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"Hello Noah!" A girl with a bright smile said to her brother's best friend. He nodded at her and then went to the safety of the living room. There he saw his friends Sam and Mike playing video games.
"I know it is wrong to hit girls but if your sister doesn't stop calling me Noah..." Puck said sitting next to Sam who laughed.
"Come on man," Sam said, "You know Rachel has a huge crush on you."
"I am aware of it thanks," Puck said, and he was. The girl had been basically following him around for the last five years when the Berry family moved to Lima. Rachel was two years younger then him and was a freshman at the high school where he and Sam were juniors.
"I am going to dance class now Sam!" Rachel called out.
"Do you need me to drive you?" Sam asked.
"No," Rachel said, "Love you!"
"Love you too!" Sam yelled back as he blew another head off a zombie. The two were pretty close considering they weren't really related at all. Hiram and Leroy had adopted Sam when he was only one and a half even though they had a surrogate pregnant with Rachel. The family was pretty mismatched with two Dad's and a pair of adopted siblings, but Puck thought they were one of the most functional families he knew.
"Is Finn coming over?" Puck asked.
"No," Sam answered his tone hard.
"You still fighting over that new freshman, Quinn?" Puck asked with a smirk.
"Shut up," Sam snapped, "At least I don't have a girlfriend, Finn does, and he is still all over her."
"Never stopped me," Puck said and Sam rolled his eyes. "Quinn seems a little too prudish for my taste."
"By the way Rachel is coming out with us tonight," Sam slipped in and Puck groaned. "Dude cut her some slack, she doesn't have many friends."
"You are the only guy I know who doesn't mind his little sister tagging along," Puck commented. His own sister was only eight but still he sure as hell didn't want to bring her out with his friends.
"She is my sister man, I need to look out for her and it sucks to see her left alone with our Dads when I go out," Sam told him, "Be nice."
"Just tell her to stop calling me Noah," Puck grumbled and Sam laughed again.
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Now there wasn't much to do in Lima. Breadsticks was about the only place there was to hang out and then maybe go to park after and throw a football around. Puck, Sam, Mike, Finn, Quinn, their friends Santana and Brittney along with Rachel were sitting in a couple booths at Breadsticks. Most of them were laughing while Rachel just sipped her water. She felt really out of place. Rachel loved her brother dearly for including her, but she was not the kind of girl you found at the jock table.
"Come on, Rachel loosen up," Sam said to Rachel who smiled tightly at him. Sam could tell she was uncomfortable. "Hey Rachel isn't feeling good I am gonna take her home. Meet you at the park later?" The group nodded and went back to their conversations. Sam put his arm around her and led her out of the restaurant.
"Thanks for taking me Sammy," Rachel said politely.
"I just hate seeing you alone Bumble Bee," Sam said using his family's nickname for her. "And I thought you would jump at any excuse to hang out with Puck." Instead of blushing like she normally did when Sam brought up her crush she only shrugged.
"Come on Sam, we both know the only reason he tolerates me is because you are his best friend," Rachel said her tone sad.
"You're a great girl Rachel," Sam told her, "Any guy would be lucky to have you." Rachel smiled brightly at her brother.
"Thank you," Rachel said stopping and hugging him.
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"Back so soon Bumble Bee?" Daddy or Leroy asked as soon as Rachel entered the house. Sam had waved and then left again to go hang with his friends.
"I wasn't feeling so well," Rachel lied, "And I don't fit in with that group. I don't fit in anywhere."
"Well that just isn't true," Leroy assured her.
"I know Sam tries to include me, but it doesn't really work," Rachel said sitting down next to him on the couch, "I might be surrounded by all those people, but I still feel like an outsider."
"Well there is once place you will always fit in," Leroy said, "Right here, with the three of us."
"Thanks Daddy," Rachel said she loved her family so much.
"Besides, you are Rachel Berry," Leroy said, "You are going to be on Broadway one day. Those people you don't fit in with? They will all see your name in lights one day."
"You're right," Rachel said sitting up, "I am a star, excuse me Daddy." Rachel went up to her room and turned on her computer. Rachel then did something she had been too scared to do before. She requested Noah as a friend on Facebook. It might not seem like much, but she had been terrified that he would openly reject her. She didn't think she could handle that.
Later that night Puck walked into his bedroom thinking he better get started on that Spanish assignment because his mother would kill him if he failed another class, and he didn't want to become a "super senior" while the rest of his friends graduated. Puck checked his e-mail and was surprised to find a friend request from one Rachel Berry. He clicked on her page and found that for someone who didn't have many friends she sure had a lot of pictures. Most of them were of her dance recitals and a lot of her and Sam. There was one of her family at the beach and Rachel was wearing a bikini. She looked good.
"Damn," Puck said to himself.
So to do his good deed of the day Puck accepted her request. Why the hell not. Rachel had looked kind of bummed tonight so why not make her night a little better. A post on her wall came up.
I am going to be a star, you'll see
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"I got a date with her," Sam said when he came up to Puck last night. "I asked her after I dropped Quinn off at her house." Puck smirked remembering how Sam and Finn had basically fought to be the person who drove Quinn home. Sam won because he mentioned Finn had a girlfriend. Puck had to give him props for that.
"Congrats man," Puck said taking a book out of his locker. "She's hot." Sam glared at his friend. "Don't worry I am not going there, two guys are already competing for her, I am not going to be the third." Puck assured his friend, "Besides even if I did decide to go after Quinn, there would be no competition."
"Ass," Sam said glaring at his friend.
"Lady Lips," Puck said in response. Sam waved to Rachel as they pasted her and Puck suddenly got the image of Rachel in a bikini in his brain. He smirked at her and Rachel blushed. Okay so she was kind of cute, but she would always be Sam's annoying little sister.
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"Please, please, please," Rachel said to her brother using her best puppy dogs eyes which she knew from future knowledge could make him do about anything.
"No," Sam said closing his locker, "I am not joining Glee Club."
"You, Noah, and Finn have jam sessions all the time." Rachel argued. While Rachel was at her voice classes Sam had signed up for guitar lessons, and she knew her brother could sing too. "Remember how you used to sing to me when I couldn't sleep?"
"My rep will be blown," Sam argued, "And Quinn will never be my girlfriend."
"Since when does your reputation mean that much to you Samuel Clark Berry?" Rachel said.
"Shhh!" Sam said when Rachel mentioned his middle name. Just as Rachel had been named after Barbra Streisand, Sam had been named after Clark Gable. Not Clark Kent, Clark Gable. Gone With the Wind was in the Berry's top five favorite films. Well not Sam's, but his Dads loved it.
"What that your middle name is Clark?" Rachel said her voice getting louder, "Clark is a fine middle name and Clark Gable is a fine actor," Rachel's voice was still raising in volume. "There is nothing to be ashamed of if you are named after Clark Gable who starred in...!" Rachel was practically shouting at the end and people were looking at them.
"Fine!" Sam said cutting her off, "But no more mentioning of the middle name, like ever."
"See you in rehearsal," Rachel said giving him a kiss on the cheek before running off.
"Stupid little sisters," Sam mumbled to himself.
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Rachel grinned brightly at the small group. She recognized the faces as Mercedes, Kurt, and Tina who were her age. and Artie who was in Sam's year. Mercedes and Kurt weren't even trying to hide the fact that they were checking Sam out. Sam shifted uncomfortably.
"I hate you," Sam whispered to her. Rachel just looped her arm through his.
"So show me what you got," Mr. Schue the director said and they all went in front of the choir room and sang. Rachel smiled as Sam sang Billionaire while Artie jumped in on the rapping part. Rachel knew Sam loved to sing, and he was good.
"Thank you for doing this for me Sam," Rachel said after rehearsal. Every person in the club was talented but the group was so small and unorganized.
"We need more people if it is going to work." Sam said, "But I don't see anyone else signing up."
"It sucks that Finn and Noah wouldn't join," Rachel said with a sigh, "I have heard them sing, they're good. Plus they can play instruments."
"You know I heard Puck isn't doing so good in Spanish," Sam said and Rachel looked at him curiously, "I bet you could offer to help him, at a price of course." Rachel grinned.
"And Finn does everything you and Noah do," Rachel said getting excited, "And I bet then you could convince Mike."
"Just try and call him Puck," Sam advised and Rachel scrunched up her nose.
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Puck closed his locker and jumped a little bit when Rachel Berry was suddenly in view. Where the hell did she come from? Rachel was smiling brightly up at him.
"Sup." Puck said wondering what the hell she wanted.
"Good morning...Puck," Rachel managed to say even though it looked like it pained her. Puck smirked in response.
"Don't hurt yourself Berry," He said and started to walk away.
"Noah...Puck I need to talk to you!" Rachel said going after him. Puck didn't slow his pace and Rachel was practically running to keep up with him.
"What do you want?" Puck asked with a sigh finally stopping.
"I want to help you," Rachel said slightly out of breath.
"How could you help me Berry?" Puck asked.
"You're failing Spanish," Rachel said, "And I know since you are a junior and I am a freshman you are at a higher level then me, but I am pretty advanced." Puck just looked at her.
"You know when girls want me to like them they usually just flash me," Puck finally said. "So why don't you do that rather then offering to tutor me when I didn't ask you."
"I promise to call you by your awful nickname," Rachel vowed, "Besides you will get kicked off the team if you fail. Come on, you know you need my help." Damn Rachel was right, Puck was in deep shit if he failed.
"Fine," Puck said and then asked, "Why are you doing this? The flashing thing would have done the trick." Rachel blushed. "It doesn't take much for me with girls."
"Because you are my brother's best friend," Rachel said walking away and he cheeks heated up again because she could feel his eyes on her.
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Who should Finn's girlfriend be? I was thinking Santana, but I don't know.