Hey there, just so you know I'm a big Finchel supporter, but Finn is really starting to piss me off lately. I figured he deserves a little rejection from Rachel first.. and then they can get back together again ;-) This takes place somewhere in the next episode, Funeral. Please review!

"Thanks for meeting me, Rachel."

Finn, who had been waiting in the auditorium for over ten minutes now, stood with his hands in his pockets and stared at the petite brunette walking towards him.

"Sorry I'm late, Finn," she started apologetically. "Jessie was just helping me rehearse a song for Nationals." Finn clenched his jaw and gave her a smile that didn't quite reach his eyes. Rachel smiled back sheepishly. "So what did you want to talk to me about?"

Finn stared at her for a beat, then blew out a sigh. "I.. I broke up with Quinn." Rachel's face registered shock, but then she stared down at her shoes.

"I heard what happened after I got kicked out of Prom," he continued. "About how she slapped you." He clenched his jaw again and shook his head. "That was really uncool of her."

"So you guys are really done?" Rachel asked quietly, still refusing to make eye contact.

"Yeah," Finn replied, nodding. Then he touched her arm gently, causing her to look up at him. "Rachel, I know I've put you through hell lately, but I want to make it up to you. I- I think we should get back together."

Rachel moved away from him abruptly and turns around, crossing her arms. "Finn, I'm with Jessie now. You know that."

"Jessie?" he asked, agitated, and turned so he's facing her. "As in the guy who left who for Vocal Adreneline and egged you in a parking lot?"

Rachel brings her hands together and stares at them self-consciously. "Yeah, well, he apologized for that, and I forgave him."

"But Rachel," Finn argued with a shake of his head. " you can't trust him-"

"And I can trust you, Finn?" she snaps, looking at him incredulously.

His eyebrows crease together. "What do you mean?" he asked in a raspy whisper.

"I mean," she says crossly, "That I can't trust being in a relationship with you, because I can't trust that you won't hurt me again."

Finn stares at Rachel with alarmed eyes and starts to make stuttering sounds.

"God, I can't believe this," Rachel says frustratedly, pushing her hands in her hair and staring up at the ceiling. "I waited for half of this year for you to want me again, and you choose now to do it."

"Rachel, I'm sorry-"

"No, Finn, sorry doesn't cut it this time," she cut him off as tears start to well up in her eyes. "Do you know how many times I tried to get you back? With the tree shopping at Christmas, and the kissing booth on Valentines day, and that song." Her voice suddenly breaks off and she takes in a shaky breath before looking back up at him again. "Don't you remember that song I sang you at Regionals? Because the way you looked at me.. I thought you finally got it. I thought you finally realized how much I loved you."

"But I did, Rachel," Finn said looking down at her pleadingly. Rachel presses her lips together as her face starts to crumble.

"You still stayed with Quinn, though," she whispered as the tears start to steak her olive-toned face. Finn looks away with a remorseful expression. "And that's another thing. You flat-out refused to forgive me when I kissed Puck, yet you can forgive Quinn for sleeping with Puck and getting pregnant and pretending the baby was yours? Why?"

"I- I don't know," he says in a thick voice. Rachel looks down at the ground and shakes her head.

"That's not good enough, Finn," she whispers and wipes the tears away from her face. She starts to turn away but Finn grabs her arm to stop her.

"Wait." Rachel turns back to look at him, crossing her arms again. Finn rubs his forehead with his hand and sighs. "The reason," he begins slowly, "Is because I love you so much more than I ever love Quinn. It's why what you did hurt a lot worse."

Rachel gazed at him with glassy eyes. Then she crosses her arms and swallows. "See, Jessie may have egged me, but at least he'd never put me through half of what you did." Rachel turns around again.

As Rachel walks away, Finn stares after her with wet eyes, then sniffs and looks down.

So if you got this far, you might as well take a minute or so to write some constructive words on what you just read, right?