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Onto the chapter, where Jesse and Rachel get to know each other...
Rachel POV
On hearing our voices combine, my breath hitched in my throat at how beautiful it sounded. It sounded so natural, like our voices had been made to merge together one day. Was that seriously me? Was I hallucinating? I thought as Jesse smiled and stepped away from me, towards the piano.
"Still think I can't sing?" He asked, raising an eyebrow. I chuckled and stepped closer to him, my shoes squeaking, shoving my sweaty, clammy hands into my back pockets timidly as I did.
"Okay, you win," I replied.
"Who said it was a competition?" He asked, smirking. I couldn't help smiling back at him as he took a seat at the piano and placed hands on top of the keys.
"Onto our duet then?" He asked, nodding pointedly to the space next to him on the piano bench. I nodded, complying and sliding next to him, our bodies inches apart.
"Do you have any ideas?" I questioned, he inhaled as if to speak, thinking for a few seconds.
"No." He admitted, deflating. I giggled, standing up off the bench and going to the docking station. Jesse stood as well, walking slowly towards my side and taking my hand in his, sending sparks through my body. I nearly snapped my hand back at the sensation but instead let his fingers entwine with mine.
"Come on, let's do this the old fashioned way," He suggested, tugging me a couple inches towards the door, I cocked an eyebrow at the statement. He sighed and shook his head.
"We're going to this magical place called the Library...maybe you've heard of it?" He asked sarcastically, I rolled my eyes at him, pulling my I-pod from the dock and shoved it into my jeans, as he continued to drag me from the grand piano to the door.
"Yes, I have heard of those," I replied as he pushed the door open and we ventured into the hallway, towards the exit of the building. He chuckled and ran a hand through his hair with his free hand.
Our hands remained intertwined as we arrived at the entrance to Block B and into the September air, it was warm but blustery, the sun beating down on the campus grounds, covered in grass and trees. The Library was a huge brick building, similar to the dorm in which we lived, between C and D Block. It had colourful stained glass arched windows on either side of the heavy double doors and a stone statue of what looked like a lion in the small, circular, stone courtyard in front of it that was connected to the stone paths that covered the school. Jesse and I arrived at the doors, pushing them open into the large room, piled high with books. I looked around, smiling.
Jesse jerked my wrist towards stacks of shelves in the far left corner, my squeak of a giggle attracting the attention of the elderly librarian who was sitting at a desk near the entrance. She shook her head disapprovingly at us as Jesse chuckled at me and stopped in front of a shelf which had 'sheet music' over the top of the shelves, beginning to scan the literature on them. I watched him search the music books that lined the shelves, running his finger slowly across the spines as he read the titles, biting his bottom lip in concentration, clicking his tongue in a incessant rhythm that both annoyed me and made me smile.
"Just gonna stand there then?" He asked with a smirk, noticing my gawking. I blushed bright red and turned my attention to another shelf, busying myself with scanning the books. I hummed lowly as I looked through the selections, trying to pull inspiration from somewhere.
"What are you humming?" Jesse asked a few minutes later.
"'Meteor shower'." I replied "By Owl City." He shrugged with a smile, turning back to the Take That music book in his hand. I returned to humming as I pulled out a book, checked the back, sighing when my idea of singing a duet from Westlife, one of my personal favourite boy bands, fell short, replacing it quickly back onto the shelf. Jesse busied himself with doing the same, as if we were in a heated battle to find the dream duet that would do that beautiful sound we'd both heard when we'd sung together justice.
"What about this?" He asked, pulling out a music book, it made a scrapping sound as he whipped it out.
He took a couple slow steps towards me, handing me the thin paperback book. I looked at the cover, my eyes furrowed, tentatively taking it in both hands.
"Page 7," He told me, I flipped through the thin pages, turning to the right page. I smiled at the title, looking up at him with a grin.
"I think this could work." I announced. He smirked. After collecting a few more books with potential ideas and checking them out, we wandered back to our practise room, slowly, taking in the fresh air as we did, I looked up at the sky, which was beaming down and closed my eyes.
"Beautiful." I heard Jesse mutter, causing my eyes to snap open.
"What?" I inquired.
"Beautiful. The way the sun shone on your face." He explained, my face went red again.
"It's strange how well we get on, when, in all seriousness, we don't actually know a lot about each other." I pointed out; Jesse smiled and shrugged, moving to nudge my shoulder with his.
"What do you want to know?" He asked.
"Hmmm...siblings?" I asked.
"One, a sister called Abigail, she's 22 and lives in LA." He answered
"My turn. Favourite flavour of ice cream?" He questioned, I thought for a moment.
"Mint choc chip. Two scoops with a wafer." I answered as we passed the fountain "Favourite sport?"
"Baseball." He replied "Yours?"
"Same, my dad used to take me every other weekend."
"Favourite food?"
"Pasta of any kind." He replied "Favourite animal?"
"Horses."
"Oh, you ride?" He raised an eyebrow. I nodded once "My sister owns a horse stable," He replied.
"Do you ride?" I asked, he shook his head.
"Horse threw me when I was 5, never been on a horse since." He explained, I chuckled a bit.
"Biggest fear?" He asked.
"Being in Lightning storms." I answered quickly, fidgeting at the mention of my irrational terror "Ummmm...Favourite old TV show?" I asked.
"Don't tell anyone but Charmed." He whispered. I laughed, he rolled his eyes.
"Don't mock." He ordered curtly with a faux sense of sadness in his voice.
We entered the Block, Jesse opening the door, letting me past first.
"I promise. Favourite colour?" I asked.
"Navy Blue." He replied, gesturing to his button up checked shirt "And yours?"
"Stop stealing mine," I giggled as we walked down the hall "And pink." I added, fiddling with my cardigan. He nodded a couple times, pushing open the door to the practise room.
"Song to describe today?" I asked, strolling to the piano, sitting at the bench. Jesse knitted his brow in thought slowly, making his way to the bench and falling next to me. He opened the top book for the pile we'd collected and placed it on the stand, leaving the rest on the piano surface.
"This one." He said before beginning to play.
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