A/N: I have a one chapter update on my Puck/Quinn story. Yes I know it's only one and I am sorry for that! I got a new job so it's been hard to find time to fit in to write a story. Seeing as how at my old job there wasn't much to do and I could write then. But I thought I'd give you a treat with posting a shuffle fic. This is about Rachel and Puck though so I'm sorry to upset any of my fans that like the other ship. I knew that the shuffle was going to involve Puck but I didn't know which leading lady until the first song came on. I pictured Rachel and not Quinn. Anyway I hope that you will all enjoy this anyway!
Disclaimer: I do not own Glee or any of the music in this story. So do not sue! 'k Thanks! ;)
1. Pick a character, pairing or fandom you like.
2. Turn on your music player and put it on random/shuffle.
3. Write a drabble related to each song that plays. You only have the time frame of the song to finish the drabble; you start when the song starts, and stop when it's over. No lingering afterward!
4. Do ten of these and then post them.
What you Leave Behind
The Difference in Shade | Bright Eyes
And we'll stay like this, all golden and green
The light collects and projects your heart on a movie screen
And if you close your eyes
We will always be the way you were the night
You crawled inside of me
He stood in her pink pepto bismol bedroom in a black tux. She sat on her bed scowling, her dress was all rumpled and she looked like she was going to cry. He couldn't deal with Rachel Berry when she cried. He was still trying to calm himself down after the disaster at prom. He stood there for a second trying to figure out what to do. Next thing he knew he had crossed her room and stood in front of her stereo. He rolled his eyes as he put the cd into the player and a few seconds later music came blaring out of the speakers. He walked up to the edge of her bed and stuck out his hand, offering it to her. She looked up at him with tears threatening to fall from her eyes. She stared at him trying to understand his logic.
"Come on Berry, let's dance," He said simply.
She finally took his hand and stood up, timidly put her arms his neck as he put his hands on her waist. The stood there slowly swaying to the music. She rested her head on his chest.
"Thank you Noah, this is the sweetest thing anyone has done for me," She mumbled.
"Don't mention it,"
She was finally smiling and he could feel the tension leave his body completely.
***
Express Yourself | Charles Wright
Some People have everything
And other people don't
But everything don't mean a thing
If it ain't the thing you want
The room was buzzing as he made his way into the crowd. Everyone was dancing; he shouldn't be surprised about this. It's what people did at weddings. He looked over and saw Finn kissing Brittany as someone clinked his or her wine glass. He just shook his head. He was so mad he missed their first dance, they had probably been tripping all over themselves since neither one of them knew their left from right.
He stood by the door scanning the crowd until his eyes fell on the one person he was looking for. He watched as the music flowed freely through her, her brown hair falling behind her shoulders as she spun around with Kurt. He doesn't know how long he stood there watching her but after a few minutes her eyes met his and she basically pranced over to him.
"There you are! Finally!" She grabbed him by the lapels and dragged him out to the dance floor.
***
Hum | Electric President
We sit on a rusty staircase
You write your name with lipstick on the rail near the wall
What do you think about me now,
That I've fallen down
He was visiting her in New York. She was going to Julliard and acting in plays on Broadway. He was going to Ohio State; playing football this was only making their long distant relationship more difficult. They were in a bar at one of her cast parties after one of her Broadway plays wrapped. They hadn't really spoken at all that night. She was staring at her drink ignoring him. They had been off since he flown in. It had been months since they had seen each other and he hadn't originally had planned on flying out in October to see her. But after the few fights they had lately he wanted to make it up to her big time. She looked down at him from the step she was sitting on the stairs. There was a look in her eyes he had never seen before. It was disappointment; it was the same look his mother gave him when she found out about Quinn and the baby. But this time it hurt more. Rachel was never disappointed with him.
"You're not ready," She reads his mind. How did she always do that?
"Not yet,"
"I'm not waiting anymore,"
***
Maybe Sprout Wings | The Mountain Goats
A bad dream shook me in my sleep
and I woke up sweating
Ran through the dark to the shower
Already forgetting
On the rare night he could sleep they always ended in nightmares. It was always the same dream, her walking down the stairs away from him and him not being able to get up after her. Except it wasn't a dream it was real. That's how it ended. They hadn't talked since. He didn't know exactly what to say. He couldn't give her what she wanted. Not yet anyway. He wanted to finish college. He wanted to show her he was worth marrying. Finn tried to tell him this time apart was good for them. That they could grow up and move on. But that's not what he wanted. At all. All he wanted was Rachel.
***
Black Pear Tree | The Mountain Goats
I saw the future flowering like a ruptured vessel
Somebody's gonna get screwed
It won't be me
Someday I'm going to walk out of here free
Noah Puckerman hated suits but he was wearing one for a greater good. He sat at the table and was trying to compose himself while he waited. But luckily he didn't have to wait too much longer until his name was finally called. He had won the New York Giant's drafting pick. He was going to New York, well technically New Jersey but still. He was going to win back Rachel.
He made his way up to the stage and shook the coach's hand. He took the jersey with the number 20 on it. Michael Johnson was long gone. When the camera zoomed in on him he was hopping she was watching him. He knew she didn't like football but that doesn't mean she wasn't watching right? She knew both he and Finn were up for the NFL Draft. And if anything she'd tune into support Finn?
He was going to go to the big apple. He was going somewhere with his life. He wasn't going to be a Lima Loser. And he was definitely going to fix things with Rachel. He'd give her the stupid ring the first time he saw if her that meant they could be back together.
***
Outsider | The Ramones
All messed up, hey everyone
I've already had all my fun
More troubles are gonna come
I've already had all my fun
He now knew what Rachel went through in high school. When he arrived at Ohio State he felt so out of place. He was fresh meat. The only thing he looked forward to was trying out for the football team. He had Finn, just as he had when he entered high school but it was different. There were more people here; he was no longer a big fish in a small pond. It intimidated him.
Rachel moved the final box into his dorm room snapping him out of his thoughts. He stood their staring at her.
"Noah, you'll be fine," She said smiling.
"What are you talking about Berry," He smirked.
"Oh don't even try to deflect with me! I know what you are thinking. I know you better than everyone, even yourself," She stomped.
"Alright fine… maybe I'm a little nervous," He admitted.
"And you have nothing to worry about. When you really let people in they all like you," she reassured him.
"Whatever,"
"And I'm only a phone call away," She whispered in his ear before she pulled him in for a kiss. That's really what he needed to hear. Is that she would always be there for him.
***
Goodnight, Goodnight | Maroon 5
The room was silent as we all tried so hard to remember
The way it feels to be alive
The day that he first met her
He hadn't seen her since their last blow up at the bar when he visited a year and half ago. He stood at the door to her apartment and finally got the courage to knock on the door. The door opened a second later, music blasting and Rachel laughing at something on the other end of the phone she was holding. She looked up him shocked he was there.
"I'm going to have to call you back," She stammered into the phone before she dropped it.
They stared at each other for a few minutes. He was willing himself to say something to her but nothing came out. Her face twitched slightly.
"I don't really know what to say to you," She admitted.
"Well I am the one that came over here," He laughed bitterly.
"Yes, why did you?" Her eyes narrowed.
"To give you this," He said digging the black velvet box out of his pocket.
Her eyes blinked several times. "What is that?"
"What do you think it is?" He didn't want to answer question directly.
"Noah…" her voice was full of pity.
"Rach, I bought this for you a long ass time ago. I had it in my pocket that night. I just couldn't…"
"And now that we haven't seen each other in almost two years you get the courage to?" she said disbelievingly.
"I just want you,"
***
Brand New Day | Joshua Radin
I fell asleep beneath you
In the tall blades of grass
When I woke the world was new
I never had to ask
Their first time was not until the night of graduation. He remembers everything from that night. The way she looked at him, what she tasted like, the way she squeezed him tight when he came. It was honestly the best he has ever had. He held her all night and he knew that he wanted to wake up to her for the rest of his life. He was kind of mad they waited until then to do it. It made it that much harder when the both went off to school. That they couldn't dick around a few months enjoying the new level their relationship had reached. They didn't even have the summer. He left early for college to try out for the football team and she left to try to break out in Broadway. And even though it sucked that they were separated so soon he had never been so sure about something in his life.
They made a repeat showing in his twin bed in his dorm room and in her's as well. That had helped a little bit too.
***
To Live Without It | Spill Canvas
I'll even help you put up your wall
And I'll applaud you as you fall
He started acting out when the phone calls started to get fewer and fewer. They weren't breaking up; they were just in different states trying to start their lives. It just sucked it wasn't together. He started acting immature again and calling her Berry all the time. He knew she knew he was angry she was always too busy to have hour phone conversations with him. He tried to rationalize it to himself but he was always so afraid she'd leave him just like his dad did.
He had been a complete dick to her up until the night he showed up at her apartment for the last showing of her play. He had been on his best behavior to smooth things over but she didn't want any of what he was selling. She wanted to get to the bottom of the whole problem. He didn't want to talk about it. Just like he didn't want to talk about anything he was feeling. He was lucky that most of the time she could just read him like a book and he didn't have to vocalize anything. But she was sick of playing that game. She didn't talk to him all the way to the play nor in the cab ride over to the after party.
"What's going on with you?" She asked.
"Can we just sit together, like we used to," He begged.
He knew things weren't going good. But maybe if they were just close to each other again it would be fine. She nodded at him and that's how they found themselves on the stairs. Ultimately his decision would lead to their demise.
***
Invincible | Muse
Follow through
Make your dreams come true
Don't give up the fight
You will be alright
'Cause there's no one like you in the universe
"I never needed a ring," Rachel told him.
"What the hell do you mean you didn't need a ring?" He asked. They were out at dinner so he was trying to keep the cursing to a minimum.
"I wasn't trying to get you to propose to me back when we were in college," She explained.
"Then when did you tell me you wouldn't wait anymore?"
"I meant I wasn't going to wait for you to figure out if believed in you, in us."
"I did!" He hissed indignantly
"Oh really? Is that why you were acting bi-polar the last few months of our relationship?"
Okay, she had him.
"Does it really matter now?" He asked her trying to calm himself down. "You have one now, with the diamond the size of a freaking dime,"
"And while it is lovely Noah, I love it more for what it represents that what it looks like,"
"Oh yeah? And what does it represent?"
"That you believe in our relationship so much that you want to spend the rest of your life with me," she smiled sweetly at him.
He sighed; she is still the same old Rachel Berry that he met in high school. But damn did he love her because of it.
A/N: Damn, that was hard… some of these I had to type super fast on so I could get out everything I was trying to say. Luckily most of the songs were 4 minutes and some change. it turned into a story kind of… the way it would go back and forth. That was completely unintentional. Sorry if Rachel is a little OOC… I really like the Rachel/Puck pairing but I always feel like what I type doesn't sound like her. She always talks on and on using big words and it just intimidates me. But when I turned on the first song I knew this story was about them. And I couldn't help it.