Concert Stories #2

Jesse took a swig of water and scanned the crowd in Joe's Pub. A full house. He smiled.

"Well, let me just say thank you for coming out tonight." He was cut off by screaming and claps. Jesse smirked.

"And I wanted to confess I'm a little homesick." The crowd awed.

"As most of you know I have a little boy with the lovely Rachel Berry..." More claps and a few wolf whistles.

"Hey that's my wife!" Jesse shouted and was reward by more laughter. "Anyway, his name is Alexander and he's four now. And I really got to handed to parents with more then one child. I never knew that being a dad would be so rewarding and difficult. You know the saying "Children say the darnest things." Yeah well for people who haven't had kids yet... It's true." Jesse sat down on the a stool behind him and after readjusting the microphone cord he continued.

"So Rachel was out of town touring and it was a father-son week. He was in his room playing with his toys and I was in the front room watching t.v. and Zander comes running out of his room."

"Daddy, Daddy! I wanna get married!"

" I was shocked and I said Zander you cant get married you haven't met the right person yet. And he looked at he and said"

"I have too!" The crowd hummed in amusement.

"I asked him. "Who's this special person?" So I can find this whoever his crush is and hide them from Rachel..." The crowd chuckled. "He looks me in the eye and says."

"Grandma." The crowd laughed and Jesse chuckled into the mike.

"Here I am staring at my son who just announced that he wants to marry my mother and the only thing I can think of is "Thank God Rachel isn't here." The crowd laughed again. Jesse ran his hand through his hair remembering the time a woman at the Whole Food store had commented on their sons looks. He shuddered at thought of the death glare Rachel had sent the woman. Jesse had to grab Rachel's hand and the groceries and drag her from the store before she could release the torrent of words that were bubbling at the surface. He returned the audience who where waiting patiently for him to continue.

"So I look at my son and I asked him. "You want to marry my mother?" And he nods. I say. "You can't do that." Alexander glares at me and crosses his arms in front of his chest and says.."

"Why not? You married my mom?" The crowd erupted into laughter. Jesse leaned forward laughing just as hard as the audience. He composed himself only to snicker again at the thought of Alexander's face. He defiantly was a momma's boy. He had imitated her this-is-so-not-funny-so-why-are you-laughing look perfectly. Jesse shook his head and continued.

"Well anyway, I though of that story when I was picking out my set list and it inspired this song. Jesse nodded to the band.

"So this next song is dedicated to him its Memo to my son by Randy Newman. Yes my son is a little bit older then Newman's son when we wrote it but I think it still represents what I want Alexander to know as he grows up so..." he trailed off as his cue came up.

What have you done to the mirror?

What have you done to the floor?

Can't I go nowhere without you?

Can't I leave you alone any more?

I know you don't think much of me

But someday you'll understand

Wait'll you learn how to talk baby

I'll show you how smart I am

A quitter never wins

A winner never quits

When the going gets tough

The tough get going

Maybe you don't know how to walk baby

Maybe you can't talk none either

Maybe you never will, baby

But I'll always love you

I'll always love you

He let the last notes fade away and listened to claps of his audience. He grinned as he checked his phone while we waited for the band to get re-situated.

Rachel Berry *- Zander says night Daddy.

St. James- Give him a kiss for me?

Rachel Berry *- Always. Jess?

St. James- Yes?

Rachel Berry *- Why does our son want to marry your mom?

St, James- :)

Rachel Berry*- ?