𝚍𝚊𝚢𝚍𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚖 • 𝚐𝚕𝚎𝚎

𝙸𝙸

[Lexie's Point of View]

When you love someone, you never think that they will hurt you. Ever. Of course, sometimes that isn't the case. See, I had been out all night. Trying to clear my head of everything that had happened between Finn and I. I told him that the anxiety that him being in the military was giving me. It would make me sick to my stomach some nights. I had talked to A.J more now than I ever did in high school.

I pulled into the parking lot of the dorm building. I got out of the car and walked inside. Our dorm was only on the second floor. It was pretty obvious when someone was either there or coming home. The window was right out front of the parking lot. I didn't know if I was just seeing things, but I could've sworn I saw someone run in front of the window before I walked inside.

I took the elevator up to the dorm. It was slow, but it got me there. When I got out of the elevator, I walked down to the dorm. It was only the third door on the left, which is why I was wondering why there was so much clamoring noises coming from the dorm.

When I walked in, Scarlett was coming out of the bathroom. "Hey, Lex...you're home early." I just stared at her for a minute. "I was out all night, Scarlett. This is hardly me being home early." I looked around the dorm, everything looked different. "Scarlett, who's here?"

She just stared at me. "Nobody...nobody's here." I just looked at her. "Alright...um...please don't be mad at me. Whatever you do, remember, I'm gay." I nodded. "You can come out now." The closet door opened and my heart broke a little. "Scarlett, could you give us a minute?" She nodded before running out of the room.

"Really? Really?!"

"Alright...let me explain.."

"You don't get to explain. I haven't heard from you in weeks. And you come back..and...and...and you do this? Ridiculous." I sighed. "So, you come home, you don't even bother to call me and instead you get drunk on wine coolers and sleep with your best friend? Who, might I add, is into women. I bet...I bet you didn't even call your sister yet."

He didn't respond. He knew I was right. "Alright, here's what you're gonna do. You're gonna get your stuff, you're gonna get the hell out, and you're gonna call your sister." He just stared at me. "Can we talk about this?" I turned and stopped. "No. We can't."

And I walked back to my bed.

**

[Finn's Point of View]

I messed up. Bad. Of course, I still hadn't called A.J. She was probably worried sick. This was the week I was supposed to write to her. That was when I had called her. It was difficult. I didn't know what time it was in Ohio, but I had to call her. The phone rang for a few minutes before she finally answered.

"Finn?"

"Yeah it's me.."

"What're you doing? I thought you couldn't use your phone when you were on duty in the military."

I sighed. "Well, yeah. We really aren't. Except. I'm not in the military anymore." I heard a loud gasp on the other side of the phone, which made me pull it away from my ear for a second. "You aren't in the military anymore? If you aren't there, then where the hell are you?" I didn't want to tell her where I was, knowing her, she'd just show up here. Magically. Then, she'd drag me home by the ear. "I'm in New York."

"New York?! Why the hell are you in New York?"

"I came to see Lexie, but she wasn't here. Scarlett was though. A.J, I messed up...bad." I could feel her from the other side...judging me. "I kinda...slept with Scarlett."

"You slept with Scarlett?! You do know she's gay...right? Don't you have a girlfriend?" I sighed. "Yes. I do. But...things happened." She did that loud grunt thing she did whenever she was angry. "Finn Christopher Hudson, get your ass on a plane to Lima. Right now. I will be at the airport. Get on a plane back home. Right now."

"I don't have any money..."

"Didn't the military give you a voucher to fly home?"

"Oh, yeah. Alright, I'll be on the next one out of here."

"I'll be at the airport."

So, I caught the next bus out to the airport.

**

[A.J's Point of View]

I couldn't believe any of it.  I was sitting at the airport, waiting for my idiot of a brother to come back from New York. I sat at the gate that he told me, waiting for him to come off the plane. It wasn't hard to see him come off the plane. He towered over most of the people. He walked over to where I was sitting and sat down next to me. "Are you mad at me?" I shook my head. "I'm not mad. I don't have any reason to be mad. I'm not the one you cheated on."

I got up and began on the way out of the airport. "So, you aren't upset with me?" I shook my head. "Come on. Mom's waiting for you."

"You told mom?"

"I didn't tell her. I just said that you were home."

I walked him out to the car and drove him home. "When did you get your drivers license?" I sighed. "I got it over the summer." He looked at me. "Then how did you get to the train station last year?" I glanced over at him. "I had a learners permit. I drove like a normal person with a learners permit, so I didn't have to worry about anything."

The car ride was quiet for a few more minutes before I couldn't take it anymore. "Alright. I was trying to be mad for Lexie's sake, but I just can't. Alright, be honest with me. Was she any good?"

"A.J!"

"Sorry! I'm just being myself. Listen, I can't be upset for very long. I can't not be myself." It went quiet again. "So, you really aren't gonna tell me?" 

"Drop it." 

I sighed and continued on the drive home. Boy some hello this was.