Two Is Better Than One?
"Alright guys, I have a good idea of what to do next!" Mr. Schuester happily told the Glee kids. "We're doing duets again!"
"I choose Finn!" Rachel happily said.
"Ah, that's where it's different." Mr. Schue told the class, "We're going to let fate choose our partners again." Finn sighed at hearing this as the last time fate had chosen, he was paired with Kurt.
"Well um, is there anyway it can be um, well a boy with a girl?" Finn asked Mr. Schue hopefully.
"Yes, I have a hat with the girl's names right here and you boys will choose." He told the club.
The club awkwardly looked around at each other. Finn looked at all the girls with his gaze falling on Quinn for a short second longer.
"Finn, why don't you go ahead and start us off?" Mr. Schue asked him, motioning him towards the hat.
"Yeah, sure." Finn mumbled getting up and walking towards the hat. He took a deep breath and reached his hand in the hat. He slowly opened the note to reveal the last name he thought he would see, Santana Lopez. Finn stared at the piece of paper for a few seconds before a clearing of the throat interrupted him.
"Who ya got there, Finnocence?" Santana asked as she spoke for the rest of the club.
"Um," Finn began awkwardly, "You." He simply said as the group all looked around at each other.
"No way!" Rachel yelled as she was obviously upset, "No way I'm letting Finn sing with her!" She spat out the last word.
"Excuse me?" Santana fired back at Rachel, "No need to be concerned, I'll take good care of Finnocence." She told her with a smirk.
"Rachel settle down," Mr. Schue told them before the situation got out of control. "The fates have decided that Finn and Santana sing together. No Puck come up here and choose your partner."
"Rachel," Puck began as he read the piece of paper, "Awesome."
The group was getting tense as the rest of the pairs were announced; Sam and Tina, Mike and Brittany, Artie and Mercedes, and then Kurt and Quinn.
"Don't be shy now!" Mr. Schue told them, "Get together with your partner and start discussing, we'll be singing Wednesday!"
"But that's like two days from now." Finn told Mr. Schue
"Exactly! So lets get cracking!" He told Finn as he headed to his office.
Santana walked over and pulled a seat up nice and close to Finn. "Don't be scared." She told him as she placed a hand on his knee, "I won't bite." She told him licking her lips.
"So um, what song do you want to do?" Finn asked her looking away.
"I've got a good one picked out," Santana told him almost sounding excited, "Come over tonight at eight." She told him with a smile as she got up to leave.
Finn couldn't help but watch her walk out with her hips swaying perfectly in her Cheerios outfit. "Damn." Finn thought to himself as she turned the corner out of the classroom. Snapping back into reality he turned around to see Quinn shaking her head at him and quickly getting up and walking out of the classroom. "Shit." He thought to himself quickly getting up to follow her.
"Quinn!" Finn yelled after her as she exited the school, "Wait up!"
She turned, only to look at him with the look that she gave him so often when she was upset with him when they dated. She quickly got into her car and drove off.
Finn exhaled deeply and looked up at the sky, "Why do I always do that?" He thought aloud.
"Do what?" Rachel asked as she walked up to him.
"Oh um nothing." He quickly lied.
"Look what are you hiding from me?"
"Rachel, look, I just need some time to think… Alone."
"A-are you breaking up with me?" Rachel whispered with tears forming in her eyes.
"Look I'm sorry but I have to go." Finn quickly told her as he walked away from her. He could hear her start to cry and immediately felt bad, but he knew what he was doing was right. He didn't love Rachel like he once thought he did.
"Hey Kurt, I have a question." Finn said as he peaked into Kurt's room.
"Ask away brother." Kurt told him as he only recently began calling him his brother.
"Do you think its wrong for me to…? Well still love a girl who broke my heart?" Finn asked him looking away.
"You don't mean…" Kurt asked quickly realizing where Finn was heading.
"Yes, I still love Quinn. I broke up with Rachel." He told his brother staring at a weird painting on the wall.
"Well I mean, I find it a little weird yes. But if you still love her, there's nothing you can do. Love is a most powerful feeling that you cannot conquer." Kurt wisely told the awestruck Finn.
"Awesome, thanks Kurt!" Finn said happily heading to his room to change. Even if he truly didn't understand how it helped him, Kurt told him it wasn't wrong and plus it sounded really smart.
"Hey I'm heading to Santana's." Finn told Kurt as he gathered sheet music. "What are you doing?"
"Oh just getting mine and Quinn's music ready, she's on her way over." Kurt told him.
"In that case I'm going to get going to avoid seeing her." Finn said quickly grabbing his keys.
"Woah there cowboy, why would you do that? I thought you loved her?" Kurt asked him with a confused look on his face.
"Well I do, but I kinda… Pissed her off I think." He told his step-brother, "I was sorta staring at Santana and I think Quinn noticed, but I mean were not dating or anything so I don't really know why she would be mad at me?" Finn suddenly realized.
"Well uh maybe the feelings are mutual?" Kurt told Finn wondering why Finn didn't realize this.
"Shit!" Finn said slapping himself in the head. "Why do I have to be so stupid!"
"Look just go, and I'll talk to Quinn about her feelings to see if they are mutual."
"You're the best Kurt." Finn told him as he opened the door to leave. Only to be blocked by the one and only Quinn Fabray.
"Hey" Quinn almost silently said to Finn as he moved out of the way to let her in.
"Hey, well bye I guess I mean." Finn told her, hesitating thinking if he should say something, but deciding just to leave and see what Kurt could find out.
"Where's he off to?" Quinn asked Kurt.
"Santana's to practice their song." Kurt told her looking up from his sheet music.
"Oh." Was all Quinn could muster as Kurt noticed the look of anguish on her face.
Finn slowly knocked on Santana's door, only to be answered seconds later.
"Hello Finnocence." Santana told him with a smirk as she stood there in an absolutely breathtaking black dress.
"Y-you look n-nice." Was all Finn could say as he looked at her.
"Don't be shy, come in" She said as she led him to her room, "My parents aren't going to be home for the night so I figured we might as well just practice in here." She told him seductively.
"So anyways what song did you pick out?" Finn asked her trying to quickly change the subject.
"Two Is Better Than One, by Boys Like Girls and Taylor Swift." Santana told him with a glimmer of what Finn thought might be hope in her eyes.
"That's, well an unexpected choice." Finn truthfully told her as he read the lyrics to himself.
"Well come on silly, let's practice." She said as she started the music.
Finn
I remember what you wore on the first day
You came into my life and I thought
"Hey, you know, this could be something"
'Cause everything you do and words you say
You know that it all takes my breath away
And now I'm left with nothing
Santana started getting closer to Finn
Both
So maybe it's true
That I can't live without you
And maybe two is better than one
But there's so much time
To figure out the rest of my life
And you've already got me coming undone
And I'm thinking two is better than one
Santana looked at Finn, staring into his eyes.
Santana
I remember every look upon your face
The way you roll your eyes
The way you taste
You make it hard for breathing
'Cause when I close my eyes and drift away
I think of you and everything's okay
I'm finally now believing
Both
That maybe it's true
That I can't live without you
And maybe two is better than one
But there's so much time
To figure out the rest of my life
And you've already got me coming undone
And I'm thinking two is better than one
Finn
I remember what you wore on the first day
You came into my life and I thought, "Hey,"
Santana wrapped his arms around her.
Both
Maybe it's true
That I can't live without you
Maybe two is better than one
But there's so much time
To figure out the rest of my life
And you've already got me coming undone
And I'm thinking
I can't live without you
'Cause, baby, two is better than one
But there's so much time
To figure out the rest of my life
But I'll figure it out
When all is said and done
Two is better than one
Two is better than one
They finished together as Santana was in Finn's arms looking up at him. Finn looked back into her eyes, out of nowhere she grabbed his head and pulled it towards her and kissed him. Finn was utterly surprised at the sudden compassion that was put into the kiss. But Finn didn't fight it; he kissed her back as she led him to her bed. The kisses were getting stronger as they lay on her bed. Santana began to take off Finn's shirt as they finally broke the kiss. Finn thought about if but didn't fight it and rejoined the kiss once his shirt was off.
"Finn get up we have to be at school in 20 minutes!" Santana told him as she shook him awake.
Finn quickly shot up realizing he was still in Santana's bed, "This did not happen." Finn told himself aloud over and over as he put on his pants and shirt.
"Oh it did, and it was wonderful." Santana told Finn with a smile as she came back in to her room giving Finn a genuine kiss on the lips.
"Santana, are you trying to say something here?" Finn asked her as he was finally putting one and one together.
"I realize that I need a man in my life," Santana began, "And not just a one night guy." She continued, "I want you to be that man."
Finn's eyes widened to hearing this, "Look Santana, your smoking and all but I mean I just broke up with Rachel."
"That is exactly why you need to redeem yourself with me!"
"Look lets just go to school." Finn told her looking for his keys, realizing the huge mistake he had made. No one could know about this. "Lets just keep this a secret."
"In your dreams," Santana told him, "I am letting everyone know you are my man."
"But were not dating." Finn sternly told her.
"Not yet at least." Santana told him with a look of confidence as she headed down the stairs.
"Awesome." Was all Finn could think as now he knew how much this would hurt Quinn if she did still have feelings for him.
