Disclaimer: I do not own GLEE Ryan Murphy and Fox do.
Chapter Five: He's a St. James
"Jesse, Finn, stop it." Rachel said as she walked through the living room to the bedroom with the laundry. The two men had been bickering for two days and the only nice thing they would say was hello in the morning.
"Well he's telling me he's not gay, the only girl I have ever seen him even in a relationship with was you and that was like fourteen years ago, fourteen! Jesse?"
"What?" Jesse asked looking at Finn with a glare.
"Look I know I'm handsome and all but theres no need to stare, I'm only asking you a simple question. Plus I'm sure Peter would get mad. Seriously though, why do you not have a girlfriend? And don't say you're engaged, because I know that, I'm just absolutely positive it's a man." Finn said shovelling his breakfast into his mouth and choking slightly when Rachel hit him on the head as she sat down with William at the table.
"Finn, stop it, you already have him on the couch and doing all your work, don't you think that's enough?" She asked looking between the two men who were glaring at each other.
"Well I'd like it more if we could tie him up in the basement. Maybe even shave his head and make him wear an orange jumpsuit." Finn sneered as he stood up and put his plate in the sink before walking to the bedroom to get changed. He put on a red t-shirt and black jeans before walking out to see Rachel and Jesse talking about something. "where I go, when I go there… no more memory anymore…" he sang walking to go get the stroller out of the closet, Rachel stifled a laugh and put her hand over her mouth when Jesse looked at her.
"He's a fan of the soundtrack." She laughed as Jesse watched Finn sing the whole song word for word. Finn walked over to Rachel and held his arms out for William when she handed him over Finn went and placed him into his stroller.
"I'm taking William for a walk, we're going to see Grampa Burt." He said yanking the door open. "Bye honey, goodbye Jessica." He closed the door behind him leaving Jesse fuming and Rachel holding back laughs.
The summer was winding down, the trees beginning to change colours, the days becoming lazy, the schools soon to be opening. Finn walked down the streets of Lima with the stroller in front of him and Rachel on his arm. Finn would start work at the school in less than two weeks and Rachel would be at home with William, her husband had insisted on visiting two people before his chance was up. Daniel and Anna, they would be leaving town tomorrow to go get settled before school started again.
They walked up towards Daniel's house to see the boy lifting boxes into the back of a rusty truck, he waved when he saw Rachel and Finn and lifted one more box before he sat on the tail gate.
"Mr. and Mrs. Hudson, what brings you here?" He asked cleaning sweat and grease and oil from his face.
"We just wanted to give you a farewell and we got something for you." Finn said handing Daniel a flat square box. "A gift from the Hudson's to you. Don't open it until you get to Los Angeles though, my brother will be waiting with his phone down town. His number's written on the box there."
"Wow, thank you guys… I don't know what to say." Daniel replied looking up at Finn and then to Rachel.
"It's nothing really Daniel, just something to help you get started." Rachel added smiling at the young man. "We really hope you have fun down in L.A and make sure you're in touch when you have the time."
"I will Rachel, I will. God thank you guys."
"We've got to get going but have a safe trip down there and I'll be down there for a week in November." Finn mentioned, holding his hand out for Daniel to shake. "Good luck."
They said goodbye to Daniel before continuing their walk they made it to Anna's house ten minutes later. Rachel knocked on the door and waited for an answer, it was Anna who opened the door.
"Rachel, Finn, what are you doing here?" She asked looking a little confused.
"Well Finn and I wanted to give you something before you left." Rachel said, holding out a box similar to the one they gave Daniel, Anna took it and looked at the couple. "Don't open it until you land in New York."
"Written on the top is the number to my limo driver. He'll meet you at the airport and will take you wherever whenever." Finn commented smiling at the young woman as she hugged his wife before moving over to hug him. "Have a safe trip okay?" he said in her ear as he returned her hug.
"I will, I can't thank you guys enough." Anna replied quietly as she pulled away from Finn and stepped back.
"Remember, we'll be here for your ten year reunion." Finn laughed taking Rachel's hand as Anna smiled and nodded.
When they left Anna's house the pair were quiet, William was awake in the stroller looking up at his father as they walked around town for a little while. He was already almost four months old and was growing up too fast for his parents liking, he'd be graduating soon enough in their eyes.
Eighteen Years Later
"Will, hurry up you're graduating in an hour and you're not ready, how many traits of your mothers do you have?" Finn shouted up the stairs as he tightened his tie and rolled his eyes. Twenty years with Rachel and three kids later their eldest was graduating, Finn had a hard time believing it some days. His sons music stopped as he walked out of his room and down the stairs in a suit, the tie missing.
Rachel walked passed with Jackson and Aria holding her hand out as Finn dropped the keys into it. The family piled into the car and Rachel drove them to the school, when they arrived Finn and Rachel watched Will meet his girlfriend at the door and walk with her into the school.
"Come on Rach." Finn said holding his hand out for his wife who was uncharacteristically quiet. Jackson and Aria walked behind their parents into the school, the four of them sitting near the front. Finn's arm was wrapped around Rachel's shoulder, this was hard on them, but they couldn't be more proud when their son sang with his glee club behind him, Finn had worked with them for months now, it was flawless.
Rachel's tears began to fall when Will's four photos popped up on the screen when his name was called. The first was a photo when he was one, a microphone in his hand stood next to Finn, the second a photo of Will and Jackson in their football uniforms when they were twelve and ten, the third was Will's high school football photo, it was impossible not to realize he was Finn's son, they looked exactly the same now. The last was his cap and gown photo for graduation, when the screen went black again Finn jumped up and cheered for his son as he received his diploma.
The night wound down into summer, and into the final week that Will was at home. The day he left Finn and Rachel stood at the end of driveway watching him drive away towards L.A to follow in Finn's footsteps. Rachel cried as his car turned the corner, Finn pulled her to his side as he closed his eyes. Two years from now Jackson would be graduating and in four so would Aria, the most important thing was he and Rachel had the perfect life, and the perfect kids, nothing compared.
"Rachel, he'll be back for Christmas you know that right?" Finn asked as he led his wife inside. They sat on the sofa and Rachel leant into his side, his arms curled around her tightly.
"I know, but he's on his own out there Finn are you not scared at all?" she asked quietly looking up at the family photo on the wall.
"He's living with Kurt, but you're right I am scared but he's like you, he'll be fine." Finn replied simply, leaning down to kiss her.
The two had come a long way, and were happy together. Their life was on a path that could be rivalled. They settled in for a quiet night, or quiet for five minutes until Aria burst through the door.
"I hate boys!" she exclaimed stomping upstairs.
"Boys? You're fourteen! Who is he? Do I know his parents?" Finn said standing up and walking to the bottom of the stairs.
"Of course you know his parents, he's a ." his daughters voice called down, Finn was fuming as he spun on his heels.
"Rachel I'll be back in roughly an hour, I love you." He said storming out of the door, Rachel sighed, thankful they only had one daughter. Finn sure could overreact.
THE END
A/N: Stay tuned for another story soon. Review remember. The song Finn is singing in the first bit is called Touch Me and Jonathan Groff sings it in Spring Awakening. :)