Rachel had hoped that Finn being broken up with Quinn would push him to date her but when he didn't, she decided to let it go and move on. Puck told her that Finn was a bit slow and not that smart when it came to anything besides football and she decided to believe him… Maybe Finn would fall for her later but right now she decided that she deserved to be with someone who would love her and not pine after some cheating cheerleaders.
She could find someone else!
A few days after making that decision, as she was at the library, looking for new song to complete her assignment and say 'Hello' in a song, she ran into the lead member of Vocal Adrenaline, Jesse St James.
He was charming and seemed to know exactly what to tell her to get her to agree on a date.
They dated for about a week before Kurt found out and threatened to expel her from Glee club if she kept on dating the lead singer of their main competition. Rachel was thorn between proving just how important she was to the New Direction and taking risks but she ended up deciding to be honest with Jesse. She told him that she couldn't be with him as long as they were on different team, that it gave her the feeling that she was betraying her team mates and even if Jesse took it badly, he ended up coming back to her and, in a very romantic gesture, changed school so he could be with her.
Nothing could take Rachel's eyes or mind off him since that moment.
Jesse had met Rachel's father of course.
"I'm just telling you Zack, I don't like the guy. That Jesse is not right for my baby!" Damon said to the man he considered his brother when he came for a visit.
"Don't you think you don't like him simply because he's dating Rachel? Let's be honest, she could date an angel and you still wouldn't like the guy." Zack chuckled.
"Maybe you're right… I just think that there's something off about him… Puck agrees with me!" Damon said.
"Right, because a 16 year old boy who has sex with cougars every week is to be trusted about this things!" Zack snorted.
"You're right… I should give him a chance…" Damon said as he could hear that Jesse had convinced Rachel to listen to her mother's voice on the tape…
Rachel was in tears as she listened to the tape with her mother's voice that Sage had gotten for her so long ago… Until now she hadn't really cared to listen to it… Her mother didn't want her so why should she care? She never even cared to ask her father for the name of her mother… Well, she knew her first name was Shelby… But the last name? No idea!
But Jesse managed to find the words to make her curious… Of course he didn't know the reasons why her mother hadn't wanted her but he got her curious when he spoke of the eventuality that her mother might regret her decision…
The song was perfect…Perfect choice of song and perfectly sung… I dreamed a dream would never mean the same thing to Rachel ever again… She could imagine herself singing with her mother and, as Jesse left to give her some time to herself, she couldn't help but wonder what his satisfied smirk was about…
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A few days after she listened to her mother's voice, Rachel decided to convince some of her Glee clubbers to go with her spy on Vocal Adrenaline… Jesse wasn't around so he couldn't frown upon the idea. She decided to go after school one day when they didn't have Glee and the boys were busy with Football practice. She had found evidence that they light be doing Lady Gaga and wanted to make sure of it before they decided on what song they needed to sing.
She ended up going with Mercedes and Quinn.
They snuck in the auditorium of Carmel high and discreetly watched as their coach was giving them advises. When the woman went on stage to sing Funny girl, Rachel was mesmerised.
This was the voice of her mother…
Wasn't the name of their coach Shelby Corcoran? She did kind of looked like her…
She was about to walk down in the middle of the song when she started to think about it…
This was the woman who wanted to abort and thought she was a monster… Her father had never told her the complete truth in those words but she remember, when she was 8, hearing him telling Sage about it all… Could she really trust her now? What if she tried to hurt her?
No, she wouldn't do that, she was her mother after all…
Was it really a coincidence that she was the coach of their competition? That she used to coach Jesse, the one who pushed her to get curious about this… Was he using her?
Rachel shook her head… Of course he wasn't… He told her he loved her… The fact he used to be her mother's favorite student was just a coincidence right?
"Rachel, you're coming?" Quinn whispered annoyingly at Rachel.
Will Rachel follow Quinn or stay and talk with her mother?
The answer in the next chapter!
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