WILL'S POV

I look at the woman sitting on the couch in my living room, her head buried in her hands, probably starting to cry again for the millionth time since last night or yesterday or whenever. April has her hand on Rachel's trying to comfort her, but sadly, I know it's probably not working.

I start thinking.

Okay, she was raped. Some guy violated her and she didn't want him to, she might be hurt. We should probably get her to a doctor before it gets too late, and call the police, but that's going to be a problem because it happened in New York and we're in freaking Ohio.

"Rachel?" I say, hoping she'll listen to me.

April looks at me attentively, but Rachel doesn't move, just mumbles.

I sigh heavily before continuing, "Rach, we need to get you to a doctor. Just to make sure you're okay, and I know you probably still know all of the doctors in the city, but I just want to make sure everything's okay."

I notice April's blonde curls bob up and down with her understanding nod, but Rachel, is a completely different story. She starts furiously shaking her head no and I can hear the sobs begin to wrack her body. April gives me a concerned look before turning to Rachel.

"Sweetie, you're scared, and we get that. I don't want you to get sick. I'll stay with you, just do it for me okay?"

I am honestly surprised by April's compassion for Rachel. The last time they met wasn't pretty, because Rachel didn't want her to have the solo. However, I knew that Rachel was more than scared, she was terrified. Somebody's scared her enough to force her to drop everything and get a freaking bus, not a flight, a darn greyhound, to Ohio.

I watch April convince her to go to a doctor. Then I realize it's Saturday, and not very many offices are open. She probably doesn't want to go to the ER, which is about the only thing open at 2 in the afternoon.

"Rachel, there aren't many doctor's offices open today. We could go to the ER, but I'm sure you don't want that. I do know of a place in Dayton that's open, we could go there…" I calmly suggest.

April glances over at her and then says, "Will, there's a after hours clinic open. It's brand new, I think she'd be more comfortable there than riding back to Dayton."

I notice Rachel nod in agreement to April's suggestion and smile. I'm also surprised it's taken me this long to realize that Rachel didn't have any kind of luggage with her, just what seemed to be her purse.

"Rachel, did you bring anything besides your phone?" I ask, hoping I'm not sounding angry.

She lifts her head up, still clutching onto April's hands. "I… I only had time to get my purse. I thought he was gonna k…kill me. I had to get out, it was sitting on my counter and thankfully everything was in it that I'd need, my wallet, phone, keys…"

I let out a breath I didn't know I was holding when she says wallet. It's got money and her ID. She'll be okay, eventually.

I am brought back to reality by April's calm voice again, "Sweetie, I know that had on one of Will's coats when I got you, if you want, I'm sure there's something of mine that you could fit into…"

Rachel forces herself to try to smile at April, but it just won't come. She shakes her head no.

"I'm okay…"

I'm sure as much as she's afraid of me right now, she probably feels safe in my coat. I glance down at my watch, "Before they close, we need to get down there…"

April nods, but Rachel, closes her eyes. This has to be the worst off I've seen her. Yeah she freaked out when Jesse egged her, but that was just a childish prank. This is serious, someone's really hurt her to where I can't even touch her. A few seconds later April helps her up off the couch and she yawns.

"Come on Schue, let's get this over with…" I hear April say.

I get up, get my phone, keys, wallet, and coat from the counter. I also grab April's coat and purse that were also on the counter and give them to her. Rachel already has her stuff because April put it on the coffee table when she came in.

We walk to my car together, I don't think Rachel's let go of April yet. "Will, I'm gonna sit in the back with Rach…" April tells me, the worried look still hasn't left her face.

Rachel sits down, buckles herself in and curls up in the corner. April slowly lets go of her hand when she feels it go limp, letting her know that Rachel has fallen asleep. The ride to the clinic was okay, for me it seemed endless because I knew what was in store for Rachel. She slept the whole way, and I think even April began to nod off.

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When I pull in the parking lot, April stirs in her light slumber and tries to hide a yawn.

"I'll get her…" she whispers to me.

I watch as April gently rubs Rachel's shoulder, "Rachel? We're here…"

Rachel's eyes pop open, they're terrified. I can see her in the rear view mirror. I'm smiling, trying to let her know things are going to be okay. April steps out of the car and so do I, she walks around to help Rachel. Like the last time, it takes some coaxing, but she gets out.

I head to the door and open it for them. Rachel's eyes dart around the room, making sure no one is there that she knows. Thankfully there's not, I tell April to go sit down with her and I'll sign her in.

Twenty minutes later a brunette nurse steps out, "Rachel Berry…"

She looks at me, "You guys stay here…"

I nod and April sighs, letting go of her hand. We both watch her walk up to the woman in pink scrubs and glance back at us.

Ten minutes into her appointment, the same brunette woman comes back into the waiting room. She starts walking towards us, and I'm beginning to worry. "Are you William Schuester?" she asks.

"Yes, Ma'am. I am…" I reply, still unsure of what she wants from me.

"Rachel's been crying, and has recently started screaming, not letting anyone touch her. She said she came with you, but didn't want you in the room. Is there someone else that could come back with me?" the woman explains.

My mind is racing, What the hell happened to her?

At the moment I'm completely forgetting about the blonde woman sitting across from me, April, who's listening to her iPod. I wave at her to get her attention. When she pulls the pink earphones out of her ears, "Yes Will?"

"Rachel's terrified. She won't let anyone touch her. And the nurse wants to know if you'd go in the room with her?"

"Poor thing. Of course I will," she replies, stands up, and walks into the exam area with the nurse. Leaving me by myself. There's a basketball game on that I really want to watch, but I just can't seem to focus.

My mind wanders, What happened to Rachel? Was it Jesse? That thought gets shaken aside when I remember he's in a different play than her. Then my crazy mind wanders to Emma, should I call her and let her know about Rachel, she could definitely help. I think it'd be better to wait until Monday so she doesn't catch me on the phone. I stretch back in the chair, but as soon as I get comfortable I see a very familiar blonde and Rachel come out of the exam area. I stand up to meet them, but they approach me first.

"How'd it go?" I ask, somewhat afraid of the answer.

Rachel looks at April with one of the saddest looks I've ever seen.

Then April starts talking, "Physically she's fine. Just a few bruises. Emotionally, Will, we both know she's far from okay right now…"

I try to smile sympathetically at the girl who used to be so bubbly and in control all the time. Her world has come crashing down on her, and she's come back to me to fix it. We are definitely in for a long ride, and it's not going to be easy I can see that now.