Rescue Me

Innocent

Chapter 17
(4 days later )
Finns pov:
We were in glee club and Rachel was singing .
(Rachel)
I guess you really did it this time
Left yourself in your warpath
Lost your balance on a tightrope
Lost your mind tryin' to get it back

Wasn't it easier in your lunchbox days?
Always a bigger bed to crawl into
Wasn't it beautiful when you believed in everything
And everybody believed in you?

It's alright, just wait and see
Your string of lights is still bright to me
Oh, who you are is not where you've been.
You're still an innocent,
You're still an innocent.

Did some things you can't speak of
But at night you live it all again
You wouldn't be shattered on the floor now
If only you had seen what you know now then

Wasn't it easier in your firefly-catchin' days?
When everything out of reach, someone bigger brought down to you
Wasn't it beautiful runnin' wild 'til you fell asleep
Before the monsters caught up to you?

It's alright, just wait and see
Your string of lights is still bright to me
Oh, who you are is not what you've been
You're still an innocent
It's okay, life is a tough crowd
35, and still growin' up now
Who you are is not what you did.
You're still an innocent.
(Crying )
Time turns flames to embers
You'll have new Septembers
Every one of us has messed up too
Minds change like the weather
I hope you remember
Today is never too late to be brand new

It's alright, just wait and see
Your string of lights is still bright to me
Oh, who you are is not what you've been
You're still an innocent.
It's okay, life is a tough crowd
32, and still growin' up now
Who you are is not what you did
You're still an innocent.
You're still an innocent.

Lost your balance on a tightrope.
It's never too late to get it back.
(End of song )
Everyone looked at Rachel as tears came down her face . I got up and walked over to her and gave her a hug and then everyone joined me .
(Later )
I drove Rachel home later that day after school. I pulled up in her drive way and parked the truck ,we were both silent . She looked at me and said ,

"It's not you , it's me Finn. I don't know how to be in a relationship and I'm not someone you wanna be with ."

"Why do you think that? Rachel I like you for you! I know bad things have happened to you but I still like you!" I said
She got upset and hopped out of the truck and went into the rain .

"Rachel! Get the hell back here !" I yelled upset

"Why are you yelling at me !" She cried .

"Because that what people do when they care about someone ! They yell at each other and try to knock some sense into them . Rachel I care about you ! I want to be with you more than anything and I know it's hard for you . I know you've had a shitty life and you deserve so much better . So let me be that person for you, let me be the person to show you that you are beautiful flaws and all . Because when I look at you I don't see the broken girl you think you are , I see so much more ." I said

I leaned in and kissed her ,

"I see you ."