I bring to you the second part of Monday. Comments/Critiques are welcome. Thanks for reading.

Monday Part II

Monday came. It was already time to get back to school. While the weekends proved uneventful, Will managed to catch at least 5 hours sleep. As his alarm clock rang, Will groaned and reached his hands over to turn the alarm off. It was a chilly day in Lima, Will thought as he climbed out of bed. Will walked into the bathroom and took a long look at himself in the mirror.

"You can do this, Will," Will said to himself, "Just get through the day and Glee rehearsal with Rachel. Don't do anything more. Don't do anything less."

As Will got dressed, he kept recalling back to the conversation he had with Jesse St. James at the baby shower. Will did give Jesse his word and he certainly wasn't going to break it, but there was a part of him that kept kicking himself for even agreeing with Jesse, even though Will had already been determined to win Rachel's heart back. Will had hoped that Rachel would make the first move, but then his thoughts came back to the promise he made to Jesse. Will cursed to himself as he walked out of the house and into his car to drive to school.

Rachel stared at her coffee, stirring it constantly with a spoon. Rachel had trouble sleeping again for God knows how many times now. She was already ready to head to her old school to become the drama teacher and co-director of the Glee club. She should be excited. She should already be rushing out the door, but Rachel just sat at the table, staring at her coffee and stirring the already prepared coffee in front of her.

"Okay, babe. I'm gonna head out to Carmel," Jesse called to Rachel. He walked to her and gave her a kiss before asking, "Chinese tonight?"

Rachel looked up at Jesse and gave a nervous smile. She nodded and replied, "Whatever you want."

"Okay, Rach. Good luck with teaching today," Jesse said as he began to walk out the door, but then Jesse stopped. He turned around and Rachel noticed that his face had a concerned look.

Jesse said to Rachel, "Look. I'm sorry I haven't been myself lately, but I want you to know something. I love you" Rachel could feel tears developing in her eye, but she painfully stopped them from flowing. There were just so many conflicting feelings inside Rachel that she didn't know if she could respond to Jesse. She had to say it or Jesse would be very heart-broken.

"I-I love you too," Rachel responded. Jesse smiled and he walked out the door. Rachel continued to sit at the table. She didn't know if that was a lie she just told. Rachel sighed and got up from the table to head to William McKinley High.

"I seriously think high school students get stupider with each passing year," Will thought as his fourth period Spanish class ended. He angrily walked out of the classroom, holding the essays his students just wrote and throwing them into the trashcan. Besides Katie Stone, the captain of the Glee club, everyone else wrote their essays in English and used first grade grammar. Grasping onto his sack lunch, he walked into the teacher lounge. To his surprise, he found Rachel already sitting a table, quietly eating her salad by herself. She had a depressed look on her face. Will didn't want to leave her eating alone, so he approached the table.

"Saving this seat for anybody?" Will asked. Rachel looked up and her face brightened immediately.

"No. Of course not, Will," Rachel replied. Will sat down right next to Rachel. He emptied his sack lunch of his usual lunch.

"Turkey on wheat?" Rachel asked.

"Yeah," Will responded, "You have a great memory."

"Not really, Will. You'd eat that everyday if you had the chance"

Will smiled and said, "That is true" as he took a bite of his sandwich while looking at Rachel. Rachel immediately glanced down to her salad.

"How was your first day of teaching?" Will asked.

Rachel coyly said, "Well. These kids are terrible. They don't even know what Rent is. What is going on with the American education system nowadays? And the government too? What are they doing? First we elect a black president, then a Mexican president. When is this "change" supposedly going to come? Isn't'…" Rachel just kept rambling on and on. Will smirked at the thought of the old Rachel and her random ramblings. He certainly had not seen this side of her in a very long time and he missed it. Rachel suddenly paused.

"Is something wrong?" Will asked, holding his half-eaten sandwich.

"You have some mustard on your chin," Rachel replied, "Let me get it." Rachel let her thumb wipe Will's chin clean of the mess he made. Rachel hesitated after doing so, but then wiped her thumb on a napkin. Will and Rachel then shared uneasy looks with one another.

"Oh, get a room," a voice behind Will said. Will knew it was Sue who said it. Rachel's cheeks suddenly turned bright red as she immediately packed up her lunch into her bag.

"Sorry, Sue. Sorry, Will. I have to get back to fifth period," Rachel said rather quickly. Fifth period was lunch period, though. Will noticed that she seemed to be very flustered about what Sue just commented. Rachel got up to her feet and said to Will, "I guess we'll. I mean, you. I mean, um, see you at Glee practice, Mr. Schuester. I mean, Will" She hurried out of the teacher's lounge. Will couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed for Rachel and himself as well. Why was she so embarrassed? He chucked at himself softly.

"Did you really have to embarrass her like that, Sue?" Will asked, turning his body to Sue.

"Oh, don't give me that bull crap William," Sue replied, "Frankly, it is disgusting seeing a teacher and a former student together. It revolts me more than seeing Glenn Beck talk about politics."

"Sue, nothing is going on between me and Rachel!" Will responded, angrily.

"Whatever you say, William. Keep your voice down. You sound like a hyena. But don't say I didn't warn you if the both of you start making those lovey-dubby eyes with another after performing some 80's corny love song."

"Anything else you want to add, Sue?"

"Yeah, are you breeding squirrels in your hair? Later, sport" Sue walked out of the teacher's lounge.

Will wolfed down the rest of his sandwich and his daily chocolate chip cookie. He scoffed at Sue's accusation, even though he knew it to be true. However, Sue was going to be the last one that's going to find about his feelings for Rachel. He crumpled his sack lunch and threw it in trash. Thank goodness no one was paying attention to what just happened. As Will walked back to his classroom, he reminded himself that Glee rehearsal was in an hour. Yet, Will didn't know if he was excited or scared to have Rachel assist him with the Glee club. Anticipation was written all over HIS face now.

Sue Sylvester walked right back into her office and sat down, grinning at her cunning master plan on how to tear Will Schuester and his precious Glee club apart. Of course, Sue thought to herself. The former prodigy of Will's has returned. And Sue knew that there was some serious tension between the both of them, tension that she could use to her advantage. Sue knew all about Rachel Berry. As a local celebrity, she knew what it was like to have people follow her around. She also knew that with fame came consequences. So with a bit of a research, Sue found out all about Rachel Berry's personal information, especially about her fiancé Jesse St. James. Sue immediately looked to find Jesse's own cell phone number online and dialed it. It wasn't hard. It was on his Facebook page.

"Hello," the other line responded. Sue knew it was Jesse's voice.

"Hey-a, Jesse. Sue Sylvester here from William McKinley High," Sue responded, "I wanted to call you to talk to you about something."

"What is it?" Jesse asked with hesitation.

"Nothing much. Let's cut to the chase here. How much do you REALLY know about Rachel Berry? I have some inside news, you see, about a little something something going on around here"

"Guys," Will announced to the Glee kids, "I would like to introduce you to the co-director of the Glee Club, Ms. Rachel Berry." Only Katie Stone clapped her hands enthusiastically while the other Glee members continued to talk amongst themselves.

Rachel Berry smiled and said to the members, "Thanks. I am very excited to be here. I know that we are going to have a fantastic time together." Even though Rachel was talking to the members, none, except Katie, were listening to what Rachel was saying.

"Hey, guys," Will shouted. All of the talking students stopped speaking immediately. "Give her your attention," Will continued. All eyes were on Rachel.

"Wait a minute," Melanie, the Cheerio, said, "Aren't you Rachel Berry, the Hollywood actress?"

Before Rachel could answer, Katie stood up, smiling and answered, "Yes, she is. She not only is an Academy Award winning actress, but she won a Tony Award for her role in Wicked and going to win her second for West Side Story. I'm sorry Ms. Berry, but I am such a huge fan. I have all your albums"

Rachel smiled back to her admirer and replied, "Thanks. I never knew Mr. Schuester had a student with a passion for the arts." Rachel looked to Will and smiled at him.

"Yeah, I hear about Ms. Berry all the time, Kate," Cory Wall said, "but isn't she supposed to be in rehab? And how do we even know she's good at singing?"

"Are you really that dumb, Cory?" Katie asked, "This is Rachel Berry, winner of the countless amounts of awards for singing" The whole class then broke into a large argument over having a celebrity being the co-director, however, the majority express their disdain of Rachel because of her preference to Broadway musicals and the fact that the magazine tabloids tell bad stories about her. For some reason, being rejected by the majority of the class brought Rachel to the verge of tears.

"Do you mind, Will? I'm just going to head to the bathroom," she informed Will. Will could hear Rachel's voice break as she said it. He nodded to her and she quickly went outside

Will immediately flared up and yelled his class, "Look. This is a horrible attitude you guys are having. Do you know how lucky we are to have a person of Rachel Berry's caliber to help us? God! You guys should know that it was when she was the captain of the Glee club that our Glee club actually accomplished something. Now, Sectionals is in a week. If we don't get to work soon, forget about Glee club lasting another year. Rachel is our best bet to help us win Sectionals. So I want you guys to go home and rethink your attitude a bit. And don't bring this same attitude to rehearsal tomorrow. We're going to go all out for Sectionals tomorrow."

Will could see the guilty looks on all the students' face and he continued, "It really hurts me to see you guys hurt Ms. Berry's feelings like that. Don't do it again. I'll see you tomorrow." With that, Will dismissed the Glee rehearsal on a bad notice.

Will walked into his office to gather his things when he heard a knock on the door. It was Rachel.

"Hey, Will," Rachel said.

"Hey, Rachel. You okay?" Will asked.

"Yeah, I'm all right now. Thanks for what you said about me earlier"

"Oh, it was nothing"

"No, really. I mean it Will. I mean, I've honestly been having a change of mind of sorts. I used to crave the attention of people. I strived for their applauses and their praises. Lately, I've been changing though. I had hoped that coming back to help you teach Glee would help me become a better person. You know, change my ways a bit by learning to care for others first. But if these kids aren't willing to cooperate with me, I don't know…I guess. I honestly don't know what I'm going to do." Will could see Rachel's tears fall down her cheeks. Will never realized that Rachel was trying to change herself. Ever since high school, Rachel would often have the diva persona of the Glee choir, but now she has been showing a change of heart. She was showing compassion and consideration of others. And that attracted Will to her even more.

Will walked up to her and took her hand. He lifted her cheeks and gazed into her puffy red eyes. With his other hand, he wiped away her tears. Calmly, he whispered to her, "Why don't we show the kids tomorrow how great you are? Why you deserve to be the co-director? Let's sing for them tomorrow."

Rachel smiled at Will and chuckled a bit. "That sounds like a plan," Rachel replied, "I don't mind showing off a few notes. Only if you're going to help me"

"Of course I will. What song do you want to sing?" Will asked Rachel while nodding.

Rachel thought for a moment and looked at Will in the eye. Strangely, Will knew what she was thinking at that moment. They walked out to the choir room and Will grabbed a guitar. He played a chord and they began to sing.

Will: My love, there's only you in my life. The only thing that's right.

Rachel: My first love. You're every breath that I take. You're every step I make.

Both: And I (I, I, I, I), I want to share all my love with you.

Will: No one else will do

Rachel: And your eyes

Will: Your eyes, your eyes

Both: They tell how much you care. Oh yes, you will always be my endless love.

During the song, Rachel and Will circled around each other. It was very reminiscent of what happened the first time they sang this song, but only this time, Will was the one chasing Rachel around. This time, the roles were reversed, but Rachel wasn't resisting Will's charms. As Will inched closer and closer to Rachel, he could smell the faint perfume, the same smell in that hotel room five years ago

.

Both: Woah, and love

Will: Oh, love

Both: I'll be that fool for you. I'm sure

Rachel: You know I don't mind

Will: Oh, you know I don't mind.

Both: And yes, you'll be the only one. Ooh, cause' no one can deny this love I have inside and I'll give it all to you. My love (my love, my love). My endless love.

There was nothing in between Rachel and Will now. Singing with Rachel, to Will, completely made him forget all about his promise to Jesse. Singing with Will, to Rachel, was like Rachel seeing him for the first time. Will was standing behind Rachel holding her hand with one of his hands; the other was holding onto her shoulder. She turned to Will, the both of them never breaking from their gaze to one another. He only wished this moment could last forever. Both of their faces were so close that they felt a kiss was imminent. As Will and Rachel inched their faces closer to each other, Will felt the inevitable about to occur. He didn't know why, but he could not bring himself to kiss Rachel. In that split second before their lips met each other, Will began to retreat, but not before seeing the angry face of Jesse St. James in the choir room.

Thanks for reading guys. Hope you like this installment. Stay tune for the next one. It will be a great one, I promise. Have a nice week.

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