Together // Finchel

7

It's been about four or five weeks since we won sectionals. Finn finally broke things off with Quinn, but Finn and I haven't started anything serious. Quinn has been threatening me nonstop, but I realised she wouldn't do anything to me.

I head science class. I have this class with Quinn, Santana, Mike and Puck. When I got there, the only seat available was next to Quinn. Ugh. It makes sense, though, no one likes her and there practically no cheerleaders, who constantly suck up to herin this class. Reluctantly, I take the seat. She glares at me and I just ignore her. I'm better than that.

'Okay class, your partner is the person you're sitting with. You'll be doing activities 7-14 in the textbook. Record the results and give them to me at the end of the lesson,' our teacher, Mrs Falarn said. She's talk in a monotone and doesn't care about our safety. I don't know how she's even allowed to teach.

Quinn makes no effort to do the experiments, so I do them myself. When I get to the last experiment, I'm required to use a Bunsen burner. I successfully light the burner and am midway through when I need something.

'Quinn, pass me the green test tube I used in experiment 8,' Obviously she ignores me. 'Please. I mean, if you don't want me to tell Mrs Falarn that you've spent this whole time on you phone, I suggest you get it, I'm a little preoccupied to get it myself.'

She rolls her eyes and reaches across the bench. Because she wasn't paying attention,she knocks over the Bunsen burner.

'Quinn!' I screamed at her. We both panic, then the her notebook catches fire. When she tries to grab it, the flame travels up her arm. Quinn runs to the sink to stop the burning from spreading.

Mrs Falarn slammed off the power, shutting off the gas and lights. 'Who did this!?' She screamed with rage. No one dared to say a word, but everyone turned towards Quinn.

'That's it! Fabray, detention, after school.' The whole class snickered. 'You too, Berry.'

Before I could properly react or argue, the bell rang, signally the end of the period.

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End of the day
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As I'm walking to health theory with Mercedes I suddenly stopped. Mercedes stopped with me and I squeezed her hand.

'Rachel, are you okay?' Mercedes asked with panic in her voice. I wretched twice, and suddenly my lunch was all over the corridor floors. I sprinted to the nearest bathroom and emptied my guts into one of the toilets. I washed my face as Mercedes caught up with me.

'Rachel, honey, I'm taking you to the nurse. You aren't well,' she pleaded.

I checked all the stalls, then I closed the bathroom door. The period started a couple of minutes ago, so no one would come in anyway. 'Can you keep a secret?' I asked, my voice cracking. She nodded, I knew I could trust her. 'Mercedes, I think I'm pregnant.'