Hi guys! We're all the way to chapter ten! Wooo! Please rate and review! Sorry that this is pretty short, at least compared to the other chapters.
Chapter Ten:
Cleo
I was so happy that it was the weekend. Two days away from school, and Rachel. At least, that's what I thought until I heard the doorbell ring a few hours after Finn, Kurt, and I got home.
"Hey, Cleo, can you answer that!" Finn called from the other room.
Without replying, I walked down stairs straight to the door, opening it to find Rachel standing outside.
Her blinking expression turned to a glare quickly. "Oh, it's you." She said coldly, "I'm here to see Finn."
"Okay, come in I guess," I said, stepping back to let her inside. She breezed past me silently.
"Where is he?" demanded Rachel.
"Pretty sure he's in the bathroom upstairs." I said, shrugging my shoulders. It grew silent for a moment, but finally I said, "I don't understand what your problem is, well I kinda do, and I would apologize if I did anything wrong, but I did nothing wrong, so I'm not going to."
Rachel looked at me, but instead of glaring, she just looked sad. "I want to like you, Cleo," she replied, "I honestly do, because you're nice and really talented, but I just got worried…okay, I got jealous." She sighed, "I got jealous."
"Of me?" I asked, placing a hand on my chest. I stepped closer to the older girl, "Look, Rachel, I know Finn and I are friends, but that's it. Friends. I'm not attracted to Finn like that, and I don't think I ever will." I explained, "Plus, he's crazy about you. I've only been in Lima for a couple weeks, but I can already tell. How could I compete with that?" I smiled at her, "Not like I wanted to, anyways."
"I should have known better, well I did, but my jealousy got the best of me," Rachel said, tucking her hair behind her ears. "I overreacted, and that duet with Rory took threw things overboard. I came to apologize to Finn, but I realize I should apologize to you too." Her dark eyes met mine, "I'm really sorry, Cleo."
Wow. I never thought Rachel would actually apologize to me. It felt nice. I was happy to know that she wanted to like me, that she didn't hate me. I smiled.
"You're forgiven." I said, "I'm really happy that we had this talk. I was terrified that you hated me." I admitted.
Rachel smiled back, "I don't hate you Cleo." She said, "I'm going to hug you now." With that, she walked towards me and hugged me.
I chuckled, "You don't have to announce it next time." I replied as I hugged her back.
Finn
I walked downstairs to find Cleo and Rachel hugging. Either I was hallucinating, or I was asleep, and this dream was going to get really weird really quick.
"Um, Rachel? Cleo?" I started carefully, my eyebrows raised, "Is everything okay?"
Both girls turned to me, and they both had pleased expression on their faces. This seriously had to be a dream.
"Everything's fine, sweetie," Rachel said, "Cleo and I were just talking. Now, I want to talk to you." Her chocolate brown eyes looked warm and happy as she looked up at me. "I want to talk to you, if you're willing to talk to me." She batted her eyelashes at me. God, the woman knew what to do to persuade me.
I sighed, but managed a smile, "Okay, um, Cleo..." I started, but was stopped by Cleo putting her hand up.
"I understand, I'll be in my room." She smiled at both Rachel and I as she walked past us.
I waited until Cleo disappeared down the hallway before I turned back to Rachel. As much as I wanted to be angry at her, when I looked at Rachel, all I felt was love. This girl drove me crazy, but no matter what I still loved her.
"I'm sorry." Rachel and I said in unison.
"Uh, y-you first." I added quickly. My hand went to my head and I ruffled my hair.
Rachel blinked and sighed, "Finn, I know we've discussed this before, but I got really jealous of Cleo. I shouldn't have done that duet with Rory; well I shouldn't have done it out of spite. But, I went crazy because of the duet you and Cleo did. I was jealous, because it honestly was a fantastic performance, but I more jealous of the fact you two had such a connection. I just lost my mind." Her eyes went to the floor, "I hope you can forgive me."
I pressed my lips together, thinking about how to respond. "You know, I was really upset with you," I started, and her eyes quickly darted up at me, "I was hurt that you did that duet with Rory. Not because it was Rory, but because the song was about not being in love. It made me think you didn't want to be in love anymore, which drove me crazy." I sighed, "But I guess it's kinda my fault in a way. I drove you to that point, because I was blowing you off for Cleo. I'm sorry about that."
"Oh Finn," Rachel started, shaking her head, "I don't want you to ever think I don't want to be in love with you. Because I love you, and I always will."
I smiled, "I love you too." Then, I bent down to Rachel and kissed her.
Yay! Everyone's kinda made up! Until next time!