DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN GLEE OR ITS CHARACTERS! THAT'S ALL FOR RYAN MURPHY!

A/N: I was going to update yesterday, but ended up going out, so yeah; sorry about that! SO, here's the next chapter, and I know you guys won't be happy about it. It's angst-y as this whole story is… But I promise it gets better and you will all be VERY satisfied with it. So, enjoy for now and REVIEW!

12. Broken Hearts and Broken Noses

She gets off her flight and meets Adam at the airport. Sweeping her up into a big hug, he kisses her thickly. She doesn't exactly quite know what to think of the feel of his kisses anymore. Obviously they can't even compare to how great Finn's are.

Finn. Finn. Finn.

She can't keep thinking of him. He told her he didn't want her. She needs to get over it, once and for all. She's hurt too much these five years and she's ready to start fresh. And that fresh start will be with Adam.

They get into a cab and ride home in silence. Is it bad that they really don't have anything to talk about? That neither of them ask how the other one was doing while they were apart for nearly two weeks?

He takes her suitcase for her back to their room and puts her stuff away while she makes them something to eat. Usual routine. It was nice having someone cook for her for a while there. A nice vacation.

She calls her manager and tells her that she's back and can make it for the evening show. Gladly, the manager makes arrangements for the understudy to be notified about her coming back. After she finishes eating with Adam, he brings up the wedding again.

"So when should we go to Vegas and get this done with?" He asks, kissing her on the cheek.

"I've been thinking about that, Adam, and I realized that I don't want to rush and get married. I want to plan this. I've been waiting to have a big fancy wedding since I was sixteen."

If he really loved her he would have known this by now.

"O-Okay," He sighs. "I just wanted everyone to know that I loved you sooner, rather than later."

She smile softly at him and kisses him again.

"Give me a month. I promise to have everything done by then," She nods in determination.

"God, you're sexy," He growls, biting at her neck.

She lets out a nervous giggle, for mere hours again it was Finn's teeth against her skin.

"You, Mr. Zimmer, will have to wait after my evening show."

"Oh, yay! You're finally back. I totally agree, you need to attend the evening show. I was afraid that they would have replaced you by now," He nods in agreement.

It only hurts a little that he doesn't have much faith in her.

-glee-

He goes to work that day with a terrible hangover, and Coach Jenson can tell. He's warned to clean up his act, and Finn apologizes profusely because he really didn't want to tarnish his rep. It's just his way of… dealing right now.

Even though he was nearly fired because of drinking, that doesn't stop him from going to Magic Sam's for a few drinks. He sits down at the counter and tells the same guy bartender that was there when she was still here to give him some UV Blue.

The bar is pretty much dead considering it's a Monday night. He can hear a familiar giggle to his left, so he slowly turns his head and looks to see neighbor Mindy with some short guy who looked like he just walked off the set of Jersey Shore.

Finn takes a drink of his vodka before saying hi to Mindy. She looks up, for she was distracted by her new mate.

"Oh, hi Finn! Joey, this is Finn, my neighbor. Finn, this is my boyfriend Joey," She introduces them.

"I'm sorry," Finn spits some of his drink back in the glass. "Did you just say boyfriend?"

"Yeah," Mindy nods. "I met him last week and we are really hitting it off. It's like we've bonded emotionally, not just physically and I just feel… connected to him."

Finn snorts at the word.

"Yeah, that always lasts so long doesn't it? You know, you find the person you love and you feel so connected to them. Tethered to them. Like even though they're so far away, like New York fucking City far away, you can always feel their presence. So, Mindy, when Joey breaks your heart and moves to be a Broadway star, I'll be waiting at my apartment so we can fuck each other until we die, because I have a feeling it's only gonna be you and me," He explains his sad, sadistic story to the young and in love couple.

Both Joey and Mindy were equally confused; Joey wondering if he looked like a Broadway wannabe, or is this guy just drunk and Mindy wondering what that girl she'd been seeing around the apartment building lately did to him.

"Listen, Fink," Joey starts.

"It's Finn you ass," Finn scoffs.

"Obviously you're having some girl problems, Finn," Mindy says tightly, offended at how rude he's being.

"I'll be saying the same thing to you when you come knocking on my door, looking for more soap. I mean sex," Finn slurs.

Joey sees red, not liking that his newest girl is practically being called a little whore. He drops his shoulder and pulls his arm back, only to have it quickly snap up and punch Finn in the face.

Finn lets out a loud grunt of pain as blood gushes from his nose. Before he can hit the guy back, Joey and Mindy go running out of the bar to avoid trouble.

"Sir, are you alright?" The bartender asks.

"I've got a damn broken nose, no I'm not alright. Can you call the ambulance?"

The bartender quickly rushes to call 911 and Finn sits, wiping at his nose every now and then. This is just so fucking great. He gets punched by some jackass. All he wanted was to go out and have a couple of drinks.

Once he's in the ambulance and being driven away to the hospital, he realizes what he said. He gets now that he was being very inappropriate, but that's not the specific part of the text he's focusing on.

He's tethered to Rachel. That's why it was so hard to get over her. That's why he can't get over her. There's just this invisible string that's always there and it's never going to go away because he's so madly in love with her that it can't. Not even if she cuts it. Not even if he tries to cut it.

It will always be there.

They reset his nose and tell him to be more careful next time while out drinking. He quickly takes his clean up kit and gets a cab to take him back to the Pub. Driving home in his own truck, he realizes how royally screwed he was.