My Favorite Song

Chapter 12

Rachel

So when Finn didn’t come and sit with us at lunch so I assume he’s sitting with Quinn, which I confirm when I make an excuse that I am going to the vending machine for a drink. I kept telling myself that I needed to see it with my own two eyes again to believe it and now I have. It’s time to move on. 

I’m in the car park now waiting for a lift home by Finn. I asked Santana but she had to head in the other direction to do something for her mum and couldn’t take me so I was stuck. 

‘Hey’ he smiles as he approaches ‘Sorry got kept back by the coach who is trying to convince me to try out for the basketball team’ he laughs. 

‘Wow that’s good. Are you going to?’ I know that’s he always loved his basketball and he’s really good. He tried out junior year but he didn’t make it, which most likely had more to do with the fact that they didn’t want a geek on the team than the fact that he wasn’t good enough. 

‘We’ll see’ he smiles at me. 

The ride home is pretty much silent except for the radio. I don’t know what to say to him and I don’t feel like pretending that everything is ok anymore. 

He pulls into my driveway and I move to hop out quickly but before I can he’s raced around to assist me. I reluctantly let him help me out of the car. 

‘So Kurt is having a bit of a party on Friday night for our birthday are you coming?’ he asks me. 

Finn and Kurt are 18 on Friday and if I hadn’t already agreed to go and for Flammable to play I would have said no. 

‘Yeah we’re playing’ I shrug. I started writing a song, which I hoped I could sing for him at his birthday but I don’t think his girlfriend would like that very much. 

‘Great’ he smiled, and it was that smile that makes you want to melt. I nod and begin to walk away. 

‘Rachel wait’ he calls after me as I reach the front door and fiddle around for my keys. 

I look up at him and wait for him to say what he wants to say ‘What?’ I snap irritated at the way he’s looking at me. He shouldn’t be looking at me like that when he’s with Quinn. 

He takes a step back after my words. ‘I don’t know what you saw, or if you saw or I mean even if you care but it wasn’t what you think on Friday night’ he mumbled. 

‘So you and Quinn in a lip lock on the dance floor on Friday night after you told me that there was nothing going on between the two of you wasn’t what I thought’ I bit back. 

‘Yes, No’ he replies. ‘No it wasn’t what you thought. She kissed me I didn’t want her to’ he says then. 

My anger fades somewhat when he says that ‘you didn’t?’ I ask him then in a small voice. 

‘God no’ he replies quickly. 

‘So you aren’t interested is Quinn at all?’ I ask to clarify. My heart is thundering right now as I wait for his answer. I see him take a step toward me and he reaches out and takes my hand in his own. 

‘The only girl I’m interested in, is the girl that I’ve been in love with for as long as I can remember and it’s definitely not Quinn Fabray’ he tells me. 

Finn

I watch her face as I tell her that there’s nothing going on between Quinn and I and then as it falls when I tell her that I love someone. 

‘Oh’ she says then. 

‘Don’t you know how I fell about you Rachel?’ I tell her then and watch as her eyes snap up to mine and one of the most beautiful smiles I have ever seen emerges on her face.