The next day, everyone was piling in the Glee room and Rachel took her usual seat next to Mercedes. She saw Quinn walk in, strangely without Finn and sat in between Brittany and Santana.

"Weird," she thought. She turned to Mercedes to say something, when Finn walked in and sat next to Puck, pretty far away from Quinn. She looked at Mercedes again.

"What is going on? Why aren't Finn and Quinn sitting next to each other?"

Mercedes looked up from her phone, "Oh, you didn't hear? Quinn and Finn broke up yesterday after Glee,"

Rachel's mind started spinning. Was it because of her song that she sang to him? Did he finally realize that she was the one for him and not Quinn? She stared at Finn for a good 10 seconds and he didn't turn around to look at her.

She let her shoulders shrug. Probably not. Quinn is probably with Sam again. But, as she thought that, Sam sat next to Mike Chang, also not near Quinn.

Rachel felt more confused than ever, but decided that it didn't matter. Mr. Schue strode into the room, with yet another vest and a very annoyed look. Sue Sylvester peeked her head into the room and laughed an evil laugh. "Sue 1. William 0. How does it feel to be a loser, William? I wouldn't know. I'm a winner!" She laughed some more and kept walking down the hall.

"What was that about, Mr. Schue?" Tina asked.

Mr. Schue shook his head. "Not important. But, what is important is regionals is coming up and we need to blow the competition out of the water. You know, we have been talking about not just song choice or song style, but how connected we are to a song. People will connect to the performance more if you're connected to the song."

Someone cleared their throat.

"Um, Mr. Schue…ster? I have a song I would like to perform,"

Finn stood up and started walking towards the middle of the floor.

"Oh, uh, ok! Finn wants to perform everyone and, ok!"

Finn turned around and looked at the rest of the Glee group. Quinn had stopped texting and looked up and Rachel was trying her best to keep her eyes down, which caused him to frown a little.

"Uh, this song is a cautionary tale, I guess. I don't really how to explain it, so here goes…"

Finn began to sing "Tell Her About It" by Billy Joel. He kept his eyes moving, trying really hard not to stare at Rachel for too long. Rachel was still keeping her eyes down, but he felt that that would change soon.

"Listen boy

It's good information from a man

Who's made mistakes

Just a word or two that she gets from you

Could be the difference that it makes

She's a trusting soul

She's put her trust in you

But a girl like that won't tell you

What you should do

Tell her about it

Tell her everything you feel

Give her every reason

To accept that you're for real"

Rachel at this point was just staring at him, cocking her head ever so slightly to the side, and began to smile. He then stopped moving his eyes among the crowd and only stared at Rachel as he finished the song. She was grinning now, and so was he.

"Wow, that was a great performance, Finn. This is what I mean guys, you need to have an emotional connection to your song choice. We all knew Finn meant what he sang, and it was so enjoyable. Great job Finn!"

Finn nodded, "Thanks Mr. Schue!"

Finn went back to his seat next to Puck, and Puck and him bumped fists.

"Nice man. You know Jews can sing their heart out. Solid choice."

Finn laughed. "Yeah, I know man,"

Finn turned around and looked at Rachel, who was staring at him. He winked at her and turned back to Mr. Schue.

Rachel was turning red after he winked and Mercedes started to giggle.

"What?" Rachel demanded, half-serious and half-laughing.

"You are turning as red as your kitten sweater, haha!"

Rachel was going to say some rebuttal, but instead she began to laugh and nodded.

Mr. Schue let go Glee for the day, and Rachel and Mercedes began to pack up their things. Rachel looked up and saw Finn just standing there, waiting for her. She looked at Mercedes, who rolled her eyes.

"Meet me at the car."

She continued to walk but stopped to say something to Finn first.

"Finn, make this quick with Rachel. We have a movie to see!" She walked out of the door, answering her cell phone as she exited.

Rachel and Finn just looked at each other and laughed and then smiled at each other.

"Good song. Billy Joel is hard to cover, you have to have a certain personality for it, and a certain vocal range, but you did great!"

Finn grinned, "Yeah, thanks!"

Rachel felt confident about her and Finn for the first time in a long time.

"Hey Finn?"

"Yeah?"

"Was that song for me?"

The corner of Finn's mouth rose, making him remember their conversation the afternoon before.

"Yeah. It was."

He looked into her big brown eyes, not sure what she was going to say.

"So, I heard you and Quinn are over?"

"Yep. As of yesterday."

"Why?"

"You know that song, by Bruno Mars or whatever, the gun one?"

"Gun one? You mean, "Grenade"?"

"Yeah, that one."

"What about it?"

"Well, I heard it yesterday morning, coming to school, when I saw Quinn talking to Sam and Puck. And, it made me realize that Quinn wouldn't take a grenade for me. She would let it hit me, go with somebody else, and when I was healed, she would come back."

"Um, actually, I'm pretty sure you would…um..die, from that actually,"

"Oh. Well. Anyway, I know you would."

"Die?"

"No..no..take a grenade for me. You would do anything for me. But, I decided that it was just a song, and I was just thinking too much."

Rachel looked very confused and pulled on the bottom of her sweater. "Oh, I see."

"Anyway, when you sang that song yesterday, it made me realize that even through all this time you have never tried to be with anyone else, because you loved me so much. Quinn wouldn't do that. She would be with someone new in a day. And, that's when I realized that I wanna be with you. Fireworks are great and all, but they last a second. But, the heat and sudden freezing feelings that go through my veins when I'm near you, well, that lasts the entire time, not just when we kiss."

A tear fell from Rachel's eye, and Finn reached out and wiped it away.

"I'm sorry, I don't know why I'm crying," she tried to laugh.

Finn took a step closer and then kissed her on her forehead. Then, her nose. Then, her lips. When he pulled away, her eyes were still closed.

"I love you, Rachel. I know we have both messed up, but I don't want to always have to think of when we were still together and happy, when we can be now."

"I don't have to go back to December?" she laughed softly.

"No. Never again."

He took Rachel's hand and they left the choir room.