Sam POV

"Ok Rachel, looks like we found him. That's his car right?" I ask her as we pull up to Quinn's house. "That's it. Let's just park and wait until he comes out. No way am I going to her house tonight." I laugh because I can tell how much she wants to get out of the car and go running up to the door screaming for Finn, but she's trying to remain calm. "Wait, I think I see him." She says reaching for the handle of the door. And that's when it happened. Quinn and Finn standing on her porch kissing goodnight. I guess I shouldn't have expected anything different. For as much as we knew, they were still dating anyway. And Rachel was right, we really don't know why he was looking for her earlier.

I look over at Rachel and I can see she has tears in her eyes. "Well now what?" I ask her. "DUCK!" She yells. I look over and I see Finn walking towards his car. "I don't want him to see me. Quickly get us out of here." She yells. "Rachel, do you want me to duck or drive. I can't do both." "YES YOU CAN. Just duck down and hit the gas." I duck over and hit the gas trying to peek over the steering wheel. When I look up I almost run right into Finn's car. I quickly swerve to my side of the street and sit up when I pass him. "Holy hell Rachel. This is crazy. We almost crashed right in to him." I can feel my heart racing and she looks like she wants to laugh and cry at the same time. "You can sit up now, he's way behind us." I tell her.

When I pull up to her house she looks defeated. I walk her to her door. "Rachel, you won prom queen tonight. You looked beautiful. You danced with Finn. You faced Quinn. Don't forget any of that. Seeing Finn kiss Quinn isn't anything different than you expected going in to tonight. He was with her this morning and obviously he's with her tonight. You are stronger than this. Just remember that." I kiss her on the forehead and she hugs me tightly. "Thank you Sam, you were the perfect date, prince, and spy tonight. I really do love you." "Love you too chipmunk, I say as I pinch her cheek. Now go get some sleep, I'll see you on Monday."

By the time I saw her on Monday you could tell she was feeling better. She had a bright smile on her face and everything appeared to be normal. But I could tell something was off. She was definitely avoiding Finn. I watched as she turned and walked the other direction when he came down the hall. I hear someone calling my name and I turn to see Finn standing in front of me. "Hey, uh can we talk?" he asks me. "Now? Is there a problem?" I ask. "No, it's not a problem, can we just talk? Why do you have to make this more difficult than it is?" "Ok I'm not trying to cause an issue here. Just talk Hudson." I step over to the side of the hall and look right at him. "I swear to God, if you break her heart Sam." Woah what? "Finn, what are you even…" "Just let me talk ok. She's been through a lot. With Jesse last year, and with me. She's had her heart broken and twisted. I just don't want to see her hurt. But if you make her happy. If you are what she wants, then I'm ok with that."

Ok. I'm guessing he really did see us kissing on Saturday night. Now to just get him to shut up for two seconds. "FINN!" I shout. He stops talking and steps back. "Would you shut up for like two seconds. I'm not dating Rachel. She's my best friend. That's it. I have a feeling that you might have witnessed something on Saturday that was a huge mistake on my part." "Mistake. Look I saw you two, out back. You were kissing her. I get it." "Obviously you don't. Yes, I kissed her, but you missed the part where we broke into tears of laughter after we realized it was like kissing my sister. Look, Rachel's an awesome girl. And any guy would be lucky to have her." He leans in towards me like I said something wrong. "You were lucky to have her. But I'm not with her dude. However, your advice is good. Why don't you take it yourself. Stop hurting Rachel. She gets that you are with Quinn. So just don't lead her on anymore."

"I broke up with Quinn." He says quietly. "When did you have time to do that. The last time we saw you, you seemed pretty happy making out on her porch." His eyebrow goes up and he looks at me inquisitively. "Wait, you drive a truck don't you?" I look away from him. "Uh. Yeah." "That was you wasn't it. The other night. You almost hit me dammit." "Yeah well I guess I don't drive real well when I'm ducking under the steering wheel." "What the hell were you even doing there?" "Rachel was trying to find you. Your mom told her to go to Quinn's." He laughs. "Now it all makes sense. No wonder my mom was so excited when I got home. So Rachel, uh, she saw all that. At Quinn's?" "Yeah, I guess you weren't the only one getting your signals crossed Saturday night." I laugh. "Yeah. I guess not." "Look I don't want to be the middle guy here, so just talk to Rachel will ya? If you guys would have just been honest with each other from the start no one would be in this place right now." And with that, I turned and walked away hoping that this time their communication would be crystal clear.

Finn POV

I looked all over for Rachel but it really did seem like she was avoiding me. I figured I would wait and talk to her after Glee today. I walk in to the choir room and I see her sitting off to the side. I also see Quinn glaring at me from the back row. It's now or never Hudson. I walk right over to Rachel and sit in the empty seat next to her. I can feel the heat already from Quinn behind me. Rachel looks at me wide eyed. "Hey." I say to her. "Oh um, Hi. How are you doing Finn? Did you enjoy the rest of your weekend." I smile at her and lean over. "Yes, I almost got killed by some crazy driver on Saturday night. Can you believe that?" She flinches. "Oh, that's um, terrible. I'm glad you are ok." She looks down at her notebook. "So, did your dads like your crown? I bet they weren't even shocked when you told them right?" "You know them too well Finn." She grins at me. She looks completely confused as to why I am sitting next to her but before she can ask Mr. Shue comes into the room carrying a stack of papers.

"Well I hear we have congratulations to give to two of our own. Finn and Rachel, I hear we are amongst royalty now." He sets his papers down and starts clapping. Everyone joins in except for one person. I hear Quinn behind me spit out "Big deal." I chuckle to myself and Rachel looks back at her annoyed. "Ok now we have to get down to business guys. Nationals is in a week. And we have everything but our big duet set. We have to knock this one out of the park." Our teacher says. Sam raises his hand. "Mr. Schue, if I may?" "Sure Sam, what's on your mind?" "If we are going to win Nationals, we need our duet to be out of this world right? We need our strongest and most united team ever? We need Finn and Rachel to sing the duet." He sits down. Rachel glares at him from the other end of the row. I look at her and she looks nervously up at me.

"I agree Mr. Schue." I say while staring right at her. "You do?" she questions. "Yeah, I think if we want to win, we have to kill it. There's no one better to do that than you. And we aced 'Faithfully' at Regionals last year. We can do this Rach." "Ok," She says timidly. "Yeah like she was gonna say no to singing again." I hear Quinn say loudly behind me. "Stop it Quinn." I say as I turn around and face her. "We need to be thinking about the team. This is our shot to win. Rachel is our best singer, even you have to admit that." I turn back and see Rachel smiling at me. "Ok, well it's set then." Mr. Schue says as he hands the sheet music to Rachel and I. I need you guys to really practice this one. We only have 5 days to get this one right." I look down at the music and smile. I lean over to Rachel. "Do you want to practice after school?" "Uh, sure. You want to come over to my house?" She says excitedly. "Yeah, I'll uh, I'll be there after school then."

The bell rings and Rachel runs over to Sam and they walk out of the room arm in arm. I notice that Quinn and I are the only two left in the room and I try and gather my stuff quickly to get out of there. "It sure didn't take you long." She says to me. "Don't Quinn. Just don't" I look up at her. She walks over to me with her arms crossed. "Don't just expect me to make this easy for you. I didn't win that crown, and you don't get your happily ever after." She walks out of the room smiling back at me. Why are women always so difficult?

Rachel POV

Focus on what's in front of you Rachel. Don't look beside you. Just keep putting on your makeup. I haven't stopped talking to myself for the last 5 minutes. Not since Quinn came in the bathroom and has been silently putting on her makeup at the mirror beside me. The fact that she isn't talking is honestly starting to freak me out. She seems really angry today and for some reason her and Finn are fighting. But I really don't want to get into it with her. So I keep focusing on putting on my tenth application of mascara. "Don't think this is over." She finally says bluntly. I roll my eyes. Forget what I said. I really preferred it when she was just quietly staring holes through me. "Excuse me?" I say without looking at her. "I can see it all over your face Rachel. You think you have won. But you haven't. I won't let you take everything away from me." I've had about enough of Quinn Fabray.

"Look Quinn, Saturday night, I actually felt bad for you. I know how important it was for you to win prom queen. And I know it must have killed you when I won. But I did. And I'm not going to apologize for that. But this thing we keep doing. You and me. It has to stop Quinn. I'm not interested in fighting with you." I turn back to the mirror and I can see she is contemplating what she is going to say next. "You see Rachel, that's the problem. I don't really care if you are interested in fighting or not. The fact is, I'm tired of you. You never leave well enough alone, because you just don't know what's good for you. And you don't know when to quit." "Quitting is not something I do, so you just better get used to that." I say as I brush my hair back from my face.

I feel her grab me by the arm and spin be back around to face her. "Listen here man hands, I don't care that you won prom queen. I got over that before I even went to bed that night. What I do care about is you constantly meddling in my life. You can never just let me win one thing can you? No. You have to stick your big stupid nose in everything I do and everything I have." "I don't care what you do Quinn. I have my own life and I'm not concerned about what you do with yours." "Liar!" she yells. "Like you have no interest in Finn at all. Like you aren't already jumping at the chance to get back with him now that he's available again." Wait. What? Quinn and Finn broke up? When did this happen?

"Quinn, I don't know what is going on with you and Finn at the moment. I honestly had no idea. You seem to think that I spend my entire day figuring out ways to hurt you. But I hate to burst your fantasy Quinn, I honestly don't waste a single second thinking about you in a day. So whatever it is that you think I'm doing, you are already wrong." She laughs loudly. "Lying again are we Rachel. I saw your face just now when I told you Finn and I were through. Your looks deceive you." "I'm not going to lie Quinn, the fact that you and Finn are over not only makes me happy, but doesn't actually surprise me either. If you think that means I'll be jumping in to Finn's arms again, you are once again, mistaken." "You expect me to believe that you wouldn't just take him back in a heartbeat? Now I know you are an idiot!" "Quinn, what happened with Finn and I, it doesn't just heal overnight. It takes time to fix, and to heal, and to grow again. Which is why I wasn't surprised to hear that you and he are over. You never took the time to heal or fix what you did. You just went right back to doing whatever it is that you do."

"You have no idea what I do. None. You know nothing about me Rachel." "That's where you are wrong Quinn. I know a lot more about you than you realize. For one, I know you are scared." She backs up from me. "I'm not afraid of anything Rachel!" "I know you are afraid of being alone. I know that when you gave up your baby, you were afraid you were making the wrong choice. You are afraid of what everyone thinks of you, afraid of what people would do if they knew how scared you were inside. Because if they knew, they could hurt you because they would know your weakness. And Quinn Fabray doesn't show weakness." She is standing back like a wounded puppy and she looks like she is either going to cry or knock me backwards into the stall behind me. "I also know that you feel like you are defined by your status. That you are defined by how you dress, or talk. Or by how many crowns you can win, who you are friends with, or who you have on your arm. But none of that defines you Quinn. You are defined by your actions. And your actions scream that you are a scared little girl who doesn't have a clue who she is supposed to be. Who doesn't have a clue what she actually wants in her life. Because that bull you spewed at me the other day about sticking around Lima and having babies and working a dead end job, that's not the Quinn Fabray I know. That's the Quinn Fabray who is too afraid to take a chance. Too afraid to step outside of who she is supposed to be. And that is why you lose Quinn. Because you are too afraid to be you. And as much as you hate me, you really just hate the fact that I don't care about what people think about me. Because I am Rachel Berry. And Rachel Berry isn't afraid. Of anything. Or Anyone. And no matter what you do in your life Quinn, you will never have that!"

And I turn and I walk out of the bathroom leaving her standing there with her eyes wide and her mouth on the floor.

Finn POV

I knock on her door nervously and wait for her to answer. Before I got out of my car, I had everything I was going to say to her mapped out. But now that I am standing here, on her doorstep for the first time in ages, I don't remember any of it. She opens the door and my mouth goes dry. She looks adorable. "Hi Finn. Please, come in." I step in the door and immediately I am enveloped in the Rachel Berry home smell that I missed so much. Her house always smelled like baking. Like seriously, if there really was a gingerbread house, I would imagine it smelled like this.

"Hello Finn, we haven't seen you in a while." Her father Hiram says walking out of his office. "Oh hello sir, yes sorry about that. It has been a few months hasn't it." I remember that he doesn't know that Rachel had a party here a few weeks ago and is unaware that I was in his house that night. He walks over and shakes my hand. "Yes it has. You really should come by for dinner again. Rachel has been cooking up a storm for months now." "Daddy. Please," she's blushing and its beautiful. " We have stuff to do. Finn and I are singing the duet at Nationals this year." She is grinning from ear to ear and I can't help but feel my heart jump a bit when she talks so happily about us singing together again. "Is that so? Well then, I'm glad to see Mr. Schue finally realized who his real stars are. I was truly disappointed at Sectionals when the duet seemed so flat. It seems a waste to hold back your stars when everything is on the line." "Daddy, Sam and Quinn did a fine job at Sectionals. Now if you don't mind, we need to practice." "Alright darling, go practice,"he chuckles. " You two have fun." I watch as he walks back into his office. "He's right you know. About sectionals. We should have been the ones to sing that song." She smiles at me and I follow her up the stairs towards her room.

We walk into the room and once again I feel nervous. The last time we were in this room ended with glass being thrown at my head. "Ok Finn, this isn't going to be an easy song. I mean back when this song was made Cher was already an icon. I'm really nervous about doing this song right." "Rach, there is no one else who could do this song justice. You are going to be fine." I sit on her bed and she takes the sheet music out. She puts the CD in her CD player and the song begins. I watch as she sings and my heart feels like it is exploding. I smile at her and I notice she isn't singing anymore. "Finn. You missed your cue. Are you even paying attention." She walks over to the CD and stops the music.

"I broke up with Quinn." I spit out involuntarily. "Oh." She says softly. "I know." "You do? Did Sam tell you?" She looks up at me. "Sam knows?" "Yeah, I told him this morning. We kinda had a discussion about some things that might have been misunderstood on Saturday." "You did? Oh, you mean the kiss?" She sits down next to me. "Yeah, what you saw Rach, was Quinn trying to stop me from leaving. I broke up with her and she kind of didn't accept it. But that was all it was." "Oh that kiss." She says. "Yeah that kiss…OH you mean the one I saw. Yeah with you and Sam." She looks up at me. "Yes, I was trying to find you, to explain what was going on, but then I saw you with Quinn and well…." "Yeah, I get it. You know Sam has a point." "What did he say now?" She says laughing. "He said if you and I were just honest with each other more often, we wouldn't be in this mess to start with." "That sounds like something he would say." She giggles.

"But if you didn't hear it from Sam, who told you?" "Quinn." She says sadly. I should have figured Quinn would say something to her. "I'm sorry. It should have come from me. I tried to find you this morning, but it seemed like you were avoiding me." "I was. And it's ok. Quinn was just being Quinn. I can handle myself." I laugh because I don't doubt that for a second. "Rach, I never thought you couldn't." We are both laughing now and I reach over and brush her hair from her face. "Finn, don't." she says moving away from me. "Rach, what is it? I thought you wanted this?" I'm so confused right now. "I do want this Finn. But not like this. Not now." What? How is it that every time I decide I want her, something is wrong? "I don't understand Rachel. Why?" "It's too soon. We can't rush this. Every time you and I get together it's after we end a relationship with someone else. Last year with Quinn, we were together before you were actually ready to be with someone, and then I was with Jesse and before I truly realized what had happened with that relationship I was back in your arms."

Shit. Why does she always have to make sense. "We have to be ready for this Finn. Because I can't go through with having you and losing you all over again. I'm not saying never. I'm just asking you to wait." She sits down beside me and takes my hand. "Friends?" she says timidly. I want to scream and take her in to my arms and kiss her until she understands how I feel, but I know with Rachel, I need to give her this. I've put her through so much this year, and I owe her this. "Friends." I say to her. "Thank you Finn. You won't regret it." No regrets. That's what my mom said. I pull her in for a hug and I can smell her strawberry shampoo and my heart is aching but I know that we need this. We both need this time to be sure. I pull back from her and she's looking in to my eyes and I want to kiss her so badly. Without even realizing it, I am leaning in towards her and I feel her place her hand between our lips. "Finn, it's not that kind of friends." She giggles. "Oh yeah, uh sorry. Maybe we can sing now. That's probably what we should be doing." We pull apart and she grabs the sheet music again. I see her smiling and I know that I would wait forever for her to come around. I'll do whatever it takes to have her back in my life. Even if it means we give this friends thing a go. At least I have Rachel back. And really, isn't being friends where all of this started to begin with. I smile and begin to sing my verse. Yeah I think I can live with this for now.

Rachel POV

I can't believe I am going to New York. I'm sitting at the airport and watching the planes take off and I feel like I am already in the clouds. I am going to New York City, for Nationals. I never thought New Directions would make it this far. I still remember when we first sang together. "Rockin' the boat." I chuckle to myself. Oh my goodness we were horrible. I look around at all my friends gathered around the terminal and I can't believe how far we have come. "Yo babe! You ready to do this thing?" Noah says as he throws himself down in the seat beside me. "I was born ready, Noah." I smile back. "Yeah no doubt about that girl. We are gonna kill this thing. Vocal Adrenaline are going to eat our dust!" "Damn straight." I hear Sam say behind us. This is the year of New Directions. From everything you guys have told me about that group, we just have to beat them. Time to slay a giant."

"HEY, I hope that's not a reference to the tall dude over here." I see Finn walking over to us pointing to himself. Ever since Finn and I talked on Monday things have been wonderful. He has been trying to hang out with Noah and Sam and even joined us for our Call of Duty marathon on Thursday night. I can't say for sure, but I think he let me beat him. "Never Hudson. We need you out there. Maybe after the competition." Sam shoots back at him. "Yeah well now you lost your element of surprise." He says as he punches Sam in the arm. "Can you guys believe we are about to get on a plane and fly to New York to compete. US? The little group from Lima, Ohio." "Berry, don't make us cry. I hate it when you get all sentimental on us." Noah says getting up and walks over to the window. I see Finn smile at me and sit down next to me. "I believe it. Isn't that what this group was about. Don't stop believing?" "Oh Finn, that analogy was awful." I laugh. "But endearing." He raises his eyebrow and I realize he probably doesn't know if that is good or bad. "It's a good thing Finn." I whisper. "Oh..good." He smiles.

"It's time to board for flight 183 to New York at gate 22C, please have your boarding passes ready as you approach the gate." I jump up and grab my bag. I can't believe it's time. We get in line and everyone is talking excitedly as we board the plane. I follow Sam onto the plane and he gets in and sits next to the window. I climb in beside him and Noah sits down next to me by the aisle. I look up and see Finn smile at me as he puts his stuff down and sits in the aisle seat beside Noah. Sam and Noah both look at me.

"What's with the goo goo eyes, Berry?" Sam whispers. "Yeah, something going on you ain't telling us about?" Noah asks. "What are you guys talking about?" I ask them both innocently. "You and Hudson. Ever since we got here you and Hudson have been looking at each other like the other is made of candy." Sam says laughing. "You two are idiots. There is nothing going on with Finn and I. We are just friends. That's all." "Yeah and Q is your best friend. Spill Berry!" Noah says poking me in the side. "Would you two stop acting like stupid boys. Nothing is going on. We talked. That's all." I look over and see Finn staring at us wondering what is going on. I shrug and sit back in my seat. "And you thought you would get away with not sharing that information with us?" Sam says staring at me with a frown on his face. "Yeah, what the hell was this talk about and where did it take place. I swear to God if he kissed you, I'm going to beat his ass." "NOAH! He didn't kiss me. Would you stop this right now."

They both are staring at me and I figure I'm not going to get away with just going to sleep at this point. "Fine, if you have to know, we talked on Monday." "MONDAY! What the hell, that was days ago. Why are we just hearing about it now?" Noah says angrily. "Oh gosh you two, you aren't my keepers." I say. "No but we are the closest thing you will ever get to brothers and it's our job to protect you." Sam says. "Ok. I appreciate it, I do. But you don't need to beat him up. He was very sweet. And I think he wanted to get back together with me." "WHAT?" Noah says and quickly looks towards a very confused Finn. "Noah, please." "Ok so you think that, but he didn't say it?" Sam asks. "I didn't give him a chance. I told him to give me time." "Ok you did what?" Noah says laughing. "Yeah I thought you wanted to get back with him. Wasn't that the whole point of us spying on him at Quinn's house?" "Yes, Sam, I do want to be with him, but I have to make sure he's ready. I have to protect my heart. You guys have taught me that. Just because he broke up with Quinn, doesn't mean we should just jump into a relationship. I want to wait until I'm sure he wants to be with just me." "Aww, our girls all grown up." Noah says to Sam and they both laugh.

"You guys are ridiculous." I say hitting them both on the legs. "OW" they both yell. "When the time is right, I'll know. But until then, Finn and I are just friends. Now is that enough information or do you need to know what he was wearing as well?" I ask. "Well, I do like when he wears blue." Noah says. "Oh yes it does bring out his eyes." Sam says dreamily. I grunt. "You two are impossible. I'm getting some sleep!" I lean over and put my head on Sam's shoulder and close my eyes. I feel them high five each other and I choose to ignore their childish behavior. I'm tired and I just want to wake up in New York.

Finn POV

"We are now arriving in New York City. Please make sure you gather your belongings before exiting the plane. Have a great day." Finally. I can't believe we are actually in New York. I look over at Rachel and see that Sam is waking her up. I'm jealous that it wasn't me that got to sit beside her while she slept on my shoulder. But I promised her that I would give her time. And I want to do that for her even if it is killing me. Sure it's been great to hang out with her this last week. I enjoyed seeing how she interacted with Sam and Puck. It wasn't at all like I had imagined it. But then in my mind something had to be going on between them so I was sure that their Thursday night "marathon" included making out and nakedness.

I was pleasantly surprised when I showed up and it really was a call of duty marathon. Rachel played just like one of the guys, even though I did let her beat me in the end. It's actually nice the way that Sam and Puck treat her like a sister. They tease her, pick on her, and from what I could tell from their conversation during the plane ride, they intend on protecting her as well. I can see why they are afraid I would hurt her again, but I don't intend to. But I guess I never intended to do it the first…wait how many times have I hurt her? My shoulders drop and I gather my bag from the seat beside me and exit the plane. Mr. Schue is standing at the exit gathering everyone up. "Ok guys, we are going to take the bus back to the hotel, I will give everyone their room assignments as they exit the bus and I want you to go to those rooms once we get there. We have a 5 o'clock rehearsal so we don't have time to mess around. Drop off your stuff and get ready to meet back in the lobby to ride over to the auditorium."

We all file into the bus and I see Sam and Puck sit down in the back together and Rachel sits across from them. I walk towards the back of the bus and sit down next to Rachel. "Do you mind if I sit with you?" I ask her. "Of course not Finn. Did you enjoy the plane ride?" She asks me. "It was ok. I don't really like flying. I'm too tall for the seats and my legs cramped up the whole time. But it's exciting that we are actually here now." "It is isn't it. Oh my goodness, tomorrow we are going to be singing in front of our biggest audience yet Finn. I'm so nervous." She's so cute when she gets excited because she talks really fast and really loud and everyone is looking at her rolling their eyes. "You are gonna be great Rach. It's me you should be nervous about. Hopefully I don't fall off the stage or something." I laugh. "Don't be silly Finn. We are going to be great." She looks out the window and starts pointing out buildings and telling me what each one is but I honestly never hear a word she says. The look on her face is one of so much joy that I can't tear myself away from staring at her the entire ride.

I feel the bus pull to a stop and Mr. Schue hands everyone their room assignments. I see that I am rooming with Puck and Sam. Which is cool now because we seem to be getting along again. Rachel is talking about how she is rooming with Tina and Mercedes and I can tell she is relieved because even though she won't admit it, she was really nervous she would have to share a room with Quinn. We head up to our rooms and I see from the key card she has that she is in room 404, I'm happy I won't be too far from her since my room is 405. We walk to our rooms and stop in front of the doors. "Well, I'll see you in the lobby Rach." She smiles and opens her door. "You bet Finn. See you in a bit."

"Dude, I'm so excited about being in New York man. Can you imagine the women that live here." Puck is saying as I walk into the room. "No way dudes, I'm not sleeping on the rollaway. I'm like three sizes bigger than it." I say to them both. "Hey you took your sweet ass time getting up here, you get the last bed Hudson. Should have come straight here instead of macking on our girl." He says to me. "Dude, we were just talking!" I say as I throw my bag on the stupid rollaway bed. "Yeah yeah, and talking leads to smooching, and smooching leads to us kicking your ass." Sam says laughing. "Will you guys cut me a break? Seriously, I don't mean Rachel any harm. I love her. And if she wants to be friends right now, then that's what I gotta do."

"Good. Cuz we are tired of picking up the pieces every time you decide to break her down." Puck says walking away from me. "Look I know I've hurt her in the past. You gotta believe me that I know what I want now. And seriously Puck, you had a LOT to do with the whole break down last time. So at least give me that." He turns and faces me. "Ok you're right, I fucked up too. But Rachel and I, we came to an understanding now. That shit doesn't happen with us anymore. She's like my sister. I got her back ya know. I'm just trying to look out for her." I shake his hand. "I get it, and I appreciate that ok."

Sam is sitting on the bed looking at me and he still isn't smiling. "And you dude," I say walking over to him. "It's not like you haven't kissed her either." "Hey, it was a mistake. Rachel is just…well…" "Rachel" We all say in unison. He stands up from the bed and shakes my hand. "Ok, if you truly are sure how you feel this time, then I'm cool. Just give her time. But if you do hurt her, we are going to kick your ass. Just so you know." He laughs. "Yeah I pretty much figured that." I walk over to my bed and get wallet and put it back in my jeans. "I think we better head down there now. Before Mr. Schue sends someone to find us. He probably already has someone watching our room in case Puck makes a break for it to find the hot New York ladies."

We exit the elevator together and we all stop immediately and stare at the sight in front of us. Rachel is standing with her back to us talking to a guy. "What the fuck!" I hear Puck say beside me. "Who's that?" Sam says as he leans over and whispers to me. "St. James!" I say angrily. "You still think I'm the worst thing that could happen to Rachel?" I say looking at Puck.

Stacy – Gleefully Finchel

Ok guys, one more chapter and an epilogue left and this story is finished. Hope you guys are still enjoying it.