The more Finn thought about the encounter, the more he began to like the boy; whose name he had learned was Rory Flanagan. There was something about Rory's ten watt smile and beautiful blue eyes that made it impossible for Finn to think of anything else, something that had a tendency to present itself at inopportune moments, causing Rachel to become suspicious by his more-clueless-than-usual state and making it necessary for Finn to remind himself that he is with Rachel and that he loves her—something that became harder to do by the day.

Finn wasn't the only one who was deeply affected by the encounter. Rory also found it difficult to get Finn off of his mind. His Finn obsession began to grow, something that he barely noticed until one day it was not so subtly pointed out to him by Brittany who said "Lord Tubbington says you love Finn". This caused Rory to blush and deny the whole thing, although a part of him began to wonder if it may in fact be true.

Months passed and Finn was tired of living a lie. Sure he loved Rachel, but he had come to realize that he was not truly happy in their relationship and that he loved someone else more; He had come to realize that he had fallen in love with Rory Flanagan. He didn't want to hurt Rachel but he didn't want to suffer either, and that's all their relationship had become, something to suffer through quietly for Rachel's sake. Finn hated himself for what he was about to do. He was about to break up with Rachel Berry.