Part two
Finn stared at her. He had realised who it was when he saw her outline through the panes of glass in the door. What on earth was she doing here at two o'clock in the morning? Maybe she had come to her senses, and wanted to get back with him. His heart ached as he remembered the last time she had knocked at this door. When she had claimed that she just wanted to be friends.
But as soon as he had opened the door, he realised that she was definitely not here to get back with him. He felt sickness form in the bottom of his stomach as he saw the makeup smudged down her beautiful face. He didn't even understand why she wore makeup. Before they had got together, she was natural most of the time – and he had liked it that way. She was nothing like any other girls who constantly flirted with him trying to get his attention. She wasn't desperate.
"What's happened Rae?" He finally asked, and watched as she brought her arms to hug herself. She looked so vulnerable, and Finn had only seen her as vulnerable as this once. The day when he had kicked a bunch of loser's heads in for calling her names.
"Scrubber, Scrubber, Scrubber, Scrubber"
His fist still hurt at the thought of the force that he had hit the little dickhead so hard. How dare they take the mickey out of a girl, let alone someone who wouldn't defend herself but just ignore it, clearly thinking she deserved it.
"It's alright taking the piss outta a girl init, well try taking the piss outta me!"
"I went to a party" She whispered, shivering slightly in the wind.
"Here come in" Finn came to his senses, and hurried her into the warmth of his house. After fixing her a cup of tea, they sat in the living room together.
"What happened Rae?" Finn asked.
Rae looked at him, her eyes widening slightly. Finn felt as if she had finally let him in, finally let him into her soul to understand the complexity that was Rachel Earl. All the pain, the sadness, the laughter, the despair, the hate, the love. He could see everything through her beautiful eyes. He could see darkness and fear lurking, especially as the words "I went to a party" left her lips for a second time.
"What happened Rae?" Finn asked again, his eyes narrowing.
Rae looked back at him, her heart beating faster than it ever had done before. Was she really just about to open up to him? After struggling for so long and eventually breaking up with him so that she didn't have to be vulnerable. She tried to keep her mouth shut, but it opened on its own accord and every word that she had been scared of saying came out.
"After you came round earlier, I went to a party and I tried to look really good because Chloe tries really hard to get me into the group, and I mean I'm fat and ugly and I don't deserve to be there right? And then this guy that I've kinda been seeing but haven't, Saul, he was just being nice and stuff. I think they were all doing coke or something but I don't know. I don't remember much. I just remember going to the toilet and worrying, and then there was a knock at the door and I opened it and it was Saul. He came in, and locked the door and wouldn't let me out and…."
"And what Rae?" Finn asked, his heart beating faster and anger rushing through his blood as he dread what could come out next. "AND WHAT?"