I probably should have said this before. I always thought of this story being towards the beginning of season 1 where there was no Jesse, no Shelby (yet…I might include her in later but I'm not quite sure), and most of all no rushed Finchel confession. That really bothered me in the finale because it was so random and not as gradual as I would have liked (but that's just me).

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Disclaimer: I unfortunately don't own Glee. If I did, my name would be Ryan Murphy. But it's not.

Chapter 2

Finn and Rachel had gone downstairs to grab a bite to eat. Rachel had finally decided that they had practiced enough and that Finn had improved some—though still not enough to surmount her vocal power.

"Hey Finn," Rachel started to ask, "Are you planning on staying for dinner? My dads won't be back for days. I can always fix something up for us. I watch Food Network all the time and I've been cooking ever since I could raise my head above the kitchen counter. When I was ten, my dads sent me to cooking camp and I won first place for my dish which I called Spaghetti a la Rachel…" She went on and on, Finn only half paying attention. He was too busy staring into her eyes, listening to her babble nonstop. Who knew her eyes were that pretty?, he wondered. Refocusing himself and finally giving his undivided attention to Rachel's now five minute monologue, Finn noticed that she was starting to turn a slight shade of red…probably from talking too much. He thought this would be a good place to stop her.

"Rachel, Rach," Finn interrupted, trying to get her attention (she had gotten to the point where she was now rambling about cafeteria food). "You don't have to prove to me you know how to cook. I'll stay." Finn gave her an encouraging smile.

"Okay," Rachel smiled shyly with her head down, looking somewhat embarrassed, "Thanks. I guess I'm a bit nervous about being alone for the whole week and not being able to talk to anyone." She chuckled half-heartedly.

Finn smiled and said, "I'll be here as long as you want. It is Friday so I don't have to worry about school tomorrow."

"Want to help me in the kitchen?"

"Gee, Rachel, that sounds like a whole lot of fun but I have to say I'm kind of a klutz in the kitchen…"

"When are you not?" Rachel joked.

"Haha, very funny."

"Let me teach you then. You know my dads told me I was the best cook they'd ever-"

Finn cut her off, "Okay, okay. I'm coming…just as long as you don't break out into another lengthy soliloquy again." He chuckled, looking at her straight in the eye.

Rachel stuck out her tongue playfully at Finn (though she had to admit she was surprised that he knew what the word 'soliloquy' meant. She figured she was rubbing off on him after all).

He followed Rachel into the kitchen and watched her closely as she wrapped the apron around her waist.

"Hey Finn, care to lend me a hand?"

He walked towards her and Rachel placed the apron strings into his palms. Finn tried to make a reasonable looking bowtie but all he could manage was a lop-sided knot. Ahh that'll do, he thought, Rachel can't see back here anyway.

"So what are we making here today Chef Rachel?"

She giggled. "I was thinking about some homemade pizza. I know how much you love it…well that and chicken."

Whoa. It was like this girl was inside his head.

"Sounds great. Where do we start?"

"I'm going to start making the dough and then we can knead it together."

While Rachel gathered her ingredients, Finn couldn't help but stare at her...again. She was dashing around the kitchen and grabbing can after can, looking just like she did at school, just as determined as ever. He realized how adorable she looked in an apron of all things. Well if she can pull off animal sweaters and knee socks (that make her look "homeschooled"), I guess she can pull off an old apron too, he reasoned.

Finn walked around the kitchen island so that he was directly across from Rachel who was furiously adding flour and a bunch of other ingredients (that Finn didn't know the name of) into a metal bowl.

"You've got something on your cheek there," he pointed out.

"Where?"

"Right there!" He flicked some flour that had spilled outside of the mixing bowl onto Rachel's face.

"Oh you'll pay for that Hudson!" She laughed, grabbing a handful of flour straight from the bag.

"Try and get me Berry!"

A huge flour fight ensued. Finn was definitely surprised. Rachel had a pretty good aim...for such a girly girl. She managed to hit him square in the face with flour. But he wasn't going to let her win that easily. He grabbed her with one arm from behind so that she couldn't move, squirm as she might. Using his free left hand, Finn snatched some flour and sprinkled it over her hair.

"Hey! Let me go!" Rachel squealed playfully.

"No way!" He began to tickle her all over.

"Stop it Finn!" she laughed, but he still persisted.

"Never!" Finn announced dramatically.

"Finn, please, I can't even catch my breath," she begged, tears beginning to form in her eyes from giggling so hard.

Eventually Rachel managed to wriggle out of Finn's death grip and counter attacked. Running around him, she jumped piggy-back style on his back, throwing flour all over his hair, completely covering Finn in white.

"Hey, get off of me!"

"Never!" Rachel imitated, just as dramatic.

"Okay, well you asked for it!" Finn stretched his arms around his back, dragging Rachel down. He spun around, capturing his victim once more.

Rachel laughed harder than ever. "Okay I surrender! I surrender!" she shouted as Finn began to wrestle her.

"CRACK!"

Hearing the sudden noise, the two immediately stopped in mid-battle.

"What was that?" Finn asked, turning his head in the direction from which the sound came.

"I'm not really sure myself," Rachel replied, "It sounds like it came from my room. I'm going to go and check it out."

"Wait. I'm coming with you!"

So, hand in hand, both walked upstairs to see exactly what was going on.

This was my first attempt at writing fluff. I'm more of a drama and angst girl (all of the suspense and action/drama will come up next I promise!)

Again, please review! I'll give you a hug if you dooooo ;)