Thank you for reading my story. This is for my fellow readers and everyone who had just now joined in on this rough ride aboard the Will/Rachel express. Yes, this chapter is probably one of the hardest ones I had to write and I had to bite nails to get through it, but it is for the purpose of your entertainment. Hope you guys like where I'm going with this story!

Quiet Reunion

"Hey, it looks like I'm not the first to arrive," Will thought as he pulled into Quinn and Puck's driveway. There were at least ten cars parked. Will got out of his car and walked up to the front doorsteps. Clearing his throat and fidgeting his tie, Will rang the doorbell. The door opened and it was Quinn Fabray, adorning a gorgeous orange dress. Her baby bump was certainly very noticeable.

"Mr. Schuester!" Quinn exclaimed giving Will a hug. The exclamation and the hug caused Will to chuckle. Will returned her hug with a kiss on her cheek.

"Ha ha. Hey, Quinn. I haven't seen you in such a long time," Will said. Quinn broke away from her hug.

Quinn replied, "Me, neither. You look really handsome today." Quinn let her eyes wander to Will's tie and smirked a little. Will sensed what her mind just picked up and smiled nervously. He quickly handed her the gifts, hoping to distract her thoughts.

"Oh, Mr. Schue. You shouldn't have," Quinn said.

"It must be a case of toilet paper," a voice from behind Quinn remarked. Will looked over Quinn's shoulders and shook his head.

"Oh, hey Sue," Will called out. Sue smirked and walked away.

Quinn said, "I'm sorry Mr. Schue. I had to invite her. I also invited Principal Figgins. Everyone's out in the backyard. You should go. I am sure your old students will be really excited to see you."

"Thanks, Quinn," Will said and walked around towards the back. When he made it there, he couldn't help but notice the figures of Finn, Kurt, Mercedes, Santana, Brittany, Tina, Mike, Sam, and Artie. A big smile emerged from Will's face.

"Hey guys!" Will called out. Everyone looked at Will.

A silence.

A gasp.

"MR. SCHUE!" They all screamed, rushing to him and giving him a big group hug.

Will sincerely have missed all of them. It was a nice little reunion. Will spent the next hour talking to them and finding out how awesome their lives have turned out to be. It seems as if they've all been doing fantabulously (Kurt's own words). Will felt proud of their accomplishments. They were certainly living a better than life than Will. They are able to find their passions in their life and pursue it relentlessly. In fact, they had not any major regrets in their life. Will sometimes wish he could turn back time. Maybe if that were to happen, he wouldn't make the mistake of marrying Terri or having a fling with Emma or denying his opportunity of love inside that hotel room five years ago.

As Will continued talking to his students, his eyes kept wandering around, searching for Rachel. A tap on his shoulder made Will jump just a little as he was talking to Finn, Puck, and Artie. Hoping that it was Rachel, Will turned around. To his surprise it was not Rachel, but Principal Figgins.

"William, how have you been doing?" Figgins asked shaking Will's hand.

"Great since I've met you yesterday. How are you?" Will asked back.

"Fantastic. You know, I wanted to talk to you about something"

Will had already anticipated what Figgins wanted to talk to Will about, but Will muttered out, "Go ahead."

"You know I've noticed lately that the Glee club has been on the decline ever since you and your club took Nationals five years ago"

Will nodded to agree with Figgin's information. He knew that he had been losing his mojo ever since pushing Rachel out of his life. He didn't want to blame the problem entirely on that, but he knew it to be true.

Figgins continued, "Now I know how much stress you must be under. I mean, not yet 40 and you're already growing a lot of gray hair."

Will let his hands touch his hair and thought, "Why do people keep noticing my graying hair?"

Figgins said, "I have a solution to this matter."

Will thought, "Uh-oh. He's probably going to disband Glee." Will noticed that Figgins is giving him a look that looks like some bad news.

"Look, William. I love the Glee club. I love that you guys have made a name out of yourselves even when it seems like the whole school was against you, but you guys haven't been making much progress for five years now. And I love progress more because progress brings in the money. I don't want to have to cut Glee club. So here's what I propose. Coach Sylvester also provided some inputs for me and I have agreed"

"Sue's inputs?" Will thought, "This cannot be good."

"Due to current predicaments that the Glee club is finding themselves in," Figgins started, "I have no choice but to assign an assistant for you. Someone who will act as an assistant director for the Glee club."

"It's not Sue again, is it?" Will asked Figgins. Will knew the fiasco of what happened when Sue was co-director with Will. It nearly tore the club apart.

"No, William. Don't worry. I know what happened last time Sue was co-director. It won't happen again"

Will stood there looking more confused than ever. "Then who is it?" Will asked.

"Me," a soft, feminine voice from behind Will said.

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Will turned around to look at the person who had spoken. He couldn't recognize the person at first. The woman was wearing a lavender dress with a white leather belt and matching heels. Who is this woman, Will thought, but he noticed something that stood out. Will noticed a golden star necklace.

"It can't be," Will thought.

He managed to say, "Rachel?" Rachel Berry nodded her head and smiled. She said, "Will" and ran into Will's arms to give him a hug. This was Rachel Berry, no doubt about it. Rachel looked more gorgeous than when Will last saw her in that tabloid magazine about her engagement. He could not believe his eyes that it was Rachel.

"You can let go now, Will," Rachel told him. Will released his grasp and stood there in amazement.

Figgins then said, "Well, I'm going to let you two get re-acquainted again. See you on Monday for work." With that, Figgins walked away.

"Work?" Will asked Rachel.

Rachel giggled and answered, "Yeah, I'm taking a break from my Broadway career. I figured I would come back here and work as the drama teacher. What better place to do it than my old high school?"

"Yeah," Will replied, "no better place to go to."

Both Will and Rachel stood there with an awkward smile on their faces. Will was looking at her outfit, sensing that Rachel was letting her eyes run over Will's. Her eyes stopped at Will's tie and she gave a quiet squeak after seeing it.

"So how are you…" both of them said at the same time. They stopped and exchanged nervous glances with one another.

"No, you first," Rachel told Will.

"I think I was going to say how have you been doing? Are you up to anything?" Will asked her.

"I'm doing fantastic Will. Thanks for asking. Um, I'm currently on hiatus from Broadway as you have heard. I'm expected to head back there in a year or so."

"That's good to hear. No, I haven't heard about your break from Broadway"

Several awkward seconds went by before Rachel asked, "And you? How have you been, Will?"

"Oh you know. The usual. I'm still a middle-aged Spanish teacher and the Glee coach. I'm really happy to continue to work with Glee."

"Have you been seeing anyone?"

More awkward silence and awkward glances. Rachel sensed the tension between the both of them when she finished asking the question. She knew it was a stupid question to ask him in the first place.

Will chucked softly and replied, "Well, I had the occasional here and there, but nothing too serious. I've been single for almost a year now." Rachel breathed a sigh of relief. Will saw that she did and Rachel noticed that Will was noticing that she was relieved.

"Oh my God! Oh my God! Oh my God! Why did I do that?" Rachel was thinking inside her mind. For some reasons during this nervous exchange, their eyes met each other. The both of them gazed into each other's eyes. It was definitely one of the strangest moments that both of them have ever been in. Yet, they could not break away. Rachel certainly broke the tension in the past, but this time it was Will who broke the silence.

"How's Jesse?" Will asked.

"Oh, he's great. You heard that we are engaged?" Rachel replied.

Will nodded and asked, "What's he going to do while you're teaching at McKinley High?"

"Oh, I guess you didn't hear. One of the reasons I came back was because Jesse accepted a job at Carmel High to be the director of Vocal Adrenaline"

"Hope you're not too worried Will," a voice behind Will said. Will glanced behind and found himself looking at Jesse St. James, Rachel's fiancé. Jesse walked up to Rachel and gave her a kiss. He then wrapped his arms around Rachel and looked up at Will with a glare. Will felt uneasy, but then Jesse busted out laughing.

"I'm just joking Will," Jesse laughed. Jesse let one of his hand give Will a handshake while the other one was still wrapped around Rachel.

"Wow, Jesse. I didn't know you turned out to be a great actor. You really had me going there," Will informed Jesse.

"Hey, babe," Jesse said, looking at Rachel, "do you mind getting me some punch? I'm kind of thirsty." Rachel nodded and went to the drink station.

"This isn't good," Will thought.

"Okay, here's the thing Schuester," Jesse started, "I know what you are capable of. I know that in the past, my fiancé had a thing for you, but you were an idiot to give her up during Nationals."

"Look, Jesse-" Will started, but Jesse held his hand up.

"Let me finish, Schuester" Will nodded and Jesse continued, "You've lost your chance Will. Rachel Berry is now my woman. Now, I've come back to this state in order to help Vocal Adrenaline rebuild again. I know that Rachel has accepted the job here at your school and as an assistant director for the school's Glee club. So here's what's going to happen. I want you to give me your word. You will not. I repeat, you will do anything with her. Or so help me God, I will bust open your skull"

"What are you talking about Jesse?"

"You know what I'm talking about Will. You don't think I notice that you and her having goo-goo eyes with one another." Will wanted to stammer out something, but he knew what Jesse said to be true.

Will sighed and nodded his head. He held out his hand and said, "Ok, Jesse. I give you my word. I will not steal her away from you." Jesse nodded and shook Will's hand again.

"Good luck at Regionals. May the best man win," Jesse said.

"But we haven't won Sectionals yet," Will informed Jesse.

Jesse shook his head and replied, "You have Rachel helping your Glee club. I'm pretty sure you'll pass Sectionals. But don't think I'm holding back on my fiancé if we meet each other at Regionals." Rachel had finally come back with the drinks. Jesse gave her a smooch and walked away, not before giving Will another glaring look.

"I'm sorry Will. I hope he didn't…" Rachel managed to say to Will before stopping.

"Don't worry about. He was just giving me some trash talk, especially come time to Regionals," Will told Rachel, never breaking eye contact with her. Rachel immediately looked down to her feet.

Rachel kept looking at her feet. Ever since she was a little girl, whenever she felt nervous, Rachel Berry would always look at her feet. She couldn't really explain it. It wasn't as if her feet were attractive or anything, but whenever she felt nervous or troubled, there was comfort to be found while looking at them. She was a weird person after all.

"You know, Rachel," Will started, "I'm actually looking forward to working with you. These kids that I am teaching right now have so much potential. I don't know if I could've done this alone, but I am glad that you are going to be there. I'm sure with your help, we can make these kids awesome in time for Sectionals in two weeks" Rachel nodded at Will's statement. Rachel reached out her hand to let Will give her a handshake. Will clasped her hands and gave her a firm grip. Rachel winced at the pressure of Will's hand, but she managed to shake up. She quickly drew her hand back.

Will continued, "I don't want things to be awkward between us."

Rachel replied, "Why would you think that?"

"Because of what happened five years ago"

Rachel smiled nervously and said, "I was a kid back then. I didn't know what I was doing in that hotel room Will. You were just a crush. Don't think too much of it, Will"

"I wasn't. I was just making sure things wouldn't be so awkward between us. Thank goodness you got over me though" Both Will and Rachel forced themselves to chuckle at this statement.

Though it was tearing him inside, Will nodded his head and said goodbye to Rachel. "See you on Monday," Will said as he gave Rachel a good-bye hug. Both of them walked away from each other, crying on the inside for lying about their feelings toward each other.

As night rolled in, both Will and Rachel laid in their beds, replaying their reunion over and over again. They both knew it was going to be another sleepless night and they both knew that Monday was going to be a very, very long day.

"It can't come soon enough," both of them thought to themselves.

Thank you for reading. Please stay tune for the next installment. And as always, stay beautiful! And please comment! I get a lot of motivation with your comments. In fact, if I receive at least eight or more comments, I will add two to three more chapters to this story by next week. That's how much your comments mean to me. Peace out!