Shot through the heart
And you're to blame
You give love a bad name
I play my part and you play your game
You give love a bad name
"You Give Love A Bad Name"-Bon Jovi
It had been weeks since Rachel admitted she nearly slept with Puck out of revenge and Finn Hudson was still steaming mad. How could she do this to him? After everything they'd been through and after what had happened with Quinn, Rachel had to have known how much of a blow this would be.
Rachel had been there for almost everything with Quinn and in the end, she had been the one to tell him the truth: that the baby he'd grown to love was not his but his best friend's. That news had sent him storming out and he'd nearly quit the glee club because of it.
In the end, he came back and it had brought him and Rachel closer together. He knew how most people saw Rachel; he knew how overbearing, pushy, and snobby she could seem sometimes. But he also knew that Rachel had a big heart and always looked out for him.
He'd never felt about Quinn the way he felt about Rachel; he was sure of that. With Quinn, they'd been two popular kids who ended up together but it had never really been serious. With Rachel, things had been different. He'd admittedly screwed up by not telling her he'd slept with Santana but he didn't want to hurt her.
The last thing he'd wanted to do was hurt Rachel but it turns out, all she wanted to do was hurt him. And that's why he'd ended things between them.
As he walked into the rehearsal room that day, Finn stuck to what had become his new routine. He walked past Rachel, ignoring her wide beseeching eyes that he'd once stared into for hours.
He walked past Puck, ignoring the awkwardness that swelled between them.
He walked past Santana, ignoring the smirk that she had aimed at him.
In order to keep his sanity, Finn was ignoring a hell of a lot these days.
Then he took his seat. He used to sit with Rachel but there was no way that was happening anytime soon. He considered sitting next to Sam or Mike but they sat with their girlfriends and he just couldn't take any cheesiness right now. So he sat alone.
It was better that way.
When Mr. Schuester finally entered, Finn let out a sigh of relief. If he hadn't enjoyed Glee Club so much, he would have quit weeks ago. As they started to warm up, he felt Rachel's eyes on him. He allowed himself a quick peek and sure enough, Rachel was looking right at him.
His eyes locked on hers as her voice carried over everyone else's. He'd always loved her voice but today it brought him nothing but pain. So he turned away and focused on the music.
It wasn't until late at night that he allowed himself to think of Rachel. Her silky brown hair that he used to run his fingers through when they made out in her room, the way her dark eyes smoldered before she kissed him, how soft her skin felt when he took her hand.
He missed her; he couldn't deny it. He wished he could talk to someone about it but when he thought about it, he didn't have many close friends anymore. He had the glee club and that was about it for the most part.
Finn rolled over, facing the picture of him and Rachel by his bed. The day they'd broken up, he'd gone home and knocked it over in a fit of anger but, almost guiltily, he'd put it back up. He hadn't had the heart to take it down again.
He stared at the picture until he fell asleep and dreamed of him and Rachel the way they used to be.
A/N: Hello and welcome to my very first Glee fic! This chapter is really short but it's just setting the stage. POV's will alternate between Finn and Rachel and will eventually end with them together. Each chapter will use a different song as a basis which is kind of how I got the idea for this fic. Thanks for reading!