Ooh, final chapter! I have an idea for a sequel, but will only write it if I get 40 reviews for this story, 'cause I'm mean and horrible like that :D
This definitely a chapter of finchelness as they're the BEST couple on glee 3
Rachel awoke with a start, a dull pain irritating her head, though she just downed a few vitamins and began her morning regime. Before heading downstairs to greet her fathers, she checked her phone for any messages from Jesse. Zilch. She was about to turn it off when she noticed the date hidden in the corner of the screen. 12th March. She counted the days in her head, almost positive that this Monday was the 8th March, and again her forehead began to ache. Maybe she'd set the date on her phone wrong.
Whilst sitting downstairs with her dads, she tried to keep up with their conversation. Her dad picked up his brief case which he used for teaching his class of law students. He had decided to retire from being a lawyer and instead teach it to younger people, as he found he had more of a passion for it. Rachel still frowned though: her dad only did that on Fridays...
"Daddy, why do you have your briefcase for your class?" she asked, and suddenly felt very stupid when he gave her a funny look.
"Because I have my class today. It is Friday after all," he furrowed his brows in confusion," Are you okay honey?"
Rachel forced a smile," Fine daddy. I've just been losing track of the days lately."
The look remained on his face, though he didn't say anything else. Picking up his briefcase, he kissed Hiram on the cheek and then Rachel on the forehead, which only made it hurt even more," Have a good day!"
With a frown planted firmly on her face, Rachel grabbed her bag for school and quickly sped out of the door after calling a loud 'goodbye' to her dad. Was it really Friday? Had the week been so uneventful that she'd just erased it from her entire memory? Absently, she pressed her hand to her forehead as another shot of pain hit it. Maybe she was thinking too much.
A beep made her jump, and she turned to see a happy Finn drive beside her on the road. He wound down the window of his old car," Want a ride to school?"
Wait. Finn was talking to her now? "I ,err, yes."
She mentally slapped herself for being so uncool and climbed into the passenger seat, once again checking her phone for any messages from Jesse.
"So," he started, glancing her way," Have you got your assignment for Mr Schue finished? We're performing the songs today."
Rachel froze, mouth hanging wide open. She'd forgot!
"Rachel?" Finn was about to laugh at her, but thought better of it and went for acting concerned," Are you ... okay?"
"I completely forgot about the assignment," she panicked, flapping her arms about like it was the end of the world.
Don't you dare laugh Finn, he thought to himself, biting his lip," It's alright Rach. It's not like the world's gonna implode or something."
"No. It's much much worse than that!" she said, wide eyes," This morning had been so crazy. I woke up, thinking that it was Monday, and now I've forgotten to do a glee assignment. What's wrong with me?"
"You thought it was Monday?" now he laughed, feeling guilty as he caught her hurt expression.
"Yes I did. It's so strange. I don't remember anything from this last week. Nothing at all," she gasped," What if I have amnesia? Oh God!"
"Calm down Rach," he placed his hand on his, feeling it immediately relax. Though, after registering her words properly, he soon realised why she didn't remember anything, and was momentarily paralysed. It was lucky that the street was basically empty, or he would have probably got them both in a car crash.
"So, you like, don't remember anything?"
She shook her head, confusion clear in her eyes. Finn sighed: she wouldn't remember the kiss then. He drove in silence, but of course, Rachel Berry knew him inside out and picked up on his sudden tenseness, not hesitating to question him about it.
"You know something about this, don't you?" she accused him.
"No!" the answer was too quick to be convincing. Nice one Finn, he frowned.
"Finn Hudson. You're a terrible liar," she was definitely angry now. He found himself a little intimidated by the expression on her face. If looks could kill...
"Fine, I know, okay?" he threw one of his hands in the hair to show his exasperation.
"Well?" she raised her eyebrow, waiting for an explanation. She looked like his mother used to whenever he got caught doing something which he shouldn't have been and, just like with him mum, he gave in just as easily.
"I don't exactly know how to tell you. Promise that you won't get mad," he said childishly.
She sighed," I'm already beginning to get mad."
"Pinky promise?" he held up his little finger, looking at her expectantly. Reluctantly, she placed hers in his," Okay, where to start?"
"The beginning is usually a good place," she interrupted, receiving a glare from Finn," Sorry."
"Well, you remember the party for Kurt's dad and my mum," she nodded," Kurt, he urm. Not him exactly. His cousin, Chris, he kinda... sort of hypnotised you ... into liking me."
Her face was drained from all colour, and replaced with the fuming eyes of one pissed off Rachel Berry," He did WHAT?"
"You promised that you wouldn't get angry!" he yelled back. She gave a frustrated groan, before letting him carry on," So, after that, you were like, all over me, and inviting me to your house. When I did, Puck came and we got into this fight. Then you came and started yelling at us both really loudly, but still helped us get cleaned up and stuff. When Puck left, he kissed you, or you kissed him and I got really annoyed. I kinda calmed down when we sang this Disney song and I think we were gonna kiss, but then I chickened out."
Rachel tried to hide her smile at the part where they almost kissed, but quickly reminded herself of Jesse.
"And afterwards, I asked for Kurt's help so I could sort of win you over, but me being an idiot, I ruined that," she frowned when he insulted himself, though kept her mouth shut," I got into an argument with Kurt and stormed off, finding you making out with Jesse St Jer- James. The I kinda got a bit angry and called you a slut ( he winced at this bit) before we finally kissed."
She just sat there, trying to take it all in. In the past few week she'd made out with three boys. That was probably her life record, but then she remembered that it was Puck who she'd kissed first, wondering why she would ever do that. Especially if she'd been hypnotised into liking Finn. She still couldn't believe that Kurt had done that!
"Oh," Finn looked a bit scare," Jesse may have, in a way, broken up ... with you."
Hearing those words, Rachel thought that she'd be heart broken, but surprisingly, she felt nothing but a sense of relief was over her. Was that normal?
"You don't seem very upset," he commented, inwardly jumping for joy at her reaction.
"Well, no, I-I don't think that I am," she started," I know that we'd been getting pretty serious, but he ignored me after the entire Run Joey Run incident and I don't have one text or missed call from him. If anything, I'm happy."
She felt horrible for saying it, though she knew that the words we true, and she liked the way that Finn's lip curved into a half smile when she said it.
"I doubt we'll be seeing much of him again." he replied.
"What did you do to him?" she was becoming much more calm about the whole thing.
"It was actually you who sort a did it. When I saw you kissing, I began yelling at him, and blabbed that you were flirting with me and Puck. He got angry and stormed off," he was pulling into school now, trying to find a parking spot.
"Was that when you called me a slut?" she had her serious face now, and he was at a sudden loss for words.
"Rach, I- err."
"No, it's fine. From what you've told me, I was acting exactly that way, though I'd appreciate it if you didn't refer to me in such a crude way in the future," she placed her hand on her hip, never knowing how forgiving she could actually be.
He laughed,"I promise, and I'm really sorry. Even if it did get rid of St Jerk."
She tried to ignore his last comment, but couldn't keep one thing from escaping her mind, and decided to ask Finn, as she knew she was likely to get an honest answer.
"I just have one question."
"Hmm?" he had turned off the engine now, twisting his face around to look straight into her curious eyes.
"Why did I kiss Noah?"
Finn frowned," Don't ask me! He's been acting really weird as well. Like, following you around and stuff. I don't like it."
"Do I detect a hint of jealousy?" she teased him.
"What? No, of course not," the blush crept onto his face," I was just concerned about your, erm ..."
His stammering was cut short when she pulled him closer by his short and pressed her soft lips onto his. Finn was just as taken aback as last time, but reacted quicker now. He leaned closer to her, hands sliding onto her body.
When she pulled away, there was a huge grin on her now happier face," That was very... tasty."
He felt himself smile back, and when they walked into the school, he took no hesitation in reaching for her hand.
"What the hell have I done Quinn?" Puck angrily questioned her in glee. She refused to tell him all day, and this made things even more frustrating. Why were girls so complicated?
"You mean, you don't remember?" she spat back," You were acting like you were in love with Rachel and now you want me back?"
He stopped. I what?
"Look, I don't even remember doing any of that stuff. You have to believe me," he held her shoulders, trying to talk some sense into her, but she wasn't having any of it.
"Oh, of course I'll believe you. It's not like you just date any girl which comes your way," the sarcasm was rich, and if it wasn't Quinn, he would have screamed at the person angrily.
Again, for like the seventh time that day, Quinn stormed off. When the time for glee came, Puck finally got his explanation for Kurt and Finn, who were both full of apologies and Kurt gave him some advice to get Quinn back.
"Start begging now," he laughed, patting Puck on the shoulder. As much as he hated to do it, he knew that it would be the only way she'd forgive him, but first, he had to sort things out with Berry.
When he walked over to her, she was sat on Finn's lap, and they were talking in hushed tones. Puck didn't want to know what it was about, so he cleared his throat to get her attention.
"Can I, er, talk to you for a sec?"
She smiled, following him out of the room and waited for him to speak first as they stood in the deserted hallway.
"I just wanted to clear the air between us. After hearing what happened this week, I want you to know that I'm not some crazy stalker dude. I don't even like you in that way," it came out in a rush, but when she just laughed, he knew that things would be okay.
"Don't worry Noah. It was both of our actions which led to the consequences, but I should thank you," she replied.
He frowned, staring at her like she had four heads," Why?"
"Because if we hadn't have kissed, Jesse wouldn't have broken up with me, and I wouldn't be with Finn," she said it like it was so simple.
"Well then," he paused," You're welcome."
They shared an awkward hug, before heading back into the room. Before they entered, Rachel spoke," Good luck getting back into Quinn's good books."
"I'll need it," he groaned.
The final thing she said caught him by surprise once more." Oh, and we definitely need to get revenge on Kurt for all of this. I will be happy to contribute my ideas, though I'm sure you are more experienced in this area."
He smirked," Berry. He doesn't know what's coming to him."
As the walked into the room, all eyes fell upon them, but Rachel just flounced ahead, taking her place on Finn's lap again," Noah and I have straightened out our differences."
Finn smiled," Good, but don't you dare kiss him again."
She tried to look offended," I save all of my kisses for you and you alone, Mr Hudson"
They leaned in to share one final kiss.
From across the room, Kurt watched them, smiling to himself. Not including the arguments this week, his idea had sort of worked. He'd gotten what he wanted: Finn and Rachel together, though just not in the most conventional way.
Still, it worked. He was, after all a genius in disguise.
THE END
Hope you liked it! I do have an idea for a sequel to the story where Puck and Rachel get their revenge, though I can't say how yet . Again, I need 40 reviews on this story before I start that one.
I'm posting a new story on Monday! Yay, so look out for it.
Thank you for everyone who took the time to read this by the way. Luurve you all! :)