"Can someone please tell me what is going on?" Finn demanded. Rachel stole a glance at Santana and Santana just shrugged. Rachel sighed. She let Finn inside, closed the door, before finally explaining, "Finn, it's nothing. It was just… it was just a kiss."

Finn laughed like what Rachel said was funny. "A kiss, huh? So how are you going to explain the wrinkles on your clothes, eh?"

Santana spoke up. "Look Finnocence, we don't owe you an explanation. You set her free, right? You don't have the right to judge us. You also don't have the right to be jealous of us since we weren't doing anything wrong."

"You may be right Santana, about me setting Rachel free. But let me be clear on one thing: we weren't officially broken up."

"It seemed pretty over to me when you forced me onboard that train," Rachel said, bitterly. "Do you even know how miserable I was about that? I still am and it has been four months since that… that worst moment of my life." The diva couldn't help but break down as she remembered that day.

"You're on the 4:25 to New York. Your dads are gonna meet you there and they're gonna, they're gonna help you look at dorms at the new school." Finn had said and Rachel had this look of utter confusion plastered on her face.

Finn continued as Rachel continued to stare at him, dumbfounded. "You're gonna spend four years of your life there and you've never even set foot in the place, so…"

Rachel reasoned out, "But I… I have all year to go and look at it."

Shaking his head to show that he's not agreeing with her, he countered, "You're gonna go there in the fall. Okay? You're not deferring. We're not getting married."

Rachel said, incredulously, "You don't want to marry me?"

"I want to marry you so badly, I can't go through with it. Yeah, but the thought of you being stuck here for another year because of me, it makes me sick." Finn had said.

Rachel suggested, "Then come with me. Okay? We can get married in New York and live in a little shoebox apartment together. It'll be romantic."

"Do you love me?" Finn had found himself asking.

"Of course I do." Rachel said instantly.

Finn said, "Then tell me the truth and not just something you think I want to hear. Are you a 100% sure you want to marry me?"

Rachel stammered, "N-n-no one is a hundred percent sure of anything."

"I am." Finn said. "I am that sure you're something special. That this is just the beginning for you. Okay? Th—th-that you're gonna do amazing things. But to get there, you got to have these experiences on your own…"

Rachel now realized what Finn is going on about. The ugly truth of the matter. She can't help the tears that streamed down her face. "Wait a minute. Wait a minute."

Finn ignored her pleas, "Listen to me. You got to have these experiences on your own."

"Wait a minute." Rachel said again.

Finn continued, "I can't have to be there with you."

"Wait a minute." Rachel didn't really want to ask him this, but she had to. Needed to. To figure out where they stand, once and for all. "Are you breaking up with me?"

There, she said it.

"I'm setting you free." Finn said and more tears came out of Rachel's eyes.

"Oh my God." She started sobbing.

Finn had asked, "Look, d-do you know how hard this is for me? How many times I've cried about this?"

"No, I'm not going. I'm not going, not without you." Rachel pointed out.

Finn was relentless. "You don't have a choice; I can't come with you."

"Well, then I'll stay here! I'll go wherever it is you're going," Rachel cried out, pleading for Finn to stop whatever the hell he's doing.

But he didn't. "Fort Benning, Georgia?" Finn said and Rachel's eyes widened in shock. She was speechless again and just waited for Finn to explain himself.

"Look. I-I need a chance to try and redeem my father, okay? I-I…" He trailed off.

"Oh my God." Rachel said, clamping a hand to her mouth. "Oh my God, wait a minute." She continued to sob. "You're joining the Army? Are you insane?" She cried out, whilst still sobbing, "I can't believe that this is happening right now!"

"It's also one of the places I knew you couldn't follow me," Finn had reasoned out. Rachel didn't say anything in reply, she just cried her now broken heart out. He continued, "Look, you're-you're gonna get on that train. Okay? And you're gonna go to New York, and you're gonna be a star. Without me. That's how much I love you."

Rachel sniffled and forced herself to look into his eyes. Finn had asked her, "You know what we're gonna do? Surrender. I know how hard that is for you because of how hard you hold on to stuff. But-but we're just gonna, we're gonna sit here and we're just gonna let go. Okay, and-and let the universe do its thing." Rachel was crying so hard now and it pained Finn to see his girlfriend like this. It's because of him. But he knows that letting her go is for the best, so that's why he's doing this right now.

"And if we're meant to be together," Finn continued, "then we're gonna be together. W-whether it's in a little shoebox apartment in New York or on the other side of the world. Okay?" Rachel continued on sobbing, but knowing that there's really no way out of this, she nodded.

"Will you do that with me? Will you surrender?" Finn had asked. All Rachel could manage was, "I love you so much."

Finn said back, almost instantly, "I love you." He leaned in and crashed his lips onto hers, the longtime couple having their one last, bittersweet, goodbye kiss.

Back to reality, Rachel was now sobbing, hard, in Santana's arms. "It'll be okay, Rach, it's gonna be okay." The Latina kept saying over and over again and Santana also kept glaring in Finn's direction. When Rachel finally calmed down a little and had a glass of water, Santana took that chance to talk to Finn.

"Maybe you should just go, Finn. Rachel's had quite a day and she doesn't need any more drama in her life. You need to go. I'll take care of her."

Finn nodded. "Please tell her that I'm sorry, I still am, and that I'm coming back."

"I will." Santana said, opening the apartment door, "We'll see you tomorrow, I guess?"

"Yeah, see you girls tomorrow." Finn said and taking one last glance at Rachel, he stepped out of the apartment and walked away.

Santana sighed before closing the door. She sat down on the couch beside Rachel again. "Hey. I'll take you to your bed, yeah?" Rachel just nodded, without even looking at her. "You've had quite a day, I'm sure you must be tired."

The Latina at first struggled to get the tiny brunette to get up, but once she succeeded, she gently took her by the arms and carefully led her to her bedroom.

Once they were settled on the bed and tucked in, Rachel said, in a tiny voice, "Can you sing to me?" Santana thought for a moment, before finally nodding.

So no one told you life was
gonna be this way
Your job's a joke your broke
your love life's DOA

It's like you're always stuck
in second gear
When it hasn't been your day
your week, your month, or even your year

But, I'll be there for you
when the rain starts to pour
I'll be there for you
like I've been there before
I'll be there for you
'cause you're there for me too…

She was about to carry on, but she stopped once she heard a light snore coming from the tiny brunette beside her.

Santana smiled to herself and whispered in the air, "I'll be there for you, Rachel. That's a promise. I'll be there for you, for whatever you need and I'll be there for you, whether you like it or not." She pulled the sleeping girl closer to her. "Night Rach, I love you." She whispered one last time, kissed her on the top of her head, before succumbing into a much needed sleep.

Little did Santana know; Rachel actually heard that last part and she just smiled in her sleep.

A/N: So how do you guys like this chapter? Tell me! :) By the way, the song I used was "I'll Be There for You"—the theme song of FRIENDS, by The Rembrandts and performed by Santana Lopez. Oh and can I just say, I love Friends and I still watch it up till now. I'm definitely a Central Perker. :) -Ruth