The last class of the day had just ended and I was now on my way to glee. We are in between competitions; so our lessons are lame and boring for right now. I was trying to think of what new topic Mr. Shue had planned for us this week. We haven't done boy band week or baby makin' music week yet and either one of those topics would show my skills off. Walking into the room, I realized I was one of the last ones to enter. Brittney and Santana were dancing around in the front of the room, Mike was giving Tina a back massage, and Finn and Rachel were making out in the front row. You would think Santana would have permanently made them unable to do that by now considering how freaking disturbing it is. I took my usual seat in the back corner when Mr. Shue and Ms. Pillsbury walked in and claimed everyone's attention.
"Ok everyone, since we are still a few weeks away from Nationals, I asked Emma to come and speak to you about your future plans. I know that most of you see this as a waste of time since you all have an idea about what you want to do; but I want you to just listen what she has to say." Mr. Shue said before he backed up and let Ms. Pillsbury have the floor. "All right guys, I know that you all have an idea of where you are going after high school, right now I want each of you to take turns letting me know your current plans."
"I want to be a director." Artie said and then looked to Mercedes, "A multi platinum recording artist with a few Grammys on my shelf." "I'm going to be the greatest Latino artist since Selena." Santana said with a matter of fact tone. "I want to work at Mattel and make clothes for my Barbie and Ken dolls." Brittney said and then smiled to Tina. "I want to work on Broadway somewhere." Mike squeezed her hand, "I want to be the most sought out dancer of my generation." "Obliviously everyone already knows my destiny. Kurt and I plan to be big stars by the time we graduate from NYADA. Finn and I will be living in our upscale New York apartment by then and have one or two children both named after some of broadways finest. Once I am past my stage age, I will then make a few movies and albums to keep my fans happy." Rachel said as everyone else including me was rolling our eyes at her speech. "We got it Berry! You won't be happy unless you are on stage. So sit down and let the rest of us have our turn." I shouted and received a evil look from her and her fiancé. "Well why don't you go ahead and tell us you're big plans Noah." She spat at me. "I plan on being the next big thing and have every girl in the world screaming my name." I said with a proud smile on my face as she turned back around with her arms folded across her chest. "Ok, so we all have big dreams for most graduation." Ms. Pillsbury said trying to claim all of our attention. "Tonight your assignment is to think of a practical plan b. This is just a exercise to see if there is something else you might be interested just in case you don't get discovered or if you don't get the part you have been waiting for. So when you go to sleep tonight, think about your plan b and then we will meet back here for practice tomorrow and see what you have come up with." She finished and dismissed us.
"I can't believe she is making us think up of a plan b! I already know what I want to do and don't plan on changing that." I told Finn as we stopped by our lockers before heading out to his truck. "Well maybe you can just see into the future and come up with a plan b for me. I don't even have a plan a right now. All I know is we will be together." He said bending down to give me a kiss before grabbing my hand and led us out of the building. "I'm so happy that we will be going to New York in a few months. We are going to have an amazing live Finn." "I just hope my plan b isn't a waiter job and a low end restaurant." He said as we climbed into the truck.
After I spent the afternoon making out with a few of the sorority girls but ended up calling it a early night and headed home to watch Emma while my mom pulled the night shift at the local hospital. I got Emma to bed and decide to go ahead to bed myself. Trying to go to sleep was proving to be a challenge tonight though; so I started to think about the assignment Ms. Pillsbury left us with. Next thing I remembered was I was walking down the hall of McKinley that connects the locker rooms to the main lobby. I was walking with a younger kid who started talking to me. "Coach I promise I won't let you down. Thank you so much for reconsidering me for the alternate quarterback." He said before I patted his shoulder and he ran off towards the main doors. I watched after him while a yellow school bus pulled up in front of the building. I noticed I had a small stack of papers in my hand then and looked at the top page; it had a heading that read Noah Puckerman Director of Sports and Fitness. I worked at McKinley now? I mean I did love sports and the idea of being a coach really wasn't that bad but I was supposed to be a rocker. Looking through the glass to the bus, I saw my reflection. I looked just the same as I do now except I had short hair covering my entire head not just a Mohawk and I looked to be at least early 30s. Two little kids running into the school caught my attention then as they were running towards me. The oldest one was a boy who looked to be about 7 was ahead and he looked just like me wearing cargo shorts and vintage rocker t-shirt. The other kid was a little girl who looked to be about 5 and had a pretty pink dress on with her brown hair pulled up into two ponytails. As soon as they both passed the doors and spotted me, they were sprinting towards me. "Daddy, Daddy", the little girl shouted and I bent down to pick her up. "How was your first day of Kindergarten?" I asked her and noticed she has a small name tag on her dress that read Melody Puckerman. "It was great Daddy; I made a bunch of new friends already." She said smiling as I looked down to the little boy. "Please tell me you made it through the first day without getting into trouble." I told him and saw that his name tag read Joel Puckerman. "No I didn't get into trouble yet." He said rolling his eyes at me as we continued walking down the hallway. "Can we go see Mommy? I want to show her the picture I made today." Melody asked me. "That is where we are heading now." I told her as we turned the corner and waited just outside the classroom as the students were filing out. When the last one walked out, Joel ran right in and gave the lady who had her back facing me a hug. "Mommy, Mommy" Melody was shouting so I put her down and she ran after to brother to the lady in front of me. She turned around then and my jaw hit the floor. Rachel was sitting on a stool in front of me hugging my children. "Hey guys, how was the first day of school?" She asked looking down at them. I looked around the choir room then and saw that everything was the same but the dry erase board read Rachel Puckerman. My eyes flew back to hers and she was masking my look of horror.
I sat straight up in a panic then and noticed my alarm was going off. How was that dream possible? Was that my plan b? Slowly I stood up and walked to the bathroom after turning my alarm off. I looked in the mirror and saw the proof that I had a rough night of sleep last night. Even though I felt exhausted, I knew I was going to have to wear makeup to hide the bags under my eyes today.
Pulling into an open space at school, I climbed out and received a chorus of gasps as I walked past some glee members sitting on the front steps waiting for the bell to ring. "What on earth are you wearing girl? They only time I have even seen you in jeans have been for a performance." Mercedes said commenting on the fact I was just wearing skinny jeans, black flats, and a tank top. "I had a long night last night and just didn't have the energy to wear my normal clothes." I replied and continued to walk into school. I was taking the long way to class so I could avoid Finn even though I didn't do anything wrong. Noah and me had a history and trying to explain the dream to Finn would only piss him off but I didn't want to lie to him either. My plan was to avoid him until glee and it had seemed to be working but I had forgotten that I really didn't want to see Noah either until he was walking straight towards me. Staring straight at him until he saw me and then we both ducked our heads back down and moved to the outside of the hallway to avoid each other at all cost.
It was the end of the day and I wasn't looking forward to Finn walking in the door. Noah came in first though and sat at the other end of the room. I couldn't understand it. I knew why I was avoiding him but why was he doing the same to me? I didn't tell anyone about my dream and couldn't think of any rational explanation other than the fact that we were nice to each other when we needed to be but mostly hated each other. Even though I had thought that glee had made him a nicer guy towards me, I guess I was wrong. "I have been looking for you." Finn said walking in then and coming to sit by me. "I spent all night trying to come up with a plan b but I just couldn't. I'm so sorry Rach but I really don't know what I would do in New York." He said with a sympathetic smile and I just smiled as brightly back as I could. "It's ok Finn. No big deal." I told him and patted his hand. Finn, Kurt, and Blaine, who was in hearing distance, all looked at me as if I had just lost my mind. "No big deal?" He questioned but then Mr. Shue and Ms. Pillsbury walked in. "So how did the exercise work for everyone?" Ms. Pillsbury asked. "My plan b is to be a social worker. I want to help as many orphanage children that I can so they can lead a happy live like I have." Tina said and then turned her head to Mike, "My plan b is to open my own dance studio for younger children." "My plan b is to become a OB nurse." Quinn announced and then everyone took their turn so only Noah and I were left. "Rachel, Noah would you like to share your plan b to the class?" Ms. Pillsbury asked and I decided I might as well but I will leave the parts with Noah out of it. "My plan b came to me in the form of a dream. I was the Music Director for McKinley High School." I said and felt my throat getting dry. "You had a dream about staying here? Why didn't you tell me sooner?" Finn asked with a huge grin on his face. I moved to stand in front of him then but I still had a frown on my face. "I dreamt about the first day of school and I was in my early 30s or so teaching this glee club and the drama program. I also had two children." I finished still standing in front of the group. "So we are married and have children while we stay in Lima? That sounds perfect!" Finn said practically bouncing in his seat as I sneaked a glance up at Noah. He was looking at me with narrowed eyes as if he knew I was keeping an important detail from everyone. "Did you see me in the dream?" Finn asked and I couldn't form words, so I just shook my head. "Did you find out what the kids' names were or anything else?" Finn asked very interested and it was clear he wasn't going to back down. "The little boy was names Joel and the little girl was named…" "Melody" Noah finished the statement for me and everyone shot their eyes to him.
"Rachel did you tell Puck about your dream?" Finn asked panicking a little now. "No", I replied as he looked even more confused now. "Then how is it possible that he knows what your dream was about?" "I had the same damn dream!" Noah said standing to his feet and walking towards me. "Rachel we need to talk." He said to me grabbing my arm as Finn stood up next to us. "I think I have a right to hear this seeing as I am her fiancé!" Noah didn't wait to answer him before he was pulling me out of the room and down the hall to the theater stage. We sat down Indian style facing each other. "So we had the same dream? How is this possible Rach?" Noah asked me and I couldn't help but notice the fact that he called me by my name. "I think we both know what it means Noah. The question what are we going to do about it?" I asked him. "You are the one who is engaged to Finn." He was right; I'm the one who has more at stake here. "I have always had feeling for you Noah. This dream just brought all of them to the surface for me. I can't get the images out of my head and the idea of the life we could have together is perfect in my eyes." I told him as tears started to fall down my cheeks. "I want that life too Rachel but that mean that you have to end things with Finn once and for all." He told me as he scooted closer. "It means that you can't be Puck anymore and you will be my Noah instead. No more sorority girls, cougars, or my mother." I told him and he just smiled back. "I can do that", he replied before he got to his knees and pulled me into a deep kiss. "Let's go tell Finn", he said standing up and holding his hand out for mine.
I don't own anything Glee just love the show! I hope you liked this story! This is my first Puckelberry story but I think it turned out really well. Please leave your comments good or bad. Thanks