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The Finchel Reunion Plan

Written by: Rachel Berry

The Operative: Rachel Berry (hereafter referred to as "R")

The Subject: Finn Hudson (hereafter referred to as "F")

Summary: After R got home and cried for hours on the phone with one Kurt Hummel, she decided that she was on a mission. Again.

Mission: To reconcile the romantic relationship between R and F.


Mission Log:

Day 1. (Monday)

R corners F at his locker.

R: I slept with Sam again.

F: You what? You cheated on me again?

R: I wasn't aware that we're still together.

F: We're not.

R: Then why did you just say I was cheating?

F stares at R's cool and calculating expression.

F: Oh, haha, I get it now. You didn't really sleep with Sam again, did you? You were just saying that to make a point.

R: How can you blame for thinking we were broken up when you can't even say for sure whether or not we're together right now?

R leaves F to ponder this question.


Day 2. (Tuesday)

R convinces Algebra teacher to pair her with F, despite F's protests.

R: You lost your virginity to Santana and never told me.

F: That was different.

R: How?

F: We weren't together at the time.

R: And neither were we when I slept with Sam.

F stays silent for the rest of the lesson.


Day 3. (Wednesday)

R corners F into the male B Block toilets at lunch.

F: Hey, what the – this is the guy's toilets...isn't it?

R: You forgave Quinn. She slept with your best friend – fully knowing you two were together at the time – and then made you believe that you were the father of her baby.

F: I thought you and Quinn were friends now.

R: We are. I am a very forgiving person.

R gives F a meaningful look as she walks away.


Day 4. (Thursday)

F finds R in his car when he gets in to drive home from school.

F: Ohmygod, Rachel, what the –

F proceeds to use severe coarse language.

R: Kurt let me in.

F: He told me he left his phone in the car.

R: Obviously he lied to get the keys off you. But let's get straight to it: you let Quinn cheat on Rory with you.

F: I didn't let her do anything. It takes two to mango.

R: Tango.

F: Same thing.

R gets out of F's car without a word.


Day 5. (Friday)

F walks into the choir room for Glee practice, to see only R there.

F: Is this another ambush?

R: I've asked everyone to arrive a little later today.

F: So this is another ambush?

R: Puck was your best friend and he slept with your girlfriend and went along with the all the lies while trying to steal her away from you. You forgave him.

Everyone else started arriving for Glee practice before F could answer.


Day 6. (Saturday)

F is listening to music in his room when suddenly the door bursts open and R is seemingly pushed in by somebody's hand.

F: Kurt, you traitor! We're supposed to be brothers!

Kurt Hummel: Sorry but my loyalty lies with Rachel on this one.

Kurt closes the door.

R: Even if the combination of what you did to me, what you did to Rory, and what Quinn and Puck did to you is not as bad as what I did to you...at least I was honest about it.

F: So you're saying you did nothing wrong?

R: No. All I'm saying is that none of us have ever been perfect – you, me, Quinn, Santana, Puck...but you forgive everyone except for me.

F: Okay, Rachel, I get the idea. Can you please go now?

R: No. I want to stay. I want to talk about this.

F: Okay. Alright. What was it like?

R: What?

F: Was it like having sex with Sam?

R: ...

F: Come on, Rachel, you said you want to talk about it. Let's talk about it. What was it like?

R: It was like...something I needed to do before I could come back to you.

F: What is that even supposed to mean?

R: It means that...I thought I had feelings for him. But I've always been in love with you.

F seems to soften just the tiniest bit.

F: I don't know, Rach. I think I still need some time.

R: I understand.

R leaves.


Day 8. (Monday)

F walks into the choir room for Glee practice, to see only R there sitting with a guitar.

F: Where is everyone?

R: I, um, I asked everyone to arrive a little later today...again.

R proceeds to perform the song for F, remembering to replace 'green eyes' with 'brown' this time.

F: This is the song you sang with Sam right before you two slept together right?

Silence.

F walks out.


Day 9. (Tuesday)

R catches F before he enters the cafeteria for lunch.

R: I really thought we were over. If you had started seeing someone else, I wouldn't have thought you were cheating.

F: Alright, let's say that I had slept with somebody else. Would you be able to forgive me?

R: Well, it wouldn't have been cheating.

F: But you would be upset right?

R: Well...yes, it would hurt. But I'd still want to be with you.

R walks away before she can get too emotional.


Day 10. (Wednesday)

R sits in bleachers and watches football practice. When it's over, F walks over and sits next to her.

R: I'm sorry, okay? I thought I'd lost you and I didn't know what to do.

F: So you slept with someone else.

R: I've already explained that.

F: Well, I still don't get it.

R: Finn –

F: So explain again.

R: What's the point?

F: Make me understand. Because I'm...I'm trying to but I just can't –

R: The moment Sam and I finished singing that song...was the moment that I realized I would be with him...if it weren't for a lot of things...if it weren't for you. And then he kissed me and it was selfish of me but it was then I realized that I could still have him...in some way...before I let him go.

F: But why did you have to have him in some way before coming back to me? Is being with me so horrible that you need to sleep with someone else before you can do it?

R: No, it had nothing to do with you. He was something different. Something I couldn't have. Like I said, I was just being selfish because I couldn't have both of you. But I'm here now because I want you.

R kisses him on the cheek then leaves.


Day 11. (Thursday)

R sits next to F in Algebra.

R: I wouldn't be making this much of an effort if I didn't want to be with you. Even the reason I went to Sam in the first place was only because I was making an effort to get you back. You're the one who gave up on us – or at least acted like you did which is actually worse and then you wonder how I could think we were over?

F: That's...

R: That's what?

F: I just needed some space.

R: Well space was the last thing I needed. You should never have walked out. You should have stayed and we should have talked about it. A good relationship should be based on honesty and communication right? You can't just run away when things get difficult. And now...it's difficult right now. And what are you going to do about it? How are you going to handle it? You want to fight for us this time or do you want to give up again?

F stays silent for the rest of the lesson.


Day 12. (Friday)

R barges into F's room, having been let in by Kurt.

R: So this is it, huh? This is how it's going to end? Even though there's got to be way we can work past this. After everything we've been through together, you're just going to throw it all away?

F: Don't act like I'm the bad guy here.

R: You're not but neither am I.

F: Can you please just go?

R: No. I want to stay. I want to talk about this.

F: Okay. Alright. Fine. I admit that what Quinn did was much worse and I forgave her for it. And so what if you technically didn't cheat on me? In that case, I admit that the whole me and Santana thing was much worse because I never told you about it. But what you did with Sam...hurt more. Because you have feelings for him.

R: You of all people should know that losing your virginity to someone doesn't necessarily mean you're in love with them.

F: ...I'm going to ask you a question.

R: Okay.

F: And I want you to answer honestly.

R: I've been honest with you. I told you about what happened with Sam when I could have just as easily never told you!

F: Do you have feelings for him?

R: ...I'm right here, right now, trying to get back together with you, just like how I've been trying for the past...god, I don't even know long. If I wanted to be with him, what's stopping me?

When F doesn't say anything, R just sighs and leaves.


Day 13. (Saturday)

F texts R, asking her to come over to his house.

R: Where is everybody?

F: Kurt's out with Blaine. Burt and Carole have some kind of meet and great –

R: Meet and greet?

F: Yeah, they've been getting those a lot lately ever since Burt won the election – and are spending the night elsewhere.

R: You know I really am sorry...about –

F: Yeah, I know. I thought a lot about everything you've said and...I want to make this work.

R smiles and kisses him with an unspoken question.

F: I'm not sure...I mean, after you and –

R: Look, I'm not going to say that it was a mistake. Because it lead me to where I am now. Right here with you. Where I belong.

F smiles and they kiss and go up to F's bedroom and do acts that R refuses to record down on paper.

Mission Status: Accomplished.


AN: To anyone (namely theluckyclover?) who may recognize the significance of 13 in relation to Taylor Swift: I didn't do it on purpose. I swear. It just kind of came up to 13 days and…well. I also hope you don't feel cheated this chapter because although there's lots of Finchel (which you like?), I think maybe my author's note is going to take up half of it.

This is kind of a reply to AugustineEmmeline and a message to readers in general: Normally I'd reply to reviews just before I update but I feel like I need to explain myself in regards to the previous chapter. Yes, she is 17 and I don't know how it works in the US but in Australia, when you turn 16, you can pretty much have sex with anyone over 16. Besides, I would've thought that the bigger issue here was the teacher - student thing but you guys would've known this was coming, right? Maybe not in the previous chapter but eventually?

Although he has an apartment now, there's not much in there and he still doesn't have a lot of money. Why would he spend money on protection when he wasn't having sex with anyone and wasn't planning to? And even if he did have protection, the point was that the whole thing was very spur of the moment and reckless.

Now this is something another person has mentioned; the whole Rachel being honest with Finn thing. I'm very surprised that people don't like this? People would rather she lie to Finn and get back together with him and make him believe she lost her virginity to him? But…that's kind of a horrible thing to do…

It's not that Rachel thinks she "has" to be with Finn. She's accepted that she loves them both but she belongs with Finn. She knows she would be with Sam if she hadn't met Finn first. But since that's not the case, she wants to be honest with Finn because she loves him.

They really were broken up at the time even though Finn insisted in the previous chapter that they were "on a break".

She didn't think Finn would be okay with what she did but she needed to tell him anyway before trying to get back together. Otherwise if they got back together without her telling him first, when he eventually finds out, he would never forgive her. At least this way, she has a chance.

I don't know the first names of any of my teachers. And a lot of people just aren't that observant. If it doesn't directly affect them, they usually won't remember the details and if they do, they almost never put two and two together because as far as they know, there isn't anything to actually put together.

Thanks anyway for reviewing. Even if it's to bombard me with questions, it at least lets me know that you're taking an active interest in the story.

I am required to repeatedly remind everyone that I am not a man and therefore can't be RIB and therefore can't own the rights to Glee.