Fraternizing With The Enemy
Chapter Six
Vocal Adrenaline had been off stage mere minutes when her phone pinged.
Can we meet?
J
Yes
R
Now?
J
Yes
R
Corridor or lobby?
J
Anywhere I have no chances of getting seen by my team.
R
She had already headed into the corridor.
"Why is that?" asked a voice.
She whirled round and smiled. "Jesse."
Without warning she leaped into his arms.
"I've missed you," he whispered.
"My team are at the hospital Quinn had her baby," she answered.
"They are ok?" he asked.
She smiled at him. "Yeah mother and daughter are doing mine. I don't know if she's keeping her yet though."
"Well I think from what you have told me and glimpses I have gotten when driving though Lima Puck cares for Quinn and they have the Glee Club behind them as well," said Jesse.
Rachel shook her head.
"No?" he asked.
"I've been distant these last two weeks and it's not just because you told me you loved me," she said.
"Love," he corrected.
"If we don't place today Glee Club gone," she said.
"You'll have next year," he said.
"No Jesse you don't understand if we don't place the club is being disbanded," she said. "If we lose we're all going back to being losers and invisible."
"Hey," he whispered.
He placed a finger under her chin. "You are not invisible to me." He brushed a stray piece of hair from her face."
Their eyes locked and they leaned in.
"Could the teams please make their way to the stage for their results."
They stepped apart and slipped into the crowd of performers that now crowded the hallway. Baring Quinn and Puck the rest of the New Directions were back.
We need to talk
J
I know. We will. Mine? After this?
R
Your dads?
J
They want to meet you.
R
I'm game
J
Rachel smiled as she slipped her phone back in her pocket and headed on stage.
He looked at her team as the announcement was made. They hadn't placed, she had her show face firmly fixed in place but he knew she wanted to crack.
They soon herded of stage and the crowds began to fill out of the building. He slipped into the crowd next to her and pulled her down a corridor away from her team.
"Jesse," she said.
"Vocal Adrenaline are all in our jeeps. Fancy a ride?" he asked.
"I should probably ride of the bus with my team," she said.
"But do you want to?" he asked.
"Of course not," she answered. "I'm so close to cracking but I need to be a strong leader."
"Are your dads here?" he asked.
She nodded. "The team have seen them. They might have left so I could say I'm getting a lift with them."
"Phone them find out and meet me by my jeep," he said.
She nodded and dialled her dads.
"Daddy have you left yet?" she asked. "You have no it's ok. Jesse wants to give me a ride home. Is that ok?" "Yes daddy. We just have a lot to talk about and I can be myself around him. I love my team but I need to be away from them right now because we're all just sad."
Minutes later Jesse and Rachel were speeding down the road as the yellow bus from McKinley rolled out of the parking lot.
"Has anyone seen Rachel?" asked Mr Schue.
"She said she was getting a ride with her dads," said Finn.
"So," said Jesse.
"So," answered Rachel, with a smile she slipped her hand into the hand that lay against the console. He looked at her and she smiled.
"I'm forever yours faithfully," she muttered.
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