Rachel couldn't believe her face and hair were full of purple corn syrup again. She wasn't going to let herself cry though. Well, at least not until she made it to the bathroom. She grabbed her bag of extra clothes and towels and walked to the closest bathroom. The bell rang as she was opening the door. At least there wouldn't be anyone around to disturb her.
She looked at herself in the mirror and saw the tears forming in her eyes. She started to clean herself up like she had done since she was in training bras. After one last look in the mirror, she put on her lip gloss and smiled at herself. She quickly grabbed her books and headed off to her Algebra class.
"Miss Berry, nice of you to join us," Mrs. Anderson said as she glared at Rachel for coming into class late, again.
"I'm sorry, Mrs. Anderson, I had something I needed to take care of." Rachel said as she took her seat in front of Finn.
She took at her notebook to take notes when she felt a finger poke her in the back. She turned around and saw Finn holding a folded piece of paper out to her. She smiled as she took it. Rachel looked at the teacher before opening it.
"Are you ok?"
"Yeah, just a little slushie. Nothing new." Rachel wrote back.
"Was it Karofsky? I'll kick his ass."
Rachel smiled as she read those words.
"No, it was Quinn. She saw us in the choir room and she is pissed. She said I have to leave you alone or she will sic Santana on me. It's ok though, I don't think she will actually hurt me."
"She yelled at me too. You don't know Quinn that well and definitely not Santana if you think they won't actually hurt you. I can't let that happen. We can't do anything anymore. We have to go back to being just friends. I'm sorry, but she is pregnant with my kid and it's not fair to you or her for us to be anything but friends."
Rachel's eyes teared up for the second time that day as she read Finn's words. The bell rang and she ran out of the room without looking at Finn.
