Hi again! I'm sorry for taking so long to update but I just got a new job and am getting used to the schedule. I think I'm going to continue past this episode and keep going through the rest of the season. Hope you guys like it and please review!
They're lying on her bed, recovering from their activities. She has her head on his chest, fingers tracing patterns on his chest, listening to his heartbeat go back to normal. He has his arms wrapped around her, copying her actions against her bare back enjoying the comfortable silence that followed.
"That was amazing," she whispers, kissing his chest.
"Mhmm," he agrees, kissing her head.
"I've always wondered what would have happened if I had actually had sex with you in high school," she says softly as she moves her finger across his chest.
"I have too," he admits. "But you weren't ready. Neither one of us was. We didn't know what we were feeling at the time, you were still in love with Finn," he says running a finger across her tattoo, "and I had no idea that what I was feeling for you was love. But now I do. And now, everything feels right," Jesse explains.
"You're right," Rachel concedes.
"But you still deserve epic romance," he says and she looks up at him. "If this ever happens again…" he starts
"When," she corrects which causes him to smile.
"When it happens again, and I have an opportunity to, I'll make sure of it, I promise. And you know how good I am at keeping my promises," he says with a smirk.
"Yes you are," she says smiling and curling up closer to him. Jesse leans down to kiss her. It starts to slowly build again when they're interrupted by knocking on the door.
"Hey you two, I know you're having a moment in there and what not. But it's y'alls turn to sing and Artie is getting demanding," Mercedes says through the door. Both Rachel and Jesse groan and laugh a bit.
"We'll be down there in a bit Mercedes," Rachel yells back with a smile on her face.
"Y'all better be," she says back and they hear her leave.
"I guess we have to go back downstairs," Jesse says teasingly.
"Really?" she asks pouting and he laughs, kissing her before responding.
"If it was up to me I would just lay here with you the rest of the night and keep having my way with you. But you have guest downstairs who will continue to pound on the door until we do go downstairs. Besides you owe me a duet, Berry," he says smiling.
"Very well then," she says.
She sits up wrapping the sheets around her and kisses him before they both get dressed and head back downstairs. They are met by whistles and howls.
"Thank you two for finally joining us again," Artie says on the mic. "I hope you two enjoyed yourselves, but we can't have a party in someone's honor if said person isn't here," Artie says
"Sorry Artie, I needed a moment," Rachel says blushing and bit. Jesse laughs at her embarrassment.
"Alright, it's your turn to sing!" Artie exclaims and the others cheer.
"Duet partner," Rachel says holding out her hand towards Jesse and he takes it.
"Lead the way, Ms. Berry," he says and follows her up the stage.
Together they sing the song "Time After Time" and with the help of her friends, they pack up her room the next morning.
At McKinley, Jesse joins Rachel and sees Unique, who had come to talk with Sheldon.
"Unique!" Rachel exclaims, going to hug her.
"Rachel, it's so good to see you," she says back.
"I'm assuming you came to talk to Sheldon?" Rachel asks.
"I did. I talked to him and just came to see the choir room again," she explains but freezes when she sees Jesse. "What is he doing here?"
"Um, Jesse's helping us out with Sectionals and is my boyfriend," Rachel explains to her.
"Rachel, would you mind giving Wade… I mean Unique," he says correcting himself, "a minute to talk?"
"Sure. Are you okay with that Unique?" Rachel asks.
"Yes that's fine," she answers.
Rachel gives Jesse a quick kiss before leaving. Both Jesse and Unique stand in silence for a minute before she breaks the silence.
"Why did you want to speak with me?" she asks.
"Look Wade," Jesse starts before realizing his mistake again, "Unique. I wanted to talk to you so that I -could apologize for the way I treated you while you were in Vocal Adrenaline. I had a lot of anger at the time and you were an easy target to let that anger out on and for that I'm sorry," he explains.
"Apology accepted but if you don't mind me asking, why were you that angry? I mean it wasn't all about our work ethic," Unique asks him.
"You're right, it wasn't your work ethic, any other year you all would have won Nationals," Jesse says with a sad smile.
"Then what was it?" she asks.
"I…I had just lost the love of my life," he admits to her, shocking her in the process. "And the entire year I watched her live happily with her choice, saw her get engaged to him, almost marry him…" he states, staring off into space, remembering all the feelings he had when he had heard about her engagement. "All while I was stuck in Ohio, in the deepest funk in my life. I hated my life, I hated having to be stuck there, forced to coach a team I resented and blamed for losing her in the first place."
"Then why did you do it? Why did you stay?" she asks.
"Because I needed to restructure my life, find out what I wanted to do now that I didn't have the one thing that tied me to Ohio," he explains. "And hearing everything about her life made me feel like I was paying for what I did to her, that I was truly paying for it. And although it hurt, I wanted it. I wanted the news, I wanted to hear that she was happy, even if I wasn't."
"But things are different now, you're both together and happy," she points out.
"True. But at what cost? In order for me to have the love of my life, she had to lose hers," he says.
Unique completely softens at hearing this.
"Would you have preferred that she hadn't?" she asks.
As he's about to answer the glee club starts making its way into the room with Kurt and Rachel following with Will.
Together they help him get back at Vocal Adrenaline and make Sheldon feel welcomed