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Finn gets to work early so he can post the singers for the solo and duet for the show choir show. The solo is going Alexandria, no questions asked, but he made the students who didn't audition for the solo vote on who they thought was the best just to make sure that things were fair. He's sitting there for a while, just making notes on the show and what he can do to make it a complete success. Then, he hears a knock on his classroom. He is kind of surprised to see that Alexandria is the one who knocked.

"Good Morning Alexandria, you're hear awfully early. Can I help you with something?" Finn asks her.

"Actually yes, I need a letter of recommendation for my application to Tisch and I was wondering if you could be the one to write one for me." Alexandria asks nervously."
"Yeah, yeah, of course I'll write it for you." Finn replies.
"Really?"

"Of course, you know I don't play favorites, but I know you are a special kid and you are going to go places and anything I can do to help you with that is my pleasure."
"My mom doesn't want me to do this, she thinks it's highly impractical, she wants me to be like a nurse or something."
"That's not up to her, your dreams aren't up to her they are entirely up to you."
"I convinced her though. She does understand how much I love to sing so she finally gave in."
"Well good, I'm glad. You are very talented."
"Thank you for agreeing to write my letter. I really appreciate it."
"It's no problem, I'll see you this afternoon, okay?"
Liam's a bouncing ball of energy when he wakes up, all he wants to do is play.
"Goodness gracious Pumpkin, what are you doing? You just want to play don't you? We'll play when I finish getting you breakfast? You want bananas, I know you like your bananas?" Rachel says.

Feeding Liam his bananas is turning out to be one of the messiest things ever."
"Liam, you are getting your bananas all over your chin and your clothes. You are hardly getting it in your mouth, Honey. You really are your father's son." She teases, wiping Liam's chin off.

"So Liam, what do you want to do today?"

"You want me to read you one of your touch and feel books? You like those don't you?" Liam smiles at her.
"Feel the Lion's mane. It's so soft isn't, Baby?" she says smiling at him.

Finn's never liked going to his boss, the principal's office. He's super surprised when he finds out that he's nominated for Teacher of the Month.

Show choir rolls around and Finn announces the soloist.

"Alright you guys, I counted up all the votes we took and the soloist is… Miss Alexandria Reed." He says and he smiles when he sees how happy Alexandria is.

Finn practically breaks down the door when he comes home because he super excited to tell Rachel about his Teacher of the Month nomination.

"Rachel, Rachel, guess what?!" He says

"What Honey? You sound like a little kid on Christmas. What on earth went down at work today?" Rachel teases smiling at Finn.

"I finally got my first Teacher of the Month nomination!"
"Really? That is absolutely fantastic. Oh Finn, I'm so proud of you!"
"I'm so excited!"
"You should be. You are definitely going to win. You're such a good teacher."

"I'm not positive but I think I have a good chance of getting it."
"Don't be so modest. Isn't Daddy a good teacher?" Rachel says and Liam smiles.

"I guess if you and Liam say so, then it has to be true."

"I know I've already told you but I'm so proud of you."
"Thank you, but I have you to thank really, you have always believed in me."
"And I don't ever intend to stop believing in you."
Finn laughs. "Was that supposed to be some kind of crazy song pun."
Rachel smiles "Of course that's what it's supposed to be."
"Well, it was very clever of you if I do say so myself."
"Thank you, so did anything else interesting happen at work today? You never tell me about your day anymore. I miss it."
"Well not really, Alexandria asked me to write her letter of recommendation for her college application. I guess that's pretty exciting."
"I think that is really exciting Finn, if she asked you to write it, she obviously looks up to you, I know that's your goal in teaching, to give your students somebody to look up to."

"Yeah, what about you, you haven't mentioned anything about rehearsals lately."
"Well, I do have some big news but I don't want to steal the spotlight from you tonight, so I will just tell you what it is tomorrow."
"No Rachel, I really, really want to know what your news is now! Please, please, please tell me what is! I bet it's even better news than mine was!"
"Alright, alright, I guess it wouldn't hurt if I told you! I'm nominated for a Tony Award for Best Leading Actress in a Musical."
"A Tony? Are you serious?! Oh my God, Rachel that is amazing news! I'm so proud of you!" Finn says, practically picking Rachel up when he hugs her."
"Finn, really, it's no big deal."
"Are you serious? Rachel, of course it's a big deal! You've always wanted to win a Tony Award. This is your dream, and you've worked so hard to get to this point. You don't have to be so modest about all of this, you can squeal in excitement if you want to. I don't care."
"I'm incredibly honored by the nomination don't get me wrong, but my dream is family now, you, Liam, more kids, a wonderful life together, that's what I want now."
"Well, I still hope you win. I know how much all of this means to you."
"I really hope you win your award too, you deserve it."
"Should we go out and celebrate?"
"Hey Finn, let's celebrate later… you know, after Liam's asleep.."
"Oh, I see where this going. I would love to."

Rachel kisses Finn's cheek. "Mmmm, I can't wait."
Finn smirks at her. " I know, me either."

"Liam needs to wake up from nap, I want to tell him all of this."
Liam wakes up a few minutes later and Rachel hardly keeps the news from him.
"Hey Pumpkin, guess what? I got a nomination for a special award for my show, it's not really a big deal, but Daddy thinks it is so he wanted me to tell you about it." Rachel says

"Liam, tell Mommy it's a big deal and that we are super proud of her. Mommy is a star, isn't she, Liam?" Finn teases.

Liam turns his little head and gives Rachel, a big, two teeth, lopsided smile."
"See, Liam agrees with me! He's proud of you, Rachel. He's so proud of his mommy."

"Well, thank you ,you two, you guys really are my two favorite boys in the whole wide world."
"Well good, I'm so glad we are."
"I love you both, so, so, much."
"We love you too, so much."
"I can't believe how fast Liam is growing up!"
"I know, it is completely insane! He's gotten so big."
"He's such a big boy."
"I know, but he's still pretty tiny, he mostly takes after you."
"I bet when he gets a little older he's going to wish he was really tall, just like his daddy."
"Eh, maybe not. I actually think it's really, really, cute, that he is little like you."
Rachel playfully rolls her eyes at Finn. "Of course you do, Honey."
"Why is that so bad?"
"It's not, I'm teasing you."
"Oh, I see."
"Yeah, it never gets boring."

Finn nervously straightens out his apple covered tie before leaving for work the next day. Rachel must have noticed how nervous he is, because she sneaks up behind him, taps him on the shoulder and smiles warmly at him.
"You look really nice today." She tells him.

"Thanks, I really wanted to look nice today in case I win." Finn replies.

"Finn, would you relax. You are going to win you are the best damn teach in that whole entire school. I am absolutely sure of it Now come out to the kitchen, I baked you some cookies for good luck."
Finn smirks at her. "You always have a reason up your sleeve to bake me cookies."
"That's because I know that you love them and they always make you feel better."
"Well thank you, I appreciate it."
"You're welcome, let me know how it goes, okay?"
"Of course."
Finn walks nervously into the school, and the first thing he sees are the staff announcements. He can hardly believe what he sees typed under Teacher of the Month. He actually won.

The day goes by fairly quickly and Finn gets several knowing smiles and congratulations from most of his students, but he totally isn't expecting the surprise his show choir students have in store for him.

"What on earth is all of this you guys?" He asks motioning toward the balloon and giant card sitting on top of his desk.

"We wanted to congratulate you on being named Teacher of the Year. We are so proud to have you as our amazing choir teacher and we can't imagine any other teacher getting this award. You deserve it." One of the students says.

"You guys, I'm honored. But seriously whose idea was this ?"
"Well, it was kind of Alexandria's idea, but we all pitched in of course."

"Well, thank you guys, so, so, much you guys are the reason I love my job so much, even with the crazy amount of paper work that I have to do. Now, come on guys, bring it in." Finn says, indicating that it's time for a major celebratory show choir circle.

Finn practically bust down the front door when he finally comes home from a very exciting day at work, he could care less about the door though, because he is so excited to share his big news with Rachel and Liam.

"So how did it go?" Rachel immediately asks him.

"I won!" Finn replies, beaming instantly.

"Oh my goodness, Babe, that's amazing. I knew you would, I just knew it."
"I'm so happy."
"Good, you deserve it. I'm really, really proud of you!"
"Where's Liam, I really want to tell him."
"I was about to get him up from his nap, but you can do that if you want to."
"I would love to."
"Hey Buddy, I just wanted to tell you I won my award." He says smiling.

Standing at the door, Rachel smiles at Finn, she always knew he'd be a great teacher

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