Hey guys! Thanks for all your reviews, I really appreciate them. Hope you enjoyed the second half of the 100th glee episode. It definitely was sad, both to see the glee club end (who knew I was more than just a Finchel fan?) and it was definitely missing Finchel. I will tell you guys that Glee club won't end in this version of Season 5! Hope you enjoy this chapter (even though I did change it slightly!) and review if you want me to keep going!
Chapter 6: Back Together
"Hi," Finn said.
"Hi," Rachel said. What was Finn doing here?
"I thought I might find you here," Finn said.
"Well, you found me," Rachel said, smiling at Finn. "Does Penny know you're here?"
"She doesn't need to know," Finn said. "I ended it. There wasn't much it to end though."
Rachel tried to hide how happy she was. "I'm sorry."
"You don't have to be," Finn said. "She was nice, but I never really felt the way you were supposed to feel about a girlfriend with her."
"What are you doing here, Frankenteen?" Santana asked as she and Kurt came over.
"I came here to look at schools," Finn said.
What? But Finn as at school in Lima. "That's amazing!" Kurt said. "I'd love it if you came here."
"Could you tell our supervisor I'm going to take my break now?" Rachel asked. Right now, she just wanted to talk to Finn.
"Yeah, of course," Kurt said.
"Want to go sit down?" Rachel asked Finn.
"Yeah," Finn said as they went to an empty table. "So, what makes you want to look at schools here?"
"I don't think University of Lima is exactly what would be right for me right now," Finn said.
"Are you sure?" Rachel asked. "I thought you were having fun."
"The partying wasn't really my thing," Finn said. "I mean, it was fun at first, but then I realized that's not what I should be doing with my life. I'm thinking of finishing up this semester there and then transferring to a school here in New York in the fall."
Rachel would love to have Finn in New York. "That would be amazing."
"And Blaine and Sam are coming to New York in the fall, so I was thinking I might get an apartment with them," Finn said.
Rachel was a little disappointed. She was hoping Finn would live in their apartment, but she understood why he might not be comfortable with that. "Finn, you shouldn't do this for me. I'm just an ex-girlfriend."
"I've always wanted to go to school in a cool place like New York," Finn said. Then he gave Rachel one of his adorable half smiles. "Just an ex-girlfriend?"
Of course Rachel thought Finn was more than just an ex-boyfriend. "Why do you think I left Lima? It hurt so much to see you with another girl. I still love you. I always will love you."
"I love you too," Finn said. "I think that's why it didn't work out with Penny. I've always loved you."
Rachel reached across the table and took Finn's hand. "So, what schools in New York are you looking at?"
"NYU, Columbia, Fordham, Brooklyn College, Manhattan College and I'm trying again at Pace," Finn said. "I filled out my applications before I left, and I'm just going to visit the campuses while I'm here."
"Well, I'm sure you'll get into all of them," Rachel said. "I know you had low grades our underclass years, but you got all As and Bs junior and senior year and ended up with an overall B plus average."
"Um, I got all As senior year," Finn said with a smirk.
"That is true," Rachel said. "Maybe I could go along with you to visit the schools?"
"I'd love that," Finn said.
"Well, well, if it isn't the not so Funny Girl." Rachel turned and saw Cassandra July. "Part of me thought that you were special, and part of me just thought that you thought you were special and that you were going to be a failure. Guess the second part was right."
Rachel groaned. "Hey!" Finn said. "What is your problem?"
"Excuse me?" Cassandra said. "Who are you? Aren't you that ex-boyfriend of hers who she always chose over the hottest piece of man candy at NYADA?"
Finn looked annoyed. "Yes, I am her ex-boyfriend, and she definitely always chose me over Brody. I'm in college for a teaching degree, and it really surprises me that people like you have jobs."
"What do you mean?" Cassandra asked.
"What type of teacher boosts her own self esteem by trying to best a first year student at the skill she teaches, for one thing?" Finn asked. "And from what I've heard, you also show up to school drunk at times. I also heard that you slept with Brody. Who, even though he's your TA, is still a student. Does Carmen Tibideaux know about either of those things?"
"How is that the business of someone who doesn't even go to NYADA?" Cassandra asked.
"Well, I have a feeling if she found out that you show up to teach drunk and sleep with your students, you might not have a job for much longer," Finn said. "So I suggest you leave Rachel alone, or I might go in with Rachel and my brother to tell Carmen about you."
"I have to go now," Cassandra said.
"That's what I thought," Finn said.
Rachel had to smile. "How did you do that?"
"I got some practice from standing up to Sue Sylvester," Finn said proudly.
"I'm impressed," Rachel said.
Santana came up to Finn and Rachel. "Rachel, your break's over."
Rachel reached into her pocket and handed Finn the key to the apartment. "You can go to the apartment now. I'll see you after your shift."
"Okay, see you then," Finn said, giving Rachel a half smile as he left. When Finn was gone, Rachel went to join Kurt and Santana. "Finn's looking at colleges in New York."
"I guess there's something for reunions in the water," Kurt said. "Blaine and I are going to be back together soon. I just have to talk to Adam."
"We aren't back together," Rachel said.
"Not yet," Santana said.
Rachel tried to take the focus off herself and Finn. "Just be honest with him, Kurt. You don't have to mention Blaine, but you should tell him that you don't feel the way about him that people should feel about their boyfriends."
"Yeah, that's what I was thinking," Kurt said.
Rachel tried to keep Kurt and Santana from bringing up Finn. "Santana, have you heard from Brittany lately?"
"Well... I'm sort of starting to have feelings for someone else," Santana said.
"Who?" Rachel asked.
Then she noticed Santana was looking at one of their co-workers, Dani. Dani was pretty and nice, but Rachel wasn't sure if Dani was a lesbian. "Dani?"
"Yeah," Santana said.
"Well, I'm not into girls, but she's so pretty!" Kurt said.
"I'll try to find out if she likes girls," Santana said.
"So, how's it having Finn back?" Kurt asked.
"Well, I'm glad he's considering coming here," Rachel said. "I think it's a little early to say how things are going."
"He's going to be here in the fall," Kurt said. "Trust me."
"Yeah, he said he might get an apartment with Blaine and Sam," Rachel said, trying to hide her disappointment.
"You want him to move in with us, don't you?" Santana asked.
"Maybe it's for the better he move in with them," Rachel said. "We don't have an extra bedroom. She did have something in mind, but she didn't want to say it out loud.
"He could sleep in your bed, with you," Santana said.
"Santana!" Kurt said. "Maybe we could get a bigger apartment. A three or four bedroom one, so we could all live together."
"You want to live with Blaine, don't you?" Rachel asked.
"Well, yes," Kurt admitted.
"That's what I thought," Rachel teased. For now, she just wanted to wait for her shift to go by quickly.
x
"You got to New York okay?" Puck asked as he and Finn skyped in the New York apartment.
"Yeah," Finn said. "Rachel was happy to see me."
"Of course she was," Puck said. "So, you're visiting the colleges tomorrow?"
"Yeah," Finn said. "I will miss you if I get in."
"I'll miss you too," Puck said. "The truth is though, I don't know if I'm still going to be there in the fall."
"What do you mean?" Finn asked.
"Well, I haven't told anyone, but over the last few weeks, I've been talking with Quinn a lot," Puck said. "I think I'm beginning to fall in love with her again. And I'm hoping she'll be able to love me back."
"Quinn?" Finn asked. He always had thought Quinn and Puck were at their best when they were together, but he didn't see this coming. At the non-wedding, Quinn and Santana had slept together, and Puck had been dating Kitty for a while.
"Yeah," Puck said. "She Facebooked me a little before Beth's second birthday and asked me if I'd been thinking about her at all. Of course I had, and we've been talking a lot since."
"That's good," Finn said. "I'm happy for you."
"We aren't saying anything yet, but I do think we're heading THAT way," Puck said. "If you know what I mean, you know. And if it lasts over the summer, maybe I'll go to school in New Haven in the fall."
"That would be great," Finn said. "For both of you."
"Well, have fun in the big city this weekend," Puck said.
"Yeah, I will," Finn said. When he got off the skype with Puck, he looked around the apartment. It wasn't bad. Not the type of place he dreamed of living or wanted the girl he loved and his brother to be living, but not bad. He thought Kurt, Rachel and Santana had a good job at dividing the loft up into actual rooms. He figured he'd be sleeping on the couch since there wasn't a spare bedroom. (Rachel, Kurt and Santana's rooms were tiny enough as it was.)
"We're back!" Finn turned and saw Rachel, Kurt and Santana come into the apartment.
"We picked up some real New York pizza for you, Finn," Kurt said.
Finn smiled. "Awesome."
"So, how was your trip here?" Rachel asked.
"It went fine," Finn said. "I'm just glad to be here." He couldn't hold it in now. "I missed you so much, Rachel."
Rachel looked surprised. "I missed you too."
"Hey, Santana and I actually had to go pick some things up," Kurt said. "We'll be back soon." He dragged Santana out of the apartment, leaving Finn and Rachel alone.
"Well, I doubt they really had things to pick up," Rachel said.
"I doubt it as well," Finn said. "How are you holding up?"
"I'm doing better," Rachel said. "It was really cool how you stood up to Cassandra July. No one at NYADA can do that."
"Well, no one talks that way to you and gets away with it," Finn said.
"You're still so chivalrous," Rachel said.
"I now know that's a good thing," Finn said.
"It's a very good thing!" Rachel said. "Those colleges are going to love you tomorrow."
"I hope they do," Finn said.
"They will," Rachel said. "Trust me. Finn, before you come here, it's like I said, you don't have to do this for me. I'm just an ex-girlfriend."
Finn hated how Rachel was referring to herself as "just an ex-girlfriend." He wanted so badly to be able to call her his girlfriend again. "I told you, I've always wanted to go to school at someplace like New York." He paused. "And as for that second part, we can change that."
Rachel looked surprised. "You want to be together again?"
"Yeah," Finn said. He was surprised she had to ask. "You still love me, right?"
"Of course," Rachel said. "I could never love anyone like I love you."
"I could never love anyone like I love you either," Finn said. "I'm going to be here in the fall most likely, so we won't have anything keeping us apart like we do this year. It would only be a few weeks of being apart, and after Nationals, I could just move here."
"I really want us to be together again," Rachel said. "As horrible as this year was, I think it would have been so much better if I'd had you with me."
"Well, then let's do this," Finn said. "We can get back together and this time, we'll stay together."
"I love you," Rachel said.
"I love you too," Finn said. "I'm not going to let you go again."
"I can't lose you again," Rachel said.
Kurt and Santana came back in. "Okay, we got what we needed," Kurt said.
"What were you guys getting?" Rachel asked.
"Some snacks from the bakery down the street," Santana said. "So, did you two enjoy your alone time?"
"Yes," Finn said. He wanted to tell Kurt and Santana that he and Rachel had gotten back together, but he thought that was up to her.
"Tell them!" Rachel said.
"Tell us what?" Kurt asked.
"Rachel and I are back together," Finn said proudly, putting his arm around Rachel.
"We all saw that coming!" Santana said.
x
"Thanks for doing this with me," Finn said as he and Rachel walked around the Columbia campus. They'd spent the day visiting schools, and this was their last stop for today.
"It's no problem," Rachel said. "This is a nice campus, isn't it?"
"Yeah, it is," Finn said. "They have a football team here, and a good education program."
"Are you okay?" Rachel asked. She noticed Finn was being quiet.
"What if I don't get in?" Finn asked.
"Finn, you're going to get in," Rachel said. "Don't think like that. You had a great last two years of high school academically, you led the football team to the big championship when we were juniors, you led the glee club to a National championship, and you did a great job with the glee club this year. You've got some great letters of reference. You're getting in."
"This is my favorite of the schools we've been to," Finn said. "It's also the hardest to get into. I read online that they have a 7% acceptance rate. They probably won't take someone like me. They'll probably take someone who got all As from the beginning."
"Finn, there's thousands of people in the world like that," Rachel said. "Every school has its students who are always getting 100 percent on every test. But there's only one Finn Hudson."
Finn gave Rachel a half smile. "You're amazing."
"I try to be," Rachel said.
"You really think I'll get in?" Finn asked.
"You will," Rachel said. "You'll get into all of them."
x
"We're back!" Rachel called as she and Finn went back into the apartment.
"Hey," Kurt said. "How were the college visits?"
"I enjoyed them," Finn said. Rachel was surprised when she saw who was sitting at the kitchen table with Kurt and Santana. "Quinn!"
"Hey!" Quinn said. "Finn, I was surprised to hear that you were here."
"Yeah, just visiting some schools here," Finn said.
"Yeah, she finally got around to using her train pass," Santana said.
"I can see that," Rachel said. "So, how are things at Yale?"
"They're good," Quinn said. "It's a good thing Finn's looking at schools here, because he might not have a roommate in the fall."
"What do you mean?" Rachel asked.
"Well, Puck and I have been talking a lot lately, and I think we're falling back in love," Quinn said. "I've been thinking about him a lot this year and missing him, and I'm really hoping in the fall he'll come to New Haven."
"That would be great!" Rachel said. "You remember what I told you about you and Puck."
"Well, while we're talking about relationships, I have some news, too," Kurt said. "I talked to Adam today and I told him that I didn't see things going anywhere."
"Now you just have to get back with Blaine," Rachel said.
"He told me he's coming to New York next weekend, so maybe it'll happen then," Kurt said.
"That's great," Finn said.
"We ordered Chinese for dinner, would you two like some?" Santana asked.
"That sounds great," Rachel said as she and Finn joined Kurt, Santana and Quinn at the kitchen table. Finally, things were starting to look up.
Chapter 7 preview: Finn returns to Lima to finish out the school year, but he and Rachel make the long distance work as best they can. Kurt and Blaine get back together and Finn hears back from one of the schools in New York. Another couple begins to form.
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