Here's chapter one, I got so much positive response in such a short time I decided to stay up late writing. Enjoy.
Finn jumped onto his bed, exhausted from football practice. He groaned as his face hit the pillow, and his limbs hit the mattress. This football was so much more serious then McKinely's. From across the dorm, his roommate, Zach, laughed at him, and called "Tired, bro?"
Finn groaned again, and pushed himself up, and called back "Nope, I'm as fresh as a daisy." Zach laughed, and appeared through the door, and said "When you shower and don't look like you were just run over by a car, me and Kelsey are gonna meet with Jake and his girlfriend for drinks. You in?"
Nodding, he said "Yeah, sure, whatever. I'm gonna go shower, try not to make the room smell like cologne and fart. We nearly got smoked out last time." Zach laughed again, and went back into the other part of the dorm, to his computer.
Finn picked himself up off his bed, and grabbed a towel as he dragged his feet into the bathroom. Turning on the faucet, he waited for the water to warm up, before undressing and getting into the shower. The hot water felt good on his sore body. Maybe going out for drinks would be good, even if he was tired as hell.
Twenty minutes later, Finn was dry, clean, shaved, and in new, good looking clothes. As he tied his shoes, he called to Zach, who was doing the same, "So who is Jake dating?" Jake was a mutual friend, a good one at that. Jake had lived in their dorm the previous year, their first year of college. Jake had moved out due to new regulations over the number of roommates per dorm.
"I think her name's Quinn, she's smoking hot. I only saw her once, before I had to run to class." Zach replied not looking up. Finn looked up suddenly, almost wanting to say the name that popped up on his lips. He opened his mouth, and then said "Oh, cool. I dated a girl named Quinn in high school."
Zach nodded, standing up, and said "Cool, bro. But I guarantee, she's no where near as hot as this chick." He stood up, and then continued "You ready, bro? We gotta pick up Kelsey before we go out; she's out of a car since her roommate took it." Finn shrugged. He wasn't very excited about picking up Zach's girlfriend, but at least there would be some time to have some fun before class and practice tomorrow.
The pair of students left their dorm room, locking the door, and headed out to the student parking garage. Zach's girlfriend lived off campus, in an apartment. They would pick her up, drive back, and then walk to the train station. Drunk driving was not cool. Zach unlocked his car, and got in. Finn took shotgun. His car was in the other side of the parking garage, so it was more reasonable to drive Zach's. Along with the fact that it was considerably cleaner.
Twenty minutes later, Zach, Finn, and Kelsey were on the train, headed to the next station. The bar/night club they were headed to was considerably farther then all of them liked, but Jake had chosen it.
Another ten minutes passed, and they were at the bar, sitting and chatting. Finn felt a little left out. He had broken up with Rachel right before he left for college, his excuse being he couldn't handle a long distance relationship. But honestly, he just stopped feeling.. anything for her. It was like everything he had ever thought he had felt was just a fake. It had been hard to pretend that kind of thing for so long.
The rest of the transition to UCLA had been relatively smooth. Playing football for UCLA had been a dream of Finn's for a long, long time. It had been so nice to get out of Ohio. There were too many skeletons there for him to come back.
Drinking his beer, Finn turned to Zach, and called "Hey, if Jake doesn't show up soon, I'm gonna head back to the dorm, I'm beat from football practice." Zach shrugged, and said "Okay, your loss." Finn put the beer down, and stood up, stretching his sore muscles. Suddenly, a voice called out "Finn, you're not leaving so soon are ya?" Finn turned around and grinned, it was Jake. They man-hugged, and Finn said "Good to see you. I think I am gonna leave, practice was brutal today."
Jake's expression became crestfallen, but he brightened, as he said "But first, you need to meet my girlfriend, Quinn." Finn's eyes widened a petite, pretty, blonde stepped out from behind Jake. Her expression was just as confused as Finn's.
It was Quinn. The Quinn.
She smiled a little at him, and said "Hey Finn, nice to see you again." Finn struggled to speak for a moment, and then finally said "Hey Quinn. I didn't know you lived around here." Jake, confused, said "Wait, you guys know each other?" Finn nodded, and said "Uh, yeah, we went to high school together." Zach's eyes widened as well, as he connected the dots.
Finn shifted uncomfortably in his seat. There was no way he could tell one of his best friends all about Quinn, and the baby, and everything. Quinn broke the silence that had been created, and she said "I transferred from the University of Miami this spring. But anyway, it was good to see you again, let's catch up later, okay?" Finn nodded quickly, and said "Yeah, yeah, sure."
Jake eyed Finn suspiciously, but then took Quinn's hand, and led her towards the bar. Finn frowned slightly. He felt surge of something, but he couldn't quite place what it was. He followed her with his eyes, almost glaring at Jake. Zach slipped into the seat next to him, and turned his attention from Quinn, and asked point-blank "Is that your Quinn?" Finn nodded vigorously. Then, Zach added "Did something big happen between you two?" Finn nodded again. And Zach continued "What was it?"
Finn shrugged, then spoke quietly, and fast "She got pregnant and then it wasn't mind and I loved her and then-" Zach cut him off "Okay, I get it. You still kinda like her, and you don't like seeing her with Jake. But I think you gotta get over her, because Jake told me that he's super into her, and that they've been dating like five months. So I think as a bro, I need to tell you to back off."
Finn's hand crushed the can in his hand. Then he breathed heavily, and then said "Yeah, whatever. I don't like her, I got over her a long time ago. " Zach looked at him, not convinced, but decided to leave him.
From across the room, Quinn turned, and saw him looking over there. They made eye contact, and she shyly smiled at him.
Finn smiled back, and she turned away again. Finn mentally slapped himself.
What the hell was he doing?