Chibi-Kari: Part 2 here with Jesse and Rachel. Last part will be Shelby and Rachel. I don't own, but I do love all my reviewers! I really do miss Jesse...Glee needs to bring him back. Finn continues to piss me off!

Part 2

Jesse sighed as he raked his hands through his hair. It was getting a little too long again. Curly hair was a pain in the ass and even though Rachel seemed to love it he couldn't stand when it got too long. How he wore it as long as he did when they were younger still astounded him. Or maybe he found out the hard way that his children loved to pull on the curls and watch them bounce right back into place. He could only thank God every day that his son has Rachel's thick hair and not his. His eighteen month old daughter on the other hand was blessed with his curls. On a girl they were fine. Beautiful even…of course he never denied being bias.

He turned the corner into the living room to find his wife sprawled out on the couch with a glass of wine in hand. How he got lucky enough to get her back was still beyond him. He would love to say that it was the St. James charm, but it was probably more along the lines of the sheer determination that he went after her with. That was not an easy two years, but it was worth it. She had barely given him the time of day when they ran into each other in Central Park. She was a beautiful 20 year old that had already made a name for herself in the theatre world. He was a hopeful 22 year old just praying that he didn't waste his time in college when he could have been out in New York trying to make it. He literally bumped into her and caught her right before she hit the ground. It took all of five minutes for him to realize that she was pretending not to remember who he was. That game lasted for about six months before she finally broke down at her stage door when he came with a dozen red roses on her birthday. She had shouted at him, threw the roses in his face, and threatened that if he didn't stop showing up that she'd get a restraining order. Thank God she didn't even though he kept showing up.

She had had this favorite little coffee shop and after another few months he was able to sit quietly across from her. They wouldn't speak, but he had taken solace in the fact that she didn't send him away. Then a little over a year since that day in the park she casually commented on a couple nearby their seat in the café. It was then he knew he was in. He just had to show her that she was the only one for him and he wouldn't be that stupid child he was in high school ever again. At the two year mark he had her dating him again. Six months after that he got her to say yes to marrying him. And on her twenty third birthday he made her his wife. That was probably the hardest since she repeatedly told him that she wouldn't marry until twenty six.

And now he was blessed with her and two beautiful children. If he had anything to say about it there would soon be three. He had to give up more than a few things for her, but it was worth every second. He had no problem throwing away everyone in Vocal Adrenaline. He had no problem proving his love everyday. Hell he'd do that without her asking. He thought he would have had a harder time letting go of Shelby, but as soon as he realized that she had walked away from Rachel without looking back it was a hell of a lot easier. He could still see the hurt when it came to Shelby. She had broken down before Thomas had even been born saying that she couldn't be a mother. He had tried his best to appease her saying that she would do beautifully, but she would only repeat that she didn't have a mother so she didn't know how to be one. It was his mother that was finally able to reach her. For once in his life his mother was a Godsend. And to be honest he never thought he'd have the relationship he had with his parents before he met Rachel again. She healed his family before they even started on their own. He couldn't ask for anything more. She had given him everything he wanted and things he didn't even know he wanted with only two requests in return. Honesty and Love. Number one seemed increasingly hard tonight.

"Savannah must be getting sick. She's getting increasingly hard to get to sleep. I thought when she started sleeping through the night my stress level would go down." Rachel threw and arm over her eyes after taking a sip of her wine.

Jesse pulled her feet up before taking a seat under them and placing them right back on his lap. He looked up at the ceiling as he absent mindedly started massaging her feet. "Yeah, but when she's not like this it's a little too quiet."

Rachel scoffed before peaking out from under her arm. "If you had your way you'd just keep me barefoot and pregnant."

"I would." He acquiesced.

She moaned as he rubbed a particularly sore spot on her foot. "I love when you do that. God, I'm glad I married you."

He smiled widely. "Me too." He sighed. He knew that he had to do this now. "We had a visitor right before dinner."

"Who? It better not be the paparazzi again. I don't want my kids harassed." She started to stand.

Jesse placed his arm across her legs to keep her still. "It wasn't the paparazzi. I think after you almost hit one of them with the car almost six years ago that they're gone for good. Hell, they don't even realize we're married let alone have kids."

She nodded slightly moving back against the arm of the couch to stay in a more fitted position. "Their stupidity and my wonderful figure."

He rolled his eyes slightly. "I think your particular brand of crazy just frightens them into believing anything that our Reps tell them."

She looked offended for a second before curiosity took over. "Then who was it? Are your parents in town?"

A bright smile had broken out across her face and Jesse hated to ruin it. "No. It was Shelby."

Her brows knitted together. "As in my biological mother?"

"That's the one."

"Oh. What did she want?" It sounded nonchalant, but he knew it was anything but. She was going to dwell on this and probably track the woman down. Years ago it was the one thing Shelby got right. She knew that Rachel couldn't let sleeping dogs lie.

"I don't know. I didn't bother to ask. She seemed surprised to see me so I'm guessing it was you." He watched her face closely and saw the questions and ideas forming before she could even speak. He could see the hurt and the reminders of everything that happened. It hurt him in a way he didn't think possible. "I don't know where she's staying. I didn't ask and I don't think you should see her. You don't have to. Whatever she thinks she's doing is for her. She only ever thinks about herself-"

"Jesse." Rachel reached up and placed a hand on his arm. "I love you."

He nodded slightly and sighed. He knew her too well. "She found out where you were from your old Glee teacher. They got married you know." He shrugged slightly.

She raised an eyebrow. "I didn't know. How did you?"

He was honestly surprised by that. "Your dad told me last time they visited. I thought he had told you."

She shook her head slightly smiling. "I guess everyone just loves me too much for my own good. I'm sure it was a bit of a surprise for Shelby to run into you then. I haven't told Mr. Schue that we got married. I figured I might as well let sleeping dogs lie in that matter."

Jesse couldn't help but laugh. She just didn't want the hassle of telling him anything. A card every winter was all she could bring herself to give to him. And that was more out of a feeling of obligation. She was a little hurt over how he treated her when she and Finn ultimately ended. The older man had always favored Finn and it hurt her feelings. She knew he didn't mean anything by comforting Finn over her, but she never denied it hurt. It just seemed to add to the piles of wrongs against her back in Lima.

She stood up slowly before giving him a light kiss on the lips. "I guess I have a phone call to make then."

He grabbed her hand. "You really don't have to."

She strained a smile. "I don't have to, but I really need to."