Just Friends

The Right Time?

My eyes flutter open when I feel light kisses trail down from my cheek to my collar bone. I smile as he places a final kiss on my lips.

"Hi." I whispered lightly against his smooth lips.

"Morning Rachel." His hold on my hips tighten as he looks down at me. The light streaming in through my window makes him look even more perfect then normal.

I kiss him again and move on top of him so our naked chests are resting together, our legs still tangled underneath the sheets. "Good morning, Finn."

He looks at me for awhile, like he is thinking about something. "What are you thinking about?" I say as I kiss his chest lightly.

He smiles lightly. "You."

I look up at him. "What about me?"

He starts playing with the ends of my hair. "About how I could really get used to this, to us. I want to be with you Rachel and I really mean that!" He pauses and looks away for a second then back at me. "Do you believe in fate?"

I look at him as he searches for something in my eyes. "I don't know." I look down as I traces small circles on his chest. "I used to think it was a bunch of crap made up for sappy love stories. That if it was real why was I always alone, why didn't I ever get the guy ya know." I pause again and look up at Finn. "But now I feel like if I had it my way back then, if I had you, we would have lost each other. As lovers and friends and I'm glad for that. I know the way I left things was wrong but I don't regret it, it was for the best. As for the fate, I think fate brought us back together. Fate brought us together when we were both mature enough and when it was the right time."

He smiles and I return the smile. "So is now the right time?" he asks looking into my eyes, not so much searching, but more hoping.

I look down and I feel my heart clench a little in my chest. "I don't know."

He places his hand under my chin so I am looking at him. I feel a few tears fall from my eyes. "Hey, what's wrong?"

He wipes the tears from my face and I look back at him. "I'm leaving Finn."

"I know you have a life Rachel, an extremely busy and demanding one and I don't expect you to stop your life for me." He smiles at me and I smile weakly back at him.

"Really?" He chuckles lightly.

"Of coarse! And besides you'll still be here for a while longer so we have plenty of time to work everything out." He smiles and kisses my lips.

I feel my stomach turn and twist. "Finn.." He looks and me and I can't even meet his eyes. "I leave tonight for California...I have to start recording my album tomorrow night."

I hesitantly look up at the man I've waited years to have and he looks back at me confused. "But I- I thought-"

"I called my manager yesterday after our fight and she booked my flight and my studio time... Finn I'm so sorry."

He sits up, forcing me to sit up and I grab some sheets to cover my bare chest. "So you were just going to run away again?"

He looks betrayed, like he has just been slapped. "No! No, Finn of coarse not! I-"

"Then what? When were you planning on telling me you were leaving today?" I try to get my words out but he just continues ripping me to shreds. "How could you do this again Rachel? If you really cared about me you would have at least had the guts to tell me!"

He jumps out of my bed and throws on his boxers and starts searching for his shirt. "No, Finn you don't understand!"

He turns around and faces me. "Then explain it to me Rachel! Because the way I see it, you are still that cowardly little girl from high school."