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"Hey Rachel." Finn smiled at the girl who he had made out with earlier. "Sit here." he patted the chair next to him as he watched Rachel approach him.

Finn's heart skipped a beat when Rachel moved towards him. His mouth went dry and his palms felt moist. He knew what was happening and it didn't bother him at all. He actually liked it. He liked the fact that it was just Rachel and her alone that made Finn feel like a fool, that he could stare at the hottest girl in the school and not feel the way he does about her, though in Finn's eyes, Rachel Berry was the hottest girl in the school, maybe even in Ohio. Watching her glide towards the chair next to him with her silky long brown hair following made Finn feel overwhelmed with emotions.

He could see why he fell in love with her.

"Finn." Rachel's sweet smile that she had plastered on her face when she entered the room vanished and with it, a little piece of Finn's heart. "We need to talk."

Those four words caused a large lump to form in the back of Finn's throat. He hated the tone of her voice. The flat, lifeless serious tone. Last time he heard that tone he broke up with Rachel in the corridor. Finn knew what was coming. That tone only meant one thing and he knew. Bad news.

"Finn I can't believe I'm going to say this-"

"Then don't say it." Finn half suggested, half-pleaded Rachel.

"But I think we should keep a distance from one another so we can think about this fully, then and only then, can we make an informed decision about where we are and whether we still stand a chance. I mean you said so yourself that you didn't want to get back together yet so I don't see what we are doing now."

'There it was.' Finn thought to himself as he rolled his eyes slightly. 'Probably the most typical break up line in history, after the classic: 'It's not you, it's me.' of course. The sentence 'We just need some time apart.' has just lost all meaning. Theres nothing left of it- wait. Why is Rachel using a break up line on me, if we aren't even dating?'

"Rachel you sound like you're breaking up on me but we aren't together."

"Oh, well I didn't intend for it to sound like I was breaking up with you because, as you pointed out, we are not together."

"O…k."

"I don't think that this is right. I mean I would love to get back together again and pretend like none of this happened in the first place but I don't think that would benefit you in anyway."

"Huh?"

"Well I don't think that you are there emotionally, I fear that if we date again, you wouldn't be able to trust me fully which is a big part in any relationship, trust, so you might just need time to think things through." Rachel sighed as she gazed down towards her feet. "I'm trying to say that we should have some time apart meaning that we should back off from each other until we know where we are in the relationship, if there still is one."

"So…keep our feelings to ourselves?"

"Exactly. It's for the best."

"For who?"

"You."

Rachel Berry was the type of girl who loved setting themselves targets. Become a Broadway star; get the highest grade possible for the tests, which were coming up soon, were just two of the many personal targets Rachel would set herself. Without any doubt, they were achievable for her but there was one, which seemed to cause a problem. Backing off from Finn. It was weird for Rachel to set herself a goal, which she couldn't accomplish, it was as if Finn was etched into the back of her brain, like the carvings on a tree, and wouldn't come off. No matter how hard she would distract herself, Finn never faded from her memory. It was also hard for her to keep her distance when he was in the same school as her, in some of her classes and Glee club.

"Well done." Miss Greenly congratulated Finn.

Rachel turned around to face her ex boyfriend and smiled softly at him then spun her head back quickly so it would appear as a friendly gesture and nothing more.

Just looking a Finn made her feel weak at the knees with his lopsided grin. One thing Rachel knew for sure was that keeping her emotions away from him was going to be hard.

"Hey."

Rachel tore her gaze from the book she was reading to see Finn standing before her with his hands in his pockets, half-smiling.

"Hello Finn." Rachel flashed him a quick smile before returning to her original facial expression. "Did you need something?"

"Ermm yeah." Finn shuffled his feet, trying to distract himself from the awkwardness between the two. "I was just going to tell you that football has moved."

"What?"

"I mean that it isn't on Tuesday after school, it's on tomorrow at two."

"Oh, thank you."

"Yeah, ok. Well bye."

"Bye." and the next thing Rachel knew was that Finn had spun on his heels and left her. On her own. Sitting at an empty table in the library.

"Guys this is serious. We need to think of at least one song to even consider singing at Regionals. Come on guys, think."

"Mr Schue it doesn't matter what we come up with, you're just going to say it's not good enough and ignore it." Santana told her teacher.

"Yes I will when the song is clearly rude and a little racist."

"Oh come on, it wasn't that racist."

"Anyway, moving on, has anyone got any ideas?" Mr Schue asked the club, who responded in head shaking apart from Santana who just rolled her eyes in disappointment that her idea was shot down. "No?"

"Mr Schue." Artie raised his hand slightly as he began to talk. "We got a great number for sectionals from the duets competition you did. Maybe we could do it again. I mean we found two great voices too." Artie mentioned as he quickly looked towards Quinn and Sam. "Maybe we could use someone else's voice for the lead instead of using Rachel and Finn."

"Yeah, I like that Artie. Good idea." Mr Schue nodded in approval at him as he clapped his hands. "Right guys you're going to duet."

Excited murmurs began to fill the room as they discussed which songs they would perform and with who, with the exception of Rachel and Finn who sat in silence looking uneasy at the task that was set upon them. Neither would look at the other, they would just sit facing the front with the same thought running through their heads. 'Are we going to pair up?'

"Mr Schue?" Rachel spoke after the other glee club members fell silent. "Just so we can establish, are you deciding who we will pair up with or not?"

"Well seen as you did a great job last time, I'll let you choose whoever you want."

Mr Schue beamed at Rachel who forced a smile to surface her face. Clearly, the news she received from her teacher wasn't what she hoped for. Just like before, the room was filled with the voices of Rachel's peers except Finn's and hers, but unlike last time, Finn had spun around to face her. He hadn't moved his lips in anyway but Rachel knew exactly what he wanted to say. She knew because she thought the exact same thing. Finn was letting her answer, letting her make the final decision whether they should do a duet or not. It was either a nod or a shake. A nod or a shake to determine whether they would sing together. A nod would mean the plan of them holding back their emotions, failed because Rachel knew she would eventually follow her heart instead of listening to her brain.

Rachel felt someone's elbow digging into her arm. "Hey Rach."

"Yes Noah?" Rachel moved her gaze from Finn to his old best friend.

"Well, I was wondering whether you want to pair up with me?"

"Ermm, well I appreciate the offer but I really don't think you and I should sing together. It just wouldn't feel right. I'm sorry."

"Oh, well the offer still stands incase you change your mind." Puck sweetly smiled at her before turning his back to her.

Rachel faced Finn to see him still in his position. Locking eyes with her. A simple head movement. That was all she needed to do.

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