Rachel slipped her bathrobe on as she exited the bathroom. "Finn, I wanna apologize for all those arguments we had for the last few nights."
"Yeah, me too. I wish we didn't spend most of our vacation fighting."
"Well we still have tonight. I don't wanna fight tonight, and no sex either. Not that I don't like doing it with you..I just don't like the way we've been having sex after fights."
"Can we just sleep together like the first night?" I asked softly.
She smiled slightly. "I'd love that." She climbed into the bed in front of me.
We were silent for a while, but then I spoke. "Did you ever think we'd have such a rocky relationship when we first met?"
She looked up at me. "To be honest, I didn't think I had a chance at all."
"And look how that turned out."
She laughed. "Yeah. It's weird."
"But when we started dating, did you think we'd have so many break ups?"
"Well, I guess I was always afraid of us breaking up, but I never expected us to be on and off like that."
"I guess it means we have a really strong connection."
"I never wanna feel the pain of a break up again."
"Me neither," I agreed. "It sucks."
"A lot."
"Do you think it would happen again, Rach?" No answer. "Rachel?" She was already asleep, curled up snugly against my chest. "Good night, Rach." I didn't mind that she fell asleep anyway. I'd be too scared to hear her answer.
The night we drove home I went straight to my bedroom in Kurt's apartment. I fell asleep right away, and I couldn't even tell how long I had been asleep.
Someone knocked on my door. "Finn?" I rubbed my eyes as I looked up to see who was walking in. There were two pairs of legs. For a second, I thought I was seeing double. But my vision eventually cleared up, and I could tell that they were two different people. Kurt was standing by my bed with a cup of milk. Next to him was Rachel holding an iPod. "Oh, hi, Rachel!"
"Hi, Finn."
"What's going on?"
"Well to make up for all the fighting we did over the vacation, I asked Kurt to help me prepare something fun for you. So just relax in bed. Drink your milk. And just let us put a smile on your face!" she said.
Rachel put her iPod into the docking station. She took some gold chain necklaces out of her bag and put them around Kurt's neck. Then she put a backwards baseball cap on her head. I was amused already.
Kurt:
What's wrong with the world, mama?
People livin' like they got no mama
I think the whole world addicted to the drama
Only attracted to the things that'll bring you trauma
Overseas, yeah, we try to stop terrorism
But we still got terrorists here livin
In the USA, the big CIA
The Bloods, the Crips, and the KKK
Rachel:
But if you only have love for your own race
Then you only leave space to discriminate
And to discriminate only generates hate
And when you hate then you're bound to get irate
Madness is what you demonstrate
And that's how anger works and operates
Man you gotta have love just to set it straight
Take control of your mind and meditate
Let your soul gravitate to the love, y'all, y'all.
Both:
People killin', people dyin'
Children hurt and you hear them cryin'
Can you practice what you preach?
And would you turn the other cheek?
Kurt:
Father, father, father help us
Send some guidance from above
Rachel:
Cause people got me questionin'
Both:
Where is the love?
Where is the love?
Where is the love?
Where is the love?
The love, the love
I smiled and clapped for both of them. It made my day to see both Kurt and Rachel filled with so much energy. "I loved that! I didn't know you guys can rap!"
Rachel giggled. "We can't really, but we did our best."
"What are you talking about? Your rapping is just as great as your singing!"
Kurt laughed for half a second, but it was the most I'd heard out of him in a while. "Thanks," he said proudly.
Rachel looked lovingly in my direction. "I guess I just really wanted to pick something that would express my feelings towards our relationship. I know it's hard for you being in the army, and I guess it's pretty hard for me, too, being in such a competitive city. But the important thing when we're together is to just love. And I'm sorry I didn't realize that before."
I couldn't stop myself from grinning. "Thanks, Rachel. That means a lot to me."
She came over to my bed and gave me a long, meaningful hug. "I love you."
Rachel came with Kurt when he drove me to the airport. "Just three more months until my next visit," I reminded them, as I lifted my bag off the seat.
"I'll miss you, Finn," Kurt said to me, and that was the most he'd ever said to me at the airport. I was surprised at his somewhat positive attitude these last few days, especially since his break up with Blaine, but it was pleasant.
"Thanks, Kurt." I reached over to give him a hug.
Then Rachel came out of the car to hug me. "Bye, Finn. I promise I'll keep writing." She gave my back one last squeeze and turned towards the car.
"Rach, wait!" She looked back at me. "I didn't get my goodbye kiss!"
She smiled slyly. "You didn't think I forgot, did you? I just needed a grand entrance for it." She rushed towards me and flung her arms around my neck. Her lips felt warm and passionate against my face. I held my arms around her waist until she let go. "Was that good?"
I stumbled slightly, shocked by the amazing sensation that just came over me. "Oh...wow..yeah!"
"I love you, Finn."
"I love you, too." I pulled her back in for one more kiss before I turned towards the airport doors. I turned around again and waved as I walked through the entrance. She was standing there, waving proudly the entire time, not a single tear on my face. I smiled happily. That was her. My strong, brave girlfriend.