Thanks for the reviews guys. Much appreciated. Here's chapter two. Unbeta'd. Do Not Own.

The hallway was a flurry of activity. The clang of lockers being shut, voices carrying in the air. It all whirled around her and she swapped books from her backpack to her locker, taking out the ones she would need for her classes before lunch.

"Hey."

She sighed. She knew this was coming and she was dreading the conversation.

"What Finn?" She didn't look at him, instead trying to prolong her task of preparing for class. She wanted nothing more then to crawl into her locker, find some sort of escape from standing in the hallway with the guy who was walking around with her heart on the bottom of his shoe.

"I just wanted to see if you were okay after yesterday?" His voice was soft and she wanted scream. She knew Finn wasn't the brightest of crayons but seriously? He was asking her if she was okay? She didn't think she could ever be okay again.

She looked at him, showface in full effect. "I'm fine. I told you that yesterday."

She closed her locker, and little harder then necessary, and the sound metal meeting metal did nothing to ease the tension in the air. The silence was suffocating her.

"Is that all Finn? I need to get to class."

"What was Jesse doing her yesterday? What did he want?"

I'm here for you, Rachel.

"To talk."

"About what? What did he say you?"

"Finn, it's none of your concern. He wanted to talk, we talked, and what we talked about is between him and I. Now if you don't mind, I'm going to be late for homeroom."

She turned to leave, trying to get swept away in the current of students moving towards their designated classes. If she stayed any longer she'd be left alone with him and that wasn't she wanted. Not now.

"Don't fall for it." She stopped. So much for getting away from this conversation. She turned to look at him. He was looking at the ground.

"Fall for what Finn?" He looked at her, almost as if he was surprised that she heard him.

"Whatever he said to you. Don't believe it, he's playing you again and you're—"

"Don't! Don't pretend you know what his motives are. Don't pretend that you're looking out for me. Don't pretend you care."

"Rach—" The pet name hung in the air between them. He stepped towards her and she stepped back. Déjà vu. "I do care."

"Well you better figure out how not to because you're with Quinn now and I'm not going to let you make me into that girl again."

"What girl?" He asked, confused.

"That stupid girl that loved you, and let you make her look like fool." Her voice was cracking. "That girl who let you cheat on your girlfriend because she though maybe you'd see that she was worth it; worth more then popularity." Her vision was blurring and she knew that the tears were going to wet her cheeks any moment now. "I'm done feeling worthless. Jesse wants me. He came back for me. He's sorry and I forgive him and he loves me."

"He cracked an egg on your head, Rachel. How can you forgive that." His voice was hard, angry. And that made her angry.

"I guess you inspired me. I mean, Quinn slept with you best friend, got pregnant and let you think it was yours. You forgave her for that. I guess I can forgive Jesse for an egg."

She watched as his jaw clenched. She offered him a watery smile.

"He going to break you heart, Rachel." That made her laugh. It was sort and devoid of enjoyment.

"You can't break what's already broken, Finn. And no one will every hurt me the way you have."

She turned to leave, but looked back at him over her shoulder.

"You better get to class. I'm sure Quinn's wondering where you are."