My Favorite Song

Chapter 11

Finn

So it’s now Wednesday and I still cant get a hold of Rachel. I’ve called her house, dropped by, waited for her at lunch, waited to drive her to and from school and it’s like she’s disappeared off the face of the earth. Using my time to track her down has worked in my favour though because it was a good way to avoid Quinn after all. I ended up begging Blaine and Kurt to take her home on Friday night so that I could take off after Rachel. As far as I know the only one that knows what’s gong in Santana so far and she isn’t being very helpful. 

I walk up to her regular lunch table on Wednesday and just as I expected she isn’t there. ‘Hey guys’ I say. 

‘Hi’ they all reply. 

‘Santana can you tell me where she is please?’ I finally break down and plead. 

‘Finn she went to visit her Grandma in Detroit for a few days she should be back tomorrow ok’ Santana sighs. I know that she didn’t want to tell me and I’m thankful that she did.

‘Thanks’ I reply before taking a seat and enjoying my lunch all the while thinking about how I’m going to convince Rachel to talk to me tomorrow. 

Rachel

I know that he knows I’m back in Lima, Santana told me he begged her for the information and she couldn’t hold out on those puppy dog eyes any longer. So now I just have to decide how to deal with it. Should I just pretend that I don’t care about the kiss or that I didn’t see it? Or should I continue to ignore him. 

I decide on acting normally, continue with patterns and trying hard to keep up the act that I don’t care about who Finn kisses or not. So with that decision made I am on my way over to his house this morning for my lift to school. 

‘Rachel’ he says surprised when I’m waiting in the car when he emerges from the house. 

‘Hi’ I smile back, but deep down I want to cry. He looks so good like usual with his tight jeans and shirts that show off his Adonis body but why did things seem so much easier before the new look. Maybe that’s because I didn’t see people like Quinn Fabray hanging all over him I can’t help but think. 

‘You’re back’ he says as he hops into the car. 

‘Yep it was just a short visit since my grandma will be away during spring break’ I explain. 

I continue on after that telling him everything about my last 3 days at my grandmas knowing that’s it’s the only way to stop the dreaded subject of Friday night coming up. I can see him throwing me confused looks from the corner of his eyes and when I mention Jack who is my grandma’s next-door neighbour I could have sworn he almost looked jealous, but that’s just wishful thinking on my part. Jack is about my age and has been living next to my grandma now ever since I can remember. We’ve had our fair share of summer and school holidays hook ups and apart from Finn and Sam, Jack is the only real experience I’ve ever had with a guy. 

‘Jack?’ he asks me leaving the question hanging. 

‘Oh he lives next door to Grandma Claire’ I answer. 

We’ve just reached school and I can see Santana and Blaine waiting for me by the Volkswagen. I haven’t just been avoiding Finn with my impromptu visit to Grandma Claire's I’ve also been avoiding my two best friends and I can see that they’re on the warpath. 

‘Thanks for the ride Finn’ I say before quickly jumping out of the car and heading for the safety of Santana and Blaine. 

Finn

Okay so I wish I could tell you what just happened between Rachel and me but that would be impossible because I’m totally confused. Did she see Quinn kiss me on Friday night? Does she care? And the last question and definitely the most important at the moment is who the hell is this Jack guy. 

I’m still contemplating the answers to all those questions at lunchtime when I try to decide where to sit. I feel bad for leaving Quinn to sit by herself but I just haven’t had the guts to deal with her since she kissed me on Friday night and told me she wants to be my girlfriend. I just don’t have those types of feelings for Quinn, and I mean at all. Making the decision I head to my usual lunch table and see Quinn already sitting there. She looks surprised when I sit down across from her, guess she picked up on me avoiding her afterall. 

‘Hey’ I say before shoving my sandwich in my mouth. 

‘Hey, didn’t expect to see you sitting here today’ she tells me. 

‘Yeah well I couldn’t avoid you forever’ I joke. 

‘Was that what you were planning on doing?’ she asks then more seriously. 

‘Nah probably not. Look I’m sorry I ran off on you on Friday night but you kind of took me by surprised’ I reply. 

‘Yeah I know, so you didn’t really give me answer’ she says then and I almost choke on my sandwich, wasn’t my reaction a good enough answer for her. Did she really expect me to spell it out for her? 

‘Listen Quinn, I’m flattered but I only see you as a friend’ I finally answer. 

‘Oh’ she replies and her face clouds over with a look I haven’t seen in a long time. If I wasn’t mistaken it looks like she is angry. 

‘It’s because of Rachel isn’t it?’ she says then. 

‘Actually it has nothing to do with Rachel I just don’t like you that way’ I tell her. 

She gets up and then and this time it’s more than obvious that she’s pissed with my answer because she has packed up her stuff and stormed off. 

Quinn

He just doesn’t see me like that, just a friend. I wanted to jam that sandwich down his throat. I cant believe he would reject me just like that, oh and that bullshit about it having nothing to do with Rachel Berry. I’m not stupid I’ve see the looks those two were throwing each other on Friday night which is why I picked that moment to kiss Finn. I know perfect Berry saw it and I’m surprised that she hasn’t given him the brush off yet. 

I try to calm myself down; it’s not over yet I just need to come up with a better plan. Finn Hudson is my ticket out of my miserable life and Lima Ohio and not even Rachel Berry is going to stand in the way of that.