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3 years ago…
Finn, dressed in his McKinley High tee with a white long sleeve underneath and regular plain blue jeans, runs over to Alana's house that's a few houses down from where he lives. Finn slows to a halt as he gets to Alana's front door and gives an erythematic knock to the burgundy single door and waits for someone to open the door. No one answered it. This time, Finn rings the door bell and gives two to the door… still nothing. So then, growing a little impatient, Finns goes around back to Alana's backyard. Alana's backyard reminded Finn of the girlish sappy book "Anne of Green Gables" which he was forced to read in elementary school, with it's freshly painted white picket fences that had a sharp tip on each of the planks of wood, the Green Mountain Sugar Maple trees that cornered the outback which he distinctly remembered because Alana would always tell him stories of when she and her dad would help out outside during the weekends, and the long, broad white rope hammock that was attached to two trees placed on both sides of it. Alana had said to Finn once that the hammock is one of her "special places" to let herself think, or just relax; that she had "practically been born in a hammock". And that's why Finn had moved to the back of her house to look for her; 'cause he knew she had to be there; and she was. There was Alana, wearing a gray and white striped silk blouse, with navy shorts, swinging gently and quietly on the hammock, with her back turned to Finn, her long copper wavy hair let down, resting on her back. Finn decided to "sneak attack" her. Walking quietly behind her, Finn strode up to the back of Alana, with a smirk glued onto his face, and poked her in the back. Alana didn't move, she didn't even flinch. "Lans?" Finn asked her. No reply. "Lana?" Then Finn walked around, standing in front of the frozen girl before him. "Alana?" Finn asked, his voice hinted with concern. The frozen girl that was his best friend still hadn't moved, so next Finn shaked Alana's shoulder. "Alana?" He called out, his voice getting louder. "Hmm?" Alana suddenly mumbled. Then she shook out of what she was concentrating on, facing Finn. "Oh, hi Finn," Alana said smiling small for her best friend. "Lana, what's wrong? Why were you crying?" Finn observed, taking a closer examination towards her. "What? I'm fine. I wasn't crying." Alana said, trying to hide something from Finn. "Lana, you're not fine. And yeah, you were crying, 'cause your face is wet. Tell me, what's wrong?" Finn pushed Alana to spill, taking a seat right next to her, causing the hammock to rock back and forth. Alana just stared at the ground, not saying anything. "Tell me," Finn said, urging Alana. Alana faced him, then started to cry and collapse onto Finn's shoulder. "Woah, Alana. Lans, what's up? Why are you so upset?" Finn asks, putting a hand on her back. "Because," Alana said looking up at Finn, sniffling. "I'm moving." "What?" Finn blurts out completely shocked. "Yeah, and I'm leaving the town of Lima, in a week." Alana explains to Finn, sadness in her voice. "Lana, you…you can't. You just can't." "Why? My parents feel that I should move to a more advanced high school. I even told them I'm not leaving, and they said that I'm going to move whether I want to or not." "Well, you can't. Everyone at McKinley needs you, I need you." "Finn, I know, but it's not like I can fix it." "Lana, I can't DO anything without you, though,"
After a few quiet moments…
"Finn, I…I love you," Alana confessed, though it really wasn't much of a secret. "Lana, I love you too," Finn also confessed. The two best friends just sat there on Alana's hammock talking, crying, and hugging each other. For the next few days, Alana and Finn hung out, making sure they were with each other whenever they could. Then came time for Alana to move. She and her parents had all of their belongings ready and packed. Alana's parents waited for her in their car while she made one final stop: Finn. "Well, Finn, I…I don't know what to say." Finn opened his arms and wrapped them around Alana's waist, pulling her towards Finn. "How about just promise me you won't forget about me, and still love me." "Finn, I could never forget about you. And I love you more th-" Finn closed the tiny gap between Alana and him and pressed his lips to Alana's lips. As Finn and Alana shared the kiss, Alana managed to wrap her arms around Finn's neck and kiss him back. Both of them shared a much loved kiss; both of their eyes closed and their lips synchronizing in a perfect motion. "I love you Alana," "I love you too, Finn," Then both of them shared one last hug. Then Alana moved out of Finn's grasp, and Alana slowly let go of Finn's hand, neither one of them wanting to let go. Then Alana walked to her parent's car, stepped inside, and then the car took off into the sunset.
Alana's POV
Its nearly night time, the sky looks charred, like it had gotten burnt by the sun, and I'm walking on a sidewalk to a gas station and across is a big intersection and then a grocery store with other small stores attached to the sides of it. As I get close, I start to see my friends in the window (Finn, Sam, Mr. Shue, Puck, Kurt, Artie, Mike, Rachel, Mercedes, Tina, Quinn, Santana, and Britney) and they were looking around the small store and it also looked like they were waiting for me. When I'm finally next to the gasoline dispensers, some people start to turn their heads and start to see me and are trying to get everyone else's attention.
As soon as everyone spots me, they all start rushing towards the entrance door of the gas station and start running towards me. "Alana!" Everyone starts to shout as they come to greet me. "Hey!" I start to give them a nice wide grin as I walk towards them. Finn is the first to come over. Finn pulls me into warm, tight hug. "Hi Alana," He whispers into my ear with his warm breath. "Hi Finn," I say in a very friendly manner as I hug him tightly back.
Before I know it, I'm greeted by the rest of my friends. "Hi Alana." Mr. Shue says as he comes up to me with a friendly hug. "It's been awhile since I've seen you! I've missed you and everyone else at Glee Club!" I say. "It has been awhile indeed, Alana. We've missed you too. Actually, everyone at Glee club misses you a lot. In fact, we all decided a few weeks earlier that we want you back in Glee Club." Mr. Shue said. "What? I can't! You guys know that! With high school miles away, and don't get me started with how my parents are going to let me, and… "
As I started to list all of the problems that I think would mess up my agenda, Mr. Shue interrupted me, answering all of my questions. "Alana! It's okay! I've already talked to your parents about leaving Shellshock High and coming here for the rest of your high school years. We even want you to sing us a new song so we can decide if we want it in the sectionals." "Wait, you talked to my parents?" I asked with a sudden shocked look on my face. "Yes, Alana, that's what we're trying to tell you." Rachel answered me. "What'd they say?" I asked in a nervous tone. Mom and Dad have never heard me sing before; neither had I told them I had a passion for singing either. Simply because they never had the time for me anymore. I mean with the economy these days, and both of them working hard to put dinner on the table, and with their busy day-to-day schedule. I don't know, it feels as if they've forgotten all about me, like they've abandoned me. Everyday, I see them on their computer or cell phone. It's like, Jesus, do I even exist anymore?
"They said they never even heard you sing before or knew you could sing." Mr. Shue said. "Is it true, Alana?" Finn asked sad emotion in his voice. "Not exactly," I said, scared of revealing the truth. "Alana, do you realize how much talent you have then all of us?" Finn asked, anger building in his voice. "Finn proves a point, Alana. Why haven't you told your parents? I bet they probably would love to hear you, you know." As soon as those words came out of Mr. Shue's mouth, it started to seem as if everyone was starting to crowd in on me. "Tell us, Alana." Finn said. I turned my head to Mercedes so I didn't have to look at the sadness mixed with anger look on his face. "Spill," Mercedes said directly to me.
I started to back up, my white size seven sneakers producing friction on the ground.
"N-nothing's wrong, I promise." I say, trying my best to hide everything. Suddenly my breathing starts to get ragged and heavy and now I'm starting to feel flushed. "What is up?" Quinn said, urging me to say something. "I…I don't know," I say my voice starting to crack. "Look," I say, trying to remain calm. " Nothing is wrong. OK? I've got to go." I say as an excuse and actually start to walk away gracefully, walking at a fast pace toward the big intersection. I hear all of them yelling my name out into the air to try and stop me. Then, I stop right before the intersection to look behind me to see if they're still there.
Soon, I hear their voices catching up to me. "Alana!" I recognize that it's Finn's voice in the open air. "Alana! Don't!" As soon as Finn in my view I start to stride towards the middle of the big intersection, hoping to cross the street in time before they can catch up to me. I see Finn running very fast towards me. "Alana! WATCH OUT!" Finn screams. I couldn't hear him. "What?" I scream back. Then I look directly towards me to see a car coming straight for me, honking everything that car has to give. I was so shocked I couldn't move. Before a moment too soon, cars are stopping all around me and spontaneous, angered drivers are yelling at me. But all I could see or hear at this moment was nothing. It was suddenly as if everything stopped. Time stopped, maybe even life. Am I dead? I close my eyes and pretend that I'm still alive, waiting for anyone to wake me up, praying for someone to wake me up. "Alana," I hear a faint voice suddenly calling to me. "Alana." It sounds like Finn's voice. "Alana!" I feel something touch my shoulder and shake me, a hand. Suddenly my vision is clear and my hearing comes back to me. "Alana!" I look up to see a very concerned Finn kneeling next to me. "Thank god! You're alive!" Finn then says, relieved. "W-what happened?" "What do you mean?" "What just happened?" "Well, you tried running away from us back there and nearly got killed." Then I suddenly groaned. "What? What's wrong? Does anything hurt? Do you need to go to the hospital?" Finn suddenly asked me to make sure I'm alright. The only thing that truly hurt me right now was my brain. It hurt my brain to take in everything that just happened, and that's why I couldn't really remember what had just happened. "Ow," I react, touching the top of my head, feeling around for any other "newly added" bumps or bruises. "Are you ok?" Finn asked me for the 5th time. "Yeah,I'm ok. I just have this bruise on my head. Nothing to worry about." I reassure Finn; Finn's usually the worry wort anytime I get hurt or when something isn't right. "Can you stand?" He asked me,concern filling up his facial expression and tone of voice. "I think so," I replied to Finn. He suddenly held out his hand for help. "It's OK," I tell Finn, ignoring his hand and getting up off my feet without falling over. Then Finn and I start to walk over to where everyone else was waiting anxiously. As we were walking, Finn kept a close distance to me, keeping his hands out incase and watched me every few seconds to make sure I wouldn't take a tumble or faint for that matter. As soon as we near the gang, (yea,I call my friends a "gang") every single one of them rushed over to us to make sure I'm OK. "Holy Vera Wang! Alana! Are you OK?" Kurt nervously asks me. "Yea, you certainly took a tumble there," Puck said to me *hint the sarcasm*, and then Quinn hit Puck on the shoulder as if to say to say "Shut up." "Yea, I'm fine." I say, sighing. God, I can't believe I almost killed myself. "Are you sure?" Mr. Shue asks me. "Yes, I promise, I feel fine." I reassure him. "Alright, well, we should all probably go home. It's been one heck of a night. Want one of us to take you home?" And then I remembered my parents. Oh, crap! What would they think? Would they even care to take a glance at me? All that I know is that I REALLY don't want to go home. My parents... ugh. You know sometimes life sucks, but you go on with it. And usually, you have to learn the hard way and sometimes take the harder route rather than the easier route. "No, it's fine. I can just walk home." "Actually, I feel that it would be safer if you got driven home, Alana." Mr. Shue said. "Yea, I think I should drive you home, Alana." Finn suggested to me. "Oh, alright." I sighed, making my decision. Then my friends and I shared our hugs and goodbyes and then Finn and I walked back to his car. "Wow, so you can drive now?" I asked Finn,trying to distract him from the event that occurred just moments ago. "Yea, I got this after I swore to my mom that I would never get into any wreckless accidents." "Ha. How is she anyway?" "Oh, she's good. Still feels lonely after...that." "Oh, I'm sorry." I tell him. "No, that's OK. I had to move on eventually, you know." And then, you know that awkward silence that moves into the atmosphere out of nowhere because something awkward had just happened, like in the movies? Yea, well it's happening now. We got to Finn's car, and both of us opened and shut the doors on each side, settled in, buckled our seat belts, and started the car. As we drove onto the very rocky pavement of a path, which I'm guessing is now the road, I decided to talk again. It's been so long since I've actually got to have an alone moment with Finn. "So, let me ask you something? What was the one thing you missed about me the most while I was away?" I said, smiling a toothy grin towards Finn. "I, I don't know. There's so much that I missed about having you there. I missed your attitude, your personality, your sportiness, not to mention your athleticism, your smile, your laugh, your voice. I missed your presence. I missed you." He said, sounding as if his list could go on and on forever. "And now let's not forget one of the favorites you and the guys loved, the pranking." I reminded him. "Ah, yes, the pranking." "Do you remember when we once put a lobster on Ms. Sylvester's desk when it had been lunch time?" "Haha! Yea, she announced over the intercom that whoever did that was going to get one "whale" of a punishment." Finn laughed lightly, telling me. "And once she caught us, she told us that she knew we didn't like her and were scared of her. And then I had told her that she was acting really "crabby" that day, and then she got so angry that you could see smoke coming from her ears and gave us 3 days of ISS and 1 whole day where we had to clean the bathrooms of the locker rooms." I told Finn, remembering those good times. Then we both laughed heartily. God, I miss those times. I sighed. "So, are you going to come back to McKinley?" Finn asked me, stopping at the front of my house. "Well, I don't know yet...but I would love to come back." I told Finn. "Lana, we really would love to have you back. And if not do it for yourself, do it for your friends, do it for me." "Let me think about it tonight." "By the way, are you sure you are ok?" He asked me;I was starting to get really annoyed with him saying that. "Oh, Finny," I tease him, calling him by his nickname his mom used to call him, facing him. "Don't worry. You worry too much." I say, patting his hair. I unbuckle my seat belt and step out of the car and close the door. Next I lean into the car once more to tell Finn goodnight. "Goodnight Finn." I tell him. "Goodnight Lana. And I really hope you come back to McKinley, and to Glee Club." I flash him one of my dimply grins and walk towards the porch of my house. If he truly cares about me, I think to myself, he'll be happy with whatever decision I make.
TA-DA! So, do you think Alana will come back to McKinley and stay there for good? What's going to happen once Alana comes back to McKinley High? Will Finn and Alana become a couple? Wait for the next chapter so your questions may be answered! Thanks and please comment ;)