Recap: "Next objective: Make Finn fall in love with Rachel again. Oh, that wasn't going to be an easy task."
"Finn, can I talk to you for a sec?" Rachel asked when the class was over. She had planned everything she was going to say while Victoria Summers, a Cheerio who was forced to join, sung. A lie that was going to work.
"Um, I'm not sure this will be a good idea. We both know how this will end." he dodged her, and kept organizing some papers.
"We both know how this would end." she smiled. "But, I've changed. Whether you believe it or not. And I think it's about time we have a conversation like mature people."
"No, I don't think so." Finn opposed. "I don't want to lose the last piece of respect I have for you?"
"Respect? You're the one who cheated on me." Rachel yelled. She was losing her temper and that was not in her plans. "I'm sorry." she coughed.
"No, it's okay." he sighed. "What did you want to talk about?"
"Everything… I mean, we haven't really talked about the divorce or the kids or basically anything since we signed those damn papers."
"Look, Rachel." Finn said, putting a box on the table. "I know we should have talked about everything, literally everything, but I don't think that this," he gestured to the whole classroom "is the right place. Let's go grab some coffee after school and maybe we can sort some things out?"
"Yeah, sure." Rachel said in the most casual way. "But, first-"
"I have to do some work now." He cut her off, just when she was about to tell him the truth. The whole truth. Because who could she trust more than the man who shared with her the best moments of her life?
"Wait." She finally said just when Finn was about to leave the room. "There's something more I need to tell you."
"What is it?" He impatiently said while looking at his watch. He didn't really have work to do; he just didn't feel like sharing more awkward moments with his ex-wife.
"Come closer." Rachel smiled and Finn obliged. Something inside of him told him to do so, but he wasn't sure why.
Rachel decided to cut the few inches that were still separating them, and leave only one. One inch and their lips would touch.
"I bet it will be hard for you resisting to me, now that I'm 17 again." She whispered
"Damn it Berry." Finn grinned and he walked away. He didn't remember Rachel being so brave or… hot. But she was. And reality had just hit him.
"Now open your books on page 5." A teacher who Rachel didn't know who he was said, but Rachel did what he said anyway. She felt a finger tap on her shoulder, so she turned around.
"Hey, are you knew here?" the guy told her, and Rachel's jaw dropped. That guy, who was desperate for a date with Rachel, was the one and only Charlie Hudson, her son.
Rachel coughed. "Yes, I am."
"Good. Do you think I could show the school or something?" Ironic, uh? My son trying to show me my high school, Rachel thought.
"Yeah, sure." Rachel smiled, not knowing how big the series of troubles she had just unlocked was.
"So, what's this bet thing all about?" Finn asked, once he was done ordering what he wanted
"Nothing, really." Rachel gently replied. "It's just we were really drunk and decided to make this huge bet where we would all come back to high school to see if life was really better back then."
"And so far, what are you thinking?"
"Loved the Glee club, hated everything else." She smiled "Just like in high school, I guess."
"So, did you hear the news?" she suddenly changed the topic, and decided to bring their family up. Finn shook her head, so Rachel proceeded to explain. "Ashley has been chosen president of the debate club."
"Wow, she hadn't told me." he said, kind of proud, kind of sad that he hadn't heard it from his daughter. "That's so good for her."
"Yeah, I know, she has wor-" Rachel was once again cut off by her ex-husband.
"Look, Rachel, this will sound very badly, but today, that I've seen you like you truly are for the first time in years, I realized that..."
And in that moment, when Rachel thought that he was going to say that he was still in love with her, she realized she didn't want his love back.
"… what I did to you was awful, and I hope you'll forgive me someday."
No. She did want it. She did want his love back.
"I… I don't think I'll be able to." Words came out of her mouth instantly, like that was what she wanted to do all along. Reject him. "Excuse me."
She stood up and left the café, with a whole shit of problems to tell to Kurt.
(A/N): This chapter was terrible and I'm so sorry! I just didn't want to leave another day without uploading! But, on the other hand, I finally started writing again! (if you read my other story you know that I was just reposting the previously written chapters) so starting now you will only see new material!