Author's note: Thank you so much for all your reviews, they really do mean a lot to me. This chapter is a LOT of talking, so sorry about that.

Just in case: I'm NOT going to use St. Berry, so there is no need for you to get upset.

"Rachel, Why are you crying?" Finn asked, even though she said she was fine he still thought something bad could've happened to her.

"Jesse St. James." Rachel replied, she was slowly calming down.

"Jesse St. James? What about him?" Finn was thoroughly confused now.

"He's here."

"What do you mean?"

"He's Melchior Gabor."

"What? Who's that?"

"My character's love interest. In Spring Awakening"

"Oh."

"Yeah." Rachel sniffled.

"What are you going to do?"

"I can't leave." Rachel said. Finn's heart sunk a little. "He apologized. For the egg incident." Rachel said quietly.

"And you believe him?"

"He sounded sincere."

"You know he's fooled you before."

"I know, but I think I'm going to believe him this time. He seems different. He doesn't have any Vocal Adrenaline friends to impress here. Plus, I don't want to spend my time here hating someone I have to work closely with."

"You're not going to..." Finn trailed off.

"Not going to what?"

"You know, date him again." Finn said almost silently.

"No. I'm not. I just want to be on good terms with all the cast. Look, I shouldn't have called. I'm sorry." Rachel felt stupid for calling. She pulled the phone away from her ear and went to hang up.

"No, no, no! Rachel!" Rachel heard faintly coming from the phone, she pulled it back up to her ear.

"Yes?"

"Don't hang up." There was silence "Just before you called I was just about to call you."

"Why? I've been horrible."

"So have I." Finn said shamefully.

"I think that maybe" Rachel paused between each word "as much as I hate to say it, I don't think there's any hope left for us."

"Don't say that. You can't mean that." Finn felt like he'd been punched in the stomach.

"Finn, a whole new world is opening up for me." Finn was silent "Broadway is what I've always dreamt of, ever since I can remember. It's my dream. And if I have to share it with Jesse, so be it."

"Rachel, I'm sorry."

"I know you're sorry, Finn. I'm sorry too. But even if we do try the long distance thing, it won't be the same. And there's no certainty I won't get lied to and hurt again. There's no certainty I won't hurt you again."

"There's never any certainty, Rachel. Nothing is certain. You of all people should know that." Rachel was silent. "I can either let you be the one that got away and regret it for the rest of my life, or fight for you and at least say I tried."

"We won't even see each other."

"What if I came up for a weekend? We could talk in person, it would be better. I have some money saved up. I'm sure I could afford the flight, at least." Finn was talking extremely fast now. She wanted to see him again so badly, and just hug him, over the break she had forgotten how much she needed him.

"Finn. Don't waste your money. I don't really have that much free time anyway." Rachel didn't want him coming up to see her when he would just ending up spending time by herself.

"But when you do?"

"When I do I'll let you know." Rachel paused. "I'd really like it if you came up to see me. And I'm glad you haven't given up. Just let me get settled here first. I have to go. Goodbye, Finn."

"Rachel." Finn said just as Rachel pulled the phone away from her ear.

"Yes?" Rachel said as she brought the phone back to it's original position.

"I still love you."

"I love you too, Finn. I alway have. Even when I didn't want to. Goodbye." Rachel went to hang up the phone for the third time.

"And Rachel?"

"Yes, Finn?"

"Watch out for Jesse. Don't let him play you again."

"Don't worry, I'll be careful."

Rachel turned up to rehearsals the next day feeling better. She wasn't so worried about Jesse anymore and she hadn't completely screwed it up with Finn. Things were improving. Rachel was early. She sat down on one of the seats at the side of the hall. Not long after she sat down Jesse approached and sat next to her.

"Jesse." She greeted him.

"Rachel. How are you this morning?" Jesse asked.

"I'm...really good. You?"

"Great." Jesse replied. Rachel smiled.

"How's this for civil?"

"Pretty good if it can stay this way."

"Let's just pretend we never knew each other before yesterday." Rachel suggested.

"That sounds good." There was a moment of silence before Jesse spoke up again "Rachel, I'm just curious. Yesterday you said something about Finn. What happened between you two? If you don't mind me asking." Rachel sighed.

"I'm sorry, Jesse, but that's a long story for another time. Basically he lied, I went crazy, I screwed up."

"And now?"

"I guess you could say it's on the fence."

"It's hard to believe he'd do anything to jeopardize your relationship, he was just about obsessed with you when we were dating."

"We only met yesterday." Rachel reminded Jesse, he was confused for a second before he realized what she was talking about.

"Right. Sorry. May I ask you one more question, though?"

"You can ask. I can't promise I'll answer."

"What did Finn lie about that was so bad?" Jesse asked.

"As I said, it's a long story for another time. Anyway, it's pretty stupid now I'm looking back."

"I won't judge." Jesse said "And we have plenty of time.' Rachel sighed, she figured she could use this information as a test, a test to see if she could trust him again. Plus, everyone at McKinley knew, what was one more person?

"You know that night when we were going to..." Rachel had a little difficulty saying it "have sex?"

"Yes."

"Finn said he was going to sleep with Santana that night. When we got to school I told him I did it, and he told me he didn't." Jesse nodded, Rachel continued "I didn't want to seem like I chickened out like a loser. Although, now I'm glad I did. No offense."

"None taken."

"Anyone, one day when we were together I told him that I lied about us. Later I found out that he lied to me too. He did sleep with Santana, and I found out in the worst way possible, from her in front of the whole Glee club."

"That's pretty harsh."

"What really got me was he let me sit there and tell him how sorry I was for lying to him, when he just sat there and didn't say anything. And how I had to find out. And the fact it was Santana. I mean, if it was Brittany or even Quinn I think I'd be able to deal with it a little better. But for weeks the image of them together...it was like it was burnt on the insides of my eyelids, every time I closed my eyes or tried to sleep." Jesse was silent "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have told you. It's all pretty stupid." She didn't understand why she was talking to Jesse about this.

"It's not stupid. Santana is, for lack of a better word, a slut. What if he got an STD or something off of her then gave it to you?"

"I never thought of that. I'm sure he would've used protection, though."

"Yeah, probably. But it's not stupid, you have every right to be upset. And you'd be surprised. I mean, look what happened to Quinn."

"I guess. You have a point." Rachel looked at the ground.

"I think this was just what you needed." Jesse said, putting his hand on her shoulder.

"What was?"

"To talk about it. I mean, who have you talk to about this?"

"Um. Puck a little, I guess, hardly. You know I don't really have any friends. And I couldn't talk to my dads about it."

"Wait, so he lied, you went crazy, when did you screw up?"

"I wanted him to feel like he made me feel, he just didn't get how it made me feel. I sort of...made out with Puck. I wish I didn't. I wasn't thinking. I took it too far. I felt really bad and I told Finn, and he broke up with me. It's all my own fault, really."

"Well, I can see why you did it. Maybe you went about it the wrong way, but you had your reasons."

"What happened to you, Jesse?" Rachel asked.

"What do you mean?"

"You're being so...nice."

"I was always nice to you, Rachel. You just remember the bad things."

"Well, they are the ones that stick out, I guess."

"Come on." Jesse stood up and held out his hand "Rehearsal is starting." Rachel smiled and took his hand.

A/N: I've decided to make Jesse a good guy. There will be awkwardness, etc, but I just wanted him to be her friend, since she doesn't have many. There will be no romance for those who are worried.

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