A/N: Chapter 12! I had a bit of writer's block when making this chapter and put in a very interesting twist that I hope works. Anyways, happy reading!
The night had been peaceful with Will and Rachel asleep on the couch with the morning sun beaming through the living room windows. Will woke up first but at 5 o'clock so he rolled back over and fell asleep for another hour. The hour went by slowly with them not making any movement to get up. However, Will's phone alarm had buzzed telling him that it must be 6 o'clock already. He was still too groggy and didn't fully realize where the sound was coming from. He finally figured it was his phone but thinking it was the weekend, turned the alarm off and set it back on the coffee table. With that he looked down to see Rachel still peacefully asleep in his arms and rested his own head comfortably back against the pillows.
About a half an hour later though, Will heard another buzzing noise. As he looked for his phone though he realized that it was not the source of the sound. After listening for a couple of minutes he decided that he couldn't figure where the sound was coming from so he woke Rachel up.
"Rach," he whispered to her while gently stroking her hair out of her face.
"What?" Rachel answered with her eyes closed and still half asleep.
"I hear a noise. I can't tell where it is coming from," Will said to her.
This time Rachel sat all the way up stretching her arms in the process. "What noise? I don't hear anything," she said back. They both listened quietly. It happened again and Rachel jumped up from the couch in a hurry.
"That's the garage door! My dad's must be home! I thought you set the alarm for 6 o'clock?" Rachel asked him while trying not to panic.
"I did but I woke up an hour early thinking it was the weekend and turned it off," Will said looking rather embarrassed. "I'm so stupid," he added. "What should I do?" he asked.
"I don't know. If your car is in the drive way then they know someone is here. Where did you park your car Will?" Rachel asked.
"On the street," he said relived that he had thought to do that last night when he came back from his place. "How do I get out of here though?" he asked.
By now Rachel's dads were in the garage about to come in. They could hear the key trying to unlock the knob.
With Rachel trying to think of some place that Will could hide, the door was slowly starting to open.
"Will, go run in my room and hide!" Rachel whispered. Will had already sprinted away with not even hearing the last part of Rachel's sentence. He got up the stairs just in time as Rachel's dad's walked in with wide smiles on their faces.
"Rachel, honey, we missed you!" they said to her as she walked over to give them a hug.
"I missed you guys as well. How was your trip?" she asked trying to look like she wasn't hiding anything.
"Great. We hate to go away and leave you on such short notice but you know how work can be," her dad Bill joked. "How are you? I hope you weren't lonely without us here," her other dad Michael asked.
"I'm fine daddy. I'm used to being by myself," Rachel said.
"Right. Well you better get ready for school. You don't want to be late!" With that Rachel gave her dad's another hug and rushed upstairs to her bedroom.
"Will!" she whispered as she entered her room. The room was empty. "Where are you?" she asked.
"Down here," Will said as he rolled out from under her bed. Rachel looked down and started laughing. "I can't believe you fit under my bed," she said. "It wasn't easy," Will joked. "So how do I leave without them seeing me?" he asked.
"I don't know. I don't know why I didn't just tell you to go out the front door," Rachel said while scolding herself for making such a stupid mistake.
"It's okay. I just need to get out of here without being seen. School starts in an hour," Will said.
"I know. Wait I think I hear something," Rachel said. "It's my dad's! They are coming up the stairs! You need to hide again," Rachel said in panicked tone.
"Rachel, honey? Are you talking to yourself?" Bill asked her as he stepped into her room.
"Of course not Dad," Rachel said easily pulling off a lie.
"Oh well I heard voices. Your voice and a voice that sounded like a boy's." "You're not hiding a boy up here are you?" Bill asked suspiciously.
"A boy? No that was just my ipod. I was singing along. You know practicing a duet for glee club," Rachel said. She felt terrible for lying but there was no way she could tell him about Will and she was only partially lying since Will was a man.
"Well alright. I'm going to go take a shower. Your father is downstairs making breakfast if you want any," Bill said.
"Thank you," was all Rachel said. She waited till he was fully out of ear shot before signaling to Will that it was okay for him to come out.
There was a pause before Rachel spoke. "The window Will! You can sneak out of my window!" Rachel said excitedly.
"Rach, you have a two story house. How am I supposed to get down?" Will asked confused.
"There is a ledge right next to the tree," Rachel said while pointing to the huge tree outside of her window. "You can use the ledge to climb to the tree then climb down and go out the back gate. Your car would be right across the street," she said.
"Alright. It's worth a shot I guess," Will said. He and Rachel then both walked over to her window and opened it as quickly and quietly as possible. Will started to step out but stopped realizing that he left his bag downstairs.
"Rachel, my bag is on the kitchen table. I need it for school," Will said looking worried.
"No worries. I'll go and get it. I'll just tell my dad that it's mine or a friend left it," she said. "Now you climb down and I'll toss it to you out the window," she said as she was already walking out of the room.
Rachel walked quickly down the stairs and immediately spotted the bag on the counter and her Dad making breakfast with his back turned to her. He turned around just as she was about to grab it.
"Would you like some breakfast sweetie?" Michael asked her. His eyes drifted down to her hands. "What is that you've got?" he added.
"It's just a bag. Finn left it here when he came over last night," Rachel said.
"Finn? You never said that he came over. I thought that we had an agreement that when your daddy and I are away, no boys are allowed over."
"I know. He just came over for a little while. He wanted to practice for glee club," Rachel said knowing that the lie was going to work.
"Oh okay!" her dad said happily. "Finn is such a nice young man," he added with his tone of voice completely changed. Her dads loved when Finn came over to practice a new duet with Rachel.
"So would you like something to eat?"
"No thanks. I have to go get ready for school so I'll just grab something quick on the way out," Rachel said.
"Alright. You better go get ready then," her dad said.
With that Rachel gave him a nod and headed back upstairs with the bag under her arm. When she had got there she went straight to the window to see Will safely on the ground.
"You made it!" Rachel said excitedly. "I'm going to drop your bag down so be ready," she said to him. Rachel looked back at her door just to make sure that her other dad Bill was nowhere to be seen. When she saw that it was clear, she turned back and carefully dropped the bag out the window.
"Thanks Rach!" Will said as he caught it perfectly. "I need to get going before I get caught but I'll see you at school," he added.
"Okay. Be careful walking out the front. The front windows are open," Rachel warned.
"Okay thanks," Will said while chuckling to himself. Before he walked away he blew a kiss up to Rachel and gave her a wink. "See you later!" he said while walking completely away.
Rachel smiled at his kiss and turned to get ready for school. She didn't have much time so she threw on a black and red cherry skirt and a matching red shirt. She then went into the bathroom to brush her teeth and do her hair and make-up. That didn't take much time since Rachel always kept her make-up simple with just some mascara and light black eye liner. After looking at herself in the mirror one more time, she decided that it was time to grab her things and head back down stairs.
She smiled to both her dads since Bill was done with his shower and was sitting at the kitchen table drinking coffee and reading the paper.
"All ready for school sweetie?" Bill asked looking up from reading the morning paper.
"Yes dad. I'm just going to grab an apple and head out the door," she said.
"Do you need a ride?" Michael asked.
"No thank you," Rachel said. She wanted to walk today so she could clearly think about her and Will and their relationship. "I'll be going now," she said as she walked over to give both her dad's hugs and kisses.
Rachel didn't live that far away from the school so it only took her about fifteen minutes to get there. On her way there she thought about her and Will and how devastating it would have been if her dad's would have caught him. They would have freaked out that was for sure. Her dad's liked Will but as a teacher and glee couch instructor, not as someone to be in a relationship with their under aged daughter. The more she thought about how they would react, the more it became clear that she could not tell them about her and Will. It was the only way to keep them safe.
The sound of the bell took Rachel out of her distraction. She hurriedly walked into the school and went to go to her locker to grab her books for her morning classes. The first book she pulled out was Spanish. A smile crept on her face as she walked down the hall to Will's classroom thinking that she was going to get to see him first thing in the morning. She was late to class but only by five minutes.
"Rachel so nice of you to join us," Will said trying to treat her the same as everyone else.
"Sorry Mr. Schuester. I'll be on time next class."
"Alright but I want you to see me after class," he said. Rachel looked worried but pushed her thoughts out of her head as she saw him wink at her. She hoped no one else had seen. As she turned around she realized that the only seat left was one in the middle of Quinn and Finn. She walked over feeling a little nervous even though she didn't know why. They both knew about her and Will. Quinn was giving her a look with one of her eyebrows raised up and a smirk playing at her lips though. Rachel just ignored it and took a seat.
The class went on in slow motion as all Rachel could think about was how cute Will looked in sweater vests. He obviously had time to change out of his clothes from yesterday. Every now and then though she would answer a question just to not make the other kids in the class think that anything was different between the two. The class finally ended with Rachel waiting back to talk to Will since that was her "punishment" for being late.
"Hey Rach," Will said as he gave her a quick kiss on the lips. "Did you get out of the house okay? Did your dad's suspect anything?" he asked.
"No. I told them that your bag was Finn's and then said I would walk to school so I didn't have to get questioned about anything," Rachel said.
"Smart plan," Will said. "I don't want your dad's to find out about us. Well not right now anyways. They may not accept it," he said with a frown on his face.
"I know. I do want to tell them one day though. Maybe when we have been going out for a while or when it's close to graduation," Rachel said.
"Right. I think we should just lay low for a couple of days or even weeks. I saw Quinn give you the look today after I told you to stay back after class." "She looked mad and gave me a glare but I don't know why she would be upset."
"You saw her? Hopefully no one else did. She clearly is not as understanding as the members of the glee club," Rachel said while rolling her eyes. "I don't know why she would be so upset about us," she added.
With that comment the bell sounded signaling that it was time for the next class.
"I guess I will see you at glee this afternoon?" Rachel asked.
"Of course," Will said giving her a quick kiss on her forehead. "Have a good rest of the day Rach," he added.
"Thanks, you too," Rachel said while smiling at as she left.
The rest of the day for Rachel was filled with Algebra, Biology and English. Before she knew it though, the day was over and she was smiling her megawatt smile as she walked happily down the hallway as she headed over to the choir room.
When she got there, the whole club was there except for Will. Rachel not even being worried took a seat in the front next to Kurt and Mercedes and joined into their conversation about fashion. No more than ten minutes, Will walked in and began the lesson.
"Hey guys! I'm glad to see you all here on time. I know that this week had some surprising information but I hope everyone can look past that and we can focus on Nationals," Will said with the group just staring at him.
"For this assignment, I want you all to pair up and do ballads," Will said.
"Why are we doing ballads again?" Quinn asked. "Shouldn't we be focusing on more important things like set lists?"
"I thought we could do ballads again to see if we had any other powerhouse voices out there. I thought we could change it up," he said.
"No worries Mr. Schue, I got this," Mercedes said with Quinn interrupting her.
"No, you just want to do ballads again so you can sing a love song to Rachel and not even care about the competition," Quinn shot back.
"No! That was not my plan at all. I just want to mix it up a bit," Will said with a hurt look on his face.
"Well I don't by that," Quinn said while getting up and storming out the door. Everyone was shocked at her outburst. They didn't know why she was acting out all of a sudden. Everyone else in the club had gotten over the initial shock of Will and Rachel being together and were fine with it.
"Everyone pair up and start working while I go and find Quinn," Will said while sighing. He needed to know why she was so upset and he needed her to rehearse for Nationals with all of them. When Will walked out of the room it wasn't hard to find her.
"Quinn," he said to her at her locker. "What's wrong? Why are you so upset?"
"I don't know. Everyone just needs to leave me alone," she screamed back at him.
"No. I won't leave till I find out what is wrong. I need to know that you are okay with Rachel and I. The rest of the club is," Will said.
"Why does everything always have to be about Rachel? Rachel is the star, Rachel gets the solos, she even got you," Quinn said while shouting.
"What?" Will wasn't sure if he heard that last part right.
"Don't you get it Will? I love you."
A/N: So there you have it. Quinn is in love with Will which would explain her behavior. I wasn't sure that this idea would work when I wrote it but I hope you all liked it. What do you guys think Will's reaction will be? Tell me in a review!