A/N: Sorry for the long wait but chapter ten is here! Please read and review!
Rachel awoke the next morning to the sound of Will snoring but she didn't care. She loved him and after last night she knew that he loved her. She was being held tightly in his arms with her head resting on his chest. She moved her head to get more comfortable but that only caused Will to slowly open his eyes. He smiled down at her.
"Sorry. I didn't mean to wake you," Rachel said with a shy smile.
"Morning beautiful," Will said ignoring her apology and giving her a sweet kiss on her forehead.
"How are we this morning?" Will asked sleepily.
"Absolutely perfect. Last night was a dream come true, Will. It was amazing," Rachel said causing him to blush. "I love you," Rachel added.
"I love you too," Will said. "And it was everything I could have asked for," he added.
She smiled at him and leant into to give him a small kiss on the lips. It soon deepened though with Rachel tangling her hand in his curls, bringing him closer to her. He let out a moan which caused a smile to spread on her face. The broke apart both gasping for air.
"So, what are we doing today?" Rachel asked.
"Well we need to get packed and head back to Lima. Tomorrow is Monday already and we told you dads and the club that we would be back by then," Will said.
"Do we have to go back?" Rachel said with a frown knowing that the answer was going to be a yes.
"I know, I don't want to go back either but we have to, Rach. We have a life there and people are expecting us back like nothing ever happened between us," Will said. Rachel hadn't thought about that. They would have to go back into hiding for at least another year till Rachel graduated.
"It's going to be difficult, trying to hide our relationship," Rachel said with a sigh.
"Hey, I don't want any negativity. We can do this, I know we can," Will said tilting her chin so he could look into her eyes.
"I love you and nobody back home is going to pull us apart," he added. Rachel smiled at him.
"Do you really mean that?" she asked.
"Of course," Will said. "With all my heart."
"Well that's good then because I think I would die without you," Rachel said over dramatically.
"Don't worry, we will just have to put our acting skills to the test and remain teacher and student to the rest of the world for only a year," Will said.
"Right. We can do this," Rachel said with excitement and enthusiasm.
"Well we should probably get ready and start packing," Will said with a sigh.
"Alright, if we have to," Rachel said while getting out of the bed.
Both looked for their clothes that had been thrown in various places in the room last night and got dressed. Rachel then took a shower while Will packed the suitcases and tidied the room a bit.
Once Rachel was done with her shower she quickly did her morning routine of getting ready. When she was done, she had found that Will had all of the suitcases packed and was ready to go.
"Ready Rach?" he asked.
"I guess so," Rachel said. She walked over to him and gave him a hug. When she pulled apart they linked their hands together and left the room. They both did a double take to make sure that they hadn't left anything behind and then headed to the lobby.
"You know, we never found out where we got married," Rachel said.
"That's true," Will replied. "Do you want to go look before we leave?" he asked.
Rachel thought for a moment debating on whether that was a good idea or not. "I don't know. Do you?" she finally asked.
"I'm not sure. It's going to be hard to find the wedding chapel. It's up to you though," Will said.
"No we don't have to go. It's not important," Rachel said.
"Really? Why is that?" Will asked curiously.
"Well why does it matter where we got married? As long as we know that we did, it doesn't seem really necessary to know where," Rachel said.
"Alright, if that is what you want," Will said. Rachel nodded at him in reassurance. "Well let's go to the airport then," Will said.
Once outside, Will called a cab and directed it to take them to the airport. They arrived shortly and entered going straight to buy tickets.
"Hello, we need tickets to Lima, Ohio. The earliest time please," Will said to the lady checking the flight times.
"There is one that leaves in two hours," she said.
"That's perfect. We'll take it," Will said while handing her the money for their ticket's.
After they got their tickets they went and checked their luggage in and went to their flight loading area. They still had quite a lot of time so Will suggested that they go and get something to eat for breakfast.
"How do you think your dad's are?" Will asked while sipping his coffee.
"What? Oh I'm sure they are doing fine. Why do you ask?" Rachel said.
"Well it's just that they seemed pretty upset when you talked to them yesterday," Will replied.
"Oh that. That was just because I didn't call them remember?" Rachel said.
"Right," Will said. He paused a moment before continuing. "You know I have been thinking about what you said about telling them and I think that maybe we should," Will said.
Rachel look at him surprised.
"Really?" she asked. "Why?"
"Well I just don't want you to have to lie to your dad's for an entire year about our relationship. I want them to know how much I care and love you," Will said. "How do you think they will react?" he added.
"I'm sure they will be furious, but in time will learn to accept the fact that I'm growing up and can make my own decisions," Rachel said. "But maybe we should tell them that we are seeing each other and leave out getting married," Rachel added.
"Why?" Will asked.
"Well it's a possibility that they might attack you and get you thrown in jail," Rachel said rather quietly.
"What?" Will said in disbelief.
"It's just that they sometimes are not understanding parents and if we tell them in the wrong setting, the outcome will not be good," Rachel said. "I'm leaving it up to you though on whether or not to tell them," she added.
"I guess I need to think it out more," Will said. Just then their flight was called so they grabbed their luggage and headed to the gate. They took their seats on the plane with Rachel at the window and Will in the middle.
The flight was mostly silent with small talk here and there. It had been smooth and calm which was the complete opposite of what was going on in Will's head. He kept debating on whether or not to tell Rachel's dads about them. He wanted them to know of his actions but he didn't want them to take it the wrong way.
In his head he kept thinking of different scenarios on how Rachel's dads would react. Some of them terrified him such as them punching him in the face or contacting the school board while others were nice and supportive that their daughter had found someone that she loved and someone who loved her back.
Rachel tapped his shoulder gently enough to shake him from his thoughts. He looked at her embarrassingly because of his lack of paying attention.
The plane came to a stop and Will had reached above them to grab their luggage.
"Thank you for riding today's airline. We hope you have a great day!" the flight attendant said to them as they left.
"Welcome back," Will said with a slight sigh. He all of a sudden felt nervous. Rachel had noticed and took his hand.
"It's going to be okay, Will. I will be beside you the entire time," she said. He nodded at her as they went to get their luggage from the baggage claim.
"I'm going to call my dad's to let them know we are back and that you are giving me a ride home," Rachel said.
"Alright. I will just be sitting over here," Will said while taking a seat on the bench. Once he sat down his mind went back to Rachel's dads. Okay so this is what I'm going to do, Will thought. When we get there I'm going to slowly ease my way in. Say how great Rachel is and how she wasn't a problem then carefully mention our relationship, Will continued to think. Who am I kidding? That is the worst plan ever. Her dads are going to hate me, he scolded himself mentally.
Before he could think of another strategy, Rachel came back with a smile on her face.
"So my dad's want you to stay for dinner," she said excitedly.
"Really? That's great. I'm assuming you didn't tell them though?" he said.
"No. I thought we would wait till we actually got there," she replied.
"Alright then. Let's go," Will said reminding himself not to grab her hand since they were back home.
They went to the parking garage and found Will's car. He had left it there a couple of days ago so that when they got back, he would have a way home. They got in and in no time where on their way to Rachel's house.
"Are you okay?" Rachel asked noticing that Will was nervously tapping his fingers on the steering wheel.
"Of course I am," he said in a high pitched voice trying to pull off a lie.
"Come on, Will. You can tell me," Rachel said while she moved her hand to his shoulder to start rubbing small circles.
"It's just that I don't want your dads to hate me and think that I am some pedophile," Will said.
"I will make sure that they don't hurt you because I will be next to you the entire time just like I said I would be earlier," Rachel said.
"Thank you, Rachel," he said. "I love you," Will added.
"I love you too. Now we are almost to my house so just stay calm and relaxed and tell them when you think is right, okay?" Rachel said. Will nodded while he turned onto Rachel's street and up her driveway.
He parked and gave her a look. Rachel nodded a look of reassurance while she leant into give him a sweet kiss on his forehead while stroking his face with her hand.
"Let's go," Will said. They got out of the care and Will pulled Rachel's suit case out of his trunk.
They slowly walked to the door and rang it. In a couple of seconds, the door swung open and Will and Rachel were greeted by her dad's.
"Oh Rachel! We missed you!" her dad Leroy said while giving her a big hug.
"How are you sweetie? Do you still feel sick?" her other dad Hiram asked.
"I'm fine dad. How are you two?" she asked.
"We are doing good. Other than the fact that you forgot to call us yesterday to mention that you weren't coming back with the rest of the club," Hiram said in an angry but playful tone.
"I'm sorry. We were really busy with nationals so I forgot," Rachel said while giving him a hug.
"Mr. Schuester, thank you so much for staying with Rachel. We were unsure of her staying with you but since she looks happy, we can assume everything went okay?" Leroy asked.
"Yes everything went fine," Will said while he felt a stab of guilt in his stomach. It's okay, just wait a little longer to tell them, he thought. "Please call me Will," Will said.
"Alright. Won't you please join us in the kitchen, Will?" Hiram asked him.
"Of course," Will said while taking off his coat and putting on the rack behind him. Will studied the room as he did so because he had never been inside of Rachel's house before. He noticed that there were many pictures of her and of her trophies from various singing competitions.
"Can I get you something to drink?" Leroy offered when Will walked into the kitchen.
"Oh um water would be fine, thanks," Will said as he took a seat at the barstools next to Rachel who was sipping on water as well.
"So how did the competition go?" Hiram asked them.
"It was terrible," Rachel replied. "We ended up getting twelfth place just because Finn kissed me in front of everyone," Rachel said with a frown on her face.
"Twelfth isn't that bad out of the entire nation though honey," Leroy said while patting her hand.
"We wished we could have seen it but you know how work is," Hiram added.
"It's alright. I understand," Rachel said.
"The kids did great," Will said jumping into the conversation. "I was so proud of all of them, especially Rachel," he added.
"Oh really? Why is that?" Hiram asked suspiciously.
"Well she and Finn wrote an original song. It was wonderful," he said while smiling over at Rachel.
"Oh Finn. He is a very nice young man. Are you going to get back together with him Rachel?" Hiram asked causing Will to cough and choke on his water. He almost spit it out when he heard her dad ask that but held it in.
"No dad. Finn and I just aren't right for each other anymore," Rachel said.
"Oh well maybe you will change your mind," Hiram pushed. Rachel rolled her eyes. Will couldn't help but feel a little bit jealous of how her dads approved of Finn. There was no way they would accept him into the Berry family.
"Well it looks like dinner is just about ready," Leroy said while motioning for them to sit at the table.
Will took a seat across from Rachel as her dad's took one on opposite ends of the table.
Throughout dinner, Will picked at his food. The guilt was taking over him. He completely zoned out in till Hiram had tried to get his attention. Will looked up confused and noticed that Rachel was looking at him worriedly.
"I was just telling Rachel how grateful we are that you were with her. A young girl in a huge city by herself can be very scary. You are a good man Will," Hiram said with Leroy nodding in approval.
"Thank you. It was no trouble," Will said. Her dad's both smiled at him and went back to eating. They were soon done and were then clearing the table. Will helped Rachel clear the plates and she gave him a smile and a slight nod.
Will took that as his cue.
"I have something to tell you both," Will said shakily. The nerves were too much to handle.
"Yes? What is it?" Hiram asked.
Will took a deep breath. This was it, he thought.
"While we were in New York these past couple of days, Rachel and I did something's that should not have happened," Will said choosing his words carefully.
"I'm not following. What kind of things?" Hiram asked with Leroy looking concerned.
"It was Friday night after we had just found out we had gotten twelfth place, and I was in the lobby having some drinks while sulking and Rachel came down also feeling depressed so we went out," Will said. Hiram folded his arms across his chest while a frown appeared on his face. Leroy just looked concerned eager for Will to continue.
"When we woke up the next morning, we were together in the same bed unable to remember hardly anything about the night," Will said quietly. He didn't mention getting married seeing as what he had just said was enough to push both the Berry men over the edge. At that point Hiram had had enough information to put two and two together and was walking towards Will with sheer hate in his eyes.
"How dare you take advantage of my daughter!" Hiram yelled.
"We trusted that you would be a responsible adult and look after Rachel, not go out around town and sleep with her," he added. "You're a pedophile and I should have you fired for what you did," he said.
"Please, sir, I feel incredibly guilty and awful about everything, but I thought that you two should know," Will said with sadness in his eyes. "I would never take advantage of Rachel. I care about her so much," Will added.
"Oh please, you feel guilty and awful? What about us or Rachel for that matter," Leroy said.
"Dad, daddy, it's not what you think," Rachel said while walking over to Will to grab his hand.
"We love each other," Rachel said causing both men to give out a laugh of disbelief.
"Love each other? You don't know what love means, you are just a kid," Hiram said stepping closer to Will with his fist in a ball.
"I think it's time for you to go before I do something I might regret," he said directly at Will.
"No please, just let me explain," Will said but it was already too late. Before he knew it he was on the floor with Hiram Berry on top of him punching him in the face.
"Dad please stop!" Rachel said while crying trying to get him off of Will.
"Daddy do something," Rachel yelled at Leroy. He quickly went over to try and help her. They finally got Hiram off of Will leaving Will to lie on the floor with blood dripping out of his nose.
"Get out of my house!" Hiram shouted while being held back by his husband.
Rachel helped Will up and let him lean on her side for balance.
"I'm sorry. I'm so sorry," Will kept saying as Rachel led him to the front door. She helped him put on his coat and then put hers on as well.
"What are you doing?" Will asked.
"I'm going with you," Rachel said.
"What? No. You need to stay here and calm your dads down," Will said.
"No. I don't want to stay here with them. I love you Will and I am staying by your side," Rachel said.
"Thank you," was all Will could say before Leroy stormed into the room.
"Where do you think you are going Rachel?" he asked.
"With Will. I can't stay here. I love him," Rachel said.
"You are not going with him. We will not allow it," Leroy said while raising his voice.
"I'm an adult. I can make my own decisions. I would rather be with someone who loves me rather than those who don't," Rachel said raising her own voice.
"We do love you that is why I am telling you that you cannot go," Leroy shouted.
"No you don't. If you loved me you would be happy that I have found someone who loves me and who I love back," Rachel said. "You want to know something else?" Rachel said with anger.
"We got married, while we were drunk! How do you like that?" Rachel shouted at her dad leaving Will with a look of shock on his face.
"You got married?" Leroy said not believing a word of it.
"Yes, we love each other and that is what people do when they are in love," Rachel said. There was silence as Leroy was too shocked to say anything. Not being able to stand the silence, Rachel finally spoke.
"Come on Will. We are leaving," Rachel said while taking his hand. They headed out the door with Leroy yelling after them finding his voice again.
"Rachel Barbra Berry if you leave, don't expect to come back. We will get the school board in on this!" he threatened.
They ignored him and quickly got into Will's little blue car and drove away to the direction of his apartment.
A/N: I would just like to mention that I have another story about Will and Rachel out. It's called Caught in The Act so if you are interested go check it out!