The Party
Jesse POVHe sped toward Carmel High blasting Monster by Skillet through his car. His head pounded. He recklessly pulled into the parking lot, he noticed several other VA range rovers there already. Jesse threw himself out and strode into the auditorium.
"Jesse!"
"Jess!"
"Hey Man!"
"Where you been?" and "Dudes!" greeted him as he walked in. He grunted in response, lifting a hand. He was about to answer when a body hurtled into him. He automatically caught the person as they stumbled backwards. All he saw was brown hair as the girl pushed herself even further into his chest. But something was off. Her hair wasn't a deep chestnut brown, nor did said hair smell like pomegranates, in fact even the way this persons body was against his body felt wrong.
"Andrea…." He pushed her away, but she tightened her grip on his waist.
"Jesse! How are you babe? I missed you! It has been such a long time." She leaned up to kiss him. Jesse turned the last minute.
"Andrea!"
"What?" Andrea pitched her voice to a whine.
"I…." He was cut off as 20 other people filled in. He quickly looked them up and down, there were scared. Andrea grabbed his hand a dragged him to the stage.
"Hi! We are the best Vocal Adrenaline. And we are going to show you what you can never do…"
"Andrea!"
"So don't be surprised if you want to pee your pants of throw up because we are so much better then you…"
"Andrea! " Jesse grabbed the mike from her. 'Get on with it."
"So we are going to perform a signature song." The rest of the people on stage took their positions. Jesse recognizes it right away.
"Hit it!"
The opening notes Queen's Another One Bites the Dust filled the room. Andrea's hands wrapped around his waist again and moved his shoulders to the beat, for a moment her was lost in the music.
Jesse remembered what it was like to be king of Vocal Adremline again, he voice rifting in and out with ease.
After the performance, they all crowd around and watch the other group perform a sloppy rendition of Bohemian Rhapsody. Jesse rolls his eyes as the horrible pitch and crappy dancing.
" They are soooo bad!' giggled the girl to the right of him.
"Yeah, Jess and I have way better chemistry then them." Andrea said half yelling half whispering. He rolled his eyes.
Andrea jumped on stage again.
"Alright newbies, I heard that you were trying to pshye out the competition. So I am going to show you our greatest triumph." A screen lowered behind her.
'Played it Jacob!"
Jesse turned around to see Jacob Ben Israel sitting in the back with a projector.
Jesse's eyes were wide. There he was on screen smiling and waving, and then the camera turned to the left. Rachel was laughing and running toward him. He saw his face change and Rachel still smiling stop. He saw Cory one of the members from VA step from behind a car and hit her with an egg. He saw her face crumple as she curled into herself, he saw himself do nothing. He heard Andrea ask "Are you with us or not?' He watched as a younger version of himself said "I loved you." He saw Rachel look up at him, and for the first time he saw the hurt and betrayal, back then he had though she was just being defiant. Jesse heard Rachel give him a chance to stop, a choice. 'Break it, like you broke my heart." And he watched in horror as he lifted his hand a crushed the egg on her forehead.
Andrea stopped the video at Jesse flicking his hand in disgust and Rachel's down turned face, with yolk dripping onto the asphalt.
"And that is how we funkify the competition." She said smiling proudly. Vocal Adrenaline let out a whoop and clambered around Jesse.
Jason one of the guys from Vocal Adrenaline shooed off the rest.
"Wow, man I can't believe you did that."
" I know"
"What you did took balls."
"What?"
"To get out of Ohio and make it big!"
"Thank you!" Jesse said smiling.
" I mean to date that midget! " Jason said clasping Jesse on the back.
"JESSE!"
Jesse turned to see Quinn storming toward him. He looked at her it had to be midnight.
"Dude whose the chick she's hot!"
"JESSE!"
"Hi my name is Jason and me and you should totally hook up."
Quinn glared at him.
"See you later man." Said Jesse as he grabbed Quinn and dragged her away.
Quinn slapped him, hard. Jesse raised his hand to his burning cheek. "What the hell?"
"That's for making Rachel cry and this" She slapped the other cheek harder "Is for being an ass." She went to slap him again.
'"What are you talking about?" Jesse asked catching her hands.
"Dating that midget? I knew she should have trusted you. First you make fun of me then leave when her dads are in the hospital and then come here and relive that moment that made RACHEL HAVE NIGHMARE FOR WEEKS! NOT TO MENTION NOT DEFEND HER WHEN YOU "TEAM MATES" ARE MAKING FUN OF HER…"
"QUINN WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU TAKING ABOUT?"
Quinn stopped and looked at Jesse curiously.
"You don't know?"
'NO!"
Quinn sighed.
Jesse looked at her, really looked at her. He body was bent forward and her hair was thrown into a messy bun. Jesse grabbed Quinn's shoulders.
'Quinn what happened?" Her green eyes boring into hers.
"Right after you left Rachel got a call from the hospital. Her dads were in a pretty big car wreck…"
"Are they okay?" Jesse said his thoughts flickering to Rachel; she was extremely close to her dads.
Quinn shook her head slowly. "They didn't make it. Hiram had a heart attack and drove into on coming traffic on the interstate. Leroy died from the impact. '
'Where is Rachel?"
Quinn eyed him.
"She's at the hospital…" Jesse began to march toward the door pushing people out of the way.
"Jesse wait! Jesse!" Quinn yelled as she caught up with him in the parking lot.
'What Quinn! Rachel's at the hospital and I'm here watching people get drunk! Do you see the issue or are you really that blonde…
Jesse fell silent as Quinn slapped him.
"OW! You really need to stop that."
"Jesse, Rachel is not at the hospital, she's in the hospital. Jesse paled.
"What?" he whispered, slumping against his car?
"She got the call and collapsed and we couldn't wake her up. We called the ambulance and she coded on the way. When I left…"
'You left her at the hospital by herself…"
Quinn raised her hand threateningly.
"No Puck is with her." Jesse opened his mouth. " We don't know what's wrong with her."
Quinn watched as Jesse straightened up and opened the door. She put a gentle hand on his shoulder.
"Keys?" she held out her hand. Jesse gave them to her. He walked to other side and got in.
The drive to the hospital was quiet and tense. When they finally arrived Jesse bolted through the doors and up to the front desk.
'Hi I am looking for a Rachel Barbra Berry, 5"2 dark brown eyes and hair she likes to sing and uses gold stars, when I saw her last she was wearing blue jeans, a green top, and navy blue ballet flats…' The woman looked at him bewildered
"Jesse it's a hospital, not a police station. I'm sorry for my friend." Quinn slapped Jesse on the back of the head. 'Rachel Berry is in room 246?"
The receptionist looked at Quinn. "I'm sorry she has been moved to the ICU. Only family is aloud down there. Who are you?"
"I'm her sister, my husband should have been with her, and this her boyfriend. ' Quinn said pointing to Jesse. "What room is she in?"
"She is in room 178. "
'Thank you. Come on St. James."
They quickly found the room with Noah sitting outside it.
"What happened? You weren't supposed to leave her." Quinn said.
''What the hell did you do Puckerman!" Jesse yelled taking a swing at Puck.
Puck grabbed Jesse and through him against the door.
"What did I do? What did I do? What did you do?" Puck hissed. He may be a badass put he protect his family and as far as cared Rachel was part of his family.
"Guys stop, we are going to get kicked out."
Just then the doctor came out. "Are you all here for Rachel Berry?'
'Yes!"
"Well I've got some good news and the some bad news. The good news is that she is stable but the bad news is that she is unconscious. You can go in and see her now." And with that he left.
Puck pushed Jesse out of the way, but Quinn grabbed his hand and shook her head. Jesse walked into the room.
He was greeted by the steady beeping of machines. She looks so tiny. Covered in tubes and tape. He small body looking even smaller then she actually was. Jesse went over and dragged a chair to her bedside. He gently took one of her cold pale hand in his larger ones; he gently stroked the almost translucent skin.
'Rach, its me. If you can hear me squeeze my hand." Nothing
"Rach please babe." Nothing
He brought her hands to his lips and kissed it gently.
"You are so stubborn. But I will be right here when you wake up." He squeezed her hand again and falls asleep to the steady beeping of her heart monitor.