Jessie's Mistake

It's been a hard couple years for Rachel Berry. High school just wasn't living up to what she thought. She finally got her dream to be Finn Hudson's girlfriend. Then her bad luck started after they broke-up. She met Jessie St. James who in the beginning treated her like his singing queen. Then along the way everything changed when Dave Karofsky asked her out on a date. She didn't even know why she agreed but she did. It took a lot therapy to get over that night.

It was at that point that Rachel started to pull away from her friends in New Directions. No one knew the hell that she's been though. She felt that she unappreciated, that she was taking an empty chair. It tears her up on the inside to know that even Finn doesn't see her clearly. So she had a decision to make and it was a hard one, but she knew that it was what Jessie wanted her to do.

Rachel was walking around the halls of William McKinley High School fighting the tears that were threatening to run down her cheeks. Her decision was made, holding a letter for Mr. Schuester. Now she had to decide on how to give it to him. Rachel had to hold it together for now. Coming around the corner she ran into a fellow glee member Artie Abrams.

"Oh, sorry Artie." Rachel said holding in the tears.

"That's alright Rachel." Artie told her.

"Will you give this to Mr. Schue for me?" Rachel asked handing the letter to him.

"Sure, are you alright Rachel?" Artie asked.

"I will be good luck." Rachel said walking towards the front of the school.

Artie quickly wheeled into the choir room for glee club. Where the other members weren't noticing that Rachel was missing.

"Mr. Schue, Rachel asked me to you this." Artie said handing him the letter.

"Thank you Artie." Mr. Schue said opening the letter.

Mr. Schue,

I'm so sorry to have to do this to New Directions, but I have decided to quit. Singing just doesn't hold the same happiness it once had for me. Please give the solos to Finn or Artie they really deserve that. You will still be the greatest group without me. I will always remain New Directions number one fan.

Love,

Rachel Berry

"Guys, we have a problem." Mr. Schue said.

"What's going on?" Finn asked.

"Rachel has quit." Mr. Schue told them.

"WHAT! She loves glee." Finn said.

"I knew something was wrong." Artie said.

"Is she still here?" Finn asks.

"Don't think so, she was going towards the front of the school." Artie said.

Meanwhile, Rachel went home to meet up with Jessie.

"Jessie, are you here?" Rachel calls out.

"In your room Rachel." Jessie answered.

"Hi baby." Rachel greeted him with a kiss to keep him happy.

"Hello." Jessie smiled.

"We need to talk Jessie." Rachel said.

"Alright." Jessie agreed.

"I quit New Directions, but I need time to myself." Rachel said.

Jessie then started hitting her. And this time it looked like he wasn't going to stop.

"Please Jessie, I'm sorry." Rachel cried out.

"No you went too far this time." Jessie yelled at her.

"Please stop I promise not to leave you!" Rachel pleaded.

-McKinley High-

"We have to get her back, we need her." Mercedes said.

"But how?" Artie asked.

"One of us has to talk to her and make her listen." Mercedes said.

"The only one that has a chance is..." Puck said.

"Is me." Finn finished.

"Is this something you think you are up too Finn?" Mr. Schue asked knowing that they were having trouble being friends again.

"I have to be, Puck will you go with me?" Finn asked fearing that something was super wrong.

"Of course, when do you want to go?" Puck asked.

"Now." Finn told him.

They quickly got into Finn's truck and drove to Rachel's house. They went up to the front door only to hear Rachel screaming luckily the door was unlocked. Finn's heart raced as he ran up the stairs in the direction of Rachel's screams. Then all of a sudden the scream stopped. And all he could think was "Please Rach don't be dead." Then someone ran down the stairs and out the front door.

"Puck, call the police and 911 and I'm going to check on Rach." Finn said.

"Go ahead." Puck said seeing that Finn was really worried about Rachel.

When Finn walked into his Rachel's room he couldn't believe what he saw. Rachel was covered in bruises from head to toe. He didn't even hear Puck come in to tell him that help was on the way. All he knew was he wasn't going to leave Rachel's side. He even rode with her to the hospital.

Puck drove Finn's truck to meet him at the hospital. On the way Puck called Mr Schuester to let them know what was going on.

"Mr. Schue, you need to get glee to the hospital now, Rachel is in trouble." Puck said.

"Alright, do I need to call anyone on the way?" Mr. Schue asked.

"Kurt, Rachel will need all of her friends." Puck said.

"I agree." Mr. Schue said.

"It doesn't look good Mr. Schue." Puck told him.

"Alright, we will meet you there." Mr. Schue said.

"What's going on?" Mercedes asked.

"Rachel's being rushed to the hospital, we need to go now, it doesn't look good." Mr. Schue told them.

They all rushed to their cars while Artie gets a ride with his teacher.

"Kurt, this is Mr. Schue, Rachel was just rushed to the hospital, please come home, New Directions needs you." Mr. Schue said.

"Of course, I'm on my way." Kurt said.

Once at the hospital they all met up with Puck to find out what happened.

"Rachel, had a boyfriend that we had no clue about I'm guessing, that is true right?" Puck asked.

Everyone shook their heads that no one knew about Rachel's boyfriend. He told them everything that went on at Rachel's house. No one could believe any of what they were hearing. Within the hour they heard Rachel yelling at Finn to get out of her room. And when Finn finally came out he looked defeated. Soon after that one of Rachel's dads came running and went right into Rachel's room and all they could hear was Rachel crying.

They all wanted answers but had to wait for Rachel to tell them. They guessed that her dad was able to talk her into talking to Finn again. And Rachel was hoping that she would still have one friend after telling him her story.