Sorry for the delay! Explanation at the end of the chapter!
Finn was flustered. It wasn't exactly a foreign feeling to him, but at that moment, he just wanted to run back in his room, burrow under some blankets and act like the humiliating moment he had just had the misfortune of experience would disappear. Just as he turned to do so, he remembered Santana was behind him, for once looking a little embarrassed.
"I think you should leave," he told her hoarsely, shaking his head. "This was a mistake."
How did I even get here? he asked himself.
"So now we're free to see each other," Santana said, sounding sickeningly sweet. "We're easily the hottest couple in school-"
"We're not a couple, Santana," Finn said, grabbing his last book and shutting the locker door. "We're not even friends."
The lithe girl forcefully pushed him against his locker. "Oh, we're gonna be a couple, or the whole student body is gonna find out about your 'little' problem, Finn." She then wrapped her arm around his waist, gesturing for him to do the same. Summoning a sweet smile, she said, "come on, Finn, let's go to your place."
I'm officially retarded, Finn decided
"Finn, I don't think you realize what you're saying," the Latina told him, arms crossed over her bare chest. "If I leave, I tell the student body, starting with Jacob Ben Israel. Is that what you really want?"
He knew that this was part of his problem in the first place. Finn was overly concerned about his reputation. "I'm not saying we should break up," he started slowly. "I just need some space. As my girlfriend, you can respect that right?"
Santana smiled widely, knowing that things were going her way once again. "Of course, Finnocence," she purred out. "Pick me up tomorrow before school, we'll have some fun."
With that, she dressed quickly and left the Hudson-Hummel household.
*Next Day*
The school had quickly learned about the dramatic breakup of Rachel Berry and Finnegan Hudson, and of course noticed Santana and Finn walking together hand in hand towards the choir room. They were deterred various times by Santana wanting to display some PDA every time she noticed someone shooting her questioning looks. Eventually they made it to the choir room, with an agitated Mr. Schuester waiting outside.
"About time," he called down the hall at the sight of them. "Has anyone seen Rachel? I have a solo for her and you, Finn."
Mercedes injected, "No one has seen her, Mr. Schue. She missed school."
Mr. Schuester's mouth fell open. "Rachel never misses school."
The diva shrugged, but concern was evident in her eyes. "Well today she did."
"I guess Santana will take the solo for today," the director said under his breath. "Alright," Mr. Schue said, clapping his hands together. "Today, I wanted to try something a little softer. We're going to try 'With or Without You' by U2, acoustically. Puck, guitar please." He handed music to Finn, Santana and Puck.
Nodding his head, Schue let Puck begin the guitar. (Finn, Santana, both)
Finn began to sing:
See the stone set in your eyes
See the thorn twist in your side
I wait for you
Sleight of hand and twist of fate
On a bed of nails she makes me wait
And I wait without you
At this point, Santana began quietly harmonizing with Finn:
With or without you
With or without you
Through the storm we reach the shore
You give it all but I want more
And I'm waiting for you
With or without you
With or without you
I can't live
With or without you
Santana began singing a solo:
And you give yourself away
And you give yourself away
And you give
And you give
And you give yourself away
My hands are tied
My body bruised, he's got me with
Nothing to win and
Nothing left to lose
And you give yourself away
And you give yourself away
And you give
And you give
And you give yourself away
With or without you
With or without you
I can't live
With or without you
The whole club joined in with the oh's
With or without you
With or without you
I can't live
With or without you
I can't live
With or without you
The song ended quietly, with Finn's eyes wet-looking, obviously trying to hold in the tears. It got to be too much, and he left the room.
Santana stared after him longingly, causing her to get odd looks from Quinn and Puck.
"Dude! What the hell was that about?" Finn looked up to see Puck running down the hall towards him. "Are you okay?"
"Shut up, Puck. It's not like you even care anyway."
"Finn. What's eating at you?"
"Rachel's eating at me! I miss her like crazy and can't forgive her, and I fuck up everything. She's never going to talk to me again." Finn looked down.
"Why wouldn't she? Berry's nuts about you, Hudson. Seriously. She's nuts," Puck said.
"I don't want to talk to you, Puck," Finn said, walking towards the exit of the school. "See ya."
As soon as Finn reached his car, he pulled out his cell phone and called Rachel. It almost directly went to voicemail. She was definitely ignoring him.
"Hey, this is Rachel Berry. If you need something urgently, and it's between the hours of 3 and 5 pm, please come find me at Glee practice. Otherwise leave a message at the sound of the tone. Have a great day!"
"It's me. Well you know, Finn. Um, I just wanted to see if you were okay. I didn't see you at school or Glee. Um, just let someone know you're still alive? No one's heard from you. Yeah-okay. Bye." Finn hung up the phone and banged his head against the steering wheel. I am so retarded, he thought to himself.
And with that not-so-comforting thought, Finn drove home.
Super short chapter, I'm sorry! Anyways, I have a valid explanation why I've been shitty as an updater.
First, holidays got me.
Second, my daughter ended up getting really sick and we had about two weeks of hospital visits, IVs and no sleep. I got depressed and there was no way I could even think of writing.
Lastly, I had an accident and broke my wrist! I couldn't type. Life just decided to attack all at once!
But it doesn't hurt to type as much now, so hopefully I become a better updater! haha.
Song used was With or Without You by U2! I heard a cover of it by Boyce Avenue and was inspired!
youtube . com/watch?v=cGqN9PpW5Ic
Take a listen, they did a wonderful job! I could totally see Rachel and Finn singing this.
Oh! And i had an idea for a oneshot that I'm working on. I'm having a feeling it might get out of hand, though. :/
We shall see!
Love&hugs,
Melissa
