Under the mask

Chapter 33

Finns phone buzzed, This caused him to wake up from his sleep, he slowly turned around and picked it up

It was just before 7 am

It was his mother, she wanted him to phone her, he hadn't spoke to her in ages, well not after that phone call anyway

He decided that he wouldn't get back to sleep since he had already awoke, he got out of bed and silently got changed and went into the living room

He went into the kitchen and shut the door so that Rachel wouldn't get awoken

He dialled his mother's number in a rage of guilt

It rang a few times before she answered

"Finn? Oh my god, you finally called" his mother said happily

"What did you Want to talk about mum?" He asked

"Well I wanted to know how you are and I also wanted to apologise about that phone call" she trailed off

"Well I'm engaged to the most beautiful woman in the world, I'm living to the top" he smiled

"YOUR ENGAGED!!!! Oh my goodness, my finny is getting married!!!!" She shouted but then started coughing really badly

"Are you ok?" He asked

"Yeah I'm fine" she trailed off again

There was something she wasn't telling him and he could sense it

"I'm coming over" he said, grabbing his jacket

"No! No you don't need to, Really it's fine. I've got the flu" she said determined

This didn't stop finn anyway

He cut off the phone and headed to his truck

He got in and sped away to his mothers house which he hadn't stepped foot in, in ages

He pulled up outside her house, it hadn't changed a bit... he got out and went straight inside

He went in and shut the door behind him

His mother walked out of the kitchen and stopped dead in her tracks as she saw her son

She ran towards him and embraced his big figure that she hadn't held in years

"I've missed you, come on into the living room" she said guiding him into the living room, it had never changed

He noticed that she had rehung the photos with him in them, back up onto her photo wall

There was one with him and his first motorbike, it was a big Harley Davidson, it was black and red

She hated it but got him it because he practically begged the shoes off of her for it

She eventually cracked, ah those were the brilliant days of finn Hudson

She sat down on the couch along with him but sat opposite him so she could face him when he was talking

"So my little Finnegan is engaged! Tell me all the details of the girl" Carole begged him

"Well her name is Rachel and I met her in a kinda creepy way but anyway! I fell for her and I love her, I popped the question 2 days ago and she said yes, now I'm the happiest man alive" he smiled

This made Carole tear up

"Are you really ok Mum? There's something your not telling me" he said looking at her

"For the millionth time, I have the flu finn...." she said

He decided to give up as he was actually believing her

"I'll go and make you a cup of tea, how does that sound?" He asked getting up 

She smiled

He went into the kitchen leaving Carole alone in the living room, he boiled the kettle and got the cups from the cupboard

It's funny how he had remembered where everything was.... well almost everything

"Mum? Where's the spoons?" He shouted in

"In the left hand drawer honey" she replied

He opened the wrong one that had pens and stuff in it

He looked around until his gaze met with a letter that he had wished he never saw

He picked it up and looked at the heading

"Did you get it honey?" She asked, startling him

"Yeah" he lied as he started to read the letter

"Mum? Can you come here?" He asked

He heard her light footsteps coming from the hallway into the kitchen

Her eyes met with his and then saw that he was holding the letter

"Care to explain?" He said holding up the letter

She inhaled and then exhaled deeply as she had been caught, her secret was out now and there was no way of hiding it

"I can explain finn" she said as she took the letter from him and put it in her cardigan pocket

"Not right now tho" she said but finn cut her off

"No! Tell me Mum... right here and now" he said through gritted teeth

She looked at him with Tears already streaming down her face as she looked at her son

"I have cancer, stage 4" she cried into his chest

Finn stood there and felt time stop