The next day was a Tuesday, meaning Rachel would have to face the Hell that was McKinley High School. Her eyes remained closed as her alarm went off beside her, groaning when her sore body protested against her by sending a shooting pain through her at the movement of her arm.
"Here, I got it," resounded in her ears, the warmth that she had contributed to her blankets finally making more sense. Swiftly, Jesse reached over her and shut off the music that had begun playing from the iPod.
The realization that the night before had not been a dream came crashing down upon her once more.
"Jesse," she whispered, her voice cracking as she gently rolled back into his embrace. Throughout the night, he had held her and whenever she awoke, he'd been there whispering sweet nothings into her waiting ears. She hated feeling this weak, this insignificant, but she was warranted this one moment, wasn't she?
What will Daddy and Dad think? Almost as if someone had stuck a light bulb in her head, the realization that her fathers were in the house while Jesse was sleeping in her bed had her up sitting up and talk a mile a minute.
"Oh my god! Jesse, my dads! They are going to see you try and leave and then they'll never trust me again and then I'll be forever confined to my bedroom and-" But she was silenced when Jesse's hand gently found it's way over her mouth, a slight smile pulling at the corners of his lips.
"Don't kill me, but last night, when you went to sleep, I called them. I told them as little of the situation as I could and they thanked me for being here. When they got home, much to their chagrin, they told me to just stay with you because you still refused to let go."
Curiosity got the better of her as she looked up into his eyes. She didn't care about her fathers forgiveness or the fact that they let a boy stay in her room for the whole evening. What she cared about was what exactly he had said to them.
"Jess-"
"I told them that you'd tell them when the time came, but something happened to you that you felt the need to call me over for...comfort. They said they'd talk to you when you were ready. I figured that it was not my place to interfere."
"Thank you," she whispered in a voice she knew that only he would hear. It was so soft and sweet that he thought she had returned to her adolescence. "I have to go to school," she muttered, her eyes shutting as she cuddled closer to him.
"I'm taking you to glee, that's the only time you're going to school today." There was malice in his voice as he spoke, the flames that were burning in his gaze told her to keep quiet. She didn't want him to cause a scene, a rarity for Rachel, but she didn't want the club to punished because of this. They didn't deserve to suffer from her mistake...
"Fine, just, can we keep what happened quiet? I don't-"
"No, Rachel. We can't! He beat you. He deserves to go to jail." She flinched at the word, her fist clenching as she clung to his shirt. "I should call the police...Rachel, you know that this isn't right, don't you?"
"Of course I know that, Jesse! I'm idiotic! I just...It was my fault, Jess. I told him about what happened in the music store and then he got angry. I kept something from him and I shouldn't have and-"
"What happened to you Rachel? How could you possibly think this is in anyway your fault? Rachel, he was wrong, it's all him. There is nothing on you. I'm leaving it up to you to call the police on him, but I'm not saying I will control myself when I see him. I know that I hurt you, and I hated myself for it, but this? This is far beyond anything I did, and it should never have happened. Especially not to you. So, I'm going with you to glee and I'm telling them what happened, he doesn't deserve to have this kept quiet."
-JRJRJRJRJRJR-
The halls were empty when they finally got to the school, the last bell having rung minutes before and anxious children running to their cars to head home. Jesse and Rachel were heading towards the choir room, glee rehearsals being held after school as well during.
"Jess, I think I should go in first."
"Rachel," he spoke very carefully, gauging her reaction before he continued. "If Finn so much as comes near you, I can't say that I'm just going to stand outside."
She nodded before breathing in, holding her breath as she stepped through the threshold of the choir room with Jesse standing in the doorway. "What is he doing here?" broke through the room in a chorus, all eyes on the door behind her rather than the bruise that she attempted to cover up.
"He's here for me, to make sure that I say what is needed. Something happened to me yesterday, something that should be handled by the proper officials but for the sake of this club and my friendships within it, I'm telling you all before I decide what is needed to be done."
She watched as Finn's fist clenched at his side, his eyes on the floor in front of him in fear of the reactions he would receive. Or, that's what she wished was going through his head. "Rach, I think we need to talk before you make this-"
"Don't speak to her." Jesse's voice rang out of the doorway, crossing the threshold and moving to stand beside Rachel. "You are not allowed to say a thing."
"And what right do you have to come in here and yell at Finn?" Quinn's voice was sharp, her eyebrow raised in questioning as her eyes met Jesse's. "Tell them," was all he said as he felt Rachel quickly grab his hand, her eyes wandering from the fist of Finn to the patten-leather of her shoes.
"Last night, I told Finn something that happened a few days ago, valuing the honesty in our relationship-"
"Rachel!" His voice rang out of the quiet choir room and all eyes began to look between the two, Quinn's eyes finally falling on Rachel and taking in her appearance. "Oh my god..."
All it took was Quinn's shocked expression, Finn's guarded stare, and the realization that Rachel's face was covered in heavy amounts cover-up. "Who could you?" Quinn almost screeched and did something that, especially to Rachel, was very unlike her. She crossed the room, her arms wrapping around the girl that stood before the club who began to put the situation together. Mercedes looking as if she was going to take out Finn herself, Puck standing and joining Jesse in the middle of the room.
"Do you feel like a man, when you push her around? Do you feel better now, as she falls to the ground?"
Jesse's voice sang directly to Finn, his eyes never wavering from the taller boy. "Oh you can't think I did this!"
Rachel gasped, separating herself from Quinn and advancing on the boy who had left her a broken mess. "I have taken you for many things, but a liar was not one of them!"
Before she could move further, Jesse's fist flew into Finn's face, the taller of the two falling to the ground and groaning from the unexpected advance. "Well, I'll tell you my friend, one days this world's going to end. As your lies crumble down, a new life she has found."
Jesse stood above him, Puck being held back from still continuing to hit Finn as many times possible. "I'm leaving it up to her. It's her call what she wants to do, but if it was up to me, you'd be in a juvenile center before you could think of trying to lie again." He turned around and left the room, Rachel's hand in his own as he pulled her from the room.
"Thank you," she whispered, the tears still leaving tracks down her cheeks. He pulled her into him, kissing her forehead as they made their way out of the school.
Okay so, I don't know how I feel about this chapter but, I have a few other chapters I want to do. It's a hard story to do and it's like infusing those songs with a scene from SA that's been playing in my head. So, if you guys don't like what's going on I'm sorry. Reviews would be amazing though, criticisms are welcome.
