Bella Notte

Set at the end of Season 3. I thought it was strange that the guys kept singing after Rachel ditched Finn, and the last verse sounded happier than you'd expect in that situation.

To my lovely anonymous reviewer, I never actually claimed this story was Finchel. I bothered tagging Finn because he is one of the main characters in it... and I was possibly thinking of doing another chapter about nationals which would be Finchel based.

Thank you :)

Puck didn't know why he'd agreed to sing this damn song. Especially not for him. Finn, who wasn't content with having his baby mama, but wanted the girl Puck loved as well. So what if Finn was completely oblivious to how his best friend felt about this girl. If he thought about it, he knew why he'd let Finn persuade him into trading his badassness for an accordion.

He'd be lying if he said that it didn't hurt to see Rachel looking so sad when she saw Finn with Quinn. And he'd kill you if he told anyone, but he felt bad about not only taking Quinn's virginity and getting her pregnant, but moving onto Finn's next girlfriend and nearly doing the same with her (maybe not the pregnancy part... that shit was not something he wanted a repeat of any time soon.)

So he found himself here, waiting in the fucking cold, dark street, to sing an embarrassing Disney song in order to get his best friend back together with the girl he loved. Yeah, not his dream either. But he knew it was mostly his fault that Finchel broke up. If it had been any other guy they'd have been fine, but Pucks past with Finn's girlfriends in general and his chemistry with Rachel, well... Finn wasn't too happy with them spending time together to say the least.

The happy couple appeared, Rachel dressed in a cliché outfit from those musicals she loved so much, and Puck prepared himself for humiliation. At least Santana wasn't here, she'd never let him live it down. Though he supposed that Santana would be useful to get his mind off another brunette... Don't think about that now he reprimanded himself.

"Now all we need is a group of street singers to serenade us, and it will be perfect." He heard Rachel say. He swore you'd be able to see Finn's smug smile from a mile away. He took this as his cue to begin singing.

Oh this is the night, it's a beautiful night

And we call it Bella Notte

It was most certainly not a beautiful night. He had to watch Finchel all loved up and pretend that the sight didn't make him want to cry (badasses are totally allowed to cry. Don't judge.) He stopped singing after these two lines; Artie quickly took over, shooting him a quick confused look.

Look at the skies; they have stars in their eyes

On this lovely Bella Notte

"This is the moment in those romantic comedies where... I kiss you" Puck felt his heart drop to his stomach when he heard Finn say that. Way to be subtle douchebag. For some reason, he had never expected them to actually kiss in front of him. He didn't hear Rachel's reply, but he was sure he wouldn't have wanted to by the smile that formed on Finn's face.

He saw his two friends lean towards each other and barely restrained himself from closing his eyes (could he really call Rachel a friend after everything he'd done to her? He supposed her constant forgiveness was one of the reasons he loved her so much, not that it was helping him in this case.)

He heard Rachel say "I can't" and he felt his heart swell up with pride. She was finally letting go of Finn. Maybe he finally had a shot now. His hopes were dashed when he saw Finn leaning in again. Surely she wouldn't reject him twice, once was surprising enough for her.

But she did. And this time she walked away. Puck tried so hard to stop himself from smiling, but found that he couldn't hide his grin. Finn just stood there in the middle of the street with that dopey look on his face, like he never expected her to get fed up of his inability to decide between her and Quinn. He felt so smug and happy as they went into the final verse.

Oh, this is the night

And the heavens are right

On this lovely Bella Notte

Maybe it was a beautiful night after all.