Puck stuffed his hands in his pockets and he walked up the path to Rachel's house and rang the bell.

"Not the pizza guy." Rachel said when she opened the door.

"No." Puck had a bemused smile. "I guess you're busy."

"Kurt and Mercedes are here for a girl's night." Rachel explained. "I'm sure I told you earlier."

"I probably forgot. It can wait. I'll see you tomorrow." He kissed the top of her head.

"Noah what is it?"

"I just wanted to talk to you about something. It can wait. Besides at least we know if you ever get to play Elphaba you look good in green. Have fun."

"Oh my." Rachel shut the door and her hands went to her face where she was still wearing a green face mask. "Why didn't you tell me I still had this on?"

"We thought you knew." Mercedes said.

"And Puck didn't seem to mind.

Puck was waiting for Rachel when she arrived at his house the next morning.

"Hey." He kissed her hello. "Let's go for a walk."

"Is everything ok Noah?" Rachel asked as she took his hand and they walked towards the park near his house.

"Yeah."

"You're not breaking up with me are you?"

"What? No. Why would you think that?"

"You said you wanted to talk. That's usually a predicator of a bad conversation."

"I'm not breaking up with you." He assured her.

"So what did you want to talk to me about?"

"You know you've been on my back about apply to college."

"Of course, Noah you should really apply you're in the top ten percent of our class now." Rachel repeated the line she had been using on him since the start of the school year.

"I did. I got my acceptance letter to Boston University yesterday."

"You got in to college? Noah I'm so proud of you."

"Mom can't afford to send me to college out of state, or in state for that matter."

"Noah I'm sure there is a scholarship we can apply for you. We should go back to your place and do some research."

"I got a scholarship." He interrupted. "The Navy are going to pay for me to go to college if I serve five years when I graduate."

"I'm so proud of you." Rachel hugged and kissed him.

"You heard the Navy part right?"

"Noah, you got into college all by yourself. You figured out a way to pay for it, you have a job when you graduate; you're getting out of Lima just like you always wanted. I'm so proud of you." She kissed him again. "What did your Mom say when you told her? Did she start calling everyone she knows?"

"I haven't told her yet." He admitted.

"Why not?"

"Because I wanted to tell you first. You're the one who has always believed in me unconditionally. You had no doubt that I could make it out of here."

"Noah, your mom believes in you. Let's go and tell her."

"Ok." He conceded.

"I'm taking you to Breadstix to celebrate." Rachel paused. "You know there is another benefit of you going to school in Boston?"

"What's that?"

"It's less than a ninety minute flight from New York to Boston." Rachel pointed out.

"That's just about enough time for a booty call." He kissed her. "I have to leave three weeks after we graduate."

"I guess we have to spend what little time we have of the summer together. Let's go and tell your mom."

TBC

A/N: A short start but the next scene had to be on it's own.