The room went silent as soon as the single gunshot went off.
Any bickering from the self proclaimed divas stopped, any gossip from the unholy trinity went to an abrupt holt. It was almost as if some mute button had been pressed to shut everyone up.
Just seconds later another gunshot was heard and everyone found them selves scrambling for safety underneath a table, against a wall, pretty much anything that could keep them even remotely safe.
Once Finn had himself situated he instinctively reached his arm to his right to pull his small girlfriend against him only to realize that she wasn't there.
Oh shit, she was still in the bathroom.
Finn stood up and made his way to the door only to have his shirt yanked back by Mr. Shue.
"What are you doing? Sit down!" Mr. Shue frustratedly whisper yelled at Finn.
Finn shook his head. "I can't, Rachel's still in the bathroom I need to make sure she's okay. Mr. Shue please just let me go." Finn pleaded desperately with Mr. Shue trying to pull out of his grasp.
"Finn, I'm sure Rachel's fine, she can take care of herself, now you need to take care of yourself by not making yourself an easy target for whoever or whatever is out there!" Mr. Shue explained as calmly as he could lightly pushing Finn back over to where he was hiding before.
He sat down next to Quinn who comfortingly rubbed his back. "Finn, Rachel's a smart girl I'm sure she'll be okay."
Finn put his head in his hands trying to hide the tears that were threatening to come out. "What if she's not? I can't leave things the way they were when she left. It's all my fault she's in the bathroom too. God I'm such an idiot!" Finn proclaimed slamming his head against the lockers behind him earning a stern look from Mr. Shue.
Finn ignored the groups comforting and pity glares as he thought about what happened just ten minutes ago causing her to leave the room.
*Ten minutes earlier*
"Finn you need to begin being serious about your future and start applying to colleges in New York." Rachel urged from next to Finn trying to show him different brochures and pamphlets for schools in New York.
"Rachel, what if I don't want to go to New York? What if I'm just destined for a life of failure as a Lima loser?" Finn snapped a little harsher than he meant to causing her to shrink down in her seat a little bit.
"I'm sorry, I was just trying to help you, and by the way, you need to cut this 'i'm gonna be a Lima loser' crap. You could do great things in New York, I know you can!" Rachel urged trying to be supportive.
Santana rolled her eyes from the back row. "God Berry could you be any more annoying? Why are you pressuring this whole New York thing when you don't even know if you'll make it there yourself? Fact is you most likely won't."
Rachel tried to ignore Santana and turned to Finn. "Aren't you going to defend me? You are my fiancé after all." Rachel whispered agitatedly so that Santana wouldn't hear.
"Well Rach, she kinda has a point, I mean you don't even know for sure that you'll be going to NYADA or even any other school in New York. Why can't we look at other schools?" Finn shrugged.
Rachel winced at the words 'Santana has a point' as soon as they came out of his mouth. She knew that he didn't mean to hurt her and bring back those awful memories from Britney week last year when Santana made fun of her clothes but it still stung a little.
"Finn you knew from the moment that we got back together this year that I was headed for New York."
Finn sighed. "Yeah and you knew that I was most likely destined to stay in Ohio and go to OSU or some community college."
Rachel groaned. "Why must you always tear yourself down?"
Santana scoffed from the back once again adding one of her comments. "He's just being realistic, which is something that you should probably do too."
Rachel turned to look at Finn finding him avoiding eye contact glancing at the floor.
"Excuse me." Rachel muttered softly as she bolted out of her seat and ran out the door.
Finn didn't think much of this, since they had been having the same fight for months. h He figured she'd get back, they'd talk things over and make up.
*Present Time*
The more Finn thought of it the angrier he got with himself. Why couldn't he just agree and cooperate with her?
He had dreams, real ones too he just didn't have the self esteem to get him there, and that's where Rachel comes in.
He couldn't lose her, he just couldn't. She was the best thing about him and his ticket out of this town and he wasn't going to let her slip through his fingers so quickly.
He stood up again making a much firmer approach to the door once again being stopped.
"Finn sit down." Mr. Shue said in an almost bored tone.
Finn stood his ground. "No, I'm not just going to sit there while the woman I love is in danger. What if this was Miss. Pillsbury? How would you feel if something happened to her and you know you could have done something to save her but you didn't even try?"
Mr. Shue sighed as he thought about it. He knew Finn had a point and he most likely wouldn't be just sitting here now if he didn't know that Emma was safe.
After a minute of thought the older man uttered one word. "Go."
Finn's eyes widened in surprise. "What?"
"Go get your girl! Just be safe I don't want to of my best students getting hurt." Mr. Shue warned.
Finn not wasting any time ran for the door stumbling over his feet a little with his excitedness.
He felt a little weird as he walked into the girls bathroom as he had never been in there before but quickly got over it as he remembered why he was there.
He could hear slight movement on the other side of the door and he quietly peeped out her name. "Rachel?"
The door swung open immediately as he said her name and the small girl flung herself into Finn's arms.
"Finn!" Rachel squealed quietly as the taller boy hugged her tightly.
After a moment of reconciliation. Finn quietly began leading her back to the choir room managing to get there safely.
As soon as he got back to his seat he pulled her into his body like he had been planning to do before.
"Finn I'm so sorry." Rachel shakily mumbled into his chest.
"Why?" Finn whispered back confused as he rubbed circles on her back.
"I shouldn't be forcing you to compromise for what I want. We're going to be a team and we need to make this decision together."
Finn took a deep breath. "Rachel I was thinking, and I decided that I want to go to New York with you."
Rachel pulled her head up from his chest. "Really? Finn you don't have to if you don't-."
Finn cut her off. "No I want to. After feeling so close to losing you I decided that New York may not be so bad if I don't have to lose you."
Rachel smiled softly as much as she could given the current situation.
Finn would do anything to get to see that smile. Which was exactly why he couldn't or rather wouldn't lose her.
A/N: I'm not sure if I did this episode justice given the intenseness of this scene and episode. But I hope the person who requested it still liked it along with the rest of you who don't completely despise Finchel. Keep requesting please!
