This is Chapter 22. This is where we have the Showdown. I have had this ready for the last couple of days but I wanted to save it for what would have been Cory's 37th Birthday and I wanted to do something for him. Strange to think that it is nearly 6 years ago now. He made me realise that life is too short to take for granted. Thinking of you big guy up there and his friends and family. Hope you guys enjoy this Chapter.

Chapter 22: A Love Song Showdown.

Finn's POV. (A few weeks later.)

So here it is. Valentine's Day. I hope that it is going to be a very good day. I tell Rachel that I will meet her in the auditorium this afternoon for a little surprise. It sucks that we have no classes with each other today but then it does mean that when we spend the time together later, it will mean a lot more. I come and see that Quinn is coming up to talk to me. Well, crap. This could be bad. Santana, Brittany and her all left Juvy last week but are still on probation.

Quinn: "(Flirting) Hey Finn. Happy Valentine's Day."

Finn: "Quinn, what do you want?"

Quinn: "I want to say that we should get back together."

Finn: "The answer is no Quinn. I don't love you. You betrayed my trust when you got yourself knocked up with Puck's baby. I love Rachel and you should just respect that."

Quinn: "You must be seriously messed up if you are into someone as annoying and crazy as Rachel."

Finn: "I get it. You are just pissed that you have no-one that is with you on Valentine's Day. Get over it. Puck loves you, seize this chance to be with someone who does love you and care for you. Quinn, you are at your lowest point. Find out who your friends are because they will help you through it. But in the meantime, stay away from me and Rachel."

I walk away and feel good about what I have just told Quinn about. After all she is manipulative but she is vulnerable at the same time. She is pregnant and she doesn't think that anyone loves her. I don't and won't understand because after all if she was raised this way, what does that say about her parents? I only met them once and on that basis she was thrown out. Her dad looks like a right twat and expects everyone to be perfect. I guess behind the scenes, he is nothing of the sort. But Puck does love her and will look after her if she just accepts him for who he is.

It took a long time for me to even talk to him again after what happened regrading Quinn's pregnancy. He tried to get back to talking to me but I was always resentful. I tried to imagine what it would be like if the roles were reversed and that I was the one who went behind Puck's back and slept with his girlfriend and got her pregnant. How would he have felt? Probably awful. So I wanted to keep my space and only talk to him when I was ready. We can never go back to what we had before because our friendship will never be the same after this. It didn't go well the first time we spoke properly after this only last week.

Flashback.

I am standing with Rachel and I am discussing with her whether or not I should talk to Puck again.

Finn: "I don't want to do this."

Rachel: "You should Finn. If you do this then you don't need to talk to him ever again afterwards."

Finn: "He betrayed me in the worst possible way. He went behind my back and slept with Quinn and then stabbed me in the back when he knew that the baby was his."

Rachel: "He is your oldest friend Finn. You should at least try. You don't know what could come out of it in the end. It might be good."

Finn: "It might be bad."

Rachel: "Do it for me if anything else Finn. Please."

Finn: "Okay Rachel. I'll try to talk to him. (Gives her a kiss.)"

I leave Rachel and go and look for where he is. I head into the changing rooms, can't see him. Next out on the basketball court but can't find him either. He wasn't in the choir room. He was in the one place where I least expected him to be. He was in the auditorium reprising his version of Sweet Caroline that he used to serenade Rachel when they were briefly dating. Wow, talk about insult to injury.

After I hear him play, I just applaud as I am heading down the stairs to try and talk to him but it is empty applause.

Puck: "So you are finally here to talk about what you feel?"

Finn: "Shut up. I have here to talk about what I want to talk about. Why did you do it?"

Puck: "What did I do?"

Finn: "Quinn you idiot."

Puck: "Oh right."

Finn: "(Angry.) Really that is all you could do? You messed me up. You messed our friendship up and that is all you could say?"

Puck: "She helped mess it up."

Finn: "And you won't take any respondability?"

Puck: "(Mad) Yes I will. But what she told you wasn't the whole truth?"

Finn: "What?"

Puck: "She wasn't even drunk. She only had a couple of wine coolers and they don't have that high alcohol in them. She did have a functioning mind when we did it. She just didn't want to tell you. When you told me that she was pregnant, I freaked out because I knew it was mine."

Finn: "How did you know?"

Puck: "I stole her virginity. You hadn't slept with her and I was the only one you had. But I was angry that I still couldn't have her even though I love her."

Finn: "Wait you love her? Why didn't you go for her?"

Puck: "Because she was with you. And now that everyone knows that she is pregnant, I would only be seen to be with her because of the baby."

Finn: "I can't do this. Thanks for telling me Puck but I am not ready to be friends again."

Puck: "Okay. I'll try to understand."

I leave very quickly after that.

End of Flashback.

So right now, my friendship with Puck is not that far from being fixed but I am not very motivated to get that fixed right now. It will take a while before he gains back my trust and even then maybe not all the way. After all, how can you fix a friendship when your friend slept with your then girlfriend? It is very difficult to do.

Thankfully the day goes by completely harmlessly. Not much happened in my lessons but now it is Glee and I can finally see Rachel today.

Rachel: "Hey baby. (Gives him a kiss.) Happy Valentine's Day."

Finn: "Hey Rach. (Returns the kiss.) Happy Valentine's Day to you too. Let's go and win this competition that Mr Schue has set."
Rachel: "Let's do so."

Mr Schue announces that the competition is to compete for who will sing the duet at Regionals. I see that Brittany has re-joined us and has taken the place of Jacob who will be here to help with chorography.

Tina and Mike go first and sing the song Sing. Then Kurt and Mercedes sing My Heart Will Go On. Of Course. Lauren and Puck sing Let's Spend The Night Together. Real Smooth Guys. Becky and Brittany sing Call Me. Matt and Artie sing Don't Speak due to neither being in a relationship. Then Rachel and I sing Don't Go Breaking My Heart. After everyone has sung, we have a secret vote where the rules are you can't vote for yourself.

Mr Schue announces the result. Mr Schue: "And the winners are Finn and Rachel. Congratulations to you both, you will be singing the duet at Regionals."

We finish up in the choir room and then I ask Rachel to come and meet me at the auditorium. Since everyone has finished for the day and since it is Friday, there is no pressure to do any work tonight.

Finn: "There you are babe."

Rachel: "What is going on? (Sees the picnic basket and blanket.) Oh Finn, it is gorgeous. How did you do that?"

Finn: "I asked Mr Schue if I could leave it in his office this morning. It is still fresh because I kept in the fridge. (Hands her an envelope.) Here take this."

Rachel: "What is it? (Opens it and finds it is a pair of tickets to see a Barbara Streistand concert in Ohio.) Oh wow Finn. These are amazing. How did you get them?"

Finn: "Kurt helped me find them and we agreed that would be something that would be good for you over the summer."

Rachel: "I have something in an envelope too that is for you."

Finn: "What is it? (Sees that it is a group of tickets to see the Cleveland Indians play Boston Red Sox in the summer.) Oh my Rachel. How did you get these?"

Rachel: "Help from Tina and Mercedes. That should be just after Regionals."

Finn: "It would be. I love you Rach. Do you want to enjoy our date?"

Rachel: "I do Finn and I love you too."

We spend the rest of the afternoon spending time in the auditorium talking about everything that we could achieve in the future. Around 6 we leave the auditorium and head home. Today was special and it was all around the girl that I love.

Reviews and Feedback are welcome as normal. I think that there will be three/four chapters left of this but if you guys want a sequel that goes into Season 2, feel free to ask me if you would want it.