Reprise

A Rachel/Jesse fanfiction

Note: I do not own any Glee characters. I am a huge fan of the Rachel/Jesse pairing and am secretly hoping that they get back together or at least that Jonathan Groff makes a brief reappearance in season 3.

Rachel Berry really found it impossible to move on from Jesse St James. She mostly kept this to herself though because everyone else in New Directions pretty much thought he was a scumbag. After the incident where she got dumped on the head with rotten eggs by everyone in Vocal Adrenaline and Jesse was sneering right along with them she felt hate for him at that moment. Since he had gone to UCLA she longed for a way reconnect with him. Mostly to let him know that she forgave him.. perhaps even if a long distance dating relationship wouldn't work at the very least they could still be friends.

One afternoon in Spanish class the phone rang "Rachel, there's a message for you down at the office." Mr. Schuester said.

Rachel was curious about what could be awaiting her down at Principal Figgins's office. She rarely got in trouble.. she hoped this was nothing too serious.

She was surprised to see a young boy in a Vocal Adrenaline uniform standing in the lobby of the front office.

"Hi, I'm Evan and this is Daniel. Your mom told us to drop this off for you."

Rachel's mom Shelby was the coach of Vocal Adrenaline. She had been largely absent from Rachel's life until last year. Up until that point Rachel had known nothing different then living with her two gay dads. Rachel was still getting used to having her mom back in her life so wasn't willing to get into a situation where she lived with her mom and her two gay dads. Her two gay dads were not even aware that Shelby and Rachel were in contact.

"She could have dropped it by my house later." Rachel said.

"She wasn't sure when your dads were gonna be home." The taller boy Daniel said.

Evan handed her the envelope. Rachel's heartbeat sped up when she saw the return address label.

'UCLA! It's from Jesse!' she thought excitedly.

She smiled at the two boys.

"Thank you so much. The two of you just made my day!"

"You're welcome." Evan said and Rachel departed from the front office.

Later that afternoon after New Directions rehearsal when she was in the privacy of her room she opened the letter from Jesse.

It read

Dear Rachel,

I hiope sophomore year is going well. College is a lot harder than high school. I am in a select chorus and an acapella chorus. I hope everything with New Directions is going well. I hope to come back for Regionals later this year. I am not sure if Vocal Adrenaline is competing yet but even if they aren't I still want to support you. You really have a lot of talent Rachel and so does everyone else in New Directioons. You guys should have came in second last year instead of the other team.

I also wanted to let me know that I am really sorry for the incident with throwing eggs at you in the parking lot. Please know that I didn't mean to gang up on you like that. The other guys put me in a tough position. I never meant to hurt you. I hope you can forgive me and that we can still be friends.

Love

Jesse

Rachel's jaw was absolutely scraping the bedspread in shock. Jesse had respect for her talent and New Directions talent? He wanted to see her again? She was filled with so much joy she didn't know where to begin. Would people in New Directiions be accepting to her being in contact with him? They all pretty much hated her. She certainly couldn't tell her dads because they had no clue whatsoever that Shelly was back in the picture.

'Who can I confide in? The thought that constantly plagued her mind.