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Chapter 11 – The Breakup

Rachel is sitting in one of the auditorium chairs, staring at the stage. Sam joins her in the next seat.

"You wanted to talk to me?" he asks cautiously.

Rachel nods, not taking her eyes off the stage.

"About?" Sam looks warily at her.

Rachel takes her eyes off the stage for the first time and looks at him. "We can't be together anymore, we aren't going to work."

Sam stares at her "Is it something I did? I can change Rachel. Just don't break up with me and not say why," he says hastily.

Rachel looks at him 'Tell him, he'll understand!' she encourages herself "Sam, I'm gay." She released the breath she was holding. This is the first time she confessed to anyone except Quinn and it felt good to tell someone.

"That explains why you didn't want to do more than make out." Sam nods. "It's Quinn you love, isn't it?" he asks.

"Yes, it's Quinn." Rachel smiles a little.

Sam smiles at her "Thought so."

"You're not mad?" Rachel asks.

"Not even a little bit, a little bummed that I don't have a date for Prom now but not mad. You are who you are Rachel, if you happen to be into girls that is your business," Sam retorted.

"Thanks for understanding Sam." Rachel looks at him with a gentle smile.

"I'm one of your friends Rach, of course I'll understand. We weren't even really going out," Sam says.

"That is true. About the Prom date, I think you should ask Mercedes, she still doesn't have a date for Prom and it's a few days away," Rachel suggests.

Sam considers it, "I think I will ask her, thanks Rach." Sam smiles as he looks at her.

"What are friends for. Just one more thing?"

"Yes?"

"You keep this a secret that I'm gay and like Quinn." Rachel looks at him with a serious look in her eyes.

"Of course I will." Sam nods.

"Thanks." Rachel smiles and stands up, Sam also stands up and hugs her.

…

Rachel walks up to Quinn, who is busy in her locker. She beams, "Hey Quinn."

Quinn accidently hits her head on the side of the locker. "Hey Rach," she says half heartedly.

Rachel picks up her tone "What's wrong, Quinn?" and then notices the bruise and scratches on her shoulder "What happened to your shoulder?"

Quinn looks down "Finn kinda lost it when I told him I'm breaking up with him."

Earlier…

Quinn is sitting on the bleachers watching Finn play football with a few friends. Finn notices her, knowing she never watches him play, he walks over to her. She stands up and gestures for him to follow her. She stops behind the bleachers. Finn stops in front of her.

"Quinn, are you okay?" Finn asks.

"Yeah, but we aren't," Quinn says slowly.

Finn frowns "What do you mean?" he asks.

"I mean that we are breaking up, Finn," Quinn retorted, irritated by always having to spell out everything for him.

"Why? I didn't even do anything wrong this time. You can't just break up with me. You can't!" He starts yelling "I won't accept it, we aren't breaking up!" he yells at her.

"Listen to me Finn!" she yells back, looking fiercely at him.

"No!" he yells shoving her aside, her shoulder crashes first into the bleachers and Finn storms off.

…

"He just wouldn't listen to me, Rach. He just lost it," Quinn says, touching her shoulder.

Rachel tries to control her anger and manages it. "Why does he always have to be such an asshole?"

"Should've expected it from him, he is known to be very childish." Quinn rolls her eyes. "How did things go with Sam?"

"Sam took it really good. He wasn't even a little mad at me. He was very nice towards me being gay and he promised to tell no one about us." Rachel smiled.

"That's great. Sam is the nicest guy I have ever dated." Quinn smiles a little. "But you are much nicer." Quinn beamed.

"Not here, Quinn," Rachel whispered.

"Oh yeah, Sorry," she said blushing a little.

The bell rang.

"Well I'll see you in two classes from now, Quinn." Rachel smiled.

"I'll see you too." Quinn smiled hugging Rachel tightly.

They both walked off in different directions. Rachel wasn't going to class yet, she was searching for Finn. She found him in the one place the Glee Club members always go.

The choir room.

She walks in and sees him. He looks up at her from where he is sitting and stands up.

"Thank god you're here, Rachel. I really need you," Finn pleads a little.

Rachel slowly walks towards him. When she stops in front of him, he closes his eyes and starts to embrace her. All the anger in Rachel surfaces and she hits him straight on the nose, knocking him back a few feet. She hears a crunching noise. She feels her hand and it feels fine, 'I must've broken Finn's nose'.

"Rachel, what the fuck is wrong with you?" Finn yells.

"What- What is wrong with me?" She stands in front of him "No! No! No! I'm not the one who is in the wrong. How dare you shove Quinn like that?" she yells at him.

"Why do you care about Quinn, the one who made your life a living hell?" Finn yells back.

"She has changed Finn!" Rachel countered.

"Face it! That bitch will never change. She'll always want to ruin you," Finn says superiorly.

When Rachel heard Finn call Quinn a bitch, Rachel sees red. She grabs one of the guitars and wants to hurt him with it. She approaches him, her face filled with anger. Finn looks pale and tries to back away from her but instead backed himself into a corner. She swings the guitar at him. "How.. dare.. you.. call.. her.. a.. bitch!" Rachel still yells swinging the guitar at him.

"Rachel, what's wrong with you?" Finn asks, his voice wavering.

"You are Finn!" she yells wanting to hit him with the guitar.

"Rachel. Stop!" Quinn puts a hand on her shoulder.

Rachel looks behind her and calms down. Mr. Schue comes into the room hearing the commotion and sees Rachel holding a guitar over Finn's head.

"What's going on here?!" Mr. Schue yells. "To my office, now! All three of you!"

…

All three of them are sitting in Mr. Schue's office.

"Finn, did you cheat on Rachel again?" Mr. Schue asks.

"No, I didn't do anything," Finn says looking disgusted.

"Except for shoving Quinn against the wall at the bleachers." Rachel gave him a fierce look, Quinn gives Rachel a quick kick.

"Why?" Mr. Schue asks.

"Cause he couldn't accept that I'm breaking up with him," Quinn stated tiredly.

"Wait… You're dating Finn? Then why was Rachel about to hit Finn?" Mr. Schue asks confused.

"Yeah, I don't get it either." Finn frowned.

"Well, Rachel and I are dating," Quinn said.

Finn choked and Mr. Schue just sat there silently.

Finn spoke up after a minute of silence "How can you be gay if you were in love with me?" He looked at Rachel.

"I thought I was in love with you Finn, but I'm really into Quinn and that will never change," Rachel said softly.

"And you know I was just using you for popularity Finn." Quinn added.

"But…" Finn was cut off by Rachel.

"But nothing, Finn. We love each other and there is nothing you can say to change it," Rachel stated, folding her arms.

"Who'd have thought you two would be gay," Mr. Schue said, receiving stares from the three opposite him.

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