A/N: I want to thank all of you for reading and reviewing. (: So, here's chapter 2. I'm not exactly sure where I'm going with this story, but, it's going to be long and drawn out and you guys are probably going to hate me at times and then others, you'll love me a lot. I've also decided to take song lyrics and put them at the beginning of the chapter. The song will always have something to do with the theme of the chapter. Now that, that's all been said here's chapter two!
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I miss everything about you

Can't believe that I still want you

After all the things, we've been though

I miss everything about you

Without you

-I Never Told You, Colbie Calliat

*6 Months Later*

6 months. That's how long it had been since she last saw the streets of Lima. She had become accustomed to the sounds of car horns, people yelling and just all the noise that came with New York City. In Lima, it was quiet. So quiet. And In New York, it was noisy. So noisy. She couldn't believe that she had wanted this. She hated the noise. She really did. And she hated the business of it all. She wanted to be able to relax, and bask in the quiet. Looking down at her watch she knew that in Lima, everyone was at Glee practice, getting ready for Regionals. Right now, she was sitting on her windowsill watching the rain drops slide down the glass of the window. She missed her dads. She missed her room. She missed New Directions. She even missed Mr. Schuester. But most of all, she missed Puck. Even though they weren't together, she missed him. Sighing, she pulled the blanket up higher to get rid of the chill that had come over her body almost suddenly. Closing her eyes she leaned her head on the window, wondering what she should do. Just as she started her thinking process, Jesse came through the door. He looked broken. He was drenched from head to toe. Rachel opened her eyes and looked over at him. For the past 3 months he had been trying to get over Quinn, by dating a girl named Madison, who looked exactly like Quinn. It was almost scary. Rachel's brow furrowed in confusion as she pulled the blanket again higher up her body to cover herself from the freezing cold air that was in the tiny Manhattan apartment.

"What's the matter?" Rachel asked as Jesse went into her closet and pulled out extra clothes that he always kept at her house. Growling he turned back to her.

"Madison was cheating on me. For 2 months out of our 3 month relationship. Do you realize how long we were together before she started to cheat on me?" He exclaimed, anger now taking over his features. Rachel sat and contemplated whether she should answer the obvious question.

"Well—" She started.

"Exactly! A month! One whole month before she got sick of me and went out and got another guy! Do you know how bad that is?" He asked again now, pacing around her room. Rachel again sat and thought about what to say to that question.

"It's horrible, Rachel! I tried to be good to her! I did I—"
"JESSE!" Rachel exclaimed, breaking him out of his tirade to look at her. Rachel shook her head. "Relax. She's not worth it anyway." Rachel reasoned with him. Jesse sighed and sat down next to her.

"Is it bad that I miss home?" He asked her, leaning his head back. Rachel shook her head.

"No, because I do too."

"What do you think we should do?" Jesse asked her, grabbing a blanket from her bed and throwing it over himself.

"I think we should go back. But is that really what's best for us?" She asked again watching the race of the rain drops.

"Is it best to watch Puck and Quinn be all lovey dovey and have their baby and be a couple when we're out in the cold? Probably not." He said to her.

"But, we're miserable here, Jesse."

"We'll get over it, Rach. We'll be more miserable in the stupid cow town then here. If we had to watch Quinn and Puck be happy with each other everyday then we'd be more miserable and we'd be wishing we were somewhere else. The whole reason we moved out here is because we wanted to get away from them." Jesse said, not sure really who he was trying to convince. Rachel or himself to stay.

"I'm not happy here. Over the last 6 months, I've tried and failed at 3 relationships. The girls at school call me a whore, the Show Choir hates me and I can't stand not being in Ohio and not graduating with my friends. I can't stay here, Jesse." Rachel said, tears slipping down her cheeks. She wiped them away with the back of her hand. Jesse looked over at her and nodded.

"Then I guess, it's decided. We get plane tickets, break it to Shelby and get on the first flight back to Lima, Ohio." He said giving her a smile. Rachel tearfully smiled back.

"It's going to be hard seeing them. You can stay here if you want." Rachel said to him with a sniffle. Jesse shook his head with a smile.

"If we're doing this, then we're doing it together. It'll be hard at first, but, we'll be okay. That's why we have each other. Plus we should be happy for Beth, she's going to have both of her parents growing up and she's going to have a great family." Jesse said nodding his head, now also focused on the rain that was pouring down outside.

"Right. And we're going to find someone eventually and be happy and have kids just like Puck and Quinn do." Rachel said wincing at herself for saying "Puck" instead of "Noah." Jesse again nodded.

"But you know, you'll always be his "Caroline.' Right?" He asked. Rachel shook her head.

"That doesn't matter anymore. He has a child. He has a family and life. I have to let go if being 'Caroline' because no matter what, he's not going to be with me."

"You don't know that." Jesse reason with her.

"And you don't know that Quinn doesn't want you." Rachel said to him, again turning her attention to the outside world.

"Me and Quinn never dated. You and Puck did."

"That doesn't matter. None of that matters. Just drop it and help me pack." Rachel said, throwing the blanket off of her and going over to her closet. She started folding up her clothes and throwing them into a bag. Jesse sighed as he watched her pack. He knew he was going to have to help her once they got back to Lima.

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-Lima, Ohio. Glee practice-

"We can't do this!" Finn exclaimed running a frustrated hand through his hair. "We got past sectionals barely, you heard the judges. We're not as strong as we used to be. We might as well drop out now, since this isn't going to work!" He said throwing a pointed look at Rylee.

"Hey! Watch where you're throwing your looks, Frankenteen. I didn't do a damn thing besides try to help out you guys!" Rylee said planting her hands firmly on her hips. "I'm a good singer and a good dancer maybe someone should stop blaming other people for all of his problems!"

"Are you talking about me?" Finn argued back.

"Wow! You finally got one right. Very. Fucking. Good." Rylee said clapping to him. Finn growled at her as the rest of the Glee club watched. Ever since Rachel had left, this was the normal. Fighting between Finn and Rylee.

"Hey! Language!" Will cut in. Puck sat there and shook his head as did the rest of Glee.

"We need Rachel! Someone needs to get a hold of her and tell her to get her ass back here!" Matt said getting up and going over to his bag, searching for his cell phone.

Will was going to once again tell them about using school appropriate language but instead he gave up and threw his hands up in the air and walked back over to his stool near Brad who everyone called Tinkles.

"This is a hot damn mess." Mercedes whispered to Kurt who nodded, holding the hand of his now boyfriend, Max.

"We need Rachel." Santana said from her spot next to Brittany.

"We can't win without her." Quinn agreed.

"Hey! Why doesn't everyone shut their fucking mouths. I have her on the phone.' Matt said from his corner of the room. "Rach. You have to come back. Like now."

"Put her on speaker!" Brittany exclaimed running over to him. Matt nodded and put the phone on speaker.

"You're on speaker Rach."

"Hey guys."

"Rach!" Mike exclaimed.
"B!" Santana said excitedly.
"Ray! Thank god! You need to come back before I kill Frankenteen." Rylee said throwing a scowl over Finn's way.

"Screw you, Rylee." Finn said.

"You know you want to." Rylee shot back.

"Girl, you need to come home. This club is a hot damn mess without you." Mercedes said.

"We're falling apart, Diva." Kurt said.

"Relax, guys. Take in a deep breath and just relax. Ow, Jesse! What the hell? When I agreed to drive with you, that didn't mean you can pinch me."

"Rachel, we need you to come home. Now." Matt said. "Because if I have to deal with anymore of Finn and Rylee's fighting, I swear I might kill them both."

"Well if you would all just relax and look out the window, everything would be fine!"

"What the hell…?" Matt said then looked out the window. His face illuminated in a smile as he saw Rachel leaning against Jesse's car.

"Rachel Berry, you are one sneaky piece of Crazy." Matt said shaking his head. Everyone else raced over to the window, their mouths dropping. They watched as Rachel walked into school, and then all of a sudden she was standing in the door way, leaning against the door frame, removing sun glasses from her face.

"Does this mean I'm lead again?" She asked with a smile. Will smiled and went over to her and gave her a hug.

"Welcome back, Rach." He said then pulled back to look at her. Jeans instead of a skirt, a normal sweater instead of her animal one's, and boots instead of her flat shoes. Her hair was cut to her shoulder and she was giving him one of her award winning smiles. She looked at the group and shook her head.

"Well come on! Don't just stand there! Let's get to work!" Rachel said then went over to the group giving them all hugs.

"You look amazing!" Kurt gushed.

"Good god, B. What the hell happened to you?" Santana asked. Rachel shrugged and smiled.

"New York City." Rachel said then looked at them. "Well! Let's get to it!" Rachel said then went over to Finn and looked over the music with him. Jesse was standing against the door frame watching. Quinn looked over at him and for the first time in 6 months, her life felt bright again. She waved to him. He gave her a small, tight smile and waved back. Puck went over to Rachel and smiled.

"Welcome back, Crazy."

"Thank you, Puck." She replied curtly then walked over to the other side of the room with Santana before she jumped on him and kissed him with all she had.

What the hell? Did she just call me Puck? What happened to her? Puck wondered to himself as he watched her practice dance steps.

She's defiantly not the same.

A/N2: Dun Dun Dun.

And that's the end of chapter 2! Yes she's back but it's all in the plan that I've come up with. Ah how I loved writing the fight between Finn and Rylee. The talk between Jesse and Rachel was also fun to write. Now, next chapter, I'm thinking will be up either tomorrow or Monday. I hoped you all enjoyed this chapter! Thanks for reading. (: