Finn took a few deep breaths as he paced back and forth, Blaine just sitting on the bed Indian style watching him. "You need to calm down."
"I don't think I can. I'm nervous." Finn muttered, his hands drumming on his thighs as he spun around, walking the other way. "What if she says no Blaine?" He asked, looking to his friend with panic.
Blaine rolled his eyes and rested his chin in his hand. "I doubt she will say no." He assured with a wide smile, enjoying Finn like this, he was usually so laid back. "I mean wasn't she the one that asked you about marriage?"
Finn nodded and continued his pacing, running his hand through his hair, letting out a huge sigh. He suddenly stopped in his tracks and looked to Blaine. "You cannot let me back out tonight, deal?" It wasn't really a question but more of a command of sorts. "I need to go through with it this time and I need you to help make that happen." He explained, pacing again.
"Look... Finn if you aren't ready to do this don't force yourself." Blaine said lightly, not wanting to tell him what to do with his life. "Just because you don't propose doesn't mean you don't love her. I love Kurt with all my heart but haven't proposed to him."
"You gave him that promise ring. Its like the same thing."
Blaine couldn't argue with that one. Oh well. He tried. "Well alright then. I will make sure you do this tonight." He agreed, watching as Finn stopped and smiled widely.
"Thanks Blaine, you're the best." Finn said sincerely, going over to the bed to hug him tightly. "I kind of already consider you my brother you know?" He admitted with a goofy smile, taking a seat next to Blaine.
"That's sweet Finn, thanks." Blaine smiled and patted Finn's knee, sighing. "I can't wait to really be your brother someday."
Rachel was out to lunch with Kurt to bond, they haven't been able to spend much time together lately due to rehearsals.
"I'm excited for tonight, it should be fun." She offered with a smile, spinning the straw within her drink.
Kurt gave a shrug and leaned forward, resting his chin on his hands. "I don't know. I'm sure it will be fun but I've never been a huge fan of new years." He said passively, not wanting to be gushing about tonight. He knew about Finn's idea and didn't want to blurt it out due to excitement like an idiot.
Rachel nodded and looked Kurt over hoping he was alright. Him and Blaine seemed great but she didn't know how he was in his head, he was pretty good at hiding things.
"Are you and Blaine going to drink tonight?" She asked casually, moving her arms off the table as their meals were placed in front of them.
"I don't know. We may have a few but agreed not to get completely and utterly wasted." Kurt explained, not seeming thrilled about tonight at all. It was concerning because he was the one who wanted to do all this going out on new years thing in the first place.
She picked at her salad and bit her lip, not wanting to pry too much. "Um.. You and Blaine are okay right?"
"Yeah we're fine. Why?" Kurt raised an eyebrow, not understanding why she was asking such an odd question. He told her everything from the apologies to the make up sex, how would they not be okay after that?
"No reason, you just seem to be acting a little off today."
"Am not. I just.. I don't know. I don't really feel like going out tonight where it will be crowded and gross." Kurt partially admitted, not wanting to ruin tonight's surprise. "I would rather be sitting at home with my boyfriend watching it on TV."
"That's not what you said the other day." Rachel pointed out, suddenly confused.
Kurt shrugged and stabbed at his food, taking a bite. "Well I changed my mind."
She let it slide and the two continued eating in silence. Something was going on and she did not like it, especially when her friend was clearly hiding something from her.
"Was Blaine acting funny today?" Rachel asked Finn as they were getting dressed for tonight's festivities.
Finn turned around and buttoned up the rest of his shirt, giving a shake of his head. "Not that I notice, why do you ask?"
Rachel slipped on her dress and reached her hand back, zipping it up. "Well Kurt was acting weird today saying how he didn't want to go out anymore and just wanted to stay home." She explained, sounding concerned which to Finn was odd, what was so concerning about that.
"Okay. So."
"Going out tonight was his idea in the first place. Why would he suddenly not want to do that?"
"Because maybe he doesn't want to have Blaine get drunk off his ass anyways because they just had a fight over that exact thing and he's just worried about it." Finn offered, not understanding Rachel's worry about this. It wasn't weird to him.
Rachel sighed and took a seat at her mirror, pulling out her makeup. "I think he's hiding something."
"What could Kurt possibly be hiding?"
She thought for a little bit and then it hit her. "Oh my gosh... What if after their fight and making up and all that, Blaine purposed to Kurt but they're hiding it because Burt would have a heart attack if he found out?"
"That's a little extreme Rachel." Finn said with a chuckle. "You got to thinking that all because Kurt changed his mind about going out tonight?"
"Its possible." Rachel told him, glaring at him through the mirror. "I'm going to confront them about it. Thinking they can hide it from me. If anything we should be the first to know."
"Rachel we can't be the first to know if it didn't happen. They would never hide something like that, its just who they are. Kurt and Blaine would want to celebrate something like an engagement."
She shrugged and continued getting ready, ignoring Finn's last comment. She was going to get to the bottom of this. She hated being out of the loop of things especially when she knew there was a loop in the first place.
Kurt was leaning into Blaine as they sat at a table in the corner, waiting for Finn and Rachel to come back with some drinks.
"So is there a limit tonight?" Blaine asked, raising an eyebrow toward his boyfriend, hoping he doesn't get the bitch glare.
Of course he got it anyway. "Three." Kurt told him simply, his eyes scanning Blaine's face before pressing a kiss to his cheek, a wide smile on his face. "We'll see how the night goes."
Blaine chuckled at the wink he got and look up in excitement as a tray was set down. "Alright boys, let the partying till next year begin!" Finn yelled with a goofy smile, lifting his drink in the air.
Everyone took their first sips, peaceful smiles on their faces. "We have about 3 hours and counting!" Rachel informed, taking a glance at her watch, seeming much happier than about an hour ago. Finn was still on to her of course, he didn't want her to ruin the night in any way, shape or form. "So boys, any resolutions?"
Kurt nodded and sat up, his hold still on Blaine's arm. "My resolution is to work on moving up in my job, work on being a better boyfriend, and possibly think about getting my own apartment with Blaine." His head turned to look at Blaine, a sparkle in his eyes. "I mean.. Only if you would want to."
"Of course I want to Kurt." Blaine said softly, pressing a kiss to Kurt's forehead, being careful about the affection in front of Finn and Rachel.
Finn coughed and smirked at his friend. "So resolutions Blaine.. Got any?"
Blaine avoided eye contact and stared at the table for a few seconds. "Uh yeah.. Um. Look for some gigs around town, be a better boyfriend, work my ass off in school, and to marry this beautiful man beside me." The cheese was suffocating Finn. He couldn't believe he was still breathing.
"Touching bro, really. Moving on from the cute gag fest Rachel and I are going to go dance!" Finn announced quickly before his little brother pounced his boyfriend in public. Even though he was totally okay with the gay thing, Finn was not okay with the Blaine all up on his brother thing. It was just weird.
Rachel took a seat at the table with Kurt, taking a break from dancing, she didn't want to be dead tired at midnight. "Hey, having fun?" She asked her friend casually, not wanting to attack him right away.
"Yeah, its nice having Blaine be coherent." Kurt chuckled and leaned back, crossing his arms over his chest as he watched his boyfriend weave through the crowd to the bar. "How about you?"
"Fun, lots of fun. So what Blaine said about marrying you, that was sweet." Rachel mentioned, smiling widely like she usually does when she gossips with Kurt.
He squealed and bit his lip, the happiness he's feeling becoming much more obvious than before. "It was, wasn't it? I was not expecting him to say that at all, it shocked me!"
"Did it really?"
"Yes.. Why would you ask that?" Kurt raised an eyebrow seeming a little confused that Rachel changed her mood so quickly. She was oddly suspicious of something.
"You guys are engaged already. I know he asked you and you're just trying to hide it from everyone till its in the clear to tell Burt!" Rachel yelled, a satisfied smile on her face as she finally got to rat him out to his face. She felt extremely accomplished.
Kurt's eyebrows pulled together as he took all this information in. Was he missing something? Did he not remember Blaine proposing to him or something? "Excuse me Rachel but what the fuck are you talking about?"
Rachel smirked and crossed her arms, leaning forward. "You know exactly what I'm talking about Hummel. After you and Blaine's make up he totally proposed to you, that's why you've been acting so funny because you don't want anyone to find out!" She explained, thinking she knew him better than he knew himself.
"Blaine did not propose to me Rachel!" Kurt yelled, not really understanding where all this was coming from.
"When did I propose to you?" Blaine asked, cocking his head to the side in question as he walked up to the table.
"Apparently after our fight, when we made up."
Blaine scrunched his nose. "I did?"
"Supposedly." Kurt answered, not once looking away from Rachel, thinking how insane she is.
She raised her eyebrows and looked at her friends, instantly wanting to take back everything she said. This was obviously a mistake. "Oh boy.. I owe you a huge apology I guess." Rachel murmured, feeling very dumb.
"You guess?" Kurt questioned, sporting one of his many 'what in the actual fuck' faces.
"Okay I know, I know. I'm sorry to assume what I did Kurt. Very sorry. I just thought you were acting really weird that's all. I thought you were hiding something from me." She admitted, biting her lip, not being able to look at Kurt. She definitely regretted this one. Certainly not one of her brightest ideas. She clearly didn't think this one through.
There was a ton of champagne getting passed out as it was getting closer to midnight, Finn's heart about to leap out of his chest. He was nervous as hell. "Don't worry, you can do this." Blaine said into his ear, giving him a nudge. Finn looked down and smiled, giving his friend a small nod to thank him.
"Oh I'm so excited!" Rachel squealed, holding on to Finn's arm as the countdown from 50 started. This was it, now or never. He had 50 seconds to improvise a speech.
Clearing his throat he turned and made his girlfriend, soon to be fiance, face him. "Rachel I need to tell you something." Finn swallowed thickly. "I love you. We've had our ups and downs, but each and every time we've made it through and you questioning if I loved you the other night really hurt me, but also made me think."
"10.. 9.. 8.." The countdown began which just made him stutter more, his hand digging in his pocket quickly and dropping down on one knee.
"It made me think that its time to grow up.. so Rachel... Will you marry me?" The crowd went wild, everyone hugging each other and sharing a new years kiss. It was absolute madness.
Rachel leaned down to his level and smiled widely, tears shining in her eyes. "Yes." She stated simply, leaning forward and taking his lips into a deep kiss, her arms tight around his neck.
This was most certainly a new years to remember. It was the start to one crazy year not only for Finn and Rachel, but for all of them.
Alright so I have some idea of what I want to do with this story! I hope you all like it, I recently got some lovely feedback from a few people and I am just so happy that I'm getting readers and reviews and its so nice! So I just want to say thank you very much! You guys are great! :)
