Sorry for the wait, I've been crazy busy! My flight leaves in like 4 hours, so I haven't had time to review this, so sorry if there are mistakes or something. I'll try to update by the end of the week but I can't promise anything. Anyway, thanks again for being so awesome ;) Here's some drama for ya!

Jesse had been on edge all day. He hadn't heard anything from Rachel since the other night at City Hall. He was worried about what had happened to her. Rachel had warned him that if her mom found out it wouldn't be good, but he really didn't know what to expect. Rachel hadn't been returning his calls, which also really irritated him. All he wanted was for glee practice to be over so he could drive over to Rachel's house. What had her mom said to her? What if she tells Vocal Adrenaline and let her have what she's got coming? He couldn't even imagine how mean her teammates would be, Rachel wouldn't be able to handle it, she's not used to people picking on her, unlike himself…

"Earth to Jesse!" His thoughts were interrupted by Quinn Fabray's voice and the looks from the rest of his team. He had been on speaking terms with Quinn, she had apologized for the whole "Girlfriend" incident and asked if they could be friends and try to get things back to normal.

"Uhh, yeah, sorry. What were you talking about?"

"We're voting on what songs to do for Regionals. Rachel by any chance hasn't said anything about what Vocal Adrenaline's doing, has she?" Tina said.

What was that? How did she find out about Rachel? He bet it was that dork Jacob and his stupid blog. From some reason he was obsessed with Jesse and it really creeped him out. He was probably following Jesse and Rachel somewhere and then did some background check on Rachel or something.

"Wait, what?" Some of the glee clubbers voiced their confusion.

"Didn't you guys hear? Jesse's girlfriend is the lead of Vocal Adrenaline." Tina told the group.

This, of course, caused uproar of both frustration and anger. Why was this happening to Jesse? He was NOT in the mood to deal with this right now.

"Yes, it's true." Jesse admitted. There was no use in denying it.

"And Mr. Schue knows about this?" Santana asked in shock.

"From the very beginning. He had faith that I could keep our relationship and glee separate and so far it's been working out perfectly."

Mr. Schue was just walking in the door and the whole class started to bombard him with questions, accusations and from some reason Matt started rambling about how obviously Hawaiian pizza is the best because it has ham and pineapple on it. Everyone was too busy to notice his ridiculousness.

"Guys, guys, settle down! What's the problem?" Mr. S. asked.

"Jesse's sleeping with the enemy!" Kurt yelled out.

"Hold on, no one's sleeping with anyone. Just because he's in a relationship with someone from Vocal Adrenaline doesn't mean he's a traitor." Mr. Schue replied.

"Does to." Brittany remarked as the rest agreed.

"Yeah, Jesse, don't you think that's kind of suspicious? We make it to Regionals and suddenly the top girl of our main competition picks you up?" Quinn questioned.

"I know that it's hard to believe anyone would like me without an ulterior motive but you have to respect that our love is real." Jesse spat back at her. Who was she to judge him? Who was anyone to judge him? They needed him on the team more than anyone.

"We were fine with you dating someone, St. James, but now we know you're dating someone from Vocal Adrenaline? This is blasphemous behavior." Santana said.

"Even I'm not down with that." Puck added, to everyone's surprise.

"Guys, come on. Regionals are in two weeks, if Rachel really has a secret agenda and if we all stop focusing on our performance but on her, than she will have succeeded. I say just let it go for now, I'm sure Jesse will handle this on his own. He's not telling Rachel any of our plans, aren't you, son?"

"Of course not. I still don't see what all the fuss is about, why don't you guys just trust me?"

Mercedes finally spoke up. "Look, Jesse, we're all happy that you're happy but we've worked too hard in glee club to let you throw it all away on a relationship that might not even be real. We just think that until Regionals are over, we can't risk the possibility that she's playing you."

"Listen, Hot Shot, either you break up with her or you're out." Tina demanded.

"Whoa, guys, you can't do that!" Mr. Schue interrupted.

"What we can't do is have a traitor in our midst, so if Jesse won't break up with her, and he won't quit, then we will." Tina said. She knew at least she and her minions would quit.

"Well….Good luck winning without me!" Jesse threatened. He was outraged by this whole situation.

"Everyone is replaceable, even you." Kurt said.

Bad move. Jesse hated being treated like everyone else, he was better than them, he could do whatever he wanted because he was a star. How dare they set him an ultimatum? When has he done anything to deserve this? Ok, other than dating Rachel. Jesse took a deep breath, looked at everyone. No one was on his side. And he knew even his own father couldn't do anything to help him. So he turned around and left. He had to go find Rachel, she would know what to say to make him feel better.

"He'll be back." Tina assured the team.

Jesse stepped up to Rachel's front door and rang the doorbell, anxious to just hold her in his arms. He was so relieved when Rachel opened the door, he lunged at her, pulling her into an embrace. He immediately let go and started to ramble.

"I'm so glad you're home and ok. I was worried when I didn't hear from you, why didn't you answer your phone? I was beginning to think maybe you were kidnapped or you mother sent you to boarding school or some other horrendous place like Nebraska."

"Jesse, stop that babbling, I'm fine." Rachel said. There was something suspicious in her voice, it didn't sound like her.

"Can I come in?"

"Oh, I'd rather you don't."

"Why not? Is something wrong?" Jesse was beyond confused. Two days ago she was professing her love to him and now he couldn't even come in her house?

"Well, that depends on what you define as 'wrong'. I'm sorry it has come to this but I was actually on my way to see you and tell you that we must end this little tango we've been doing." Rachel said, with a bored facial expression, as if she had grown weary of their relationship.

"What?"

"The cat's out of the bag. Now you know my mother knows and there's no way I can get around that fact. The jig is up."

"Stop using metaphors and talk to me, Rachel!"

"I don't expect you to understand. Don't you see? It was all a game. Nothing more."

"I'm confused, what are you talking about?" Jesse really was frustrated - Rachel wasn't making any sense at all. Jesse was speechless. Was Rachel drugged or something, what was up with her?

"You couldn't possibly think I would actually fall for you, could you?" Rachel laughed.

He refused to believe her, he knew it couldn't be true. She was trying to make him believe it was all an act.

"No, don't do this. I see what's going on. Your mother put you up to this, didn't she?"

"Why of course, who do you think came up with the idea once I found out who you were? Things couldn't have gone more perfectly, I must admit. Well, other than the fact that it all came to an end before we beat you at Regionals. You're so gullible and so easily seduced."

"Rachel, stop. That's not true, what's really going on?" He said as he put his hands on her shoulders.

"Face it, you got played, hard. It was all just an acting exercise. How many times am I going to have to explain it? Why do you think I was the first one to ask you out? The first one to kiss you? The first one to say 'I love you'? Please, don't embarrass yourself by thinking it was real."

"I don't believe you. There must be something else, tell me the truth!" Jesse was furious, he wouldn't accept what Rachel was saying. It couldn't be true…could it? Was she really playing him all along?

"The truth, Jesse, it was all an act. This is my life and my future we're dealing with. I couldn't give that all up for a silly teen romance. Now, if you would be so kind, please leave. Goodbye, Jesse."

Rachel closed the door, leaving Jesse alone and heartbroken on her porch. She turned her back to the door and rested her head on it, letting out a huge sigh. That was the hardest things she'd ever had to do. Then she let the tears she'd been holding in come down.

"Rachel!" She could hear Jesse scream from the other side of the door. "RACHEL!"

TWO DAYS EARLIER.

Shelby didn't want to make a scene at City Hall so she just told Rachel they'd talk once they get home. Now they were home and the tension and suspense was killing Rachel.

"So, Rachel… About that boy. Don't think I didn't recognize him. I understand what's going on and I'm surprised I didn't find out sooner," Shelby said, as she was walking back and forth across the room, while Rachel just sat on the couch. "How long has this been going on?"

"Uhm…About two months." Rachel admitted. She hadn't felt this awkward for such a long time and she didn't like it. She also felt terrified about what her mother would say, so she was basically at a loss of words at the moment.

"I can't believe you would do this. I can't even describe how disappointed I am in you…"

"I-I'm really sorry but you just don't understa-"

"Oh, don't you dare even go there. I think you're the one who doesn't understand. You've betrayed your team, your own mother, and for what? Some boy you met a few weeks ago?

"I don't see the prob-"

"He's your competition, Rachel! What were you thinking?" Shelby interrupted.

"Mom, I know it sounds crazy but I really like him and I think that we can make this work if we jus-"

"Stop, please! Dear God, just stop. Seriously, Rachel?" Shelby raised her and stopped Rachel from rambling. "Let me talk, you just sit and listen. I understand you might think you're in love and this boy is special and you'll be together forever. But let me tell you something – it's not gonna happen. High school sweethearts never last past high school, trust me. I've lived it and seen it many times, I work in a high school after all."

Rachel frowned as her mother started her lecture she was expecting. She was humiliated that she had let her mother down so much that she even had to do this. Rachel knew this would happen sooner or later, why did she think she could get away with this? Perhaps she would have made it until Regionals and after that her mother wouldn't really object to it. Or at least so she'd like to think.

"You being in Vocal Adrenaline – now that is going to open the doors to your future. Tonight you really impressed the people from Juilliard and you now have a real chance of getting in two years from now. Boys and relationships come and go and only a fool would get distracted by feelings or emotions. You have to be strong to make it in the world. Have you forgotten that FAME is the most important thing in our culture now? And haven't you learned that no one's just gonna hand it to you? Not even to mention the fact that he's our rival! Did you even consider he might be playing you?"

"He's not, honestly! I made sure of that. We don't speak of anything choir related, I'm not that dumb." If only she could make her mother understand but she wasn't sure she could, Rachel didn't think her mom felt about her dad the way she felt about Jesse.

"Oh, I'm not so sure about that. Here's what's going to happen," Shelby said seriously, "you will break up with that boy. Then you will tell everyone in Vocal Adrenaline, if they find out, that you were just playing him, trying to distract him from Regionals. After that you are not going anywhere but school and rehearsals until Regionals, where you will perform exquisitely and crush your little crush and his pathetic team of outcasts and misfits. Am I clear? I won't have you throwing away all we've put into this just for some random boy who's blinded you with whatever he has in the place of charm. Needless to say if you don't oblige I will be forced to kick you off the team."

It was as if Rachel could see the light again. Everything her mother had just said was true and it made complete sense. She felt so ashamed of herself for letting Jesse get in the way of her focusing on her dreams. The thought of him made her stomach suddenly flutter but she chose to ignore this feeling and hoped it would soon pass. Deep down Rachel was always aware that her Romeo and Juliet romance with Jesse would suffer an ill-fated end, it was inevitable. There's a reason they're called star-crossed lovers. They're stars had met and it had been great, but in reality there was no way this could work. Maybe in the future, maybe if things were different… But right now she couldn't afford to let her mother down and risk her future, and Jesse's. He would be better off without her. What would their relationship be like once Vocal Adrenaline won Regionals? How would that affect their relationship? Jesse could say he didn't care but Rachel knew it was important to him to win. It's only natural to want to be the best and win. How could they manage being together when every time they'd meet after Regionals he'd be reminded of how her team took that title from them? How could he be supportive of her when she'd be getting ready for Nationals? How could she say "I'm sorry you lost" to Jesse after Regionals, when she really wasn't? What would the rest of his team think of her? They would never, ever accept her and give Jesse hell every time he spoke of her. This was too much, too much. Inside her heart was breaking but she put on her show face and answered what she knew she had to.

"Yes, mother. I understand. And I'm truly sorry for my deception." She said, sounding ashamed yet trying to seem brave and invincible. Rachel knew she was in no position to stand up to her mother and all she could do was to succumb to her wishes. She couldn't risk getting kicked off Vocal Adrenaline and throw her whole future away.

"Good, I'm glad that's handled. I think it's time for bed, don't you?" Shelby said and went about her evening as usual.

All Rachel had been feeling these past two months got crushed in a conversation with her mom that lasted about 10 minutes but it felt like an eternity. If there was one person in the world that could change Rachel's mind about something – it was her mother. But this time she was absolutely right and Rachel didn't have any other choice but to obey, as much as it was killing her to think about what she was going to have to do.