Quinn settles herself into the booth at Breadstix; she glances around the restaurant to make sure she doesn't see anyone that she recognizes. Jesse meanwhile busies himself with the menu. The ride over had been filled with details of Jesse's move to Akron and then subsequent travels all around the world with his parents. He explained that when he got to high school his parents decided that he could settle in at Carmel. He tells Quinn how he made the lead position in Vocal Adrenaline in his sophomore year and he explains just how exhilarating it is to win nationals. Quinn couldn't help but laugh at his slightly dramatic flair. She thought how similar he was to Rachel, but for some reason she didn't find him as grating as Rachel.
Quinn had filled him in on how boring the junior league meetings got after Jesse left, but then in junior high she became a member of the cheerleading squad, which led to her being welcomed onto the Cheerios and being made captain. However sitting in the restaurant they find that their conversation has hit a lull. Jesse decides to ask how she came to be part of the glee club.
"So tell me when did you join glee club? I didn't even know you could sing."
"Yeah I didn't really do much singing ever. I joined up this year, but I sometimes think that was a mistake. I mean it was social suicide."
"Why?"
"Well unlike Vocal Adrenaline who are treated like gods, New Directions is the lowest rung of the social ladder at McKinley. We get slushied, picked on and basically shunned by the population unless they want to slushy us."
"I thought you said that you were at the top of the social ladder being a Cheerio."
"I was until…" Quinn tears up and ducks her head; she doesn't know how to break this news to Jesse, who is practically a stranger.
"Fabs what is it? Tell me."
"I'm pregnant." Quinn whispers and the tears drop down her cheeks.
Jesse is stunned into silence. His face doesn't betray the mix of emotions that swirl through him as he processes this news. He slowly reaches across the table for Quinn's hand. Her eyes shoot up at his when she feels him grasp her hand.
"Tell me Fabs. Tell me everything."
So Quinn tells him. She tells him about falling for Finn and how even though he isn't the smartest, there is more to him and that she saw a side of him that wasn't really around at school. She next tells about she felt that she was losing Finn and that she told him that she was pregnant. It's here that Jesse pulls out of his side of the booth and goes to join to Quinn to be her shoulder to cry on. She tells how she cheated on Finn and that the baby is really Puck's. She next tells Jesse about the dinner with her parents and Finn. She feels him tense up when he hears that her father disowned her and kicked her out of the house.
"It was the worst feeling in the world. Dad only gave me 30 minutes to pack up my life and get out."
"Where did you end up going?"
"I've been living with Finn and his mother for the last littler while. It's been amazing, although I am sure that I am going to have to find a new place to stay."
"What do you mean?"
"Finn found out the truth about Puck and I. He of course broke up with me and has been avoiding me. I doubt that he has told his mother, but I'm positive that I am going to need to move out. I can't hurt Finn like that by being around."
"If you need a place to stay my uncle lives in an apartment close to where your parents live. He gave me the keys; he's out of the country for a while, so if you want you can live there. I'm sure he won't mind and it means that I will get to see you at least once a week."
"Sounds great SJ." Quinn says resting her head on Jesse's shoulder.
The two teens are startled from their silence when the food arrives. Jesse goes back to his side of the booth and once again the conversation flows easily, both teens happy to be in the presence of their former best friend.
"So who was that powerhouse Barbra Streisand-esque lead singer?" Jesse asks when there is a pause in the conversation.
"That's Rachel Berry, she's basically our glee club captain. She's also the biggest loser at McKinley, much of that is my fault but also because she is irritating, abrasive, a little selfish, basically she is a diva. But she has the talent to back it up."
"Hmm, anyway you think you can set up a meeting between us?" Jesse asks and Quinn's head shoots up.
"Umm I can't really. She's kind of into Finn and they're sort of dating." Quinn whispers.
"Oh well." Jesse says, though he makes the decision to find a way to meet Rachel.
They are starting on dessert when Quinn's phone chirps alerting her to a text. She slides open her phone and reads the message. Instantly her eyes fill with tears.
"Fabs what's wrong?" Jesse asks seeing the hurt look on Quinn's face.
She doesn't answer just hands him the phone. He silently fumes as he reads the text.
No one is at the house. You can go grab your stuff – Finn.
"Ok let's finish up here." Jesse says and Quinn looks up at him.
"Where am I going to go Jesse?" Quinn asks, her voice cracking.
"We'll go get your things and then you can come home with me. It's almost the weekend so you can stay at my place and Sunday we'll set you up at my uncles. Sound good?"
"Sounds perfect." Quinn smiles sadly.
With that the pair make their way to Jesse's car and Quinn directs them to Finn's house.
