Their Gold Star Chapter 44: Camp, a glee fanfic

Hey everyone. I'm sorry it took so long to update. It has been VERY hard for me to write since finding out about Cory and knew that I needed a break. I'm completely heartbroken and devastated, as I loved Cory, Finn, Finchel and Monchele. My heart breaks for Lea, Cory's family, the glee cast and all the Finchel fans. It's been hard for me to write, and this chapter's been in the works for a few days now. I do hope I can keep Finchel alive in my fanfics, as I think Cory would want their story to continue somehow. Hope you enjoy this chapter and review if you want me to continue.

Chapter 44: Camp

The car was loaded, and the Hudson family was on their way to Camp Whispering Pines in upstate New York.

"I still don't know if this was a good idea," Rachel whispered to Finn.

"It's only for a week," Finn whispered back. "I'm not sure if it's a good idea either, but she really wanted to do it, and her friends are doing it."

"Are we there yet?" Allie called from the back seat. Finn and Rachel were both very nervous about having their daughter gone for a week, but Allie was so excited and had really wanted to go. Several of her friends from school were going as well, and their parents seemed to think it was okay. Maybe it was okay.

"Almost," Finn said.

"I think Caylie needs her diaper changed," Allie said.

Rachel sighed. At least they could put being away from their daughter off a little longer if they changed Caylie's diaper. "Okay, let's pull over and get her changed."

"Can't you wait until after you drop me off?" Allie asked.

"No," Finn said. Allie pouted as they pulled over and changed Caylie's diaper. Rachel felt her anxiety building as they got back in the car and drove a little longer. Finally (for Allie, but too soon for Rachel and Finn), the family drove down a dirt road and saw a sign that said, "Welcome to Camp Whispering Pines!"

"We're here!" Allie exclaimed. As Finn parked the car, Allie jumped out.

"Whoa, Allie!" Finn called.

"I want to get to my cabin!" Allie exclaimed.

"I know you do, but we don't know where everything is yet," Finn said. He got Allie's sleeping bag and suitcase out of the trunk as Rachel put Caylie in the stroller. Then, the family walked over to the sign-in pavilion.

"Hi," a woman sitting behind the picnic table said. "I'm Jackie, the camp director. What's your name?"

"Allie Hudson!" Allie said, practically jumping down. It made Rachel happy to see her daughter so excited, but at the same time, she wished Allie wouldn't be gone for a week.

Jackie began looking through the sign in papers. "Okay Allie, you're going to be in Waterfront cabin, with the other girls going into second and third grade." She handed the sign-in form to Finn. "Can you sign her in?"

"I'm so excited!" Allie said. "I'm going to be rock climbing, swimming, canoeing, making crafts, going for hikes, doing archery, playing sports, cooking out, and even going horseback riding!"

"Yes, you will do those things," Jackie said as Finn signed Allie in. "It's going to be fun."

"I can't wait!" Allie said.

"I checked the list of girls in her cabin, all her friends are in there," Finn whispered to Rachel as they went to the health check.

"At least that's something," Rachel sighed. After Allie finished the health check and dropped off her luggage, they began walking toward the cabin, following the instructions on the map.

"This is it!" Allie exclaimed, pointing to the cabin. "Waterfront!" She was quite proud of the fact that she was a fluent reader.

Rachel forced a smile. "Yup, this is it."

"Let's go in!" Allie said. They walked in, where a few other girls were sitting around the cabin, along with two girls who didn't look much younger than Finn and Rachel.

"Hi," one of the girls said. "I'm Nicki, I'm one of your counselors."

"And I'm Madison, another counselor," the other girl said. "What's your name?"

"Allie," Allie said.

Madison looked at Finn and Rachel. "Are you her older brother and sister?"

Finn shook his head. "We're her parents."

Madison made a face, and Rachel hoped this wouldn't mean that this girl would hold it against Allie all week that she was born to young parents.

"Okay, Allie, we've assigned you that bunk bed," Nicki said, pointing to one of the beds. "You'll be sharing it with Mia, so when she gets here, you can decide who gets the top and who gets the bottom."

"Yay!" Allie said. "Mia's my best friend."

"You be good for your counselors this week, okay?" Rachel said to her daughter.

"I'm always good!" Allie giggled.

"That's true," Finn said. He gave his daughter a hug. "Have a great week, okay? We'll miss you."

"I love you," Allie said as she hugged both Finn and Rachel and tickled Caylie.

"Don't forget to write us a letter," Rachel said. "I packed envelopes and stamps."

"I won't," Allie said.

"We'll see you in a week," Finn said as he gave Allie one more hug and began walking back to the parking lot with Rachel and Caylie. Rachel felt tears building up in her eyes as they got in the car, but she didn't start crying. As she put Caylie in her car seat, she heard some quiet crying in the driver's seat.

"Finn?" Rachel asked. "Are you okay?"

"She's really gone for a week," Finn said.

Rachel was surprised to see Finn so emotional. He'd been so strong when they dropped Allie off. "She'll be okay." She was really saying that to herself as much as she was to Finn.

"I'm going to miss her," Finn said.

"So will I," Rachel said. "I think we should write her a letter when we get home. Her one counselor seemed nice."

Finn nodded. "Yeah."

"I'm sure if anything went really wrong, they'd call us," Rachel said.

"You're probably right," Finn said as they began to drive back to New York City.

A little while later, Allie's friends had arrived, and she was so excited to be at camp. The other girls in her cabin seemed pretty nice, and she was glad to have Mia, Gracie and Abby with her. The first activity for the day would be going to the pool to take the swim test. Allie got her swimsuit and towel out of her bag and lined up with her friends.

"The swim test is hard," said a girl named Lily who'd been to camp last year.

"What do you mean?" Allie asked.

"It's just hard," Lily said. "Last year they made me stay in the shallow end."

"That stinks," Abby said.

"Yeah," Lily said.

"Okay girls, let's go," Nicki called as the girls followed their counselors to the pool. The girls quickly changed into their swimsuits and then went into the pool area to wait to take the swim test. Other girls from other parts of the camp were there as well.

"Everyone in this area, hop in the shallow end and do ten bobs for me," the lifeguard called. Doing the bobs was easy enough for Allie, but she began to feel nervous when the lifeguard told them they'd need to swim across the medium depth area. Allie began swimming, but collided into another girl.

"Hey!" the other girl said. "You made me mess up."

"I'm sorry honey," the lifeguard said. "Go to the other side and start over. "She pointed at Allie. "You, get out."

Allie reluctantly climbed out of the pool, hoping she'd done okay. "What's your name?" the lifeguard asked.

"Allie Hudson."

"Okay, Allie, go sit down over there. Your counselor will give you your wristband when everyone's ready."

Allie sat down, but then realized several girls - including Mia, Gracie and Abby - were doing a part of the swim test she hadn't done.

"I hope I did okay," Allie said to her friends.

"I'm sure you'll be fine," Abby said.

Nicki was coming around handing the girls their wristbands. Allie noticed that hers was white, but her friends had blue ones.

"Why is mine different from theirs?" Allie asked.

"When you have a white bracelet, you can only go in the shallow and middle end of the pool," Nicki explained. "Girls with blue bracelets can go in the deep end."

"So we can go in the deep end?" Mia asked. "We can jump off the diving board and go down the waterslide?"

"Yes you can," Nicki told the girls.

"But I can't?" Allie asked sadly.

"I'm sorry, Allie," Nicki said. "But on Wednesday you can retake the swim test."

Allie nodded, but she was still feeling upset. She'd definitely miss her friends during swim time.

"It's okay, Allie," Abby said.

"Yeah, we can swim in the middle end with you," Gracie added.

Allie smiled at her friends, but she was secretly hoping that she'd be able to swim in the deep end before the week was over.

"Okay girls, let's get changed and go to dinner," Madison called. Allie felt a little better when they got to dinner - the dinner was hot dogs, burgers, fries, corn, watermelon and brownies. After dinner the girls had a tour of the camp and a campfire with smores, which was fun, but at bedtime, Allie began to feel a little scared. The other girls in the cabin eventually fell asleep, but she was still awake. She'd ended up on the bottom bunk, and the cabin was completely dark.

She nervously got out of bed and began walking around the cabin. She looked outside and saw the dark forest the camp was in. What if there was something out there that could hurt her?

Nervously, Allie turned on her flashlight and reached into the bag her parents had packed for her. She found the envelopes, stamps and some paper and began writing a letter.

Dear Mommy and Daddy,

It's really dark out and I'm scared. I can't sleep and I wish I was in my bedroom at home. The food was good and the camp's cool, but my friends can swim in the deep end of the pool and I can't. I miss you.

Love,

Allie

It was Wednesday afternoon, and Finn and Rachel couldn't get Allie out of their heads. Rachel was feeding Caylie when Finn came into the kitchen with the mail. "Rach, look what came!"

"A letter from Allie?" Rachel asked.

Finn smiled and nodded as he opened the letter. Rachel noticed Finn looking upset as he read it. "Oh no."

"What's wrong?" Rachel asked.

Finn handed the letter to Rachel. Rachel looked at it.

Dear Mommy and Daddy,

Love,

Allie

"Oh dear," Rachel said, feeling so worried about her daughter.

"Maybe she wasn't quite ready yet," Finn sighed.

"I'm calling the camp to see if I can talk to her," Rachel said.

"I'd like to talk to her too," Finn said.

Rachel got out the phone and dialed the camp number. "Hello, Camp Whispering Pines," a voice on the other end said.

"Hi, my name is Rachel Hudson," Rachel said. "I received a concerning letter from my daughter, Allie Hudson."

"Allie?" the voice on the other end said. "I'm only in the camp office and I've noticed she's having a great time."

"I'm really worried," Rachel said as she read Allie's letter to the staff member.

"That's strange," she said. "Allie seems fine, and the counselors always tell us when the kids are having trouble, and Allie's counselors haven't mentioned her having trouble."

"Is it okay if my husband and I talk to her?" Rachel asked.

"Of course," the office staff member said. "I'll go find her and get her for you."

Rachel looked at Finn. "The office staff member said she seems fine."

Finn sighed. "I'd still like to talk to her."

"They're getting her," Rachel told her husband.

A few minutes later, they heard a familiar voice on the phone. "Hi, Mommy! Hi, Daddy!" Allie didn't sound upset at all.

"Hi, honey," Rachel said. "Are you okay?"

"I'm great!" Allie said. "This morning we went horseback riding and the horses were so cool. We go swimming every day and we were just at the pool. At first I had to stay in the middle end, but then I got to retake my swim test just now and I can swim in the deep end now! Tonight we're cooking our own dinner and yesterday we cooked our own lunch. We've gone hiking and we've had campfires and we went boating yesterday and on Monday we did a craft. We had a movie night yesterday and tomorrow we're going rock climbing!"

"Allie, we got your letter and we're worried about you," Finn said.

"Don't worry!" Allie said. "I was just scared because it was so dark but now I sleep fine!"

Rachel squeezed Finn's hand with relief. "Did you like the package we sent you?"

"I loved it!" Allie said. "I shared the candy with Abby, Mia and Gracie."

"Good," Finn said. "We'll see you soon, okay?"

"Okay," Allie said. "I sent you another letter today. Can I go back with my friends?"

"Of course," Finn said. "We love you."

"I love you too," Allie said.

"I'm so glad she's okay," Finn said to Rachel as they hung up the phone.

A few days later, Finn and Rachel drove to the camp to pick up Allie. They'd gotten her other letter and were relieved that she'd had a better rest of the week. As they arrived at the camp, Allie went up to them.

"We missed you!" Finn said as he hugged his daughter.

"I missed you too, but I loved camp!" Allie said, hugging Finn. "This was the best week ever!"

"I'm so glad!" Rachel said.

"Can I come back next year?" Allie asked.

"Maybe by then we'll be ready to have you gone for a whole week again," Rachel said. She was sure that it would be worth it for Allie to go again if she had a good time, but for now she was glad her whole family was back together.

Chapter 45 preview: Finn, Rachel and Allie start trying to teach Caylie how to walk. More of Klaine and Brittana with their kids too. Big news about another Glee couple as well!