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Chapter 14: Rumble

Finn pried his eyes open in the early morning as his alarm clock sounded, another school day, he thought as he rubbed the sleep out of his eyes.

"Hey Rachel," he whispered into the sleeping girls ear. "Time to get up."

"Five more minutes," she said sleepily, snuggling up against him. Back in Manhattan she'd have no problem waking up in the wee hours to start a new day, but that was before she stayed up late fooling around with her hot roommate, now all she wanted was a few more precious moments in his arms.

He didn't protest, he just smiled slyly and began to gradually move his hand up underneath her pajama top until it landed on the small curve of her naked breast.

"Are you enjoying yourself," she said amusedly as he began to rub his thumb back and forth over her nipple, making it stand up like a pencil eraser.

"Totally," he said kissing her neck and shoulders and continuing to fondle her. She turned her head around to meet his lips with hers.

"This is nice," she whispered resting her forehead against his and letting him circle his arms around her.

"Yeah," he agreed. "What are the chances of us both catching a 24 hour stomach flu at the last minute?"

She giggled and kissed him again, softly caressing his mouth with hers and sucking at his bottom lip a little and gliding her fingers through his messy bedhead "Alright," she sighed, coming up for air, "time to get up."

"Come on, that was nowhere near five minutes."

If Rachel had known that that would be her last day at McKinley she definitely would have agreed to play hooky.

It was the last period of the afternoon, and although school only lasted six hours it felt like twice that. Rachel was always a fantastic student, giving her all in everything that she did. But going to McKinley prep was the only time she had to actively will herself to pay attention. Every time her mind wandered even a little it invariably ended up on Finn, and once she started thinking of him it was almost impossible to stop.

"Mr. Berry?" Mr. Loomis said.

"Huh?" Rachel answered.

"What is the first line of Duke Orsino's opening speech?"

"Oh um, 'If music be the food of love, play on,'" She said.

"Very good," he said. "Mr. Evans..."

"Mr. Loomis, can I have a bathroom pass?" Rachel interrupted, throwing her hand in the air.

"Hurry back," Loomis said, holding up a pass for her.

"Thanks," she said, taking it and heading out of the room.

She didn't plan to be gone long, her next turn probably wouldn't be for a few minutes and she had read that play enough times to lose count, she just needed a moment to compose herself. It wasn't normal to think about one person this much. After taking a few deep breaths and getting ready to return to class she heard a very troubled, very familiar voice. She knew she shouldn't have paid it any mind, that she should have stayed out of his business, but she couldn't help herself.

"Just let me get back to class," Kurt said forcefully as the tall, menacing boy towering over him stared daggers at the smaller boy. Rachel wasn't too familiar with Dave Karofsky, she knew he played football with Finn and that he had a tendency to throw slushies at people, but aside from that she'd largely avoided any contact with him.

"If I let you go what are you going to do for me?" Dave said creepily.

"I assure you I have nothing you want."