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It was the moment of truth. Should he go with his heart or with what is right? Staring into her eyes he had forgotten how much he was in love with her, but she didn't know that.

"No." And he turned and walked away. It pained him so much to do that, but his head was telling him to. But really, what help is your head, when none of your heart is in it?

Rachel headed out of the locker room, after cleaning herself up.

The rest of the day went by in a breeze. The only thing that really sucked was that, of course, he was in all of her classes. And in most of them, he sat beside her. Life was nothing but I big bag of… crap right now. Rachel had possibly lost the only real friend she would ever have. Finn had possibly lost the only girl he would ever really like, all because of a goodbye and slushies.

Rachel knew what is felt like now. Having a slushy thrown in your face. She didn't like it and she felt horrible or Finn. Now she knew what he felt, every second of every day. Like nobody loved him. Like everyone hated him. Like the world was crashing down on him. She didn't like the feeling.

Finn now knew how hard it was to say goodbye to somebody you really love. Now he knew how hard it was to say goodbye. It wasn't Rachel that had to say it this time. It was him. It's hard. But she had to learn… and so did he. He ran out of the locker room as fast as he could. He didn't want to see her face or he would be holding her right now. Telling her it was going to be okay, that all her problems are gone. But now, after walking out, he wishes he hadn't.

Rachel went home and her dads still weren't home. There was, however, a message on the machine.

"Hey Rachel. This is your father and we are just calling to say, we aren't coming back this time. I just wanted to say goodbye and that we love you dearly. We just can't come home… No…please…I have a daughter." She heard a gunshot and the line went dead.

"NOOOO!" And that's when the river of tears started. Not only had she lost her BEST friend today, she lost one of her fathers. There was no say in where the other one was. She went to the kitchen and pulled out a knife.

"I have nothing to live for…"

… It went dark.

…..

"Mom, I'm going over to Rachel's, I really need to talk to her. We have and assignment in history due and she left school before that class."

"Okay, just be back by dinner."

He ran out the door and across the street.

"Rachel, I really need to talk to you. Come on, open up. Look I know we aren't on the best of terms, but we have a project…." He peaked in one of the windows and saw her lying on the floor. He ran inside to the kitchen and there she was on the floor. He picked up the phone and dialed 911 immediately.

"911, what's your emergency?"

"Umm, there is this girl… lying on the floor in her kitchen, she's unconscious and… she is bleeding non-stop from her arm. What do I do?"

"An EMS is on their way. Please apply pressure to her arm."

He didn't care if he got bloody; he took his hand and applied it to her arm. "Thank you."

"You're welcome, I'm going to stay on the line until the EMS gets there."

"Okay." Now talking to Rachel, "Rachel, you can't leave me, you can't. Why are you so stupid sometimes?" Rachel, come one wake up." He leaned in and kissed her. Would that wake her up? "RACHEL, COME ON WAKE UP!" He kissed her again. Nothing. "Rachel, wake up for me, for Quinn, Mercedes, Tina…" He heard the sound of sirens coming down the road. "They're almost here Rachel." They ran through the door with a board and lifted her up. "Can I hang up now?"

"Okay." And they hung up.

Finn ran outside with the doctors.

"FINN!"

"Mom, calm down."

"What happened?"

"I don't know, I just saw her like that."

"Sir, " the doctor talking to Finn, "Would you like to ride with her?"

Finn looked at his mom and she just nodded. Finn jumped into the ambulance and it started speeding. Once they arrived at the hospital, they put her on a bed and rolled her to room.

"Can I come?"

"I'm sorry…"

"Finn."

"Finn, but you can't."

"Just do EVERYTHING you can to keep her alive."

"We will. Do you know where her parents are?" It must've been serious because they didn't let Finn answer the question before he rushed down the hallway.

"Rachel… Rachel." Was that the last time he would see her? How he would have to remember her by, lifeless and broken.

He pulled out his phone and went to sit on one of the chairs. He started looking through his pictures. He saw pictures that he hadn't taken. Rachel was in them. It was a set of them. One had her pointing to herself. Rachel Berry. The next one had her with an is on two of her fingers. Another one had her holding up and piece of paper with the words 'Best Friends' on it. The last one had her holding up a picture of Finn and pointing to it.

Rachel Berry is best friends with Finn Hudson.

He then saw pictures of both of them. One of them had a picture having his gangster hat on and he had sunglasses on. They were both making peace signs.

Another one had a picture with her jumping on his bed in a mid-air jump.

One of them with football jerseys on. Hers was huge and his fit just right.

There were then just random ones of them making silly faces, scary faces, serious faces; the last one caught his attention though. It was one with them just smiling at the camera. They were oober close to each other, almost touching hands. She actually looked happy.

He noticed a video he had never seen before. It was titled 'Rachel had a Best Friend Named Finn'. He pressed play, and surely enough there was Rachel sitting on his bed.

"Hey Finn, not the smartest thing to leave your phone on your bed… with a GIRL in the room. Especially a girl like me, are you stupid. I'm just kidding. Hey, just want to let you know, Rachel Berry has a friend, his name is Finn Hudson. He is perfect and we have so much fun together. Maybe, you people don't like him, but YOU don't know him. I've spent so much time with him and he's amazing. Get to know him and you won't be disappointed. You might want to be friends. Oh wait, no you won't, because he's not cool. Well, I know for a matter of fact that he is. Because I know him. So Quinn, Santana, Puck, all you guys out there, just get to know him, or don't, but keep in mind, it's YOUR loss. Love you guys." By now, Finn was laughing and crying. He saw that it was sent to people, and went to look at whom. The list read:

Quinn Fabray

Noah Puckerman

Santana Lopez

Britney Pierce

Dave Karofsky

Azimio

Rachel Berry

Why did she send it to herself, she made it? He didn't know. That didn't matter right now; all he wanted was for her to be okay. To know that she as alright and he would get to see her again. His mom showed up a little but after he arrived and he ran to her, eyes filled with tears, and put his head on her shoulder.

"Shhh… Finn, it's going to be okay."

"How can you say that? You don't know that. I wish you did, but nobody know. I just want her to be okay mom… she's all I have. It took this happening to realize how stupid I was to tell her I wouldn't keep her."

"You WHAT?"

"She got slushied today and I went to clean her up. While in the process I asked her what I was going to do with her and she said keep me. I told her no. What do I do?"

"Finn, as much as I love you, you can't look at me for advice this time."

"Yeah, I know, I guess…"

After about 3 hours of waiting a doctor came out to give them the verdict. "Well, I have good news… and bad news. The good news is she survived. The bad news is… she's hanging on by a limb, she WILL live though. The bleeding stopped and she has 20 stitches in her arm. She is awake, but she is very tired, if you would like to talk to her be my guest, but she seems really upset.

Finn went back first and it nearly killed him to see her hooked up to all the wires.

"Hi Rach."

"Hi hon." She gave him a smile.

"How are you holding up?"

"I'm getting there."

"Rach, why did you do it?"

"Finn, one you left me. I didn't know if you would ever forgive me."

"I forgive you for every goodbye you've ever given me Rachel."

"I'm glad, and…and… My dad died… today. A robbery in New York."

"Oh, Rachel I am so sorry."

"It's not your fault."

"I know, but it just feels like it sometimes. Rachel, I have something to tell you…" Should he say it? He didn't know, but it just kinda came out. "I'm in love with you." He stared into her eyes and leaned down and-

"WHOOOOAAAA! Slow down. You can't think that since you saved my life, you can come in and make me fall in love with you-"

"IMPOSSIBLE!"

"What?"

"I confess my feelings for you and you still…"

"Finn, I like friendship first, you have to show me you want to be with me."

"How much more do you want me to prove?" And with that he stood up and turned around and walked out the door.

"Wait… Finn!" He was already out of hearing range. "Gur-rate my life has just gone from bad to good and back to bad." She groaned and put her head back on her pillow. Did she have feelings for him? She didn't know. Who would she turn to? She didn't know.

"What happened Finn?"

He walked right past his mom. "If she wants a fight, I'll fight damn well." He took out his phone and dialed a number. "Annabelle…?"

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