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A/N: Ok…so this is going to be the final chapter of this fic. It has run its course and so for the moment that we have all been waiting for.
Quinn, Santana, and Kurt are all upstairs helping Rachel get ready.
"Rachel…will you hold still." Kurt says with a mouth full of pins.
"Tell that to the gymnast that is currently taking home in my uterus." Kurt let's out a chuckle and continues to fix Rachel's dress.
"Oh…it get's worse trust me wait till he or she decides to use your bladder as their personal bouncy ball." Quinn points out which gets a laugh from Santana.
"Ok…I am done." Kurt gets up and points to the mirror.
"Kurt it's amazing." She spins in a circle.
"Rachel you look amazing." Quinn gushes.
"Hey and your boobs look pretty good too." Leave it to Santana to say something like this. Rachel smiled and took it as a compliment.
"Am I too late?" Shelby says peeking her head in the doorway.
"Mom you made it!" Rachel gives her mom a huge smile.
Shelby puts her bag on the couch and walks over to Rachel. "And miss my daughter's wedding I think not. Here this is for you." She says handing her a small box. Rachel opens it and covers her mouth in surprise.
"It's beautiful." She says pulling out the antique hair clip that is encrusted with white rhinestones and in the middle is a blue stone.
"It was your grandmother's she wore it on her wedding day. She gave it to me to wear on mine and…seeing as I am still not married I am giving it to you."
"Thank you." she hands the clip to Quinn who carefully puts it in her hair. Rachel turns her head and looks at the clip in her hair.
"Well…that covers something old and blue. Who has something new?" Kurt points out.
"Here." Santana says handing here a small bag.
"Santana wow…" Rachel opens the box and pulls out a small locket. She reads the back of it and a small tear falls from her eyes. "Two hearts become one." It was a simple but powerful statement.
"So…I am not good at this whole sentimental stuff. Rachel while we may not have always seen eye to eye and I may have been a royal bitch to you back in the day. But…I meant it when I said you are my family and I am so happy you and Finn are finally getting married." Rachel smiles at Santana and gives her a hug. 'Rip'
"Please tell me that was not my dress." Rachel says on the verge of freak out mode. Santana motions for Rachel to turn around and she can see a small rip right where it zips.
"Ok…that wasn't your dress." Santana tells her trying to play it off.
"Great…now what am I going to do." Rachel looks in the mirror and can see the tear in the dress. She plops down on the couch and tears form in her eyes.
"It's ok we can fix this I promise." Kurt says rushing to her side.
"How….I am supposed to be walking down the aisle in ten minutes." Rachel pauses for a minute. "Ok…this is a sign that Finn and I aren't supposed to get married." Rachel is now in full panic mode.
"Rachel calm down….we can fix it I promise." Quinn tries to reassure Rachel while she looks over at Kurt and gives her a shrug.
"Easy for you to say. You're not the one who's trying to get married here. 'Rachel pauses for a minute.' "You know what? Just forget it tell Finn that the wedding is off." Rachel storms off and slams the bathroom door. Everyone just looks at each other in shock.
"Now what do we do?" Quinn asks looking at the others.
Kurt takes a deep breath trying to figure out how to get Rachel out of the bathroom. "We stall."
"And…how do we do that?" Santana asks trying to stay some what calm.
"Not really sure…where's Shelby?" Kurt looks around the room realizing Shelby has left. Quinn and Santana shrug their shoulders. "Well that's just great. Not only do we have a bride that is in freak out mode now we have to locate her mother." Kurt throws his hands up in frustration and paces the floor. When Puck knocks on the door.
"Everything ok here." He asks peeking his head through the door.
"Just peachy." Kurt fakes a smile.
Puck gives him a weird look. "Where's Rachel?" he says noticing Rachel is not there. Santana and Quinn point towards the bathroom. "Ok…is she going to be ready anytime soon?" When he gets no response he walks over to the bathroom door and knocks on it. "Rachel look fine get you ass out here and go marry Finn before he has a stroke." Puck wait's a minute before getting a response.
"I am not coming out you can tell Finn the wedding is off." Rachel shouts through the door.
Puck takes a deep breath. "Rachel if you do not come out now I am going in and I don't care if you are decent or not." When he doesn't get a response he tries the door but it is locked he looks over at Quinn and Santana with questioning eyes. "I need someone to get Finn. I have a feeling he is going to be the only one that will be able to get her out of that bathroom."
"I'll go get him." Kurt says needing to get out of the room.
"I will go and find Shelby." Quinn says mostly because she does not want to explain to Puck why Rachel has locked herself in the bathroom.
"I'm going to go check on the kids." The three of them walk out the room before Puck can say anything. Puck takes a seat in front of the bathroom door. "Ok…everyone is gone will you please come out." Puck pleads with her.
"No." He really hated how stubborn she could be.
"Ok…fine you don't have to come out but…I am not leaving so if you want to talk we will do it your way." He says through the door giving up on trying to convince her to come out.
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Kurt, Quinn, and Santana reach the courtyard and scan the crowd.
"I am going to go get Finn…you two find Shelby." Kurt says as he heads over to where Finn is standing.
"No we're going with you." Santana says stopping him.
"Hey guys what's up?" Finn says eyeing his friends.
"We have a small problem." Kurt tries to stay calm.
"Ok…what would that be?" Finn asks a bit confused to what is going on.
"It's Rachel." Kurt says
Finn closes his eyes and takes a deep breath before saying anything. "Where is she?"
"It seems that your wife to be has locked herself in the bathroom and wants us to tell you the wedding is off. But…instead we need you to talk some sense into her. Considering you are the only person here that can get through to her when she is like this." Santana points out.
"What? I go to go talk to her." Finn says trying to keep his cool.
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Back in the room Puck is still sitting in front of the door while Rachel is in the bathroom. "Rachel you have to come out sometime." Puck says through the door. Puck is relieved when he sees Finn.
"Dude I am so glad to see you." Puck says is relief.
"Rachel it's me Finn please open the door." Finn pleads through the door.
"No." Rachel says trying to keep her voice from cracking.
"Rachel if you don't open the door I will. Please just talk to me." Finn tries the doorknob and it's locked. "Rachel please." he says as he hears the click of the door being unlocked. He opens it and sees Rachel sitting on the floor.
"Hey what's going on I thought you wanted to do this?" Finn asks closing the door behind him and taking a seat next to her.
"Finn I am starting to think we are not meant to get married…first Santana and the babies and now this. It's like everything in the universe is saying this is a bad idea." Rachel says in between sobs. Finn pulls Rachel's face up so that she is looking him in the eye.
"Rachel look at me…everything is going to be ok I promise." Finn tries his best to console her.
"What about my dress?" Rachel asks.
"We will get it figured out. Come on let's go get married." Finn tells her as he stands up and reaches for her hand. She gives him a nod and takes her hand.
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Rachel couldn't believe it her she was getting ready to walk down the aisle and marry Finn. She had dreamed about this since the day they first met. Everything was perfect even if this wasn't the dress she wanted to wear (thanks to mom for coming to the rescue and finding her grandmother's dress.) "Ready?" Leroy offers his arm and smiles at his daughter.
Rachel takes a deep breath taking his arm as they walk down the aisle. She can hear the music in the back ground they had decided to forego the traditional wedding march and chose something more contemporary.
Our love is unconditional; we knew it from the start.
I see it in your eyes; you can feel it from my heart.
From here on after let's stay the way we are right now,
and share all the love and laughter that a lifetime will allow.
Tears begin to form in her eyes as she looks up and sees him singing to her. Her dad gives her a small kiss on the cheek as he gives her away to Finn. "Treat her good son." Leroy says to him.
"I will sir." Finn gives Leroy a slight nod.
"Dearly beloved we are gathered here to celebrate to joining of two hearts Finnegan Christopher Hudson and Rachel Barbara Berry." Finn gives a nervous smile at the mention of his full name. He never understood why his parents named him Finnegan. "If there is anyone here today that thinks these two should not wed today speak now or forever hold your peace." Rachel and Finn look around the room nervously. When no one says anything they both smile at each other and focus on the priest.
"Ok well…since no one has and objections I will continue then." This gets a chuckle out of the crowd.
"Do you Rachel Barbara Berry take Finnegan Christopher Hudson to be your lawfully wedded husband?" The priest says turning to Rachel.
"I do." Rachel says looking into Finn's eyes.
"Do you Finnegan Christopher Hudson take Rachel Barbara Berry to be your lawfully wedded wife?"
"I do…please can we not use our full names." Finn says turning to the priest.
"Very well then…may I have the rings?" The priest turns to Puck who searches his pockets. "Uh…I don't have them?" He turns to Jesse who just shrugs his shoulders. "I thought you had them."
"Guys this isn't funny who has the rings." Finn says getting annoyed by the two.
"They're right here." Kurt says handing the priest the rings.
"Thank you." The priest takes the rings. "Finn and Rachel have chosen to forego the traditional vows and have written their own." He gives Finn a nod and Finn pulls out a folded piece of paper from his pocket.
"Actually I'd like to sing a song if that is ok." He looks over at Puck who grabs one of the guitars and the priest nods.
I got to tell you what I'm feeling inside
I could lie to myself, but it's true
There's no denying when I look in your eyes
Girl I'm out of my head over you
And I lived so long believing all love is blind
But everything about you is telling me this time
It's forever, this time I know
And there's no doubt in my mind
Forever, until my life is through
Girl I'll be loving you forever
I hear the echo of a promise I made
When you're strong you can stand on your own
Those words grow distant as I look at your face
No, I don't want to go it alone
And I never thought I'd lay my heart on the line
But everything about you is telling me this time
It's forever, this time I know
And there's no doubt in my mind
Forever, until my life is through
Girl I'll be loving you forever
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
I see my future when I look in your eyes
It took your love to make my heart come alive
'Cause I lived my life believing all love is blind
But everything about you is telling me this time
It's forever, this time I know
And there's no doubt in my mind
Forever, until my life is through
Girl I'll be loving you forever
It's forever, this time I know
And there's no doubt in my mind
Forever, until my life is through
Girl I'll be loving you forever
Finn never takes his eyes off her as he sings the song to her. He hands the mic back to the priest and gives Rachel a smile as he places the ring on her finger.
"Wow…how I am supposed to top that?" Rachel says wiping a tear from her eye. "While…I don't have a song planned I do have a poem that I think sums up how I feel." Rachel takes a deep breath and looks at Finn.
How do I love thee?
Let me count the ways.
I love thee to the depth and breadth and height my soul can reach, when feeling out of sight For the ends of being and ideal grace.
I love thee to the level of every day's most quiet need, by sun and candle-light.
I love thee freely, as men strive for right.
I love thee purely, as they turn from praise.
I love thee with the passion put to use in my old griefs, and with my childhood's faith.
I love thee with a love I seemed to lose with my lost saints.
I love thee with the breath, Smiles, tears, of all my life; and, if God choose,
I shall but love thee better after death.
Rachel places the ring on his finger trying to keep her hand still.
"I now pronounce you husband and wife you may kiss the bride." The priest turns to Finn and he places a soft kiss on Rachel's lips. "I give you Mr. and Mrs. Finn Hudson." The priest announces as everyone hoots and hollers.
"We did it." Finn whispers in her ear.
"We sure did." Rachel gives him a smile and leans her head on his shoulder. As they walk down the aisle hand in hand.
Ok….well there you have it finally a Finnchel wedding. I really hope you liked it.
Thank you guys so much for sticking with this fic. I appreciate the support you have given it. Look for a sequel very soon for this fic.
Songs used
I Cross My Heart by George Strait
Forever by KISS
The poem that Rachel read to Finn was Sonnet 43 by Elizabeth Barrett Browning.
As always reviews are not only appreciated but are welcomed.