Hi everyone! Please let me know if you like the story idea. This story is AU and chracters may be somewhat OOC. Thank you for reading! X
"3...2...1, go!" Chop exclaimed as Rae and Finn chugged down their third snakebite.
"Ha! You lose once again!" Rae declared boastfully, wiping her mouth with her jacket sleeve. Finn had finished barely a second later, but he humored her with a playful smirk and only shrugged in response. Let it be known that Finn Nelson was a man of few words.
Finn was an epic slice in every girl's book and he was quite popular. You'd think he'd mind losing to a girl. But this wasn't just any girl. This was Rachel Earl- they had been fast friends since kindergarten when Finn had pushed a kid down who'd been bullying Rae. The two were inseparable ever since.
And it wasn't just that incident which had cemented their friendship so strongly but also the fact that the two were so very alike. They shared many interests but most importantly their good taste in music. However, they fought and bickered almost as much as they agreed upon things. If you didn't know them, you'd surely mistake them for lovers. But they weren't. Only the best of friends.
Everyone around them either assumed they were a couple or wished they'd admit their feelings for each other or simply thought it didn't make a difference whether it were to be official or not. It was a universally known fact Rae Earl belonged to Finn Nelson and Finn Nelson belonged to Rae Earl.
Everyone around them felt it except for the two stubborn individuals involved. Rae would scoff it off in her loud, boisterous manner mocking anyone who would even suggest a hint of a possibility of there being anything between her and Finn. And Finn would likewise state that him and Rae were best mates and that was all.
He was perhaps a bit overprotective of her and she a little possessive of him. But that was to be expected given the closeness of their friendship. And maybe there was something in the way he looked at her sometimes and she at him but neither were really aware of it.
Neither had had a real relationship till now and it was now going to be their senior year. And that was the latest topic being currently discussed by the gang.
"If you don't like each other that way, how do you explain not having been in a real relationship till now?" asked Chloe.
"Eh...", Finn grinned and scratched his ear. He snuck a glance at Rae who was the more articulate one of the two.
"We just haven't found anyone right yet. Why is it so hard to believe that a guy and a girl can be good friends and nothing more?" She shook her head at Chloe in a mock-condescending manner earning a playful glare from her female friend.
"And anyway, even the thought of it makes me laugh," chortled Rae. "Finn and I? That'll be as likely as Archie being with Izzy!"
Both Izzy and Archie made a face at each other. Everyone laughed afterwards, even Finn. He would not admit to himself that something had irked him a little when Rae had laughed off the idea of them together so casually.