Chapter 12

Setting down the broom against the wall to end her much needed done chores, Rachel sighed and went to her bathroom to start getting dressed for work this afternoon. It was only about 12:30, which left her a little over thirty minutes before she had to go to Santana's for Quinn's "special"announcement, whatever that meant.

She could honestly say that she really had no idea in the world why she needed to be there, as Quinn had explained. Nor did she care. All she knew was that He would be there. That was enough reason for her to go.

She really couldn't explain it. It was like there was this small, invisible string holding the two of them together. Whenever she would get farther away the string would start to stretch and finally break, leaving a huge weight on her heart. She never felt anything like that before with Jessie. It was like her heart broke every second she was away. Finn Hudson had that power over her.

Throwing on her pair of scrubs and tennis shoes, she smiled thinking that she would see him again. She knew it sounded kind of silly, getting excited over seeing someone she saw earlier this morning, but still, it was Finn Hudson. She visualized the way things would go today, or how she wanted them to go. She would walk through the door to Brittana's apartment, and he would be standing there. His big goofy smile would appear on his surprisingly flawless face. Those beautiful dark amber eyes would stare right through her. She would completely melt into pieces like every other girl usually did in the presence of Finn Hudson.

She never really thought about it, but if she had to be honest, now more than ever she saw him as something a little more than she'd always seen him, her best friend from elementary school, which by the way would make up the best story to tell their kids in the future. Now when she looked at him, she didn't see that little boy who helped her up when she was crying on the ground. She saw him as Christian Grey or Edward Cullen. The way he'd made her feel last night and this morning, made her feel like she was in her own romantic book series. A fairy tale. She guessed that's what came along with falling in love with your childhood best friend.

The truth was, Rachel couldn't have asked for anything better. There was something about falling in love with your best friend that's just different from regular relationships. Finn was always there, and nothing changed really, well, besides the I love you's and the sex. She felt like there was nothing in the world that she didn't know about Finn, because over time they'd gotten to know everything about each other. She knew that Finn absolutely hated pickles and spinach, loved football with a passion, watched the entire "Star Wars" series every time he got sick, hated rainy days, unless it got him out of something, then he loved it. She also knew that his favorite color was yellow, he was the vanilla over chocolate kid, and he was obsessed with classic rock. She also knew some things about Finn that no one on the planet knew, including Carol. Like the times he talked about his real father. She didn't know for sure, but she was the only person, besides Carol to actually see him cry. That was another thing she knew about him, he hated to cry in front of anyone. It gave him a feeling of embarrassment being vulnerable in front of another person.

She also knew that he knew just as much stuff about her, maybe even more. Rachel trusted him with every little secret, or thing that she had. She trusted him with her life and she knew she'd never regret it. He knew things about her like, her favorite day of the week was Thursday, she loved chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream, she cried every time she watched "The Notebook", she hated cream soda with a passion, she loved the outdoors, she got her heart broken in pieces by Jessie St. James, she got drunk off of her ass after four beers, she had her first kiss with Michael Peterson, the boy who lived down the block from Finn and Rachel, and she loved playing dress up and putting on performances for Finn and her stuff animals. He was always there for her, even when she wasn't there for him. Most normal relationships had to be built up to that as it progressed. For them, everything that had to be built up to was already there.

The only thing that bothered her was how different they were as individuals. Finn was humble and had the most selfless heart. She, on the other hand, was a bit too ambitious and selfish at times. She held grudges while Finn let things go. She cried and screamed while Finn was always the one to try and keep the peace. She was an excellent liar, while Finn couldn't lie to save his life. She always felt like he was too good of a person to be friends with her. She sometimes felt like she didn't deserve him.

Looking into the mirror one last time, she smiled and walked to the door, grabbing her purse off the table. Before she could open the door, her phone started going off.

"Hello?" She answered, smiling.

"Hello, beautiful. Where are you?" Finn asked, making her blush.

"I'm about to walk out of my apartment. Why?" she asked.

"I need to discuss the game plan with you before we get to San and Britt's." He explained.

"The game plan.." She laughed as she repeated Finn. A hint of confusion was evident in her voice.

"Yes, the game plan. It's been like only a few hours and I can't stop thinking about you. I can't help wanting you all to myself for just a few minutes." he told her.

"I'm glad to know that I'm not the only one feeling this way. So, what's this game plan?" She asked.

"Well, since Quinn has this announcement thing for her, I really don't think we should steal her spotlight. What do you say we do a little acting today Ms. Berry? You can play the role of the awesome best friend and I'll play the role of the rich, charming, and very handsome best friend as well." He explained.

"So, basically we're going to pretend that there's nothing going on between us so we don't take all of the attention away from Quinn?" Rachel asked.

"Well when you put it that way it doesn't sound fun." He laughed.

"Okay. Just, one condition." She answered.

"What's that?" he asked, waiting for an answer.

"You can't get caught up in your character." She said.

"Are you kidding me? Never. This relationship is the most important thing in my life. Which, brings me to my game plan. Are you ready to hear it?" He asked.

"Shoot." She replied.

"Step one, you come into the apartment and hug me like we would normally do, but then go with Quinn and the girls and leave me with the guys, giving no extra attention to each other or else they'll become suspicious. Step two, Anytime we share conversation, it has to be normal, like we were before we got together. Step three, listen to whatever Quinn has to announce. Step four, depending on how exciting her news is, if and when everyone gets excited, we'll sneak up to their roof and get our alone time that I've been needing. Then, finally, step five, we return to normal, but on the inside nothing will be normal, because all i'll be able to think about is you." He explained.

"Wow, you really thought hard about all of this, didn't you?" She asked, giggling.

"Anything to get to see my pretty girl. After the gang gets used to whatever Quinn says, then we'll be able to tell them. I want the whole world to know you're mine, Rachel Barbra Berry." He smiled.

"I love you, you know that?" she asked.

"If I didn't, would I be acting like a crazy person coming up with a plan to sneak behind our friends' backs?" He asked.

"You're definitely right about that. I'm here, I'll see you in a few babe. I love you." She smiled.

"Can't wait to see my baby girl in those sexy ass scrubs." He laughed, giving Rachel the idea that there was a smirk on his face.

"Does that include my high messy bun and my eye glasses. Oh yeah, with no makeup at all..." She added.

"Of course it does. You're the prettiest girl on the planet. You always have been and always will be the most beautiful girl in my eyes, no matter what physical appearance you project. Okay, enough with the cheesiness, that's reserved for our alone time. See you baby. I gotta go, i've been in here a while now. They'll think I'm pooping. I love you."He said.

"That's the most original thing I've heard you say in all of the years I've known you." She laughed. "Okay, bye baby. I love you too."

She smiled as he said bye and hung up. She just arrived and she only had a flight of stairs left separating her from him. Rushing up them, Rachel got in front of the door and noticed that she was shaking with excitement. Taking a deep breath, she fell into actor mode and knocked lightly on the door.

"Rachel! You made it!" Santana exclaimed with a glass of wine in her hand, standing by the door. "Just in time!"

"Wouldn't miss it for the world. Whatever it is. Santana why exactly am I here?" Rachel asked walking behind Santana to where everyone else was.

"You'll see." She smiled, entering the room.

Rachel's heart fluttered once she got a glance at Finn. He was holding a bottle of beer while he carried on a conversation with Puck and Sam. Once he noticed her walk in, she smiled as his eyes became brightened. Act normal, Rachel, she thought to herself.

It took about a total of twenty minutes for Rachel to say hi to everyone, including Finn, who acted normal around her, even though she knew for a fact that it was killing him on the inside.

Once they Quinn started gathering everyone into the living room, Rachel's heart fell to her toes as Finn and her were forced to sit next to each other. She smiled at hi. As his knee brushed against hers. Looking around, no one noticed.

Once everyone was either sitting or standing, Sam and Quinn went towards the front of the room, hand in hand. Looking at the two of them, Rachel sighed silently. She really wished her and Finn could be doing that right now. But, he did promise her that they would tell someone soon, so she wasn't completely hopeless.

"Okay. Thank you all for coming! We really didn't want to make this announcement too soon, for reasons of our own, but we thought 'what the heck'." Quinn smiled nervously gripping onto Sam's hand.

"What's going on?" Finn asked.

"Should I tell them or should you?" Sam asked.

"Would someone please tell us?" Santana asked.

In unison, Sam and Quinn spoke. "We're having another baby!"

Right after those four words, as if on cue everyone just got up and rushed to Quinn and Sam to give them hugs. The excitement in the room was extremely evident and Rachel couldn't be happier for the two of them.

"Oh my gosh! Quinn, I'm so happy for you!" Rachel exclaimed, hugging her best friend close to her.

"Thank you so much Rachel!" she smiled at her. "Can I talk to you in private while Sam is getting all of the attention for now?" She whispered.

"Of course." She replied, following Quinn away from the group.

"Since Santana is the godmother of Jeremy, I'd love to ask you to be the godmother of this baby." Quinn smiled, laughing when Rachel's jaw dropped.

"Oh my goodness, are you serious? Definitely Quinn! I would love to be the godmother of that beautiful baby boy or girl in there!" Rachel exclaimed, low enough for people not to hear her. "Come here!" She laughed.

"I think i'm about to start crying. I'm so happy right. Jer's gonna be a big brother!" Quinn smiled, choking in her voice.

"Don't start crying. You'll make me! I'm so happy for you guys. Jer's gonna be the best big brother there is." Rachel smiled, turning to see Finn smiling at her from across the room.

Finn

"You know, maybe you should go talk to her. Who knows, maybe in a couple of years this'll be the two of you." Sam said patting Finn on the shoulder, noticing his staring at Rachel.

"What? No, dude. Actually I met someone yesterday." Finn said.

"Really?" he asked, sounding genuinely surprised.

"Yeah. At a cafe." Finn answered.

Sam did some thing that made Finn regret even saying anything.

"Guys, Quinn and I aren't the only people with good news." Sam smiled, pointing to Finn. "Turns out the Finnster finally found himself a lady."

Looking to Rachel, her eyes grew wide as they both realized their plan failed.

"Tell us about her." Quinn smiled, walking to her husband.

"Yeah, Hudson. Why don't you tell us about this mystery girl?" Rachel sarcastically said following behind Quinn.

"Fine." He smiled at Rachel and turned to everyone else who we're waiting for him to go on.

Rachel

Sitting on the couch next to a curious looking Santana and Brittany, Rachel waited for him to go on.

"I'm so sorry, Rach. We really thought he meant it when he said he loved you." Santana whispered to her.

Smiling at Finn, Rachel replied. "It's okay. Sometimes it takes the right amount of waiting for the right one to come along and sometimes they're just always there and you never know it."

She spoke as if she were mesmerized, and there was no doubt that she was. She was about to hear her goofy boyfriend describe a fictional character, and although normal would be to look hurt, she felt like a dork in love on the inside.

"So, you're okay with all of this?" Santana asked.

"I've met the girl. She's a complete dork and he's way out of her league, but they're perfect for each other. There's no denying that." Rachel explained.

"You confuse me so much, Rachel Berry." Santana answered.

"I know. You'll understand someday soon though." Rachel replied before the room got quiet again.

"What are you waiting for, Frankenteen? Let's hear about this chick." Santana called out.

"Okay, well we met last night at this cafe down the street from my house. Tonight wasn't the first time we met though. It turns out, we went to school together. Yes, she's from Ohio as well." Finn explained before he was interrupted by Santana.

"Oh, I bet it's that girl Stefanie Heartman."

"No" Finn replied to Santana. "Anyways, like I was saying before I was so rudely interrupted, she's from the same place as us." Finn smiled, thinking about the girl he was describing.

"What is she like?" Quinn asked.

"She's amazing. That's not even enough to describe her. When we sat in that cafe and talked, the whole world stopped. Gosh, I can't even find the right words to describe her. Her beauty could light up the world half as bright as the sun. Her voice is so angelic that it gives me goosebumps every time she speaks. Her laugh, I don't even know where to begin with her laugh. In my honest opinion, that's the best thing about her. It's so distinctive. Her laugh makes you laugh." He smiled to himself.

"I look at this girl and for some reason, I feel like if I can't be with her every second of everyday, then I can't be anything. I really think she's the one." He admitted, making Rachel's heart drop to her toes and her eyes widen even more.

"Whoa, bro. Slow your roll. Didn't you only meet the girl yesterday?" Puck asked.

"It's different with her. You just know. It's this feeling that weighs down on your heart." he replied.

"Well, when can we meet this girl?" Brittany asked.

Looking over to Rachel, he smiled and spoke. "Soon. Very soon."

Before the both of them new it, Finn's news had died down and the group returned to their excitement for Sam and Quinn. Rachel really couldn't believe the events that just happened in her life. Not only would she soon be a godmother to a beautiful little baby Evans. But, Finn made her sound like a princess to all of her friends. She couldn't wait to the see the look on their faces when they realized who Finn's mystery girl actually was. She knew she'd never hear the end of it form Santana. She didn't care.

After grabbing a glass of wine from the kitchen, Rachel headed back for the living room, hoping to join in the group's conversation. Getting close enough to actually hear the conversation, she decided that she wouldn't get herself into that one. They were already talking of baby names and due dates, and quite frankly Rachel really didn't want to talk about that right now. She loved babies to death and the fact that her best friend was having another one, but she really didn't want to get carried away with it. All she wanted was Finn.

Now that she thought about it, Finn wasn't in the small group of people surrounding the couple. Actually, Finn wasn't anywhere in the room. Looking around, she didn't see him anywhere. She then realized something. The game plan. Setting her half empty glass down on the kitchen table, Rachel quietly snuck past everyone, and made her way out of the apartment.

As if some kind of signs were being pointed her way, she had this feeling deep down inside of her that she would know exactly where he would be. Climbing up the emergency exit stairs, she stopped in front of the metal door, feeling the cool wind hit her make-up less face, causing her to hug the small cardigan over her light blue scrubs close. Sure enough when she walked out, she found his slim, tall figure leaning against the concrete balcony and looking out to the big apple. She never really noticed before, but he looked even hotter from far away. This man was like a freaking movie star? How had she not noticed that looked like this so many years ago?

"Hey stranger." she whispered, wrapping her arms around him.

Smiling he turned around and placed his arms around her and held her tight as he continued to look out to the city. It was sort of perfect. The sun was at the perfect spot in the sky, projecting off a bright orange light on the two of them. She hated that it was almost time for her to go to work, but she didn't think about that at this moment. The only thing that mattered to her was her prince charming and how warm and safe she felt wrapped in his arms. The orange sun shown on them like it did on Jack and Rose when they were "flying". It was perfect and she never wanted it to end. But, like everyone said, all good things must end at some point.

"You look like you've got a million things flying in that head of yours." she smiled, gripping his cheek with her hand. "What's on your mind, baby?" she asked.

"Everything's just changed so much over the past year." he said as he stared out to the horizon.

"Isn't that a good thing?" she asked.

"I don't know." he replied.

"Oh." she looked down at her feet.

"I'm sorry, Rach. This has nothing to do with you. You're the best change of the year and I honestly have no idea where I would be if you turned me down that night at that café. You're everything." he explained holding her tighter.

"Then what's got you so worked up? You're kind of ruining the mood for our little game plan." she laughed.

"I'm just nervous." he admitted.

"Nervous? Finn Hudson is nervous? About what?" she asked looking up at him.

"In nine months from now i'm going to be a godfather." he sighed.

"And that's a bad thing?" Rachel asked.

"No. It's just a scary thing for me. All the responsibility in becoming a godfather. I mean I was okay when Jeremy was born because they chose Puck, but now it's me. I've never really had to do this before. What if i'm not ready?" he asked, looking down at her with fear in his eyes.

"You're making it sound like you're the one who got pregnant, Finn." she smiled.

Frowning, he looked away and out to the city again.

"Hey, look at me." she said, holding his face in her hands. "Do you remember that time I got stuck with Jeremy for the weekend while Sam and Quinn went out? Because I do. You knew exactly what you were doing then. Like, the moment you cradled him in your arms, he stopped crying. Or, when we went to Times Square with him, the look on your face was priceless. You were so happy. I remember looking at you that night, and knowing with all of my heart that you would make the perfect father to a very lucky kid one day. You may not have the father role yet, but there will be one lucky kid here very soon. Sam and Quinn's daughter or son is gonna be absolutely crazy for their uncle Finn. That I know with no doubt. And hey, if you ever need help or advice with any of it, come to me. Since, I did just get named a godmother by Quinn myself." she smiled as Finn's eyes lit up.

"Wait, we're going to be godparents together?" he asked.

"We're going to be godparents together." she confirmed.

Beaming, Finn took Rachel in his arms and hugged her tight.

"Are you nervous now?" she asked.

"Not anymore." he smiled and leaned down to kiss her.

"I love you." she whispered.

"I love you too. If only you weren't the only one who knew it." he replied.

"Soon, I won't be." she smiled. "Now, tell me a little more about this mystery girl.. Is she hot?"

"Oh, totally. Especially when she's dressed in scrubs, with a messy bun, eye glasses, and no makeup." he joked.

"Now I know you're lying." she laughed, jokingly pushing him away.

Pulling her back into his arms, he smiled and whispered in her ears." I wish I were. But, i'm not. You're the prettiest girl in this whole entire world and i'm the luckiest guy in the world because I get to have you all to myself. How in the world did I not figure this out before high school? You were there all along and I didn't even take a second look. I'm such and idiot.." he said, wrapping his arms around her from behind as they both looked out to the city.

"Have I told you how you're the best boyfriend in the whole entire world?" she asked, leaning into his chest.

"You make have mentioned it once or twice." he laughed.

"Good, because I honestly have no idea where I would be without you. You're my everything. I know it sounds crazy to be saying things like this after being together for like only two days, but it's different with you. I feel like we've been together for a long time, we just never noticed it." she said, closing her eyes and taking in the somewhat warm sunlight that hit both of their faces.

"I thought I was the only one who felt that way. Rach, I know things are going extremely fast with us, but honestly, I want them to continue this way. I like where we are right now." he smiled, kissing the side of her neck.

"Me too." she smiled.

A moment of silence was exchanged between them before Finn spoke again.

"I could just stay like this all day."

"I wish it could be like that." she replied.

"I think I should spend the rest of the day convincing you to stay." he smirked.

"I have to be at work in 30 minutes, Finn. I really don't think you have that much time." she frowned.

"I guess a little time apart would do us some good. We've been attached at the hip lately." he said.

"Actually, we did really good today in front of everyone. I'd say that if we both had a shot in LA, we'd both make the lead roles. You'd make a hell of a good costar. The paparazzi would love us!" Rachel exclaimed, laughing.

"I can already imagine their faces when we tell them. They'd probably all have to sit down." he laughed along with her.

"Santana's probably going to start screaming in Spanish for keeping it from her. You know, today when you were explaining your 'mystery girl' to us, she asked me if I was okay with all of it." she giggled.

"No way. What'd you say?"

"I told her that I'd met this lovely girl already and that she was a complete dork and that Finn Hudson was way out of her league." she smiled.

"You know that's not true. It's probably the other way around." he laughed.

"What are you talking about Mr. I was the quarterback of the high school team and liked to flaunt around in my big letterman jacket and let everyone that I was super popular?" she teased.

"Hey, it's not my fault that I was way more popular than you. You studied during lunch period, Rachel." he laughed back.

"But you have to admit that i'm the best dork around, right?" she smiled brightly.

"Always and forever. Gosh, we're acting so cheesy, Rach." he laughed.

"That's because we're a cheesy couple, Mister!" she exclaimed, tickling him in the stomach.

"Yeah, I guess we are." he beamed.

"Crap! I lost track of time. I've got to go. I'll see you later okay? I love you to the moon and back a million times and maybe even a little more." she exclaimed as she kissed his lips for the final time and ran back to the metal door. Watching her leave quickly, Finn smiled to himself and whispered to himself.

"Yep. That's the girl who I want to spend the rest of my life with."