Disclaimer: don't own glee or else Jesse and Rachel would already be together happily ever after or at least no Finchel

Summary: Jesse and Rachel meet again during summer break and Jesse's curiosity gets the better of him when Rachel fails to convince him the reason why she's in L.A. too

Takes place after Regionals

note: looking for BETA, someone who knows Jesse and Rachels' character very well. Also looking for a BETA who can help me with the dialogues and description and…. well actually I'm looking for someone who can help me write this fic. I'm really bad at writing and really need a lot of help. This chapter actually took me weeks to write. I have this idea for a fic and really want it to be written.

Jesse is walking in the mall with no other reason than to enjoy blending in with the Californian crowd when a particular sight caught his eyes.

He stopped dead in his track, which made a few people bump in to him and frown but he didn't apologise for his action They really should look out where they were going and not blame HIM for their bumping, wondering for a second if it was just his imagination or simply someone who look like her after all he couldn't really tell since it was actually her back he was seeing, he stands there undecidedly for a few seconds before deciding to just approach the person and see where it would lead to. Who knows he might actually get to meet someone new who would be able to distract him from….

For the second time that day Jesse once again abruptly stopped his steps and huffed in irritation by his train of thought.

Don't. He simply told himself and almost gave a nod but managed to stop himself from doing so, realising how ridiculous he was being and not to mention how weird this might look for the people around him.

Without further thought Jesse determinedly walked towards his goal.

Rachel was busy browsing through the cd's looking at the songs on them, smiling at some that brought back fond childhood memories, when she felt a familiar presence behind her.

"I know I said I'd be ready in a half an hour but I hadn't realise there'd be so many choices and I simply can't just pick at random if I want to be thorough with my research. Although I told you that I do have extensive knowledge with this particular theme and perfectly able to sing them with the right emotion the song requires I can't help but feel at lost which one I need to buy to help me further my knowledge. Just give me one more and I promise I'll be yours."

Silence was her only answer and Rachel smiled at this. He really is a good friend she thought.

"Your minute is up"

Rachel froze mid track when she heard this, immediately recognising that voice but somehow her brain was having trouble processing this as was her heart, which was thumping so hard she was surprised no one heard it. Closing her eyes and trying to take a deep breath without showing it she quickly put on a blank expression before turning around to address the person behind her.