope and nearly dropped the check in shock at the six figure sum. She showed the amount on the check to Finn and his hands shook as he took the check from Rachel.

"Ms. Coleman, we can't accept this."

"Yes, you can," Hannah touched her niece on the shoulder gently. "It is yours as the first grandchild to get married. Your grandpa never had time to change his will after finding out that I wasn't his child. So I inherited everything when I became old enough to handle it. His will stated that that the oldest grandchild, whether biological or adopted, was to inherit that much money on their wedding day with the rest to come on their 21st birthday. Since I never had children and you are the only grandchild, you are my heir, Rachel. The money is yours and I think it is poetic justice. The child my mother and that man would have called an abomination inheriting everything that they worked so hard for."

"Aunt Hannah…"

"Rachel Barbra Berry, take the money and invest it or something. Save it for an emergency so you can have it and it will be there when you need it."

Hannah gave them both a hug and walked off, leaving two stunned teenagers in her wake.

"Rach…"

"We will ask grandpa what to do with this money. For now, I think we need to put it up somewhere safe."

Rachel walked away from Finn and over to her grandmother. Camilla took the envelope and put it in her purse while Rachel walked back to Finn and they went out onto the dance floor to share a slow dance, exchanging a tender kiss as they held each other tightly.

"Did you give it to them?"

Hannah stopped short at the sight of Jackson Craig, Bonnie's older brother standing there. He was as tall as Finn with dark curly hair that was starting to gray at his temples.

"Yes, I did. What are you doing here, Jack?"

"Bonnie told me that your niece was graduating high school so I thought I would come here to talk to you about what happened."

A fierce light came into Hannah's dark eyes as she turned to face him. She looked like an avenging angel, ready to tear him apart with her bare hands.

"Oh, you mean when you had sex with me, leading me to believe that you and Roberta were filing for a divorce when it was as far from the truth as possible?"

"My mom…"

Jackson, you are a grown man in your fifties. If your twin sister and younger sister can stand up to your mother and marry the men they loved instead of giving into your mother who can't let go of a rivalry that was started in the fifties, so can you. All you look like is a pathetic mama's boy and if that is all you can do instead of having the balls to stand up to her, you can stay the hell away from me and focus on your wife."

Hannah stormed off and when Jackson went to go after her, James Berry stepped out from where he had been watching the entire confrontation.

"Leave her alone, son."

"General…"

"She has laid down her terms so you need to leave her in peace until when or if you can accept them. The only downside to that is she might decide to move on before that can happen," James then looked at Jackson sternly. "You know she six older brothers, one by birth, four by adoption and one by his relationship with Hiram and despite the fact it would cause trouble between them and your sisters, Walter and Tim would help the others get you for touching her while still being married to Roberta."

Jackson walked in the opposite direction that Hannah had gone, an air of sadness around him. James watched him and felt bad for the pain both he and Hannah seemed to be in but until Jack could finally stand up to his mother and get out of the loveless marriage that he had found himself in, it was best for everyone if they stayed away from each other.

Everybody was sitting at the tables that were all around the room, with Puck, Quinn, Santana, Finn, Rachel, Kurt, Mercedes and Mike all sitting at the main table. They were all having dinner and it was now time for the toasts to the graduates to start.

Burt stood up, wearing one of the suits that had become common place for him to wear now that he had been elected to Congress. He held a glass of wine in his hand and turned to face his son and stepson.

"We are all here tonight to celebrate the graduation of these amazing young people but it is also a moment filled with sadness. They are all moving on to the next steps and we become spectators in their lives. The day that us parents had alternately wished for and dreaded coming is here," Burt had to wipe a tear from his eye before continuing to speak, facing his son. "Kurt, for a long time, you were all I had in this world and there hasn't been a day that I haven't been proud to be your father. I know you will be leaving soon for a new life in New York City but I am glad that you will have your brother with you and that the two of you will have each other's back. Finn, I might not be your dad by birth but I think of you and love you like you were my own. I am so proud of you and all that you accomplished this year. While I have reservations about you and Rachel getting married so young, I also know that girl loves you very much and would walk through fire for you and nobody, besides your mom, has loved you as much as she does."

Everybody was so caught up in Burt's words, they didn't notice Quinn clinch her fists in anger at old memories when Finn had been hers and that he had left her to be with Rachel. She thought the anger had been gone for a while and that they were crazy to get married so young but also wished that ring on Rachel's finger had been given to her instead.

"He made his choice and it wasn't you, get over it," Puck whispered harshly in her ear.

As soon as all of the speeches were over, Puck took her by the arm and led her out of the room. He came to a private office and pulled her inside the room, closing the door behind him.

"What the hell, Puckerman!"

"Everybody else might not have seen that little display of temper in there but I did. I heard all about the incident at the bridal shop when you refused to take part in their first attempt at a wedding. You still want him."

"No, I don't but it pisses me off when people act like she was the only one besides his mom that ever loved and cared about Finn."

"You didn't love him. All you cared about was ruling the school and being Prom Queen. If you would have left Finn alone after that football game, they would have been back together after Regionals," Puck angrily stated.

"She wouldn't have written that song if it wasn't for me," Quinn shot back hotly.

"Lauren told me about the conversation that she had overheard between the two of you but I didn't want to believe it," Puck's voice then took on a saccharine sweet girly tone. "I get Finn and you get brokenhearted!"

"Shut up!" Quinn screamed at him.

"Look how well that worked out for you. He dumped your ass at a funeral and was back with her within a week despite the pathetic, clinging vine leech routine you kept up the rest of the school year. Did you know that Santana, Brittany, Lauren, Tina and Mercedes laughed their asses off at you on most days? Everybody in that room knew exactly what was going on and why Finn was with you and not Rachel. Hell, the whole school knew and that is why they didn't take the two of you serious when you ran for Prom King and Queen. You were his rebound and the two of you never had a future together. Mrs. Hummel would have kicked his ass into the middle of next week because she has never forgiven you for purposely lying to Finn about Beth."

"You lied to him too and she doesn't hate you."

"Yes I did but the difference is, I have apologized to him for both it and kissing Rachel in a moment when Santana had her so wound up, she wasn't thinking clearly. That's the difference between me and you, I can admit when I make a mistake and you can't."

Quinn goes at him, trying to attack him with her nails going for his eyes. They struggle for a moment until anger turns to passion and they are making out on the floor of the office, clothes flying all over the room.

AN: I wanted to introduce some drama for other couples in this story. I have been a Quick fan since season one and it irritated me that they were never really given a chance. What happened at the end of this chapter will lead into some drama for them.

The OC characters were my way of trying to add some family and friends for Rachel and I am considering adding some family members for Finn too. They might get some storylines in this but at the heart of this story is Finchel.

I apologize that it took me so long to update this story, I have had a bit of a block and today, inspiration struck with a longer chapter than I normally do.

As I write this, it still doesn't feel like it has been seven weeks since Cory left this world too soon. It still feels like I am in an alternate universe or an endless nightmare that I can never wake up from. My heart goes out to Lea and his family, especially his mother and Lea, who probably will always feel a gaping wound in their hearts that will never heal.

This is the first summer in three years where I am not anticipating Glee coming back on and what will happen with Finn and Rachel. That dream is over but we can still keep them alive in fanfiction and give them the ending that they were denied. The one way we can honor Cory in a way that he would have wanted us to. I am not even ready watch episode three of the coming season and not wanting to cry my eyes out but someday I will be able to watch him on Glee and smile at the memories of this talented and kindhearted man. I guess the good Lord needed him up there with him more than he did down here.