Chapter Ten: Nationals Is Upon Us

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Finn and Rachel started to pack their bags for the trip to Lima, Ohio and then from there they were going to take a plane ride with the glee club to Los Angeles. He couldn't believe that he was going to finally show Rachel what he and the glee club put together for Nationals. He knew that this was very important because Sue was still on her mission to destroy the glee club and if they didn't win than they were going to cut the club. He wasn't going to let that happen, he wouldn't let that happen. He will always thank the glee club and Mr. Schue for the big change it made in his heart. He believes if it hadn't been for that glee club and Mr. Schue, he wouldn't have fallen in love with Rachel the way that he did. He thinks that if he hadn't been in the glee club, he would have stayed with Quinn and be in a loveless relationship, feeling guilty about not taking care of a baby that really wasn't his. Rachel was excited to see that Finn was following his dream, his destiny. He was always a leader and she loved that so much about him so to see him lead the glee club to Nationals made her so proud of her husband. She knew that he was working hard to make sure that they won and she had faith that they would. She knows it took a while for them to win Nationals but this was her husbands first role as a teacher. She was proud to have said that she was a part of something special like Glee club because it gave her Finn. Yeah she knows that she and him saw each other in the hall and had that immediate spark but Glee club allowed them to talk and fall in love. When they were done packing, they left their room with smiles on their faces.

"Ewwwww guys you do know that y'all have your own room to make out in, right?" Finn said.

"Shut it Finn." Puck replied.

"Are you guys leaving already?" Quinn asked, noticing that they had their bags and Rachel had her famous pink suitcase.

"Yeah, we want to give ourselves time for the drive to Lima to meet them there and all of us take the flight together to LA." Rachel said. "I wish you could come Puck. Your like the only one of us who actually has been over there."

"Well, that's actually what we wanted to talk about. We were waiting for y'all to come out and since y'all were taking too long, we started making out." Puck was saying before Quinn nudged him in the side and gave him the too much information look. "We wanted to know if we can join you on the trip? We want to be there to see Frankenteen take our old Glee club to a win at Nationals." Puck finished.

"Of course you guys can join us. Finn is a bit nervous because he is afraid if the Glee club doesn't win, the Glee club will be over and it'll be all his fault since he was the one leading them." Rachel said. "So see Finn, Me and the Glee club aren't the only ones who think that The New Directions will win Nationals because of you. You need to have faith in yourself like we all do." Rachel finished, touching Finn's arm and give him a big kiss.

"Now you guys are being gross." Puck said.

"Be quiet, Puck. At least we are not living in sin." Rachel joked.

"Okay, well let's go guys. Let's take this road trip drive back to Lima. It's going to be about 10 hours maybe more, maybe less. I just hope we can take being in the same car for that amount of time." Finn said, laughing.

"Well as long as I have my snacks for the road than I am good." Rachel said. She went to the kitchen to get her food for the road.

When she got back from the kitchen with her bag of snacks, Puck and Quinn were already packed for the trip back to their hometown. This was like the first road trip that they would all take together as a group and they were all excited. They all hopped into the car. Puck said that he would drive because he knew that Finn probably wouldn't be able to keep driving so much and he needed to take care of Rachel in case she got sick on the drive over. Quinn sat in front next to Puck while Finn and Rachel sat in the back seat right next to each other. On the drive over there, they started to talk more and more about what they thought awould happen in the future. They talked about Puck and Quinn's wedding and if they decided to pick a wedding date. They were surprised that they decided that they were just going to have a simple wedding or probably not, just go to the court house. They also said they wanted to get married before the baby came so when they became godparents for the baby, they would be Mr. and Mrs. Puckerman. Rachel was so happy that Quinn and Puck were finally serious about their future together as she always rooted for them to be together ever since Quinn was pregnant with his baby. She hoped that Quinn would have another baby soon so that the kids could grow up together and be close just like Puck and Finn without the problems they had. She grew up wishing that she had a sibling so she and Finn talked about them having more than one kid so the baby won't grow up feeling so alone. Yeah, it was great being spoiled in everything but it got lonely not having a sibling to talk to or pick on or play pranks on. During the trip, Rachel kept eating and eating. She hated that she was always hungry but Finn always made her feel sexy. He wanted to give her whatever she wanted and he knew that she started to feel insecure about her weight especially since she was starting to show a little. She was thankful that she was having Finn's baby because she knew this is what love was suppose to be like. She had tried out for Funny Girl but she never got the call back but than again she was too worried about it. She knew what is meant to be will be besides she couldn't stress herself out and worry about losing her baby. She was excited to find out what she was having and that was only 2 weeks away. She was counting the days and hours, so was Finn. He would take all sorts of pictures of her and measure her stomach to show how much she was changing with her pregnancy. He made sure he talked to her stomach every night and they even sang together more to the baby. He was falling more and more in love with Rachel as the days passed by. Finally after about 10 hours, they arrived in Lima, Ohio. Since the flight wasn't scheduled until the next morning, they decided to get a hotel room. When they got to the room, they went their separate ways for the night. They needed to get up early to be meet up with the New Directions and Mr. Schue for the trip.

"Hello?" Rachel said when her phone rang. "What's going on? No, me and Finn just got into the hotel room while Puck and Quinn are in the other room. Really? Oh. I see. I love you. Bye." Rachel finished saying into the phone.

"Who was that?" Finn asked her when she hung up the phone.

Rachel slowly went up to Finn, reached up and whispered, "My other love." She gave him a kiss on the cheek and a wink.

"Oh really? Well I bet he can't make you feel like this?" Finn replied. He then grabbed Rachel and picked her up and she wrapped her legs around him. He gave her the most passionate kiss that he had ever given her and she was turned on now more than ever. She didn't know if it was the pregnancy or the way that Finn was kissing her at the moment that made her feel that way. He then gently placed her on the bed and began kissing her and then slowly went down to her neck. She slightly pulled Finn's hair and than he took off his shirt. Then he took off her shirt and exposed her bare chest, he looked at them in amazement. He was so thankful that she was all his, he remembered days where he would send her text messages about her boobs and now he could have them whenever he wanted. He then got under the covers with her so he could show her how much he loved her.

LATER ON...

Finn laid next to Rachel as he held her in his arms.

"I'm afraid to go to sleep right now." Finn told Rachel.

Rachel than lifted her head to turn to Finn.

"Why are you afraid?" Rachel asked.

"The last time we were here a few months ago on Valentines day, I thought you fell asleep so I fell asleep but when I woke up, you were gone. I don't want to fall asleep to have you be gone again like the last time." Finn revealed to his wife.

Rachel got a concerned look in her face. She didn't think he was that hurt by her actions. They never really talked about what happened that night or after. She just chose to not talk about it because all it did was hurt her to think that she wasted so much time trying to make Finn jealous than just being with him. She regretted every moment that she was away from him because every single second of the day she kept thinking of him. She never trusted Brody so she was glad that they didn't hook up. She lied and told Brody that she needed to concentrate on other issues than having sex with him and that if he liked her the way that he said he did, he would understand. She was glad that she waited to be with Finn again in order to be intimate with someone and there was nobody better than Finn. He knew her best and he made her feel confident and sexy in her own skin. When they had sex, it wasn't just sex to her. It was more.

She got out of Finn's arms and sat right next to him. She put his face in her hands. "Finn, I'm so sorry about that night. I know that we haven't had a chance to talk about this but I spent every moment regretting that decision. I wish that I stayed and came back home to you. You're my hero and you're my home. I never loved anyone the way that I love you. You are my true love, my soul-mate. I wasted my time being with Brody to make you jealous when that was just childish and stupid. I never did Brody. I just made people believe that so they wouldn't think that I was obsessing over you. I always wanted it to be with you. That's how I knew the baby was yours because it wasn't possible to be anyone else's but yours. I was hurt that you didn't want to be with me in New York. I felt like I wasn't good enough for you. But, I promise you. I promise you that I will never leave your side. I'm yours for life and you can't get rid of me easy. I will fight til the ends of the earth for you." Rachel said.

Finn than gave her his famous half smile that she melted over. "I wanted more than anything in this world to be with you in New York but I felt like I had no place in your life. You were in NYADA and making something of yourself. Even when you broke up with me, I knew that you and I would be together eventually. I just kept holding onto that faith because you are my person. We are endgame like I said. I won't ever let you go. I love you more than anything in this world. I love you more than I love myself." Finn said. In his mind, he just kept thinking how thankful he was that she didn't have sex with Brody. He knew she would never lie about the baby being his unless it was the truth.

"I love you more." Rachel said.

"Not possible." Finn replied. He pulled her down to his chest and she could hear his heart beating fast. She loved that sound more than anything. She loved being in the arms of the man of her dreams. There was no better feeling than this. Rachel than closed her eyes and took a deep breath to take in his scent. Finn gave her a kiss on top of her head and fell asleep.

The next morning, Rachel woke up to her phone ringing. They were told to meet up in the McKinley auditorium so that way they could all take a bus to the airport together and get on the plane together. But her phone was ringing thirty minutes before she was scheduled to wake up. All she could think of who was calling her before her alarm went off. Since Rachel got pregnant, she became very grouchy when she was waken up earlier than she wanted or scheduled. She got herself out of Finn's arms slowly as to not wake him up. She slowly and quietly reached for her phone. When she saw who it was on the caller ID, she smiled big.

"Hey, love." She whispered into the phone. "No, Finn is asleep so I can talk. No, he doesn't know a thing." Rachel laughed quietly into the phone. "He doesn't suspect a thing. I can't believe I let you talk me into lying to him. Yes, it is lying. No just because he doesn't ask doesn't mean I'm not lying to him. He's my husband now and I can't do that. Hold on, let me go to the restroom. I don't want to wake him up and try to pull off a big lie to him to cover this up. Okay, hold." Rachel finished. She slowly crept into the restroom. But, she didn't notice that Finn was awake the whole time. He looked at the restroom, confused. He slowly got out of the bed and reached for the phone in the drawer next to the bed and saw the time. He couldn't help but think who would be calling his wife so early in the morning and what she was hiding. He leaned into the restroom door to overhear what his wife was saying.

"So I'll talk to you later. No, I can't wait to see the surprise work out. Okay, well I have to go before he wakes up. I love you." Rachel finished.

Finn ran into the bed and pretended he was on his phone. Rachel came out of the room and looked at Finn surprised that he was awake.

"Since when did you wake up?" Rachel asked.

"I just woke up right now. Everything okay?" Finn asked.

"Perfect babe." Rachel said with a big smile.

Finn got off the bed and sent a text message to Puck. "Hey dude, meet me in the hallway in 10 minutes, I need to talk to you as soon as possible. It's about Rachel and a secret she's hiding me from me. I think she is cheating on me." When Finn was done sending the text message, he hopped out of bed and went straight to the restroom to take a quick shower. He needed to wake up and that was the quickest way to do so. He then brushed his teeth and got dressed. When he got out of the restroom, Rachel was already getting her things ready to take a shower. They had an hour to get to McKinley.

"What's going on, Puck?" Quinn asked. She saw that Puck looked at his phone in confusion.

"I don't know if I should tell you this or maybe ask what you think. But Finn just sent me a text message saying that he thinks that Rachel is cheating on him?" Puck asked and replied at the same time. "Have you ever seen anything that would make it seem like Rachel is cheating?"

"No. Rachel is insanely in love with Finn. Why would he think that she is cheating on him? That's crazy that he would think that." Quinn replied.

"I have no idea but he wants to meet me in the hallway in 10 minutes so I guess that means he is going to tell me more about it and ask me my advice. You wouldn't cheat on me, would you babe?" Puck asked.

"No, why would I need to cheat on you. You're all that I need." Quinn said, giving Puck a kiss.

"Now go get ready so you can meet up with him to see what's wrong and then I can get ready." Quinn said. She also wanted to talk to Rachel but she didn't know if they had enough time to talk.

Puck finished getting dressed and ready. He gave Quinn a kiss and told her that he would be back to pick her up when they were done talking.

Puck then left and saw that Finn was waiting in the hallway for him. He had that Finn look, the one that he gets when he is trying to figure it out.

"You took long enough." Finn said. "I don't know what to do."

"Dude, calm down. What makes you think Rach is cheating on you?" Puck asked.

"Okay first she got this call yesterday that made me concerned but she played it off and then switched the topic where we had you know sex. Then this morning, she got a call from someone when she answered she said, "love" and was whispering. She said that I had no clue on what was going on and then she went to the restroom to finish the conversation. She ended the call with I love you." Finn said, he was getting angry. "Who else could it be?"

"Did you ever think it was her dads?" Puck asked.

"I don't think so because she wouldn't have been so secretive. I don't know what to do. What if she is still seeing that douche bag. I mean they still go to the same school so I am sure they still run into each other from time to time." Finn said, walking back and forth.

"I think you should talk to her and figure it out. You need to focus on the glee club winning Nationals so you can keep Glee club going. Besides, don't you remember that she is the one that fought to be with you. She even kicked that psycho girl's ass for you." Puck replied.

Him and Puck continued to talk about what was going on. Puck kept trying to calm Finn down because he really thought he would have to kick Brody's ass again. On the other side of the wall, Rachel was listening intensely to what was going on. She looked down at her hands and dialed a phone number on her phone.

"Hey, I can't do this anymore. It's time that we come clean. Yeah, meet me at the hotel in 5 minutes. We still have 30 minutes til we have to leave so we need to do this fast. He is going completely crazy because I guess he heard when you called me. It's not my fault that you called instead of texting me. Okay, see you then. Thanks for helping me. I know you wanted to do it later but it needs to be done." Rachel said and she hung up the phone. She had already did her hair and make up so she just needed to put on her clothes and wait.

Finn came back to the room to see Rachel dressed. She was dressed very casually since they were going to be going on a plane and she just wanted to be comfortable. When Finn came into the room, she got up to talk to him.

"Finn. I need to talk to you about something." Rachel said. "I got a phone call this morning and it's important that we talk especially since I overheard your conversation out in the hall with Puck."

But before she could tell him, Finn's phone rang and he saw that it was his mom. He could never ignore his mom's phone call since he was always a mommy's boy and would always be. Besides he was nervous to have this talk with Rachel now. He wasn't prepared to hear her tell him how she is cheating on him.

"Hey, mom." Finn said.

"Hi, sweetheart. Can you talk?" Carole asked.

"No, not right now. Rachel and I are about to talk about something very important." Finn said. He wish he could talk to her more so he didn't have to hear Rachel confess but he knew that he deserved the truth.

"Is it the baby? Is the baby okay?" Carole asked.

"No, it's not that." Finn said.

"Well, talk to your wife and call me back. I want to ask you and your wife something." Carole said.

"Okay, mom." Finn said.

"I love you son." Carole said.

"I love you too. Bye." Finn said.

But, just as he was hanging up the phone, Rachel's phone started to ring. Right now, everyone seemed to call and it was making him more and more nervous about what was going to happen next.

"Yes, we are in room 505." Rachel said into the phone.

When she said that, Finn raised his eyebrow.

"I talked to Mr. Schue earlier and I told him that we wouldn't be able to meet them at McKinley after all. I told him that we would just meet them at the airport." Rachel said.

"Rachel, what is going on? You're really freaking me out. You're not leaving me are you?" Finn asked.

Just as Finn finished asking Rachel that question, the door knocked.

"Sit down." Rachel said. Finn sat down with a worried look on his face, he thought he was going to have kick some butt.

Rachel went and answered the door without really showing who was at the door.

"Thank goodness you're here. You took forever." Rachel said. "Hold on here."

Rachel didn't close the door but didn't open it to reveal who it was. She went to get Finn because she was worried that he was taking things out of line.

"I know that you are nervous about Nationals, the pressure of the Glee club in your hands but I know that you are going to do an amazing job. You have always been a leader and you always will be. You're the love of my life and I would never do anything stupid to hurt you or betray you. I thought you would want all the support in the word so last night I got a call from someone." Rachel said. "Come on in." She yelled.

"Hey big bro." Kurt said as he entered the room.

Finn who looked like he was going to kick ass looked at Rachel with a confused look on his face.

"I got a call from Kurt last night saying that he wanted to surprise you at the school and let you know that he was going to come with us to Nationals to help cheer you on. He also invited your mom and dad to come with but they are going to meet us at the airport as well. I thought you would love to see more faces cheering you and believing in you. Just like I do." Rachel said. She grabbed Finn's hand as she talked. "But when I heard you talking to Puck this morning, I had to call Kurt to get here right away because I couldn't hide this from you anymore. I mean it was only a day but still, you're my husband and I don't like keeping things from you even a surprise like this. I want you to know that never in a million years would I let cheat on you or betray your trust. I love you more than anything in this entire world, Finn Christopher Hudson."

Kurt looked confused at the both of them. "Wait, Finn. You thought that Rachel was cheating on you? Are you crazy? Haven't you realized how much she loves you?" Kurt asked Finn as he saw that Finn hugged Rachel when she was done talking.

"I just was, I don't know man." Finn said. He then turned to Rachel. "I love you more than anything in this world too." He then gave her a kiss. "Man, thanks for coming to see us perform in California. Does Blaine know that you're coming as well?"

"No, he doesn't. I want to surprise him at the airport." Kurt said. "So, let's go."

The New Directions and Finn, Mr. Schue, Rachel, Quinn, Puck and Kurt arrived at the Hotel that they were going to be staying at in Los Angeles. They were so excited to be there finally. They were all hanging out in the lobby while Finn and Mr. Schue tried to get everyone their room assignments. They all turned around to spot Mercedes coming in through the door. They were excited to add another old member from the Glee club to the mix. They were all catching up and talking when the leader of "Throat Explosion" came into the lobby of the hotel.

"Oh my god. Do you know who that is?" Blaine asked.

"That's Jean Baptiste from "Throat Explosion!" Rachel piped in. Finn than gave her a confused look. "What I still keep up the show choir blogs!" Rachel replied.

"You must be the "New Directions"." He said, to the group as he reached them.

"So what if we are?" Sam said.

"I cannot wait to take you and your whole group down." Jean said.

"Excuse me. I was apart of the group that won Nationals last year and I am currently attending the top school in New York so I know great performers when I see them and I know that these kids are going to beat you." Rachel chipped in, pushing Blaine out of the way.

"I don't think so because we are THROAT EXPLOSION!" Jean said, before walking around.

"I miss show choir drama." Mercedes said. "But I see that Rachel is still involved in it."

"Let's go and relax. I know that you guys are more than ready to win this competition." Finn said. Everyone went their separate ways so they could relax for the big Nationals tomorrow.

The next day, everyone gathered to take off to the competition. Rachel is up with Finn when he starts to give the pep talk. "Remember to take this moment in to enjoy it because your never going to get it back. Me and Rachel were talking about it and we know that you got it in you to win this thing! Now, let's show these people what the New Directions got!" Finn said. "Mr. Schue, got anything to add?"

"No, Finn. That was good." Mr. Schue replied.

When they arrived, they each took their seats to watch the other competition start. Throat Explosion was the first to start with their "Mr. Roboto/Counting Stars" and they did really great that they got more nervous. When Finn noticed the look in their eyes, they had the same look him and the other original 5 Glee club members had when they first saw Vocal Adrenaline perform. He remembers that day like yesterday. So he calls for all of them to meet in the back so he could have a word with them. He left behind Kurt, Mercedes, Quinn, Puck and especially Rachel since it was a surprise for her what songs they were performing. When they got backstage, they heard the next group go on. They weren't paying attention so they didn't know who was performing or what song they were singing.

"Guys. I know that you got this. There is no reason to be afraid. I know that you are going to win this and we are going to keep Glee club alive for when me and Rachel take over." Finn said. "I have faith in each and every one of you so have faith in yourselves."

They each went in to give the group celebration. They heard their names being called, so Finn told them good luck one more time and went back to sit next to Rachel. It was his dad, his mom then him, Rachel, Kurt, Puck, Quinn and last Mercedes.

They opened the number with Blaine and Tina singing, "More Than A Feeling," followed by Artie singing main on "America" and last Sam taking lead in "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For." Before Finn's mom could say something, Rachel turned over to Finn with a big smile on her face.

"They are playing your favorite songs." She said, as she gave him a kiss on the cheek.

"Can you believe this was their idea?" Finn asked.

"Of course, you're an amazing person and they want to do something special for you." Rachel replied.

When they were done performing, everyone got up to give them the biggest round of applause. Rachel than noticed that Finn's favorite drum sticks where in Sam's hands up in the air. She turned to Finn and he had a surprise look on his face.

"Did you know that they were going to do that?" Rachel asked.

"No, no I didn't know." Finn said, with a half smile. He never thought that he touched their lives that much for them to do this for him.

The judges came out to announce the winner.

"Second place goes to...Throat Explosion!" The lady revealed. "So in first place, that goes to...The New Directions! Congratulations!"

Rachel jumped up and gave Finn the biggest hug and kiss ever. She was so proud of her husband. Then all of his friends started to give him their congratulations. It looked as if Glee club was here to stay. He was proud of the Glee club.

They went out to dinner to celebrate. The New New Directions and The Old New Directions as one big family.

"Here is to my wonderful husband on his FIRST win as a Glee club teacher. I'm so proud of you. I love you and I fall in love with you more and more everyday. In two weeks, we will find out if we are having a boy or a girl and I know that this baby will proud of you too because you are her father. You are truly the best thing that's ever been mine and will forever be mine." Rachel said, with a glass of water in her hand.

"I love you more." Finn replied.

"That's not possible." Rachel replied, giving him a kiss.

**SORRY I COULDN'T BE MORE SPECIFIC WITH THE NATIONALS EPISODE. I COULDN'T BRING MYSELF TO WATCH THAT EPISODE AGAIN. IT JUST MADE ME CRY TOO MUCH AND TOO HARD TO PUT MYSELF THROUGH THAT AGAIN. PLEASE BE NICE WITH REVIEWS AND COMMENTS. I LOVED HOW THEY DID DEDICATE THE PERFORMANCE TO FINN THOUGH SO I WANTED TO KEEP TO THAT BUT THIS IS MORE OF A POSITIVE PERFORMANCE SINCE IN MY STORY FINN IS STILL ALIVE.

**NEXT CHAPTER, THERE WILL BE A SURPRISE AND A TWIST. HOW WILL RACHEL HANDLE HERSELF? WILL SHE TELL FINN OR CAN SHE TRUST PUCK BETTER?**