Hope this makes those of you who dislike Jesse feel better. I know it made me feel better. Let me know what you think. Heart You Forever.
Two months later…
It was all over the news and in newspapers that the body of Jesse St. James was found floating face down in a river. When she found out she was sitting on the couch with Santana and Brittany while Quinn was in a chair. They gasped while she smiled. She was free; she would never see him at her door again. They asked her if she was okay but she wasn't she was great. She knew who had freed her and knew he would never admit it. He was her hero a twisted one but still her hero. She didn't thank him out loud not yet anyway. Her bliss wouldn't last long through it never did. She was cleaning up for the night when a woman who looked like her twin walked in. She wasn't paying attention until she heard her name, "Rachel." She spun so fast her skirt whipped around her, "Shelby what are you doing here?" The dark haired women who she had resented all her life stood there with a smile on her face, "I came to see you. I went to see if your mother knew where you were now but she was not very helpful but her neighbor was." "Yeah she kicked me out when I was sixteen. She doesn't care. What do you want Shelby?" The woman walked over to and pulled her into a hug, "You should have come and found me Rachel. I would have taken care of you." Rachel wrapped her arms around the woman she had learned to forgive. "I didn't think you would want me to bring my drama with Beth there."
They heard the door close with a snap and pulled away from each other. "Hey Rae are you almost done I have to," Puck stopped looking between the women. Rachel's eyeliner had run, "What's going on here? Shelby is everything alright with Beth?" Shelby smiled, "Yes Noah everything is fine with Beth I was just checking on my daughter." He blinked a couple of times, "Your daughter?" Rachel was standing there like she was trying to hold herself together, "Yes I'm Rachel's birthmother. I haven't seen her since they called me from the hospital a few years ago." Puck looked confused and Rachel sighed, "She was sixteen when she had me and my father was twenty-one. Shelby signed over her rights to my father." "Oh," Was all he said. "Shelby how about we do dinner tomorrow night?" Shelby smiled at her, "I would love to Rachel. Do you mind if I bring Beth?" "No of course not. I'll call you tomorrow with the details." Shelby nodded as Rachel went into the back. "Does she know that I'm Beth's father?" Shelby shook her head, "I'm not telling and she never asks me anything that might cause us to fight." Puck looked pissed at that and was about to say something when Shelby interrupted him, "It's how her mother raised her Noah. She's not the same girl she was at sixteen but some habits don't just go away. Night Puck."
He went to go find the girl that was now a puzzle to him and one he wanted to solve. She was standing in the restroom fixing her make-up. He leaned against the doorframe, "I don't know why you're doing that. I mean the only people who are going to see you is me and your roommates." She shook her head, "I'm not going to the apartment tonight." He frowned, "Where are you going?" "Blaine's." At this he pushed away from the door going to stand behind her caging her in his arms, "Now why would you want to go see him? I thought he was into guys." She rolled her eyes at him in the mirror, "He's bi just so you know but that's not why I'm going to see him." He met her eyes in the mirror, "Then why are you going there?" "Movie night." He leaned into her a little more, "Isn't it a little late for that?" She shook her head against his jaw, "He likes to get me to watch scary movies when I'm half asleep." He brushed his lips over her cheek, "That's so he can get you in his lap or grabbing onto him so he can feel like a hero." She laughed at him, "You sound like you been there done that." "I'm not going to lie I've done it a time or two. I have a better idea how about you and me go get something to eat and then you can come back to my place." She turned around, "I don't think so." She ducked under his arms and grabbed her jacket and bag. "Why not?" he asked. "Because we both know where this is going Noah and I'm not playing." She pulled on her jacket flipping her hair. He was a little pissed nobody had ever turned him down before. "Look Rae it's not sex I just want to talk to you. I know I come off like everything is about sex but this time it's not I swear." She looked at him. She owed him but she was going to be his easy lay.
"Fine but you keep your hands to yourself." "Okay." She let him lead her out and down the street. They went to his apartment and ordered takeout. She was sitting on his couch with her feet underneath her texting Blaine. "You know if I was the jealous type this would so be pissing me off." She laughed and put her phone on the table where he grabbed and turned it off. She rolled her eyes at him, "Most you be so dramatic Noah? Please give me my phone back." "No. I'll give it back after dinner. Promise." They watched ESPN as they waited for their Chinese food. They were sitting there eating and watching a reporter bash the Cubs, "That's not fair someone totally cursed them." He gaped at Rachel, "You like the Cubs and you admit that shit out loud?" "Noah," she was reprimanding him. He raised his hands giving up. He cleaned up after dinner and was washing up some plated when she asked, "If you don't want to have sex then what do you want to talk about?" He turned around leaning back against the counter, "Always right to the point aren't you?" She didn't say anything and she stayed on the other side of the room far from him. "Are you scared of me Rachel? Now that you know what I'm capable of?" She looked at him shaking her head, "That's not what I thought we were going to talk about? I thought you were going to tell me how you know Shelby."
She watched as the tension left his shoulders, "Well it clear that you know Beth." She nodded, "Well Beth is my and Quinn's daughter. We gave her up when we were sixteen to Shelby. I didn't know she had a daughter." He thought Rachel would be mad but she just smiled at him then she frowned, "Noah?" He closed his eyes, "Yeah?" "Why would I be afraid of you?" He gripped the counter behind him, "Because of what happened to Jesse." She walked up to him and looked into his eyes, "Noah I'm not afraid of you. Never have been. What you did for me, I can never repay. You gave me back my freedom. I haven't felt like this since my father was alive. If anything Noah I think I might be hero worshipping you." "Is that so?" She backed away from him. He grabbed her wrist, "You don't tell a guy something like that and think you can just leave Rae. I know how you can repay me Rae and I'll think you'll enjoy it too." He threw her over his shoulder, "Noah no. I told you earlier no sex." She squealed, "Noah."