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There he stood in baggy jeans and a plaid t-shirt with his signature curly brown hair whooshing through the light breeze. Finn was stood beside me now as we walked across the busy street. I gulped. Of all the places Jesse St James could be, he chooses New York. My mind drifted to the first time I laid eyes on him in the school library. We sang Hello by Lionel Richie, the song he was singing whilst busting on busy street corners. The group were approaching him and one by one they glanced at me. Mercedes seemed to have her ready-to-bitch look on her face as she pouted her lips and raised an eyebrow in his direction. Everyone else just gave me a sympathetic look. Finally our eyes connected. They hadn't changed not one bit. He stopped strumming on his guitar as a brilliant smile was slowly appearing on his face. He blinked as if he were trying to wake from a dream and finally exclaimed. "Rachel Berry. Is that really you?" The whole group stopped and gave the traitor a dirty look. The whole group apart from me. I carried on walking now that I had collected myself together and had my thoughts straight. He never did love me. He stole my heart and manipulated me into falling in love with him. He never did love you. I repeated several times in my head. "Are you guys coming or are you just going to stand there like idiots, starring at someone trying to make money by strumming a guitar and singing his stone cold heart out?" I yelled in such a dramatic fashion, finished with a hair flip. Sure it seemed childish but I had not interest in playing catch up with the ex with Jesse, none at all!

Jesse removed the guitar from his shoulder and rudely shoved it at Finn forcing him to hold it, although his eyes never left mine. He ran over to me, a dazed smile among his features. He gently touched my shoulders and I shrugged away with a pouted holding my head high and folding my arms. "I missed you Rachel" Jesse said, slightly saddened at my rejection to him. I made a sound that made it clear how disgusted I was to see his face.

"Well, this is a very strange turn of events since you didn't seem to be missing me when you were holding that regional's trophy in the air along with your slimy little worshipers!" I fumed. His face remained calm with a hint of regret. I then noticed the rest of the Glee club standing behind enjoying our little show. Jesse also noticed.

"Five minutes. Give me five minutes to explain. I'll buy you a coffee?" He asked holding his five fingers in the air. I shook my head, overwhelmed by the sudden urge to cry.

"Why? Give me one reason why I should go anywhere with you so you can explain?" I whispered letting my posture relax a little. I shouldn't have. I should have just walked away instead of letting my guard slip. He shrugged.

"Because you didn't give me a chance to last year" He whispered back. I forgot how much of an effect that Jesse had on me. I rolled my eyes and performed another dramatic hair flip.

"Fine" A small cheer escaped from Jesse's mouth. "You have four minutes and thirty seconds. If I stay with you for any longer than that I think I might just hurl"

Jesse was delighted that I had agreed for him to buy me coffee. He bashfully turned around and took his guitar out of Finn's arms. Putting it into his guitar case that was filled with quarters and one dollar notes, I heard a small whisper come from the blonde haired boy which is Sam.

"Who is he?" He whispered to Finn. Ah yes, Jesse was before Sam had transferred to our school. He didn't have a clue in hell about who he was or what he did to us. Finn continued to stare at me with eyes of disbelief. "Nobody. Just some asshole" He spoke. I assured the guys that I'd meet up with them later and so they all turned and departed in the other direction, leaving me with the boy who once left me heartbroken.

Quinn's POV.

"Oh come on, she's been gone for an hour or so and I doubt she'll be coming back anytime soon" I whispered into Finn's ears whilst laying on top of him in mine and Rachel's hotel room. I teased him by stroking my index finger up and down his chest.

"Maybe. I just… feel weird doing it in here" He said, but his hands never left my thighs. Why was he so resistant? Because Rachel was to stay in this room tonight and he couldn't cope with having sex just because it? I had to admit it frustrated me the way he still held onto the feelings he had for Rachel that weren't worth having. I teased him further and started kissing and sucking on his neck. I rarely gave him hickeys, but I wanted him. Since now was the perfect time to sleep with him I just thought what the hell.

He soon gave in and so, one thing lead to another and eventually he was pulling off my pink floral dress…

Rachel's POV.

The coffee shop was sweet and out of the way of main street New York. Jesse promised to walk me back to the hotel I was staying at which I argued against but he wouldn't take no for an answer. Once he bought the coffee and placed the two steaming cups on the tables he smiled at me, seemingly taking in every dainty detail my body and face possessed. "So…" He began sipping his coffee. I sat with a perfect posture as usual with my hands clasped around my hot cup. "I'm guessing you're here for nationals?" I narrowed my eyes at him. Had he planned this? How in the world did he know about nationals? He must have noticed my confusion by my pause and straight away gave me an explanation about his knowledge of why I was here. "I work in the theatre were it's held" I nodded.

"So you don't only bust on street corners but you work in a theatre? Here's me thinking I was missing out all thi-"

"I left Vocal Adrenaline" He cut in boring his eyes into his coffee. It seemed like a touchy thing by his reaction to my sarcasm but he did own me an explanation after all, and I felt strongly about getting one from him, and an apology. Although his abrupt statement did make me slide back in my chair slightly. Vocal Adrenaline was Jesse's life, performing and being in the spotlight. There's no way he could have just left! Vocal Adrenaline is the thing that tore us apart like a flimsy sheet of paper. A silence hung in the air until I finally broke it. "You left? Why?" I breathed out. A small smile spread across his face as he looked at me with happy eyes. My heart fluttered. He was happy. Even if he was busting on the streets or working at a theatre, watching people performing and doing what he should be, he was happy and for some reason his happiness suddenly meant the world to me.

"I didn't like who I was when I was with them. They created a monster in me. I'll admit, Rachel. When I was first involved with you it was just for Vocal Adrenaline. But then things turned… real. I loved you Rachel. I swear. I am so sorry for all the pain I have caused you, but please know that the Jesse you knew before everything happened was the real Jesse. When I was with Vocal Adrenaline? That wasn't who I really was. Please say you believe me…" He spoke pure words. And I did believe him. Whether it was his unbearable ability in charming people that made me, I didn't quite know. I felt empathy towards Jesse. In a couple of years it could be me singing to strangers outside. I shook the thought from my head. That was a very out of character thought. I am going to make it. I would make sure of it. But things hadn't turned out for Jesse and I wanted to be here for him. I looked at my watch. We had been talking for almost 30 minutes. I sighed.

"I believe you…" I whispered. He breathed as if he were holding his breathe all the time I was thinking. I smiled. "I really need to get back to the hotel though…I guess I'll see you tomorrow morning in rehearsals?" I stupidly asked. Of course I would since he worked in the theatre. It was the abruptness of the situation. This was the last place I had expected to see him. He chuckled.

"Yeah actually you will" We gazed for a moment. Flashbacks from last year came flooding back. In the library, almost having him deflower me, both of our voices connecting and becoming one. I blinked a few times before finally collecting my things. I realised I hadn't touched my coffee but Jesse didn't, and so offered to walk me to the hotel. It was a real opportunity to catch up properly. He did most of the talking of course as I was far to professional to just go back to the way things were after just an hour. I often laughed and he smiled at the sound. Finally we reached the hotel and before he left he gave me a piece of paper that had been folded twice. He winked before he left and I felt ditzy. Had that really just happened? Damn. I need a drink of water. In any other circumstance I would go to Puck and bribe him for a wine cooler. Obviously the bribe would be fake, but he wouldn't know that until the wine cooler was in my hand, but since the party at my house I had strictly forbidden any sort of alcoholic beverage to enter my clean blissful body.

I straightened my back and headed to my room. Or our room. How I hated sharing things, especially with a boyfriend stealing bimbo. I pressed the button that would take me to floor 6 of the hotel and tapped my foot impatiently. Ping. I was here. I travelled down the corridors and turned some corners but eventually got to room 32. I searched my bag for my little card and slipped it into the slit that would open the door for me. Noises vibrated through my ears and when I saw where they were coming from my bag dropped from my shoulder and poofed out on the wooden floor. I couldn't believe it. Quinn and Finn were literally half naked on one of the beds and I swear if it's mine there would be serious issues. More than there already is. The betrayal stung. I always knew Quinn was capable of such immaturity but I wouldn't have expected such a thing from Finn. I stood whilst Finn exclaimed my name and pushing Quinn off of him, searching for a piece of clothing to cover him with. Quinn was also searching for her little floral dress she had been wearing today. I was… I was… I was infuriated! How the hell could Finn do this?

Instead of fuming like I normally would have I took the pump of my left foot and pushed it against the door in order to keep it open and then ran to Mr Schuester's room. I banged on the door so hard that my knuckles were turning red. "MR SCHUESTER!" I shouted. He finally came to the door.

"Rachel, what is it?" He said whilst opening the door in a frustrated tone.

I starred at him for a while and blinked. He raised his eyebrows as he waited. I took a deep breathe and shrugged. "I just walked into my hotel room to find Quinn and Finn having sex and I thought you ought to know about it" I smiled and gestured for him to follow me. To my sick amusement they were still searching for clothes. Finn was in the middle of throwing his t-shirt on and Quinn zipping up her dress. Mr Schuester sighed heavily. After giving them some privacy to get ready the teacher gave a very strongly worded warning and slyly brought the whole Beth situation into it.

"I mean come on Quinn. You're just starting to get back to your normal self I mean I thought that having Beth would make you stronger" he said this and much more. He left the room and thanked me for letting him know although he knew my purposes were wrong. However he still assured me that he would be keeping a much closer eye on the couple. Finn left the room with a quiet apologize to me, but I ignored him and skipped over to my bed a feeling of accomplishment. I had handled that pretty well. It may have been more sneaky and scheming but at this moment I didn't want to give Quinn the satisfaction. I knew exactly what her game was. Have sex with my ex boyfriend make me jealous. Please. How much sluttier can a girl get?

I laid on my bed and put my headphones in. I didn't want her to give me a false explanation. I didn't even want her in here, breathing the same air as me. My alternate plan to listen to music bored me as it's all I'd been doing on the journey here. So instead I turned my iPod off and decided to go get a bite to each from downstairs.

"Rachel" Quinn's girly voice whispered just as my door was on the doorknob. I turned to her, hands on my hips. "I'm sorry about earlier. I didn't know you were going to come back any time soon. I guess I thought you were having a really good time with Jesse or something…" She starred into her hands as she spoke.

I laughed a humourless laugh. "Is that really the best you could come up with?" I spat. Her face turned to mine now and she shrugged, looking slightly hopeless.

"It's the truth Rachel" She said.

"Yeah you see I don't quite believe anything that comes out of you mouth anymore. Even in another city you just can't seem to leave me alone!" I whined at her and she rose from her bed now on height level with me.

"It's pretty hard to leave you alone since, um, new flash we're kind of sharing a room together" She argued. I narrowed my eyes and shook my head.

"Right. This is probably just one of your twisted little mind games!"

"Why the hell would I be playing games Rachel? I have everything I want" And there it was. I shut up as Quinn continued. "I have Finn. I'm totally comfortable about where I am and who I am. I've managed to put my past behind me, but then there you are trying to make me feel sorry for you! Trying to make my boyfriend feel sorry for you well it's not going to work Rachel. You want me to play games? I can play games. And I guarantee you will be the loser…" The words cut through me like knife slicing through butter. I wasn't trying to make her feel sorry I just wanted them to take my feelings into consideration a bit more than they were. My eyes stung with fresh tears and I turned around and stormed out, not giving her to satisfaction of seeing me cry…