A/N: I don't own any anything but Amelia St. James and any other original characters which include her parents and her aunt and uncle.
The week following Coach Sue's leave, she returned that Monday morning. Rachel and Finn had started dating, Jesse would not stop asking about Rachel, I think he may have a little crush on her. Also Monday morning, I watched as Kurt, Mercedes and Rachel got slushied by three football players. Yep, still not joining glee club anytime soon. We just got back from Thanksgiving break, it was getting colder, and Cheerio practice was moving indoors.
After the first practice with Coach Sue back, I was walking to get something from my locker, I passed by the auditorium. Finn was in there with Mr. Schuester, Finn was singing a song, it was 'Hello, I Love You,' he wasn't that bad. I went to my locker, grabbed what I needed then left to go home with my uncle. The next day, I was walking in the halls, when I saw Rachel walk away from Finn, she was crying. "Rachel, what happened?" I asked walking beside her, "Finn and I broke up," "Oh, he doesn't realize who he just lost, anybody would be stupid for breaking up with you," "You think so?" "Yeah," We kept walking for a bit before I said anything. "How about tomorrow you and me go to the music store nearby and look for a song for your glee assignment if you don't already have one," "I'd like that, thanks Amelia," "It's no problem,"
Now I had to make sure that Jesse would be at the music too, he usually goes there on Wednesday because it is the least busiest day. I then later found out that Santana and Brittany had a date with Finn on Friday. I didn't see Rachel again till tomorrow, she told me how she sang 'Gives You Hell,' in glee club and that Mr. Schue didn't like it. She also said something about how he brought up Vocal Adrenaline. She waited in choir while I was Cheerios practice, then my uncle brought us to the music store, I saw Jesse's rover in his usual parking spot, so that was good.
"I don't know I have never been here before," Rachel stated as we walked inside, I saw Jesse, he saw Rachel but Rachel didn't see him. "Probably because it is closer to Akron than Lima," I stated. We walked around the store for a bit, before she actually started looking for a song. I got a text from Jesse.
From Jesse: Any chance, you leave her side for like five minutes
"I'm gonna go to the bathroom, I'll be right back," I told her. She nodded her head in response and started looking around. I didn't actually go to the bathroom, I hid behind a shelf. I watched as Jesse walked up to her, she didn't because she had a music book in front of her face. I watched as Jesse slid the book down and started talking to her. "Lionel Richie huh? One of my favorites," Jesse told her. "Oh my god, you're Jesse St. James, you're in Vocal Adrenaline," She stated. "And you're Rachel Berry, I saw you perform at Sectionals. Your rendition of 'Don't Rain On My Parade' was flawed. You totally lacked Barbra's emotional depth, but you're talented." Give it to Jesse to give someone a backhanded compliment. I watched as they started walking to a different bookshelf, I slowly moved to a different bookshelf to hide behind. "This is one of my favorite haunts, I like to come and flip through the celebrity biographies, pick up some lifestyle tips. I'm a senior now so this year's kind of my victory lap. Snagging a fourth consecutive national championship would just be gravy. I'm getting out of Ohio soon, I've got a full ride to a little school called University of California, Los Angeles. Maybe you've heard of it, it's in Los Angeles." They were now close to the piano in the room. "What do you say we take her for a spin." Jesse said before taking a seat on the bench. "Here, uh, no. I'm kinda nervous," Jesse sighed, "I remember when I use to get nervous, come on. I do this all the time." Jesse still gets nervous, not a lot but he gets nervous. " I like to give impromptu concerts for the homeless. It's so important to give back," Jesse never gives impromptus for the homeless. He started playing the piano, it was the notes to 'Hello' by Lionel Richie. When Rachel joined in, it sounded amazing, their voices worked really well together. Mid way through the song, I moved so that they could see me. I also saw how in love Rachel loved, Jesse looked the same. I always knew I could play matchmaker.
Jesse leaned into her when the song was over, "We should do this more often, how's Friday night?" I watched as Rachel nodded eagerly. I decided to ruin the moment. "Rachel," "Amelia, it's not what it looks like, don't tell glee," "It looks like you just met my brother," "He's your brother," "Yeah, I'm her brother," Jesse piped in. "Then why do you go to McKinley?" "Because he's my brother, and I don't want to be known as 'Jesse's Little Sister' to everybody I met," "Now that you know the truth, we still on for Friday?" "Yeah, of course, but if anybody asks questions Amelia you're my cover," "Got it,"
All three of us left after that, Jesse drove us to Rachel's house, we dropped her off but only after her and Jesse exchanged numbers, then we went home. Rachel and Jesse non stop texted each other after that. Friday came sooner than expected, it was the day of their date.
After school and Cheerios, I was picked up by my uncle like always and we made our way home. Jesse had picked Rachel up from school since glee ended before Cheerios did. From what I knew they were gonna be in Lima for the date. We had dinner and waited for Jesse to come home. When he did, we bombarded him with questions about the date. "How was it?" I asked. "Amazing," "Just amazing?" Aunt Vanessa asked. "It was more than amazing, we went out to eat, I took her to that vegan place you told me about, we went to see a movie, and then went to her house, we didn't do anything bad I swear. We just sang at her house, then I kissed her." He explained. "You kissed Rachel, she's my kinda sorta friend," "She kissed me back," He said defending himself.
I saw Rachel on Monday morning, she had a smile on her face. It looked good on her, she deserves to be happy. I was on my way to my locker when I saw Finn approach her. I stopped close to them and listened in.
"Hey, Rach, can we talk?" Finn asked her. "Look I wanna apologize. I realized that I don't wanna date other girls, only you. You do talk too much, you usually just talk about yourself , but at least I don't feel alone when I am with you." "I'm glad you've come to that realization, but you're too late. I've meet someone else, a boy who is who's finally worthy of my talent and love." Rachel explained. "Whoa, whoa, wait. Do I know him? Is he bigger than me?" Finn asked. "He doesn't go to this school, and he's a senior." Rachel was kinda panicking, I think she thinks that Finn won't believe her. "His name is Jesse St. James, and he's the male lead of Vocal Adrenaline," I watch as her face as she realized what she had just said. She had to act quick now. "We're both aware that our Romeo and Juliet romance will be a challenge but our deep respect for each other's talent will carry us through," "Rachel, don't you think that's kind of suspicious? We make it to Regionals, and suddenly the top guy in our main competition picks you up?" Finn questioned. I decided to step in, "Look Finn, right. I saw how Jesse and Rachel met, I set it up because my brother could not stop talking about her. You need to move on with your life and realize that you had a chance and you blew it, goodbye." I grabbed Rachel's arm and led her away. "Thank you so much, for stepping in but aren't you worried that he is gonna tell everybody about you being Jesse's sister?" "If he does it will be fine, we need to make sure he doesn't blab about you and Jesse." I told her. She nodded her head. We both headed to our respective classes after that.
I stopped to talk to Rachel before I headed to lunch, Rachel had third lunch, I had first so it didn't matter if I got there late. I ended up walking her to the choir room, I walked in with her. "Hey guys," She said to Kurt, Artie, Tina and Mercedes. "Cut the butter, Benedict Arnold. We heard about your new boyfriend," Kurt said. Wow, don't even notice me. "Look, Rachel, we're all happy that you're happy. But we've worked too hard in Glee CLub to let you throw it all away on a relationship that might not even be real." Mercedes told her. "Why causes he's in Vocal Adrenaline?" Rachel asked. "Their motto is 'Aut neca aut necatus eris' which loosely translate to murder or be murdered." Kurt stated which wasn't true. "They give their dancers human growth hormone." Tina piped in. "We're not saying the dude is playing you." Mercedes began before Kurt interrupted, "He's playing you," "We just think that until regionals are over we can't risk the possibility that he is." Mercedes spoke. "None of us wanna go through what happened at Sectionals again." Tina explained. "Okay, look, Jesse and I might not be true love, but what if we are? I know who I am. And how many chances at this am I gonna get?" She said trying to reason with them.
"If you don't break up with him, you're out." Kurt stated. "But you can't kick me out," "But we can all quit if Mr. Schue doesn't," Artie told her. "Well good luck winning without me," Rachel stated. "Everyone is replaceable, even you," Kurt said with no emotion. "What is wrong with you people?" I asked them. "Nothing, it's a simple choice, us or the boy," Kurt explained. "What if it was you in her place, what if one of you guys found somebody you really liked but they went to a rival school, huh. Would you want to be given an ultimatum. You can't replace Rachel, nobody in this stupid school has even close to the amount of talent that she has. You'd be lucky if you found somebody to even be a place holder, you were lucky that Jacob wanted to get into Rachel's skirt enough to take Finn's spot in the group." I shouted at them before I left.
I saw Rachel run up behind, I turned around. "Thanks again Amelia," "Anytime, you're my friend and nobody deserves to be put in a situation like that. If they have anymore problems with you, just let me know," I told her, "I will, you better get to lunch," With that, I went to lunch, I got my food and quickly found the Cheerios table, everybody greeted me and lunch went on.
The rest of the day was boring, Cheerios practice was complicated. Uncle Daniel picked me up afterwards. "Jesse will be home a little late, he's meeting with Rachel tonight. Anything good happen at school today?" "Well, Finn Hudson, Rachel's ex, and I say that loosely, wanted to get back with her. She slipped up and accidently told him about Jesse, and then he told everybody in the glee club about the two of them. So then they made Rachel choose between Jesse and glee. I stepped in before she had to make a choice thank goodness," I explained to him. The rest of the ride home was just us discussing Rachel's teammates.
About two hours after I got home, Jesse arrived home. He entered my room, before I could say anything. "Thank you for helping Rachel today," He said. "It's no big deal, she's my friend," "Seriously, thank you, we both know that if she had to choose, one of us would be hurt. Whether it was me or her, you stepped in before she even had time to think about an answer," He spoke while sitting on my bed. "So you must really like Rachel," I taunted. "You don't even know," Jesse said flopping on his back onto my bed.
I didn't see Rachel the next day, but I learned from Jesse, that they were still seeing each other. Rachel had lied to her team about her and Jesse, which meant that I had to keep my mouth shut and not be seen with her as much. I knew that I could do that, I also knew that Rachel had made the right decision in lying to her team. Her happiness should always be more important than a glee club.