Carry Me Home Tonight

Chapter Seven

"So if you are King Hiram's niece then wouldn't you be Rachel's cousin?" Finn points out about the major flaw in the story.

Ariel chuckled a little and looked at Eric who rolled his eyes, "Nah man, the sea is different than land. Time is different there. Relationships are different. An Aunt and Uncle vs a cousin is based on age range not actual relation. Since Ariel is over 15 years older than Rachel, she is considered her Aunt."

"And so Triton would be…" Finn trailed off, looking over to see Melody playing with Max on the sofa.

"Her great Uncle. Because it's over thirty years."

Finn furrowed his eye brows together, "What about siblings? Are they always siblings?"

Ariel nodded and Rachel kissed his cheek, "Of course. You can only have kids within a seven year period anyway."

Finn's mind was a mess, "This is all really confusing for me." He told them, "I'm sorry."

Eric laughed and shook his head, "Don't be sorry, buddy. I get it. I was confused at first too. And trust me, my first time going into the ocean was a trip."

"You can go and like… visit?"

Ariel's smile widened, "Thanks to Melody, we can do as we please wherever we please. I go see Daddy quite a bit, but he more often comes to see me."

Rachel was dumbstruck by the people in front of her, "So the fairytale is true? You fell for a Prince."

Eric laughed loudly, tilting his head back, "I'm not a prince. I mean, yes, she saved me from a boat wreck and yes we fell in love and sea witch drama ensued but… I own a tire shop, darlin'."

Rachel's smile fell, "A what?"

"It's where they sell the black rubber things on the cars. That thing Santana was driving." Finn explained sweetly into her ear.

"But, the riches?"

Ariel shook her head, "That story was passed around to explain that I left the ocean for riches, so that you all could understand. You know merpeople, they don't understand love. They understand royalty, and betrayal. But love, I would never have been forgiven to have left for love."

Rachel's sad expression changed to a beaming grin, "You came on earth for love?"

Ariel nodded, "I did. The royal family, the descendents of our Father's father, we are bread from love, so we can experience love."

"Grandma and Grandpa fell in love?"

Ariel couldn't move the smile off her face, she giggled in almost a giddy fashion, "They did. Their marriage wasn't arranged. They found each other, and because of that rare thing, we can find love." Ariel was beaming, almost yelling with excitement, "And so every week before an arranged marriage of one of you girls… yes this has happened t your sisters too…" Rachel gasped at Ariel's words. "I have had Melody turn them. We've done it secretly because I really don't want the people of the ocean to know how much power Melody actually possesses."

Rachel had her hand on her head, "They never-"

"Of course they didn't," Ariel shook her head, "They hated it up here. They didn't find anyone they liked, let alone could fall in love with so the next day… we left them with their fin intact."

"But you…" Eric chuckled, "You've been quite the opposite." He looked at Finn, "Can I pour myself some scotch?" He requested as he started pouring the Finn just nodded, "You loved it here, but you loved it there."

"But I was looking for you."

Ariel sighed and softened her expression, "I know, sweetie, but you've got to understand. I like being anonymous."

Eric nodded, "I appreciate it too. Only Triton and Sebastian know where we are."

"And Flounder." Melody reminded them from the couch.

Ariel chuckled, "How could he forget, he lives in our house."

"Who's flounder?" Finn inquired.

"He's our guppy fish." Ariel explained, "He should have passed on years ago but Melody keeps feeding him magic to keep him going." She pulled out her phone and showed him a picture of their large fish tank with Flounder and a red crab, "That's Sebastian."

"I hate to burst your bubble, but…" Finn looked at the fish, "That's a convict tang fish. Not a guppy."

Ariel laughed a little, "Oh, I know. But we've always called him that, so…" She shrugged, "Anyway," She cleared her throat awkwardly, "Anyway, you never really picked."

Eric nodded, "And we wanted to let you choose yourself and then when the full moon hit we couldn't change you back."

"But you changed me." Kurt finally chimed in after his long silence in the corner wearing clothing that drowned him. "Remember that? Giving me these terrible legs."

Melody snickered and walked towards Kurt, "You can have your tail back in two days." She promised, "Moon days are land days. You can only transfer merpeople to have legs and not the other way around. However there are tide days, three days every three months where the tide is high are ocean days so I can change you to have your fin, but no legs for three days."

Finn shook his head in a mixture of frustration and confusion, "Hey Finn," Eric called out to him, "How about we take a walk? Maybe get some fresh air and let the ladies chat."

Kurt cleared his throat, "The ladies and Kurt." Eric amended with a half grin and Finn looked at Rachel who gave him a big grin.

"Go, love. I'll talk to you soon." She beamed before they shared a quick kiss while Eric kissed both Melody and Ariel on the cheeks before following Finn out.

"Max." Finn called to his shaggy dog who ran out with them. Eric picked up a stick and threw it for Max and they began to walk.

Eric looks at the shaggy dog as if he were looking at a ghost, "When Ariel and I were first married, we had a dog named Max." He remembers with a twinge in my voice, "I miss that dog, man." He cleared his throat, "This is a lot to take in."

Finn nodded, "And we haven't even talked about this… " Finn trailed off, "The baby thing."

Eric nodded, "Mermaids are fertile, brother." He laughed, "You gotta be careful. But I guess I'm telling you a little late." Eric chuckled and patted his back, "Listen man, it's a whole other world down there."

Finn bit the inside of his cheek, "I know, I get it, but…" Finn sighed heavily, "I feel kind of weird about all of this. I mean, Rachel is amazing. I fell for her pretty quick…" Finn told Eric awkwardly, "I love her."

"I believe you do." Eric nodded and pulled the stick from Max's mouth before throwing it again and urged for Finn to go on.

"But, she's 19 and pregnant? It's like some terrible reality show." Finn shook his head, "Not to mention how innocent she is…"

Eric laughed loudly and smiled at Finn with a shake of his head, "No man, you don't get it."

"What am I missing?"

"She's not innocent. She's lived for 19 years. She knows a lot of shit. She just knows it her way." Eric explained, "I remember thinking the same thing and then one day it clicked… she probably thought the same thing about me. You know?"

Finn thought for a moment and let out a soft chuckle, "Wow." Finn stared off into the ocean with a slacked jaw and a dreamy look, "You are absolutely right."

Eric shrugged and nodded, "Yeah, I know a little bit about dating a mermaid."

Finn looked back at Eric with a funny look on his face, almost smiling, "So the 'turns to glitter' thing?" Finn asked apprehensively.

Eric's head fell backwards with laughter, "That's true, bud. Mermaids turn to glitter when they die. It's fucking strange as hell man."

"You aren't anything like I thought you'd be." Finn says suddenly.

Eric looked down with a nod, "Yeah, I'm not your average prince I guess." He said with a shrug, "But Ariel and I, we're soulmates." He said seriously, intensely, "And you can't really fall out of love with a girl like that."

Finn nodded, knowing exactly what Eric was referring to, "And she sings?" Finn inquired with a grin.

"Her voice is seriously like magic." Eric shook his head, "And Melody? She was blessed with her mother's voice and her good looks." Eric let out a sigh. "Every good thing in my life comes from her."

Finn blinked a couple times before feeling himself start to feel an emotion he didn't really recognize, "You'll get it soon, man." Eric chuckled, "In nine months you'll understand exactly what I am talking about."

Those words brought Finn back to reality and he nodded, "How do they know? I mean…"

Eric lets out a light chuckle, "That's just the sea. It's magical. I mean, some of them can be so so cold. But… there is so much beauty and goodness. I mean a place where there are fish shaped like stars? How could that not contain magic."

Finn smirked at bent down to pet Max, "I think we're going to be okay, then."

"We'll see. We've got to get Rachel to let go of King Hiram's hand." Eric shrugs and takes a seat in the sand, "But Ariel will work on that." Eric looks over at Finn, "And we've got to figure out this whole sea witch drama."

Finn let's his head fall into his hands, "Oh yeah." Finn growled in frustration before letting himself fall back in the sand, "God what a disaster!"

Eric shook his head before laying back himself, Max resting his head on Eric's chest like they were long lost friends, "We'll figure it out, Finn. Ariel is brilliant. And I have a magic daughter. We got you."

Finn nodded and tried to let the words comfort him as he closed his eyes and tried to think of anything else, his mind wandered against his will as he fell into a cycle like dream state of nightmare's regarding his unborn son or daughter.

He dreamt of this faceless sea witch stealing his daughter from Rachel's arms as he stood useless on the shore, he dreamt of Rachel miscarrying and of her leaving him to stay at sea. He knew he was dreaming but he couldn't will himself awake as hard as he fought, he droopy eyes wouldn't open.

"Love." Rachel murmured, her voice light and song like. He opened his tired eyes to see her beautiful face lit up by the bright moon, "Come back inside so we can go to sleep. Eric, Ariel and Melody left to stay at a place called a hotel. It's like a shelter you stay at when you're far away from home. In the sea we call those hottle's." Finn laughed at her as he helped himself up.

Finn wanted to tell her of his dreams but couldn't bring himself to do it, so he just looked over at her with a smirk and tried not to be obvious about checking her out, "I love you." Is all he said. "Let's go to bed."

Rachel's smile brightened as she opened the door to his small place and let Max in, she poured some food in Max's bowl before pouring a glass of water for herself and grabbing a couple cookies from the cabinet as Finn watched her with a soft expression.

"Want a beer or something?" She asked and he shook his head.

"I'll be alright." He said before yawning, "Come on, baby. You've got to get your rest."

"Don't you want to hear everything I learned?" She asked as she grabbed his hand, "I mean, Ariel taught me SO much about the human world." She almost skipped.

Finn slipped out of his shorts and still damp boxers before beginning to throw on his night time boxers, "I'd really rather just sleep, babe. I'm really tired."

"What are those?" Rachel almost growled.

"Boxers."

Rachel shook her head, "Well, why are you putting them on?"

"To sleep in."

Rachel stomped her foot, "No." She whined, "Sleep without them, and without the shirt too."

Finn chuckled and put his hand on her cheek, "Okay, but you're being a little bossy."

Rachel grinned widely and scrunched up her nose in excitement, "I've got something to show you and I think you'll like it better if you're naked." She beamed proudly.

Finn chuckled and kissed her cheek before pulling off his shirt and taking his boxers back off, already hard in anticipation.

"Okay, lie down." Rachel smiled before turning to shut the bedroom door so Max wouldn't make his way in and pulling off her dress, when she turned around she found Finn exactly where she wanted him. She crawled on top of him, hovering over him for a moment to kiss his lips gently, "I love you, Finn Hudson." She murmured against his lips and began to kiss down his body, "And I love this part of you." She whispered into his neck, "And here." She mumbled into his chest, "And right here." She licked around his belly button, "Mmm, and this. This part is my favorite." She said before surrounding him with her mouth.

Finn let out a grateful moan as she took him all in and gripped at the bed as she worked her magic.

Eric was so fucking right. The sea was a magical place.

When Finn came, Rachel rode out the wave with him and even swallowed and he thanked the lord for this tiny amazing girl in his bed.

When she was done she lied next to him and he rolled to hover over her and kissed her with passion, "I love you." He mumbled into her mouth.

She giggled as he kissed down her neck and began to finger her as he did, "Finn," She breathed roughly, "I can't wait…"

"What can't you wait for baby?" Finn asked slowing his motion a bit to allow Rachel to catch her breath.

"I can't wait to have your baby." Rachel whispered with a serious look on her face, probably the first time Finn had seen her not grin like the adorable girl she was. Finn's lips found her and he made his way back inside her as well, where he belonged.

She like out a gasp as he entered her and he put his hands into her hair, and hers into his. "I'm so in love with you." Finn mumbled into her skin as he climaxed, pushing as deeply into her as he could.

Rachel screamed as she came and scratched down Finn's back and for some reason, he really didn't mind.

Finn rested his head on her bare chest and Rachel wiped the sweat from his forehead as the breathed deeply, trying to catch their breath, "I can't wait for you to have her either."

"Her?" Rachel laughed.

Finn shook her head and kissed her chest, "It's a girl, baby. I just know it."