A/N: Thank you so so so much for all the feedback! I felt like I was Sam being welcomed back in the choir room hehe. Let's all break out into a verse of "Red Solo Cup" shall we? ;). Kidding of course. But I really do appreciate all the reviews and new follows!

Special shout out to Just A Muggle Artist! I know our 'confident sport diva' may not be at her full potential in this chapter, but I just really loved that description! Hope you and everyone else enjoys this! Feel free to give any suggestions or let me know what you guys want to see happen! :) Enjoy!

- Elise :)

Carole Hudson peeped her head out of the doorway and exclaimed when she saw them down the hall, "Oh! Finally you two are home! Hiram…"

Her voice trailed off as she ran back inside. Rachel and Finn turned to each other with confused expressions before walking into the Hudson apartment.

"Mom, why're you so excited to have us home?" Finn asked as Rachel gave a questioning look to her father and her best friend's mother. The sound of footsteps coming from the direction of the bathroom caused them to turn their heads.

A tall man with dark hair and chiseled features appeared from the small hallway. He was dressed in all black: a leather jacket, fitted top, and slick pants. He stopped in his tracks and took in Rachel and Finn's appearances with a slight squint.

"Glad you could join us," He said, not adding anything else.

Rachel followed Finn as he dropped his backpack on the ground near the doorway.

"My apologies, Dustin," Hiram started. "They usually don't take too long after practices to get home."

Finn and Rachel continued to stand there with confused expressions, waiting for someone to fill them in.

The tall man walked forward and stuck his hands out for Finn and Rachel to take, "The name is Dustin Goolsby. I work for Rhythm Adrenaline, the state's number one dance troupe, I'm sure you've heard of us."

Finn wanted to laugh, why the hell would they know that. Rachel just nodded, not knowing what to say.

Carole stood up and handed him a CD as she explained to the two confused teenagers. "The Berry family gathering is coming up, and we need you guys to be ready for the dancing."

"But we never dance at those things!" Rachel complained as her father shook her head at her.

"You're older now, it's expected. You know how those dinners are."

These dinners happen every four years. All of Rachel's family gets together to have little reunions but they all know it's really to compare their achievements and children. Hiram and Rachel stopped going for a couple of dinners when Leroy passed away but with the support of Carole and Finn they started going again. Last dinner they were lucky because both Rachel and Finn had championship games that day so they didn't have to attend, but there was no way out this year. The other Berry family members would find out and it would only cause more trouble for them.

Finn groaned. He wanted so badly to say that he's not even a Berry, but he knew better.

Hiram waved them off, "Hush now, listen to Dustin so you guys can begin your dance lessons."

Finn and Rachel didn't reply and simply walked into the living room. The furniture was already pushed so that there was more room to dance so they decided to stand in the center and wait for Dustin to begin.

He gave them a little introduction to "the art that is dance" and even showed them a little one-two step. He showed them the basic step for each of them and then instructed them to the same. They followed Dustin's directions to the best of their abilities. Every now and then he would remind Rachel to let Finn lead and when she finally did, they were able to perform the basic steps. Dustin nodded quietly when they got the hang of it and introduced the spin. Once they performed it a couple of times, he stopped them.

Dustin walked to the CD player and turned to them, "Let's take it from the top."

He selected a song and signaled for them to begin again. He counted them in before walking to sit with the parents in the dining area.

"So, are these two an item?" He asked quietly, stirring up some small talk with his new clients.

"No," Carole smiled as she watched the two interact with each other. "Do you think they will be?"

Hiram smiled next to her, "Your Finn would be perfect for my star, but I don't know… Do you think they could fall in love like that?"

Dustin shrugged, "Would you like to hear it from my perspective?"

The two parents nodded. "I'd say based on the way he's looking into her eyes and the way his hands are placed carefully around her waist, I think he's already starting to feel something." He added, "I've had my fair share of couples as clients, but I can't be too sure."

Hiram shook his head in disbelief, "Finn has always been careful with my daughter, I'm sure they're just friends."

Carole just glanced her friend, "You're gonna have to accept it sooner or later, Hiram. We're gonna be in-laws one day." She joked.

Hiram sighed with a shake of his head. He laughed and joked back, "What did I do? We should have just kept her the way she was."

The three adults continued to watched the two of them dance together.

"I don't think this guy's so bad," Rachel commented in a hushed tone.

Finn smiled and matched her tone, "Only because you're actually good at dancing."

She looked down at her feet and back up at Finn, "Yeah I suppose I am. But you," she laughed softly, "You're not so great."

He frowned, watching his feet to make sure he doesn't step on hers. "I know. I hope I don't embarrass you at the dinner."

Rachel shook her head, "I was only kidding, Finn. You'll never embarrass me." She smiled, "You're wonderful."

His eyes twinkled at her compliment and his smile reappeared on his face. He spun her, "So are you excited to complete the rest of your girly list?"

She rolled her eyes at the name but nodded her head nonetheless. "Actually yes, I am. I'm sort of looking forward to going to the dance now."

Finn didn't miss the way her cheeks colored a light blush as she admitted, "I'm hoping someone will ask me. I know it's silly but-"

He shook his head, "It's not. I mean, you are a girl so I think that's normal."

Rachel laughed, "Leave it to you to tell me what's normal for a girl."

He just gave her a crooked smile and continued their dance.

The next morning, Finn drove to school by himself. When he knocked on the Berry's door, Rachel answered but in her pajamas. She told him that she needed help with her outfit or something. She mentioned something about calling Kurt and maybe curling her hair? He wasn't really listening so he just nodded and went to his truck alone.

The three guys were standing around Finn's locker.

Mike's eyes widened as he commented, "I didn't even know she owned one of those."

"Alert the media! Rachel Berry is wearing a dress!" Puck pretended to get the school's attention as she walked down the hallway to meet up with the boys.

Finn turned from his locker and his jaw dropped a little at the sight of her. If he knew she was going to dress like that, he would've waited for her. Finn blinked a few times, not sure if this was some sort of dream or not. He doesn't think he's ever seen Rachel in something so…

"Hot," Puck mumbled as she continued walking their way, turning everyone's heads.

Her long brown hair was in soft curls that cascaded down her shoulders and hovered over the exposed skin on her back. She was wearing a burgundy cap sleeved, bodycon styled dress that stopped just above the middle of her thigh. It hugged her in places that Finn could only imagine being able to touch. Her tanned skin glowed against the dark red of the dress and her nude flats made her legs look impossibly long.

Finn's eyes followed the curves of her body and subconsciously licked his lips. They wandered from the fabric covered shoulders to the round neckline that highlighted her kissable collarbone. His eyes traced the outlines of her waist and down to her thighs. Despite what he told her yesterday in the truck, Finn could definitely get used to Rachel's new look.

He blinked again and noticed the rest of the guys who were looking at her the way he was. He nudged Puck to stop his drifting thoughts and watched as Mike shook his head back to reality and turned around to look for Tina.

Rachel finally stood in front of them beaming. "Dresses are so liberating! I can't believe I didn't think to wear these before. It's almost as if I'm not wearing anything."

Puck bit his lip, "Tell me about it. I bet I could see your ovaries if you bent over."

"Bro," Finn warned him with a hit to the arm, "She's still Rachel, give her some respect."

Puck wiggled his eyebrows at her, "I'd like to give her something else…"

"Noah!" She gasped and then returned to her outfit. "It's not too much right? I called Kurt to ask him about doing these curls and he said that these shoes and this dress were a good match."

Finn shook his head and immediately complimented, "You look amazing."

She gazed up at him and watched as he took out his letterman jacket, "Maybe you should keep wearing this though, so you know… guys don't-"

She stopped him with a hand on his arm, "Finn we talked about this. It's fine. They're just staring and whispering around me, no one's actually causing real harm. If I'm going to make it as a professional athlete, I'll have to get used to it."

Finn quietly groaned, "Fine, but the moment someone says or does-"

Rachel gave him a look and he sighed in defeat, shoving his jacket back into his locker. The three of them turned around to meet up with Tina and Mike but were cut off by Santana and Quinn.

Both Cheerios had glares on their faces. Britney followed behind them with a blank expression.

Quinn's glare almost changed into the a small smile when she and Puck shared eye contact, but once she turned her attention back to Rachel the glare reappeared.

"What do you think you're doing wearing that?" Santana sized her up and down, "Aren't you afraid you'll get arrested for impersonating a woman?"

Rachel glared back, "Are you? Because last time I checked, you're the one who got a boob job."

Santana rolled her eyes, unable to respond cleverly. "Whatever Yentl," she spat and was ready to head off into the other direction. But before she did, she turned to Finn and pursed her full lips to make a kiss in the air. She whispered seductively, "I'll see you later, Finnegan."

Rachel wanted to scream when they walked away. She was excited to wear her new dress and curled hair with pride. They shouldn't be able to bring down her her high spirits.

"Damn, Berry," Puck grinned. "I always liked watching you go at it with Santana but now that you look like this…" He whistled.

Finn balled his fists together to keep himself from saying anything to Puck and chose to lead the trio to Mike and Tina.

"Oh!" Rachel muttered, "Shoot, I forgot to go to my locker. It must have slipped my mind with all this fuss over my dress. I'll be right back!"

She turned her heels, not waiting for a reply, and walked in the direction of her locker. Finn watched her as her hips swayed with every step.

Rachel slowed down her pace when she noticed a poster for the dance coming up. She sighed a little before continuing her way to her locker. She quickly unlocked it and retrieved the items she forgot.

Finn stopped nodding along and tuned out his friends' conversation when he noticed at the Karofsky was heading towards Rachel's way.

She closed her locker and turned towards him with a smile. He couldn't hear what she was saying so he tried his hardest to read their lips.

"So Berry," Dave said as he looked at the floor and then back at her. "You look," He cleared his throat, "You look good."

She smiled at him and brushed a curl out of her face, "Thank you."

Dave just nodded. He stuffed his hands in the pockets of his jeans and looked around, "Do you wanna go to the dance with me?"

Rachel's eyebrows lifted in surprise. First of all, it was already weird having him be so vulnerable with this new tone he was speaking with, and second of all, what?

"Uh," She blinked profusely with her mouth open, not sure of what to say. She's never been asked before and she wasn't sure if going with Dave Karofsky was the best thing to do. The guys were never too fond of him, but it's not like it's really their decision. But then again, he was being surprisingly nice to her. And although she knows he can't throw a decent pass, that shouldn't be what she uses to determine his character. Actually, she knows a lot about his character. She knows he can be quite the violent guy when he feels like it and she knows that he's not very careful with women but that doesn't mean-

"It's fine if you don't want to," He said with his head a little low. He mumbled something about asking someone else but Rachel shyly caught his attention with her hand.

When he looked up she smiled nervously, "I-I'd love to."

He nodded, "Cool. I'll catch you later."

She smiled at him with that crazy smile that she gets when she scores the winning goal of her soccer match and inhales all the excitement before walking back.

Puck turned to Finn to ask if he agreed with what he was saying, but when Finn didn't respond he snapped his fingers. "Yo, Huddy! What're you staring at?"

They all turned to see what caught his attention and Puck smirked. "We know our little Jewish American princess is smokin' but really Finn, this is serious stuff we're talking about."

Tina smirked a little when she noticed Rachel's bright expression. "Guys, I think Karofsky just asked Rachel out."

Finn snapped his head towards Tina, "Do you really think so?"

She shrugged with a smile as they waited for Rachel to tell them what happened.

"So, is it true?" Mike asked as he played with the straps of his backpack. "Did Karofsky ask you out?"

Rachel was taken aback by the question. How did they find out? She shook the thoughts away and looked at the ground as she spoke. Her voice was lower than usual as she replied, "Well, technically yes."

She looked up and they all stared with different reactions so she continued, "He-He asked me to the dance and I accepted."

Puck raised an eyebrow, Mike smiled, and Tina grinned ready to gush about the dance with her. All the excitement caused Finn's unreadable expression to go unnoticed. He remained quiet until the bell rang and continued his silence well into lunch.

They all trickled into the cafeteria and sat down at the table. Puck teased Rachel as she joined them, "Sup Mrs. Karofsky."

Rachel shoved him and Mike wondered out loud, "I thought you said you didn't like anyone. I mean don't get me wrong, this is great and it could help you cross off that boyfriend thing on that list of yours but…"

"Just because I accepted his offer to take me to the dance doesn't mean I like him."

"So scandalous," Puck said sarcastically. "I didn't realize you were such a player."

They all continued teasing each other with jokes and playful glares, but Finn refused to join. He sat there playing with the crusts of his grilled cheese sandwich and didn't even try to fake a smile. He would grumble a little when they mentioned Rachel and Dave though.

"Finn?" Rachel finally noticed, "Is something bothering you?"

He just bit some of the crust and avoided her gaze. Rachel turned to the others and they simply shrugged in response. She poked him in his toned arm, "I'm your best friend, remember? You can tell me."

Finn sighed, "It's nothing."

Rachel rolled her eyes with a smile and warned, "Don't make me pull out the lock and key, Finn."

"What's the lock and key?" Tina asked but Finn interrupted. "Nothing, and I'm fine. Seriously."

Rachel refused to give up and continued to stare at him. Mike nodded with encouragement, "You can tell us."

"I was jealous," he mumbled, finally giving in. He avoided everyone's stares, still embarrassed from the admission of his feelings.

They all leaned in closer to him, trying to hear what he said. "What?"

Finn rubbed the back of his neck, "Uh, I was sort of," He continued to rub his neck, "I was… jealous."

"With what?" Rachel asked clearly confused. She put her carrot down and turned to see if anyone else understood what he was talking about.

"Never mind," He muttered, but Puck grew impatient.

"Stop being a chick and tell us what's wrong," He bit his pizza. "All this moping is gonna kill my natural buzz and I don't need any of that."

"Wait," Mike said, piecing everything together. His features lighting up when he finally understood what was happening, "You're jealous of Karofsky!"

Finn's eyes widened. He dropped his food, ready to defend himself. "I'm not-"

"Again?" Tina asked. "I thought we talked about the protective brother stuff already. You'll just need to get used to a few changes." She smiled, "And it's just a dance, Finn. Nothing's going to happen."

Puck almost spit his food out, "Hold up, you've been jealous?"

"I just don't like how people have been talking about Rachel or how they look at her and-"

Puck howled with laughter, "That's not being a protective brother, that's some boyfriend shit!"

Finn shot him a look and Puck continued when he sobered up. "Seriously, I'd for sure beat anyone's ass if they tried to mess with little Berry, as would my boy Chang here and possibly Tina, but we're not going crazy over the little things. And trust me, I've been waiting for Karofsky to give me an excuse to pummel him."

Finn's features softened as he let Puck's talk seep into his mind. He didn't think Puck would actually be the one to put him in check, but he's glad he did.

Rachel's eyebrows were knit together with confusion during the whole conversation. "I still don't understand. Why are you jealous?"

Finn looked at his friends and then back at Rachel. He stated honestly, "I don't know."

She ended the conversation with a nod, and they all continued talking as if the jealousy topic had never been brought up. Puck still thought it was funny for Finn to react that way, but he didn't feel the need to joke about it anymore since it was a thing of the past. Mike was going to say that he felt that way about Tina, but he knew it would probably just egg Puck on and not really help Finn's "protective brother" issues. And Finn finally decided that Tina was probably the most right. He just needed to get used to all these changes going on… but if that was really the case, then he would need to get used to a lot of changes.