Hey ya'll. Sorry it's been awhile. Heads up! Only 1 more Chapter and the Epilogue.

"I may not be a smart man,
but I know what love is."
~Forrest Gump

" When you love someone, and you love them with your heart, it never disappears when you're apart. And when you love someone and you've done all you can do, you set them free, and if that love was true... when you love someone it will all come back to you…"
~Forget Paris

Rachel arrived at the school with adrenaline running through her veins. She parked her car in the parking lot which was already almost full. She got out and locked her car, but instead of going to the bleachers with everyone else, she went in the school. The halls were creepily silent as Rachel made her way to her destination. As she opened the door she was hit with the combined smells of sweat and cologne. She walked through the locker room, ignoring the whistling and hooting coming from the guys, until she found him. His back was turned to her so she tapped on his shoulder. Finn turned around and stopped dead when he saw her.

"listen!" he said "I know you think I'm a..."

"Coward?" she asked with a voice that sounded much more like she was telling him.

"Yeah. But listen to me."

"No. You listen to me." she interrupted. He stopped talking, and she took a deep breath before continuing "You turned out to be exactly who I thought you were. I never pretended to be somebody else. It's been me all along. And it was me who was hurt in front of everybody. Look, I didn't come here to yell at you, okay? I came to tell you that I know what it feels like to be afraid to show who you are. I was, but I'm not anymore. And the thing is, I really don't care what people think about me... because I believe in myself. And I know that things are gonna be okay. But even though I have no family, and no job, and no money for college... it's you that I feel sorry for."

"Head's up, yo! Five minutes!" Puck yelled

"I'm coming!" Finn yelled back at him

"I know that guy that sent those emails is somewhere inside of you, but I can't wait for him... because waiting for you is like waiting for rain in this drought. Useless and disappointing."

She finished with a sigh before turning and walking towards the door. Before she got out she was able to hear him call her name and slam his locker in anger. Opening the door, she was once again greeted with silence. Suddenly, she heard footsteps. She turned around to find the face of her best friend. She ran over and gave him a hug.

"Hey. Finn and Sue in the same day? Big day." Kurt asked her as he released her from the hug.

"How did you know where I was?"

"Ronda called and said where you were; I thought you might need a friend." Rachel smiled

"Thanks." she paused "We should hang out. Watch a housewives marathon or something."

"Actually... I was kinda of planning on meeting Blaine at the game. He said you could come too if you wanted to go. But if you don't want to go we could just skip it."

"You and Blaine?"

"Not yet." Kurt said with a smile

"We should go. It'll be our first and last."

"Really?"

"Yeah. Plus Blaine is going to need all the help he can get with explaining it to you." Rachel smiled. Kurt put his arm around her and they walked out to the field.

It was the end of the fourth quarter and the game was tied at 21. The spirit and tension were heavy in the air. Finn told his guys the play and broke the huddle. Rachel was siting next to Kurt, who was between her and Blaine. He kind of understood the game but would just cheer when he heard others cheer. It was funny, the looks he got when he accidentally cheered for the other team when they scored a touchdown. Blaine had just smiled at him while Rachel laughed. Blaine was nice and Rachel really liked him. She was happy for them. Soon, there were only 5 seconds left and the Titans had the ball on the 10 yard line. Kurt and Blaine were on the edge of their seats, but Rachel just wasn't in it. The crowd started chanting "Finn" and it became too much. She turned to Kurt and Blaine.

"This is just too much. I'm going to head out." she said

"OK." Kurt said smiling. "We'll head over to Ronda's after the game." Rachel smiled and hugged them both before turning to leave.

Finn called a timeout and gathered his guys into a huddle. They all were waiting on him and he turned to Coach to get the play. But that wasn't what Finn saw. Finn saw a petite brunette leaving the game. He couldn't believe that she actually watched the game. Soon it was like time stopped and every moment they had ever had together, online or in person, were running through his mind. He thought of at the beach and realized how terrible he seemed from that. He told her he couldn't be with her because he was in love with her! Her speech before the game was suddenly in his mind. Something clicked. All of the sudden he knew what to do and who to be. He turned to the guys.

"Good Luck." He ran off the field and to Sam. "It's your turn now. Don't screw it up." he handed Sam his helmet and turned to the stands. He started running but his dad grabbed his arm.

"Finn! What are you doing?"

"I quit." Finn said blankly watching Rachel slowly work her way to the exit.

"But you're giving up your dream!"

"No Dad," Finn said smiling "I'm giving up your's." With that he pulled out of his dad's grasp and ran up the stands. He could hear his dad, his coach, and Quinn yelling at him. But he didn't care. They were part of his old dream. Now he was chasing a new dream. He caught up with Rachel in one of the aisles. She turned to him surprised.

"Finn, what are you doing?" she asked him. Finn just smiled.

"Something I should have done a long time ago." and with that he took her a kissed her more passionately than he had ever kissed someone before. He could hear that the time out was over but he didn't care. Suddenly Finn felt something wet roll down his cheek. He knew he wasn't crying so he broke the kiss and they looked up at the sky. It soon began to poor. Rachel turned in his arms and they watched as Sam threw a pass to Puck in end zone. Everyone cheered as the time ran out. Titans had won the game! Finn smiled as the rain ran down his face. He turned to Rachel.

"I'm sorry I made you wait for the rain." Rachel just smiled at him.

"I forgive you." she said before reaching up and kissing him.

Kurt watched his best friend and Finn the entire time. He hadn't even glanced at the field since Finn left. He leaned back to Blaine and smiled. He told him something that made Blaine smile and agree.

"You gotta love high school."

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