Aligned | Finn Hudson

Cougar

I continued to watch the green signs and rest areas pass over us as we made it over the two hour mark of traveling this morning. It was already seven twenty-six and we were beginning to see the tops of the Cincinnati. "Why are going here?" I asked, looking at Finn who was still concentrated on getting us off the main highway and onto the other that'll take us into downtown. "Today, I thought I'd take you to play around on the river front, then we could get lunch at the Lachey's bar go the aquarium on the other side in Kentucky, then end the night off with a fancy dinner." He grinned. I smiled to him and then looked outside to see that we were slowing down in front of a tall building that was across the street from the Great American Building with the Queen Crown sitting on top of it. The next thing I knew, the door opened and I was met with a man in a bell hop outfit. I unbuckled my seatbelt and got out of the car, thanking him with the sound of confusion lingering in my voice.

I stopped and watched as another bell hop grabbed our bags out of the back of the truck and Finn tugged on my arm. "They got it. Let's go check it." He said. I followed him in and the lobby was breathtaking. It looked so expensive and everyone looked like they belonged, all except me. I sat down on a peach colored couch that has a rococo design on it while Finn checked us in. Once he finished, he interlocked hands with me and we headed into the elevator. I watched the numbers soar; fourty-five, fourty-six, fourty-seven, fourty-eight. The doors opened and revealed a red and golden colored hallway. "Woah.." I whispered looking at my surroundings. We stopped in front of a door and Finn put an actual key in and turned it. When he opened the door, I forgot how to breathe.

The room was huge, but not too big. Once you walked in, there was a bathroom on the left and a closet on the right. There was a full kitchen area and a living room. Once you walked through a doorway on the side, it led you to the bedroom and the balcony area. "Finn how did you manage all of this, I told you I don't want you going broke for me." I looked up at him worridly. "Camileon, relax. Burt gave me a higher pay this week and for the next two weeks I'm just gonna work a few hours longer at the shop to pay it off. Don't worry about anything, it's all handled." He looked down at me. I smiled to him and shared a kiss before going to grab my suitcase. As I was in front of it, Finn swept me off my feet and held me bridle style. I laughed hard as he spun me around and took me into the bedroom. He threw me on the bed and crawled on top of me, planting a kiss on my waiting lips.

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The riverfront was crowded. Children were playing on the play sets, dancing on the in ground piano, sliding on the garden slides, and playing on the splashpads.

"This is preprocessing." Finn looked around. I furrowed my brows and then began to laugh. "Don't you mean prepossessing?" I asked. "Oh, yeah. Right, prepossessing." Finn nodded and locked it in his head. "Good try though." I smiled. We walked across a blackened area and my legs jiggled. I fell onto the surface and realized it was a trampoline area. Finn smirked and helped me up and we began to bounce around. Finn tried to do the splits in the air, but his legs barely lifted. I cautioned myself as we bounced around the other kids on it. I watched as adults whispered and stared at me and Finn, but I honestly didn't care. We got off and walked more down the path of things to do. The piano was free of kids, so we immediately began to stomp all over it. "I'm a drummer not a pianist Camila." Finn glared as sweat beat down his face. I simply ignored him and continued to make make music on it. A group of kids came up and we got off and started walking again. Finn saw some swings and dragged me over to them. They hung right off the edge of the river. "It's sad to see that people view this river as a huge dumpster." Finn frowned picking up speed. "Yeah. It sucks." I sighed and let the wind blow through my hair.

"I just realized that my girlfriend is older than me until January." Finn's eyes got wide. My voice cracked as a high pitched laugh escaped my lips. Finn's voice cracked too, making me laugh even harder and have to stop the swing so I don't fall off. "Awww, you're dating a cougar!" I caught my breathe and wiped my eyes gently. "I hate you." Finn wiped the tears from his eyes. There wasn't much left to do after that, so we left to the restaurant. I was pretty starstruck being there. "This place is pretty bad ass." Finn looked around before sipping on his drink. "I'm so excited to be here. My heart is freaking racing." I pointed to my chest. Our food arrived and Finn didn't even hesitate to take a bite of his massive burger. "Damn." My eyes widened as grease dripped from it onto the plate. "What? I'm a big man. Big men need food." He said with food in his mouth, some even falling out of it to the plate. I snorted and he covered his mouth so more wouldn't end up on me. Halfway through eating our lunches, the most cliche thing happened; Finn had ketchup on his face. "Let me get that for you." I grabbed a napkin and wiped his mouth up.

"Yes, just like that! Oh Camila right there!" Finn moaned. "Shut the fuck up." I gritted through my teeth quickly sitting down.