(A/N) Hello readers! I had this idea for a finchel fic a while ago and now I want to share it with you all! Enjoy!

Oh and BTW- I don't own Glee or any of RIB's characters, although sometimes I wish I did! (:

Rachel Berry knew one thing for sure- Finn Hudson was her best friend. They had met on the first day of college at NYU when Finn bumped into Rachel and spilled coffee all over her shirt.

They became close soon after that and eventually, during sophomore year ended up moving into an apartment, as friends of course.

They were both single and not looking at the time that they moved in together but shortly after they did they both found significant others. Rachel began dating Brody Weston, a junior at NYU and Finn began dating Quinn Fabray, who was the same age as them but went to Brooklyn Law School.

Brody and Quinn both had problems with Finn and Rachel living together but they both made it clear that they were just friends and nothing was going to change. They'd always be friends and nothing more.

One year later, Finn and Rachel still lived together, as friends. Brody had dumped Rachel about four months after they had gotten together and Finn had broken up with Quinn about two months after that.

Brody hadn't had a very legitimate reason for breaking things off with Rachel so harshly. Even if there had been one, Finn didn't know. All that he had known was that Rachel came home late one night with tear stained cheeks and had cried herself to sleep. The next morning she had taken all of her pictures of Brody and her down and had erased him from her memory.

Finn tried not to ask a lot of questions. He didn't want to invade Rachel's privacy because he felt like that was nosy and he didn't want her to be mad at him. Ever.

Rachel moved on from Brody fast though, and Finn decided to break up with Quinn soon after.

At first Finn really liked Quinn; she was nice, pretty and smart but that all seemed to be a mask when he found out how needy and moody she was. She always wanted him to be with her and she seemed to be oddly jealous of Rachel.

Finally, Finn broke up with her. He had been nice about it but her being Quinn, she was extremely emotional about it and cried for days- calling him over and over again until he finally had to block her number.

Finn and Rachel were there for each other. They had witnessed each other in their best and worst of times but they neither one judged each other.

They had both met each other's families at weddings and barbeques and whatnot. They just seemed to always be there for each other.

During Finn and Rachel's junior year of college, Rachel had begun trying online dating.

"I'm just trying to see if someone is completely compatible with me" she had said one night as they were watching Funny Girl for the hundredth time. Rachel's major at NYU was music and she was really into Broadway and show tunes. She had always wanted to be on Broadway but she was still trying to get her life on track before she started going for auditions and stuff.

Finn had just nodded his head. He could care less whether or not she did online dating; he just wanted her to be careful. "Are you sure about this, Rach?" He asked concerned. "You've heard about those people who pretend to be someone on these sites and then they end up being serial killers and stuff."

Rachel rolled her eyes. "Oh come on Finn, I'm not going to date a serial killer."

Rachel made the account the next day. Finn was studying for his midterms when she was doing it. He just shook his head the entire time.

A week later, Finn had come home to find Rachel's head buried in her phone; obviously texting.

"Who are you texting?" Finn asked nosily. Rachel looked up for a moment. "Well, that online dating website turned out to find me a match!" she said enthusiastically. Finn was dumbstruck. He couldn't believe that she had found someone on there that fast.

"What's his name?" he asked curiously.

Rachel answered quickly. "Jesse!" she said excitedly. "Jesse St. James! He's from Ohio, which is where you're from, right?" she asked, to which Finn nodded. "But he lives in Los Angeles. Apparently he goes to UCLA." She said proudly.

Finn chuckled. "And what makes you think that he's your match?" he questioned as he sat his bookbag down on the couch and sat beside her.

Rachel glared at Finn. "I never said that he was my match, but it's a start. You have to start somewhere, Finn." She said as she started texting away.

Finn sighed. He could tell that this dating website thing wasn't going to last.

Rachel and Jesse had been talking for a few weeks when Finn decided to be even more nosey. As the two were eating dinner one night, Finn asked "So what's this Jesse guy like anyway? Do you even know what he looks like?"

Rachel nodded. "As a matter of fact, I do." She said, pulling out her phone and opening her images to reveal a picture of a curly haired guy. Finn looked it over and handed it back.

Well I look a lot better than he does. Finn thought to himself, almost slapping himself for thinking something like that.

Dude, why does it matter? Rachel is your best friend. You can't think about her like that. He thought again as he halfway listened to Rachel talk about Jesse.

Finn snapped out of his thoughts and continued listening to Rachel talk about her new "match".

"-And you'll never believe this Finn! He loves Broadway!" she said excitedly. Finn smiled and continued eating his food, thinking about what he had just pondered over.

Later that night, they had both gone into their separate rooms to get ready for bed when Rachel walked into his room and sat on his bed.

"Finn, I don't think he wants to meet me…" Rachel said somewhat sadly. Finn stood by his bed, frozen. He had no idea what to say to her.

"Oh, come on Rach. Of course he does. He's probably just stunned by your beauty and doesn't want to faint at the sight of you." He finally spit out, mentally punching himself for saying something so idiotic.

Rachel looked up at him and gave him a faint smile. "That was sweet, Finn. Thank you." She said as she got up and hugged him.

"Goodnight Finn" she muttered softly as she left the room.

"Night, Rach." Finn said as he got into bed, shaking his head. "Faint at the sight of you?" he gawked at himself, shaking his head. "I'm such an idiot."

Finn turned off his bedside lamp and went to sleep soundly, as did Rachel.

(A/N) So did you guys enjoy? Tell me if you want more...I'm really trying hard to make my writing sound good..just bare with me...I haven't even taken High School English 1 yet! Haha well please review and favorite and follow and stuff!

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