Hey guys! Thanks for coming to my story and I hope you enjoy it!

Authors Note: It's about one month into the school year. Jesse is off in California and he and Rachel haven't spoke since the "egg incident". Rachel and Quinn are bestfriends and Rachel and Finn tried a relationship over the summer but he ended up cheating on her with Santana.

Rachel Berry was a strong girl, she was smart, talented, and was really going places, (Broadway she preferred.) So why is this strong girl sitting in her room watching musicals, eating ice cream, and crying?

Two Weeks Earlier

Rachel Berry had just got off the phone with her two-month boyfriend Finn Hudson. They were supposed to go out that night, but he called saying he had the flu and we couldn't go out.

She had just remembered that he said a few days earlier his mother was going to be out of town on business for the week. She didn't want him to be alone when he was sick and have no one to take care of him. She'll take him over some soup.

About a half hour later the soup was finished and she got in her car and drove to Finn's house.

She assumed he was upstairs in his room so she let herself in, he had showed her where the spare key was one night when he forgot his key. She walked upstairs to his bedroom to see him with Santana. He was lying over her, his lips pressed to hers.

I dropped the bowl of soup and it spilled all over the floor and his head flew up.

"Rachel! What are you doing here!" He yelled getting off of Santana who sat there and said nothing.

"I felt bad you were sick, home alone. I brought you soup." Rachel said quietly. "You can eat it off the floor you pig!" She yelled before running out of the room with tears in her eyes and another broken heart.

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Rachel Berry was sitting in her bed curled up in a blanket, squeezing a care bear when she saw the door open and her best friend Quinn walk in with a smile.

"Rachel, sweetie, what's wrong?" Quinn asked sitting down next to Rachel on her bed. Rachel laid her head on Quinn's shoulder and she spoke again. "Finn or Jesse?"

"Both."

One Month Earlier

"Rachel what's wrong?" Quinn Frabray asked to the girl staring off into the ceiling in her best friend's room.

"Nothing." Rachel muttered back.

Quinn raised her eyebrows at her and Rachel spoke again "Jesse leaves for California today."

"Well then what are you doing! Go talk to him." Quinn yelled.

Rachel rolled her eyes but a few minutes later muttered, "You think?"

"Yes! Go, take my car!" Quinn yelled throwing her car keys to Rachel. Rachel sat up and smiled before running out of the house to Quinn's car.

She took the same familiar route Jesse took when he would take her back to his home. She arrived in twenty-five minutes and ran up the stairs and knocked on the door.

A few seconds later a short, Hispanic woman opened the door and she recognized her as Maria, the St James maid.

"Oh Rachel! I haven't seen you in so long what are you doing here?" She asked excitingly.

"I'm here to see Jesse, where is he?" Rachel answered bluntly.

"Oh I'm sorry honey. He left for California, an hour ago." Maria answered.

"Oh." Was all that could escape Rachel's mouth. She nodded to the woman who shut the door. Rachel walked to Quinn's car and started to drive back to Quinn's house, with tears in her eyes.

She arrived back at Quinn's house in the same amount of time it took her to get to Jesse's.

She walked back into Quinn's bedroom and hugged her tightly.

Rachel whispered in her ear, "He's gone."

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"Come on Rach, let's go shopping! That always makes you feel better!" Quinn said excitingly. Rachel nodded her head and got up and got dressed and walked outside to Quinn's car and they made their way to the mall.

They were walking around and Quinn turned into Victoria's Secret.

"Quinn do we really have to go in here?" Rachel asked unenthusiastically.

"Please Rachel! I think Puck and I are going to go to that next level and-" She began to say but Rachel opened her mouth to speak but Quinn cut her off, "Shut up, I know we already had a kid but we gave her up for adoption and we only had sex that one time." Quinn said and Rachel nodded and she continued, "I want something special, something sexy."

Rachel rolled her eyes and nodded and they walked into the store. Quinn immediately found something walked into the dressing room. Rachel watched to make sure Quinn wasn't coming out and started looking at a piece of lingerie.

When she peaked at the price tag Quinn walked out of the dressing room.

"Who's that for?" She asked excitingly.

"N-No o-one." Rachel stuttered out.

Quinn smiled, "It's pretty, you should buy it." Quinn said before looking in the mirror at herself.

"You think?" Rachel asked holding it up to herself. Quinn nodded, but kept her eyes focused on herself.

They shopped around a little more but Quinn ended up buying the first thing she tried on and a few other things, Rachel did end up buying the piece of lingerie she was looking at after some convincing from Quinn.

Quinn and Rachel went back to Rachel's house and went up to her room and started flipping through the TV channels. Quinn was under the covers eating ice cream and Rachel was sitting next to her.

"Ooh! Romeo and Juliet!" Quinn said turning the channel to the movie playing on TBS.

Quinn got wrapped up in the movie and didn't hear Rachel.

"I miss my Romeo…" Rachel whispered lightly.

"Did you say something?" Quinn asked not taking her eyes off the television screen.

"N-N-No, nothing." Rachel stuttered out.

"Yes you did. What'd you say?" Quinn asked turning towards Rachel.

"I said I miss my Romeo." Rachel said sighing.

"Jesse?" Quinn asked and Rachel nodded. "What about Finn, you only broke up two weeks ago."

Rachel sighed again, but Quinn spoke. "Who do you love?"

"Finn never smashed an egg on forehead….." Rachel said not answering Quinn's question so she repeated, "Who do you love?"

"But Jesse never cheated on me….." Rachel said, still not answering her question.

"God dammit Rachel! WHO DO YOU LOVE?" Quinn yelled and Rachel didn't answer.

Quinn rolled her eyes but turned her attention back to the movie for now.

After the movie was over Quinn went home and Rachel went to bed thinking about her Romeo and Juliet romance with Jesse St James. Why was everything easier when it was like that, it got more difficult after he transferred! And then transferred back….but still.

She drifted to sleep and awoke the next morning in a sweat.

"I love him." She whispered before grabbing her cell phone and dialing Quinn's number.

"Rachel? It's seven o'clock on a Saturday, what's wrong?" Quinn asked.

"Quinn! I love him! I love Jesse!" Rachel yelled ecstatically. Quinn smiled on the other end of the phone line.

"I know." Quinn said.

"What do I do now?" Rachel asked, puzzled.

"Isn't it obvious?" Quinn asked and Rachel scrunched her eyebrows. "Go see him!"

"He's in California!" Rachel yelled at the irrational suggestion.

"So! Get a plane ticket and go see him!" Quinn yelled back.

Rachel sat there pondering the idea before speaking, "Alright, come pick me up in a half hour."

Quinn smiled, "Wait, why do I have to come get you? You can drive."

"Because I can't leave my car parked in the airport parking lot." Rachel responded.

"Okay, fine. But you better be ready so get your butt moving and start packing. I'll see you in a bit." Quinn said and hung up the phone.

She pulled out her suitcase and starting throwing the necessities in. She was going to be in California so she packed mostly shorts and skirts and t-shirts and tank tops, her make-up, her tooth brush and tooth paste, her brush, a bottle of Tylenol, her swimsuit, and on the very top she placed her new piece of lingerie.

She watched out her window and saw Quinn pull up in the drive way. She grabbed her bag and ran down the stairs.

When she reached the door she opened it up and yelled to her fathers, "Bye Daddies! I'll see you in a few days." She was halfway down the driveway when her fathers were at the door yelling at her.

"Rachel Barbara Berry get back in here!" Her father Leroy yelled. She reached Quinn's car and climbed in.

"Where are you going?" Hiram yelled after his daughter.

Before Rachel shut the car door she yelled out to her fathers, "California!"

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