A/N: Hi guys. So, according to the reviews I've gotten so far, many of you want Brittberry instead of Finchel. I've been thinking a lot these past few days about that, though. See, I've never done a Brittberry friendship-romance fanfic before, and it's kinda new to me, and I thought it'd be fun. So, why not give it a try, right? I always love trying something new, so… why not? Yep, you guys read that right. I'm going to make Brittberry a couple in this story. :) When though? Well, you guys just have to read, wait and see. ;) But for now, here's an update! Hope you guys like! -Rein
Notes/Spoilers/What to Expect: A meaner Quinn and Santana. A totally OOC Brittany. Rachel does the unthinkable. A fluffy Brittberry scene that will make your heart swell. And last but not the least, this chapter is kinda dark and intense, so don't read if it's not your thing. That's all.
Chapter 4: Expect the Unexpected
7:45-8:20, McKinley High hallways, Monday morning
Rachel smiled as she walked through the double doors of McKinley that Monday morning. It seemed like such a good day, like no one can rain on her parade. When she got to her locker, her smile grew wider. Brittany was standing in front of the brunette's locker, a slushie cup in hand.
"Hi Rachel!" Brittany said, cheerful as cheerful can be. She handed Rachel the slushie.
"Hey Brittany!" Rachel replied, in the same cheerful tone as Brittany's. She eagerly took the slushie Brittany gave her and took a sip. It's grape, her favorite slushie flavor. Sweet. "Thanks for the slushie, B!" She thanked her friend, taking another drink of her grape slushie.
"You're welcome, Rachie!" Brittany said back, whilst still smiling with Rachel.
Santana passed by them and groaned, saying, "Ugh. Can you two please stop smiling like you've been let in on a dirty little secret or something? No me gusta. Face it, there's nothing good in the mornings. Well, except me anyways." She paused, then quickly added, "I guess I'll see you losers in glee club whether I like it or not." She then kept on striding down the halls, without even as much as a glance at the petite brunette and the ditzy blonde.
Rachel and Brittany, as if on cue, rolled their eyes.
"What's her problem?" Rachel asked and Brittany just shrugged. The blonde stepped away from Rachel's locker so that the brunette could get the stuff she needed for today. She watched Rachel grabbing her stuff and packing them inside her pink backpack. Then, she grazed her eyes inside the brunette's locker, taking in the many photos posted up inside.
There was one of her and Finn, and Brittany couldn't help but feel a slight twinge of jealousy. Wait, what? Brittany, jealous of Finn and Rachel? Nah. She's just being ridiculous. Or something. Then, there was one of Rachel with the whole New Directions, way back when Matt was still in glee club and Quinn was still pregnant with baby Beth. Brittany really misses Matt; he was her best guy friend, besides Mike, of course. There was one of her with her best friend, aka best gay Kurt. Then there was one of her and Kurt, with Blaine and Finn in tow, with silly smiles on their faces. There's one of Rachel with Mr. Schue and Ms. Pillsbury. And then, there was one of Brittany and Rachel, taken recently at the petite brunette's house. They were goofing around in the photo, but they still managed to look cute. All photos were adorned with gold stars. Brittany smiled.
Rachel was about to close her locker when she noticed where Brittany was looking at. She was looking at her photos. Rachel grinned. "Cool, huh?" Brittany nodded in agreement, "Pretty cool." The blonde said.
"I kind of put those gold stars on the corners of the photos at random, to make them look more glamorous. Gold stars are kind of my thing," Rachel rambled and Brittany started giggling. Rachel stared at her friend, dumbfounded. "What's so funny?"
"Nothing. You just look cute when you start talking like that, is all." Brittany pointed out. Rachel raised her eyebrow at the word 'cute', but didn't give too much thought of it.
"Well, I'm quite flattered." Rachel said, putting a hand to her heart, indeed showing Brittany that she is quite pleased that she thinks she's cute.
Brittany joked, "You're quite what? Flat red?" Rachel burst out laughing at Brittany's little joke. This is why she loves spending time with the blonde; she makes her laugh with her little jokes and random funny thoughts. Brittany laughed along with her. "I'm just kidding."
"I know, Britt, I know. Still, that was kinda funny though." Rachel said and Brittany nodded. The bell rang, signaling them to go to their classes. Rachel closed her locker. "I guess I'll just see you at lunch later." Brittany said, with a pout. Rachel smiled. Brittany looks cute when she's like this. Rachel reassured her, "Don't worry B; I'll definitely see you at lunch and at glee club and at my house later. How's that sound?"
Brittany obviously perked up at that, so she said in that usual bubbly voice of hers, "That sounds great! Bye Rachie! See ya later!"
"Bye Brittany! See you soon!" Rachel said, giving the blonde a quick hug. And then they went to their separate classes; Brittany to the English room and Rachel to the Spanish room, unfortunately, with Santana.
[time jump]
12:15-1:00, McKinley High cafeteria, Monday afternoon
Brittany and Rachel were now at the cafeteria, eating their lunches. Instead of joining the glee club on the table in the middle row of the room, they opted to sit in the back row instead, where they could have more privacy to themselves. They were talking about anything remotely fun to talk about like, what plans they have made after school, when suddenly, they were joined by none other than, Santana and Quinn. Great.
"A little bird told me that you were living with the troll here, Britt-Britt. Because her dads are gone and all that," Santana said, the malice and spitefulness in her voice was clearly unmistakable and the Latina gestured to Rachel to make her point across. Brittany rolled her eyes and huffed, angrily, pissed that Quinn and Santana were here to ruin their Rachel and Brittany time. "Well actually, that same little bird didn't just tell me about it. He also tweeted and blogged about it. Not only to me though; he tweeted and blogged it to the entire school." Santana added, earning her a satisfied smirk from Quinn.
"Do not call her that! She is not a troll, and she has a name. FYI, her name is Rachel." Brittany said and Rachel patted her arm, whispering in her ear, "Britt, just let it go." But Brittany was relentless as she replied her voice all superior and it was clear that she was quite mad, "What's it to you anyway? Yes, I've been living with Rachel since Saturday and honestly, it has been quite a lot of fun. Rachel's fun to be with, she's a beautiful person, she's really sweet and also really nice and I really enjoy her company; why can't you guys just stop tormenting and upsetting and bullying her? Why can't you guys just learn to accept her, just like I have?"
"Because she's annoying as hell," was Quinn's simple reason. Santana added, "Yeah and she's also a self-centered, egotistical, overconfident diva young starlet slash Broadway bound aspirant who only seems to care about her solos and herself."
"I'm not letting you insult me like that; like I said before, I'm not scared of you guys anymore." Rachel said, confidently.
Quinn scoffed at that and Santana smirked. "Oh yeah? We'll see about that, then."
"What do you mean?" Rachel asked, confused.
Quinn elaborated, "Well, let's be real here, huh? Your mom doesn't want anything to do with you, instead, she chose to adopt a toddler and care for her and your fathers abandoned you and decided to focus on their jobs. Which only means one thing: They. Don't. Want. You. Anymore."
Santana added, "Face it, no one wants you around here, Rachel. Do us all a favor and just… get lost." Quinn and Santana laughed evilly at that statement.
At that, Rachel's lip quivered, she started shaking, so she stood up with tears in her eyes and the brunette went out of there, ignoring Brittany calling out her name over and over again, to go to only God knows where.
"For God's sakes! This has got to stop! If you only give her a chance, then Rachel would let you guys see and get to know the real her, like she did with me! She took a chance and made me see and know the real her, why can't you guys do the same?" Brittany snarled.
Quinn was about to reply, but the taller blonde ordered her to shut up. "You know what? Just shut up Quinn. And you too, Santana. Just shut up. Don't even bother answering my question, because who knows what'll come out of your mouths, huh? I'm going to go and find Rachel." She stood up, grabbing her stuff and Rachel's stuff. But before she could even leave the lunchroom, she turned to Quinn and Santana and said, the sarcasm palpable in her voice, "By the way, thanks for ruining our Brittany-Rachel time. I really appreciate it, and I'm sure Rachel does too." Without even casting a glance back at her former friends, she went out of there to try and find Rachel before glee club.
[time jump]
1:00–2:45, all around McKinley High School, Monday afternoon before glee
Brittany searched for Rachel everywhere around the school (the auditorium, the gym, the bleachers, the ladies' room, the library, Ms. Pillsbury's office, and she even searched in the custodian's closet) but she found nothing. No Rachel. Where could she be? She tried calling her cell, but Rachel never picked up. She tried Rachel's house phone, but all she got was a recorded voice message of Rachel saying to leave her a message after the beep. It was clear to her that Rachel wasn't around, wasn't at the school or anywhere else around the school for that matter, but where could she be? To say that the blonde was worried for her friend would be a huge understatement. There's this sinking feeling in her stomach, but she chose to ignore it.
[time jump]
3:30-5:00, choir room, Monday afternoon
It was now glee club and Mr. Schue still wasn't around; Rachel has yet to show up. Brittany didn't stop believing that Rachel would show up and so did her other friends, aka the Team Rachel.
"Rachel would show up Britt. Maybe she just needed some alone time," Tina suggested and Brittany just nodded.
Finn patted her hands. "We're two of the closest to Rachel; surely she would call us if something's up, right?" Brittany nodded again, saying, "Right. But that was hours ago."
"Rachel would never miss this; she always shows up at meetings." Artie paused, then added, "I honestly thought she was only here for the applauses to begin with." He then laughed along with Finn, Tina, Sam, Puck, and Mike, but Brittany just gave them all a small smile.
"Maybe she just went to visit Kurt and Blaine," Finn supplied and again, Brittany nodded.
Santana stood up and went to the front and center of the room. "Look, Berry's quite a drama queen and we all know it. Even when she's not here, she's causing a scene. And it's all quite exhausting to witness, so I have a little proposition for you guys. To take some of the heat off, why don't we have a pool party here at school? Tonight. And it's just a bonus that I have a key to the school, so, we can do whatever we want. Glee club members only party, what do you guys think?" She proposed, with a smirk grazing her lips.
"Sounds like a plan, San! I'm in." Quinn said.
"Yeah, what she said." Mercedes and Lauren agreed in unison.
Brittany was fuming inside, but she wasn't going to let it show. Instead, she just said, "Really? Rachel's missing and she could be somewhere dangerous and all you can think about is planning a party to take the freaking heat off? God, how ignorant could you be, Santana? Thanks, but no thanks." Finn, Sam, Tina, Puck, Mike, and Artie nodded at that, supporting Brittany's answer.
"Well, that's fine. It's your loss, Britt, not ours. Pool party's still a go." Santana said and high-fived Quinn, Mercedes, and surprisingly, Lauren.
Brittany was about to argue some more with Santana, but before she could even do such a thing; Mr. Schue entered the choir room. He walked in the room; his head was down, but you could see the puffiness and redness in his eyes. The sinking feeling in Brittany's stomach intensified.
The blonde surprised everyone by asking, "Mr. Schue? Are you okay? Sorry, stupid question. You're clearly not okay, but… what's going on? What's the matter?"
Mr. Schue sighed, unsure of how to break the news to his students. "I… I just got off the phone with a doctor from Lima General Hospital. I've got some bad news…" He trailed off and started breaking down and Brittany didn't like that. 'No, no, please tell us it's not Rachel, please tell us it's not Rachel.' Brittany thought to herself, worriedly.
"No Mr. Schue. You don't get to break down until you tell us what's going on!" Brittany bellowed.
"It's… it's… it's Rachel." At that, Brittany felt like throwing up.
'No, no, no! Oh my God, I refuse to believe that Rachel was hurt; I refuse to believe it. Please let it be anyone… anyone but her, please Mr. Schue.'
"She OD'd on… on some pills. Vicodin and aspirin, to be more specific and then she… she downed them with tequila, following it with vodka. Then she was found in the bathtub by her neighbor, Ms. Applebee, and Rachel was… was fully submerged in the water." Mr. Schue sighed after he was done, prompting him to run a hand through his hair.
'Oh my God. She tried to kill herself.' Brittany clamped a hand on her mouth, as the realization came instantly and quickly to her.
He was met with a few other reactions. As per usual, Tina was the first one to cry about the Rachel issue and she was holding on to Mike's hand tightly. Mike was just stroking his girlfriend's back and kept assuring her that Rachel will be okay. Finn and Puck flashed each other worried looks, thinking: what could possibly be the reason Rachel did this?
Santana's walls were slowly coming down as she hysterically sobbed, yes, hysterically sobbed into Quinn's arms, Quinn's eyes were filled with tears as well. Mercedes and Lauren were flashing each other looks of shame and guilt. Sam had his head down, but if you look closely, you could see that he's also crying for the diva. Artie has a look of utter surprise etched on his face. And Brittany? Well, she still has a hand clamped on her mouth, but she's trying to be the strong one for all of them… and for Rachel.
Mr. Schue continued his statement, "She is under a 72-hour suicide watch." That statement earned him gasps, lots of it.
At the mention of the word "suicide", Brittany was up and off of her seat and instantly alert. "Rachel… Rachel tried to kill herself." The blonde said. It wasn't a question, it was a statement, but it was clear to her why Rachel did this. The thing with her dads and her mom not really wanting to do anything with her and the hate and the bullying and the torment from Santana and Quinn definitely pushed Rachel to the edge. Still, she couldn't believe Rachel was quite capable of doing something deep like this to herself and it really saddened Brittany.
"Yes, I'm afraid so that's the case." Mr. Schue sighed again.
Finn piped up, "What's her case, honestly?"
Mr. Schue clarified, "She suffered alcohol poisoning, OD'd on some pills, and drowned out in a fully filled bathbub."
"Oh my God," came from almost everyone in the room, almost everyone except Mr. Schue and Brittany.
"Enough. Let's just go to the hospital." Brittany ordered and all of them went to the parking lot and in their cars, on the way to Lima General.
[time jump]
5:00–8:00, Lima General Hospital, Monday evening
The moment they burst through the doors of Lima General Hospital, all of the New Directions were in a frenzied state and Mr. Schue was the only one calm enough to ask the receptionist, "Where's Rachel Berry located at?"
The receptionist stole a look at Will and asked, "Are you family?"
"Yes," Mr. Schue lied, and surprisingly, the receptionist bought it.
"Room 102," the receptionist finally said after a few minutes and Will thanked her silently, before walking down the hallways with the entire glee club in tow.
Santana has her head down, tears still making their way down her pretty face, saying, "This is my entire fault; I never should have said those hurtful words to her to begin with. This is what caused her suicide attempt; I caused her suicide attempt. If she doesn't make it through this, I can never forgive myself."
"Don't blame yourself, San. I'm as much to blame here as well. I can never live with myself if she doesn't make it through this." Quinn said, but the guilt in her voice was unmistakable.
"Me too; I guess I was just jealous of her and her talent, but I definitely do want her friendship." Mercedes whispered to the group.
"I never really knew Berry, but I think she's pretty cool. And just so you all know, I never wished for this to happen. I guess I'm partly to blame for what happened." Lauren shared.
Brittany was getting tired of all this blaming me-blaming you thing. "Stop it guys. I really don't feel like playing the blame game with the four of you and I would really appreciate it if you just would shut up and pray for Rachel. And please don't talk about her like she's dead and gone already, we haven't even heard what her doctor has to say yet. Nobody wished for this to happen, okay? Rachel just needs our love and our understanding and our acceptance and she needs it the most right now. Rachie's tough, I'm sure she'll make it through this. She needs us, she needs her family the most right now and you guys can't be thinking like it's all too late, okay? We just need to stay positive and think positive and happy thoughts, despite what happened." Lauren, Santana, Quinn, and Mercedes nodded along with the rest of the group and Mr. Schue smiled at Brittany's positivity.
Finally finding Rachel's room, they all proceeded to walk in. But, before they could even get inside, a doctor stopped them on their way in. "Hi. I'm Doctor Richardson, Rachel's doctor in charge. I was the one who called you earlier," He introduced himself and gestured to Will to make his point across. They shook hands and then the doctor proceeded to tell them what's going on. "Rachel's okay now." At that, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. "She's stable right now; she has a strong pulse, has a strong heartbeat and is wide awake, alert, and aware. We managed to pump her stomach and remove the pills she's taken, quite frankly, she took a lot. We also managed to remove the poison the alcohol and the pills caused."
"When can we see her?" a voice asked. Their eyes widened in surprise as they realized that it was Santana who spoke. Look, she may be a bitch and all that, but that doesn't mean she's that cold-hearted and ignorant, and she may have disliked the diva, but that doesn't mean that she hates her.
"Right now is a good time to see her, but she's asking for a Miss Brittany Pierce?"
"I'm here," Brittany said and the doctor nodded. "Follow me, then, Ms. Pierce. The rest of you can wait in the waiting room." Finn was quite disappointed that Rachel wanted to see Brittany first, but didn't say anything about it as he followed his teacher and his teammates into the waiting room. And at that moment, Kurt and Blaine walked in the waiting room, hugging everyone within their reach. "Tina told me what happened." Kurt explained and Blaine added, "We came here as soon as we heard the news."
Kurt asked to no one in particular, "So how's my best friend?"
Santana was the one who answered him. "Rachel's fine now. She's awake, alert, and aware."
"Where's Brittany?" Blaine asked.
"Brittany's inside with Rachel's doctor; Rachel asked to see her first." Finn said.
Kurt sighed and Blaine patted his boyfriend's back. "Don't worry Kurt, she'll be okay. She'll get better." Blaine reassured him.
"I hope so, Blaine. I mean, Rachel's never done this to herself and it scares me if it happens again." Kurt said. The worried tone in his voice was unmistakable.
Finn gave his brother a one-armed hug before saying, "It won't happen again, Kurt. We're her family and like Brittany said earlier, she needs us the most. It won't happen again because we're all here to make sure she gets better. We're all here for her; we're all here to love and understand her."
Kurt nodded, agreeing with Finn's statement. Then they all settled into a comfortable and peaceful silence; every one of them praying for Rachel to get better, each one of them including Puck and Kurt.
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Doctor Richardson ushered Brittany inside and she just nodded her thanks. She tiptoed in quietly, and said in a little voice, "Rachie?" Rachel was sitting up in her hospital bed, looking out the window with a faraway look in her eyes, when a voice startled her: "Rachie?" It was Brittany.
"Hey Britt, come closer." She replied and Brittany did as she was told. She took a seat on Rachel's bed, getting a good look at Rachel. She was hooked up onto a couple IVs and various machines which made Brittany smile sadly.
Before Rachel could even speak, or ask her friend what she's thinking about, Brittany beat her to it. "I almost lost you, you know? And you really scared me, did you know that?" Rachel nodded. "These past few days were really good, Rachel. So why would you go and do this to yourself? You could have just told me that you were still struggling with your dads abandoning you and also with all the torment and bullying from San and Quinn; I could've helped you get through all of it, ya know?" Again, wordlessly, Rachel nodded.
She then looked up at Brittany for the first time since she's been there, her eyes watering. "I know, and I'm sorry Britt, but you have to know. I wasn't trying to kill myself, okay?" With a roll of Brittany's eyes, it clearly seemed like she didn't believe her. "Okay, okay, I didn't wanna kill myself. I just needed some sort of escape, you know?"
"Trying to kill yourself is some sort of escape? Yeah, right Rachie, that's really clever of you." Brittany judged and that made Rachel break down completely. Brittany sighed and opening her arms, hugged Rachel tight.
"I'm sorry, okay? I know that was really dumb of me, but honestly, I'm really tired of all the insults and all the hate, I couldn't take it anymore. So I figured, if killing myself was the solution, then so be it. The world will be much happier without me anyways. But clearly, I was wrong and unsuccessful. And killing myself certainly wasn't a solution; it was only a problem." Rachel still spoke coherent sentences whilst sobbing.
Brittany stroked her hair, soothing her. "Sshhh, it'll be okay Rachie. It'll be okay. You're going to be just fine. Just please promise me you won't do it again."
"I promise Brittany, I promise." Rachel said, wiping her tear-streaked eyes and cheeks with her hospital robe sleeve and Brittany nodded.
"Good. Because if I lost you, then I wouldn't have the chance to do this." Brittany said, making Rachel confused. The blonde let go of the brunette and turned to face her. She cupped Rachel's face and said, "This." She leaned in and sealed the space between them, kissing Rachel, softly. Rachel was surprised at first, but found herself kissing back, even deepening the kiss Brittany started.
'What's happening here?' Rachel wondered to herself. To say that Rachel was disappointed when Brittany broke the kiss was an understatement.
"Britt, what just…" She was cut off by Brittany, effectively shushing her with a finger on her lips.
"Rachel, just hear me out, okay? And listen to me, please. I know how hard that is for you, but please just listen to me— because I'm not gonna have the chance to say all of this again."
"I promise." Rachel promised and Brittany began telling Rachel how she really feels.
"Rachel, I have loved you ever since the day I met you, way back in freshman year. To tell you the truth, I was rude to you and I tormented you along with Q and S because I was denying my feelings for you. I was in denial for so long, so that's why I experimented with guys and girls. I started dating Mike, I started having sweet lady kisses with Santana, I kissed and dated Kurt to prove to his father he's not gay, and last but not the least, I went out with Artie, and yes, we ended up having sex, but it was only a one-time thing and there wasn't really anything serious about our relationship; turns out, we just used each other, but as you can see, we're still friends despite what happened. You, however, you were with your fair share of guys: Finn, Puck, Jesse, but you broke up with each and every one of them for different reasons. I even thought you and Mr. Schue dated briefly. Anyways, when I saw you talking with Finn on that party last Saturday night and I can't help but hear that he was asking you to be his girlfriend again, I'll admit it: I was jealous. I didn't really do anything about it since I still didn't have the courage to come up to you and tell you how I really feel, although I wanted to, just so you know. But when Mr. Schue was telling us the bad news about you earlier in glee club, that's when I knew that I gotta do it, I gotta tell you my true feelings and pour my heart out to you before it's too late. I love you Rachel, I really do and I'm sorry for telling you this now; I know it's probably bad timing, but I… I really just needed to let you know."
"Wow. Is that… is that how you really feel about me?" Rachel managed to ask and Brittany nodded. "Well, do you want to know how I feel?" Again and as if on cue, Brittany nodded.
"Thank you for being honest with me, Britt. And I have to be honest with you, too. Freshman year, I developed a pretty strong crush on you. But like you said, you tormented me along with Santana and Quinn, so I didn't really do anything about my crush with you. I already know it was a lost battle, so I let it go and tried my hardest to forget about it— forget about you. Then, sophomore year, you changed. You definitely mellowed out, if you know what I mean. You didn't torment me as much as you used to, well there were still the occasional insults, but the insults didn't have much snark as they usually did like Santana's. But what really changed everything for me was when we won Regionals this year and you defended me. That's when I knew that you've really changed. You took a chance on me and since then, I showed you and let you get to know the real me. Now, about my crush on you, well, my crush turned into feelings; feelings I never had for Finn, Puck, or Jesse. I admit that I only dated them because I was also denying my feelings for you and also, because I didn't want to get out of the closet just yet. And the clincher: I'm afraid of rejection. Yes, it's true; I'm gay. Well, gay for you anyway. Anyways, before I even attempted to do what I did, I thought about you. About how sweet and nice and kind and… flirty, you have been to me these past few days. About how you took a chance on me and offered to take care of me while my dads are gone and are probably never coming back. Then I thought of Santana and Quinn, and that just pushed me over the edge so I did it. I tried to kill myself, but all I could think about was that I couldn't die just yet. Because I needed you to know the truth from me. And thank God, I'm still alive. At least now you also know my true feelings… true feelings for you. I love you, too, Brittany; it's as simple as that."
Brittany and Rachel only had one thought in mind: 'I guess our feelings for each other were mutual.'
Words failed them both and Rachel sealed the deal with her crashing her lips onto Brittany's, taking their breaths away. The whole world stopped. Suddenly, Brittany pulled away and asked, "So you were never really getting back together with Finn?"
Instead of answering her, Rachel kissed her passionately.
Rachel grinned after their passion filled kiss and asked, "Does that answer your question?"
Brittany grinned back. "Definitely."
"So, what are we now?" Rachel found herself asking.
"Whatever you want us to be." Brittany said, giggling with Rachel. "Seriously though. You would make me the happiest girl alive if you would agree to be my girlfriend."
"Yes, one hundred percent, yes!" Rachel answered and Brittany peppered her girlfriend's face with kisses.
"I love you, Rachel, with all my heart." Brittany said.
"Not as much as I love you, Brittany." Rachel said, giving her a peck on the lips. Then, Rachel frowned as she remembered something. "I just wish I didn't have to stay here though, I want to sleep beside you tonight."
"Don't worry, Rachie. I'll stay here with you, okay? I will never leave you; you can trust me on that. And it's only normal for you to stay here; you tried to kill yourself and you almost died, the doctors just want to observe you and make sure you won't do it again." Brittany reassured her.
Rachel gave her a small smile. "As long as you love me, I'll be okay, right?" Brittany nodded, smiling at her. The blonde promised, "Yes, and I'll help you get better, I promise." The brunette nodded.
"Come lay here with me." Rachel requested, shuffling about on the bed and Brittany nodded, snuggling up beside her girlfriend.
"I love you." Rachel said first and Brittany said the words back instantly. "I love you, too."
Brittany stroked Rachel's hair, instantly sending the brunette into peaceful oblivion. Brittany kissed her on the forehead, on her nose, on her cheeks, and finally, pecked her on the lips before going to sleep herself.
Little did they know, Finn was watching them the entire time outside Rachel's room, the jealousy clearly and obviously visible on his face.
He sauntered back into the waiting room, a sad expression clouding over his eyes, and said to his friends, "I'm just… I'm just going to get some air. Be right back." He started to leave, but Kurt held his hand back. Finn reasoned, "Lil' bro, I really just want to be left alone." Kurt nodded and let go of Finn's hand. He didn't understand what was happening, but he let it go. Finn nodded his thanks, before walking away from the hospital.
8:00-8:30, Lima General Hospital parking lot, Monday night
After everything he saw in Rachel's room, it was clear to Finn that Rachel didn't love him anymore; she loved Brittany. She's moved on; it was pretty clear to him now. It was a lost battle and there's nothing he can do about it but accept it and let Rachel go. All he ever wanted was for Rachel to be happy and Brittany clearly makes her happy.
Today was the day Finn Hudson finally let go of Rachel Berry and he didn't even seem sad about it. Instead, he seemed really happy. You can't always get what you want, right? Yeah. But it's okay. He can live with it and he'll deal with life and love just fine.
A/N: I would love to read your thoughts on this particular chapter. Hope you guys liked this, it was really fun to write. Were you surprised with the dark!Rachel phase up there? Honestly, yeah, I was quite surprised. :O Were you surprised with the Brittberry goings on up there? Me, I'm not so surprised since I was quite anticipating this to happen already. Anyways, thanks for reading! :) I have one chapter left, so please stay tuned!