Hey guys! Thanks so much for the reviews on the last chapter. I appreciate them so much. To explain the duet in this chapter, it's a split screen duet, like some of the ones we've had on the real show. The song Finchel sing is a song lots of other Finchel fans have said they wanted for them, so I figured I'd use it! Thanks again for the support and review if you want me to keep going!

Chapter 4: The First Fight

"I'm moving in."

The group looked at each other, then at the girl who they barely knew who'd invited herself into their apartment. "You can't just walk in and tell us that you're moving in!" Kurt said.

"Yeah," Blaine added. "All our bedrooms are already taken, and don't you live in the dorms?"

"They kicked me out," Harmony said. "My roommate was practicing the song I wanted to sing for the winter showcase and said she wanted to sing it in the winter showcase, so I did that stick her hand in warm water and make her think she's wet the bed trick. She was a baby and complained to the RA, and they kicked me out of the dorms."

"Hey, Rachel and I almost did that trick to Lady Hummel once," Santana said.

Kurt looked horrified. "You did?"

"Hey, we didn't," Rachel said. She looked at Harmony. "So, if you did that to your roommate, who's to say you won't do that to one of us?"

"She has a point," Sam said. "Rachel's a Broadway understudy. Don't you want to be on Broadway?"

"Oh, I don't want to be an understudy," Harmony said. "I want the part. So there's no hard feelings between you and me, Rachel."

"Okay," Rachel said, still uneasy.

Harmony looked around. "You guys have a really nice apartment. So, where's my room?"

Santana walked toward Harmony. "You heard me. All the bedrooms were taken. Both married couples have one, and then I have the other. The two bedroom apartment down the hall has the guys in one and the girls in the other, before you ask."

"Well, if the bedrooms are big enough for everyone else to share, I can move into yours," Harmony told Santana.

Santana looked annoyed. Rachel tried to think fast. "Well, have you talked to your parents?"

"Not yet," Harmony said. "Now that I'm here, I can just tell them I decided to move out. Since I left within 30 days, I get a refund."

Rachel sighed. "Well..."

"Maybe we could try it for a few weeks," Blaine suggested.

"Yeah," Finn said. "A few weeks."

"But you're not moving into my room," Santana said.

"Well, I'm glad you're decent people," Harmony said. "You can't just throw an innocent girl on the street."

"This is temporary though," Kurt said. "We'll let you stay with us while you look for a place of your own."

"Okay," Harmony said. "But you'll want to keep me here for good, I know it." She sat down on the couch. "This couch seems comfortable to sleep on." She then looked at the TV. "Oh, nice TV."

"Our apartment is open if you guys need a break," Sam said.

x

"So, what do you think it'll be like having that girl here?" Finn asked Rachel as they got ready for bed.

Rachel shrugged. "I don't know. Like she said, you can't just throw an innocent girl on the street."

"Yeah, I guess she's right," Finn said.

Rachel's computer started to go off with a Skype notification. "Oh, it's Kylie."

"Oh, awesome!" Finn said. "Mind if I say hi? Maybe she'll have an update on New Directions."

"Of course," Rachel said. She turned on the Skype. "Hey!"

"Hey," Kylie said. "How are you?"

"I'm good, how are you?" Rachel asked.

"Junior year is so much harder than underclass years," Kylie sighed. "Pre calculus, physics, AP French... the homework load is piling up."

Rachel sighed. "I remember it was tough for me too, but remember, less than two years before you can join me in New York."

"I look forward to that," Kylie said. "So, how's New York?"

"New York's been good," Rachel said. "The homework is pretty heavy for me too, between homework, rehearsals, the diner and married life, I don't get much time to breathe, but I'm happy."

"Well, that's what matters," Kylie said. "Our mom said you were over there the other day."

"Yeah, I was," Rachel said. "She'll be finishing this cycle of chemo soon so hopefully by then she'll be in remission."

"I hope so, too," Kylie said. "I'm hopefully going to come to New York Columbus Day weekend."

"I'd love to see you," Rachel said. "Finn actually wanted to say hi."

Finn took a seat next to Rachel. "Hi Kylie!"
"Hi Finn," Kylie said. "How are you?"

"I'm doing great," Finn said. "Directing the glee club in New York has been fun."

"They had a really great performance today," Rachel said.

Finn smiled at how proud Rachel was of him. "Yeah, they did perform today. How's New Directions?"

"Well, April and Holly are definitely different from Mr. Schue," Kylie said. "Mr. Schue was a lot calmer and April and Holly are really crazy, but they have good ideas, and I like what we've done so far."

"That's good," Finn said, glad to hear that the glee club was doing well.

"So, any new members yet?" Rachel asked.

"Yeah, Puck's sister joined, Sara," Kylie said. "She's a freshman. And we had three other freshmen join, so the club does have some underclassmen."

"I'm glad," Finn said. "I've talked to Mr. Schue, and he's doing well, but he misses you guys."

"Well, next time you talk to him, you can tell him we miss him," Kylie said. "So, Rachel, decided what you'll do about tour yet?"

Tour. That was a sore subject for Finn. He knew it was a huge opportunity for Rachel but he really, really didn't want her to go. Finn couldn't really hear what Rachel and Kylie were saying as he thought about the whole tour situation. Eventually, Rachel hung up the call and turned to Finn. "Finn... I've been thinking about tour..."

"Okay," Finn said.

"I think I want to do it," Rachel said.

She wanted to do it? Crap. Finn had been saying that he thought it was a good idea, but maybe now he should be honest. "Don't."

Rachel looked surprised. "What?"

"Don't go on tour, Rachel," Finn repeated. He did feel a bit relieved to finally say it.

Rachel looked surprised. "Finn... I thought you wanted me to go."

"I only said that because I wanted to be supportive," Finn said. "Don't go."

Rachel looked upset. "You don't want me to go?"

"No," Finn said. "And I think it would be really selfish of you to ditch me for a tour for two years."

Rachel looked shocked. Finn realized that was probably the wrong word choice. "You know Finn, I was considering not going because I was worried I'd miss you -but you think I'm selfish?"

"Well, wanting to run off on a tour for two years is selfish," Finn said. "We just started our lives together."

Rachel looked sad. "Well..."

"Fine, if you want, go on the tour, Rachel!" Finn snapped. "At least then you'll get the spotlight you want."

"What do you mean?" Rachel asked.

"You know what I mean," Finn said. "Maybe your life would be better if you hadn't married a joke like me."

Rachel paused. "Well, I need to go."

"Go where?" Finn asked.

"Since you said to go on the tour, I'll go," Rachel snapped. "Clearly you're mad at me and maybe some time away from me will be good."

Finn felt like the biggest idiot ever. "Rachel..."

"Just... don't say anything," Rachel said. She picked up a bag and began putting some clothes in it.

"Where are you going?" Finn asked.

"It doesn't matter!" Rachel snapped. She left the apartment, leaving Finn there alone.

x

Rachel started crying as she left the apartment building. She couldn't believe that Finn had called her selfish. Why couldn't he see that this was a big opportunity for her?

She didn't know where everyone else was. Maybe they'd gone out to dinner or something. Even Harmony wasn't in the apartment, but her things were still ther.

Rachel tried to think of where to go. Her dads were back in Lima. If she went to the two bedroom apartment, she might say something to her other friends, and she didn't want to get them involved. Shelby had told her that this might cause tension between her and Finn, so going to Shelby's might not be a good idea.

Rachel sighed as she arrived at a hotel. This would have to do.

x

Finn couldn't believe what an idiot he'd been. Yelling at Rachel and calling her names... he never did that. And he and Rachel never got into fights, except about petty things like what to have for dinner or whether not Finn was keeping their room clean enough.

He understood why Rachel wanted to go on the tour. If he was on a show, he'd probably want to go on tour too. Still, he didn't like that she'd walked out. Why had she walked out? Why didn't she talk to him?

When Finn had talked to his friends about the possibility of going on tour, they told him to tell her calmly about why he didn't want her to go on tour. That would have been better than getting mad at her. Maybe if he'd done that, she wouldn't have walked out.

Finn heard the door open. He hoped it was Rachel. But when he heard some loud singing, he knew who it really was. Rachel had suggested Harmony stay with them for a few weeks and Finn already thought this was a bad idea.

He sat in his room for a while, thinking about his conversation with Rachel. He felt so bad and just wanted to apologize, but since she'd walked out, maybe he should let her apologize and come to him first.

Some time passed and Finn heard a knock on his door. "Come in," he mumbled.

Kurt and Blaine came in. "That Harmony girl is insane," Kurt snapped.

"She's going through our cupboards and critiquing all our food," Blaine added.

"Thanks to me, we have just about every food possible," Finn said.

"What's wrong, Finn?" Kurt asked. "You look upset."

"Rachel and I got into a really big fight," Finn admitted.

"What?" Blaine asked. "What was it about?"

"Rachel said she wanted to go on tour, and I freaked out," Finn said. "I yelled at her and called her some names... and then she walked out."

"Oh no," Kurt said.

"I feel horrible," Finn said. "I love Rachel so much... and I want her to be happy..."

"Of course you do," Blaine said.

"I don't even know where she is," Finn admitted.

"Why don't you try calling her?" Kurt asked.

"It's just... I don't know if she'd answer," Finn admitted. "I feel terrible."

x

Rachel sat in the hotel room. She was reminded of the dream she had last year about what her life would have been like if she'd stayed the girl she was at the beginning of high school. The girl who would lose it when anyone other than her got a solo and alienated others with her attitude. Back then, her life revolved around Broadway and her ambitions. Sure, the girl back then might have gotten the lead role on Broadway and would have taken the opportunity to go on tour without question.

But Rachel Hudson of today would always choose her husband over Broadway. And she felt horrible for how angry she got at him and for walking out. She'd made this reservation in the hotel for tonight, so she was going to use tonight to cool down. She turned on her iPod and began listening to it. A Queen song came up. Queen songs reminded her of Finn since they'd sang so many together. And as she began singing along to this one, the lyrics reminded her of her and Finn.

Rachel: Ooh, you make me live
Whatever this world can give to me
It's you, you're all I see
Ooh, you make me live now honey
Ooh, you make me live

x

Finn had asked for time to himself. Kurt and Blaine were in their room, and Santana was at Dani's. Harmony was in the living room, singing at the top of her lungs. To block out Harmony's singing and to get his mind off things, Finn turned on his iPod and began singing along to the first song that came on.

Finn: You're the best friend
That I ever had
I've been with you such a long time
You're my sunshine
And I want you to know
That my feelings are true
I really love you
You're my best friend

x

Neither Finn nor Rachel knew that they had the same song on their iPods right now and that they were both singing along to it. And they were both thinking that this song was the perfect description of them.

Rachel: Ooh, you make me live
Finn:
I've been wandering round
Rachel:
But I still come back to you
In rain or shine
Finn:
You've stood by me girl
I'm happy at home (Rachel: happy at home)
You're my best friend.
Rachel:
Ooh, you make me live
Whenever this world is cruel to me
Finn:
I got you to help me forgive
Ooh, you make me live now honey
Finn and Rachel:
Ooh, you make me live
You're the first one
When things turn out bad
You know I'll never be lonely
You're my only one
And I love the things
I really love the things that you do
You're my best friend
Ooh, you make me live.
I'm happy, happy at home
You're my best friend
You're my best friend
Ooh, you make me live
You, you're my best friend.

x

After a night at the hotel, Rachel decided that she needed to go home and talk to Finn. She may have gotten mad at him, but walking out rather than talking to him wasn't okay. She went back to the apartment and saw Finn sitting in the living room. "Hey," Rachel said softly.

Finn looked up and saw Rachel. "Hi."

"Are you the only one home right now?" Rachel asked.

"Yeah," Finn said. "Rachel, I have something I need to say to you..."

"Me first," Rachel said. "Finn, I'm so sorry I walked out like that. It was stupid and childish and petty. And I want you to know that I'm not going to go on tour."

Finn looked shocked. "What? Rachel, this is your dream role."

"I have lots of dreams," Rachel said. "My biggest dream is to be married to you. And that's already come true. As for the tour - I'm sure that there will be other shows for me to be in. Other opportunities. But this tour, and any show, is not worth losing you over." She felt herself tearing up. "I love you so much, and I can't stand the thought of not spending every single day with you for two years."

Finn looked at Rachel. "Are you sure you don't want to do the tour?"

"I'm sure," Rachel said. "Finn, I'm so, so sorry. I can't say it enough. I promise I'll never do anything like that again."

"It's not like I'm innocent," Finn said. "I am the one who yelled at you."

"Let's just move past this," Rachel said.

Finn gave Rachel a hug. "Sounds good to me. I love you so much."

Rachel tightened the hug. "I love you, too."

Chapter 5 preview: Finn gets his glee club ready for the fall musical and enlists the help of the other New Directions alumni living in New York, and the McKinley school musical is underway as well. Meanwhile, will Harmony cause any more trouble at the apartment?

SONG: You're My Best Friend by Queen

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