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Restless

Squeak. Splatter. Squeak. Splatter. Squeak. Splatter. This was all the sound that Rachel Berry could hear as she laid awake on her bed looking at the ceiling. Jesse, who was on her left sleeping peacefully, apparently had forgotten to turn off the faucet in the bathroom all the way and now all Rachel could hear was the sound of water as it formed into tiny droplets and splatter onto the sink continuously. She could've gotten out of bed to turn off the faucet, but what was the use? She had been back in Lima for three days now, but those three days have been one of the longest three days in her life. At night, Jesse would always fall asleep before she did and he would continue to stay asleep until morning. With Rachel, it was different. She could not simply sleep.

"Why can't I sleep?" Rachel would often think to herself. What is the meaning of these sleepless nights? The excuses would come. When it came time to bedtime, there are always excuses Rachel made to not sleep. Tonight happened to be the leaky faucet. The first night, she found the bed to be too lumpy and that it didn't give her the proper back support. Last night, her mind was just occupied with many things, especially with what happened earlier in the day.

Rachel had gone and seen Quinn Fabray…actually, Quinn Puckerman. Rachel had met Quinn yesterday for lunch at the local diner. Rachel felt glad that she met her old friend again. Ever since Glee club and high school ended, Rachel was always in constant contact with Quinn during her years in college, Broadway, and Hollywood. Quinn had invited Rachel to come to her baby shower at the diner. Rachel was ecstatic when she heard the news of Quinn's second baby. Being the friend that she was and knowing that she had nothing better to do on a Saturday, Rachel accepted her friend's invitation. Quinn then informed Rachel of her guest list. Quinn listed all of the former Glee club members. Rachel became even more excited to meet her old friends, but the last name Quinn said caused Rachel's smile to fade away.

"Mr. Schuester," Quinn said. It was almost if everything around Rachel became inaudible. His name came off softly, yet his name resounded in Rachel's head over and over again, even till the point where she could not think about anything without hearing his name.

"No, Rachel!" Rachel told herself, firmly, "you are now engaged to Jesse. You can't keep thinking about some high school crush."

Rachel looked over to her left and let her hands run across Jesse's delicate brown hair. He was a very handsome man and a wonderful singer that complimented her own voice. Rachel had met Jesse the year before in New York City. Even though they had a falling apart in high school, they managed to rekindle their romance through Broadway. Rachel viewed herself not as a "Hollywood" actress; she would avoid California as much as she could. She felt her true future lied in New York, specifically Broadway. Rachel and Jesse were both casted for a production of West Side Story, playing the two loved pairs in the musical. Through this, Rachel and Jesse both fell in love again and after the first day of the musical ended, Jesse proposed to Rachel right on the stage in front of the audience and her cast members. It was the first time Rachel felt love ever since she broke up with Finn after the hotel incident at Nationals. Though Jesse and Rachel had been dating for only four months, she knew Jesse was the one for her.

Rachel and Jesse decide to take time off after the Broadway production to move back to Lima for a year or so. Jesse had been offered a job there as the club director for Vocal Adrenaline. It was his old school, so Jesse knew he couldn't refuse the offer. Though Rachel was reluctant to move back to her hometown in fear of meeting Will again, she knew she had to. Rachel reasoned that she was going to be Jesse's future wife, so wherever he goes or does, she will be behind him to support him.

Rachel did have an embarrassing secret though. She never gave herself to Jesse yet; in fact, she managed to retain her purity for these odd 23 years of life, even though the pressure was so high during her teenage years. In the past, Jesse pressured her to make love to him, but Rachel refused. She wanted them to be married first because she was still making sure if he was the one. Jesse understood what Rachel what was going through and he backed off. Rachel just wanted to save herself for someone she knew she would spend the rest of the life with. But Jesse is supposed to be that person, Rachel thought to herself.

Then Rachel thought back to the incident in Will's hotel room. Even though she was young then, she had already decided that Will Schuester was the only one for her. Maybe it was her infatuation or the fact that her crush on Will never stopped or maybe it was true love. Whichever it was, she had decided then that she was going to make Will hers. She was willing to give herself to him, but he denied her in the hotel room. She was heart-broken for months. Rachel knew that Will had feelings for her, but because of some stupid male thoughts, he denied her. Stop looking to the past, she would tell herself.

"You are about to be Rachel St. James," thought Rachel, "You can't hope that one person will change his mind. He made his decision long ago. The best thing to do now is just to try to be friends with him"

RING! RING! RING! Rachel was startled by the loud noise the alarm clock made. She could see Jesse's eyes drifting from dream world to reality. He opened his eyes and looked at Rachel.

"Morning, beautiful," he whispered to her. With that, he gave Rachel a slight kiss before getting out of bed and heading to the bathroom. While Jesse was in the bathroom, Rachel stared at the ceiling. It was already Saturday, Rachel grumbled to herself. Make this the third night she couldn't fall asleep. Rachel sighed and headed into the kitchen of Jesse's apartment to prepare some coffee. She was going to need it. Quinn's baby shower is in two hours and she needed all the energy she can get to get through the day. Rachel laid her head on the kitchen counter, thinking, "How am I going to do this?"

"What am I going to wear?" Will asked himself. Saturday morning had arrived and within the hour, he would have to drive to Quinn and Puck's house for the baby shower. The night before was so terrible. Will could barely sleep; in fact, he couldn't sleep for three days now. So many thoughts in his head on how to win back Rachel occupied his mind. Will kept having doubts that Rachel would accept him again. He didn't know for sure if Rachel still had feelings for him, but Will is ready to show her that he still has feelings for her.

Will looked at himself in the mirror. Will had on a white dress shirt and black pants. He walked towards his closet and looked at his arrangement of ties. Will finally decided on the orange tie. It was fall anyway; he might as well match the colors of the leaves.

The previous day, Will had gone to the mall to find a gift for Quinn and Puck's baby. In one of the stores he went to, he found a package of some cute and colorful baby socks. Looking at the socks and their many patterns just made him think back to Rachel. She was always a person to wear colorful socks of many patterns. It was something that Will always found to be adorable. He bought a case of those socks and a diaper bag. He wasn't much of a people's person, but he knew every mother would need a diaper bag with every new baby. Taking one last look at the mirror, Will stopped for a second. Will looked down at his tie and shook his head. He untied his orange tie and placed it back into his closet. In his closet, his eyes wandered around his ties again until he found what he was looking for. It was a blue tie with gold stars and a gold time signature staff. He carefully tied it and looked at himself in the mirror. With a nod, Will grabbed his gifts and his keys and walked out the door.

"Hey honey, do you think you can help me with something?" Jesse called to Rachel. Rachel walked back to their room and found Jesse struggling with his tie.

"Here, let me," Rachel told Jesse, walking towards him and fixing his tie.

"Thanks, babe," Jesse told Rachel, "I honestly don't know any other look except the cool, but misunderstood outsider. Ties have never been my kind of thing."

While fixing his tie, Rachel thought back to her high school days. Will loved to wear ties. Though the jacket and jean was his signature clothes and "tacky" sometimes, Rachel always found Will to be extremely handsome every time he wore his ties. They were always different, at least to her eyes. It was kind of like Rachel's socks. She never wore the same socks twice. Thinking about this made Rachel smile even more.

"What's going on, Rach?" Jesse asked her.

"Oh, it's nothing. You should go and have some coffee. I'm gonna go get ready. Give me ten minutes," Rachel told Jesse. With that, Rachel walked into the bathroom.

"What I am going to wear?" Rachel thought to herself. The time was ticking down. As she put on her clothes, she knew that hers and Will's reunion was inevitable. She kept praying that Will didn't have any feelings for her. Maybe that would cause her to drop her feelings for him. It was so difficult. She was in love with two men. One, she is engaged to and the other, she hasn't even seen in a long time. If Will still had feelings for her, she knew her stay in Lima would be so much more difficult. If only she could just fly away to some place across the rainbow where she didn't have this much trouble.

"Let's go, sweetie. It's been ten minutes," Jesse called Rachel. Rachel took one look at herself in the mirror. In the past, she would look at herself and smile at the fact that her outfit was fabulous and that she was a star-to be. Now, she doesn't have any strength to smile. With unknown courage, Rachel walked out of the bedroom. She took Jesse's hand and gave Jesse a kiss. With a smile on her face, they headed out to their car to go to the baby shower.

Thanks for reading. Stay tune for the reunion. It will take place in the next chapter. And there will be a surprise. Later guys!