Author's Note: Thank you so much for all of the amazing reviews! :) The flashback is in italics. This chapter title comes from "Falling In" by Lifehouse.

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"Can I ask you a question?"

Quinn looked up as Rachel came into her room. She rested her hands on her slightly protruding stomach and nodded her head at her sister. "Of course, Rachel."

Rachel sat down next Quinn on the bed. She sighed before she blurted the first question she had been thinking: "Why did you do it?" When Quinn turned towards her sister, Rachel elaborated. "With Puck, I mean. Why did you lead Finn on for so long?"

Quinn sighed and looked down at her hands. After a long moment, she finally said, "I think you've known how I felt about Puck for a long time."

Rachel gave her a sympathetic look. "Well, I can't say that it was too hard to figure out."

"And you didn't say anything?"

"You were dating Finn, Quinn. I just… it wasn't my place." Rachel didn't want to add that she had been afraid that she would somehow reveal her crush on Finn. Thankfully, Quinn didn't allow Rachel to muse for very long.

"Right, right." Quinn sighed. "Well, you saw how my father reacted to Finn."

"I didn't really understand it," Rachel said. "Finn seems wonderful."

"And he is! He just wasn't wonderful for me. Puck… Puck has just always been the one." Quinn stood up and went over to the mirror and studied her reflection. She put her hands over her small bump once again and turned to the side. "Daddy wouldn't have liked Puck."

Rachel's brow furrowed in confusion. "Russell didn't like Finn, either."

"But he tolerated Finn," Quinn pointed out. "Finn has manners whereas Puck… doesn't."

"Then do you mind me asking what you see in him? Obviously, you two are in love."

Quinn smiled as she cradled her stomach. "Because Puck is secretly sweet. And he loves me so much. And he loves our baby. And I just know that he's the one for me." She sighed before she turned back towards Rachel, and a guilty look flashed across her face. "Puck and I went on a few dates before Finn asked me out. And I realized that I could hide my relationship with Puck behind the one with Finn. My father may not have been too fond of Finn, but he disliked Puck even more. We didn't mean for it to be a secret for as long as it was, but then it just… got too big."

Rachel sighed and shook her head. She had no doubt that Finn would have understood Quinn and Puck's feelings for each other and would have gladly stepped aside. But what's done is done, and now everyone had to accept whatever was going to happen next.

Then Rachel smiled and reached over to take Quinn's hand. "At any rate, I'm happy for you and Puck." Borrowing a line from Kurt, Rachel added, "This baby is a blessing, remember? And as this baby's aunt, I will spoil him or her rotten."

Quinn laughed and hugged her sister. And while Rachel may not have originally understood what Quinn's reasons were, but she did know that everything was going to turn out fine.

"Finn, I'm trying to finish these invitations."

"Are you?" Finn mumbled against her neck. "I hadn't really noticed." He dropped his mouth to the junction of her neck and shoulder and lightly bit down on it. He soothed the bite with his tongue as Rachel moaned.

"Finn, I'm going to ruin these if you keep doing this." She was trying to pretend like Finn's ministrations weren't getting her all hot and bothered, but she knew that she wasn't doing a very good job of it. She loved the way his lips and hands felt on her, and she ended up leaning further back into his chest.

Rachel was currently sitting at Finn's kitchen table in his apartment because Kurt and Santana had been driving her crazy. She was in charge of making the invitations for Quinn's wedding shower, and she hadn't been able to get it done with both Santana and Kurt bothering her. So Finn had invited her over so that she could get the invitations done, but it seemed as if he was going to distract her just as much.

Finn chuckled. "Ruin them? Baby, I highly doubt that."

Rachel knew that she was going to lose this fight. "But…" Rachel moaned again when Finn dragged his lips up to the sensitive spot behind her ear and gently nipped at it. "The invitations…"

Finn bit down again. "Leave them."

And that was all the encouragement that Rachel needed. She spun around in his arms and knotted her fingers in his hair and brought his mouth down to hers. She kissed him deeply, tugging lightly on his bottom lip. Finn groaned and slipped his hands under her shirt, bringing them up to cup her breasts. Rachel arched into his hands and smiled when he reached a hand behind her to unhook her bra.

Finn backed Rachel into his kitchen table and tugged her shirt over her head and slipped her bra from her arms. Massaging one breast with a large hand, he tugged on her other nipple with the other. Rachel moaned loudly and moved so that she was perched on the edge of the table. She wrapped her legs around his waist and pulled him closer, rubbing herself against the hardness she could feel through his pants. Finn bucked his hips into hers, trailing his lips down from Rachel's and to her neck.

As he laid Rachel back on the table, his mouth closed around one of her nipples. Rachel gasped and tugged on his hair as Finn moved his mouth over to her other breast. He smirked against her skin when Rachel moaned out his name. He traced his tongue under the curve of her breast before he stood up and hooked his fingers in her jeans and underwear and tugged them off at the same time.

Finn ran his fingers through her already soaked folds and used his thumb to press against her sensitive bundle of nerves at the same time, and Rachel cried out. As his fingers moved between her legs, Rachel tugged Finn's mouth back up to hers and kissed him deeply. When she broke the kiss, she moved her lips across his jaw and over to his ear.

"I need you, Finn," Rachel murmured into his ear.

Finn slipped a finger inside of her and moved it slowly, tantalizing her with the pleasure. "Oh yeah?"

"God," Rachel gasped. "Yes!" She reached up to give him a scorching kiss and Finn groaned before he tugged her off the table. Rachel pushed his pants down and then wrapped her fingers around his hard length. Finn thrust his hips into her hand and pulled her closer.

"Condom," he growled, because he could only manage one-word sentences at the moment.

Rachel smiled up at him and kissed the corner of his mouth. "We don't need one."

Finn stared down at her to make sure that she was absolutely certain she wanted this. When Rachel nodded her head, Finn's eyes darkened even further and kissed her deeply before he guided her towards the kitchen counter. He turned her around, running his hand down her smooth back and around to her stomach, reaching up to cup her breast. Rachel gasped and arched against him, grounding her behind into his hardness.

Finn pressed kisses down her neck as he bent her forward. The kitchen counter was the perfect height for her to rest her hands on, and she gripped the end of it tightly. She looked over her shoulder and gave him a sultry smile, causing Finn to lean forward and kiss her neck. Holding onto her hips, Finn slipped into her and groaned as Rachel cried out again. He began to slowly thrust inside of her, teasing them both with the deliciously slow pace.

"Finn!" Rachel screamed. She gasped and pushed her hips back into his, digging her fingers into the counter. "More!"

Finn certainly wasn't going to question Rachel. Tightening his hands on her hips, he began to pound into her, causing Rachel to scream out his name repeatedly. His strokes were quick and deep, with Rachel rocking against him. It wasn't long before she was tightening around him, her body shuddering as she shattered in Finn's arms. Finn thrust into her twice more before he came as well.

Finn leaned forward and covered Rachel's body with his as they lay resting against the kitchen counter. As they both came down from their highs, Finn pressed several kisses to Rachel's shoulder. She practically purred in delight as his lips moved over her skin. Finn stroked his hand down her back as he stood up.

Rachel could feel the urge to tell Finn that she loved him surfacing again. But right after they had a seriously hot fuck bent over the kitchen counter probably wasn't the best time to do it. So she stood and turned around as Finn wrapped his arms around her. His amber eyes were soft as he gazed down at her and pressed a soft kiss to her forehead.

He brushed her hair away from her face. "You're amazing, Rachel Berry," he muttered.

"Oh really?" Rachel asked with a giggle.

Finn chuckled and picked up on the fact that she thought he was talking about what had just transpired in his kitchen. "That's not what I meant, although that was pretty amazing too." His eyes softened even further, and there was a look that Rachel couldn't quite read in them. He cupped her cheek and she leaned into his hand, smiling as his calloused thumb brushed against her skin. "You're all around amazing, Rachel Berry. Perfect, beautiful, talented, sexy, gorgeous, wonderful, kind… You're kind of my everything, Rachel."

She beamed at him and threw her arms around him, standing on her tiptoes to press her lips to his. She really did love him, with all of her heart. And when Rachel pulled back and looked over Finn's shoulder, she saw the pile of invitations that she still had write.

"Oh my God!" she groaned, pulling herself out of Finn's arms and plopped herself stark naked in his kitchen chair. She heard Finn dissolve into laughter behind her, and Rachel threw her pen at him. "It's not funny!" But even as she tried to scold him, Rachel couldn't stop the laughter from escaping her as well.

Finn moved over to her and wrapped his arms around her, pulling her against him again and kissing her before he offered her his t-shirt. She slipped it out with a smile and Finn pulled his boxers on.

"What do you say we order in?" he suggested. "We can eat and then I'll let you get these invitations done."

"Is Greek okay?" Rachel asked. "I've really been craving Greek food."

Finn pressed a kiss to her cheek as he reached for the phone. "Whatever you want, baby." But Rachel didn't know was that Finn meant that statement… in every way possible.

Rachel was laughing with Tina as she came out of the dressing room with Tina. They just had a great rehearsal. That, coupled with the night she had managed to spend with Finn, had Rachel in a fabulous mood. Really, nothing could bring her down.

"Hey, Rachel!" Will called before she and Tina could leave the theater. "Can I speak to you for a moment?"

"Sure." Rachel made her way over to the director of the musical. "Is everything alright?"

"Oh, everything is fine. In fact, I have some very exciting news for you."

Rachel was trying not to get her hopes up. Of course, hearing that her director had exciting news for her immediately made her think that she could possibly be getting some sort of part. But she didn't want to jump to that conclusion right away.

"Well, Lydia has to take a two week break for family reasons." Lydia James was playing Maria in West Side Story. She was a Broadway veteran and had taken Rachel under her wing. "And as her understudy, you get to take over her role. So what do you say?"

Rachel was so excited that she actually forgot to speak. She could only clap her hands in excitement, causing Will to chuckle. Finally, she managed to remember her words.

"That sounds amazing, Mr. Schue!" Rachel exclaimed. "Amazing!" And in her excitement, she hugged her director tightly. The remainder of the cast that was still in theater gathered around them and applauded, congratulating Rachel on her new role.

She could only stand there and smile brightly. She was now another step closer to her dreams. She was finally getting the chance to perform in a leading role on Broadway.

"Kurt! Santana!" Rachel could barely contain her excitement on the cab ride back to her apartment, and she couldn't hold it in as she entered the living room. "I'm playing Maria in West Side Story!" It was then that she realized that Finn was sitting at the kitchen counter. "Oh! Hello, Finn!"

But Finn was grinning at her. Kurt had jumped up off his stool and had run towards her, shrieking loudly. He threw his arms around Rachel and hugged her tightly, jumping up and down. In the kitchen, Santana popped the cork on a bottle of champagne.

Kurt's shrieking eventually became words. "Oh my God! This is so exciting! We have to celebrate! Are you going to be Maria forever? Tell me that they've given you the part forever!"

Rachel laughed at her friend's enthusiasm. "Lydia is going on vacation, so I'll only have the part for two weeks. But it's a real starring role!"

"See, Berry?" Santana brought over a flute of champagne and handed it to Rachel. "I told you that a Broadway role wasn't far behind. Now drink up!"

Rachel made her way over to the kitchen counter and casually stood next to Finn. He took a sip of his own champagne and slipped his hand under her shirt, resting it on the small of her back so that no one could see. His calloused fingers stroked over her bare skin, and Rachel smiled at him. He winked at her before he held his glass up.

"To Rachel Berry and her long career as a Broadway star!" Finn toasted.

Rachel could only lean further into his hand. She really did love Finn Hudson.

Author's Note: Thanks for reading! Up next, someone else finds out about Finn and Rachel's relationship. Any guesses as to who it is?