Hello, everyone! Sorry I haven't updated in a week, I was on vacation. So, this is the last chapter in this story. Thanks SO MUCH to all of you people reading. You all made my first FanFiction experience great. Also, if any of you people like Harry Potter as well, I am going to post Chapter 1 of a new HP story. It will be called The Beginning of the End, and is mostly about George Weasley after the Battle of Hogwarts...
Anyway thanks so much for sticking with me, and enjoy the last chapter!
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Chapter 10: Happy Endings
Finn could hear Rachel tearing down the hall. He wanted to stop her, to call out to her, but he knew it was useless. He closed his eyes and sighed. Rachel, Rachel, Rachel. She was many things, and sensitive was defiantly one of them. Although Finn thought he would be upset too, after what he said. But that didn't mean that he would burst into tears and run down the hallway. But still.
Rachel Berry collapsed into a chair in the hospital waiting room, wiped her eyes, and tried to catch her breath. She had just ran for five minutes straight, because she didn't bother taking the elevator, she had ran down two flights of stairs, and three full hallways. But she didn't care. She would do anything to get away from Finn.
She couldn't believe it was happening again. It had barely been two weeks since she and Finn got back together again, and now they were pretty much broken up again, all because of Rachel and her stupid complaining about Finn's attitude. Of course he had an attitude! He had a wheelchair, for God's sake!
Rachel felt like she was behind a veil. She could see and feel, but nothing was completely normal. She felt very, very out of it and sort of in a fog. And sadly, the veil didn't take away the pain in her heart Rachel was feeling right now.
She had made Finn Hudson mad. Very mad. No, she had made Finn furious. All because of a stupid choice of words.
Finn reclined his hospital bed. It was Thursday, two days after he and Rachel had had their little fight. Well, it wasn't exactly a fight. More like Finn yelling and Rachel crying.
Finn's mom had just left from her daily visit, so he was all alone. Or at least, he was until one of his nurses, Jill, came in with a huge smile on her face.
"Hi, Finn!" She said. She was very cheery. Normally Jill was a grump, but apparently not today.
"Why so smiley?" Finn grumbled. Jill kept smiling. "Well, Finn, I have some news for you!" She said in a singsong voice. Finn raised an eyebrow. "Yes?" He questioned. "Finn, we got the results from some routine blood work today, and along with them we got some more news. Finn, you don't need a wheelchair! There was a mistake! You never needed one! You are perfectly healthy! You can go back to living your life!"
Finn's mind was a whirlwind. He didn't need a wheelchair. He didn't need to tell people he was paralyzed. He didn't need to use ramps. He didn't need to be angry! He ran his hands down the stupid hospital clothing he had been forced to wear for so long. He could be normal! Yet, he knew something would always be missing. And that something was called Rachel.
Rachel was at home on Thursday. She wasn't so, so, upset over Finn. Defiantly not as upset as when he had broken up with her. Because then, she had known it was over. But now she had no clue whether or not Finn and her were still together, and that bothered her. So for the past two days she had sat in her room, listening to the song My Life Would Suck Without You by Kelley Clarkson over and over again. She had her phone turned on, but no one had called her or texted her all day. Who would? Artie and Tina were probably off somewhere having fun, they didn't need to talk to pathetic Rachel. Mercedes, Quinn and Kurt were defiantly at the mall, and Matt, Mike, Puck, Brittany and Santana didn't even have her number. So who did that leave? No one.
Around two o'clock however, Rachel's phone rang. She was surprised she was getting a call, but even more surprised when she saw that the ID picture that flashed up on the screen was a picture that Kurt had sneakily taken and then set it as Rachel's ID picture for Finn. It was a picture of Finn and Rachel sitting down on the floor together, with Rachel sitting in between Finn's legs. Finn had his hands around her waist, and they were both grinning. The picture had been taken a long time ago, months before the accident. The feeling Rachel got when she saw it filled her up inside, and it took all the will power she could have to stop herself from crying right then and there. Then, on the third ring, Rachel shakily pressed the talk button on her blackberry.
"H-Hello?" She stuttered. On the other end of the phone, in his empty hospital room, Finn closed his eyes. Great. She was nervous to talk to him. "Rach, we need to talk. About what I said the other day... I didn't mean it. None of those things I said were true. I have a bad attitude, and I'm really sorry. Can you forgive me?" There was silence on Rachel's end of the phone. Finn held his breath, waiting for an answer.
"Yep."Rachel said. Then she giggled. Then she full out started to laugh. For a second, Finn thought Rachel was hysterical. Geez,he thought. Look what I've done now. "Finn, you don't seem to realize one thing." Rachel said, her tone now serious. "What?" Finn asked, confused.
"You did not need to call me up to say that. I already forgave you. I was never angry." Rachel said in a calm tone. "Because Finn Hudson, I am totally, irrevocably, completely in love with you."
Finn blinked. "Wow, Rachel. I feel the same way about you." No one spoke for a moment. Finn spoke up. "You do realize that was pretty corny, right Rach?" Rachel laughed. "Yep again!"
After their giggles died down, Finn took a deep breath. "I didn't call just to say sorry..." He said. "What?" Rachel asked. Now she was confused. Partially because it was very staticky now, and partially because she could not think of any news Finn could have. But before he could explain, Rachel asked, "Finn, are you driving?" Finn blushed. "Yeah. I just got out... But anyway, I have some news." Finn said.
"What? Tell me!" Rachel exclaimed. "Well, today at the hospital they got some lab tests back. And they found out that there was a mistake in my lab results. A typo. I don't need a wheelchair, Rachel! I'm not paralyzed! I never was! I'm free! There's nothing wrong with me!" Finn cried. Rachel gasped. "Finn, that's wonderful!" She screamed into the phone. After a few more minutes of spazzing, Rachel and Finn began to talk. Honestly talk. That was until, ten minutes later, Finn abruptly said, "Open your bedroom door."
"Huh?" Rachel said. "Just do it." So Rachel got up and opened her door, to find her boyfriend, Finn Hudson, standing-standing- in her doorway. She squealed, dropped her phone, and jumped up. She put her arms around his neck, and Finn quickly scooped her up in his arms. "I love you." They said at the exact same time.
After several moments of kissing, Finn pulled away. "Is my apology accepted?"
Rachel just answered with a kiss.
