Next chapter – Enjoy. It was only meant to be a short chapter but it was longer than I expected.

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FINN POV

Back in his hotel room, Finn couldn't sleep. He tossed and turned and counted sheep but nothing seemed to be working. He just kept reliving that painful moment where Rachel walked away from him, over and over again. And then he began to relive all of their moments together; the good and the bad. The times they were insanely happy, and the times everything seemed hopeless. And all he could think about was the amount of time he had wasted over the last two years pretending to not be in love with Rachel Berry. And that's when it hit him. He got up quickly and grabbed his pencil and notepad with ideas for songs scribbled on them. He ripped off the first page and wrote down the word 'pretending'. By the end of the night, after lots of scribbling of words and scrunching up of papers, he had finished. He raced to Mr Shue's hotel room before anyone had a chance to head out for breakfast. He knocked carefully on the door, worried about the fact that Mr Shue may still be asleep. Finn heard someone come towards the door as Mr Shue opened the door and smiled.

'Hey Finn. What can I help you with?'

'I finished a song,' said Finn handing over the piece of paper. R Shue read it silently and Finn stood there silently nervous. What if it wasn't any good? What if all his feeling that he'd put into words were just a load of crap?

'Wow Finn,' said Mr Shue smiling at him. 'This is really good.'

'Really?'

'Yeah, it's well structured, catchy and most importantly, it's emotional and has real meaning.'

Finn looked to the floor slightly. He could tell Mr Shue understood the songs meaning and was slightly embarrassed that a teacher knew that sort of information. Then again it was Mr Shue.

'So I'm guessing this a duet?' Mr Schue asked.

'Yeah,' Finn replied smiling a kind of awkward smile.

'Well, I think this will be a great song to perform at Nationals.'

Finn beamed. 'Great, Thanks Mr Shue.'

'Don't mention it.'

Finn began to walk back to his hotel room when Mr Shue called out to him.

'Finn, just to be sure, is there anyone in particular you want to sing this with?' Mr Shue smiled one of those 'I-know-the-answer-to-this-but-I'm-asking-you-anyway-just-so-you-admit-it' smiles.

Finn chuckled slightly under his breath and said, 'I think it's pretty clear Mr Shue.'

RACHEL POV

After being comforted by Kurt, Rachel spent the rest of the night trying to get some sleep, to no success. So, she just sat up, trying to write a song for Nationals. But everything that came out was either New York is my dream and I have to follow it related, or why can't I have New York and Finn. Things with Finn were never clear. She never knew how he felt about her. I mean, how could she? He would want her, then not, then love her, then not, then want her back. It was constantly changing and Rachel couldn't keep up anymore. How does he really feel about me? And everything that's happened? Everybody else had left for breakfast but Rachel didn't feel like eating, nor did she want to risk running into Finn. Not because she didn't want to see him, but because she didn't know if she was strong enough to control herself when she was near him. Rachel's thoughts of Finn were interrupted by a knock at the door. She automatically thought and secretly hoped it might be Finn. She rushed to the door opening it almost violently, only to discover it was Mr Shue.

'Hi Rachel.'

'Hey Mr Shue,' said Rachel convincingly hiding her disappointment. 'Sorry I wasn't at breakfast, I didn't feel like anything.'

'That's fine,' he said smiling. 'I actually came to give you this.' He then handed over a photocopied sheet of paper with the word 'pretending' written in bold letters on the top of the page. She recognised the handwriting immediately.

'What's this?' she asked.

'It's a song,' said Mr Shue. 'A duet actually. For the competition.'

'Oh.'

'I was hoping you would sing it?' He was very carefully avoiding who I was singing it with. Mr Shue was one of those teachers who actually understood their students and was able to have them open up to him. Plus Mr Shue wasn't stupid; he knew the whole history between me and Finn.

'Of course Mr Shue,' she replied faking a smile.

'Great! We'll rehearse it quickly at 1pm in my hotel room and then tomorrow you can sing it on the stage,' said Mr Shue as he was about to leave.

'Oh and Rachel,' he said, quickly turning back around. 'I'd have a read of the lyrics. They may give you some answers that you've been looking for.'

And with that he left and Rachel gently closed the door behind him. She then went and sat on the edge of her bed and read the song; Finn's song. With the first line, she was already trying to hold back tears. This song was their relationship over the last two years. And all she could do was cry.

Two updates in one day – hooray for me :P

Hopefully a third will be up sometime today too. Hope you liked it. Only 3 chapters left.

Until next time,

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