Here is chapter 4 :) Thank you for all the encouraging reviews, you made my day!
That evening Finn lied in his bed and rolled around, desperate for some sleep. His mind, however, just would not shut up. He had a confusing mixture of feelings inside and did not know how to deal with them. First of all, he felt bad for all those people that were in Mount Hope. It hurt him to see Santana's wrists covered by bandages because she had cut herself or to see Marley totally uncomfortable in this place. He wished he could do more than just hand over some money but he had no idea how he was supposed to help them. And then there was of course another tiny brunette that totally kept his thoughts racing. He did not even know why he cared so much about Rachel, they only had had one conversation and it turned out really strange. But still, she evoked the desire of wanting to know everything about her. He wanted to know what was going on behind these pretty brown eyes, what her life was like, why she was in Mount Hops, just everything. With a sigh he rolled over to the other side and stared out of the window, the moon illuminating the room with a soft white light. Then he heard a knock. A quick glance at his alarm told him that it was close to 1 am and he wondered who was would want something from him at this time. He shambled across his room and opened the front door of the apartment.
"Quinn?" he breathed out and stared at the blonde girl in disbelief.
"Can I come in? Please?" she asked and gave him a pleading look. He nodded slightly and stepped aside to let her in.
"What are you doing here?" he asked in a reserved tone. He damn well remembered what she had done to him.
"I just wanted to say sorry. I never should have talked bad about you" she whispered.
"Yeah right" he replied with a huff.
"Look, Finn, I mean it. I didn't think about what I was doing. I was just mad" she said and stared down at her shoes.
"I kind of figured that" he said and took a step towards her.
"Can you forgive me?" she asked and stared at him from under her eyelashes. Surprisingly, it did not have any effect on him. He just did not feel drawn to her and he was not sure whether he ever really felt it.
"Quinn, I am not sure about this. I mean we can be friends and see how things work out but I don't think I want to date you for now" he replied and exhaled heavily.
"So you're breaking up with me?" she asked, disbelief all over her face.
"I guess so, yeah" he replied, shrugging.
"Finn, you can't be serious" Quinn burst out and stomped her foot. He had always hated it when she did that.
"I am serious. I want a break, I can't date you anymore. And now I want you to leave, I have to get up early tomorrow" he said and pointed towards the door.
"Fine" she huffed. Then she stepped on her tiptoes and pressed a lingering kiss to his cheek.
"Maybe in a few weeks you will have your mind under control again and return to the only woman who knows how to love you" she whispered into his ear and with that, she rushed out of the apartment.
"Hudson, I need you to focus. Don't mess up that scene again" Artie Abrams yelled over and Finn nodded. It was the third time now that he had messed up his dialogue with Kitty. It was supposed to be a sappy love scene with a cute dialogue but after his sort-of-breakup with Quinn he did not feel like shooting that kind of scene. However, a job was a job.
After he finally managed to coax out his dialogue convincingly, Artie announced a break of ten minutes. Puck trotted over and patted Finn on the shoulder.
"What's going on, man?" he asked. Finn turned around and sighed.
"Last night I broke up with Quinn" he replied.
"I know. It's all over the internet already. As well as your little trip to the Mount Hope Psychiatric Hospital" Puck looked at him questioningly.
"It was Blaine's idea. He said that it would boost my reputation" Finn explained and held his hands up in defense.
"I understand. It sort of worked, you know? Tabloids all over the globe are praising you for your compassion" Puck said with a smirk and Finn tried his hardest to smile back.
"You don't look happy, though" Puck stated.
"Everything is fine. I just have a lot on my plate. I mean, right now one scandal about me is hunting the next."
"I get that. It comes with our job" Puck said and patted his shoulder again.
"How about we grab a coffee after work and I will listen to your problems? I mean, that's not really manly or anything but it sounds like you could use a friend" Puck offered and this time Finn smiled genuinely.
"I'd like that, thanks, man" he said and gave Puck a high five. Then they returned back to work.
Finn and Puck sat in the backseat of Puck's limo and where on their way to West L.A. Apparently Puck knew a nice little coffee shop there and to his surprise Finn found out that it was about two streets away from Mount Hope. When they got out of the limo and entered the coffee shop, Finn froze in the doorframe. There, at a table in the back of the coffee shop, were Mercedes and Kurt, chatting away happily. Finn ducked his head and followed Puck inside.
"What's up?" he asked and Finn winced a little in surprise.
"Nothing" he replied quickly. And then Mercedes and Kurt spotted him, waving enthusiastically.
"Sorry, I have to go over and say hi to someone" he informed Puck and then made his way over to them. He could not just ignore them.
"Hey, what are you doing here?" he asked and sat down across from them.
"We are allowed to leave the ward temporarily, remember?" Mercedes replied and smiled.
"Plus the coffee at Mount Hope is terrible" Kurt added.
"So, it's nice to see you again. How is everyone doing?" Finn asked, genuinely interested in what they had to say.
"Under the given circumstances, we are good" Kurt replied and shrugged.
"Everyone?" Finn asked, wanting to know how one special person was doing.
"You want to know how Rachel is doing, right?" Mercedes asked with a smirk. Finn could feel his cheeks turning pink.
"Yeah, sort of" he replied sheepishly.
"Well, I am sorry but I can't answer your question. We haven't seen much of Rachel" Mercedes said apologetically.
"Right, sorry."
"What's up with the two of you, anyway?" Kurt asked and winked at him. Finn's face turned even redder.
"I don't know. I mean, we spoke for like, ten minutes and she's really creepy but I feel bad for her and she seems to lonely and at the same time she fascinates me and…" he replied, ducking his head in shame.
"We get it" Mercedes said and then she turned towards Kurt. They starred at each other in silence, nodded and then burst into laughter.
"Okaaaay…" Finn said and looked from Kurt to Mercedes and back.
"Here's the plan, Hudson. You want to see her again. Well, we can do something about it" Mercedes offered and chuckled.
"Oh…okay" Finn replied dumbfounded and beyond curious. They were right, he really wanted to see Rachel again.
"Okay, so when nurse Pillsbury is in the back to check up on Rachel, Santana will throw a little tantrum. She's an expert at that. This will cause Mrs Pillsbury to rush out of the closed ward, most likely forgetting to lock the door and it will give you the opportunity to sneak into the closed ward. She will be so busy that she won't even notice your absence and while she takes care of Santana, you can have fun with Rachel" Kurt presented and high fived Mercedes. Finn couldn't help but smile, those guys were amazing.
"We could get into so much trouble for this, right?" he asked.
"Definitely" Mercedes said and winked at him.
About an hour later, Finn, Mercedes and Kurt were on their way to Mount Hope. Finn had postponed his coffee date with Puck and luckily he had understood without further explanation.
"You guys are insane, you know that, right?" Finn said while they marched down the street.
"Insanely amazing" Kurt replied. When they reached the ward, Mrs Pillsbury let them inside, obviously a little suspicious about Finn being here again.
"We met him and he had the day off and just wanted to say hi again. He promised to visit again, after all" Kurt explained and smiled convincingly at Mrs Pillsbury. Finn chuckled lightly. He really liked those guys but he had to admit that they were somewhat manipulative, even though it definitely worked for his benefit. They sat down with the others and when they told Santana about their plan, she tried her hardest not to burst into laughter.
"Finally a little action in here" she said with a mischievous grin and clapped her hands. Marley just sat there in silence and with huge eyes. It took about thirty minutes until Mrs Pillsbury disappeared in the back and that was when Santana started her tantrum and Finn rushed to the bathroom. Santana threw herself on the floor, kicking, screaming, crying and tossing herself around and if Finn did not know better he would have been scared to death. He waited in the bathroom until he heard Mrs Pillsbury's rushed footsteps passing by, then he opened the door and sneaked slowly towards the closed ward. He prayed that the door was open and it, in fact, was. He rushed inside and breathed deeply. It was quiet in here, no screaming this time, no crying. He walked towards Rachel's room and opened it slowly. When he looked around he saw her lying on the bed, starring up at the ceiling.
"Hello" he whispered and remained in the doorframe. She turned around and once again her chocolate eyes hit him full force, before a smile lit up her face.
"You came back."
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