A/N: I just wanted to upload one more chapter because I'm going to be pretty busy this week. I'll try to upload the remaining chapters this week, but I might skip a couple of days. The remaining chapters are most likely going to be transitions and there's going to be a lot of skipping around. Anyway, thank you for the reviews and I hope you enjoy! I apologize for any mistakes.
Warning: PG-13
Disclaimer: I Do Not Own Glee.
As soon as Finn and Quinn entered the doors of McKinley High on their first day of senior year hand in hand, they received many curious glances and straight out stares. Being the small town that Lima was, it wasn't really surprising to discover that everyone had heard about or seen the ring that now donned the blonde's left hand. Although there were many different rumors flying around, the couple didn't care. All that mattered was that they knew what the ring meant.
Despite the rumors, they had sort of become the power couple once again, even though Quinn wasn't on the Cheerios anymore. It may have been shocking, but neither of them cared about that either. Within the past four months, their rekindled relationship exceeded far beyond the boundaries of what other people thought about them. In fact, Quinn didn't even care about becoming prom queen anymore. She had her king already.
While Finn leaned against the locker next to Quinn's, waiting for her to get her needed books, he spotted Puck walking toward them. A smile spread across his face when he noticed that he was linking arms with someone.
"Hey, Puck, Rachel." he greeted cheerfully once they had approached them.
"Sup." Puck responded casually as Rachel exclaimed, "Hi Finn and Quinn! I've missed you two!"
Quinn glanced behind her and offered a smile before grabbing her book, shutting the locker, and turning around. "How was your summer?"
Rachel shared a look with Puck before moving her attention back to the blonde with a large smile on her face. "Fantastic! And yours?"
"Amazing." she replied while casting a loving glance at Finn. He smiled at her before reclaiming her hand and plucking the English book out of her hands and tucking it against his side.
Due to the sudden movement, the lighting hit the ring on Quinn's finger and seemed to illuminate it. Immediately, Rachel's eyes flickered to the object.
"So it's true?" she wondered, motioning to the ring.
Slightly confused, Quinn followed her gaze and a soft smile graced her features. She then moved her attention back to the small girl. "Yes." she confirmed with a small nod. Seeing the look of admiration flash onto Rachel's face caused her to raise her left hand and hold it out to her, allowing better access to view the precious object.
While the two girls began to chat animatedly about the ring and other things, Finn looked over at Puck.
"I'm glad to see that you two are still going strong." he murmured with a tilt of his head to indicate Rachel.
Puck grinned as he squeezed his girlfriend's hand. "Me too. I've never felt this way about a girl before." After a second, he lowered his voice and added seriously, "This is the first time that I'm fine with not having sex."
Finn chuckled softly, though he was extremely proud of his friend. If he was being honest, this was a milestone that he wasn't expecting his Mohawked friend to reach. Especially not with Rachel Berry, but he wasn't judging. He was happy for both of them.
"What's the deal with the ring?" Puck wondered as he scratched the back of his neck.
"It's a promise ring." Finn corrected him.
"Yeah, yeah. Whatever. What's it for?" Puck persisted, a little annoyed.
Finn bit back a rude retort and instead said, "I got it for her to show how much I love her and want to be with her. You know, to promise that I'll always be hers and that I want to eventually marry her."
Puck scrunched up his nose. "That's cheesy, dude." Stealing a glance at the two girls in deep conversation, he sighed. "She's probably going to want one from me now. Thanks, dude."
"No problem." Finn replied smugly, which received a glare from Puck.
The warning bell rang just then and the girls abruptly stopped their conversation. Quinn looked over at Finn with a sweet smile on her face. "Will you walk me to class?"
He chuckled and leaned down to peck her on the cheek. "You don't even have to ask, babe."
Rachel looked over at Puck expectantly. He released a small huff before smiling and tugging her down the hall. They both called out quick a "Bye!" before disappearing around the corner.
Looping her arm through his, Quinn leaned against Finn as they headed in the opposite direction.
"Our senior year is going to be amazing." she thought aloud.
With a quickly growing grin, he asked jokingly, "And why is that?"
She rolled her eyes but responded anyway. "Because we're together."
When they arrived just outside of her class, he pulled her against him and kissed her.
"Have a nice day." he murmured as he pulled away.
"You too." she breathed with a wide smile on her face.
Finn handed her the English book and gave her a gentle kiss on the cheek. "I'll be here to walk you to your next class."
She gave him a small nod and he winked at her before turning on his heel and walking down the hall.
For a few seconds, she simply stared after him with a grin planted on her face. 'I'm so lucky to deserve a guy like him.' she thought to herself in awe before walking into the room and taking a seat.
"Hey." Finn and Quinn said in unison as they took a seat next to one another at their normal lunch table. Almost at once, the other girls sitting around them started to plead with Quinn to see the ring. While she busied herself with meeting their demands, Finn looked across the table at Santana and smiled.
"Hi there, bestie." he greeted in a girly voice.
Although she rolled her eyes, she couldn't help but laugh. "Hi."
"So, there's something I wanted to ask you."
"Shoot." she stated as she took a sip of the nasty concoction that Coach Sylvester called a drink.
After taking a bite of his burger, he asked, "How come you haven't been with anybody lately?"
Santana raised a questioning eyebrow at him. "What do you mean?"
His cheeks flushed a bit before stating, "Like… you know, dating and, uh, stuff."
A blank looked crossed her face. In her mind, the reason was obvious, but she didn't think that, "I have a huge crush on you and I can't get over it" would suit well with him… or Quinn, for that matter. Shrugging, she claimed, "I'm not interested in anybody."
She was amused when she noticed the look of shock that appeared on his face.
With a wag of his eyebrows, he asked playfully, "Are you sure? There's really isn't anybody that you want to ravish?"
'Yeah, you.' she thought to herself grudgingly. Forcing an innocent smile, she fibbed, "Nope."
Finn cast a doubtful look at her before turning his gaze to Quinn. Even though she was still talking to the other girls, he kissed her cheek anyway. She paused to look at him in adoration. Deciding that this was as good a moment as any, he leaned in and placed a soft kiss on her lips. He was considering deepening the kiss when he heard a hushed whisper of Aww's go around the table. Confused, he pulled away and looked at the others seated at the table, most of whom were Cheerios. They were all staring at him with admiring looks on their faces. However, he didn't notice the look of obvious disgust on Santana's face. Feeling uncomfortable, he cleared his throat and moved his gaze to Quinn once more.
"What was that about?" he whispered with furrowed eyebrows.
An amused smile appeared on his girlfriend's face as she said, "They think that you're adorable."
"That's, uh… creepy." he commented, peeking at the still staring girls.
She brought her hand up to stroke his cheek. "Creepy or not, it's true."
"We're going back to giving me the characteristics of a stuffed animal?" There was a slight look of distaste on his features.
"No," she started with a giggle, "It's just another one of your charming qualities."
A lopsided grin began to slowly appear on his face. "Care to name a few of those qualities, my lady?"
"Hmm…" she drawled while a smile tugged at her lips. "Well, you're sweet, caring, funny, adorable, cute, tall, a major dork, and, obviously, the sexiest man alive."
Blinking a few times, he questioned in a baffled tone, "I'm a dork?"
When she gave him a pointed look, he couldn't help but chuckle. "Okay, sure. You want to know some of your charming qualities?"
"Charming?" she inquired with a roll of her eyes.
"I'm a dork." he mimicked before breaking out into a smile. "Therefore, I can use the word charming."
"I wouldn't use dork…" Quinn muttered under her breath before saying louder, "Alright, tell me, my dear prince."
"Quinn Fabray, you are smart, gorgeous, talented, cute as a…" he paused briefly to think of something that was cute, "baby panda, sexy as hell, uhm… and perfect."
A weird look appeared on her face. "Cute as a baby panda?"
"Yeah. Have you seen one before? They're cute!" The enthusiasm in his voice was plain as day.
"Yeah, you're definitely not a dork." she teased.
Picking up on her teasing tone, a smirk planted itself on his face as he countered, "Can a dork do this?" He then leaned down and gave her a scorching kiss.
When he pulled away, he noticed that her breathing was faltering. 'Mission accomplished.'
Giving her a victorious yet expectant look, he asked, "Well?"
Quinn met his gaze for a couple seconds before turning away in a very childlike manner. As she began to strike up another conversation, Finn whispered into her ear, "That's what I thought." Even after a minute passed, she still felt a slight chill from the contact of his hot breath on her skin. She had a feeling that he would always have that effect on her.
The rest of the week seemed to pass by rather quickly. It was Thursday and Finn was currently sitting next to Quinn in the choir room, waiting for Glee club to start. Usually, he would be talking to her, or, if he was lucky, making out, but today he wasn't doing either of the two. Nope, the blonde was talking to Rachel. Much to his surprise, his girlfriend and the diva seemed to be close friends now. It was a little funny to think how just last year they were mortal enemies. However, once he recalled the reason for their hatred, the humor of the situation evaporated. Either way, he was glad that they were friends now.
"Hello!" Mr. Schuester boomed in his usual cheerful voice. "I was thinking that our next assignment could revolve around duets. Now, I know that Finn and Rachel are usually our two leads, but with a new year comes new opportunities. With that said, I want each of you to perform a duet with somebody that you typically wouldn't. Are there any questions?"
Finn was a little surprised to see Rachel raise her hand.
Mr. Schue called on her and she asked, "May Quinn and I sing a song?"
Everybody in the room stared at her in shock. Clearing his throat, Mr. Schue stepped to the side as he said, "Of course. Go right ahead!"
The two girls got out of their seats and briefly told the band their song choice before making their way to the center of the room. Puck scooted over to take a seat next to Finn and whispered, "What the fuck is going on?"
Clueless himself, Finn simply shrugged.
"We would like to dedicate this song to a special someone." They said in unison as Rachel looked at Puck and Quinn looked at Finn. Rachel then cued the band.
A/N: Quinn = Italics; Rachel = Bold; Both = Bold Italics
"Ah, ah ah
You're so good to me, baby, baby"
"I wanna lock you up in my closet
When no one's around
I wanna put your hand in my pocket
Because you're allowed"
"I wanna drive you into the corner
And kiss you without a sound
I wanna stay this way forever
I'll say it loud"
"Now you're in, and you can't get out
You make me so hot, make me wanna drop
You're so ridiculous, I can barely stop
I can hardly breathe, you make me wanna scream
You're so fabulous, you're so good to me baby, baby
You're so good to me baby, baby"
"I can make you feel all better
Just take it in
And I can show you all the places
You've never been"
"And I can make you say everything
That you never said
And I will let you do anything
Again and again"
"Now you're in, and you can't get out
You make me so hot, make me wanna drop
You're so ridiculous, I can barely stop
I can hardly breathe, you make me wanna scream
You're so fabulous, you're so good to me baby, baby
You're so good to me baby, baby"
"Kiss me gently
Always I know
Hold me, love me
Don't ever go, yeah"
"You make me so hot, make me wanna drop
You're so ridiculous, I can barely stop
I can hardly breathe, you make me wanna scream
You're so fabulous, you're so good to me
You make me so hot, make me wanna drop
You're so ridiculous, I can barely stop
I can hardly breathe, you make me wanna scream
You're so fabulous, you're so good to me baby, baby
You're so good to me baby, baby
You're so good..."
Once everybody finished clapping, the girls went to sit beside their boyfriends.
Quinn leaned over to Finn and asked nervously, "What'd you think?"
He looked over at her with his usual dopey grin intact. Grabbing her hand, he stated, "I loved it."
She let out a sigh of relief as a wide smile appeared on her face.
After a few seconds, Finn whispered, "Do I really make you feel that hot?"
Meeting his gaze, she giggled a little before biting her bottom lip and nodding.
"Even right now..?" he wondered.
Not sure what he was hinting at, she simply nodded her head again.
With a smirk on his face, Finn raised his hand. Once Mr. Schue called on him, he asked, "Can Quinn and I please go get something that we left in our lockers? It's extremely important."
Mr. Schuester looked slightly confused, but didn't seem to suspect anything. "Sure, you two go ahead."
Finn nodded his thanks before taking Quinn's hand and pulling her out the door.
"What are you doing?" she demanded quietly.
He didn't say anything as he led her into an empty classroom and closed the door behind them.
"We have a good twenty minutes until he suspects anything." he murmured as he turned toward her.
She looked completely confused until she finally caught on to what he was suggesting. "Finn Hudson, are you seriously suggesting what I think you are..?"
He flashed a sheepish smile before nodding.
"In the school?" she inquired in disbelief, though the idea did excite her.
Taking a step closer to her, he nodded once more.
Quinn thought about it for a good five seconds before asking, "Do you have a-"
Before she could even finish her sentence, Finn pulled his wallet out and took out a small package.
"This is crazy." she commented firmly without really meaning to sound serious.
"Trust me, I know." he promised as he took another step toward her, his body lightly pressing against hers. He pulled back slightly to look into her eyes. "I don't want to pressure you into doing it here. If you feel uncomfortable, just tell me and we can go back to class without another word on the subject."
It only took a millisecond to make up her mind. Pulling his face closer to hers, she crashed her lips against his.
Fifteen minutes later, the happy, yet slightly flushed, couple strutted back into the choir room, receiving many strange looks. Luckily, Finn had remembered their excuse and had grabbed two books from the room that they had… occupied. They made a show to emphasis the textbooks that were in their hands.
When they took their seats, Puck looked over at Finn and muttered, "What the fuck happened to you? You look a little flushed."
Finn glanced at him and shrugged nonchalantly. "I ran here."
"You seriously have issues." Puck remarked. Suddenly, he reached over and picked the book out of Finn's hands. He stared at the cover for about five seconds before slowly looking back at his friend. "Since when do you take French?"
'Shit.' Trying his best to remain calm, he claimed, "Quinn said that guys who speak French become better at certain things. Ergo, I signed up for French."
Quinn cast a questioning glance at her boyfriend as Puck looked over at her and asked doubtfully, "Is that true, Q?"
Finn tossed her a look that said just go with it so that we don't get caught.
Putting on a small smirk for good measure, she nodded once and stated, "Definitely. Learning French makes your tongue… work better." She couldn't believe how stupid that sounded, but Puck seemed to buy it. She had to bite her lip in order to keep from laughing when he leaned over to Rachel and whispered rather loudly, "Babe, I think I'm going to take French."
Five minutes later, Glee rehearsal ended and Finn and Quinn were walking through the parking lot.
"I still can't believe we did that." she whispered.
"Was it really that bad..?" he wondered, worried that she would regret it.
She looked over at him and said immediately, "No, it wasn't bad at all. It was… amazing. Actually, it was pretty exhilarating too."
A hopeful smile crept onto his face. "Does that mean that maybe we could do it again?"
Tugging on his hand to pull him to a stop, she turned his face toward hers. There was a small amused smile on her face when she said, "Yes, but not all the time. I don't want to become some sort of sex addict."
He laughed at that. "Deal."
His tone became more serious when he cupped her cheek and added, "I want you to know that I don't think of it as just sex. It's my chance to show you how much I love you… just in a more physical way."
"That's exactly how I feel." she replied with a soft smile before placing a delicate kiss on his lips.
They wore similar smiles when they pulled away. "Alright, let's get you home." Finn murmured sweetly as he went to the other side of the truck to hold the door open for her.
Quinn locked gazes with him as she slid into the passenger seat. Both of them looked deep into one another's eyes for a few more seconds before he grinned and shut the door. Walking over to his side of the truck, Finn couldn't help but think, 'This year really is going to be unforgettable.'
Song: Hot - Avril Lavigne; I do not own this song!; Erm, I'm sorry if this chapter is a little choppy. I'll upload the next chapter when I can! Until then, please leave a review or a suggestion. Thanks for reading!
