So here is my new short story. This will just be a small tragic story that is an alternative to what actually happened in the Quarterback. This was extremely difficult to write because of the feelings that that episode revoked for so many of us. I do know that this story has been taken on before but I wanted to have my own go at this story.

Even Death Can't Split Us Apart.

Chapter 1: Learning of the Loss.

Rachel's POV.

I get up after finally achieving the dream that I wanted. I am finally going to play Fanny Brice in the Broadway play Funny Girl. I always wanted to make it onto Broadway ever since I could walk and talk. I wouldn't have believed that I would have achieved it before the age of 19. I was on the phone to my boyfriend Finn last night where he was in Afghanistan. He had re-joined the army in early May and would be back in March on leave. We got back together just before he left when he told me that he was going back to the army. He says that he hopes to be back for my first show. He did propose to me before we split up last year but I hope that he proposes again when he gets home. I think back to our conversion on the phone last night.

Flashback

Rachel: 'Hey Baby. Are you alright?'

Finn: 'Rachel, I am fine? How is life over there?'

Rachel: 'Great. I just got a call from the directors at Funny Girl. Finn, I got the part.'

Finn: 'Rachel. That is fantastic. I'm so proud of you baby. Just remember to save me a seat in the front row on your first night.'

Rachel: 'I will do just that. How is the army?'

Finn: 'Tough. It is very scary Rachel if I am being honest. But I need to do this for my father, my family, my country but most importantly for you.'

Rachel: 'I know. I can't wait to see you either.'

Finn: 'I know Rachel. This is only for a few years and then I can come home and we can spend the rest of our lives together. I have to go now. Keep an eye on Kurt for me. I love you.'

Rachel: 'I will. I love you too.'

I get up and start making some breakfast. Today is Sunday and so rehearsals start tomorrow. Santana is working all day at the diner today whereas Kurt is working around lunch. I am not working there today because of working there entirely yesterday. I hear a sobbing noise coming from Kurt's room in the apartment. What has happened there?

I walk in and see Kurt sobbing on his phone. Has Blaine broken up with him again? Has Burt had another heart attack? What is going on?

Kurt: "(On phone) I'll get my stuff and head on home. I'll let my teachers and manager at the diner what has happened. They will understand. Rachel is here, I'll tell her what has happened. Bye Carol, see you soon."

Rachel: "What is going on?"

Kurt: "Rachel…"

Rachel: "Kurt (Starts to get worried). What happened? Is Burt had another heart attack?"

Kurt: "No Rachel. It is about Finn."

Rachel: "What happened? Please tell me Kurt."

Kurt: "Rachel, Finn was shot in Afghanistan. Rachel, he didn't make it."

I just stand there and just try to process what I have just have been told. I don't believe it. I can't believe it but it is true.

Finn is dead. My sweet, gorgeous Finn is dead. He was only 19. He was just talking to me yesterday about our future and now it has been taken away just like that.

I begin to think about all the times we had spent together. The first time we performed at Glee Club. Competing at Sectionals, Regionals, and Nationals together. Winning the Nationals title last year and finally being accepted by my peers. The moment when he proposed to me in that auditorium. When he set me free when I thought it was the day that we were getting married. Me breaking up with him in the same auditorium where he proposed to me for lying to him about Brody. When he came to New York and beat Brody up when he found out that Brody was a male hooker and that he could have infected me. Getting back with him and then him re-joining the army. Then back to our phone call yesterday, the last time I spoke to him.

I get out of my thoughts and just break down in Kurt's arms.

Rachel: "(In floods of tears) Please Kurt, tell me this is just some sort of sick dream."

Kurt: "You know that I would want to so badly."

Rachel: "I can't do this. Why did he feel that he had to go back to the army? Why didn't I just drag him to New York with me and then this would have never happened. What have I done to deserve this? (Breaks down completely.)"

Kurt just holds me whilst I try to compose myself.

Santana's POV.

I come in from my shift. Kurt rang in this morning to the manager saying that he was unwell. I don't believe that one bit. He probably wanted to spend time in New York with Blaine. Don't say I blame him after all, I want to spend time with Dani. She is a cool girl.

I look around the apartment and see no-one. Had Lady Hummel and the Dwarf gone out to watch a musical or something? I listen and I hear sobbing coming from Kurt's room. Okay, now things are getting awkward.

I open the curtain to his room and just see Rachel crying on Kurt's shoulder. Has Finn dumped her over the phone yesterday or what? After all she did just get her dream role in Broadway before the age of 20 yesterday. So what is going on?

Santana: "Kurt, what is going on?"

Rachel: "(Screams) HE'S DEAD! HE'S DEAD!"

Santana: "(Begins to fear the worst) Who's dead?"

Kurt: "Finn. Finn died this morning. Carole rang me to tell me that he was shot in war and died of blood loss."

I just stand there shocked. For the very first time, I felt loss in my life. Yes, I never had a father or that I had lost ex-boyfriends and ex-girlfriends but those were only temporary moments of pain. This is one of my few friends that I have in my life and he is dead at 19. Fucking 19. I feel anger at the fact that he went into war. I feel sorrow for the loss of one of my friends. But most importantly of all, I feel guilt.

I feel guilty for the times that I insulted him at school which probably felt degrading. I feel guilty for the time when I stole his virginity and he didn't seem to enjoy it. But the moment I really felt guilty was for when he and Rachel announced their engagement and the rest of the Glee Club rejected them. We acted like jealous idiots that the so called perfect couple were getting married and now it was never going to happen.

I just look over at Rachel and know that this is a day where we have to look after her. I mean I don't know how I would react if I was engaged and then all of a sudden my fiancée died.

I ask Kurt, "Who knows about this."

Kurt: "My parents. Mr Schue knew about it and so did the New Directions that are still there. The alumni don't know yet."

Santana: "Do you want me to break the news or do you want to do it?"

Kurt: "Can we do it together please."

We go and get the laptop and put up the Skype group with the old alumni on it. We wait for a few minutes and we see that Puck, Quinn, Mercedes and Mike are all on. That was when we knew we had to break the news.

Kurt: "I don't know how to break this to you but Finn was injured in war. We were told that he was shot on a military patrol and died of blood loss."

For a moment there was complete and utter silence. Then everyone starts crying.

Puck: "What? You're joking right?"

Santana: "(Angry) No you idiot, why would he joke about something like this!"

Quinn: "He was my first proper love."

Mercedes: "Have you told Rachel?"

Kurt: "She heard me on the phone this morning. That was when I told her what had happened. She hasn't left my room or stopped crying since."

Mike: "Hope she is okay."

Mercedes: "I feel horrible for the fact that we told them not to get married last year because we thought they were too young. If we knew what would have happened then we would have supported them."

Puck: "I should have been more of a brother for him when he was at college here. He might not have gotten it into his head that he needed to go back to the army and that he might still be with us now."

Quinn: "I guess you don't realise what you have until you have lost it. I was the one who really opposed them marrying but I guess my jealous heart got in the way of that."

Kurt: "Mr Schue and the New Directions know. He asked me if he wants us to come back to Lima to grieve together."

Mike: "We should do that."

We finish the video and begin deciding of plans to try to go back to Lima to grieve with those that we love. But we know that most importantly that we need to take care of Rachel. Right now she is so fragile, she could be broken beyond repair.

When I head to bed that night, I say a little word for Finn. "Rest in Peace Frankenteen."