Rachel stared at the letter in her hands, clutching it tightly as if it was going to run away from her, tears stinged at her eyes as she struggled to see through the blurriness. NYADA had accepted her, even after the whole choking incident, Carmen Tibideux had decided to give her another chance. But what about marrying Finn? She was supposed to stay here for a year until she figured out a way to get to Broadway without NYADA, she was supposed to help Finn with his dreams and help him figure out who he truly was and what he was good at other than football.

But this changed everything.

"Rachel? What does it say?" Kurt asked, hopeful for his best friend, she needed this. She needed to escape Lima and never look back. Finn was just deadweight dragging her further to rock bottom, and if she didn't leave soon then she never would. Rachel was just too oblivious to see that.

Should she tell them the truth? Or lie? If she tells them the truth then Finn would get mad and probably not want to marry her anymore, he could end their relationship right away. But this was NYADA, and she was certain that if she didn't accept this then there was no hope of her getting in ever again.

"Rach? You okay?" Finn frowned, silence only meant one thing...and his gut right now was telling him it was something bad.

Rachel slowly turned round to face her fiance and best friend. a few tears falling, secretly happy tears but that have no turned into angry tears at what she was about to do. "I didn't get in. She musn't have been impressed at Nationals" She whispered, crumpling the letter into a ball and throwing it into the bin. Finn took a step forward, opening his arms to hug her but she stepped away and shook her head. "I just need to be alone Finn" And with that she left the choir room.

Kurt frowned, something wasn't right, Carmen Tibideux defintely seemed impressed with Rachel's performance at Nationals, why else would she gave a standing ovation along with the rest of the audience? Plus, Kurt happened to eavesdrop on a little conversation between a certain blue eyed, monochrome wearing man and her prospective head of school. To hear him defend Rachel like that definitely surprised Kurt, especially after everything that happened. He had never met two more dramatic people in his life...and that's what made them perfect together. Kurt wasn't going to lie, he had never been a Finchel shipper, she deserved someone who loved the dramatics as much as her, and who could rival her tiny Diva attitude with their own, but also someone who could balance her out and bring her back to earth most of the time. And Jesse could do that...Heck he did do it! But turns out he was a spy, for the most part anyway.

All Kurt wanted was for his best friend to be happy, and judging by her delayed reaction regarding the letter he knew something was up, he knew she got in but she wasn't going to go because of Finn, so as he left the room Kurt picked the acceptance letter from the bin and called an emergency Glee meeting, minus Finn and Rachel. There was no way Kurt was going to let Rachel throw this opportunity away.

Jesse was im the midst of packing for NYU when he got the call, Kurt had actually sounded quite frantic at the time and when he first picked up he thought he was being over dramatic, but turns out that he was most definitely not overreacting. And now that's why Jesse found himself in the halls of McKinley High once again. He never thought he'd be back here again, but it's Rachel Berry. His one true love, the only girl he could probably ever love. Everything lead him back to her, he knew they were endgame, it was only a matter of time before she realised that too. He was not going to let her ruin her life and Broadway career for once Finn Hudson, he had already destroyed her to the point where not even Jesse recognised her.

So if this intervention that Kurt had organised works, he would be more than happy to whisk Rachel off to New York and never look back.

"Jesse!"

Jesse spun round to find himself face to face with not only Kurt but Rachel's Dads aswell. "Kurt" he nodded and smiled at the two older men. "Mr and Mr Berry"

"Please son, call us Leroy and Hiram. You know how much we care for you" Jesse looked down but smiled, he had forgot how much he liked her Dad's they had treated him like their own as soon as Rachel introduced him to them, and he couldn't have been more grateful. They had been better Dad's to him than his own one.

"Sorry, thank you Leroy and Hiram" Jesse smiled and spotted that they were holding quite a few suitcases behind them, he raised an eyebrow.

Leory quickly seeing the look spoke up, "She is not going to marry Finn, even if she doesn't listen to us there is one person she will most definitely listen to you...You, Jesse. You are her equal, you are the only person who understands her dream and need to be on Broadway, if there is anyone who can talk her out of this then it's you" He smiled sadly

"What makes you think she'll drop everything with Finnderella for me? She had that choice before and she always chose him"

"Stop being a drama queen" Kurt rolled his eyes, "This is Rachel we're talking about, she's just worried because she doesn't want to upset Finn or make him angry. She thinks he is her whole life but after today, and after everything we'll throw at her, she'll realise that he's not. Believe me I am more than happy to destroy Finchel at it's core, because I'm all for St Berry to be endgame" Jesse raised an eyebrow

" ?"

"Yeah, last year in Glee we all came up with ship names for the couples. So far we've had Brittana, Quick, Puckleberry, Finchel, etc. and more but those are never to be spoke of" Kurt shuddered

"Anyway" Heroy chuckled, "As soon as this is finished Jesse, we want you and Rachel to go to New York and don't look back. Rachel needs to leave Lima behind, and that all starts with leaving Finn"

Jesse nodded, he knew what he needed to, and this time he wasn't going to give up without a fight.

The rest of the members of New Directions sat patiently by the piano, when Kurt had told them what was going on they knew what they needed to do. As annoying as Rachel could be at times they had all grown to love her, both her Diva and down to earth side, she wouldn't be Rachel Berry without them. But after reuniting with Finn she had let him change her, break her down and turn her into the shell of the person she once was and they weren't about to sit back and let their friend destroy her future.

Rachel walked into the choir room and frowned as she already saw her friends gathered by the piano, "You didn't start without me did you? And where's Finn?"

"Take a seat Rachel" Kurt gestured to the single chair sitting in the middle of the room. she frowned and done as he said, opening her mouth to speak again Kurt cut her off.

"Finn isn't coming, he doesn't know about this meeting. It's more of an...intervention of sorts"

Rachel gulped but kept her show face on, "An intervention? For what Kurt?"

"About throwing away your acceptance letter to NYADA this Fall just to stay with Finn. Rachel this isn't you" He sighed

"You're wrong Kurt, this is me. I'm deferring my entry so I can stay to help Finn with finding his dream, and to marry him. You know we've been planning our wedding for a while now"

"Cut the crap Rachel" Santana stepped forward, "We all know you want to go to NYADA but Frankenteen is the one who is holding you back. You didn't want to tell him about your acceptance so you lied to him to make him feel better" Rachel looked down, not wanting to admit that Santana was right, but she was.

"What Santana is getting at is that you shouldn't throw away your dream just for some boy who is never going to make it out of Lima, Rachel" Quinn smiled sadly at her friend

"Yes he is! After this year me and Finn are going to move to New York and..."

Blaine cut her off this time, "And what Rachel? Is Finn going to wait around while you start auditioning for every Broadway role under the sun while you study at NYADA? That's not a relationship Rachel" He shook his head and sighed. "Finn is holding you back, if you marry him that's going to put the nail in the coffin. The nail into your future. You'll never leave Lima because he doesn't want to. He doesn't want to go to New York Rachel, that's not his dream. It's yours, and you need to go out and grab that dream by the balls and take it by storm"

Rachel shook her head, they were wrong. After they got married they would go to New York, Finn had promised her they would. "No, you're wrong. You're all wrong. Finn wouldn't do that, he knows how much this means to me"

"Then why is he trying to change you?" Santana challenged, "No I'm sorry...Not try, but why has he changed you?"

"What do you mean?"

"Rachel, ever since Nationals, after that kiss, Finn has slowly turned you into another person, you've lost your Diva attitude, you're drive, your perseverance to get to Broadway, you've turned into the girl he wants you to be. Because he knows that he can't lose that girl to anyone because you'll just be another Lima deadbeat" Santana stared straight at her, ignoring the judging look from Kurt and the others.

"You're wrong" Rachel whispered, losing all fight, maybe she had changed, she hadn't realised it but she's been more focused on helping Finn find what he's good at rather than focusing on her Broadway dream.

"Oh really? So you can sit there and tell me that you would rather bend over backwards for Finnderella rather than go to New York. You would rather marry a mechanic than marry an actor that shares the same love of theatre and music as you do?" Tina questioned, surprising everyone as she spoke up

"As much as you don't want to believe it Rachel, you've changed. And not for the better. You've changed back into the starry eyed girl who couldn't see past her 'love' for the popular high school guy" Quinn shook her head.

"And if you're not going to listen to us, well we have someone you might actually listen to" Kurt smirked and turned to the door just as Jesse walked in.

Rachel's heart hammered inside as she saw him walk through the door, never again would she have thought he would walk the halls of McKinley. And looking no different, the only thing that had really changed was his hair, which was still curly but short. He smirked as she stopped on front of her.

"We meet again Rachel"

"Jesse" She whispered, the other glee members now forgotten as they looked eyes.

"You can't marry Finn"

Straight to the point as always, Rachel thought. She raised an eyebrow at him, "And why not?"

"Quite a few reasons actually, firstly he's not the right man for you. Secondly, he's holding you back from your dreams which isn't right, if he truly loved you like he says he does he shouldn't try stop you from becoming the best you can be, and finally...because I'm still in love with you"

Rachel's breath caught in the back of her throat, he heart hammered wildly against her chest as she stared into his blue eyes, this isn't right. She shouldn't be feeling like this. She loved Finn! Didn't she?

"I will always be in love with you, you are the only girl who has ever challenged me. Made me question everything I believe in. You changed me Rachel Berry and you changed me for the better. Unlike what Finn has done to you, he's changed you for the worst. And I am sorry for everything that has happened, I'm sorry for giving up straight away whereas I should have stayed and fought. And if I had well this wouldn't be happening right now...instead we'd both be on our way to New York, you in NYADA and me in NYU. Then we'd both get cast playing opposite each other in a Broadway show, and that's just the beginning" Jesse pulled a chair over and sat facing her.

"Because you being on Broadway isn't a dream Rachel, it's inevitable" he smiled

"...But Finn" She whispered in defeat

"Screw Finn, can you honestly sit here and tell me that you love him Rachel?"

Rachel bit her lip, she did love Finn, but everyone had slowly opened her eyes to how much she had changed, she wasn't the girl that she knew anymore, she had changed into a timid, weak girl just to please Finn and to make herself feel less guilty for wanting bigger things and for wanting to escape Lima, unlike Finn she knew that she was destined for greater. Lima may have been her home, but New York was where she was meant to end up. And as Rachel had a war with herself, Jesse smiled knowingly, the old Rachel was arguing with the new Rachel and he knew which side would win. He stood up and turned to the group.

"Inform Rachel's fathers that we'll be needing those suitcases, because we're going to New York" He smirked, Kurt clapped happily as he dashed outside. Blaine raised an eyebrow and looked at the older boy.

"How do you know she'll go?"

Jesse chuckled, glanced back at Rachel quickly before looking at Blaine. "Because I know Rachel better than any of you do, I know we only spent a short while together but we're the same person, different gender. We're each other's equal. And this is Rachel, she may have changed on the outside but the old Rachel is winning that war she's having with herself. New York is her dream, she knows she's meant to be there. Getting engaged to Frankenteen just made her realise how much she wanted it and how much she didn't love him"

"Didn't love him?"

"Not in the way she wanted, and not in the way he wanted either. He wanted the plain girl, the one with no dreams. The girl he knew would never leave him, but he knew Rachel wasn't that girl, so that's why he's tried so hard to change her into that girl. Because part of him always knew that Rachel would leave him one day, it's like her and Broadway, it's inevitable. He wants a girl that he can keep here in Lima with him. And proposing to Rachel was the last thing he could do to make sure she wouldn't leave"

"And it worked" Santana rolled her eyes

"That's what he thinks" Jesse chuckled, "But I bet you if you asked Rachel how having the ring on her finger felt I bet you she'd say it felt heavy and awkward or it felt weird and different. Something a ring shouldn't make you feel. It should make you feel loved and wanted, and that it was meant to be there. This intervention has just helped her realise who she is and what she wants" He turned back to Rachel and smiled as she stood up, meeting his eyes.

"I know what I need to do" she whispered

"And what's that Rachel?"

"I need to go to New York"