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Rachel woke to the sound of something sizzling in a pan. She got up and went to the bathroom to wash her face. She looked in the mirror and was utterly shocked to see that she had bags under her eyes and her eyes lost that bright excited sparkle she usually had. Her cuts and scratches were slowly healing, but she couldn't miss that black eye forming. She cursed Jesse for making her look like that.

She went into the kitchen and yawned. Will was cooking breakfast with his back turned to her. She looked at the table and saw that it was set, with a nice arrangement of flowers on her plate. There was also a plate of bacon and toast. He turned around and smiled when he saw her.

"Good morning, sunshine. How'd you sleep?"

"Not well, I kept tossing and turning."

He nodded. "I can see that. You look better, though, but you've lost that Rachel Berry sparkle in your eyes." He smiled. "But don't worry; let's see if we can get it back."

He turned and started putting plates on the table. She sat down and took the flowers off and put it gently next to her plate.

"Thank you again for letting me crash with you, Mr. Shuester."

He tipped some eggs onto her plate. "You're welcome, and you can call me Will, Rachel. We're at home so it's okay."

She shook her head politely. "No thank you, it would be too informal for me. You are my guardian and I'm still a minor, so I choose to respect you and not call you by your first name."

He started at her and then turned to get orange juice out of the fridge.

She poured some oatmeal into her bowl and spread some jam on her toast. He came back and poured her some orange juice. Then he sat down and they began eating.

"So, what do you want to do today, Rachel? We'll do whatever you want."

She took a bit out of her toast and thought for a few seconds.

"Can we go bowling? I've never been bowling before."

He nearly choked on his bacon. "You've NEVER been bowling before?"

She ate her eggs sheepishly. "No…growing up I was more interested in Broadway and performing, so I hardly had any time to experience other fun things that normal kids did, especially bowling."

He nodded and took a bite out of his eggs. "Yeah, we can go bowling! I love bowling!"

After breakfast they both cleared away the dishes.

"Is it okay if I take a shower?" she asked.

He nodded. "Go ahead, I'll just be in the living room grading papers and then we'll head out."

She went into the bathroom and turned on the water until it was warm enough. When she stepped in, the warm water stung her cuts and scratches but after a few seconds, it felt good. She shampooed her hair and washed her body as gently as she could.

When she got out of the shower, she saw him grading papers so she went back to the guest room and worked on some homework.

He finished around lunch time, so he went to the door and knocked.

"Rachel, are you ready? I'm done grading."

She opened the door and stepped out.

"Yes, Mr. Shuester, I'm ready. Let's go."

They piled into his car and stopped at a nearby restaurant for lunch. He had a burger while she snacked on a small salad. Then they headed to the bowling alley.

When they got inside, her eyes widened.

"Wow…it looks fun!"

They went to the front desk to get their shoes.

"What's your shoe size, Rachel?"

"I'm a size 7, Mr. Shuester."

They assistant handed them their shoes and told them which lane to go to.

He put on his shoes and laughed when he saw her struggling to put her shoes on. He knelt down and slipped the shoes onto her feet and tied the laces.

"Okay, now we need to find your ball."

A few minutes later, Rachel had found the perfect ball. She found one that was hot pink and had stars on it but it was much too heavy, so she settled for a simple small blue one.

"Okay, now I'm going to teach you Bowling 101." He said when he had the game set up. "The most important thing to know is that you roll the ball to knock all the pins over. Watch me."

He took his ball, rolled it and it knocked down eight pins. She nodded making a mental note.

He turned to her. "Sort of like that. It's your turn now."

Her cheeks turned red. "I don't think I'll be as good as you."

He chuckled. "It's okay; it's your first time. No one's perfect on their first time. And it really isn't about being good about winning…it's about having fun."

She nodded. "Okay, I guess I'll go."

She took her ball and walked up to the line. Remembering how he threw the ball before, she tried to mimic it, but the ball went straight to the gutter. She turned around blushing.

"Okay…that's the end of my turn! You go!" She tried to scurry back to her seat but he grabbed her and turned her around laughing.

"No, no, no Missy. This is your first time, so it'll take a while to get the hang of it. I'll help you."

He pushed her back to the line and gave her the ball. Then he stood behind her and grabbed her waist.

Suddenly…they both felt a jolt of electricity spark…at it wasn't an electrical shock. They both felt confused…but pushed the feeling away.

With her hand holding the ball, he guided her arm back. She felt shivers up her spine…probably from the air conditioning or she was just too nervous. He swung her arm forward and the fall fell into the lane.

They held their breaths for a few seconds…and suddenly…ALL the pins went down! Will was utterly shocked.

"Hey, I did it! Is that good?" she asked.

"There is…no…POSSIBLE way that could have happened on your second try!" he shouted.

Rachel smiled mischievously. "Well…I'm sure you'll catch up."

He looked at her and matched her smile. "Oh, it's on Berry!"

When the game was over, Will and Rachel had tied. To celebrate, he took her out for ice cream.

When they got back home, Will cooked a delicious pasta dinner and then they watched a movie.

"Did you have fun today, Rachel?"

She smiled and leaned against him. "I sure did…that's the best fun I've ever had!"

He laughed and kissed her on top of her head. She suddenly started feeling warm inside from how close they were to each other.

When the movie was over, they both got ready for bed.

Rachel changed her nightgown and checked her phone. There was one message from…Jesse.

"Hey Rachel, it's me Jesse. Look, I just wanted to apologize for the way I acted on prom night. I mean, I'm REALLY TERRIBLY SORRY, Rachel. I would have NEVER done that to you if I wasn't drunk. I hope I didn't cause too much damage. I went to your house today but you weren't home, so I guess I'll see you at school tomorrow. Sleep well."

She threw her phone across the room and sighed with relief. He didn't know where she was and she hoped it would stay like that until her month was up…

Okay, so it's about 12:30 a.m. when I typed this, I just wanted to get it up before I went to bed, so enjoy!