Rachel sat with her back against the headboard her knees pulled to her chest. Beside her lay a sleeping Noah softly snoring. Looking at the clock on the wall at the foot of her bed she knew it would be coming soon. The call that told him it was time to leave her bed and go home. Rachel prayed that for one night if only one night that it wouldn't come. As if on que the phone rang waking Noah from his sleep.

"Hey yeah I am almost done with work, I'll be home soon. I love you too." Rachel could hear only one side of the conversation but she knew what was being said.

"Time to go?" Rachel asked staring at her hand in her lap. Noah was already standing pulling on his jeans.

"You know I have to babe." He sat down by her feet and cupped her cheek. "Come on baby please don't cry?" Noah asked her, his thumb wiping away a tear that dared to fall.

"Can't you just stay? Tell her that you need to spend the night close to work because of early deliveries or something. I hate being here alone." Rachel knew she was on the verge of begging but she didn't care.

"Rach you know I can't do that I have to go home." Noah stood back up to finish getting dressed when Rachel got on her knees.

"Please Noah, please just stay. I love you so much please. Look at me I'm on my knees." Rachel grabbed Noah's face making him look her dead in the eye. Noah was hurting for her but he had no choice in the matter. He gently removed her hands from his face giving her one last kiss before he left. Once he was walking out the door he could hear her yell.

"She doesn't love you like I do." Noah just closed the door behind him and got into his car. He stopped at the shop on the way home to shower and clean Rachel's smell off him. Before stepping into the shower he took one last deep breath inhaling her scent in.

It was two days later when they were in the same spot as before but this time Noah wasn't sleeping. Rachel was sitting in the same way and he was beside her.

"I promise you I will leave her and it will be just me and you. Just give me time." Noah told her brushing hair out of her face.

"I don't believe you. You have told me this before and I don't see a change. I feel like you are just using me to escape your wife. Do you know how it feels to love someone you have to share with someone else? No you don't because you have the best of me and I have half of you." Rachel told him looking him dead in the eye and seeing hurt.

"I will Rachel, I swear." Noah was standing up to leave when Rachel got on her knees again.

"This is your chance Noah. All you have to do is stay. You don't have kids to worry about. Please just stay." Noah didn't say anything and just left the room Rachel flopped on her bed letting the tears flow freely from her eyes. Her heart was breaking for the man she loved and could never truly have. She had loved Noah since high school but he was always with Quinn. Rachel was shocked when he came to her the first night it happened.

Rachel heard a pounding on her front door in the middle of the night. It had been pouring rain so at first she thought that it was just the weather but it kept going. Rachel slowly pulled herself out of bed opening the door surprised to see Noah standing there. He was soaked from head to toe and smelled like booze.

"Noah what are you doing here?" Rachel asked very confused.

"Why didn't you love me?" Noah asked her leaning against the door.

"What do you mean? You are with Quinn."

"When we dated why didn't you love me enough to fight." Rachel was shocked she had never seen Noah like this.

"Come inside and we will talk." Rachel tried to bring Noah inside but he wouldn't move.

"Do you love me?" He stood up straight looking her dead in the eye.

"Of course I do your one of my best friends." Rachel knew that wasn't the love he meant.

"No, do you love me?" He asked again stepping into her space.

"Yes, I love you." She hoped to god he wouldn't remember this in the morning.

"I love you too." Noah quickly swooped in kissing her lips hard.

Rachel should have turned him away but the selfish part of her couldn't. Hearing he loved her did her in. from that night on he was with her at least twice a week. When Rachel woke up the next morning she decided that she was done. He was never going to leave his wife and she was always going to be the other woman. When her phone rang that night Rachel didn't answer it.

Noah was standing in his bedroom it his phone to his ear trying to call Rachel. She would always answer on the first call but that night she wasn't. Quinn was standing in the door way of the room she shared with her husband watching him on his phone.

"Please don't go to her tonight." Noah turned to look at his wife shocked. All this time he thought she never knew. "I know, I have known all along." Quinn told him with tears in her eyes. Noah quickly crossed the room wrapping his arms around her.

"I am so sorry Quinn. God I'm sorry." Noah held her tight but his hand was tighter around his phone.

"Just not tonight please." Quinn was begging her husband something he was use to just not from her. Noah nodded his head undressing again pulling his wife into bed with him. Quinn had fallen asleep on his chest clinging tightly to his shirt. Noah held his cell phone just as tight wishing he could be holding Rachel. Noah was awoken by his cell vibrating in his hand. He couldn't help but smile when he sees it was a text from Rachel.

Stay with Q. I'm up off my knees. I am tired of being lonely and you can't give me what I need. I am letting you go Noah. Please let me go.

Noah stared at his phone tears in his eyes.