A/N:

SONG: Down

BY: Jason Walker

Finn

Quinn and Finn

~``~``~``~ Finn ~``~``~``~

I felt great. I felt this wonderful rush of new feelings. I closed the door to my truck and slung my backpack over my shoulder and sighed at the beautiful scene ahead of me. For some reason the school yard looked bright, cheerful and full of potential. This feeling of pure joy was from the cause of yesterdays events. I'd made things right with almost everyone again. I was back in glee and I didn't cry when I saw Quinn and I didn't feel extremely violent when I looked at Puck. The main cause of all this, Kurt Hummel.

Kurt Hummel was the light at the end of the long dark tunnel I'd just gone through. He'd helped me when I was really down about stuff and he was always there for me. Then, I finally got the chance to repay him. I was finally able to feel like he felt. Sure, I still kinda caught myself looking at some of the girls but I found that since sectionals I'd basically been revolving around Kurt.

The night after sectionals I'd driven Kurt home, not wanting him to walk home in the dark. We hadn't kissed again. I didn't think it'd be appropriate right outside his house. Besides he looked uncomfortable enough. Sure, later on I'd called and hung up a few times, not really thinking about what I had to say before calling. Then, when I did think about what I wanted to say it was lost the moment he answered the phone.

Anyways, today was going great. Nothing bad had happened yet. Well, I guess I spoke too soon if the gasp from behind me and the sounds of liquid hitting the floor were anything to go by. I turned quickly to see, about halfway down the hall, Rachel, Mercedes and Kurt, all covered in a bluish liquid of syrup and ice chips. Rachel's mouth hung open and Mercedes was going off on the person walking away from them while Kurt wiped his eyes and flung his hands around to try getting off some of the slushy. Just as I made my move towards them, Mercedes tugged on Kurt's arm and they all headed for the girls bathroom.

I wondered how Kurt could just go in there all confident. Plus the girls didn't seem to mind if he was in there. In fact, they more seemed to welcome him. It was a whole different story when I accidentally walked into the wrong bathroom. I had been met with shrieks, shouts and things being thrown at me. I knew Kurt was in good hands though so I didn't worry too much.

I passed him a couple times in the hall, but I wasn't sure if he'd seen me or not. All day I'd been given official welcome back's by the members of the glee club. I hadn't been faced with any slushies of my own today and I got a 'C' on my math test! Things were looking really good today.

At lunch I rushed to put my books in my locker and hurried to the cafeteria. Kurt was talking to Mercedes with an angered expression on his face. She also had one n hers but I kinda thought Kurt looked scarier. I went over to them, hoping to sort of smooth out whatever was going on. Just as I got over to them, she scoffed and walked away from us.

"Hey, what's going on?" Kurt turned his glare onto me.

"Nothing." I was confused as he stomped away. I walked after him, just looking down at him until he decided to talk. "Fine. It's just been a really bad day so far. I got slushied when I first walked in, I forgot some homework at home and got that disappointed in you look from my teacher, Mr. Schue said that he wanted to 'talk to me' and now Mercedes is all mad at me for something I didn't even do." I didn't know what to say about half of that stuff so I just decided that as the new relationship carrier (not really sure if I should call him a…boyfriend just yet), I decided to do the comforting thing.

"Follow me." He looked confused and I just smirked down at him.

I led him all the way across the cafeteria to the bathrooms. He looked at me like I was insane. I was guessing he felt kinda uncomfortable entering the boy's bathroom. He probably always used the girls. As soon as we were out of the sight of others I pulled him into a hug. I was a lot taller than him but he was still a tiny bit taller than Quinn so it worked. I guess he sort of melted after that because he sunk into the embrace and I could actually feel his body going all relaxed.

I pulled away slightly and bent to place a soft kiss on his lips. Kurt had a very distinct taste that I couldn't quite put my finger on but I knew it was way better than any girl I'd ever kissed. I pulled away and saw his eyes wide. I smiled at his reaction.

"Sorry. I-I guess I'm just not to it. Being kissed I mean." He tried to cover up for it.

"No, No! It's cute, it's not bad. You'll just need some time is all." He smiled now, for the first time I'd seen all day.

"Thanks, Finn. I fell a lot better now." I blushed a little bit. I had gotten Kurt to feel better after a bad day, me, I was sure I was the one could most certainly couldn't get him out of one of his drama moods. Many others have tried, many others have failed.

The rest of lunch was a lot better. Kurt made up with Mercedes just about the second we walked out of the bathroom, we got a really good lunch, Tina told him she'd found a way to get the slushy out of his shirt and he found his missing homework. It was kinda sad that we had to part early since he wanted to turn in the homework, but I had him for the class after next so it wasn't too bad. My life just got a lot better and it was all thanks to Kurt.

~``~``~``~ Quinn ~``~``~``~

Life sucked. I absolutely hated the way I'm living. Since sectionals yesterday I'd been in kind of a daze. It was evident that Finn had moved on from the whole baby situation. He had his hands all over Rachel at the performance and he kept looking over at his new best friend, Kurt. It seemed as though Puck and I had been long gone replaced. It also didn't help that no matter what I did it seemed that he was always there in my line of view today, just living his new life.

I hadn't really focused on anything all day. It was like my body was in auto-pilot. I moved and did the things I was supposed to but I didn't really even think about them and some times I didn't even remember doing them. Puck had been kind of worried about me all day. I had told him that I wanted to do this on my own though. I honestly couldn't handle anything else going on in my life right now.

Little baby-no-named-drizzle was starting to make me want to rip out my own hair. My baby bump really wasn't that big just yet but I felt like a hot air balloon already. I felt so tired all the time and getting morning sickness in class really wasn't the best thing in the world, considered it was usually followed by whispers from all the other students in the class. I mean, sheesh, it wasn't like I was the first ever teen pregnancy to walk the school halls.

"Here, let me take that." I guessed I sort of smiled at Puck though I really couldn't tell. I handed him my bag.

We were on our way back form sixth period, on our way to seventh, Spanish…with Finn. I was glad that Puck took my bag, it really weighed me down sometimes. I looked up to him. Puck was a great guy. Sure, he was hard on the outside and really didn't seem to care for anyone but himself but on the inside he did care. He loved and felt pain just like everyone else. I'd know, I'd see it.

When he brought me to his house for the first time and he had to tell him mom what was going on, she got really mad. I mean, she sent his little sister out of the room and had started to shout and throw things and cry. Obviously seeing his mom that upset was pure pain for him. I listened to him cry alone in the bathroom later that night. He'd never admit it but he really did get hurt just as badly as everyone else. I swore I was only staying at their house until I could find a place of my own but it was no use, his mom was terribly angry with me.

Puck handed me back my bag as he went to sit across the room. I sat down across from Brittany and Santana who were texting and giggling at the same time. I briefly wondered if something else was happening between them. Yeah, they were best friends and sure, they'd used each other to 'experiment' once but now that I was off the cheerios they didn't tell me anything. It was very possible that they were an official couple by now. I hadn't seen either of them with anyone lately so it was a very good possibility.

Just then, Finn walked through the door. He was smiling and looked like he'd just finished chuckling about something. His cheeks took on that look of 'I haven't breathed in a while I was laugh too hard'. I let a smile creep onto my face but it fell instantly when Kurt walked in after Finn, also smiling. The small Gay-lord practically danced to his seat, Finn following directly after him. I looked to Puck. He had noticed them too but he seemed to be trying very hard to ignore them. Kurt was his replacement, just as Rachel seemed to be mine. Puck used to be Finn's best friend but now he was constantly with the little munchkin. I sighed sympathetically for him and focused on Mr. Schue, who had come in and passed out a work sheet.

~``~``~``~ Finn ~``~``~``~

Crap. I really hated Spanish. Almost as much as I hated Math or English or History or…yeah so basically I hated school. I didn't understand anything that was going on, especially since Mr. Schue seemed to be talking really fast and didn't give me a chance to catch up with him. Kurt must've noticed how nervous I looked because he let his hand rest on my arm just above the wrist. He quickly removed it though, as not to cause a scene. Though I already felt better about this, I took a deep breath and tried to concentrate. I made out a few words that Mr. Schue was saying including worksheet, write, true or false and for some reason the word ice cream showed up in his little speech, though I could have misheard that last one.

I watched in awe as Kurt had his finished in under seven minuets. He rolled his eyes at me and started pointing the way towards the answers. The bell just rung as we finished on mine. I grinned, happy that I finally finished one of these things. Mr. Schue followed behind us out of his classroom. There was no glee club today so he said he was going to leave a bit sooner than he usually would.

"Hey, let's practice in the auditorium!" Kurt announced, practically bouncing up and down. How could I say no to a face like that?

~``~``~``~ Quinn ~``~``~``~

I was the first to leave class, wanting to avoid the herd of students. I couldn't quite go home yet since Puck was my ride and he was cleaning out his football locker with the other guys on the team. So instead of just wondering around I found myself in the auditorium. I basically fell onto the piano with the weight of the world. I let my bag fall beside me and I rest my head against the piano's cool surface. My fingers wondered over the keys, wondering how this was usually played. I guessed you had to have really long fingers.

The calm silence was cut short as I heard the doors open. I shot up right and saw Finn and Kurt walk through them. I sighed and stood, knowing that they'd probably come here to practice. Finn was frozen for a few seconds, looking directly at me. He turned sharply and headed for the doors, being stopped by Kurt. I couldn't hear what they were saying but it must've been very exhausting seeing as they were making wild hand gestures. Finally it ended with Kurt's hands on his hips. He pointed slightly towards me and turned to leave. Finn seemed to sigh at that moment and headed straight for me.

"Hey." He didn't go up the stair but instead jumped up on stage from where the crowd would sit to watch.

"Hey." I gave lowly, hopping that I wasn't imagining this. "I wasn't interrupting, was I? Because I can go. Kurt didn't have to-"

"No, it's cool." His voice cracked a little and he didn't look me in the eye. Instead he just sat down on the piano bench next to me. I watched curiously as his index finger traced over each key, slightly pushing them every other key. That's when I felt like I had to apologize.

"I'm so sorry, Finn. About everything." He took in a breath and I saw him grit his teeth. "It was stupid not to tell you and I should have been more honest with you and I should have told Puck to F-off and I shouldn't have cheated in the first place and-" But he put my babbling to an end.

"I'm not mad at you." I blinked up at him. He just shook his head and pressed a few more keys, letting the sound they made fill in for the silence that had lingered.

"You're not?" he shook his head again and looked at me for the first time. I got lost in his eyes all over again. They were the ones I knew and loved. They were the cold, hard, stressed out ones. They were the calm warm and love filled ones that made me fall for him the first time. I smiled a bit and felt a tear run down my cheeks. I decided not to question it but just to move on there. "What's this?" I asked, addressing the sheet music in his hand. "Down?" He nodded. I was quite surprised when he started to sing it.

I don't know where I'm at

I'm standing at the back

And I'm tired of waiting

Waiting here in line

Hoping that I'll find

What I've been chasing.

He had a beautiful voice. I can't believe I ever tried to get him to quit glee club. It was obvious he belonged here. It had become a great passion for all of us that had joined in. I couldn't have been more happy where I was right now. Sure I may be carrying Puck's demon child but right here, on this bench, Finn was singing, right to me. With a look that I knew meant he still cared even after all that had happened. That's what made me happy again. I loved Finn, I really loved him and would probably never get over him completely.

I shot for the sky

I'm stuck on the ground

So why do I try

I know I'm gonna fall down

I pulled the music closer to me as I joined him in singing. After all, it was a duet for a boy and girl. It was a beautiful song and fit the past events between us nicely. Finn and I used to be on top of the world but it was all just a lie that we'd made our selves believe. It really wasn't a surprise that everything had to finally fall apart and bring us into reality. We were never the perfect popular people in school. It was just an illusion we put up to try to get us through high school.

I thought I could fly

So why did I drown

I'll never know why

It's coming down, down, down

Finn looked right at me and I looked right at him. I could feel the connection running through our veins. It was like a familiar spark. I could feel the love coming back between both of us. Our bond was finally getting stronger again and being glued back together. It had been long enough that Finn was mad at me. I needed him and it was quite obvious by the way he was looking at me that he still needed me too.

Not ready to let go

Cause then I'd never know

What I could be missing

But I'm missing way too much

So when do I give up

What I've been wishing for

~``~``~``~ Finn ~``~``~``~

Quinn and I had long ago gotten up and were full on singing like we were actually performing. I didn't care if there was no music, I could hear it in my head and we made the most beautiful sounds in the world together. Quinn and I. That item that had been a long time in the coming. I completely drowned out the rest of the world and focused of Quinn's beautiful face. Her blonde ringlets framed her face beautifully, bringing out her eyes. They were shining like little diamonds and I couldn't look away.

I shot for the sky

I'm stuck on the ground

So why do I try

I know I'm gonna fall down.

I thought I could fly

So why did I drown

I'll never know why

It's coming down, down, down

She was all I needed. I had decided long ago that I loved Quinn and I could still feel that right now. She was all I needed. I had to do something so that this moment would last forever. She was all I needed. I could propose right now and we could live happily ever after together. She was all I needed. I could tell her that I loved her, that I wanted her back and we could just ditch this town, just the tow of us and be gone forever. She was all I needed and I could be all that she needed. I love Quinn she was my other half. I love her.

Oh I am going

Down, down, down

~``~``~``~ Kurt ~``~``~``~

Oh, god! I had just wanted a small look at how things were going. I didn't expect them to start singing the song I'd specifically chosen for Finn and I to sing together. I just wanted him and her to make up, after all it really wasn't her fault. She'd said that Puck got her drunk and that's how it happened. Quinn was actually really nice. I needed to know that everything could be cleared up between them before Finn and I could really start to be together. Yes, Sectionals was amazing but it wasn't official. Great, Kurt, way to go, just push them closer together, again! The bright side was that they were amazing singers, but the way they were looking at each other had me regretting ever letting him go in alone.

Can't find another way around

And I don't wanna hear the sound

Of loosing what I'd never found

That's when the reality of everything hit me. I was a second choice. I'd always be a second choice. Hell, it was just like Rachel had said. I was the second choice and she was just the one there that if she happened to bat an eyelash at Finn and Quinn had declined him, he'd be right on her as if no one else was around. In fact, any girl could do that and I'd always be next in line, never moving forward. This whole thing that happened between us was just a waste of time. I knew it wasn't going anywhere. Especially at this rate. He and Quinn were probably going to forgive each other and get back together. Ugh, girls!

~``~``~``~ Finn ~``~``~``~

I shot for the sky

I'm stuck on the ground

So why do I try

I know I'm gonna fall down

I thought I could fly

So why did I drown

I'll never know why

It's coming down, down, down

She was so amazing. How could anyone ever try to hurt her? I'd completely forgotten why I was mad in the first place now that we were here. I held her in my arms, just like old times. I needed her more than I needed the air to breathe.

I shot for the sky

I'm stuck on the ground

So why do I try

I know I'm gonna fall down

I though I could fly

So why did I drown

Oh, it's coming down, down, down

Just then, as the music ended and the swaying of hips stopped, everything came rushing back to me. No! I didn't love Quinn anymore. I-I needed Kurt. I'd wanted and needed Kurt now, not Quinn. I released the small blonde girl and shook slightly. Did I just consider asking Quinn to run away with me and marry me? No, that's not how this was supposed to go. She was a reject, the big gone out of my life. I had to focus on Kurt now.

"Finn?" She looked at me concerned. My eyes widened as I took in everything that just happened. No, no, no! I wanted Quinn to be my friend again, yes, but I didn't love her anymore!

"Sorry, Quinn, I-I gotta go. I'll see you tomorrow at rehearsals, right." She smiled and nodded. I leaned down and placed a kiss on her cheek. No, Dammit! That was bad! I took off towards the doors, needing to get away from there as fast as I could. I needed to see Kurt.

I found him leaning against a wall of lockers, looking rather upset, or maybe it was just that he was deep in thought. I moved forward and got his attention from the sounds of my footsteps. He looked like he wanted to speak but I cut him off. Now was not the time. I pulled him close and let my lips find his. It was still innocent and sweet and short, but it was enough to give me another one of those random jolts I never felt with anyone else. I pulled away but still kept him in an embrace for a minuet.

"So you and Quinn are good?" He asks, snuggling awkwardly into my side. I gave a hum but didn't say anything more. "Um, Finn, I should probably be getting home." I chuckled lightly and we started walking to the parking lot, him tucked under my arm protectively. This was good…it had to be good.

A/N:

I just love this song because the person (Jason walker) actually sounds like Finn so it's very easy to imagine him singing it. Let me know what you guys thought.