It was the longest moment of her life. He was frozen. After her confession, all he could do was stare at her in the most awkward silence to ever exist. She didn't know what to do; she had done everything that was in her hands, she had explained her part of the story, every reason why she had been acting weird with him, all she was able to do now is to wait for him to react, in whatever way.
"I…uh… uhm…" he struggle with his words a little more with an awestruck expression and then cleared his throat, took a deep breath and started again, "I really thought you hated me, like 'this stupid boy who crossed in my way and came in between my family' kind of way. I've never imagined this. And now I realized that I overreacted a little about the dinner. I'm sorry about that. Oh my God! I feel so dumb right now"
"It's okay" she said in a low voice without looking at him, playing with the hem of her summer dress and trying, and failing, to erase every sign of blush of her face.
"But, anyway, I feel in the obligation to clarify that I have a girlfriend" he said really slowly, like he didn't want her to listen the entire sentence, like he was going to regret saying so. That phrase made her look at him. The most time she stayed in his room, the less prepared she was for his words, for this strange scene they were living. This morning, and to be true, this week hasn't occurred remotely close as how she had planned them.
If she thought about the idea of Blaine having a girlfriend, it was obvious. He was the living picture of perfection. She had discovered her crush on him two minutes after meeting him; it would've been amazingly weird if it hadn't happened to other people as well. She didn't understand how she hadn't thought about that. Although, to be fair, Rachel was his dinner date last night, and he had dinner with her and their family the previous days; he had only leave the house for classes, or so she assumed, she had her reasons to not notice that he had a girlfriend.
The first thing she thought about was everything she wanted to ask; how was she, what did she looked like, how had she done to meet him before her, how was she so damn lucky, why was she ruining her life. Well, that was a little overdramatic, but so was she. The second thing she thought was a little more alarming, she came with an idea, an idea that came with a smirk she had to hide from Blaine.
It was obvious that he and his girlfriend didn't see each other very often, that part definitely was in her favor, because she was around him all the time, they were living together for God's sake! She had to seduce him. Rachel Berry had never backed down from a challenge and this was not gonna be the exception; this little girlfriend thing was just an obstacle and Blaine was her, and only her, gold price.
"Rachel, you haven't said anything for about ten minutes and I'm freaking out here" Blaine said interrupting her train of thoughts. "Oh God, I hurt you. I didn't mean, I swear. You are a wonderful girl and a beautiful one, but I'm with Michelle. By the way Michelle is my girlfriend, I haven't said that, have I? Don't think that I'm rubbing this in your face, that's not my intention. Jesus Blaine, shut up" she ended shouting into his pillow. He radiated frustration.
He was so cute when he rambled. And he had described her as wonderful and beautiful. This battle suddenly started to look good. She was determined to make all her dreams come true, and her last dream, the one she dreamt the previous night was appealing to no end. This Michelle girl had a new adversary and one of the tough ones.
"Blaine, calm down, my mind was elsewhere for a moment but I'm not offended, I promise. It's just a crush, you're a new person in my life and that's exciting, I don't want you to be awkward around me, forget that I said that so we can start over again and maybe be friends, please?" she asked with a sweet smile and making the biggest effort to be nonchalant about the whole situation.
"Of course we can, nothing would make me happier than that. I like the idea of a fresh start, and maybe this time we can dinner? You're not nervous about me anymore, right?" he tried to joke. He liked Rachel and he didn't want them to be uncomfortable around the other; his ego increased his size a little because she was attracted to him, she was a great girl, it would be a total disrespect not to feel proud about that, but that didn't mean he would act cockily for that reason. He was telling the truth, he wanted to be friends with her.
"No, you should be" she laughed with a mischievous look "I have a counter-offer for you, how about we order pizza and watch some movies? I feel particularly lazy today and we have the house because Shelby and your dad are doing some celebration meeting with some of their colleagues about the engagement and Beth is at some friend's"
"Oh! You mean with pajamas and popcorn and Disney movies? Because I have a wonderful collection if you let me say it" he grinned looking considerably relieved at Rachel's reaction.
"Yes, that's exactly what I mean" she smiled, "well, then I'll go put on my pajama and how about we meet in the living room in 15 minutes?"
"It's a deal Miss Berry; I'll bring the pillows and the blankets. But, first, I have to ask, what happened with your forehead?" he asked curiously.
"I fell of my bed this morning, that's how I woke up" she muttered with a furious pink coloring her cheeks.
"Hectic dream?" he teased.
"You have no idea"