CHAPTER 25
Finn's relationship with Emily was tearing at the seams. They were one step away from finally breaking up, and for Quinn and Sam's plan coming to fruition. Quinn and Sam never in a million years expected their plan to work so well, and they almost felt kind of bad. They were ripping apart a couple that were clearly meant to be together.
That afternoon, Finn was in Columbus but not on the race track. He was in the gym of the racing complex, and was beating the absolute crap out of a punching bag. He had so much raw anger that he needed to let out. So much pain. HOOK! JAB! HOOK! JAB! CROSS! UPPERCUT! Sweat dripped down Finn's forehead but he didn't dare stop, no matter how much his whole body ached. He had been working out for a solid two hours but he kept on going. Suddenly, the door of the gym swung open and Josh walked inside. He raised an eyebrow when he saw Finn.
"Rough day, buddy?" He asked. Finn glared at him.
"Just a little." He replied. "My girlfriend thinks I cheated on her over the weekend and I have no proof that I didn't, so that's just great." He remarked, sarcastically.
"Weren't you with me over the weekend?" He asked. Finn nodded. "Well then don't you have the instagram story I posted of the two of us at the track."
Finn's eyes widened and he smiled widely.
"Dude, you're a genius!" He exclaimed, fist-bumping his friend. Josh laughed.
"What can I say? I'm just that good. Life's a breeze when you're me, and you're going to feel that breeze when I zip past you on the race track this weekend."
Finn chuckled.
"Uh-huh. You wish, buddy. I'm taking home Sunday's race. Oh, speaking of which, what time do we leave for San Diego on Thursday?"
Josh raised and eyebrow and laughed.
"Um… bro, first of all, the race is in ALBUQUERQUE not San Diego. And we leave Thursday night. Around 7 pm, we're meeting here."
Finn nodded and stood up.
"Thanks, man. See you on Thursday, I guess." Finn said. Josh and him bro-handshaked and Finn left the building. It was almost 10 pm when he made it to Lima so he opted to go straight home and show Emily the IG story tomorrow. If only he had gone that night, maybe him and Emily would still be together…
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The next morning, Finn woke up, happy. He could finally get his relationship with Emily back on track. Despite everything that was happening, he still cared about Emily so much. He hadn't dated anyone since Dubai - all of his relationships since had been hookups and make outs in parties. He wasn't in the right mindset to be in a relationship at that point. But now, he was extremely happy with Emily and he didn't want to lose that. He walked into the school and made a beeline for Emily's locker. Luckily, she was standing there and Finn walked over to her. She scowled at him.
"Hey, Emily." He said.
"What?" She responded, shortly. She was still torn about whether Finn was cheating on her or not. On one hand, she trusted Finn more than anyone in the world - she would trust him with her life. But on the other, she couldn't completely ignore the fact that he was AWOL for a whole weekend and without knowing that he was AWOL, Sam said that he was cheating.
"You wanted proof that I wasn't cheating. You didn't trust me and that really, really stung." He said.
"Finn…" Emily started apologetically, before being cut off when Finn raised a hand.
"Please let me finish." He asked. "That really stung but I care about you more than my pride so I found proof." He said, showing her the various Instagram stories that Josh had posted from their weekend on the track. At the end, Emily put her head in her hands.
"Finn, I'm so sorry. I totally understand if you want to break up with me." She cried.
"Em, I'm not going to break up with you." He whispered. Emily's head shot up.
"You're not?" She asked, hopefully. Finn shook his head.
"No, I'm not, but can I ask one thing of you?" He asked. Emily nodded.
"Yes, anything!" She exclaimed.
"I ask that you trust me. Whether you like it or not, I plan on being with you for a long time, Emily Cahill. We need to promise each other that we're not going to let others sabotage our relationship. Deal?"
"Deal."
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"They're still together! How are they still together?!" Sam yelled at Quinn, who was sitting under the bleachers with him. Quinn put a hand on his shoulder.
"Sam, calm down! And lower your voice! Someone's gonna hear you!" She exclaimed.
"I'm sorry! I'm just pissed!" He spat. "How could they possibly still be together? We did everything right?"
"It's because they love each other." Quinn replied. "Sam… are we really doing the right thing? This seems pretty extreme."
Sam shook his head, furiously.
"No way you're backing out on me now, Fabray!" He growled.
"I'm sorry, Sam. I'm out." She said, before standing up and walking away from the bleachers. Sam sighed. If he wanted the plan to work, he really needed to step up his game. Luckily, he had a plan…
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Emily's first lesson of the day was History and Finn's was Math so the two of them split up to head to their various classes. In History class, Emily sat next to Kurt and the two of them watched as the teacher walked to the front of the room.
"Alright class, listen up!" The teacher announced. "I'm going to pair you guys into 2 and you will be working together on this project. You are going to create a poster about the Ancient Romans. It counts as 70 percent of your grade so you've got to work hard."
The class nodded in understanding and Emily tuned out as the teacher announced the pairings.
"Kurt and Santana…"
"Brittany with Jacob…"
"Puckerman with Azimio…"
"Emily and Sam…"
Emily's heart dropped and she turned her head to see Sam smirking wildly. This worked out better than he could've possibly imagined. Him being paired with Emily was completely arbitrary but it played right into his hand.
"Crap… Finn's not going to like this." Emily murmured, her head in her hands.
"He's not the jealous type is he?" Kurt asked.
"I don't know. I've never really seen Finn jealous before." She replied. Kurt put a hand on hers.
"Don't worry, sweetie. He loves you. You've got nothing to worry about."
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After Math Class, Finn's next class was Gym and they were playing football in Gym class so he put on full pads and walked out onto the field. They started with a couple of fitness drills which due to his gym training as part of racing, Finn flew through. He was by far the fittest person in the group. Ironic, considering most of them didn't even consider motor racing to be a sport. After the warm up drills, the group were split up into two teams to play a game. Due to numbers, they didn't have enough people to have an offensive and defensive line so they had to double over and play a position in both lines. Finn, although he didn't play for the school team, was his team's Quarterback due to his throwing power and accuracy, and the defensive end due to his incredible speed. Finn had been gifted with speed almost that of a sprinter and that combined with his power, made him a deadly force for an opposing QB to be up against. Fortunately for Finn, the opposing QB was the school's 'star Quarterback' and just happened to be the guy who tried to ruin his relationship with Emily… Sam.
The game started pretty evenly. Sam's team was made up of the majority of the offensive line of the school team so it was pretty difficult and frustrating for Finn to try and sack the QB. Eventually, the opportunity came…. It was third down and 15 with Sam's team in possession of the ball. They had to make a hail mary pass at that point and Finn's team knew it. When the ball was snapped to Sam, due to most of the team sprinting up the field to receive the ball, Finn was finally gifted that pocket of space that he was hunting for all game. Sam was exposed on one side! Using his blistering pace, Finn powered his way to him and before Sam could react, Finn tackled him. The two men hit the ground with a sickening "THUD" and Sam lay motionless on the ground. Coach Beiste ran over to them.
"Evans! Evans! Get up!" She shouted, yanking off his helmet and slapping his face gently. Sam groaned and slowly regained consciousness. As soon as he regained feeling in his body, he cried out in pain. That's when they all noticed…
Sam's arm was sticking out at a sickening angle. It was most definitely broken. Even Finn, who hated that guy with every fiber of his being, felt a little bad. He had pretty much ended Sam's football season. As Sam stood up, he limped over to Finn.
"You fucking happy now?" He growled. Finn shrugged.
"Maybe you should think about that the next time you try to break up one of my relationships." Finn spat back. "Stay the hell away from Emily, unless you want your other arm broken."
Sam raised an eyebrow.
"You didn't hear?" Sam chuckled before grimacing in pain. Finn's face went from anger to confusion.
"Hear what?" Finn asked. Sam smirked wildly at him.
"Well… in History, we were split into pairs for our project. Guess who my partner is…"
Before Finn could respond, the nurse arrived on the field and walked Sam off the field. Coach Beiste then stormed over to him.
"HUDSON! MY OFFICE! NOW!" She shouted. Finn looked down and followed her into the school building. He was in SO much trouble! No matter how bad of a player Sam was, he had still injured the school Quarterback! Finn was practically shoved into Beiste's office and he sat opposite her.
"Hudson, I don't even know what to say! You injured my Quarterback!" She shouted.
"I'm sorry, Coach. It was an accident." Finn said. Coach Beiste glared at him.
"I know. What I need to say is thank you." She said. Finn's mouth dropped. This was not how he imagined the conversation going.
"Um… pardon me?" He asked.
"You heard me. Thank you." She said again. "You know just as well as I do that Sam is not a good quarterback, and he's made even worse by his bad attitude. I was waiting for a reason to cut him from the team, but I refrained because I had no replacement."
"Oh, did you find a new QB?" Finn asked, confused. Coach Beiste smiled and nodded.
"Yup. You." She said. Finn laughed until he realised she was actually serious.
"Coach… I'm flattered but I'm too busy for that. I've got racing practise. I go to Columbus every other day for training."
"Tell you what?" Coach Beite suggested. "All of the days we do gym training for football practise, you don't have to be there. Whatever you're doing for racing is clearly getting the job done on that front. Football training on the field is every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. When do you go for racing practise?"
"Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday." he murmured. Coach Beiste grinned.
"Perfect, so you can still do all of your racing sessions and football practices then!" She exclaimed. Finn shook his head.
"Um… Coach…. Sorry but I'm not going to do it." Finn replied. "It's just too much stress. It would be too many responsibilities - Glee club, racing, football, as well as keeping up relationships with family and friends. There's only 24 hours in a day, and 7 days in a week."
"OK, at the end of the day, it's up to you." She said. Finn stood up.
"Sorry, Coach." He said, and then started to walk towards the door.
"Hold up, Hudson! You assaulted my Quarterback! That's 2 months of detention."
Finn's jaw dropped.
"Are you kidding? It was a perfectly legal tackle! I don't have the time for it!"
Coach Beiste shrugged.
"Sorry, Hudson. Rules are rules. Although, I'd be able to overlook the detentions if…"
Finn shook his head and groaned.
"No, don't say it. Please don't say it, coach." Finn murmured.
"You join the football team." She finished. Finn banged him head against the door frame in frustration.