AN: Inspired by lyrics from "Reasons" by New Found Glory. Set in near future. All assumptions are my own and not based on anything that may or may not be out on the net about the ending of season3/season 4.
Finn sat at the table for four all alone. He had come to New York with his fiance for the New Student Orientation events for NYADA. He thought it would be a way to ease himself into life in the city. A long weekend exposure to city life and then return to Lima for a few weeks before they moved here. An hour after arrival Finn had felt like a forgotten fish out of water. Rachel was so wrapped up in what this trip meant to her that she hadn't even bothered asking him what he thought about anything. Case in point - he was sitting at this table alone while Rachel mingled with other students and tried to charm her future instructors.
Kurt's words back in February about being more than the guy who held Rachel's purse on the red carpet came back to haunt him. Was his stepbrother right? Had he given up his own dreams and was simply tagging along with Rachel's. Could they both have dreams and still stay together?
Finn's gaze drifted through the crowd until it found Kurt who was chatting with an older man who was undoubtedly a NYADA instructor. By Kurt's side was his boyfriend Blaine, whom seemed just as engaged in the conversation as Kurt was. Looking at them, Finn knew he had his answer.
Blaine had another year of high school left but like Finn he had come to New York for the weekend. Unlike himself and Rachel though, Kurt and Blaine had seemed like they were actually here together - both of them excited about NYADA and making plans for their future. They had even gone to check out a couple of the schools that Blaine was applying too. Both of them had their dreams and though they might be modifying things to make those dreams work together, it was a mutual arrangement. Kurt wasn't given up his dreams for Blaine nor vice versa.
~If I had gotten my football scholarship would I have proposed to Rachel? ~ Finn asked as his eyes once again found his fiance.
Though he knew he might never find that answer Finn did come to one realization while he was sitting there - this wasn't the life he wanted. He wasn't ruling out New York or a life with Rachel but he did realize that he had to find something that made him happy or his marriage to Rachel was bound to fall apart. The resentment he had felt these last couple of days while she had gone on about herself and her dreams would only grow and intensify and perhaps the time apart might make Rachel appreciate him a bit more.