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Will and Rachel left the coffee shop hand in hand. Will hadn't even noticed that he had grabbed her hand. He had done it so many times in this day that it was just instinct for him to grab it whenever they left somewhere. They peacefully strolled down the street with a new found energy both smiling and enjoying each other's company. They came around the street and ended up in front of Central Park.
They both stopped and looked at it. It was a beautiful park crowded with people. Rachel looked over to Will with a smile on her face.
"I love Central Park. Can we walk around?" she asked. Will looked at her unsure.
"Rachel, we are supposed to fixing out little problem. I thought we were on our way to the jewelry store?" Will asked.
"We were but we are right in front of Central Park! We can't pass this up," Rachel said trying to persuade him. Will thought for a moment. It was Saturday and they were supposed to be back to Lima on Monday which meant that they only had the rest of the day and Sunday to figure everything out. He didn't think that there would be enough time to take a stroll around the park.
"Rach I don't know," Will said. He really wanted to walk with her and get to know her more but they had other things to take care of first like getting a divorce. The word divorce stung Will as he thought about it. He had already been through one and he didn't know if he could take going through it again even if the marriage meant nothing.
As Will was about to reply to Rachel her phone started ringing giving both of them confused looks.
"Is that Mercedes again?" Will asked. Rachel shook her head no as her eyes widened in panic.
"It's my dad's! I forgot to call them and tell them that I didn't go back on the plane. They are probably freaking out right now," Rachel said as she quickly went to answer it.
"Hello," Rachel answered nervously but calmly.
"Rachel where the hell are you?" her dad Richard asked. "Why aren't you in Lima?" he added.
"I'm so sorry dad! I'm sick and I couldn't go back on the plane so Mr. Schuester stayed behind with me while the rest of the kids went back," Rachel explained trying to remain calm and collected. There was a pause before her dad spoke. Rachel guessed that he was trying to process the information he had just heard.
"Are you okay?" he finally asked.
"Yes dad. I'm fine but Mr. Schuester and I won't be able to come back to Lima till Monday," Rachel said.
"I'm glad you are okay but I don't like the idea of you being alone with Mr. Schuester in New York City," he said a little hesitant. Will could hear every word that was going on between Rachel and her dad so he looked up and listened intently.
"Dad, Mr. Schuester is an honest man and would never take advantage of me," Rachel said trying to make her dad's feel comfortable about the whole situation. Once again this sentence stung Will because in a way it had felt like he had taken advantage of Rachel even if she was part of their mishaps. He looked at her with apologetic eyes and she just smiled at him.
"I trust him and I think you guys should to. He is doing the right thing by staying behind to take care of me. He could have just left me here," Rachel said trying to make Will seem likable and trustworthy to her dads.
"Well alright. If you trust him then we should have no reason to worry, however if he does anything that makes you uncomfortable or takes advantage of you we want you to call us," her other dad Benjamin said.
"I will. You have nothing to worry about," Rachel reassured them. Even though the worst thing to possibly happen has already happened, Rachel thought in her head. A couple of minutes later and they were saying their good byes to her and said that they would see her on Monday.
Rachel put her phone away and looked up at Will who looked extremely guilty.
"You're dad's hate me," Will said looking down at the ground trying to avoid eye contact.
"No they don't. They are just worried about me," Rachel said while stepping closer to him. He was still avoiding her gaze so she grabbed his chin to make him look at her. "They are mad at me, not you. I should have called them anyways because then they wouldn't have cared. They are over protective sometimes," Rachel stated. Will smiled and stared at her, perhaps a bit longer than he should have which made Rachel drop her hand while he looked away.
"So you decided not to tell them that you have a new husband?" Will chuckled feeling a little bit better about the whole situation.
"Are you kidding? They already are mad at me for not calling. I'm not going to go tell them that the man who they think is untrustworthy got drunkenly married to me last night," Rachel said.
"Good point. I hate how your dad's don't trust me," Will said still lingering on that thought. They do have a right I guess seeing as I did marry their daughter, Will thought.
"Like I said they do. They are just over protective." There was a pause as Rachel looked around her surroundings.
"I guess we can skip Central Park. I'm not really in the mood anymore," Rachel said. Will nodded in agreement and motioned to start walking again.
"We can come back later if we have enough time," he negotiated. Rachel smiled and nodded at him while inching closer to his side.
After a few blocks of walking they came across a jewelry store. They both looked at each other and nodded as they stepped inside. They didn't know if this was even the right store but that thought soon left their minds as a happy store clerk walked over to them.
"Oh look at the happy couple!" she said as she smiled at them. The woman was tall and energetic with crazy red hair. Will looked over to Rachel. Her face had the same look on it that his did. This was the right store.
"Hi," Will started to say but was cut off from the lady. "What are you two doing back so soon?" she asked.
"Well the thing is we would like to get a return," Will said nervously thinking that he would not be able to return the ring.
"A return? Why?" the lady said while frowning.
"The thing is," Will paused for a moment looking at the clerks name tag. It read Judy. "Judy is that we did not necessarily mean to purchase the ring when we came in last night," Will said.
"You must have noticed that we were extremely drunk," Rachel chimed in.
"Well I did but you two looked very much in love so I couldn't refuse to help you. We also normally get a lot of drunk couples in every now and then seeing as that club is only a couple of blocks away. We have to stay in business somehow so we help you," Judy said while smiling at the both of them.
Will was not amused, and neither was Rachel. "So can I get a return?" Will asked again.
"I'm sorry but all sales are final," she said as Will sighed and ran a hand through his hair.
"Please Judy," Will begged. "We need to return this ring so we can fix everything else. I need my money back!" Will said trying not to sound desperate but failing.
"I'm sorry hun but all sales are final. What's the problem anyways? You two were dead set on getting married last night," she said.
"That's the thing! Last night was not supposed to happen! We were never meant to get married. I wasn't even supposed to go out last night," Will said while slowly losing his temper. He didn't know why he was suddenly spilling his guts out but he couldn't stop. He didn't know what he was saying.
"I'm her teacher for crying out loud! I could get fired and go to jail but I went out anyways and ended up getting married. So I ask you please could I have a return on this fucking ring," Will shouted. Judy was shocked and so was Rachel.
"Wait you are her teacher?" Judy asked.
"Yes," Will said while taking a deep breath. "I don't care what you think about our situation but I would really like a return," Will said in a now relaxed manner. He strangely felt better after his outburst.
Judy looked at them with pity in her eyes. She had never had a drunken couple like this so she thought that just this once she could give them a break.
"I'll tell you what, if you have the receipt then you can return the ring," she said rather calmly.
"Thank you," Will said as he turned towards Rachel.
"Can you look through your purse to see if you have got the receipt?" Will asked. He noticed that Rachel seemed annoyed by him but looked for the receipt anyways. After a couple minutes of searching, she found it at the bottom of her purse.
"Here it is," Rachel said while handing it to Judy.
"Thank you. Let me just have the ring as well so I can go make the return and give you your money back," she said. Rachel gave her the ring and she walked to the cash register at the front of the store.
"That would be a 500 dollar return for you sir," she said while handing Will his cash.
"Thank you. I'm really sorry for lashing out earlier. It has been a hectic morning," Will said apologetically.
"That's alright. I understand your situation. I hope you can fix everything," she said happily.
"Thank you. We will try," Rachel said as she and Will walked out the door.
Once outside Will spoke. "Well at least I got my money back," he said rather pleased with himself. "I must have had cash in my pocket if Dustin had taken my wallet already," he added.
"Yeah great for you," Rachel said.
Will noticed that she was still annoyed and bitter. "Is something wrong Rach?" he asked.
"I just can't believe the way you acted in there. It was not you," Rachel said. Will looked at her surprised.
"I'm sorry. I don't even know where that came from. I was just so aggravated about not being able to get my money back that I lashed out," he said.
"Well to tell you the truth, it made you act like a jerk. You acted like you didn't even care about me and honestly it hurt my feelings," Rachel said with tears in her eyes. "I thought that we had a connection," she added mumbling the last part.
"I do care Rach. I'm sorry. That shouldn't have happened," he said as he went to pull her into a hug. Rachel tried to refuse but couldn't get out of his grasp. As soon as Rachel felt Will's arms around her though, she felt comforted and safe. She didn't even know if she was supposed to feel that though. On one hand she was mad at him for acting out in the store but on the other hand she was grateful that he was here with her. She moved her head up and was staring into his eyes to try and read what he was feeling. All she saw was confusion as well.
Will felt his heart beating. It was so loud that he thought Rachel would be able to hear it. He felt terrible for upsetting her. Was I not allowed to have a break down though? Will thought to himself. What did she mean when she said that I didn't care about her? I got married to her after all, Will continued to think. That must show some emotion and feelings even if we were drunk, but I need to show her that I do care about her while being sober.
Will loosened his grip on Rachel's arm and she stepped back. She was still looking deep into his eyes though trying to read any emotion or expression at all. Just when she thought that he didn't have any more to say, she felt his lips touch hers. Rachel didn't respond to the kiss right away because she was in shock. She felt his lips move though against hers so she kissed him back with all the passion that she had. She realized that he was feeling the same way but after what seemed like hours Will pulled away.
Rachel stood there looking at him with a shocked expression on her face but by the looks of it though Will had had one on as well. After a couple of minutes of silence Will broke the tension.
"I'm sorry Rachel. I shouldn't have done that," Will said now looking embarrassed.
"No, don't be sorry. It was nice and I enjoyed it," Rachel said causing a smile to creep on Will's face.
"What are we doing though?" she added. "We got married, we should be trying to fix that and not be kissing each other," she added. Will thought for a moment before responding. This was his chance to tell her how he felt.
"I honestly do not know what we are doing but I do know that I care about you Rachel. I always have. I hate seeing you upset and ever since we went out last night I felt that we had some sort of connection but I pushed that away because I realized how stupid I had been acting. When we had coffee though I felt it again and I knew that these feelings had to be real," Will said with his all his heart.
"Getting married was not the smartest thing to do and I understand if you want a divorce but I do want you to know that I care about you with all my heart," Will added.
Rachel looked at him with a smile on her face. She was at a loss for words so she did the one thing that she knew would get the point across. She leaned up and kissed him to show that she did care about him as well and he needed to know that. The kiss was soft, sweet and passionate but she finally pulled away. She looked up at him with care and compassion in her eyes.
"So what do we do now?" she asked. At this point, Will had no clue.