Hello readers! This is going to be a Jesse/Rachel fic. It won't really follow the actual plot of Glee though! So slightly AU!And I've made Jesse the same age as Rachel and the other Glee members! Read, enjoy and Review!

Summary: Rachel finally got together with Finn after the baby gate scandal. However, her dream relationship is not all she had thought it would be. Feeling as though she can never really please Finn or try hard enough for him, will the new mysterious Jesse make her remember who she was in the first place?

Our day will come

Chapter 1- Remember Rachel Berry?

Looking up at the Finn who had just thrust a drink into her hand, Rachel smiled up at him before squeezing his fingers in thanks. He grinned back down at her lopsidedly before turning back around to talk to Mike Chang. Rachel soon zoned out of the conversation when she realized that all they were going to talk about was football. Looking around the room she could see a lot of classmates from school drinking and having fun with friends or their respective boyfriends and girlfriends. Yet she had never felt more alone even as Finn's arm slid around her waist to hold her close. Soon she found herself thinking back over the previous few months...

After the baby gate scandal it hadn't taken Finn long to turn up at her door in tears. She had dragged him up to her room and sat away from him allowing him to get this out of his system. Rachel sat on teh edge of the bed as he cried out his pain. When he had stopped and looked up for her she moved towards him and let him hug her until the dull ache he felt subsided. That night they lay there like young lovers from a story book, side by side with their hands clasped as they slept.

It was one week later when they shared their first kiss as official boyfriend and girlfriend. Ever since, her status at McKinley High had sky rocketed. Rachel and Finn weren't the 'It' couple that Finn and Quinn had been but the masses of McKinley High seemed more receptive to this slightly obnoxious girlfriend rather than the previous bitchy ice queen that had reigned the school at his side. Rachel soon found the slushie attacks stopping immediately after Noah of all people let rip on a sophomore baseball player who had tried to look cool in front of his friends by throwing an icy beverage in her face. He soon found himself slammed against the metal lockers by self-proclaimed badass Puck who snarled at him to never think he would get away with that again. The junior had stumbled out an apology to Rachel and the congregating student body watched on in morbid fascination as Puck nodded slightly at Rachel who returned it with a small smile.

The teenagers of McKinley High soon realized that with Finn at her side and with Puck acting body guard, Rachel was now untouchable to the usual bullying tactics and soon they accepted her with little reluctance.

Shaking herself from her memories, Rachel smiled up at Finn before excusing herself to go to the bathroom. He kissed her on the lips lingeringly and she smiled sheepishly at Mike as she moved away.

In the bathroom she gazed at her reflection only to find a stranger looking back at her, with rouged lips, tight clothes and a plastic cup of beer in her hand.

'Since when did I dress so provocatively?' Rachel thought to herself.

Finn had been hinting at her outfits more and more and she had found herself buying clothes she would not usually wear rather than her beloved argyle skirts and woolly knee socks. She hadn't minded the attention she had been getting off Finn for her slight change in wardrobe but she found it slightly belittling when he came out with statements like, " You look so much better than usual Rach, thank god you're finally seeing sense."

'Had my previous clothes been that bad? Was I really that much of a loser who couldn't comprehend how to dress acceptably?'

The thought echoed through Rachels brain as she reminisced. Rachel silently noted that she had never really questioned herself on her behaviour before whether it concerned her clothing or her attitude to school. But after a few weeks of dressing in more revealing and fashionable clothes and trying to be more laid back like Finn had suggested she found that more people tended to be nicer to her seeing her as more normal and approachable instead of being the glee freak. The only exceptions had been her glee club friends who found the attitude change disconcerting. But they just didn't get it. The pressure to fit in and be a good girlfriend just sometimes got in the way and she had to prioritise!

Sure Rachel missed hanging out with them as much as she used to and not really sitting with them at lunch but Finn was also important to her and they had to accept that!

Looking at her reflection once more Rachel downing a huge gulp of her beer, emptying the cup. She smoothed her hair and the short body-con skirt before walking back out with her shoulders back and head held high. People gathered around tended not to pay much attention to her, smiling easily as she passed. In times like these when she looked at the fake enthusiasm plastered on peoples faces she missed her old friends who called her out on her actions, fought tooth and nail with her and shared a bond created from a love for music and eachother and thought she would rather be with them than at a party surrounded by these vultures just standing by waiting for her to slip up or use her as an attempt to get closer to the more popular people, namely her boyfriend. Rachel frowned at the empty plastic cup in her hand before moving towards the kitchen where the alcohol had been set up and poured herself a shot of some sort and downed it in one.

Not really expecting the alcohol to burn so much she clenched her eyes as they watered and coughed a little bit, trying to force the alcohol to stay down her throat.

"Easy there." A smooth voice called out as a slice of lime was pressed to her lips. "Bite down on this it will make it taste better I promise." Rachel slid the lime into her mouth and bit down, nearly sighing in relief as the lime cooled her throat. Turning to the place the unknown voice had came from she found herself looking up at one of the most beautiful boys she had ever seen and that was a generous compliment seeing as how she was surrounded by boys like Finn, Noah, Mike and Matt on a regular basis.

This stranger had a smooth face, sharp with high angular cheekbones and a jaw that looked like it had been chiselled from marble by the gods themselves with creamy, clear skin with sharp, intense blue eyes surrounded with thick eyelashes and a generous mouth that was twisted into a smirk he could only be described as stunning. Lime guy as she named him was tall, nearly as tall as Finn, but came short a few inches. Short but adorable messy curly hair completed his look. Rachel blushed when she realized he was smirking at her blatant inventory. She coughed lightly and ducked her head.

"Thanks...I guess I'm not as good at taking shots as I thought, no gag reflex or not!" She laughed nervously before turning beetroot red at what she had just said. Oh my Yahweh. Bravely looking up to see his reaction she felt herself smile at the look of surprise and humour on his face. "I can't believe that I said that. That is not a good way to make first impressions! Your going to think I'm some slu-"

Rachel stopped her verbal tirade to stare at the hand that had been thrust her way. Looking up at lime guy she hesitantly grasped his hand. She absently thought of how warm and strong it felt. " Jesse."

"I'm Rachel Berry."

"I know who you are Rachel Berry." He smirked.

"How? I've never seen you around before. You don't go to McKinley do you?" Rachel questioned. She nearly jumped out of her skin when a lightly muscled arm wrapped itself around her waist, Finn. Looking straight ahead at Jesse she saw his eyes narrow slightly.

"You were gone for ages Rach, so I thought I'd come look for you." He smiled down at her as he squeezed her hip. Rachel felt slightly irritated knowing that this was not an affectionate gesture but rather a possessive one.

"I told you I was going to the bathroom and then went to get a drink. Is that okay?" She smiled up at him smartly. The sarcasm was lost on Finn.

"Yeah Rachel, that's fine." Rachel distinctly heard a snort from Jesse and both she and Finn turned to look at him. He stared directly at Rachel. Feeling Finn shift even closer to her she looked up at his handsome boyish face.

"Who's your friend?" Jesse's eyes flickered away from Rachel as he glanced towards Finn. Unlike when he introduced himself to Rachel he didn't extend his hand to shake, he nodded instead. A harsh acknowledgement, meaning that his presence was noted but he wasn't really worth more than a few words.

"Jesse."

"Uhm… Hi. I'm Finn."

"Nice you meet you." Rachel rolled her eyes at the display of manliness going on in the room. She turned in her boyfriends arms, " Was there something you needed Finn?"

"Oh yeah, right. I was just going to say a few of us are going back to Mikes now if you want to? Or do you want me to leave you off at home?" Finn questioned.

Looking down at he watch she saw that it had just gone 1 in the morning. She looked around at all the unfamiliar unfriendly fake faces actively ignoring the handsome boy staring at her with an unidentifiable look.

" I think I'd like to go home. I have to be up at 6 to go on my elliptical anyways. Nothing like a good rigourous morning workout to start the day! I have ballet at 8 and contemporary dance tomorrow afternoon too. I think I should head home now rather than later? Can you drive or am I going to?"

"I'm gonna drive, I've only had a few beers." Finn walked towards the door and looked at her expectantly. "Well?"

"I'll be right out." He nodded and walked out the door without glancing back again causing Rachel to frown before she turned back towards the striking boy who was still looking at her strangely with a hint of a smile on his lips.

"Leaving so soon?"

"Dance classes early in the morning. I'm sorry about Finn, he's a little…"

"A jackass?"

"Protective was the word I was going to use. I should get going...It was nice to meet you Jesse." She smiled brilliantly at him before she turned and made to move towards the door. She was prevented by the big warm hand wrapped around her forearm. Rachel turned her head Jesse in Jesse's direction, an eyebrow raised in question.

"Maybe next time I see you around , I can teach you how to properly take a shot of tequila?" He smiled at her, disarming her with the way the smile transformed his face, allowing it to appear softer as his eyes sparkled.

"Maybe." Rachel whispered out as she moved out of his reach and towards the exit and her boyfriend.

"I'll be seeing you around Rachel Berry."

Leaving the room Rachel had a feeling that after tonight her life may never be the same again. She couldn't say that the idea didn't excite her.