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Saturday night Rachel and Finn went bowling as was per the usual. But he made a strange proposition while they were there.
"Look Rachel, since you and Jesse are trying to be friends I have an idea" He told her
"What is it?" Rachel asked
"Well he is kind of the Nationals expert and I was wondering if you could maybe get him to help us out a little bit." Rachel's eyebrows raised
"Help us out how?" She asked
"Like helped choreograph the routines and stuff... it was just an idea because you always said about Mr. Schuester's choreography-"
"Yeah I think he most definitely would" Rachel interrupted. She was thrilled at the chance to get some better choreography into their routines, happy that Finn trusted her and as much as she wouldn't admit it, she was excited at the prospect at getting to spend more time with Jesse.
The next day when she met Jesse at the coffee shop she told him the idea.
"Hmmm you guys will need some work if you want to win" Jesse mused "Sure why not… I have all the time in the world now that I'm on my Summer holidays. Of course, I didn't plan to stay in Lima nearly this long but I also didn't expect things to work out this well between us. So when should I come in?"
"Well obviously I should probably tell them before hand rather than you show up and they beat you to a pulp" Rachel explained
"Would they really do that?" Jesse sounded more amused than anxious
"I don't know but we really need your help and your no help if your dead" She told him
Jesse laughed
"Alright then. So I should come Tuesday then?" He suggested
"Sounds good"
It didn't really go down so well…
"Guys there is something I need to tell you" Rachel said as she came into the choir room. Finn was already sitting down and talking to Santana. Rachel felt a little miffed that he wasn't helping her out. But she tossed back her shoulders and told them her plan.
There was silence for a minute before everyone began registering their opinions
"Rachel he was a spy!" Quinn yelled
"Why would you think we'd be okay with this?" wondered Mercedes
"That freaking bastard played us all!" was Puck's input
"He'll just try and ruin us again" Tina protested
All the others shook their heads in disagreement with Rachel's plan
"Guys maybe we should give him a chance" Finn suggested and everyone went silent and looked at him "It was my idea… he can really help us. Look, when he gets here tomorrow he's going to tell us his version of the story and we are all going to listen. Because he can really help us… he can teach us some cool lifts and stuff like they did in Vocal Adrenaline." No one seemed to like that idea
"Guys how about we let Jesse come in and talk to us for a little bit and we can decide then" Mr. Schuester's word was final and no one argued.
So the next day when Jesse arrived his reception was rather cold. He was greeted civilly by Mr. Schuester and apart from Rachel who gave him a warm "Hello Jesse" the others ignored his presence. Until he got up and said to them all
"Hello New Directions. I trust you all remember me and don't like me very much. Great, lets get started. " His voice was remarkably cheery " First I think you are all waiting to hear my story and I will certainly tell it to you. Where do I begin?" He sighed before launching into the same story that he told Rachel that day in the coffee shop (minus all the intimate details of course).
When he was finished Mercedes was the first to ask "Are we really going to buy that?" Most of the others agreed with her
"Well I hope you are" Jesse said threateningly "because it's true. Most of you know Shelby Corcoran is Rachel's mother. Why shouldn't you believe it? Besides, if you want to win Nationals I do not believe you have a choice. Vocal wise most of you are very talented. But the choreography that you guys use is… how should I say it? Sub-par? No offense to you of course Mr. Schuester, but you guys aren't going to place at Nationals with the routines you regularly use. You may say, "We beat Vocal Adrenaline" but they are slowly going down hill. Shelby was the best show choir director anyone could have, and now that they've lost most of their talent and picked up foreign exchange students to use as soloists, they aren't going to succeed. So if you don't want my help good luck to you." Jesse eyed them all "So what's it going to be?"
The answer was yes.