Rising Seniors, A Sequel

This story is the sequel to Closing the Door

(I do not own Glee or any of the any of the characters.)

What a whirlwind late spring weekend it had been. First the club had been stranded in New York overnight without chaperones. Then they beaten their competition and won the first National Championship for McKinley since 1993.

It had been a bittersweet win over their rival Vocal Adrenaline. Rachel had expected to go head to head with Sunshine Corazon proving that she was the superior vocalist, but Sunshine hadn't competed. The win could really be credited to Kurt and Blaine. Kurt had been expelled from Dalton and Blaine had followed him back to McKinley. The two boys had finished New Directions' set with their rendition of Susan Boyle's I Am Who I Was Born To Be that was as moving as much as it was magical.

The Monday after their win over the weekend, the student body had treated them like kings. They repeated their winning performance at a special assembly that afternoon, and maybe it was a coincidence that the slushie machine was gone. Every one of them believed that their reign at the bottom of the McKinley food chain was over.

Rachel and Finn were solidly back together even though it had been a rough spring semester for the two of them. After school was dismissed on that Monday afternoon, Finn drove Rachel home in his old truck and she made a picnic for them in the back yard.

Spread out on a blanket, Finn and Rachel were finally enjoying some down time watching the clouds over head. Every cloud that Finn saw reminded him of food; Rachel saw animals and flowers in the same clouds.

"Finn, can you believe that our junior year will be over in a few days? When the class of 2011 graduates next week, we will officially be rising seniors," Rachel said.

"Yes, and every one of us wishes we had what you have. Early acceptance to not one but three universities, have you decided on which one that you are going to pick?" Finn said nuzzling her hair.

"I think that you know the answer to that one, Juilliard of course," Rachel said squeezing his hand. "Have you given anymore thought about where you're going to apply? A conference football championship, a Nationals show choir title, and your new SAT scores will only make your transcript shine."

"It won't be anywhere in New York," Finn said honestly. "With our money situation it'll have to be state college in Ohio or the local community college."

"Kurt is talking about NYU or FIT in New York, how is he going to afford it?" Rachel asked.

"When his mom died, she left him enough money to go to college. When my dad was killed, all he left Mom was a mortgage and a baby," Finn sighed.

"But what a wonderful man that baby turned out to be," Rachel smiled kissing Finn on the cheek. "Have you checked into college money from the VA or something since you dad was killed in Desert Storm?" With our football team on a winning streak, there's got to be a football scholarship out there."

"I've got all of that on my to do list, but right now I just want to spend what's left of the afternoon with you and wind down from our weekend and our National victory."

"Finn, do you realize that it's been a year since you told me that you loved me for the first time? Is this like our first anniversary together as a couple?"

"I'm not sure that you can call it a full year since we spent part of the winter broken up. I still kick myself for that colossal waste of time."

"I regret it too, but I feel like we've closer since we got back together, do you?"

"After our Friday night in New York, we're definitely closer," Finn said rolling Rachel over on the picnic blanket for a long lingering kiss.

The kiss was getting intense when Rachel's cell phone rang.

"Leave it," Finn said peppering her jaw with kisses.

"It's Mr. Schue," Rachel said. "It might be important."

Finn listened to one side of their conversation while he packed up their picnic stuff.

"Finn, you're not going to believe it," Rachel said. "The local newspapers and television stations want to interview New Directions about our Nationals win. They're going to be at school tomorrow afternoon for interviews and pictures. It seems that they're referring to you as the singing quarterback."

"Oh great," Finn said out loud. "Am I going to be the singing quarterback like Gene Autry is the singing cowboy? He's the guy who wrote and sang Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer you know."

"You'll have to write a song and ride a horse before you can be a singing cowboy," Rachel said teasing Finn.

"I'm afraid of horses," Finn said.

"Well you don't have anything to worry about of do you? Anyway, Mr. Schue wants you to call all of the guys and tell them about the reporters and not to wear any offensive t-shirts tomorrow."

"Does that mean that I can't wear my Mick Jagger tongue t-shirt? That thing is pure vintage; I found it at a yard sale."

"No, I threw that thing away one day when you weren't looking, and your mom thanked me," Rachel said rolling her eyes.

"Rachel, that shirt was an antique, I bet that it was older than I am," Finn sighed.

"It smelled like it was older than you are too. Besides if you want to have your picture on the evening news with me, you'll need to wear something respectable."

The next day at lunch everyone ate together and the talk about the reporters coming to school was non-stop. Finn was the first to notice that Artie wasn't among them.

"Where's Artie? Is he sick or something?" Finn asked Brittany.

"I dumped him, he's a boy, he got me pregnant," Brittany said as cool as a cucumber.

"What!" Mercedes said spitting her water into the air in a spray. "When did this happen?"

"I think at Rachel's party. Miss Holliday the sex ed teacher says that having sex with boys can get you pregnant and Artie is a boy."

"Have you taken the test?" Santana asked.

"Nope, I don't have a test until third period math class tomorrow," Brittany answered.

"No, I mean have you had a pregnancy test?" Santana asked.

Brittany only shook her head no.

"I'm heading out to my car to get a pregnancy test," Santana said getting up. "I always keep a spare one in my glove compartment."

Finn bit his lip before he asked, "Brittney, when you and Artie were having sex, did Artie forget to wear his rain coat?"

"Why would Artie need to wear a raincoat? It wasn't raining inside Rachel's house?" Brittany said giving Finn a puzzled look.

"I think what Finn is trying to ask you is did Artie use a condom when you two had sex?" Rachel said giving Finn an exasperated look.

"Yes, of course, he always does. What does that have to do with raincoats?"

"Never mind," Mercedes said shaking her head at Finn.

"Brittany, do you know where babies come from?" Rachel asked.

"Up until this morning I thought that the stork brought them, but in sex ed class, Miss Holliday said that you got them from having sex with boys. That's why I dumped Artie. He's a boy."

Santana soon appeared with the pregnancy test in her hand and pulled Brittany to the nearest bathroom.

"I can't believe that she thinks that a stork brings the babies, but this is the same girl who believes in Santa Claus and magic combs too," Sam said shaking his head.

"And that the square root of four is a rainbow," Kurt mused.

"I can't believe that she hasn't gotten pregnant before now. She's had sex with nearly every guy in this school. That doesn't include me," Finn said giving Rachel a cautious look.

"She's not pregnant!" Santana announced dragging Brittany back from the bathroom. "Tell Mr. Schue that I'm going to be late for Spanish. I'm going to the library and have a birds and the bees talk with Britt before she really does get pregnant," Santana said leading Brittany in the direction of the library.

"I'm going to be late too, I'm going to go and look for Artie and try to explain things to him," Finn said bewildered.

"If you happen to go by the nurse's office, go in and get a supply of little raincoats," Puck said to Finn trying not to burst out laughing."

Finn and Rachel were walking away when she whispered to Finn, "Where did you come up with the idea of calling condoms little raincoats?"

"It's what my mom called them when she gave me the birds and the bees talk. I didn't want to use the word condom in front of a bunch of girls." Finn said trying to defend himself to a very embarrassed Rachel.

Finn found Artie in the locker room cleaning out his locker.

"Artie, Brittany says that she dumped you, did she tell you why," Finn asked.

"No really," Artie answered sadly.

"She dumped you because you're a guy, that's why. Brittany thought that the stork brought the babies until this morning. Miss Holliday told her in sex ed that babies come from having sex with guys. You're a guy, you had sex with her, she thought that she was pregnant."

"Is she?" Artie asked in a panic.

"No, Santana apparently keeps a spare pregnancy test in her car. She went out and got it and had Brittany use it. Anyway, Brittany seems to have sworn off all guys at least for now. Your crime is being a dude. And if anyone in Glee says anything about raincoats, act like you don't know what they're talking about. What's your next class and I'll get you there before I go to Spanish," Finn said pushing Artie out of the locker room. "Don't be late for Glee today; all of those reporters are going to be there."

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Until chapter two, please keep reading and reviewing.

"I'm sorry that I got a little off track with Brittany and the birds and the bees. I saw a possible spoiler today and I couldn't resist. Forgive me, it was fun!

Chapter two is coming, Whistler Nights