My best intentions loving you

Post 4x14. I gave you a ring and I promised you things I always thought we'd do but my best laid plans slip right trough my hands to show my love for you. After Finn finds out Rachel is pregnant, he's determined to make it right and be with the love of his life again, only he knows it won't be easy.

A/N: hello guys! This is such a bittersweet moment! I have been ending some of my stories and feeling miserable about it even though I know things must come to an end at some point. I want to thank each and everyone of you for your incredible support. I wish Finchel had actually had their happy ending more than anything but this has also allowed me to deal with losing Cory and I hope it did the same for you.. I'm still thinking if I should turn this into a trilogy or just jump right in with my original idea of the sequel. I don't know yet but we shall see.

I do hope you enjoy this final chapter and stay around for the sequel :)

Again, thank you.

I don't own anything. Just baby Cory and my desire to give Finchel a happy ending, one they deserved. This is for you Cory!

Chapter 28:

5 months later...

"Of course it's fine Mom.." Finn said with a smile as he made breakfast. "He won't even remember his first birthday present anyway."

"Who's that?" Rachel asked caring Cory over to his chair. Finn mouthed 'Mom' and she said to tell her hello. "Of course. Okay sure, yeah Rachel and Cory say hi. I'll see you tonight mom, have a safe trip."

"I seriously can't wait until Kurt and Blaine have a kid, I can't take this overbearing grandma thing, she's worse than when I was a kid." Finn sighed as he flipped the pancakes.

"She does everything because she cares Finn, that's what moms are for." Rachel said getting some oatmeal for the baby. "What time will she be here?"

"Around five." Finn said placing a plate in front of her, they sat at the table, Cory between them.

"Oh yes! I smell food!" Puck said scratching the back of his full of hair head. Rachel still had a hard time picturing him without his trademark Mohawk.

"Good morning to you too, Noah." Rachel scolded.

"Oh hi, I didn't see you there." He said goofily. Rachel rolled her eyes.

"Puckerman! You better not finish all breakfast like last time!" Santana's voice pieced from the end of the loft.

"Chill out, I paid you back for the box of cereal, would you let go?"

"No one messes with my food!" She chided.

"Who stole what again?" Blaine asked groggily.

"Kurt! You better get your ass out here before you don't get any breakfast!" Santana said.

"Hummel barely eats! He only cares about granola bars. Can I eat his pancakes?" Noah asked like a small child.

"I'm trying to look great for tonight so yes you can Puck."

Finn and Rachel smirked as they watched their friends morning rituals. It wasn't different from any other day, except today was Cory's first birthday. His first cake and candle. One neither of them thought they'd actually get to see.

"So everyone knows what's to do for later right?" Rachel told them seriously as they sat down too.

"Pick up Carole and dad from the airport." Kurt said. "Then Rachel's dads at the train station,"

"Clean the apartment." Blaine said.

"Redo everything they'll do wrong.." Santana added.

"Make sure everything is ready for Sunday." Finn said. They all turned to Puck.

"I better stay and help Anderson, right?"

"Alright, we better do this with the less error margin possible."

"Rachel, it's just a birthday party." Santana said. "He won't even remember it."

"No, but I will and I want it to be perfect." She said making the Latina roll her eyes.

"I'll give Sam and Mercedes a call, they won't mind helping us with the cleaning."

"Perfect, see Santana, everyone is helping."

"Yes and I'm regretting agreeing with this in the first place." She said.

"Sorry, godmother's duty."

"Speaking of duties.." Rachel said turning at Finn.

"Here, finish, I've got him." He kissed her tenderly and moved to their room to change the baby.

The living arrangement had certainly changed over the last few months. After Cory's surgery they had gotten a bigger place which Santana and Puck had manage to score at a decent price, as long and Finn and Puck did all the handy work themselves, later Mercedes had announced she was moving to New York, she and Sam had decided to give their relationship another try and had moved in together just a few floors down. Sure, the apartment was crowded but somehow they had all managed to make it work. Everyone went about their days at school except for Puck and Santana who still worked at the dinner and were mostly on baby duty when the others were in school.

"All done." Finn said getting a red shirt with a white 5 imprinted on it along with a pair of brown kakis, August was a still pretty warm month for New York, recently it had gotten warmer. That should be enough to keep Cory cool for the rest of the day. He laid the baby back on the changer making him giggle, Cory moved his feet up as if he was protecting himself from being dressed. Finn's eyes eyes drifted to Cory's chest scar. It was still fresh, even though months had gone by, Finn called it his war scars, it made him anxious to still touch the baby's chest because it look so alarming against his child's soft and baby like chest. "Finn?" Rachel's voice pulled him back form his thoughts.

"Hey." He said with a smile as he continued to dress the baby, Cory adverted his mother's presence by crooking his neck. He giggled at the sight of her. "Mama!" The barely distinct word still came as a surprise to both kids, as he had only began to speak about to months before or so. Dr. Solomon had told them that sometimes premies developed certain skills before time while others took them a little while longer. He still hadn't been able to stand on his own. Not even waddle.

"That's right baby, what's daddy doing?"

"Daddy is trying not to get powder all over his last pair of clean Pj's. " Finn said toting the baby up, Cory reached to his mouth and put his hand inside it. Finn smiled

"Ah well," Rachel said playfully. "Cory's a good boy." She kissed Finn's cheek taking the baby from him. "Mommy, not so much." She reached for the powder and pressed, away from herself and over to Finn. "Oops. Daddy's is going to sleep shirtless from now on." She kissed him softly on the lips cleaning the powder from his face.

"You would like that wouldn't you?"

"Very much." She bit her lip.

"Too bad mom said she'd help is with laundry when she gets here." Finn said chucking at her pout which he whipped out with a kiss.

"And for that, you'll be doing the dishes for a week."

"My pleasure wifey." Finn pinched her nose.

"Are you two done?" Kurt asked from behind the door. "We're on a schedule here!"

Oh boy.

Finn sat at his desk in James's office playing with his golden band. He'd been a married man less than six months ago and it still had not hit him, he was not only someone's dad but someone's husband. Sure it had not been the wedding he'd imagine he and Rachel would have had, it had taken place in the NCIU after Cory's surgery was over, even though Dr Solomon had assured them they had taken every precaution, the risks of infection over the tube they had put on Cory's chest to help his heart function better, were great specially since they had encountered some complications during surgery.

So they had decided over the course of 5 hours which was the time of Cory's surgery they had wanted to get married with their son still with them in case something went wrong.

And they did. It wasn't rushed but it wasn't perfect either but it had been theirs and Cory had been there. Funny enough Santana had officiated with an online certificate, no Jewish ceremony either, Finn figured they would get to it eventually. Still no church wedding or white dress, Two weeks later they had gone to city hall and made it official.

"What are you still doing here?" Finn looked up to see Sophie. His friend had taken a job with the deans office over the summer to make some extra credits. "Don't you have a party to get to?"

"I do." Finn smiled. "I'm just.. I'm just thinking.." Sophie leaned against his desk.

"Don't tell me you forgot the cake." She teased.

"No, I wouldn't even dare going back home if I had, Rachel wants it to be perfect."

"So she didn't give you any chores?"

"I actually have to go pick the birthday boy from daycare."

"And you're still here?" She frowned. "Get your ass out of here!"

"I'll see you later?" He said with a half smirk and a swing of his bag over his shoulder.

"Yeah, Rachel personally invited me."

Well that was a first, the little diva had certainly felt threatened by Sophie at first, not that she didn't trust Finn or he'd ever cheat on her but sometimes, she traveled back to being that insecure 16 year old.

"We'll I guess now that she's married to you she has noting to worry about." Sophie stated honestly.

"It's still hard to believe it, isn't it? Me? Married?"

Sophie laughed. "Didn't you try to get her to marry you a few fines before?" Finn just rolled his eyes and left the room.

"Oh good you're here!" Kurt said as Shelby walked inside with little Beth in tow. "I need help!"

"I can see that.." Shelby smirked. "Where's Rachel?"

"She... Umm she got a last minute call about Sunday, although she did promise to make it quick., not that I would trust her on that." He huffed. "Where's Finn? I thought he'd come with you?"

"Ah yes, he picked up the baby a while back, I figured he'd be here by now." Kurt's eyes turned to worry.

"They better not be late to their own child's birthday!"

"You look a lot taller from this angle." A voice startled Rachel. She turned around with a wide smile.

"Shouldn't you be back at the house?" Her heart melted at the sight of her boys, Cory wore a small denim jacket as the afternoon's winds had begun. "Getting my guy ready?"

"Ah so now he's your guy?" Finn winked walking slowly toward the edge of the stage.

"He's always my guy, you're my man." Finn chuckled.

"Staying true to Broadway I see."

"Always." Finn smiled and climbed the stairs to join her on stage. Cory began to fuss in his arms.

"Come here baby." Rachel cooed the small child in her arms. His amber eyes sparkled as he held on to the Finn's necklace on her neck. "Big day today, can you believe you're a year old Cor?" The baby growled, trying to form a word, making both Finn and Rachel to smile. "Overachiever like his mommy." Finn said wrapping his arms around her waist, pulling her close. Rachel tip toed to kiss his lips which he gladly reciprocated. The baby between them, it was as if all three hearts could be heard beating together.

"We should go home, everyone is waiting..." Rachel held her breath as Finn moved behind her.

"Let them wait, it's just about us right now.." He said kissing her neck.

"About time!" Kurt snapped at them. "Everyone's waiting for the guest of honor."

"There he is!" Carole took the baby from Finn's arms. "Look how big he's gotten, Finn, he looks just like you." Finn blushed.

"Do you mind if I change him Rachel? I just got him the most adorable thing.."

"Of course not." She smiled. Carole nodded taking the baby into the main room.

"Where in the world were you?" Santana asked. "I had to convince your dads you had not been kidnapped."

"Sorry, we were just.."

"I don't know, don't care, specially when you're smiling like that Hudson!" Santana snapped disgusted. "Come on, you're the worst hosts ever..."

"Pretty soon he won't even fit in those." Carole smiled as she handed Rachel a series of outfits. "Trust me, Finn couldn't hold on clothes for dear life."

"Thank you Carole, these are amazing.."

"Oh man mom I didn't know you were that kind of grandma.." Finn mused.

"You'll thank me when you begin to run out on baby clothes, you can thank your father for those genes." Carole said making Finn roll his eyes. Burt laughed alongside Kurt.

"Well you can't give only toys to a child, thats for sure, they have to get dressed." Burt said. " Although I bet he's more grateful over toys right now." The baby had crawled over his side and began to rest for a music truck Hiram had got him.

"His father's son for sure." Cory cuddled closer to Rachel's chest as he yawned, never letting go of his truck.

"I second that." Finn said with a smile, " I think we better get to the cake before he falls sleep and misses his first candle blow and wish."

Carole laid out Sophie's homemade cake on the kitchen counter. Cory sat on the counter with Finn holding his back with his chest. Beth who was in Puck's arms insisted she wanted to blow the candles because clearly Cory wasn't old enough to do it. So Finn Rachel, and Beth all helped blow it out.

"I can't believe he's one." Rachel whispered to Finn as she felt his and on the small of his back.

"Happy birthday baby boy." Finn said as they put him down for the night.

"Mommy and daddy love you so much." Rachel leaned back against Finn's chest. She looked up to find an adoring look on her husband's eyes. "You're our little miracle Cory." Finn kissed Rachel's forehead and moved on to turn on the heart monitor. It worked as a pacemaker, even though it really wasn't, it was a machine that would tell them of any change in the baby's heartbeat. Finn gave her a sympathetic smile. He knew it killed her to see Cory being so vulnerable. "Come on, lets go, it's okay."

This was it. She was here. She'd made it Broadway. Funny Girl. "You look amazing.." Finn said as they were in her dressing room. "Almost like Barbara herself." Finn smiled looking down at Cory. "Doesn't mommy look amazing Cor?" Rachel smiled down at her boys. She honestly didn't know how they'd done it. She was ready to give up on Fanny when Cory got sick but Finn had not allowed her. It had honesty caught them by surprise when Puck and Santana announced they'd gotten Kurt and Blaine to agree and have them also live in a bigger place to help out. Santana out of all people had stepped up to push Rachel into doing the show once Cory was better. Finn had teamed up with her to make it happen, because as far as they could see, she was also doing this for Cory, Santana wasn't dumb, she knew how much money a successful show would bring, if she gave it a try and it was a bust then people couldn't say they had not tried, but what if it in fact worked? It would be hard of course, there was no doubt about it. People were harsh, sure but all of them had a drive, Rachel had two actually, and if she didn't feel okay with it, then she'd be done and she would have realized part of her dreams. "Like a true star we all knew she always was."

"Finn." She almost had tears in her eyes. "I..."

"It's okay Rach, if you feel scared just look for me or Cory and you'd be fine. This is it babe."

"5 minutes!" A voice called.

"We better get to our seats then." Finn said standing up from the chair toting Cory. "Say good luck mama, we love you."

The baby gave Rachel a crocked boyish smile. The Hudson smile and she felt in peace. Her boys always knew how to make her feel better. "Break a leg mommy." Finn grabbed the baby's small foot and waved goodbye as Rachel sighed.

"I love you." She said leaning to kiss her husband on the lips. It was short but full of passion and unspoken feelings."I don't even know how to thank you..."

"I love you too Rachel, so much. and you don't have to thank me, I honestly didn't think I would be here, married and with a child..."

"This is it Cory. We did it." Finn whispered to the baby as his eyes locked with Rachel. She let out a small smile. He looked down at his son whose eyes were focused on Rachel. He saw her turn her back to him and he let out a sigh. If someone had told Finn Hudson were he'd be standing two years after graduation, he'd probably had turned the other cheek, he'd tell you he had not direction whatsoever, but sometimes, life had a funny way of working, he'd known it since that first day at Glee rehearsal. He'd known it at Shue's almost wedding. The universe would do his thing and he and Rachel would be endgame.

" Even though my best laid plans slip right my hands to show my love for you, you won't find devotion more true

Cause I've had the best of intentions, Girl I've had the best of intentions,Yes, I've had the best of intentions, loving you."

Travis Tritt.

Okay guys! What did you think? I can't believe the story is over! I'm so sad! I do hope you liked the ending! For now at least, I bet you didn't expect Rachel to take on Funny Girl, but this was sort of my omen to last week's ep. With the Cory factor thrown in there. And yes this decision will be important in the next installment of the story As well as Cory's illness

From the bottom of my heart I would like to thank each and everyone of you for the tremendous support, it means everything to me, I do hope I did Finchel justice. And specially Cory who I admire so much and I'll always have in my heart. Thank you for taking the time to come into this journey with me.

Any last thoughts?please share them! Stay tuned for more! Until next time. :)