A/N: Cool so here is the official chapter 8. I finished it yesterday and edited it today since I'm home sick.. blah. I told everyone to not lose hope so this chapter is the explanation. I hope it's enjoyable.

Only a few minutes ago was he in this same spot feeling the best he had in a while, and now he was standing here feeling upset, embarrassed, like an idiot that never pictured this coming. He didn't want to seem over dramatic but it really did feel like the earth was falling out from under his feet.

"I just- I really don't understand." he breathed trying to find a balance in his emotions and trying to think of a reason Quinn wouldn't want him as her boyfriend; nothing.

"Finn, please don't think I can't be your girlfriend because I don't want to." she responded worriedly.

He couldn't believe he was hearing this. 'Don't think I can't be your girlfriend because I don't want to.' he thought mocking Quinn's voice in his head. What the hell?

He no longer felt sad or upset like he wanted to cry but he felt the anger start to boil up on his insides. He put on his best 'I can't believe you' face before he spoke.

"What? What do you mean, don't think you can't be my girlfriend because you don't want to?" he retorted with venom in his voice. He wasn't even sure what he just said. The words seemed jumbled to him in his brain. "I'm so confused!" he shouted.

"Finn, I mean, I want to be your girlfriend. There's nothing more in the world right now than I want to be her, but I can't. I can't because…" she paused for a brief second before she continued, "… because of my dad. He won't let me date you because of his stupid, stupid rule of getting permission from him!" she finished quite angrily with her voice raised and Finn was pretty sure her voice could be heard in a whole three mile radius of their campsite and he prayed that his mom wouldn't hear it and come back.

Quinn was staring down at the ground seemingly embarrassed at the fact that she was the daughter of Russell Fabray.

Finn couldn't help but let all of the anger drain out of his tense body and start softly laughing. He rubbed his eyes and face while his laughter grew louder and Quinn shot an evil look his way.

"Finn! Why are you laughing?" she wondered taken back by what she thought was his insensitivity.

He looked up at her with his big grin on his face as a wave of relief washed over him. "That's all?"

"What? That's all?" she mocked angrily.

He could sense the anger in Quinn now slowly appearing but he couldn't stop his laughter or the fact that he was so relieved.

"It's done." he simply answered.

"Okay, now I don't understand." she said while rolling her eyes.

He gently grabbed one of her hands with his hand that didn't have the ring in it and was glad she didn't pull away as he began to speak.

"I mean, I already got his blessing." he nonchalantly said.

"What?" she asked with an accompanying growing smile, not really because she didn't hear him but because she just wanted to hear it again.

"He said yes." he told her again to appease her and added, "Well I mean, his exact words were, 'Finn Hudson, you have my permission to make my Quinnie happy.' You know, that's why I was over your house early and dressed in tie and jacket. I wanted to look presentable so my chances with your dad would be better. Sorry we lied to you."

She looked overjoyed at the news she just heard. "You don't have to be sorry." she told him as he watched her eyes glisten. "I just can't believe he lied for you." she started. "I mean, he never lies." she noted in disbelief.

"Well I guess I must be the exception." he commented.

"I guess so. You're practically in the family." she said smiling and jumped to wrap her arms around his neck and pull him into a hug.

When they released each other Finn undid his fist that closed on the ring and re-showed it to Quinn.

"So I'm going to ask you again," he told her with his 'Finn Grin' as he held the small ring in between his fore-finger and thumb and presented it to her. "Quinn, will you please… be my girlfriend?"

She took a few seconds to look like she was thinking about it.

"Come on." Finn playfully spoke.

She held back her quiet giggles to answer him. "Of course I will be your girlfriend Finn Hudson."

"Cool." he simply responded which earned some of Quinn's giggles as he slipped the ring onto her right hand ring finger.

Shortly after he put on the ring he said, "Sorry if the moment wasn't that special, you know, being in the woods and all."

She sweetly smiled at his apology after she was done looking at the beautiful ring. "Finn, I would have said yes even if we were in gym or in a locker room or even in… I don't know, that creepy Mr. Ryerson's class, if it meant I could be the lucky girl that got to be your girlfriend."

He smiled at her explanation before they shared their first kiss as an official couple. Oh yeah, facebook statuses were 'awaitin.

The last day of their camping trip went by quickly and Finn and Quinn were inseparable. They had to be since they knew they wouldn't be together for that much longer with Quinn having to leave for Sue Sylvester's cheer 'boot camp' starting on Monday. She was supposed to be there for a whole month until she got back mid-July and Finn would have to leave for football camp from then and go until a few days before school re-started.

They were aware of the short time they would have together, so they made the most of it in that one day.

On that Monday, Finn woke up early and walked over to Dudley road to see his girlfriend off.

As he rounded the corner, a big, long red and white coach bus caught his attention. As he got closer, he noticed the bus with the large letters WMHS and pictures of pom-poms plastered on the side, was parked in front of Quinn's house. When he got even closer, his view filled with all the Cheerios dressed in their tight red cheer uniforms with black duffle bags slung off their bodies.

"Hey… Hi… Yeah, what's up?" he would respond to the sea of Cheerios when they would greet him as he pushed through to find Quinn. Finally in the back, he found the blonde talking with her mom and dad.

"I don't see why all of them had to meet here to get on a bus... Look, that girl is stepping all over the grass, never mind the huge bus tire marks." Finn could hear Mr. Fabray complain to his wife and daughter.

"Hey." he greeted as he gave a polite and friendly smile and nod to Mr. and Mrs. Fabray, pretending like he didn't just interrupt their conversation.

Quinn quickly turned to her side to see her boyfriend. "Hey Finn. Thanks for coming to see me before I left." she thanked sweetly also seemingly thankful that his presence would make her dad stop complaining.

"Yes, thank you Finn for coming to see our little Quinnie off." Mr. Fabray echoed receiving a discrete embarrassed glare from his daughter at the note of her being little.

Finn didn't pay attention to the father daughter moment and began talking anyway. "Yeah it's no problem. I couldn't let Quinn leave for a whole month without me coming over in person and seeing her one last time. I figured it was the only time I was going to get since I leave for football camp the day before she gets back and we won't end up actually seeing each other until school starts again." he finished feeling upset at the facts.

Quinn seemed to return the solemn feeling as she sadly nodded her head in agreement.

"I suppose that's true." Mrs. Fabray agreed before she looked to her husband and said, "Dear, why don't we go back inside and give Finn and Quinn here some time to say goodbye."

Mr. Fabray was reluctant at first; not wanting to give a boy alone time with his little girl but after he received an annoyed glare from his wife they went inside.

"Five minutes!" Finn could hear Coach Sylvester's voice boom from a megaphone over the talking of the other cheerleaders.

"Five minutes." he repeated to Quinn. "I'll put your bag in the bus." he told her as she nodded her head and he picked up the 'brick filled' bag from the sidewalk and walked over to the storage under the bus and placed it inside with Quinn following behind.

"I'm going to miss you." he let her know when he turned back to her.

"I'll miss you too." she agreed. "It won't be so bad though. I mean, it's just a summer." she reasoned while she gently grabbed his hand and massaged the back of it with her thumb.

"Yeah I guess. It just seems like this long period of time where we're basically dropping everything, like our relationship, and putting it on hold."

Quinn kept hold of his hand and sweetly smiled at him. "I suppose that's what it means in a literal sense, but don't think of it that way. When school's back in session, we'll pick right up from where we left off."

He couldn't resist her smile and her sweet and understanding nature. "Alright." he agreed as he entwined their fingers. "Just promise that, when we see each other again, it'll be like nothing's changed."

She squeezed his hand and said, "I promise."

He pulled her into a slow, passionate kiss as soon as the last syllable of her words left her mouth. Hey, he had to though, right? He wasn't going to see her for like, two months.

"Fabray! No time for playing tonsil hockey with a neanderthal that will get an uncountable number of concussions in football being tackled by other dim wits. Get you're fanny on that bus!" Coach Sylvester shouted; she didn't even need the megaphone.

As soon as they broke apart, she wrapped her arms around the mid-section of his large body and dug her face into his shoulder. He returned her embrace and whispered into her ear, "See ya Quinn…. Nothing will change."

She looked up at his tall frame and into his soft brown eyes. "Nothing." she echoed.

"Tookus, on bus, NOW!" Sue screamed again.

Quinn let go of her boyfriend and quickly rushed into the line that was getting on the bus. He turned around to watch her go and he overheard the girls talking in line.

"Aww, you two are so cute together." Brittany complimented before a snotty, "Whatever." left Santana's mouth.

Finn smiled to himself as he watched Quinn enter the bus and take a window seat with Santana near where he stood. She stared longingly out the window at his figure and it was at that moment that Finn knew he meant something to her.

He slowly raised a hand, half waving to her as the bus started and pulled away. She softly waved back and then she was gone.

He threw his hands in his pockets and started on his walk back home. 'Here we go. The summer from hell.'

So just to let you know if you didn't catch on, there's a little foreshadowing happening here. I need it so I can eventually connect my story to the events of the pilot. I guess that's basically the clue even though it's probably not a good one but oh well. It will all be revealed in chapters to come. I'm not sure how many more chapters I see coming, probably around maybe five. It could be a little less or a little more. Not sure yet. Anyway, click the review button please and just leave a comment even if it's one word like 'good', or even 'bad', but I hope it doesn't come to that one but hey, who doesn't enjoy a little constructive criticism. Please, please, please let me know. Thanks :D