Carry Me Home Tonight
Chapter Two.
Rachel spinned around in the mirror, watching her dress float and flow around her. Finn watched her from the kitchen, "Uh, are you hungry?" He asked as he watched her.
She giggled, "Um, I think so. Sorry, I'm just so excited about this thing."
"The dress?" Finn chuckled.
"Yes, it's so pretty."
"Do you normally wear jeans or something? What happened to all your clothes?" Finn asked her as she walked towards him. She stopped right in front of him smiling up at him widely.
"I don't have clothes." She told him seriously, "I normally just wear shells to cover my chest."
"How old are you?"
Rachel chewed on her lip as she thought, "Well, I guess I would be…" She counted obviously in her head, "What month is it?"
"It's October."
"I'll be 19 in… the cold month, the one with the pine trees and the lights. I can't remember it's name."
"December?" Finn asked her with an extremely worried look. "Where did you say you were from again?"
"I didn't tell you, Finn." Rachel said, still standing in front of him, "Are you going to take me to the ocean go get something to eat?"
Finn furrowed his eyes together, "No, I figured I would make pancakes."
"Those sound weird. I can't wait to try them. You make them? That sounds magical."
Finn let out a soft breath, she's kidding, right? "I can teach you how to make them."
"Oh, that's a skill I won't need." Rachel told him, "When I go home, I don't think I'll be able to make these cake things."
Rachel was standing so close to Finn and not moving, "What are you doing?"
"Waiting for direction." She tilted her head, "Where do you want me to go? If I'm in someone's shelter I always do as they say."
"Well, you don't have to do as I say." Finn laughed, "Just take a seat or whatever."
Rachel looked around the small apartment and grabbed a bar stool, picking it up and bringing it back to Finn, "Where should I take it to?"
"Uhhhh, it's an expression. It means you can sit down if you'd like."
Rachel furrowed her eyebrows and Finn's eyes widened as she began to sniffle, her chest shaking rapidly.
"Rachel? No. Please don't cry."
Rachel couldn't help it, the tears streamed down her face and she began sobbing, she set down the stool and collapsed, Finn caught her fall and pulled her into his arms, whispering sweet nothings, "Please don't cry. It's okay, it'll be okay. I'm going to hell you."
"Why would you help me?" Rachel whispered, wiping her eyes, "I'm stupid, my face won't stop leaking, my hair looks really weird dry. I don't even know how to use my legs right."
Finn's heart sank, "Because I'm guessing there is a reason Max found you." Max barked at his name and then went back to laying his head down, "Maybe I was supposed to find you, to help you."
Rachel sniffled, "I don't know how you can help me. You're just as helpless as me with your stupid legs."
"My legs are pretty damn good, thank you." Finn told her proudly, "I ran track in college and I can run, like a 6 minute mile."
Rachel looked up at him, lips pursed, "I can swim a mile in half that." She beamed and Finn laughed.
"I like that smile of yours, lets keep it there. Okay?"
Rachel nodded slowly and threw her arms around Finn's neck, "You swear you'll help me?" Rachel whispered into his ear.
"I promise."
Rachel slowly backed up, "Are you a wizard?" She asked seriously, eyes wide with concern.
Finn broke out into a fit of laughter, "Of course not. Wizards aren't real."
"But, you promised. Only wizards can promise, because they know the future." Rachel told him.
Finn sighed and bit his lip, lost in thought, "That's a good point. I can't promise that I will help you, but I can promise I will try my best. Is that better?"
Rachel's large grin returned and she nodded furiously, "Yes, I like that very much."
Finn attempted to teach Rachel how to use a fork, but by the end of the meal, both of them were eating their pancakes by tearing little pieces off and dipping them in syrup. "How old are you?" Rachel asked between bites.
"23."
"Wow. You're old. Why aren't you married?"
Finn chuckled, "I'm not that old. Only four years older than you." He pointed out.
"Four years is a long time, Finn." She smirked at him, "In four years I'll have three kids swimming around me."
Finn couldn't take it anymore, he had to ask, "What is your deal with the ocean? With swimming?"
Rachel chewed her bite slower to avoid talking to him, "This is really good." She commented, pointing to her mouth.
"Rachel?"
Rachel let out a long breath, "I'm not from around here."
"I've gathered that." Rachel tilted her head in confusion, "Uh, I mean, I didn't think so."
Rachel nodded in understanding, "But my Daddy told me never to tell a human about what I really am. Or… show them my…" She looked at her legs, "Well, it doesn't matter because it's gone now."
"You're a mermaid?" Finn asked directly with a wide mouth.
Rachel was so taken aback by his guess, her mouth dropped, "You believe in mermaids?" She asked suddenly.
"No, well, sort of, it's a long story."
Rachel looked at him and she was flabbergasted at his revelation, "But, how would you guess that?"
"I saw one, the other day, she had this red fin and I swore I saw it. But, she was gone as soon as she came and than…"
"That was me." Rachel grinned at him, "You saw me."
"Sing." Finn demanded. "The mermaid was singing, on the rock by the"
"dolphin marina." Rachel finished his sentence. "That was me."
"Sing."
"I'm nervous." She giggled with a wide grin. "I can't sing on demand."
"You were singing the most beautiful tune." Finn told her.
"I heard it once, when they were having a concert on the beach." Rachel explain.
"Sing. Please." Finn begged again and Rachel couldn't resist any longer.
She nodded and stood, her stumbling a little at first, "Okay." She whispered.
Rachel took a breath and gripped her stomach as she began to belt her heart out, "Tonight. We are young. So let's set the world on fire. We can burn brighter then the sun. Tonight. We are young. So let's set the world on fire. We can burn brighter then the sun. Carry me home tonight. Just carry me home tonight."
Rachel's song was cut off by Finn's lips on hers, for a moment she wasn't sure what to do. They didn't kiss like this where she came from, she was surprised how easily it came to her. She ran her hands up the back of his hair, lacing her fingers through the dry strands. Finn pulled her body to his roughly and she melted into him, taking him all in.
When they parted, Rachel was out of breath, unable to think, the room was spinning. It couldn't be actually spinning could it? Was that a land thing? "Why is the room spinning?" Rachel asked breathlessly and Finn let out a soft, breathless chuckle.
"That's not the room." Finn told her, "I thought I would never see you again. When I saw you, I just, I fell in love with your voice and then I saw that fin and I thought I had dreamed you up, but here you are." Finn said honestly.
Finn was pretty sure he would never forget Rachel's face in that moment, the way it lit up even more and she her eyebrows raised, "So, do I have to sing again for you to do that again? Because I really liked that whole room spinning thing." Rachel told him and Finn couldn't help but think it was the cutest thing he had ever heard.
"You don't have to sing." He whispered as he brought his lips closer, "I can just kiss you."
A/N: Thanks for reading.
A couple things/answers to questions, yes Finn and Rachel are adults, I've found I'm much better at writing adult Finn and Rachel, though Rachel does have an intense innocence due to knowing very little about land. This is a Glee/Little Mermaid crossover but it is a little different story.
There have been three Little Mermaid parallels so far, (two quotes, one other thing) but it will be a very different story line.
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