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Chapter 8

The next day at school I didn't see Rachel until lunch. She was wearing an orange dress with white sequins under the bust and on the spaghetti straps. Her hair was back in curls and her eyes were tired and sad.

"Hey." She said walking over to my locker.

"Hi Rachel." I replied.

"Look, I'm sorry about yesterday. Can we talk somewhere private." She said with tears forming in her eyes. I nodded in agreement and she took my hand in hers. It felt warm and complete. It felt right.

I drove to the place by the river and saw Rachel's face turn into a fraction of a smile of recognition. She understood the meaning of it here just as I did. We walked down and sat together on my picnic blanket from my truck.

"Look, I guess it's okay if you and Quinn are going out now. I should respect that but its hard considering she's the girl that Finn wanted more then me." Rachel said.

"What?" I exclaimed. She looked up confused by my outburst. "I'm not going out with Quinn. I came to school and she was really upset and she just needed someone to talk to. That's it."

She started smiling at me and laughed to herself and I joined in with her. Her laugh was beautiful and melodious. Almost as much as her beautiful voice.

"I'm sorry, Sam. About everything. I don't deserve you as a friend." Right, friend. Was she still not getting this? I had confronted her just yesterday about the friend comment. Her face let me know that she saw the hurt in my face as I took a sudden interest in the green grass around me.

"Sam, are you alright? You look pale." Rachel said anxiously.

"What do you see in me, Rachel? Honestly." I said out of nowhere. I couldn't keep wondering, I needed to know.

"What exactly do you mean?" she asked looking around nervously. I couldn't tell if she was genuinely confused or knew what I meant and was not interested in talking about this. Whatever the case, we were having this conversation now.

"I think you know. What do you see in me? What comes to mind when you think of me? Who am I to you? Anything Rachel, just tell me."

"I think you're smart, sweet, loyal and kind." She said in a rush.

"Is that all?" I asked and she nodded hesitantly. "Do you want to know what I think of you?" and she nodded again.

"I think you are confident, beautiful, kind, smart and the most amazing person I've ever met." I said honestly and was surprised my how honest I really was. I looked at her and she was looking away into the distance of trees. Probably seeing which way was fastest to run away from here.

"Sam." Is all she said and even that was in the tiniest whisper.

"Want to know what I love the most?" I asked her. She shook her head and whispered my name again in a warning tone.

"I love how you're unique and the only girl that has ever made me want to tell her how special and important to me she is." And with that she shook her head again.

"No, Sam. Stop." She told me.

"Why? What was that kiss about? Was it just another kiss? Like all the others you've had right? Well guess what, that was my very first. And to me it wasn't just a little thing that I was going to forget about by the next day. To me it was everything I've ever wanted. And I promise you I will never forget. You can if you want but you cant pretend it never happened. Because it did." I told her as memories of that night came back to me. She looked into my green eyes with tears in them. I didn't understand what was stopping her from coming to me.

"Sam, you need to get over me. I don't think we can be friends if that's what you want. I'm sorry. I know that kiss happened but it shouldn't have and it was a mistake. A big mistake. I'm in love with Finn." She told me angrily with tears streaming down her face. Finn? The idiot who got one girl pregnant and cheated on his girlfriend?

"Finn? The jerk that cheated on you? How could you possibly love him after all he put you through?" I asked her with shock and pain in my voice.

"We talked it through. Not that it's any of your business! We're back together so just leave me alone!" she said pointing back up the hill to my truck.

"Fine, it's your choice. Just know I'm here. And I wont say I told you so when what he's done in the past repeats its self. I'll leave, but I'm not leaving you here. At least let me give you a ride home." I told her.

"No, Finn will come pick me up." She said sending him a text telling him to come get her.

"When he doesn't show then call me." I said heading back to my truck. I felt my heart breaking. I was in love with Rachel but she would never know. She was wasting her time with a loser who would never treat her the way she deserved. Had I not told her she could be my princess? Was I missing a fatal piece to this puzzle? Because it felt like there was something missing to all this. I couldn't see any reason why she would go running back to him.

I drove home and it was already 2 o'clock so I didn't bother going back to school. I took a nap and at 3:30 the doorbell rang waking me up. I walked downstairs and opened the door surprised by who was here.

Quinn. Her hair was straightened and she had on a high waisted black skirt, a white tank top and white gladiator shoes. She looked stunning except for the small tears forming in her eyes.

"Quinn! What's wrong?" I asked her.

"Have you heard?" she asked me.

"Heard what?"

"Rachel and Finn are back together." She said as a single tear fell down her cheek. I wiped it away and she came into me for a hug.

"Lets go somewhere. Want to go to Breadstix?" I asked her. She gave me a small smile and a nod as I drove her there to talk and hopefully I could comfort her and stop her tears. Because just like her, I felt like crying too.