(A/N: Thank you SOOOO much for the reviews! You guys will see that I will probably be posting more and more...it's because my school year ended! Freshman year of High School is officially OVER! Soo enjoy this chapter! Uhh and the jersey thing, well my brother's football team had two different colored jerseys, red for home and gray for away, so I just came up with this.)
BTW: this takes place DIRECTLY after somewhere over the Rainbow….So pretend that the last chapter happened a week after this…Also…..idk why, but after the season finale I kind of wanted Finn to just punch Jesse in the face….probably since Mr. Schue wouldn't let him in Funk.
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Rachel was beyond excited, the glee club wasn't ending! When she found out she had to grab Finn's hand to prevent herself from jumping up and down with joy. After Somewhere Over The Rainbow Mr. Schue had let everyone go, saying that they had to start working for next year the next day, Finn led Rachel to the parking lot. Right when they got out the school door, Rachel started jumping up and down, and grabbed Kurt, Reagan, Mercedes, and Quinn and started to hug them and they squealed with joy. Puck, Mike and Finn just watched in awe at their respective girlfriends, and then grinned. They were happy too. When the girls and Kurt finally broke apart, and everyone started to walk to their cars, Rachel jumped into Finn's arms, wrapping her arms around his neck. Finn laughed, and he spun her around in a circle. Rachel was laughing too. "It's not over!" She said when he finally put her down, his arms still circling her waist.
"I know!" He said, he was genuinely excited, because he was thinking about how close Glee brought him and Rachel, and seeing it end would've been so sad, especially since when Rachel thought it was ending, she was heartbroken. But now there he was, in the school parking lot with Rachel in his arms and he didn't think that anything could be better.
Rachel beamed up at him and brought his face down towards hers and kissed him. He responded quickly, and all too soon, she broke away. Finn looked at her confused, and Rachel waved a hand around, telling him to look at where they were. Finn blushed and Rachel just laughed. Then they walked to Finn's truck and drove back to the Berry house. On the way, Rachel noticed that he was fidgeting, going from looking out the window, to playing with the radio dials, and back and forth. "Babe," Rachel said "Are you alright?" Finn sighed.
"I-I uhh, need to talk to you." Rachel froze, wasn't that what people said before they dumped them? Finn noticed her nervousness. "Oh no, Rach, I'm not breaking up with you." He said hurriedly. She relaxed. "I-uhh, well you know how there's a home game tomorrow?"
"Yeah," Rachel said looking confused. Finn blushed.
"Well, you see, the guys have this tradition that they wear their letterman jackets to school while they have their girlfriends wear their away game jerseys, so I was wondering-"
"Oh my god," Rachel said looking in awe at her boyfriend "Are you asking me to wear your jersey?" Finn nodded, pulling into her driveway, parking the truck, getting out and walking over to her side. He opened her door and grabbed both her hands.
"So will you?" He asked, his thumbs running against her knuckles. Rachel laughed.
"You didn't really need to ask, but yes Finn, I would be honored to wear your jersey to school tomorrow." Finn's eyes lit up.
"Really? Baby, you are amazing!" He said kissing her quickly before helping her down from the truck and getting her bag from the back seat, and also grabbing a wad of black material as well. Since their school colors were white red and black, the home jerseys were red with white numbers and the away game jerseys were black with red numbers. Finn shook out the jersey and Rachel ran a hand over the red 5 emblazoned on the front. She looked up at Finn and smiled.
"Who are you guys playing?" She asked. Finn thought for a second as he shut the truck door and wrapped an arm around Rachel's waist and led her to her front door.
"Uhh, Carmel I think." He said shrugging. Rachel stopped walking. Finn turned towards her. "You alright?"
"C-C-Carmel?" She asked. Finn nodded. Then something hit Finn. His grip on her waist tightened as Rachel just stared blankly at her front door.
"If he tries anything just remember, I'm gunna be in full pads, probably holding a football." Rachel giggled and hugged Finn. "I'll see you tomorrow."
"Bye," She said as she waved and shut her house door. She quickly went up to her room, shut the door, and slid down to the floor, with her back to the door. She didn't plan on seeing Jesse again, he was a senior after all, and since they didn't make it to semi- finals they wouldn't have to see Vocal Adrenaline until next year's Regionals. But now, McKinley was playing Carmel in a football game and she would probably end up sitting somewhere near Jesse, since McKinley only had one side of bleachers, and Jesse would probably look for her. She grabbed her phone and did a five way conference call with Reagan, Kurt, Mercedes, and Tina.
"Hello?" They said when they picked up.
"Hey it's Rachel." She said. Everyone greeted her.
"Rachel, is everything okay?" Kurt asked "You sound a little dazed." Rachel couldn't hold it in any longer, and she told everyone what happened.
"Wait," Reagan said after Rachel said everything she needed to. "So you're scared that Jesse is going to harass you or something?"
"Yeah," Rachel said nodding, even though no one was there to see her nod.
"But how do you know that he's even going to be there?" Tina asked.
"Because he told me Vocal Adrenaline goes to all Carmel sporting events, home and away, it 'shows school spirit'" She mocked Jesse's voice at the end. Everyone laughed at Rachel's impression.
"Listen Rachel," Mercedes said "You have nothing to worry about. We'll be with you,"
"And Finn will probably be watching you more than watching the game." Reagan finished. That got everyone to start laughing.
"Don't worry Elle; we've got your back." Tina said. That was the group's nickname for Rachel, seeing as Finn was the only one that was allowed to call her Rach (his rule). So Kurt decided that if Finn calls her by the beginning of her name, they would call her by the end, also seeing as she is one of the only people they know that can hit and hold the note at the end of So Much Better from Legally Blonde, they found it fitting.
"Yeah no prob girl," Everyone else said. Rachel thanked her friends, knowing that they were there made her less nervous.
"Now," Rachel said "I also need help with my outfit tomorrow. Finn gave me his away game jersey to wear to school tomorrow, but his clothes are like humongous on me so I kind of need help making myself look presentable."
"We'll be at your house at 6." Kurt said flatly. "And Finn will probably be there at 7:30, so we'll have you ready by then. Mercedes, we'll help you too."
"Okay," Mercedes and Rachel said. Knowing that Kurt would get what he wanted anyways, even if they refused.
"Fabulous, we'll pick up Quinn too, I'll let her know." Kurt said again "See you later."
"Bye guys." Everyone said hanging up the phone. Rachel shut her phone and stood up. She didn't think that she had ever been this excited for school for a long time.
The next morning, someone knocked on the front door at exactly six o'clock. Rachel opened the door to see Reagan, Kurt, Mercedes, Quinn and Tina standing there. Quinn handed her a very large Starbucks cup. "We got you a Venti Caramel Frappuccino, with whipped cream." Rachel beamed and thanked them, and led them to her room, stopping once in the kitchen so her friends could greet her fathers. Rachel had set up her vanity for Kurt, knowing that when he finished with the outfits, he would rope them in to doing their makeup. Reagan, Tina and Kurt sat down on Rachel's perfectly made bed as Mercedes, Quinn (who had always worn her Cheerios uniform on game days, but now she was wearing Puck's jersey) and Rachel stood in front of them. "Well?" Quinn asked. "What now?" Kurt shrugged.
"I kind of need to see you in the jerseys to see what I need to do." Kurt said in an uh duh type of voice. Rachel, Quinn and Mercedes nodded and quickly pulled them on over the white tank tops that Kurt had told them to wear. Tina and Reagan had to hold in their laughter. Their friends looked so small in those shirts. Finn's jersey went all the way down to Rachel's knees. Reagan quickly went up to Rachel's dresser, got three hair elastics, and handed one to Kurt, and one to Tina. They quickly took some of the shirt in the back and tied it. "So much better." Kurt said high fiving Tina and Reagan.
"Yeah," Mercedes said "But now it looks like we have tails."
"Just tuck it in." Reagan said, walking over to Mercedes and taking the material and tucking it into the space between the tank top and jersey. "See? No more tail." Mercedes thanked her, and Quinn and Rachel did the same thing.
"Okay," Kurt said "What do you guys have for pants? Mercedes you're good." Mercedes walked over to the bed and sat down, already wearing a pair of jeans. Kurt was walking around Rachel and Quinn, who were in their pajama bottoms. "How about a light pair of jeans?" Quinn nodded going into her bag and walking towards the bathroom. She came back with a pair of jeans from American Eagle, they were a little baggy and Quinn explained that it was the 'boyfriend' type jeans, which were her favorite. Rachel looked worried.
"I don't have jeans that color." She said. She only had a few pairs of jeans, which all were on the darker side. Reagan pulled something out of her bag.
"Thought you might need a pair." She said throwing her a pair of Hollister jeans. Rachel walked towards the bathroom and changed. The jeans were the perfect color. When she came back from the bathroom Reagan had sat Mercedes down at the vanity.
"Since I did the outfits, Reagan's going to do hair and Tina's going to do make up." Rachel nodded and sat down on the bed.
"Hey look, we're in order from biggest number to smallest number!" Quinn exclaimed, laughing at how stupid that sounded. Rachel looked. Mercedes' shirt had the number 15 on it, while Quinn's had the number 20 and Rachel's had the number 5. Based on how they were positioned in the room, with Mercedes sitting at the vanity, and then Quinn standing by the window in front of the vanity, trying to find service in Rachel's room to text Puck, and Rachel sitting on her bed, it really did go from biggest number to smallest. Rachel laughed.
Finn pulled up to the Berry house right when Kurt got into his car with Mercedes and Reagan. He waved and they all did too. "Why are they here?" He asked himself as he knocked on the front door. His answer came right when Rachel opened the door. She was in a pair of light jeans, with a white tank top and his jersey on. She was wearing a pair of pale pink converse, her little gold star necklace, and her hair was straightened. Her makeup was simple, barely any on at all, just a little bit of black eyeliner and mascara, and a little bit of lip gloss. "Wow Rach," He said, hugging her, and then kissing her quickly. Rachel shrugged.
"It's nothing special." She said, getting into the truck. Finn pulled out of the driveway and started to go down the road.
"Yeah, but you look really cute." He said winking at her. She grinned and looked out the window. Pretty soon her phone vibrated. She quickly opened the text message, and her heart almost stopped.
Can't wait to see you at the game tonight….Can't wait to talk to you without Hudson there ;) XOXO Jesse
"Rach? Rach? Rachel!" Rachel jumped. They were stuck in traffic and Finn was looking at her. "What's wrong?" Rachel just handed him the cell phone. Finn's eyes went wide and his hands tightened on the steering wheel.
"Finn?" Rachel said quietly, he ignored her. He was fuming by now, and was looking out the window as the traffic started to move again. "Finn you're scaring me." She whispered. It was true; it scared her to see him angry. She knew that he would never ever hurt her, or any other girl, he was too much of a gentleman and knew that it was wrong to hit a girl, but when he was this mad, it made her nervous for whoever it was that pissed him off. Finn seemed to relax his hands on the wheel. And he reached forward and took her hand, they intertwined their fingers and Finn brought their hands up to his lips and kissed her hand.
"Sorry gorgeous," He said turning back to the road, but never letting go of her hand. "I just hate him so much, and I don't want him texting you, especially those friggen xoxo's. I should be texting you like that, not St. Jerk Butt." Rachel started laughing. 'Why are you laughing?"
"St. Jerk Butt? Really? Didn't Reagan already slap you for making up bad nicknames?" Finn laughed along with her as he pulled into a space by the entrance to the school. The glee kids were there already. As they got out of the truck, everyone waved at them. They waved back and walked into school talking animatedly.
During lunch, Rachel had finished eating really early and excused herself from the table. Now she was at her locker, waiting for Finn, who had to go to a football team meeting during lunch, and then he, Matt, Mike and Puck had gone to McDonalds to get burgers after. After five minutes Rachel decided to just meet him in Spanish, and had shut her locker and turned to go when someone took the books in her hand and threw them to the ground. Karofsky. "Nice shirt Berry." He snarled. Motioning to Finn's jersey. "Did you beg him to let you wear that? I bet you feel really special, wearing his jersey don't you? Next time you see him, apologize to him for me? 'Cuz I feel really bad for getting slushy all over his jersey." He said lifting the slushy cup in his hand. Rachel squeezed her eyes shut and awaited the frozen beverage to hit her face.
But instead, she felt someone touching her shoulder, she looked up. Matt. He smiled down at her. "You alright? Was Karofsky just being an ass again? Don't worry we saw the whole thing." Rachel just smiled faintly at him looking around for Finn, and Karofsky, who had seemingly disappeared, but then she heard a body being slammed into a locker, so she turned to the sound and smiled. Finn had Karofsky pinned up against the row of lockers across the hall, while Mike and Puck had his two friends pinned to the ground. Karofsky's friends also had slushy's, and she had a feeling that they weren't for drinking. Finn was looking twice as pissed as he did that morning in the car. His face was red from yelling.
"If you ever, EVER talk to my girlfriend like that again, I will kick your ass so bad you won't be able to function." He said, before shoving Karofsky once more for good measure, and then walking over to Rachel. Puck and Mike let go of Karofsky's friends and they hurried away in the same direction that Karofsky had. "You okay gorgeous?" He asked, brushing some hair out of her face. She nodded silently. Puck bent down and picked up Rachel's Spanish books, and handed them to her. And Finn quickly took them out of her hands, while handing her the pink backpack that she had forgotten was on the floor.
"Rachel, if he ever gives you a hard time again you let us know." Puck said. When Quinn had become close with Rachel, it was sort of automatic that Puck would become one of her best friends, Mike and Matt were always nice to her, but now, ever since she started dating Finn, they also became some of her best friends. She smiled and nodded. Then Finn wrapped his arm around her and led her to the Spanish room, waving to his friends. They still had around fifteen minutes of lunch left but neither of them wanted to go back to the cafeteria.
"Thanks Finn," She said when they sat down at their desks; well Finn sat at his desk, and pulled Rachel onto his lap.
"Anything for you gorgeous," He replied kissing her quickly. "He really pisses me off. He can't talk to you like that."
"You're so chivalrous." Rachel said kissing him quickly. Finn grinned, he knew what that meant and he knew that that was a compliment. He kissed her a second time, right when they broke apart, the bell rang. Rachel smiled and sat down at her desk, which was right next to Finn's, as kids began to enter the classroom.
Finn couldn't drive Rachel to the game. He had to go early to warm up and listen to Coach Tanaka's 'pep talk', aka: We have to drive them to the ground, and can we actually try to get a touchdown? So Kurt was going to drive her, Reagan, Mercedes, and Quinn. So when he pulled up, Rachel waved goodbye to her dads and ran out the door.
Kurt was blasting a Lady Gaga CD, and all of her friends were jamming out. Quinn waved to Rachel before continuing with her hairography and the solo that Kurt had given her.
Just dance. Gonna be okay.
Da-doo-doo-doo
Just dance. Spin that record babe.
Da-doo-doo-doo
Just dance. Gonna be okay.
Duh-duh-duh-duh
Dance. Dance. Dance. Just dance.
Rachel applauded, and everyone took mock bows. "Okay Rachel," Mercedes said, when Rachel sat next to her in the middle row of seats. "Your turn." Rachel smiled and nodded as Poker Face came on. Memories of her and Shelby in the auditorium flooded her mind, but she shook those out of her mind quickly. If she didn't want to be in her life fine, just get out of her mind.
I wanna hold em' like they do in Texas please Oh, oh, oh, oh, ohhhh, oh-oh-e-oh-oh-oh P-p-p-poker face, p-p-poker face I wanna roll with him a hard pair we will be
Fold em' let em' hit me raise it baby stay with me (I love it)
Luck and intuition play the cards with Spades to start
And after he's been hooked I'll play the one that's on his heart
I'll get him hot, show him what I've got
Oh, oh, oh, oh, ohhhh, oh-oh-e-oh-oh-oh,
I'll get him hot, show him what I've got
Can't read my,
Can't read my
No he can't read my poker face
(she's got to love nobody)
Can't read my
Can't read my
No he can't read my poker face
(she's got to love nobody)
(Mum mum mum mah)
P-p-p-poker face, p-p-poker face
(Mum mum mum mah)
A little gambling is fun when you're with me I love it)
Russian Roulette is not the same without a gun
And baby when it's love if it's not rough it isn't fun, fun
Oh, oh, oh, oh, ohhhh, oh-oh-e-oh-oh-oh
I'll get him hot, show him what I've got
Oh, oh, oh, oh, ohhhh, oh-oh-e-oh-oh-oh,
I'll get him hot, show him what I've got
At that point everyone else in the car joined in the song
[Chorus] P-p-p-poker face, p-p-poker face I won't tell you that I love you
(Mum mum mum mah)
P-p-p-poker face, p-p-poker face
(Mum mum mum mah)
Kiss or hug you
Cause I'm bluffin' with my muffin
I'm not lying I'm just stunnin' with my love-glue-gunning
Just like a chick in the casino
Take your bank before I pay you out
I promise this, promise this
Check this hand cause I'm marvelous
P-p-p-poker face, p-p-poker face
(Mum mum mum mah)
P-p-p-poker face, p-p-poker face
(Mum mum mum mah)
After the song everyone started laughing and talking about by how much they thought McKinley would lose to Carmel tonight. "C'mon guys," Reagan said as they walked into the stadium, and picking seats on the first row of bleachers. "You're all way too optimistic. You actually think we're going to get a touchdown?" Everyone laughed. Then Kurt nudged Mercedes.
"Hey look, the automatons have arrived." And he was right, the group watched as Vocal Adrenaline, clad in their matching black sweatshirts, all walked onto the stands from the other end. Rachel got nervous, seeing as they were sitting in the middle of the bleachers, in the first row. So Jesse could easily see her. But, before he could even come near her, the national anthem started and the football teams came out. Rachel cheered when Finn came out, and he waved at her. When Puck came out, he made a rock and roll sign at Quinn, who rolled her eyes and laughed. And when Mike came out, he made an M with his hand towards Mercedes. Mercedes blushed. When Chase ran out, he pointed at Reagan. All of her friends looked at her and she blushed, but clapped all the same. Everyone sat down so the game could begin.
At halftime, Reagan was right. McKinley was losing 0-12. And it didn't help that every time Carmel got a touchdown Vocal Adrenaline would sing the chorus of Can't Touch This, in four part harmony. So Rachel was talking with all of her friends about how disappointed their boyfriends were going to be if they lost, when someone tapped her shoulder. She turned around laughing at something Quinn had said, but she quickly stopped laughing when she saw who it was. Jesse. "Hey Rach," He said
"Don't call me Rach." She said flatly turning around. Jesse stood up and walked around her, so he was in front of her, leaning against the railing of the bleachers.
"Aw, c'mon Rach, your boyfriend isn't here, let's talk." He said. Kurt stood up.
"Get out of her St. James, she doesn't want to talk to you, hell, she doesn't want anything to do with you so why don't you run along now, and-"
"DON'T CALL HER RACH!" Mercedes, Reagan, and Quinn joined him on the last part. Jesse ignored them, and reached forward to take Rachel's hand, but before he could, something hit his head. He wheeled around, holding his head, and saw Finn. He was glaring at him, and he pointed down. Jesse looked down and saw: a football. Finn had thrown a football at his head. As he bent down to pick it up, three more hit him. He jumped up. Puck, Mike, and Matt were high fiving, and Finn was still glaring. Jesse huffed, turned to Rachel and said.
"This isn't over Rachel," Before walking away.
It was the end of the fourth quarter, and Reagan lost a bet with Quinn. They had bet $5 that Puck would catch the ball and score for the team, and he hadn't just done it once, he did it twice. So as the McKinley fans cheered for the second time, Reagan pulled another five bucks out of her pocket and handed it to the blonde. "Thank you." She said as she continued to cheer. Now the score was McKinley 12 Carmel 12. So now if McKinley actually made a touchdown, it would be the first time since Kurt quit the team, that they actually won a game. The whistle blew, and Finn yelled some stuff that no one understood.
Then the play started. Finn threw the ball to Matt, who threw it to Karofsky, who threw it to Mike, who turned to find someone, and threw the ball. It was soaring through the air to seemingly no one, but someone, a 6' 3" someone with a 5 on their jersey, plucked it out of the air and started running. Everyone stood up in anticipation. Reagan blinked.
"Did you guys just see that?"
"Yeah but I don't believe it," Kurt said. They continued to watch in awe, not knowing that Finn could catch the ball, just thought he could throw it. Suddenly, Finn fell. The crowd groaned; there goes their last touchdown. But the refs ran over to where he was, looked for a second and looked towards the crowd. The crowd gasped, the saw something they thought they would never see. The ref had his hands up, parallel to each other, and he yelled:
"Touchdown!" Everyone started cheering. Finn fell right on the line and his hand was holding the football in the touchdown zone.
"I CANT BELIEVE IT!" Quinn, Mercedes, Kurt, Reagan and Rachel yelled. They ran towards the field where the football team and the Cheerios were celebrating. Quinn was quickly lifted off of her feet from behind.
"PUCK!" She squealed "PUT ME DOWN! NO SERIOUSLY YOU'RE ALL SWEATY AND GROSS!" Puck just laughed and kissed his girlfriend, Quinn giggled, she must not have minded about his sweaty grossness anymore. Mike found Mercedes and kissed her too. And everyone around them aww'ed, it was Mercedes' first kiss, when they pulled away, she hugged him. Kurt had run off to celebrate with the Cheerio's (he had missed a practice so he couldn't cheer), and Rachel was looking for Finn. She didn't know that he was right behind her, and when someone poked her sides, she jumped, turning around ready to yell at whoever it was, but before she could say anything, he covered her mouth with his. When they broke apart, desperate for air, she smiled up at him.
"You won!" she said. Finn smiled and kissed her again.
"Yeah we did! Wait for me in the parking lot, 'cuz I gotta go, but I'll take you home." Rachel nodded, kissed him one more time, and watched him leave. Before he left, he grabbed Reagan, hugged her, and then ran after his team. Reagan caught up to Rachel, and they ran and caught up with Quinn and Mercedes, who were waiting for Kurt.
As they waited for their boyfriends, Quinn, Mercedes, Rachel, Reagan and Kurt were still reveling in the fact that McKinley actually won. They heard the locker room doors open just as they heard footsteps from the other direction. Rachel turned towards the footsteps, and prayed that Finn would get there quickly. But he didn't. "Rachel, c'mon I wanna talk to you." Jesse said, as Rachel turned around, and walked towards Finn's truck. Jesse sped up, and, by the locker room, Finn did too. Jesse grabbed Rachel's arm, and spun her around. "Don't walk away from me; I want to talk to you." When Rachel looked at him, Jesse bent his head down and was about to kiss her. Rachel's eyes went wide and she started backing away, until her back hit the truck. Jesse looked at her. "What's wrong?"
Jesse didn't get an answer, because someone's fist collided with his nose, not once, but twice. "That," Finn said, yelling at the boy on the ground "was for egging her. This," He punched him one more time "is for trying to kiss her, by the way, NEVER touch her again, do you hear me?" Jesse nodded faintly, Running towards his Range Rover, holding his nose so the blood wouldn't get everywhere. Finn turned towards Rachel, who was slumped against the truck, with her head in her hands. He ran a hand through her hair, and when she looked up at him, he pulled her close. "Did he try anything?" He could feel Rachel's head shaking side to side against his chest.
"No," she whispered. "I'm fine, don't worry." She said, answering his next question before he asked it.
"Baby," Finn said "You're shaking."
"Nerves," She muttered. "He just made me nervous that's all. But hey, don't let that ruin your celebration, you won!" She said smiling. Finn looked hesitant. "Finn," Rachel said, seeing his hesitation. "I'm fine, I was just nervous to talk to him without you there, but now you're here so I'm okay." She said standing on her tip toes to kiss his lips. When she pulled away Finn gave her that half smile that she is totally in love with.
"That is a great way to start the weekend isn't it?" Finn said, opening the car door for Rachel, throwing his football bag in the bed of the truck, and getting into the driver's seat. "Actually winning a football game, and ending the Friday with a beat down of Jesse St. James." Rachel smiled
"I love you." She said. Finn looked over and couldn't help himself, before he started driving; he leaned forward and kissed her.
"I love you too Rachel." He said, before driving away.
(A/N: Reviews are GOLD! (: I got a couple reviews about the preview I gave last chapter so here's another:
"NO WAY!" She screamed hugging her dad and running up into her room. Right when she shut her door, her phone rang. She saw who it was and answered.
"You'll never believe what just happened!" She said before she even said hello.
"You'll never believe what just happened!" He said at the exact same time.
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