This is soooooo freakishly short, I know. I was planning to go longer with this chapter, but then it would have been TOO long. Don't you love those awkward breaks? XP

"Rachel...are you awake yet?" Rachel heard someone say. She felt a small squeeze on her hand and knew exactly who it was. Finn. Her eyes popped open, and the sight of his face so near to hers made her smile until she realized the position she was in. She was laying down. It made her very uncomfortable. Why was he this close to her? Why was she laying down? What was he trying to do to her? She jerked her hand away from his and sat up, almost running into Finn where he was sitting on the bed.

"Finn, this is unacceptable! I thought we agreed that while you were still seeing Quinn, there could be no more of us-" she said very quickly.

"Rachel, shhhh," Finn interrupted, laying her back down gently. "The nurse told me not to let you sit up for a while. You know, something about the brain."

"Nurse?" Rachel said, confused. She looked around and saw she was in the clinic. A wave of relief swept over her. So Finn wasn't trying to take advantage of her...but still...the clinic? "Why are we in the clinic? Why are you not in class?"

"Well, Mr. Shue said that his wife wasn't pregnant and you fainted. So we brought you here. 'We' being the Glee kids."

"Well, where are they now?" Rachel asked. She was perfectly fine being alone with Finn, but the others should be here, too.

"In class...but I wanted to stay here with you," he admitted, smiling awkwardly.

"Wait...you're..." Rachel said, her eyebrows coming together. "You're skipping class?" she whispered.

"Yeah, but don't tell anyone, OK? I told Quinn to tell Mrs. Simms that I checked out."

"Don't worry. You have my word." His face was so close. If she just rose up a few inches...but he seemed to read her mind. He leaned down to her face, and all thoughts of Quinn left as their lips touched. It seemed like only a fraction of a second before they heard a voice in the direction of the door.

"Didn't I tell you to keep her heartbeat down?" Ms. Crawford, the nurse, yelled at Finn. They immediately pulled away and began blushing.

Ms. Crawford walked over to the phone. "Rachel, you might need to go home. I'll give you a pass to check out. Do you want me to call your dad?"

"Actually, Ms. Crawford," Finn said, glancing at Rachel. "I don't feel that well either. I think there's something going around in my family."

Ms. Crawford turned away and Finn took the chance to look at Rachel and smile.

"Well," Ms. Crawford said, putting a cool hand on Finn's forehead. "You are pretty warm. I guess you both need to go home. I'll write you both passes." She took a pen out from behind her ear and pulled out a stack of purple hall passes, filling out one for each of them. "Now call your parents and take these to the office before you check out. Your teachers will be informed of your absence."

"Thank you, Ms. Crawford," Rachel said, getting up off the bed and following Finn out the door.

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