Chapter 4

It was Friday morning and Finn was ready for the week to be over. Besides the class he shared with Rachel, the rest of his week had been hard. He didn't know it was so difficult to be a good student. It was a lot of hard work. He guessed it was because he had a lot to catch up since last year he didn't do much studying, so going from that to actually paying attention in class and doing the assignments was a big transition. It'd take some time to get use to it. Although it'd be much easier if he could get some little help of a certain brunette he had seen a few days ago.

Finn really wanted to see her again before their next class together but he couldn't find a good excuse. Sam and the other guys were throwing a party at their place, he thought about calling her to ask if she wanted to come over but he figured it'd be a last minute call and she probably had other plans already.

After his last class, Finn went to meet up with his friends to buy the rest of the things for the party.

"It's finally Friday." Sam exclaimed excitedly before opening a bag of Doritos.

"Fucking finally. I'm ready to get trashed." His other friend Puck said. Finn had known him since high school; they were neighbors', even as they left their small town to go to college.

"Hey Finn, did you invite your little friend?" Sam asked.

"No. Frat parties are not her thing." He answered dryly. The truth was that he didn't know it; he only supposed frat parties weren't her scene.

"Girl friend? Who is she? Do I know her? Is she hot?" Puck shot him a million of questions.

"Whoa dude, slow down. You don't know her." Finn replied shortly not wanting to give more information to his friend.

"She is his tutor." Sam told to Puck.

"So she's a geek?" Puck inquired, Finn only rolled his eyes at his response trying to ignore his friends. He continued walking down the store, looking throughout the list of things they needed to buy for the party.

"He totally has a thing for her." Sam spoke with his mouth full of Doritos.

"Oh then she's a hot geek. Nice!" Puck said with a smirk.

"Would you two stop talking about her?" Finn snapped, unable to ignore his friends talking about Rachel like that. "Can we focus on what we need to do in here?" The tall guy said visibly irritated.

"Sure thing, dude." Sam said, patting Finn on the back. They continued walking on the store, Finn risking the things on the list while the other two guys followed him behind, talking about football.


Rachel had just done her laundry and now she was in her bedroom folding her clothes when Tina opened the front door.

"Rachel?" She heard her roommate yelling from the other room.

"I'm here in my room." She responded and Tina went there. "I just came from the laundry, I left your basket on your bed."

"Thanks!" Tina said. "Hey, Mike and I are going to this frat party. Do you want to come with us?" The asian girl asked. "It's in a couple of hours so we have time to dress up." She added.

"Thanks for the invite but I think I'm going to stay over."

"Are you sure? You haven't gone out much lately."

"I'm good. I promise I'll go the next time."

"Okay. You can give me a call if you change your mind."

"Will do."

Rachel had a busy week, she just wanted to take a good shower, put up some nice and comfortable clothes and go crawling into bed and watch some DVDs. This time she would pass the opportunity of getting dressed up to go to some party with loud music and drunk people all over each other.

She preferred the silence and coziness of her sweet home.


Finn was not enjoying the party, quite opposite, it's been half an hour and he was already bored. At this point last year, he'd been drunk and probably on his forth bottle of beer not caring about the next day, even if he had classes, he wouldn't go anyway. Things were different now; he wasn't trashed since he was still on his first beer and looking around the place he couldn't find anyone sober enough to talk to.

Being so tall, he easily spotted an Asian girl walking into the place holding hands with an Asian dude. Finn looked past them trying to spot a petite brunette but there was no sign of her. Finn decided to go over to where the couple was standing.

"Hey Tina." He greeted the Asian girl, she turned around looking surprised.

"Oh hi Finn!" She greeted him back when she saw the familiar face.

"This is Mike, my boyfriend."

"Nice to meet you."

"Likewise." Mike nodded his head.

"Enjoying the party?" He asked lamely. It wasn't what he wanted to know but he couldn't go straight to the point either, that'd be rude.

"We have just arrived, actually." She replied. "What about you?"

"I live here." He stated.

"Oh, cool."

"Where's Rachel?" He finally asked, trying to sound casual.

"She's at home. I asked her if she wanted to come over but she preferred to stay at home."

"Oh." He nodded his head. "Do you guys want to drink anything? I can grab it for ya." He offered.

"No, it's good. Where's the keg?" Mike asked.

"It's over there." Finn pointed to the corner of the room where Sam and one of the football players were talking.

"We can go there. Thanks." Tina said before walking away with her boyfriend.

"No problem. Have fun!" He watched them leave and then sighed, wishing he could be somewhere else.


Finn stayed at the party for more than half an hour till he decided that he needed to get the hell out of there. He had a couple of beers but he wasn't drunk enough to not know where he was heading.

He knocked on the door and waited with his hand in his pockets, hoping that this was a good idea. He was almost giving up, guessing that nobody was at home or was already sleeping when the girl he was looking for opened the door.

"Hey." He said sheeply. She looked surprised to see him there, he noticed. Finn looked at her, she was on her pajamas, even though he thought she looked cute.

"Finn, what are you doing in here?" Rachel asked shocked to find him at her doorstep on a Friday night.

"Can I come in?" He asked shyly.

"Of course," She spoke letting him in. "Did something happened?" She asked worried.

"No, nothing happened." He assured her.

"Are you drunk?" She smelled his beer as he walked past her.

He chuckled. "I had a couple of beers but I'm not drunk. You see, there's a frat party happening where I live but I'm not feeling like partying so I decided to come over here." He hadn't thought of any excuses to give to her so he didn't have any other alternative but being honest with her.

"Oh."

"I hope its okay."

"Yes, no problem." Rachel assured him with a sweet smile. "I was making some vegan sandwich to eat before going to watch some DVDs. Would you like some?" Rachel offered.

"Sure." Finn was hungry; he hadn't eaten anything in the past few hours. He followed her into the kitchen.

"You can have this one; I'll make another one for myself." She handed him the plate with the sandwich and watched him observe the food for a moment. Reading his thoughts, Rachel spoke. "I can assure you its pretty good." Finn blushed lightly at her right guess. He didn't want to offend her but her assuring look told him that she didn't mind his hesitance.

He finally took a bite of the sandwich while Rachel started preparing her own. "Wow, this is delicious." He said, closing his eyes as he savored it. She giggled watching his face. "See? I told you it's good. It can be healthy and delicious." She told him before going back to make hers.

"Who knew?" He said, teasing her.

After they had eaten their sandwiches, Rachel invited Finn to go watch DVD's in her bedroom and he happily accepted it. If she didn't mind having him in her bedroom, he wouldn't be the one to protest either.

"You can sit on the bed too, there's plenty of space but you have to take off your shoes." She warned him as she kneeled down to grab the box with her DVD's.

"Do you have any preferences?"

"Not really. You can pick whatever you want."

"Can we watch Funny Girl?"

"Okay."

"It's my favorite movie!" She beamed.

"What is it about?" He asked but he didn't listen much because he was staring at her face, at how her eyes lit up while she talked about the movie.

Then Rachel put the disc in the DVD player and pressed the play button before going to her bed to sit beside Finn. They shared her big pillow on their back.

The lights were off, the only light in the room was coming from the screen. They felt comfortable sitting next to each other. Finn tried to pay attention to the movie but every few minutes he would sneak a glance at Rachel, watching her as her eyes were fixed on the screen, paying attention to every little thing like she was watching it for the first time.

At some point she caught him staring at her, he felt a little embarrassed but then she gave him a big smile before turning her head back to the TV, even though the room was pretty much dark, Finn could swear he saw her cheeks turning pink. He smiled broadly, seeing Rachel blush and more importantly, make her blush made him proud of himself. Also it did things to his body that made him think of the mailman.

Every time the Fanny character started sing, Rachel would sing along with her but only in a whisper and all Finn wanted to do was tell her to sing louder so he could hear her sweet voice, but he opted to not say anything.

It was the end of the movie and the character was singing another song when Finn noticed that Rachel wasn't completely sing along to the song and when he turned his head to take a look at her, he saw her crying. He didn't say anything to her, just kept his eyes on her while he paid attention to the lyrics. It was about loving her man unconditionally and while it pained him to think about it, he wondered if Rachel was thinking about that professor while she was singing.

Finn shook his head trying to take these thoughts out of his mind when the movie ended. She wiped out her tears and got up, she stretched her arms and Finn saw her side, wishing he could touch her, and feel how soft her skin was.

"Did you enjoy the movie?" She asked and he had to quickly avert his eyes from her hips and look up her face.

"Yes." It was all Finn managed to say.

"I know it's probably not your type of your movie so you can pick the next one. Or perhaps you probably want to go..." She trailed off, realizing it was late and he was probably tired.

"No, I want to watch another one." He said. "Besides, the party is still going." He pointed out.

"It's true. I haven't heard any noise from outside so Tina is probably still there." She commented. "So what do you want to watch? These are from Tina's collection; she has a lot more than I have." She said handing him the other box with Tina's DVD's.

Finn picked one aimless and gave it to Rachel so she could put on the DVD player. Truth to be told, he just wanted an excuse to be close to her again. Her skin was soft and her scent was addicting.

He watched her the whole time till she turned around to go back to bed to sit next to him. He averted his eyes to the TV, pretending to wait for the start of the movie. He felt her leaning closer to him as she adjusted herself on the bed, this time she covered her legs with a thin blanket and he mentally pouted for getting blocked out from such a great view.

Half hour later, Rachel was feeling a little bit sleepy, she tried to keep herself awake but it was hard when you wake up so early like her did. She didn't know what time was it but it was probably past midnight.

She didn't want to be rude and start sleeping, after all Finn watched the whole film she had picked now she needed to do the same but her eyes were growing tired from watching the screen. It's not going to hurt if I close my eyes for a few seconds, Rachel thought to herself. She closed her eyes and slowly drifts off to sleep.

Finn contained the yawn from coming out. Why did have to pick such a boring movie? He wondered to himself when suddenly he felt Rachel resting her head on his shoulder. He froze and stayed like that for a couple of minutes. Then when he heard her breathing becoming heavier he slowly looked down at her face and saw she was sleeping. He couldn't help but smile at the sight, she looked so adorable.

He stayed like that for a few minutes, watching her sleep, so close to him that he could feel her breath on his skin. Finn took that peaceful moment to caress her cheek, feeling her soft skin more properly since deep in sleep. Now looking at her so close to him, being able to touch her even in that circumstance, Finn definitely conclude that it had been a good idea leaving the party to go to Rachel's place.

He rubbed his eyes feeling tired. Grabbing the remote that was placed between them on the bed, Finn stopped the movie and turned off the tv. The bedroom went completely dark and Finn tried to get himself more comfortable on the bed without waking Rachel.

He was really tall but luckily for him, he actually fit in her bed so he dragged his body down and adjusted the pillow behind his back since Rachel was now resting on his shoulder. With his brisk movements, Finn felt Rachel stirring up. He almost felt like kicking himself for that but then he felt her moving herself to lay her head comfortably on his chest and then she went back to sleep.

Finn took a sight of her pretty body all draped on him, his chest as her pillow and her tiny hand resting on his stomach. He was doing a little dance inside of him. He wrapped his left arm around her waist before he closed his eyes, drifting off sleep with a small smile playing on his face.

Rachel moved her body, burying her face in the pillow - but it didn't feel like her pillow and it definitely didn't smell like it. With her eyes still closed, Rachel tried to touch the mattress but she felt something different instead of the comforter and when she stretched her legs, she felt a pair of much longer ones tangled with hers. That was weird.

She quickly opened her eyes when she realized that she was laying on a body, a man's body. She rubbed her eyes with her hands as the memories of last night came back into her mind. She had invited Finn to watch movies with her and they had probably felt sleep while watching the second one.

She looked up to see if Finn was still sleeping but found a pair of amber eyes looking directly at her.

"Morning." He said groggily, with a lazy smile.

Finn was in his slumber when he felt a petite body moving on top of him, a tiny hand touching his stomach and he automatically rubbed his hand up and down caressing her side. This felt really good, he concluded contently. Then he felt her stop it drastically, the he decided to finally open his eyes, she was looking down at his body. She was probably trying to figure out what was going on, he thought to himself. After a brief moment, he watched her turn her head to look up at him. He greeted her with a smile, hoping she wouldn't freak out.

"Good morning, Finn." She answered him. "I'm sorry; I didn't mean to sleep on top of you." She apologized, getting away from his body to sit up on her side of the bed.

"It's okay." He assured her, missing the warmth of her tiny body.

Rachel stretched her arms and Finn's eyes darted immediately to her lower back, taking sight of her olive skin. She looked to her nightstand to see the clock. "Oh, it's 7am. I guess I need to get up." She stated getting up from the bed. "You can go back to sleep, I usually wake up early."

Only Rachel would get up that early in a Saturday morning. Finn was used to getting up early in the morning on the week but Saturdays and Sundays he would only get out of the bed at 11 am at least.

"Are you sure?" He asked her as he pushed himself to sit up.

"I'm positive. I need to check how Tina is. She probably has a huge hangover." She said before she left her bedroom.

Finn dropped back on the comforter deciding to take a quick nap. He wasn't used to wake up that early in a Saturday morning but he wasn't going to abuse her kindness either. He closed his eyes and let her scent take him over.

Rachel left her bedroom and walked to her friend's room. She opened the door slowly trying not to make any noise as she entered in the room. Tina was draped all over the bed still wearing her outfit from last night. Rachel walked to the window and closed the curtain to block the sun knowing her friend would complain when she woke up. Then she grabbed the small trashcan from under the desk and put beside the bed, in case Tina felt sick.

Taking a full look on the bedroom, Rachel spotted the clock on the nightstand and went over there to turn the alarm off.

She closed the door behind her and walked to the bathroom to brush her teeth and wash her face. She couldn't believe she felt sleep last night without doing those things. After that, Rachel went to the kitchen to make breakfast. She was scrambling some eggs when Finn walked into the kitchen.

"Hey! You're wake up." She stated.

"Yea, I just took a quick nap." He said. "Can I use the bathroom?" He asked politely.

"Of course. It's the first door to your left."

"Thanks."

Five minutes later Finn came back, his face looking fresh but he still had a sleep hair.

"I guess I better be going." Finn announced.

"Won't you like to stay and eat breakfast?" She offered.

"I don't want to bother you."

"Nonsense. It's no trouble at all." She told him. "Besides, Tina won't get up any time soon and I'd love some company."

"If you say so, I'd love to make you company." He grinned at her.

"Wonderful. Please sit down. I'm going to make some more pancakes."

"Do you want some help?"

"No, it's fine."

Finn sat on the counter watching her prepare them breakfast. He couldn't help but think how this felt nice.

"It's delicious." Finn said with his mouth full. "Sorry." He apologized cheekily which made her giggle.

Rachel sat on the stool next to him and they talked as they are breakfast. After that, Finn told her he needed to go.

"Thanks for everything. For letting me in, the sandwich, the breakfast... I had a good time."

She went to hug him and he bent his big legs to hug her back. He smiled into the hug.

"Me too." She agreed.

"Maybe we can do that again some other time." He suggested.

"I'd love that."

"Cool." He smiled. "Goodbye. I see you next class."

"Bye Finn."


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