A/N: TIME JUMP!
I don't own glee, or any of it's characters. Just Melody and Caleb. And Riley.

Daddy Get Your (Water) Gun

Finn tapped his fingers on the steering wheel as he sat outside the high school. Old school rock played on the radio, almost keeping his mind off of the fact that his daughter was late. Melody was never late. He knew it wasn't him, it was Friday and she didn't have glee club or anything after school today. So what was taking her so long? He turned up the radio and grabbed for his phone, thumbing through the contacts. He typed out a quick message to his daughter, in hopes of moving her even slightly along.

But then he saw her.

Or should he say them.

He watched from his position at the side of the road. He felt like he should maybe, drive around the block or something while simultaneously feeling like he needed to jump out of the car and beat the crap out of the boy who had his hands on his precious, perfect thing.
He honked his horn when they got closer and shot a glare through the windshield. The boy's hands dropped from Melody's waist immediately as she stood there mortified. He had to remind himself to breathe while counting to ten before honking the horn again. His jaw clenched as

Melody walked closer to the car, the boy trailing behind her.
He rolled down the passenger window before she could open the door. "Get in the car. Now." He growled.
He'd promised himself he wouldn't be that father. Rachel's dads had been those dads and he'd always promised himself he'd be the cool father.
And then he saw him kiss and touch her and all his anger rose to the top.
Melody, sensing her father's anger, slid into the passenger seat. He rolled up the window as she did up her seatbelt, before tearing out of the school parking lot.
"What the hell dad?" She arched an eyebrow as she looked at him.
"What do you mean, what the hell? I should be asking you the same question. That boy had his hands all over you..."
Melody crossed her arms over her chest and looked out the window.
"Melody..." He pulled to a stop light just a few minutes away from their house. "I asked you a question..."
"I asked you one first." She stubbornly pouted.
So this was how it was going to be.

When had she become so closed off? She used to tell him everything! When had she become a teenager? He felt like he'd blinked and she went from being a newborn, a tiny 6 pounds 1 ounce, colicky newborn to this sullen, secretive 16 year old. When had that happened and how did he make it stop?

He pulled the car into the driveway and hadn't even gotten the car in park before she threw open the door and slammed it closed. Yep. Moody teenage daughters were awesome. And he had a feeling he was about to find out just how awesome.
She'd had a few beats to get Rachel on her side by the time he got into the house. He dropped his work bag by the front door and shucked off his jacket. He sighed, taking a mini breather before going for what he assumed would be the lion's den.

He walked in just as Melody was pleading her case. "Mom I didn't do anything wrong! He HONKED the horn at me! Can you believe that? It was so embarrassing!"
"I honked because you were 15 minutes late getting to the car! Plus, that boy had his hands and mouth all over you." He walked over to his wife and pressed a kiss to her head before going to the fridge and grabbing a bottle of water. He could tell by the look on Rachel's face that Melody hadn't gotten to that part of the story yet.
Rachel gave her daughter a stare down, just as Caleb came skidding into the kitchen. "Mommy, can I have another cookie? Hey Dad." Finn smiled down at his 8 year old son.
"Hey squirt." He ruffled his hair and reached for the cookie jar on the counter before Rachel could refuse.
"Take two and go watch TV in the living room." He smiled.
"Cool. Thanks Dad!" Caleb grabbed for two of the chocolate chip cookies from the jar before running out of the room back to his episode of Spongebob Square Pants again. Rachel groaned before turning her attention to her daughter.
"Who had their hands on you?" He watched as she arched an eyebrow at her, something Melody had learned and perfected.
"Riley Schuster."

Finn felt like he was going to have a heart attack. Riley Schuster? He was...
"Senior Riley Schuster?" Rachel filled in the blanks like she knew exactly who Melody was referring to.
"Wait, Schuster?" He turned from his daughter to his wife and back again. "As in..."
"Will and Emma's youngest son, yes. THAT Riley Schuster."
"That. Makes all of this worse. So much worse. I'm going to have to call him..." He grabbed for his phone that he had thrown on the counter when he walked in.
"Daddy, no!" Melody stomped her foot and looked at her father. "I like him." She added quietly.
"Excuse me?"
"I like him." She mumbled, looking down.
"Excuse me? I can't hear you!"
"I LIKE HIM. Okay? There. I said it." She stomped her foot again.
"Do you go around letting every guy you like feel you up?" He grunted in frustration.
"Ewe!" Melody covered her ears. "Dad, we are NOT talking about this. Besides, he's my boyfriend..."
Finn's eyes widened, just as Rachel grimaced. "Finn" She said in a warning tone.
"You're too young to have a boyfriend" He stated, not inviting any further comment. Yep, he'd crossed into that dad territory.
"Finn..." Rachel tried again. "Finn, remember when we were 16..."

He turned his attention to her. He stared at her for a good long minute, she said with her eyes everything he was afraid of.
They had been that couple in high school. Got together at 16 and had been together ever since. And they'd...
"No!" He shook his head turning his attention back to his teenage daughter. "No. You're too young for a boyfriend!"
"But you and Mom got together when you were 16." She reiterated Rachel's statement.
"Things were different..."
"Different? How? Just because it was a million years ago..." Melody laughed. Rachel bit her lip to keep from laughing but it wasn't working. The glare Finn sent her way sobered her up pretty quickly.
"Do you WANT to be grounded?"
"For what, having a boyfriend? Let a boy touch my waist? Oh the scandal!" She mocked.
"Melody Faith, you are treading on thin ice here" Rachel snapped. Finn turned around to look at her.
"Did you know about this?"
She bit her lip. "I...I knew she liked him. I didn't know how serious it was..."
Finn turned his attention back to Melody.
"Are we done here?" She tapped her foot. "I kind of have things to do..."
"Like?" Finn eyed her.
"Get ready? I'm going out tonight."
"Oh you think so, eh?" Finn crossed his arms over his chest.
"Yeah." She crossed her own arms across her own chest, mirroring her dad. "I think so. I'm going out. With Riley"
"I don't think so." Finn shook his head.
"Daddy!" She stomped her foot again.
"Melody, that behaviour is not helping."
"You're so mean to me." She pouted and looked at Rachel. "Mommy..."
Rachel chuckled. She wrapped her arm around her daughter and kissed the side of her head. "Go change. I'll talk to your dad." Melody grinned and looked over at Finn before she stalked to the stairs.

Finn sighed and fisted his hair, pulling at the greying hair on his temples. Rachel stood up and went to rub his back. She circled her arms around his waist and leaned her head on his chest. She kissed the part of his chest she could reach and looked up at Finn.
"Baby," She whispered. His eyes were trained on the ceiling before he looked down at her and sighed.
"I've become your dads." He whispered. "A complete mix of both of them. I just...Rach, you didn't see them..."
"I know this is hard Finn. But she's 16. She's a good girl, we trust her. You trust her. I trust her." she whispered.
"When did she get so old Rach? When did she get to be 16? When did she even start liking boys, no less having a boyfriend?"
Rachel sighed as she ran her thumb over her husband's stomach. "She is 16. I know, it feels like just yesterday I was pushing her out" She chuckled. "But we have to let her grow up, make mistakes and learn from them just like we did. And the boyfriend thing? I think that's recent. Last time we talked about it they hadn't really, decided what they would be..." She said carefully.
He groaned as he leaned down and kissed her head. "I do trust her. And I guess I trust him, at least it's Will's son right? Not some loser..."
"It could be worse." Rachel smiled. "It could be a Puckerman" Finn groaned.
"Yeah, it could be worse." He kissed her head. "I guess I should tell her she can go..."
"I heard you" Melody stood in the doorway, leaning against the frame staring at her parents. "And you can sleep easy...I have no interest in Elijah Puckerman." They all laughed as Melody crossed into the kitchen and hugged her parents.
"I just want to meet him first."
"Daddy..."
"What? I just want to show him my water gun collection..." Rachel slapped his chest as they all chuckled.

Two hours later, when the doorbell rang Finn's back immediately stiffened. He dropped the sponge he was using to wash the dishes and looked at Rachel who was drying them. She placed a hand on his back just as they heard the telltale thump of both of their children stampeding down the stairs.
"Caleb Levi, let your sister get the door!" Rachel called as she walked towards the hallway. The little boy paused and let Melody walk past him, her pace slowing just Finn came into the room as well. Finn hung back a little bit, leaning against the archway that led into the living room from the hallway. Melody threw open the door and grinned when she found all 5'10 of Riley Schuster standing there.
"Hey." Finn noticed how her voice rose an octave, just like Rachel's did. He observed the pair, noticing how much Riley resembled Will, but with Emma's colouring.
"My dad wants to meet you." He snapped out of his daydream and stood up straighter. He saw the younger boy swallow hard.
"Okay" She gestured for him to come into the house. Finn stepped forward and crossed his arms. She introduced him to Rachel and Caleb before moving to Finn. Rachel and Caleb looked at him, expecting something big. Finn stuck out his hand to the boy.
"Finn Hudson. You can call me Mr. Hudson." He smiled slightly. Riley nodded and shook his hand.
"Riley Schuster. You can call me...Riley. I guess." He shrugged. Melody stared at Finn.
"Take care of my baby girl. She's special." He tried a softer approach. He didn't want to be that dad remember?
"I will Sir. And I know, she's pretty special. I like her a lot."
Finn nodded and looked at Melody who had relaxed into a smile. "Alright, have her back by 11."
"I will Sir. We're just going to Breadstix and then to the bowling alley". Finn couldn't help but smile.
"Have fun Kids." Melody moved away from Riley and stood on her tiptoes to give Finn a kiss on the cheek.
"Love you daddy"
"Love you too princess." He grinned, catching Riley's eye. He gave him a intense glare before letting Melody go.
Rachel moved over to him as they watched Riley take Melody's hand and lead her out of the house and down the steps.
"See, that wasn't so bad?" Rachel whispered against his bicep.
"Yeah, yeah, yeah. We'll see when 11 o'clock comes." He sighed. "Hey Caleb, want to go bowling?"
"FINN HUDSON!" Rachel shrieked.