After School Special
Disclaimer: I do not own Glee, or anything associated the show.
Chapter 3: And, So it Begins
End of OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2010
The Glee kids were still on a slight high after their Invitational. It didn't matter that the other students thought they were a bunch of losers. They knew they were good and that's all that mattered. No one was more elated than Rachel. She was so happy that people were finally recognizing Glee. Teachers aside from Mr. Schue, Miss. Pillsbury, and Sue came; some of her teaches even congratulated her, on how well Invitationals were. She was on her way to her Biology, when a hand came out of the bathroom and pushed her against the wall.
"I missed you, this morning." Quinn said, in between kisses.
"Sorry, I was with my mom this weekend; I got here later than I thought I would."
"It's okay, I'm just upset that I didn't get to do this, this morning," Quinn replied, still assaulting Rachel's mouth with her tongue.
"Clearly, but we both need to go before we are late," Rachel said, sadly.
"I hate that you are right, let's head off to class before I get more distracted,"
Rachel was in an even better mood now than she was before. There was something about the way Quinn kissed her, that always made Rachel feel better. Walking into her Biology class, Rachel gave Mr. Wilde a small hello before sitting in her seat; right as the bell rang.
"Okay, everyone settle down. I am going to pass out the tests you took last week. I am offering an extra credit assignment that I highly suggest most of you take into consideration, in order to bring your average up before grades are due. Anyone who wants to do the extra credit please stay behind after class." Once he was done talking; Mr. Wilde began to hand the tests back.
Rachel was really nervous; she hadn't spent as much time as normal studying for this test. She was too preoccupied with Glee and helping Mr. Schue with Invitationals. As Mr. Wilde came closer to Rachel's desk she began to have a small panic attack. She really hoped that she did well; it would hard to bring up her average up to her standards if she did poorly. Once Mr. Wilde put the paper face down on her desk; Rachel began to have a mini debate with herself over what to do. Seeing the Mr. Wilde was done passing out the tests, and was getting ready to begin class; she quickly turned her paper over and sighed with relief. She had gotten a one hundred and Mr. Wilde even drew a smiley face on her paper. Knowing that her perfect 4.0 average was still secure, Rachel was able to concentrate on class fully. She was dutifully taking notes in her own special Rachel Berry fashion; Quinn once made fun of her, for how organized and meticulous her notes were. Rachel simply replied that it helped her study better; when the bell rang. Rachel was happy she had lunch now and she was starving.
"Miss. Berry, can you stay behind for a minute?" Mr. Wilde asked, catching Rachel by surprise.
"Sure, Mr. Wilde; is something wrong," Rachel asked nervously.
"No, not at all Rachel. You just seemed a little upset earlier; when I was handing the tests back," Mr. Wilde said calmly.
"Oh, I was just nervous, I didn't spend as much time studying for this test as I normally do. I wasn't sure on how I did."
"Oh, well okay then; that's it, you are free to go to lunch."
Rachel adjusted her bag on her shoulder, and started to walk towards the door; before Mr. Wilde caught her attention again.
"Rachel," he called out. Rachel turned around to face her teacher. "I saw you at New Direction's Invitational; you were all amazing," he smiled.
"Thank you Mr. Wilde, that means a lot," she said. She turned around quickly, before she left the classroom, "See you tomorrow, Mr. Wilde," Rachel smiled and waved as she left to meet Quinn for lunch.
Rachel finally made it too lunch; after stopping at her locker. Once she got to the café, Rachel looked for the table with her girlfriend and their two Cheerios friends. Sitting down at the table Rachel began to unpack her lunch.
"Hey Ray," Quinn gave her a light kiss. "What took you so long to get here; normally you are the first one at the table,"
"Nothing Mr. Wilde handed back the tests we took last week, and I was nervous that I didn't do well, because I was so focused on Glee. He just wanted to make sure I was okay I guess." Rachel said, as she began to eat her pasta.
"Okay, new topic," Brittany squealed. "San and I were thinking that we should do a double date this weekend. We haven't had one since the summer."
"That sounds like fun actually; Ray and I haven't been on a date in awhile because of Invitationals. Quinn smiled, taking Rachel's hand
"Yea, I'm all for it as long as it's a Friday or Saturday night," Rachel replied.
The girls decided that the best night for the date would be Friday. That Thursday, they got together after to Glee to set up plans for the next night. Santana said that they definitely needed to do dinner; her grandparents were in town, and that meant talk about babies, boys, and weddings. Her parents knew that she was a lesbian and they loved Brittany, but her grandparents refuse to accept that fact.
"So dinner is must," Rachel said, and began to write in a notebook.
Santana looked at her strangely, "What are you doing?"
"She is writing down our ideas, don't ask," Quinn answered.
"Well my mom is going out with her girlfriend. We can get alcohol and just hang out. Brittany said.
The girls all nodded in agreement and then got to their cars and headed home.
On Friday night they all met up at Brittany's house; so they didn't have to leave their bags in their cars. Once they were seated at the restaurant, Brittany started the conversation.
"I think the four of us should have sex together," she blurted
"Um, B what are you talking about," Santana questioned.
"I just think it would be fun. I mean we are all dancers, so we are all pretty bendy, just think of all the stuff we could do," Brittany said
Meanwhile, Quinn was helping Rachel dry off her dress from the water she spilt on it. "Do you mind if I tell them," the blonde whispered. Rachel simply shook her head no.
"Britt, I'm gonna go with San on this one. Rachel and I haven't even had sex yet." Quinn said calmly, so as not to upset her bubbly friend.
"Oh well Boo to that," She said sadly. Than before anybody could change the subject she bounced in with another suggestion. "Why don't you two have sex tonight at my house, than me and S can join in."
"Um, Britt I am still a virgin, I don't want my first time to be with an audience," Rachel reasoned.
After the sex talk and dinner was done the girls were back at Brittany's house. Luckily Brittany forgot all about the impromptu foursome, and was now snuggled up with Santana, half asleep.
"So what do you know about Sue's girlfriend Berry," Santana whispered
"She is an anesthesiologist at the hospital where my dad works. I don't know all that much, accept she is supposed to be really nice and down to earth." Rachel said. She finished her drink and brought the mug to the sink. "Normally, I wouldn't associate Sue Sylvester with a nice easy going person, but I think we can all agree Sue Sylvester Cheerio coach, and Sue Sylvester the mom are two different people," Rachel finished, with a big yawn; she had been helping Mr. Schue everyday with preparations for Sectionals, and the extra work was finally catching up with her "I'm gonna head upstairs are you guys staying or coming."
Quinn got up and followed her girlfriend up to Brittany's room, and Santana picked up Brittany up and carried her to her bedroom.
The next week, on Thursday during homeroom; Figgins came over the PA system and announced, that they would have a shorten schedule today due to report cards were being handed out and their parents were coming in to talk to the teachers. The only good thing that came out of Parent Teacher conferences was the shortened day; on the day of the meetings, and the day off afterwards. Rachel never minded the meetings she was always a good student so really there was nothing to report on; accept when her teachers would tell her dads that she talked to much during class, but that was who Rachel was and she was not going to change it. Quinn for the first time in her life was not scared of the meetings, her mom was easier to please than her dad, especially after he moved out; she understood, that Quinn's grades did not need to be perfect as long as they were good. Surprisingly, Santana was a good student, and respected her teachers, so her parents would be receiving a good report. And Brittany, well most of the teachers were afraid of Sue, so really the worst Brittany would be getting is that she talks to her friends to much. Her grades were just passable thanks to the help of Santana, Quinn, and Rachel so that was not an issue this year, like it was last year.
Later that night, parents could be seen walking around McKinley High School. Most of the parents were catching up with others that they haven't seen in awhile and gossiping about the latest scandal to hit Lima. In the Glee parent meeting Mr. Schue just talked about what they would be doing this year, and how they have improved from last year. He played the parents some recordings of the kids singing, and watched their reactions. For a lot of them this was the first time they heard their kids singing. He also took the opportunity to talk to the parents about their kids' Spanish grades; saying that it would save them time later on in the night.
Elias and Jackson made their way around Rachel's classes. Practically all of her teachers said the same thing. She is a great student; her answers and ideas are very original and well thought out, but she talks a lot in class. When they talked to Mr. Schue; about Glee, he mainly talked about the extra work that she was doing for him and how she was not just a great singer, but also had a real understanding and appreciation for music as a whole. He also talked about her Spanish work. Mr. Schue discovered, that Elias's family was originally from Spain and spoke fluent Spanish and in turn taught Rachel, and that was why she was in an advance Spanish class. The only class where things were different was Biology with Mr. Wilde. Sure he said the Rachel was a great student and a pleasure to have, but he also said he was concerned about her.
"Oh, no it has nothing to do with her grades," Chris Wilde said. "It is just she seems tired and down in class, like something is wrong."
"Well there is nothing going on that we know of that would be bother Rachel and no one else has mentioned anything of the sort," Elias answered.
Jackson continued, "This is the happiest we have ever seen our daughter. She finally has friends her own age who understand her and accept her for who she is. I really don't know what the problem could be. I mean we will talk to her of course but, I really can't think of anything that would make her upset."
"It was just an observation, I'm sure if it was something serious, someone else would have brought it up. It was nice to meet the two of you," Christopher finished.
That night when Jackson and Elias came home, they asked Rachel what Mr. Wilde was talking about, but she said she had no idea and that maybe she just wasn't participating as much; other than that she couldn't think of any reason why her teacher would say she is acting differently.
In school on Monday, Mr. Wilde asked Rachel to stay behind again.
"Is something wrong Mr. Wilde?"
"No, not at all Rachel, I was just filing some papers and I noticed that your grades and written assignments are done at a much higher level than your classmates." As he was talking this he loosened his tie a little and rolled up the sleeves of his shirt to reveal his toned arms; he continued "I cover the same topics in your honors class that I do in my AP classes. I was wondering if you would like to transfer over to the AP class; you could still stay in your class time, your assignments would just be different and at a higher level as would your tests. I could give you a package of notes, so that you will have the same information as my AP students" Mr. Wilde explained as he handed Rachel and information package.
Rachel quickly looked through the papers before addressing her teacher, "I would need to talk to my fathers. Is it okay if I give you an answer by the end of the week," she asked.
"Of course, I don't want you to jump into this without talking it over. Just keep in mind that it wouldn't be much extra work on your part, your work is better than most of my AP students. I would just need to see you once a week to make sure that you are clear and up to date on all of the work; all the information is in the package I gave you. Just think about it and let me know," he smiled. He watched Rachel walk down the hallway and turn into the choir room; he smiled and thought it was nice to have good kids in the school.
Rachel did take on the AP Biology class, and was happy that it didn't really conflict with her schedule she had been in the class for two weeks. It was now a week before Thanksgiving. Rachel started to notice that Mr. Wilde was paying more attention to her. It wasn't anything bad just different. Instead of seeing her once a week, he changes it to two times a week; because it would be less for him to read at time, and he would be able to get feedback to Rachel quicker. He also talked to her more after class too; sometimes about class and sometimes about things like Glee and what she wanted to do after high school. In never really concerned Rachel; it was just like she was spending the extra time with Mr. Schue, except she wasn't being graded on it. It was unusual that he seemed interested in Glee and her life, but she never gave it second thought until that Friday. She was on her way to lunch after Spanish and was talking to Santana when she saw Mr. Wilde in the language corridor. It confused Rachel because he didn't teach a language, and also she knew he had class right now, because Tina was in it. However, what was most concerning was later in the lunch room when Santana said he was watching Rachel.
All weekend Rachel thought about what happened on Friday. Was it possible that he Mr. Wilde was actually watching her, or was Santana just reading too much into it? She paid extra attention to Mr. Wilde the next week between Monday and Wednesday and nothing strange happened again; so she just thought it was a coincidence that he was in the hallway, and Santana was just being paranoid, when she said he was watching her.
Thanksgiving this year was going to be a big one at the Berry house. Instead of just the Berry's which Rachel had grown use to; Sue, her girlfriend and Brittany were coming as were the Fabray's and the Lopez's; as well as Shelby and Mr. Schue. The day before everyone was coming Rachel was bust cleaning the house, while her dads cooked. Since other people were coming Jackson and Elias were only in charge of the turkey, gravy, and vegan options for Rachel to eat; Santana even promised Rachel that her mom was going to use vegetable stock in the stuffing so Rachel could eat it and on Monday Judy called Rachel to ask her what to use instead of butter for the dishes she was bringing. All in all it was shaping out to be a good holiday. The day it's self actually turned out to be a simple event. They talked about things like school and work. They also talked about what the girls planned to do for college. Surprisingly, they all wanted to head to New York for college; Rachel to Juilliard or Trish for music, Quinn wanted to be a Psychologist, Santana wanted to go into law, and Brittany wanted to get a business degree and open up her own dance school. They spent the whole night talking and getting to know the people they didn't know. After dinner the girls got changed into more comfortable clothing. Later that night while watching a football game all four girls feel asleep. The parents couldn't help themselves and took some pictures of the girls all huddled up together fast asleep. The Berry's told everyone that they would let the girls spend the night, and have Rachel drive them home the next day. After everyone left; Elias and Jackson gently woke the girls up, and ushered them to Rachel's room to sleep for the night.