A/N: Review, And Question, I have another Sam/Rachel Story Idea. So should I write now or finish this one first?
Rachel Pov
Jesse St. James, the boy who took my heart and ripped it out, is standing two feet away from me.
I froze my heart started to race.
What is he doing here? He should have left for college already.
He should be gone, out of my life, just a speck of dust in my past.
I didn't know if I should walk up to him or turn around and run.
I didn't have time to make, that decision because he came towards me, smirking.
It was the Jesse St. James smirk that would have smiling, but not today.
"Hello Rachel" He said, so causally as if I was an old friend.
"Jesse" Was all I could say.
"Aw Rachel you have, that adorable confused look on your face" He replied pushing a lock of hair behind my face.
I flinched at the touch and he backed away carefully.
"Can we talk some where?" He asked looking at me intently.
"Okay" I said and followed him to the empty theater.
"Is one word answers your new thing now?" He joked trying to lighten the mood.
"Why are you here, Jesse?" I asked, finally letting the burning question come out.
"I came to visit my parents, and on my way over I saw the school. So I decided to pay you a visit too" He explained.
"Why would you even think I would want to see you?" I half-yelled at him.
"Rachel, I know what I did was wrong but-
"But nothing Jesse, you embarrassed me, you played me, and you chose those robots over me. All I did was love you." I said, getting to say the things to him, I've been wanting to say for months.
He paused for a few minutes then said "Love is complicated, when I was helping Shelby find you, I figured it be good acting practice."
I shot him a dirty look, but he continued on.
"Then I started to fall in love with you, and realized you were the one I had been searching for" He said looking at me for a response.
"Then why did you egg me?" I asked genuinely curious.
"In Vocal Adrenaline, we learned to stick with our team mates, so I did" He answered looking at me with true sadness.
"I'm sorry Rachel ,I wish I would have never hurt you" He added trying to force a smile.
"I know you do, Jesse" I said giving him a comfort hug.
He smiled for real this time and said "Enough about the past let's talk about now. Whats going on the fantastic life of Rachel Berry?"
I didn't know if I should tell him about Sam.
Part of me did because Jesse now seemed like the only person, who would understand, but another part of me didn't.
I bit my lip and looked over at him. "You can tell me anything Rachel" He said smiling.
"I love this boy but it seems like every time, we are close, we are so far away" I said sighing.
Jesse looked at me for a second in confusion, but then asked "Is it Finn?" "No I replied sighing again thinking of my ex-love Finn.
"Love is love Rachel, its complicated, its hurts, but its also the powerful thing anyone has" He said looking at me seriously.
Jesse sounded so wise like a true friend.
I'm guessing college did some good for him.
"If you really love him, then everything will work out" He added.
"What if it doesn't?" I asked waiting for the tears to fall.
"Then its just not meant to be" He said wrapping his arms around me.
The tears didn't come, because I forced them back.
"Thanks Jesse" I said and parted from him.
"No problem, I felt like I owed you anyway"
"So hows college life?" I asked wanting to change the subject.
"Its great, but sometimes I miss my glory days, as king of Vocal Adrenaline" He replied with a smirk on his face.
"I don't know if you, would be so glorious now, we have a lot of new voices" I said.
Jesse started to smile when the doors of the theater opened. Sam...
Sam Pov
Rachel looked up with a look I couldn't quite describe.
Was it fear? Confusion? Annoyance? I didn't really know.
I just came in here to get my bag I had left, when we practiced yesterday.
"Hey Rachel" I said picking up my bag on the chair.
"Um, Hey Sam this is Jesse, Jesse this is Sam" She said gesturing her hands towards me.
"Hi" I said and he nodded with a response.
"Well, I'm going to leave you two alone" Jesse said leaving.
I sighed and went to sit with Rachel on the stage.
There was a long pause and then she finally said "We should talk about this".
"About what?" I asked although I already knew.
"Us" She said but it sounded like she had to force the word out.
Almost like it was poisonous to say.
"Why did you do that Rachel?" It was the question, that I had been racking my brain, for the answer.
She sighed and said "I wanted you to feel the pain I felt".
I sighed this time and replied "Rachel, when I chose Quinn it was, because I thought it was best".
"For you?" She spat at me.
"No for everyone, when I started dating Quinn, it was to help her, and in the mean time fall in love.
It was simple enough till you came along.
It complicated things but the feelings you talked about were all real.
"So why didn't you pick me?" Rachel asked.
"I didn't want to hurt Quinn, but I ended up hurting you instead".
Rachel looked at me for a minute then kissed me passionately.
I realized how much I missed the taste of her lips.
The feeling of a thousand fireworks in the background.
Then when she pulled away we were back to reality.
Rachel caught her breathe and then asked "So where do we go from here?"
I turned to Rachel and looked at her then said
"I love you, Rachel"