A/N: Just gotta let you guys know that this part with Jesse…I do take parts of what happened with St. Berry in Glee…but then I mix it with things that didn't. (Once again, an AU part.)

Jesse stopped at the sight of Rachel. Their relationship ended just after her junior year prom. They dated for not even a year, but it was the longest relationship she had had in her entire life. The two of them together were nothing compared to how she was when she was with Finn. She and Finn actually had the fire she was looking for, that fire that people claimed to have when in love…or something to that affect. However, she was sixteen, she was naïve and well, Jesse was very cute and talented. Everything she was looking for in a guy at the time.

"Broadway, what brings you to Ohio?" He asked then.

Shue looked at Rachel. "His little brother…"

Rachel nodded, scanning the room of glee kids. "Oh right." She forgot about Jesse's younger brother. They were eight years apart, so it made sense that he was now in the McKinley glee club. Jordan was his name. Rachel had never heard him sing but she didn't doubt for a moment that he had and less talent than his brother.

They excused themselves as Finn pulled away from the photos he was taking with the kids, Shue saying he really had to get back to work with the kids. Rachel understood, saying she would stop by before she headed back to Los Angeles.

Jesse followed the two out into the hall, Rachel grabbing Finn's hand, giving it a squeeze.

"So you never did answer me, Rachel." Jesse said, looking at her exchanging his glances between her and Finn.

Rachel looked at him, pursing her lips. "I'm here to see my daddy and my dad, what does it matter to you?" She asked angrily.

Jesse shrugged. "It doesn't, I'm just shocked to see you is all."

"Why? Do you have to go buy a dozen of eggs for the occasion?" She snapped.

Finn looked down at her, a perplexed look forming. "Uh…?"

Rachel looked up at Finn, apologetically, the stern look forming on her face once more as she looked at Jesse. "Now I'm sorry I didn't tell you about my whereabouts but I'm going to be in town for a few days, you'll have to live with that."

"I never said you couldn't come back. I always knew you'd make it to Broadway though, Rachel." He said.

Rachel nodded, looking down. "Well thank you."

"So, boyfriend?" He asked then looking up at Finn.

"Obviously." Rachel retorted.

Finn studied her face for a moment. He was catching on, but he didn't want to jump to any conclusions.

"Yeah." He said simply, being nicer than Rachel.

"She's quite the catch, isn't she?" Jesse said. Finn furrowed his brows at him as Rachel huffed.

"Yeah, how flattering." She said rolling her eyes. What exactly was Jesse's angle?

Just then Rachel's phone began to go off, an unknown number showing up on the screen out of Los Angeles. She excused herself, walking away from the two.

Finn put his hands in his pocket, looking down at Jesse. He was much taller than him, but Jesse was taller than Rachel. Most people were though. "So uh…I saw you in the pictures over there. You the leading man of New Directions back then or?"

Jesse nodded. "I was."

Finn nodded, awkwardly. He didn't know what to say.

"So how did you two meet?" Jesse then asked.

"Oh…through a friend." Finn replied casually.

"Look…" Jesse began. "I don't know what she told you about me, and I swear if I could take it back I would but I was young and…"

Finn held up his hand to stop him. "She never told me anything about you actually."

"Oh." Jesse said, closing his mouth.

"Finn!" Rachel yelled loudly from down the hall, causing him to turn. "Finn oh my gosh!" She ran up to them, heels and all. "I got it! I got an audition with the United Talent Agency!" She shrieked, excitedly.

"You did?" Finn said, Rachel jumping into his arms. "That's fantastic!" he said happily as she laughed excitedly.

When he put her down she faced Jesse once more, her anger returning. What had he done to her back then that she still held a grudge against?

"Jesse, if you'll excuse us…" she said, grabbing Finn's hand. "Come on." She said looking up at him. "I want to get out of here. I'd had enough blast from the past for the day." She said sternly.

Finn looked at her nodding. "See ya. It was nice meeting you." He said politely to Jesse before walking away hand in hand with Rachel.

"Can you explain to me what that was about though?" he asked looking at her from the passenger seat of the car. They were on their way back to her dads' house. She couldn't wait to tell them the news, and she said she wanted to skype with Tina and Quinn to tell them too. "You were nice to that girl you ran into, and your old teacher, and even the kids you didn't even know, but with Jesse you were…well you were kind of mean. I've never seen you like that." He said as she sighed deeply.

"Finn. Don't worry about it." She said.

"Tell me." He said, studying her expression. She never took her eyes off of the road. "Rach…what did he do?"

"He didn't do anything!" She said sternly. "Well…he did but it doesn't matter now."

"Obviously it does, with the way you were acting towards him."

"Let it go." She said angrily.

"No, Rachel." Finn said sternly back. "Why can't you trust me with this?"

Her eyes fluttered in his direction. "I already know how you'll react, that's all."

His brows furrowed. "What do you mean by that?"

"You really want to hear the story? I'll tell you." She said.

"I do." He replied.

She took another deep breath before beginning her story, which turned out to be quite lengthy. "Well…we sort of dated when he transferred to Mckinley. He was from our rival school, Carmel originally."

His eyebrows rose. "You sort of dated him?"

"No we did. My junior year of high school." She said.

Finn could feel the jealousy build up. That was silly though, he didn't even know the sixteen year old Rachel, even if he wished he did. He let her continue.

"We didn't even date for a whole year, and I mean, things went fine, like all high school relationships seem to and he believed in me and all of that. That was something I was looking for especially then, with my dreams being so big; the feeling of wanting to leave Lima burning so fiercely within me you know?" She asked, looking at him.

He nodded. He had heard about this before, minus the Jesse part.

"So fast forward to the night of my junior prom. We went together, naturally. And I was having a wonderful night with him but then he left out of nowhere."

"He left you at your prom?" he asked.

Rachel nodded. "Wait there's more." She took another deep breath. Apparently what she was about to say was more heartbreaking than what she just said.

"So I went off to the bathroom to call him and nothing. I was bothered by this so I left. As I walked outside, I was approached by him and I was relieved, wondering where he went but that's when…" she stopped talking.

Finn watched her curiously, her facial expression pained. He reached for her free hand, grabbing it. "What?" he asked gently. They were sitting in the car in her driveway at this point, the car off as she spoke.

"Well he wasn't alone. He was with the members of Vocal Adrenaline…that's the glee club of Carmel and our nemesis team and all that. Turns out, while he did like me and all, he had this little stunt planned with them for quite some time and well…I got eggs thrown at me. Raw eggs. Like baby chicken eggs."

His mouth hung open, taken aback by what she just said. What the hell kind of idea was that? That was the complete opposite of the high school experience he had. Then again, this was a small town in Ohio and he was in Los Angeles but still. He couldn't believe what he just heard.

"Supposedly it was supposed to dishearten me, threaten my chances of wanting to perform."

"Wow." He said. He was sort of speechless. "It didn't work did it?"

"Oh no." she said. "In fact, we won. But it's safe to say the relationship ended that evening."

"Who the hell does that?" Finn then asked angrily. If only she would've told him this earlier. He would've made that Jesse guy regret it the second he laid eyes on him.

"They did." She said with a shrug. "Those eggs though…I mean, I was a vegan then too and he knew it."

"Are you serious?" He said looking at her. "Why are you acting so calm?"

"Because I knew you wouldn't be. Besides, it's in the past."

"Who cares when it was? People don't do that, Rachel."

"I know that. And it was taken care of a long time ago." She replied. "Calm down."

He looked at her. "Your boyfriend of the time, who was supposed to take care of the young you and all of that, threw eggs at you, on your prom night nonetheless."

She nodded. "That's correct."

"Rachel…"

"Finn, stop." She said.

"No that's bullshit!" he practically yelled, Rachel's mouth instantly closing.

"It was like ten years ago almost…"

"I don't care!" Finn said.

"Okay Finn, babe." She said reaching for both of his hands. "Forget about it okay? Can't we just go in and be happy about this talent audition I have next week?" She said.

Finn sighed, looking at her. She was happy about it, and he didn't really want to ruin it. "Okay." He said reluctantly, agreeing as she stepped out of the car.

"It's not William Morris but it's a start!" she said when he walked up to her in the driveway.

He smiled looking down at her. "It doesn't matter, as long as a good agency represents you. Besides why wouldn't they jump on the chance to represent such a talented, amazing, and beautiful woman like you?"

"Oh stop." Rachel said, hitting him playfully before he wrapped his arm around her.

"No I mean it." He said. He didn't know why she hated compliments so much.

They walked inside, her story still in the back of his mind. Though the anger towards that Jesse guy were still lingering, he didn't show it. He was far too happy for her once more to ruin her mood.

000

That night, her fathers' made her favorite meal at her request and it was one of the best things Finn has ever eaten in his life. They didn't go out or do anything too fancy, but they were as usual very proud of her. He saw the supportive side of them she was always talking about and he envied it. Neither of his parents acted this way when something went his way. In fact, Finn hardly would even think about telling them.

Later that evening, Rachel walked downstairs after her shower to find Finn on the couch, his laptop open as he scrolled through twitter.

"People say the craziest things to me." He said as Rachel looked over her shoulder. She smelled strongly of shampoo. Her hair was thrown up in a wet ponytail, and he turned to look at her, smiling. She had no makeup on and she was beautiful. Everything about her.

"Like what?" She asked then, smiling at him.

"Well for starters, I gained a whole shit ton of followers out of nowhere but people are actually asking if I'd father their children and stuff."

Rachel laughed. "Oh really now?"

"Yeah and it's mostly all because of our song. Which I've yet to even hear on the radio."

Rachel shrugged before walking around, sitting next to him, curling up closely to him. "Have you even attempted to listen?" she then asked.

He looked down at her. "Not exactly. I'm not too worried about it."

"That's the problem then. That doesn't mean others aren't listening." She said. "By the way, I'm not letting you father anyone's children. Sorry." She whispered.

Finn smiled and leaned down, kissing the top of her head.

"I'll be back. I'm going to go call Tina. I want to tell her some stuff." She said before standing.

Finn nodded, watching her go, before looking at the direct message Jeremy had sent him. In it, he mentioned the possibility of a tour. Finn frowned. He didn't want to go on a tour. Luckily, it was just talk for now.

000

The next morning Rachel woke up with the worst cramps she's ever had. She rushed to the bathroom, just in time, preventing any and all messes. She felt like she was going to throw up. She quickly walked back to her bed, curling up into the fetal position as she closed her eyes. It was only eight in the morning, and she knew nobody would be awake except for her dad, who was already gone to work. Her daddy was put on rest, and he seemed to be just fine when he moved around, however he still needed to be careful. Her eyes closed again.

Shooting open, not even an hour later she felt the stab in her ovaries, causing her hands to hold her abdominal area tightly. She needed medication. She sat up, walking downstairs as she searched the medicine cabinet. Nothing. She breathed deeply. Why would there be any? When she wasn't here only two grown men lived here.

"Hey." She heard behind her, turning to see Finn. He was smiling at her. "Do you need me to grab you something?" He asked curiously, taking in the way she stood. She was up on her tiptoes looking into the cabinet above the washer, her arm extended as she moved things around.

She turned to him and smiled. "I just…I have a bad stomach ache that's all."

"Oh. Well do you need like motrin or? What do people take for that even?" He asked, walking up to her side.

She shrugged. "Midol would be lovely." She then said.

He stopped, looking down at her. "Oh. That kind of pain."

She nodded. "And you won't find any in there."

Finn smiled. "I can run to the store for you."

"No, I'll go." She said, reaching for her abdominal area once more as she felt another pang.

Finn looked at her. "No babe. If you hurt that badly, I'll go. Just go lie down." He said genuinely.

She hugged him tightly before reaching up to kiss his lips. "You're amazing." She whispered.

"Because I'll go get you medicine?" He chuckled. "Higher your expectations a little bit, babe." He whispered before kissing her once more. "I'm going to go get ready, and then I'll go."

Rachel agreed before heading back up the stairs once more. The only place she wanted to be today was in her bed.

000

Finn looked up, grabbing the box of Midol. He felt awkward doing this, but he got over it. Besides, the store wasn't super busy. He read the box, and it matched the description Rachel had told him. He checked out, and walked out of the store. He stopped as he approached the rental car in the parking lot. Jesse was heading out of his car nearby. What wonderful timing. Finn smiled at the irony, or fate, or whichever it may have been.

"Oh hey." Jesse said at the sight of the tall man as they passed each other in the parking isle.

"Hi." Finn said calmly before looking at him. "Hey, I've been meaning to ask you something." Finn then said sarcastically.

"What's that?" Jesse asked, stopping.

"Did you know Rachel was a vegan?"

"Uh yeah. Why?" He asked with a slight shrug.

Finn shrugged too. "Just curious."

Jesse went to walk around him, but Finn took a step in his direction causing him to stop. "Now, I'm not going to do anything to you because I hardly know you and in a small town like this, word would spread like wildfire. But maybe I should just go back into this store, purchase some eggs and then throw them at you while you stand there helpless. Isn't that a good idea?" Finn said quietly so only he could hear.

Jesse looked up at him. "Dude, I know what I did was wrong, but that was forever ago."

"Your right it was, and she doesn't seem so bothered by it anymore and you're lucky. If she were more upset while she told me that story, well then I'm not so sure I'd be able to let you walk away from me without a bruised face...and yolks all over your head and clothing."

"A threat, really?" Jesse said. He could see the irritation in Jesse's eye and that pleased him.

"It's not so much a threat, because I'm not going to do anything. I'm a nice guy, and I thought you were too when I met you but what kind of person does something like that? Especially to their own girlfriend at the time…especially to someone like her."

Jesse shook his head. "You don't know anything that was going on at the time, just let it go."

Finn nodded. "I will let it go. Only because she did. But you better hope I never see you again within the next few days."

With that, he walked around Jesse, leaving in a huff.

A/N: So to me, that part was kind of obvious…but I had to make him run into Jesse alone somehow. I hope it wasn't too bad though!