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Ricard Rogers Theatre – Manhattan – Wednesday Evening
Finn and Rachel walked out of the Ricard Rogers Theatre and started walking towards Time Square. They had just been to see Hamilton and were then going to meet their friends at a bar in Times Square.
"So, what did you think?" Rachel asked looking up at Finn. Rachel had already seen Hamilton four times before but it was the first time she had taken Finn with her. While Finn was supportive of Rachel's magazine, he wasn't as interested in Broadway as she was.
"It was good" Finn replied, lamely.
"Good! That's all you can say about this ground-breaking play" Rachel argued, shaking her head.
"Rachel broadway is your thing not mine" Finn chuckled, he wrapped his arm around Rachel and pulled her close as they continued to walk down the street.
"Next time I'm bringing Blaine" Rachel grumbled, crossing her arms. Finn leaned down and quickly kissed Rachel on the cheek.
"And I'm okay with that" Finn smiled.
"So are you excited about your new role" Rachel wondered after a few moments of peaceful silence. Finn had been shadowing Duggers, the old vice-principal, before he retired for the last few weeks but tomorrow would be Finn's first proper day as the new vice principal of Dalton Academy.
"I'm excited but nervous. I just want to do a good job" Finn answered. Rachel glanced up at him and could see he was trying to cover up how nervous he was, Rachel hoped a nice drink with their friends would relax him, if not Rachel had other ways to relax her husband before his day at work.
"You will fine, you connect with those kids better than any other teacher and now you can do it on a bigger level" Rachel acknowledged.
"Thank you"
"And besides Vice – Principal Hudson sounds very sexy" Rachel smirked, she stopped in the middle of the street and pulled Finn in for a sweet kiss.
"Well then it will all be worth then" Finn laughed once they had pulled away from each other. They continued to walk until they turned on 9th Avenue.
"Where are we meeting the guys?" Finn asked, looking out for the sign for the bar where they were meeting the others. Finn never really knew where they going, he left that to Rachel.
"Just around the corner but let's just have one then bail" Rachel replied, she pulled Finn closer to her "I want an early night"
Finn kissed her head "Yes mam"
659 9th Avenue – Times Square – Wednesday Evening
"Mercedes?"
Mercedes looked up from her phone, where she was texting Quinn, to see Matt walking towards her. Mercedes had met Matt when he helped her record a demo tape almost two years before. She hadn't really seen him at all since then.
"Matt, hi" Mercedes greeted, with a large smile.
"How are you? I heard about your break up I'm sorry" Matt said. Mercedes nodded slightly, she wasn't sure how Matt had heard about Sam, she assumed it was probably through Social Media, she'd done a lot of emotional tweets when they had first broken up. Something she later regretted when Santana had teased her endlessly about it.
"Thank you" Mercedes smiled, it no longer hurt as much when she thought about Sam "How've you been"
"I'm good, I'm still at the studio, you should come by sometime" Matt suggested. Mercedes tried to not look to shocked at Matt's suggestion, Mercedes hadn't thought about music in a long time. She had given up on that part of her life around the time she broke up with Sam.
"I should?"
"Yeah we made good music together. I work in the head offices more now so I don't get down to the studios as much, so it will be fun" Matt explained, with a smile. Mercedes felt herself blush, she was wondering if Matt was talking about more than making music together.
"I haven't done that in a while either" Mercedes replied, not just referring to the music.
"You shouldn't give it up, you have a gift. Come by this week – you still have my number" Matt asked.
"I do, I'll give you a call"
Matt nodded and gave Mercedes a nice smile "Good"
Mercury Bar West – Times Square – Wednesday Evening
Twenty minutes later Mercedes finally made it to the bar, she looked around and found her friends at a table at the back where all the TV's where. She ordered herself a drink then walked over to them.
"Hey there you are?" Rachel greeted as Mercedes took a seat next to Quinn at the table. Mercedes said a quick hello to everyone then glanced over at Rachel.
"Yeah sorry, I ran in to Matt" Mercedes told them before taking a drink of her beer. The lads started their own conversation as the girls focused on Mercedes.
"Matt?" Quinn asked, confused.
"The guy from the recording studio, I think he just asked me out" Mercedes admitted, with a sly smile.
"Really? What happened" Rachel asked. Mercedes explained to them her encounter on the street with Matt and was happy to see they thought he'd been flirting with her as well.
"So are you going to call him" Kitty asked. She was a lot more confident than Brittany, Joe or even Puck had ever with the group of girls and after just a few meetings she felt comfortable to talk and ask the girls the questions that none of the other partners ever would.
"I think so, do you think I'm ready" Mercedes wondered glancing over nervously at Quinn and Rachel.
"YES!" Quinn and Rachel shouted at once. Kitty smirked at them both as Quinn looked apologetic for their outburst.
"This is good, you need to get back out there you have so much to offer and –"
"Who wants to play pool" Puck cut Quinn off, quickly getting up from the table, taking his drink with him. Kitty and Mercedes both rolled their eyes as Rachel smirked at them.
"Too much girl talk for you" Rachel quipped as Finn got up from the table.
"Always" Finn replied, giving her a chaste kiss before him and Joe joined Puck at the pool table. The guys started a game of pool while the girls looked back at Mercedes.
"So are you going to call him" Quinn asked.
Mercedes nodded "Yeah I think I will"
"You should wait three days, make him earn it" Kitty advised, pointing her finger knowingly at Mercedes. Rachel noticed Quinn hide a dissatisfied look behind her wine glass.
"Not bad advice" Rachel agreed, before smirking at the others "Although I wouldn't know. I've only ever dated one person"
"Don't rub it in" Quinn grumbled, good naturedly. The girls all looked over at the guys when they heard Puck cheering loudly, as he pocketed another ball. He smirked at the other two who both rolled their eyes at him.
"Where's Santana?" Kitty asked turning back to the women at the table.
"She's had to work late; she should be on her way though" Rachell answered before taking a drink of her Gin and Tonic.
Santana's Office - Stone, Peterson, and Balme Law firm – Wednesday Evening
"Okay Ryder, I'm finally leaving you're free to go" Santana told her assistant as she walked out of her office with her coat and bag already on. She put some papers on Ryders desk from him to deal with the next day as Ryder turned off his computer.
"Good, have a good night Santana" Ryder said as Santana started to leave while he was still packing things away.
"You too Ryder" Santana called back. She walked down the hallway towards the elevator, she had just reached it when she noticed Brittany coming out of the ladies' bathroom. Santana hadn't seen Brittany since their break up, she had tried contacting her a few times but always chickened out. She didn't think she had anything to say that Brittany wanted to hear.
"Brittany, hi" Santana greeted, suddenly nervous. Brittany didn't look as happy to Santana as she had hoped but Santana knew she couldn't blame her. Santana wasn't ready for a commitment and she had left Brittany after a year, with no really warning beforehand.
"Hi Santana" Brittany greeted, shortly.
"How've you been?" Santana asked, she nervously played with the strap of her bag. Nobody had ever made Santana as nervous as Brittany did and she wondered if Brittany ever noticed.
"I'm good you?" Brittany answered, lamely.
"I'm good, I was just about to head out"
"Please don't let me stop you. My father is here, just waiting for him to get out"
"It was nice to see you Brittany" Santana admitted. She had always wanted to check to see how Brittany was doing, she wanted to call her, to see if Brittany missed Santana as much as Santana had been missing her.
Brittany nodded, curtly "Yeah you too"
Santana knew nothing else needed to be said, so she smiled at Brittany one last time then got into the elevator. Twenty minutes later, Santana was still shook up about seeing Brittany as she walked into the bar to meet the others, she bypassed the bar and walked over to the groups table.
"There you are, where have you been" Mercedes asked as Santana sat down. The girls shared a look as they noticed Santana's vacant expression.
"Everything okay" Quinn wondered as Rachel jokingly clicked her fingers in front of Santana's face. Santana eventually came around and glanced over at them all.
"I saw Brittany"
"Let's get you a drink" Rachel said, quickly signalling for the waitress.
Finn's Office – Dalton Academy – Thursday Morning
The next day Rachel and Finn walked into Finn's new office. Rachel had taken the morning off work so she could help Finn make some homely touches to the bare office.
"So this is the new office, very nice. Not as nice as mine but still very nice" Rachel smirked as she dumped a box onto Finn's desk.
"Thank you for helping me set everything up" Finn said, he took a seat at his desk as Rachel started unpacking the box of photo frames and some of Finn's things from their shared office at home.
"Of course, who else can make this place look nice" Rachel argued. Finn rolled his eyes playfully as he watched Rachel put things around his office.
"You're going to need to good place for this" Rachel noted with a smile as she showed Finn a framed picture of the two of the from their wedding day. They didn't know the photo was being taken as they were staring at each other sharing a secret smile, it was one of Finn's favourite pictures.
"This is my favourite picture" Finn acknowledged. Rachel placed the photo frame on the desk so that the photo was showing outwards.
"It should be, when you have meetings with all those bored housewives they need to see how devoted you are to your wife" Rachel joked.
"There's prefect" Finn laughed although he moved the photo so it was facing him instead. Rachel walked round the desk and took a seat on Finn's lap. They were leaning in for a kiss when Finn's secretary walked into the office.
"Mr Hudson, I need to go over your – oh sorry I didn't realise you were with someone" Claire said, looking away as Finn lightly pushed Rachel off his lap.
"That's okay Claire this is my wife Rachel, Rachel this is my new secretary" Finn introduced. Rachel and Claire shared a quick hand shake as the secretary overcame her embarrassment at seeing the vice-principal in an embrace with his wife. It wasn't something she had ever seen with the old one.
"Nice to meet you" Claire stuttered, Rachel tried not to smirk at the blush on Claire's face.
"You as well, I'll leave you to it, I should get back the office anyway" Rachel said, she walked back over to Finn and gave him a quick kiss "Bye Mr Hudson"
"Bye wife" Finn mused.
"Bye Claire" Rachel said before closing the office door behind her.
The Diner – Park Avenue – Thursday Afternoon
"So, Finn started his job today, how do you think he's doing" Quinn wondered once the waitress had taken their order. The girls were at their regular table at the diner having lunch together before they went back to work.
"He'll be a natural" Rachel smiled, she had no doubt that Finn would do well in his job. Finn lived to be a teacher and she knew he would make that school better than it already was.
"Look at you such a proud wifey" Santana quipped, nudging Rachel's side playfully. Santana seemed better than she had the night before at the bar. After initially telling them about seeing Brittany, she didn't want to talk about it any further and the others had expected that, they knew they would get more out of her when it was just them at the diner.
"So, have you called Matt yet Mercedes" Rachel asked. Santana was looking down at her phone and without looking away from Mercedes Rachel took the phone from her and put it on the table. Santana rolled her eyes but didn't pick it back up.
"No I took Kitty's advice, I'm gonna wait three days" Mercedes replied. Rachel and Santana shared an amused look when they noticed Quinn roll her eyes.
"Something to add there Quinn" Santana smirked at Quinn, who looked embarrassed at being caught.
"Nope nothing at all" Quinn replied, shortly.
"I think this is good though, that you're getting back out there" Rachel interjected before Santana could say anything else to Quinn to embarrass her.
"It's definitely time but we don't know that it's a date that he wants" Mercedes replied, nervously.
"Yeah because why else would he want you to come to his studio to make sweet music" Santana replied, sarcastically. Quinn and Rachel chuckled in agreement and Mercedes rolled her eyes at them all.
"It's quite romantic really" Quinn mused just as the waitress came over with their drinks order, she placed the cups down in front of them then scurried away.
"Change of subject please or I'm going to freak out over it" Mercedes said, Rachel glanced over at Santana when she noticed her reach for her phone again. They could all see she was clearly hoping someone would get in contact with her.
"Santana, have you heard from Brittany again" Rachel wondered. Santana dropped her phone on the table and shook her head.
"No and I don't think I will, she was really hurt with how I ended things I wouldn't blame her if she didn't want to talk to me again" Santana admitted, sadly. The others shared a concerned look, they could see how much seeing Brittany had affected Santana.
"But do you want to talk to her again" Rachel argued.
"That doesn't matter it not my choice its hers" Santana argued, shaking her head "And I think she's made it"
Santana's Apartment – Thursday Night
Later that night Santana was enjoying a glass of wine while she did some work when there was a knock at her door. Santana was confused, it was already eleven thirty and she wasn't expecting any visitors. Santana opened the door and was very surprised to find a drunk Brittany leaning against her door frame.
"Brittany, what are you doing here" Santana asked, confused.
"I've been drinking tonight, this means nothing" Brittany proclaimed. She marched into the apartment, Santana closed the door and followed her into the living room.
"What means nothing" Santana wondered, she picked up her glass of wine and took a seat before Brittany took it from her and finished off the wine.
"I haven't stopped thinking about you since I saw you yesterday and I need that to stop, so we are going to sleep together to get it out of my system" Brittany explained, clearly a little bit drunk.
"Okay?"
"Okay then" Brittany nodded, she grabbed Santana's hand then pulled her into her bedroom.
Finn's Office – Dalton Academy – Friday Evening
"Thanks for this Claire, you can head home now I have everything I need" Finn said to his secretary when she handed him some more files he had to look through before his meeting with the Student Council the next day. They were discussing the Senior prom and Finn had to be there to make sure that they stayed within budget and didn't suggest anything to crazy.
"Okay Mr Hudson, I'll see you tomorrow" Claire replied.
"See you tomorrow and you can call me Finn" Finn added before Claire left his office. Finn was working on his computer for fifteen more minutes before he heard a knock on his door and Rachel walk into his office. She had on a trench coat and was carrying a bag of takeout food.
"Rachel what are you doing here, I told you I had to work late" Finn said. He would be spending a lot of late nights in his office as he caught up on everything he had to know for his new role. Luckily for him he had an equally workaholic wife who had understood.
"I know that's why I brought you some food" Rachel cheered as she put the bag on the desk and started taking out some takeout containers.
"Thank you"
"Don't thank me just yet" Rachel said, she smirked at Finn as she slowly took of her coat "I brought you some dessert as well"
Finn's jaw dropped when she saw that underneath her coat all Rachel had on was a black lace bra and underwear set and high stiletto heels.
"Really, here?" Finn wondered, already inching closer to her.
"We have to christen your new office Vice- Principal Hudson" Rachel argued, she threw her arms around Finn's neck and brought him close, she started kissing down his neck while unbuttoning his shirt.
"I have paperwork" Finn said, lamely
"We can do it on the paperwork" Rachel replied before pulling Finn into a searing kiss. Finn quickly responded and lifted Rachel up and laid her down on top of his desk, right on the paperwork.
Mercedes' Apartment – Brooklyn – Saturday Morning
Mercedes was lounging at her apartment, watching some mindless reality show when she realised it was a perfect time to call Matt. She had waited the three day but she was now ready to start something new in her life. She didn't know what Matt wanted from their encounter but she knew what she wanted and was feeling confident enough to get it. It was the first time Mercedes had been interested in anyone since Sam and she wanted to explore that.
"Hey Matt, it's Mercedes" Mercedes said once Matt had answered the phone. She switched off her TV and leaned back on the sofa.
"Mercedes hi, I'm glad you called. I was hoping you would" Matt said, happily.
"I wanted to talk about your offer to meet up. You were right we did make good music together" Mercedes said, trying to sound casual. She was interested in Matt but she didn't want him to know that until she knew he was interested in her.
"That we did, why don't you stop by tomorrow. We can go out for dinner after. I just heard about a new Thai restaurant I want to try" Matt explained
"Sounds great" Mercedes beamed. She was suddenly nervous but it was a good nervous, something she hadn't felt in a while. The last time she had felt it, she was with Sam. She quickly shook that thought from her head, she didn't want to think about Sam when she was talking to Matt.
"Good, it's a date then"
Mercedes nodded, even though he couldn't see her "Yeah it is"
Finn and Rachel's House – West Village – Monday Evening
After a long day at work Finn tiredly dragged himself through the front door. He dropped his bag and coat at the entrance, grabbed a beer from the fridge then walked into the living room to find Rachel lounged out on the sofa watching a new episode of Scandal.
"Hey honey how was work?" Rachel asked, glancing up from the TV.
"I had a meeting with the school board, another meeting with disgruntled parents about their son's suspension then a two-hour phone call with the principal about the budget for the next fiscal year. I never said fiscal so much in one conversation" Finn explained, tiredly. He slumped down next to Rachel on the sofa. Rachel leaned across and started playing with his hair.
"Rough day I take it" Rachel mused, with a sympathetic smile.
"Just different I guess" Finn shrugged, Finn was used to lively classrooms full of students, he'd always loved it but because of all his meetings that day, he'd not seen any of his regular students and Finn missed it.
"Well your lovely wife made you dinner" Rachel beamed, Finn noticed the empty Chinese containers on the coffee table.
"Ordering take out doesn't count" Finn quipped, through a yawn.
"It so does count" Rachel argued as she got up from the sofa and walked into the kitchen to fix Finn a plate. She brought it back in for him and Finn rewarded her with a sweet kiss.
"So was it really that bad at work today" Rachel asked as Finn tucked into his Chicken Chow Mein.
"I'm just not used to it, I guess. I didn't see any of my students and that was always my favourite part of the job"
"You just need to find your feet Finn, things will start to feel normal for you soon enough" Rachel said, she put her head on his shoulder and stroked his leg affectionately.
"So, you don't think I made a mistake taking this job" Finn wondered, nervously.
"Only you can answer that Finn" Rachel pressed, kindly. Finn didn't say anything for a few minutes as he thought about what Rachel said, eventually he turned to her and pointed at his food.
"This is very good takeout" Finn mused.
"What did I tell you, I'm such a good wife" Rachel cheered before taking big bite of Finn's Chow Mein.
Finn's Office – Dalton Academy – Tuesday Morning
The next day Finn was trudging through some more paperwork in his office when there was a knock on his door. Finn looked up to see one of his senior's Heather nervously walking into his office.
"Hey Mr Hudson, have you got a minute" Heather asked.
"Of course, Heather come in" Finn gestured to heather to take a seat in front of him.
"I know you're probably busy and everything but I wanted to give you my short story to read. I wanted to get your notes on it before I submitted into the competition" Heather rattled off as she took a seat. Finn vaguely remembered Heather asking him the week before he would read her short story, Finn had been so pleased because he'd been wanting Heather to admit some of her work ever since he'd read some of it, her freshman year.
"Of course, that's right, I read it and get it back to you today" Finn told her.
"There's no rush sir, the competition doesn't close for another few days" Heather argued, although happy as she handed Finn her story. Finn put it on top of his growing pile of paper work.
"Still you have it back by the end of day, I know how important it is to you" Finn affirmed, he meant it as well. It would be the next thing he did, his students were more important than paperwork he had to get through.
"Thank you" Heather replied, getting up from her seat and opening her backpack "Oh and before I forget these are for you" Heather handed Finn a cupcake box from Magnolia Bakery "Just something to say congrats on the new job"
"Thank you, Heather, you didn't have to" Finn replied, touched by the gesture from his student.
"It's nothing, you certainly done a lot for us since you've been here" Heather argued.
"I'm glad to hear it" Finn replied putting the box to one side of his desk.
Heather shrugged "It's true, this school just got a lot better now that you're in charge"
Finn and Rachel's House – West Village – Tuesday Evening
"Hey Rach" Finn called as he walked through their house, noting all the lights were off except the outside light.
"I'm outside" Rachel called back. Finn left all his bags, except the cupcake box, by the door then walked through the house and into the garden. Finn took a seat next to Rachel at the patio table and dumped the cupcakes on the table. He leaned over a gave Rachel a long hello kiss.
"Well you seem a lot bright than you did yesterday" Rachel noted, once she had pulled away from Finn.
"It was a better day today" Finn agreed, as he took two cupcakes from the box and handed one to Rachel "I actually think I can do this"
Finn had a brain wave after talking to Heather, he realised that his students could now come to him with any issues or concerns they had and instead of just listening like he'd down before Finn could now actually do something about it and change their school experiences for the better. He could still be there for his students just in a different way than he was before.
"Of course, you can Finn, I never doubted that"
"Well now I know it as well"
"Which is all that matters" Rachel said, before taking a big bite of her cupcake. Finn had texted Rachel during the day about Heather had given him and while Rachel had teased him, saying Heather probably had a crush him but she certainly enjoyed the cupcakes either way.
"Have you made dinner again tonight" Finn asked, once he'd finished his second cupcake.
"It's your turn" Rachel mused, giving Finn a side eye.
"How about I treat my wife to a night out" Finn replied, smiling at her lovingly.
Rachel gave him a kiss on the cheek before getting up from her seat and pulling him with her "Words I love to hear"
Pegu Club - Soho – Wednesday Night
The next night the group were all together at a club in Soho enjoying a midweek drink together. The girls wanted Kitty and Joe to feel as comfortable as possible despite the odd situation so they tried to all get together at least once a week.
"So how was the date Mercedes?" Quinn asked once the group were all settled at the table with a drink.
"It was so lovely, the restaurant he took me too after was so nice" Mercedes answered with a wistful smile. Mercedes had met Matt at the recording studio but they had only been there for a few minutes when Matt told her he'd made reservations at the restaurant. After they'd had a wonderful meal they went to a jazz bar nearby to listen to some of Matt's favourite music. It was the best night Mercedes had had in a very long time.
"Where did you go?" Finn asked as he wrapped his arm around Rachel, before taking a drink of his beer.
"Jean-Georges"
"That is nice, so are you seeing him again" Rachel wondered. She was happy Mercedes was getting back out there and that this guy was Mercedes age and acted like a real adult.
"Tomorrow night, he's taking me to see a show" Mercedes answered, shyly.
"Very fancy for a sound guy at a record label" Santana mused, with a smirk.
"What Santana really means is she's happy you've moved on and Matt seems very nice" Quinn said, sending Santana a disapproving look. Santana rolled her eyes as the other smirked at Quinn always trying to be the peace maker.
"Really that's doesn't sound like what she said" Puck joked, smiling at Quinn. Quinn playfully scowled at Puck as Kitty put her hand on Puck's knee.
"Change of subject, how things going at work Finn" Mercedes asked, as Santana and Rachel shared a look at Kitty jealously and Puck and Quinn's naivety.
"They're going really well" Finn replied, happily. Rachel beamed at him as Puck nodded in agreement.
"Certainly, like having you as my boss than old Duggers" Puck mused
"From what Finn has told me Finn, there was no one better to take on the role" Kitty added
Finn smiled at Puck's girlfriend "Thank you, Kitty,"
"You might want to straighten your face; your jealousy is showing" Santana whispered to Quinn
"No Joe tonight Quinn" Kitty asked, kindly.
"He had a big case he needed to prepare for. It's a huge case for the frim" Quinn answered, sounding smug and kind at the same time. It was a tone Quinn had mastered.
"It really is, poor Joe has been working late every day this week" Santana added, glancing over at Puck.
"Why don't I get everyone another drink" Puck said, shortly before rushing to the bar
Santana leaned down to whisper in Rachel's ear "Looks like Quinn isn't the only one is jealous"