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Chapter 4 Commitment

"Brody Weston, we have to talk." Kurt said having been tracking the upperclassman all day needing to having a word with him after dealing with his overly emotional roommate since the now famous date.

Brody stopped and looked around until he spotted Kurt and nodded at him before walking over to him a little confused as to what he had to say to him.

"What's going on, Kurt?" He asked as he adjusted the satchel on his shoulder and looked at his watch not wanting to be late for his meeting with Ms. July.

Kurt had no intentions on letting him get away though and he stepped closer to him, a suspicious look in his eye. "Rachel is my best friend, she is a pain but she is my best friend and she's been galavanting around with her head in the clouds for days since your date." He started and he noticed Brody immediately stand a little straighter his eye getting a little brighter at the sound of Rachel's name. "She's been hurt before, I am sure that you know this by now but I need you to know that she's not the same girl she used to be. Not even since you first met her and if I find out you are wronging her I will make sure you pay." Kurt wouldn't ever hurt a fly but he knew people who would.

Brody nodded and placed a hand on Kurt's shoulder. "I'm not going to hurt Rachel, I care about her." He promised as he checked his watch again. "Look I have to go, but I'll see you around." With a nod Kurt watched him walk off and he couldn't help but glare thinking something was fishy about him. Not that Rachel didn't deserve someone like him but something still felt off.

Rachel didn't think that she was ever going to find happiness after her and Finn's dramatic split. Her devotion and undying love for the quarterback had left her so broken that finding Brody was like a breath of tall, toned, perfect hair, and a voice of an angel's fresh air. Every since their first date and falling into bed with him she felt like she was on top of the world and Brody's continued sweetness since then had kept her there.

The only question that was pondering in her head was exactly what she was to him, he would walk her to class and go out with her for lunch or to dinner just like he always would before the date. Now there was stolen kisses and giggles in the hallway and she felt like he was her boyfriend but she was so smitten with him that she couldn't bring herself up to ask. Fear of rejection hit Rachel hard and she found herself shying away from the topic and continuously telling herself that living on the edge and not bothering about formalities was the way to go. If only she felt like she could actually do that and keep it up.

"Rach." She heard from down the hall making her turn around a big smile appearing on her face when it was Brody who was waving for her to come and meet him.

"Brody, hey." Rachel greeted him before hugging him hello. Every time she saw him her stomach went into a frenzy and she felt like she hugged him a little to long as she inhaled how amazing he smelled. "How are you? Are you classes going well today? It's been a crazy day and now I am on my way to my favorite teacher of all times class." She said sarcastically and Brody just smirked at her while she rambled on.

"I am actually here to be your recuse, Cassie is canceling class today. Apparently she doesn't want to see any of you and doesn't want me to have to deal with your lack of talent either." Rachel rolled her eyes at that and took his hand while he continued to talk. "So, I thought that we could head off campus and grab a late lunch if you would like to join me."

Rachel nodded eagerly. "I'd love to, just let me put my dance stuff back in my locker and we'll go."

The two soon left for lunch and found themselves at a small diner a couple blocks from campus. Rachel looked over the menu trying to decipher what she wanted and kept sharing glances with the man across from her wondering what he was thinking, if he was wondering what they were as well. She didn't want to ask but it was eating her up inside.

"Brody?" She said finally once they had ordered their drinks. "What would you say that we are or that we are doing?" Rachel asked clearly though in her mind she was positive that it had came out fast and breathless as if she was about to have the heart attack she was sure was actually going to have.

He didn't say anything for a moment and put down his menu before reaching for her hand. "I think we are two people who enjoy spending time with each other and that putting a label on anything is not only premature but a little high school."

"Oh." She said remembering how many times he told her to leave high school behind and remember that she was in college and that things were different now. "You're right, I accept that." Rachel squeezed his hand and smiled at him before going back to her menu.

Her mind was racing as the items on the menu blurred together and she tried to keep herself from panicking. No labels meant that they weren't monogamous, that she was officially just another girl on what she was sure a long list. That she was his current play toy until he got bored and found someone else who was naive and wanted to be with him. She wasn't sure how she could be so stupid to think she had found a new boyfriend. On the other hand she wasn't sure how she thought that having a boyfriend wasn't something that was childish and meant for high school. Suddenly her need for commitment and her need to be with him was coming together and she didn't know how to separate the two and still enjoy their time together.

It wasn't until the waitress came back that she was pulled from her thoughts and she ordered a salad before focusing back on Brody who ordered a burger and then looked back at her. "Do you want to go see a band this weekend with me? I can get you into the bar without an ID." He asked and she just nodded remembering the monumental show Sex and The City and deciding to use it as her new role model. Nick and Fanny's love was something she would always strive for but for now she could handle sexy and spontaneous at least she thought she could.

"I'd love to, that sounds like a lot of fun."

Brody sat and watched Rachel's demeanor immediately change after he answered her question. He knew that she was looking for a boyfriend, that she was a girlfriend and not a fling and he wanted to do that for her. To be the man of her dreams and while he knew he could be that his commitment issues prevented himself from being able to actually be that person for her. He cared about her, so much that he was really trying to be there and be more than what he was with anyone else who fancied him or he fancied. He just couldn't be her boyfriend.

"Hey." He said after a moment and grabbed her hand again not wanting her to be upset with him. "Nothing is going to change between us, you're still my girl." He flashed her a smile he knew would melt her heart and after a moment he saw her respond internally and a smile finally grew back on her face.

Rachel was doomed.

It took her the rest of her school day to come to terms that she and Brody weren't in a committed relationship but still together in at least some sort of romantic aspect. Heading home after a goodbye kiss from him she settled in front of her laptop and hovered her fingers over the keys before finally typing "How to be in an open relationship."

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