Crossing her arms a crossed her chest, Rachel tucked her dress in so that it fit properly in the car, not even wanting to be in the car with him at the moment or for this matter, ever. Usually she would have laughed with him and joked along with him on how much of a diva she had been acting but today was a big deal for the both of them, it was thee night that could make or break their whole career and she couldn't ruin this, which was why she had been worrying about her attire.
When she woke up the morning, getting a message from her manager informing her that she had an interview and a movie premier that day was not what she had expected and she wasn't looking forward to it, but she dove into her work early in the morning for the radio show interview, and then she had two hours later the movie premier. Which meant she had thirty minutes to nap before then and needless to say, she had woken up on the wrong side of the bed.
Although the song that had began her and Jesse's relationship, Rachel continued her glare out the window and it was extremely hard for her to not burst out in song and sing along to the radio. It was tempting but she had to contain her inner Diva.
"Hello! Is it me you're looking for? I can see it in your eyes, I can see in your smile. You're all I've ever wanted and my arms are open wide. Because you know just what to say and you know just what to do
And I want to tell you so much. I love you" Rachel caved in as she unfolded her arms and out her hand on her stomach as she sung, her free hand flipping Jesse the bird
"I have to keep my eyes on the road, therefor I cannot pay attention to your obscene gestures. Be lucky my windows are tinted, because there could be some angry guy behind us thinking you're flipping HIM off and I personally am not in the mood for a fender bender." Jesse said over the music, which he then proceeded to turn down.
Squinting his eyes to see the street signs ahead of them, Jesse turned to Rachel briefly, saying, "Hey, do you even know where we are going? Because gas is running on empty here. Odd, though. I could have sworn I fueled up this morning". As of now, he was doubting his own direction skills as much as he was his car's ability to perform simple functions. "I'm just pulling over, because this is irritating, and I don't do well under such situations" he said to nobody in particular as he pulled over the grey car onto the side of the highway. He whipped out his smartphone, attempting to decipher the directions with some help from 'Apple Maps'.
"Stay here. Please do not drive off or vandalize my vehicle in any way shape or form. /Please/" he said sternly, yet almost begging, for her knew Rachel was both capable and willing of doing such things.
He stepped out of the car, calling his agent to inform him that both he and Rachel would be late to the event due to "traffic", as Jesse didn't want to admit to his own mishap.
"It's your job to get the directions, not mine. So why are you asking me as to where our destination is when you are the one that insisted that we take your car when I had my driver all ready to go, but you insisted that your car would do the job perfectly fine and we could do the driver on the way home. This is exactly why I wanted to go alone, and you go by yourself." the brunette stuck out her lips as she watched him pull over, almost certain that he would demand she get out and walk there instead, but what he said next made her want to scream and cry at the same time. This was possibly the worst night of her life and it hadn't officially started.
This was her night to shine and he was holding her back, literally holding her back from being someone in this world that she calls sanity, and for what reason? Because he forgot to put gas in his car although she warned him once he told her that it would be fine, and did he listen to her? No. Of course not, he was as much as a diva then sh\e was.
"I hate you, I hate you, I hate you." Rachel got out of the car, slamming the door behind her as she followed him out of it, her temper rising as she watched him go on his phone, her own buzzing in her bra as, most likely her manager calling her.
Instead of following him and ripping his phone out of his ear, like she had planned to, Rachel stood out by the road putting her thumb out in hopes that someone would stop and let her in their car. "I refuse to be late because of your poor planning and disrespectful ways towards woman by not telling them that they're pretty! The car breaking down is Karma!" Rachel called out as she silently prayed that no one would actually stop.
"Ill call you back." Jesse said, quickly pressing the 'end call' button and putting his phone in his pocket. When she said those words, those 6 words, "...not telling them they're pretty!", truly destroyed him. If there was one thing, and one thing only that Jesse never wanted Rachel to feel, it was that she wasn't beautiful, inside and out. In all honesty, before Jesse had met Rachel, he hadn't seen a more stunning woman. When he walked into the music store, expecting this all to be a trick, something sparked in him, and that was a spark that never grew dim. He longed for the day when Rachel felt as beautiful as he saw her to be. If there was one thing the young curly-headed boy learned when briefly dating Rachel is that despite her outward confidence, she was truly very sensitive.
Running over the caramel-skinned brunette, he turned her around by her shoulders and said with a breathy tone,
"Rachel, y-you are absolutely stunning." he said, for the first time in forever stuttering with his words.
"You are the most beautiful woman I have ever, /ever/ seen. Bar none. Look at me. Please, just listen. I have done so, so much wrong by you. But never once did I ever stop seeing you in this beautiful light. I am so, so sorry. More than you will ever know." he said, the words flying directly from his heart and off of his tongue. His heart being in command, Jesse did something that never once in his right mind would he have done. Slowly, gently, he took Rachel's cheeks in his palms, and kissed her.