Title: The Fairer Sex [1/?]
Rating: PG-13
Something Mr Schue unintentionally says has Rachel setting her sights elsewhere. Set during the episode Ballad.
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Disclaimer: I own nothing. The only thing I do own is my imagination of things that will probably never ever happen. Still, a girl can dream
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After ordering Rachel to put her seatbelt back on, Will let out a sigh as he thought of a way to steer the conversation away from ballads.
Or, more particularly, the ballad that Rachel had prepared specifically for him.
A ballad where his young, female student was trying to convey certain emotions that he really didn't want being conveyed.
How did it get like this anyways?
His thoughts halted for a moment before the answer came to mind.
Oh yes, Matt had a spider in his ear.
Will almost laughed at the ridiculousness of it all.
Almost.
He could only hope that this didn't become another Suzy Peppers incident.
Or worse, he thought after some trepidation.
"So," Will began before taking a breath in preparation (for the main event), "How's it going with Puck? Are you guys still seeing each other?"
Maybe if they talked about people more Rachel's age, then there was less likely a chance of her professing her undying love for him. Or, more realistically, this change of topic will allow him to continue to dodge Rachel's (very creepy) attempts - expressions of love she probably believes.
Seriously, I cannot believe Terri let Rachel in the house just to coerce the girl into doing some household chores!
Of course, Will conveniently forgot the fact that Rachel was, in actuality, very willing to do as Terri asked - anything really that would benefit one Mr William Schuester.
"I broke things off," Rachel answered, breaking Will's train of thought. And as she finished with buckling herself in, Rachel immediately straightened her posture before carrying on with the current conversation. "He was too immature. As are all the boys in high school."
Will didn't fail to notice the (horribly-done) furtive glances Rachel began giving him as she continued with her explanations.
"I need a man who can keep up with me intellectually and creatively."
Rachel had said that with so much finality - and oh god those looks! - that Will felt like bursting into tears.
Of course, they'd be manly tears.
Nothing feminine about that.
Okay, Will thought as his mind took a (very much needed) breather. That... didn't go exactly as I'd hoped.
Instead his attempts at the (hopefully fruitful) conversation swerved and unexpectedly - maybe less unexpected and more instantaneously? - crashed into the other side of the spectrum. Will knew that Rachel could be a bit - read: majorly - stubborn. And it might take a tad of a more confrontational approach to shake the girl from her... obsession of him.
Oh, who was he kidding.
He was soft - Sue knows it, he knows it!
And when he tried to be more forceful - singing can be forceful! - on Rachel's inappropriate feelings, her crush on him seemed to have multiplied.
Exponentially.
Now, more than ever, Rachel appeared quite intent on having him at the center of her entire focus. And he knew firsthand from Glee how determined Rachel can be on what she wanted.
Oh God, she knows where I live!
He might as well kiss his teaching career goodbye right now. It wouldn't take long for Sue to sense the disturbance in the Glee force.
If she had a chance to demolish someone (especially him) she'd do it and eradicate any poor souls that was within bombing distance. It was just in her nature.
Will felt the sudden urge to start banging his head on the steering wheel.
Opting to recompose himself, Will tried to comment back to keep the car from falling into one of those awkward silences. Or worse, allowing Rachel Berry a chance to monologue.
"Well, that's a..." he manages to utter for a moment before continuing, "Tough road for most high school boys."
Crap, he shouldn't have said that.
Instinctually, Will tightened his grip on the steering wheel as he began looking (almost frantically) at the scenery through his car windows. All the while he wondered (desperately) if they were almost there at Rachel's place.
No.
Such.
Luck.
The surge of adrenaline still high in his body, Will's mind filtered through as many thoughts as possible on his most recent (and reoccurring) predicament.
What was with all the schoolgirl crushes he's garnered since his teaching career at William McKinley High?
Was it the thought of being in such a scandalous affair?
Or the idea of being involved with a man, someone who's older and more experienced?
Suzy Peppers was a rather unfortunate incident, but Rachel was coming close to topping Suzy as the worse.
And that mash-up he sung earlier after school to Rachel certainly didn't help matters. In fact, the (stay-away-from-me) song seemed to have encourage the young girl in her pursuit of a more than friendly relationship with him.
Why does it always have to be a man?
A man whom young girls seemed to have stuck in their brains as possibly being more sensitive, more romantic, and more exciting to be with.
So lost in his mental ramblings, Will failed to realized that maybe he blurted out that last question of his a bit too vocally. Nor does he seem to realize the effect it was having on Rachel.
When Will finally realized that no words were springing forth from his usually active passenger, he had already stopped the car and Rachel was already getting out. Apparently they had just arrived at their destination, the previous time passing by quite quickly and uninterrupted due to his mind's distractions.
Will watched as Rachel continued in her task, seemingly in a daze.
It wasn't often - if ever - that Rachel kept quiet on any matter she felt important enough to be discussed upon.
But all Rachel had done was softly mumble a barely audible 'thank you' and 'goodbye' before shutting the car door.
And Will had said nothing in reply as he continued to watch the girl approach and finally enter her house.
The moment Rachel's house door closed shut Will's eyes snapped forward.
Oh God, I hope she's not planning something.
-End Chapter One-
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Chp 2----------
A/N: So that was like my first femslash ever! Please be gentle.