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Chapter 9

Rachel's P.O.V

Rachel had successfully avoided Finn the entirety of the next day.

Although, Quinn was suspicious as to why Rachel spent all day at her house without her phone.

When she got her phone back, she found 1 missed call from Jesse and 3 from Finn.

Rachel smiled at his number of phone calls, but she dismissed it and went to bed, knowing that at the show choir thing, there was no way to avoid Finn.

She felt slightly comforted by the thought that she'd be able to put her plan into motion.

She also felt something that she could only classify as jealousy.

Finn's P.O.V (Thursday, at Sectionals)

Finn could tell that Rachel was avoiding him. He decided to chalk it up to hiding how she was feeling, although he knew he was being optimistic.

He decided that he'd confront her at the Sectionals for show choir. He knew Jesse would be busy coaching his team, so it'd be the perfect opportunity to figure out how she felt.

He got there a little early and immediately searched for her brown eyes up front.

He did find her, but even though he'd come early he found her sitting there with Santana. Quinn and Sam were sitting close by, but they were too wrapped up in each other to notice him.

"Hey, Rach. Can we talk?" he said when he got close enough.

Rachel stood abruptly and looked strangely flustered.

"Finn," she breathed nervously.

Santana stood too and smirked at him mischievously. Finn was beginning to feel suspicious.

"Hey Finnocence," Santana greeted. She eyed him as if he was a piece of meat and he immediately felt uncomfortable.

"You know Santana," Rachel stated, still looking nervous.

"Yeah. Hey. Can we talk Rach?" Finn said again.

"I have to do something. Could you keep Santana company? We'll talk then," Rachel replied, escaping before Finn could protest.

Suddenly it all became clear. Rachel was setting Finn up with Santana. The thought made him want to laugh. Here he was, trying to win Rachel over and she was setting him up with the town slut.

Finn smiled down at Santana and fought to keep himself from running to Rachel and telling her that she was the only one he wanted to be with.

"So, Finn," Santana began, prompting Finn to pay attention to her.

"Look, I don't know what Rachel told you, but I'm not interested in being set up. No offense," he added.

Santana chuckled lightly and replied, "I'm not in for a relationship either, Finnegan. You should know that."

Finn rolled his eyes.

Hooking up with Santana was the last thing he was interested in.

"I'm not sleeping with you Santana," he said exasperatedly.

Santana frowned and rolled her eyes.

"Whatever Finnocence. If you're trying to get with man hands, then you're screwed. Her new boyfriend apparently is just her type," Santana said like she was irritated.

"I-I'm not trying to get with Rachel," Finn stammered.

Santana rolled her eyes and her gaze focused on something behind him. Her smile reappeared and she focused back on Finn.

She stood on her tippy toes and whispered in his ear, "Maybe it's not a lost cause. Don't look now, but she's totally watching you. You wanna make her slightly jealous?"

Finn raised an eyebrow and opened his mouth to ask what she meant when she leaned over and kissed him.

Frankly, it was awkward. Finn wasn't sure if he should push her away or stay where he was.

Thankfully, Santana made that decision for him by pulling away and saying, "You're welcome," before walking away.

Finn frowned and turned to find Rachel. He saw her almost sprinting to the bathroom.

Uh oh, he thought, sensing that he'd upset her in some way.

He rushed off and followed her. Before she reached the bathroom, he grabbed her shoulder and turned her to face him.

"You okay, Rach?" He inquired softly.

Rachel glared up at him and said, "Yeah. I'm fine. I'm absolutely freaking peachy, Finn!"

That made Finn positive that she was absolutely not okay.

She turned and stormed into the bathroom.

Finn hesitated before following her. It was the girls' room after all.

"Rach," Finn began.

Rachel turned and he saw that her eyes were full of the tears that she was holding back.

"What are you doing here?" Rachel demanded.

Finn raised an eyebrow at her and replied, "You invited me and I wanted to see you-"

"Not here at Sectionals, but here in the girls' bathroom," she interrupted, rolling her eyes.

Finn mentally slapped himself for his pure stupidity.

"I want to know why you're upset and why you're ignoring me," Finn replied.

Rachel frowned deeply.

"Nothing's wrong and I'm not ignoring you. Please leave now," Rachel replied abruptly.

Finn rolled his eyes and offered her small smile.

"Rachel, I'm your best friend and you can't hide your feelings at all," Finn reasoned.

Rachel bit her lip and Finn knew that she was biting back a smile.

She looked up at him and he was captivated by her beauty.

"I don't know why I'm upset. It's unreasonable, I know. I have Jesse, but I watched you guys kiss and I don't know. I guess I got a little jealous. I can't believe I'm jealous of the girl I tried to set you up with. I must sound crazy," Rachel replied.

"Well, yeah," Finn said.

Rachel playfully slapped his arm and squealed, "Shut up."

He grabbed her wrist and pulled her closer. She didn't put up any resistance, so Finn took this as a good sign.

He was painfully aware of the lack of space between them.

He leaned down halfway and waited to see if she would reach up to meet him.

Thankfully, she did and he pressed his lips to hers.

His first thought was that he could never kiss Santana again, because this was amazing.

Finn never wanted to pull away and Rachel seemed to match his eagerness. Their tongues mingled and he put his arms around her waist to pull her closer. She wrapped her arms around his neck and put her fingers in his hair. Rachel sighed against his lips.

Abruptly, Rachel pulled away and put distance between them.

Finn fought to catch his breath and Rachel seemed to do the same.

"Oh my god. I just cheated on Jesse. I can't believe I just cheated on Jesse," Rachel said, tears falling down her cheeks.

"Oh God, Rach," Finn tried.

He hated it when she cried.

"Finn, I'm an awful person," Rachel cried.

"No Rachel. I kissed you," he insisted.

He would've said just about anything to calm her down and make her feel better.

Rachel looked at him dubiously. She didn't buy it.

"Look, you've had a lot going on and you were upset. I saw beautiful girl upset in a bathroom and I kissed you. It's my fault," he tried, flinching when he did.

Rachel nodded weakly and Finn wanted so badly to reach out and hold her, but he knew that would just make her upset.

"Still friends?" he inquired.

She nodded again and wiped her eyes.

"I've gotta go," she murmured.

Finn nodded and inquired, "We still on for the wedding?"

Rachel looked at him and replied, "I don't think that's a good idea, but I'll see you there."

Finn wanted to argue, but she'd be going stag and so would he, so that meant they'd be able to hang out anyway.

Finn nodded and she turned to leave.

"It's not gonna work between Santana and I," he added before she left.

She stopped and inquired without facing him, "Why not?"

"She's nothing like you," Finn replied.

Rachel nodded and left.

A few minutes later, Finn left too.

He couldn't take his eyes off of Rachel though.

At the end of the show, Vocal Adrenaline got first place and Jesse came down and kissed Rachel square on the lips.

Finn wanted to kill him.

Jesse walked up to Finn with his arm around Rachel.

Rachel looked at her shoes at Finn's presence.

"Hey Finn. What'd you think of my kids?" Jesse asked.

"They were good, but I kinda like that other group, New Directions. They were great," Finn replied although he couldn't take his eyes off of Rachel.

Jesse glared at him and left muttering, "Whatever," under his breath.

Rachel glanced back at Finn and offered him a small smile.

Finn smiled back and knew that a part of her didn't regret their kiss.

He felt something and he knew that she felt it too.

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