A/N: I am so happy with the response to this story and because I'm wonderful I decided to update straight away =]

I have sadly only just fallen in love with John Gallagher Jr (late I know lol) but I've been listening to the american idiot soundtrack non-stop and I am gutted that I didn't get to see it (I live in england so it wouldn't have made a difference) but If anyone knows a good link for me to watch it can you let me know?

Also, realised my tumblr didn't show so its imlikewhy . tumblr . comXD

"What do you want to listen to?" He asked as he pulled out of the parking lot.

"Let's see what you've got." She said opening his glove compartment to where she knew she'd find CDs.

She grabbed a pile and flicked through them. "You sure do have a lot of Queen." She teased.

"Freddie Mercury was a genius." He defends.

"I can't refute that." She admits as she puts the CD in.

They end up both singing along to every song and they are both slightly surprised by just how well their voices harmonise. As they get closer to her house Rachel directs him and he pulls up outside. He recognised Puck's truck in the driveway.

"What's Puck doing here?" He asked confused.

"He's probably dropping something off for his mom."

"Wait your families know each other?"

"Yeah, it comes with being one of the few Jewish families in the area."

"But in school…" He trails off.

"Noah and I aren't close." She explains.

"But still." He presses. Puck had slushied her on numerous occasions, he can't believe that he did that to a family friend.

"It doesn't bother me." She speaks defiantly.

"You don't need to lie to me."

"I barely know you." She mutters.

"Then lets change that." He starts the car again and begins to drive away.

"Jesse! My dads are expecting me home."

"You have a phone don't you?"

She sighs and texts her dad. "This could be considered kidnapping you know?" He just smirks in response and she rolls her eyes before looking out the window. "Where are you taking me?"

"My special place."

"What are you, a twelve year old girl?"

"Tell me you don't have one." He challenged and she quickly shut her mouth. After about fifteen minutes he parked his car at the side of the road at the bottom of a hill. They both got out of the car and Jesse started to walk up the hill. Rachel stood at the bottom looking sceptically at Jesse. He stopped when he realised that she wasn't following him.

"Come on." He stretched his hand out to her. She looked up the hill again.

"This isn't a plan to push me to my death because you know that I'm going to be the star of the show is it?"

"You're very suspicious."

"That wasn't a no."

He laughed loudly and walked back down to her, grabbing her hand and pulling her up with him. He didn't let go the whole way to the top where Rachel saw was a secluded, flat, grassy area. It was surrounded by large rocks and looked out across a small lake.

"Sometimes, I come up here to sing." He tells her as he sits down. She sits down next to him and admires the view.

"What about the rest of the time?"

"Just to be alone. It's so peaceful up here."

"Yeah."

"So where's yours?" He asked curiously, turning to look at her. He found her just as beautiful as the view below them.

"My what?"

"Your special place?"

She looked down shyly. "There's an old abandoned theatre in the park near school. It's all locked up but there's a small gap at the back that I found when I was younger. There's still a stage and the seats and everything. I like to go there and practice or just imagine that I'm in a theatre in New York, away from Ohio."

"It does suck here." He spoke softly. "How do you do it?"

"What, live here?"

"No, how do you put up with all the crap you get at school?" He asked.

"You get used to it."

"You shouldn't have to."

"I know. I just remember that in a few years they will be washing cars while I'm on red carpets and dining in five star restaurants in New York."

"I thought the same when Quinn broke up with me." He spoke. "Apparently I don't have as much power as the football players." He scoffed and Rachel pulled back slightly. It seemed that he wasn't quite over his ex. "To be honest the relationship was a dead end and I only stayed with her because I couldn't come up with a good enough reason to break up with her but if I knew she'd use one so shallow I wouldn't have worried."

Rachel laughed slightly and moved back to her original position. It was only a subtle movement but Jesse did notice it. He felt like he hyper aware of her and it was strange, he didn't understand it.

"Sing something." He instructed.

"What?"

"It's amazing to sing up here."

"I don't know what I would sing." She pulled away shyly.

"Sing something you want to sing to everyone." He pulled her up and turned her to face so that she was looking out over the town. She looked down and he stayed standing behind her, his hands sliding from the tops of her arms down to her waist. She burst into Defying Gravity and Jesse smirked. He closed his eyes and let her voice wash over him. He was glad he had found someone who he could share his passion with. It also didn't hurt that he found her insanely attractive. It wasn't just her looks, he liked the whole package and it had only been a week since he first spoke to her.

She hit the last note perfectly and he let her enjoy the moment. "That was incredible." She whispered.

"I told you."

"I feel so free." Jesse nodded knowing what she meant. She turned to face him. He didn't move his arms from around her and she didn't seem to mind.

He got caught looking into her eyes. She smiled at him softly and he returned it before dipping his head down and capturing her lips. The kiss was soft and sweet. When they pulled away Jesse watched carefully for her reaction. She opened her eyes and smiled at him.

"Well aren't you forward Mr St. James." He laughed happily and pulled her down to sit between his legs.

They sat for a while in companionable silence. Rachel played with Jesse's hands where they rested around her waist. As the sun started to set, Jesse suggested that they head down as the path could be tricky in the dark if you didn't know it well. They walked down hand in hand. Their hands stayed linked for most of the car journey too. For the second time that day, he pulled up outside her house.

"We should do this again." He said.

Rachel smiled. "My place next time."

He nodded and he leaned towards her, she closed the distance as they shared a sweet goodbye kiss. "See you tomorrow Jesse."

"Good night Rachel."

She climbed out of the car and he watched as she walked up the path to her front door. Before she opened it she turned and sent him a small wave. He didn't think he had ever seen anything cuter and drove home with a huge smile on his face, he doubted that even his parents wouldn't be able to dampen his mood, if they were even in the country, he never could be sure.

Rachel walked into the house a huge smile on her face. She had failed to notice that the Puckerman's car had been just outside the house and walked into her living room to find her dads sitting with Puck, his sister and his mother.

"Sweetie, did you forget we were having dinner with the Puckermans tonight?" Her dad Leroy asked.

"I'm so sorry." She spoke quickly.

"We got your text." Hiram spoke and Rachel nodded.

"I'm sorry, I completely forgot."

"It's okay Rachel." Pucks mother spoke in a way that showed Rachel that she didn't think that it was okay.

"So how was rehearsal?" Leroy asked.

"It was good, a bit awkward at first."

"Did you and the male lead make up?"

Rachel nodded a smile flitting across her face. "That's who I was with actually. We felt it would be best if we got to know each other since we'll be working so closely together."

Hiram smiled knowingly while Leroy looked slightly disgruntled, both realising what had gone unsaid.

"What play are you doing?" Pucks sister Sophie asked.

"Grease." She informed her. "I'm playing Sandy."

"Isn't Sandy meant to be blonde?" Puck asked.

"The director made a creative decision as I was clearly the most talented person they were going to get."

"Did you know that Quinn Fabray is quite a good singer?" He informed her and her face scrunched up in dislike.

"Even so, I doubt that she would surpass my years of vocal training and performance experience."

Puck stopped talking and they spent the rest of the evening listening to the adults talking. She felt her phone buzz and pulled it out of her pocket. It was from Jesse. They had exchanged numbers at the end of rehearsal in case they needed to contact each other about anything.

Want to do something tomorrow? X

She smiled and quickly text him back.

Sure, what do you want to do? X

She waited for his reply anxiously, unable to concentrate on anything that was being said.

They're showing Funny Girl at the old cinema downtown. I figured that would be your thing. X

She quickly typed back. It was perfect and she hadn't even told him of her Barbra obsession.

You figured right. Barbra is my idol. Pick me up? X

"Rachel's texting a boy!" Sophie told the room and Rachel's head shot up.

"No, I'm not." It sounded weak to her own ears and everyone in the room smirked slightly.

I'll be at yours at 3. Sweet dreams. X

She checked it quickly before looking up to a room of knowing faces. "I was just confirming plans for tomorrow."

"Plans with a boy." Sophie added.

"Well we better be going." Puck's mom said and they quickly said their goodbyes and left.

"So who is this boy?" Leroy asked as the three of them sat in the living room.

"He's perfect daddy." She informed him. "He's so talented and nice and clever. He gets me. I didn't even tell him about how much I love Barbra and he knew that I'd love to go to see Funny Girl with him tomorrow." She gushed.

"What's him name?" Hiram asked smiling.

"Jesse." She told them, a smile gracing her features as she spoke his name.

They said goodnight and Rachel went up to bed. She couldn't stop thinking about Jesse, he was invading her every thought. She checked facebook on her laptop and saw that he had sent her a friend request. She accepted and looked through his page. She was slightly taken aback by just how popular he was. He'd had a lot party invitations even over the last week or so. He had so many friends. She clicked onto her own profile and felt slightly self-conscious. She only had a small number of friends and her wall was almost completely blank. She closed facebook and tried to ignore the feeling building up inside. She knew that Jesse knew she wasn't popular but she was worried that when he saw just how much of a loser she was he would want nothing to do with her. She quickly pushed these thoughts aside. He liked her for her. He didn't care what people thought about her, in fact it seemed like he thought they were completely wrong. That helped put her into a deep sleep.

The next day her fathers went to work and Rachel spent the entire morning getting ready for her date with Jesse. She wanted to look good but not like she had put too much thought into it, which actually took a lot of work. At three o' clock, Rachel saw Jesse's car pull up outside her house. She didn't want to seem too eager so she let him walk the entire way up to the door, ring the bell and then she waited a few seconds before slowly getting up and walking to the door.

"Hey." She greeted him with a smile once she had opened the door.

"Hi. Are you ready to go?"

She nodded, grabbed her purse from its place by the door and joined him on the front step. She locked the front door and Jesse took her hand as they walked towards his car.

"How's your day been so far?" He asked.

"Pretty uneventful." She wasn't about to tell him she spent the whole morning stressing about their date.

"Mine too." He smirked slightly. Rachel wondered if he had done the exact same thing as her, she wouldn't be surprised.

They walked into the cinema and Jesse insisted on paying for the tickets so Rachel bought the snacks. They both agreed on where the best seats were and sat down. The screen was practically empty.

"It shows a severe lack of culture in this town." Rachel sighed.

"Well not everyone can be as well rounded as us. Plus if this place was full I wouldn't be able to do this." He leant over and kissed her. She kissed him back until the film started.

"It's sacrilegious to make out during a Barbra film." She told him. "Especially Funny Girl."

"So I'll strike it off my make out movie list then?" He teased, receiving a funny look from Rachel.

He let it go and wrapped his arm around her shoulder. She leant in to him, resting her head on his chest. Throughout the film they both mouthed the words and sang along quietly to the songs. Jesse had never felt more comfortable with another person and he wondered that if he had been himself in school or joined the glee club would he have had this for longer? He could feel himself falling, something he promised himself he would never do. He knew it was inescapable, she'd drawn him in and he was powerless to stop her. He knew that it worked both ways though.

After the film finished Rachel and Jesse walked out and climbed back into his car. They drove to the park near their school because Jesse was dying to see Rachel's Theatre. On the way there they discussed the significance of the role of Fanny Brice and her plans to play her on Broadway. Jesse imagined himself watching her from the front row and couldn't get the image out of his head. They walked through the park hand in hand and eventually came to the abandoned theatre. It was a relatively small building and was decrepit looking, with faded brickwork and tiles missing from the roof. They snuck in what would have been something like the stage door that was missing its bottom half. Rachel led the way confidently, not letting go of Jesse's hand and pulled him out onto the small stage.

Jesse started to sing quietly and realised that despite its state, the acoustics in the theatre were still amazing. Rachel smiled knowingly at him as he carried on singing Your Song. They spent the afternoon singing songs, together and apart. They practiced scenes and songs from Grease, they imagined performing songs from different musicals on Broadway, from RENT to Spring Awakening to Funny Girl to Evita. They both knew the words to the songs the other wanted to sing.

Jesse realised it was nearing nine o' clock and realised that they should probably leave soon.

"My curfew is ten." Rachel told him.

"But I want to get in your dads good books." He told her even though he had no idea where that had come from, he'd never cared before.

"One more song."

"What do you want to sing?"

"It's your pick." She told him smiling.

"Do you know Hello by Lionel Richie?" He asked. She nodded. They sang it together and it was mind blowing.

A/N: If you review I will update quicker =] - I hate to hold you to a threat like that but oh well =P