Today Was A Fairytale

Chapter 6: Tension

The carnival bat mitzvah party was in full swing and Rachel had just finished making a balloon poodle for a little girl when she looked up to find Finn surrounded by a gaggle of pre-pubescent girls. He looked really uncomfortable being gazed at like a tender piece of meat by the children but Rachel couldn't help but find him hopelessly adorable. She walked over to the group to try to save him.

Finn didn't know how this happened. He had been sitting along the wall minding his own business simply watching Rachel wander around juggling and making balloon animals for children when a young girl walked up to him and began talking to him.

"Who are you?" she asked with a slight blush.

"Um, I'm Finn."

"That's a nice name. Why are you sitting by yourself Finn?" She twirled her hair around her finger and stared at the floor as she spoke.

"I came with my friend but she's working so I can't really stay with her."

"Lindsay, what are you do-whoa! Who are you?" another girl said as she walked in Finn's direction.

Lindsay answered. "This is Finn."

"Hi Finn! I'm Paige!"

"And I'm Lindsay! I forgot to mention that."

"Nice to meet you both," Finn said with a tight smile. The girls giggled and yet another girl came over to them.

A few minutes later Finn was stuck. Seven girls had come over to him giggling and asking questions about who he was and normally this wouldn't be a problem because as the king he dealt with things of this nature frequently but today it was a problem because Rachel had told him not to draw attention to himself. Having multiple young ladies around him was not making that easy. It was also hard to give answers that didn't reference McKinley.

"How old are you Finn?" one of the girls asked.

"Twenty-three," he answered uncertainly. He was trying to think of a way out that didn't involve mowing the girls down in an attempt to bolt for the exit.

"That's only 10 years older than me! Ten years isn't a lot," she replied suggestively.

"Um..." Finn wasn't sure how to respond. He definitely did not want teenage girls chasing after him.

"Do you have a girlfriend?" Lindsay asked. All the girls held their breaths as they waited for Finn's answer.

"Um," just as Finn was about to say no he spotted Rachel walking his way and made an impulsive decision. "Yes, I do. She's right there."

The seven girls' heads swiveled around and landed on the sad clown who had been making balloon animals.

"That girl?" Paige screeched, appalled. "She's a clown!"

"Hey girls! Does anyone want a balloon animal?" Rachel said with enthusiasm as she made it to the group. For reasons unknown to her all the girls were glaring at Rachel with hatred in their eyes.

"Hey Rach, I'll take a balloon animal." Finn stood up and towered over the girls. They looked up at him with awe on their faces and he could swear he heard one girl whisper about how beautiful he was.

"She doesn't seem like your girlfriend," one girl said with attitude as she crossed her arms over her chest and stared between Finn and Rachel.

Rachel looked confused. "I'm-"

"The best girlfriend ever!" Finn insinuated wildly, cutting Rachel's sentence off before she could even start it. He pleadingly stared at her. Finn needed to get the girls to leave him alone.