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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;"Finn carefully closed the curtain behind him and turned to find Kurt handing him a cup of coffee. "Thanks bro."/span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;"Kurt nodded and took a seat on the sofa. "How are you?"/span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;""She's a mess. I don't want to leave her. I can see how much she needs me right now." Finn replied, sitting on the armchair and running his hands through his hair./span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;""I asked how you were." Kurt replied with a smirk./span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;"Finn gave him a small smile before replying. "I'm so angry at the guy who did this to her and I want to beat the shit out of him but I can't leave her. She's so scared and...and she's not herself."/span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;"Kurt watched as a tear fell down Finn's face that he quickly brushed away. "I understand how you feel. I can't even imagine what she's feeling right now."/span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;""She blames herself. She was scared of me, Kurt. Of me!" Finn exclaimed. "I'm the one person in this world she chose to share her heart with and she can't even trust me to help her through this. She's afraid to even let me touch her."/span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;""Finn, calm down. Rachel needs her sleep and she's just been traumatized." Kurt said lowly./span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;"Finn let out a frustrated breath. "I know. I just hate seeing her this way. I feel so helpless."/span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;"Finn ended up sticking around just in case Rachel needed him and after an hour of him and Kurt talking, he heard her let out a sob. He quickly moved to the curtain and brushed it aside to find Rachel sitting up with her knees drawn to her chest and tears streaming down her face./span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;"He dashed to her side and tried to pull her into his arms but she fought back, hitting him in the chest with her flailing arms as she screamed. "Rachel? It's me. It's Finn. You're okay, baby. You're safe."/span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;"Rachel continued to fight against him as if she hadn't heard him. "Let me go, please!"/span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;""Rach? Baby, look at me. You're safe." Finn soothed, reaching to cup her cheek in his hand. "I'm right here. I won't let anything happen to you."/span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;""Finn?" She whimpered as her hands came to rest on his upper arms./span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;"Finn pulled her into his lap and held her close. "It's okay, baby. It's just me."/span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;"Rachel let out a sob and buried her face in his shoulder as she wrapped her arms around him. She clutched his shirt in her hands as she let out all the pain she had experienced. Finn wrapped his arms around her just as tightly and kissed her head gently as he rocked her in his arms. He couldn't make this go away but he could hold her and help her get through this./span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;"Rachel was able to stop crying a few minutes later and she pulled back to look at him. "I'm sorry I'm such a mess."/span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;"Finn gave her his half smile. "You're my mess. Stop apologizing, you haven't done anything wrong, babe. You've been through a lot and I can't take that pain away but I can help you put the pieces back together."/span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;"Rachel sniffled and laid her head down on his chest. "Will you stay with me?"/span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;""Rach..."/span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;""Please? I feel safer when your here. We don't have to do anything, I just want to sleep without nightmares." Rachel explained. A tear trickled down her face and Finn gently brushed it away./span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;""Sex is the farthest thing from my mind right now, Rach. You've been hurt in the worst possible way and I would never pressure you into something like that so soon." Finn replied. He gently tucked a strand of hair behind her ear. "If you need me to lay next to you to feel safe enough to sleep, then that's what I'll do."/span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;"Rachel squeezed him closer and he laid them back against the pillows so they were more comfortable. "Are you sure that you want to deal with all this?"/span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;"Finn tipped her chin up with his index finger so he could look in her eyes. "I love you. I'd go through anything with you. Now sleep."/span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;"Rachel clutched his shirt in her hands as she closed her eyes. Finn gently stroked her back while he placed a delicate kiss to her forehead. "I'm scared."/span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;""Shh... I'm right here. I'm not going to let anyone hurt you, okay?" Finn soothed stroking his hand down her back. "You're safe, baby. You're home."/span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;"Rachel squeezed him a bit closer and let out a deep breath to try and calm her nerves. She was trembling against him and he squeezed her just a bit closer to him./span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;""It's okay. Would you like me to sing to you?" Finn asked her gently./span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;"Rachel hesitated for a moment but eventually nodded. She thought about the last time she had heard him sing, at Mr. Schue's wedding but that seemed so long ago now./span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;""Okay. Close your eyes and I'll sing to you." Finn replied and waited until she complied./span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"strongspan style="font-size: 12pt;"I love the way your hair gets in your eyes/span/strong/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"strongspan style="font-size: 12pt;"And I love the way that you can't tell a lie/span/strong/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"strongspan style="font-size: 12pt;"You're an angel, and I can't believe you're mine/span/strong/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"strongspan style="font-size: 12pt;"Nothing ordinary, you're extraordinary/span/strong/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"strongspan style="font-size: 12pt;"Pretty good at being wrong for my whole life/span/strong/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"strongspan style="font-size: 12pt;"But with you, I know there's one thing I got right/span/strong/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"strongspan style="font-size: 12pt;"On days when it's easy, on days when it's hard/span/strong/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"strongspan style="font-size: 12pt;"You don't have to be nervous, just fall in my arms/span/strong/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"strongspan style="font-size: 12pt;"My love is a sure thing that you'll never lose/span/strong/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"strongspan style="font-size: 12pt;"No matter what this life puts us through/span/strong/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"strongspan style="font-size: 12pt;"I choose you/span/strong/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;"Finn looked down and noticed Rachel's breathing starting to slow and he smiled before continuing./span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"strongspan style="font-size: 12pt;"It's the way you make me wanna say these words/span/strong/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"strongspan style="font-size: 12pt;"The way that you still want me at my worst/span/strong/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"strongspan style="font-size: 12pt;"It's a vow that says, "I'll be here darling, for better or for worse"/span/strong/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"strongspan style="font-size: 12pt;"It ain't momentary, so/span/strong/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt; text-indent: 21pt;"strongspan style="font-size: 12pt;"On days when it's easy, on days when it's hard/span/strong/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"strongspan style="font-size: 12pt;"You don't have to be nervous, just fall in my arms/span/strong/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"strongspan style="font-size: 12pt;"My love is a sure thing that you'll never lose/span/strong/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"strongspan style="font-size: 12pt;"No matter what this life puts us through/span/strong/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"strongspan style="font-size: 12pt;"I choose you/span/strong/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"strongspan style="font-size: 12pt;"I do, I do, I do/span/strong/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"strongspan style="font-size: 12pt;"I choose you/span/strong/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"strongspan style="font-size: 12pt;"I do, I do/span/strong/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"strongspan style="font-size: 12pt;"On days when it's easy, on days when it's hard/span/strong/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"strongspan style="font-size: 12pt;"Well, I promise it's worth it, just fall in my arms/span/strong/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"strongspan style="font-size: 12pt;"As long as my heart beats, I swear that it's true/span/strong/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"strongspan style="font-size: 12pt;"But no matter what this life puts us through/span/strong/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"strongspan style="font-size: 12pt;"I choose you/span/strong/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"strongspan style="font-size: 12pt;"I do, I do, I do/span/strong/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"strongspan style="font-size: 12pt;"I choose you/span/strong/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"strongspan style="font-size: 12pt;"I do, I do, I do/span/strong/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"strongspan style="font-size: 12pt;"I choose you/span/strong/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;"Rachel's breathing had evened out and she was completely asleep. Finn squeezed her a bit closer, vowing not to let anyone hurt his girl again. He fell asleep resting his head on Rachel's and listening to the sound of her breathing./span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;"When Rachel woke the next morning Finn was nowhere to be found. She sat up quickly in the bed and looked around. The curtain was drawn closed around her section of the apartment and Rachel tensed up. It was quiet in the apartment and that scared her. Where was everyone?/span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;"She threw the covers back and ran to the curtain. She needed to find someone, anyone. She looked in Kurt's area and no one was there. She turned to the kitchen which was also empty. Tears were running down her face as she turned to the living room, still not seeing anyone./span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"emspan style="font-family: 'Calibri Italic'; font-size: 12pt;"Where is he? Did he leave me again? I need him. Please come back Finn. Please./span/em/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;"She heard the sound of a door clicking open and she whirled around, coming to face Finn coming out of the bathroom, wiping his hands dry on a towel. "Finn?"/span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;"He looked up to find Rachel standing in the middle of the room with tears streaming down her face. "Rach? Baby, what's wrong? Did you have a bad dream?"/span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;"She shook her head and Finn put his towel on the table as he moved closer to her. As soon as he was within her reach, she wrapped her arms around him tightly and buried her face in his chest. "I thought you left me again."/span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;"She let out a sob and squeezed him close as he rubbed her back in shock. He snapped out of it after a few seconds and kissed the top her head. "Shh...I told you I'm not leaving you again. I'm so sorry, I made a mistake then and I know that. I love you, Rachel. Calm down, babe. I'm not going to let him hurt you anymore."/span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt; text-indent: 21pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;""I-I woke up and I was all alone. I didn't know where anyone was so I went searching and when I couldn't find anyone. I-I thought you left again." Rachel explained through her tears./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt; text-indent: 21pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;""No, baby. I wouldn't do that to you again." Finn soothed, running a hand through her hair and rocking her gently. "Kurt went to class. It's just us today, okay?"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt; text-indent: 21pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;"Rachel nodded as the tears continued to stream down her face. Finn held her carefully and caressed her back softly. He knew he had damaged her when he put her on that train by herself, she had pretty much said so when they broke up. Not to mention his just up and leaving her there in New York with no goodbye or anything, but to see it for himself was causing his chest to ache./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt; text-indent: 21pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;""I'm not going anywhere. Do you want to watch a movie?" Finn asked her gently as she started to sniffle./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt; text-indent: 21pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;"Rachel nodded. "Anything but Funny Girl, please."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt; text-indent: 21pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;"Finn gave her a sad knowing smile and nodded, leading her to the sofa. "Do you want me to make you some coffee?"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt; text-indent: 21pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;"Rachel looked up at him and wrapped her arms around herself. "Could you, please?"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt; text-indent: 21pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;""Course, baby. Why don't you pick the movie and I'll get us some coffee, okay?" Finn said gently tucking a strand of her hair behind her ear./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt; text-indent: 21pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;"Rachel nodded and Finn moved into the kitchen. As Rachel was searching on the tv for something to watch, her phone started to ring./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt; text-indent: 21pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;"Rachel glanced at the caller id and her anxiety set in as she answered the call. "Hello? Rachel Berry speaking."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt; text-indent: 21pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;""Hey Rachel, I hate for this to be such short notice but we need you for rehearsal tonight." Rupert said through the phone./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt; text-indent: 21pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;"Rachel started shaking but continued, hoping her voice sounded strong and confident. "Of course. When do you need me there?"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt; text-indent: 21pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;""At 5pm."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt; text-indent: 21pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;""Okay."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt; text-indent: 21pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;"Finn made his way back to Rachel as she hung up the phone. He noticed her shaking and her breathing was heavier. He placed the cups on the coffee table and knelt in front of her. "What happened? What's wrong, babe?"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt; text-indent: 21pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;""I have to go for rehearsal tonight." Rachel replied shakily./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt; text-indent: 21pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;""Okay. Okay, breathe baby." Finn soothed, gently rubbing her thighs. "I'm going to go with you, okay. Nothing is going to happen tonight."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt; text-indent: 21pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;"Rachel looked up at him with fear in her eyes. "I'm scared, Finn."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt; text-indent: 21pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;"Tears began leaking from her eyes and Finn readjusted his position so he was sitting next to Rachel. He pulled her into his arms and kissed her head gently. "It's alright. I'm going to be right there with you, okay? You don't need to be scared. Let's watch our movie and then maybe we can grab some coffee on the way there."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt; text-indent: 21pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;""Okay." Rachel replied shakily. She sank into his side some more as he passed her the coffee cup and pressed play on the remote./span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt; text-indent: 21pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;"Rachel was so lost in thought during the movie that Finn thought she had fallen asleep. He started to get up when Rachel grabbed at his shirt, causing him to stop and look at her./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt; text-indent: 21pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;""I thought you were sleeping." Finn said softly, brushing her hair back./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt; text-indent: 21pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;"Rachel shook her head, snuggling closer to his chest. "I'm too nervous about rehearsal."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt; text-indent: 21pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;""Don't be nervous. I'm not letting you out of my sight." Finn replied. "Where you go, I go."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt; text-indent: 21pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;""What if they won't let you in with me." Rachel asked sitting up to stare into his eyes./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt; text-indent: 21pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;""Then I guess you're not going to rehearsal." Finn said simply. "I'm not letting you anywhere near that man without me next to you."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt; text-indent: 21pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;"Rachel's eyes welled up. "I love you."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt; text-indent: 21pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;""I love you too. Do you want to watch another movie?" Finn asked her gently./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt; text-indent: 21pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;"Rachel shook her head. "No, I should start getting ready. I want to get into character before we get there."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt; text-indent: 21pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;"Rachel started to get off the couch but Finn grabbed her wrist. Rachel looked back at him to see him staring at her in concern./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt; text-indent: 21pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;""You always get into character right before you take the stage. What's changed?" Finn asked her./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt; text-indent: 21pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;""Nothing. I just thought I would take this role more seriously than a production at McKinley." Rachel shrugged./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt; text-indent: 21pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;""Rachel, you've never not taken anything seriously since the day that I met you. Did he say something to you?"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt; text-indent: 21pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;""Finn, leave it." Rachel begged./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt; text-indent: 21pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;""No. Rachel, what did he say for you to hide behind the facade of Fanny Brice?" Finn asked near begging her to tell him./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt; text-indent: 21pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;""I'm impressed, you learned the word facade." Rachel smiled./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;"Finn was ready to grab her by the shoulders and shake some sense into her. "Stop trying to change the subject, Rachel. What did he say?"/span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;"Rachel grew quiet and looked away from him. "He said I needed to be more sexy and that he could show me how to have more sex appeal. He said I needed more experience."/span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;"Finn released a heated breath before he replied. "Rachel, look at me."/span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;"Rachel shook her head, rapidly. "You're mad at me. You only ever call me Rachel when you're mad at me."/span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;"Finn took a deep breath and squeezed her hand. "I'm not mad at you, Rach. I'm mad at him because you are sexy. You have a body that even Quinn would envy. Just because you don't dress like a slut doesn't mean that you don't have sex appeal cause baby, you're the most beautiful and sexiest girl in the world to me."/span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;"A tear slid down Rachel's cheek. "Finn..."/span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;"Finn gently wiped her tear away and pulled her back down into his lap, where he wrapped his arms around her. "Trust me, baby. If you hadn't just gone through something so terrible, I'd show you just how sexy you are."/span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"strongspan style="font-size: 12pt;"AUTHOR'S NOTE:/span/strong/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"strongspan style="font-size: 12pt;"I must have affinity for Forrest Blakk cause the song in this chapter is called I choose you. What do we think will happen at rehearsal? What do you think Finn will do if he see him? Please leave a review and let me know what you think./span/strong/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;"Finn carefully closed the curtain behind him and turned to find Kurt handing him a cup of coffee. "Thanks bro."/span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;"Kurt nodded and took a seat on the sofa. "How are you?"/span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;""She's a mess. I don't want to leave her. I can see how much she needs me right now." Finn replied, sitting on the armchair and running his hands through his hair./span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;""I asked how you were." Kurt replied with a smirk./span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;"Finn gave him a small smile before replying. "I'm so angry at the guy who did this to her and I want to beat the shit out of him but I can't leave her. She's so scared and...and she's not herself."/span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;"Kurt watched as a tear fell down Finn's face that he quickly brushed away. "I understand how you feel. I can't even imagine what she's feeling right now."/span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;""She blames herself. She was scared of me, Kurt. Of me!" Finn exclaimed. "I'm the one person in this world she chose to share her heart with and she can't even trust me to help her through this. She's afraid to even let me touch her."/span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;""Finn, calm down. Rachel needs her sleep and she's just been traumatized." Kurt said lowly./span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;"Finn let out a frustrated breath. "I know. I just hate seeing her this way. I feel so helpless."/span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;"Finn ended up sticking around just in case Rachel needed him and after an hour of him and Kurt talking, he heard her let out a sob. He quickly moved to the curtain and brushed it aside to find Rachel sitting up with her knees drawn to her chest and tears streaming down her face./span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;"He dashed to her side and tried to pull her into his arms but she fought back, hitting him in the chest with her flailing arms as she screamed. "Rachel? It's me. It's Finn. You're okay, baby. You're safe."/span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;"Rachel continued to fight against him as if she hadn't heard him. "Let me go, please!"/span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;""Rach? Baby, look at me. You're safe." Finn soothed, reaching to cup her cheek in his hand. "I'm right here. I won't let anything happen to you."/span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;""Finn?" She whimpered as her hands came to rest on his upper arms./span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;"Finn pulled her into his lap and held her close. "It's okay, baby. It's just me."/span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;"Rachel let out a sob and buried her face in his shoulder as she wrapped her arms around him. She clutched his shirt in her hands as she let out all the pain she had experienced. Finn wrapped his arms around her just as tightly and kissed her head gently as he rocked her in his arms. He couldn't make this go away but he could hold her and help her get through this./span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;"Rachel was able to stop crying a few minutes later and she pulled back to look at him. "I'm sorry I'm such a mess."/span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;"Finn gave her his half smile. "You're my mess. Stop apologizing, you haven't done anything wrong, babe. You've been through a lot and I can't take that pain away but I can help you put the pieces back together."/span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;"Rachel sniffled and laid her head down on his chest. "Will you stay with me?"/span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;""Rach..."/span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;""Please? I feel safer when your here. We don't have to do anything, I just want to sleep without nightmares." Rachel explained. A tear trickled down her face and Finn gently brushed it away./span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;""Sex is the farthest thing from my mind right now, Rach. You've been hurt in the worst possible way and I would never pressure you into something like that so soon." Finn replied. He gently tucked a strand of hair behind her ear. "If you need me to lay next to you to feel safe enough to sleep, then that's what I'll do."/span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;"Rachel squeezed him closer and he laid them back against the pillows so they were more comfortable. "Are you sure that you want to deal with all this?"/span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;"Finn tipped her chin up with his index finger so he could look in her eyes. "I love you. I'd go through anything with you. Now sleep."/span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;"Rachel clutched his shirt in her hands as she closed her eyes. Finn gently stroked her back while he placed a delicate kiss to her forehead. "I'm scared."/span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;""Shh... I'm right here. I'm not going to let anyone hurt you, okay?" Finn soothed stroking his hand down her back. "You're safe, baby. You're home."/span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;"Rachel squeezed him a bit closer and let out a deep breath to try and calm her nerves. She was trembling against him and he squeezed her just a bit closer to him./span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;""It's okay. Would you like me to sing to you?" Finn asked her gently./span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;"Rachel hesitated for a moment but eventually nodded. She thought about the last time she had heard him sing, at Mr. Schue's wedding but that seemed so long ago now./span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;""Okay. Close your eyes and I'll sing to you." Finn replied and waited until she complied./span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"strongspan style="font-size: 12pt;"I love the way your hair gets in your eyes/span/strong/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"strongspan style="font-size: 12pt;"And I love the way that you can't tell a lie/span/strong/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"strongspan style="font-size: 12pt;"You're an angel, and I can't believe you're mine/span/strong/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"strongspan style="font-size: 12pt;"Nothing ordinary, you're extraordinary/span/strong/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"strongspan style="font-size: 12pt;"Pretty good at being wrong for my whole life/span/strong/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"strongspan style="font-size: 12pt;"But with you, I know there's one thing I got right/span/strong/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"strongspan style="font-size: 12pt;"On days when it's easy, on days when it's hard/span/strong/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"strongspan style="font-size: 12pt;"You don't have to be nervous, just fall in my arms/span/strong/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"strongspan style="font-size: 12pt;"My love is a sure thing that you'll never lose/span/strong/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"strongspan style="font-size: 12pt;"No matter what this life puts us through/span/strong/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"strongspan style="font-size: 12pt;"I choose you/span/strong/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;"Finn looked down and noticed Rachel's breathing starting to slow and he smiled before continuing./span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"strongspan style="font-size: 12pt;"It's the way you make me wanna say these words/span/strong/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"strongspan style="font-size: 12pt;"The way that you still want me at my worst/span/strong/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"strongspan style="font-size: 12pt;"It's a vow that says, "I'll be here darling, for better or for worse"/span/strong/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"strongspan style="font-size: 12pt;"It ain't momentary, so/span/strong/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt; text-indent: 21pt;"strongspan style="font-size: 12pt;"On days when it's easy, on days when it's hard/span/strong/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"strongspan style="font-size: 12pt;"You don't have to be nervous, just fall in my arms/span/strong/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"strongspan style="font-size: 12pt;"My love is a sure thing that you'll never lose/span/strong/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"strongspan style="font-size: 12pt;"No matter what this life puts us through/span/strong/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"strongspan style="font-size: 12pt;"I choose you/span/strong/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"strongspan style="font-size: 12pt;" /span/strong/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"strongspan style="font-size: 12pt;"I do, I do, I do/span/strong/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"strongspan style="font-size: 12pt;"I choose you/span/strong/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"strongspan style="font-size: 12pt;"I do, I do/span/strong/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"strongspan style="font-size: 12pt;"On days when it's easy, on days when it's hard/span/strong/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"strongspan style="font-size: 12pt;"Well, I promise it's worth it, just fall in my arms/span/strong/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"strongspan style="font-size: 12pt;"As long as my heart beats, I swear that it's true/span/strong/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"strongspan style="font-size: 12pt;"But no matter what this life puts us through/span/strong/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"strongspan style="font-size: 12pt;"I choose you/span/strong/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"strongspan style="font-size: 12pt;"I do, I do, I do/span/strong/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"strongspan style="font-size: 12pt;"I choose you/span/strong/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"strongspan style="font-size: 12pt;"I do, I do, I do/span/strong/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"strongspan style="font-size: 12pt;"I choose you/span/strong/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;"Rachel's breathing had evened out and she was completely asleep. Finn squeezed her a bit closer, vowing not to let anyone hurt his girl again. He fell asleep resting his head on Rachel's and listening to the sound of her breathing./span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;"When Rachel woke the next morning Finn was nowhere to be found. She sat up quickly in the bed and looked around. The curtain was drawn closed around her section of the apartment and Rachel tensed up. It was quiet in the apartment and that scared her. Where was everyone?/span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;"She threw the covers back and ran to the curtain. She needed to find someone, anyone. She looked in Kurt's area and no one was there. She turned to the kitchen which was also empty. Tears were running down her face as she turned to the living room, still not seeing anyone./span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"emspan style="font-family: 'Calibri Italic'; font-size: 12pt;"Where is he? Did he leave me again? I need him. Please come back Finn. Please./span/em/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;"She heard the sound of a door clicking open and she whirled around, coming to face Finn coming out of the bathroom, wiping his hands dry on a towel. "Finn?"/span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;"He looked up to find Rachel standing in the middle of the room with tears streaming down her face. "Rach? Baby, what's wrong? Did you have a bad dream?"/span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;"She shook her head and Finn put his towel on the table as he moved closer to her. As soon as he was within her reach, she wrapped her arms around him tightly and buried her face in his chest. "I thought you left me again."/span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;"She let out a sob and squeezed him close as he rubbed her back in shock. He snapped out of it after a few seconds and kissed the top her head. "Shh...I told you I'm not leaving you again. I'm so sorry, I made a mistake then and I know that. I love you, Rachel. Calm down, babe. I'm not going to let him hurt you anymore."/span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt; text-indent: 21pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;""I-I woke up and I was all alone. I didn't know where anyone was so I went searching and when I couldn't find anyone. I-I thought you left again." Rachel explained through her tears./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt; text-indent: 21pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;""No, baby. I wouldn't do that to you again." Finn soothed, running a hand through her hair and rocking her gently. "Kurt went to class. It's just us today, okay?"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt; text-indent: 21pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;"Rachel nodded as the tears continued to stream down her face. Finn held her carefully and caressed her back softly. He knew he had damaged her when he put her on that train by herself, she had pretty much said so when they broke up. Not to mention his just up and leaving her there in New York with no goodbye or anything, but to see it for himself was causing his chest to ache./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt; text-indent: 21pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;""I'm not going anywhere. Do you want to watch a movie?" Finn asked her gently as she started to sniffle./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt; text-indent: 21pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;"Rachel nodded. "Anything but Funny Girl, please."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt; text-indent: 21pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;"Finn gave her a sad knowing smile and nodded, leading her to the sofa. "Do you want me to make you some coffee?"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt; text-indent: 21pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;"Rachel looked up at him and wrapped her arms around herself. "Could you, please?"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt; text-indent: 21pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;""Course, baby. Why don't you pick the movie and I'll get us some coffee, okay?" Finn said gently tucking a strand of her hair behind her ear./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt; text-indent: 21pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;"Rachel nodded and Finn moved into the kitchen. As Rachel was searching on the tv for something to watch, her phone started to ring./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt; text-indent: 21pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;"Rachel glanced at the caller id and her anxiety set in as she answered the call. "Hello? Rachel Berry speaking."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt; text-indent: 21pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;""Hey Rachel, I hate for this to be such short notice but we need you for rehearsal tonight." Rupert said through the phone./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt; text-indent: 21pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;"Rachel started shaking but continued, hoping her voice sounded strong and confident. "Of course. When do you need me there?"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt; text-indent: 21pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;""At 5pm."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt; text-indent: 21pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;""Okay."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt; text-indent: 21pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;"Finn made his way back to Rachel as she hung up the phone. He noticed her shaking and her breathing was heavier. He placed the cups on the coffee table and knelt in front of her. "What happened? What's wrong, babe?"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt; text-indent: 21pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;""I have to go for rehearsal tonight." Rachel replied shakily./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt; text-indent: 21pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;""Okay. Okay, breathe baby." Finn soothed, gently rubbing her thighs. "I'm going to go with you, okay. Nothing is going to happen tonight."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt; text-indent: 21pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;"Rachel looked up at him with fear in her eyes. "I'm scared, Finn."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt; text-indent: 21pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;"Tears began leaking from her eyes and Finn readjusted his position so he was sitting next to Rachel. He pulled her into his arms and kissed her head gently. "It's alright. I'm going to be right there with you, okay? You don't need to be scared. Let's watch our movie and then maybe we can grab some coffee on the way there."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt; text-indent: 21pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;""Okay." Rachel replied shakily. She sank into his side some more as he passed her the coffee cup and pressed play on the remote./span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt; text-indent: 21pt;"strongspan style="font-size: 12pt;" _/span/strong/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt; text-indent: 21pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;"Rachel was so lost in thought during the movie that Finn thought she had fallen asleep. He started to get up when Rachel grabbed at his shirt, causing him to stop and look at her./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt; text-indent: 21pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;""I thought you were sleeping." Finn said softly, brushing her hair back./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt; text-indent: 21pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;"Rachel shook her head, snuggling closer to his chest. "I'm too nervous about rehearsal."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt; text-indent: 21pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;""Don't be nervous. I'm not letting you out of my sight." Finn replied. "Where you go, I go."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt; text-indent: 21pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;""What if they won't let you in with me." Rachel asked sitting up to stare into his eyes./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt; text-indent: 21pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;""Then I guess you're not going to rehearsal." Finn said simply. "I'm not letting you anywhere near that man without me next to you."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt; text-indent: 21pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;"Rachel's eyes welled up. "I love you."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt; text-indent: 21pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;""I love you too. Do you want to watch another movie?" Finn asked her gently./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt; text-indent: 21pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;"Rachel shook her head. "No, I should start getting ready. I want to get into character before we get there."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt; text-indent: 21pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;"Rachel started to get off the couch but Finn grabbed her wrist. Rachel looked back at him to see him staring at her in concern./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt; text-indent: 21pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;""You always get into character right before you take the stage. What's changed?" Finn asked her./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt; text-indent: 21pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;""Nothing. I just thought I would take this role more seriously than a production at McKinley." Rachel shrugged./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt; text-indent: 21pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;""Rachel, you've never not taken anything seriously since the day that I met you. Did he say something to you?"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt; text-indent: 21pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;""Finn, leave it." Rachel begged./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt; text-indent: 21pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;""No. Rachel, what did he say for you to hide behind the facade of Fanny Brice?" Finn asked near begging her to tell him./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt; text-indent: 21pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;""I'm impressed, you learned the word facade." Rachel smiled./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;"Finn was ready to grab her by the shoulders and shake some sense into her. "Stop trying to change the subject, Rachel. What did he say?"/span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;"Rachel grew quiet and looked away from him. "He said I needed to be more sexy and that he could show me how to have more sex appeal. He said I needed more experience."/span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;"Finn released a heated breath before he replied. "Rachel, look at me."/span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;"Rachel shook her head, rapidly. "You're mad at me. You only ever call me Rachel when you're mad at me."/span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;"Finn took a deep breath and squeezed her hand. "I'm not mad at you, Rach. I'm mad at him because you are sexy. You have a body that even Quinn would envy. Just because you don't dress like a slut doesn't mean that you don't have sex appeal cause baby, you're the most beautiful and sexiest girl in the world to me."/span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;"A tear slid down Rachel's cheek. "Finn..."/span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt;"Finn gently wiped her tear away and pulled her back down into his lap, where he wrapped his arms around her. "Trust me, baby. If you hadn't just gone through something so terrible, I'd show you just how sexy you are."/span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"strongspan style="font-size: 12pt;"AUTHOR'S NOTE:/span/strong/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"strongspan style="font-size: 12pt;"I must have affinity for Forrest Blakk cause the song in this chapter is called I choose you. What do we think will happen at rehearsal? What do you think Finn will do if he see him? Please leave a review and let me know what you think./span/strong/p