Sorry about the delay guys. Here we go, Chapter 8...

Rachel snuggled closer into Finn as he passed her the popcorn. When the opening theme tune had rang out (which, in her opinion, was sorely hindered by the lack of her incredible vocals) she had felt too sick to eat, too sick to do anything but wait. Her stomach and mind had whirled simultaneously as she tried to think of something, anything she had done or said that would have been captured on camera negatively. However they were three quarters of the way through and so far the show had been fairly true to their experiences.

The scene of Finn breaking up with Quinn and getting together with Rachel was awkward, but a little easier for everyone in the room to witness the second time around, they'd all knew it was coming this time after all. She had noticed, with a sigh of relief, that the "she's a total bitch scene" had been cut from the episode all together. Why would they put it in the promo then, she thought? She knew the answer really. To create hype. Hype created ratings. Hype created the fans who kept screaming at her ( yet not actually saying anything) whenever she stepped out of the hotel. Hype created the Team Rachel T-Shirts, one of which Finn had proudly brought (but had been to ashamed to show anyone; she didn't blame him, it was incredibly cheesy.)

The last few days had been a whirlwind of publicity tours, magazine shoots and grabbed alone time with Finn. And now, here they all were, the Glee club finally together at last and crowded into Mr Shue's hotel room watching the second episode of Glee, along with the rest of the country. She'd always assumed that she'd fit into fame naturally, like a pair of shoes that were made for her, but the truth was, it was hard. She had thought she'd be made famous for playing a seminal role, yet the only role she was playing was herself.

And it was exhausting.

She drew her attention back to the screen. The episode was nearly over. It was a shot of Finn and Rachel the day before they had left for New York. The chemistry between crackled from out of the television set, as they exited Spanish class, hand in hand.

"Are you excited?" Rachel asked staring up at him and rubbing her left shoulder against his.

"It's gonna be awesome" Finn smiled down at her and ruffled her bangs slightly with his hand. "New York city man! I've wanted to go there since I was a kid. It'll be you, me, Statue of Liberty, Times Square and a hotel room, what's not to like."

Her discomfort was obvious to the viewers and she watched herself freeze a little. Rachel knew what he meant, but she had to make it clear. Her fathers could be watching after all and the hallway cameras captured everything. "Well, I mean" she lowered a voice "hotel rooms, I mean we're not going to like share one"

Watching Finn get flustered on screen, Rachel felt a little sad that she had to interrupt him; that she'd had to act as if she'd not seen his naivety but she knew her dad's would freak. When you start to change your reactions based on the cameras, she thought, you stopped being yourself and started playing a version of yourself. If it's what she had to do to keep everybody happy, then it couldn't be a bad thing.

"Please you're such a prude Rachel" commented Santana, moving her eyes away from the screen towards where Rachel was sat snuggled with Finn. Finn angrily tossed a handful of popcorn her way in retaliation and grinned as it became tangled in her glossy mane.

Rachel moved back to the screen and watched as Finn swooped her into her arms "Please baby, I didn't mean like that! I love hotel rooms, the little miniature shampoo stuff and you can eat food in bed!" He lowered his voice, but it was still audible to everybody. "Look I know we're both… virgins and its fine, I love you and I'm not expecting anything to happen in New York… take it slow like we said."

The thing about Finn, she thought, was that he didn't change who he was or what he said for anybody, cameras or no cameras. And that was kind of endearing.

The scene cut to glee club and with that the opening bars of Tina's version of a hit song from West Side Story rang out.

"Dude, seriously you are such a pansy now you're with Rachel" Puck growled at Finn, ignoring the groups shushes as they tried to watch Tina sing the chorus, "what's all this taking it slow crap."

"Hey, guys." Interrupted Will, Finn that was a very sweet thing to do and I think we can all breathe a sigh of relief that there's no drama this week. Now let's all give Tina a huge round of applause for giving the second episode such an awesome closing number!"

The group clapped enthusiastically. Rachel breathed a sigh of relief and turned towards Finn grinning. Everything had gone fine. Finn had come across as a perfect gentleman and she'd came across not half as a bitchy as she'd expected.

Quinn made the motions but little sound came from her hands. She couldn't believe that she had gotten everything figured out. A way to get Finn back and keep her baby. Then he said it. Live on national tv.

"I know we're both virgins."

Her plan, the plan for her, the plan for her baby was gone. No one would believe her now. It was over.

Ooh.. what will Quinn do? I hope it's not too much of a shock she's pregnant, I'd like to carry the story along with the series and to show how things would change if things had been caught on camera. Please review guys, it seriously spurs to me to keep up with this story!