Thank you to all the reviews! I'm glad everyone is enjoying the story. I tend to just write as the ideas come to me...I'm EH about this chapter but I hope you enjoy it! Let me know what you think :)

Side note: I live in NY and it's freezing cold so I was trying to think of the most warmest situations to put our characters in. Also, I'm going to be traveling for work for the next week so I don't think I'll be able to update as often as I've been before because I am going to be swamped! I'll try not to take too long though :)

Per usual, I do not own Glee!

Finn stirred in his sleep, hearing noise being made outside the bedroom. It took a moment before he was able to open his eyes and adjust to the light of the sun peering into the room. He stretched his arms and looked around. Last night with Rachel was amazing. They continued their love making until the wee hours of the morning, and he was still ready for more, according to the morning wood that was present underneath the blanket. The other half of that equation, Rachel, was nowhere to be found. He sat up from the bed, found his boxers and quickly put them on.

He walked out of Rachel's room quietly down the hallway and found her in the kitchen, wearing his button down shirt he had on last night. He came up quietly behind her and wrapped his arms around her waist. "I was wondering where you went."

Rachel smiled upon hearing his voice, and leaned back into his chest. "I was trying to surprise you with breakfast." She tilted her head to look up at him. He leaned down and pressed a kiss to her lips.

"Morning breath, yum." She giggled moving her head away as he tried to give her another kiss.

"Well, well. What do we have here?" a voice was heard from behind them. Rachel and Finn both turned to see Puck standing outside of the kitchen with his arms crossed and a smirk on his face. "Feeling better, Rachel? Did Finn make it all better?"

"Good Morning Noah." Rachel sauntered her way out of Finn's arms, ignoring Puck's question and continued her cooking. "I'm making breakfast...would you like some?"

"I'd love some. Can you add one more to that? Quinn's here too." Puck said.

"Oh she is..? She didn't tell me she was going to sleep over. She could have slept in my room instead of the couch..."

"She didn't sleep on the couch. She probably could have slept in Finn's room, considering he didn't sleep there."

"What? So where'd she sleep?" Rachel looked confused, as Finn looked on with a smirk on his face.

Quinn walked out of the bathroom and the three pairs of eyes were on her.

"Uh...Good Morning?"

There was an awkward silence as the four sat at the dining table eating breakfast.

"Can someone tell me what's going on?" Rachel said, unable to handle the silence. "I'm usually very comfortable with awkwardness but this is just a bit much. I think we all just need to be honest about whatever it is that's happening right now."

"Alright, well why don't you go first, Rachel? You just disappear on us last night and now you're here wearing Finn's shirt?" Quinn challenged her, still a bit upset that her cousin never told her about Finn.

Rachel bit her lip and looked at the three faces in front of her.

"Kurt said the two of you have been banging since you got here." Puck blurted out.

"Wait what? How does Kurt know?" Finn turned to Rachel. His brother knew this whole time?

"So it's true?!" Quinn squealed.

"Kurt is just really good with figuring things out Finn...and yes, Puck." Rachel glared at him. "Finn and I have been 'banging' as you so crudely call it, but Quinn I didn't tell you because I just didn't want it to be a big deal..."

"I can't believe you'd keep this from me!"

"Quinn, I'm sorry. It was just kind of a no strings attached deal. But things are a little different now..."

"How so?"

"They just are, Quinn." Finn finally intercepted the conversation, taking some of the heat off of Rachel. "We like each other, we're just...seeing how things go." He shrugged.

"She's my little cousin, Finn. I asked you guys to let her live with you guys because I trust you guys! I didn't think you'd try and sleep with her! I should have expected this from you, though. I never would have brought her here if that was the case. She's not some notch you can just add to your belt!"

"I didn't realize she needed your permission to live her life." Finn rolled his eyes. "Calm down, Quinn."

"You mother - " Quinn was cut off by Puck, who could sense that Quinn was ready to jump over the table and claw Finn's eyes out right now.

"Quinn I think what Finn is trying to say is that it just happened. He didn't plan to seduce her or whatever, it just happened and now they're just figuring things out. Doesn't seem like it's a hump her and dump her kind of deal." Puck grabbed her hand in an attempt to soothe her anger.

"It better not be." Quinn continued to glare at Finn from across the table.

"You guys..." Rachel tried to also calm things down, but was ignored by all parties.

"Don't you have better things to do than worry about us?" Finn looked pointedly at Puck still holding her hand. "Don't you also want to talk about that? Kinda hypocritical of you to judge us if you and Puck are doing the same thing. " He said to her.

"We're not just sleeping together, asshole. We're in a relationship like mature adults!"

Finn's face expressed surprise as he looked over at Puck. "You picked a great one, man." He said sarcastically.

Puck rolled his eyes. He definitely felt like Quinn was overreacting with this situation, but he didn't want to be in the doghouse with her either. "Watch it Hudson."

"Well this has been sufficiently awkward..." Rachel got up from the table, finally catching their attention again. "Quinn...I'm really happy for you and Puck. I think he makes you very happy, and that's amazing that you both know what you want! I...I'm still trying to just figure things out and I'd really like it if you just supported me... with less judgement on my choices."

Quinn sighed. "Of course I support you Rachel. You're my baby cousin and I just want you to be happy as well." She got up from the table, walked over to Rachel and pulled her into a hug.

Finn watched the interaction between the two cousins. What was Quinn's deal? Did she think he wasn't good enough for her cousin? What the fuck.

The next few weeks flew by quickly, which meant summer was coming to an end. Rachel's show, which was only supposed to be a two night event, ended up extending its schedule for six months due to positive reviews and popular demand. She was now performing in the show five times a week. When she wasn't working or rehearsing, her and Finn spent most of their time together - which was mostly just the nights and some weekends. They got together for lunch whenever Finn's schedule allowed - he worked as a consultant at a huge firm in the city. Rachel absolutely loved the way he looked everyday in a button down and tie, so sometimes their 'lunch dates' turned into quickies at their apartment. Finn wasn't too crazy about his job, but it definitely paid the bills well and allowed him to live a nice lifestyle...having two other roommates also helps.

Since the slight argument at breakfast a few weeks back, Finn and Quinn kinda just avoided spending any time alone with each other. They were civil and acted friendly when they hung out in a group, but Finn knew something was off with Quinn. He still couldn't understand what Quinn had against him being with Rachel, but he wasn't ready just yet to have that conversation with her. She seemed scarier than Rachel's dads!

It was Labor Day weekend, and the gang rented a house for the weekend in the Hamptons. It was an annual trip Finn and Mike started once they graduated NYU with their other college buddies, but the number of guys who attended diminished throughout the years. It was hard to keep in touch with everyone! This year, Finn, Mike, Puck, Sam, Kurt, and Blaine were attending along with a few other people they went to school with. Mike was bringing along Tina, and Quinn and Rachel were also attending.

"How do you expect us all to fit in this car?" Kurt stood outside Finn's car, with his hands propped up on his waist. He watched as Puck, Blaine and Finn tried to stuff all of their belongings in the trunk of Finn's car.

"Dude we can fit. It's not my fault I'm the only one who has a car in the city. You're more than welcome to take the train there as well." Finn looked over at his brother who gasped. "Me? take a packed train to the Hamptons? No thank you."

"That's what I thought. It's less than a 2 hour drive. Rachel will sit up front with me and the four of you can fit in the back." Finn told him. Puck looked at Blaine, Quinn and Kurt in horror.

"No fucking way man! I'm a big guy - I need space. I can't just sit in the backseat. I'm like three of them combined." Puck exclaimed. Quinn rolled her eyes. "Really Noah? You're not that big."

"Want to sit in my lap and find out baby?" he smirked at her, which again made Quinn roll her eyes, this time with a slight blush on her face.

"I think she already knows." Kurt rolled his eyes. "Can we get on with this? I'm losing valuable sun time at the beach right now where I could be getting a tan."

Blaine chuckled as he got into the car. "We've been over this...you don't tan well. You turn into a lobster."

Finn closed the trunk once it was filled and could literally hold nothing else without it blocking his vision to drive. "Alright! Let's roll."

The rest of the group squeezed into the back and Rachel had to chuckle as she watched them fight for space. His backseat was spacious and even though Quinn, Kurt and Blaine were on the smaller side, there was no way this was going to work. "Finn, Noah should really sit up front. This won't end well otherwise."

Finn scratched his head, watching on, and sighed, knowing she was right. He really wanted her to sit next to him so he could hold her hand if he wanted to, or sneak kisses at red lights or if there was traffic on the highway. It sickened him how lovesick he felt around her.

"I guess it would be better if we didn't hear him complaining every 10 seconds." he responded as Rachel laughed. She stood up on her tippy toes and gave him a quick kiss on the cheek. "Alright Puck - you can sit in the front." she yelled out, opening the car door as he basically fell out of it.

Rachel sat in the car behind the driver's seat. Although they were small, 4 people in the backseat was a bit tight, it was still doable. Puck jumped in the front seat. "Thank God. I thought we were gonna have to listen to show tunes the whole ride there if Berry was sitting in the front." He said, quickly locating the USB to connect his iPhone.

Finn got in his car and put on his seatbelt. "Alright everybody ready?" He adjusted his rear view mirror to see past the luggage in the trunk, and to get a little view of his girl. Rachel caught him looking at her through the mirror and blew him a kiss. He gave her a wink and started the car. They were finally on the way to the Hamptons!

While Finn and Puck were in their own conversation up front, Quinn leaned over to Rachel, who was sitting next to her. "Sam's going to be there, you know."

"I know." Rachel whispered. "But we haven't even really spoken since that night at the club, and things are different now...with Finn."

"I'm just saying. You and Finn aren't technically even an official couple - aren't you guys still just hooking up? Have you even talked about what you are?" Quinn whispered back to her.

"Technically you're right, but we don't need to talk about anything right now Quinn..." she shrugged. Rachel knew her and Finn had a special connection, and she was sure he knew that too. It's only been a few weeks since they both stopped playing games about how they felt for each other. They haven't set labels on anything, but she assumed that they were indeed exclusive.

"When Noah and I decided to be in a relationship, we had a mature conversation. We didn't just hook up, Rachel. Don't you think if Finn wanted to be serious with you, he'd make you his girlfriend?"

Rachel glanced up front at Finn, who was now singing with Puck to an old '80s rock song. She bit her lip thinking about what Quinn said.

"I'm just saying not to limit yourself." Quinn continued. "I want you to be happy, and I just don't think Finn is the one for you."

"And Sam is?"

"It's worth a shot to at least explore your options, don't you think?"

Rachel didn't respond, but nodded her head a little. She knew Quinn had her best interest in mind - but why was she so against the two of them together? Rachel looked out the window, taking in the scenic view as they got closer and closer to their home for the weekend.

They arrived to the empty house and Puck was very excited to be the first ones there since it meant first dibs on the bedrooms.

The group walked inside the house as Finn unloaded the car. The house itself was quite beautiful - there were six bedrooms in total with a huge deck in the backyard overlooking the pool and hot tub. The beach was in close distance of the house, less than a mile away.

Kurt and Blaine took the master bedroom (since they spent the time researching and organizing the trip, it was only fair they got the best room), while Puck and Quinn chose their own room. Rachel walked around looking at the four other available rooms. There were two rooms left with a king sized bed, and two other rooms that had two double beds.

Would her and Finn share a room? She assumed they would but they never actually spoke about it. Before she got lost in her own thoughts, Finn walked up behind her with both of their bags. "Find a room you like babe?"

"Ah...I haven't decided yet."

"Hmm..." Finn took a quick look at the rooms. "This one looks good. I can't do those tiny beds." Finn walked into one of the rooms with a king sized bed and put both of their bags in. Looks like they were sharing, much to Rachel's relief. Rachel followed him into the room.

"So you guys do this every year?" Rachel said as she started unpacking her bag.

"Yeah, for the most part. It's a fun way to stay in touch with our friends from school. We don't get to hang out with Mike that often, and there are a few other guys coming that we haven't seen in awhile." Finn searched through his bags for his board shorts and a t-shirt and began changing into them.

"So it's just a bunch of dudes? I'm so glad I came." She laughed.

Finn came up behind her and put his arms around her waist. "Hey...I'm happy you're here." He placed a kiss on her shoulder. "Plus you've got Quinn and Tina's also going to be here. She seems nice, I think you guys would get along. I guess you can count Kurt in that count too." He chuckled.

Rachel turned in his arms so she was facing him. She wrapped her arms around his neck. "I suppose you're right. I am really excited about going to the beach though. I've never actually been to one that wasn't man made."

"What? We'll definitely go to the beach then. This weekend is gonna be a lot of fun." He pressed a kiss to her lips. "Are you okay? You don't seem as excited now that we're actually here."

Rachel nodded. "I'm fine." Her mind was still on her conversation with Quinn. Finn looked at her curiously knowing when a girl says she's fine, she's never really fine. Deciding not to push it, he nodded and changed the subject.

"You're probably nervous since your boyfriend is almost here." He smirked and laughed.

"Oh you know me so well don't you? I better go freshen up before he gets here then. I bought this new bikini that I think he's just going to go crazy for." She removed her arms from his neck but felt his arms tighten around her waist. She glanced up at him innocently.

"I know you're joking but I don't like it." He pouted. Ugh why was he so adorable?

Rachel laughed and reached up to kiss his lips. Finn quickly deepened the kiss pulling her even closer to him. God he could kiss these lips all day. "Why don't you change into your new bikini and then we go to the beach by ourselves?" He wiggled his eyebrows at her. "Ooh that sounds like a plan!" She smiled, pulling him back down to her for more kisses.

Just as Rachel really started getting into it, Finn pulled away hearing a car honk in the driveway, meaning Mike and co. just arrived. "Your boyfriend's here." He grinned at her and pressed another quick kiss to her lips before walking out to greet them.

Rachel changed into a floral halter bikini top with a matching string bottom. She threw on a see through cover up over the bathing suit and walked out of the room to find everyone else. She entered the living room and saw Finn speaking with Mike, Tina, Sam and a few other people she never met before.

Sam was the first one to notice her. "Well hello Rachel." He gave her a dazzling smile, looking at her up and down. "I didn't know you'd be here this weekend. What a pleasant surprise." Finn turned to look at her and had to control his eyes from popping out his head seeing her in her bikini. Sure, he sees her naked all the time but damn, she looked good.

"Rach, you know these three already, but this is James, Jake, and Ryan. We all went to school together. " Finn interrupted before she could respond to Sam. Rachel smiled politely at them as she made her way over to stand next to Finn. "It's so nice to meet you guys. And a pleasure to see you all again - Mike, Tina, Sam."

"Same here, Rachel." Mike smiled. "So what's the room situation like?" Mike asked.

"Well Rachel and I are in this room down the hall, Puck and Quinn are in a room upstairs, and so is Blaine and Kurt. There are 3 other rooms, and two of 'em have two beds in them. So the four of you could probably share two rooms and then Mike and Tina, there's a room that has a king bed in it." Mike nodded as Sam looked on curiously.

"You guys are sharing a room? Guess that makes sense since you're already roommates anyway." Sam pried.

Finn put his arm around Rachel, and looked over at Sam, marking his territory. "Yeah, something like that."

Sam raised his eyebrow but didn't say anything. Rachel shifted uncomfortably, feeling like a piece of meat that two animals were about to fight over.

"Well let's find our rooms then! I'm so excited to go the beach." Tina beamed. The new arrivals walked off with their bags to find the available rooms.

Finn turned to Rachel. "Ready to go the beach?"

"Actually, Finn - I'm going to find Quinn and see what she's up to. Why don't you hang out with your friends since you haven't seen them in awhile?" She sounded slightly upset and Finn knew that.

"What, are you mad that I said we're sharing a room?"

"No, Finn. I'm upset that you basically marked me as your territory in front of all these people that I just met for no other reason than to throw it in Sam's face. I'm not some object that you can just claim!"

"I never said you were, Rachel. I just..." Finn wasn't sure what to say. Yeah, so what if he was making it clear to Sam Rachel was his?

"Look I'll see you later okay? I'm going to find Quinn." And with that, Rachel walked off from him. Finn watched after her and sighed. Well this is a great start to the weekend.

Rachel, Quinn, and Tina ended up going for a walk on the beach together, while the rest of the guys hung out by the pool catching up with each other.

"Puck I can't believe you finally got Quinn to be your girl man." Mike laughed. "How'd you do it?"

"She couldn't resist me forever man." Puck laughed, taking a swig of his beer.

"Dude everyone's here with someone..what the fuck." Jake said. "That's how you know we're getting old man. It's not just the guys anymore! Even Finn's with someone." The guys laughed, knowing Finn's track history.

"Yeah Finn...so what's the deal? Are you and Rachel together or what?" Sam asked.

"We're not...like official or anything. We've been hanging out." Finn shrugged, trying to be more careful with his words.

"If by hanging out you mean she basically has moved into his room, then yeah, they're just 'hanging out'" Puck said as Blaine and Kurt laughed knowingly.

"So then why isn't she your girlfriend? " Sam said. "Sounds like she's fair game." He smirked, always up for a challenge. He knew him and Finn always had a competitive friendship, no matter what they did, so why would a girl be different? Mike shook his head. "Sam..."

"Dude seriously? I just told you we're seeing each other and we're sharing a room here for fuck sake." Finn said.

"Okay, okay." Sam put his hands up in defense. "I'll back off."

Puck laughed awkwardly, trying to ease the tension between the two. "Forget all this relationship talk. Let's talk about how epic Mike's bachelor party is gonna be..." That definitely seemed to work.

Rachel, Quinn, and Tina sat on the sand looking out at the beach. Tina was just telling the girls how her and Mike met, and how excited she was for the wedding.

"It's so nice to also hang out with some of Mike's friends that aren't guys. I was so happy when I saw the two of you here today." Tina said.

"I know what you mean...there does seem to be way more guys than girls. It'd be nice to do a girls trip, no guys around!" Quinn laughed.

"Guys can get pretty annoying, actually." Rachel sighed.

"I know this is none of my business, and we really haven't known each other all that long, but you and Finn are just so absolutely cute together." Tina said to her.

"Really? I would think you'd be a fan of Sam instead...since you're closer to him." Rachel said, a bit surprised.

Tina rolled her eyes. "Sam hits on every girl that can breathe. The night of your show, I met Finn before it started. He was rushing to his seat but stopped to speak with Mike, and I saw him holding the flowers for you. He just seemed so proud that his friend was starring in the show. He's also probably my favorite friend of Mike's...Mike speaks of him very highly. Not to mention he's absolutely hot." She laughed. Quinn looked on as she contemplated the words Tina said.

Rachel thought back to the night of her show and how Finn told her the flowers were from everyone. She couldn't deny just how sweet he could be, when he wanted to be. He's always been especially sweet to her.

"Finn's not that bad...I guess." Quinn reluctantly chimed in, and gave Rachel a small smile.

When the girls returned from the beach, they joined the guys in the pool. Quinn and Tina went over to their boyfriends, while Rachel went to where Blaine and Kurt were hanging out.

Finn watched her walk right past him in the water as he chatted with some of the other guys. He saw his entrance to talk to her when Blaine and Kurt went to get more drinks. He swam over to where she was in the 5 feet deep section holding on to the edge of the pool. He stood in front of her. "Hey...How was the beach?"

"It was fine...you were right. Tina is very nice." She responded, looking a little nervous.

"Everything okay?"

She looked at him a bit embarrassed. "I don't actually know how to swim, and Kurt was supposed to bring over one of the inflatable floats for me but I think he's forgotten." Finn looked over at Kurt who was caught up in a conversation with some of the guys by the drinks table.

"You don't know how to swim?" Finn smiled at her, thinking it's probably the cutest thing he's ever heard. Rachel Berry actually didn't know how to do something. Well, I'll be!

"Finn! It's not funny." she pouted at him.

"Do you trust me?" he says to her.

She looks at him weirdly. "Yes...why...what are you about to do?"

"Come on, hold on to me. I'll take you to the other side of the pool to get to the float." He put his hand on her waist, pulling her closer to him. She let out an anxious sigh and apprehensively wrapped her legs around his waist and put her arms around his neck, holding onto him tightly.

Finn slowly started walking to the other side of the pool, holding on to her. "I was thinking a lot about what you said earlier...about me marking you as my territory." He said to her.

"Oh?" She looked up at him.

"Yeah, you were right. I didn't want Sam thinking he had a shot with you so I did what I thought I had to do." he said sheepishly.

"You should know by now that I'm not interested in him, Finn. I know we're not in a relationship or anything, but you should at least know I'm not interested in anyone else." They reached the other end of the pool, but Rachel still held on to him.

"Maybe we should change that..." he said, a little nervously.

"What? You want me to be interested in other people?" her voice contained a little bit of surprise and hurt.

"No no...I mean, what are we, Rachel?" He gulped right after he said it. That was never his line - he was usually the one coming up with a response to this question. Now here he was at the mercy of this tiny brunette.

"This..." he nodded his head between the two of them. "is really new to me. I'm literally crazy about you, Rachel. When I'm with you, we have so much fun together, and when I'm not with you, I'm thinking about being with you. Maybe...we should be together. Like officially together. You'd be like, my girlfriend...if you want to be." he said nervously.

Rachel smiled at him, eyes full of love. "Are you asking me to be your girlfriend, Finn Hudson?"

He gave her his famous half smile that showed off his dimples, making him look so innocent and adorable at the same time.

"Oh Finn...most definitely yes!" She pulled his head down a bit to capture his lips in a sweet kiss.

Yay for Finchel!