Steppin Out On Love ch. 7


Rachel's POV

When I woke up the next morning, I found myself oddly warm and unable to get up but then I remembered that I had fallen asleep at some point during the movie to find myself leaning against Quinn's front with Santana sprawled on top of me with her arms wrapped around my waist and her face buried into my chest. When I tried to untangled myself from the sleeping Latina, she only tighten her grip on my waist before snuggling deeper into my chest before muttering something intelligible making me giggle lightly.

"She likes to cuddle in her sleep"

I restrain myself from jumping when I feel Quinn's warm breath against my ear but I couldn't stop myself from shivering because I wasn't expecting to her to be awake at the moment.

"Are you cold?" Quinn asked curious.

"A little but I wasn't expecting you be awake right now and it seems like you're right about Santana cuddling in her sleep"

"Just don't tell her that. She'll just deny it" Quinn snorted.

"I don't see why. She can't help what she does in her sleep and it's not a bad thing" I said running my fingers through Santana's raven locks.

"Rachel, can I ask you something?"

"Yes, of course" I said looking up at her.

"Is Santana really staying here because her mom doesn't trust her. I know her mom and her mom never cared about San destroying the house when she goes out of town" Quinn said frowning.

"Yes Quinn, she's here because her mother's out of town. We discussed this last night. Does it bother you that she's here?" I asked furrowing my eyebrows together.

"It's just that I don't trust her that much because of how the both of us have treated you in the past. I'm just a little suspicious of why she's here because she's not one for having others tell her what to do and she's never been very fond of you" Quinn said running her hand through her hair.

"I understand your concern Quinn, and I appreciate it but it is unwarranted. I know that Santana hasn't been very fond of me but I think that people can change because you have trying to fix your past mistakes" I said taking her hand in my own. "If you can change then why can't she?"

"I guess but I've known Santana a lot longer than you have but I'm going to trust your judgment on this" Quinn said running her thumb lightly against my knuckles.

"Thank you for trusting on this but we better get up because these chairs can get a little uncomfortable after awhile"

"Right but you might have some trouble trying to untangle yourself from the sleeping dragon" Quinn said gesturing to Santana.

"Quinn, that's not nice" I said lightly slapping her on the arm.

Quinn just laughs as I tried to untangle myself from Santana but it was proving to be rather difficult as she was dead sleep with a death grip on me and every time I moved, she would mutter something under her breath without waking up. The head Cheerio decided to lend me a hand as she moves from behind me to the side of the couch next to the sleeping raven haried Cheerio then pinching her causing the sleeping girl to jolt violently before falling on the floor, hard.

"What the hell, Q?" Santana said glaring at Quinn.

"Rachel's been trying to wake you up for the last five minutes and I thought that I'd lend her a hand" Quinn said smirking.

"You know what, Fabray?" Santana said getting into Quinn's face.

"What's that, Lopez?" Quinn asked glaring at Santana.

"Girls, calm down" I said stepping in-between the two of them. "It's too early for the both of you to be fighting.

The two Cheerios continue to glare at each other for a moment before folding their arms over their chests like a couple of five years olds after not getting their way and I sigh to myself because that's what it feels like what I'm dealing with. I grabbed them both by the wrist, leading them into the kitchen before making them sit down at the table as I get to work on breakfast and I would discreetly look over my shoulder to see what they were doing and from I could tell them were having a secret conversation with their eyes.

I just hope that they just don't end up arguing again because I don't like it when they fight with each other and they're friends as the last thing that they should doing is fighting which is odd because I never know friends to fight as much as these two do. The two Cheerios butt heads a lot over the years that I've known them and I have come to expect it but still they shouldn't be fighting and arguing with each other this much to be healthy.

The only thing that they seem to agree on is that Finn is an idiot and wanting to keep me as far away from him as possible as I appreciate their newfound protectiveness over me, I don't think that my ex-boyfriend is truly a bad guy. Sure, he has some issues to work through but who doesn't as I'm not one to judge because I have my own issues to work through myself and maybe if I should talk to him to help him through those issues because he is an important part of my life. I finish making breakfast for the three of us, setting the plates in front of the cheerleaders when I hear the doorbell ring and I turn to open it to see that it's Finn standing behind it with his hands stuffed in his pockets with his cute dopey smile on his face.

"Hello Finn, what are you doing here?" I asked surprised.

"Hey Rachel, can we talk?"

"Sure of course, come in" I said stepping aside.

Finn walks into the house fully as I closed the door behind him, leading him into the living room because I don't want him to know that Quinn and Santana are here cause I don't know how the three will react to each other. The quarterback sits down on the down before looking at me, holding out his hand for me to take which I do as I sit down as he faces me fully then sighs audibly.

"Rachel, I am so, so sorry for the way that I've been acting lately. I know that I've been a complete jackass to you and I want you to know that I'm gonna find a way to make it up to you. Please say that you'll give another chance" Finn said pleadingly.

"Of course I'll forgive you, Finn" I said smiling.

"So we're together?" Finn asked grinning.

"No Finn, we're not getting back together" I said shaking my head.

"W-What?" Finn asked as his smile falters. "You don't want to get back together?"

"We'll be friends Finn but I don't think we're right for each other. Not anymore"

"What are you talking about, Rachel? Of course we're right for each other. Don't be stupid" Finn said frowning.

"I'm not stupid, Finn and I don't appreciate you insulting my intelligence" I said standing up.

"I'm getting real sick of this act" Finn said getting to his feet.

"What act are you talking about?" I asked crossing my arms.

"This whole I'm innocent and waiting until I'm 25 to have sex act. It's getting old real quick and I have needs that you're not fulfilling as my girlfriend. You haven't even let me under your shirt either" Finn said angrily. "The guys on the teams are starting to expect that I'm gay because I haven't been to get under your skirt. Do you know how that makes me look to them"

"It's not an act, Finn. I want to myself to someone that I love and loves me in return and I foolishly thought that was you but it wasn't. I thought that you respect mind, body and soul but I was wrong and I'm grateful that I didn't sleep with someone like you" I said glaring at him.

"I don't know why I spent some much time with someone as prudish as you because there's plenty of girls willingly to sleep with me. You're not even all that pretty" Finn scoffs "You were such a waste of my time and you weren't enough dating for two years. Two years that I had to listen to go on and on about your stupid dreams and for your information, Rachel. You're not gonna make it to New York because you're not as talented as you think that you are and you're be a Lima Loser like the rest of us"

Every word that came out of Finn's mouth cut me like a knife in my gut being twisted over and over again painfully as the tears threat to spill over because he's never said anything as hurtful as he has right now. I can't believe that the quarterback would be so hurtful and spiteful just because I wouldn't sleep with him and I thought that he cared about me but I was so wrong about him and I don't understand why he's being like this.

"Oh come off it Rachel, don't be such a spoiled bitch" Finn said rolling his eyes.

"Oh hell nah! I'm gonna kill him. I'm going to kill for murdering his Jolly Green Giant looking ass!"

Santana instantly marches into the living room with Quinn right behind and I can feel the rage radiating off of the both of them as Santana gets into Finn's face yelling in fast Spanish. The quarterback's back is against the wall as he look fearful for a moment before turning his gaze towards the head Cheerio then to me with a frown on his face before pushing past the raven haired Cheerio, towering over me.

"What the hell, Rachel? What the hell are they doing here?" Finn asked his face starts turning red.

" Get away from her, Hudson or else" Quinn said pushing Finn away from me.

"This is between me and Rachel. This has nothing to do with you, Quinn" Finn said glaring at her.

"Yes, it does because Rachel's my friend and I won't let you hurt her" Quinn said glaring at him.

"Yeah right, you're not friends because you've been nothing but a bitch to Rachel since forever" Finn said rolling his eyes.

"Even so but things change. People change but I don't have to explain myself to you"

"ANd you better get out of here before I go all Lima Heights on your pasty ass" Santana said cracking her knuckles.

"I'm not scared of you, Santana" Finn snorted.

"Oh you should be and I'm about to show you why" Santana said taking a step towards him.

"Stop Santana. Finn, I am going to have to ask you to leave my house and never come back" I said gesturing to the door.

"Whatever. When these two hurt again, don't come crying to me" Finn said huffing out of the door.

Once he was gone, I let out a shaky breath before sitting down on the couch, placing my face in my hands because I couldn't believe that I dated someone like Finn Hudson. I couldn't believe that I wanted to spend the rest of my life with him but I should've known that he was no good for me all the times in the past that Quinn and Kurt told me that I didn't need him in my life.

I can't believe that I wasted so much time on someone who thought I would sleep with without thinking about the consequences and doesn't truly believe me making it out of this town. This hurts so badly and I hate how much I wanted to please Finn or how much I tried to change myself to be the perfect girlfriend that he could be proud but it was all for not, making me feel even worse. I didn't even realize that I was crying until I feel someone wiping my cheek as I look into a pair of brown eyes to realize that Santana's kneeling in front of me.

"Don't cry, Shawty. He's not worth your tears" Santana said smiling slightly.

"It hurts, Santana. I thought that he was the one and now I don't have anyone" I said shaking my head.

"That's not true, Rachel" Quinn said kneel next to Santana.

"Yes it is, Quinn. Finn doesn't love me and I'm going to be alone now" I sobbed.

"We're not gonna let you be alone. You got me and Quinn and we're not gonna let that happen. Right Q?" Santana asked nudging Quinn.

"She's right, Rach" Quinn said taking my hand in hers. "It's only thing that the two of us are ever gonna agree on"

I giggle slightly as I wipe away my tears.

"Hold me?"

"Always" Quinn said smiling.

Quinn gets off of the couch and moves onto the couch with her arms wide open for me to crawl into which I do as she wraps her arms around my waist, protectively then I looked up at Santana expectantly. She shifts from one foot to another awkward as I grab her wrist, pulling on it so that she's sitting on the couch before wrapping her arm around me as I snuggled into the both of them.


~Nicole The Dragon Rider signing off

End of ch. 7