A/N: This is my first Glee fic and I haven't written anything in years so it totally might be crap. It's not beta'd so all mistakes are mine. I hope that you like it and comments are totally welcome and appreciated.

Disclaimer: I don't own Glee, if I did it would be all Puckleberry all the time. :) I'm just playing with the characters, don't sue.

Team Player

Sometime in the last year things had changed and Rachel Berry had become one of the most important people in his life. She had picked him up and dusted him off after babygate had blown open. She made herself busy trying to mend the friendships and relationships that had fallen apart. She had calmed him down and sung him to sleep the day that he had given his daughter to her adoptive parents. She had made him laugh and smile in his darkest moments. And he had fallen ass over elbows in love with her. And she had no idea.

He wanted to tell her everyday that he was in love with her. That she was it for him. But he had no idea if he would be it for her. Even though they spent a good deal of their free time together they weren't a couple. The only kisses they had shared were chaste. Her kissing his cheek from time to time. He would kiss her forehead. They had spent nights in one another's arms and spent days at a time just the two of them. But, he still felt he wasn't good enough to ask her to be his. So that's what he had been working for the last few months. He worked part time at the Hummel's garage, no more cleaning pools, no more cougars. He had actually read his summer reading list for the first time in years. He was going to all of his classes and trying to reach his potential as Rachel was fond of saying. He was still a badass but he wanted to be more.

Which is why he was early for Glee. Rachel noticed everything so he figured she be happy that he was "so committed to being a vital part of our club". Hell, he was just trying to be vital to her.

He saw her sitting in her usual spot in the first row, Brittany was on her left and Santana was on her right. Not because they were picking on her but because they were friends. Hey, when Rachel Berry puts her mind to repairing relationships she takes no prisoners.

Puck walked up and sat down on the row behind the girls. Matt, Mike and Finn were already there and they were staring intently at the girls.

"Sup guys?" Puck asked.

"Shhhhh..."

Puck was chugging back some water and rolled his eyes at Finn.

Mike glanced at Puck, "Brit and San are totally trying to get Rachel to join in on their sexcapades. It's hot dude!"

Puck almost spit his water all over Mike. Coughing he asked, "The fuck'd you just say?"

Mike sighed, "Just shut up and listen man."

"The answer is still no Brittany."

"But, but Rachel, we need you to do this," the blond girl whined back.

"No, you need someone, that someone does not have to be me," Rachel told her.

"Yes it does! It would be lots more fun if it were you! Plus your a total hottie!"

"I don't see how that matters Britt," said Rachel.

"San tell her. Make her do it."

"It's like this Rachel. Your hot like Britt said. You have really fantastic hair and probably the best set of legs I've ever seen. And to quote Brad Davis, "Damn Berry's ass is smokin, bet I could bounce a quarter off of it." Your also flexible and you've got moves, I've seen them so you can't deny it. You're perfect for this Rach. Like you were made to do it."

Puck didn't know what pissed him off more the fact that Santana was clearly lusting after Rachel's legs or the fact that fucking Brad Davis was looking at her ass. That ass and those legs belonged to him, well, they would when he manned up.

Rachel sighed, "That's all very nice San but this kind of thing, it's just not me. I don't think that I would be comfortable doing it. It's cool that you and Britt are into it but I don't think I would be very good."

Puck smirked. Hell yes she'd be good, but only with him.

Brittany reached over and took Rachel's hand, "Santana and I would never want you to be uncomfortable would we San?" Santana shook her head no. "We will be by your side the whole time. We will hold your hand and talk you through it. We'll even go shopping before hand so you have the right accessories. And your good at everything that you try so you'll be great at this too. You just have to trust us."

"You do trust us don't you Rach?" Santana asked.

"Of course I do, that's not the issue. But this is not my area of expertise and I would really hate to let the two of you down. What if I suck at it?"

"You won't suck! You'll be amazing. And the costume will look super hot on you!" Brittany answered.

"Totally! You've got the legs for the costume Rach." Santana said grinning.

Again with the mother fucking legs. Puck was getting more and more irritated.

"Look if Berry isn't into it then she isn't into it. Stop trying to push her. Not everyone wants to be on your team ya know." Puck growled.

Rachel smirked, "Oh I very much want to be on their team, I'm just nervous about it. They've been at it for a long time and I have no experience."

Mike, Matt and Finn all groaned.

Puck shot straight up out of his seat. "That's it! I've had it!"

He jumped down to Rachel's level grabbed her by the hand and said, "We are going to have a little talk Berry."

"But, but Noah practice is about to start!"

"To damn bad!"

Puck dragged Rachel out of the room and down the hall, "Noah! You're about to pull my arm out of the socket! What is wrong with you?!"

Puck spun around, "What is wrong with me?! I'll tell you what is wrong with me! I haven't spent the last 5 months trying to be a better man, a man that deserves you. A man that you would be proud to date to have you go and switch teams on me now!"

Rachel just stared at him. Did he just say he wanted to date her? He was trying to be a better man for her? She was utterly confused.

"Huh?"

"Look Rachel, I've...I've been trying to find a way to tell you this for weeks now. I'm fucking crazy about you ok? And I know I don't deserve you, but I've been trying to be better. I don't skip classes and I don't screw cougars. I don't screw anyone, cause your the only one I want to be with. And I actually read books cause you said it was important and shit. And I was early for glee, I had time to light one up behind the dumpster's but you don't like that so I came to glee early. I'm trying to be good enough for you."

Oh my God thought Rachel. He has feelings for me!

"Noah. I would never want you to be anyone other then yourself. And you were always good enough for me. And I'm crazy about you too, but I still don't see what any of this has to do with me joining the Cheerios?"

"The Cheerios?"

"Yes, Noah. Taylor Lampert broke her arm in two places so they need another girl and Britt and San have been trying to talk me into....What did you think they were trying to talk me into doing?!"

Oh shit! "Ugh, joining their... ya know...their special all girl team...."

Rachel looked at him and laughed out loud. "Noah, as pretty as the two of them are, well, their just not my type."

"Thank God. I can't beat up chic's Berry. So, wait, you have a type?"

Rachel walked over to him until they were sharing the same space, "Ugh huh. My type has green eyes and a really foul mouth."

Noah grinned at her. "Is that right?"

"Oh yes. My type also has really lovely arms, a sexy nipple ring and a pretty silly haircut."

"Hey! The hawk is badass Berry! It's not silly! You think the nipple ring is sexy?"

She leaned up on her toes and whispered into his ear, "Very sexy."

Puck got goosebumps. "And your crazy about me?"

Rachel nodded at him. "That's good then, cause I don't want to be the only one in this relationship that's crazy."

"Relationship?"

Puck smiled at her, "Yeah baby, your my girl. And those legs and that smokin ass belong to me. Got it?"

Rachel beamed at him. "Yeah I got it! Don't you think you should kiss me now? I'd hate to regret my decision to be on your team Puckerman," she teased.

Puck laughed and dipped his head to kiss her. He poured every feeling that he had ever had for her into this kiss. It was a mixture of love, laughter and a fair amount of lust. When he pulled back Rachel looked thoroughly at a loss for words.

Puck laughed, "It's our team baby. And you won't ever regret it."

She never did.