Duncan- Um...I think I kind of mentioned that in chapter two, paragraph nine. "Hey, you took a slushy for my boy Kurt.". Ring a bell?

The next morning before school, Blaine and Finn rounded up their teammates. Blaine told them what happened.

"Lies! All of it!" Santana spoke up.

"Sebastian must have sent him." Rachel nodded in agreement. "Unbelievable! It's Vocal Adrenaline all over again!"

"He seemed pretty sincere..." Blaine shrugged.

"Blaine, I know you wanna believe the Warblers are still your friends, but how can you still trust them after what they did to you and almost did to Kurt?" Quinn asked in surprise.

Blaine looked down unsure of what to say to that. He shook his head. "I guess...a part of me still hopes that the Warblers really are sorry. I mean...maybe I didn't give them enough of a chance to apologize."

Santana scoffed. "Wow, Blaine. What next? You're gonna go to your junior prom with Sebastian? I guess you wouldn't have to worry about him and Kurt getting into a physical fight over you."

"Drop it, Santana." Kurt said sternly.

"Well, I for one am not buying it." Rachel said folding her arms.

"Neither am I." Kurt replied. "He's just trying to scare us."

"But, what if we're wrong?" Tina asked. Everyone turned to her. She wasn't used to the attention. "Um...I mean...what if the Warblers really are planning on sabotaging Regionals? Shouldn't we warn the other competitors?"

"They might think we're trying to scare them, though." Mercedes added. "I think we should just let things be."

"I agree." Sam nodded.

"But what if they do sabotage Regionals?" Tina asked again.

"Then we will stand our ground and keep on going." Finn answered. "No matter what they throw at us. We cannot let them get to us." Everyone nodded and smiled in agreement.

XXX

Kurt couldn't stop thinking about what Blaine and Finn revealed throughout the day. Part of him wanted to believe Trent, but, another part of him didn't want to fall into a trap set by Sebastian. He could tell Rachel had that problem too. He caught up with her after lunch.

"Hey, can we talk?"

"Sure." Rachel slung her bag over her shoulder. "Is this about Trents' warning?"

Kurt nodded. "I think Tina may be on to something. If the Warblers end up sabotaging Regionals, and we didn't tell the other competitors, they will be pissed at us for not warning them."

"You're right." Rachel nodded. "I'll warn Vocal Adrenaline, you warn Aural Intensity."

"All right."

XXX

Rachel could hear Vocal Adrenaline performing when she parked outside of Carnel High School. She walked through the darkened hallways and to the auditorium.

"Pick up the pace, Anthony! My grandmother can dance faster than you!" Rachel froze as she heard a familiar voice bark out. She snuck into the auditorium balcony and gaped in shock.

'No way...Jesse is the new VA coach?' Rachel stared at the familiar mass of curly dark brown hair. 'Oh God. Okay, relax, Berry. You came here to warn Vocal Adrenaline about the Warblers, and that is what you'll do. Just focus on that.'

Rachel waited until they finished rehearsing and walked up to Jesse from behind. She cleared her throat. "Good job today."

Jesse slowly turned around and looked at Rachel in surprise. "Rachel? What are you doing here?"

"Can we talk?" Rachel asked, trying to keep herself calm.

"Sure." Jesse gestured to a room down the hall. "Step into my office."

Jesse's office was small with one window and a desk. Jesse sat down in his chair and sighed. "I must say I'm surprised. Last summer you made it clear you never wanted to see me again."

Rachel swallowed. She did not know how to respond to that. "So...you're the coach of Vocal Adrenaline, now?"

"Yeah. I run a business training show choirs." Jesse explained. "As you can see, I'm training Vocal Adrenaline."

Rachel smiled and nodded. "Are you ready for Regionals?"

Jesse chuckled. "Are you?"

"Born ready." Rachel smiled with confidence. She then remembered why she was there. "Um...speaking of Regionals, we may have a problem. The Warblers have gone bad. We think they might be planning on sabotaging Regionals."

"Based on what?"

Rachel explained the whole drama with Sebastian and Blaine and Trent's warning. Jesse nodded to show he was listening.

"Most of us don't believe it, but...we didn't want to take the chance of dismissing it and something happening." Rachel took a breath and shook her head. "Crazy, right?"

"The Warblers going bad, or one of them warning you guys of sabotage?" Jesse asked raising his eyebrows. "I'd say both." He sighed and looked away for a minute. "What does he think?"

Rachel knew very well who he meant. "Finn isn't buying it, either."

"Does he know you're here?" Jesse asked. He stood up and walked slowly towards Rachel.

A nagging feeling tugged in Rachel's stomach telling her to leave. "No."

"No, huh?" Jesse chuckled dryly. "Are you two still dating?"

Rachel nodded slowly. "Finn asked me to marry him and I said yes."

Jesse's face turned from controlled anger to horror. "What? Are you insane?"

"Finn and I love each other!" Rachel gasped in surprise. "We want to spend the rest of our lives together. Why wouldn't we get married?"

Jesse turned around and ran his hand through his hair. This was not happening! She should be marrying him! He turned back around to face Rachel. "Why did you come here? What are you doing here?"

"I came to warn you about the Warblers!" Rachel shot back angrily. "What- you thought I came back for you?"

That did it. Jesse threw out a fist and punched a hanging picture right next to Rachel. A shard of glass flew into her cheek. Without thinking, Rachel ran from the room and fled to her car holding back tears.

Jesse stared after Rachel in shock of what he did. He looked back at the now broken picture hanging on the wall. The picture was of himself and Rachel smiling and embracing each other. Jesse tore the picture from the wall and threw it across the room.

XXX

Rachel sat at her vanity and dabbed gently at her cheek. The cut wasn't deep, but it still bled a little. She let herself loose and cried softly. What was she thinking? Telling him about her engagement? God...how was she going to tell Finn? If he found out, he'd march straight into Carnel and beat the living crap out of Jesse, prison be damned. Her phone buzzed.

'Hey, Rach, just got back from Fort Wayne. Aural Intensity now knows of the Warblers. How'd it go at Carnel? -Kurt'

Rachel composed herself. Should she tell him? 'It went okay. Jesse's the new VA coach. He knows of the Warblers, too now.'

XXX

Rachel made sure to cover up her cut with make-up. She tried to smile and act nonchalant when she approached Kurt.

"Hey."

"Oh, hey." Kurt closed his locker. "Our costumes for Regionals just came in."

"Great!" Rachel needed to take her mind off of things.

Kurt noticed a red glob on Rachel's cheek. "Oh, here, you have a little too much blush on." Kurt licked his finger and ran it across.

"No- Kurt-" Rachel tried protesting. But it was too late. He saw the scratch.

"Yikes. How did that happen?" Kurt asked with concern.

"I, uh...made the horrible mistake of wearing my engagement ring to bed." Rachel lied.

"Rachel, come on." Kurt rolled his eyes. "Your rock isn't that sharp enough to cut that deep, and you don't sleep wildly enough to accidentally scratch yourself. You wanna tell me how you really got that?"

A lump rose to Rachel's throat. "I told Jesse about my engagement to Finn."

Kurt paled. He feared the worst. "What did he do?"

Rachel sniffed. "We got into an argument about it, and...there was a picture behind me, and...he punched the picture causing a glass shard to fly in my cheek."

Kurt stared and exhaled sharply. He knew Jesse sucked, but this? This was a new low even for him. "Oh God...did you tell Finn?"

"No." Rachel shook her head. "Kurt...I'm begging you: please don't tell Finn about this. We both know how he'll react. If he goes after Jesse, we'll lose our chance at Regionals."

Kurt nodded in agreement. "Okay. I won't tell him. But you should."

"I will." Rachel sighed. "After Regionals."

Kurt watched Rachel walk off and sighed again. First, Blaine has been acting moody lately because of the Warblers' betrayal, then Trent's warning, now he has to keep from Finn the fact that Rachel told Jesse of their engagement and he attacked her.

This was going to be a long week.