Title: Getting the girl

Hope you like this and I apologise for it's length; something completely different to what I normally write but I hope I've done their relationship justice. Enjoy and click the review button to let me no your views.

A/N: For those who might be confused, I know their bowling night was during the second half of serious four but I didn't to rework the episodes so Mel was found out a lot earlier and they went bowling on the last night of term.

Also, I have going out of character a little towards the end which is a serious M rating so beware. I don't mean to offend anyone but I wanted something different to happen that the usual Reddie relationships.

Chapter Three: Reaching Out

The half term went by too slowly for Rachel's liking; after that night with Eddie on the last day of term, she hadn't really spoken to him and hadn't seen him once and she was missing him. Phil had hardly said one word to her since his cheeky remark about her been the last person he would talk to and she had no idea how to help him or get him to talk. On the first day back at school, she pulled into her usual parking space and sighed as Phil left the car without a word; she dragged herself out and got her bags out of the boot as Eddie pulled into the space next to her and got out.

"Morning" he said, with a smile.

She just smiled at him; sensing her sadness in her mood when she was usually so upbeat on the first day back, he followed her up to her office where he shut the door before wrapping his arms around her as she let out a shaky breath.

"Hey, what's wrong? You're not regretting what happened are you?"

"Of course I'm not; it's Phil…"

"What's he done now?" he asked, fully aware of the problems he was likely to cause after his mom abandoned him.

"He's completely shut down; he didn't stay at Bolton's that night then spouted off on one about me been the last person he would talk to"

"He'll be okay; he's just angry with Mel for leaving him"

"And now he's feeling like he's stuck with me!"

"He's lucky to have you; have a cup of coffee to calm down and I'll do assembly and try and catch him later, okay?"

"He doesn't know about us, not what happened" she said, looking up at him.

"That's okay, I wont tell him; it'll be okay, I promise"

"I missed you over the break…."

"So did I; I just wanted to come over and hold you"

"I…can't believe how quickly I've fallen for you; it's not what I do, it's not who I am"

"Wanna know how long since I've fallen for you?"

"Go on" she said, kinda scared of his answer.

"That first day when you came swanning in here with all your big ideas for the school; I didn't think any of them would seriously work but you made it happen…"

"I'm glad to know you trust my instincts" she smirked.

"You were certainly a woman on a mission"

"Are you trying to make me smile you don't have to do assembly?"

"Is it working?" he smiled, placing a gentle kiss on her lips.

"Thank you"

"Are you ready to get this over with?"

"As I'll ever be"

He gave her one final kiss before they headed down to the hall; with assembly over with, Rachel headed up to the office to do some paperwork little done with her minding keep wondering over to Eddie. Knowing he had a free next lesson, she resolved she would go and see him; however, a knock on the door put a damper on her good mood.

"Come in" she called, looking up from her paperwork.

The door opened and in walked Eddie, with Phil trailing behind him; his hands in his pockets and his head looking down at the floor.

"Phil, please don't tell me you've been in trouble already!"

"He thought it would funny to broadcast about our 'date' the other night and make fun of it" Eddie explained.

Rachel sighed and stood up as Eddie leant against her desk.

"This has to stop Phil; I know you are hurting and you feel like you are stuck with me…"

"You don't have a clue…"

"So talk to us; mate, your aunt is just trying to help and you keep getting into trouble is not making things any easier" Eddie encouraged.

"What's it to you? You're just someone who was shacked up with my mom!"

"Okay, that's enough! Phil, sit down; Eddie, I'll find you later" Rachel snapped.

Eddie left as Phil sat on the sofa and Rachel sat next to him, her hands locked together.

"You're right, I don't have a clue; but you aren't exactly helping me here Phil. I don't know how else I can help you"

"Don't bother then!"

"I want to help you and so does Eddie but we can't if you don't talk to us?"

Phil sat there, looking at the floor, making no effort to try and communicate to his aunt.

"Okay, I know I should've talked to you about what happened between me and Eddie last week but you didn't give me a chance and it is not something we want broadcasting round the common room, okay?"

"Whatever!"

"Okay, go back to your lesson and I don't want to hear any reports of your misbehaving for the rest of the day, okay?"

Phil stood up and headed to the door.

"I mean it Phil"

"Fine" he grumbled before leaving the office as Rachel rested her head in her hands and sighed.

That lunchtime she went down to the canteen to grab herself some lunch whilst she was doing paperwork and found a commotion and in the middle of it all was Phil and Michaela White.

"Stop! Michaela and Phil….my office, NOW!"

The whole canteen fell silent as they looked at the angry headmistress; she followed her two sixth formers up to her office with Eddie hot on her heels. Shutting the door behind them, he stood against the filing cabinet at the side of her desk as she sat in her chair and looked up at Michaela and Phil.

"What the hell was going on down there?"

"He started it" Michaela smirked.

"Like we're going to believe that Michaela" Eddie replied.

"But he did!"

"Phil?" Rachel asked.

Phil shrugged his shoulders.

"Phil, we're waiting; did you or did you not start it?"

"Maybe"

"Okay" she sighed "Michaela, you weren't completely to blame but you did escalate things so to the cooler please"

As Michaela reluctantly left, Rachel and Eddie turned to Phil.

"What happened? Did she say something?" Rachel asked.

"She mentioned you and mom and Eddie"

"Okay, what did she say?"

Phil looked at the floor again.

"Phil, mate, we can't help you if you don't tell us" Eddie added.

"She called you a whore" he said, looking up at Rachel.

"She said what?" Eddie asked, his temper flaring.

"Eddie, it's okay" she said softly.

"No, it's not; she has no right"

"I'm sorry Rache, I didn't mean for this to happen…"

"I know; why don't you stay here while I go and sort it out and then we'll talk, eh?"

Phil nodded and sat on the sofa as Rachel and Eddie left the office; they headed to the cooler where Michaela was sat chewing on her gum, her arms crossed against her chest.

"Right, let's start again shall we? Who started it?" Rachel asked, sternly.

"Phil"

"See, that's the thing; we don't believe you. In fact, you started it with a comment you made about Miss Mason" Eddie said, putting his hands on the table and leaning in.

"What comment would that be?"

"You know full well what we're talking about"

"Well…it's not exactly a lie, is it?"

"Excuse me?" Rachel asked, setting next to Eddie.

"Given your past, I mean"

"I suggest you stop right there; stay here and do not move" Eddie told her before he and Rachel left the cooler and headed back towards the office.

"She's wrong you know? You're not that person anymore"

"But I'm always going to be define by my past, aren't I?" she commented before heading back to the office.

She shut the door and the hatch on the window before sitting next to Phil as he looked up at her.

"Start talking"

"I'm sorry"

"Why did you do it Phil?"

"I thought that if I caused enough trouble, you'd get sick of me and have to phone my mom…"

"Oh Phil"

"Sorry Rache"

"No matter how hard you try and make things, I'm never going to get sick of you; your mom might not care but I do, okay?"

"But why?"

"You're my nephew, and you don't deserve half of what your mom has put you through"

"So why did she do it?"

"I don't know and we probably never will do but this can't carry on Phil; and I'm talking as your headteacher here as well"

"I know; I'll try…"

"Good; go on, go and finish your break"

Phil nodded before leaving the office; Rachel sat back in her chair and shut her eyes as she leant her head back to be met by two strong hands on her shoulders, gently massaging them.

"You need to relax; how about I cook tonight?" he asked.

"You don't need to"

"I want to; you'll only end up getting a takeaway otherwise and you both need a proper meal"

"Okay, that would be great then; thank you. That feels great"

"I wish I could give you more but we're at work"

"I'd settle for a kiss though"

He leant down and placed a gentle kiss to her lips before pulling away as there was a knock at the door.

That afternoon, they headed off in their separate cars before meeting back up at Rachel's; while Phil went up to his room, Rachel quickly got changed into her jeans and top before joining Eddie in the living room.

"What a day, eh?" he asked as she sat next to him as he wrapped his arm around her shoulder.

"I know; at least we should be grateful it wasn't anywhere near as bad as last term"

"You have to promise me, no more putting yourself in danger Rache; I don't ever want to go through anything like that again"

"I was just doing my job but…I promise; I don't want to risk what we have"

"You sit here and relax while I make a start on dinner, eh?"

"Just…stay here for a bit"

She stared into his eyes as he slowly leant forwards and brushed his lips over her before the kiss intensified; he rested his hand on the back of her neck under her shorter hair as hers reached to touch his stomach under his shirt.

"Rache…we should stop"

"I don't want to" she replied, breathlessly.

"But we should; Phil's upstairs"

"We haven't seen each other in a week though" she said, looking up at him with a slight pout.

"Later, I'll find a way, I promise"

"Stay the night?"

"If you want me to, I will"

"I do"

"I'll get started on dinner"

Later that evening, Phil had retired to bed and Rachel and Eddie were in hers; she went into the en-suite bathroom and turned the shower on before stripping out of her clothes and stepping into the cubicle. Allowing the water to cascade over her, she started to wash away the crappiness of the day. She heard the cubicle door open and shut again before feeling to strong arms wrapped around her waist; she smiled and leaned back into his body.

"Need a hand there Miss Mason?" he whispered sexily in her ear as ran a hand gently down to cup her wet centre.

"What are you doing?" she asked, trying to catch her breath.

"Do you trust me?" he asked, playing with her clit.

"With my life" she moaned.

"You're gonna have to be quiet though" he said, reaching for an item on the side and switching it on.

"Why?"

"Are you going to be quiet?" he asked, pinching her clit.

She moaned.

"It seems that you have been a very naughty girl today; and I haven't been able to stop thinking about you once…and naughty girls need to be punished"

"And how are you going to punish me Mr Lawson?" she smirked as she played along with his game.

"I'm gonna tease you until you can't take it anymore and then make you cum so hard, you'll not be able to move tomorrow" he whispered in her ear.

"Is that a threat?"

"Oh no, it's a promise, but first…do you consent to your punishment?"

"What if I don't?"

He snaked his hand inbetween her slit and thrust two fingers straight in causing her to moan.

"Do you consent?" he asked, pushing his fingers harder and further.

"Yes" she panted.

"Good, now put you hands on the wall and bend over"

She reluctantly did as he said as his fingers were withdrawn, causing her to let out a moan of emptiness.

"And remember, you have to be quiet"

And without any warning, he pushed the item, a vibrator into her centre on full, and caused her to moan louder; she struggled to fight back the sounds as Eddie pumped the vibrator in and out of her until she started to shake. Sensing she was about to come, he pulled it out of her and put it back on the side before turning her round to face him.

"That was just the warm up"

"For what?" she panted.

"This…"

He started at the pulse point in her neck and kissed all down her body until he was kneeling in front of; he tentatively brought out his tongue and licked to an orgasm before plunging himself into her. Twenty minutes later, they collapsed in the bed, panting as Rachel snuggled into him.

"So…are you going to behave from now on?" he teased.

"If that's my punishment, then no" she smirked as she slowly drifted off.