Forever and Always

Chapter Three: Bullies and break-ups

Faith was the first to awake the next morning to find a sleeping Rachel in her arms. She thought that she should wake her up with a sweet gesture, so she combed her fingers through the other girl's hair and flittered her fingers over her face.

Rachel was stirred from her dream by someone gently moving their fingers across her face; she opened her eyes to find Faith staring at her with a sweet smile.

"Hey sleepy head, you ready for another day of high school hell?"

Flopping her head back onto her pillow Rachel let out a disgruntled sigh as she ran her fingers through her hair. "Urg, I wish that it was the weekend instead of Friday, so we could spend more time together today."

"Hahaha, don't be such a drama queen babe, it won't be that bad, I'll text ya throughout the day, maybe I could even stop by to bring ya lunch."

"That sounds nice, just don't be alarmed if you see me covered head to toe in slushy, oh and if you can't find me right off, I'm the loser sitting at the end of the glee club table. No one sits by me, so you will at least have a seat permanently reserved beside me."

Hating that Rachel is putting herself down again, Faith pulls her on top of her and gives her a steamy kiss, plunging her tongue into Rachel's mouth, groaning at the taste. "Damn, I'll never get tired of kissin ya, and please quit putting yourself down, I hate it. No matter what anyone tells ya, you're not a loser, you're the most talented person I ever met."

Giving Faith a kiss, Rachel climbs off of her to get dressed for school. "That's really sweet, but I know what I am. Anyway, you need to get up and get dressed for school, don't want to be late." Rachel tells Faith, her voice cracking a bit.

"DAMN IT Rachel! Stop putting yourself down, what do I have to do to convince you, tell me please, I'll do anything?" Faith yells, and then softens her voice at the end.

Rachel was dressed and applying her makeup when Faith made her outburst, causing her to flinch, and her lipstick to smear. Cleaning the unwanted lipstick off her face, she turns around to where Faith is, just shaking her head.

"Nothing, there is nothing you can do, I just need to have more confidence in myself, and with you in my life, I know I'll get there, eventually."

Accepting the fact it'll take time for Rachel to accept that she is talented, she gets off the bed and proceeds to get dressed into her clothes from yesterday. "Hey you got any lipstick that ain't all girly n shit?" Faith asks.

Laughing, Rachel goes over to her vanity, and picks out the darkest color she has, a dark plum, and hands it to Faith. "Here, that's the closest to dark I have, will it do?"

Putting it on and looking in the mirror, "Yeah, it'll due, a little lighter than I usually wear, but it's actually a nice shade, thanks." Faith says as she kisses Rachel's mirror, leaving a perfect lipstick mark.

"Oh, by the way, there's your proof it wasn't a dream."

"What?"

"You remember your song?"

"Oh, yeah; I know you're leaving in the morning, when you wake up, Leave me with some kind of proof it's not a dream;" Rachel sings the part of the song Faith was referring to.

Looking at the mark on her mirror, then at a smiling Faith, Rachel just shakes her head, and gives her a peck on the lips, grabs her hand and leads them down the stairs to get some breakfast.

'I'm never going to wipe that mark off my mirror, that has to be one of the sexiest things I've ever seen her do, it's like a memento to prove that she's actually here and with me. I can't believe she's my girlfriend, I must have hit my head at Regional's and am in a coma or something.'