A/N: Hello! Not my first attempt at writing ever, but my first attempt in years. So if I'm a little rusty, I'm sorry. This is just going to be a series of oneshots featuring my original character, Jess Nolan, and one or more character from the TV show Glee. Some chapters may be serious, some not so serious. All are part of the same storyline; they just may not be in order. Please review! It helps with motivation and learning what to do better!

This first chapter is set during Klaine's breakup.

"Everything reminds me of him."

It was 3:56 on a gloomy Friday afternoon, and Jess was spending some quality time with her bow-tied best friend, Blaine Anderson, in her bedroom. It had been nearly a month since the ex-Warbler and the NYADA student had broken up, but to Blaine, it was as if they'd just parted ways the day before. Blaine was as miserable as he had been the day they separated, and as Blaine's closest friend, Jess had been there for him from the beginning.

"It'll get better, Blaine," Jess assured him, tossing her messenger bag onto the nearby chair and turning to give Blaine a stern look. The two had just gotten out of their Glee club's scheduled Friday after-school meeting, and Jess was hoping that a weekend of fun would help her friend feel better. She couldn't stand seeing him like this. "Time heals all wounds. I know that saying's incredibly overused, but it's also incredibly true. Trust me." Slipping her cell phone out of the front pocket of her jeans, she turned the screen on and unlocked it. As she was fiddling with it, she added, "I'm going to text Sam and we're going to go out tonight. And we're going to have fun."

Blaine pursed his lips, setting his messenger bag onto the bed before sitting down next to it. "I don't know. I think I might want to stay in tonight. Watch a few movies, maybe." He shrugged, leaning back and propping himself up on his hands.

Jess raised her gaze from her phone to her friend, a look of disapproval on her face. "Yeah? Watch a few movies that you and Kurt used to watch all the time? Maybe eat some popcorn like you two used to eat every time you watched them and literally rub salt in your wounds?" she accused.

Sometimes Blaine hated that she knew him so well. "Where are we going?" he gave in, slipping his shoes off and leaning down to straighten them.

Jess returned her eyes to her phone as she heard the notification tone go off. "That new place Sam's been talking about, probably. Panther," she answered as she replied to Sam's text message. "It's his turn to pick. I'd be surprised if he didn't pick that." Once she was finished sending her reply, she slid her phone back into her pocket and joined Blaine on her bed. "Do you want to talk about it?"

Blaine was silent for a moment. Did he want to talk about it? He'd talked about it an awful lot over the past few weeks, and it's not like he ever had any new things to say. He was hurt. He was depressed. He was ashamed of himself. He hated himself. He was miserable. He missed Kurt. He wished he could turn back time. He was surprised Jess didn't get tired of hearing the same things over and over again, but he supposed he'd do the same for her if their roles were reversed. He didn't want them to be. He wouldn't wish this pain on his worst enemy. "I just- I miss him." That's how he started out all of their talks. The ones about his situation, anyway. "I didn't mean to hurt him. I never... I never meant for this to happen." He would do anything to have Kurt back, anything to take back what he did. But wishing was getting him nowhere so far.

Jess thought about what he was saying. He'd talked about this before with her, but she would have to go about it differently this time. Simple support and sympathy wasn't helping any. She sighed, running a hand through her close-cut dark brown hair. "Do you want my honest opinion?" she asked, raising her eyebrows at Blaine.

Blaine looked the tomboy in the eyes and, after a moment of what Jess assumed to be him deciding whether or not he did, in fact, want her honest opinion, he nodded. "I think you two are meant to be. And I think that if you show Kurt that you really mean business, that you really regret what you did, and that you really are trying to earn his trust back, then eventually things will work out. But I also think that focusing on it and letting it eat away at you and stressing out about it so much isn't going to help at all. Relax, Blaine," Jess told him, scooting closer to him to put what she hoped was a comforting hand on his shoulder. "If you guys are supposed to be together, and you do your best to show him that you're there for him no matter what and that you would never cheat on him again, you will be together. Don't worry about it. Don't stress about it. Have fun. You've only got one life. Don't waste it making yourself miserable over something you can't help. Go out with me and Sam, talk to people, maybe get a little drunk, have some fun with us. Believe me; you'll feel a lot better once you realize that the only thing keeping it from happening is you."

Blaine stared at Jess for a moment, processing what she was trying to tell him. "I think-" he whispered finally, after a full minute of silence. Clearing his throat, he tried again, "I think I can try that."

Jess grinned, proud of him for agreeing to try, and proud of herself for actually giving what she considered to be good advice. That didn't happen too often. "Good. We're leaving at nine, so we'd better get some homework done if we want to be ready in time."

"Don't even mention The Winter Soldier to me; I haven't seen it yet and I'm bitter as hell about it," Jess slurred to a mostly-sober man who looked to be in his early twenties who, she assumed, had seen her Captain America t-shirt and decided to chat her up. "I refuse to let it be spoiled for me." She grimaced, twirling the scotch in her tumbler as she glared down at it. "And if that's your attempt at flirting, don't waste your time," she added before pouring the rest of the alcohol down her throat. The man hesitated before apparently deciding that the odds were not in his favor tonight and leaving in search of more easily seduced women.

Jess vaguely noticed that the man had disappeared as she turned to look for her companions. Scanning the club, she spotted Sam on the dance floor with a girl who looked about their age, trying out his impressions on her, it looked like. Jess smiled; Sam was a sweetheart. He hoped this girl could appreciate him and his.. skills.

Continuing her search, she found Blaine at one of the tables at the other end of the room. A boy was sitting across from him, but she couldn't see what he looked like; he was facing away from her. It seemed the Blaine wasn't the one talking at the moment, but there was one thing that caught Jess's eye that she hadn't seen in a while: a smile. A genuine smile. Jess smiled as she saw Blaine catch her eye, his face reddening as he quickly returned his attention back to the boy he was sitting across from.

Well, it's a start, Jess thought, and turned back around to order another scotch.

Well, I hope you all liked it! Please please please review, it really helps. Also, if you guys have any idea what I can download (for free) that's better than using Notepad, I'd appreciate it if you'd let me know. At the moment, I'm stuck with it, and I'd really like to be able to use things like italics and such.

Until next time!