The One That Got Away Chapter 4, a glee fanfic

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'The One That Got Away'

Back at the Eugene O' Neill Theatre

Rachel returned to the theatre to work more on Spring Awakening about a little over an hour after she left to take a five minute break. Once she got inside the theatre Jesse, Tina and Mercedes were standing in front of the back entrance with distinct faces. Rachel could tell by the way they were standing and looking at her, they are very upset. She wasn't used to that look, she normally got the look of enjoyment from how amazing she is doing at her job, but now that this man has entered her life, she is not the same. And, they can tell.

'Rachel, where on earth have you been? You said you would be gone for five minutes and you come back one hour later! This is our job and you really need to get your head in the program, you're the star Rachel, we couldn't get anything accomplished.' She just started at Mercedes; they were angry, no furious with her. She knew they're right; Rachel's head hasn't been in the performing mode lately.

'I'm sorry it will never happen again, I've just been really distracted lately with all the work, and personal things happening.' They didn't by it. They were determined to get it out of her. She could sense that the three of them knew something was the matter with her, and why she has been out of focus in her work.

'That's not going to cut it Rach. You need to tell us what is going on, this is not you. Do you know who you are? You're Rachel Barbra Berry, big Broadway starlet that doesn't let anything or anyone for that matter interfere with your performing career that you have been in since the age of eight.' Yes, of course she knew who she was but they wouldn't understand her feelings about a guy. She has never let love into her life before; they probably don't expect her to start now right in the middle of a new play that already has the critics squirming in their seats.

'Okay I am sorry my head has just been else were, thinking of things that I shouldn't but forget about that now let's go rehearse.' She played them off for now. She walked over to the dressing room, quickly put on her costume and light makeup for the sixth scene at the end of act one and went out to rehearse. Rachel entered the stage from far right, leading onto the stage to start the scene with Jesse.

I believe, I believe, I believe,
Oh I believe.
All will be forgiven

I believe, I believe, I believe,
Oh I believe.
There is love in Heaven

I believe, I believe, I believe,
Oh I believe.
All will be forgiven.

I believe,
I believe,
I believe,
Oh I believe…

There is love in Heaven
All will be forgiven.
There is love in Heaven
All will be forgiven.
I believe…
There is love in Heaven.
I believe…
All will be forgiven.
I believe…
There is love in Heaven.
I believe…
All will be forgiven…

Peace and joy be with them,
Harmony and wisdom…

I believe, I believe, I believe,
Oh I believe

That was the intimate scene; Jesse was openly gay so she was perfectly fine with having fake sex with him. After all that was what her character had to do. When Rachel first heard about the play and found out that she would have to have fake sex with him, she was nervous. She's still a virgin, so experiencing that kind of intimacy with someone that she wasn't prepared for. Rachel went to classes about being intimate with someone, she read books, and looked up things on the internet so when this moment finally came to rehearse the scene, she wouldn't be scared, and she would at least look like she knew what she was doing when after all, she had no clue.

'Great job Rachel! Now that's the dedication and performance we want you to bring every day.' She smiled. They're proud of her performance during 'I Believe' now that scene is not uncomfortable considering yes, Jesse is gay and she has been doing it for weeks now but the entire time the scene between Melchior and Wendla, she keep picturing Finn. She knew this was not going to be good in the end, or will it?

The Plaza Hotel, New York City, New York

He paced around his hotel room, staring at the piece of paper that was in his hand. Her phone number! Finn still hadn't put it in his cell phone yet, he was scared, and no he was terrified and excited at the same time. He liked her, he really liked her but he didn't want to seem like he was desperate. After all it had only been two hours since he left her in Central Park. Was that too soon to call her? Should he wait a few days? What was there to do! Finn paced, and paced, staring at the ten digit phone number including the area code of course. It was the classic New York area code 646. She was a New Yorker, at heart and soul and he could tell that, when he first met her, he saw that the sound and the smell of New York City made her eyes glow. Finn could see the spark of happiness that Rachel had being in the city. This girl made him had nerves like you would never believe; it has been forever since he felt like this over a girl. He never knew that he would come to New York, on tour with his band and end up meeting this spectacular girl that he didn't even know could exist. She was that special.

*Knocks* 'Hey man you in there?' It was Puck. He probably came to apologize for bringing up Quinn earlier.

'Yeah man come in.' He opens the door with a large pizza from just across the street at one of those pizza cart things they have everywhere you turn.

'I got a large pizza to go for us and the boys; you want to come eat with us?' Finn is surprised that he hasn't brought up Quinn yet, but he knows that if Puck would to bring her up, he would get mad. He heard his stomach growling and decided to just go along and not think about what had happened earlier.

'Let's go I'm starving.' They walk out of Finn's room, down the hotel elevator, and go to the dining area to eat their pizza, their big New York City pizza. He had ordered a large slice of pizza, the supreme kind. If Finn knew one thing, he would definitely brush his teeth before he would be kissing Rachel any time soon, or he hopes. He can't get her off his mind; there is something about her that ticks inside him that makes him think of her once he sees every little thing. Or maybe it's just New York, where she's from, where she loves being, who she is. Yes, Rachel Berry was the heart and soul of New York.

'So man what's been with you lately? You are out of it at rehearsals and don't come sightseeing with us, after all we're not in New York for very long anymore.' That is what scared Finn the most. He loved this city so much, but it wasn't the city that kept him here, it was her. It was Rachel. No matter how hard he tried, he just couldn't focus, now that he had met her, he wanted to never let her go. And, he was determined to do that.

'Nothing bro just thinking about home, my ma and just normal stuff.' Finn as hoping they would by it, after all they are from Ohio and those particular guys are not that smart.

'Oh I feel you man, but we're on a nation-wide tour! How sick is that? We are famous!' Famous? Nobody really knew about them. The only reason there was a lot of people at the Fourth of July concert is because our manager paid like 400 bucks to have them advertised.

They finished their pizza in ten minutes. Hungry guys can eat fast. The rest of the night was spent with them in the arcade in the hotel playing games such as COD and Halo.

'Hey guys I'm kind of tired so I'm going to go upstairs to bed alright?' He said as he grabbed his things, one last sip of his beer and headed upstairs to his hotel room. Truth is he wasn't tired he just wanted to go online to do more searching on Rachel; he found lots of things about her, charities, organizations, productions, television shows, and a small role in a movie. Damn, he thought this girl was just a Broadway star but no she was more than that, she was an activist for human and animal rights. He scrolled to the bottom of the page and saw;

Rachel Berry will be attending the PETA campaign for homeless animals tomorrow at the Manhattan animal shelter from 12:00pm to 5:00pm.

He saw this add and got an idea. This would be the perfect opportunity to go finally see her again, to get to know her more. And, hopefully it wouldn't be too soon to get a chance to get a date with this New Yorker hottie.

Apartment of Rachel Berry, the night of July 8th

Rachel had just got off the phone with Michelle Cho. The head of the PETA campaign, she was excited to go and host this event. It was a great opportunity to get involved with both organizations and really save the animals. She was really big into charities, it was something that her manager didn't make her do, or encourage her to do. It was something that Lea loved, something that she could connect to, something that let her escape from her crazy world and just be her.

It was getting late, and knowing Rachel she at least needed to get eight to ten hours of sleep. Tomorrow was going to be a long day, and in the back of her mind she hoped and prayed that she would run into Finn sooner than later.