Okay guys, this is chapter 3. I got the glee DVD so now I can watch them whenever I want and I can have easy access to the dialogue. This chapter shows Rachel becoming more comfortable with Jesse as well as both of them getting more physical with their relationship. I hope you all enjoy and review. Please let me know wat you all think of it.
Also during the song, the italicized is when Mercedes sings and the bold is when everyone joins in.
Glee club had been pretty uneventful today, Mercedes decided to sing another R & B song, really that girl has no diversity, and Finn starred longingly at Rachel, dumb ass kid. I glared slightly as the boy who didn't even look at me because he was drooling over Rachel before turning towards her. Rachel was writing down musical ideas in her notebook, I smiled before nuzzling her cheek with my nose. She giggled slightly before turning towards me. "Sorry." She giggled before putting the notebook away; unfortunately I couldn't see what she was writing.
"Why are you sorry?" I questioned, looking into her eyes, she smiled shyly and looked down. "Hey," I whispered, once she looked up I smiled and stole a sweet kiss. Her eyes lit up and before she could say anything Mr. Schuster spoke.
"Um alright I have one final announcement before we all leave. We can't use the auditorium for the next week." Everyone let out sighs of disappointment and worry. I turned to look at Rachel, her face contorted into that of determination. I wondered what she was thinking.
"But that's garbage!" Finn started, I rolled my eyes at the buffoon. "How are we supposed to practice for Regional's without the auditorium?"
"The Cheerios need it to practice in. There's nothing I can do." Mr. Schuster said, sighing in defeat.
Suddenly Rachel bolted out of her seat. "I recommend a sit in."
"I recommend we torch the place." Puck countered.
"No." Mr. Schuster said with urgency, because truth be told, no one would put it past Puck to actually start that place on fire. "Look we've all faced adversity before and we've come out stronger on the other end. I'm gonna find some off site location's to use, just for the week. I promise I'll find us a new home." Once Mr. Schuster was done speaking the class bell rang and I pulled Rachel's books out of the her and carried them in my left hand, right hand wrapped around her shoulder. As I passed Mr. Schuster I gave him a curt nod, let's hope he was right.
"We can fast!" Rachel suggested from the booth we were sitting in at Lima's only coffee shop, The Lima Bean. (How original) I chuckled at her suggestion before being the voice of reason.
"I don't think a bunch of glee kids not eating will stop Sue Sylvester from using the auditorium. If anything she'll turn it into a backhanded complement, saying we could all lose a bit of weight." Rachel sighed, I smiled as I took a sip of my coffee, black, she looked like she was going to say something else but I cut her off. "And not speaking until we get the auditorium back will probably make everyone happy, I don't think they will ever give it back." Rachel rolled her eyes at my comment.
"We have to do something Jesse. If we don't have anywhere to practice then we can't become good enough to win regional's and kick Vocal Adrenaline's butt!" I nodded in understanding, there is no way we'll beat Vocal Adrenaline at the rate we're at.
"Believe me I know." I mumbled in agreement. Just then the bell above the door rang, signaling a new customer walked in, out of curiosity I turned around and saw Quinn Fabray walk in. I sent her the Jesse St. James smirk; she sent me the Quinn Fabray glare. She walked up towards our table. "Quinn Fabray, what could you possibly want?" I questioned. Rachel looked at me with a shocked expression.
"Shove it St. James. I'm here to talk to Berry." I sent her a fake smile and then rolled my eyes, turning back to my coffee. "So man hands," I glared up at her for that comment, she noticed and rolled her eyes. "Rachel, I need a song for Glee Club. Mr. Schuster stopped me after class today and told me I haven't been contributing to Glee as much as I should, so I was wondering if you know of any songs that I would sound good singing." Rachel seemed genuinely happy Quinn asked her for help.
"Wow Quinn, um it's really nice to know you actually value my opinion. As for a song for you…" It seemed to take Rachel a few seconds to think of a song for Quinn. I watched Quinn while Rachel brainstormed; she was constantly looking around, almost as if she was scared someone would see her talking to Rachel. I rolled my eyes once again and finished my coffee. "Oh!" Rachel suddenly said, as if a light bulb went off in her head. "What about a song by Adele, you both have a pretty unique voice, kind of R & B but Pop like, try Chasing Pavements. It's a great song and I'm sure you'd sing it well." Rachel smiled at herself; I could tell she was thrilled she found a song to show Quinn's talents.
"Thanks Berry." Quinn said simply and walked away, not before glaring at me one more time. She quickly walked over to the counter and ordered a white chocolate mocha. Once she got the coffee and was about to take a sip I stopped her.
"Hey Quinnie? Caffeine is bad for the baby." Quinn stopped mid motion and turned around to look at me in surprise. She then looked at the coffee and then at me, I just smiled and shrugged in return. Quinn glared again and walked away, throwing the coffee out as she left the Lima Bean. Rachel silently questioned me what that was all about but I just shook my head and asked her about her next solo. That got her talking.
Once I got home to my Uncle's house, I began my homework. As I finished up my French homework my cell phone rang. I looked at the caller id and noticed it was Shelby calling. I groaned, slightly nervous for what she wanted, and answered the phone. "Jesse St. James."
"It's Shelby." She stated, not bothering with a hello. "So I'm calling to hear if you're making any progress. It's been a week since you transferred to McKinley."
"Yeah. And I'm making progress." I said, hoping that if I was short with her then maybe she'd hang up. I don't want to be reminded of why I was here.
"Has she asked about me?" Shelby asked hopefully.
"No. We haven't even talked about that yet. I still have to gain her trust, as well as the Glee Clubs, before she tells me any thing. She cares more about the Glee Club's opinion than she lets on, and if they think something's off then she's not going to open up to me at all."
"Just hurry it up. I want her to know about me and I need you back here. Ryder sucks as the male lead, we need you're voice." Well I'm in New Directions now. I thought to myself.
"Okay, but I can only go as fast as she lets me." Shelby let out an exaggerated sigh. "Listen Shelby, I have a lot of homework to do, and I have a few glee numbers to work on, and I'm expecting a call from Rachel so if you don't mind."
"Wait, Jesse-" I cut Shelby off by pressing end on my phone. I didn't want to talk to her right now.
Quinn sang Adele, just like Rachel suggested, and I'm not going to lie, her voice was perfect for the song. Right after she ended Rachel began to clap furiously, probably because the song was her idea, causing most of the glee kids to stare at her in bewilderment. Once Quinn sat down Mr. Schuster stood up and walked to the front of the room. "Well that was great Quinn. The song fit your voice perfectly." Rachel looked over at me with a knowing look, I silently applauded her. "So, back to our current situation. I've found us a new place to rehearse."
"Where exactly?" I questioned, shocking everyone because I haven't really made friends here yet, so I usually don't speak out in class very much.
"A Roller Rink. You all remember April Rhodes?" He questioned, everyone nodded with different expressions on their faces. "Well she now owns a Roller Rink, she said we could use it to perform." Mr. Schuster smiled, apparently happy with himself for figuring out the performing space problem.
"A roller rink?" Tina asked disgusted.
"Weren't those outlawed in like, 1981 for being totally lame?" Santana sneered. The smile on Mr. Schuster face slipped when he realized he wouldn't get the reaction he hoped for.
"Oh come on guys. Where's your sense of adventure? This place is great and April is giving it to us to practice in for free." I could tell he was trying to make this place sound better than it was.
"Mr. Schu? If I may?" Kurt asked from his seat. Mr. Schuster nodded his head yes and Kurt walked down to stand next to Mr. Schuster. "The New Directions is clearly a club with a dearth of direction. Rachel and Jesse would refuse to accept that all of us would rather die before we allow them to become the next Beyonce and Jay-Z." At that statement everyone looked at us. Rachel looked nervous while I just gave Kurt a look of confusion. "And Finn's mothers romance with my father is sending him into a wholly unnecessarily tailspin of despair." I looked down at Finn, he looked nervous about something. Puck turned to Finn and mouthed 'Are you gay?' causing Finn to turn a delightful shade of red and me to chuckle to myself. "What we all need right now is to explore the idea of a sense of place. And how if we find that place within, we will get that happy ending. Brad. B flat." Kurt commanded.
"Next Beyonce and Jay-Z? Try the next Barbara and Robert Redford." I mumbled to Rachel, who smiled at me and nuzzled my nose with hers.
"You know me so well." She whispered back. Just then Kurt began to sing a House is Not a Home, which I more or less zoned out on. I pulled Rachel closer to me and she leaned her head on my shoulder, I smiled to myself and closed my eyes.
Too soon the song was over, meaning I had to relies Rachel from my grasp and applaud the love struck boy in front of me. Yes he was talented, I don't just applaud anyone. Once I was done clapping for Kurt my arm returned to it's home, which was around Rachel. She smiled at me once again, and I stole a quick kiss from her just as the bell rang. "Jesse!" She squealed in surprise as I quickly got up off the chair, throwing her a devious smile as I walked out of the room, her hot on my trail.
"So speaking of Barbara and Robert Redford, how about we watch The Way We Were for our movie tonight? We haven't watched it yet, and I know how much you love Barbara. And I know I have it somewhere in my house. I can bring over that, and some popcorn, no butter of course, and we can watch a movie?"
"Sure, that sounds great Jesse. My dad's are going to be gone to a business party tonight, so that should be fine." I smiled at Rachel as I grabbed her salad off her tray and placed it on mine, and then paid for both of our lunches. She gave me a smile as I grabbed her hand and we walked towards a secluded table in the lunchroom. "But let's watch Funny girl again." She smiled.
"Come on Rach. As much as I love Funny Girl, I need a break from Fanny Brice and Nick. Why do you always insist on that movie?" I questioned.
"Because it what where Barbara was found! And the whole story its tragically romantic." I gave her a small glance. "The point is, is that Fanny Brice is the most icon role Barbara has ever had. And that is why we must watch it tonight." She said as we sat down at the table. I grabbed her salad off my tray and placed it in front of her. "Thank you." Suddenly we heard a crash, I looked towards the source of the sound and saw Mercedes on the ground.
"Oh my god. Should we help her?" I questioned. Rachel looked at Mercedes and quickly looked back at her salad.
"No, Quinn, Finn and Puck have it covered. Anyway, like I was saying…"
I drove up to Rachel's house at 7 pm, movie musicals in my hand as well as two bags of non-buttered popcorn. I rang the doorbell and she answered, smiling as I leaned down to kiss her quickly on the cheek. "Hey Rachel. I've brought The Way We Were, The Music Man, Singing In the Rain, RENT, The Sound Of Music, Chicago, and of course Funny Girl." She squealed when I mentioned the last movie, I grinned. "Also Lion King. It's technically a musical and I just love Disney. I know we won't watch all of these tonight but maybe this can be a weekly thing?" I asked.
"Oh of course. I don't know why we didn't think of this sooner." Rachel took my leather jacket and hung it up, and then pulled me over to her living room. "What do you think?" She asked.
"It looks phenomenal." I responded. She set up the room by moving all the furniture out except the couch and the television. On the floor in front of the couch was blanket with pillows arranged everywhere. She had many snacks to eat and the room was dimly lit. "Here, we can watch this first." I said while giving Funny Girl to her, knowing if we didn't watch it sooner or later I would hear about it the whole night. She smiled and kissed me on the cheek. When Rachel went to put the movie in I got comfortable on the blanket. The movie started and Rachel nestled into my chest, my arm wrapped around her body tightly, kissing her neck every once in a while.
Some time during the second movie Rachel moved so she was laying down on the blanket, I quickly follow and lied down next to her. "Your so beautiful." I murmured while admiring the brunette next to me. She turned to face me and smiled, I kissed her fast, more passionate than what we normal did. When Rachel smiled into the kiss I deepened it, biting her bottom lip, causing her to gasp and let me slip my tongue into her mouth. I rolled over so I was on top of her, pushing my body hard on hers so I could get as close as possible.
Rachel moaned into the kiss, and I smiled at her reaction. I grounded my hips into hers, showing her how much I wanted her, and she gasped in surprise. I kissed her lips hard before moving my lips towards her neck to nip and bit on her pulse point. "Oh God Jesse." She said out of breath, I smiled into her skin in pleasure. Her saying my name like that was my new favorite sound. "More." She pleaded. I nodded my head yes and moved my hands to the hem of her shirt, pulling it off swiftly.
My mouth moved to her red lace bra covered breasts. I started to slowly nip on her exposed chest, causing her to gasp for breath; I thought she might actually start to hyperventilate. I looked up at her flushed cheeks and swollen lips and smile. I moved back up to her lips and kiss her lightly before grabbing her shirt and giving it back to her. "Wh-what?" she questioned.
"I promised not to pressure you Rachel. You deserve epic romance, and that's what I'm going to give you." She smiled as she pulled the top back on her shirt. I pulled her close to me and she snuggled into my neck. Soon I felt myself drift off to sleep.
I walked down the halls of McKinley; my girl was currently sleeping in because she had a doctor's appointment this morning. Her fathers thought it would be nice to just let her take the day off since she was a great student. It wasn't until Rachel wasn't in this school that I realized how much of an outsider I was. The glee kids hated me, thinking I was a spy, yeah right, and the jocks didn't slushy me, they wouldn't dare, but we weren't friend.
I looked down the hall and noticed Quinn Fabray standing at her locker, taking out a few books. I decided to pay a little visit to the former head cheerleader. Once I was at her locker she didn't even look up before talking to me. "What could possibly bring you to my locker Jesse?" She questioned. I chuckled at her icy tone.
"Curiosity mostly." I answered. She sent me a glare that was meant to intimate but I'd grown used to those looks over time. "Come on Quinnie. Want to tell me how little miss Christian got pregnant by a guy who wasn't her boyfriend. Or why you're suddenly buddy buddy with Jennifer Hudson?" I questioned with a smirk on my face.
"As soon as you tell me why you transferred to McKinley Jesse." She answered back.
"Touché." I said. I then started to walk away from Quinn, not turning around just yet. "See you at family dinner on Sunday. Tell Aunt Judy that Uncle Russell is taking good care of me." Quinn sent an even worse glare than before, but I just smiled and walked away.
I was a bit hesitant about going to the roller rink, but truth be told it was fun. Rachel and I spent the day singing along with the oldies they played as well as danced around each other with the music. Santana made a few snide comments and Finn stared at Rachel, but other than that it was a great day.
"Hey guys, I'm Mercedes Jones. So most of you know Cheerios is about perfection, and winning, lookin' hot and being popular. Well I think that it should be about something different. How many of you at this school feel fat? How many of you feel like maybe you're not worth very much? Or that you're ugly, or have too many pimples, or not enough friends." My hand slowly crept up towards the sky along with the other students.
"Well I felt all of those things about myself one time or another. Hell I felt most of those things about myself today. And that just ain't right. And we've got something to say about it. And if you like what we have to say, come down here and sing it with us."
Ohhhhhhh yeahhh
Everyday is so wonderful
and suddenly
it's hard to breathe.
Now and then, I get insecure.
From all the pain
I'm so ashamed
I am beautiful
No matter what they say
Words can't bring me down
I am beautiful
In every single way
Yes, words can't bring me down
Ohhhhh nooooo
So don't you bring me down today (down today)
No matter what we do
No matter what we do
No matter what we say
No matter what we say
It's all inside of you
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeahhhhh
Just then Quinn Fabray stood up and walked towards Mercedes, looking as if she was about to cry. She looked over at me for a second, to which I smiled at her, and for a second, she smiled back.
No matter what we say
And everywhere we go
As Santana Lopez descended from the Cherrio's to stand next to Mercedes, Rachel looked back at me, silently asking if I would mind going up there to help support her friend. I replied by grabbing her hand and pulling her towards the group forming around Mercedes and wrapped her in my arms as we sang and swayed to the music.
And everywhere we go
The sun will always shine
The sun will always, always, shine.
Cuz we are beautiful
No matter what they say
Yes, words won't bring us down
Nooooo
NOooooooooooooooo
We are beautiful
In every single way
Yes, words can't bring us down
Ohhhh nooo
So don't you bring me down today
Oooooooooooooo
Ohhhh ohhhh
Don't you bring me down
Today heyyyy ayyyyy
Don't you bring me down
Today
After the song finished Rachel looked up at me, watery eyes, I kissed her lightly on the lips, and sent her a smile before unwrapping myself from her and applauding Mercedes.
"Come on Rachel. April should be giving Mr. Schuster the good news soon." Kurt said while the rest of the Glee Club followed behind him. Rachel smiled and we all walked into the Glee classroom.
"… And I'm going to mount the first ever, all white production, of the Wiz." April stated, I gave Rachel a questioning look, which she just shrugged to.
"Okay" Mr. Schuster said, obviously thinking the same thing I was.
"And I've got you to thank." Rachel said.
"Did you tell him yet?" Rachel asked, bursting with excitement. Mr. Schuster looked at Rachel before looking back at April.
"T-tell me what?" He questioned.
"That I bought ya'll the auditorium."
"What?"
"I wrote old Figgins the check this morning. It's now called The April Rhodes Civic Pavilion." We all cheered and clapped, our way of thanking her.
"I don't know what to say." Mr. Schuster said.
"We've got that covered." Rachel answered. We all followed April to the new auditorium, and got dressed in our outfits. April sang a killer ballad while we backed her up, and for once I was fine with not being the lead. Maybe this school really was changing me.
I was sitting in my bedroom, my uncle's guest bedroom, finishing my AP Calculus homework when my cell phone rang. I looked at the phone, checking the caller id, and then picked it up. "Hey beautiful." I said as I balanced the phone between my shoulder and ear as I finished one of the 30 problems on the page.
"Hey Jesse." She sighed; I smiled, loving the sound of my name on her lips. "So I was wondering if maybe you wanted to come over this Friday again for another movie night? Maybe make it a weekly thing?" She questioned, I could hear the nervousness in her voice. I put my pencil down, knowing I needed to give this girl my full attention.
"Of course babe. You know I love spending time with you. But next time I get to pick the musical." I stated. She let out an annoyed sigh and I chuckled. I moved over to my bed and sat down at the foot of it, wishing the brunette I was talking to was in this room with me. "Now that we got that out of the way, want to tell me why you really called?" I questioned.
"What do you mean?" She feigned confusion.
"Rachel, you forget how alike we are, I know exactly how you think. Which means I know you sat in your room for 45 minutes before calling me and tried to think up an excuse to call me. So, babe, what are you actually calling for?" I heard her sigh slightly, and I knew I would be waiting until she was ready to talk. Finally a good 6 minutes later, Rachel spoke.
"I don't want to be April Rhodes." She whispered.
"What?" I asked. Where did this even come from?
"April Rhodes. I don't want to become her. That's my greatest fear in life Jesse. I fear I'll become her. I mean you heard her today, all that talent she has… and she couldn't make it. She's wasting away in this life sucking black hole of a town. What if I become her? My chance at Broadway slips through my fingers and I get stuck in this town drinking myself to death and thinking about the what ifs?" Rachel was rambling, just spouting off everything that came to mind.
"Rachel calm down." I said gently into the phone, if she kept going on like this she would surely start to hyperventilate, maybe have a panic attack. "Rachel," She was breathing heavy now and I was basically shouting her name. "Rachel! Listen to me." Her breathing slowly returned to normal. "You're not going to turn out like her. I know that for a fact." I said.
"How do you know?" She asked.
"Because like I said before, we are alike, and I know just like me you will do anything to get out of this town. If escape is possible, you'll do anything." I said into the phone.
"Anything." She murmured. "Thanks Jesse, I really needed this." She said. I smiled before answering.
"I love you." I said.
"And I love you." She said as she hung up the phone.
See if you guys didn't know how this story would end you could totally tell the foreshadowing I threw in there at the end. BAM! Also, Quinn and Jesse as cousin's… whadya think? More reviews equal happy writer which means faster update.