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Chapter 9: Locked Hearts & Hand Grenades
Finn groaned looking down at the tray in front of him, the tray of breakfood: toast, scrambled eggs, in front of him looked hardly edible. Finn picked up some of the eggs with his fork, the eggs appeared soupy and practically just a pile of mush. He picked up the toast, it hardly had butter and felt hard as a brick. He looked over at the door as he heard the door opening, a small smile formed across his lips as he seen Rachel walk in.
"Hey" Rachel greeted him with a smile. "Did you sleep okay last night" she asked as she set her purse down on the bed and took off her coat.
"Actually slept pretty well" Finn replied, a small smile forming across his lips. "How about you"?
"Pretty good" Rachel smiled. "How's your breakfast" she asked.
Finn looked down at his breakfast on the tray in front of him "Doesn't look edible" he pushed the cart away.
Rachel chuckled "Well then you are going to love me for this" she opened her purse up and pulled a take out bag out. "Just a few of those breakfast sandwiches you love" she smiled as she walked over to his bed, handing him the bed.
Finn's eyes lit up like a kid on Christmas morning. "Real food" he smiled, taking the bag from her. "Thank you, Rach. You don't know how much this means to me" he said looking at her before opening the bag and pulling out a breakfast sandwich.
Rachel laughed at how his face lit up over food. "So have you seen the doctor yet" she asked, sitting down in the chair beside his bed.
Finn nodded as he took a bite out of the sandwich. "He said a few more days then I can leave this place".
"I know you just got shot and everything but a few more days" Rachel sighed, feeling a bit down Finn had to spend a few more days in this god-forsaken place. She knew he hated hospitals just as much as she hated them.
"Something about keeping an eye out for any infections" Finn mumbled with a mouth full of food.
Rachel couldn't help but chuckle watching Finn eating the sandwich. "Finn, slow down there's one more in there" she told him rolling her eyes.
"I'm sorry I'm hungry. The food here just isn't edible" Finn placed his sandwich on the table and picked up the toast on his place "They must want me to knock out a tooth or something" he said hitting the toast against the table and it didn't even break.
"Ugh. How can they give that to people here" Rachel said in disgust. The hospital could of at least gave all these patients some edible food.
"The food here is disgusting" Finn said tossing the toast back onto the plate and resume eating his sandwich. "You seen what I had last night, steak and mashed potatoes. It looked like..." he began to say but was quickly interrupted by Rachel.
"I know, I know" Rachel snickered, interrupting him before he could finish that sentence.
"They took the pain pump out of my chest this morning" Finn said pulling down the top of his shirt down and showing her a bandage placed over the wound on the right side of his chest. "They are gonna stitch it up later. They stitched the inner layer of skin up during the surgery, I guess".
Rachel nodded "That's not bad". She looked down, still upset over this happening.
Finn knew something was wrong right there when he seen her look down. "What's wrong" he asked. "Tell me" Finn added.
"I just can't..." Rachel sighed clearly frustrated by why this happened. Why did Brody have to bring a gun into this? "I'm sorry this happened to you. If anything it should be in this bed". She hated how Finn was hearing in this bed, suffering from a gun shot wound by her non-exclusive now ex-boyfriend and now ex-roommate Brody.
"Hey. Take that back right now" Finn suddenly snapped hearing her just say what she said. It made him made that she would even think that.
Rachel looked up at Finn, never seeing him snap like that before, especially at her.
"Come here, please" Finn pushed the table away, holding his arms out to her.
Rachel stood up from her chair and sat on the bed beside Finn.
"I'm sorry for snapping at you like that" Finn said wrapping his arms around her. "I don't wanna you hear say though. Do you know I would never be able to forgive myself if I didn't do anything and this happened to you. I wouldn't be able to live with myself if you were lying in this bed".
"How do you think I feel seeing you laying here, cooped up in this hospital" Rachel mumbled, her head resting on his shoulder, wrapping her arms around him. "Especially since i'm the reason this happened"
Finn slowly pulled away, cupping her face, softly caressing her cheek. "I'm alright though, I'm going to be fine" he assured her. "And this isn't your fault. This is his fault, Rach. Not yours. He's been threatened by me since before I found out his secret". He laid back against the bed.
Rachel laid back with him, her head now resting on the left side of his chest. "Kurt and Santana helped me burn his stuff last night. I didn't want to see his stuff laying around the apartment anymore".
Finn's eyes widen, he chuckled not believing what he heard "You burned his stuff" he asked, wanting to be sure he had heard right.
Rachel nodded "Yep. It felt so good" she giggled.
"I didn't know you had a dark side, Rach" Finn laughed, joking with her.
"Well when it comes to you and my friends, you bet I do. He messed with the wrong one" Rachel said. "It was Santana's idea but once she told me, I loved the idea" she chuckled.
"It's not like he'll need it anyway" Finn added with a chuckle.
Rachel looked up at Finn, her eyes on his. "So I was thinking maybe I could stay here tonight. We'll let your mom go back to the hotel and have some down time" she suggested, hoping he would go for the idea.
"I'd like that" Finn smiled. "It'll give us a chance to talk more".
Rachel nodded "Yeah that's what I was thinking" she smiled. "I have so much I wanna tell you still, I couldn't last night because somebody..." she said making it obvious it was him to fall asleep first "Fell asleep on me".
"No, you fell asleep on me" Finn said.
"It wasn't me" Rachel said rolling her eyes. "I'm pretty sure it was you".
Neither of them really knew who fell asleep first.
"It was you" Finn said.
"Whatever" Rachel deadpanned, followed by a giggle.
Finn chuckled. They were both relieved they were talking again, that they were comfortable being around each other and that there was now awkwardness between them.
Rachel's eyes gazed into his, Finn's eyes gazing in hers. They both slowly moved in closer, their lips just inches away from each other. It was like a force was pulling them closer together, both could feel the hot breath of the other hitting their lips, just as their lips were about to touch, Finn pulled away.
"I'm sorry" Finn sighed, looking away.
Rachel looked down, a bit disappointed he had pulled away but she knew the reason why he did. She reached over gently turning his face to her, their eyes on each other. "Don't be. It's ok".
"I just...I want to I just..." Finn stammered, looking down.
"Finn, you already explained it to me. I understand" Rachel told him, cupping his face, bringing his eyes back up to hers. "I already told you, I'm gonna wait until you can trust yourself again. I'm not going anywhere" she said, a small smile across her lips.
Finn's dorky smile spread across his lips "Thanks, Rach".
Rachel grinned, shaking her head.
"What" Finn asked as he noticed her grin drew across her lips.
"Nothing" Rachel shook her head. "I just love that dorky smile of yours".
Finn chuckled.
"I did enjoy our talk last night" Rachel smiled. "It's nice to be able to talk with you about stuff like that".
Finn smiled with nod "I did too".
"I'm still trying to wrap my mind around Finn Hudson actually loving New York" Rachel said still amazed that he admitted he may have misjudged it when he was here the last time.
Finn shrugged "I wasn't really in my right mind the last time I was here, everything that happened over the summer".
"I know" Rachel nodded, she understood why he was like that after he explained everything over the phone last night to her.
"I was thinking may..." Finn stopped as his eyes moved off Rachel when he heard the door opening.
"Can we come in" Will Schuester asked sticking his head inside as he seen Finn and Rachel sitting there on the bed.
Rachel looked over her shoulder as she seen who it was.
"Of course, come on in" Finn told them.
Will came inside.
Rachel stood up from the bed. "How are you, Mr. Schue" she walked over greeting her former Glee teacher with a hug.
"I'm good" Will replied hugging Rachel. "I'm not your teacher anymore, Rachel, just call me Will" he chuckled.
"You'll always be my teacher" Rachel said as she pulled out of the embrace.
"How are you" Will asked.
Rachel sighed "The past few days have been..." she stammered. "Let's just say I've had better" she chuckled.
"How are you feeling, Finn" Will asked as he walked over to Finn's bedside.
"Better" Finn shrugged. "I can't wait to get out of here".
Rachel walked over to Finn's beside.
"I bet" Will chuckled.
Will looked over at Finn then Rachel "Have they said what's going to happen to Brody who did this" he asked.
Finn sighed, nodding "Yeah. He faces a lot of jail time. He admitted to everything".
"So there probably won't even be a trial either" Rachel explained.
"Well that's good. That's less pressure on both of you" Will sighed.
"I'm sorry I'm not gonna be able to make it your wedding" Finn groaned.
Will shrugged "Don't worry about it". He looked around the room for a second before confirming he and Emma had called off the wedding.
"What" Rachel and Finn both asked at the same time. They both looked at each other, a smile forming across their lips before looking back at Will with shocked looks on their face.
"With the wedding preparations and everything, it was just too much for Emma" Will shrugged. "So we decided we're gonna go to the justice of peace back home and get married" Will confirmed.
Rachel smiled "That should be nice. We wish you nothing but the best".
"You know you didn't have to come all this way to see how I was Mr. Schue" Finn said.
"Finn, you're like a son to me" Will told him. "All of you Glee kids, are like my kids" he chuckled.
Finn smiled. "Who's taking care of the Glee Club now" he asked curiously.
"Mercedes and Emma" Will replied. He explained how Mercede's had came back to town for the wedding and how he convinced her stay and help with Glee Club while he came here. "So how long are you going to be in here for" Will asked.
"A few more days. The doctor just wants to keep an eye out for an infection" Finn shrugged.
Will nodded "That's not bad". He looked over at Rachel "How's NYADA" he asked.
The three of them sat there as Rachel began explaining how NYADA was going. The three of them just chatted about anything else, catching up.
"Santana, hurry up" Kurt exclaimed as he tied his shoes. He was waiting on Santana so they could leave to go back to the hospital to see Finn.
"Look Lady Lips" Santana yelled from the bathroom. "I'll be there in a minute. It's hard fixing your hair with one hand" she snapped at Kurt.
Kurt stood up to his feet after tying his shows "If you asked me I would of helped you" he sighed.
"Too late i'm done now" Santana said as she shut off the light and walked into the hallway, reaching inside her room as she grabbed her boots, walking into the living room with them in her hand. She sat down on the couch. "Man hands left pretty early this morning" she said.
Kurt nodded. "I woke up a little after 8:30 and she was gone".
"Seems to me Man hands and Frankenteen are working their way back together" Santana said with a grin. "She was still on the phone with Finn at 1am this morning".
Kurt looked over at Santana as he buttoned up his jacket. He walked over to his vintage chair, sitting down. "How do you know" he asked. "You were eavesdropping weren't you" Kurt sighed.
"I was curious" Santana shrugged, acting like it was no big deal. "I didn't hear anything juicy anyway, talk about boring" Santana deadpanned, rolling her eyes. She couldn't help but chuckle as she seen Kurt. "You know we'll have to burn what you are sitting on to, Lady Hummel" she said distinctively remembering something she would get a huge laugh from.
Kurt gasped "We are not burning my vintage chair" he exclaimed. "You have hated this since I bought it in here. You would just love burning this piece of art" Kurt recalled, sighing.
Santana walked away going to picking up her coat and sliding it on, buttoning her jacket. "Fine" she shrugged, chuckling. "I guess if you liked Brody's beady sweat ass sitting on there bare and all, his boys hanging out then keep it" she said laughing as she opened the sliding door, walking out.
Kurt's eyes widen as he quickly stood to feet "Ew" he said looking rather grossed out. "I guess it would be best to burn it" he said following Santana out the door, completely changing his mind about wanting to keep the chair now. "Oh wait" Kurt said as he opened the door he was closing and went back inside grabbing a bag. "Rachel asked me to pack her some things" he said as he walked back out the door holding the bag.
"Why" Santana asked looking back at Kurt.
Kurt locked the door up "Because she's letting Carole go back to the hotel tonight and she's going to stay with Finn" he said.
Santana arched her eyes, chuckling slyly. She knew exactly what was going on between those two and sooner or later she knew they were gonna get back together.
The day passed rather quickly, Kurt, Santana, Rachel, Carole and Burt were all in Finn's room with him chatting. Zac had came and visited with everyone, Mr. Schue had spent basically the whole afternoon there with everyone as they all caught up. The doctor had came in later that evening discuss Finn's case and when he would be able to go home and everything. The doctor put staples in Finn's chest closing the gunshot wound up, revealing he could go home on Thursday, Valentine's Day. He said he would need someone to keep an eye on him for a while since a gun shot wound to the chest was serious. He couldn't go back to his apartment because Zac had work and night classes. Carole suggested that maybe Finn should go back with her and Burt to Lima for a while but he immediately put his foot down to that suggestion. Meanwhile, Santana, Kurt and Rachel suggested he could stay with them since someone was always home, Finn agreed to the idea after hearing it, although his mother was reluctant about it.
A few hours later, Santana was throwing away all the dinner takeout cases in the trash bin outside the room when a nurse walked in behind Santana.
"Visiting hours are over in 5 minutes" the nurse told them before leaving the room.
Burt looked up at the clock. "We should get going" Burt said to his wife as he noticed the time.
Carole nodded "Are you sure you don't want me to stay" she asked looking over at her son. She just didn't feel comfortable leaving him here by himself even though Rachel was going to be here with him, she would just worry about him every second.
Finn shook his head "Just go. Get a good night sleep, I'll have Rachel here with me"
Carole cocked her eye brow's at him, she glanced at both her son and Rachel. "Remember this is a hospital, you two" Carole vaguely pointed out. She knew they weren't together but her mother instincts were telling her something was obviously up between her son and Rachel.
Finn and Rachel both turned a shade of red.
"Mom. GO!" Finn exclaimed, clearly embarrassed that she thought they were going to do something.
Kurt and Santana laughed seeing their expressions
"Nothing is going to happen. We're just friends, jeez" Rachel exhaled deeply trying to cover up her embarrassment that everyone thought something would happen between her and Finn.
Santana glared at Rachel, giving her a 'Yeah Right' face, especially after she knew that they slept together not long ago.
Rachel looked away ignoring Santana. How many times did she have to make it clear to her that nothing was going to happen between her and Finn...well at least not anytime soon anyway.
"Ok" Carole nodded after hearing Rachel's response. "Well we'll both be back in the morning" she said motioning over to her and Burt.
Finn nodded "Alright".
Santana and Kurt said there goodnight's and that they would see him tomorrow, both giving him a hug.
Carole gave her son a hug, as did Burt give him a hug before they all left the room leaving Finn and Rachel there by themselves.
Finn exhaled heavily. "I don't wanna sound mean but I'm glad they are all gone" he said. "I love them all and I love that they all want to make sure I'm alright but it got a little too crowded in here today".
Rachel sat on the bed next to Finn's "Yeah it did" she nodded, agreeing with him. She felt a little claustrophic today with all the people in his room today.
"Thanks for staying here with me" Finn said as he looked over at Rachel, his amber eyes on hers.
Rachel nodded "You're welcome".
"You know you don't have to stay if you have other plans" Finn told her. He didn't want her to put her life on hold just to stay here with him.
"I don't have other plans" Rachel told him.
"What about your classes" Finn asked.
"I don't have classes everyday, Finn" Rachel shrugged.
Finn knew something was up with her classes at NYADA. "What's going on" he asked.
Rachel sighed looking down at her hands before looking back up at Finn. "NYADA isn't what I thought it would be" she revealed. It was becoming a terrible experience for her, she hated her dance class with Cassandra July, not to mention her acting class wasn't going to well either.
"It can't be that bad" Finn said.
Rachel looked at him "Finn, I'd rather takes harsh comments and criticism from Sue Sylvester then the crap I put up with by Cassandra July" she sighed.
"Is she really that bad" Finn asked.
Rachel nodded "She's nothing but a harsh boozing..." She paused trying to think of a word to describe her dance teacher.
"Puta" Finn asked. He remembered all the bad words Santana taught him in Spanish and this sounded more better then saying the actual word in English.
Rachel nodded, chuckling softly. "Yes but even that's an understatement".
Finn laughed. "So what are you going to do" he asked.
"I'm gonna get through the rest of this semester then we'll see" Rachel said with a shrug. She was unsure if she wanted to stay at NYADA or not, sometimes she just felt so out of place there. "But anyway" she smiled as she got up from the bed. "I bought my iPad and my cord" she pulling her iPad out of her purse with the cord "So we can watch some movies" she said cheerfully. She knew the TVs in the hospital only had 10 channels and really what was on regular TV, all the good stuff was now on Cable channels.
"Great" Finn said. He was happy he was finally going to be able to watch something else other then some boring talk shows and soap opera that played all day. This hospital was just relatively boring to him. No good food, no real TV.
"So what do you wanna watch" Rachel asked as she sat down besides Finn on his bed, clicking the Netflix app on her iPad.
"Braveheart" Finn answered.
Rachel giggled "What is with you and that movie" she asked as she searched for it on Netflix. She had seen that movie so many times with him when they were dating, just like he had watched Funny Girl with her so many times.
Finn shrugged "I don't know, it's just one of my favorites".
"Well they don't have it on here but if you really wanna see it, I got my money on my amazon streaming to rent it" Rachel suggested with a smile.
"I was joking, Rach, but thanks though" Finn smiled "Let's just see what they have on here" he said as scrolled through the list of movies.
Rachel watched him as he looked through the movies. She was impressed by how much he matured in the past months, how brave he was in this whole situation. She was in awe how he wanted to be sure he wouldn't hurt her again before they got back together again.
Finn noticed her staring at him but chose not to acknowledge it, even though he wanted to. "What kind of movie? Comedy? Romance? Musical? Drama?" Finn asked looking over at Rachel.
"Hmm" Rachel bit her lower lip thinking. "Maybe a romance or comedy".
Finn nodded. "Ok" he smiled as he went through the romance movies. "Quite a list of some pretty good ones" he said looking through them. "The Notebook, The Proposal, Pretty Woman, Titanic, Love Actually" Finn said just to name a few.
"No Titanic" Rachel told him with a giggle. That was only a movie she could see once every so often. She loved it but the movie was just too sad at the end and always resulted in her bawling her eyes out.
Finn remembered the last time they had watched Titanic together when it was rereleased in theaters a few years back, all he remembered was the night definitely didn't end the way he had planned it. "I should of known no Titanic after the last time we seen it".
Rachel laughed. "The ending is just so damn sad, my heart just melts when they meet again at the end. True love" she said looking at Finn.
A grin slowly appeared across his lips "Yeah it is kind of romantic" Finn said.
Rachel nodded. "Yeah". She looked at the movies on the screen of her iPad. "The Proposal does sound good. Ryan Reynolds is naked in it" Rachel grinned, biting her lower lip, slightly blushing, she was only doing it purposely to see how Finn would react.
Finn's eyes widen as he heard her, jealousy washed over him when he heard her mentioning another guy but he knew she was joking so he was definitely going to play along now. "Yeah so is Sandra Bullock. I must say she's totally hot especially for her age" Finn said, a smirk forming across his lips.
Rachel looked over at Finn before looking down, she knew he was just joking with her but she couldn't help but feel a little jealous hearing Finn talk about how hot another woman was besides her.
"Nothing compares to you though, Rach" Finn whispered.
A smile formed across Rachel's lips, blushing "Thanks, Finn". She looked over at him, her eyes meeting his. "I definitely prefer you over any other man" Rachel said.
Finn smiled. "So The Proposal" he asked looking back at the screen.
Rachel shrugged "It doesn't matter. You pick one. They are all good choices" she told him.
"Ok then" Finn just chose The Proposal and hit play.
They both laid back against the bed watching the movie. Half way through the movie, Finn noticed Rachel had fell asleep. He shut the movie off and pushed the table out of the way and adjusted the bed down so they were laying down.
"I love you" Finn whispered to her as he placed a soft kiss on her head.
Rachel stirred in her sleep, resting her head on the left side of his chest, her arm draping around his torso.
Finn did want to get back together with her, it was killing him being not being with her but he just wanted to be sure he wasn't going to hurt her again when they got back together. He reached down pulling the covers over them as he put his arm around her, loving the closeness between them. It wasn't long until he dosed off into a peaceful sleep.
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