Your Heart Beats Like A Drum

chapter 29: The Perfect Day

So this is the final chapter! I am so sorry for it to end, but every story has its ending, and this is it. I hope you enjoy! Thank you so much for reading and voting. I hope you all loved it as much as I did.

Rachel was worried. Finn had been oddly quiet ever since they returned from his parent's house. She had thought that everything went perfect. Carole was the sweetest woman she had ever met and they had gotten along wonderfully. It had seemed as though Finn had enjoyed himself, except he had grown a bit odd after the conversation he had had with Carole the first night. Rachel couldn't put her finger on it, but something was going on and she was going to get to the bottom of it.

She pulled out her phone and dialed the familiar number.

"Hello?" answered the gorgeous man on the other side.

"Hey, sweetie! How are you?" she sweetly asked, waiting to find the right time to question him.

"Rachel! I was just going to call you! Guess what happened?" exclaimed Finn.

"What?"

"The band got signed! Can you believe it, babe? I'm going on tour," he screamed into the phone, immediately filling her with joy. She was so proud of him. It was always his dream and it was finally coming true.

"Oh my goodness! Baby, that's amazing! I'm so proud of you," she enthusiastically responded.

"Thank you, Rach! Gah, I just can't... A tour! A real tour," he blabbered, still in excitement.

"I know, honey. It's fantastic! How about we celebrate tonight?" she proposed.

"I swear you can read my mind," he began, "I was just going to ask you to come over tonight. It's Tuesday night and I thought we could celebrate over a drum lesson and dinner?"

"A drum lesson? We haven't had one of those, in a while. Alright! I can't wait."

"Awesome! Could you meet me at my place at 6?" asked Finn. Rachel looked down at her phone. It was 3'o clock.

"Yeah, sure. I'll see you then, Finn. I love you, bye," she replied.

"Love you too, babe. See you tonight!" answered her boyfriend, before hanging up.

Rachel couldn't be happier for Finn, but she still wanted to know what was going on with him. She never got a chance to inquire about his behaviour and it was still bugging her. She sighed, realizing that she would have to wait until that evening to ask him.

Finn left rehearsal as quickly as possible. It was 5 o'clock and Rachel would be over in an hour. The guys had been practicing for hours, especially after the news. Though, most of that time was spent fooling around. All the excitement from the tour announcement caused him to decide to propose that night. Why not make the night more perfect than it already is?

He hastily entered his apartment, and began to search for his toolbox. In no time, he had found it and began unscrewing the top of the floor tom. Finn knew that Rachel loved messing around with it, so it would probably be the first drum she'd hit. This way, she'll find the ring quicker. Since Finn knew his way around a drum kit, it didn't take him long before the top was off, the ring was placed inside, and it was sealed up as if there was no change.

Finn got up from the ground, where he was sitting to do this task, and looked at the kit. It was thanks to the drums that he found the love of his life; the women he was about to propose to. Finn looked over at the clock, and it was now 5:30. It was about time that he got dressed and started dinner.

He walked over to the kitchen and pulled out everything he needed to make his famous chicken Alfredo. Finn set the water to boil, and took that time to walk over to his room and throw on Rachel's favourite dress shirt; he needed to look spiffy for her. When he returned to the kitchen, the water was done boiling so he continued working on dinner. The whole time, he could feel the knot in his stomach enlarge, as the clock's handle got closer to 6 o'clock.