Alright, here's another chapter for you! I hope that y'all are still enjoying this. Like I've said many times Finn and Rachel will not leave my head. Much love to Allie and Sara and thank you for all of the lovely reviews.
Disclaimer: I still haven't figured out how to get the rights for Glee or the original characters, I do own Lucy and a couple more characters that will appear down the road.
After the back of the SUV was loaded, Finn and Rachel finds themselves sitting in a quiet vehicle. Rachel places her small hand on Finn's wrist just as he was reaching for the ignition and she looks up in his eyes and she asks barely louder than a whisper, "Are you sure that you are alright?"
"Yeah…yes I am; you know that I feared seeing her again," giving Rachel a half turned up smile, "but honestly the only thing that I feel is anger…mostly because of the way that she spoke to you!"
"Finn, something I learned a very long time ago is that anger is a wasted emotion," Rachel says as she continues to stare into his eyes, "an emotion that we must let go of in order to carry on and truly be happy in our lives."
Smiling at her Finn tells her that she is absolutely right and he hopes that she can help him achieve that goal; because at the end of the day he really does want to be happy.
"I'll make a deal with you," Rachel says as she sits back up in her seat reaching for her seatbelt, "if one of us starts feeling low, we'll let the other know and we will get through it together."
"Deal" Finn says as he realizes that this petite brunette may just be the person to help him be happy again.
Both of them feeling so much better as Finn pulls out of the parking lot heading back to their waiting friends.
After a few minutes of carrying on a light conversation, Finn sneaks a look at Rachel and says, "It wouldn't surprise me if Lucy showed up at the house, you know just to try to ruin our weekend!"
"Let her come, she won't ruin our weekend;" beaming her gorgeous smile at Finn, "You've met Tana, right?"
Laughing, Finn answers, "Yeah, you're right, and if Santana doesn't stop her, I'm sure Puck will!"
Rachel tells Finn that they will worry about it if she shows up because she has no intention of letting Lucy ruin their vacation.
They are greeted by all of their friends before Finn even has the chance to properly park his Range Rover.
Rachel smiles at their friends and sarcastically asks, "Are you guys out here to carry in the groceries?"
"Yeah, we figured that the sooner we got it all carried in, the sooner we could eat." Puck answers, not even hiding the fact that he is only helping because he is so hungry.
"Okay, let's all get this inside and put away the things that we aren't preparing tonight, then we can get started on tonight's meal." Rachel says as she grabs one of the cloth bags out of the truck of the SUV.
As they are walking in Finn turns to Puck and tells him that he and Rachel had a run in with Lucy at the grocery store. With a concerned look on his face, Puck asks Finn if he is okay.
"I am, Rachel was more than happy to help me get rid of her," smirking he whispers to him "she kissed me like three times in front of her to make her think that we were a couple."
"And by the shit eating grin that's on your face right now, you are thinking that could become a possibility or at least hoping that it can?"
"Maybe, who knows?" Finn speaks low enough so no one else can hear his next words, "But I'm thinking that I may just give it a try and see what happens."
"I agree with you dude, I've missed this Finn!" pulling Finn down toward him and whispers, "and from what Quinn has said to me; I feel like the feelings are mutual."
Everyone is so busy putting everything away, none of them noticed that they have company until there was a knock on the door. Since there is no doubt in Finn's mind who was at the door, with a roll of his eyes he heads to the front door. "What do you want, Lucy?" he asks as he opens the door.
"Oh come on Finn, you know that you are happy to see me," walking into the home without being invited, "Where's your midget? Has she already run away, because you know as well as I do that she is no comparison to me!"
Shocking all of their friends, Rachel calls as she walks toward the door, "Finn, baby who's at the door? I mean all of our guests have already arrived." Once she reaches Finn, she wraps her arms around her waist and peers at Lucy.
"Oh hi, Lucy... is it?" Rachel asks as she cuddles into Finn side.
"Oh darling, you will remember my name once Finn comes to his senses and comes back to me." Lucy growls.
By this time all of the friends have made it to the door. "Well, well, well… look what the cat drug in, the biggest bitch on the Pacific coast, what are you doing here and where is your kid?" Puck snarled.
"Long time no see, Puck and for your information; my child is with his father this weekend and I wanted a little getaway." She smirks at Finn as she still talks to Puck, "running into Finn is definitely an added bonus."
"Look bitch, this is a private party, and you are not invited and I have absolutely no problem making you leave." Santana says as she approaches Lucy, effectively putting herself in between Rachel and the blonde; apparently everybody has caught on the 'game' that Rachel is playing, Santana continues "Finn and Rachel are very happy together and it will take so much more that a bleach blonde bimbo to break them up, now remove yourself from this property before I remove you."
Glaring into Santana's eyes, Lucy promises that this isn't over and reminds Finn once again that she always gets what she wants before she turns to walk back to her car.
"I'm not a possession, and you will never have another chance with me. You ruined me Lucy, and it has taken me a very long time to trust and love again and I will not let you ruin this for me." Finn says as he unconsciously motions between Rachel and himself.
As she reaches for the door to close it, Rachel pipes in "Goodbye Lucy and if I ever see you again, it will be too soon."
Everyone at once starts talking about Lucy's surprise visit and Finn just raises his hand and tells the friends to let it go so they can enjoy their evening together.
The guys are around the grill practically grilling Finn about what all went down between him and Rachel. He shrugs and just tells them that she helped him out with Lucy at the grocery store. Of course, Puck had to tell them about the impromptu kisses between Finn and Rachel.
"What?" Kurt sputters his drink from his mouth.
"You're talking about that Rachel?" Blaine asks just as shocked as Kurt.
"Alright guys don't make it out to be more than what it is; she was just helping get Lucy off of my back." Finn says seriously, trying very hard to convince himself just that.
"Finn listen to me, Rachel doesn't do that. She takes everything very seriously; she kissed you because she feels something for you," Blaine whispers "IF she had just hugged you close or grabbed your hand, I'd believe that she was just doing it to help you out."
"So what are you saying, Blaine?" Kurt asks "Do you think that Rachel likes Finn?"
"If I had to bet on the odds, I would put all of my money on yes."
"So dude, how do you feel about our little starlet?" Puck asks as he flips one of the steaks.
"I feel something for her, something that I didn't think that I would every feel again," looking at Blaine, "I can't call it love by no means, but what I feel for her is way more than I do for a friend. I just don't know if I can risk caring about her and finding out that she just wants me as a friend."
"Finn, Rachel has always worn her feelings on her sleeve, spend some alone time with her tonight and you will be able to get your answer fairly easy." Blaine says straight to the point. Finn asks his friends how is he supposed to get her away from the girls as he looks over at them and sees that they too are having a very intense private conversation.
"Leave that to us after dinner dude, and I'll let Brittney know that she and Santana needs to disappear after dinner too!" Puck says as he pats Finn on the shoulder. Finn realizes right then that it is now or never. He knows that he is ready to move on and that he really wants it to be Rachel that he moves on with.
They group of guys continue grilling the salmon and steaks with each of them lost in his own thoughts.
"Rachel, that was pretty bold of you to stand up to that Lucy chick like that," Quinn says as she prepares the garden salad "I know that you are an amazing actress, but you even had me fooled into believing that you and Finn are a couple!"
"I just felt like I needed to help him, she was so sure of herself that he was just going to throw himself at her feet begging her to take him back," shrugging her shoulders "it wasn't a big deal, I was just helping a friend out!"
"Rachel sweetie, I know you and this is more than a friend helping another friend; and you know it." Quinn whispers.
"Didn't you tell me that you didn't even kiss Brody until you had been dating him for weeks?" Santana asks, "You kissed Finn more than once and you aren't even dating; just admit it to yourself and maybe even to him that you care about him already."
"Tana, I can't risk getting my hopes up just to have them shot back down," Rachel says as she looks away from her friends "What if he only sees me as a friend?"
"Well babe, you are the only one who can find that out for you," Quinn says as she puts her hand under Rachel's chin and makes her look at her. "You owe yourself a chance for happiness and you aren't going to find it if you don't pursue it."
"I know, you're right, seems like I have some things to think about after dinner." Rachel says as she prepares her broccoli and cauliflower salad.
Next Chapter, the feelings are finally shown. Review, Review and Review! Citrus is a coming!