A/N All I can say is: SORRY, SORRY, SORRY! I had said in the previous chapter that I'd already written eight chapters and I was so obsessed with a new Glee Forum I found that I'd forgotten about the story. So I found this chapter slightly hard due to not truly understanding Finn (apparently I'm biased towards Kurt and Mercedes, or so my brother says) but I got there in the end. So with many apologies, I give you Chapter Two!

Disclaimer: I do not own Glee or any of the characters associated with it. They belong to Ryan Murphy and Twentieth Century Fox. Believe me, if I owned it, Rachel would have lost her voice in 'Laryngitis' and Kurt would have won over Finn at 'Sectionals'.

Chapter Two: Rachel 1, Finn 0, Kurt ?

Somehow, Finn always found that no matter how long you wait, it always seemed like it took forever for something he really wanted to arrive. Having been promised by his closest friend that he'd send him the lyrics to a love song that is sure to win the heart of Rachel Berry back, he had been trying to pass the time between playing on his XBOX 360 killing every solider in his sights and going downstairs to play his drums despite being told it was too late at night to be doing that, by his mother. He was now getting frustrated by the amount of time he'd been waiting. It didn't even bother him when he got airstriked on his game.

Barely showing any interest in his games console, he threw the controller on the ground and collapsed on his bed. He lay there for a while, losing track of everything and started to fall asleep. Almost straight away, he forced his eyes open and yawned loudly. He got up and made his way to his door. He opened it as slowly as he could, trying to minimize the amount of noise the door made as he opened it. He ran downstairs in a bit of a huff.

He was halfway towards his drum kit when his mum, Carole looked his way and raised her voice. " Finn, if you're about to do what I think you're about to do, you had better be prepared to take a cut in your allowance." She chimed in. Finn sighed heavily and replied, "No Mum!" He headed over to the kitchen fridge and brought out his bottle of store brand cola. 'Man,' he thought, 'I wish we could afford the good stuff.' With a reminder to not have too much, he began pouring himself a glass when his phone began belting out Journey's 'Don't Stop Believing'. He paused what he was doing, got his phone out of his pocket and checked his new text message. Seeing that it was from Kurt brought a smile to his face. It said, "OK ROMEO, CHECK YOUR EMAIL! THANK ME LATER! KURT." Reading this, Finn let out a huge sigh of relief.

Putting his phone away, he picked up his glass of cola and headed upstairs. "Mom," He called behind him, "I'm just gonna check my emails." "Ok, as long as I don't find any websites that I shouldn't in the history..." She replied. "Yeah, okay Mom!" Carole had still not forgotten the time Puck sent Finn an email with a link, to what he had believed was game cheats, which left pictures of almost every type of adult material embedded on the computer's hardrive.

Setting the cup down after entering his room, he booted up his desktop to face a background of the glee club's yearbook picture. Finn's eyes lingered on Rachel and Quinn for a while, until he realised he was wasting electricity. Not wishing to make his mum angry, he double clicked the Outlook Express icon, leaving the screen blank with an hourglass for a mouse pointer. While waiting, Finn found himself drawn to the right hand side of the group photo. Santana and Brittany were together as usual but for the first time, Finn saw that Kurt was all on his own on the far right. 'That's odd,' He thought, 'Why isn't he with me or Mercedes?' Just as the image was covered up by the email program, he made a mental note to ask Mr Schue if we could retake the picture. He loaded up the inbox and began filtering through the spam: Penis enlargements, Viagra, Sex therapy, Tips on how to pleasure a woman. 'Is someone trying to tell me something?' He thought angrily.

Eventually, he found the address he was looking for. He clicked on the email, '', bringing up both a message from his friend and an attachment. Finn looked at the message and began to read: 'Finn, I hope you remember to read and memorise the lyrics. I wish you the best of luck with this. I'll bring copies of the sheet music for the band so don't worry. Wishing you a good night's sleep, Kurt.' Finn felt a warm feeling of appreciation for his best friend. 'He's always there for me,' He pondered, 'He's like the little brother I never had.' He ordered the computer to print out the attached document. He could barely contain his excitement, waiting impatiently for the printer to finish.

As the machine started on the second page, he picked up the first freshly printed sheet. Paper in hand, he read the top title: 'Blondie – One Way Or Another.' As first he thought he was imagining it, but after re-reading it numerous times it finally sunk in. 'Maybe it's just me,' He pondered, 'But this song doesn't seem very romantic. It seems kinda desperate.' He sighed sadly. He didn't want to doubt Kurt's ability to read the female teenage mind but he couldn't help but wonder whether or not his best friend had downed a couple of his father's beers before trying to help. He picked up his phone, intending to call Kurt to check when he remembered what Kurt's text message had said. Abandoning the mobile, he quickly loaded up his internet and started searching for the song he'd pictured in his head.

Kurt felt nervous and twitchy as he watched the minute hand inch one minute closer to 2:45pm. He had been on a high ever since he'd received a thank you from Finn for the sheet music last night. He knew Rachel very well. Well enough to realise that if Finn sang his chosen song to her, she'd finally realise that they were meant to be together. 'The sooner he wins her back,' he thought,watching the clock, 'The faster I'll be able to get over him.' He was sick and tired of putting up with his toddler-eske tantrums and pleading. It was getting to the point where Kurt was torn between cuddling him like the baby he as acting like or stuffing his jockstrap right down his throat. This was very frustrating for him since before Sectionals, he had only had almost extremely strong feelings to just be as close as possible to him.

The clock finally struck quarter to three and signalled the bell to announce the end of school. Kurt packed up his work into his bag and hurried out of the classroom, narrowly avoiding the usual build up towards the door. As he briskly power-walked through the school, he barely noticed the events going on around him: Karofsky was following a pretty busty Cheerio around with a sick puppy dog look on his face, some nerds with clearly no fashion sense were typically trading those troll and druid battle cards and a little gathering of emos and goths were debating whether or not My Chemical Romance are better than Paramore. Seeing that Kurt hadn't noticed these moments, he would clearly have been reminded of his superiority to the rest of the school if he did.

Arriving at the choir room, he noticed that he was the 'all but fourth' to arrive. Mercedes, Tina and Artie were on the far left corner waving him over, Puck ws oddly holding his head over a giggling Quinn's swollen belly and Mike & Matt were deep in conversation with Santana & Brittany. He made his way over to a welcoming Mercedes (or his fag hag, as he would affectionately refer to her in his diary.) They began talking as they waited for Rachel, Finn and Mr Schuester to arrive. Mid-discussing what they thought of what Quinn was wearing today, Finn strolled into the room.

Getting to his feet instantly, Kurt practically ran over to Finn. "Hello, Finn Hudson!" He beamed, "Did you practice the song?" Finn looked serious as he gazed down at his best friend. "Listen Kurt," He began, "While I appreciate your help, the song you picked out didn't seem at all romantic. To be honest, it acted like it was on the borderline of what a stalker would do." Kurt tried his best not to show how much he was upset."So I got another one." The quarterback finished. "W-What is it?" Kurt asked, trembling slightly. He was about to answer when Rachel and Mr Schuester entered the room, completing the group.

Finn hurriedly passed out sheet music to the band and Brad the pianist, leaving Kurt to walk back to his seat anticipating the worst. "Okay guys," Mr Schuester began, addressing the group at large, "Now we won Sectionals as we're all well aware of but now we're up against Vocal Adrenaline in Regionals." The sound heard was Rachel's sharp intake of breath. "We need to be at the top of our game. So has anyone got any new ideas to submit?" He asked encouragingly.

Rachel's hand was up in he air before he'd even finished his sentence. Finn's was up there with her moments later. "Finn," Mr Schuester selected. Rachel clearly showed her disappointment and frustration at not being chosen. Finn got to his feet and headed to the centre of the room. "The band's already got the sheet music, Mr Schue."He stated. Will smiled and held out his right arm. "Okay, show us what you got." Finn signalled the band to play. The intro began, piano replacing the traditional banjo. After a few moments, Finn began to sing:

(Finn)

We were both young when I first saw you,

I close my eyes and the flashbacks start,

I'm standing there on a balcony in summer air,

See the lights, see the party, the ball gowns,

See you make your way through the crowd

And say hello, little did I know.

That you were Romeo, you were throwing pebbles,

My daddy said stay away from Juliet,

And I was crying on the staircase, begging you please don't go,

Then I said.

As Finn got to the chorus, something began to stir within both Kurt and Rachel. Sensing the song was working on his love, he continued with more feeling in his voice:

(Finn)

Romeo take me somewhere we can be alone,

I'll be waiting, all that's left to do is run,

You'll be the prince and I'll be the princess,

It's a love story, baby just say yes.

Finn was about to start the second verse when Rachel stood up and replaced him in the song:

(Rachel)

So I sneak out to the garden to see you,

We keep quiet cause we're dead if they knew,

So close your eyes, lets leave this town for a little while,

Ha, Ha, Ho

Cause you were Romeo, I was a scarlet veteran,

My daddy said stay away from Juliet,

But you were everything to me, I was begging you please don't go.

And I said

Rachel felt the feelings she had for Finn return to the surface. She couldn't control the emotion in her voice as she continued singing:

(Rachel)

Romeo take me somewhere we can be alone,

I'll be waiting, all that's left to do is run,

You'll be the prince and I'll be the princess,

It's a love story, baby just say yes.

Romeo save me, they're trying to tell me how to feel,

This love is difficult but it's real,

Don't be afraid, we'll make it out of this mess,

It's a love story, baby just say yes

As the group danced in pairs during the instrumental, Finn motioned for the club to clear the floor as he acted on the planned approach to the bridge:

(Finn)

I got tired of waiting, wondering if you were ever coming around,

My faith in you was fading,

When I met you on the outskirts of town, I said:

Romeo save me, I've been feeling so alone,

I keep waiting for you but you never come,

Is this in my head, I don't know what to think,

He knelt to the ground and pulled out a ring and said

He bent down on one knee in front of Rachel, mock proposing, keeping in key with the song. Kurt knew deep down he was wrong in this case. 'Finn, you've finally done it,' He thought proudly, 'One more minute and I'll be free!' His thoughts stopped as Finn continued:

(Finn)

Marry me Juliet, you never have to be alone,

I love you and that's all I really know,

I talked to your dad, go pick out a white dress,

It's a love story, baby just sa-ay yessss

(Rachel)

Ah Ah Ah, Ahh Ah Ah,

We were both young when I first saw you.

The song ended, leaving the room silent for a moment until Mr Schuester led the roar of applause that followed. "That's what I'm talking about!" He shouted proudly. The club agreed with him, a long clapping coming from Kurt. "Okay guys, I've got a new assignment for you." He began, "I want you all to find a song that best represents yourself. I want you all to go all out with this – costumes, choreography, the works. It's due in one week, okay?" Rachel brightened up even more than before.

The group left the room in pairs discussing their new assignments. Only Mercedes, Kurt, Finn and Rachel were left in the choir room. "Rachel?" Finn began, "I was wondering-"

"Hold that thought Finn!" She interrupted. Her mobile had begun to ring Lionel Richie's 'Hello'. Bringing it to her eye-line, she read who it was, silenced it quickly and stuffed it into her bag. "Finn before you even think it," She said, in a rush, "I'm not gonna go out with you. You've broken my heart too many times." She ran out the room as fast as her heels could take her.

Clearly shocked, Finn turned to Kurt with a 'What do I do now?' look on his face. Mercedes had to nudge Kurt hard to snap him out of his shock. Kurt was torn. He was happy that Finn's plan didn't work but he was also frustrated that he would now have to continue babysitting the baby Finn Hudson would now become yet again.

A/N 2: Now that took a long time to finish! It was already written in pen and paper so it was so exhausting transferring it over to my netbook. I am starting type the next chapter straight away so I don't keep you waiting so long. Mini spoiler!: An offer is made with ulterior motives...

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