Sorry for such a late update – been very busy! Thank you all for reviewing (remembered to check the reviews yesterday and was very pleasantly surprised). I completely agree with gymkidz2000, Quinn would need to go back to who she was last year to have that sort of humanity again. I'm kinda hoping in this story to bring that Quinn back, cause I think everyone liked her so much more. And Princesakarlita411, don't worry, I want to try and make sure Finn works hard to get Rachel back, and as you'll see in this chapter; Kurt won't let him take the easy road either. Hope you enjoy. Keep up the reviews, they literally made my day

RACHEL POV

'Rachel,' said a voice from outside the walls on the cubicle.

'Rachel, please just come out.'

So Rachel took a deep breath and unlocked the cubicle door, to see Quinn standing there, looking at her.

'What are you doing here?' asked Rachel. 'I thought you hated me.'

'That's not true,' said Quinn. 'At least not at the moment anyway.'

They both laughed awkwardly.

'And besides,' Quinn said as got some paper towel, ran it under the tap and handed it to Rachel. 'I kinda owe you after what happened at Prom.'

Rachel smiled slightly, taking the paper towel and whipping her face in the mirror. Quinn walked up closer to her so they both appear in the frame of the mirror.

'So why did you just walk out of glee club? Because of Finn?'

'Since when were you concerned about anything between me and Finn?' Rachel asked defensively.

'Since you forgave me for hitting you,' said Quinn taking the wet paper towel off Rachel and giving her a new one to dry her face. 'And since I broke up with Finn.'

'What?' asked Rachel gobsmacked. 'Why?'

Quinn took a deep breath as she turned and leant her back against the sink and stared at the floor. 'Look, despite what people believe, I do love Finn. Maybe it's not the right kind of love to base a relationship on, but I will always care for him, and he will always be important to me. He was my first real boyfriend. Yeah, we were together mainly for convenience, but he'll be the guy I remember when I'm older and my kids ask who my first love was. Weren't you the one who told him you forgive your first love for anything? Well, that's why I forgive Finn for being with me, while still being in love with you. Your love – Yours and Finn's – it's different to what I feel. You guys are in love. And because I love and care for Finn, I can't stand in the way of him and his true love, as well as let him stand in the way of mine, wherever he is. I want to find a guy that makes me feel how Finn feels about you. And how I know you feel about Finn.'

Rachel felt kinda touched; maybe she'd been wrong about Quinn all along. I mean, sure she could be a complete bitch, but she did what was best for the people she cared about, most of the time. But we're all human aren't we?

'After last year,' said Quinn. 'I just wanted things to be like they were before I had Beth. So I got back on the Cheerios, worked my popularity up again, met Sam, everything was perfect. Then you and Finn broke up, and he was nice to me, and I knew he was still hurting from everything that happened with you, but I couldn't help myself. The Quinn that existed before I had Beth came back; the Quinn who was obsessed with popularity and didn't think about the consequences of her actions. And it's taken me this long to try and get the real Quinn back. And I can't guarantee that I won't continue to be a bitch and make the same stupid mistakes, but I can guarantee that I will try.'

The two girls smiled at each other, and they both sensed that a new truce had begun between them.

'So,' said Quinn, composing herself again. 'Do you wanna tell me why you just ran out glee club?'

'Because I can't keep doing it,' said Rachel.

'Doing what?'

'What I always do; go back to Finn whenever it suits him, only to have my heart shattered. Don't get me wrong I know I made a mistake with Puck, but I had been waiting for months for Finn to be with me and now you and him break up and he wants me back, I'm just expected to run back happily. No, not again!'

Quinn sighed. 'I know I can't convince you to go back to Finn, but I know he feels terrible about everything that has happened between you guys over these last two years, and I know how much he loves you.'

'How would you know that?'

'Because he told me.'

At that Quinn walked towards the door of the girls bathroom, but turned around suddenly saying, 'You know you're gonna forgive him, Rachel.'

'And why's that Quinn?' asked Rachel turning to face her.

'Because you forgive your first love for anything,' said Quinn smiling kind of sadly and leaving the room.

Rachel turned to face the mirror and was almost disgusted at what she saw; the same girl who has cried over the exact same guy a million times before. And she knows she will forgive him, because for her, there has never really been anyone else. But she's scared of becoming the person whose reflection she can see. Scared of being hurt.

As she fights within herself, arguing with the part of her that wants Finn and the other part that wants to punch him in the face for doing this to her, AGAIN, she suddenly hits the mirror in frustration, lowers to the floor of the girl's bathroom and cries her heart out. Her heart which fortunately and unfortunately, has and always will, belong to Finn Hudson.

FINN POV

It didn't work. In fact, it had the opposite effect; Rachel avoided Finn all day. He didn't know what he did wrong. He suddenly heard Kurt return home and rushed to the door to meet him.

'Hey Kurt,' said Finn holding the door as Kurt walked in.

'What do you want Finn?'

Finn is a bit taken back with his tone. 'Ahhh... are you okay dude?'

'No Finn!' said Kurt putting his shoulder bag on a chair and spinning violently to face Finn. 'I'm not okay! I've just spent the last hour over at my best friend's house trying to comfort her after you managed to make her cry, AGAIN!'

'Rachel was crying? Why-?'

'I'll tell you why Finn Hudson,' said Kurt storming up to Finn. 'Because you kissed her, TWICE, while you were still with Quinn and you played her; you made her think you guys had a shot. You starting dating her, then you broke her heart because you wanna discover your 'inner rock star'. Then, when she finds someone new and finally moves on, you decide you want her back, putting her under all this pressure to break up with Jesse and be with you. Then you start going out and neglect to tell her that you lost your virginity to Satan and let said Satan, make fun of and embarrass your girlfriend frequently without even trying to defend her, despite all those times she defended you. Then when Rachel finds out about you and Santana, and that everyone else knows, she makes a mistake. A stupid, STUPID mistake! And when she tells you, admitting to the truth rather than lying about it, and you break up with her. Then you start going after Quinn, who is already with someone else! Your friend! Causing Quinn to do what she did to you last year, to another guy. Then you forgive Quinn for all the horrible stuff she did and yet you couldn't forgive Rachel for doing a similar thing, something that wasn't nearly as bad as what Quinn did to you. Then again, when it's alright with you, decide you wanna be with Rachel. I mean, you're my step-brother Finn, and I love you, but seriously, WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED TO YOU! You can't keep doing this to her!'

As Kurt walks away, Finn tries not to crumble. He'd never really heard all the terrible stuff he'd done to Rachel put like that. And to make it worse, it came from his step-brother, the guy who always was straight up with Finn.

'Wait Kurt,' said Finn going after him. Kurt turned around looking fairly unimpressed as Finn inhaled and prepared to try and explain himself. And that's when he realised.

'Look, there's no excuse for the way I've treated Rachel. I've hurt the only person I've ever truly loved so many times. I've broken her heart over and over and over again, and it kills me, every day. And I can't take it back; all I can do is try and make up for it. And it's probably gonna take me the rest of my life to do it, but I don't care. I'm gonna do it, because I can't live without her Kurt, I can't function properly. She's a part of me; the best part of me. Sure she's annoying, a little self absorbed, and slightly crazy sometimes. But she's also kind, caring, loyal, loving, honest and beautiful and I love her for and in spite of all of those things. She's the one. And I know she probably won't forgive me and I would fully understand if she didn't, but I have to try. Otherwise I'll spend the rest of my life thinking about how I lost the girl of my dreams.' Kurt's anger seemed to subside slightly, but Finn wasn't finished.

'Kurt, I really, honestly, truly love her. And I promise, I'm not gonna hurt her again. I want us to graduate together, and move to New York where Rachel can start a career on Broadway. Maybe I'll get a job as a teacher, or a mechanic or anything; I don't care as long as I'm with her. I wanna propose to her, on the stage where we had our first kiss, covered in flowers with fairy lights and candles. I wanna get married in front of our family and friends, with my step brother standing beside me. And as she walks down the aisle I'll think how lucky I am that I get to be with her for the rest of my life. We'll have kids, two, three, maybe more, and we'll grow old together; hand in hand, side by side. Because that's where I wanna be, for the rest of my life. But I've stuffed it up so badly, and that dream is so far out of reach, I can't do it alone. Please Kurt, I need your help,' said Finn, finally feeling the weight lift off his shoulders as he said the words he'd been thinking and feeling, but was never able to say aloud for the last two years. 'I need her.'

'Ok, well what ideas do you have so far?' asked Kurt. After he had stopped crying from Finn's speech, Kurt agreed to help Finn get Rachel back.

'None,' said Finn. 'My first idea was the song but that didn't work at all.'

'Well obviously!'

'What do you think I should do?'

Kurt pondered for a minute. 'Well, Rachel's the type of girl who loves anything very romantic and dramatic, like a movie. So, what if you give Rachel her dream date.'

'Kurt,' said Finn unable to contain himself. 'You're brilliant.'

'I know, yet I never tire of hearing it.'

'I could do it while we're in New York, make it even more special.'

Kurt nodded enthusiastically in agreement. 'But, you can't just take her out on a really romantic date Finn, that's not really enough. You need something more, even bigger and more romantic.'

Finn pulled a face. 'Like what?'

'Finn,' said Kurt leaning in towards him, as if he was trying to explain the most obvious fact to a child. 'What's the one thing that speaks to Rachel more than anything else?'

Finn has to think for a bit. 'Really, Finn? Are you serious?' asked Kurt

Finn decided to ignore that comment and answered, 'Music.'

'Exactly,' said Kurt relaxing back in his chair.

'One problem,' replied Finn smartly. 'I've already tried that.'

'Well that's because what you did, while meaningful, had terrible timing and was kind of impersonal.'

Finn tried not to look hurt. He thought it was a pretty good idea at the time.

'Finn, when Rachel was trying to tell you how she felt, she wrote 'Get It Right' – a heart-felt, deep and personal song-'

'Wait, so what you're saying is you want me to-'

'Yep,' said Kurt smiling mischievously. 'Write her a song.'

I'm not all that happy with that chapter, it was kinda rushed cause I wanted to publish it before New York airs. But anyway, enjoy. I'm hoping to get the next chapter up ASAP.

Until next time,

xox