A/N: Okay so I completely forgot to add this stuff to the last chapter! This story is rated T, but that may change in the future! We're off! Enjoy! Review!
Disclaimer: I don't own Glee. And I didn't in the last chapter either.
Rachel walked up to the table, with sexy mystery man in tow and both girls gave her a questioning look. "Mercedes, Tina, this is my friend…-" Rachel said gesturing to the tall, handsome man by her side, remember at that moment, she did not know his name.
"Oh, Finn!" Finn said reaching out to shake their hands, and completing Rachel's introduction. After he shook their hands he turned to Rachel, "And your name is?" He asked. His charm was almost too much for Rachel to handle.
"Rachel." She said taking a grip of the hand he was offering. His hand felt so big and strong. Was she really turned on by a hand shake? They both let their hands linger for a moment before letting go, their eyes still locked on each other. Rachel and Finn were pulled out of there trance when Mercedes cleared her throat loudly. "Oh, sit Finn!" Rachel said sitting down in one of the empty chairs.
Finn sat down in the empty chair next to her. His hand still felt like it was on fire, just from a hand shake. They shared awkward, standard, we-just-met-five-minutes-ago conversation for a little bit before Tina spoke for the first time. "Hey, I think I'm gonna go. I'm really tired and I have a 6am yoga class tomorrow." Tina said standing from her seat. "You know what? I'm going with her. Might as well save some cab fare." Mercedes said. They had moved in together a few months ago to help with the costly New York City rent. "You think you can get home okay, Rachel?" Rachel looked back and forth from Mercedes to Tina with question in her eyes.
"Um, yeah. I'll be fine but I should probably go soon too, actually." Rachel said standing as well. Finn stayed seated, hoping she would just sit back down. He wasn't quite finished with this girl. "No! Rachel stay! Don't let us be the reason you leave." Mercedes insisted. Finn found himself liking Mercedes more and more with each word. "Finn, can you make sure my best friend leaves here in one piece tonight?" She said, trusting him.
"I can definitely do that." Finn said flashing Mercedes a smile.
"Then it's settled! Call me when you get home!" Mercedes said as she kissed Rachel cheek.
Mercedes shuffled away and Tina followed, too sad to function properly. Rachel sat back down, it had been decided she was staying. She thought about what just happened for a moment, her friends had just left her with a complete stranger, and she didn't even hesitate.
Before she had the chance to say anything at all, she felt her phone buzzing, she glanced at the screen, Mercedes. "Hello?" Rachel said confused. "Rach, I saw the look in your guys' eyes and I just couldn't get in the way of it! Artie showed up while you were at the bar so Tina sunk to a new level of depression, but I texted him and told him to keep an eye on you and lover boy, and apparently him, and the other two guys he was with all went to high school together. He said Finn was a good guy, so you're safe. We've actually met him before. He was at that Christmas party last year. Remember?" Rachel heard Tina protesting her depression in the background when Mercedes gave Rachel the play-by-play. "Okay, Mercedes. I will call you when I get home, goodnight." Rachel laughed, careful not to comment on anything that would tell Finn they were talking about him.
Finn watched her toss her phone back in her purse and pull her drink towards her. She looked back at him and decided she was glad her friends had left them to themselves. "I'm sorry if I came on kinda strong there, but I couldn't watch any longer. It was like a train wreck happening right before my eyes!" Finn said referring to Jack's attempt at Rachel. Rachel laughed whole heartedly at Finn's remark, the face he made, and at how cheesy Jack was. "No! You saved me! What is one supposed to say in that situation?" Rachel asked, not really expecting him to know either. "Well I guess we just hope everyone has someone to save the day." Finn said, smirking in her direction.
Rachel took a short pause to bring up another thing that had been on her mind. "We've met before." She said, expecting the quizzical look that overtook his face. She elaborated, "It must have been the week after I moved here.. I went over to Artie's for some Christmas party he was having with Tina, this was when they first started talking. And I believe you were there, with a girl, a tall blonde girl." Rachel said matter-of-factly, hoping he would remember this too. "And you vented to me about how much you hated this blonde girl before I even knew your name."
Finn looked at her as Rachel reflected on the girl he was with, "Not one of my finer moments if I remember correctly." He said, remembering him having far too much to drink and this tall blonde girl throwing a bowl of ice at him. That was the end of that. "But I don't expect you to remember that because you were extremely drunk." Rachel said laughing as she remembered his drunken actions. "Oh, man." Finn said, putting his face in his hands.
They talked for two hours. They talked about their careers, how they got to New York, music, their families, their friends, anything that came up. The conversation came so easily, it was like they'd been friends for months.
The conversation came to a break and Finn used this time to ask the question that had been on his mind the whole night, "Are you hungry?" He asked, a hopeful tone in his voice. Rachel giggled, "STARVING!"
"Well good thing I have a solution. Let me take you to the best burger place in New York City?" Finn asked.
"The best burger place in the city?" Rachel said, "How could I possibly turn that down?"