"That's not true" Rachel said nervously. "If he would have dated you would have told me, right? We are best friends." her voice was slowly breaking
"Rach." Santana sounded serious. "I knew that I'd hurt you if I told you, that's why I didn't. I apologize for being a good friend." the last sentence was so sarcastic that even Brittany would have noticed.
"Excuse me? A good friend? I'm always here for you, because that's what best friends are meant to. But you're barely here for me. I feel like I can't trust you."
"I have a reputation here." Santana defended "I can't be caught hanging out with you. I guess you can come over tomorrow. Don't tell anyone, by the way."
"Just forget it." Rach started to cry. "I'm not gonna be a back-up plan. For anyone."
She started running quickly through the corridor, headed to the toilets. Her face was full of tears and her vision was very blurry, and this wasn't a dream. When she finally got into the toilets, the first thing that crossed her mind was to look at herself at the mirror. And she couldn't help but scream; she looked horrible. Her eyes were terribly red, and her mascara was totally ruined, reason why her cheeks were black. But what scared her the most was the guy who entered the toilet.
"What are you doing?" she screamed.
"What are you doing?" he argued. "This is the boys' toilet." he was right. Rachel had entered the wrong toilet.
"I... I'm so sorry." she sobbed. "I don't think well when my stomach hurts." Rachel faked a stomachache, so hopefully that guy would just go away. She would lie a thousand times before recognizing she was crying.
"I don't think so. I can see the tears. C'mon, stand up." he reached Rachel his hand. Once they were out, Rachel felt a little better.
"Don't you dare think that this is over." he warned. "Now you're gonna tell me anything... um, what's your name?"
"Rachel Berry." she said proudly. "And you are...?
"Finn Hudson." he smiled.
"So, he cheated on you with your best friend, and then she said she won't hang out with you anymore because she had a reputation? Woah, that's rude." Finn said after Rachel told him the whole story.
"It's not a big d..." she started but Finn interrupted her.
"Yes. It is a big deal. If he hit you like you said, you should call the police, do something." he sounded serious. "Or at least, something to make you feel better, don't you want some revenge?"
"Yea, but I can't. If I do it on my own I will get hurt worse than I already am. And I have nobody to help me, so I guess I'll just wait for him to come. Or hopefully he won't." Rachel sighed. Truth was, she was dying for revenge, but she had just met Finn, and she was still not sure if he was going to hurt her.
"Guess what?" Finn was kinda excited about something. She was confused, so she didn't answered, but he spoke anyway; "I don't give a damn about reputations. You can hang out with me and my friends if you want. They will like you for sure. And maybe we can all help you with your revenge."
"You... you don't have to, Finn. We have just met and I'll be fine alone. You are popular, and I don't wanna ruin that. We can wave at each other in the corridor, but nothing else. I don't wanna be a life ruiner."
"But I want to. I want to help. I normally don't treat people like this, but you... you are special, Rachel. And I know it's weird, because we have just met, but you're new, and you need friends. There's no better solution that hanging out with me, Quinn and Puck." he said sweetly. "I swear that you will be happy. If we ever make something that makes you sad, you have all the rights to hit us, insult us, and whatever you want. Just give it a try. Who knows, maybe you'll feel better with us."
"You are the sweetest person I've ever met. And I've met you five minutes ago." she laughed. "Thank you so much, Finn."
Once she was already out of Science, Rachel sat somewhere on the playground and thought about all her conversation with Finn. And about Finn, too. He was really sweet, and treated her as she thought she deserved to be treated. He had said a lot of sweet things to her, but one question remained in Rachel's head "Don't you want some revenge?". Revenge? Which kind of revenge? Last month she would have plenty of ideas, but now she was empty. She knew Jesse would make it worse if he would find out what Rachel did. Or maybe he would be too hurt ot do anything. And he would have to change schools too. And maybe...
Rachel thoughts were interrupted by Finn's voice: "Hey, Rach. These are my friends. They've all agreed to hang out with you."
"Hello." a blonde girl said. "My name is Quinn." Rachel paid more attention and figured that Quinn was holding Finn's hand.
"And I'm Puck." a boy with a strange hairstyle said. "The coolest guy you could ever meet."
"Now that you met them, I'd like to say that you are invited to tomorrow's party at Quinn's house." Finn smiled.
"Tomorrow?" Rachel asked, confused. "But tomorrow's Tuesday."
"We are planning to skip classes on Wednesday. Will you come?" Puck said proudly. Was being a bad boy something "cool"? People in Rachel's previous school were very different.
"Uh, I don't th... well, okay, I'll come. But don't you dare telling to my fathers. Is it your house far away from here?" Rachel asked.
"Not very much, a few blocks from Finn's house, which is 10 blocks away from here." Quinn smiled.
"Are you two dating?" Rachel finally let it out. She felt like they were hiding information from her.
"Ye... yea, we are." Finn shyly said.
(A/N): I'm sorry if Finchel is going too fast, but I have a lot of ideas for the future, so don't worry. If you'd like me to add something specific, leave a review or send me a PM. I'm also looking for a beta, so it'd be great if someone offered. XO.
