A/N: Hi guys! Okay so I went a little quicker this time, right! I'm trying! So I kinda started this story out as a fluff thing that would only last a couple chapters, but now I'm trying to shift it into a more full story. The problem is that I started with no actual plot. So I'm trying to get it there right now. But if any of you have an suggestions on where you might see it headed, or where you'd like it to go, PLEASE TELL ME! I would loooove to know ;-) You guys are the greatest! Hope you like this chapter! You get to a little bit of Finn interacting with the guys! Woo! Enjoy!
Her alarm went off at 7:25. She pressed the stop button her phone, and closed her eyes for one more minute. Finn set his arm over her torso. "Way too early." He said groggily. "I know. But I have to get up." She said, rolling out of bed abruptly. "Mmmmm." He groaned. She walked around to his side of the bed to get her pants. "Bye." She whispered into his ear, ruffling his hair. She spun around to walk out the door when he caught her hand. "Hey." He said, sitting up on the edge of the bed and pulling her close to him. He only had to tilt his head slightly to reach her lips, pressing his mouth to hers, slow and soft. Finn tried to deepen the kiss but she pulled away. "Uh, I'll call you later." She said, walking out of his room. If she wasn't going to get out of this whole, she need to cut the relationship ties with Finn. Just friends.
Seconds later he heard the door shut. He just sat there confused. Had he just imagined everything that had happened in the last few days? He threw himself back hard on the bed.
"Where were you last night?" Tina said quizzically, popping her head into Rachel's office.
She paused and then answered truthfully. "I slept at Finn's last night." She admitted, looking down at the papers on her desk. She left out the part that this was not the first time this had happened. Tina gasped. "Did you sleep with Finn last night?" She asked moving in closer to Rachel. "Tina! No! Give me more credit than that! I have known him for a week!" She said loudly, a laugh erupting from deep in her stomach. Bringing her out of the weird mood she had been in this morning. As if on cue, the phone rang.
"Rachel Berry speaking!" She said, still laughing. He called her as soon as he got into his office. "Well good morning, beautiful. " He said quizzically. "Good morning, Finn." She said, giving Tina a look.
"What are you up to?" He asked turning his computer on. "Nothing really. I just got to work a little bit ago. Just the usual. What about you?" She asked.
"Same. But I'd rather be at home with you." He said in a flirtatious voice. "I-I know. Me too." She admitted, and it was true. No matter how much she wished it wasn't. Apparently they had just gotten out of that awkward hard-to-get, I'm-not-going-to-actually-tell-you-that-I-like-you, stage. He had never been this blatant about his feelings for her before, but those words were enough to give her butterflies.
"So when can I see you again? This morning doesn't count. So it's been too long." He asked in a charming way that reminded her of the prince and princess movies, and made her heart drop a few more inches. "When do you want to see me again?" She asked flirtatiously, forgetting she was trying to stop flirting, as she watched Tina pretend to gag herself and walk out of her office. "Now. But that's not possible. How about you come over after work again tonight? We can make dinner." It was Friday night, and he knew that it would take even less convincing to get her to stay the night with him.
Rachel panicked. "Oooh, tonight is no good. I have to meet up with my parents for dinner. And tomorrow I'm going to a baby shower for my friend Santana, from high school. And now that I think about it, I promised Tina we could have a spa day on Sunday." Rachel said regretfully. Finn was almost speechless. "Well just call me when you get off. Okay?" Finn said, trying not to sound damaged. Rachel swallowed hard. "Yeah. Of course. I'll call you on my way home." She agreed. "Alright, bye baby." He said, and hung up the phone. What the hell was that?
Rachel wasn't lying when she said she had those things to do, but if she wanted she could have made time, and she and him both knew that. Her dads are in bed by 8 every night, ensuring her being home by 8. A baby shower? Usually held in the morning, ending by 2 at the latest. And you can only spend so long at a spa before you turn into a lavender scented prune.
When Finn said he had missed her, it changed something in her. It wasn't the same kind of playful "I miss you" like the night before. This was a full-fledged I miss you. Rachel had commitment issues. Like real deep commitment issues. She could feel herself falling more and more for him every day and she just didn't know if her body could handle falling in and out love again. While she knew she wanted to spend more time with him, what if she got attached? What if, even worse, he didn't really mean it? What if he was saying this to just get into her pants! The panic was coming and her breaths were short.
She reached to her phone immediately to call her number one side-kick, Santana.
A very large, pregnant, Santana strolled into Rachel's office an hour later. Rachel popped up and pulled her into a bone-crushing hug. "AH, careful, Berry! I'm about to pop." Santana said, squatting into the chair across from Rachel's chair. Rachel said in her chair and immediately to Santana everything, from how he made her feel, how far they'd gone, (and how it would have went further is it wasn't for the delivery guy), and how she felt now.
"Rach, you're being ridiculous." She said, honestly. "Look, I know you've been hurt by a complete dick, cut not all guys are like him. In fact, most guys aren't. No matter how douchey men can be, Jason brought to a new level- " Looking down at her belly she paused, "Oh, sorry baby." Santana apologized to her unborn baby for her language.
"Anyway, you need to give this guy a chance. By the way you've talked about him before this whole, I'm-damaged-and-afraid-of-everything-with-a-penis thing, he's worth a shot." She gave a Rachel a knowing look and Rachel tried to suppress a giggle. "Now I have a doctor's appointment and Puck is going to be pissed if I'm late again. But last time was important, they only had one more pair of those boots in my size." She said, getting up slowly, but surely.
Rachel laughed at her best friend, what would she do without her? "I know. Totally crucial."
"Okay, so promise me you'll call him and tell him you'll see him at least once this weekend?" Santana said, turning to the door. Rachel sighed and then agreed. "Yes, San. I promise."
"Okay, I love you. Call me tonight, after you call him!" She yelled as the elevator shut.
Mike was sprawled out on the couch in Finn's office listening to him talk, nodding at all the right times. Puck was against the wall, laughing at all the wrong times. "It's like she has a switch. She was amazing. Gorgeous, confident, funny, sexy as hell, curves in all the right places, everything a guy wants in a girl, right? Then this morning her alarm goes off, and she was just gonna leave with a word. What the fuck is that?
"Then I made her come back, and I tried to kiss her and she ran away. Finn earned a, 'Oooooh" from Mike at that last statement. "And I know damn-well she's feels something because last night she had her legs wrapped around me at the kitchen counter, and she wouldn't have slept on top of me if she didn't. I thought maybe she was running late. So I call her at work, ask her what she's doing this weekend. And apparently she's busy all fucking weekend?"
"Maybe she really was late this morning. And maybe she really is busy this weekend? Ever thought about it that way?" Mike asked.
"Whatever, I don't want to play games. I told her I missed her. When's the last time I told a girl I fucking missed her Mike?" Finn asked, almost yelling. "When's the last time I just cuddled all night with a girl, Mike? And I didn't even try because I knew she was tired. When is the last time I cared if a girl was tired?" Finn asked, fury growing in him. Mike fell off the couch, holding his stomach in laughter.
Finn couldn't help laughing too. "She turned you into a little girl, Huddy!" Puck said, from his position against the wall
"Yeah, no kidding." Finn said, sinking into the couch Mike fell from.
The rest of the day went by slow, and when the clock hit five, Rachel was ready to go and out the door. She decided she would order take out when she got home, and find comfort in old episodes of Friends. But before any of that, she would call Finn.
She walked through her door and turned on all the lights. She lit a few candles, and settled in the couch.
He answered on the second ring, "Hello, Rachel." He said brightly, question in his voice, and she could almost feel the smile on his face. Guilt washed over her, he had given her no reason not to trust him. "Hi. Okay so I'm sorry about earlier. I'm kinda stressed about work, and, "She paused, working up the strength to let it all out, " I just- I just don't do this a lot. Like actually have emotions attached to this. Not like I'm slut, or anything like that. I just have a hard time with commitment and getting attached to anything because I am emotionally damaged and in all honesty, a little fucked up. So right now, I am giving you, Finn Hudson, an out. I would completely understand if you wanted to get as far away from a crazy bitch like me as possible and-" Rachel was rambling on and on, barely breathing in between words.
Finn interrupted her, "Woah! Rachel, breathe. Slow down. It's okay. Yeah, you were weird today. But that's okay! At least you're owning up to it right?" He asked, rhetorically. "I would be insane to run from a girl like you. Do you understand? I am not going to let you go over a phone call. You are not gonna get rid of me that easy. I'll remind you that I've been known to have a thing for crazy bitches, and we're all a little fucked up, right?" Finn said, making her heart flutter. She didn't know if there was a more perfect answer on the planet. Why was he so perfect?
"You're sure?" Rachel asked once more, just to clarify.
"I am so positive, Rachel Berry." He replied. "Now are you really booked all weekend, or was that just a crazy bitch attempt to get away from me?" Finn said, only half-jokingly.
"Well, it's partly true." She said through giggles. "I really do have to do those things, but none of them take more than a few hours." She admitted.
"Okay great. Then I will see you at 9 o'clock tonight at my front door." He said, hoping that was enough time, and that she wouldn't deny him. "And when you get here, there is going to be a baseball game on the tv, and chips and beer waiting for you." He finished.
Finn really was amazing. It would be stupid to let him go, for another man's mistakes. At least she hoped. "I will be there." She agreed. "I'll see you later Finn."
"Okay. Have fun the the Rents baby." He said hanging up.
What had he just gotten himself into? He wasn't even fully healed himself, and he just signed up for someone with deeper issues than his own. Something inside of him told him he was making the right choice though, that he wasn't wasting his time with Rachel.