OKay y'all i am just going to stop making promises, lol, I'M SORRY FOR BEING LATE! i tried to make the chapter a little longer to make up for it. just know that i will update each chapter as soon as i can, and feel free to bother me if i take too long. hope you like this chapter!

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Third point of view

Chapter 9

Finn gets the bottle of ice tea out of the icebox and reaches up to get paper cups out of the cabinet. The glee club is having a meeting at his house to finalize their plans for tomorrow. He walks back to the living to hear Rachel talking to the group.

"Okay, so I will admit, the last competition wasn't quit up to our level, but just because we won that one does not mean we should take tomorrow easy. I know we already have our songs picked out but why don't we do another run through?"

"Why? I already know my song will be perfect, I don't need to practice anymore," Santana says while brushing her hair over her shoulder.

"Actually, I agree with Rachel. Another run through won't kill us." Quinn says. Rachel gives her a thankful nod.

"Ugh, ever since the two of you became friends you have been really annoying. But fine, singing now will give you all more opportunity to admire my voice." Santana stands up.

I feel like I've been locked up tight

For a century of lonely nights

Waiting for someone to release me

You're licking your lips and blowing kisses my way

But that don't mean I'm gonna give it away

Baby, baby, baby

My body is saying let's go

But my heart is saying no

Quinn gets up from her seat on the couch and goes to the kitchen for some snacks. It's been a while since she has been in this house, but she still knows where everything is. She reaches to the top shelf above the microwave and tries to pull down the cookie jar. She is up on her toes but still has trouble reaching it. She lets out a sigh of frustration.

"Here, I got it for you." She turns her head to see Finn behind her. He effortlessly reaches over her shoulder to pull the jar down. "You always did have a sweet tooth for my mom's oatmeal cookies." He pops the lid off the jar and offers it to her.

"Thanks" She says just above a whisper as she takes two cookies from the jar. This is the first time she has said a word to Finn since the restaurant incident last week.

"…Do you want milk or something? We have milk. I-I know you like milk with your cookies."

"That's okay, I'm fine."

"No, really, you can have some. I'll get a glass for you." He starts to reach for the cabinet, but Quinn grabs his arm.

"Finn!" He looks back toward her, then to her hand on his arm. She quickly pulls it back to her side. "I don't need every milk… thanks for the offer, but I'm fine without it." Quinn realizes that her tone might have been a little harsh. Finn must have realized it too because he looks down at the jar in disappointment. To avoid anymore awkward moments, Quinn turns away and starts to walk back into the living room. This time, Finn is the one to reach his hand out.

"Quinn, please wait." She turns back around to face him. He pulls her back into the kitchen so that they wouldn't be overheard. She shakes off his hand and crosses her arms. There is a silence as Finn looks for the right words to say. "Quinn… I am so sorry about what happened last week. I was completely out of line. I really don't know what was wrong with me, you know that wasn't me." He waits for her to say something. She doesn't, she still isn't even looking at him. Finn lets out a deep sigh. "I'm sorry I ruined your date."

"You didn't," Quinn says, turning to look him straight in the eye. "If anything, your little scene brought Derrick and I closer together."

"…Oh" Finn takes a step back and pushes his hands into his pockets. Quinn can she that that wasn't the news he wanted to hear.

"Yeah, after we left, we took a walk in the park and talked about many things… and people." Finn raises his eyebrows, understanding that she meant him. "Then he kissed me. I know it was only the second date and I'm usually not like that but he was such a gentlemen. And lets face it, he is smoking hot, I mean what girl wouldn't—"

"That's great!" Finn cuts in. "I'm really happy for you." Quinn can see in his face that he is a little hurt. She isn't sure why he would be, but she decides it would be best to stop rubbing her date in his face.

"Thank you"

"See, I told you that you would meet someone this summer."

"When did you tell me that?"

"When we were at Shake It a couple of weeks ago… right when we decided to become friends, remember?"

Quinn looks at the floor. "Yes, friends who become overprotective and jealous on each other's dates."

"I wasn't jealous!" Quinn gives him a stare, signaling him to lower his voice. "I wasn't jealous. Maybe overprotective because here my girl is going out with some random dude that could be a serial killer for all I know. I mean seriously, what do you know about him, Q? Other than he goes to your church. I mean I never even heard you mention his name before. You can't just be going out with random guys. So yes, I was a little worried about you going out with him. But no, I wasn't jealous." Finn forgot to breath during his little rant and starts panting. Quinn is just staring at him. "Are you going to say something?"

"D-Did you just call me… your girl?"

"…What?"

"You just called me your girl."

"No I didn't."

"You said you were being overprotective because your girl was out with some random dude…"

Finn didn't even realize he said it. "It must have just been a reflex… yeah, old habit."

Quinn smirks, "Whatever Finn." She tries to leave again. Finn grabs her arm.

"Stop walking away from me." Quinn nods her head, promising to stay until they are finished. Finn takes a peak into the other room to see that Santana is just finishing up her song. "Look, I really think I have feelings for you again, Quinn. I think it's better that we figure them out now instead of you worrying about this other guy."

Quinn laughs, "So you want me to put my relationship on hold while you can still have Berry?"

"No, that's not what I meant."

Quinn takes a step closer to him and grabs his face, turning his eyes directly to hers. "Finn, I know that you will always have feeling for me, and I know I will for you…But can you look me in the eyes right now and tell me that you love me more than Rachel?"

Finn looks into Quinn's eyes. He can't tell if he sees hate, sorrow, or hope. He didn't know what she wanted him to say. Better yet, he didn't know what he wanted himself to say. "I… I don't know."

Quinn holds his face for a few more seconds and then lets go, increasing the distance between them. Finn hears a sniff as she wipes the corner of her eye with her sleeve. "And there is our answer. I can never be with you again, Finn, because you can't even pick between Rachel and me, you never have been able to. I want to be with someone who I know loves me and wants to be with just me. And that can never happen with us. You have to understand that, and until you do, we can't even be friends."

Finn was about the respond but Rachel walks into the room. "Finn! It's time to sing our duet!" She looks at their faces and sees Quinn upset. "…What's going on in here?"

"Nothing… nothing at all." Quinn excuses herself from the room to rejoin the others.

"What was that about? Why was Quinn so upset?"

"Nothing, we were just trying to work out issues?"

"What kind of issues?"

"Rachel, can we not talk about this right now?"

"Why do you keep shutting me out? You have been like this for weeks now, and I'm getting tired of it!"

"Rachel," He reaches out for her but she backs away and walks back into the living room. Finn hits the fridge in frustration. Then he opens it and pours himself a glass of milk. He chugs the milk down and slams the glass on the corner. He then walks into the living room to sing his duet with Rachel while Quinn just sits and watches.


The drive to Cleveland had been long, but they made the trip with two vans. There are four other singing groups here to preform. All were from Ohio, expect for one group who was out of state.

"Oh my gosh, look at all these people. This is much bigger than the last one." Kurt says, rubbing his hands nervously.

"Don't worry, you'll be fine," Blaine tells him as he gives him a reassuring hug. "I mean, this doesn't even compare to the national's crowd and you made it through that."

Kurt smiles, "I'm really happy you got the day off and came today. You're like my good luck charm."

"Always"

The group couldn't help but smile at the two boys. "Aw it's nice to have your own cheering party," Quinn says.

"I'm glad to hear you say that," Says a voice behind her.

Quinn turns around and a huge smile comes to her face. "Derrick!" She gives him a hug. "What on earth are you doing here?"

"Well I thought this would be a good opportunity to see you preform, so I drove here this morning."

"Oh my gosh, I can't believe you did that." Quinn is still smiling at him when she realizes everyone staring. "Oh, sorry, everyone… this is derrick." Derrick gave everyone a silent wave at his introduction. Quinn then brought him around to everyone individually. Him and Sam already know each other and share a hug. Santana mouths 'eye candy' to Quinn, making her roll her eyes. Mercedes is the last to be introduced.

"Oh, Mercedes! I have heard such great things. You're a very important person in Quinn's life."

"I hope so, she's my sister. Meaning you better be sweet to her."

"Haha, I don't know any other way."

"Hey, where is Finn?" Rachel asks from beside Mercedes. "He's is the only one you haven't met."

"We've met already." Everyone's attention turns to Finn who is standing a little further away. Finn doesn't know what it is, but just seeing this guy makes him angry. That stupid haircut and that stupid grin just gets his blood boiling.

"Wait, when did the two of you meet?"

There is no answer. In order to end the awkward silence, Quinn pulls Derrick away to have some privacy.

Puck walks around to Finn when everyone starts chatting again. "Dude, what was that about?"

"I don't want to talk about it. I just don't like that kid."

"…Oh, I see what's going on." Puck smirks with understanding. "You're jealous of that dude."

"What… No I'm not. How can I be jealous of that, I mean look at him."

Puck puts his arm around Finn's shoulder. "Finn, my boy, when a guy is jealous, it usually has nothing to do with the other guy. It has everything to do with the girl."

Finn thinks about what Puck just said, then shakes his head, "Whatever man." He looks up to see that the group on stage is almost through their set. The new directions are up next. "Alright everyone, its almost time." Everyone starts to gather around, everyone except for Quinn who is still talking to Derrick. "Quinn! Hey Quinn!" Finn shouts to her. She looks over to him for a second but then Derrick turns her face back to him and kisses her. It's a deep kiss. Quinn puts her arms around his neck, pulling him closer while Derrick reaches down and grabs her butt. Right then Finn snaps. He starts to walk over to the couple.

"Wo, Finn, what are you doing?" Puck says as he grabs Finn's shoulder, but Finn just shakes it off. He makes his way to Quinn and Derrick and pulls them apart.

"Finn! What the hell are you doing?" Quinn asks, hitting him in the shoulder.

"We are here for a reason, so can you get over there with the rest of your team!"

"Dude, what's your problem?" Derrick pushes Finn, making him stumble a little.

"I problem is you are a distraction we don't need right now." Finn pushes him back.

Rachel walks over with Puck, "Finn, stop this!"

"Yeah, why don't you listen to your friends and mind your own business." Derrick shoves him again.

"Why don't you make me." Finn doesn't back down

"Look I don't want another scene like last week at Breadsticks."

"What? What happened last week? Finn?" Rachel starts yelling.

"He tried to ruin Quinn and my date. Guess he got jealous of me being out with Quinn, which is funny, because aren't you suppose to be his girlfriend, Rachel?"

With that, Finn punches Derrick right in the mouth and tackles him to the ground. He probably could have gotten another hit in if Puck wasn't right there. Puck pulls Finn back as Blaine comes over to get Derrick up. Finn lunges for him again, but Mike comes to help hold him back. All the girls are staring in shock; Rachel and Quinn are both on the verge of tears. "LET GO OF ME! PUCK LET GO!"

"NO! FINN YOU NEED TO CALM DOWN!" Derrick's lip is bleeding badly. Quinn and Rachel go to see if he is all right. Everyone else joins them and gathers around Derrick.

Finn is still struggling to get out of Mike and Puck's grip. They finally let him go, pushing him back away from everyone else. Finn is breathing really hard. He looks at everyone in front of him making sure Derrick was okay. "What is this? I'm your friend here."

"FINN! YOU'RE THE ONE WHO SNAPPED AND STARTING HITTING PEOPLE!" Rachel says as she steps in front of the group towards Finn.

"I DON'T CARE! YOU ARE PICKING THIS GUY OVER ME RIGHT NOW!"

"LIKE YOU'RE PICKING QUINN OVER ME!" Everyone goes silent. "DON'T THINK I HAVEN'T SEEN WHATS BEEN GOING ON FINN!" Finn takes a few breaths.

"Rachel, you are so out of line."

"Am I?"

"I can't do this right now." Finn starts to walk out of the building.

"What about the competition?"

"Get your new friend Derrick to do it!" Before anyone can say anything else, Finn is gone.

Rachel turns back to everyone else with tears in her eyes, "What are we suppose to do now?"

"I'll step in for Finn," Blaine suggests. "I don't really know the moves or anything but maybe we can pull it off."

Rachel takes a deep breath and smiles at Blaine, "Thank you, Blaine. That means a lot. Now lets just get this over with so we can get out of here."

They start to walk toward the stage to take their places. Quinn has been holding a rag to Derrick's bleeding lip. "I'll be back, wait here until we're done, okay?"

She starts to walk to the others who are waiting for her, but Derrick grabs her arm. "Wait." Quinn turns back. He lets out a deep breathe. Quinn knows what is coming. "I don't think I'll be here when you get off stage. Look, I really like you and all, but this is just too much too fast. I don't know your feelings about him but Finn has some serious issues to work out regarding you, and in all honesty, I don't want to deal with all that." Quinn can't make eye contact with him; she just nods her head. He gives her a light kiss on the head followed by a soft "I'm sorry" and then follows Finn's path.

Quinn wipes back a tear and faces her team. They are all looking at her with sad eyes. "Dumped twice in less than three month. That's got to be a record." Santana and Mercedes walk over and hug her tight. "Come on, we should be on stage."


Finn took a bus home. He has been sitting in his bed for four hours just staring at the wall. He is thinking about everything that has happened in the last few weeks and how he has no idea what he is doing. He sees his phone on his bedside table and calls the one person he really needs to talk to. It rings a few times but she finally answers.

"H-Hello?"

"Rachel?"

"What do you want Finn?"

"…I wanted to make sure you got home okay."

"I'm fine, we just got in about thirty minutes ago. So I guess Kurt will be home soon."

"How did the competition go? Did we win?"

"Do you even care?"

"Of course I do, Rachel."

"…Blaine stepped in for you, but we still came in third. His vocals were great, but he didn't know the dance moves. Besides, I don't really think any of us felt like singing, Quinn was practically in tears the whole time."

"What? Why? Did something happen?"

"…"

"Rachel? Tell me!"

"You still love her don't you?" Finn didn't answer, he couldn't. "You can't keep doing this Finn, going back the forward, you're hurting too many people."

"Rachel, I love so much. You have to believe me when I say that."

"I do, Finn, I really do." Finn can hear her begin to cry, "But I think you are confused on who you are in love with right now, and I can't take it."

"Rachel, please don't do this, I love you so much. I am IN LOVE WTH YOU!"

"Then you need to pick once and for all. Me or Quinn. Please, because neither of us can take this for much longer. I love you Finn and I want to be with you, but I need you to want to be with me too."

"I love you, Rachel."

"Good night, Finn." She hangs up the phone.

Finn lies back down on his bed. The time has come for him to make his choice. But he still doesn't know what to do. He starts to think back on everything that has happened. When he started dating Quinn, kissing Rachel in the auditorium, Quinn and Puck, Drizzle/Beth, Rachel's cute calendars, Quinn and Sam, Rachel cheating on him, getting back with Quinn, Rachel and Jessie, prom night, breaking up with Quinn, kissing Rachel at nationals, their trip to the lake. So much has happened involving both girls that it would be impossible for anyone to choose. But as he thinks about it more, Finn realizes that he made his decision a long time ago. Finn quickly jumps out of bed and runs downstairs. He grabs his keys off the corner and runs to the front door. Kurt is on his way in and tries to talk to Finn, but he is already in his truck. He has to see her now; he knows that she is home. It takes him about fifth-teen minutes until he pulls into her driveway. It would have been longer, but he was speeding a little. As he walks up to the porch and rings the doorbell he shoves his hands into his pockets. She opens the door.

He takes a deep breath a says, "…Hi"

Okay, i am not going to lie. this took me a while to write because i had no idea what to write. i know the direction i want to go but if any of you have ideas and suggestions, let me know. it can be something to follows this chapter or something in the long run. PLEASE REVIEW! i love reading your reviews and it really motivates me to write. thank you sooooo much for the positive reviews so far. whose door do you think Finn showed up at? :P

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