so i'm writing this right now because twitter is being an idiot. stupid whale keeps popping up. those birds are gonna drop him and i will laugh! ok, enough of my twitter rage. i feel the need to say that MyBodyIsBrokenYoursIsBent's comment made me chuckle. i love a good caps rant. also i've noticed that when reading comments i see a lot of the same names. it makes me happy to know that i have readers that keep coming back =] thanks for that. i thank those who don't review too but for those who do, i love it.

Jesse St. James was in trouble. He had punched one of his fellow Vocal Adrenaline members, by now they would all be turned against him. Rachel, who was dating Finn, had admitted to still being in love with him. Then there was Quinn. Jesse didn't know what was going on with that girl. She had kissed him at regionals but that kiss hadn't been discussed yet. She hadn't expressed any feelings for him so Jesse didn't know if it had been just a good luck kiss or what! Jesse was almost afraid to bring it up. What if he mentioned the kiss and she just laughed about it now? Said that it didn't mean anything. What if he felt bad about hearing her say that.. what if it felt like another slap in the face. Two beautiful girls. One Jesse St. James. What a mess.

After Rachel had confessed her love for him Jesse had made an awkward departure. He had been caught off guard. He didn't know if that was what he wanted to hear. Rachel getting pissed off at him seemed like an easier way to deal with things. She was pissed but she also still loved him. This couldn't be good. Jesse had went to such a dramatic extent to end things so that she wouldn't get hurt when he left. Hearing that she was still in love with him hurt. Getting back together with her wouldn't do them any good. If it lasted they'd just have to break up again by summer's end. Jesse could imagine Rachel being okay with only a summer romance. He wasn't even sure if he was okay with any of it.

Jesse needed time to think. The next few days he started to avoid both Quinn and Rachel.

Rachel wanted to talk to Jesse. She wanted to see him again. He had saved her from the nasty members of Vocal Adrenaline. She was grateful for that. It had been just as bad as the egging. Sometimes she wondered if she had gotten all of the honey and whipped cream out of her hair. Currently it was a Wednesday night. Rachel was on a date with Finn. They had went to the movies but it was getting late so Finn drove her home. They were parked in her drive way.

Finn leaned in for the kiss. "I love you." He said as he pulled away.

Rachel looked into his eyes. Oh no. Word vomit.

"I still love Jesse."

The happiness in Finn's eyes was gone. It was replaced with anger.

"What? You can't be serious right now."

"I think.." Rachel's voice was hushed. She was frightened by the anger she saw in Finn even if she was the one causing the problem.

"You think? Rachel when you love someone you either do or you don't. There's no 'I thinks'."

Rachel said nothing.

Finn let out a frustrated sigh, "Rachel I love you. I don't even have to think about it, I just do, but if you think you still love Jesse then we can't be together. I refuse to be with you until you're sure."

"That's fair.. I'm really sorry Finn. I hope it doesn't take me long to figure things out."

"Goodnight Rachel." Finn said coldly.

Rachel got out of his car. Finn drove away. Finn may have tried to keep calm when he was with Rachel but now that she was gone his anger was going overboard. Tomorrow he needed to talk to someone who would share his hatred. Puck.

Thursday afternoon. Glee club would be meeting up soon. So far in the choir room only a few of the boys were there.

"Punch him" Punk stated.

"Trust me, I want to." Finn agreed, "Well if you don't then I will." Puck continued, "There's something going on between him and my girl too."

"Since when are you and Quinn dating?" Artie questioned suspiciously.

"We aren't. He's probably the reason why." Puck snapped, "I even told her that I loved her. I thought girls loved that kinda thing. She should be begging me to date her again."

"Wow Puck, that's real deep." Kurt commented, he was annoyed by this conversation. He was beginning to get along with Quinn, he didn't want to hear the guys talk this way about her.

"Shut it loser."

"Dude don't." Finn gave Puck a look. Puck frowned, "Sorry.."

"Thankfully my girl loves what she's got. She hasn't caught the Jesse fever that's been going around." Artie smiled to himself.

"Lucky you." Puck's sarcastic tone caused Artie's smile to grow smaller. "I think we need to pay St. Douche a visit." Finn nodded.

Their conversation ended. The girls, Mr. Schuester, Matt and Mike entered.

Kurt and Mercedes were sitting at the back. Quinn was sitting on Mercedes' right, Kurt on her left. He pulled out his phone and silently texted her while Rachel and Mr. Schuester discussed future song choices.

I have news.

Mercedes flipped her phone open and read the text. She gave him a confused look.

Why are you texting me then?

If I said it outloud I might end up in a trash can.

Over my dead body. What's your news?

It's about Finn and Puck. They're gonna visit Jesse.

So? What's the big deal about that?

The big deal is that before everyone got here they were saying how much they wanted to punch him.

Omg. Seriously?

Kurt and Mercedes shared a worried look.

Yes.

We can't let them do that. Jesse was a jerk to Rachel but he's actually good to Quinn!

Wait, how do you know that?

He came over earlier this week.. The door wasn't closed completely.. I might've eavesdropped for a bit. lol.

Sneaky. haha. What should we do?

Idk. I don't think telling Rachel or Quinn would be a good idea..

And why not? If we told them they could confront their boys before Jesse gets his face pummeled.

That's a good point but I know you just want to do that cuz it'll cause drama ;P

Maybe. Who knows? ;)

Fine. We'll tell Rachel & Quinn after.

Someone needs to distract the guys.

I'll do it. You should tell them cuz you heard the conversation.

Ok.

Mercedes and Kurt both looked at each other and nodded. They put their phones away and waited for glee club to be over.

When it was over they noticed Finn and Puck shared a nod. It didn't seem good. Everyone was still chatting, Finn and Puck were the only two who seemed to want to clear out of the choir room. Mercedes stood up and got ready to go after Finn and Puck. There was a knock on the door, Jesse stuck his head in. "Hey"

They all looked over at him. "Hello Jesse." Mr. Schuester said politely, "Come in?"

"Actually I was wondering if I could speak to Rachel.. out here.." Jesse looked at Rachel. She got up out of her seat and walked towards him. While she was walking Jesse's eyes caught sight of Quinn. He tried to give a small smile in her direction but he wasn't sure if she noticed.

"Seriously?" Puck whispered angrily to Finn. Finn said nothing, he simply sighed as he watched Rachel go out into the hallway with Jesse.

Jesse reclosed the door once Rachel was with him. The hallway was deserted. They were alone.

"What did you want to talk about?" Rachel questioned.

Jesse looked down at the girl. He had been planning what he needed to say to her ever since the teepee incident.

"Rachel, I love you."

"I love you too."

"No, I wasn't finished. I do love you.. it's just different now. I went along with the egging because I knew that would make you hate me. I'm going to Julliard. I thought that you wouldn't be able to handle saying goodbye so I felt that if you hated me things wouldn't be that hard. I thought that later on in life maybe I'd get lucky and run into you again in New York. I don't want that anymore."

"I.. I don't understand, what are you trying to say?"

"I'm trying to say that I love you as a friend. Nothing more, nothing less."

"Oh my god."

"I'm sorry." Jesse said, "No, it's not that.. Last night I told Finn that I loved you."

"Oh." he replied caught off guard,

"I said that I thought I loved you.."

"And do you?"

"I don't know.."

"Well if you don't know then my guess is that you don't." He stated, "Listen, I hope you can fix things with Finn.. or if not then find someone that does make you happy. When I leave for New York, promise me that we won't lose touch."

"I'll be at your broadway debut"

They both smiled.

"When it comes time for yours I promise that i'll be on stage with you." Jesse said with a grin.

"I'll look forward to that." Rachel looked back at the choir room door, "I should probably go start my damage control.."

"Good luck."

"Thanks, I'll need it."

"Hey can you send Quinn out?"

Rachel nodded and soon enough she was back inside and Quinn had entered the hallway.

"Do you need a drive home?" Jesse asked with a smile.

"Uh, sure.." Quinn replied, they started to walk down the hallway towards the door, "So Rachel seemed happy, are you two back together?"

Jesse shook his head, "Nope, I think things are over for good now."

"Really?" Quinn tried hard to hide her excitement but she was afraid that a bit slipped through.

"Yup. I'm definitely single." Jesse grinned as his eyes drifted to Quinn.

"Good to know."

Jesse and Quinn walked out to the parking lot, they found his range rover and drove away. The only thing they didn't know was that Puck had been watching from the school's entrance.