A/N: sorry for last chapter. I just read it again and thought argg :D so who's looking forward to glee next week? Argg I sooo am! Just wished they'd make it into a twenty-four episode like season one :(( who saw the spoilers? Sorry St Berry fans, they made Jesse into an over confident jerk and Finn to be sweet and caring? Drama drama drama. I wonder what Quinn is planning? [I Forgot I wrote this chapter! Sorry guys! ] :((
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Chapter Eight
Finn POV
"Sorry I took so long, there was a big line in the toilets" she said, opening the door and hoping in, realising the look on his face.
"Finn why are you crying?" she asked him with surprise, concerning not registering in her voice.
"I want to break up with you Quinn. I just don't feel like this is right" he said with such sadness, wiping tears away from his cheeks.
"I don't mind waiting with you while you work on your confused feelings for Rachel, Finn" she said to him comfortingly, placing a hand on his.
"No Quinn, I just- I just don't feel that way about you" he said to her honestly, watching her face turn from reassuringly to hurt in a second.
"You don't know what you are saying Finn" she dismissed, her face returning to calm.
"Quinn I Still love you…" he was trying to be as sincere as possible and try and lessen the blow.
"But not as much as her" she finished for him. Her face again with the look of hurt in her eyes, tears streaming down her face now too.
"I can't believe you are doing this to me again. Choosing HER over me!" she yelled at him, opening the door, and slamming it, wishing it was his face.
"Quinn, don't…" he stopped talking as she walked briskly away from him. He was left sitting in the car, as the girl he should be happy with, walked away from him forever.
Quinn POV
"He is going to pay for this!" she seethed into the air, as she stalked home. Home being a twenty minute walk, it would give her enough time to think. Fresh air did that to her sometimes, cleared her head of all she needed.
Rachel POV
She hummed to herself as she sat at the kitchen table across from Jesse. They had spent the day going through all her movie collection, seeing which film they hadn't seen in a while.
Everything seemed so perfect. One more year high school and she would be going to a college in New York. Hopefully with her fantastic boyfriend in tow. She was worried that they weren't on the same page and something would cause them to drift apart and go their own separate directions.
"What's the matter Rach?" he asked her with deep concern for her wellbeing. Hating to see the look that was now plastered all over her face.
"Nothing. Nothing is the matter" she lied to him, eyes unwavering from her breakfast. She felt him bring a finger to her chin, gently raising it to meet his beautiful eyes.
"Come on now. Don't hide from me" he frowned at her, giving him one of those looks that melted her like butter. He brought her hand to his mouth, kissing it ever so lightly, before bringing it to lie on his cheek.
"It's nothing really…" she wasn't doing a very good job at convincing him, though she wasn't really trying to. She bowed her head down, tossing her food around her plate. Tossing between keeping it to herself or telling him and sounding like a fool.
"Rach" he beckoned her to talk with that one call of her name. She looked up at him, and told him how she felt.
"Oh is that what is bothering you? You need not ever worry again. I will be where ever you will be. Nothing can keep us apart okay." He reassured her, cupping her face in both his hands, making her look at him with her sad brown eyes, watching her nod in agreement to his question.
"We will knock the pants off New York and Broadway! You just wait and see!" he said with such enthusiasm that she beamed so bright again. He was happy to bring her back to life. He stood up and walked around the dinner table, bring her up to hug him tightly.
Jesse POV
He hugged her so tight that he hoped that she believed every word of what he had to say to her. She was his inspiration, and taking one look at her, he knew that fluking out of college was the best thing that had ever happened to him. Now he could apply to the right college in New York, hoping that they would both attend the same school. Hand in hand they walked into the lounge room to put on another movie.
"I love you so much Jesse" he heard her whisper whole heartedly, hugging him again even tighter to her.
"I love you with every breath Rach" he said in return, bringing her to face him for a kiss.
"So what's the plan?" they heard her daddy enter the room, just arriving from a business meeting across town. They watched as Stan walked past them, planting a kiss on Rachel's head, and patting him on the back.
"Old movies and lots of popcorn" Jesse smiled big at Stan, watching him nod and head towards the stairs towards his bedroom.
"Do you even have to ask?" She asked her daddy with a smile, grasping his hand tightly with excitement.
"Apparently a waste of breathe right?" he joked as he continued to climb the stairs.
A few minutes later her dad arrived home from his business meeting. "Hey hey hey" he greeted the young teenagers.
"Hey Matt, how was the meeting?" he asked her dad, always happy to hear what the other man had to say. He felt closer to Matt than Stan, having more things in common with him.
"Oh hey Jesse, fancy seeing you here!" he joked and winked at his daughter, which brought on a giggle from her. "It turned out just the way I hoped it would. Very successful, indeed" he kissed them both on the head and walked to the stairs and ran up there two at a time.
"Nice to see them so happy" she beamed at him, a genuine smile playing on their lips. He kissed her lightly in appreciation.
"How about dinner at Breadstix?" they heard her dad asked them from the upstairs landing. The two of them nodding together in excited agreement.
"Yes please!" they both answered together, more in tuned with each other like always, bring on a cackle from them both, and causing a laugh to sound from upstairs.
Finn POV
"Ma I want to take you out to dinner tonight" he told his mother proudly, coming to sit next to her in the lounge room. He had made enough money waiting table at the café he worked for. They had found out that he didn't really need the wheel chair, but loved his efficient working demeanour that it didn't matter either way.
"What's the occasion?" she asked him curiously, peering at him from the magazine she was reading.
"I don't know?" he shrugged, even though he knew he missed spending time with his mother one on one. Burt was working late at the garage, and Kurt was still at Blaine's house for dinner and then a late night movie. So it was a rare night for them to be home alone for a change. It was her night off as well, which was well deserved for all the shifts she had been doing lately.
"Sounds like a plan" she beamed at her son with pride, he had accomplished so much with glee club going to Nationals in a week time and doing so well captaining all his sports activities, and having a beautiful girlfriend like Quinn, though she had to admit that she liked Rachel a whole lot better, but she wasn't about to admit that to her son.
He watched his mother walk up the stairs to her bedroom, after making his way up to his room as well. He wanted to look nice tonight. He wanted to show everyone how proud he was of his mum.
Rachel POV
The waiter guided them to a four seater table that had a nice view of the garden outside. She was seated next to her daddy, her dad sat diagonal from where she was sitting and Jesse sat across from her. The conversation flowing nicely as they talked about all their plans.
She had ordered a vegetarian risotto which was one of her favourite dishes at Breadstix. She tried to order and try everything in the menu every time they would din there. She liked to challenge her taste buds with different kinds of vegetarian foods.
The corner of her eyes caught a familiar face entering the restaurant, followed by his mother. She hoped that they didn't walk to their table in greeting, which by the look of recognition of Carol's face; she knew that was exactly her plan.
"Rachel! Good to see you! Though it's been a while hasn't it Finn?" she turned to look at her son, who tried to hide his obvious uncomfortable feeling inside himself.
"Yes it has been Ma. You're always at work when Kurt has her over" he answered her, not wanting to linger longer than they should.
"My Dad Matthew and my Daddy Stanley" she introduced her fathers. "You remember Finn dads" her father's shake his hands politely.
"And this lovely lady is his mother Carole" she introduced her father's to the lady. "And this is my boyfriend Jesse" she beamed at introducing her boyfriend to the world. She felt the slight look her boyfriend quickly through in her direction, knowing what that quick glance meant.
"Nice to meet you finally" Carole says, shaking her father's hands. "Nice to meet you Jesse" she smiled at him like a mother with so much love would.
"Hello" they all greeted her back.
"Well we'll be letting you get back to enjoying your dinner" she said as she is beckoned by the host to guide them to their table.
"She's lovely isn't she?" her dad comments, her daddy just nods in agreement, knowing how awkward it must have felt for the young couple to have to face her ex-boyfriend and his mother, and by the looks of things, her father's saw the tension between the two younger men.
Jesse POV
He hated seeing his arch rival, who didn't hid the fact that he was in love with his girlfriend too. He as such a jerk as he eyeballed her, right in front of her father's and his own mother! He wanted to smack bang him on the chin, but had to do everything in his power to not do it.
"Yes she is" he heard her comment about her ex-boyfriends mother. "She always treated me like I was her daughter. She used to make me a special dish every time I would go over there" she smiled as the remembered a memory about what she was talking about.
He wished that she would stop talking about it now. He shifted in his chair, suddenly finding it hard to remain seated comfortably. He frowned at that dickheads presence and ruining his perfectly nice steak dinner with vegetables.
He felt her foot rise to graze his leg under the table. Shocked that she would attempt such a move in front of her father's, though to her it was probably an innocent act to make sure he knew she loved him, and only him. She smiled at him, seeing him react to her actions.
"How's your dinner?" he heard her ask him, he was now finding it pretty hard to concentrate on his dinner, with her foot on his leg like that. She had no clue how much she was turning him on right now, or did she? He smiled at her amused face, which showed she knew exactly the effect it was having on him.
"It's just perfect!" he commended, wishing that they were home alone, and being able to act on his urges. "How is your meal?" he already knew that it was one of her most favourite meals here.
She smiled at him, knowing that he already knew her answer. "It's delectable!" she said, bringing in another mouthful to her lips.
Finn POV
He glanced at them from where he was seated. He was glad that his mother had her back away from them, because he could have sworn he just saw Rachel's foot snake up to that jackass's leg. That should be him over there, playing footsies with her, not that underserving jackass. He watched as they laughed and chatted and was having a really good time together.
He was glad that his mother was too busy looking at her menu to notice much of anything else around them.
"Are you ready to order now sir?" their waiter asked them, pen and pad in a hand each.
"Yes can I please have the T-bone steak with Dianne sauce please, and a glass of your finest champagne." His mother ordered, the waiter patiently waited for him to order, and before he knew it he was saying "Can I please have the vegetable risotto please" ordering exactly what Rachel was now pushing into her perfect mouth.
His mother looked at her son, stunned beyond belief at what he had just ordered. He would usually mimic the meal that she had chosen for herself, and she would have to end up ordering two.
"Are you okay there Finn?" she said with such concern, that she eyed her son intently. Something was definitely up with him. She knew she had to get the help of her step son in the process.
"Nothing up mum" he said not waiting to open up the wound he had etched into his own skin. "I'm just worried about Nationals that's all" he responded to her, hoping that she didn't have to worry about his silly problems.
He knew that she didn't believe him. How was he going to tell him that he broke up with Quinn because he was still in love with Rachel, but it was too late and now she was now in love with Jesse? He sighed as he looked at the couple's across the room.