She didn't cry that night.

Deep down, she already knew that Finn had cheated on her. Just didn't know with who and she was disgusted that Finn would stoop so low as to be with Stacy (yes, she was 'hot' but she's still dumb and a bitch).

She wondered why is it was that she couldn't make herself cry or even get mad (she was mad, but not furious as she is suppose to be) at Finn. Maybe she was just too focused on getting into NYADA and winning Sectionals and dancing and cheering and not to forget, protecting her Klaine from Sebastian that she just forgot about Finn.

Maybe that's why Finn cheated on her.

But that couldn't be right. Since she was still googly-eyed over Finn until Sectionals. She wasn't like she was from the beginning of senior year but she was still very-much in love with him.

Enough to have sex with him.

She shook her head and lay down in her bed, willing herself to sleep, as she has a state-championship to win tomorrow.

The next day, she woke up feeling better than usual. Which was weird considering how she just found out her boyfriend could (he could still not be, but who is she kidding?) be cheating on her.

Funny, but it didn't even distract her at all.

As she predicted, they won the State championship and were moving on to the Nationals championship next. She cheered along happily with the others when Santana shouted that there's a celebration party at her house for winning tonight.

They went back to school since there was a glee club meeting and she was adamant about not missing it, dragging Kurt, Brittany and Santana along with her. They still had 30 minutes before it started and Rachel sat with the others, recounting her own point of view on today's events with them.

She was in the middle of telling her story when Finn walked in, looking nervously at her, asking if he could have a minute with her. She nodded, thinking it was time to finally break things off with Finn. It doesn't matter if he cheated or not. She's still breaking up with him.

They walk silently to the football field and she climbed up at the bleachers before sitting down. She traced her pleated skirt as she waited for Finn to start.

"Rachel, I messed up," he said. "I-I che-cheated on you," he sputtered.

"I know," she said.

"You do?"

"Yup." she pops the 'p' out.

Finn looked weirdly at her, he expected a full tantrum of Rachel Berry but this was way scarier to him.

"-with Stacy," he said.

"As I already assumed by yesterdays events."

"How did you figure it out?"

"Well, we've been distant from each other and then I found out you spend the night out after Sectionals-"

"What? Who told you that?!"

"It doesn't matter. It's true, isn't it?"

Rachel took the silence as a yes and continued, "and ever since I became a cheerleader, you've always been around me which I first thought because you were happy that I had become a cheerleader. But I think it was to see whether or not Stacy had told me about this and you were trying to keep me or her away from each-other, right?" she said calmly.

"Yeah... Look, Rach. I'm really sorry that I've cheated and I -"

"I just really want to know one thing," she cut him off. "What?" Finn asked.

"Why? Why did you do it? Is it because of me?"

"No Rach. It's not you. It's me," Rachel snorted at the cliché of it. "No, really. It's me. I was too caught up with not getting any scholarships and watching Blaine and you together..."

"Blaine and me together? What?" Rachel asked incredulously.

"Yeah, I mean. He's really talented and has been this great guy and you two are so good singing together…"

"He's Kurt's boyfriend," she stated.

"I know that, but he sings really good and was having all these solos and I just felt like he's trying to be the leader and.."

"No no no. You do not blame this on Blaine," Rachel shook her head,

"He's being a good teammate and he did not have all that many solos. Everybody sang at Sectionals. You're blaming him for something he did not have anything to do at all, Finn. Now tell me the real reason. Why?" Rachel asked forcibly, crossing her arms over her chest.

Finn stayed silent. His face had that clueless expression that he always wore whenever he had to think hard. Rachel remembered how she used to think it was a cute look on his face but now it just annoyed her.

"Santana."

"Really, Finn? Oh-"

"No, really! Santana was the main reason I cheated on you."

Well, that was unexpected.

"It was back when we were fighting and I don't know, I guess I was... attracted to her or something and I knew that she was a lesbian and I'm with you and it got so confusing to me."

Rachel jaw dropped. Was this guy for real?

"Then, Stacy came up to me and said that she knows how I feel about Santana and offered me to 'forget' about her," he sighed. "It became a regular thing cause it was good sex with her. Not that it wasn't with you. Your boobs are awesome and I came faster when I was with you and your legs-"

"I think I've got the picture Finn. I was there, remember?" unfortunately, she thought.

Rachel mentally gagged. While Finn thought sex with her was great, she didn't think the same about him.

"Yeah… So, It became a regular thing and I tried to call it off… but she threatened to tell you and then I blackmailed her saying that I would tell the jocks that she couldn't do a blowjob she finally let it go. That was until you join the cheerios and she said that she could let it slip to you," Finn explained, letting go of a deep breath.

"Santana?" Rachel said disbelievingly after a while.

Finn had the decency to at least look a little sheepishly at Rachel. "Yup. I know it's stupid."

"You really are an idiot, Finn." Rachel scoffed. Already she felt that throbbing feeling of the near usual headache coming to her, whenever Finn was being an idiot.

"I know." he sighed.

"No, you don't. Santana? Really?" Rachel said loudly, standing up. "And that bullshit with Stacy? You know you could have come to me and we would have talked about it but you decided to have sex with Stacy and you decided to stupidly fall for Santana and then cheat on me. God, Finn. You chose to do what you did. Not Santana, or Stacy or even Blaine. It was you."

"Well…well, you were too busy getting into NYADA and all that shit. You weren't there for me when I lost two more scholarships! You were too busy with Blaine and Kurt about going to New York. Did you ever think about me if I want to go to New York at all?"

"You said you wanted to!"

"I never said that."

"But you implied it!" Rachel took a deep breath, "It doesn't matter. I'm breaking up with you."

"What? Rachel, no. I'm-" Finn started to beg.

"No. I made my decision last night. We're over. We've been over ever since you started being jealous with Blaine and having those stupid, meaningless pathetic fights with Santana and ignoring me. We're done, Finn," she stated.

Rachel knew she made the right choice. It wasn't the first time that Finn had done this. Last year after Jesse, he told her he couldn't handle her and broke up with her and then got back together with her and then repeated the process when he thought he doesn't love Quinn after making Quinn cheat on Sam. She was never his first choice either.

He's like a ping pong ball. Always switching sides and breaking her heart and she's done with it.

Finn tried to argue and beg for her to forgive him and take him back. She shook her head and took his hands. "Listen. I forgive you okay? Because truthfully, like you said, I wasn't a good girlfriend to you either."

"Wait, you cheated too?"

"No! I didn't treat or pay attention to you like a good girlfriend should. If I did, I would have seen your crush on Santana. I think I... fell out-of-love with you," she said.

"But, Rachel.I love you," Finn begged.

"You sure do have a weird way of showing it," Rachel pointed out. "It doesn't matter, Finn. We're breaking up and you and I need to forget about ever being together anymore. We were never really together," she said sadly.

It's true. She and Finn were never really together since Finn was always finding something or someone else when he already had her.

"I really hope this doesn't come between us in glee club. We really need to win this time," she said. Finn continued to beg her but then reluctantly agreed saying that he couldn't do anything to change her mind now, but was hopeful that they would get back together soon.

Rachel highly doubted that.

When they walked back into the choir room, everyone was already there and stopped to look at the two who stood a little away from each other.

It was Puck who broke the silence.

"What happened to you guys?"

Finn who still looked sad managed to answer that they broke up but are still good with each other. The others wouldn't believe it seeing the calm and content look on Rachel's face but Rachel confirmed it, saying that they just fell-out-of-love and decided to go their separates ways.

A fact that caused a small smile on her friends face.

"Finally. Caught him in the act or did he tell you himself?" Sam said glaring at the tall, crestfallen looking boy. The others immediately shushed him and Puck smacked him on the back of his head, telling him to shut up.

Rachel looked curiously at the glee club, all of them seemed to avoid their eyes from her and she could feel the anger rise up.

"You guys knew about this?" she said gravely.

To the surprise of everyone, it was Sugar who answered her, "Puck overheard Stacy telling Finn about their affair and confronted him with Sam and they nearly broke into fight when Finn said that they shouldn't think of telling you because we all knew you would storm out of glee club and maybe quit as well, making us lose our chances of winning Regionals. But I think that's not possible, seeing as they already won Sectionals without you and the trouble tones have joined. But that's just me."

Seeing the murderous looks of the people around her, Sugar smiled sheepishly.

"Aspergers. Sorry."

They all waited as Rachel contemplated what she had just heard from Sugar. Hoping that the diva wouldn't explode and storm out in classic Rachel Berry style. Whatever Sugar said, they really need her in this club.

She was the heart and soul of it.

"How long?" she asked. "How long have you guys known?" she asked everyone.

It was Brittany who answered, "three weeks."

Three weeks?

"You guys all knew and didn't even think to tell me? Any of you?" she looked to each and every one of them.

"Kurt? Blaine?"

The two boys began to open their mouth to explain when Rachel couldn't take it anymore and stormed away from the choir room, crashing into Mr. Schue's shoulders and without stopping, ran to her car, sobbing.

She drove back to her home and rushed into her bathroom to drown herself in a cold shower, crying. She hoped that it would wash away the hurt and humiliation she felt from her friends.

Well, she thought had thought they were her friends.

Friends who didn't want to tell her that her boyfriend had cheated on her because they were worried she would make them lose their chances of winning Regionals.

It was ridiculous!

She exited the bathroom and decided to go for a drive around town. Or anywhere for that matter. She just had to get away. She needed to hurry though lest they decided to end the meeting early and Sam would come home. She didn't want anybody to see her right now.

Her cell phone was ringing non-stop but she ignored it. When she was ready to leave, she turned off her phone and went downstairs to the kitchen. She left a note on the fridge for Sam, stating that she's going out and not to find her or be worried.

Even though she was hurt and wanted to be alone, she wouldn't want anybody to send a search party for her.

Grabbing her car keys, she went to her car and started driving towards downtown Lima, still crying. She make a mental note in her head stating that she need to make a short pit stop to the drugstore to buy some drinking water.

A whole lot of water.

Sebastian was really not in a good mood.

Halfway across town, his car broke down and Westerville's only mechanic died last week so the workshop was closed for another week. He had his car towed all the way to Lima's only mechanic shop that was open (he noted the 'Hummel' on the billboard and confirmed that it was Congressman Hummel's workshop, who is also feline Kurt Hummel's dad) and had to walk ten fucking minutes to get to the town to buy some things he wanted.

It was Friday and with everybody going back to their homes for the weekend, he thought he would packed up his room since he couldn't bully other people to do it for him.

He thought of asking Blaine if he wanted to hang out and play the pity-me card to get to feel sympathy for him and maybe he accept his invite.

He enters the drugstore, what it seemed to him about a month ago since he last went. He distinctly remembered how he bumped into Rachel, his one true hurdle from winning Blaine over.

God, he really needs to up up his game plan if he didn't want to lose to Rachel Berry. He went through the shelves, picking up some chips and turning the corner to the other side when he stopped dead in his tracks.

Of course she just had to be here.

Letting out a little huff he stepped nearer to the girl, putting his hands in his pockets, watching her crunching down low, filling her shopping basket with every little mineral bottle she could reach.

"You know, there are millions of people in Africa who die everyday from dehydration and I don't think they would be happy to know that one of the reason they are dying is because Rachel Berry is hogging the stores for their water. They definitely deserve it more than you-Wait, are you crying?" he asked as she saw Rachel's eyes breaming with tears when she looked up to him.

Well, this is awkward, Sebastian thought.

Rachel sniffed loudly and he heard her groan before turning back to the shelves, grabbing the last bottle. "Please, I'm not in the mood for any of your snarky comebacks and juvenile teasing at the moment. So, please kindly leave me alone," she said to him.

Hearing her retort, he wanted to just flip her off and leave her but noticed her sad tone, and stayed.

"I would do that but you can't deny a man's curiosity. So tell me, what happened?" Sebastian asked nonchalantly, leaning against the shelves.

"Nothing that concerns you. Mind your own business." Rachel said crisply, getting up to face him. "Look, if you have any decency in respecting other people's grieving, you would stop following me and-"

"Who said I was following you?"

"W-well, you are in Lima, 30 miles away from Dalton and seeing as there is no Blaine around, I'm guessing you're following me... Are you trying to kill me? I'm telling you, my daddy is a licensed attorney and he has influential people down at-"

"My... car broke down and there's no mechanic in Westerville so I had to drop it off here," he said forcefully. "I came in here to buy some things for the weekend, I'm not following you!" Rachel glared at him, not that it deterred him any less, "As enlightening as the idea of killing you be, I don't think I want to risk a jail sentence. It's a highly unhygienic place to be this time of the year," he added, rolling his eyes. "And I am showing my respect to you by being concerned and asking if you are okay," he said.

"No. You were asking me what happened. That's being nosy. Not concerned," Rachel pointed out.

"Whatever. You should appreciate it while it fucking lasts. So, what happened? Took a fall and broke the bitch stick up in your ass?"

"Is this the way you talk when you are concerned about people? Calling them a bitch? Because I'm telling you, I'm not amused," Rachel said, weighing the heavy basket on her hands.

Sebastian sighed, "I'm trying to be concerned here but you are not exactly acting like an angel so, please help me, I just called you a bitch. Now," he took a deep breath "What happened? Why were you crying?" he asked softly.

Rachel was a bit taken aback by the gentleness he was displaying but is still wary.

"Why do you care? It's not like I've been nice to you," she said, tears pooling in eyes as she remembered back today's event.

Sebastian sighed; he really couldn't help it seeing girls crying. It's his one weakness that his little sister always managed to manipulate him with. "Believe me, I know you haven't. But it still doesn't change the fact that something is wrong and you're crying alone in a store where people could see how pathetic you look. Plus, you can blame my mom. She taught me to be this knight in shinning armour whenever I see some damsel in distress. Saying something about getting lucky afterwards. Too bad I'm interested in Knights more than Damsels," he smiled as he heard Rachel give a small laugh and a sniff. He waited for her to explain because he really was curious as to why she was crying and is concerned about her. Damn his mother and sister for turning him into a pussy!

"I broke up with Finn because he cheated on me," she said finally. "And everybody knew about it except me." her head bowed down.

Sebastian sighed. Of course it has to be about that freaking boyfriend.

No, ex-boyfriend of hers.

He looked at her silently before making up his mind.

"Come on. Let's go."

"Huh?"

"Come on. You're obviously still sad about this stupid break-up you had and I can't let a miserable girl crying be all by herself, even if I hate said girl."

Well, that was mighty nice of him.

"Besides, judging from all those looks people giving us, I'm betting that they think I just dumped you because you're pregnant."

Rachel swiftly turned her head around and laughed a bit seeing the pity and concern look some people gave her while glaring at the boy in front of her.

She broke into a small laugh looked up to him with those big-doleful eyes of shining with tears.

Sebastian resisted wiping the single tear that escaped from her eyes and grabbed the basket in her hands before offering his other hand to her.

He waited awhile before Rachel sliped her arms under his.

Don't smile.

"So, what's with all this water supply?"

Rachel gulped down her third mineral water for the day. Despite it being in a chilly November weather, she couldn't stop drinking the water Sebastian had bought for her.

He said to see his generosity as a charity fund for her commensurable life.

Jerk.

They were sitting on the hood of her Ford Fusion Hybrid with bottles of water and a couple of beers for Sebastian (he snorted at her when she asked if he could handle his liquor because she was not driving with a boy she only known for a month that is drunk) who managed to buy them at the gas station they stopped at on their journey to their current location, a secluded cliff over at the old highway road heading to Westerville that overlooked downtown Lima.

It was a peaceful yet not deserted as she could hear the cars driving on road not far away from their spot. She was glad that Sebastian had taken her here and had been holding back her tears by gulping down water and devouring the vegan burgers and seaweed chips Sebastian had also bought at the gas station while retelling the events that had happened today.

Sebastian leaned back against the windscreen, hands crossing over his chest as he took in her story. He could feel the sadness and can't help but pity her.

And he was a bit confused.

"I'm confused. You said that you already knew he cheated on you but you didn't want to attest to, which is stupid by the way-"

"What's your point?"

He glared at her, "My point is that what are you so upset about? You said that you understood why they did it and it hurt you because you think that they didn't believe in you and yadi yadi yada but I think there's something more to it than you just being angry with them," Sebastian said, finally figuring the blind spots.

"What do you mean there's more? I'm angry and that is it. How could they lie to my face and act all clueless when they know my boyfriend was fucking a slut behind my back?" Rachel shouted.

"You just said the F-word."

"Yes, I did and I'm not proud of it. And as if you don't say the word," she huffed as she took a bite of her burger.

He rolls his eyes and leaned forward to look at her. "I'm just saying, you are more than just angry with them."

"That's right. I'm furious!" she said.

"No you're not. You're just angry. Not furious. You're feeling something else as well. Something that really makes you upset and sad. What is it?" Sebastian asked.

Rachel looks over at him and wiped her hands after putting down her finished burger, thinking of whether or not to tell him what was really bothering her about all of this.

"I-I… I'm ashamed." she said finally.

"Ashamed? Why? It's not like he's the one who dumped you. You dumped him. And don't say it was because he cheated. I think you wouldn't even be bothered if he turned out to be gay," he said pointedly.

Rachel grinned before reverting back to being sad, "It's just... I'm ashamed at everyone. All of them has these wonderful relationships with their significant others and then there was me, Rachel who couldn't even see her boyfriend was cheating on her. What's more, I feel so mad because they still think of me as this silly, spoiled, overbearing, immature girl who can't handle a break-up and thinks only for herself. I admit, I was once that girl but I've changed. They don't trust me. That's what I'm so mad and so sad about." she sighs.

"See, this is exactly why I don't have any friends."

"No? Not even Jeff and Nick? Or Julian?"

"Nope. They are just friends that come and go. Everyone is, in fact. I don't do any of those BFF, close-friends bullshit. You live better without them fucking up around you or you fucking it up for them to see." he explained.

Rachel remembered her early years of high school. She lived her life exactly like how Sebastian had just described.

But that was because she had no choice seeing as she was the loser in her school and had an overbearing personality.

"But, that's just wrong. It's a lonely life."

Sebastian shrugged, "Well, you just have to learn to be lonely and accept that you are, then."

"Learn to be lonely?" she said, recognising the song he had just quoted.

He smiled before he looked ahead to the city and started to sing:

"So laugh in your loneliness,
Child of the wilderness,
Learn to Be lonely,
Learn how to love life that is lived alone." he finished looking back at her, "it sure beats being in this fucked up mess you're dealing with."

Rachel sighs. "It's just... I don't know. They just don't lov-... No. I-I guess I'm just trying to put blame on others when I should just blame myself for everything," she stuttered to which Sebastian noticed.

"I was the one who push Finn away for being stupid and I was the one who didn't want Kurt and Blaine to tell me to talk to Finn when they asked and I guess I'm still acting immature. I'm not pretty enough for Finn, too...Or any guy for that matter," her insecurities hit her again and she started to look down at herself, thinking of her too authentic ethnic features and pint-sized body.

"Hey, come on. Don't pull that shit on me. I may be gay but even I could admit you're beautiful. Huge schnozz or not," he comforted the girl, seeing the surprised look on her face. "I'm saying this just once so don't ask for it again. You're beautiful and Finn's a fucking asshole. Couldn't stick to one thing at a time. And falling for a lesbian he helped out, seriously?" he said causing Rachel to laugh and wipe her tears.

"You know, you're really a decent guy once you start acting like one," Rachel complimented.

"I'm always the nice, decent guy. You're just jealous that I was awesome when we sang the other day and I'm just trying to be friendly with your friend," he said teasingly.

Rachel scoffed at him. "Please. I was the one who rocked the song and you know it. Besides, you are more than just being friendly with Blaine."

Sebastian shrugged it off and they both sat silently, enjoying the peace and letting Rachel calm down and stop crying. Sebastian spouted up some random things and they would talk about it before settling back to the comfort silence. It was odd for both of them since they've been hating each other but strangely it wasn't too weird being together. They were comfortable with each other.

A fact that both noted and thought over as they drove back in silence to Lima.

It was nearing seven P.M and Sebastian said that he should head back before it's too late to catch the bus back to Westerville. Rachel offered to drive him straight to Dalton but he refused, saying that it's dangerous for other people if she drives alone at night. Rachel rolled her eyes at the joke and waved goodbye as he shuts the door to her car.

"Hey, Sebastian. When are you coming back for your car?" she leaned over the seat to the passenger side, catching his gaze from outside her car window.

"Tomorrow noon. Why?" he asked back.

"Wanna hang-out?"

Well that was unexpected.

"You're trying to avoid your friends, huh?" he said, causing Rachel to look down sheepishly.

"Yeah, sure."

She knew she shouldn't be too happy about it but she did and felt a little guilty for doing this to Kurt. He is Kurt's enemy right now.

She just wasn't sure if he was hers anymore.

"Great. How are you getting here tomorrow?"

"I never thought about it," he said casually.

"Want me to pick you up?" she asked.

Sebastian stared at her curiously before agreeing.

"Just one thing though."

"What?"

"We're not friends," he said.

"Of course we're not. I wouldn't want to be friends with you," she said, pretending to be disgusted.

Sebastian snorted and grinned at her wickedly. "But if we were friends, you think you would back off from me getting Blaine, possibly from winning Regionals as well? Because if you do, I could compromise to being friends."

Rachel let out a laugh of disbelief and revved up her car, "I'll pick you up at twelve. See ya, Sebastian," she drove away, smiling and thought of how weird her day had turned out.

Hey guys, so here another chapter. Review please and I'll upload the next one on Sunday (Well, my Sunday that is). :D

Willow.