A/N: So here's what you missed on Glee. Finn was able to find Rachel and he gave her this sappy speech about how much he loved her. It was actually kind of sweet. New Directions decided that they were going to do 80's music for Regionals. Finn got a call from the last person he expected to get a call from-Hunter. Oh and Finn totally fainted. And that's what you missed on, GLEE!
Disclaimer: I do not own Glee, although I wish I did. But how awesome was the Shooting Star episode of Glee?
"Finn…Finn! Wake up!" In the distance, Finn could hear a familiar voice calling out his name. Finn's eyes fluttered open only to find that Rachel and Kurt were looking down at him, and that he was lying on the living room sofa. Finn groaned slightly as he sat up slowly, Rachel aiding him so that he wouldn't feel lightheaded and fall back down again.
"What…what happened?" Finn rubbed his head.
"Well, I heard a thud come from the hallway upstairs and when I figured it couldn't have been you and Rachel, I checked upstairs and found you unconscious on the floor with the telephone next to you." Kurt said. "Finn, you fainted."
"I did?" Finn seemed more awake after Kurt explained about the telephone. "Wow."
"Did you get a scary phone call from someone that you just decided to faint?" Kurt wondered. Finn suddenly remembered the reason that he did feel slightly woozy—Hunter had called.
"Um, it was something that that." Finn slightly admitted. Rachel sat next to him, rubbing his back soothingly.
"What was it? Who called you?" Rachel wanted to know. Finn looked Rachel in the eye, then turned to Kurt.
"Kurt, do you mind giving us a minute?" Finn asked. Kurt nodded his head, heading out of the room to give Rachel and Finn some privacy.
"Was it the director's for Funny Girl, because I gave them this phone number since I knew we would be here for the week?" Rachel quickly asked, hoping that was the reason. Finn shook his head, which settled Rachel down again.
"No, it wasn't the director of Funny Girl although I wish it was, now." Finn slightly chuckled. He then turned solemn, gazing into Rachel's eyes. "I got a phone call from jail."
"What? Who's in jail?" Rachel's eyes widened at the revelation. "Who do we have to bail out? Please don't tell me it's Puck."
"No, it's not Puck." Finn shook his head, then let out a sigh. "It got a call…from Hunter." Rachel suddenly tensed at the name, trying to recollect everything together.
"Wha…what do you mean you got a call from Hunter?" Rachel whispered.
"Just that." Finn responded. He was unsure if he should tell Rachel the next part of the story.
"So, what did he want from you?" Rachel's face turned serious, her eyes beginning to water as she looked into Finn's eyes. Finn couldn't lie to her, even though it was going to kill her inside.
"Well…Hunter said that his lawyer was able to get him a plea deal…so he's out on bail." Finn winced, knowing that Rachel was going to yell any moment. However, he was surprised when moments went by and Rachel stood silent. She showed no emotion on her face. Instead, she got up from the sofa and headed upstairs. Finn thought that Rachel took it pretty well—until he heard the smashing of an object hit the floor. Finn got up from the sofa and ran up the stairs, to see Rachel in Finn's room, packing her suitcase while sobbing. "Rachel, what are you doing?" Finn knew it was a dumb question to ask, but he didn't want Rachel to leave.
"I have to leave, Finn." Rachel started throwing her clothes in her suitcase. Finn stared over at her, walking slowly to prevent her from putting more clothes in. "Finn…Finn stop! FINN I HAVE TO GO!" Rachel turned her head towards his, seeing that he stopped trying to take her clothes out of her suitcase. Finn continued to stare at her, looking confused.
"But Rachel, where are you going to go?" Finn crossed his arms.
"I'll take a plane ride back to New York." Rachel felt the tears stream down her face as she spoke. "All I know is that as long as Hunter is free on bail, I can't stay here."
"Hunter is not going to hurt you." Finn rolled his eyes, but Rachel became livid at Finn's statement.
"Finn, how is he not going to hurt me?! Because of him I am more cautious than I've ever been! I don't want to live like this anymore!" Rachel screamed.
"But you were supposed help New Directions! What's going to happen to them now? If they lose Regionals, how would you live with yourself?!" Finn got into a shouting match as well.
"I'm sorry, but I need to leave. I can't stay here." Rachel didn't want to break her promise to New Directions, but her safety came first. "I have to go. I can't." Rachel closed the suitcase and started heading towards the door. Finn tried one last attempt to make her stay by grabbing the handle and staring at her.
"Rachel, I will protect you…just please don't go." Finn felt his voice breaking as he tried to fight back tears. Rachel continued to stare at him, seeing that he was just as upset as she was. "I know that he hurt you…but I don't want to lose you. I need you to stay here with me. And even if you do go back to New York, what's going to stop him from following you there? I won't be there, Kurt won't be there and Santana won't be there. Then you'll be all alone again, and you'll feel like there's no one that can help you. You went through that once before and it broke my heart inside…and I don't ever want you to feel like I can't help you." Rachel thought about Finn's words for a moment, seeing that he had tears streaming down his face. The last thing Rachel ever wanted to do was to make Finn cry, and that's exactly what she did right there. Rachel let go of the suitcase and ran into Finn's arms, sobbing uncontrollably. Finn broke down and cried along with her, holding her tightly. For the next hour they sat on Finn's bed, holding one another as they slowly stopped crying. After Rachel wiped her tears, she looked to Finn to see that he was wiping his tears as well.
"There's something I have to tell you." Rachel softly said. Finn looked to her, still wiping the tears that were streaming on his face. Rachel noticed Finn nod as she took a deep breath in. "The reason Cassandra and Brody weren't in school for the last week was because they were on the run from the police."
"Wait, the police know that they were the ones that hit me with the car?" Finn's voice was filled with curiosity.
"Yeah, and it's mostly because Kurt, Santana and I got tapes and showed the police. They came and arrested Cassandra but she got away." Rachel was expecting Finn to be upset with her for keeping something like this from him, but instead he pulled her into a hug and placed a kiss on her forehead.
"Thank you." Finn quietly muttered, although Rachel was unsure why he was thanking her.
"Why are you thanking me? Because of me, Cassandra got away." Rachel began to feel guilty.
"Because now the cops, NYADA, everyone knows the truth because of you." Finn pointed at her, seeing that she was still staring up into his eyes. "They know what Cassandra and Brody have done and they're doing whatever it takes to get them behind bars. And for that, I have to thank you." Finn hugged Rachel tightly again and refused to let her go.
"I tried to get her behind bars because I love you…and I don't want to see you hurt because of her again." Rachel admitted.
"I know, and I love you for trying." Finn nodded his head, rubbing her back soothingly. "Are you going to be okay?" Rachel gazed into Finn's eyes before letting out a sigh of defeat.
"As long as you don't let me out of your sight for the rest of the week, then I don't see why not." Rachel said.
"Good, because I wasn't planning on letting you out of my sight." Finn playfully retorted which caused Rachel to let out a chuckle.
"I love you." Rachel gazed up at Finn as he smiled back at her.
"I love you too, Rachel." They shared a sweet, passionate kiss before Finn got up from the bed to head down the stairs. "Come on, we should probably tell Kurt what's going on."
"Yeah, we probably should." Rachel said after giving it some thought. Rachel got up from the bed, taking Finn's hand and walking down the stairs, with Hunter in the back of her mind.
The next day at McKinley, Rachel entered the hallways, on her way to the Glee choir room when she noticed the group of New Directions staring at her with a concerned look on their face. Artie motioned for Rachel to come over to them, as she slowly made her way to the group. As soon as Rachel got there, she didn't expect Brittany, Kitty and Marley to engulf her in a sympathetic hug.
"Oh you poor dear." Kitty spoke, giving Rachel a look of empathy.
"What's going on here?" Rachel raised her eyebrows towards the Glee Club.
"We heard from the news this morning that Hunter was released from jail after posting bail." Jake answered, staring over at Rachel.
"You must be so scared." Tina added, staring at her friend.
"I'm sure I'll never see Hunter." Rachel shook her head. "Besides, I have Finn and you guys to protect me."
"But what if there's one of those moments where Hunter finds you?" Brittany wondered. "I mean you could be anywhere and he could show up. He could show up here at school, he could show up at Finn's house. He could show up at a thrift shop while you're popping some tags and only have twenty dollars in your pocket."
"Guys, I'm not concerned about Hunter." Rachel lied. "I mean, I was worried yesterday but I'm not worried as much. I'll be fine. Don't worry about me."
"But we can't help not worrying about you." Marley sighed.
"Well, don't." Rachel assured them. "Now, come on. Finn said that he was going to get Blaine to sing the Jonas Brothers in class today."
"If you're sure that we don't have to worry about you…" Kitty hoped that Rachel would reveal that she would need help, but Rachel simply shook her head.
"I'm fine. Come on. There's nothing to worry about." Rachel reassured the team. They looked to her, not sure if they should believe her, but they let the topic go. "Now, did you guys think of some great songs for Regionals?"
"Actually, as a matter of fact we did." Ryder pointed to his notebook with a grin. "We can't wait to show it to you guys."
"Great. Come on. Finn said that he had Blaine do the Jonas Brothers and I don't want to miss this." Rachel gave a cheeky grin towards the New Directions, then headed towards the choir room.
"Wait…Blaine singing the Jonas Brothers? This should be good!" Kitty ran past the others as Brittany looked to Marley.
"Well, Blaine does have curly hair so he does make a great Nick Jonas." Marley smirked.
"All we need to do is make sure he loses the hair gel." Brittany gave out a chuckle as the two friends headed into the auditorium.
New Directions along with Rachel took their seats, seeing that Finn was tuning his guitar, Puck was busy looking over to the other Cheerios and Blaine…was completely embarrassed to be doing this. Finn turned to Blaine, seeing that he was holding the microphone in his hand while looking unsure.
"I don't know Finn." Blaine sighed. "I never had done something like this before."
"What, sing the Jonas Brothers? I'm about to sing them in front of Rachel, which means I have guts. You need to have some guts too my friend." Finn patted Blaine on the back, then turned to the New Direction members that showed up. Most noticeably, Brittany, Santana and Quinn were missing from the group and some of the members were a little curious to find out why. "All right, so as you all may seem to know Blaine, Puck and I are going to sing the Jonas Brothers. First let me thank Puck for doing this for me and I will pay you $100 right after the performance. Second of all I would like to introduce you to the lead dancers in our performance, so let's give it up for Quinn Fabray, Santana Lopez and Brittany Pierce, otherwise known as The Unholy Trinity!" Finn motioned for Quinn, Santana and Brittany to come on stage and the other members gawked at them. Santana and Quinn looked like they were in high school all over again—in their old Cheerios uniforms and their hair pulled back into a neat ponytail. Brittany joined alongside them, smiling as she waved her pom-poms in the air.
"So, do you mind explaining to me why I'm dressed like a Cheerio? I thought I finished High School last year." Santana gave Finn a look as Finn put a pair of shades on his face.
"Because ladies…we need you to shake your pom-poms." Finn turned towards Puck and Blaine, then back towards the members of New Directions sitting in the audience. "Hit it!"
[Finn with Puck]
Oh I love it when your hands are free
Baby, put your pom-poms down for me
Come on shake it up 1, 2, 3
Baby, put your pom-poms down for me
[Blaine]
She comes from miles away
Just to see how you get down
Feels like an earthquake
Every time you come around
You hear 'em say yeah!
Every time feels like a revival
So get up, right now
And come in for the title
[Finn with Puck]
Oh I love it when your hands are free
Baby, put your pom-poms down for me
Come on shake it up 1, 2, 3
Baby, put your pom-poms down for me
When you move I fall to my knees
Baby, put your pom-poms down for me
Come on shake it up in 5, 4, 3
Baby, put your pom-poms down for me
[Blaine]
Ladies to the left
Fellas to the right
[Quinn, Santana and Brittany]
If you want to see me put my pom-poms down
Then sing it to me baby, sing it right now
[Finn, Puck and Blaine]
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na
Na, na, na, na, na, yeah, yeah
[Quinn, Santana and Brittany]
If you want to see me put my pom-poms down
Then sing it to me baby, sing it right now
[Finn, Puck and Blaine]
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na
Na, na, na, na, na, yeah, yeah
[Finn, Blaine and Puck with Brittany, Santana and Quinn]
Oh I love it when your hands are free
Baby, put your pom-poms down for me
Come on shake it up 1, 2, 3
Baby, put your pom-poms down for me
When you move I fall to my knees
Baby, put your pom-poms down for me
Come on shake it up in 5, 4, 3
Baby, put your pom-poms down for me
As soon as the song ended, everyone got up from their seats and started cheering. Rachel simply sat in her seat with Kurt, clapping politely. She was never a fan of the Jonas Brothers and even after that performance, she still wasn't. She did enjoy Finn singing, though. Rachel realized she had more things on her mind—namely Hunter. Finn noticed in the audience when Rachel stopped clapping and just looked out into a daze as if she was simply thinking about something.
"Rachel?" Finn called out. Rachel turned her head, seeing that Finn was worried. Rachel forged a smile, but everyone in the room knew it was fake. Finn got off the stage and walked over to her, seeing that she quickly got up as Finn reached her. "Rach, are you okay? You didn't like the performance?"
"No, I loved the performance." Rachel told him.
"I loved the performance as well…" A voice that was none of the New Directions said. Everyone turned around towards the entrance to spot that an unwelcome face was among them. Hunter. The Hunter that used to be on the Warblers before he was arrested. The same Hunter that violated Rachel Berry. That same Hunter. "It was rather…cute." Finn felt himself tense up in anger, along with Puck and Mike.
"Hey, what's the name of that movie where the kids all killed each other for fun?" Puck turned to Quinn, still evidently angry.
"The Hunger Games?" Quinn elevated an eyebrow.
"All right, so let the Hunger Games begin…and the odds are not in Hunter's favor!" Puck darted of the auditorium stage along with Mike, before they were held back by Jake, Ryder, Blaine and blocked by Artie's wheelchair.
"Give me one good reason why we all shouldn't kick your ass right here and right now." Finn growled towards Hunter. Rachel hid behind Finn, looking over at him.
"There's no reason to." Hunter put his hand up, keeping his eyes on Rachel. "I'm here because I turned a new leaf."
"You turned a new leaf?" Mike scoffed.
"That's funny." Puck mocked then looked to Jake. "Let me go because this clown needs to be taught a lesson."
"Is that Noah Puckerman I see?" Hunter diverted his gaze from Rachel to Puck, while Rachel let out a sigh of relief. Hunter walked past Finn and Rachel, his eyes still on Puck. "Well if it isn't Puckerman…the guy who slept with every girl, and even has his own pool cleaning business where he sleeps with cougars?"
"I didn't know you slept with Lord Tubbington's cousins, Puck." Brittany somewhat whispered into Puck's ear.
"All right, here's what we're going to do Hunter. You're going to get out of here because you're making us all highly uncomfortable with your Taylor Swift comb-over." Santana walked in front of Hunter crossing her arms. "I also don't think Rachel wants you here…so if you don't leave, I will release Puck and Mike and they will ends you."
"You think your 'ghetto' talk is going to scare me?" Hunter smirked.
"No, but I should scare you." Finn walked over, getting into Hunter's face. "Get out of here before I call security."
"All right, I get the point…" Hunter said after a moment of staring into Finn's eyes, looking calm. "I just wanted to say sorry to Rachel…" Hunter turned around, seeing that Rachel was staring out at him.
"Hunter, leave me alone…please." Rachel simply said. Hunter walked closer to Rachel, causing her to let out shallow breaths as she started to walk backward. Finn had enough of Hunter, so he ran over and used his only good arm to throw Hunter into the ground. Puck and Mike were able to break their grasps from the members of New Directions as they ran over and crowded him. "Puck! Mike! FINN!" Rachel yelled out with her eyes closed. The three boys turned to Rachel seeing that she was letting out ragged breaths. "Leave him alone. He's trying to provoke you so he could press charges on you and throw you in jail. I know how his mind works." The three boys looked down to Hunter and Finn and Mike somewhat relented. However, Puck wasn't as forgiving.
"So what? I already have a record." Puck simply shrugged then kicked Hunter in the ribs. "Stay out of here…and don't come back."
"Hey! What's going on here!" Everyone looked up to see Mr. Schuester running in the auditorium, staring over at Hunter on the floor. It didn't take Mr. Schue long to put two and two together. "Puck, Mike, Finn, get away from him. Santana, call security." Santana quickly started to head out of the auditorium but Hunter quickly got himself up to leave.
"This isn't over." Hunter stared Finn in the eyes then walked out of the auditorium. Rachel's eyebrows furrowed as she stared at Hunter, the door closing behind them. Rachel looked to Finn then walked over to embrace him in a hug. Finn was worried that Rachel was shaken up, but Rachel knew that Finn was more shaken up than she was. Rachel felt Finn's arm tremble, so she wrapped her arms around his waist and nuzzled her head in his chest. Finn didn't want to admit it, but he was feeling an emotion he wasn't supposed to be feeling: he was extremely scared.
After Glee practice, Brittany exited the classroom to find Santana coming out of the bathroom in her normal street clothes. Brittany gave Santana a smile, walking towards her friend while Santana combed out her wavy black hair. Santana let out a groan, removing some of the knots that ended up on the teeth of her comb and throwing it in the nearby trashcan.
"I always forgot why I stopped wearing my hair back. Now I seem to remember." Santana slightly joked.
"Yeah, it is a pain to untangle your hair after you're ready to go home." Brittany ran a hand through her hair. She then gave Santana a serious look as Santana ran a hand through her hair. "So, I wanted to ask you something."
"What did you want to ask?" Santana wondered. Brittany looked around, then leaned in closer to Santana.
"I heard from the tomato-vine that Brody assisted Rachel and Finn's dance teacher and hit him with the car." Brittany said.
"I thought it was grape-vine." Santana continued to gaze at Brittany.
"I like tomatoes better. Grapes remind me of the book the Grapes of Wrath where the Grapes took over the world and tried to hypnotize kids with their grape juice." Brittany shuddered. Santana squinted her eyes, wondering what Brittany was talking about.
"Brittany, that's not what the 'Grapes of Wrath' is about." Santana shook her head. "That was a story Stoner Brett read in English class. I heard it when I was passing by the classroom."
"You still didn't answer my question." Brittany simply said.
"Oh, right. Um, yeah…it's true." Santana agreed.
"So did you quit being a phone sex operator?" Brittany asked. Santana shuffled her feet while looking down as Brittany began to become angry. "You didn't quit?"
"Brittany, I could get a lot of money doing what I do, and I could help pay for my own share of the rent back at home!" Santana argued.
"Santana, I know I'm pretty stupid but what you're doing is dumb beyond compare." Brittany crossed her arms, her face turning serious. "Brody is still on the loose. You can get hurt. You need to be careful out there."
"Brittany, I'm fine." Santana sighed. "Besides, why are you so worried?"
"Because what you're doing is breaking my heart, that's why!" Brittany screamed. Santana and Brittany began to bring attention to themselves as Santana grimaced.
"Brittany, stop yelling." Santana ordered.
"Why? Is it that you're so embarrassed to be seen with me? Well…I can say the same thing." At Brittany's words, Santana felt her heart sink. Brittany never told Santana off before, and frankly it hurt—a lot.
"Brittany…" Santana croaked out but Brittany turned her back on Santana and started walking down the hallway, not saying another word to her. Santana felt tears stream down her cheeks as she turned away and started heading towards the Glee choir room, not wanting to see another person for the rest of the afternoon.
Song Featured: Pom-Poms by Jonas Brothers (Sung by Finn Hudson, Blaine Anderson, Noah "Puck" Puckerman, Quinn Fabray, Santana Lopez and Brittany Pierce)