A/N: Hi! I'm very excited to start this new Finchel fanfic, and I hope you all like it. It takes place from half season 2 and not everything happened before that happened in this story, but you'll find it out yourselves. Oh, and English isn't my mother tongue, so sorry for mistakes.
Chapter 1: The Day Of Love
(POV Rachel)
It was the 14th of February 2011. Valentine's day. Ugh, I hated that day. Not that I didn't believe in love or something, not at all. It was just because I always felt alone on that day. I never had a boyfriend, only because my parents forbid me to have one until I had graduated from high school. How ridiculous?
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I opened my eyes and looked at my alarm clock. Holy shit, it was already 7.45 am, and I still had to do my morning rituals, which normally took at least half an hour, but I had to leave at 8.10, otherwise I won't be on time at school, so I really had to hurry.
"Rachel! We have to leave!"
Hiram yelled, one of her dads.
"Coming!"
I quickly made a ponytail of my hair, grabbed my bag and left my bedroom.
"Why are you always late?"
Hiram asked with an angry tone in his voice.
"I'm not ALWAYS late, dad. Just today. Can we leave now? Please?"
Hiram sighed and opened the door.
"Promise me you won't be late tomorrow."
I sighed. Why did I always have to promise things?
"Alright, I promise."
Hiram opened the lock of the car and I climbed on the backseat.
/
Walking through the halls of McKinley was usually amazing. People were giving me high fives and jealous looks and one time, a freshman even bowed to me! However, doing that today was horrible. When I looked around I only saw couples making out with each other.
"Hey Rachel! Ready to sing your big solo tomorrow?"
Sue Sylvester, the glee club coach, asked loudly when she walked by.
"You bet I am!"
Since the glee club won Nationals last year, most of the glee club members, including me, became really popular. No more slushy facials, thank the Lord.
When I arrived at my locked and opened it, my left eye spotted a strange looking boy. He was tall, had brown, short hair and to my opinion, he was quite handsome. Okay, screw that, he was the handsomest of the whole school, maybe even of2 the whole town. I didn't recognize him. He was probably a new kid in town. And he was coming my way. OMG he was coming my way! But why? I took a quick look in the mirror of my locker.
"Hey… um… Can you tell me where the principal's office is? He wants to see me."
He gave me an adorable smirk. How cute?
"Sure."
I grabbed the books I needed as fast as I could and showed him the way.
"Thanks."
He said when we eventually stood in front of Figgin's office. Then there was that awkward moment where one of us had to introduce him/herself, but instead we both stared at each other creepily. He was finally the one who broke the trance.
"I… I eh… I gotta go inside."
He said and pointed to the office.
"I'm Rachel."
I suddenly said, and held out my hand. What was I doing He was just about to introduce himself, damn Rachel, why do you never have some patience?
"Finn."
The new boy, apparently Finn, took my hand and shook it.
"Well, Finn, it was nice to meet you, but I gotta see some friends now. I guess I'll see you later."
Wow, where did that come from? A year ago I'd never said more to a guy than one simple sentence.
"Yeah, agreed. See you later."
We waved shortly, and just when I took a step towards the cafeteria, the school bell rang. Great.
/
After two classes I had a break. I walked to the cafeteria with my best friend Kurt, who had almost every class the same as mine, except science, and Tina, who I had a few classes with, including glee club. Tina had been replacing Quinn, who used to be the head-cheerleader, on the cheerios, because she was pregnant, and when Quinn came back she wanted to be head-cheerleader again, but Will Schuester, the cheerleading coach, decided that Tina stayed head-cheerleader. Tina told me Quinn was furious and said if she wasn't allowed to be head-cheerleader, she didn't want to be a cheerio at all.
The three of us sat down while Kurt continued talking about glee.
"…and it's like three months ago when I had my last solo, it makes no sense! Talking about solos, you've got one tomorrow, right, Rachel?"
I nodded.
"Yes. I've been practicing all weekend. Get ready, cuz I'm gonna blow y'all away."
"What song are you going to sing?"
Tina asked, looking up from her phone.
"Not telling you."
I said and I looked around. I saw that new boy… oh yeah, Finn was his name. He had a plate with food in his hands and Quinn was talking to him. Well, it looked more like flirting. I was already walking their way when I realized what I was doing. I heard Kurt ask me where I was going, but I ignored him and kept walking.
"What are you doing?"
I suddenly blurted out. What was I doing?
"Oh hi Rachel, this is Finn."
Quinn said.
"Yes I know, I met him this morning. Now answer my question."
"No, thank you. I've got better people to talk to."
She turned her back to me and just when she attempted to walk away I snapped back.
"Like who?"
I could hear everyone around me laughing and some guy who walked by high fived me. Quinn quickly ran out of the cafeteria. I was freaking proud of myself.
"Why are you so rude to her?"
Oh yeah, I forgot about Finn.
"Like she's never been rude to me."
I said and smiled. Finn gave me a confused look.
"Oh of course, you don't know. Quinn used to be the head-cheerleader last year and loved picking on me with her friends, but luckily, that's all over now."
"She seemed so nice…"
The confusing look was still on his face.
"Well, the wolf seemed nice to Little Red Ridinghood too."
Nope, Finn still didn't understand it.
"Whatever. I'm going back to my friends. Come sit with us."
"I'd rather make a little walk through the school if you don't mind, but thanks for the invitation. Bye!"
"You're welcome. See ya!"
I walked back to Kurt and Tina and they were looking at me like I just did something crazy.
"Who was that?"
Kurt curiously asked.
"Who was what?"
I didn't really pay attention to whatever he was asking, actually. Kurt gave me a you-know-what-I-mean look and I sighed.
"Oh, you mean Finn! I met him this morning. He's new here. I have no idea where he came from. Like a meteorite."
"You like him."
Tina said and laughed.
"Yes I like him, he's kind and… wait. You mean the other kind of like, don't you? You guys are insane! It's the boy's first day and you already think I-"
I paused to take a breath.
"That makes no sense."
"No sense? Oh please, it's obvious."
Kurt said and I widened my eyes.
"What?!"
"Yeah, Kurt's right. You stare at that Finn-person like you want to eat him."
Tina said and crossed her arms.
"What should I do?"
It was a wonder I was able to ask something despite my heavy breathing.
"Nothing, duh. There's nothing to be embarrassed about."
"I know, Kurt."
I just couldn't stop worrying. What if I fell in love with him? What if he liked me too?
/
(POV Finn)
I was walking through the hallways, thinking about the girl I met today. No, not Quinn. She was pretty and nice and all, but also annoying. It seemed like she wanted me for some reason. It was Rachel. She was just amazing. She wasn't that tall, but she had those sparkling eyes which made him melt. I've never understood people who were in love, until now. She could be rude and bitchy to people like Quinn, but she had explained why. I hoped she was in one of my classes. She could help me with homework, because I bet she's a very smart girl. I pictured her with some nerdy glasses on when I walked into someone.
"Oh sorry, I was euh…"
I tried to find the suiting word but I failed.
"Preoccupied? Don't worry, it's okay. We all have our fantasies. So, what's your name, new boy?"
The man looked at me like I was some kind of celebrity or something.
"Finn. Finn Hudson."
I reached my hand out and he shook it.
"Will Schuester, also known as cheerleading coach."
I laughed.
"Ah Finn, I know what you're thinking, but you should come check us out some time. The girls – and some boys – are really good."
"Okay, I will. Thanks."
I still got the idea he treated me like a king.
"It was a pleasure to meet you, Finn."
"Yeah… bye."
I walked away as fast as I could because I was afraid he was going to keep talking for hours.
/
(POV Rachel)
This day turned out to be better than I expected. I got a few roses from some guys I didn't know, they hadn't sung horrible love songs at glee and I met Finn. I was so glad I did. I felt like I was the luckiest person in the world. I was standing in front of my locker, practically doing nothing. Well, I was actually waiting for Finn to walk by, so I could say goodbye to him before I left. Hopefully it wouldn't take long, since my dad was waiting for me.
/
(POV Finn)
My last class of the day was history. I wasn't paying attention to whatever the teacher was saying. All I was doing was thinking about Rachel. Her hair, her legs, her-
"Finn Hudson! Please, focus! Who are you preoccupied with?"
The whole class laughed, except Quinn, who was sitting in front of me. She turned around and looked kinda mad.
"Oh please, don't tell me you were thinking about miss Rachel bossy pants Berry."
She whispered and eye-rolled when saw my I-don't-know-where-you-are-talking-about expression.
"Finn, listen very carefully. You're the new boy, so if you join the football team now, you can become really popular and date the hottest chicks in town… Or you can date the hobbit and become the biggest loser of all time."
I shook my head and responded.
"If you mean Rachel by the hobbit, which you probably do, then what you just said makes no sense. Rachel is one of the most popular, or even the most popular chick in school and I think, no, I bet you're just jealous. I know you meant yourself by 'the hottest chicks in town', Quinn, and I have that strange feeling that tells me you used to be really popular when you were cheerleader. That feeling also tells me you want to use me to become popular again, so my question is, what did you do or what happened last year that made you this unpopular?"
Quinn's mad look changed into pure anger when she opened her mouth to speak.
"I. AM. NOT. UN-"
"Quinn Fabray and Finn Hudson! I want to have a word with you after this class! Zip it!"
The teacher's head was red of anger, so it was hard for me to hold my laugher. I quickly looked back at my notebook to avoid that to happen, and wrote a heart with a 'F' on the left side and a 'R' on the other side. Yes, I might be in love with her. Might be.
Fine, I am.
A/N: That was it! I've already started to write the 4th chapter, so I hope you liked it, otherwise all my work would have been for nothing. Please review!