It was Valentine's Day, and for the people in relationships it was one of the greatest days of the year. But for the people who were single, it was hell.

Noah Puckerman was no exception. Santana had Brittany, Mike had Tina, Kurt had Blaine, Mercedes had both Shane and Sam, Sugar had Rory and Artie (what was with all of these undeserving people having more than one Valentine?) and Finn had Rachel (his Rachel!)

Everyone expected him to end up with Quinn, who was the only other person in Glee that didn't have a Valentine. But he had already moved on. Of course, she would always mean a lot to him. Come on, she was his Baby Mama! But he just didn't feel that way about her anymore.

Watching Rachel and Finn making goo-goo eyes at each other all day had made him feel sick to his stomach. Sure, he was friends with Finn again, and yeah, he and Rachel were on speaking terms, but she never noticed how much he really cared about her. She was the first girl that he had had an exclusive relationship with. He and Santana didn't count. They were pretty much friends-with-benefits from the start. But with Rachel it was different. When he was with her, he didn't even think about being with another girl.

But she was too caught up with the idea of being with Finn to see how much she mattered to him.

He watched as Finn and Rachel ate lunch together, feeding each other bits of their food and giggling.

He bolted from the cafeteria, trying to get as far away from the happy couple as possible. He wanted to be left alone to wallow by himself, away from everyone's prying and watchful eyes.

Looking out across the football field, sitting on the cold bleachers, he remembered his and Rachel's break-up. He remembered the hurt and pain that he covered up with anger.

"Noah, are you all right?" Depressed, jealous, hurt, lonely, maybe. But all right? Definitely not.

"Just wanted to be alone, I guess. Isn't that what single people do on Valentine's Day?"

"You want to talk about it?" It was an innocent question, but it caused hurt to course through him. How could he talk to her about how much he cared for her if she was with Finn?

"Not particularly, no."

"You want to change the subject?"

"Yeah, I'd appreciate that."

She sat closer to him, trying to keep warm. "Did you know that Neil Diamond and Barbra Streisand were childhood friends? And that they performed one of the greatest duets of all times at the GRAMMY'S?"

"So they're kind of like us, then? We've known each other since our first day of temple, and Need You Now was definitely the best duet ever performed in the history of Glee Club."

She smiled. "I guess we kind of are. Diamond was one of the only people that could calm Barbra down when she was nervous. You're my Neil Diamond." She smiled, causing him to smirk.

"Babe, you'll always be my Barbra." She giggled at the metaphor.

"I'm taking that as a compliment."

"It was." He bumped his shoulder lightly against hers.

"Finn was mad that I decided to come after you when you bolted."

"Why?" he cautiously asked.

"He gets a little jealous from time to time. I was talking to Sam in the halls as we walked to our next class, because he was the only friend I had in that class and Finn blew up at both of us, accusing me of cheating on him. Can you believe him?"

So I guess Finchel wasn't as happy as they played it out to be at school. He didn't know if that was good or bad for him.

"And you're still marrying him?"

"Of course I'm still marrying him! I love him, Noah."

"Just because you love him doesn't mean you should marry him."

"I'm afraid I'm going to lose him if I don't marry him," she whispered quietly.

He grabbed her hand, trying to console her. "If you were in love with him, you wouldn't doubt him right now, Rach."

She sighed. "I know, but I've worked so hard to get him back. It'd feel like a waste if I gave that all up now."

"You want to know what I think?" She nodded. "I think you forced yourself to love Finn, because you liked him too much to let him go back to Quinn and because you spent so much time working on getting him back."

She sighed. "I know that. But it just isn't that simple. I can't just break up with him now! We're engaged!"

"Rachel, you're 18!"

She rested her head on his shoulder. "If I break up with him, will you please come with me? I won't be able to do it alone."

He squeezed her hand. "Of course."

She kissed him softly on the cheek, her lips lingering. "Thank you for being my Neil Diamond, Noah."

And with that, she got up and left, leaving a dumbstruck Noah Puckerman touching his cheek in shock.

He smiled. I wonder if Neil Diamond was secretly in love with Barbra Streisand.

And with that, he made his way to his next class with a spring in his step.

Best Valentine's Day ever!

Please review and tell me what you think! I'm thinking it'll have one to two more chapters. But if no one reviews, this'll be the end! Thanks for reading! (: ~raeganb