6 am Monday morning Finn Hudson's phone bussed on his dresser. Normally he would wake up around 7:30 and get ready to go to work, so he was not happy that someone was ringing him this early in the morning. Finn didn't work at his best in the mornings, he was grumpy and miserable until after 8. He picked up his phone and answered the call, shouting at whoever was on the other end.

"HELLO!" He shouted.

"Finn? Is something wrong, what happened?" The voice of a very concerned and wide awake Rachel came from his phone. Shit, he probably should have checked who was ringing him before he answered it.

"Rach, its 6 am why are you ringing?" He asked in between yawns,

"We agreed we would car pool today since you always seem to leave school later than Puck does," She explained. "We can always go separately if you have changed you mind."

"No, no sorry, I didn't mean to shout, it's just early, I'm not normally up for another hour and a half"

"I probably should have thought about the fact that you aren't as eager in the mornings as I am, therefore wouldn't be awake at 6, sorry," She apologized.

"No its fine, I'm awake now, Erm let me get a shower and I will call you back in a few minutes." He said, after saying goodbye he hung up the phone.

BREAK!

After a long shower to wake him up Finn wrapped a towel around his body and walked back to his room. He could smell bacon wafting through the corridor. Surely Puck wasn't up yet, he was even lazier than him.

"Rachel?"

"Ohh hi Finn," She said smiling at him from behind his kitchen counter, with bacon and eggs cooking on the stove.

"W-what are you doing here, I just spoke to you and you were at your house?"

"You obviously don't realise how long your showers actually are, and I don't like that far away you know." She told him

"Yes, but why are you here, cooking? Not that I'm complaining, I'm just curious"

"Well, I was going to be coming over soon anyway since we are sharing lifts, so I thought I would come over a bit earlier, that's ok isn't it?" She asked.

"Of course, especially since you're cooking. Wait, how did you get in?" He asked her.

"The door was unlocked,"

"Dammit, Puck forgot to lock up last night! Ohh that reminds me, he's still asleep so we have to be quiet. I might not be as angry about waking up early, but if he wakes up you won't hear the last of it," He told her.

Rachel plated up his breakfast and set it down on the table and sat on the chair opposite. Suddenly Finn remembered that he was stood there in nothing more than a towel, a small towel as well. Feeling quite self-conscious he tried to cover himself up more.

"Excuse me for a minute Rachel, ill just go get changed quickly," he said.

BREAK!

As Finn ran of to his room, obviously feeling very embarrassed Rachel sat alone in his kitchen. She had totally forgotten that it wasn't normal for friends to talk to each other wearing just a towel. Surely she should have thought something strange about that. Being friends was her idea, yet why did she feel like she wanted something more. Of course she did, she spent all day dreaming of Finn Hudson. His eyes, his hair, fuck even his lips. She couldn't get him out of her head. Even now, she was staring at the wall where his room was, imagining him getting dressed on the other side. She defiantly wanted to be more than friends, but she had to be sure Finn wanted that as well. A few minutes later Finn returned and sat opposite her, and tucked into this breakfast.

"Aren't you going to have anything Rach, do you want some of mine."

"I ate before I left home, and I'm a vegan Finn, remember," she reminded him.

"Ohh of course, sorry I sometimes forget." He said as he ran his hands through his still slightly damp hair.

"I was wondering if we could go to work earlier than you normally do, I usually arrive around 7, but that's just today, we can go at your usual time from now on,"

"Sure that seems fine, I mean what else could we do hanging around here?" He joked; Rachel could sure think of a few things she would enjoy doing. They were of course basically alone, she would love to take advantage of this situation, she would have ten years ago. But they were friends; she had to keep reminding herself this. Finn finished with his breakfast as they continued chatting and they made their way to work. They walked through the halls together; they were the only ones around.

"Do you want to go to the old choir room for a bit, I always feel so comfortable there," Rachel suggested.

"Sure,"

They went into the room and Rachel sat by the piano, pressing each of the keys in turn.

"You know Finn, I've just had an idea," She announced.

"You want me to sing with you don't you?"

"Just once please, I've missed it!" She begged.

"I haven't sung since you left for New York you know," he told her.

"Really! But I thought you loved it"

"After you left, I kind of lost motivation."

"Ohh, you don't have to sing if you don't want to," she told him.

"No, no I will, I enjoy It." He reassured her. "What do you want to sing?"

"I always loved our version of No Air,"

"No Air it is then,"

"I think there's a CD player somewhere in here; I have my iPod on me I can just plug it in,"

After a few minutes search Rachel successfully found the player and plugged in her iPod. Scrolling through all her Broadway musicals and Barbra and Celine songs she came across some normal songs. When she was younger she used to add every song they sang in glee club onto her iPod so she could remember all the moments. Eventually she found the song she needed and pressed play.

"If I should die before I wake

It's 'cause you took my breath away

Losing you is like living in a world with no air"

Rachel sang the first verse, remembering when they sang it in school; they practiced this so much, even in the halls.

BREAK!

Finn sang the second verse; surprisingly he remembered exactly how it went. He remembered the words as well. He felt so good singing again, he hadn't realised how much he missed it.

"I'm here alone, didn't wanna leave,

My heart won't move, it's incomplete,

Wish there was a way that I can make you understand"

When they got to the duet part, they both just stared at each other, neither looking away from the others eyes. Rachel walked closer to him placing her hand on his chest as she sang. There was so much want in her eyes; he could tell she felt the same way she did. Eventually the song drew to a close and they both stood in silence for a few seconds, neither daring to speak. Rachel put her hands on his shoulders stood on her tip toes and pressed her lips against his. It wasn't a violent his, it was simple. It lasted no longer than a few seconds, it reminded him greatly of their first kiss that day in the auditorium. As Rachel pulled away he wanted to pull her in for more, but he resisted. This was all moving so fast.

"I'm sorry, I-I don't know what came over me, it might be best if I left now."

And with that Rachel left him alone in the choir room. Little did both of them know that there actions were being silently watched by Zack, who had arrived at school early to finish of some last minute homework, he had heard the singing and was curious, but he did not expect to see his teachers kiss.