A song-fic to "Wanted" by Hunter Hayes. I hope you like it.
I don't own Glee and all mistakes are my own.
Wanted
You know I'd fall apart without you
I don't know how you do what you do
'Cause everything that don't make sense about me
Makes sense when I'm with you
Jesse knew he'd made a mistake. Two months ago he'd bowed to peer pressure and hurt the one girl he'd ever loved. He'd egged Rachel and almost guaranteed that she'd never talk to him again.
Every time he tried to go near her to apologize, there was always someone there to try and stop him including Kurt, Quinn or Finn. It was starting to annoy him.
She made him a better person. She called him out on all of his obnoxious behaviour and his big-headedness. Not to mention, the amount of things they had in common was incredible. They both wanted Broadway careers; they both had the same drive and determination in everything they did; they never let distractions get in the way of their dreams and they both enjoyed the same Broadway shows, movies and music.
Like everything that's green, girl, I need you
But it's more than one and one makes two
Put aside the math and the logic of it
You gotta know you're wanted too
He couldn't imagine a life without her. And he knew he'd do anything to prove to her how sorry he was.
He'd been an idiot to take his friend's side when it came to her. He should have grown a backbone and told them that Rachel actually meant something to him and they weren't going to blackmail him into giving her up for the sake of a couple competitions.
'Cause I wanna wrap you up
Wanna kiss your lips
I wanna make you feel wanted
And I wanna call you mine
Wanna hold your hand forever
And never let you forget it
Yeah, I, I wanna make you feel wanted
He sat in his room one night and thought back to all the good times he'd had with the love of his life.
The way they'd cuddle up in front of the TV watching their favourite movies with Rachel always complaining that she was cold so he'd have to go to his room so he could fetch his duvet. He'd remember how he'd wrap her up in his arms, her head leant against his chest.
The way he'd kiss her lips softly when she asked because he could never say no to her.
The way he'd call her mine when he felt jealous of other men – along with other cute nicknames.
The way she'd itch closer and closer to him when they walked down the street together so she could reach for his hand and lace his fingers with hers.
He felt like he could fly when he was with her.
Anyone can tell you you're pretty, yeah
And you get that all the time, I know you do
But your beauty's deeper than the make-up
And I wanna show you what I see tonight...
He remembered the times when they'd go on dates and countless men would come up to her when he went off to the bathroom.
They'd ask her out and tell her how beautiful she was, which he understood, because, come on, she's gorgeous and everyone knew it but her.
How did he know this? He knew because as soon as he got within ear shot, he'd hear whatever guy was flirting with her ask her one last time if she'd go out with him.
What would she do? She'd shake her head and tell them that she was already taken. She'd then point over to Jesse and say, "He's the love of my life."
When I wrap you up
When I kiss your lips.
I wanna make you feel wanted
And I wanna call you mine
Wanna hold your hand forever
And never let you forget it
'Cause, baby, I, I wanna make you feel wanted
He wanted to feel like he could fly again.
So, with this in mind, he went to her house one night. He knew he could be making a mistake, he knew that she might slam the door in his face as soon as she saw it was him and he knew that there was a good chance she'd never hear him out. But he didn't care. He wanted to give it a chance.
He knocked on her door anticipating the worst and when it opened, he held his breath.
"Jesse?" she asked in surprise.
As good as you make me feel
I wanna make you feel better
Better than your fairy tales
Better than your best dreams
You're more than everything I need
You're all I ever wanted
All I ever wanted
"Hi Rachel." He said when he finally remembered that he had to talk.
She shook her head as if trying to blur a dream away. "What are you doing here?" she asked.
"Rachel, I made a mistake. I never should have done what I did." She looked down at the floor. "I love you. Please can you give me another chance?"
She looked up at him then. "Why did you do it?" she asked in a small voice.
He shrugged his shoulders and shook his head. "I…I…I guess I don't know. I let the intimidation of the competition get too me. I heard everyone planning the attack and I went with the plan to stop them. They made me do it to you Rache. They said they'd kick me out of the group if I didn't and all I could think about was my scholarship to NYADA being taken away from me. None of that matter though if I don't have you. It took me a while to figure it out but I love you Rachel. Please say that you'll give me another chance?" he begged. He didn't care how loud he was being, he didn't care that he was probably spoiling the evening of everybody in the neighbourhood, all he cared about was getting her to give him another chance.
"Jesse, you broke my heart when you did that. All my friends told me that you were bad news. They all told me that you were going to break my heart and I didn't listen. I believed in you, I believed in us! Do you know how humiliating it is to find out that everyone was proven right?"
"They weren't right Rachel. I promise. Just give me another chance and I'll prove how wrong they all are."
She leaned against her door frame. "I'm not sure Jesse. How am I supposed to trust you?" she asked.
An idea came to Jesse suddenly. "Meet me tomorrow, I'll show you how much you mean to me. You'll trust me again, I promise."
And I just wanna wrap you up
Wanna kiss your lips
I wanna make you feel wanted
And I wanna call you mine
Wanna hold your hand forever
And never let you forget it
Yeah, I wanna make you feel wanted
Baby, I wanna make you feel wanted
It took some time, but eventually, Jesse won the love of his life back.
And all of a sudden everything from before came back; snuggling up together in front of the TV, the sweet kisses they'd give each other, the cute nicknames and Rachel lacing his fingers with hers.
He was flying again.
You'll always be wanted
End of the chapter. Hope you liked it. Comment if you liked it….favourite it…follow it…up to you. Until next time.
