Hi guys, so this is my first ever fan fiction attempt, but I just love Jesse and Rachel together and believe they were made for each other. This is based off their last meeting, the song choice for nationals and the chemistry they've always had between them. Please forgive any grammatical errors and please review with any constructive criticism or if you like it.
She saw him four years later sitting in her favourite coffee shop. He was just the same, his curls that he was running his hands through whilst frustrated, his perfect show face and his charm. She could see the waitress trying to slip him her number and she wasn't sure that he wouldn't have accepted if at that moment he hadn't seen her.
Exiting the shop again she tried unsuccessfully to avoid him and realised as soon as he said her name she knew that she couldn't escape. Resigned she turned around to face him again, realising her mistake as he took her breath away and so she responded a little more harshly than she intended;
'What do you want Jesse?'
'I just wanted to say hello, how is auditioning for Broadway going?'
'Well actually I landed a small part in Spring Awakening.' She told him politely, unsure of his motives.
'Really, because they asked me to be lead for that.'
'Of course they did,' she said a little angrily walking off at the same time.
Startled he didn't even question why he was still following her but instead chased up the street.
'Why Rach, what's wrong with that? I thought we would be able to work together professionally and that it would be fun.'
'What's wrong with that is I practically screamed out my love for you at nationals, and told you that I had realised that Finn wasn't right for me and yet you didn't see me after the competition except to tell me that you wished him and I well and that you looked forward to when took over Broadway.'
- Flashback -
Her phone beeped and Jesse's number showed up across her screen with a text asking her to meet him before she left. Hurrying across the foyer ten minutes later she felt like she was betraying Finn since they were still technically engaged. Sighing she thought to herself about how even he should've realised that she didn't love him anymore and that she still had feelings for Jesse.
For Christ's sake she had picked Paradise by the Dashboard Light knowing that Finn and her would be picked for leads. Shuester had given her a funny look when she has suggested it but with everyone else agreeing he had simply accepted it.
In her reminiscing she bumped into someone and stopping to apologise she realised it was Jesse and felt her blush deepen.
'Do you always crash into people in the middle of the night?' he teased her gently
'Shush, you know I don't and that I was just distracted.'
'Anyway I won't keep you long, I just wanted to say that if my team had to lose today it was only because of you. You were incredible today and that's why you won, you deserved this. Also I wanted to say congratulations on your engagement to Finn again and this time I actually mean it. He makes you happy and so I'm glad you have him. This is goodbye I suppose because I'm not going back with my team, now that Vocal Adrenaline's rein has ended there is no point.'
'Thankyou Jesse, I did tell you we would win though.'
Before she could say anything else he pulled her in for one last hug, holding on tightly before abruptly letting go and walking away.
She had watched him leave and didn't even notice the tears streaming down her face until she had seen Santana when she was heading back to her room.
- End of Flashback -
He continued to chase her down the street as she stormed away, trying to escape the flow of memories that he always brought with him.
'If you were telling me how much you love me then why did you not break up with him? I can't always be second best Rach, I loved you and you broke my heart for someone who never truly appreciated or understood you.'
'But Jesse…'
'No buts,' he cut her off, 'I can't keep doing this, I'll see you at rehearsal,' he said walking away.
The next day Rachel wasn't sure if she was actually looking forward to rehearsal.
'Honestly what's not to love about him acting out his love for someone else?' She thought irritably.
'Wait am I jealous?'
Rehearsal was going well, she hadn't actually had to speak to him until the female lead fell during a dance and broke her leg. Since Rachel's audition had naturally been the best, she just didn't have the experience, she was now the lead for it. And she was now expressing her feelings for Jesse, feelings she had hidden inside her since the last time that she had seen him.
'No she wouldn't think about that now,' she decided. However even with that tears started streaming down her face.
- Flashback -
She was walking up to Finn's room now, deciding that she should break it off with him right now. Obviously she had feelings for Jesse. She didn't get butterflies in her stomach seeing Finn, and her heart definitely didn't skip a beat when he said her name. She had tears streaming down her face until she saw Santana.
'That bitch,' she's leaving Finn's room, 'I bet they've been seeing each other this entire time and I was just too stupid to realise.'
Seeing Finn, now leaning against the doorframe of his room trying to pretend that he hadn't been doing anything, she lost her temper and before she knew it there was the sound of a slap and her palm was stinging.
'Well that's not what I planned but it will do,' she mused.
The trip home had been quiet after that with everyone seeming to realise the tension in the air even though they had won.
- End of Flashback -
She walked in to rehearsal to find him casually leaning against the wall with her favourite coffee.
'I figured that since we're going to be working a lot together now that I should offer a truce.'
'Fine.' She said defensively.
'Good because they want to hear how our voices work together with something different.'
Rachel:
He is sensible and so incredible
And all my single friends are jealous
He says everything I need to hear and it's like
I couldn't ask for anything better
Jesse:
He opens up her door and she gets into his car
And he says you look beautiful tonight
And she feels perfectly fine
Both:
But I miss screaming and fighting and kissing in the rain
And it's 2am and I'm cursing your name
You're so in love that you act insane
And that's the way I loved you
Breakin' down and coming undone
It's a roller coaster kinda rush
And I never knew I could feel that much
And that's the way I loved you
Rachel:
He respects my space
And never makes me wait
And he calls exactly when he says he will
Jesse:
He's close to her mother
And talks business with her father
He's charming and endearing
And she's comfortable
Both:
But I miss screaming and fighting and kissing in the rain
And it's 2am and I'm cursing your name
You're so in love that you act insane
And that's the way I loved you
Breakin' down and coming undone
It's a roller coaster kinda rush
And I never knew I could feel that much
And that's the way I loved you
Rachel:
He can't see the smile I'm faking
And my heart's not breaking
Cause I'm not feeling anything at all
And you were wild and crazy
Just so frustrating, intoxicating
Complicated, got away by some mistake and now
Both:
But I miss screaming and fighting and kissing in the rain
And it's 2am and I'm cursing your name
You're so in love that you act insane
And that's the way I loved you
Breakin' down and coming undone
It's a roller coaster kinda rush
And I never knew I could feel that much
And that's the way I loved you, oh, oh
Jesse:
And that's the way I loved you oh, oh
Never knew I could feel that much
And that's the way I loved you
By the end of the song they were both really close, looking at each other as if they were daring the other to make the first move, but the moment was broken by the casting director;
'Great job kids, if all your performances are as good as this one then we have nothing to worry about. Ok, you all have the rest of the day off and the real work begins again tomorrow. Miss Berry have Mr St. James help you out with the choreography.'