A/N: I had wanted to get this up earlier, but life has gotten in the way. I had a wedding to go to this weekend, and between the rehearsal dinner, the wedding and finally a brunch the next day, it sort of took up my entire weekend. It was a lot of fun though. I'll try to get another chapter up soon to make up for the long wait on this one. This chapter is a little shorter since it's centered more around Finn. He doesn't write himself like Burt, Kurt and Blaine do. I really don't have to work to write them. I just type and they come out.

Enjoy :)

When March rolled around, we were faced with a bit of a dilemma. The Cheerios had done well and were once again going to Nationals. This meant Kurt and Blaine would be away for the entire week for the competition. While we were all very excited about this, the problem was that it also happened to be Finn's birthday. We were trying to convince Finn that he could wait until the weekend to celebrate his birthday, that way his brothers could be there. He agreed, but was clearly upset about it. After he stomped upstairs to his room to play video games, I walked into the kitchen to find Carol, Kurt and Blaine sitting around the table planning something. I grabbed a beer from the fridge and joined them to see what was up. They ignored me and kept with their conversation, so it took a minute for me to realize that they were planning a surprise birthday party for Finn, complete with the New Directions guys, video games, pizza and cake. While Kurt is normally our official party planner, Blaine was the one to come up with the idea for this one. Even though the two boys wouldn't be there, they were going to invite all of Finn's friends over for a video game marathon. Carol knew of a bakery that made cakes that Finn loved, so we didn't have to worry about Kurt not being there to make the cake. The plan was to once again, relocate the TVs in the house all to the living room, so everyone could play at once. Puck was going to come over early to help move the furniture and bring an extra video game system.

The next week, I was getting ready to drive Kurt and Blaine to the school so they could meet the other Cheerios for the bus to nationals. It was only a five hour drive, so they weren't flying. Once their bags were in my truck, Kurt and Blaine pulled me aside to hand me a couple of wrapped presents.

"These are Finn's birthday presents. You have to make sure he doesn't find them early. He's been pestering me all week to find out what we got him. He can't open them until the party. We thought maybe you could leave them in your truck, since I know he's going to search our rooms now that we're both out of the house." Kurt told me as he climbed into the cab of the truck.

"He'll be in for quite a surprise when he searches my room!" Blaine said as he got in and closed the door.

"Why is that, Blaine?" I asked him. He had the grace to turn red and mumble a "Never mind."

As I pulled up to the school and shut the car off I turned to the two boys who were about to get out of the truck.

"Hold it a minute, you two." I said as I hit the button to automatically lock the truck doors. "You both know I can't stand talking to Sue Sylvester. I do not want a phone call from her due to something one of you, or more likely both of you, did. Whatever you plan on doing, keep it in the privacy of your hotel room. I know you are the only two guys on the Cheerios competition team this time around, so you're the only two in the guys' room. Don't make anyone call the front desk of the hotel because you are disturbing the peace. Don't get caught doing anything inappropriate on the bus, in the pool, elevator or anywhere else. Got it?" I finished. They both nodded at me, not daring to argue about anything I said.

"Good. Well… good luck at your competition, I'm sure you'll both do great." I gave them each a hug after we got out of the truck; they grabbed their bags and went to meet the other Cheerios. I would miss them, but it would be nice to have a week off. Now I just needed to get Finn out of the house for some time this week.

Finn's birthday rolled around, which happened to be on St. Patrick's Day, and we were all ready for the surprise party. It was my job to keep Finn occupied while Puck came over to help Carol set up for the party. I had told Finn I needed help for a few minutes at the shop. I had apologized for doing so on his birthday, and offered to pay him overtime since it was his birthday. He thought that Carol would be at home making his birthday dinner for when we got home. Luckily, he hadn't caught on to the surprise party.

Once I finally ran out of things to have Finn help with at the shop, we finally headed back to the house. I was hoping all his friends were there already and smart enough to park around the block. We walked into a dark house, when suddenly the lights came on and everyone screamed "Surprise!" I recognized all the glee club guys, plus two warblers that Finn had become friends with through Kurt and Blaine. The party went well, everyone enjoyed the cake, and then it was time to open presents. Finn got a video game, drumsticks, and a few t-shirts from his friends. I handed him his birthday presents from Kurt and Blaine. He opened the first one that was from Kurt. It was addressed to "Finnegan Francis Hudson" and it was a green t-shirt that said "World's Tallest Leprechaun". Blaine's present contained a video game, a new controller and a pack of energy drinks, since whenever Finn got a new game, he stayed up all night playing it.

"Dude! Is your name really Finnegan?" Puck shouted across the room. Finn stammered for a moment, not sure what to say, since admitting it would mean his friends would start calling him that.

"Of course it is!" Carol said while laughing. "He was born on St. Patrick's Day, so he needed a good Irish name!" At this, all the boys started cracking up. Once cake was passed around, everyone returned to the living room for some more video games. As they left the kitchen, I heard Puck say "Come on Finnegan Francis!" I guess it would take a while for him to live that one down.

Around 8 o'clock that night, the door bell rang. I went to get it since the boys were so involved with their video game tournament. I opened the door to see Rachel standing there holding a cake with a big smile plastered on her face.

"Good Evening Mr. Hummel! I'm here to visit my boyfriend for his birthday. Is he home? I brought him a vegan, low fat cake!" She said very quickly without breathing, much like she usually did.

"So you and Finn are an item again?" I asked her, just to clear things up. Carol would be curious anyway.

"Of course. Finn and I were meant to be together, it just took a little while for him to realize that. I knew he'd find his way back to me." She said.

"Good to know. All the boys are in the living room go right on in."

"All the boys? I thought Kurt and Blaine were away at Nationals?" She said, trying to look around me to see into the house.

"They are. All the glee club guys are having a birthday party for Finn in there." I told her. As her face turned into a horrified expression I realized the major flaw in our plan. No one thought to invite Finn's girlfriend to his birthday party.

"Finn had a birthday party and didn't invite me? I can't believe he would do that to me." She said, this time near tears. By now Carol had joined me by the front door and heard the end of Rachel's tirade.

"Oh no, Rachel, this was a surprise party, Finn didn't know anything about it. It wasn't even really a party; it's just a bunch of guys playing video games. They do that most nights anyway." Carol told Rachel, hoping to calm her.

"I guess that's ok then. It's not a party without cake anyway. Good thing I brought one!" She said with another fake smile as she walked past us into the living room. We decided not to get involved, but I did hear one of the boys tell Rachel they already had cake. Carol and I quickly went up to our room to avoid the fight that was sure to ensue.

A few hours later I went downstairs to see who was still over and to find out when they were leaving or if they were spending the night. I made it downstairs to find Rachel snuggled next to Finn, and Puck and Mike arguing over who would get to eat the last piece of cake. (The good cake, not Rachel's vegan cake, which sat untouched on the table.) I walked past the two of them and grabbed the last piece while they were busy fighting over it.

"So how's everyone doing down here?" I asked them.

"Now that the cake is gone, I guess I'm outta here." Puck said. "Want a ride, Mike?" Mike agreed, told Finn "Happy Birthday" and thanked me for having him. Mike was definitely one of the nicer New Directions guys.

"Rachel, you should probably head home soon, it's getting late." She made a pouting face but got up and grabbed her stuff after giving Finn a kiss on the cheek.

"I'm glad you aren't mad at Finn about the party." I told her. She smiled, but it looked a little evil.

"Oh, I'm not mad at Finn. He didn't know about the party. I'm mad at Blaine, since he's the one that invited all the guys over." She said. Oh no, poor Blaine. She skipped out to her car as I closed the door. I went back to Finn and saw him poking at Rachel's cake, not quite willing to taste it. He looked up at me when I stood next to him to look at the cake.

"I'll try it if you try it…" Finn said without looking away from cake.

I wasn't sure if I was actually willing to try the vegan cake, but I guess if Finn could do it, so could I. I went into the kitchen, grabbed two forks, walked back to hand one to Finn.

"On the count of three… one… two… three" I said. We each took a bite and looked at each other. Honestly, it wasn't terrible, but it certainly wasn't anything compared to what I'm used to. But then again, I'm used to Kurt's cakes. We silently agreed to not finish Rachel's cake.

"You do realize you are going to have to call Blaine and warn him about Rachel. She doesn't seem like the type to let something like this go. He better watch his back."

"I guess you're right. Thanks for throwing me this party. I really had a great time." He said to me.

"No problem Finn. I'm glad you had a good time with your friends. We will go out again this weekend to celebrate once Kurt and Blaine are home. They really wanted to be here with you. Don't stay up too late." I said while patting him on the shoulder. "Good night kiddo."

"Good night Burt!" He said as I was walking up the stairs. Once I reached the top, I leaned over a little to hear Finn making a phone call.

"Hey Kurt, tell Blaine he's in deep shit with Rachel. Talk to you tomorrow!" Then he hung up. I guess I really would have to do everything myself.