Sebastian Smythe really hates people sometimes, okay fine most of the time. But could you really blame him?
This time it really wasn't everybody he hated, well it started out that way anyway. One minute he's sitting on his bed in his dorm thinking about his super hot girlfriend and the next he's getting a call from Santana with said girlfriend in the background freaking out.
He wasn't actually sure what had happened all he knew was that he was supposed to get down to the hospital as soon as he could.
So here he was walking down the bland white hallways of the hospital searching for Rachel's room.
Once he found it and entered he could almost feel the tension in skin. There before him sat a very pale Finn and an angry Rachel with an ice pack on her nose.
He eyed Finn skeptically and gave him a sharp glare before the taller boy turned his head away in discomfort. "Hope I'm not interrupting anything, I just heard that Rachel got hurt an came as soon as I could."
Rachel looked at him in shock before chancing a glance at Finn who was glaring at the two of them.
"You don't have to stay Finn, Sebastian's here now so I won't be alone." Rachel said irritatedly to Finn.
"No, I wanna wait and hear what the doctor says, it was my fault after all." Finn said shyly from the corner wisely avoiding eye contact with Sebastian.
Sebastian's ears perked up instantly at Finn's words. "Wait a minute, this is your fault? She is sitting here in a hospital with an ice pack on her nose because of you. What the hell did you do?" This news just added to Sebastian's already bad mood.
"I didn't mean to, we were just practicing our dancing for nationals and my arm swung out and hit her in the face. Rach I'm really sorry." Finn pleaded with Rachel almost appearing to be ignoring the other boy in the room.
There was another to make Sebastian hate people. Sebastian fumed at his very words. How could he call her Rach?
"It's okay Finn, y-you didn't mean to. Besides it may not even be broken." Rachel said optimistically managing a weak smile.
"It's broken." The doctor announced as he waltzed into the room holding Rachel's x-ray.
Rachel let out a tiny whimper at his words before wincing at the pain the sudden movement caused in her nose.
"Don't worry it's a clean break so I won't have to set it. However I do believe that considering your deviated septum this would be a great opportunity for a vanity adjustment." The doctor said giving all three teens in the room a cheesy smile.
Sebastian tensed up at his words and had the urge to pull Rachel into his side. Was he seriously suggesting that a sixteen year old girl whose parents weren't even here yet get a freaking nose job?
"Y-you mean like a nose job?" Rachel asked almost afraid to hear the answer.
The doctor gave a nod before continuing to try to persuade the small girl, he quickly turned to face Finn. "You her boyfriend?"
Finn looked awkwardly down at the ground. "Uh no."
He then made one swift moment to face Sebastian. "Are you her boyfriend?"
Sebastian looked questioningly at Rachel, to see her pleading eyes practically begging for him not to say anything in front of Finn. He let out a reluctant sigh before answering. "No I'm not."
"Well what do your guys' girlfriends look like?" The doctor just wouldn't drop the subject, resulting in Sebastian's mood to somehow get even worse.
He couldn't take it anymore. "Rachel doesn't need to change how she looks, she is beautiful just the way she is. Now if you'll excuse us I think it would be best if you gave us a moment alone." Sebastian gave the doctor a sharp look before he finally relented and left.
Finn slowly walked towards the door. "I should probably get going too. I'm really sorry about your nose Rach, if you need anything let me know." Rachel responded with a polite nod before he left.
Now that they were the only two in the room Sebastian scooted closer to Rachel and wrapped his arm around you. "I can't believe that guy. I seriously couldn't decide who I wanted to punch more the creepy doctor with the yellow smile or the jolly green giant."
Rachel let out a small giggle before playfully slapping his chest. "Be nice." Rachel reprimanded still giggling a little.
Sebastian let a small smirk creep onto his lips. "Yeah babe I think we both know that that's not happening."
Rachel released a mock sigh of disappointment. "Yeah I know, looks like I'm gonna be stuck with an extremely rude, obnoxious, and sarcastic boyfriend for awhile."
"Don't forget, irresistible, uncommonly attractive, hilarious, and the list just goes on." Sebastian boasted playfully while hugging her shoulders.
"That you are." Rachel placed a sweet kiss on his lips.
Sebastian smiled lightly before his face returned to it's serious composure. "Seriously though, you aren't actually considering getting a nose job are you?"
Rachel gulped and looked at her lap sheepishly. "What if I was? Would that be so bad?"
Sebastian turned and looked at her incredulously. "You can't be serious right now, Rach. I don't see why you need one to be honest. Your face is perfect, if it's not broken don't fix it." He said pushing some hair out of her eyes.
"Well actually technically my nose is broken but I get the gesture it's very sweet thank you. Lets just go I don't want to be here any longer than I have to be."
Walking out of the building Rachel was thinking about a lot.
Well actually just one thing. She hadn't actually considered the idea of getting a nose job until Sebastian had asked her about it just a few moments ago, but the more she thought about it the better it sounded.
She always wanted to be more socially accepted. Sure she sometimes pretended as if that stuff didn't matter and all that did matter was broadway and her career, but deep down a part of her wanted people to stare a she walked past. Or to whistle at her as they walked down the hallway.
She knew that there was no point in asking Sebastian his opinion on this because he had already made it very clear. There was however one person that she had a feeling would give it to her straight and not give her all this "you don't need to change" crap.
So the next day she called a number she had never actually expected to call. Quinn Fabray's number.
To her surprise Quinn was actually very supportive of this and was even more thrilled when Rachel had told her that she wanted her nose to look like the blonde girl's nose.
So there she was at the Lima Bean waiting for Quinn to return from the bathroom after they had just met and gotten pictures and such taken with the doctor who would be giving the surgery.
She looked over all of the pictures he had given back. She definitely looked different with Quinn's nose but wasn't that sort of the point.
There was just one thing that she didn't account for that she most certainly should have. Santana being there.
"Hey Berry, what are you doing here?" Santana asked skeptically as she took in the image of Rachel sitting by herself at the table.
"Oh uh hey Santana, I just stopped to get some coffee and wanted to try to get some of my homework done here." Rachel replied cooly as she tried desperately to hide the picture she was just looking at. Unfortunately this hadn't gone unnoticed by Santana resulting in the picture being snatched out of Rachel's hand.
"What the hell is this?"
"Look Santana if I tell you, you have to swear you won't freak out."
"I make no promises, now spill."
Rachel let out a sigh before responding. "Fine, I was considering get a small procedure done to relieve my deviated septum."
Santana eyed her. "So basically you want to get a nose job?"
"Well I suppose you could call it that yes." Rachel said diverting her gaze downwards.
"Berry I don't know why you're ashamed to tell me of all people. Do you not remember my summer surgery? Money well spent by the way." Santana added a wink at the end.
"I guess I just thought you would try to talk me out of it." Rachel shrugged.
"Well now that you've got right. I know that before we came friends I made fun of the way you look and I've never really apologized for that. But now seeing that we are friends and all I'm gonna tell you something. You're hot, you've got a smoking body, and a face like no other. Now obviously it isn't my place to tell you not to get it but if you ask me I don't think you should." Santana said genuinely with no traces of sarcasm in her voice whatsoever.
Rachel smiled lightly. "Thank you Santana, I'll think about it but until I make my decision could you do me a favor and not tell Sebastian about this?" Rachel said biting her lip.
"Mums the word from me but you might want to hide those papers, tall, dark, and wanky at twelve o'clock."
Rachel whirled around in her chair only to catch the eye of the smirking bronze haired boy coming her way. She sloppily stuffed the paper under the table.
"Hey." Sebastian greeted lightly pulling Rachel in for a light kiss.
"Oh god, get a room." Santana said rolling her eyes.
Sebastian cast his gaze at the papers under the table. "So you wanna tell me what you're hiding under there?"
"I'm not hiding anything." Rachel said a little too quickly, she attempted to shift the paper into her bag but was once again too slow and had the paper this time snatched out of her hand by Sebastian.
Taking one glance at it his face contorted to one of anger. "You wanna tell me what this is?"
"I'm sorry I didn't tell you but I'm considering getting that nose job that the doctor was talking about. Not only would it relieve my deviated septum but it would also allow me to reach higher notes when I belt."
"Cut the crap Rachel, you want this because you're insecure. Rachel take a look at this picture. It looks nothing like you." Rachel couldn't remember the last time she had seen Sebastian so hurt and angry.
"What does it matter as long as it makes me happy?" Rachel spat back just as forcefully.
"Because this is not happiness. This is plastic surgery and plastic surgery is cheap and trashy." Sebastian said slamming the picture down on the table.
Santana held her hand up from across the table. "Um excuse me but I got plastic surgery." Santana said obviously offended.
"Thanks for helping to prove my point." Sebastian said pointing mockingly at Santana.
"You know you're kind of being a dick right now?" Rachel hissed at Sebastian.
"You're kind of being a brat." Sebastian retorted instantly regretting it when he saw the smaller brunette's eyes narrow.
Things only got worse when a certain blonde returned from the bathroom.
"Well judging by tension in the air I'm gonna guess it would be best if we continued this another time. I had fun today Rachel we should hang out again soon." Quinn said sending a smile in Rachel's direction.
"Wait a minute so you're hanging out with Quinn now? The girl who not too long ago was calling you manhands and rupaul?" Sebastian asked bitterly.
"At least she's supportive in what I want. Now if you'll excuse me I need to get home. I need to talk this over with my dads. I'll talk to you later Santana." Rachel said calming down a bit for her last few words.
As soon as she left Sebastian groaned and buried his head in his hands.
"You know you really were being a dick." Santana informed nonchalantly looking at her nails.
"Not helping." Sebastian spat back irritatedly.
"Not trying to."
Just as Sebastian was about to return his head to their previous position in his hands he caught the eye of an evilly smirking blonde outside. He muttered a brief "excuse me" before leaving.
"What's your problem?" He exclaimed the moment he got outside.
"My problem is that you don't know how to be very supportive. That's not the kind of thing that's going to win us prom king and queen." Quinn replied knowing it would get a rise out of him.
"You do know that, that whole prom deal is off right? I'm dating Rachel and I have absolutely no desire to spend an evening with you."
Quinn smiled innocently. "Well from the looks of it you won't be dating Rachel for much longer. I'll call you later about why color tie you should get, although I'm thinking light blue." Quinn said smirking as she walked away.
The next few days had gone by with no texts or any form of communication between the couple. They had not so pleasantly seen each other while the Warblers came to McKinley to bid their goodbyes to Kurt.
Something about seeing her hardly smile at all even when one of her best friends was returning to their school struck something in him.
He hated seeing her unhappy and he was determined to make things right between them again.
Looks like she was for the fourth night in a row back to lonely nights of watching Funny Girl.
As she got her popcorn ready she was quickly alerted by the doorbell ringing.
The pleasant look on her face quickly dissolved as she saw a familiar bronze haired, green eyed boy standing on her porch.
"Hey." Sebastian greeted quietly.
Rachel's face scrunched up into confusion. "What are you doing here Sebastian?"
"I wanted to apologize, I was being an ass. I should have given you a chance to actually talk to me about it before I blew up on you." Sebastian apologized taking her hand in his.
Rachel let out a reluctant sigh. "I suppose I owed you the same before I went and made those arrangements."
Sebastian let out a small smile. "Come on Rach, let's go. I think we have a lot to talk about."
The drive there was silent, not awkwardly silent but a nice comfortable silence that Rachel Berry only allowed herself with Sebastian Smythe.
"Where are we going?" Rachel finally asked as they entered a woodsy area out of her area of knowledge.
"Just a place that I like to come to think." Sebastian shrugged.
As soon as they got to the desired spot Sebastian sat down on the hood of his car offering his hand to help the other girl up.
"Seb-."
Sebastian interrupted her by placing his finger over her lips in a "shh" gesture.
"Just let me talk first. Rach you know I love you and I've never felt this way about anybody before. In fact before you all of the people I had been with before were cheap an dirty with multiple plastic surgeries and were just totally repulsive. But then I met you, someone with their own opinions, and I could actually see your face under the small amount of makeup you wore. You know what I thought the first time I saw you?" Sebastian asked looking at her lightly. She shook her head indicating a no urging him to go on.
"I thought, this girl is gorgeous, possibly the most beautiful girl I've ever seen. Sure she's a little loud but she's amazing. So when you told me you wanted to change something on your face I was just so surprised and taken aback that you would actually want to change something that was already perfect. But now sitting here after having four days to think about it I realized although you may be my girlfriend it's still your body and whatever choices you want to make with it I need to respect. I just want you to know that even if you do get a nose job I'll still love you just as much." Sebastian kissed her lightly after he was done with his speech taking in her shocked wordless expression.
"Could you maybe say something? I just poured my heart out in true lady Hummel fashion."
Rachel looked straight into his eyes her face still wide with shock. "I'm not getting the nose job."
The corner of Sebastian's mouth turned up slightly before his face turned in confusion. "You aren't doing this because of the dumbass things I said right?"
Rachel let out a tiny laugh at his vulgar language while taking his hand in hers. "No I just realized that I don't need to impress anybody and the only person whose opinion really matters already loves the way I am."
Sebastian shook his head in amazement. "I sound like a such a pussy for saying this but god I love you."
"I love you too." Rachel responded pulling him in for a passionate kiss.
A/N: I know this wasn't the best chapter, and the fact that this took me so long is even worse. Next chapter will have quite a bit of drama so be ready for that. I will definitely update in a week but it will hopefully be sooner if you guys review. Thank you all or sticking with me so far an reviewing. It means a lot. Ok I love you all an please review!