Wonderstruck Chapter 10: This Night Is Flawless, a glee fanfic

A/N: This short chapter goes hand in hand with the last one, so R&R? oh, and the song pattern is the same as last time: Jesse. Rachel. Both

"What the heck was that all about?" said Kurt with frustration.

Rachel stood there on the sidewalk looking completely shocked.

"Rachel?" he asked.

"I told you I wasn't ready. He just, really reminded me of him. It was too much for me to handle. Even his smile…" she said full of emotion.

Kurt looked confused.

"What are you talking about? He looked nothing like Finn!" he shouted.

Rachel sighed and kept walking over in the direction of the hotel.

"If anything, he looked a lot like—"

Rachel spun on her feet to face him. Her face looked completely crushed.

Kurt nodded.

"Jesse." they both said in unison.

Kurt hooked his arm with hers as he led her back to the hotel. Neither of them saw that they were being watched by an onlooker at the club doors.

Back at the hotel, Rachel and Kurt sat in Rachel's bed together talking about what happened that night. Neither of them bothered to change first, so they sat together in their club clothes. Rachel sat on her bed, holding onto her teddy bear that she brought with her for comfort. Kurt looked up at her sympathetically.

She finally broke the silence.

"He just… gave me this feeling. All those good feelings that Jesse made me feel rushed back to me. It wasn't just because he looked like him from what was visible. It was his singing, and his confidence. His touch. It's like electricity." she said with a smile.

Kurt smiled because she was.

"Whoever this guy is… he's making you smile brighter than I've ever seen you smile with Finn, and I like that." he said.

"He invited us to a show he's doing. It's the day after tomorrow. He says its filled with Taylor Swift songs."
"Then we must go." Kurt said instantly.

"It's not that simple. This would mean meeting him face to face after the show. I'm nervous. I don't know if I should be feeling these feelings so soon after a breakup."

Kurt sighed.

"Well if you don't like his performance, then we don't have to stay long enough for you to meet him. Just think of it as us checking out a college's theatre department. We should be doing this sort of thing anyway." he reasoned.

She buried herself under her pillow.

"I know you like him." He teased.

She sat up again.

"Do you really think we should go?"

Kurt nodded. "Just sleep on it, and let me know what you want to do in the morning, Rach."

With that, he bid her goodnight, and left to his room.

Rachel tried to sleep, but couldn't help tossing and turning. Her mind was racing, repeating the events from the party. She got out of bed to walk to the balcony, but stopped when she glanced at her reflection in the mirror. She was smiling. Whoever this guy was, she had to know him. This short meeting was having such a good affect on her that she couldn't just let it end. She stepped onto the balcony and looked out at the lights coming from the local clubs, signs, and cars driving by. The rush of feelings that she was experiencing mixed with the sparkling view made her feel like she could do anything.

Little did she know, that back at the club, her "mystery guy" was thinking the exact same thing.

Jesse was still at the club, helping his cousin wipe down counters. He was wiping the same spot for two minutes, his mind in another place. He loaded the Speak Now karaoke cd again and pushed play on the song he thought fit his feelings. Back at her hotel, Rachel was singing the same song.

There I was again tonight
Forcing laughter, faking smiles
Same old tired, lonely place
Walls of insincerity
Shifting eyes and vacancy
Vanished when I saw your face
All I can say is it was enchanting to meet you
Your eyes whispered "Have we met?"
Across the room, your silhouette
Starts to make its way to me
The playful conversation starts
Counter all your quick remarks
Like passing notes in secrecy
And it was enchanting to meet you
All I can say is I was enchanted to meet you

Rachel danced on her balcony, careless to the people on the streets who may be watching.

This night is sparkling, don't you let it go
I'm wonderstruck, blushing all the way home
I'll spend forever wondering if you knew
I was enchanted to meet you

She turned back inside her room, and paced around in thought.

The lingering question kept me up
2 am, who do you love?
I wonder 'til I'm wide awake
Now I'm pacing back and forth
Wishing you were at my door
I'd open up and you would say
It was enchanting to meet you
All I know is I was enchanted to meet you

She couldn't wait until tomorrow; she had to see him tonight. Rachel slipped on her shoes and ran out the door and over to the club. She was so overcome with the magical feelings inside that she literally danced and twirled in the streets.

This night is sparkling, don't you let it go
I'm wonderstruck, blushing all the way home
I'll spend forever wondering if you knew
This night is flawless, don't you let it go
I'm wonderstruck, dancing around all alone
I'll spend forever wondering if you knew
I was enchanted to meet you

This is me praying that
This was the very first page
Not where the story line ends
My thoughts will echo your name
Until I see you again
These are the words I held back
As I was leaving too soon
I was enchanted to meet you

She reached the club in record time, wondering if she could spot him out without his mask. She ran inside but stopped dead when she saw him, still masked, with another girl. He was with the bartender, laughing. The bartender was beautifully dressed in a black dress. There was no way that Rachel could compete with her. But maybe they weren't anything. Maybe….

Jesse walked away from his cousin, who had just told him a quick funny story and stopped in his tracks when he thought he saw his mystery girl in the shadows. He took a double take but she was gone. He was falling for a girl so hard that he was hallucinating seeing her! Closing his eyes, he thought about the last image in his mind that he had of her. She was leaving with her guy friend. Her guy friend? He prayed they were really just friends.

Rachel hid from sight, her heart heavy. She started walking back to her hotel. Jesse removed his mask, and made his way out the club.

Please don't be in love with someone else
Please don't have somebody waiting on you
Please don't be in love with someone else
Please don't have somebody waiting on you

Both stood, not a block away from each other, unaware they were singing the same song. They each danced their way home, so full of the feelings that the other made them feel.

Rachel reached her room again and shut her door. She walked back to her balcony. Jesse reached his apartment and looked out his window.

Please don't be in love with someone else
Please don't have somebody waiting on you