A Collection of Glee Oneshots 5

Gambling (Quick/Finn/Puck/Finchel)

"Hey, guys." Rachel smiled as she opened her apartment door. "Finn's running a little late, but he'll be back soon, so come in."

"You know what?" Puck said. "Why don't you two catch up while I go smoke a cigarette and wait for Finn?"

"Oh, that's not-"

"That's a great idea!" Rachel interrupted Quinn. "I'd love to run some wedding stuff by you."

"Why?" Quinn asked.

"It'll be a good starting point for you with your planning." Rachel noted. "If that's still on."

"I'm gonna go smoke." Puck said again before walking away.

Rachel raised her eyebrows at Quinn.

"It's still on." Quinn promised as she stepped inside. "We're just taking our time."

"Why?" Rachel asked. "If you're in love, don't you wanna just make it official? Especially before another accidental pregnancy."

"We'll go through with it when we're ready." Quinn nodded. "Now show me."

"Okay." Rachel smiled, leading Quinn to her dining table where she had books and magazines and swatches and fabric samples covering the entire surface of the table.

"Wow." Quinn commented as she began to look through everything. "Everything looks so nice."

"If that's your way of saying expensive, Finn and my dads are handling it." Rachel informed Quinn.

"You need to have whatever wedding you want." Quinn stated. "The financials are none of my business, as far as the wedding."

"As far as the wedding?" Rachel echoed. "What does that mean?"

"Hey." Finn smiled as he entered the apartment and greeted Rachel with a kiss before greeting Quinn with a hug.

"Hey, Finn." Quinn said. "Noah was waiting for you outside."

"Yeah, he bailed." Finn replied. "But I know why you're here, and I promise I'm gonna pay you guys back."

"Pay them back? What are you talking about?" Rachel wondered.

"Noah paid Finn's debts this weekend." Quinn informed Rachel. "Close to ten grand."

"A-Are you serious?" Rachel stuttered, shocked and upset.

"Rach, I'm gonna pay him back." Finn promised. "I promise, Quinn."

"I know that." Quinn nodded. "But Noah said you went overboard. He thinks you have a gambling problem."

"What?" Finn asked.

Rachel took a deep breath, exhaling slowly as she walked back to the dining table and began gathering the books and magazines and swatches and pieces of fabric.

"Rach, what are you doing?" Finn questioned Rachel as he took everything from him and set it down. "I'm gonna fix this."

Rachel looked at Finn before looking at Quinn.

"Quinn, you should go. We need to talk privately."

-

Quinn entered her apartment and looked at Puck, who was on the couch.

"We need to talk."

"About what?" Puck asked.

"About what?" Quinn repeated as she closed the apartment door. "You hung me out to dry at Finn and Rachel's."

"I told you I didn't wanna get involved." Puck said.

"Well, you should've thought about that before you went ahead and threw ten thousand dollars away like it was nothing." Quinn replied.

"It was for Finn." Puck stated. "Do you know much he and Mrs. H have done for me over the years? And Sarah? And you?"

Quinn looked at Puck.

"They've done way more than ten grand's worth, and I couldn't just stand there while Finn buried himself." Puck continued.

"I know you've been making money, Noah, and I have a lot saved up, too, but we're not at a place where we can drop thousands of dollars whenever we want like that." Quinn explained.

"I know that." Puck nodded.

"Then you need to be more responsible with money." Quinn told him. "We should be saving up for a fancy apartment or a house or-"

"A wedding?" Puck cut Quinn off.

"No." Quinn shook her head. "I'm happy with how we did it."

Puck looked at Quinn.

"But you grew up without money and I don't want you throwing it away now that you have it." Quinn added.

"I'm not throwing it away." Puck insisted. "It was a one-time thing. And he's gonna pay me back."

"That's not the point." Quinn shook her head. "You should enjoy your money, and spend it wisely, but I don't think it's unreasonable for me, as your wife, to expect a discussion about big financial decisions."

"It's not unreasonable." Puck agreed. "And I promise from now on, I won't make big purchases without talking to you first. Well, not until we're really rich anyway."

Quinn smiled.

"I love you." Puck told Quinn.

"I love you, too." Quinn replied. "I'm glad you had fun this weekend."

"Yeah, never again."

-

"I don't have a gambling problem." Finn clarified.

"Then what were you thinking?" Rachel questioned him.

"I was thinking I've been listening to you and Kurt talk about the wedding, and I wanted to give you whatever wedding you want." Finn told Rachel.

"The most important part is you." Rachel told Finn. "That's what I want."

"What about the chairs? You said you didn't wanna compromise on them." Finn reminded Rachel.

"I said that when we were engaged in high school." Rachel reminded Finn. "We're adults now, and I'm gonna be dancing and running around all night anyway."

Finn looked at Rachel.

"You're smarter than this, Finn." Rachel said. "Ten grand is a lot of money."

"I'll do whatever I have to do to pay Puck back." Finn swore. "You don't have to worry about that. It's not gonna change anything between you and me or our wedding."

"Okay." Rachel nodded.

"I'm sorry I didn't tell you." Finn apologized. "I'm gonna fix this and it's not gonna happen again."

"I know." Rachel said. "But you're not going gambling with Puck ever again."

"Deal."