Chapter 9: Locked In

The sunlight pouring through the window had woken him up from a slumber that left the unceasing thought best sleep everrunning fluently through his mind.

"Blaine! Blaine!" The sound of Adaline's voice madly shouting his name made him sit up in a panic. He had too-no needed to hide.

"Blaine I need someone to go shopping with!" Adaline said in an unusual high-pitched singsong voice. Blaine darted his eyes around the room in a panic and knew that the only plausible place to hide was the bathroom.

He jumped off the bed and darted towards the door, madly turning the doorknob as it finally gave way to him as he slipped into the bathroom. He shut his eyes as his back rested firmly on the back of the door.

"Blaine?"

The sound of her voice made his eyes pop open. There standing just a few feet away from him was Rachel Berry with a towel wrapped around her head with a matching black underwear and bra.

Crap. Was the only thing he could think of at the moment. "uhhh...sorry Rachel I-uh…" it was difficult to form a coherent sentence when she was standing there with only her undergarments on. He tried hard not to stare at her so he cleared his throat and looked down at his feet. "I-uhm didn't know that anyone was in here a-and I was hiding from Adaline, because she might've dragged me into one of her never ending shopping sprees."

Rachel laughed and said, "It's fine but I'm sure she's gone now."

"Right…right. So I'll just...uhm go now." Blaine turned around quickly and started to turn the doorknob. It didn't turn so he started to twist it angrily. "Uh Rachel...I think we may have a problem...the doorknobs jammed."

"What!" Rachel walked over to the door and pushed him out of the way as she started to twist the doorknob madly. After more tireless twists she gave up with a huff. She then started to bang on the door with her fist "hello! Help! Help!" Rachel turned to look at Blaine "Well help!" and continued to bang on the door.

Blaine came up behind her and started to hit the door with his hand but he found it was a little difficult to concentrate, considering that she was standing in front of him with only her undergarments and if he got any closer half of his chest would he flush against her back.

Rachel gave up after more countless shouts. "Do you know if anyone's home?"

Blaine cursed quietly and said, "no everyone went out grocery shopping for dinner tonight and Adaline just left"

Rachel sighed and started to pace back in forth with the look of thought etched upon her face. She stopped her increasingly rapid pace as she opened one of the cabinets below the sink, and started rummaging through it.

"What are you looking for?" Blaine asked curiously trying to peer over her shoulder.

"Something I could wear to cover up a bit, it's kind of cold when you're only wearing undergarments" She gave a soft laugh as she continued to look through the cabinet.

Blaine took a moment to think of something he may have kept in here from the past. "I might have kept some extra clothes in here." Blaine walked towards the closet door and disappeared inside. He soon came out with one of his Dalton Academy shirts that was just a bit big on him. "All I could find was a shirt, I hope it's okay." and he handed the shirt to Rachel who had ended her search as soon as he said "I might have."

She happily took it and removed the towel on her head as she quickly slipped the shirt on. She twirled around in a circle and asked, "How do I look?" then turned towards the mirror to take in her appearance.

Blaine was taken aback by her question as he noticed that she had no makeup on, her hair was damp and his grey Dalton Academy shirt fit perfectly. She looked beautiful. "Perfect" he breathed out quietly. "What?" she asked as she turned away from the mirror to look at him.

"Oh there's a-uhm just a piece of thread on your shoulder." Blaine replied lamely. He then walked over to her and pretended to pluck a piece of thread on her shoulder. "Thanks" Rachel said, looking grateful at him.

"No problem." And he turned away and walked into the closet, coming out with a couple of towels in his hand. He started to unfold a couple of them as he laid them on the floor.

"What are you doing?" Rachel asked as she turned to his direction while brushing her hair.

"Well since were going to be in here for quite some time I'm just going to lounge here on the floor." Blaine finished laying the towels neatly on the ground and lay on it, using one of the folded towels as a pillow.

"Well if you don't mind I'm just going to mess around with my hair with all the time that we have." Rachel said as she opened one of the drawers and pulled out a hair curler that she had brought with her earlier and plugged it into the outlet.

Blaine couldn't help but admire the way she fit into his shirt. The way it hugged her curves in all the right places and stopping near her mid thigh.

He couldn't help but smile at the thought that if they were together she would probably steal all of his shirts. Not that he would mind of course but- he quickly shook the absurd idea out of his head.

"What are you staring at?" Rachel asked breaking through his thoughts as she turned her head slightly to look at him.

Just enjoying the viewhe thought. "Nothing."

Rachel smiled at herself in the mirror as she let go of the last curl. She started to twirl a piece of her hair between her fingers and as she continued to look into the mirror. She couldn't help but take delight in the fact that she was wearing one of Blaine's shirts.

Finn never let her wear any of his shirts because he was afraid his clothes might swallow her up, which it slightly did when she finally convinced him to let her try on one of his shirts. But Blaine's shirt was perfect. Stopping at the right length and hugging the curves she thought she never had.

"So Blaine what do you-" she stopped talking as she realized that the boy had fallen asleep.

She smiled and walked towards Blaine as she kneeled on the ground next to him. Rachel grabbed one of the towels and draped it over him to act as a replacement for a blanket. She then grabbed the folded towel next to his head and placed it next to him as she lay down next to him, not caring that the curls she had just finished would become distorted.

She took in his features as he slept quietly. His hair was free of gel as she ran her fingers through it slowly and the look of peace was drawn on his face. She traced the contours of his shoulder and started to draw little shapes on it as she dreamily thought of how he held her last night. She never felt so safe in someone's arms, not even Finn's.

Rachel stopped abruptly. She knew this type of feeling. The one that made your heart want to jump out of your chest with the butterflies that never seemed to stop fluttering. She was falling for her gay best friend all over again.

Rachel finally understood why her heartbeat started racing whenever he was near, why the butterflies in her stomach never seemed to cease and the electricity she felt whenever they touched and so many other things that made her want to love him more.

But the memories of their first kiss in her basement kept her from enjoying the realization of falling in love.

The memories only seemed to bring back pain and sadness as she tried to get over him after making him "100% gay".

Rachel could still recall the long process it took to forget about him and the quote "time heals all wounds" seemed to describe her situation perfectly. That was short lived as the news of Blaine and Kurt dating made it's way to her, causing the wounds to open up all over again.

She knew all to well what was going to happen next if she continued to allow herself to fall for him, but Rachel was sure that this time it would hurt her more than the first time.

She couldn't help but smirk at the thought of her life being so complicated since she had only been in New York for two days.

But two things she knew at that moment was that she falling for Blaine Anderson and as she looked down at her attire she knew that she was definitely keeping the shirt.

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