A/N: Hey guys! So I've changed my pen name from to oOJBGleekOo. For those of you who read my Camp Rock Stories I'll try to update those as soon as I can. I just got inspiration for this and I really wanted to write it. I love Glee and so I decided to write this story. Hope you guys enjoy it!
After performing "My Life Would Suck without You" for Mr. Schuster, all the kids headed home. Rachel however decided to go to the bookstore because one of her dad's birthdays was coming up. He loved reading and she thought getting him a book would be perfect. She drove to Barnes and Noble and parked her car and got out. She shut the door and headed into the store. Rachel couldn't help but think of a certain boy. That's right, Finn.
He just wasn't the same since she told him about the baby. Part of her wished she wouldn't have told him, just so she could have the old fun loving Finn back. She knew with time he would eventually have to move on, but she didn't know how long that would take him. She missed him. Lately she had been having troubles sleeping because all she could think of was Finn. She thought of how heartbroken he was, how distant he had become, and how much she liked him. It was so hard to even hear his name without having this feeling in the pit of her stomach. She had never felt like this about anybody before. It scared her. Sure she had her flings such as Puck, and a few other guys from school, but nothing compared to when she had kissed Finn.
Rachel decided to push all thoughts of Finn in the back of her head and focus on getting a gift for her dad. She headed towards the first section of books and started browsing through the different books. She grabbed one and started reading the back of it. She scowled as she realized it wasn't something her dad would enjoy. She put it back and saw a book that looked pretty interesting. It was the only copy and she decided to grab it, but as she did another hand grabbed it as well. She looked up and met a guy with blue eyes staring at her.
"Sorry, here take it." He quickly apologized and handed the book to her. She blushed as she took the book.
"Thanks" she let her head fall and was too embarrassed to look up. He was handsome. He was tall with dark brown hair. He had one of those smiles that could be in one of those toothpaste commercials. She looked up to meet his gaze and just continued to smile at her.
"I'm Jesse." He held out his hand for her to shake and she slipped her hand into his and shook it.
"I'm Rachel. Rachel Berry. Do you go to William McKinley? I don't think I've seen you before."
He let out a low chuckle, "Actually no, I go to Caramel High."
"Oh, then that explains it." She turned her head to look at the books as an awkward silence overcame them. She couldn't help it though, he was so good looking, and when she saw him she completely forgot about anything else, like how to breathe, or how to talk.
"So Rachel Berry, you in any clubs at school?" he had decided to break the silence.
"Well, actually I'm in a bunch, I like to be involved, but the one that I'm most passionate about is Glee. I mean I love singing. So it's only common sense that I would be in that club."
She mentally smacked herself. She had started to ramble probably looking like a complete fool.
"That's where I know you! I saw you perform at your sectionals! You sang the solo! You're in New Directions."
She was surprised.
"Yeah, wait; you aren't in Vocal Adrenaline are you?"
He gave her a sheepish smile. "Guilty."
"Oh, so basically we are kind of enemies?"
He let out a small laugh, "I guess, if we want to be that low. Or we could be friends. I mean it's a silly competition. I mean sure I love singing, and I enjoy Glee club, but I'm not going to let that stop me from missing out on a pretty girl like you."
She blushed and looked down at the ground. Why was he having this affect on her?
"What do you say Rachel Berry? Go on a date with me?"
Her heart started racing. She wanted to go with him so badly, but something was stopping her from saying yes.
"I don't know if that's such a good idea, I mean we are arch enemies, well our clubs are, and if they found out about this, then we would be toast, and I just-"
"I know that our clubs are going to compete at regional's, but don't you think you should just give this a shot? I mean, it's just a singing competition. It has nothing to do with what you do in your spare time. Come on. I promise you'll have fun."
Rachel looked at him and couldn't help but feel her heart flutter even faster.
"Ok, one date couldn't hurt."
He smiled and she blushed again.
" I'll pick you up at 7? Give me your information so I can call you and get you're address."
She wrote down her number on his hand. She felt shaky and nervous as she wrote down her number. After finishing that up she looked up at him. He smiled down at her.
"I'll see you tonight."
He walked away from her and Rachel let out a shaky breath as she watched him walk out the door. Did that really just happen? Was she really going on a date with a guy from Vocal Adrenaline? She smiled as she thought about Jesse. It didn't really bother her that he was in Vocal Adrenaline, she was just nervous. Every time she looked at him she forgot how to breathe, and she just met him. She was happy to have something to get her mind of off Finn though. I mean it was obvious he was heartbroken that Quinn lied to him, meaning he had strong feelings for her. She didn't know how much longer she could wait, and if she did, who's to say that they would actually get together if he moved on? Sure they had kissed a couple times, and he had admitted to feeling something, but after that was he really going to fall head over heels for Rachel? She thought about it more and more and each time it sounded more absurd. She thought it was stupid to think that Finn would actually want her. Going out with Jesse would get her mind off things. And who knows, if things go well, then maybe there would be a second date. She smiled and continued looking at books. She finally picked one for her dad and paid for it. She headed home to get ready for the date.
Later that Night
Rachel looked in the mirror. She had to admit that she looked pretty good. She had called Kurt to help her. And since Kurt was in such a good mood from winning sectionals, and realizing that Rachel was doing this for someone other than Finn, he felt it was ok to help her. And she was starting to calm down on her bossy ways so she was a little easier to handle.
"You look great Rachel. He's going to love it. Who are you going out with anyways?"
Kurt was curious as she never really told him who this Jesse guy was.
"Well, he doesn't go to our school, he uh, he goes to that all guys school, he's new in town."
Rachel hated lying, but if Kurt heard who Jesse really was he would flip. That's just how Kurt was, and then he would tell the rest of the club, and she wasn't sure how they would take it. She was going to wait it out and see if it would work out before she went into details about who he was.
"Oh, well I hope you have fun. I really mean it Rachel. We both deserve someone that is going to actually give us the time of day. I know we are friends with Finn, but he's obviously only going to keep us that way."
She nodded and felt bad for Kurt, she knew that he liked Finn as much as him, and since he was gay he didn't have as much of a chance as she did, because Finn made it very clear that he liked girls. Rachel liked Kurt, the fact that he wasn't afraid to speak his mind, and he was always himself, he didn't feel the need to hide who he was. Despite the fact that they were both divas and they clashed Rachel really wanted to be friends with Kurt.
"Thanks Kurt, and you deserve to be happy too. I know you're going to find someone really special. You're a great guy. Any guy would be lucky to have you."
He gave Rachel a small smile. "Thanks Rachel. Well I'm going to go, Mercedes and I are going to the movies. Have fun, and give me all the details tomorrow in class."
"Thanks Kurt, have fun."
He left the house and Rachel's phone started ringing.
"Hello?"
"Hey Rachel, this is Jesse, I was just wanting to get your address so I can pick you up."
She gave it to him and he told her that he would be there in 15 minutes. Sure enough 15 minutes Jesse was there to pick her up. After a few questions from her dads to Jesse they were out the door.
"So where are we going?"
He continued to stare at the road they were driving down as he answered her question "I thought we could go to the diner and then bowling. How does that sound?"
"Sounds great!"
Despite how nervous Rachel was she was excited for this date. Jesse so far had been a real gentleman and she couldn't wait to see how the rest of the date went.
