"Don't let them get you down babe. You've already told them that Finn is wasting his time. And for the record, Quinn is wasting her time too. I only want you." Sam soothed at the end of the day. After we had heard the conversation between Quinn and Finn, we'd both gone back to our lessons and I had tried to not let what they'd both said get to me. At the end of the day, when I'd met up with him again, he'd noticed how uptight I was so he immediately enveloped me into his arms.

"Let me take you home. I don't want you walking home today." he begged.

"Can you take me to Kurt's? I'd rather just go straight there since my parents aren't home and Brittany and Santana will be there in a couple of hours too. Just let me go home and get some stuff for the night and then can you take me to his house?" I asked.

"Ok." he nodded simply and I got into his car.

It didn't take long for him to take to my house and then back to Kurt's. "Thank you." I said when we pulled up in front of Kurt's.

"I'll see you tomorrow at school. I'll be at Puck's if you need me." he gave me a kiss and I got out of the car.


It was three hours later, Santana and Brittany had turned up a little while ago and I had filled them both in on the conversation I'd overheard from Quinn and Finn. To say they were outraged was an understatement. Santana screaming in Spanish, Brittany muttering incessantly under her breath and Kurt vowing that he was going to kill them both came out of all their mouths very quickly.

"Who the hell does she think he is?" Kurt said furiously, referring to Finn.

"Yes I know, but Sammy was there to put them in their place. Again. This is why he's so much better for me than Finn. He's always defending me. It doesn't matter that I'm not as pretty as Quinn and even as pretty as Santana and Brittany." I then pointed to them both. "And it doesn't matter that I'm not popular either. Sam is always there to defend me." I gushed happily. "Why couldn't Finn be like that?" I asked platonically.

"He's a douche." Santana said simply, shrugging. I couldn't help but giggle at how nonchalantly she had answered.

"Santana." I scolded but I had a small smirk playing on my lips.

"That would be more convincing if you weren't trying to hold in a laugh." Brittany said, he face totally deadpan.

"Come on then girlies, time for movies and the makeover's you promised us." Kurt said enthusiastically.

"No musicals though." Santana reminded us sternly.

"We've already done the musical thing before you both got here. There's going to be no musicals." I sighed. "We've got movies that we're all going to enjoy." I promised, getting 'Magic Mike', 'Life As We Know It' and Disney movies, from my bag.

We spent the rest of the evening watching movies and pampering ourselves with face masks, bottles of nail varnish and other make up. Kurt had also brought and made snacks for the night, including brownies, popcorn, cake pops and potato chips. It gave us a good excuse to gorge ourselves for the night.


"What are we going to do about Finn then? He clearly needs some help getting the message." Santana said when all the movies had finished and we were setting up our sleeping bags for the night.

"We're not going to do anything to him. I'm going to ignore him. That's what I've been the whole time and I'm going to continue doing that." I told her.

"That's boring Rache, you need to do something to show him you're not going to be pushed around." she urged.

"I'm not planning on doing anything Santana. He'll get the message eventually. Discussion over." I said finally, crossing my arms over my chest. I glared at her, daring her to say something else. She seemed to get the message because she put her hands up in defence.

"Whoever wants to use the bathroom, it's free." Kurt said, coming out of his en-suite.

"Me!" I shouted first and made a run for the bathroom.


"Why isn't Finn here today?" I asked Kurt as we both laid in bed that night.

"I threatened him to spend time away from the house. You don't need the aggravation and I'm pretty sure Santana would rip his dick off if she saw him after what he and Quinn said." Kurt chuckled.

"Hmm, yeah probably." I muttered. "That is something I would like to see though." I said, starting to giggle.

"Santana is always a laugh when she gets going," Kurt agreed. "he won't be back till after school tomorrow. I'm sleepy. Night diva." he said, turned away from me and within five minutes, he was snoring softly.

I couldn't sleep though. What had happened during the day was still on my mind. There was no doubt in my mind about what I'd said to him - I was never going to go back to him, he broke my heart - but why, after hurting me so bad, was he so interested in trying to get me back again. What was he playing at?


I went through my usual routine the next morning before anyone got up and when everyone did, I had breakfast for the three of them ready and waiting. I'd made pancakes with maple syrup and strawberries.

"Oh my God Berry, what have you done?" Santana exclaimed as she came down the stairs. She had a massive grin on her face as if all her Christmases had come at once.

"I just thought I'd make my best friends some breakfast." I said smiling happily at her. She came round the kitchen counters and gave me a massive hug. "Santana," I laughed. "It's only breakfast."

"I agree, it's not just breakfast. You made pancakes!" Brittany said, getting all excited. She immediately sat down, grabbed a plate and put a pancake on her plate. She then proceeded to cover it in maple syrup and strawberries.

"Wow, Britts hungry." Kurt laughed as he walked down the stairs, not as excited by the breakfast as Santana and Brittany were. "Rachel makes the most amazing breakfasts. You'll love it." Kurt commented, digging into the pancakes too.

"How did you manage to get all of this done?" Santana asked.

"I wake up much earlier that all of you do. I have a precise routine that I have to go through before I get ready and this means that I have to get up at least two hours before everyone else. This means that I have the time to exercise and do yoga, I am able to moisturise, soak my face in an ice bath and have a proper shower, wash my hair, dry it and get dressed and properly accessorised. And I still have time to make a satisfying but nourishing breakfast to start me off for the day."

"She's a machine." Santana whispered to Brittany. Kurt tried to hold in a laugh but he wasn't quite successful.

"Is she?" Brittany asked confused. Kurt raised his eyebrow. Santana just brushed him off.

"Aren't you going to eat anything?" Santana asked.

"No." I said simply. "I made it for all of you. I have a smoothie." I said, holding it up in demonstration.

"B, you have to have at least some of it. You made it." Santana said.

"It's ok."

"Rachel feels that the carbs will ruin her singing voice so she doesn't eat them in the morning before school on the days we have glee and she won't eat them if there is a performance coming up." Kurt said in a bored voice as way of explanation.

"Besides I didn't make a vegan recipe so I can't eat them." I added, finishing the last of my banana and strawberry smoothie.

Just as Kurt was about to open his mouth again, the door opened. We all looked towards the door, wondering who it could be, and then Finn walked in.

"Finn!" Kurt instantly shouted. "I told you to be gone from the house for 24 hours!"

"Kurt, I needed to get some clothes."

"Why are you so stupid that you didn't take any with you last night?" Kurt muttered.

"Just get off my back." he then started for the stairs and I was starting to think he'd missed me being there. I seemed to jinx it though, because he saw me before he'd even stepped on one step. "Rache?" As soon as said my name, I could feel the tear prick my eyes. Kurt and Santana both noticed and glared at Finn. I swear I could hear them snarling.

"Just keep walking." Santana bit out. He ignored her and continued to walk towards me.

"Rachel, can you talk to me?" he asked when he was stood in front of me.

"No, Finn. I think we're done talking. I am anyway."

"Please Rachel, we need to talk about what you heard yesterday!" he begged.

"No we don't. I heard all you had to say yesterday." I spit through my teeth.

"You might not have anything to say, but I still do." he said, getting angry.

"Tough. I don't want to hear it." I said, getting angry too.

"You know you really are a bitch do you know that!" he shouted at me.

I saw out of the corner of my eye Santana getting angry. She was about to advance on Finn but Brittany held her back. Finn started to back away. "You know, I was thinking the same thing about you." I shouted back. "Can we go to school now?" I turned to Kurt.

"Yeah, I think we should leave now. It's getting kind of hard to keep hold of Santana." Brittany said, clearly struggling. Kurt nodded and we left without another word. Brittany had to practically drag Santana out the door.


I don't own Glee. R&R