Delilah: Hullo all, I'm sorry I've been off the map for awhile- school has decided to catch up with me and I'll probably be writing all my chapters on my iPhone from now on, and just transferring that to my laptop, at least for awhile so some writing is done… And I am sorry for all my fans that are waiting on my new Doctor Who story, the chapter is half typed I just need to figure out how I'm finishing it… If you are one of them, and you got excited about seeing I updated, I am sorry to say this is actually a glee idea that has been floating around my head for awhile.
I re-watched the "I Kissed A Girl" episode a few times tonight and this Puckleberry idea just kept nagging at me! So, for the purposes of this story, the whole Puck-Shelby debacle never happened, we're going to imagine that instead, Puck and Rachel grew closer- which will be explained more in the first bit here. Also, I'm tweaking Rachel a bit because my version of Rachel is always a tad off from what she is portrayed as on TV, and she and Finn don't sleep together. You can say I'm OOC as much as you want, that's why it's called FAN-fiction, not Exactly-Like-The-TV-Show-Fiction. One last bit, this will probably be a two or three shot, with the first bit tonight and the other one or two tomorrow, because I am incorporating one of my new OC, Angel, who is paired with Rory. If you haven't figured by now, I love OC and will use them!
Without further ado, I give you my first Puckleberry fanfic for this new account XD! I don't own anything!
I Kissed A Girl (But I Liked You More)
Chapter 1: I'm The Only One
Rachel Berry was not a rash person; quite the contrary, she was quite the planner, actually. She liked charts and lists, facts and reasons, over brute force and spontaneity. So, the idea that she and Noah Puckerman were getting scarily close to the blurred edge of friends and… more… Was both absurd and entirely true. The problem, Rachel came to realize, was that she let him through her barriers. When Finchel 3.0 hit, after Nationals, she was scared that it would end the same as other two times her and Finn had gotten together again. So, he went off to Football Camp, and she went off to Jewish Arts Camp, with Noah. The Mohawked teen, for all his crass language and rough exterior, knew when girls weren't 100% and noticed Rachel was on edge, asking what was up. Rachel had meant to just deny it all and move on, but her walls crumbled when Noah looked at her with real concern in his hazel-really-green-gold eyes. She spilled all her worries, told him her insecurities about how Finn treated her before, even told him her secret fear that he was truly anxious to get her to sleep with him, this time.
"You go too much stress Rach…" Noah has sighed. He reached over and hugged Rachel, a real hug not a cop-a-feel hug she expected. She relaxed into his hold and couldn't help the relaxation that fell over her body. She had confided in him all summer; but more then that, she got him to vent to her too. He told her all about how he felt about Beth, Lauren leaving him, Quinn and the lingering feelings, and even the hurt of his dad so many years before. All summer, the two destroyed their walls, then built a new bridge between them. Rachel was scared it would all end once they went back to school, but the first day back, there was Noah, waiting for her in his truck to drive them to school.
Now, it hadn't all been great; she had fought with him once or twice- mostly when he told her Finn was being an ass or she heard he was indulging Quinn's crazy ideas to get Beth back -but the fights seemed too small compared to the bond they now shared. Finn, for all his prior obliviousness, noticed this all too well. He pushed Rachel about the bond, even called her out on cheating again- this of course caused a huge blow out in the middle of West Side Story that had not only Rachel mad at Finn but the entire cast and crew as well. But, through it all, the two "hot Jews" stayed friends and Finn stayed with Rachel. That was, they stayed friends until Noah kissed Rachel. It was right before Santana slapped Finn, which was why Rachel was too distracted to hear Finn and only defended him on a whim.
Noah had asked Rachel to help him with a new song he was writing- a hobby he admitted he had picked up because of her -and she had agreed. They spent lunch in the choir room, and she played the piano notes he had written before her on paper. The song was beautiful, a song about being pain and wanting to forget. Noah sang as she played:
Because once all the glimmer fades away,
You're alone again to feel the pain.
The sadness is here to stay,
And no party can cover the hurt that reigns.
The lights and the music fade to black,
And as your After Party fades to your lie,
Your heart goes under attack,
From the memory of Goodbye.
"It's beautiful Noah…" Rachel said turning to face the boy. He sat beside her on the piano bench and rubbed his Mohawk nervously." Why so nervous…?"
"I wrote it because of you…" Noah said softly. Rachel's eyes widened and she opened his mouth to answer, but he covered it with his own. Rachel wanted to pull back and deny his words, his action, but instead her arms slung up around his neck and she kissed back. When they separated, Rachel was ready to cry." I can't stand seeing you with him, Rach… Not when I-"
"Don't, please Noah, don't…" Rachel said. She touched his cheek, her eyes giving all the love and emotion she had pent up and couldn't say now. She stood and fled, coming to the auditorium late, just so he wouldn't try talking to her again. And now, here he was singing this heart breaking-ly beautiful song, supposedly for Santana, but she was staring at her as if she was the only one alive. He sang:
Please baby can't you see
My mind's a burnin' hell
I got razors a rippin' and tearin' and strippin'
My heart apart as well
Tonight you told me
That you ache for something new
And some other woman is lookin' like something
That might be good for you
Go on and hold her till the screaming is gone
Go on believe her when she tells you
Nothing's wrong
But I'm the only one
Who'll walk across the fire for you
I'm the only one
Who'll drown in my desire for you
It's only fear that makes you run
The demons that you're hiding from
When all your promises are gone
I'm the only one
Please baby can't you see
I'm trying to explain
I've been here before and I'm locking the door
And I'm not going back again
Her eyes and arms and skin won't make
It go away
You'll wake up tomorrow and wrestle the sorrow
That holds you down today
Go on and hold her till the screaming is gone
Go on believe her when she tells you
Nothing's wrong
But I'm the only one
Who'll walk across the fire for you
I'm the only one
Who'll drown in my desire for you
It's only fear that makes you run
The demons that you're hiding from
When all your promises are gone
I'm the only one
The entire time, Rachel's heart was beating like a steel drum at a Jamaican conference, but she had to stay cool, and avoid eye contact. However, Quinn and Santana both saw the exchange, and knew there was some meddling to be done. When he finished, after Rachel thought she was going to lose this silent battle and jump form her seat, kiss him, and ruin everything, he ruined it by pointing to Santana. She left as soon as glee was over, not even saying goodbye to Finn.
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"Spill Puckerman," Santana said nonchalantly as she leaned against his locker. Puck gave the girl a glance and she glared back." You and Ber- I mean Rachel…"
"Why are you trying to be nice?" Noah asked taking out some books and slamming the metal door." Either Brittany has made you soft, or Rachel's little stand up for you earlier helped."
Yes, the girls' performance of "I Kissed A Girl" had been both surprising, and a little erotic- okay A LOT when it was Rachel singing and dancing like that -but a great boost once he heard Rachel had done it to stand up for Santana.
"She's just being nice because she thought Rachel was going to kick that boys ass," a voice rang form Puck's other side. He turned to find the source, a pint-sized redhead with big blue eyes. She came barely up to Puck's chest, shorter then even Rachel, and her hair was a sever bob-cut the ends spiked up in the back. She had lightly tanned skin and a small splatter of freckles across her nose, where a small stud was. She wore a dark purple t-shirt with vampire fangs and "Bite Me" in black writing, over black skinny jeans and purple converse. Her tiny wrists were covered in black and purple jelly bracelets and each finger had some sort of ring on it, while her ears had piercings all the way up. She stuck her tongue out at Puck, showing a black stud through that as well. She was Angel Jaelle Sanchez, and New Directions' newest freshman recruit." Don't look so surprised Noah, I'm tiny, you forget I hang around San' now too… Can't help what I over hear."
"Whatever, Angel," Noah sent back. The girl wrinkled her nose at her full name," My bad, AJ. Anyway, why would that matter?"
"Girl's bad ass," Santana shrugged," Didn't know she had it in her… And she's had you whipped into shape this year… So I was wondering when you plan on breaking up her and Frankenteen, and diving into a big bowl of Rachel Berries."
"Never…" Puck said sadly." I kissed her, I wrote a song for her, and she ran…"
"So try again," AJ said with a shrug." Takes everyone more times them one, in high school anyway… Write a new song, find another one to sing, tell her for real… Try something, because if you give up, then Finn wins for real…"
Puck hated how right AJ was, and he slammed his fist into his locker, rushing away instead. AJ sighed and turned towards Santana.
"Meddle time?" She asked. The Latina smiled and nodded, walking away. AJ turned to leave and rammed right into a boy a little taller them her. She fall back on her bum and glanced up to find a deep pair of green eyes meet her own." Um… Hi Rory…"
"I'm sorry, AJ!" Rory said, scared that he had rammed her down. AJ shook her head and held out her hand, smiling when he helped her up." I didn' mean-"
"No worries…" AJ said shyly. She tucked her bangs back behind her ear and smiled at her closest guy friend in the school." Wanna' ditch? Maura gave me the car today, and we can go get some fries?"
"S-sure!" Rory grinned. AJ smiled back and linked her arm in his, walking off, not noticing Santana had returned to ask something, and had caught the whole thing. Maybe more meddling then she thought would happen…
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D: A tad shorter then I wanted, but it's up! More tomorrow, I swear! Review please!