A/N: Okay, new update guys ! :) I am finally updating on time (congratulate me XD). Summer is here in the Philippines so I got a little time for writing. I'm on the job hunting as well for my OJT (On The Job Training. I don't know how you call it in your country. I think it's internship) and I might be starting next week so I may not update that well so I'm sorry in advance.
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So this chapter will include a lot of happenings. The glee club will do a funding activity and Finn will pick a very interesting assignment. A new character will be introduce in here. I finally decide which character would be Finn's best friend, any guesses ? :D I hope you like my decision.
Okay to clear things out, Sam and Mike are still Finn's sort of best friends but he can't just tell them anything about Rachel. I think he doesn't trust them enough for that. And for the whole Samchel thing, I decided to drop the issue once and for all so there's not going to be any angry reviews from you guys anymore.
Sorry for the mistakes if you found any.
Disclaimer: I don't own anything. Watch glee ! :D
The days flew by and Rachel and I kind of made our own routine. We go to school and just eyed each other whenever we're on the hallways. In History, she will always text me sexy things and sometimes put her hand on my crotch and sometimes even inside my underwear. I was scared at first because her dad is just standing there in front of class and can always see what we are doing under the desk but so far, he didn't. There's this one time though that she started jerking me while her dad was teaching and when I'm close and about to erupt, the bell rang and immediately her hand wasn't there anymore. She just stood and gave me a flirtatious wink before walking out, leaving me frustrated and breathing heavily.
She always waited for me whenever I have glee club too. She would always text me where she is and I would go there and we will make out for a few minutes, sometimes hours depending on what she wants to do, and go home.
We never did come back to the abandoned building though. I guess we can't put it in our schedule and since she found a lot of private places inside the school, we don't have to worry about getting caught. At least, not yet.
The whole agreement does make me feel like stupid at first but I'm getting used to it. I mean, I agreed on this because I don't want this thing to end between us. But it still stung to see her in school but cannot talk to her at all. I sometimes wonder what I ever did to deserve this kind of fate. Am I too desperate to have a girlfriend that I have to suffer like this? The worst thing about this is that I can't tell anyone about it because I just don't trust them that much.
I was in the choir room when Rachel texted me. She said that she was underneath the bleachers waiting for me. I said okay then put my phone back into my pocket when Mr. Schuester arrived.
"Okay, New Directions." He said as he put this kind of top hat on top of the piano and faces us. "Regionals is almost here and sad to say that we still lack funds for our costumes. So I know we still need to find two students to join since some of you quit after Sectionals – "
"I wonder who made that happened." Mercedes muttered as she glared on the back of the head of Puck.
"Hey, it wasn't my fault that those two girls wanted me too much." Puck defended.
"There's no time to blame others now." Mr. Schue cut their arguments. "So I made a decision to assign all of you to do a funding activity that will help us raise enough budgets for our costumes and make up. So I have here folded papers and I want you to pick one and whatever inside the paper, you will do it. Don't worry it's not really that hard." Mr. Schue picked up the hat and started to let us pick a paper inside.
Although Mr. Schue's plan is kind of ridiculous, we really need to raise money. So when he hold the hat in front of me, I was just hoping that I will pick something about baking or dancing because I'm terrible at those things.
I stared at the paper for a moment before slowly unfolding it. I went pale immediately and I have to even blink my eyes a few times to make sure that it is really what I picked.
Kissing Booth
No way. I can't do this. And even if I did, I don't think the girls would even spend a penny just to kiss someone like me. I'm screwed. I won't be able to give any money to Mr. Schue at the end of the week. Yep, totally screwed Hudson.
"Oh come on, why didn't I pick that?" Sam said beside me. I looked at his paper and found out that he picked Singing Telegram. I would rather have that than this.
"Hey, why don't we switch paper then?" I whispered.
"No switching papers. I mean it. I already know what you all picked so don't bother exchanging." Mr. Schue glared at the two of us. Everyone sounded very disappointed with what they had picked but we really don't have other choice. If we don't do this, we're totally not going to buy costumes.
I sighed in defeat and put the paper in my pocket and listened to Mr. Schue as he discusses our set list for the upcoming competition. I don't why I even bother listening. All I will do anyway is sing harmonies and sway in the back while Tina and Artie sing their solos or duets. I looked everyone around me and they seemed to be not really listening because we all know what the final decision will be.
As of now, we have ten members in glee club. There's this black woman Mercedes, who can belt really amazing songs but decided to sing as a back up once in a while. There's Mike who can sing too but his forte is his dancing so he is sometimes our choreographer aside from Mr. Schue and Brittany, who is this blonde cheerleader who I sometimes find weird because on how she talks but can ace any exams without even studying that much. Sam and Puck are the jocks who has this great voices but too lazy to compete against everyone for a chance to sing a solo. I think they care more about their popularity than to sing in front of people. Tina and Artie are the co-captains of this club and our lead singers every time we compete against other schools. They have good voices but I'm not really a fan of them when performing. Kurt, my step-brother, who is a popular gay kid at school. He's the president of the student council and has an online fashion blog which a lot of girls are very interested in. His best friend, Lauren Zizes, is also a part of the club but only because we're desperate to have new members. She can sing though but not really that good. Then there's me, a tall awkward looking guy who spend most of his time at home when he's not with his two friends. The guy who never actually know if he can sing good enough to have a solo. Mr. Schue said that I have a good voice though, but I just don't want to make myself a center of attention. That's why I'm okay with being just in the background. At least I don't have to worry that I people are looking at me whenever we performed.
The glee club meeting ended and as I made my way to the football field to find Rachel, I feel a bit different. I just realized that this is not I typically do every day. It felt new to me but there's always this worried feeling inside me that just can't go away. Maybe because of the fact that I don't know what this thing may lead up to in the future. I know it can't stay this way forever. Sooner or later, Rachel will get tired of me and find some other guy to do this thing with. It may be tomorrow, the next day, next week or next month but I know it will come. I'm not sure I'm ready for that part to happen. Yes, I know it's still early to say this but I think I'm kind of starting to have feeling for her. Is that bad? I mean, we met just a few days ago and there's no telling that she's feeling the same way too but I don't know. Maybe I'm just new to this because I never felt this to anyone before, someone real and I met to be exact.
And as I spotted her under the bleachers, all I can think about now is that I don't want this to end. I don't care what I should do to make it stay this way but I will do it. No matter how crazy and stupid this thing is, I will not going to waste time to make sure that she will find in her heart to feel the same way just like I am.
"Hi," she said sweetly to me when I stopped in front of her.
"Hi," I said, smiling at her as well. She seems happy and I feel like it was because of me.
She takes my hand and pulled me through the old and broken chairs that are stacked under the bleachers. There were also a lot of old books and cabinets there that is now living with dusts and some insects that I really rather not see.
"This is the part of my day that I'm really excited about, you know." She said as she pushes me gently until I sit down on one of the stools. "Being alone with you makes me want to school every day even if it is the last place I want to go."
"You don't want going to school?" I asked, curious.
"Not that I don't want it, I just prefer not to. But having a father who is a teacher, you really have no choice so I go." She shrugs then astride my lap.
"But you're very smart, you know." I swallowed when she started kissing my neck. "You – you always aced the exams."
She stops what she's doing much to my liking and looked at me, her eyebrow arched. "Do you really want to talk about my grade point average now? Because I'm sitting here in your lap thinking of doing other things."
I closed my mouth and I think that's her signal that we're done talking about her for the day, not that I'm complaining though.
The next day, I immediately started to create my stall to start my assigned activity for glee club. I know it's a bit early for that but knowing my task, I'm going to have difficulty earning money for our budget. I put up the sign that says 'Kissing Booth for a Great Cause' and put the 1 dollar sign on the counter. Everyone is just staring at me with confusion or just think that I'm too stupid to do something like this. Okay, maybe I should just take my savings and give it to Mr. Schue. That way the humiliation will be less evident and we will still have an addition for our needed money.
I put on my eyeglasses that had finally arrived since I returned it to my doctor for repair and put down my bag. When I stood up, I found a girl standing on the counter and grinning at me.
"A dollar for a kiss, eh?" she said. "Are you really that desperate?" she chuckled.
"Quinn?" To say that I'm surprise is an understatement. My best friend, who is supposedly in California, is now standing few feet away from me. I went immediately to her and pulled her for a hug, lifting her up while we both laughed. God, I miss this girl so much.
"What are you doing here?" I asked when we parted. "Have you been to my house? How long are you going to stay? Is your – "
"Whoa, slow down nerd boy. I'm not going to disappear that fast." She halted me from my rambling.
"Sorry, I just really missed you, you know."
"I know. I mean who can survive a day without me by their side, right?"
"Okay, okay, you can stop praising yourself now." We both laughed. "Seriously though, what are you doing here?"
"Well, my mom decided to move back here and start her own business as an interior designer. I was just giving myself a tour to see what my new school would be like." She grins.
"Are you serious?" I grabbed her again for a hug, quite happy and excited about her news. "Don't mess with me Quinn."
She laughs. "I'm not Christopher," she said as we pulled apart. "I'm going to study here now."
"That's amazing, Quinn." I exclaimed.
"I know right. We have a lot of catching up to do but first, what the hell is this Chris?" she asked. I know you're kind of wondering why she's calling me by that name. My full name is actually Finn Christopher Hudson and we both decided when we were just kids that we should call ourselves by our names that is not getting used by others. So she called me as Chris, sometimes Christopher, and I called her Lucy but mostly Quinn because she doesn't really like the name Lucy.
"Oh um, this is for glee club. We need a lot of money for our competition so all of the members were assigned to have a fund-raising activity and I picked this one, by fate, of course."
"Wow, glee club? Really? Since when did you get so nerdy?" she chuckled.
"Hey, don't make fun of glee club. We're McKinley's pride and glory. We won a lot of competitions and even before I joined. You should really join, you know. We still need two people to join."
"Yeah, maybe I will. But first," she took out her wallet, take out a dollar and placed it on the counter. "I can't believe I'm going to do this but this is for charity." She then pulled my by neck and crashed her lips into mine. I was surprised to be honest. We both never saw each other that way so it's actually kind of cool of her to do this.
"There you go," she said when we parted our lips. "One dollar for your glee club. You better treat me somewhere for this, Chris. I might not even sleep well tonight for this."
"Shut up, Lucy." And we both laughed. I glance away from Quinn for a moment and found Rachel, looking at us not too far away. And from the looks of it, I think she caught what Quinn and I did earlier. Suddenly, I felt guilty. I don't know why but it's like the looks that she's giving is saying that I kind of cheat on her. But it was nothing, though. It was just a friendly kiss and it didn't mean anything. But I know Rachel don't know that.
"Chris, hey!" Quinn snapped her fingers and made me turn back to her. "Who are you staring at?" she turned around and look where my eyes just looked earlier. I turned my eyes back to where Rachel were standing earlier but she's now gone.
"Um, I'll tell you later." I said to Quinn.
"Okay," she said slowly. Our conversation was interrupted when a girl stops in front of my booth and held out a dollar. Quinn and I both arched our eyebrows. Um, is this really happening? Someone wants to give a dollar in exchange of my kiss?
I saw Quinn shrugged and steps aside when two other girls fall in line. Whoa, okay, this is so not what I'm expecting right now. I take the dollar from the girl and gave her a kiss but only on the cheek this time. I think me kissing another girl would make like a total cheater because I'm sort of secretly dating Rachel, who just saw me kissing Quinn on the lips and left. I don't know whether I should explain myself or not. But first things first, I need to do this activity until the end of lunch break.
I went searching for her when my classes are done. I haven't seen her after earlier or even heard from her. I searched the whole school and had been to the places we'd been before but she's not there. I took out my phone to see if she sends me a message but the only text I've got is from Quinn, who wants me to meet her after class since we still need to talk about a lot of things.
I decided to text Quinn that I still need to go somewhere and I'll text her when I could come. I went out to the parking lot, thinking that she might gone to our secret place but then I stopped immediately when I found her, inside my truck, obviously waiting for me.
I don't know what she's thinking because she's not giving me any expression. She just looks calm and like she's just hanging out in my truck waiting for me.
I slowly walked towards my truck and get in. She didn't say anything, didn't even looked at me when I got in. She just stared outside, like she's thinking something. I looked at her, wondering what I should say because I'm out of words. I don't know if I should explain or just pretend that nothing happened.
Eventually, she turned her head to me. She looked at me for a moment and then sighed.
"Hi," she said softly.
"Hi," I said, studying her.
She turns away from me again and looked in front. I can feel that she wanted to say something but she's hesitating.
"Who is she?" she finally asked. Her voice is a bit small but can still be heard.
"Who?" I asked in confusion.
"That girl that you kissed."
Oh.
"That's um, that's Quinn. She's my best friend."
"Just best friend?" she turns back to me.
"Yeah, just best friends." I assured her. "We never looked at each other that way."
"Maybe she likes you, you just don't know it." she moved her head back to the front. Now her voice weakened.
"She doesn't. We treated each other like brother and sister. We never showed any affection towards each other, I promise." I explained, wanting to make sure that she believes it.
She doesn't speak for a moment and I thought that she didn't hear anything I said or she just doesn't want to believe what I said. But I wanted her to believe it. I don't like Quinn and she doesn't like me. I only like Rachel and I think that I'm starting to have feeling for her. Yeah, maybe I should say that.
"I only like you, Rachel." I said to her when she still doesn't speak. "I only have feelings for you." Okay, now that that's out in the open, I think she can finally believe me.
Her head turns swiftly to me, her face is masked with surprised. Okay, maybe that's not a good idea after all. She suddenly shook her head and she bit her lip.
"You can't have feelings for me, Finn. That's not a good idea."
"Why?" I frowned.
"You just can't okay?" she snapped.
"Okay. I'm sorry." I said immediately. "I just – I can't help myself not to."
"Well you should stop yourself." She looked at me and suddenly I saw something in her eyes. It's like she's hurt or something.
"Okay." I nodded. That's all I can say right now because right now all I can feel is rejection and depression. Now I know what it feels like to be dumped.
"I won't stop what's happening between us but you should stop yourself from feeling something that can't happen."
I didn't say anything after that. I just nodded at her and turned my head away.
"I'm sorry." She said then climbed out of my truck and shut the door. The sound echoed inside my truck and it felt like a rejection once again. You know, it would have been better if she just laughed and shut the door in my face. That would have been less painful. At least, I'm used to being embarrassed. This is just way, way worst. Can I even continue this thing with her when she just semi-dumped me? I don't know if I can even look at her again.
I sighed and started my truck. I still needed to see Quinn. Maybe if we talked about other things, I could make myself believe that this never happened and I can continue my secret fling with Rachel. We could also maybe watch some chick flick that I can relate to. Maybe No Strings Attached or Friends With Benefits. Okay, I don't actually watch any of this. I just heard this from my step-brother, Kurt. I found his DVDs one time with mine so I know them.
I arrived at Quinn's house, the one where I used to go when I was kid, and hopped out of my truck. I was greeted by her mother when I knocked and we talked a bit before I finally went to her room. Her room is still just the way I remember. It's still painted with light blue and all the furniture are either pink or red. It's weird when I first look at it but now I just laughed and find it cute even.
I found her at her vanity mirror, combing her hair. She glanced in my way and gauging her expression, she kind of knows that there's something wrong. See, we're totally best friends.
"Okay, Chrissy, what's wrong?" she asked when she walked towards her bed and sat on it. She patted the space next to her and I went to her.
"Don't call me Chrissy. It really sound so gay." I chuckled sadly.
"I know. I just want to see you smile even if it just small." She smiled. "Now, you wanna tell me what's going on?"
"I sort of have this girl – "
"Finn Christopher Hudson has a girlfriend?" she cuts me. "Are you really my best friend, Finn?" she laughs when I scowled at her. "Okay, fine. I'll behave. Tell me about this girl."
And so I did. I told her everything that happened since that night that I saw her for the first time, editing some of it since I know Quinn would not like it when I shared those things with her. She didn't interrupt me this time but I know she's been dying to. As my story progresses, her face started to change until when I finally told her what happened earlier in the parking lot, she's now fully scowling at me.
She doesn't speak for a moment but then she put her closed hand in front of my forehead and I flinched. I know this gesture. We used to do this when one of us did a stupid thing. It's the only thing that we do to punish ourselves.
"You know what to do, Chris," she said to me. "Don't make it come to you because you know it's more painful." She threatens.
"It's really not that stupid, Quinn. We just – OW!" she hit her fist into my forehead so hard I think it will have a bruise. Damn, this girl can still show me how pain in her hands is still the worst.
"Not really stupid? Seriously?" she snaps at me. "That girl could be playing for fucks sakes and you think it's not really stupid? When did you become so stupid, Finn? Because I know my best friend is smarter than me and I know he will not get into something this wrong."
Okay now she uses my first name and I know what that means, too. She's really mad at me right now. Well, I kind of am expecting it to be honest. I know that if I tell this to someone they would either freak out or get mad.
"So what's your plan now?" she asked when she calmed down a little. "You gonna break things off with her?"
"Should I?" I asked, dumbfounded.
"Why are you asking me? I'm not the one who's involved with her." She retorted.
I sighed. "I don't know. I like what we have and I don't want it to be over. I just – I feel like we're just stuck, you know. We do all this stuff and all but it's just that. We're not going take it to any other level because we're just like that. A mutual understanding with no commitment."
"Fuck buddies." She corrected.
"Yeah. It sucks to say that but it's true." I looked at her. "Do you think I should break things off?"
"You can't always get what you want, Finn" she shrugged.
"Rolling Stones? Really?" I asked, chuckling.
"Shut up," she laughs.
"Okay, I don't want to talk about this anymore." I said. "Let's talk about you now."
And just like that, our topic changes to her. It's not that I really don't want to talk about my problem; I just need to think this through. I like Rachel a lot and I know we'd just met a few days ago but I don't want this to end. Not just because of the stuff that we're doing, which is great by the way, but also because she's Rachel. I can't just let a girl like that get away. She's too important to me now.
What to do now, Finn. It's really up to you.
A/N: So what'd you think? Do you like Finn's best friend? I really wanted it to be Blaine since they both look very nerdy type but I decided Rachel needs a little push to let Finn in so I decided to put Quinn.
Next Chapter: Kissing Booth continues and it's going to be very interesting. I really wanted to put Blaine so I might add him but I still don't know what's his purpose so I don't know.
Reviews are very much appreciated. Thanks for reading ! :)
About glee:
It was good. The songs were amazing except for some. I wanted Sam to have a solo but I don't think it's going to happen. Like the Burt and Kurt scene and shocked by Rachel's decision.