There was a knock on the door.
"Rachel, honey, are you awake? I made you some breakfast."
"Yes, I'm awake." she said.
The door opened and Will came in with a big stack on pancakes. Her eyes widened and her mouth watered.
He set the plate down in her lap and gave her utensils.
"Are you hungry?" he asked concerned.
She eyed the pancakes hungrily. "Will, i haven't eaten in practically two days! Of course, I'm hungry!"
She grabbed her knife and fork and began attacking the pancakes.
He smiled and sat down at the foot of the bed, watching her eat.
When she showed up in the dead of the night, his heart felt heavy, because he thought he'd never see her again. Those dreadful two days without her were torture.
In fact, after she passed out, he made sure to alert EVERYONE in Lima. Most of them rejoiced and all the news stations decided not to make a big deal unless she wanted to make a statement.
When she was finished, she wiped her mouth with her napkin and burped. He chuckled.
"You're going back to school tomorrow. Figgins is starting to think that I'm keeping you home on purpose."
Her eyes widened. 'But it's all Jesse's fault! He's put me through all this!"
He nodded. "We understand, but you've missed far too much school already and you can't fall behind. Plus, you can't keep running and hiding from him forever, nor can you stay home because he's giving you bad vibes."
She bit her lip. "All right, I suppose you're right."
He frowned. "I hope you don't mind me asking, but what happened after he kidnapped you two days ago?"
She closed her eyes and turned away. "I wish I could forget, but I can't. That experience was FAR worse that what he did on prom night."
He took her hand. "You have to talk about these things, sweetheart. Keeping your memories bottles up isn't healthy."
She nodded. "After he kidnapped me, he took me to some abandoned warehouse deep in the woods in Kenton. He tried to force me to have sex, but I refused so he beat me until I was unconcious. I was out for two days and when I came to, I heard him talking on the phone with someone and he gave them the address. When he saw that I came to, he offered me a safe return if I have sex with him just once, but after I did, I'd automatically become his property."
She covered his hand with hers. "He left for the night, and then I called you."
He it his lip. "But how did you escape?"
"After I hung up with you, I spent the night searching around the warehouse looking for anything that would help me escape. I found a window I could climb through and a wooden plank. And remember that gun he held to my head when he was trying to force me into his car?"
He nodded.
"Well I grabbed his backpack and it turns out he forgot to take it with him when he left. So when I heard him coming, I hid. When he came close to my hiding place, I snuck up behind him and bashed him with the wooden plank and ran to the window, but it turns out he was faking being hurt so when he reached out to grab me, I shot him in the shoulder and climbed out the window and started running."
"How could you see?"
She paused. "I don't know, it was super dark, but the only thought in my mind was to run, run, run! Suddenly I saw lights so I ran toward the lights and it led to a road and the lights were from a car coming by so I flagged him down and practically BEGGED the driver to get me home! And then the next thing you know...I was home...with you."
He pulled her into a tight embrace.
"I'm NEVER letting you go again, sweetheart. I let him take you once, that's NOT happening again, I promise."
She sighed. "Don't make promises you can't keep."
He kissed her on the head.
The next day at school, everyone warmly welcomed her back. Her teachers took pity on her and did everything they could to help her catch up. Good thing she was a fast learner!
During Glee, Will took pity on her and let everyone skip the lesson so they could welcome her back.
Suddenly, Principal Figgins poked his head through the door.
"William, I would like to speak to you, please."
Will followed him outside the classroom.
"I have some bad news about one of your club members, Jesse St. James." Figgins said.
Will faked concern. "What happened?"
Principal Figgins frowned. "Well according to what he told me, he went hunting yesterday with some friends and one of them accidentally shot him in the shoulder. he's going into surgery today to get the bullet removed and won't be in school for a few weeks."
Will nodded. "Okay, thank you for letting me know. I guess we'll have to work without him and have him catch up when he gets back."
"How is Miss Berry doing?" Figgins asked.
"She's doing quite well, still a bit shaken up though."
Figgins nodded. "I understand, being kidnapped for three days! Have they found her kidnapper?"
Will looked confused and then he remembered that Figgins never knew that it was Jesse who kidnapped her.
"No, they haven't."
Figgins frowned. "Well I'm sure they will soon. Have a nice day, William."
He turned and left.
Will went back inside the classroom and saw everyone practicing the assignment. He saw Rachel sitting in her seat worriedly.
"Rachel, can I talk to you for a second?"
She got up from her seat and followed him to the other side of the room.
"What did Principal Figgins want?"
"Well it turns out that yesterday jesse told him that he went hunting with some friends and he accidentally got shot in the shoulder."
Rachel blushed. "That was me."
He nodded. "He's going into surgery today to get the bullet removed and he won't be in school for a few weeks."
Her face brightened. "Hallelujah! He's gone!"
Suddenly she lowered her voice. "Will, are we safe? I still can't sleep at night knowing that he could come back to get us!"
He smiled and shook his head. "Yes, honey. We're safe...for now."
And that's the end of the chapter! This pretty much takes care of ONE happy ending (getting rid of Jesse) but there's ONE more problem that they have to face that's pretty much the base of this story. Jesse was just a minor conflict but hopefully the next few chapters will lead up to the NEXT happy ending. Ciao for now, amigos!