Life As We Know It

Chapter 2: Cake It Up

3 Months Later

It was really stupid of them to think that they would never see each other again.

Sarah and Jason's relationships grew stronger and it seemed they wanted a lot more things to do together which included their friends. Of course, this meant Finn and Rachel often had to be at the same social settings either awkwardly ignoring each other or awkwardly pretending to get along.

The first time they we're thrown together in a situation like that since their 'date' had been a week after when Sarah had asked Rachel to join her for a coffee at Starbucks. She aptly forgot to mention that Jason and Finn would be there too. Rachel, who made no effort at all with her outfit for the day, turned up to Starbucks only to find Finn sitting in the spot she usually sat in when her and Sarah made it to Starbucks.

'Why are YOU here?' she asked Finn as he looked up at Rachel with an amused face.

'Well if it isn't Ms Get-Out-of-my-Car' Finn retorted noticing how she was cute even when angry and looked like she just got out of bed.

'Seriously, why is he here and why did you make ME come here while HE was here? She turned to Sarah only to turn back to Finn. 'If you could tell time and show up at said allocated time. Turn up making a bit of an effort. Not arrange a booty call IN FRONT OF ME while I drove us to OUR date because YOU, you blumin GIANT, came on a motorcycle, I wouldn't have had to dump you on the side of the road.' She hadn't realised just how loud she was until she noticed several faces look at her as Finn stared into his coffee cup and Sarah and Jason shared an amused look.

Unwillingly, she sat herself down beside Finn making sure there was enough of a gap to stop her from hitting him.

'She chucked you out on the side of the road? You got dumped by Munchkin? You didn't tell me that!' mused Jason.

'I'd appreciate not being called Munchkin thank you very much Jason, we're not quite there yet and Yes! I did chuck him out'. Rachel answered.

'What?' Finn looked towards Jason then at Sarah. 'You'd both forgotten to mention that little Miss Psycho here would get all uptight about being late and then be so friggin intense about a motorcycle. She needs to live a little. Goody-two-shoes don't get far you know'. He said giving her a side glance and a sneaky smile. He hadn't seen anticipated the hard nudge that would come his way from Rachel which spilt his coffee on to the table and his lap. This caused Rachel to laugh, Finn to swear and panic while Jason and Sarah we're left acting like parents telling their two overgrown children to stop fighting.

Most of the meets between the four went something like that; playful retorts and ensuing argument.

It hadn't escaped Jason and Sarah's notice that both their best friends, however much they denied it, had exhilarating chemistry and if given the chance to stop pretending to hate each other, would actually make a very cute couple. They noticed how well of a fit they were for each other in every way, only wishing that someday, Finn and Rachel would see it too.

So, here they were 3 months later at Rachel and Sarah's joint birthday party, going through the same old debate. Rachel and Sarah only had a 3 day difference in age and ever since they could plan their own parties, had a joint party. That, of course, meant having to invite the friends they didn't really call friends, for example, Finn. Rachel didn't have that many friends. In fact, she only had two besides Sarah; Kurt, a fellow Vocal Arts student and Santana, the high school bitch who surprisingly became one of her closest friends. They we're at the party but seemingly busy with others. This left Rachel, in the kitchen, putting together the finishing touches on their birthday cake. Rachel had quite a nact for baking and could easily open up her own cake shop if given the chance or tried.