AN: Sorry it's been a while, Christmas got a bit in the way. Thanks to those who reviewed – you guys really helped me get on with this chapter!

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I get to the end and sharply turn to my right towards the tills when I accidentally bump into someone. Embarrassed badly, I look up to apologise profusely only for my words to get stuck half way up my throat. I'm so shocked I can barely breathe and what little breath I have left in my lungs I use to choke out just one word.

"Finn!"

I stare in shock into his eyes. The time apart has not changed him much though he seems a little sad, frown lines becoming prominent around his features. My mind didn't do him justice though, he is so handsome; more than my memories could deal with. He is just as shocked to see me as I am to see him which leaves us to stand, staring at each other for a short period of time before I finally get the guts to speak to him.

"Wow, this is a big shock. I was actually planning on coming to your house to see you later, how have you been?" I ask tentatively, still feeling the awkwardness that is around us.

"Um, yeah. I've been dealing, just been busy at McKinley with Glee and everything, you know?" He stutters at the beginning, I automatically realise he is just as nervous about this situation as I am. I decide to just jump straight into the deep end and ask if I can see him at home.

"Sorry if this is a little forward, but can I come to your house to speak with you? I think we really need to hash out what happened between us." I say as calmly as I can, just wanting to get it over with.

"Um, sure, you can come now if you like. You can drive your car to mine and I'll see you there." He shuffles his feet a little, I know that means he feels awkward and just wants to move on from the conversation. I pride myself in knowing his habits and common gestures. We really knew each other when we were together.

"Okay, that sounds fine. I can't stay long though as my dad's are cooking the dinner and I have the pasta they need." I smile hesitantly up at him and I' so grateful when he returns it with his own smile, it's just as beautiful as I remember it to be.

"I'll see you at yours soon then." I remark and move around him to finally get to the tills, where I was heading in the first place. Without replying he makes his way out of the store and to his car as I watch out the windows of the store. I wait in the queue as calmly as I can force myself to be as the anxiety just rises up more and more inside of me. I can't believe we are finally going to sort this out between us. I have no idea what the future holds for us in this moment in time.

I pay for the lasagne pasta and make my way to my car. Looking over to where I saw Finn had his vehicle earlier, it is no longer there meaning he is already making his way home. I resolutely get into my own car and drive the short journey to the Hudson-Hummel home.

Once there I take a moment just to look at the house from the outside. It has been a little while since I was last here, thinking harder I realise the last time I was here I was with Finn and he was my fiancée. Trying to battle those emotional memories down out of the forefront of my mind, I get out of my car and make my way to the front door.

Ringing the doorbell of this house is one of the hardest things I've had to do in a very long time, but I forced myself to get it over with and soon after, Finn opens the door, smiles slightly and moves to his right to let me past. I say a quiet "thank you" and we both wordlessly move up the stairs and into his bedroom.

I sit myself down on his bed immediately and quickly glancing around the room, noticing that it hasn't changed at all since I was last in here a few months ago. I turn back to Finn and realise he has been watching me ever since I walked into his room.

"It hasn't changed." I remark dumbly, putting off the confrontation even more.

"Why are you here?" He asks in a monotonous voice which unnerves me a lot. He is still staring at me, it causes me to start babbling under the pressure.

"I had to see you. I can't believe we haven't spoken to each other at all since that day at the station. I don't understand why it had to be that way, why could you wait a year or even the rest of your life on hold by my side to let me have my Broadway dream but I couldn't wait for you for the months or even years you would be in the army? It's not fair and I think we should have been equals, you made the decision for me and I hated it." He moves his hand slowly to my cheek and that's when I realise at some point during my ramblings I had started fiercely crying, I couldn't help myself but lean into his warmth.

"I love you and I know you don't feel the same but I've been heartbroken being in New York without you, I haven't been dealing and Kurt's been noticing and everything is becoming so hard without you and-"

He shushes me gently and wraps both his large arms around my waist to pull me onto his lap, his warmth surrounds me in a cocoon and it just makes me cry so much harder. I've missed this so much.

"You're wrong, so wrong." He tells me, leaving me confused. I don't understand what he is talking about.

"How can you think I don't love you, Rachel? Of course I do, not a moment goes by in my life when I'm not thinking about how much I love you." His speaks so reverently and right into my ear. His confession leaves me gasping for breath with my head half buried in his chest, he starts to stroke my hair and I finally calm myself to a point where I can talk again.

"Why did you send me away then? Why leave me? Why force us to break up? Why not get married?" By this point I reach hysterical again and quickly bury myself back into his chest causing my tears to wet his shirt.

"I had to. I value your dreams as being much bigger than mine. In order for you to reach your dreams I had to let you go, I thought it was what was best for you, I wanted you to have everything." He explains softly into my hair, this causes me to get slightly angry and raise my voice.

"I didn't want any of that without you! I wanted you by my side, none of the rest mattered without you anymore, I wanted to give up all my dreams just so I could have my biggest dream ever, which is you!" I lift my head to stare into his eyes, wanting him to believe me so badly. He takes a moment just to gaze into my face and then resolutely with a constant frown replies.

"I think I see that now, I really regret leaving you. If I could go back and change things I would, in a heartbeat. I'm so sorry for putting you through all this Rach."

I hug him close to me, so glad we got this out in the open, I look into his eyes and utter the words I have wanted to say to him for a while now.

"I forgive you. I love you."

For the first time since this conversation started he broke out into his widest, most beautiful smile, it fills me with relief to see it.

"Thank you so much, it means so much to me, I love you too. I'm forever yours, faithfully."

The quote causes me to give him a teary smile in return. I try to calm myself down with my head towards the carpet, embarrassed by how much of a state I am in. He lifts my chin with one hand and strokes my hair out of my face with the other before asking me.

"This may be really soon after our confrontation but I love you so much, Rachel. Will you be my girlfriend again?" He seems slightly nervous to ask but my huge smile relaxes him.

"Of course, nothing would make me happier."

He pulls me in for another close hug at the foot of his bed.

AN: So this is it! Been a bit of a wait so I hope I did it justice, the chapter came out lonoger than I thought it would to be honest, which is a good thing.

I have no idea what to do with this story now, let me know what you think should happen with a review please! If no-one gives me any ideas (I literally have none myself) then I will just finish this story off next chapter with an epilogue or something.

Thank you for reading and thank you especially those people who reviewed the past chapters, it means a lot.