The Summer Life
By WorkingGirl22.
Summary.
16 year old Rachel Barbra Berry was looking forwards to spending the summer with her cousins in California after dealing the the slushie facials and losing Regionals. This was her break before Junior Year. Boy was she wrong. Instead her Dads surprised her by sending her to stay with her childhood friends in The Hamptons. There she helps her best friends out with watching the younger siblings while Mr. and Mrs. Montgomery are busy with work. All the girls will get paid for their work.
On the first day she meets the Montgomery's in house pool boy/Landscaper Noah Puckerman who changes her mind about having a crappy summer, She couldn't help but be attracted to this guy on her first night.
This summer will change her life forever. Enjoy.
1. Starting Fresh, Yacht Party.
16 year old Rachel Barbra Berry who was born and raised in Lima Ohio, was looking forwards to spending time with her cousins Desiree and Ella Berry in California since it was summer break. She had a few more minutes of Glee club practice. She felt eyes on her as she sat in the front row in the choir room.
"We get one more year to win Regionals." She jumped up and hugged Mr. Schue as everybody cheered. She sat down and listened to Mr. Schue sing with Sam Evans. She looked around and saw Quinn giving her sad hopeful eyes and she looked away. She felt a hand on her knee and stared at her ex boyfriend Finn Hudson.
"Did that kiss we shared before Regionals mean we're back together?" He whispered. She regrets kissing him in the hallway because sure he was there for her after Jesse but she wasn't over him cheating on her with her ex best friend Quinn Fabray. Everybody in this school loved Quinn Fabray except for her.
"No Finn we're not back together. I need to be single for awhile." Mr. Schue lets them go for the summer. Rachel got up with her bag and looked at him.
"Have a good summer and I'll see you when school starts." She walked out with Kurt and Mercedes. She had two best friends at McKinkley High and they were Kurt Hummel and Mercedes Jones. They were all divas and wanted to be in the spotlight, that's why they got along so well, sure they have their moments but they always stick together.
"We're going to miss you this summer, make sure you do some amazing shopping for me." Kurt tells her as they hugged. Rachel giggles saying that she will. She hugs Mercedes who told her to look out for cute boys so she can get over Finn Hudson and Jesse St. James. They said there good byes.
Rachel walked towards the front to go to her car. Her Sophomore year was interesting. She had to deal with not one but two boyfriends breaking her heart. She was tired of high school boys. Finn Hudson cheated on her with her ex best friend Quinn Fabray who were also best friends with the girls. Anyways Finn thought he was going to father but it turns out that Quinn slept with Sam Evans and he was really the father. They haven't spoken to each other since Rachel broke up with him.
That's when she met Jesse St. James was a Senior at his high school and they dated for a few months until she found out that he tricked her into believing he cared about her but he was just a spy for her birth mother Shelby Corcoran and then he egged her with the rest of his show choir knowing she's a vegan. She still has nightmares.
Also her show choir New Directions lost Regionals but are lucky that they have one more year to win Regionals or else Glee club is over for good.
She pulled out of the parking lot of McKinley High and drove home to get her bags since she was on her way to California. When she got home she was excited and ready to hit the road. Her dads were taking her to the airport.
"Dad, Daddy I'm home, let me just grab my suitcases and we can go to the airport." Rachel yelled before going upstairs. She checked to see that she had everything and looked at her outfit. It was navy blue dress with white knee socks and mary janes. She has no time to change. She just grabbed her bags along with her purse. She walked downstairs.
"Come on Dads." They walked out of the kitchen with car keys in hand and they get in the car. Rachel noticed that they were going a different way to the airport.
"Um Daddy the airport is the other way, where are we going?" Her Dad looked back at her.
"Rachel sweetie your not going to see your cousins this summer. Desiree and Ella are staying with their Mom in London for the summer. You'll be staying with your childhood friends house in the Hamptson. You remember that Montgomery's." Rachel stared at them frowning. She was looking forward to this and now she's going to be in New York visiting her childhood friends who she hasn't spoken to in years. They moved when she was 10.
"Are you serious? those girls probably don't remeber me anyways. It might be the school year all over again. Turn the car around. I'm not going." She said with her arms crossed.
"Rachel stop being dramatic. Samara, Larissa, Libby, Taliah and Sofia all remeber you, they watched your myspace videos and wanted to see you this summer. It was there idea for you to join them this summer. Trent and Violet are looking forward to see you aswell." Rachel sighs.
"Your going to help out with the younger kids, Bradin, Autumn, Marni and Zachary and your going to get paid for it. Not only will you be enjoying your summer, you have a job also. This could be a great for you sweetheart." Rachel just looked out the window. When they got to the train station. Rachel got out with her bags and her dads hand her the train ticket.
"We'll keep in touch with you Rachel, remeber we love you and we'll see in August." She just let them hug her then walked away with there backs.
Rachel got off the train to the Hamptons a few minutes ago and looked around. She waited for her ride to the house she was was staying at for three months. She was looking forwards to enjoying the sun away from Lima Ohio but no she was stuck being visiting her childhood friends Libby, Samara, Piper, Taliah and Sofia Montgomery before her Junior year starts. She hasn't spoken to the girls in years since they moved to New York.
She looked down at her phone and wondered what time her ride was showing up. Rach heard a hunk and looked ahead to see a silver porsche convertible pulled up in front of the curb. Inside the car was a girl with long strawberry blonde hair that was pulled back into a high pony tail, with light green eyes, spray tan golden brown skin. She had on a yellow marc Jacops maxi dress that went to knees length. Rachel couldn't see her shoes but she knew they were Designer label shoes.
"Rachel Berry? is that you?" The girl asked squealing, getting out of the car to greet her smiling brightly. Rachel stared at her trying to figure out who she was.
"Samara Montgomery? I know it's been awhile but don't stare at me like I'm some stalker." Samara said reaching to hug her. Rachel looked at her for a few minutes and it finally clicked. Samara and Piper were her idols when she was younger because they seemed just perfect. They knew the right clothes, the right shoes and makeup to wear. They were always friendly whenever she was around. She hugged her.
"Wow how old are you now?" Samara smiles.
"I'm 20 along with Larissa. We're home for the summer but we go to school at Oxford University during the school year. Wow um what is with this outfit? are you wearing knee socks and and are those mary janes?" Samara said glancing at her outfit.
Rachel knew how to dress when she was younger. Now she dressed like a toddler and a grandma.
"Oh I had to wear these kind of clothes at my school, I didn't want my normal clothes to get ruined." She raised an eyebrow at her.
"I'll tell you a different time, we should put my bags in the car." She let it go for now and helped Rachel with her bags.
She put them in the trunk then closed it then both of them get in the car. Samara looked around for other cars and drove away towards the house.
"So did it surprise you when you were coming here instead of California?" Rachel nodded. She goes to California every summer and this year she wasn't.
"Trust me your going to love it here. They have the best shopping, parties, boys and so much more in the Hamptons. We have a yacht party to go tonight. You won't see my younger silbings for another two weeks. They are visiting the grandparents in chicago." Rachel smiles and looked out the window.
"Libby, Taliah and Sofia are excited to see you again. We're all sorry for not staying in touch with you." She shrugged. She didn't bother picking up the phone either so it went both ways.
When they pulled up to the huge mansion, Rachel gasped softly seeing how big this house was. She thought her house was big in Lima.
"Crazy huh? we added different parts of house last summer. Come on" Samara tells her as she got out of the car after popping the truck open.
Rachel got out the car quickly, closing the door and got her bags then closed the truck gently. She followed Samara quickly into the Montgomery house. She looked around seeing how huge it looked. This was the biggest house she's ever seen or been in.
"Hello Rachel you finally made it. My have you grown over the years. Come give me a hug." A firm but polite male voice said from the right of her. She saw a man with tan skin, green eyes, brunette hair was starting to grey a little, fit body for a guy that was her Dads age, staring at her wearing a pair of navy blue polo shirt with white shorts. He looked like he just came back from a tennis match.
"Hi nice to meet you Mr. Montgomery. Thank you for inviting me to your house this summer. I really didn't have anything better to do."
Rachel said half heartly giving him a hug. That was a total lie. She had had plenty to do this summer and now those plans weren't happening since Ella and Desiree were with their mom which was Daddy's sister.
"Oh no problem. Come join us in the living room, the girls are waiting for you." Rachel followed him along with Samara and walked into a huge living room where three other girls were talking to each other and laughing.
One girl had pale skin, long dirty blonde hair and blue eyes with a slim figure and breast that were pretty big. She was wearing high waisted shorts with a fitted light blue crop top. She had nothing on her feet.
One girl had the same color as the other girl but she had a little more tan to skin, same eye color as the other, jet black hair was was cut into a bob with side bangs, a curvy but still slim figure and breasts that weren't as big as the other girls. She had a jean shorts on with a white tank top and nothing on her feet.
The last girl had long hair that also jet black but she had blonde strikes at the ends, sun kissed tan skin, bluish grey eyes, slim yet curvy figure and breast that were big as the first girl, her eyes were a bluish grey color aswell. She was wearing a floral print romper and nothing on her feet.
These girls were her childhood best friends? they all looked like models. This wasn't fair.
"Girls Rachel's here." Trent says gesturing Rachel next to him. They all stopped talking and looked at her with bright loving smiles.
"Oh my gosh Rachie your here. We've missed you so much." The girls get up and hugged her. Rachel hugged them back surprised.
They pulled back and they pulled her to the couch and sat down. She left her bags near the doorway.
"First of all Welcome to our house in the Hamptons Rachel. You will enjoying your summer here for three months. Now I already told the girls that they will be working the summer to earn money and so will you Rachel." Trent spoke.
"You will have the weekends off because we want the younger kids to still enjoy the summer without having to do so many things. Curfew is at 1:30 on weekdays but weekends your free to stay out as long as you want. My wife Violet and I want you to enjoy your summer without working too hard." They all nod with smiles.
"Rachel I know you haven't been around us for a long time so we won't be too hard on you. Samara and Larissa are working at the store and will be doing their own thing."
"Autumn is a 11 and working on her swim meet coming up next month. Try to take her mind off it because she's going to tire herself out before that day comes. She's also doing voice lessions since she plans to be a pop singer when she's older, we fired her last voice Instructor because she kept getting yelled at and we want somebody to be patient with." Libby giggled because her Autumn really was off key every time she sang.
"I can help her with that. I'm a wonderful singer. I plan on on being on Broadway when I'm done with high school." Rachel told Mr. Montgomery.
"Alright you'll be paid to teach Autumn to sing, you'll start in two weeks when she comes back from visiting." Rachel grins so excited to teach people her god giving talent.
"Marni and Zachary are 10. Marni is into riding her bike so I want one of you two ride with her make sure she's safe. Zachary wants to learn hot to skateboard and Bradin doesn't want to teach him anymore.
"Bradin is 9 and gone at basketball camp for two weeks. When he comes back I don't want him playing his video game this summer. Please get him out of his room more because I swear if there isn't food, he'll be playing in his room." Rachel chuckled, he sounded like Finn.
"The kids are to be in bed at 9:00 after there to bed, your free to be off for the rest of the night." Trent tells them.
"You four will be paid in three installments, the first is in a few weeks. Every Friday we'll all sit down for a weekly progress meeting. Other than that, we don't really have a lot of rules here, Rachel once again welcome to our home for the summer." Rachel looked at him and says thanks for inviting me.
In Rachel's POV.
So I decided to change my clothes in the guest room I'll be staying in for the rest of the summer. It was a nice room with a comfortable bed. Taliah, Libby and Sofia told me that the were going to a Yacht party tonight so I better dress to impress. It's a good thing I brought normal clothes. I changed out of my animal sweater and skirt outfit and put on my light black and white striped bikini. I put jean shorts over the bottoms and a white tank top over the top. I put my hair up into a messy pony tail.
I walk out the room after grabbing my towel and flip flops. I ended up bumping into somebody almost falling but a pair of arms held me up.
"Oh my god, I'm so sorry." I said looking up to see gorgeous hazel green eyes staring into my brown ones.
"It's okay, I wasn't watching where I was going. I'm Puck, the live in house pool boy/Landscaper for the summer." I stared at him.
"Is that your real name? was your parents into shakespeare?" He shook his head chuckling.
"No it's Noah Puckerman but I go by Puck because it makes me sound more like a badass." I nodded and got out his embrace.
"Well I see you around then." He grabbed my hand stopping me from leaving.
"What is your name?" I totally forgot to tell this good looking guy my name.
"Rachel Berry." He grins then kisses my hand.
"See you around then Rachel." I stared at him as he walked off then joined the girls outside.
They were all laying down on the louge chairs. "Rach come join us." Sofia said while wearing her white bikini. I got off my shorts and top.
"Woah somebody got gorgeous over the years. I like that bikini." Sofia said pulling me down next to her. I looked at my body and just stayed quiet.
"Tells us about good old Lima Ohio since we've left." I sigh and told them about me and Quinn no longer being friends. About the slushies to the face and the cruel remarks people make because of I have two gay dads as my parents. I talk about Kurt and Mercedes, meeting my birth mother, Jesse, Finn and Glee club.
"Wow I remeber you and Finn together. You two were made for each other and now it's over?" I nodded.
"I never trusted Quinn when we were friends. Now she's a mom? karma can bite you in the ass." Libby said with her sunglasses on.
"Chelle we're sorry for losing touch with you. We all promised we would visit each other and we just so busy here." Taliah tells me.
"It's fine because I was busy too and forgot. We have all summer to catch up." Sofia snuggles up to me and I giggled missing my best friends. Sofia and I have the same birthday so we were also close in age. Libby and Taliah were older then us by a year. They will be Seniors next year while me and Sofia will be Juniors.
I noticed the guy I bumped into walking torwards us with a beer in his hand.
"Hey Puck are you joining us for yacht party tonight?" Taliah said getting up to hug him. He looked at me as he hugged her and pulled away from her and they talked quietly.
Calm down Rachel, you said you were staying single for awhile. I felt eyes on me and turned to see Sofia and Libby smirking at me.
"What?" They just chuckled shaking their heads. Sofia pulled me up a little and put sunscreen on my back.
"You might already be tan but we don't want you to skin cancer." I thank her then I lay on my stomach and talk to her. We jumped right back into our friendship.
We go in the water having a good time. I kept seeing Noah and Taliah talking. I wonder if something's going on with them.
At The Yacht Party.
All girls had their nice bikinis on while wearing cute maxi dresses. Rachel got handed a virgin daiquiri by Libby who was drinking a virgin margarita and she walked away saying that she'll be right back. They know not to drink. The one that likes to sneak drinks is Taliah. Loud music was blasting on the boat. People were dancing having a great time.
Puck walked up to her and sat down. "Come on there is no need to be shy, it's okay to be here, your here to have fun Rachel." He whispers.
Rachel just stayed quiet as they joined the rest of the many people on the Yacht. He was so caring and of course good looking unlike the students at McKinley High who made fun of her clothes, her looks, the fact that she wanted to be on Broadway and that she two gay days as her parents. She was tired of being made fun of.
"Sorry I've never been invited to parties, nobody really likes or talks to the social pariah." Puck stared at her, unsure how to respond to that.
"Hey Puckerman, nice of you to join us. Here is your beer." A girl with a raspy voice spoke walking towards them and hands Puck his favorite beer.
They look away from each other and stared at the the girl now standing in front of them. Rachel noticed that she was very pretty.
She had light brown hair, light blue eyes, sun kissed tan skin, slim figure just by the way she looked in her bikini clad body. She was pretty tall.
"I told you I would be here Stacy. This is Rachel Berry, this is Stacy Moore, Her Mom owns this Yacht." Rachel nods smiling politely before taking a sip of her drink.
"Rachel is staying with the Montgomery's this summer." She stook her hand out for Rachel to shake.
"Nice to meet you Rachel. Welcome to the Hamptons." Stacy pulls her away from Puck and starts talking to her as they danced with the .
He took a swig of his beer, watching Rachel take off her dress, showing off her black and white striped bikini clad body. He walked over to his best friend Chris Andrews who was a stuck up guy that was pretty rich and loved to spoil lots of girls he hooks up with him. He became friends with him in middle school and he's always been like this.
Puck might be from New York but he doesn't live the luxurious life as most people do when they come to the Hamptons. No he grew up in Brooklyn with his mom Debbie and his little sister Sara. His mom is a nurse which doesn't pay much so he took up a job working for the Montgomery's after his mom's boss who just happens to be Trent, saw that she was having trouble with her bills. He had to beg Trent to work for his family. He agreed to it and has been working for them ever since."
His dead beat dad left them years ago and hasn't been around since. He graduated high school last year. He was doing the best he can to make sure his family was doing fine.
He sends his mom money when he gets paid. This is his life. He's just lucky that he has great friends that don't give a damn that he's not rich like them. They still want to hang out with him.
"Who's the babe dancing with Katrina and Stacy? is she from around here?" A male voice broke him out of his thoughts. He stared at Chris for a second before glancing over at Rachel who was swaying her hips to the upbeat hip hop music playing with the drink still in her hand. She looked so care free as she danced with the girls with a grin on her face.
"Her name is Rachel Berry and I don't think she is. I call dibs so don't even think about it." Chris stared at him.
"I thought you were all about being with Taliah this summer. You changing your mind?" He nodded glancing back at Rachel who was now dancing with the Montgomery sisters. Sure Taliah was hot and fun to be around but he they weren't offically back together.
He walked over to the bar to get another beer and walked over to the group, placing his hand on Rachel's hip, stopping her from dancing. She looked up at him and listened to him whisper in her ear. She smiles nodding. Rachel held his hand as they go downstairs on the boat.
In Rachel's POV.
I looked around this amazing yacht. I never thought I would be doing this on my first day night in the Hamptons.
"So Rach, can I call you that?" Noah asked pulling me over to the couch that was down here. We both sit down, pretty close.
"Yes you can call me Rach." He smiles taking another sip of his beer. He was clearly older if he was drinking. Maybe he wasn't.
"I want to talk to you about what told me eariler." I looked away from him, biting my lip a little.
"Don't do that, it's a turn on for me. What did I tell you about being shy around me?" God why was he so interested in me? I'm not like most girls.
"I can't help it okay? I'm not use to guys being interested in me. They go for cheerleader types and girls with big boobs. I'm not like those girls."
He grabbed ahold of my hips, pulling me onto his lap. I gasped seeing how his face was close to mine.
"It's good that your not like those girls Rachel. I don't really like cheerleaders and your boobs look pretty good to me." He says smirking.
"Don't say things you don't mean, I'm not pretty, my childhood best friends are prettier than me." I muttered.
"And don't tell me what to do. Maybe it was a mistake getting to know you, since you rather put yourself down too much. That's not attractive in a girl."
I quickly get off his lap putting on my cover up, fixing my pony tail a little. Feeling out of place here anyways.
"I stay away from you for the rest of the night then." I said about to go upstairs when his hand grabbed my wrist.
"Hey I said maybe it was a mistake Rachel. That doesn't mean I'm going to stop getting to know you." I turned around, looking into his eyes.
"Why are you so interested in getting to know me anyways?" He pulled me back on his lap.
"Because you seem like a girl that knows what she wants and isn't scared to call somebody out on their bullshit. I can see it your eyes." He's making me blush.
"Let's play 20 questions. We'll answer the same question, sound like a deal?" I nodded, getting more comfortable on his lap.
"How old are you?" He asked me.
"I'm 16 but I'll be 17 this summer, how old are you?" He grins.
"We'll I'm 19 but I'll be 20 this summer." I knew he was older then me.
"When is your birthday?" I asked wanting to know.
"August 17, when is yours?" we born in the same month? that's something.
"August 29. That's pretty cool that we were born in the same month." He chuckles shaking his head and whispers in my ear, making me laugh.
We play this game for a little bit laughing hard at the things, then we join the others. I felt more comfortable around him as the day went on. His arm was around my waist all day, he was very protective of me. I felt bad for leaving Libby, Taliah and Sofia behind while I'm having this much fun.
"You look really great Rachel." Noah whispers once again in my ear.
"You don't look bad yourself." I whispered back. He takes off his shirt after finishing up his beer then tells me to take off my dress.
"Why?" He chuckles.
"We're going to jump into the water silly. Now take it off so I can see that body again." I quickly take off my dress and flip flops, handing them to Sofia.
"You ready Rach?" I nodded as he grabs ahold of my hand and on the count of 3, we both scream, jumping into the water.
Find out what happens next. I changed this story up a bit so that's why I deleted and I'm now putting up again.