Chapter 5
Jesse's PoV
It wasn't my idea. I mean, I heard this restaurant was a good place to go but, honestly, I wasn't really in the mood. My best friend, Jason sort of dragged me out here.
We were sitting about ten tables away from the stage in the room. Jason was talking to his brother and our other friends who came. I was pretty much just sitting in my chair in silence, bored as hell. That is till I turned my head to the right and saw a brunette woman, dressed in a purple blouse. Her brown hair had a few strands of gray running through it showing that she was older than the last time I saw her, though that was almost sixteen years ago.
I made my way over and tapped the one and only Shelby Corcoran on the shoulder. She turned around and froze in shock. "Jesse?"
"Hey Ms. Corcoran, how have you been?"
She looked around nervous for a few moments, as if she was looking for something or someone. "I'm good, you?"
I nodded. We stood in silence for several seconds till she said. "Jesse, it has been fun seeing you but I really have to head over to my table."
I barely had time to say goodbye before she hurried off. My eyes trailed her as she went to one of the front tables and started talking to another brunette. I couldn't really see her features but I also noticed another brunette with curly hair that fell down her back, sitting next to the first. They both looked familiar, though I didn't think anything of it as I headed back over to my table.
Rachel's PoV
"Jesse's here." I knew I was in trouble the instant my mother said those words. He was here, meaning he and Seri were in the same room. In other words, I'm screwed.
My daughter looked at me, perplexed by my shock. "What is it, Mom?" she asked.
I turned to look into her blue eyes, the same ones she shared with her father. I didn't need to hide the truth and lie or say nothing is wrong. Seri needed to know. "He's here. Your father is here."
Her eyes went wide in an identical expression to mine. Her mouth was agape and she looked like she was frozen in place. Her eyes started to search the room till she was met with what I presumed would be Jesse. They returned to me and she spoke. "What are we going to do?"
I honestly didn't know. I had known this moment would come and had seen hundreds of scenarios in my mind. This was never one of them. I had no idea if I would be able to handle it.
I needed to see him, knowing that if I did, I may never be able to leave. I turned my head to the side slightly and saw the man that had haunted me for the past fifteen years. He looked good. He was dressed in a white button down and black slacks. His curly brown hair that he shared with our daughter was still in that messy style he wore so well. He was sitting at table with several other guys.
Quinn and Santana, who were sitting near us as well, turned to where I was looking and narrowed their eyes. "What is that jerk doing here?" the Latina practically growled.
Quinn reached her hand over and held my hand. I turned my brown eyes to look at her and saw that her pale green ones held a look of understanding. "Do we need to leave?"
I shook my head. Now that I had seen Jesse, I knew there was no way I would be able to walk away now. "I can't, not now."
She nodded. I turned back to the stage where a group of kids were singing karaoke. They were halfway decent.
Jesse's PoV
After the decent kids tried to sing karaoke, the owner of the restaurant came up on stage. "Hey guys. For those of you who don't know, tonight is a very special night. Tonight is an old friend of mine's daughter's fifteenth birthday. Therefore, before we start serving the food and I forget to mention it, I just want to say happy birthday to Serenity Elizabeth. New York better watch out."
Everyone in the room laughed as a young girl ran to the stage. She was dressed in a beautiful dark blue dress that went down to her knees with matching heels. She was really pretty.
After hugging the man, she turned around causing Jesse to freeze in shock. Her long dark brown curls went to the middle of her back. Her lips were full and pouty and her eyes were a haunting blue. She was small for her age, but not by much. Her nose was just the right size for her face. She also had the body and face shape of his ex-girlfriend.
He counted down the months. If this girl was turning fifteen, than it would be nine months since Regionals. That math seemed correct.
As I took another look at the girl, I knew without a shadow of a doubt that she was my daughter. She had my nose, hair, mouth, eyes, and, from what I guessed, my height.
Her name was beautiful Serenity Elizabeth. I wonder what last name she had; St. James or Berry? In my head, St. James sounded way better.
Serenity ran down from the stage to hug another brunette that I had no trouble guessing was Rachel. Wow, she was even more beautiful than the last time I saw her. She was dressed in a tank top deep blue dress that went down to her knees matching heels. Her makeup was soft and brought out the milk chocolate brown I always used to get lost in while her lips were a light shade of pink that was totally kissable.
Was this why she tried to call me all those years ago? Had she been pregnant and had been trying to tell me before she hung up? If so I felt like a total moron for not listening.
I would have to get her alone tonight, there was no other way for me to get answers to my questions. As I looked at them both I realized answers weren't the only things I was after. No, I was after Rachel and my daughter. I had been in love with Rachel since that day in her bedroom when we sang "Hello 12, Hello 13, Hello Love" and had our first kiss. That same love was what had formed our daughter. I knew that now that I had found them, there was no way in hell I was letting them go.
Hey guys! Well there it is. The next chapter should have the confrontation between St. Berry or I'll have Seri meet Jesse before Rachel does. It's your choice.