Chapter 7

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What sucked about being single was the "plus one" invitations to weddings he'd film. He went to them alone most of the time, but the way the bride and groom would sympathetically look at him, made him feel stupid.

So, he'd bring Alex.

Not for fear of being called a loser, of course. He clearly needed an assistant to help him out with the filming.

He wore his darkest pair of jeans, and put on a crisp white button down, topped with an elbow-length gray suit jacket. His hair was a bit wilder, spiked some tips with gel (all thanks to his sister for that, of course), and he was wearing his best cologne.

He heard that a few of the biggest Hollywood producers were going to be attending that wedding, and he needed to look his best. Carl Manning, his publicist was also putting him on a test run before actually hiring him.

Weddings were easy. Just film everything. That's what the mothers of the bride and groom always asked for, and it's what the groom and bride would want to see in thirty years from the present. They wanted to relive the entire day. And Finn was the guy who was going to make sure they don't forget any details of their day.

"Finn…I don't get why you need all of this equipment," came Alex's voice from behind him. She was struggling with the tripods and the extra lenses he'd asked her to get for him. "I don't think they give a fuck if you film on this three-legged stand, or on this other three-legged stand."

He snickered, helping her. "No, but I do. And please, Alex…language. I don't mind it, but I'd rather not record you say it every other word."

She rolled her eyes. "Yes, boss." Alex paused. "I am getting paid for this, right? Because I had to say no to hanging out with Julie for you."

"That's because you love me enough to help me out." He began to set up his camera. "And yes, sis, you are getting forty percent of the cut. We already talked about this."

"Just making sure. Detail is important to me. Like these gorgeous red roses, and the oceanview in the background, and the silk ribbons, and oh dear sweet baby Jesus, it's Roxy Starr."

"Alex, come on, I know what you're trying to do, I told you that I told her she needs to figure it all out before she"-

"Fuck, maybe you don't want her anymore, but I sure do," Alex said, already taking off.

Finn only had to glance up to see that his sister had been telling the truth. There was Rachel in a beautiful red dress, looking as gorgeous as ever. His heart stopped. Until he realized he had to stop Alex. So he quickly ran up ahead and grabbed Alex's arm.

"Finn, what are you doing? Let go."

"No, you…you can't go talk to her, Alex."

"Why not? She doesn't even know me. She doesn't know I'm your sister. She's hot. And she came alone. Do the math, Finn." Alex turned to glance at Rachel, who was now talking to one of the guests. She then looked back at her brother. "Oh, goodness. She's even hotter in person. Please, please, please let me go talk to her. I'll do anything. I'll give you all my shoes."

Finn made a face. "I…don't want your shoes, Lex. Trust me. You…don't need to give me anything, just…promise me you won't mention me to her."

"You're the cameraman, Finn, she's definitely going to know you're here."

"I know, but…just promise me."

"Fine, fine, I promise. Now, can I go?"

She literally looked and acted like a kid at Christmas. Alex did not only have the mouth of a sailor, but she also had the mind of one too. She went for almost anything that lived and breathed. Didn't necessarily sleep with them, but definitely was always on the prowl.

Sighing, he nodded. "Go. And don't scare her. You tend to scare the nice people away."

"I do not." But when he let go of her hand, she took off, in her high heels and all. "Hi! My name's Alex! What's yours? No, wait, don't tell me! I know your name. Rachel Berry! Hi!"

Rachel could only stare back with her mouth slightly agape at the blonde girl who was acting super giddy. It took her a moment to get words to come out. "Um…you're a fan, I'd guess."

"Huge fan. I mean…okay. Sorry, I'm a little starstruck here. I'll be fine in just a bit. I just really wanted to meet you. It's an honor to meet you. It really is. You're so wonderful. I can't believe I'm talking to you right now. And making myself look so stupid. I'm sorry."

Rachel couldn't help but giggle at this. "No, no, it's okay. Really. You're funny, I like you. Alex, was it?"

Nods quickly. "Alexandra Hudson, really." Then, she froze. "I mean…Hudson's my middle name. Alexandra Hudson…Smith."

Rachel raised an eyebrow at her. "Now try to convince me to believe you."

"Fuck! I mean…damn it!"

"You're Finn's sister."

"He told you about me?"

"Not a whole not," the small brunette said, shaking her head. "But he mentioned he had a sister named Alex. And she's got a potty mouth. And she talks a lot. But that part, I don't mind so much. Makes for interesting conversations." She paused. "Is…uh…is he here?"

Alex couldn't lie her way out of this one. Rachel was bound to see Finn at one point. "He's…yeah, he's the cameraman. I'm his assistant. Hence why I'm here. Not that I don't like going to weddings or anything. I love them. I just don't know these people. Not that I couldn't become friends with"-

"Alex."

"Yes?"

"Seriously, just be yourself. Chill out. I'm human. Just like you."

Alex nodded. "Right. Okay. I'm cool. I promise."

"Good. So tell about…" Rachel stopped. She couldn't ask Finn's sister about Finn. That was just too weird. It was kind of awkward, too. Alex most likely knew nothing about what happened between the two of them.

"Finn? Um…what do you want to know?" inquired the blonde.

"Finn Hudson, my cameraman! Get your ass over here and come be with your girl!"

"…or you can just ask him yourself?"

Carl Manning was motioning for Finn to where he, Rachel, and Alex now were. Finn really had been hoping to avoid this part of the wedding. The actual socializing.

He sighed and took his camera with him as he made his way over to the group of three. "Yeah, Carl?"

"Rachel arrived and you didn't even notice! What the hell is wrong with you, boy? You need to be a better boyfriend to her." The older man grinned at Rachel. "This beautiful angel deserves to be treated like the star that she is."

Finn looked at Alex, who gave him an apologetic look, and then at Rachel, who wasn't even looking at him. "Hey, Rach."

She loved it when he called her that. Unfortunately, she'd never told him that, either. It wasn't Finn who was the bad boyfriend. She'd been a terrible girlfriend to him.

It took her a few moments before she could look up at him and meet his eyes. They looked sad, and she knew why. He always held so much emotion in his eyes. She loved his eyes, too. "Hey," was all she could reply.

"Come on, come on, kids, time to make up and kiss. Don't be like that. We've got a wedding that needs to be filmed. Come on, seriously, I won't go anywhere until you kiss. Need to see some tongue there, too," Carl encouraged them, checking his watch.

Oh, well, now this was awkward. Carl didn't know they weren't together anymore. Or even had been when he took up both Finn and Rachel as clients. And giving their publicist any notion that they couldn't be together at events and such might make him drop one or the other. Finn and Rachel came in like a package deal. It was both or neither.

And their publicist was also really not going to leave unless they kissed. And with tongue.

Sighing softly, Finn stepped closer to Rachel, and then leaned down, kissing her softly.

"Tongue action. Come on."

Alex's eyes simply widened.

But they didn't even need to be reminded about the whole tongue thing. Once their lips met, it was like there was no stopping them. Their senses were awakened, and the kiss got more and more heated. It wasn't long before their tongues began to battle each other, and they found themselves gasping for air when they broke away, eyes wide, and breaths heavy.

Alex's jaw was already dropped.

"Damn, I would have loved to see you two in a movie. Shame you quit, Rachel. See you two kids in a bit." Carl then took off to go mingle some more before the wedding, leaving the three of them in silence.

Until Alex broke it, of course. "I'm just…I'm just…I'm just…going to go. Over there." She motioned randomly with her thumb, then disappeared.

Finn and Rachel still had their gazes locked. He saw her glance at his lips, but neither of them made another move.

It was Finn, then, who cleared his throat a bit awkwardly, and stepped back. "Um…you look…you look really…beautiful." Bad word to use now, Hudson.

A blush crept onto her face. "Thank you…Finn. You look…really handsome."

"Thank you."

The continued to stare at one another, however. Finn really wanted to kiss her again. It didn't help that his body had reacted extremely positive to their passionate lip-lock. It's been two months since anything turned him on, and this kiss with Rachel? Definitely doing wonders for him. And he was doing all he could to keep it from being too obvious.

"So, I should…I should go. I have…to film." There was nothing more they could say. They couldn't seem to get any words to come out of their mouths.

She nodded slowly. "And I…have to go sit. Um…I'll catch you later?"

"I suppose so. While I'm on…a break."

"Got it. Bye." And she took off.

Finn let out the breath he didn't realize he was holding. He'd just kissed her. And it wasn't just a kiss. It was one of those…beginning to a really good makeout session kind of kiss. And it seemed to be the only thing he could think about now. She looked extremely sexy in her dress, and she'd responded positively to his kiss. Even Carl bought it. Anyone would have.

Finn had one problem now. His pants were getting a little tight, and there seemed to be nothing in the world he could think about that would get those pants to loosen back up again.

Then, it hit him. Did Carl say Rachel quit?