PART ONE OF THE WHOLE STORY
I was thinking about the episode when Rachel gets egged, now, I haven't seen the whole episode just the part where Jesse is staring at her and it kind of pissed me off that she didn't notice how close to tears he was . So, here is my version.
Hope you enjoy!
It was almost time. Any second now Rachel would come running out, a huge smile on her face, ready to be embraced by Jesse. That's what could've happened. That's what should have happened. Instead, Jesse stood alone with a pained expression on his face and the rest of Vocal Adrenaline hiding behind the many parked cars in the parking lot. I prayed that Rachel would see what was so obviously written all over my best friends face. It was hard to believe the fact that he had agreed to my terms of friendship but now was not the time or place to be remembering things in the past.
Rachel was close, in fact, she was doing exactly what I had pictured her doing. I was surprised at how fast she was actually running, I never really saw her as the athletic type, or Jesse's type for that matter yet she was. And as she got closer I held back the urge to yell out from my place behind a dark blue wreck of a car and tell her to really look at Jesse's face. Why couldn't she see that something was wrong? Was she seriously that naive? My answer came when the first egg hit her. Her face fell immediately and her sparkling eyes dulled with sadness, betrayal and disbelief. They were all out now, laughing, waiting for Him to finish it.
A silent "I'm sorry." was whispered with his eyes as he broke the egg on her head, but the vegan didn't hear it. I guess the tears we're really as blinding as they looked. My thoughts were silenced after noticing Jesse's eyes as he watched her run in the opposite direction, away from him. The hurt was more pronounced now; I cursed him silently for acting indifferent about it. The rest of the group didn't seem to care about our "oh so respected" captain.
I stepped out from my place, the only one who hadn't gone through with it. He noticed and the light in his eyes flashed back into place for a mere second before he turned and made his way to our bus. He was giving me permission to go after her, to fix things for him. I sighed and weaved my way through the other cars making sure no one noticed my absence other than Jesse himself. Now where did that idiot go? I laughed to myself as I realized the real idiot was mopping on a school bus that was taking him back to our school.
"Did you come to rub it in?" I turned surprised she hadn't gone to tell everyone in New Directions what had happened. I smiled and joined her on the warm asphalt making sure my dress covered everything nicely. "To be honest, I wasn't really up for it. I came to apologize for the other members... including Jesse." she sniffled at the name. "Why should I accept?" I knew she wasn't talking about everyone else. She was focused on the person who had taken the final blow.
"Because I know him. Because he means it..." she looked at me questioningly. "Did you not notice the way he was looking at you? His body was practically screaming to run to you and shield you from the eggs. And, if you ask me, that's saying something because Jesse or his body never think about the well-being of others." she sat there listening, the tears gone. "I'm trying to figure out why you even came after me. I mean the bus left."
I laughed which earned another confused glance. "Jesse's in charge. The egg thing" I said pointing in the direction where the incident had occurred," was necessary to keep his "image" up. He's not known for caring. For anyone." "Yet you trust him enough to ditch your only ride?" I smirked. "I'm a big girl, Rachel, no boy is going to keep me from going home." she laughed. "I know you're probably scarred being a Vegan and all but-" "How did you know I was vegan?" my eyes widened. "You really do believe he doesn't care."
She turned away from me and looked down at her hands. "You're surprised?" I nodded. "Shocked actually. The way he talks about you I figured he had told you already." she sucked in a breath and I smiled to myself. Jesse will be Jesse. We sat in silence for a while before I decided we had thought about whatever we were thinking long enough. I quickly got up and dusted myself off. Offering her my hand I understood what made her different. She was just like him but not all the same. She was the emotion he needed in his life and God damn it all I was going to make sure things would be the way they should be with both of them.
"C'mon, let's get you cleaned up." We didn't talk about what had just happened anymore or anything related to it. We didn't act like we were enemies or best friends. We acted like people. Compared to the way some of the Vocal Adrenaline members acted this was a decent experience. When we finally made it out of the building it was dark outside and all the cars had left. Well, except for one. "Is that...?" "Don't worry he's gone." I said dragging her to Jesse's abandoned car. "Now, the keys should be in the ignition."
While I was fumbling around trying to figure out exactly how we were going to exit the parking lot Rachel just stood outside the passenger door staring. "You never told me exactly why you apologized for him." I shrugged and turned the car on. "I told you. I know him." "But why?" I sighed. "Do you want a ride or not?" she hesitated slightly before sliding into the familiar leather interior of what was the preferred St. James vehicle.
"He got on the bus even though he drove himself." I said after pulling up at a stop light. "He wouldn't just leave his car without someone to take it back for him unscathed." "But why apologize?" I sighed once again. "You're telling me it wasn't obvious that he was doing it unwillingly? That you were too blinded by your brief happiness to notice that his eyes were telling you to run away? You, Rachel Berry, are the most unobservant female I've ever met in my life." she frowned but I knew she finally understood.
