keep that breathless charm 2/2, glee
keep that breathless charm,
Glee, Rachel/Jesse
Summary: Rachel gets a suprise on prom night.
Spoilers for season 2.
a/n: oh my god, sorry for not finishing this right away, bythatcrossroad .
I've only now gotten the time to finish this, and it's not very good. oh well.
Comment and stuff, hope you like (: dedicated to aforementioned lj user for
reviewing last time and being a snape & st. berry fangirl.
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part 1.
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Then she hears the music.
It's music for a certain Frank Sinatra song she adores.
She only told one person she loved it. And that one person should be in LA.
Life has a funny way of turning things about for one Rachel Berry though.
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Jesse didn't actually know what he was doing.
When Quinn Fabray called him a couple of days ago asking if he still loved Rachel, he wasn't sure.
She had betrayed him with the Run Joey Run thing, but he had egged her.
Hudson had probably gotten her to run back to him. Again.
But the cheerleader had told him the Mckinley Prom was coming and Finn hadn't asked Rachel, so he had a shot.
He was already planning his entrance.
What should he sing? Some Spring Awakening, Wicked? No.
Maybe he should go more mainstream, like Bruno Mars. No.
Then it hit him, one song Rachel had mentioned she loved more than anything.
Jesse St. James was going to win his girl back. With a little help from Sinatra.
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"Some day, when I'm awfully low,
When the world is cold,
I will feel a glow just thinking of you...
And the way you look tonight."
Rachel's frozen, actually frozen.
Jesse St. James, the boy who broke her heart all over the parking lot, is walking out of the shadows of her garden and singing to her.
He's smiling at her. Actually smiling.
Once he reaches her, he puts one hand around her waist, her hand automatically goes to his shoulder. Their remaining hands clasp together, and Rachel marvels once again at the perfect fit.
He continues the song, "Yes you're lovely, with your smile so warm
And your cheeks so soft,
There is nothing for me but to love you,
And the way you look tonight."
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She's smiling.
"With each word your tenderness grows,
Tearing my fear apart...
And that laugh that wrinkles your nose,
It touches my foolish heart.
Lovely ... Never, ever change.
Keep that breathless charm.
Won't you please arrange it ?
'Cause I love you ... Just the way you look tonight."
Jesse didn't expect her to smile at all.
Actually, he had already decided if she still hated him, he would make a run for it.
Thank god he didn't have to.
She leans her cheek against his as they dance, it feels like heaven for him. It's the thing he's dreamed about for the last 3 months, and all summer.
He ends the song, and they pull apart.
"So, are you going to explain this to me?"
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"Are you?"
She has her hands on her hips, an annoyed expression on her face.
"...I messed up, Rachel."
"Yes."
"And I'm sorry."
"Yes."
He sighs. Good, maybe she'll finally get the explanation she deserved those many months ago.
"Shelby...she told me about you, and that you were her daughter. We went to you're Sectionals. I was blown away, and she told me to get to you and if possible, get you to see her. That was the original plan. I met you in the bookstore by accident, and something...started in me." He grins at her, she raises her eyebrows. Just referencing her favourite musical won't get her on his side. He sighs again.
"I told her about the Like a Virgin thing, and I suggested switching schools for you. She agreed. I pretended it was for the plan, but it wasn't. It was for you. I was already...falling for you." Jesse seems uncomfortable, and Rachel can see why. After all those years as a soulless automaton, loving someone must be terrifying.
"Basically, I moved. All those feelings, they were real. Why else would I be so mad after Run Joey Run? Vocal Adrenaline had an extra ticket, I accepted. When I came back, I knew I would have to leave. So I slipped in the cd. Then I left. I told Shelby, she said I could come back to Carmel. I didn't want to. But I had too, Rachel, you know that. We're stars, you and me. We crave the spotlight. That Sunshine thing? I've done worse things like that. That's why no-one understood why you did it. They don't have our determination."
"They told me that we had to funk you. I was okay with that, it was a little TP, okay? Then Gisele suggested we do a number. You know I never turn down an excuse to showcase my talent. So we performed Another one Bites the Dust. Then, they suggested egging you."
Rachel shudders at the mere memory of the egg yolk running down her face, Jesse's twisted face whispering, "I loved you.".....
"I was dead set against it. But they were able to convince me, saying they would tell UCLA about my switching and making me lose that scholarship. So, I did it. I've regretted it ever since."
".....I forgive you."
"I don't expect you to forgive me or even want to talk to me agai- what?'
"I forgive you, Jesse."
"....but, why?"
"Because... life's too short to hold grudges. You are truly sorry, I know it."
She smiles at him, and his answering grin is breathtaking.
"Thankyou, Rachel."
"I have one more question though." Jesse frowns, he wasn't planning for her to ask another
question.
"Yes?"
"...did you mean it?"
"What?"
"That you....l-loved me."
She's looking down at the ground, holding her elbows.
He sidles up to her and puts his hand under her chin, making her meet his eyes.
"Yes...and I still do. More than ever."
She just gives him a look, a look that conveys more than words could every say.
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A few hours later, after they've settled on her couch and are waiting for Quinn to come
home, Jesse goes for it.
She's sitting next to him, her elbow resting against his stomach.
His arm is around the back of the sofa, lightly touching her long shimmery hair that he's ran his hands through so many times.
"Rachel?"
"Yes?"
"Could we...ever...get back to where we were before?"
She gives him a mysterious smile, a twinkle in her beautiful brown eyes.
"We'll see."
He could wait to see for a million years, for Rachel Berry.
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a/n: the ending is cheesy. I know. but, that's it. review pls.