Oh my god! Favourites and reviews, this is brilliant! My last story I had up, it took so long for me to get a review, and I got depressed lost all inspiration. But thank you Mfoto, and MarcV for being my first reviewers, and to everyone else for reviewing and adding me to their favourites and alert! I had no idea that other people liked this couple as well. Yay, I'm so happy that I've decided to get my next chapters up as soon as possible. Any criticisms are welcome, but I am a few episodes behind (Tina hasn't said one full sentence yet), so if I muck anything up, like events, or personalities, please forgive me!

Anyway, enough typing, or reading in your case, enjoy!

Chapter 2

Finn chucked the football back and forth between Matt and himself. Matt seemed to be scrutinising him, and Finn wondered if it was something on his face, wiped it a few times. Matt's scrutiny didn't waver. Finn tried to ignore it, but Matt wouldn't let up staring. He finally snapped and threw the ball extra hard at Matt's stomach, earning a satisfying grunt.

"Are you going to keep staring at me, or do I have to remind you I don't swing that way?" Finn shouted.

Rubbing his stomach, Matt picked up the ball, and threw it back as hard as he could. Finn was expecting as much, and was prepared for it, easily catching the ball.

"Not so sure about that. You're the one who keeps singing 'While My Guitar Gently Weeps'." Matt retorted

Finn almost fell fat on his face hearing that, stumbling to catch himself before he did. He hadn't realised he was singing it out loud. He had been listening to songs in Switch Music. It was the only decent Music store in Lima, and had everything from barbershop, to opera, to rock and pop. Finn spent the last couple of days after Glee club listening to songs sung by their chosen artists, to see which would be best for his and Tina's vocal range. He blushed to think what else he could have singing, as he had listened to 'All You Need is Love' and 'Hey Jude' as well. Thank god Jude had skipped practise to meet Bailey Steward in the Biology store room.

"Hudson!" the coach hollered.

"Yes coach?" Finn snapped to attention ducking the ball Matt aimed for his head.

"Tell you fan club that you'll sign autographs later" Tanaka jabbed a thump in the direction of the bleaches. Finn turned to look and saw Tina sitting gawkily on the sidelines.

Tina gave him a small, shy wave and Finn waved back, getting a few wolf whistles from his team mates. Most of them probably knew about his break up with Rachel, and thought he was moving on all ready.

He ignored them and jogged to where Tina was sitting. She curled into herself even more as he approached her.

"Hey Tina! You thinking of trying out as well?" Finn joked, looking at Kurt prancing across the field.

"Ah, erm, well, no, I w-wanted to erm, talk to you" Tina sputtered. She was refusing to look at him. Finn could tell she wasn't faking her speech impediment this time.

"Is everything all right? Nothings happened has it?" Finn asked worriedly.

"Er, no, you see, you're not, uh" Tina could even make full sentences. Finn was really worried now. He couldn't remember doing anything to upset Tina, but with his experiences, he rarely knew he had upset girls until they gave him the cold shoulder.

Tina gingerly pointed to his chest, and Finn looked down to see he wasn't wearing a shirt. He was hot and sweaty from training, so had taken it off to cool down. Looking at Tina, he now understood she wasn't just avoiding eye contact, she was trying not to look at him at all.

"Tina I didn't realise you were so shy, especially after 'Push it'." Finn knew he shouldn't tease her, yet he couldn't help himself.

"Ah, that was dancing, s-so it didn't count" Tina said shyly. Her face was beat red, and he was pretty sure if he teased her anymore, she might pass out.

"I don't have anything on me to put on, so this will have to do" he crossed his arms over his chest, and if anything, made her blush more.

"No, it's only something little, so it can wait." Tina began to hurry off, when she was caught by Finn and promptly sat back down.

"You came out here to tell me, so tell me."

"Urm, about the songs, for Taylor Swift, I was thinking we could maybe do 'You Belong with Me'," Tina mumbled

"Oh yeah, the one that won her all the awards. Why that one?"

"It's the, the only one that I've heard of" Tina twiddled her thumbs and shifted on her seat slightly.

"Good enough reason for me, and narrows down our choices quickly. Now we just need a Beatles' song and the Lost Prophets. Though I should warn you, I only like their third or second album. Whichever one had that video with cheerleaders in it."

Tina shot her head up; she had apparently expected him to dismiss her choice of song. She smiled slightly, and Finn gently moved some of the hair out of her face.

"You should smile more," he then turned and ran back to the field; leaving a stunned Tina stuck to the bleachers.

Finn cursed as he sped his way to the music room. His maths teacher had kept him behind to review his homework. Finn knew he failed the last test; he didn't need a constant reminder. He entered the room, and found everyone either practising their songs, or arguing. He didn't see Tina anywhere, and remembered that she'd been coming late recently. He passed a glance over Artie and saw he was faking his smile. Finn wasn't sure if that had to do with Tina's absence, or Matt hitting all the wrong notes.

"Well everyone, let's get started!" Mr Shue burst through the door, rolling up his sleeves. He looked at Finn and smiled, passing him a piece of paper. "On there is a list of Beatle song that I thought would suit you the best. I realise you've had trouble choosing, and it came to me that maybe you're a bit overwhelmed. The Beatles are legends, and made music that was completely innovative even today."

"Thank you, Mr Shue," Finn replied. He glanced at the list and was glad most of them were songs he had heard of. He'd picked out his favourite songs, but would have to discuss it with Tina.

"Hey man, good to see you ain't Mr Bitchy anymore," Mike sat down next to him with a thump, "I needed to get away. If Kurt goes on about Diana Ross one more time, I will not be held responsible for my actions."

"Who you calling Bitchy?" Finn hissed.

"Cool it, man. All I'm saying is when you sulk like you did, and have temper tantrums, that gives us the right to call you bitchy" Mike replied cheekily.

"I've never had a temper tantrum!"

"You trashed the water cooler because it was out of water." Mike reminded him.

"Well, the water cooler deserved it. The kicking, and…" Finn trailed off self-consciously.

"Hey, look, you haven't trashed any water coolers recently. Hell, people even saw you laughing. I was told it was after you met up with a girl," Mike nudged

"She's my partner in the duet."

"With the way you've been since Rachel broke up with you, getting you to smile was near impossible. Hell, it was harder than that time we moved the entire contents of the dumpster into Mr McCarthy's classroom during lunch break."

Finn chuckled at the memory. None of them wanted to touch the garbage, so they moved the entire dumpster and lifted it up two metres so they could pour it inside through the window.

"See man, three days ago, you would have just told me to mind my own business and carried on with the temper tantrums" Mike dodged Finn's fist aimed at his arm, and went back to his own group, sniggering.

Finn realised what Mike said was right. Since he met up with Tina last weekend, she'd been distracting him from his 'Rachel' problems. All day he had been thinking out the duet piece and what songs she would like to sing, and how would they'd sound singing together. Rachel was across the room, not even acknowledging he was there. Finn frowned a bit when she turned her back on him again. This time he didn't feel too angry about it. Perhaps it was because he now had someone to talk to his issues about.

The door clicked, and Tina slinked through the doorway, trying to remain unnoticed. Mr Shue decided to turn around at that very moment.

"Tina, good of you to make it. I've already handed Finn a list of songs I think would be best for you two to perform, so discuss it between each other and start practising the ones you like."

Everyone was staring at Tina, waiting for some sort of reaction. She merely sat next to Finn, refusing to lift her head, so her hair blocked the view of her face. Kurt looked as though he wanted to say something, but surprisingly, he kept his mouth shut.

Finn felt a little sorry for Artie, who was looking like a kicked puppy. Tina rummaged through her bag, almost sticking her whole head inside in an attempt to dodge having to talk to him. Artie hung his head and wheeled himself to the piano.

"Has he stopped looking?" Tina whispered

"Wha? Er yeah, he has. Hey why don't you just talk to him? He was doing the whole trembling lip thing." Finn added

"I can't. I really can't. The others don't understand why I'm ignoring him, so they're ignoring me. It just, just…whenever I see him, I want to hit him." Tina said despondently.

"I can see why you avoid him. No win situation, hitting a guy in a chair." Finn agreed.

"I know I should forgive him, but what he said, it really hurt." Tina lifted her head and sighed. Finn knew exactly what she meant. Rachel pushed all his wrong buttons and look at him now.

"What songs did he give us?" Tina took the list and browsed thought it, "Hey, there's 'Hey Jude' here. I didn't think he'd give us that song."

"You like that one too? That was in my top three"

"Yeah, it's really recognisable, so lots of people will recognise it. They could sing along too."

"Good idea. Which Beatles song is your favourite?"

"Me? I like 'Sgt Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band', but I also have a soft spot for 'Lady Madonna'." She was smiling again. Finn found himself noticing her smile more often.

"You like their later years? Me too, my favourite is Eleanor Rigby. I love how the chorus sounds like the lonely people are singing it themselves." He then realised, he was smiling too.

Today had been productive in Glee Club. After all the arguments were settled, Will managed to convince everyone which songs he thought best suited them and their partners. He was still a bit scared how Kurt would do in 'Stop! In the Name of Love', however.

He was especially pleased with Tina and Finn. They had chosen all three of their songs, and he was a little surprised by their choices. Will only had high hopes for the two, and was glad his plan succeeded. He knew a little of what had happened, and understood it took a lonely heart to understand another lonely heart.

Tina pressed a key on the piano in the auditorium, and sung the same note. She went a note higher and did the same. The next up, she cringed at the sound of her voice.

"Damn it, still too sharp," she cussed

"Ouch, usually only I can get a girl to make those sounds" Tina whipped around the direction of the voice. She saw Puck, standing at the edge of the stage, partially hidden by shadow.

"A hard surface helps too, I guess" Puck smirked, walking towards her.

Tina stepped away from the piano and started packing up her things as fast as she could. She knocked her arm on the piano, dropping most of the books she picked up onto the floor.

"Hold up, hold up. Is Little Goth Riding Hood afraid of the Big, Bad Wolf?" Puck stepped closed and started picking up the things she'd dropped.

She got up took the books into her hands, but he didn't let go. She tugged slightly, and he tugged back harder, causing her let out an undignified squeak and tumble forward.

"Now see, I'm not so bad after all" he said huskily.

Tina didn't know what he wanted, till she saw that he had pulled them together, so only space between them was created by the books. He dipped his head slightly and analysed her for a moment. She turned her head and tried pulling her books away from him again, to no avail.

"Don't hide your face, though I don't think that's what's got Finn's arrow pointing straight again." He said scathingly

"Could you please let go?"

"He has all the girls he wants, but he still wants more. Rachel, Quinn and now you. Get bored, did he? Kind of selfish, I think" His grip tightened around the books, Tina considered leaving them and getting out while she could.

"Then don't think, it shouldn't be hard" she spat

"Not one s-s-stutter. You really were faking it"

"Tina!" Both Tina's and Puck's head shot up at the intruder. It was Finn.

Tina sighed in relief and snatched her books away from Puck while he was distracted and grabbed her bag. Finn wrapped an arm around her shoulders and led her away from the auditorium.

"You all right?" Finn's voice was strained and his fists clenched.

It had taken everything in him not to wipe that dirty smirk off Puck's face, only Tina was there, and might have gotten caught in the crossfire. He also couldn't afford to get in a fight right now. Not with the Glee Club's reputation, and their spot in the school's fundraiser, on the line.

"Yeah, thank you" Tina answered, her voice trembling slightly.

She didn't think Puck was really going to do anything, even if he was pretty heartless to other people. He was just intimidating and knew how to use his size and weight to push you around.

"Good. He's acting like my neighbour's dog after it got its foot caught in the side gate. After it came back from the vet, it tried to chew the gate off its hinges. Almost succeeded too, so watch out when you're around him." Finn rambled innocently.

"Huh?" Tina cursed her inelegance. She had never truly seen this side of Finn before.

She had come to know Finn, but apart of her still thought of him as the jock who helped dye her tongue green by adding food colouring to her drink in the cafeteria, or the guy twisted the nozzle on the water fountain so it sprayed sideways, soaking her tights in the worse place possible. Since joining Glee, she had seen him become more open and sensitive, even though she hated how tacky that sounded. This side of Finn, however, was almost childlike and cute.

"I mean, something pissed Puck off, so he's out for blood." Finn flustered, thinking why he didn't say that in the first place. "So what did he want?"

"I don't know" she said quietly.

"You don't know?"

"I don't know, really. I think he was blaming me for something. He said, urm," she cleared her throat, "he mentioned Rachel and Quinn-"

He stood stock still, and made no sound. Even his breathing had stopped.

"Err, Finn, I'm sorry" Tina reached out a hand to his shoulder, he jerked forward.

"Who the hell does he think he is? He's got Quinn, and he had Rachel, so who does he think he is?" He screamed hoarsely, "he takes everything from me. He took everything from me!"

He slammed a fist into a nearby locker, the crash ringing through the halls of the empty school.

"He was my friend, the guy who had my back when things got tough. The guy…the guy I trusted." He stopped screaming, but it all that shouting left him raspy. "To make it worse, everyone expects me to get over it. It's not my baby, problem over. You can be upset, only for a day or two though because it's not my baby and who cares that my girlfriend and my best friend betrayed me. Who cares that I was tricked into looking after a kid that wasn't mine. Who cares I had to tell my mum I got my girlfriend pregnant after promising to only make her proud of me. Who cares that, even though it scared me, I manned up and took responsibility the best I could. Who cares that I feel hurt, and heartbroken, and embarrassed and stupid for believing their lies as they fucked behind my back. Who cares, because it's not my baby."

Finn slid down the floor, tears streaking down his cheeks. He lent his head on locker's cold surface, the feeling soothing his burning face. Tina swooped down to his side and enveloped him in a tight hug, squeezing the breath out of him slightly. Finn didn't want to breathe, if he did, he might give into the tears.

He hissed as the cotton swab pressed his knuckles, but refused to complain. He was the idiot who punched the lockers. He hoped the dent would go unnoticed. He hissed again, the disinfectant was working its magic.

"Sorry" Tina said softly. She was currently cleaning his wounds after having dragged him here in the first place. The moment he stopped crying, she realised his hand was bleeding and got him to the nurse's office as quickly as possible.

"No, it's not you. I did this to myself. I should be the one apologising to you. I'm not usually that pathetic, so I'm sorry that I blew up in front of you"

"It's alright, it's not good to bottle it all in. And I don't mind if you do. When I'm like that I want, all I want it is someone, anyone, to listen and then make me feel better. So I'll be your listener, if you want that is." Tina ducked her in and continued to inspect his hands, awaiting his response.

"That means a lot," he uttered. Finn couldn't tell her just how much it meant to him to have a friend who listened to him without any judgement. Kurt, Mercedes and Artie were his friends, but he didn't feel comfortable telling them all the problems that were weighing him down. When Tina looked up with worried eyes, he knew she genuinely did care about him.

They were both silent for a moment as Tina continued her inspection of his knuckles. He looked at the clock, noting he should leave soon, but not wanting to break the tranquil feeling in the room. He hadn't felt relaxed in a long, long time. It really helped getting everything off his chest.

"You have moments like I just did?" he asked

"All the time" Tina answered truthfully.

"Really?" Even to himself he sounded desperate.

"Definitely. I feel like my life isn't in my control, you know," she presses a bandage lightly to his hand and seemed proud of her medical skills, "Sometimes, I even feel like I'm living a life that isn't my own."

Finn could relate. That's how he felt most days before Glee.

"I have a few issues at home. Nothing serious," she added when she saw the look on Finn's face, "I love my parents, even though I feel a little left out by them. They work hard, I know, so I can have a good life. I'd prefer to have them though"

Tina looked over his shoulder, her eyes unfocused and distant. They shined with melancholy, and Finn could connect to most of what she had just said. He leant over and wrapped his arms around her. She snapped out of her trance and tensed up, not sure how to respond.

"Just like you said, all I want it is a person to listen and then make me feel better. So I'll be your listener, if you want that is. So don't worry about it." Finn held her tighter and felt her arms wrap around him, and she tucked her head in the crook of his neck.

They stayed like that for a few minutes, neither of them moving. They didn't want it to end. That would mean they would have to face the world again. So they would stay until they were kicked out, or their legs fell asleep and they fell off the chairs they were sitting on.

"Ooh! Oh!" squealed a high pitched voice.

Both were yanked unceremoniously from their bubble, and both could hear the steady squeaking of an aged bed, straining at all its joints.

"That's right baby. Yeah! Good, so good!" This time it was a male voice. A voice Finn recognised.

"Jude?" Finn called out.

The squeaking and heavy breathing stopped abruptly and a head peaked around the curtain. It really was Jude!

"Hey man, what you doing here?" Jude asked nervously.

"You're not still at it with Bailey Steward are you?" Finn asked incredulously.

"Who's Bailey?" the girl sneered.

And another bites the dust! I still can't get over how many alerts I've gotten. There must be more Tina/Finn fans than I thought, or at least people who don't mind mixing couples up a bit. I can't promise when the next chapter will be up as I have training tomorrow and a match on the weekend, and then I'm away for a week. After that, my coursework really starts to kick off, so I'll do my best, as this is a really good stress reliever.

Oh, and if you think I've gone OOC, tell me nicely and I'll get it right in the next chapter!