AN: Okay so I have had this on my computer for some time now. Decided to publish it today on Glee FanFic. Over the summer I had been watching 'Degrassi', (since Glee was over for the season) And I watched one, where this guy lives in a group home. So this is where I kind of got the idea of having the boys in glee club, live in the Berry household.
This is AU, but it will have some of the plots from Season 2, maybe season 3 too. Idk.
AN: Rachel has been living in New York for the past three years. Takes place in Senior year. Rachel is OC, most of the parts.
I do not own Glee- If I did Finn and Rachel would breakup in a landslide and Puck and Rachel would be together.
Like Children
Rachel hasn't been home in more than three years. But then again she never really wanted to return to Lima. New York was practically her home now. She hasn't seen her Fathers in months and hasn't slept in her room in forever. Rachel wonders if her old friends remember her, God she hopes so. She's missed them so much. She ponders what her room looks like, if it still has the ridiculous yellow walls. She secretly hopes, somewhere hidden in her closet, her stuffed animals are still there. Rachel didn't want to take them to New York with her and she didn't want to throw them away either. Rachel crosses her fingers wishing that the car ride to her home town is slow. She doesn't want to explain to her dad's why all of a sudden their daughter is coming home from New York city. The phone call to her parents was fast and she didn't all the way explain why she's coming back to Lima for her senior year of high school. Rachel starts to see more and more houses, signaling that the ride is about to end. When the cab stops in front of a white two story house, she continues to cross her fingers. Rachel swings the door open causing the suns rays to hit her eyes. Rachel instantly grabs her Ray-Ban shades pulling them down from her hair to cover her brown eyes. She takes a gulp of the Ohio air, instantly sneezing due to the season of the year.
Allergies! Great just what I need. She thinks.
Rachel continues to stare at the house, while the cab driver takes her bags out of the trunk.
"Thanks," She mumbles. The old cab driver (that looks like he never showers) extends his hand, waiting for the tip. Rachel looks down to his hand and instantly gasps. The man closes his eyes waiting for the big money roll to fall in his chubby hands. But instead his eyes flicker open once he feels her hands give him a high five. He frowns and wobbles his way back to the drivers seat huffing.
Rachel chuckles, grabbing her big suitcase by the handle. She makes her way to the door.
Puck was one of the teenagers who lived in the Berry household. The Berry's were like foster parents or shit, he didn't know. All he knows is that he's been living there for about three years. Mr. and Mr. Berry are good guys they let him crash at their house ever since his mother ran away with his dead beat father.
He came home one night, after five fucking years! And he thinks that they would all forgive him and take him back after a couple of wussy words. Then he say's he got a job in Columbus and wants them all to move back with him. Puck was beyond furious. His father who skipped out on his family, wants them just to drop everything and go run to Columbus with his dad. Puck didn't think they were going but, Wrong! His mother left with his sister to go to Columbus. Puck didn't want to go. He wouldn't go.
He came home home one day from school, finding his family had left him. He stayed in the house for a couple hours, not knowing how to act on this. Finally after three hours of sitting in the empty house(and maybe crying, but he would never tell anyone that) he went to the Berry resident a road over from his. The Berry's had been one his mom's friends from the temple. He walked over and told them the whole story, The Berry's were lawyers and somehow he got, custody of Puck until he turns eighteen. Puck never knew how Mr. Berry did this, but some how he did. And that pretty much explains how Noah Puckerman is living in the Berry household.
Today was Saturday and that meant an all day of playing the X-box in Finn's room. Well actually it's really the guest bedroom but Finn's always passing out in that room, so basically it's his room. Which doesn't make sense because he lives right next door. How hard is it to walk a couple steps? But Mike, Matt, and Sam live here, but that's another story.
"Hey you guys ready to get your asses kicked," Finn says after everyone has entered the guest bedroom at the end of the hallway. Mike's sitting on a bean bag while the mushroom chair is occupied by Matt. Sam's sprawled out on the floor throwing popcorn at Mike.
"I'll kill your ass before you lay a hand on me," Puck yells from his position on the twin sized bed.
"Will you stop Evans!" Mike yells to Sam who's currently laughing. Mike grabs the bowl of popcorn than pours it on his head. Puck just sits there rolling his eyes at the two.
"Fuck Chang! I just showered!" Sam shakes his head, causing the crumbs to spread around the room.
"Ha-ha since when do you shower?" Matt says chuckling. Sam frowns instantly looking away.
"Will you guys shut up! And clean that up man!" Puck yells toward them. Finn just nods from his spot against the bed, chewing on some Sour Patch Kids candy.
"Since when do you care if we make a mess? I swear you created some kind of life with all that junk from under your bed," Mike retorts stealing Finn's last Sour Patch Kid from his grip, earning a 'Hey' in return.
"Since I became the man of the house, when Mr. and Mr. Berry are gone," Puck grins, sitting up.
"How are you the man of the house?" Sam says throwing a popcorn Puck's way.
"Yeah since when Puckerman? Why can't it be me?" Finn calls from the corner of the bed.
"You don't even live here," Mike tells Finn.
"Oh yeah," the tall boy mutters.
"You guys are all wrong. I'm the man of this house while Mr. and Mr. Berry are gone," Matt hollers over them.
"I am. Have you guys seen my guns? They are so much bigger than your guys," Puck smirks flexing his muscles.
"Have you seen my ab?" Sam questions.
"Guys?" Finn try's to tell the boys something
"Well I can pop and, lock it," Mike says grinning.
"Guys?" Finn try's again.
"Chang, who cares about Pop the Cherry? And I think I would be-"
"Guys!" Finn yells.
"What!" They all scream turning their attention to the Tall boy.
"There's a girl in the house," Finn say's like he's seen a ghost or something.
"Finn don't be stuip-"
"The Fuck!" a female voice yells. They all turn their heads to the hallway to see a small brunette with a bright pink shirt on. She runs into Puck's room screaming at the top of her lungs.
"Dude is this place haunted?" Mike says who has moved from the bean bag to under the bed looking around like he's going to get attacked.
"Is it cold in here?" Finn questions. "Because I heard some where that when ghosts are around it gets real cold," Finn begins to rub his arms to give himself heat. The girl in the other room continues to yell.
"Yeah yeah I heard that too," Sam chips in. "I also heard that there's like a big energy thing too. Like you can feel the energy or somethin,"
"Yeah this place is haunted alright," Matt begins to extend his arms like he can feel the energy. "Yep I feel the energy in here," he starts to make his way towards Mike, touching his face with his hands. "Okay, Mike you might get killed because you have a lot of energy," Mike starts to panic, crawling deeper under the bed.
"Get the vacuum cleaner somebody!" Finn screams. "I watched Ghost Buster and that's how you kill them." They all nod and head to the closet door.
"No!" Sam runs and get's a metal bar from above the window "You need iron to kill it!" Sam yells.
"NO, No. You have to find the remaining of the body and burn it," Matt says.
"The fuck!" Puck screams "You guys serious?" He rolls his eyes and makes his way down the hallway.
"Hey!" he yells at the small girl who's running around throwing stuff everywhere. "What are you doing to my room?" The girl stops in her tracks and turns around to face Puck. He finally get's a good luck at her, she's wearing a bright pink shirt with gold stars, short-shorts, and converse that went to her knees with pink socks that peak over the top of the shoes.
"Your room?" she questions. He nods.
"This is my room," She tells him walking up to him.
"Wait you're Rachel?"
"Yep, the one and only," she makes her way towards him "Who are you?"
"I'm Puck,"he say's giving her his signature smirk.
"Duck?" She quirks a eyebrow.
"No Puck."
"Yuck?"
"Puck!" he yells. " Fuck!" he says getting frustrated
"Did you say Fuck? That's a weird name? That must be weird when..." Rachel stops and clears her throat. Puck smirks knowing what she was going to say. "I'll just call you Duck?"
"It's Puck!"
"Okay Duck."
"Just call me Noah!" he gives up. She smiles walking out in the hallway.
"Noah. I like it. But I mean I like Duck too. Or maybe Ducky." she walks down the hallway towards Finn's room.
"Wait what are you doing here?" Puck says getting annoyed of her. Suddenly three boys run into the hallway blocking Rachel. Finn has the vacuum hose pointed like a gun towards her. Sam has the same metal bar holding it like a sword. And Matt has the lighter in one hand while he has a tin can of gas in the other.
"The Fuck," she says slightly laughing.
"Yes?" Puck says referring when she thought his name was Fuck.
"Shut up, Ducky," she says turning her back to him. Puck scoffs and walks over to the three boys.
"Ahahahah," Puck says hitting Sam's head. "You guys serious?"
"Ma?" Mike asks suddenly walking out of the bedroom. Rachel whips her head at the sound of Mike's voice.
"Twinkle toes?" Rachel questions Mike, who fly's into Rachel.
"Ray?" They all question except Sam. They all take a step closer, and again wrapping their arms around her. She laughs as they do a group hug. Sam looks at Puck and has the same puzzled look on his face.
"Where have you been Ma?" Matt says as each one of them disconnect their embrace from Rachel.
"We haven't seen you in...like...uh" Finn has a stupid look on his face which means he's trying to think.
"About three years, beanstalk," Rachel chuckles patting him on the chest. Puck decides it's time to figure out what the hell's going on.
"Okay what the hell's going on right now?" Sam beats him to it. Puck just nods his head in agreement.
"Well this is Rachel," Mike points to Rachel. "We've known each other since age five," he continues smiling at her.
"Okay. But why haven't I seen her at school or when Mr. Berry has those cook outs?" Puck says confused. If they had a daughter, an only daughter, then she would be around all the time..
"I lived in New York. I have, I mean had, a scholar ship at one of the schools for the arts," Rachel spoke up from under the three boys.
"You've been in New York?" Matt says looking at the small girl.
"I hope you got us all those cheesy 'I love New York' t-shirts," Finn asks her.
"I did! And the statue of liberty hat thingy" Rachel runs over to her suit case. The three boys follow her smiling. Puck and Sam walk over too. Rachel flings open her bag that's in the middle of the hallway.
"This is all your clothes?" Mike questions her. Rachel looks up from her work to speak.
"No. The workers at the air port lost my other luggage! Can you believe that?" Finn and Matt laugh at the things that fall out of the suit case.
"Don't touch that!" the only girl screams. Finn immediately drops a shoe that he was holding.
"Those are brand new!" Rachel picks up the shoe and smiles. Than she just throws it aside. Earning a laugh from Sam. "Watcha laughin about Blondie with lady lips?" Rachel says as she keeps looking through her big suitcase.
"Sorry," Sam mumbles and then Puck laughs.
"Are you laughing at my new friend Ducky?" Sam knits his eyebrows together in confusion.
"Nah," Puck returns the words.
"Wait am I friend? Because you just made fun-"
"She does that. Don't take it personal, its just she does that to her friends. So you're a friend to Rachel now!" Mike says excited. Puck shakes his head. Mike begins to bounce when Rachel brings up a black plastic bag.
"Here we are."
"Ooohh!" Finn says when Rachel brings out a t-shirt and a hat. One by one she hands out the gifts to the boys.
"You're in luck Ken. I have an extra one. It was for my father but I'll make an exception," she hands the two items to Sam.
"I'm guessing I'm Ken," Sam says taking the two gifts from her. She smiles nodding.
"What bout me?" Puck asks from beside Sam, who's currently putting on the shirt. Rachel turns her attention to Puck.
"What about you?" she inquires, crossing her arms over her chest.
"Where's my 'I've been gone for for three years so here's my gift to make it up' I want one too." All the boys turn their heads to them as they put on their shirts.
"Who-" Rachel begins to bark back but changes her attitude. "Okay," she says in a better, sweeter voice. She spins on her heel walking over to her bag. Puck smirks.
" I don't have any more shirts but I do have something much better. These are chocolates from the best candy shop in New York. It was near my school so I scored some before I left last night," Rachel says taking it out of a paper bag from under all her clothes. She gets up and gives it to Puck. "It's no shirt but they are to die for and they're under 300 calories." Rachel gives the box to him. She watches as he quirks an eyebrow before trying one. His eyes go wide once he has put it in his mouth. He grabs another and drops it into his mouth.
"These are amazing!" Puck says with his mouth full of chocolates. The boys watch as Puck moans into the taste.
"Can I have one?" Finn asks. He tries to take one but his hand is slapped away from Puck's.
"No!" Puck guards his box of chocolates. He gives Rachel a nod and walks into the bathroom with his chocolates.
"Where are you going?" Matt asks.
"To eat my chocolates in peace."
Rachel smirks knowing what's coming in a couple hours. She turns around and see's all the boys standing in their shirts.
"Ahaha! I need to take a picture," Rachel smiles and digs in her side bag, pulling out her camera.
"Cheese!" they all say. Rachel laughs and saves the picture.
"If anyone needs to go to the bathroom I suggest you go now, before the night comes," Rachel laughs walking down the stairs. All the boys scrunch up in confusion but shrug it off.
"AHH!" The Mohawk teenager grumbles from the couch. The moans and groans are herd through out the house. Rachel smirks from the kitchen counter, eating a banana.
"Shit Puckerman! What's Fuckin wrong?" Sam's voice says with humor. One thing with Puck is- he never lets up a good opportunity to make fun of anybody. Like one time Sam had ate a whole pizza. The consciouses were throwing up the next morning. And that whole time Puck never gave up on making fun of Sam that whole time. Calling him pizza breath or Pepperoni chunks.
So this is pure funny to Sam.
"Fuck You Evans!" Puck spits back. Pucks laying on his stomach, hands clutching the side of the cushions. "God!" Puck scrambles off the couch and runs up the stairs clutching his stomach.
"Aren't you Jewish?" Finn yells from the kitchen.
"Shut up Finn."
The next thing you hear is the slam of the bathroom door. Rachel laughs, holding a can of soda in one hand and another with a bag of chips.
"What are you laughing at?" Mike takes a hold of Rachel's hips and pulls her onto his lap.
"You'll see," she says laughing evilly at the end. She sinks into the couch, her legs on Mike's lap.
"Fuckin Rachel!" Puck screams from the top of the stairs. Rachel bends her head back, seeing Puck with the empty box of chocolates in his hands.
"Yes?" she asks innocently.
"You!" He runs down the stairs and in front of the brunette girl. Rachel places a chip on her tongue, closing her mouth she chews the food and swallows it.
"What?"
"You did this?" he points to himself.
"Uh hahah? Anybody can make.." Rachel points to Puck. "I mean it's not that hard to make something so annoying and ugly."
"Burn!" Matt says.
"No!" Puck says not knowing a comeback "No! You made me fell like shit! You gave me old fuckin food!" he's right up in Rachel's face. "This chocolate was expired two years ago!" shoving the empty box in her face.
"Dude you need a Tic Tac." she waves her hand in front of her face. Sam chuckles and brings a chip to his mouth.
"Shut up asshole."
"Pshh you didn't when I got food poisoning. You just kept talking your mouth off, nonstop, one thing after the another." Sam says from behind the two.
"You gave me food poisoning!"
"You can't give someone food poisoning." Rachel takes a sip of her soda.
"But you gave me shit bad chocolates. And now I have food poisoning." Puck tells Rachel, who's still sitting on the couch, relaxing.
"You don't have food poisoning." Rachel says rolling her eyes and gets up from spot on the couch. She takes the chips and drink with her to the kitchen. "You're just puking your guts and having to go to the bathroom a lot."
"That's food poisoning!" he hunches over and wides his eyes at Rachel. Rachel purses her lips and scrunches up her eyebrows.
"Noooo," she says slightly laughing. She brings the can of soda to her mouth-but Puck knocks it out of her hand. The dark liquid spills all over Rachel and the floor.
"Fuck! Asshole!" The boys in the living room turn their head to the kitchen.
"Shit! Finn!" Matt says, signaling to get Rachel. Rachel's eyes are wide and ready to pounce on Puck. Finn get's up from the island and tries to calm down the teenage girl.
"You Fucking screwed up my shirt!" she says from Finn's arms. "Finn let me go!" her feet begin to kick trying to get free. Puck looks with wide eyes at the scene unraveling
"Puckerman you better stay away from Rach until she cools down," Mike tells Puck, moving him out of the room.
"The fuck I'm not! She gave me bad choc!" he says.
"Bean stalk you better get your hands off of me before I hit you or bite you!" she yells at Finn.
"You wouldn't?"
"Try me." she bites at him. Finn immediately drops the small brunette on the floor. She lands with a thump, she quickly jumps up and runs toward Puck, full speed. Puck's eyes go wide, he tries to step out of her way, but is blocked by Sam, who suddenly appeared out of now where.
"Thump." Was the sound that came when they fell on the floor.
"You Fucking jerk-asshole," she screams. Puck covers himself with his arms, shielding her from his face.
"Mike!" Matt and Mike run toward the two. Matt grabs Rachel off of Puck, picking her up and carrying her behind the stairs. Mike helps Puck from the ground and makes sure he's okay.
"You okay man? Even though she's small she has a mean punch," Mike tells the Mohawk boy/man. Puck dusts himself off, and hears the conversation between Rachel and Matt.
"Rachel." Matt warns the girl.
"I know! It was an accident don't let your nerves get the best of you because if you do then I'll end up like-
"Don't bring him up Rach," Matt says, his voice saying he doesn't want to hear what ever she has got to say.
"Why not he forgot about us, he-
"Go sit in the corner. You've been pretty bad to Puck." Matt points her towards the corner of the living room.
"The Corner? Seriously? I thought we over this?" Matt shakes his head, meaning no. "I hate the corner," she mumbles as she makes her way towards it. Puck takes a seat next to Finn on the couch, watching as Rachel sits staring at the wall.
"What she doing?" Puck whispers to Finn.
"When we were little, we use to have to sit in that corner when we did something bad. It was mostly Rachel who sat in that corner," Finn chuckles out. Rachel whips her head around glaring at Finn.
"Fuc-
"Rachel!" Matt warns her. She huffs and turns towards the wall. She stays in that corner for a couple more minutes before she speaks again.
"Can I not sit in the corner anymore."Rachel says keeping her view on the wall.
"No." Matt says keeping his view on the TV screen. There's another huff before some noise coming from the corner.
"Who took my box of secrets?" Rachel ask the boys, fully screaming. All the teenage boys look at each other (except Sam and Puck) whispering: 'I didn't' or 'did you' and 'maybe it was him'
Puck raises his hand, "Uh, what's a 'Box Of Secrets'?" Puck asks.
"I use to keep a box that was called Box Of Secrets' it was filled with stuff to entertain me while I was in the corner. But now it's gone! I had it in a secret spot!" she continues looking for it, expecting it to jump out. "So which one of ya took it!" she says.
"Yeah the cabinet is such a secret place to put it," Mike says.
"I found a box over there when I was cleaning. It had a bunch of junk in it so I threw it away," Puck says it as it's a normal thing to do.
"You what?" Rachel stands up and gets ready to charge at Puck again, but the front door swings open, revealing the two Berry men.
"Ray Baby!" they scream, dropping their luggage on the porch. They run over to the living room, blocking Puck from Rachel's view. Rachel runs at full speed towards them. Thinking she's going to go into her fathers arms, Puck sighs of relief. Rachel's dad's open their arms wide and close their eyes, expecting their daughter to run up and hug them, instead she ducks under their arms and rams into Puck.
Rachel talks to fast and muffled that you can't hear what she's saying to Puck. This time Finn and Sam pull her off of Puck. She's kicking and screaming yelling all kind of things at Puck.
"Barbra!" Her dad yells. Rachel settles down and bows her head.
"What's gotten into you?" they both say this time. Rachel snaps her head up looking straight at her parents, then she moves her head at Puck, who's standing behind the couch starring at Rachel with wide eyes.
"Nothing." she grumbles before looking at Puck. "I've had a long day. I'm going to sleep," she says then walks up the stairs. They all stay in the same position until they hear a door close.
"What did you do?" Both Leroy and Hiram say. Puck's taken back and doesn't know what to say.
"I Uh? I didn't. Nothing!" Puck says.
"Sure you did," Hiram nods his head.
"I didn't do anything!"
"She was kind of mad," Leroy says thinking over Rachel's actions.
"Kind of Mad? She was furious!" Puck looks at all five guys.
"She was mad, she didn't even give me a hug," Leroy says frowning. They walk off, carrying their suitcases. After they leave Puck turns to the three boys.
"What the hells up with you guys?"
"What do you mean?" Matt asks.
"I mean you guys are acting differently?"
"That's probably Rachel's doing." Mike takes a seat. Matt walks to the kitchen.
"Is she always like that?" Puck asks. "Like all moody and grouchy?"
"No. She's usually bubbly and bright. But is she want's to, she'll be mean. You just got on her badside, everything will blow by before monday." Mike assures him.
"Well I'm going to go to my house. Tell Rach that she'll need to come over tomorrow to meet everybody . G'night Mr. and Mr. Berry!" Finn yells, walking out the front door.
"Night!" everybody yells.
"So?" Leroy asks his husband, climbing the stairs to their bedroom.
Hiram looks at his partner confused. "So what?"
"So what do you think happened to our 'Sugar Ray' at good old New York?" Leroy responds standing in the dark hallway.
Hiram walk over to the door, "Do you want to know what I really think?" Leroy nods. "I have no Idea." The smaller Berry opens their bedroom door exposing a sleeping Rachel on their bed. She's spread out on the mattress with her head hanging over the edge, pillows tossed all around the bed.
"I guess we're sleeping on the couch tonight."
Okay so this is chapter one.
I don't know If I will continue? So if I get some reviews I will most definitely keep going.
