No Strings

chapter 24

"Great." Puck threw his hands up in the air, "Oh I bet you two are enjoying this." Puck said.

"Sorry bro." Puck just rolled his eyes.

"So, how are you Finn?" Quinn asked pleasantly with a polite smile.

Finn laughed, "I'm awesome. How are you?"

"I'm fine. But, I think you should give your friend a little pep talk about aggravating the hell out of me. Shut up Puck." Quinn said when Puck opened his mouth.

"I'll be sure to do that."

"Finn we seriously need to have a guys night out next weekend."

"Can't going to Boston to meet Rachel's parents."

"Oh my goodness! You're meeting Rachel's parents?" Quinn asked excitedly.

"Yes, that's why we came here, because this will be our last time together as a group since her dad will most definitely end up killing me."

Rachel rolled her eyes, "I keep telling you you'll be fine."

"You aren't the one going meet the dads, plural, of your girlfriend who is their only daughter. So, you don't understand."

"Oh shit dude. Let's go have one last beer together." Puck said and they went into the kitchen.

"I think Puck wants to propose to me." Quinn said to Rachel casually when Puck and Finn were out earshot.

Rachel choked on her rice, "He what? How do you know?" Rachel whisper yelled.

"We've been talking about marriage a lot. I mean, we've talked about it before, but now we talk about it at least twice a day and he actually took the initiative and asked if we could go tell my parents about me being pregnant and he knows how much my dad dislikes him. I don't know, I guess I just feel like he's doing this because I'm pregnant."

"What? Puck loves you. He may act all tough and stuff but anybody can see how much he loves you. It's always Quinn this, Quinn that with him. If he proposes to you it's because he loves you and not because you are having his baby. I think..actually, I know that even if you hadn't gotten pregnant he would have eventually proposed sooner or later."

"Really?"

"Yes really. Puck loves you Quinn."

Quinn smiled, "I guess I'm overreacting."

"Yes, but that is normal since you're pregnant." Rachel waves her off, "But guess what Finn told me last night." Rachel said giddily.

"What?"

"He told me that he loves me." Rachel smiled cheekily.

"I knew you seemed happier than yesterday! How did he say it?"

"Well, he played some music, he asked me to dance with him-"

"He asked you to dance with him?"

"I know right? Anyways, he asked me to dance with him, note, he had been being nice to me ever since I walked into the apartment, he had even been cooking, it may not seem like it but my baby can slay in the kitchen, that lasagna was so good, better than mine even, don't tell him I said that though. Anyways, back to the story, we danced and while we were dancing he started singing to me and, oh my god, he is such a good singer, but yeah, after he finished singing he looked at me with those beautiful eyes of his and just said it." Rachel said dreamily.

"Awe, that's so cute! You and Finn are so cute. I knew you two would be perfect together."

Rachel smiled, "You did."

"I can't wait until you both get married."

"Whoa, too fast Quinn, that won't be for another two or so years."

Quinn rolled her eyes. "That's what you're saying now."

"Aye Berry go make some banana bread."

"Don't talk to her like that." Finn said as he hit Puck's head.

"You used to always talk to her like that."

"Keywords used too." Finn chuckled repeating Rachel's words from earlier, "And I'm not going to let you talk to Rachel like that."

"I think it is everybody's mission to piss me off today." Puck mumbled.

"I'll make it, but Finn and I want to tell you guys something first."

"We do?" Finn asked confused.

"Yes, we wanted to tell you guys that me and him plan on moving in together." Rachel said with a big smile as she held Finn's hand tightly.

"What! Oh my goodness I'm so happy for you guys!" Quinn squealed, Puck on the other hand just stared at Finn with a frown.

"Finn, can I talk to you for a minute?" Puck asked motioning for him to go to the hallway with him.

"Yes?" Finn asked after a few moments of silence.

"Are you sure you want to do this dude? I'm not trying to be offensive or anything, but I know how pushy Rachel could be and I just want to be sure she didn't push you into doing something you didn't want to do. I know this isn't the type of thing you do."

Finn looked towards Rachel who looked over at him at the same time, Rachel kissed the air towards him and Finn just smiled and looked at the ground, "No, she didn't push me into doing this. I wanted to. I know we haven't been together for long, but I think Rachel is it for me dude. I've never ever felt this way about any of my exes. Rachel makes me happy." Finn said as he stared at Rachel with a soft smile as he watched her laugh at something Quinn said, "I love her." He whispered.

Puck studied Finn for a second before smiling, "I was just checking. I didn't want you doing anything you don't want to do, but I can see how much you love Rachel and how happy she makes you. If you're happy, I'm happy."

"Thanks dude." Finn smiled.

"No problem, just looking out for my bro." Puck patted his back and they walked back out to the girls.

Finn smiled down at Rachel and kissed her lips, "I love you." He whispered.

Rachel smiled brightly at him in return and grabbed his hand tightly and laid her head on his shoulder before going back to listening to what Quinn was saying.