She made her way to the staff room and sat at one of the tables. She was waiting around for ten minutes or so, awkwardly sitting there, waiting for a familiar face but there was no one. She felt alone in a crowded room full of people who meant nothing to her. And then she saw him. And he meant everything.

"I'm so sorry, one of my students was crying because his Band-Aid fell off…" he said, apologetic.

"Wow, I'm sorry I missed that…" Rachel said, laughing, "I just realised, I don't know your name. Or do you actually enjoy being called Mr Hudson? Besides, I figure that if I know your first name, you won't feel so awkward saying mine! It's Rachel, by the way, just in case you've forgotten again.

He laughed along with her, not understanding why he was so damn nervous. He had spoken to girls before. He had spoken to lots of girls before. But none of them ever had this effect on him.

"My name is Finn. Finn Hudson," he said, blushing.

"Finn. Cute name,"

He blushed again.

He cleared his throat and began, "so, what did you need to ask me,"

She had forgotten. She was too busy staring at his lips and imagining kissing them, over and over again. They would be the lips that would kiss her good night and good morning. They would be the lips to speak the words 'breath' and 'you can do this' when she's having their baby. They would be the lips th-…..

"Hello? Rachel? What did you need to ask me?" Finn asked, confused.

She widened her eyes, embarrassed and wondering how long she was just staring at him for.

"Oh! Um, yes. Uh, so…it sounds like you've been in love! Lots of times I presume," she mumbled.

"Not lots of times. Just once, with my girlfriend, Quinn." He said, looking down.

"Oh ok. Didn't end well huh? How did she break your heart? This is off the record by the way, I won't publish it, I swear."

"She didn't break my heart? In fact, I proposed to her just the other day," Finn said with a happy smile on his face.

Rachel froze. This wasn't possible. How could he be the love of her life if he was the love of someone else's? How was she supposed to go to dinner with him without acting like a wedding planner? An idea hit her and she could've have sworn she actually saw a light bulb.

"I'd like to meet her, if that's ok! I think that I could get some really great information from you two!" she had a plan. Oh boy, she had a plan alright.

"Well she's a bit shy, but I'll ask her. How about this, give me your number and I'll get her to call you if she wants to set up a time to meet with you!" he said, modestly.

The end of lunch bell rang and children could be heard screaming in the corridors. The teachers began to hustle out and Rachel turned to Finn.

"I'm sorry we didn't get more time, but I would really love it if I could meet Quinn," Rachel said with the perfect smile.

Rachel wasn't one for breaking apart relationships. But she wouldn't. Quinn's perfect guy would...

The rest of the day seemed to drag on for Finn. He loved kids, he wanted children. But he couldn't help feeling sad at the fact that Quinn had made it very clear she didn't want any. She had said she would rather keep her figure than give birth to something that just cries and poops for 3 years. He loved Quinn, so of course he found a way to get over it. But for some reason, looking at all of the children in his classroom just made him upset. He thought of how they loved meeting Miss Berry…Rachel, he had to remember to call her Rachel. He then remembered the time he introduced them to Quinn and they were nothing but polite and adorable and the only thing she saw was the booger hanging out of one kid's nose and turned her back. They were so very different – why only now could he see this? He put his hand in his pocket and pulled out Rachel's card.

He turned to his students and said "what did you all think of Miss Berry today, class?"

"She was so pretty!" One child said.

"She looked like a princess, and she talked like one too!" proclaimed another.

"We like her better than the other lady…she was mean," said the boy in the front.

He realised they were talking about Quinn and felt ridiculous that he was letting a bunch of ten year olds dictate his life for him. What should it matter if Quinn doesn't like kids? What matters is that he likes her. He loves her. He told her so himself, right before he proposed. That has to mean something, right?

Rachel sat at her desk, put everything she had learnt today into her word document and sent it to Beth.

A few minutes later she got a call.

"Rachel Berry speaking," she said, in her professional voice.

"I love it darling. It's great. I also love this Finn character. Talk to him more yes? He sounds like he has a lot of insight."

She had been ordered by her boss to speak to this beautiful man again. She couldn't possibly say no to Beth….

The phone beeped and Rachel realised she had another call. She said goodbye to Beth and answered the second call, "Hello, Rachel Berry speaking."

"Hi…hello? Rachel Berry? This is Quinn…I'm Finn's friend…"

She had a beautiful voice. She sounded like an angel. How perfect…. Just fan-freaking-tastic

"Yes, hello, Quinn. I work at Women's Life magazine and I'm currently writing an article on what love is. I met your fiancé today and he suggested that you might have something to say about it, so if you don't mind, I would love an interview when you aren't busy,"

"Oh, great! Yeah I would be honoured," replied the smooth voice.

'Great,' thought Rachel, 'she's modest too…'

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