Chapter 3
Rachel woke the next morning to the buzzing of her cell phone, she blindly reached out toward her nightstand and the offending sleep intruder. Blinking blearily at the screen she read the caller ID; Quinn.
"Yes." Rachel grumbled into her phone.
"Well good morning to you too Sunshine." Quinn's cheery voice came through the phone.
"Have I told you that I hate morning people lately?" Rachel asked, resigning herself to the fact that she wasn't going back to sleep anytime soon.
"Every time I ring you."
"Well maybe that should tell you something."
"And what's that?"
"Stop ringing me so early." Quinn laughed, causing Rachel to glare at her bed post and wish her friend wasn't such a pest.
"New York had made you grumpy my friend."
"No, New York has just taught me the importance of sleep."
"All that late night partying will do that to a person." Quinn commented.
"Is there a reason you called?" Rachel asked, not willingly to rehash an conversation the two of them had every few weeks.
"Hmm yes. Finn Hudson."
"Finn?" Rachel repeated, suddenly registering that she was in her childhood bedroom in Lima, Ohio and that last night she had seen Finn Hudson for the first time in ten years.
"Yes Finn Hudson, former McKinley High Quarterback and Co glee captain, the love of your life, Finn Hudson, remember him?"
"Nooo." Rachel dragged out the word sarcastically and rolled her eyes.
"Rachel Barbra Berry, now is not the time for sarcasm!" Quinn yelled down the phone. Rachel sighed and wished for a moment that she didn't have so many dramatic friends, but then she supposed that's what happened when you meet them in your high school glee club.
"Quinn, chill, I already went to see Finn last night."
"Chill?! Chill?! Did you really just say chill, Rachel?"
"Really? You woke me up at-" She stopped to look at her clock, "7.30 in the morning just to talk about my sleeping habits and my vocabulary?"
"Well it's not my fault I have a toddler that enjoys waking me up at 5 am, I forget that other people actually get to sleep later than that."
"Not your fault you have a toddler huh?" Rachel smirked.
"Alright so I might have had something to do with it."
"You love her." Rachel laughed.
"I do, but sometimes, especially at 5 am, I wonder why. So can we talk about Finn now?" Rachel smiled at the sound of his name, just the thought of seeing him again tonight made her body warm and her heart flutter.
"We're going to Breadstix for dinner tonight." Rachel told her nosy friend.
"Breadstix, that place is still open!"
"I happened to think it's romantic. We all went there enough when we were teenagers." Rachel defending Finn's choice of a date place.
"I'm not saying it's not. After all it is Lima. I think that regardless of where the two of you go it'll be romantic, two lost loves will do that."
"Lost loves?" Rachel scoffed.
"Yep lost loves. True loves. Epic loves. Whatever you want to call it, you two are what people write about." Write about? Well, Rachel mused, if anyone knew what kinds of love to write about it was Quinn, who currently worked as a screen writer on a popular teenage drama.
"You really think it could work out this time?" Rachel asked, suddenly feeling very vulnerable. Would she be able to walk away from Finn again? Her heart had barely survived it the first time.
"Yes, I really do. I think you and Finn were always meant to be together."
"That's not what you told me in high school." Quinn laughed.
"I was young and I didn't understand love then, not really. You'll see on your date tonight, Rachel. I should go, Lucy's demanding food."
"Ok, and Quinn?"
"Yeah?"
"Thanks for waking me up." Quinn laughed again,
"I'll remind you of that next time I wake you up." Rachel laughed, said goodbye and ended the call. She really was lucky to have such amazing friends.
-xXx-
"Finn?" Will's voice broke into his thoughts, he was staring at him as if he had already called him numerous times.
"Sorry?" Finn said, blinking himself out of his thought fog.
"Are you ok? You've been staring into space and smiling goofily since I got here. If I didn't know better I'd swear you're in love." Will grinned.
"That's because I am." Will's mouth dropped open.
"Since when?" He asked, baffled.
"Since, always I guess." Finn said, the goofy smile returning to his face, or maybe it had just never left. With Finn's declaration, Will sat back in his chair and stared at him.
"Rachel?" He questioned.
"Rachel." Finn confirmed. "She's in town." Will's mouth dropped open, causing Finn to fleetingly consider making a bug joke, but deciding to let it slide.
"Since when?"
"Last night. She showed on my doorstep. We decided to give it another shot since she's in town for the month."
"That's great Finn, I'm really happy for you. Will said smiling.
"But?" Finn asked, seeing the hesitation on Will's face. Will sighed and leaned both elbows on the table to slide his hands under his chin.
"But what happens when she leaves again?" Finn was happy about Will's concern but it wasn't like that thought hadn't occurred to him as he lain awake last night.
"I can't not give this a chance Will. I can teach anywhere."
"You'd leave Lima?" Will asked, obviously surprised.
"It's what I always intended to do, I never planned on spending my life here."
"You love it here though." Finn knew Will would have a hard time accepting Finn leaving, after all he'd never been able to.
"Not as much as I love her." Will nodded, that much he could understand.
"I really hope it works out this time Finn."
"Me too." Finn said, he knew he would do all he could to make sure it did.
Author's Note
Sorry it's short. The next chapter will have actual Finn/Rachel interaction I promise.
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