Let Me Show You-Faberry

Chapter One

A blue and red bird was singing outside her window like there was no tomorrow, Rachel didn't know what kind of bird it was but she knew that the little fella had energy to last for two life times if not more. It had been a little over an hour in the beautiful and majestic Southampton and the bird was still singing with the same vigor.

It had been the most delightful vacation of her life, the magnificence of a country with such history was entrancing and simply incredible to absorb. They've traveled around seven cities while in Europe and Southampton was their last stop where they would be boarding the ship that will take them home.

With a resigned sigh Rachel thought about London and how it was definitely a place where she could consider coming back.

"Come on now, darling" Finn Hudson, her fiancé and future husband entered the room without bothering with knocking or give her a slight chance to prepare for him "Off we go, your mother is waiting down stairs and we don't want to keep her waiting, do we?" his smile was not genuine, she could tell but she didn't comment on it. She never did.

Rachel stood up, the dress she was wearing already felt uncomfortable around her and the corset was too tight again, she wondered if Tina tied it that way under her mother's orders or if she just forgot what Rachel told her the night before.

Finn offered her his arm which she took with a small smile on her lips. He liked to see her smiling, she could tell that he was proud to have her on his arm; it showed on his posture and the way he walked.

He was handsome, polite, charming, arrogant and rich, wealthy rich. She had met him in college, became friends and even enjoyed his company but then her father died leaving her mother to found out about her new friend and practically ordered her seventeen year old daughter to marry him.

She understood completely why her mother did it but that didn't mean that she was happy with the outcomes, even if she was always smiling.

Her mother Shelby was wearing a ridiculous big red hat on her head but it matched her dress to perfection and Rachel guessed that that was Shelby's gold after all.

"What took you so long, darling?" Shelby's tone was tight; she was obviously upset with Rachel's tardiness but didn't want to show it because that's not how a proper lady behaves. Rachel had heard it so many times in the past.

"Forgive me mother, I believe I'm not ready to leave this beautiful city just yet" her mother's eyes widened in satisfaction with her answer while Finn laughed and leaned to kiss her temple with a softness that he didn't possess.

"Don't worry sweetie, we'll come back as much as you want" he said, delighted that he could offer her whatever her heart desired. She smiled sweetly at him and squeezed his arm in forced appreciation.

"Why can't we just stay?" she asked innocently.

"And miss these first class tickets in the biggest ship on earth? Oh no sweetie, we're boarding the Titanic today."

She smiled politely at him and internally rolled her eyes because she didn't understand what it was about this ship. She couldn't find it in herself to be excited about this trip or going back to New York for that matter.

"You can do it Quinn!" a girl shouted from where she stood on top of a chair in the middle of the little bar. The people around her was clapping and making bets on the young man -or who they thought was a man- that was standing in the middle of the circle concentrating with a dart on his right hand.

"Are you sure it's a boy?" a guy asked to someone else in the crowd.

"Of course" the man said but his voice lacked conviction.