Fight For Me Chapter 10, a glee fanfic

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And I know she won't see this, but happy birthday, Ms Lea Michele! I know this birthday will be a lot different from last, but I hope you're okay :)

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Finn and Rachel entered Glee Club the next afternoon, a smile on both of their faces.

'Oh, look whose back... The giant and the hobbit' Santana sneered. Finn rolled his eyes, but his grip on Rachels hand tightened, as they sat down. Rachel rested her head on her boyfriends shoulder, sighing contently.

'You okay, babe?' Finn asked, hearing her sigh.

'Yeah, I'm fine' Rachel said, looking up at him and kissing him, her hand caressing his cheek. They didn't know how long they had been kisssing, but when Mr Shue came in and yelled at them to be quiet and to stop kissing, they broke apart gently and saw the rest of the Glee Club sat down.

'Right, we all have our song choices?' Mr Shue asked. The club nodded. 'Good, Rachel, let's here it!'. Rachel nodded and slowly got to her feet, composing herself.

'I'll be singing Faith Hills, There's You'll Be' announced Rachel and nodded at Brad to start.

When I think back
On these times
And the dreams
We left behind
I'll be glad 'cause
I was blessed to get
To have you in my life
When I look back
On these days
I'll look and see your face
You were right there for me

[Chorus:]
In my dreams
I'll always see you soar
Above the sky
In my heart
There will always be a place
For you for all my life
I'll keep a part
Of you with me
And everywhere I am
There you'll be
And everywhere I am
There you'll be

Well you showed me
How it feels
To feel the sky
Within my reach
And I always
Will remember all
The strength you
Gave to me
Your love made me
Make it through
Oh, I owe so much to you
You were right there for me

[Repeat chorus]

'Cause I always saw in you
My light, my strength
And I want to thank you
Now for all the ways
You were right there for me
You were right there for me
For always

Rachel's voice cracked on the word, and she let a single tear fall from her eye and down her cheek. She saw Kurt and Blaine holding hands tightly and trying hard not to cry, Finn was just staring at her with complete love and awe in his eyes and the others looked like they were touched.

'Beautiful song, Rachel. Well done!' Mr Shue said, standing up and clapping along with the rest of the club. Rachel sat down, feeling drained emotionally. Finn kissed the top of her head lovingly and wrapped his arms round her.

'I'm proud of you darling' he whispered, making her smile...

'Anyone know where Rachel is?' asked Finn, as he sat down with his lunch. Artie looked at him.

'She said she wanted some air' he said. Finn made an O shape with his mouth and dug into his steak salad.

'Where's Hobbit, Hudson?' sneered Santana as she, Quinn and Brittany walked passed them. Finn gripped fork tightly, but kept his mouth shut.

'Just ignore her, she's jealous of Rachel's beauty' said Blaine, as he and Kurt sat down. Finn stopped chewing and raised an eyebrow at Blaine's statement, as did Kurt.

'What?' Blaine asked, noticing the looks Finn and Kurt were giving him. Finn slowly started chewing again, and Kurt shook his head.

'What?' Blaine repeated, sounding amused. Finn shook his head and ate some more of his dinner.

'Nothing' he said, smiling lightly him. Blaine shrugged his shoulders and picked up his knife and fork, piercing his pasta with his fork and lifting it to his mouth, when something caught his eye and he froze.

'Rachel?' he called. Finn looked at him and then looked in the direction of where Blaine was looking. Rachel smiled and waved, stumbling over to him.

'Hiyaaa' she singsonged, pulling a chair out and sitting down next to Finn, who frowned.

'Rach? Where've you been?' he asked

'Outside! Needed some air after Shuee's class' she said, dragging the word Shue out. Finn frowned and clasped her face in his hands.

'Mmm, Finn!' she mumbled. Finn sniffed her breath and his eye widened.

'Have you been drinking?' he hissed. Rachel pulled her face from his grasp.

'No'

'Don't lie! I can smell it on your breath! Jesus Christ, it's the middle of the school day!' Finn hissed at her. Rachel pulled a face and stood up.

'It was one drink!' she hissed at him, before storming out of the cafeteria...

Loud banging on the front door got LeRoy's attention. He got up from the sofa and opened the front door to see his daughter's boyfriend on the front step.

'Finn? Can I help you?' he asked

'Yes, you can. Can I come in?' he asked. LeRoy nodded and let Finn in.

'What can I do to help you?' LeRoy asked him. Finn looked for the alcohol cabinet and opened it, standing back to let LeRoy see. LeRoy frowned and counted the bottles.

'Wait, there were four bottles off vodka in here two weeks ago...' LeRoy trailed off and looked at Finn, who nodded.

'You think Rachel has something to do with it?' LeRoy questioned Finn. Finn sighed and nodded.

'She had a bottle of vodka when she disappeared to Sarah's yesterday and the last three are nowhere to be seen. Plus, she turned up to lunch drunk...' Finn admitted. LeRoy raised an eybrow.

'She was drunk in the middle of the school day?' he questioned. Finn nodded.

'LeRoy... Since Ryan died, has she been different?' he questioned. LeRoy thought for a minute.

'A little bit. She hasn't been as focused on her school work as she normally is or in her dance lessons' he replied, before he got what Finn was hinting at.

'You think she's using alcohol as a way of blocking the pain?' LeRoy asked, his voice projecting his shocked tone. He watched as Finn slowly nodded...

Rachel slammed the shut twenty minutes later, making Finn and LeRoy jump and turn round to face her. Rachel raised an eyebrow, at seeing her father and her boyfriend in the living room, both looking like they were hiding something.

'What are you doing here?' Rachel asked Finn. Finn cleared his throat and looked a this girlfriend.

'I came to see if you're okay' Finn said. Rachel smiled

'I'm fine, why would I be?' she asked. Finn shrugged and opened his arms for her to hug him. Rachel hugged him tightly and Finn motioned to LeRoy to check Rachel's bag. He did what Finn asked him to do, while Finn distracted Rachel.

'I'm sorry about lunch, baby. I didn't mean to mad at you' he said. He felt Rachel smile against him.

'It's okay. You had a right to be angry' she said, looking up to look at Finn. Finn smile and kissed her gently. He felt her respond and he opened an eye to see LeRoy holding up two empty vodka bottles. Finn gasped and broke the kiss, making Rachel frown.

'What?' she said, turning round and her eyes widened at what her Dad was holding up.

'Rachel? Want to calmly explain this to me?' LeRoy asked, staring a this daughter, who was frozen in Finn's arms...

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