Thanks for reviews for the last chapter, they meant a lot. It's nice that you're all in support of the Raine.
Anyway, I hope you all enjoy this chapter just as much :D
Rachel got up at 3 o'clock and headed to the kitchen to get a glass of water – she hadn't been able to sleep with all of the buzzing still going on in her head. She took a glass out of the cupboard and turned the tap slowly as to not make too much noise, she didn't want to wake Kurt or Blaine, she couldn't face either of them right now. She needed to think.
As she sipped at her water, she looked around the kitchen and took in everything that she'd missed when she'd first walked in – her mind obviously on something else. Empty bottles and cans covered the floor, and there was sticky liquid in places, she didn't even want to think what that was. Now feeling fully awake, she began to clean up. Pulling out a bin liner, she started picking up the discarded bottles and cans, leaving the sticky patches until last, mopping them up once the floor was cleared of all rubbish. It didn't take her as long as she'd originally thought, and surprisingly the kitchen looked cleaner than it had ever done before. Not wanting to think about what state the lounge was in, she sat down again at the table and rested her head on her hands, but before she was fully relaxed, she heard a noise from the hallway. She sat up straight and waited for someone to make an appearance, not entirely sure who it was that she wanted it to be. She looked up and her eyes met Blaine's as he walked into the kitchen.
"Couldn't sleep?" he asked, walking to get him a glass of water.
"No, I've got too much on my mind," she sighed, there was a short silence as Blaine sat down opposite her.
"We need to talk some more about…" he paused as he noticed the terrified look on Rachel's face, "Don't worry, I left Kurt sleeping peacefully in bed." Rachel hated how he could read her so easily; she paused to consider what he'd told her before sighing quietly.
"Okay," she nodded; Blaine gulped quietly and stared at her.
"So about what happened that night…I err…I don't remember as much as I should, but I was kind of hoping that you could." He stuttered, Rachel stared at him, pretty confused.
"Could you be pregnant?" he whispered, and Rachel smiled at him, shaking her head.
"It's just that, I don't remember using anything…"
"I don't think we did," Rachel confided, "I um…I managed to take the emergency contraceptive pill, I thought it was the best thing to do," The look of relief on his face was priceless; Rachel couldn't help laughing at him.
"It's not funny, you don't understand how worried I've been, I'm not supposed to be having these kind of dilemma's,"
"It's okay," she smiled, before the two of them froze as they heard Kurt moving around in the hallway. There was complete silence for a few minutes, then they heard the toilet flush and some footsteps again, then another silence. They waited another couple of minutes, just to make sure that Kurt had definitely gone back to bed. There was nothing and Blaine thought that it was safe to speak again.
"I know what we did was wrong," he began, "But…but I can't help what I've been feeling. I can't help thinking about that night and how amazing it was."
"Don't!" Rachel whispered, as he reached across the table to clasp her hand inside of his.
"It wasn't just the alcohol that made me do it. If I could, I'd do it again, right now,"
Rachel let out a small smile as she leant across the table to kiss him, she caught him off guard but he soon eased into the kiss. She was so glad that he felt the same as her – yet it was a really bad thing. What they were doing was wrong, really wrong. It meant that they were able to carry on like this, with nothing standing in the way, now matter how bad it was and how guilty they felt about it. Suddenly they heard footsteps in the hallway and Rachel jerked away from Blaine immediately, moving as far away as possible from Blaine, so that Kurt wouldn't suspect a thing. Luckily, when Kurt appeared, he didn't seem to suspect anything, instead he was rubbing his eyes and yawning.
"What the hell are you doing up this early in the morning?" he asked,
"I was just cleaning up," Rachel smiled, "It was a real mess,"
"At 4am? You couldn't have waited until later?" Kurt asked in disbelief, as he slumped down into the chair next to Blaine.
"Well, I couldn't sleep," Rachel explained,
"And what about you, I woke up and you'd disappeared," Kurt asked, turning to face Blaine.
"I heard Rachel in the kitchen, I couldn't get back to sleep," Blaine lied, glancing in Rachel's direction.
"Well, I'm going back to bed, are you coming Blaine?" Blaine blinked and stared at Kurt before nodding and getting up to his feet. Kurt walked towards their room and Blaine waited a couple of minutes before turning back to face Rachel.
"We can't do this Blaine," she whispered, "You will get over this," She turned to walk away and he clasped her hand.
"What if I don't want to?" he asked and Rachel shook her head.
"You have to," she sighed before walking back to her bedroom. Blaine sighed and ran his fingers through his hair and heading back to his bedroom to join Kurt.
As he walked into the room, Kurt was waiting for him in bed, Blaine smiled at him and got in next to him.
"I'm sorry for waking you," he smiled, Kurt shrugged and rested his head on Blaine's shoulder.
"You didn't," he sighed happily, "I woke up and realised that you weren't there, that's when I realised you must've got up for a drink,"
He seemed to be wide-awake now.
"Well, I'm just glad I didn't disturb you," Blaine smiled, switching off the bedside lamp and sliding under the covers. There was silence for a while as they both attempted to get back to sleep. Then Kurt spoke.
"Blaine?"
"Yeah?"
"I can't sleep," he laughed.
"Me neither," Blaine giggled; he could feel Kurt sliding along the bed, closer to him. He turned around to see what he was doing, and when he did Kurt pressed his lips against his. Blaine kissed him with enthusiasm and tried to forget all about Rachel. Even through two sets of closed doors Rachel could hear Kurt and Blaine in their room. She put her head underneath her pillow and sniffed quietly as she tried to stop herself from crying. She tried to drown out the sound and desperately trying with all of his might not to feel jealous and wish that it was her in there with Blaine and not Kurt.
The next morning was extremely awkward for Rachel, they were all in the kitchen making breakfast, Blaine struggling to keep his eyes away from Rachel, who at the same time was trying to avoid his gaze.
"I take it you two didn't go back to sleep last night," she finally said, Kurt giggled and glanced at Blaine.
"Whatever do you mean?" he asked innocently, Rachel rolled her eyes.
"Well, there was enough noise coming from your room, you obviously wasn't sleeping," Kurt giggled and squeezed Blaine's hand.
"No, we couldn't sleep," Blaine smiled, but kept his eyes locked on Rachel as she turned her back on them and opened the fridge in search of milk. She sighed loudly when she couldn't find any.
"We're out of milk, I guess we'll have to take our coffee black this morning,"
"No, it's okay, I'll go and get some," Kurt smiled, getting to his feet; he picked up his keys and kissed Blaine on the cheek before walking out of the apartment. Rachel sighed loudly and sat down opposite Blaine.
"Blaine, we can't go on like, you haven't stopped staring at me all morning, he's going to start suspecting something," she sighed, Blaine nodded and the pair sat in silence for a few minutes. Absently, Blaine reached across the table and clasped Rachel' hand, she glanced down and their hands before pulling away and walking to the other side of the room.
"What we're doing is wrong, Kurt is my best friend, we can't go on hurting him like this," Blaine nodded and stood up and walked over to her, taking her by the hand once more.
"I can't help wanting to be with you," he sighed quietly, staring into her eyes and for the first time Rachel wasn't taken in, she let go of his hands and turned away from him, not wanting him to see her cry, it didn't work. He picked up on it straight away, turning her back around to face him, he pulled her closer to him and she rested her head on his chest.
"It's okay," he told her, gently patting her back, "I understand."
"I just can't do it," she cried, "No matter what we feel for each other – we can't do this to him,"
Blaine rubbed her softly on her back and kissed the top of her head.
"Don't worry, everything will be okay,"
After a few minutes, she stopped crying, but Blaine continued to hold her against him. She slowly pulled away; rubbing her eyes and sniffing quietly and when she looked Blaine was staring into her eyes again. She was almost pulled in – she almost kissed him – but she used all of the willpower that she had left to step away from him.
"I've got to get ready for rehearsals," she told him quietly before walking away, not stopping to look at Blaine – scared that she might go back to him.
