The next few weeks before Christmas went by quickly. Kol had gotten a job at school as the Coach's assistant and enjoyed the popularity it gave him and the fact that he now was free to make more friends and hang on with the ones he already had.

Slowly, and to Elena Gilbert's dismay, Jeremy and Kol quickly became good friend and hung out a lot. Most of the time they meet at Kol's place because Elena didn't want to see an original in her house.

Rachel and Klaus were also getting closer. They went on date at least twice a week, leaving time for Rachel to have daddy-daughter time with Damon, spend time with her girl friends and time to do her homework. She also had time for Glee and singing. If lately it felt like her life was very full, Rachel was happy, she had time for everything and still some time to herself.

When she went out with Klaus, they usually went to dinner first to different places and ended up watching a movie, or going to an art exhibit or something else of the same sort.

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"So Rachel, you and Klaus have been dating for a few weeks now... How are things evolving between the two of you? I feel like every time we try to talk about it we get interrupted." Santana asked Rachel as they were doing each other's nails at human speed while Rebekah and Damon where 'getting to know each other better' in Damon's bedroom.

"Well, we've been on 10 dates, each better than the last. We've talked about pretty much everything we could possibly talk about at this stage in our relationship and we still find things to talk about, we..." Rachel was cut off by Santana:

"You know that it's not what I'm talking about. I know that you two talk a lot and all and that's great, believe me, talking will make your relationship last but I want to know if you've at least kissed yet." Santana said with her usual tact.

"Well,...I mean, he holds my hand and all but we haven't... We haven't kissed yet..." Rachel replied, blushing.

"Is it me or do you sound disappointed?" The werewolf hybrid asked with a smirk.

"It's not you... I... I think he's not taking the first step because he wants to be sure I'm ready but I'm just too shy and nervous to take the first step and kiss him..."

"So all you've done is hold hands?" Santana asked her, more seriously.

"Yes... I mean, last night, when he dropped me off after taking me to the opera, I gathered up my courage and was going to kiss him but at the last moment I chickened out and kissed him on the cheek instead." Rachel explained.

Their nails were now done and they were waiting for it to dry.

"What happened next? How did he react?" Santana asked gently.

"I don't know, I... Well, it happened like this: He walked me to the front door and we talked for a few more minutes. He was holding both my hands and he was stroking softly his thumb against the back of my hands... By the way he was looking at me... Santana...He made me feel like I was the prettiest woman he had ever met...and the way he said goodnight... It was like he wished he didn't have to say it... That's when I decided to do it... I got up on my tip toes and just when I was about to kiss him I chickened out and kissed his cheek instead. While my lips were there I whispered goodnight in his ear and pulled away, smiled at him and went inside." Rachel explained.

"Why though? If you wanted to kiss him so much why did you change your mind? Or why didn't you just stick around, maybe he would have kissed you too." Santana asked.

"I got scared... Afraid that he would reject me or that things would heat up too fast..." Rachel replied with a blush.

"You mean you don't want things to go further then?"

"Of course I want things to go further with Klaus! I'm just afraid that he would realise afterwards that I'm not who he wants after all... I don't want to get my heart broken." Rachel replied in a whisper, sounding ashamed of even speaking the words.

In the back ground, the IPod was playing their favourite songs, covering the sounds of Rachel's father with Rebekah. Suddenly, Victoria Justice's "Best Friend's Brother" played.

"How Perfect! This is the perfect song for this conversation!" Santana chuckled.

"Right... You know, a couple of night ago when we all went to Karaoke night at the Grill? I almost sang this to Klaus." Rachel confessed.

"Why didn't you?" Santana asked her as Rachel started brushing her hair.

"I don't know if you remember but we all sang a lot together... When I managed to gather the courage to sign up for this song we were about to leave. I went to the list but the last few spots were taken and since the employees at the Grill are all on Vervain so..." Rachel didn't finish her sentence, letting it hang in the air.

"I get it... When is your next date?" Santana asked.

"Saturday night. Although I don't know where we're going... For the last few dates he's taken to keeping everything secret until the very last minute."

"Maybe he's nervous too... Maybe he knows that with you it's going to be the kind of relationship that lasts forever and he wants to do his best not to screw it up." She suggested.

"What should I do?" Rachel asked as they switched placed and Santana started to brush her hair.

"Maybe you should wait until the next date, see how he's going to react to your kiss and we'll see how it goes from there." Santana suggested softly.

"You're right."

"You're falling for him aren't you?" Santana asked Rachel on her way back to her room.

"Yes, I believe I am." Rachel replied with a soft smile as she watched her best friend go back to her own room.

Her father and Rebekah had finally finished, or at least they were more quiet now. She would be able to get some sleep.

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