DISCLAIMER: I neither own Glee nor the characters. They are the property of Ryan Murphy and FOX. This is purely for fun. Enjoy :)

A/N: Aww Poor Finn and his broken nose! Get ready for some drama people, it's a comin'! *sigh* Is is April yet? 63 more days until Glee comes back into our lives.

Hey Jealousy

Chapter Three: Face-Off

Finn sat in the passenger seat of Rachel's car, holding an ice-pack to his face. He reclined his seat back so his head was tilted at an angle and his face felt sore and bruised. He looked over at Rachel, who had her eyes fixated on the road and nothing else. His head felt fuzzy from the painkillers, but his face wasn't feeling so terrible anymore. His nose was filled with small cotton balls to stop the bleeding, and he had two long thin bandages across the bridge of his nose. It was a little hard for him to pronounce "m" and "b," but the cotton will come out in the morning.

"Thank you for bringing me to the hospital, Rachel." He said graciously. She turned her head to him for a split second to smile and returned to focus on the road.

"Of course Finn, I'm glad I was there with you."

"Me too." And he was. He would have freaked out a bit if she wasn't there. She held his hand while the doctor snapped his broken nose back into place. He'll never forget that pain for as long as he lived. It was excruciating and he felt like a woman when he screamed from the agony in front of her. But she just held his hand and rubbed his back and told him everything was going to be fine. It was exactly what he needed to hear from her.

She was like his own personal angel. She sure sang like one. Maybe he was reading too much into it, and maybe the drugs the doctor gave him were making him a bit fuzzy, but he felt as if she was sent to him to help save him from his own personal hell.

"Are you going to school tomorrow? Maybe you should take a day off?" He shook his head as much as he could.

"No way. Glee is tomorrow afternoon. I have to go." She gave him an odd look. "We have to work extra hard for Regionals Rachel! I think we should start extending practices to include weekends." He realized he sounded like her a little bit. She put one of her hands on his forehead to check his temperature.

"Are you sure you're okay Finn, I know for a fact the doctor only gave you one Vicodin. You didn't take another one did you?" He pushed her hand gently away from his face.

"No, Rachel, I'm not a pill-popper. I'm serious. I am trying to change some things in my life right now and my commitment to Glee is one of them. I want to win Regionals more than anything now. This is the beginning of a New Finn."

"A New Finn? Can I start referring to you as New Finn, is that a moniker you want to try out?" He could hear the amusement in her voice. That's it Finn, keep her laughing, keep her happy.

"Maybe. I want it known that I'm not the same guy as before. I want a fresh start." With you . . .

"Good, New Finn. I'm glad to see you're trying to move on." She continued to look out onto the road, but smiled.

He wanted to bring up Jesse so badly, but he knew it would be awkward to try and talk to her about it. But he couldn't help himself, he needed to know.

"So tell me about this Jesse guy." She looked at him a bit shocked and he felt her awkwardness fill up the car.

"Um, what do you want to know?" She sounded hesitant and a bit scared.

"What's it like to date the Captain of our rival team?" He tried to keep every ounce of bitterness out of his tone, and it looked like it worked, she didn't look as awkward anymore.

"Are you sure you want to hear about this?"

"Hey, we're friends," he had to choke out the word, it left a horrible taste in his mouth, "And friends talk about this kind of stuff. Now spill."

"You sound like Kurt." He made his voice sound feminine and waved his hand around.

"Well, darling, where else am I going to get my gossip?" She laughed. He dropped the falsetto. "You can tell me, It's okay." It really wasn't okay, but he had to know.

"Well at first I wasn't going to start dating him because of it, you know how competitive I can get and I thought I would never be able to see past his position in Vocal Adrenaline. But then I realized that it would be nice to date someone who wasn't from our school. He doesn't know my history; that everyday I get pummeled with frozen corn syrup and people call me 'LaToya.' It's like you said, it's a fresh start. To him, I'm just a pretty girl he wants to date, and that's never happened to me before. It feels. . .nice."

He felt as if someone had poured a slushie over his head. He was frozen.

Didn't she deserve a fresh start like he did? She obviously liked this guy, though he doubted she'd seen the more intense part of his personality. But he couldn't stop the selfishness that flowed through him like a poison. He wanted her all to himself, even if she was happy with this guy. He realized he would have to work even harder for her affections if she truly had feelings for Jesse. He was determined to win her back. They would have their fresh start together.

They spent the rest of the car ride home in relative silence. He was feeling drowsy from the painkillers and he was afraid he was going to say something stupid. He needed to play it cool. He needed to be a friend. When she pulled up in front of his house though, he couldn't help himself. He did something he had seen in the movies a million times and had always thought was cheesy and over-the-top, but he was feeling desperate these days and wanted an excuse to kiss some part of her. He took one of her hands and he kissed the back of it.

"Thanks again for everything Rachel. I'll see you in school tomorrow." When he let go of her hand, she held it in the air for a second, frozen from the shock. She smiled a bit and let her hand fall.

"Good night Finn."

He got out of the car, his hope swelling at her reaction to the kiss. She didn't pull her hand away and she didn't yell at him for doing something intimate while she was seeing someone else. It was like they had a bit of their dynamic back. They might still be just friends now, but he could tell he had just won some brownie points with her.

The next morning his face felt terrible. The swelling was gone, Thank God, he didn't want to show up to school looking like his face had exploded. However, his nose was more than sore, he was able to take out the cotton balls, but now his nose was vulnerable; even if he took a sharp inhale through his nose it hurt. He still had the two bandages on the bridge of his nose, and he looked like he had two black eyes from the force of the impact. He pretty much looked like he got into a bar fight and lost. That sounded cooler than getting hit by a basketball, maybe that's what he should tell people today. . .

He walked into school and suffered through the stares of people looking at his busted up face. He cared little though, he was just biding his time for Glee rehearsal, a whole afternoon where he could sing with Rachel like they were the only people that mattered in the world. . .

That was such a chick thing to think. He really felt like he was turning into Rachel. He needed to go lift weights or something.

When three o'clock rolled around he almost ran to Glee he was so excited to see her. When he walked in however, the whole group was circled around the piano instead of in their positions and they all looked like they were talking with someone. Someone who had long wavy hair and an arrogant tone to his voice. . .

He wanted to scream. Jesse was here. At his school. At his Glee rehearsal. With Rachel. She noticed him by the door. Jesse did too. He broke apart from the other members of the group and walked right up to Finn.

"Ah, so this must be Finn Hudson! I have heard so much about you!" Jesse came over to him with the most insincere smile Finn had ever seen on a person. Jesse shook his hand and Finn wanted to snap it off at the wrist. The jealousy returned like a fire in his veins when Rachel came over to the two of them and Jesse wrapped his free arm around her shoulders. All the Glee kids looked on in shock.

All he had to do was twist with enough force and the wrist would snap right off . . .

"And you must be Jesse. Funny, I haven't heard a thing about you!" He smiled when he said this and made himself seem as fake-friendly as Jesse was being. That's it Finn, let the man-diva know he's not worth your time. . .

Jesse's fake smile faltered and he dropped his hand. "I just came around so I could meet the competition. Seems like you got enough of an eyeful of us practicing yesterday, so I came around to check you guys out as well." He turned around to face the rest of the team, "My Rachel tells me such wonderful things about her Glee club and I wanted to know for myself what kind of competition my team had for Regionals."

His Rachel? Her Glee Club? She's MY RACHEL and it's OUR Glee Club!

"Well Jesse, it's not just Rachel's club. I'm the Captain too. And our rehearsals are closed to the competition. We learned our lesson from the last time we let other teams see us perform." The other Glee kids nodded their heads. No one knew if they could trust this Jesse person, even if he was dating Rachel.

"Ah I see. Understandable. It's okay though, I have already seen you all perform, at your round of Sectionals. My Rachel was stunning and you all were so adorable, It should be fun to compete against you all. Now, I believe I should be going." Jesse turned to Finn and he saw a fire burning in his eyes. He thought it looked like hate. He sent him back the same kind of glare. The tension was so thick you could hack it with a machete. No one moved an inch. "Which means that I better not be seeing you at any more Carmel rehearsals again Finn, or else I will be quite cross." He gave Rachel a deep and sensual kiss on the lips and walked out of the room, waving at all the group members, except for Finn. The jealousy burned hotter and brighter than ever before, and he had to restrain himself from punching the guy right in the middle of the choir room.

"See you at Regionals. You better bring it."

Oh THAT was the last straw! He did not come into Finn's school, drop in on Finn's club and talk about Finn's team like they were kids in a beauty pageant. ADORABLE? His team was amazing! He followed Jesse out of the choir room before anyone could stop him. He met him in the hallway and called out his name.

"Hey Jesse!" He said his name with such venom in his tone it sounded like it wasn't even his voice. Jesse turned around looking thoroughly amused. "Who the hell do you think you are coming into my school and talking to my team like that? I'll have you know that our team has more than enough talent to beat Vocal Adrenaline and you better not underestimate us!" Jesse scoffed.

"Are you serious? You actually think your team can beat mine? The only decent singer on that team is Rachel and it's a shame she has to pull the weight of your team around when she could be amazing on her own. And don't think I don't know about you and Rachel. I meant it when I said I had heard all about you." He got a sinister look in his eyes, "Oh yeah, she told me all about you, she chased you and pined after you and you wouldn't give her the time of day. I had actually made it known I had wanted to date her right after I saw her perform at Sectionals. Her rendition of 'Don't Rain on My Parade' was stunning and I knew she was the kind of girl who would appreciate my many talents. So I looked her up on MySpace and the chase began. But she kept saying no to me. She rejected my advances until I guess she finally gave up on you. Now she's mine. And I happen to like her. She's fiery, I hope she's as fiery in bed as she is in real-life. So you should just back off, Jock-Strap. Go find another cheerleader to suck you off."

The jealousy and the rage coursed throughout his body and it took every ounce of his will-power not to punch the fuck out of this guys' smarmy, conceited face.

"Well, Jazz Hands, I think you underestimate me. Rachel and I have a history. We care about each other. We're part of a team. And I am going to get her back. So you should be the one on the defensive. You don't even realize that you're just a rebound for me. And when she realizes how much I care about her, she and I will be together. And we're going to bring the pain at Regionals, you bet your ass we will."

Jesse looked as if he was going to retaliate once again, but Rachel came out of the choir room to look for Finn and saw the two of them in the hallways looking tense. She walked up to the two boys and stood in-between them. They were in the middle of staring each other down. Rachel was more than a little intimidated by their matching death glares. She was overwhelmed by the masculine show of power she was witnessing.

"Hey boys, what's going on?" Finn was the first to break the staring contest and tried his best to smile at Rachel.

"Nothing Rachel, we should get back to rehearsal. I was just talking to Jesse. Captain to Captain." Jesse softened his features as well.

"No worries my darling. I'll call you tonight." He spared one more vicious glance at Finn and walked out of the school. Finn stared him down until he was out of sight. He took Rachel by the hand and led them back into the choir room. The group looked at him with various degrees of shock and awe. He let go of Rachel's hand and stood before them. He cleared his throat.

"Okay, I know that was a bit awkward for you guys and I'm sorry. I spied on Vocal Adrenaline yesterday during our away game at Carmel and he came here to retaliate. It won't happen again. But this was his chance to get under our skin. He called us adorable, guys, like we were little kids playing dress-up. He thinks his team is better than we are. We have to prove it to him and that whole stuck-up team that we have what it takes to kick all their asses!" He turned to Rachel, "Rachel, I know you like him and he's your boyfriend" his voice almost cracked at that horrid word, he was getting really worked up and emotional over this, "but you need to promise me, I mean, the team, that you're with us all the way. We need your voice more than ever."

She got a determined look in her eyes and nodded her head. "I'm in. He might be cute, but New Directions is my life." They shared a smile and the rest of the team looked on in approval. Finn clapped his hands and looked at his team. Mr. Schuester wasn't even there yet, but Finn was ready to take control of his team and be the Captain the team needed to win Regionals and wipe that conceited smirk off of Jesse's face once and for all.

"Okay guys, From the Top!"

Salut Mes Amis!

Don't mess with New Directions or else Finn will Fuck You UP!

Finn's becoming more and more like Rachel by the day! I love it!

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Merci Mille Fois!

The Minsk