Skin On Skin

Chapter 10

Rachel's shoes tapped over the concrete as she approached Kurt's apartment building. She hadn't always been a high heeled shoes girl. In fact, her transformation from the girl-next-door to Blaine Anderson's personal assistant had brought about many changes to Rachel's appearance. While the high heels weren't really that drastic, some of the other changes had not been good ones, her new short hair being one of them. Her hand ran through it now. Oh, how she missed her long, dark locks.

She strode energetically up the three steps to the building's front door and smiled whimsically to herself as she recalled her teenage years and the many pairs of flats she had worn because at the time she hadn't mastered the art of storming off in heels. Rachel sighed just like she always did when she thought about her childhood. She couldn't put her finger on it, something had always been missing. She just didn't know what.

She stopped. It was time to focus. Her eyes scanned the simple panel on the side of the building's front door that listed the building's residents and found the right apartment. She pressed the buzzer and swung the duffel bag she was holding to the front so she could hold it in both of her hands.

The intercom however, remained silent.

Rachel Berry was not a person who liked to wait. She glanced at her watch, fiddled with her fine gold bracelet and began to sway on her feet while she leaned back to look up at the third floor. They couldn't be that busy that they couldn't answer, after all, she knew that Mercedes was home, they had been texting like crazy the night before. Rachel pressed the buzzer once more and couldn't refrain from smiling as she remembered Mercedes' words.

'Blaine's fallen asleep and Kurt's gone and put him to bed.'

'What!? Together?! That's fantastic! This is better than we hoped.'

'No, not together but don't worry, the interest is absolutely still there, Blaine couldn't keep his hands off Kurt under the dining room table and Kurt certainly didn't try and stop him!'

It was definitely progress but Rachel had other things to attend to that day, namely keeping Sebastian busy so he wouldn't fly off the handle when he noticed Blaine's disappearance. Rachel sighed impatiently and lifted her hand to press the buzzer yet again, this time with the intention of jabbing it viciously. She stopped though as she heard rushed footsteps coming down the stairs from inside.

"Wait! Wait! I'm coming!" A male voice called from the other side of the door. "Don't press the buzzer again, you'll wake every…"

The door flew open and Rachel took a step back, not in shock but just so she could actually look the man in the eye. Her neck craned back and she found herself gazing at the very same person who had been sitting with Mercedes and Kurt in the bar; Finn.

Rachel's chest did a small flutter. He was the first guy she had actually taken the time to do a double-take for in nearly three years. Finn was drop dead gorgeous, but now that he was standing right before her, she was surprised by the softness and gentleness in his eyes that she was sure was only a hint of what was really inside of him.

'No, Berry!' She chastised herself. Looking after Blaine Anderson and ensuring that he got back on track was her sole purpose in life right at that moment. She reigned in the spark of interest that she had just felt and swiftly returned back to personal assistant mode.

Rachel might not have been shocked, but Finn was. "Can, can I help you?" he asked stumbling over his words. He rubbed his hands together hoping she hadn't noticed.

She held out the bag she was holding in her hands, "This is for Blaine. It's a change of clothes for him."

"Oh!" Finn looked even more surprised. "So, you're a friend of Blaine Anderson?"