It was a rough couple of weeks after Piper's existence was leaked. For the first few days, it was a struggle just to have Rachel stop staring blankly at the wall. Her and Antony were in private meetings with their most trusted advisers to try to find out who leaked Rachel and Antony's most important secret and to decide how they were going to protect Piper from the greedy reporters at their throats.

One of their answers came a few weeks later when Natasha came into one of their private meetings in tears and said that it was her who accidentally leaked the existence of Piper. She had been telling one of her friends about her future step-daughter, and her friend leaked the news. Antony was furious and refused to talk to anyone except Rachel and Piper for days. Natasha was heartbroken and was now staying in Kurt and Blaine's guest bedroom until further notice since Antony refused to speak with her. Rachel, Puck, and Antony were stalked at all hours of the day if they left their apartment, and if Piper came with them the streets were thrown into an uproar of reporters.

Rachel's manager convinced Antony and Rachel to do a press conference, hopefully making the reporters and paparazzi back off a little bit. Rachel spent the next few days being held in Puck's arms, crying for the lost childhood that her and Antony had wanted to give Piper, away from all the stress of reporters and paparazzi.

As Antony and Rachel sat at a short table facing an entire room of reporters, Puck was babysitting Piper backstage. His instructions were to bring her out only if it was actually necessary.

Rachel and Antony stayed strong during the entire interview, saying how they had wanted to raise their daughter away from the public eye and to give her as normal a childhood as possible. Puck looked through the backstage monitors to see a lot of female reporters wiping their eyes discretely of tears.

Finally, at the end of the press conference, Puck carried Piper out to her parents before quickly making his way backstage again. The front cover of every magazine was Piper hugging both of her parents and kissing Rachel on the cheek.

As predicted, the reporters backed off, but the paparazzi were worse than ever, waiting outside both parents' apartments, taking pictures from outside Piper's preschool, anything they could do to get that front page shot.

After a few more weeks though, the novelty ran off and all of the reporters and paparazzi were parked outside a governor's house where his secret baby with the maid, not his wife, lived. Well, not so secret anymore, anyway.

Rachel was back to her happy, bubbly self, and Puck had never felt more relieved. He could hold her in his arms just because he wanted to, not because she was sobbing. They could take Piper on strolls around Central Park without stopping traffic due to all of the reporters and paparazzi trying to follow them. Puck had never felt happier than when he was acting like a normal boyfriend instead of a world-famous singer dating a movie star and Broadway lead.

As Rachel and Puck finished recording their duet, and Puck's time in New York was coming to a close, he made a spur of the moment decision. He asked his record label for a permanent transfer to NYC, and he bought an engagement ring from Tiffany's.

Puck knew it hadn't been that long since he and Rachel had started their new whirldwind relationship, but nothing had ever felt more right than just the two of them being together.

He planned a romantic evening. Picnic in Central Park, candlelight setting the mood, a bottle of champagne, her favorite Italian food, and a ring box in his jacket pocket. Piper was at Antony's for the night, and Natasha was at a photoshoot in Cancun, but the entire Glee Club, including Finn and Mr. Schue, were waiting in the dark shadows near Puck and Rachel's romantic spot so that they could serenade the couple. As Rachel cuddled up to Puck, ate Italian, and stared up at the sky, some very familiar music began to play...

Picture perfect memories scattered all around the floor
Reaching for the phone cuz I can't fight it anymore
And I wonder if I ever cross your mind
For me it happens all the time

Rachel watched in shock as her former high school Glee Club serenaded her and Puck with the same song that they had sung together years before. Tears stung her eyes as she watched her friends gesture to Puck, who Rachel now noticed was on his knee and holding out a ring box. She gasped in shock and quickly opened the lid to see what was inside.

The tears began to stream faster as she noticed the diamonds shaped as a small star on a silver band. Puck raised his eyes amusingly when she began to nod so quickly that she looked like a bobble head. He quickly placed the ring on her left ring finger and placed a sweet kiss on her knuckles. When he placed his hand out with a flourish to help her up and slow dance under the stars, the Glee Club members began singing even louder.

It's a quarter after one, I'm all alone
And I need you now.
And I don't know how I can do without
I just need you now.

Fin.

A/N- Hey y'all! It's been a long time coming, and we've finally made it! The end, the final chapter of Unfinished Business. I want to thank those of you who have stuck with me from chapter one, even through that two-year hiatus. And I want to thank those of you who have reviewed over and over again. Thanks for putting a smile on my face! Dear Glee Fanfiction-readers. This isn't goodbye, this is just see you later.

Love,
Raegan