A/N: So as you guys know I'm back in school. But I'm trying to get the chapters done. I have a lot of writing to do for school so it is taking away from my fanfiction time. I haven't even really had much time to read any of them either. Anyway this chapter has been a long time coming and I'm hoping to make it worth the wait.

Speaking of waiting, Quick question. Does anyone know of a generator or anything that makes lyric mash-ups. I want to write this awesome scene and for it to work, I need to make a mash-up of two songs. If you know of anything that could be useful, let me know in a review or PM. Thanks! P.S. Please don't be mad at me if I just skim over a few things. I really want this to be about Jesse and Rachel, not glee, or anything else.

Chapter 16!-

"Rachel, you have no idea what you mean to me!" Finn proclaimed. "Jesse doesn't love you like I do. Don't you see that I chose you over so many other things I could have had. But I chose you!"

Rachel snared her nose up in disgust, but she chose to ignore the absolute insult he had just said. Nice to know that against his better judgment he loves me. "Then why don't you go and ask your other options to date you."

"Because they aren't you." Finn said. "And Jesse's not me! I know you feel the same way about me.

"Finn why can't you just understand what I'm feeling!" Rachel yelled while she unpacked her suitcase. When she and her Dads had arrived back at her house from the airport, he was waiting.

"Why can't you understand that I wanna be with you? Why can't you see that Jesse doesn't care about you? He is just going to pull the old fuck-and-duck routine, I know it. As soon as he gets what he wants he'll be gone again, you'll be left dripping eggs." Finn spat furiously.

Finn had got his chance to do what he had planned, while she stood slightly shocked by his statement.

I could've found a better way,
You know I never should have stayed,
I could've said the things that I believed were wrong,
(you know you're wrong)
Now you're saying that it's late,
It doesn't matter what I say,
You know you're just another one of my mistakes.
(yeah)

You are so beautiful, You are the kind of girl
that has the chemicals that makes me fall in love
Beautiful, you are the kind of girl, that has the chemicals
That makes me fall in love

Finn caressed her face, but she shoved his hand away and looked out her window.

So now i'm feeling like a slave
I'm locked away inside this grave
And now I'm hoping for a way I can be saved,
(I can be saved)
You know that there will come a day,
When I'm just gonna have to change,
You know you're just another one of my mistakes.
(yeah)

Rachel held her bedroom door open for him to leave, but he shut it and tried to hug her.

You are so beautiful, You are the kind of girl
that has the chemicals that makes me fall in love
Beautiful, you are the kind of girl, that has the chemicals
That makes me fall in love
Fall in love

You know I found, a small paper,
You lied about, You lied about...
You know I found, a small paper,
You lied about, You lied about...

You lied to me, lied to me

You are so beautiful, you are the kind of girl,
That has the chemicals that makes me fall in love,
Difficult, so very typical,
You are the kind of girl,
that makes me fall in love,

Fall in love...

"Does Jesse say things like that to you?" Finn finished.

"You know nothing about him! You never even tried to get to know him. He was nice to you and you hated him because he was who I wanted. You still hate him because he is who I STILL want. Finn, you and I are never going to work out." she said calmly, placing a hand on his shoulder. "Besides, I don't like football, I know you slept with Santana, and talent wise, you hate that you can't keep up with me. Face it Finn. You don't want to be with me either." She sympathetically smiled and returned to her bags. "Besides, Jesse compliments me without stroking his own ego."

"Rachel...I...You...Santana meant nothing. I don't care if you don't like football, and to be honest, I really don't care about how good of a performer I am. I just want to be with you. I know you use to annoy me and that I thought you were crazy, but I don't think like that anymore." he continued.

"Finn! It's not enough!" She spun around to face him. "We just don't work out. You need to realize that Jesse is who I want. You don't have to like it, but you do have to respect it. Now, please leave."

Stunned, he slowly nodded and turned to leave. Once he reached the door of her room, he whispered over his shoulder, "I'm not giving up yet." Rachel didn't fail to hear this.

"He said that?" Jesse asked. "That's borderline stalker. No offense Rach, but you sure know how to pick 'em."

"Are you saying that you, too, are crazy?" she quipped.

"Only a little." he laughed.

"What am I going to do about him Jesse?"

"The only thing you can do. Ignore him. If that doesn't work I don't know what will."

"Well maybe you and Finn should sit down and talk to each other about it. Best case scenario, everything works out. Worst case,..."

"We rip each others throats out." Jesse finished. "I don't know if that is such a good idea. Besides, I don't know how long it will be until I get the chance to come home."

"Well, I'm sure we'll figure something out." she hoped.

The next few weeks, passed by slowly for both them. Rachel went to school, glee practice, and ballet, but never really much of anything else. She would hang out with her dads and sing in her room for her myspace videos, but never went out with any of her friends or even went to the music store. She was just trying to make it to the end of the year. Then Jesse would be back and everything would be as it should be.

Finn was giving her trouble though. He sang specific songs for her in glee, and bought her flowers. He even stood up for her when Santana called her names. It wasn't enough though. What Rachel had with Jesse was too much for anything that Finn could do to overcome. But he kept to his words and never gave up.

Jesse went about his day as usual. Morning run, class, practice, then back to his dorm to skype with Rachel. He and Chance had gone to the karaoke bar a couple of times but Jesse never sang. As much as he hated to admit it, he was whipped. Rachel had him on a very short leash and he didn't care. He missed her too much to care about his his lady killer reputation.

Finally there was only a week before UCLA let out and Jesse was excited to get back to Lima for once. However he and Rachel both were upset that he couldn't make it out for sectionals. Jesse had a test to take that day and if he missed it he couldn't make it up. Rachel was very forgiving of him though, but that was probably because the New Directions won.

Everything was about to come together. They would have the entire summer together and then they would be together at UCLA. Rachel had decided that UCLA was just as good as NYU. She would get on Broadway with or without NYU.

Jesse's bags were packed, and he was ready to head home. After his year at UCLA he was actually going to miss his dorm. He would be back in the fall, but still. It was his home away from home. He had so many memories in this dorm. Especially in the bed in his dorm. He closed his eyes as he laid back on the mattress.

He could still smell Rachel. Her scent filled the room. He sighed in contentment. Pretty soon he would be able to see her and hold her instead of just smelling her.

"Um..you gonna take that mattress with you, lover boy?" Chance asked, from the doorway. The boys laughed as Jesse jumped up to hug his best friend. There would be no sad goodbyes, since both of them would be back. They would keep in touch over the summer too.

"Man, I'm gonna miss it here. I can't wait to see Rachel, but I'm already missing UCLA." Jesse said.

"Dude, you haven't even left yet!" Chance exclaimed, nudging Jesse in the ribs with his elbow. He grew serious. "Speaking of Rachel, has she decided if she will be coming back with you in the fall, or is she dead set on NYU?"

Jesse shook his head. "I'm not sure about that. One minutes she's all about NYU the next she can't wait to be with me. I'm not sure she knows either. I guess we'll find out this summer."

"Well," Chance began. "What do you want her to do? Do you want her to pick NYU, and follow her dreams? Or, Do you want her to pick UCLA and choose to fall in love?"

"WOW! I can't believe you just said that! You know how I feel. If she goes to NYU I'll be happy with it. We'll make it work just like how we have been. If she chooses UCLA that will be fantastic but I won't force her to choose UCLA."

"Well, that's very mature of you Jesse." Chance mocked.

"Thank you, Chance." he laughed.

The boys said their goodbyes and Jesse headed for the airport.

Rachel couldn't sit still in her chair. The clock ticking was the only thing she could really hear. She was excited to see Jesse again. It was her last day of her senior year, graduation was tomorrow, and Jesse was probably already in the parking lot waiting for her.

They had planned that she would go directly to the parking lot and he would pick her up after he arrived. Rachel counted down the minutes alone with everyone else in her class.

"10..9...8...7...6...5...4...3...2...1! Freedom!" the class yelled.

"Jesse." Rachel whispered. Before anyone had the chance to say anything to her, she raced out the door and down the hall. She busted through the doors, expecting to run straight into Jesse's arms, but she smacked into a wall of people waiting for their buses to arrive and people flocking to their cars. She tried pushing her way through the throng, but wasn't strong enough. Slowly, finally, the crowd dwindled down and Rachel saw him. As the crowd parted she saw Jesse leaning against his Range Rover clicking through his phone. Suddenly he looked up and a smile that rivaled the sun spread across his face. Rachel felt a similar one on hers. Jesse raised an arm above his head, waving at her.

Before she realized what she was doing her feet propelled her forward faster and faster. Her heartbeat faster and faster as well. Until finally she crashed into him, and almost knocking him down. He smiled as he spun her around.

No Words were needed for this moment. Both knew exactly what the other wanted to say. They looked into each others eyes with huge smiles on their faces. Slowly they kissed, and due to a lot of frustration from being apart, the kiss quickly began more than what was appropriate. Feeling all the sets of eyes that were looking at them with mixtures of disgust and admiration, Jesse broke the kiss. Then the two stood hugging, relishing the moment.

Ugh. Jesse. Finn hated Jesse. He hated the way he made Rachel smile. Hated the way he was always so put together. Hated that he was a far superior performer then Finn was. Hated that he had the girl that Finn was in love with.

Every fiber of Finn's being ached to knock that idiot the fuck out. He couldn't understand how Rachel could just forgive that asshole like she did. He had broken her heart and left her humiliated.

Finn had never wanted to hurt Jesse more than he did as he stood watching Rachel run into his arms outside the school on the last day. God how he hated him. He wanted nothing more than to see Jesse get the payback he deserved.

She should be running into my arms. He thought. She should love me. I'm the one who always picks up the pieces. I'm the one who has never left her. I'm the one who has never hurt her like he has.

But then he realized, he was wrong. He was so very, very wrong. He had hurt her. Many times. He had lied to her, made fun of her, lead her on, and most of hurtful of all, treated her like she wasn't a star.

Anger at himself built up inside him. He was quivering with anger. Instead of blaming himself, though, he blamed Rachel. AND Jesse. If it wasn't for Rachel's weird little quirks and stupid ideas about relationships, he would never had hurt her like he had. She and Jesse would not have been so compatible and Jesse would have never stolen her from him. Finn would have loved her more.

Finn was broken from his reverie by the feeling of slight wind in his face as he raced forward toward Jesse and Rachel. He didn't know how but he knew he would put a stop to this, and win her back.

A/N: SO sorry it's been so long. I've been really, really, REALLY busy with school. You know how your senior year is. It's all college crap and graduation stuff. I've had to take the ACT again, and I got a 26! YEAH! lmao. Anyway. I've made it my goal to have at least 1 new chapter a month. I hope to have more than that a month, but still.

I'm on Christmas break right now and I should update a few more times while I'm on break but don't get your hopes up. Crap always seems to keep me from updating.

NEXT CHAPTER! Will consist of some interesting things though. I hope to make this Jesse/Finn confrontation as nonviolent as possible, because violence is NEVER the answer, but you know how boys are. Jesse can reign himself in though. Anyway, I have big things planned. Very big things. The fun is just beginning.

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