AN: Here we go onto the next chapter; nope I still have nothing to do with Glee or the original characters. All of my stories are in honor of Cory Monteith; and I once again promise that Finn will always have his happy ending…and in my world that means that he will always end up with Rachel.

Walking Hand in Hand

Kurt suggests that they talk a stroll down on the beach to watch the continuing sun set. Immediately, everyone breaks up in pairs as they walk the shoreline carrying on their own conversations.

"I really wish that I could go home with the girls," Blaine tells Kurt as he reaches for his hand, "I'm nervous about them being in New York by themselves."

"I know you do," Kurt whispers delightfully as he relishes in the feel of Blaine's hand in his, "but you are in the middle of shooting the pilot season of your show, taking time off now may jeopardize the whole production."

"I know, and believe me even if I was to suggest it to Rachel, she'd refuse to let me!"

Santana and Brittney were deep in a quiet conversation as they hurry up to catch Kurt and Blaine. "Hey Kurt hold up a second!" Santana exclaims.

Stopping to wait on the girls to catch up with them Kurt asks, "What's up, Santana?"

"Well, Britt and I were just talking and we feel like Quinn and I are going to need reinforcement in New York," pulling Kurt really close to her so no one else can hear, "I know that Finn and Puck has just started their firm; but what are the chances of us being able to talk them into taking a short vacation to the east coast?"

"I know that Finn has just completed a pretty intense case and I don't think that he is working on anything right now that one of the associates couldn't handle." Kurt says, trying to remember if Finn had said anything about any of his 'important' clients currently being in any legal trouble.

"Could Sam handle all of the Senior Partners' decisions on his own?" Blaine asks Kurt, realizing how perfect it could be if they could go with the girls. "I know that I wouldn't worry about my girls as much if they were with them."

"I'll talk to Quinn about discussing it with Puck when they're alone," smirking Santana continues, "I know that she can easily persuade Puck to come along with us."

"What's on your mind?" Finn questions Rachel with a nudge of his shoulder, "You are being awful quiet."

"I'm sorry Finn," Rachel sulks "I know that I'm not much fun right now; I just can't believe that I have to return to New York so soon!"

"Please quit apologizing for how you feel," Finn asks "but just like you did for me earlier today, I'm going to give you a little advice," Finn says as he grabs her shoulders so he can look directly in her eyes, "don't let someone else prevent you from living your life."

"You're right, I can't let him dictate my life," stepping closer to him "Not even three months ago, I was preparing to meet him at the altar and now I dread the thought of even seeing him."

Looking into her eyes, "Are you upset because he called off the wedding, I mean I know how I felt when I found out about Lucy and her lies."

"No, that's the funny thing; I'm not upset at all." Pulling him even closer to her, "I feel absolutely nothing for him or my past with him." She stands up on her tiptoes and lightly kisses Finn, "I really do feel that everything that I need is right here!"

"Oh God, I hope so," Finn whispers before kissing her again.

All eight bodies are currently sprawled out around the spacious living room discussing options of activities that they can do tomorrow.

"Parasailing, the adrenaline rush is the best." Puck offers.

"Oh Hell no, you aren't getting me up in the air over the ocean, forget it!" Kurt huffs.

"Why, are you afraid that it may mess up your hair?" Finn smirks.

"Ha Ha, very funny Finn," Kurt huffs, "I would rather not die on this trip."

"Wimp! What do you suggest then, shopping?" Puck asks sarcastically.

"Well…"Kurt starts to say before being cut off by Santana.

"We didn't come to the beach to go shopping Princess, we came to the beach to soak up the sun and have a good time."

"Why don't we just wait until Sam and Kitty gets here, maybe they'll have some ideas?" Rachel offers.

Finn shouts quickly, "Hell no, Sam always has the worst ideas."

"Yeah, that's how we ended up with some crazy ass tattoos, ain't that right Finn?" Puck asks.

"Shut up dude, we had a deal that we would never talk about that night again!"

"Why are you embarrassed about your tattoo Finn?" Rachel asks as she lifts his sleeve on his tee shirt, "I like it." As she delicately traces the tribal band with her finger.

"Oh that ain't the tattoo Finn got that night?" Puck roars in laughter.

"Hey ass, you have the exact same one that I have, remember?" Finn says feeling flustered as Rachel continues to trace his tattoo.

"Are you guys going to enlighten us?" Quinn asks as she looks over at Puck.

"Umm..it's..it's just OSU." Finn mumbles shooting a glare at Kurt daring him to say anything about it.

Kurt dares, "They all have OSU on their asses!" running out of the living room when he sees Finn and Puck jumping up and heading toward him.

Rachel, unable to hold her laughter in asks, "Really, you guys have tattoos on your butts."

By this time, everyone is in a full fit of laughter. Quinn looks over to where Puck and Finn have Kurt cornered and says, "Come on guys, let us see."

Smirking at Quinn, Rachel stands up and motions for her to follow; reaching the guys before they have the chance to move and reaching for the waistbands of their shorts and pulls them down exposing the said tattoos.

"Oh my God, how drunk were you two when you let Sam talk you into getting those?" Santana boasts.

As soon as he felt her hands on his waist, Finn turns around and grabs Rachel and throws her over his shoulder exclaiming that she was going to pay for that. In the midst of her squeals and laughter; they both miss the looks that all of their friends are given one another.

"What are you going to do to me?" Rachel squeals as she feels Finn walking out of the living room.

"You'll find out real quick!" Finn says with only amusement in his voice.

Realizing that Finn is walking toward the doors that led out to the pool, Blaine jumps to his feet telling everyone to follow them, "He's heading for the pool, we don't want to miss this!"

'Splash'

"Finnnnn!" Rachel exclaims as she comes back to the surface of the pool, "Now help me out!" she demands with a mischievous glint in her eyes. Reaching out to take her hand, Finn doesn't have time to realize what she was up to until he too was in the pool.

"Well that didn't go the way I planned." Finn says as he wraps his hands around Rachel's waist to help her stay afloat.

"They are so perfect for each other." Quinn whispers in Puck's ear as she watches her cousin smiling up at Finn. "They are so much alike."

"Rachel's corny too?" Puck chuckles as he wraps his arms around Quinn to escort her back into the house.

Rachel and Finn totally lost in each other oblivious to their audience until Kurt speaks up.

"Hey, you guys just gonna hang out in the pool tonight?" Kurt asks, grabbing Blaine's hand and walking back into the house.

Embarrassed that she hadn't even noticed her friends, Rachel looks at Finn and tells him maybe they should get out of the pool. Agreeing, he turns and lifts Rachel out of the pool and places her on the side. "Yuck I hate wet clothes," Rachel tells Finn as she offers her hand to help him out of the pool "I'm going to go change into some dry ones."

"Right behind you, how about we meet on our balcony afterwards," as he rubs the back of his neck, "you know…if you want to; it's a wonderful place to wind down."

"That sounds like a perfect idea, meet you there in about twenty minutes." Rachel smiles up at him.

After wrapping a beach towel around Rachel and grabbing one for himself, Finn steers Rachel to the Kitchen entrance so they could avoid getting the carpet wet in the living room. (So what if it also meant that they would be avoiding their friends too.)

What could possibly happen out on the balcony, under the moonlight with the view of the beach underneath? Feelings are going be on full display next chapter. This little chapter is just some fluff before all of the fun begins. Read and Review and let me know what you think. ; )