Finn:

Out of all the Vocal Adrenaline members, Jesse St. James seemed to jump the highest, like a blasted rocket. Sue had just announced the winning team of regionals, and it wasn't their name that was called. He didn't get it, they were pretty good, and at least he thought so. He and Rachel totally kicked butt with "Faithfully", and too be honest, the song had so much more meaning than just a song to win a gold trophy. He looked over at Rachel and her face broke his heart. He knew, along with the rest of New Directions, how much this meant to them, especially Rachel. But he felt the most pain for her. It looked like she couldn't keep her balance and grabbed hold of Artie's wheelchair for support. Tears were stinging her eyes, and all Finn could think about is how much he wanted to step to the front of the stage and wrap his arms around her, comfort her.

One of the judges came to them and handed Mr. Shue their tiny trophy. The Glee Club couldn't even look at it.

"We didn't even place" he heard Artie mumble. They didn't even get their name mentioned.

Finn couldn't take the cheering of the winning team. By this time, he thought it'd be best if they all left the stage. He didn't want to see Rachel aching any further.

"Mr. Shue, let's just get off the stage, please…" he tapped Will on the shoulder.

Mr. Shue looked over his shoulder back at Finn, "Yeah," he nodded with a melancholy face "Yeah, let's go."

He tapped Kurt on the shoulder and nudged his head off stage. Everybody followed, and Finn waited till everyone passed so that he could walk by Rachel. As soon as he got by her side, he slid his hand down her back and wrapped his arm around her tiny waist. Rachel leaned her head against his side and covered his hand that was on her hip with her hand. He was glad that she could find comfort from him.

Their walk back to their dressing room seemed like years, ages. Finn was disappointed, but glad to be by Rachel's side. Her delicate body warmed him and almost made him feel like he had won something –no, someone, Rachel Berry. He truly loved her and telling her he loves her earlier today made him feel good and wonderful. He'd always loved her; he just only realized it when Jesse was with her. Life was too short to let things pass you by. His love for Rachel couldn't wait any longer.

Rachel slowly took Finn's hand from her side and tangled her fingers in his. She pulled him gently to the couch and sat down on the other side of Kurt. Finn released her hand and put his hand on her thigh farther away from him. Rachel still hadn't said anything. She had only let two or three tears fall. She looked down at Finn's arm and started fumbling with the button on his sleeve of his shirt. Finn was staring ahead at Mr. Shue.

"You guys honestly couldn't have done it better. I thought you all were amazing. It was a great show and you guys need to know that you are all so truly talented." Mr. Shue said after they had all settled in the room.

"Obviously not good enough," Artie quietly mentioned, then a little louder said, "Or at least not for Miss Sylvester.."

"She obviously doesn't have enough class to realize how much this meant to all you. Don't get discouraged by her." Will replied.

"It's no use believing we were good though," Mercedes announced, "Glee Club's over, and there's nothing we can do about it. Yeah, sure we may have been good, but what's the point of thinking that if we can't even improve ourselves. This was our only chance, and thing went totally wrong for us."

It was silent for a few minutes and then Rachel raised her head. Finn looked over at her and she glanced at him. She stood up then and crossed over to Mr. Shue. She looked at him for a minute, then hugged him, and Mr. Shue cautiously and then more surely, hugged her back.

"Thank you, Mr. Shue, for believing in us. We knew you thought we could do it, but obviously it didn't work. You got us here, and we couldn't be more grateful." Rachel backed out of the hugged and then turned to her friends, "We had a great year."

She smiled, somewhat awkwardly and slowly grabbed her bag and walked out the door. The room then started to grab their things too. Finn didn't bother and rushed out of the room and ran after Rachel.

"Rach! Wait!" He yelled across the hallway to her. She stopped but didn't face him. He started to jog towards her, "Rachel, please –"

She turned to face him and now she was a waterfall. Her face was entirely wet and she let out a small sob and buried her face in Finn chest. He immediately wrapped one hand around her back and one hand massaged her hair. He let her cry, she needed it right now, and he didn't blame her. This was Rachel's dream, and it tumbled. They stood there, for some time, Finn letting her stain his shirt with salty sweet tears.

"Shhh… Shh, Rachel" Finn softly whispered into her hair. He kissed the top of her head and rested his cheek across her soft, sweet smelling hair.

He didn't know what things would look like for the group at this moment, but he would remind Rachel that he loved her and that no matter what, he was always there for her.

Please comment! It's only the beginning and if I get some good comments I'll continue! I really want to keep writing this story! I've got some good idea for them later on