I'm surprised this story is a lot easier to write than my other ones...I guess that scene really bugged me. Lol, either way I love the results so far.
Driving her home hadn't been all that bad. When we finally arrived she got out did a slightly weird head bow and thanked me with an "I hope we become great friends." That had been about an hour ago. Afterwards I drove to Breadsticks, got Jesse some food and made my way to his humble abode. I would have expected him to be asleep by now but no, his lights were on and the sound of his piano floated through the air.
"No use disturbing him." I said to myself as I squatted down to remove the spare key from a potted plant. He stopped playing as soon as I set the food out on the table. "Thanks, I guess." I sucked in a breath then put on my fake performance smile. "Well, if that's how you really feel..." He smirked. "You wear that fake smile too well. I prefer your real one." I rolled my eyes. "Look who's talking?" He shrugged and poked his fork into his salad. I crossed my arms waiting for him to say something. When he didn't I sighed, something I had been doing a lot lately, and made my way to his piano.
Playing was relaxing in a way and only Jesse knew that I was capable. Losing track of time was really not what I planned on happening, neither was Jesse wrapping his arms around my waist and pressing his lips into the crook of my neck. I stopped playing and turned towards him which ended up with him pressing his lips onto mine.
This was not happening. I pushed him off and surprised both of us by slapping him. "And here I thought that was what you've always dreamed about." he growled. "You're serious? You think just because I have feelings for you that that was okay?" "No. I think that because you have feelings for me you should take advantage of my state of my mind!" I scowled. "Really? That's what you think?" he just looked at me.
"Jesse, I love you just as much as much as you love Rachel. That is why I stayed behind and fixed things for you. If I had known you were going to ruin them again then your car would still be in that parking lot." "Rachel..." "She was still in the lot when you left. The only people that know about the eggs are Vocal Adrenaline, for now." "You're blackmailing me now?" I laughed "No, we both know Rachel is going to tell them with or without a direct apology from the person she was truly hurt by" he stiffened, "but, it wouldn't hurt to see if admitting your feelings will help."
I jumped when he slammed his fist onto the keys. "I will admit nothing unless it's true!" "Then admit you love her!" "Why should I?" "Because if you don't tell her, Fin Hudson will and she's going to pretend to love him until it feels real! You'll lose her forever...I don't want you to be a shell, Jesse!" he didn't respond. Why would he? At this point the only other thing to do was to let him sleep on it or walk out.
I walked to the door and urged myself to keep quiet but a sob ripped through my chest. Apparently Rachel had rubbed off on me...not knowing I had started to cry, this was new. "I don't want you to be me. You deserve better than pretending, Jess. You deserve better than your stupid unneeded reputation. I know you didn't want to go through with it today but you had to. You had to be Jesse St. James. Well, I'm done with him. I hope that soon you'll be too." and that was that.