Chapter 13

2 weeks later

I'm lucky I'm in love with my best friend

Lucky to have been where I have been

Lucky to be coming home again

Lucky we're in love in every way

Lucky to have stayed where we have stayed

Lucky to be coming home someday.

Turning the knob to the shower, Rachel stepped out and wrapped a towel around her. Walking up to the mirror, she smiled at her reflection.

She, in fact, was lucky. She was the luckiest girl on the planet for all that she knew. Everything had been perfect these past two weeks and she had no idea how they could get any better. Finn and her could both happily admit that they were going steady. He even gave her his high school letterman jacket to make it official. That afternoon would be forever implanted in her heart. It was a major milestone for the two of them. She went to his house to watch the Super bowl with him.

"Okay, we're definitely going to have to order take out tonight." Rachel smiled as she walked behind Finn to the kitchen.

"Why? I thought I could cook us something." he turned around and smiled at her.

"Finn, listen to that last sentence carefully." she laughed.

"What's wrong with my cooking?" he asked.

"You can't even make ice without burning it." she giggled watching his face.

"Okay, if you're referring to the turkey incident a few years ago, that was one time." he chuckled.

"Too bad. We're eating take out. End of story, Mister." she said, sitting on the countertop so she could be the same height as Finn.

Wrapping her arms around his neck, she smiled as he looked at her. "I don't care. As long as I get to spend the night with you." he said, pulling her in. The passion and lust that felt that kiss had Rachel feeling drunk.

"I love you." she smiled in his kiss.

"I love you more." he smiled back as he held her frame in his arms.

"That's so far from being true." she replied.

"Whatever you say." he whispered. "I have something that I want you to have." he said, turning to leave the room.

"Wait, where are you going?" she called.

"You'll see." he called from the back of his house.

Jumping down from the counter, she leaned against it and waited for him to come back.

"Okay" he started getting closer, "Close your eyes."

Closing her eyes, Rachel smiled as she felt Finn's presence again. "Okay, arms out." he said, which Rachel could almost hear the big smile on his face. She wondered what it was.

Holding out her arms, she felt something soft and heavy being placed in them. Almost like it was a piece of clothing.

"Okay, open them." he said.

"Opening them, Rachel took in the large Red jacket. She didn't even have to look at it twice. She knew exactly what it was. His famous letterman jacket.

"Finn... This is so romantic, but I couldn't possibly take this from you. It's your letterman jacket." she said in pure astonishment.

"Come on, Rach. We're going steady now. Don't you remember the old tradition?" he asked.

Now that she thought of it, she did remember. In high school, around football season the football players would give their jackets to their girlfriends or girls that they wanted to take to prom. So, those girls would flaunt around in their guy's overly-sized letterman jackets. She remembered, because she didn't know how many times she wanted to be one of those girls. So, now that Finn was presenting her with the opportunity, she didn't know whether to be pleased, or flat out more head over heels for him than she was before.

"Omg, I can't believe I'm dating the quarterback of the football team!" she exclaimed as she sarcastically hyperventilated in a stereotypical cheerleader voice while putting on the overly-large sized jacket on her small frame.

"It looks perfect." he smiled.

"You have no idea how much this means to me." she told him.

"You have no idea how much it means to me that you took it. For a minute there I thought you were gonna give it right back to me." he replied.

"I would never. I love you too much. Plus, it's like so warm and comfy and it smells like you." she laughed, hugging the jacket closer to her.

"I can't tell you how many times I've wanted to walk up to you at your locker in high school and hand it to you." he told her.

"Why didn't you?" she asked.

"I don't know. I guess I was too much of a coward. I was scared that you would turn me down and things would change." he explained.

"Well, you were wrong. I would've gladly accepted it and then I would have hunted down Quinn, Kurt, San, and Britt to tell them and rub it in their faces. Well, except for Quinn. Sam was the first football player to give his jacket to his girlfriend." she laughed.

"If I would've known, it would have been the first thing that I would've done." he smiled.

"Well you did now and I couldn't love you more for it. This is the best thing that anyone's ever given me." she beamed, wrapping her arms around him.

"There's nothing I wouldn't do for my girl." he hugged her back, kissing the top of her head.

"Good, because there isn't anything that I wouldn't do for my boy." she smiled up at him.

"I love you, baby."

"I love you too, Finny. With all of my heart I do."

"I don't know what I would do if you didn't." he said, holding her close to him, as she sat on the counter, making them the same height.

"Me either. Hey, I have an amazing idea. The game doesn't start for another half hour. How about you show me just how much you love me?" she asked.

Laughing, Rachel was swiftly swooped off the counter and into Finn's arms as he walked towards the back of the house. Something told Rachel that Finn absolutely agreed with her idea.

Once she had placed on a pair of skinny jeans and a dressy shirt, she left the bathroom. Plopping down on the couch, she picked up the remote and began swiftly flipping through the channels.

Tonight was the night. Finn and Rachel were finally going to tell their group of friends that they were together. Rachel couldn't be any more happy than she already was. She finally going to be able to express her love for him in public without having to keep everything a secret. She just wished that everything would be okay and that they would all be supportive.

It was getting close to the scheduled time in which everyone was appointed to meet at Bella's, one of New York City's many sports bars.

Turning off the TV, Rachel walked to her bathroom to start getting ready for tonight. She was wearing dark blue skinny jeans, tall tan wedges, and a flowing top with a floral print. All there was left to do was to put on her make-up and fix her hair. Once she was finished, she smiled in the mirror as her heart fluttered. It was almost time.

Hearing her phone beep on the coffee table, she checked it to see that it was a text from Finn.

"Wear my letterman jacket, gorgeous. I want everyone to know you're my girlfriend."

Replying, she typed "Okay. See you in 10, my love."

Going back to her closet, she grabbed the large letterman jacket from it's assigned hanger and put it on and smiled as she took in the scent. Finn.

Once she got there, Finn, Santana, Brittany, Quinn, and Sam were sitting at a large booth in the corner, while Puck was at the bar trying to get the number of some brunette.

Standing by the entrance, Rachel took one last breath and groped the jacket close to her chest. Somehow believing that the jacket would provide her with security from whatever fears she was facing. Slowly, she began walking towards the booth. Noticing her, Finn smiled and stood up to meet her.

"I'm shaking. Why am I so nervous?" she whispered toward him, frantically.

"It's a big step, babe. Are you ready?" he asked, looking towards the group of friends who were carrying on with their own conversations.

"I really don't think we have a choice." she smiled nervously as they both looked at the group looking at them with curious eyes. Her heart was pounding. "What about you? Are you ready to profess your love for me?" she asked, laughing as she made the last question sound dramatic.

"I hope I am." he whispered to himself.

"Hey, if your profession sounds Shakespearean and classical, I'll give you an extra reward afterwards." she winked, laughing.

"Okay, then. Let's get our happy ending." he smiled wide. Grabbing her hand in his, she held onto him as if her life depended on it.

Walking up to the booth, Finn sat down and moved over so Rachel could sit beside him. Silence lingered over the table, all eyes on the two. Finally, Santana broke the silence.

"Rachel, nice jacket. Did you lose yours?" she asked, narrowing her eyes.

"Um, no. Actually-" she was cut off by Finn.

"Actually I gave it to her." he smiled.

"Don't you have other jackets? Why the letterman jacket?" Sam asked.

"Umm, because it was the only one that I could find that slightly fit her enough. We were hanging out before we came here. She had to go bring something to the hospital before she got here. That's why we had separate rides. She forgot her jacket at her apartment, so I let her borrow my letterman." he explained, giving Rachel a look pleading her to go along with it.

Feeling her throat burn with anger and a little bit of sadness, she had every right to go off on him, but she decided that she wouldn't loose her cool. It wasn't worth it in a public sports bar. Feeling the tears build up in the corner of her eyes, she looked down and spoke.

"Yeah. We were watching some football game and I offered to go home and get my jacket but Finn insisted that I wear this one. Isn't he so considerate?" she asked, giving Finn a look to let him know that her sarcasm was very much present. " I'm going to go get something to drink. Does anyone want anything?" she asked getting up.

The replies were all no's or not right now's. Finn, on the other hand sat there giving her sorrowful eyes, filled with what she knew was an apology. At this point, she was pissed and she didn't want to see it. "Okay, I'll be right back." she said before she turned and headed for the bar.

Once she got to the bar, she waved the busy bartender down and waited for him to finish tending to his other customers. Once he got to her, she told him what she wanted and waited.

After about a few minutes of waiting, Rachel was still at the bar. It didn't really help that it was a Friday afternoon and many people were getting off of work and beginning to get there weekend's worth of partying on.

"Hey cutie, got a name?" a deep husky voice sounded from behind her. Turning around, she couldn't help but laugh when she saw Puck standing there. At least the man tried.

"Umm, yeah I do. But's its like really long. You can call me 'you suck at pick-up lines and you need to stop stealing the really old ones from the one-hundred year old pick-up line book'. I go by 'you suck' for short." she laughed.

"Oh my gosh Berry, i'm so embarrassed." he frowned, sitting next to her at the bar.

"Yeah. Well, you're not the only one." she sighed, looking back at Finn.

"Is it because of that almost decade old jacket? Why are you wearing Hudson's letterman anyways?' he asked, pointing to it.

"Long story." she replied, really not wanting to talk about it.

"Aww, did you guys finally come to your senses and do the nasty?" he asked, smiling.

"Definitely not!" she immediately responded, laughing on the inside, seeing as though they most definitely did. At least ten times now if she had to be exact. Eleven, depending on how tonight would go. So far, it wasn't looking good.

"Whatever. It's none of my business." he said, throwing his hands up in protest.

"Here's your drink, ma'am." the bartender said, cutting into the conversation.

"Thank you. You can put it on my tab. Tonight's gonna be a long one." she said, grabbing the small glass that contained the whiskey she asked for, and stood up. "Well Puck, nice talking to you and seeing that a blonde set of twins just walked in, good luck." she smiled.

"What? Where?" he asked, looking around.

"Made you look" she laughed as she walked away.

"Dammit!" she heard him yell as she laughed.

Slowly sitting next to Finn again, she ignored his looks. She forgot just how pissed she actually was. Sipping her drink, she tried to concentrate on the conversation going on at the table.

"What are we talking about?" she asked, looking around.

"Finn's mystery girl. She was supposed to come tonight, but something came up." Quinn explained as she leaned against Sam's side and took a sip of water.

"What is that, Finn? Like five times already? We all know that no one likes a canceler. I'm beginning to think that Finn here is making her up in his head." Rachel replied in a angrily sarcastic tone that she hoped only Finn would catch onto, but, by the looks of things, or more like faces, he wasn't the only one. Gulping down the last drop of his beer, Finn set the empty cup on the table and pretended to be generally interested in the pictures on the wall.

Feeling the anger and tears rise, she grabbed the empty cup and stood up. "Here" she said, " let me get that for you." Turning on her heel, she headed back for the bar.

Sitting back down on an empty stool, Rachel placed in the order and waited. While waiting, she placed her head on her hands and shut her eyes for a second. Hearing foot steps behind her, she wiped her tears away, rolled her eyes and turned around.

"Puck, I'm really not in the mood for another lame pick-up line."

"So, I guess it's safe to say that i'm not the only bad guy in your mind tonight."

"Sorry. I thought you were Puck." she replied.

"Yeah, I got that." After a moment of silence, he sat beside her. "Look, I'm really sorry about back there and everything." Finn said, sympathy in his voice.

"Finn, I think it's gonna take a lot more than sorry to explain for what went on back there." she replied, pure anger flaring from her voice. "I thought things were going good for us, you know? I mean considering how many times you've said you loved me. But, I guess my thoughts deceived me." she said.

"Rach, I love you more than you can imagine. Sometimes it scares me how much I love you." he replied, placing his hand on her back as she looked at him with tear-filled eyes.

"Then why couldn't you tell them the truth? Why was it so hard for you to tell them that we're together? When you love someone, you shouldn't have to hide them from the world, like we've been doing for the past few weeks. Are you ashamed of me or something?" she asked, in a low voice.

"Ashamed of you? Rachel, you know that could never be true." Finn said, placing a strand of her hair behind her ear before he placed a hand on top of hers.

"Then why didn't we tell them like you've been promising me since the day we got together. Finn, I have been waiting for this day since high school, and if you really say that you fell in love with me the same time that I did with you, then you should be feeling the exact same way." she explained.

"I do, Rachel. I love you with all of my heart and I need you to know that I could never ever be ashamed of you." he tried to say before she got up from the bar, signing the tab and placing down her credit card. Waiting for the bartender to return with her credit card, she gave Finn the silent treatment. Grabbing her credit card and check when he came back with it, she walked toward the exit. Following behind, Finn started calling her name, trying not to cause that much of a scene.

"Rach, please." he said, catching up behind her, and gently reaching for her arm, careful enough not to hurt her. Turning around, her tears were visible, causing Finn's heart to break a little. He hated when she cried in front of him. Standing there she looked up at him and waited him to say whatever he was going to stay.

"Rach, you have to believe me." he whispered.

"How can I believe you when you never give me any proof?" she asked, "I have already been the girl who wasn't good enough to be acknowledged publicly as a girlfriend. I don't know if you remember Jessie St. James, but I do. Painfully so. I want to be with a guy who's more of a man than that. I thought that you were that guy, but if you can't acknowledge me, then you're not the guy that I spent my whole entire life thinking you were." she sobbed.

"I'm scared, okay." he said, watching her expression change.

"Scared?" she asked, looking confused. "Why are you scared?'

"I'm scared that once we tell everyone that we're together, it won't be just the two of us anymore." he said.

"What the hell are you talking about, Finn?" she asked as she wiped away her tears. They were now standing outside of the bar towards the bar where no one was paying attention to them.

Everyone's going to be asking all of these questions, and knowing Santana, personal boundaries and limits will be pushed. You've heard her comments and remarks already, and that was when we weren't even together. Did I mention all of the questions?" he asked.

"Why didn't you tell me before that you felt this way?" she asked, placing her hands on her hips.

"Because you were so excited about telling everyone and I didn't want to disappoint you." he replied.

"You should've told me, Finn. We could've talked it out and avoided all of this instead of going behind each other's backs." she said.

"I know." he replied again.

"Finn, you're overestimating things. Okay, yes, there may be a few questions and Santana will more than likely say some things, but they'll learn to know their boundaries. These people have been in our lives since we were little kids, like you and I, and I'd really like to believe that they'll be in it for a really long time. I don't know about you, but these are the very few people that I know I can trust with my life. I'm also pretty sure that they trust me with their lives too seeing as though they've shared there lives with me and told me some of their deepest and darkest secrets. These people are like my family. So, what kind of trustworthy friends would we be if we kept one of the biggest secrets in our lives right now, Finn?" Rachel asked.

"What if everything changes, Rach? Once they find out, they'll want to know everything and they'll start crowding us. They'll want to know personal details, and they'll notice when we've snuck off to be with just the two of us. We'll never have enough alone time like we used to." he explained.

"Finn Hudson, are you kidding me? Of course we are going to have alone time. If it comes to that point, don't think that I won't tell them to back off and give me and my man some space. We're going to have all the time in the world together and they'll be respective of that, because they understand. You don't think that Sam and Quinn like other people asking them about their sex life, do you? They'll give us the same treatment of privacy. Don't worry, we're going to have all of the alone time in the world. Mama bear needs her alone time, baby." she laughed.

"Mama bear?" Finn smirked as he got closer to her.

"You have yet to see how exactly crazy I can get, Hudson." she smiled.

"I can't wait." he replied.

"Hey, look on the bright side. No more secrets. We'll get to hold hands in public and show the whole entire world just how cheesy we know we are. Finn, I don't want to hide in our apartments, anymore. I want to be the one to walk in the sun." she explained.

"Really, a Cyndi Lauper reference was needed?" he asked.

"Hey, I saw a chance and I took it." Rachel replied, giggling.

"You're a nerd." he laughed.

"I deserved that." she laughed with him.

"There's just one thing.." he said.

"What?" she asked, looking concerned.

"How about we walk in the sun together? I know I've been a huge jerk to you and I really don't deserve your forgiveness, but if you'll still have me-"

"Always and forever." she replied before he could finish talking.

"That's the answer that I was hoping for. Rachel Barbra Berry, I think it's time we let the whole world know your mine. And after we should write a song because that last sentence totally rhymed." he said, before grabbing her hand and pulling her in the direction. As they made their way back into the bar, Rachel stopped him and spoke.

"Your going against your will to do this for me, aren't you?" she asked, looking up at him.

"It's not against my will anymore. I want to do this. For us." he smiled as he walked toward the bar.

"Finn, what are you doing? The booth's over there," she asked with confusion.

"I know. You'll have to wait and see." he said as he turned to the bartender. "Excuse me sir, I'd really love to buy a glass of your finest champagne for every single person in this bar." he said, as the guy's eyes widened.

"Are you going to pay for that now, or should I just leave a tab open?" the bartender asked.

"I think it would be best if you left the tab open." Finn said. "No telling how tonight's going to go." he smiled at him.

"Okay." the bartender replied, going about filling a lot of glasses with champagne.

As soon as everyone in the room received their glasses of champagne, Finn grabbed his and slowly stood up on an empty stool at the bar, gaining the majority of attention in the room.

"Finn, what the hell are you doing? Honey, please get down. You're going to hurt yourself." Rachel said, looking around to see that all of these people would see her boyfriend fall and bust his ass.

Tapping his champagne glass with a spoon, the room fell silent enough to hear a pen fall on the ground. Taking a deep breath, he nervously smiled and looked around the room at all of the expressions.

"Hello, everyone looking at me like I am an idiot, which I probably really look like it. My name is Finn Hudson, and I have a very important announcement to make. But before I make that important announcement, I need to make a pre-announcement. Every single lady in this bar, listen up. If you see a man with a Mohawk walking towards you, or you've invited him to your home tonight, you should probably stay away from him. He's trying to break a record of his many, many one night stands." he said.

"Ah, come on man!" Puck yells causing the crowd to laugh.

"Sorry, man. Tonight's a big night for me and I really need you to be here for it."

"Whatever." Puck said, walking away from where he was.

"Okay, back to why i'm standing on top of a bar stool that could possibly spin at any time causing me to bust my ass in front of all of you. I really don't usually do crazy things like this, but lately I have. See, there's this girl, and she's the reason I do crazy things like this. This girl makes me feel like I can do anything in the world. So, I guess that's why i'm up here. Tonight, I told my friends that she couldn't make it to meet them for like the fifth or sixth time. It's come to the point where they call her the mystery girl. The truth is, she doesn't show up for a reason. A reason that is all of my fault, because this girl has been begging me to be shown to them since we've gotten together. I've been a huge jerk to her and I know I don't deserve her, but somehow she always seems to take me back after I've made a complete fool of myself. Maybe that's why i'm falling head over heels for her a little more every single day. Or maybe it's because of just her alone. I can stand up here all night and tell you all about her. I can sit here for hours just to describe her characteristics. An example, her smile. I could sit here talking about just her smile and you'd be convinced that she was one of the Greek gods. Her eyes, whenever I look into those eyes, I see a world where everyone is happy. When she looks at me with those eyes, there's not a single trace of uncertainty. I look into them and I can honestly say that my heart melts. Her hair, never seems to fail at smelling like strawberries. It flows down her back making her even more beautiful than she already is. There are so many things about her that I can go on and on about, but if I had to pick a favorite, it'd be her laugh. I don't even know where to get started with her laugh. My heart does double takes, and sometimes even stops when I hear it. When you hear it, you just know that you're going to be laughing pretty soon as well. This girl has some sort of magic spell casted over me and I know with all my heart that it'll never wear off. Whenever I wake up and she's not around, I feel a heavy weight on my heart until I see her pretty face and the weight gets lifted off of my heart." he said, smiling down at her. "Now, I bet every single one of you in this bar is wondering who the hell this mysterious girl is that's got me all worked up, right?" he asked, looking around and trying to catch his breath. He'd never given a speech that long in his entire life.

Looking towards his group of friends, he noticed that they seemed to be touched. Santana and Brittany were smiling at him as they held each other's hand, Sam had his arms wrapped around Quinn as she leaned against him as they both watched Finn with smiles on their faces. Quinn seemed to be pretty emotional, seeing as though she was wiping away the very visible tears from her cheeks. Puck, on the other hand, was emotionless. His face was of no expression as he sat next to Santana and Brittany. Leaving the booth, his eyes made their way over to Rachel. He could honestly say that he wasn't surprised when she was the most emotional in the room. A river of tears streamed down her face as she smiled her famous one million dollar smile, that in Finn's opinion could light up a million powerless cities. She clung the large jacket to her small body as she looked up at him like he was a god or something.

Smiling down at her, he took a deep breath and began to speak again to the audience who looked like they were on the edges of their seats to find out who this girl is.

"Well, she's standing in this bar right here and now. Actually, we might need to get her a lot of napkins, because I think a river is flowing down her cheeks." he laughed, which made both the crowd and Rachel laugh as well.

"Baby, I have to say something to you before I tell everyone who you are. This moment is possibly going to change our lives. I want you to know that you're the love of my life." he said, watching as she placed a hand over her mouth and tried not to sob. "It's scary as hell to say it, especially since we've only been together for like a few weeks. I know that things have been going extremely too fast for us. But, I feel that we've waited long enough and know too much about each other to take things really slow. I've been a huge jerk to you. I was the guy who took the beautiful girl and hid her away from the rest of the world. I don't want to be that guy anymore. you don't deserve him. You deserve way better. So, if you're ready, I want to be the one to shine you in the bright sun. Are you ready to take this step in the light with me, love?" he asked, throwing a quick glance towards Rachel, who was shaking her head. Yes.

"Okay. So, there was this old tradition that we used to do at our old high school in Lima, Ohio. The football players would give their letterman jackets to their girlfriends to wear at the football games and on game days. This would let everyone know that they were pulling for their boyfriends. So, tonight, I told my girl to wear my letterman jacket to the bar." he smiled, looking down as everyone looked at Rachel who wasn't paying any attention to them. Instead, she was looking up at Finn with tear filled eyes and a small smile on her face that let Finn know that she had fallen in love with him all over again.

Holding onto the jacket, Rachel looked up at Finn. She could not believe that he had just done that. Rachel lost all hope in men after Jessie broke her heart. Until now. Finn Hudson was always going to be the sweetest and most loving guy in this entire planet. And, after what he was doing for her, she knew with all of her heart that she was the luckiest girl on the planet.

Dead silence fell over the bar as everyone's eyes remained on Rachel. The silence was then interrupted as the sound of a glass shattering on the floor was spread throughout the room, causing everyone to interrupt their strong focus on Rachel and wonder their eyes over to where Finn and Rachel's friends were sitting. Looking their way, Rachel noticed that Santana or Brittany was the one who dropped the glass on the floor. She knew why. Quinn, Sam, and all of the rest of them were looking at her with shock in their eyes. Slightly smiling in their direction, she looked back at Finn who was now motioning for her to join him on top of the stage.

"No way. I'm not going to the hospital tonight, babe." she said, trying to look in the other direction and try to get out of it. He was being stubborn and he kept insisting that she join him on the stool. Finally throwing in the towel, she slowly walked up to the bar stool and grabbed Finn's hands for support as he pulled her up and held her close to him so she wouldn't fall.

"Don't worry. I've got you." she smiled, kissing her forehead.

"I love you so much Finn Hudson. I know forever is a long time, but as long as I get to love you in that measure of time, I'll be okay." she whispered as everyone looked at them standing on the stool.

"Good. Because I was thinking the same thing." he whispered back.

"You're really crazy. I hope you know that." she laughed, looking down at all of the people looking up at them.

"I know. It's what love does to you." he whispered as he hugged her tight before returning to the group of people. "If everyone will, please raise up your glasses because I think we're ready for our big announcement. don't you, honey?" he asked, looking down at Rachel as she clung to him.

"It's about time." she smiled.

"Everyone, this amazingly gorgeous girl standing right next to me is the mystery girl. Rachel Barbara Berry is my girlfriend!" he exclaimed as he raised his glass higher and everyone joyfully cheered.

Gulping down the champagne, Finn jumped down from the stool and held his arms out for Rachel to help her get down. Placing her hands on his muscular shoulders, Rachel jumped and unexpectedly stayed above the floor. Holding her up in his arms, he kissed her will all of the passion and lust he had to offer. Smiling, she returned the kiss and held onto him.

"Rachel Berry, you have no idea what's coming your way. I'm gonna make you so happy." he smiled as he placed her on the ground and held her hand.

"I don't think that's even close to possible." she replied, as they walked towards their friends.

"Challenge accepted." he smiled as they continued walking. On their way to the booth they received so many congratulations, and nice words from so many people. Someone even asked when the wedding was. Finn replied, "You'll be the first to know."

Once they got to the small booth, Rachel's grip tightened around Finn's hand as they looked at the five of them.

"Well, if it isn't Mr. and Mrs. Hudson." Santana commented.

"Yeah, have we missed the wedding or were you guys gonna wait another year to tell us?" Sam asked.

"No doubt they probably hit the sack a million times by now." Puck laughed, putting his hand up for Finn to high five it.

"Dude." Finn replied, looking at Puck. Giving up, he high-fived it and replied. "But yeah!" he said, causing Puck and Sam and surprisingly Santana and Quinn to laugh. Brittany was too busy coloring on the table with colors.

"Finn!" Rachel said, smacking his arm.

"Sorry. Anyways, I was too much of a coward to tell you guys so don't blame any of this on Rachel. Blame me, if you're mad." he told them.

"Mad? Do you guys not know how happy we are for you guys? It's not everyday that two people from a group of friends, who have been best friends for like ever, get together like the two of you. It's about time! This is so Chandler and Monica!" Quinn exclaimed as she got up to hug the both of them.

"Thank you." Rachel smiled, hugging her friend back.

"This is awesome. Now we won't have to hear Rachel go on and on about all of the sexual dreams she's had of you. Oh wait, never mind. Now, we'll have to hear about the real thing." Santana said, smiling at Rachel in a mocking way.

"Sexual dreams, huh?" Finn said, smirking at Rachel.

"Santana, that was supposed to be between the girls." she whispered. Santana simply replied by shrugging her shoulders.

"Sam, do you know what this means?" Quinn asked.

"What?" he asked, looking curious.

"Double dates!" Quinn exclaimed. "Oh my gosh I can't wait. This is going to be so awesome! Yay!"

"Yay.." Finn and Rachel replied, sounding less enthusiastic.

"But, in all seriousness, we're really happy for you guys. If anyone deserves a happy ending, it's the two of you." Santana smiled.

"Yes, I'm glad to see that the two of you aren't going on and on about how scared you are to tell the other how you feel and crushing hard. You guys are finally together and that calls for celebration. This baby is going to make me cry if I keep going on, so all I'm going to say is that I am extremely happy for the two of you and just know that we are always here for you guys! We love you." she smiled, as she wiped away a few extra tears.

"To Finn and Rachel." Sam said raising his empty glass.

"To Finn and Rachel" they repeated holding up their glasses, except for Brittany, who's glass was probably the one that shattered on the floor. Instead, she put up her cup of vodka and club soda.

"Do you guys mind if we step outside for a moment?" Finn asked, wrapping his arms around Rachel.

"You don't need to ask us. Hell, get all the privacy you can. It'll be gone before you know it. Just ask our little Jeremy." Quinn said, as Sam laughed with her.

As they walked outside together, Finn held her close to him as Rachel looked up at the sky.

"You know, tonight really is a pretty night. Even though the stars are almost impossible to see." she said.

"It's even prettier with the view that I have." he said, smiling at her.

"How can you get any sweeter?" she asked, smiling at him.

"You're my girlfriend. That's how." he smiled.

"Finn, I want to thank you even though I have no idea how to. All my life all I wanted was that guy who made me feel loved and wanted and like a princess. To be honest, after Jessie, I was absolutely positive that he didn't exist. But, what you did for me tonight.. That proved that he was always there right by my side, I just never really looked hard enough. I want you to know that you're the love of my life as well and I will never take that for granted. Every second that I get to spend by your side tells me that i'm the luckiest girl alive." she explained, choking up in her voice.

Walking closer to her, he tucked a loose strand of hair behind her ear and wrapped his arms around her.

"I'm going to say this with the biggest risk of sounding like the cheesiest man alive. You'll always be mine, Rachel. My heart will always be reserved for you. You have my heart right now. I'm not saying that everything is going to be perfect. Because there's going to be arguments and fights and someone will probably kick over a chair. That someone probably being me. But, we'll get through every single one of them because you're everything to me. I will spend the rest of my life making sure that you know that you own my heart. I will love you 5-ever." he smiled as he hugged her close to him.

"5-ever?" she asked, looking up at him confused.

"4-ever is just way too short." he replied, causing her to laugh as she hugged him tighter.

After a minute of holding each other, Finn spoke again.

"So, those sexual dreams of me.. What was that about?" he asked in a husky voice.

"I knew you'd bring that up!" she laughed, pushing him away from her.

"Was I like hot?" he asked.

"Not as much as you are in person." she replied.

"Really?" he asked pulling her closer to him.

"Maybe. That speech you made on top of that stool made you a lot more sexy than you were before. If humanly possible, might I add." she giggled.

"I tried my best to make it all Shakespearean and classical, but you know that I've never been good at English in school." he replied.

"Are you kidding me? I don't know how it could've gotten any better." she said.

"Really?" he asked.

"You want to know what I think?" she asked.

"What?" he asked.

"That speech that you made up there for me was more romantic than Romeo's monologue to Juliet, in my opinion." she smiled.

"I have no idea what you're talking about. Mostly because I slept through Romeo and Juliet when we read it in class. But, I'll take that as a good thing." he laughed.

"Come here, you big goof." she laughed back as he took her in his arms. Smiling, she rested her head on his chest. Taking her right hand into his left, they began swaying back and forth as they danced in the middle of an empty side walk to no music.

Rachel felt like she was in the 1940's and she had just one more night to spend with the love of her life before he was going off to fight the war. As they danced to no music in the sidewalk, Rachel could hear the soft jazz music that would be played if this was a movie about the story she imagined. Closing her eyes, she smiled and held onto him as if the night would never end. Suddenly stopping, Rachel looked up at Finn who was smiling down on her.

"What's going on?" she asked, as he began digging in her pocket.

Opening her hand, Finn placed a silver metal object in her hand. Looking down at it, she looked back up at Finn with surprise. It was a key.

"I know you probably already have a key to my apartment. But, this is different. It symbols something different. Like I said earlier, it's scary how fast we're moving and possibly unrealistic. But, as long as you're by my side I don't care." he explained as she looked at him with tears in her eyes.

"Rachel, will you do me the honor of moving in with me?" he asked.

Closing her fingers around the key, she held it to her heart and looked back up at him.

"Always and forever."

Chapter 13 is finally finished! I'm so sorry that it took so long to be completed. I've had a bit of a writer's block lately. With all of the studying and stress that school has caused me lately, I've never had any time to write. I really hope you guys enjoy this chapter. And, I promise that I will try to get the next one up pretty soon. Also, i'm trying to wrap this one up, so look forward to the last chapter pretty soon. Thank you all for reading and leaving reviews! Like said before, I always read them and I appreciate every single one. Let me know what you think! Thanks! I really hope you all enjoyed! :) See you soon..