A/N: Enjoy! This is like a filler chapter, because I don't want to cram everything into one, but I think it's filled with some interesting stuff. Meh idk, let me know what you think though please! :) PS, grammatical errors are mine of course.

Also note, I changed my pen name. I don't know if that changes anything but yeah, i'm leanaticxoxo now :)

She climbed into her bed later that night around two in the morning. Her phone was already in hand as she covered up in blankets. After debating whether or not to call Finn, she decided she didn't care about the time. She dialed his number, waiting for him to answer.

"Hi." He said quietly.

"Hey. Were you asleep?" she asked.

"Nah." He replied. "What's up? Did you have a good night?"

Rachel smiled. "I did. It was relaxing. Although you didn't reply to my text and that worried me."

"I'm sorry. I left my phone in my room after our call. When I got it, I figured it was already late so I just didn't reply." He explained.

Rachel smiled, feeling sheepish for even worrying about something like him being angry. "Oh alright. But hey Finn, about your call earlier…" she began.

Finn could feel the anger welling up in him all over again. "Yeah, did he say something?" he asked sternly.

Rachel was silent for a moment. "I-it wasn't really a big deal…" she began.

"What did he say?" Finn demanded.

"Well I mean the conversation started off normal. You were talking to Puck about something and he approached me when I left the bathroom. He said how my performance was awesome and that I had a serious talent." She explained.

"And what else?" Finn said.

"Then he asked if I was really with you, and I said yes, and he said that's a shame because I'm so beautiful that I could have any guy I wanted…" Rachel said.

Finn filled with irritation as she continued to talk.

"And then after I told him that's very sweet of him to say, because I didn't want to be rude, he just continued with the compliments and it was nice, but the part where he grazed my shoulder and down my arm towards my hand is when I got uncomfortable and walked away." She said, worried when she didn't hear Finn say anything on the other line.

"Finn?"

"Do you think that?" Finn then spat out.

"Think what? Rachel asked, hearing the anger in his voice.

"Do you think that you could have any guy you wanted?"

"What?" Rachel asked incredulously. "Of course not. I think being with you is plenty fine for me."

Finn was silent once more.

"Finn, please. It wasn't a big deal." She repeated.

"No, Rachel, it kind of is. I can't look away from you for two seconds without my jackass friends or random asshole guys approaching you to hit on you." He said angrily. "And why did you have to lie about it? Why couldn't you have just said this all earlier?"

Rachel let out a quiet sigh. "I didn't want to get into it earlier. I was having a good time with Tina and Quinn and..." she paused briefly. "Like I've said, I didn't think it was a big deal…" she added quietly.

She heard Finn sigh. "I'm going to kill him."

"No, Finn. Stop." Rachel said. "That isn't going to come in between you guys, you two are friends. I didn't tell you for that reason too. Don't get in an all out fight with him over me. I'm just me." She explained quickly.

"You aren't just you." He said back. "I don't care who the guy is, friend or not. They can shower you with compliments all they want about your talent or whatever, but when it comes to you personally or why you're with me and not them, then it gets personal. I don't care how good looking him or anyone else thinks you are, you're my girl. It just makes me want to beat the shit out of them."

Rachel sighed. His jealousy was out of control. "It was nothing." Rachel said, trying to get him to calm down. "Please, relax will you babe?" She pleaded.

"I am calm." Finn said through a sigh.

"Besides, do you think I'd really give any scumbag the time of day?" Rachel then asked, hoping it would calm him down.

"You gave me the time of day." Finn noted.

"You're not a scumbag." Rachel said with a chuckle.

Finn was silent, so Rachel continued. "Finn. I love you." She said seriously. "And I don't care how long I've known you, or if other people think we're moving too fast, I love you. Just you. Only you. And throughout my whole entire life do you know how many people I've said that too? Just you. It might be hard to believe but until I came out here, guys didn't really pay attention to me. But you, you caught my eye the second you saw me from that stage and then I started to pay attention. That should mean something."

Finn smiled. "Guys probably did notice you, you just probably didn't notice them."

Rachel laughed. "I'm sure there's truth to that. But please, please can you let this Sean thing go? I don't want any bleeding lips or black eyes and bruises all over you again. You look handsome without them." She joked.

Finn sighed. "Okay. You're right."

Rachel smiled, hoping he was being honest. "Look, try and get some sleep. I'm sorry if everything made you mad with what I just said, but it shouldn't. Just shake it off."

Finn agreed, a little bit too quickly, as they said their goodnights. When he hung up the phone, he put it beside him, looking up at the ceiling. He did have jealousy issues. He always has. This time, with Rachel though, they seemed to be at an extreme. He sighed. Why shouldn't they be though? There was something about her, and just because she wasn't that stereotypical tall blonde, that didn't mean that guys weren't going to pay attention to her. She was beautiful. He then thought of Sean. He and Sean were never super close, they met through the band and that was it. Yeah, Sean was a cool guy but knowing they weren't as close as say, he and Jeremy were, that didn't give him the right to approach Rachel. Getting to know her was a different story, but what Sean wanted, was to get to know Rachel in a whole other way.

He thought of Rachel pleading with him to let it go. As he closed his eyes, he tried to keep that in mind; however, he knew he had to approach Sean anyway sometime. It was the only way to clear his mind and let it go for good.

000

The next day, that Monday, Finn was in the studio with the guys. They were recording a song that evidently one day would become their first single. Their popularity lately had been skyrocketing, and Finn didn't pay much attention to it, though he did notice. Lately when he went certain places, people would realize it's him and ask him for a picture or something. It was nice, but it wasn't out of hand like celebrities or anything.

"Hey dude." Sean had said as he walked in, taking a seat near him.

"Hey." Finn said. He had wanted to punch him square in the jaw, there was no denying that. However, he was professional. He didn't want to start anything there, and besides, he really was trying to keep Rachel's words in mind. However, every time Sean shot a glance in his direction, he could feel that anger and jealousy all over again, even if only for a brief moment.

Nothing came of it that day.

000

Rachel, Quinn and Tina all walked around Nordstrom that afternoon, just casually shopping for nothing in particular. Rachel was trying on sunglasses, laughing over how atrocious some of them looked on her.

"These make me look so silly!" Rachel said through a laugh, looking over at Tina and Quinn who were also putting random pairs on.

"They look like something Johnny Depp wore in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory." Quinn said through her giggles.

"How about these?" Rachel said, laughing once more.

"They compliment your nose." Tina said.

Just then, Rachel's phone began to go off. Thinking it was Finn, she pulled her phone out of her pocket happily, seeing an unknown number instead.

"Hello?" Rachel said politely.

"Hello Miss Berry. Robert Ulrich here."

Rachel's eyes widened as her heart began to thump, shooing her hand at Tina and Quinn before walking away from them.

After their general greetings, he began to speak about the role. Her heart stopped when he told her that she didn't get the role.

"Oh okay, well thank you for the opportunity." Rachel said optimistically though she could feel her heart shattering.

"However, Miss Berry, you have an impeccable talent that only a few people possess. Your career in this industry will go far." He added.

Rachel said thank you, and after their goodbyes, she hung up. Feeling the tears well up, she knew what was next. Applying for any job was a start, but finding a good agent would also be at the top of that list. Before returning to Tina and Quinn, she dialed Finn's number, hoping he would answer.

She headed outside the building, leaning up against the building wall, holding back the tears she knew she wouldn't be able to hold back much longer. She closed her eyes, taking a deep breath, phone pressed to her ear.

"Hey!" he said enthusiastically just as she was about to hang up.

"Hey." She said, her voice shaky as the first tear fell.

"What's wrong?" he asked immediately.

"I uh…I didn't get it." She said bluntly as she wiped her eyes.

"Babe…" Finn said, turning away from the guys who were watching him intently. After all, he stopped the session to answer the call. "That's okay. Don't be upset. Something better will come around, just wait."

Rachel smiled as she wiped her eyes. This is what she loved about him the most, his sincerity and positivity.

"Yeah…" she said.

"Rachel." Finn said. "I promise. I'm not just saying that. It wasn't meant to be, which means there's something way better in store for you." He reassured.

"I know…thanks. I j-just really wanted that role."

"I know you did, and their idiots for not choosing you." Finn replied.

"Thanks." Rachel said glumly. "I'm just bummed."

"Don't let it get to you. Just go back and have fun with Quinn and Tina." He said, knowing he had to get back to work.

"I'll talk to you later, I know you're busy." Rachel said quietly.

"I'll call you after work." Finn said. "I uh…" he paused. "I love you."

Rachel smiled, wiping her tears one last time. "I love you." She said back happily, hanging up.

000

When she arrived back to Quinn and Tina, she told them the news. They were sympathetic, but after her phone call with Finn, she didn't feel like being down about it. Her life wasn't over because of it. They had agreed to go with her to places where she would maybe want to work. She applied to a few stores in the mall, and a couple of restaurants as well. To her surprise, the manager at Starbucks inside the Barnes and Noble had interviewed her right on the spot, explaining their lack of employees and desperate need for more.

Rachel had agreed to go back in a few days for orientation.

When they all walked out, Rachel looked at them astounded. "How did I just get a job so quickly?"

"Well, you did apply at a place that said now hiring in the window." Tina said, smiling. She hadn't heard back from Robert Ulrich yet.

Rachel shrugged. "But I thought it was supposed to be hard to get a job in this economy." She said a free coffee in her hand from the manager herself.

Quinn shrugged. "It's Los Angeles. Let alone The Grove. This place is busy."

"Yeah, I think the only hard job to get is in the business." Tina noted.

Rachel nodded in agreement as their day carried on.

000

Later that night, Rachel, Quinn and Tina all had skyped with Blaine. Rachel smiled as she sat on the couch, glancing at the laptop screen as Blaine smiled back at them all. They were all talking about everything that had been going on lately, Blaine explaining about how he might have another job on a new Broadway show once 'How to Succeed 'is over. The show is still in the works, but he hoped it made its way to the workshop. Rachel told him about how she didn't get the role, explaining how she was disappointed since that was one of the reasons she came out there.

"So what?" Blaine had said. "Something better will come around."

"So I've been told." Rachel said politely, smiling at him.

"So, Rachel, remember that call about that handsome boy you were out with?" Blaine then directed towards her. "I hear that's your boyfriend."

Rachel blushed. "Yeah…"

"And you didn't tell me! I had to find out from these two!" Blaine said, putting his hand over his heart. "That hurts."

"I'm sorry!" Rachel said as she laughed. She didn't want to go into too much detail with them around, so she shot Blaine a text later that evening and they talked about it that way. It was nice catching up with old friends. She didn't realize how much she missed him and everybody else from both Ohio and New York until they spoke with each other. She also didn't realize how much she missed Broadway. As she drifted off to sleep, she made a vow to herself that one day, no matter how old, she would return to that stage.

A/N: I have to just make a small comment regarding the reviews. I didn't mean for it to seem like a huge fight was going to come or anything, because I never had a fight written out...I just stopped where I did in the previous chapter because it seemed like a good spot to leave off. I apologize for giving you guys the wrong idea. They wouldn't get in a fight over something that little...at least not in my story :) haha.