It Is Pretending Right?

chapter 8

Day 5: Friday

Rachel's pillow felt harder than usual and smelt like Finn. She was comfortable but not in the same way as usual. She opened her eyes and let a happy sigh escape her lips.

She moved a little and felt Finn stir beneath her. She looked up at him to see him slowly open his eyes and look down at her. His lips stretched into a lazy, tired half smile when he saw her and he looked adorable.

"Hey." He said in a husky, sleepy voice.

"Hey." She replied with a smile in a sweet, sleepy voice.

"Did you sleep well?" He asked as he stretched a little.

"Very well, did you?"

"Incredibly well. You have no idea how nice it is to sleep in a bed again." Finn chuckled a little and Rachel smiled to him.

At that moment Carole came through the door with some laundry with a weird look on her face that Finn didn't quite know how to read.

"Oh so you two are in bed." She said with a hint of confusion.

"Yeah..." Finn was confused. He thought it was lucky that Rachel asked him to sleep in the bed because otherwise his Mom would have seen him on the floor.

"Together. In the bed." Carole repeated and Finn and Rachel shared a bewildered glance.

"You said you wanted us to share a room and a bed." Finn said with a frown. What was wrong with his Mom? "Are you ok? What's going on?"

"Nothing, I just... I thought... Nevermind I was just dropping off your clean clothes." Carole turned around and closed the door. She had just been downstairs with Burt.

Carole explained everything she had heard her son and Rachel saying the night before only to recieve a skeptical look from Burt. Normally, he wouldn't doubt his wife but what she was saying right now was insane. Why would Finn pretend to have a girlfriend?

"Carole." He said taking her hand. "Do you think you might have misheard what they were saying?"

"No." Carole shook her head. "I played it over and over in my head but their words were unmistakable. They aren't a real couple."

"Why would Finn lie to you though?" Burt frowned. He still didn't believe Carole but he would give her a chance to explain.

"I don't know but he is." Carole stated simply and Burt frowned more.

"I don't think he is honey." Burt stroked his wifes hand and now she frowned.

"They said themselves that they had everyone fooled." Carole pointed out but Burt still was far from convinced.

"We've seen them kiss, cuddle, hug, hold hands, they share a bed, I just don't think Finn wuld get that commited to a lie." Burt told her.

"Well he has. I'm telling you he has. I didn't believe it either but it's the only explanation. They have faked kissing, cuddling, holding hands and I bet one of them sleeps on the floor." Carole insisted that she was telling the truth.

"Then why don't you go see them and prove it." Burt challenged her.

"Fine, I will. I will take their laundry back to them and prove that they aren't a couple because they won't be acting coupley when there is no audience." Carole grabbed the basket and marched up the stairs to their bedroom.

She slowly walked down the stairs and into the kitchen where Burt was sat with a cup of coffee.

"Well?" He asked.