Rachel POV

We had lost Regionals, to Vocal Adrenaline. Everyone was down in the dumps over it, but had gotten slightly picked up after hearing we had another year of Glee.

Mr. Shuester had told us to take the summer off, but then only a few weeks later he had told us we had gotten chosen to go to this four week camp for show choirs, everyone was ecstatic.

The morning had come for us to leave and I had my pink suitcase with a gold star on the front all packed and sitting at the foot of my bed.

I picked up my bags and went downstairs and prepared to walk out the door.

"Bye Daddies! I'll see you in a month." I yelled and they came over to give me a hug.

"Have a good time, honey. Do you want breakfast or something before you leave?" They asked.

"No thanks, Quinn and Puck are already outside to take me to school." I told them, Quinn and I had grown very close, she had gotten a lot nicer after she had Beth and she helped me go through what had happened with Jesse, she said she knew how it hurt to love someone who wasn't good for you but if it's meant to be it will work out.

We had spent nights of sleep overs, talking about boys, going shopping, and getting our nails done. She had become my bestfriend, and I was hers.

I ran out the door and put my bags in the trunk and climbed in the backseat of Puck's car.

We arrived at school about ten minutes later and loaded our things onto the bus.

There was enough room for everyone to have their own seat so Puck and Quinn sat next to each other and I sat in front of Quinn and Finn sat next to me. He had talked about wanting to be in a relationship but I told him I wasn't ready yet after what happened with Jesse, the truth was I wasn't sure I even wanted to be in a relationship with him but I still wanted him as a friend and I didn't want to lose him when I was going through such a hard heartbreak.

The bus had just started moving when Mr. Shue stood up and started smiling.

"Alright guys this is about a five hour trip so you may want to make yourselves comfortable, but it will all be worth it."

He sat back down and I started pulling my iPod out and turned to talk to Quinn, but Finn tapped me on the shoulder and I turned and looked at him.

"Are you excited? I think this will be good for you, you can focus on music and not have to worry about St Jerk. Plus, there's a beach! You can lie out in the sun and relax." He said smiling. I smiled back at him.

"Thanks Finn, I am excited. I think it will be a good experience for the team." I told him before turning my face to the window and turning the volume on my iPod loud enough so I couldn't hear anyone else, I set "Hello" on repeat and drifted off to sleep with Jesse's voice in my head.

Hours passed until I felt a hand touch my shoulder and I recognized it to be Finn's because it was rather large, "Rachel wake up, we're here."

Jesse POV

I woke up the morning to leave for a summer camp Vocal Adrenaline goes to every year. It was the first time in months I was excited. I actually loved coming here, it was a place I could get away from my drunken parents when they were home, or my empty house, or this time, my screwed up life.

I walked down the stairs with my bags and walked out the door, not bothering to leave my parents a note because odds are they forgot about this, or they won't even notice I'm gone. They were still passed out in their bedroom from the drinking the night before, not even awake to see their only son off for month. But it was nothing new, they'd sometimes go on vacation for a month and call twice when they were gone.

I got into my Range Rover and drove to Carmel. When I got onto the bus the annoying female lead, Andrea, was sitting in the middle of the bus.

"Hi Jesse! I saved you a seat!" She yelled and I walked straight passed her, not even looking at her. I went to the very back of the bus and sat down and immediately pulled my iPod out. Andrea was a spoiled bitch, I know it sounds rude but it's true. It was her idea to egg Rachel, TP the McKinley choir room, and she was constantly bugging me about going out. She said the two best singers should be together, it was just how it was supposed to be.

After I started dating Rachel and she found out she tried to convince me to break up with her, she kept saying the best singers should date and I should drop Rachel.

I told her that the best singers were together, because Rachel made her sound like a beached whale. She had dropped it for awhile, but after I returned to Carmel she started up again and it got even worse.

I turned my iPod up so loud so I couldn't hear the whispers Andrea was saying to everyone else on the team asking if they knew what was wrong with me.

I played Lionel Richie's "Hello" until I fell asleep.

Hours had passed and I felt I shaking hand lightly tap my shoulder, I slowly opened my eyes to see a little freshman girl whose name I did not know. Andrea had probably sent her so I didn't yell at her.

"Uh, Jesse. We're here." She said quickly and ran off the bus. I slowly got up and gathered my things and walked off the bus.

Shelby came walking next to me. "Come on Jesse, I know you're still upset about Rachel but you've got to quit moping, maybe you should use this month to get over her. There's going to be other schools here, maybe you can meet someone new?" She said and I gave a glare.

"I'm not moping, in case you've forgotten Jesse St James doesn't mope." I told her angrily, "And maybe I don't want to get over her."

Shelby gave me an angry look "Jesse don't break her heart again."

"I broke her heart on your orders!" I yelled at her.

"I told you to befriend her, I didn't say date her. And it was your idea to transfer to McKinley." She told me.

"Please, have you seen me? Have you heard me sing? There's no way she could ever just be friends with me." I said arrogantly.

"Jesse, knock off the arrogance."

"It doesn't even matter, I haven't seen her in a month and I'm going to be here for a month so there's no chance of seeing her, she's probably with that giant oaf by now anyway." I said stalking off.

She sighed and said "That's what you think…." I didn't want to talk to her anymore so I kept walking and didn't process what she had just said.

It was starting to drizzle out so I put my hood up and kept walking, this was the fourth time I'd been here so I knew where to go, but one thing did take me by surprise…

I saw four other busses but didn't bother to look and see what school's name was on it. I continued to walk to the main hall where orientation was, until I heard a familiar voice that stopped me in my tracks.

"Excuse me sir, my name is Rachel Berry and this my first year here, could you tell me where to go?" My heart jumped in my chest when I heard Rachel Berry, I slowly turned around to see her face smiling, but her eyes still full of hurt, hurt caused by me.

"Rachel?"

"Jesse?"

We stood there just staring at each other until she broke the silence and spoke.

"Wh-a-at are you doing here?" She spoke quietly.

"Vocal Adrenaline comes here every year." I replied just as quietly.

We stood there staring at each in the rain for minutes, until Quinn came over from behind me so she didn't see who Rachel was talking too.

"Rachel what are you doing? It's raining." She said and then she saw me.

"Quinn." I said as a statement but she replied "Jesse?" More like a question.

Before I could speak that Hudson guy was walking over.

"Rachel, Quinn? Why are you guys standing out here in the rain?" He asked before turning towards me, "St James?" He said.

"Hudson." I replied to him.

"Why are you here? Or a better question would be why are you talking to her?" He asked angrily.

"Vocal Adrenaline comes here every year, so stop pretending like I over stepped a little McKinley boundary or something. As for your second question, it is a free country and I can talk to whom I please and so may Rachel." I began and I felt my heart twinge when I said her name. "And she was only asking for directions."

He sneered at me before putting his arm around Rachel's shoulder, where my arm used to go. "Come on Rach, let's go. We have to get our cabin assignments."

She put her arm around his waist, the same place she used to put her arm around mine. And they walked off toward the main hall, but Rachel's head kept turning back to look at me and I stood there, not taking my eyes off of her until she reached the door. Quinn, surprisingly, stayed standing next to me in the rain.

I was about to say something but it seemed like Quinn read my mine because she spoke first, "They're not together. It looks like she's trying to make you jealous." After that she walked away and entered the mess hall leaving me standing there.

"She wants jealous? I'll show her how to make somebody jealous…" I whispered quietly to myself before walking into the main hall and sitting right next to Andrea and gave her the famous Jesse St James smile and her face beamed. But when I looked up I saw Rachel glancing over from her table to me, her face red in anger.

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