AN: First let me say you guys are incredibly awesome I don't think I've gotten this many reviews soo thanks so much. Time frame wise we're still in Funk for this chapter and it starts a bit before the chapter ended but from Jonathan's POV, just to let you guys know. Hope you like it..Thanks to my awesome beta for fixing my grammar mistakes.
This chapter is dedicated to Tat over at the St Berry forum at GF love you girlie happy birthday!
Jonathan Sloan's day was very weird. He overslept, which caused him to be late, which meant he had to get ready fast and head on over to the airport. When he got there the check-in line was very long, but luckily the Premier one was shorter; he had never been more thankful for the special privileges the agency got. After that, the line for security was huge, and just as he was finally getting through it they announced his plane was boarding so he had to run to the gate. Luckily he didn't miss it because that would have sucked. That was the only plane flying from New York to Ohio that day, and he needed to get to Ohio fast.
Thankfully there was no problem with his luggage, and Bree was going to send over the rest of his things when he got the house thing settled, so all that was left was going to the rental place to pick the car up. The only car left was a Jetta which was not acceptable at all. He was about to go to another rental place when the manager came and told him they had just gotten one of their best cars returned and that if he waited 5 minutes he could rent it. He decided to wait—what's the worst that could happen? The car turned out to be a Silver 2011 Mercedes GLK350 SUV, which was a very good car just not the one he would have picked. But beggars can't be choosers, and he needed to get to Lima soon.
If you asked him, his weird day had actually been a weird week. Ever since that phone call, he couldn't think of anything else but getting home to his little sister. Jonathan prided himself on being three things: always doing a good job in whatever he was doing, being a good friend, and most importantly being a good brother. This past week he had been screwing up at all of them, especially the last one. How could he be a good brother if he was so far away all the time?
"Mr. Sloan?"
"Yes, Patty?"
"There's a girl on line 1 she said she's your sister. Want me to pass her through?"
"Of course pass her through, and Patty I've told you call me Jonathan."
"Okay Mr., I mean, Jonathan."
"Hello, sweetheart, to what do owe the pleasure of your call?"
"Hey, Jonny," she said in a tone of voice very unRachel. That was his first clue something was wrong.
"Rach, is everything okay? You sound sad."
"I'm okay; don't worry about it. I just wanted to hear your voice." She was avoiding talking about something so he decided to go along with it.
"Well, in that case I'm flattered you want to hear my sexy voice," he joked.
They continued to talk for 5 minutes until she had to go.
"Jon? Jonny? Hey, Sloan, are you okay?" Bree's voice got him out of his daze.
"Bree, what are you doing here?"
"This is my office too, remember? What's the matter? You look like someone just told you Zac Efron got placed before you in People's Sexiest Man Alive issue."
"Please, that would never happen. Do we have any appointments or photoshoots this week?"
"We're finishing up the Guess photoshoot, why?"
"How long until it's done?"
"2, 3 days max. I repeat, why?"
"That was Rachel on the phone and there's something wrong. She needs me, so I'm heading out there earlier than we planned."
"Sure thing. If you want I can help you book a ticket for next week?"
"You don't have to do that."
"Of course I do. I'm your best friend. Plus I know you are going to be stressing about Rachel too much to even think about the details."
"What would I do without you?"
"Now that's a scary thought. But let's get back to work before we both get fired."
Jonathan was pulled out of his thoughts when the Berry home came into view. Since he wanted to surprise her he parked a few houses down. He was getting out of the car when a familiar truck caught his eye. Unbeknownst to him, Puck had just arrived at the same time as he had and was helping Quinn get out of the car when he noticed Jonathan.
"Puckerman?"
"Jonathan Sloan, as I live and breathe. Hey man, where have you been?"
"Nowhere and everywhere, but I'm back now." They greeted each other with a "man hug" and Jonathan turned to the rest of them.
"Isn't this the time when the Glee Club practices? Did Rachel let you guys leave? That does not sound like her."
"Rachel didn't show up for practice, so the leeches complained, which meant practice was canceled. They are on their way here, so we came to warn her." Santana explained.
"Wait, she didn't show up?"
"She sent me a text saying that something came up and she had to miss practice."
"Okay...and who the hell are the leeches?"
"Mercedes, Kurt, and sometimes Artie. Brit came up with the name," explained Mike.
"Speak of the devil." Just as Matt said that, Kurt and the rest of them had just passed them in Kurt's car.
"Let's get in before they get here." Jonathan said as he tried to open the door with his key.
"Oh right. Forgot to tell you; the Berrys changed the locks again."
"Seriously? Those guys spend more time changing the locks than being here."
"I know, and yet I still have a key. They may change the locks over and over, but Rachel still gives me a key without either of them knowing." Puck said, pulling out the key from his wallet.
"You two are impossible." Jonathan said, laughing.
"Blame my mother. She's the one that suggested the exchange in keys. I have a key to her house and she has a key to mine...there it's unlocked," Puck said as he opened the door.
If you had asked Jonathan Sloan what he expected to find when he went into his sister's house, he would have said that he expected to see her in front of the TV watching one of her favorite musicals or maybe even baking something. He never expected that the first thing he would see when he opened the door would be his little sister sitting on top of the counter making out with some guy.
"What the hell?" Puck exclaimed.
"Jonathan."
"Hi Sis."
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"Jonny, hi, what are you doing here?"
"I didn't know I needed a reason to come see my little sister…Which brings me to who the hell is he, why are you both wet, why did you skip glee club, and most importantly why the hell are making out with him on the freaking kitchen counter!"
"Well, you see, this is my boyfriend Jesse St. James," Rachel stated.
"Boyfriend?" Jonathan asks then turned to Puck. "You told me she had broken up with her past boyfriend."
"Well, I didn't know they were back together."
"You never mentioned this guy. Last I knew she was dating the guy with the weird name…Marlin, Nemo, Fish?"
"It's Finn actually, and he's right behind you," Rachel pointed out.
Jonathan turned around and looked at the tall guy that was apparently his sister's ex.
"Yeah, he is just as you described him, Puck…Seriously, Rach, what did you see in him?"
"I don't even know myself," Rachel started to say until she was rudely interrupted by Kurt, who had just arrived at the house.
"So now you're sleeping with the enemy?"
"First of all, I'm not sleeping with him, not yet anyway," she said as she locked eyes with Jesse, then continued talking "and he is not the enemy."
"Diva, I don't know if you're blind or just plain stupid, but he screwed us over to rejoin Vocal Adrenaline." Mercedes said with her usual air of superiority.
"Okay, what are you doing in my home? If I may recall no one invited you..ever" Rachel told them, completely ignoring Mercedes' remark.
"You skipped out on practice, and we wanted to see what was soo important that you would miss Glee so close to Regionals," Artie told her.
"If we tell you everything, will you leave?" she said, looking at Kurt, Mercedes, Artie, and Finn.
"Yeah, we will." Finn said
"Okay, but before Jesse tells his story I need a promise from certain people."
"What is it, Berry?" Puck asked
"This goes to Jonathan, Mike, Matt, and Noah. You have to promise not to try and beat him up or do anything against him." They reluctantly agreed, and she turned to Santana "that means you too, Santana."
"Fine, I promise," she said, and Jesse just rolled his eyes at his girlfriend's antics.
Both Jesse and Rachel tell them everything from Sectionals to Shelby's tape, from the egging to the laundry mishap. No one knew what to say until Mike broke the silence.
"So wait, neither one of you knows how to do laundry?"
"I've always had people do it for me," Jesse answered.
"Dad pays someone to clean Rachel's house when the Berry men aren't around...she's spoiled like that," Jonathan said with a smirk.
"I'm not spoiled."
"Of course not."
"How do we know you're legit, St. James?" Artie asked.
"Are you seriously asking that right now?" Rachel told them.
"He might be playing you again. After all, you are that gullible," Kurt pointed out.
"If you must know, Hummel, I'm technically still a student at McKinley since the transfer to Carmel was still in process, which I've already canceled. So yeah, it's legit," Jesse said, getting pissed off.
"You said if we told you what happened, you would leave," Rachel pointed out.
"Why don't the two of you go get changed, and we'll take the trash out?" Santana suggested, seeing her friend starting to get stressed with their "teammates."
"Thanks, San. Come on. Jesse. I just remembered you left clothes here last time," Rachel said, grabbing Jesse's hand and leading him up the stairs.
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"I cannot believe that after months of not seeing my brother, the first image he gets of me is of me making out with my boyfriend on my kitchen counter."
"Rach, baby, it's okay," Jesse said trying to reassure her.
Rachel either didn't hear him or ignored him because she continued ranting. "And to make matters worse, he's not the only one who catches us! Along with him, my very protective best friend and my other two very protective friends caught us too." She didn't get to continue her argument because suddenly Jesse's lips were on hers as he gave her a gentle kiss which she immediately responded to.
"Are you okay now?" he asked. She just nodded, going over to the drawer in which Jesse's clothes were stored and taking them out.
"Why don't you change in the bathroom and I'll change out here?"
"Sure thing, Rach," he said, grabbing the clothes and heading towards the bathroom.
She just falls on her bed sighing before picking out something to wear.
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When both of them come down a few minutes later, Rachel was wearing black pants and a Defying Gravity T-shirt, while Jesse had on a normal outfit, which of course was black. Kurt, Mercedes, Finn, and Artie had already left; which left Santana, Brittany, Quinn, Matt, Mike, Jonathan, and Puck sitting in the living room. Tina had not been to school that day, so she was not a part of the drama.
"Don't worry; they are long gone, sis."
"Are you her brother?" Brittany asked.
"Jonathan Sloan, don't tell me you didn't introduce yourself."
"We were preoccupied with more pressing matters at the time."
"Once again this task falls on me. Jonathan these are my female best friends: Santana Lopez and Brittany Smith. Girls this is my older brother Jonathan Sloan."
"Pleasure to make you acquaintance," Jonathan said, kissing the hands of both of them.
"Charming," Santana acknowledged.
"Who do you think taught me a lot of what I know?" Puck pointed out.
"Why doesn't that surprise me?"
"Because nothing surprises you anymore, San."
"Shut up."
"Okay, the two guys over here are Matt Rutherford and Mike Chang. Guys this is Jonathan."
"Did you really teach Puck to be well…Puck?" Matt asked.
"Not everything, but I like to think I taught him the basics."
"Yeah you're a great teacher dude…Well, last but not least; this is my baby mama Quinn Fabray."
"I can introduce myself Puck…I'm Quinn Fabray."
"I'm Jonathan Sloan. If I may be so bold, I have to say you look absolutely radiant."
"Thanks" Quinn said, blushing.
"Now that introductions are out of the way, what do you guys think of what happened with Jesse and me?"
"Any guy who gets in the middle of my best friend and the people egging her is okay in my book. Just one thing, St. James, was it a good throw?" Santana asked.
"Landed on her neck and dripped all over her outfit."
"Perfect."
Just like that, Jesse was included into their circle of friends. They kept talking about everything and nothing when suddenly Brittany spoke up.
"How are you brother and sister?"
"I'm guessing we still have to tell you that; don't we? Well, alright. My dads chose Shelby as their surrogate, but it turned out that she was already pregnant. So they cut a deal: she would get the same amount of money as long as she gave up her baby. So Shelby had me and then signed the contract. Of course, it was only recently that I learned Shelby's identity. But I've known my real father for a long time now. When I was 4 I had to go to New York with my dads on a business trip because they couldn't leave me behind. I got sick so they left me in the hospital in New York ." Rachel said starting the story and then looking at her brother to continue it.
"I was at the hospital that day; I remember it very clearly. I was almost 7 years old. Rachel caught my mother's eyes while she was doing rounds; she said and I quote, "she had exactly the same expressions that Mark had growing up." So what she did was she ordered a blood test of Rachel and my dad, Mark, and of course it was a match," Jonathan said trying not to cringe at the fact that he hated that talking about his mother.
Rachel then stood up from where she was sitting down with Jesse to sit down with Jonathan and hug him. She decided to continue the story herself.
"Aunt Addison showed Mark the results, and of course he had no idea that he had fathered a child. Then my dads came back, and everything turned into a big mess. My dad Mark wanted to be my dad, but my dads Hiram and Leroy said they had their contract. So they went to court, and dad won some parental rights. Dad can come see me anytime he wants, he can help make decisions about my life with my dads. And if I want to I can even go live with him but that wouldn't be fair to my dads. I've spent a lot of my summers in New , I think I've spent more time with him than with both of my dads combined."
"Wow, so that's it?" Matt asked.
"That's it," Rachel stated.
"Just one question Ray when did you learn all this?" Santana asked
"When I met Jonathan and Mark I learned the basics and when I got older I was told the rest of the story." Rachel explained
"It's getting late. We should probably go and let you finish getting settled in," Jesse stated, giving her a goodbye kiss. "Bye Rach. Nice meeting you Jonathan."
"Likewise, I think."
"Goodbye, Noah."
"Night, Berry. And do me a favor: don't scare me like that again by not going to Glee."
"I'm sorry, Noah, I apologize," she said, smirking.
"It's alright; I forgive you," he said as he picked her up started spinning her.
"Noah put me down...you are such a child!"
"You love me anyway."
"Goodbye, Miss Fabray."
"Goodbye, Jonathan."
They said the rest of their goodbyes and then they were all out the door, leaving Jonathan and Rachel alone in the empty house.
"So why did you come now? Not that I don't appreciate it, but it just seems weird."
"Remember when you called me last week?" She nodded. "Well, I noticed you were sad, and there was something bothering you so I knew I had to come down here ASAP. Bree is taking care of my things, before you ask."
"One day I'll have to meet your elusive BFF/Partner in crime/Assistant."
"You'll love her. She's awesome and she is coming to live in Ohio next semester."
"Seriously?"
"Yeah, we kind of have to finish high school."
"You too?"
"Yeah, me too. Leaving after junior year to pursue modeling probably wasn't the best idea education-wise."
"Told you so."
"Yeah, I'm doing my senior year and Bree is going to be a junior with you."
"That's cool. I just realized you are going to be 20 years old when you graduate. How did Figgins even let you enroll?"
"Yeah I know, as for your question there is a very simple answer. Your principal loves money, but I'm not here to talk about myself, no matter how much I like to do that. I'm here to talk about what happened recently. So you met your mother?"
"Yeah, she's the coach of Vocal Adrenaline; she has an incredible voice, but she doesn't want anything to do with me. She thinks she missed out on everything and that I don't need a mom at my age."
"That's bullshit."
"That's what I said. I mean, she goes through all that only to decide she doesn't want me after meeting me? Am I really that bad?" she asked as she finally started crying.
"Oh, sweetie, come here." She moved to sit in his lap, and he started rocking her. "That's not true. We all love you; your 3 dads love you; Puck loves you; Santana and Brittany love you; so do Matt and Mike; and as much as it pains me to admit it, that Jesse kid loves you too. You can see it in the way he looks at you."
"You really think so?" she asked with teary eyes.
"I know so," he started rocking her singing Seasons of Love until she fell asleep. Then he went up the stairs and put her to bed, turned off the light, and closed the door behind him.
"I love you, sis."
A/N: So there it is hope you guys liked it .In this story Rachel is 16 at the time and Jonathan is 3, sometimes 4 years older than her which makes him 19 right now. I know Ian Somerhalder is a lot older than that but at the same time so are Cory Monteith and Mark Salling.
Next chapter will be the last one in the Funk Arc in this story then we go on to Journey…Reviews are love