Chapter One
No one really expected Rachel to handle the Finn situation so… normally. There was no screaming or crying or crazy glee antics or anything really. Its three weeks after sectionals and everyone is waiting for Finn to tell Rachel he wants to be with her, but he doesn't. He walks up to her at lunch on Monday and asks if she wants to go out for a change. No one bats an eye when she grabs her stuff and leaves, though there are some strange faces when she reminds Puck that they have Advanced Functions at one and she expects to see him there. At this point Rachel is the only person that Puck's really talking to and everyone notices but they don't say anything about it. When Rachel walks into glee and isn't attached to Finn's hip everyone's confused. Kurt acts as spokesperson for the gleeks and gets the details. The super couple (Quinn&Finn obviously) are back together and though no one can believe it, Rachel's okay with that.
No one really expected Quinn and Finn to get back together (because really who stays with the pregnant cheating girlfriend) but it happens and Puck is more than a little surprised that he's not heartbroken about it. He expected to be crushed but in reality he's kind of glad. The more he thinks about it the more he realizes that he likes the way things are with Quinn now; they talk, they hang out, they laugh and there's no pressure or insecurities… he thinks Quinn may turn out to be a pretty decent friend and he's glad they sorted out the whole relationship thing before the baby got here. What surprises him even more though is that after everything came out and everyone hated him for a while, Rachel Berry was on his side. Well she was on everyone's side really but still. Nobody but Rachel really acknowledged that he wasn't the only one to blame and that he wasn't the one who wanted to keep the whole thing a secret.
It happened slowly, so slowly that he remembers it perfectly. It was a week after Quinn and Finn got back together, and Quinn had ditched their Saturday night movie to spend time with her new(old) boyfriend. He wasn't jealous or anything, he just had nothing to do which hasn't been true about a Saturday night since he was a kid. He settles into bed to watch the movie without Quinn and decides that he gets to pick the next two as repayment. To say he's shocked when his doorbell rings is an understatement. His mom's in the living room watching jeopardy which means that it'd take the second coming for her even consider getting up. He answers the door in boxers and a wifebeater thinking it's probably just one of the neighbours.
It's not. He doesn't know how it's possible but she looks better in yoga pants and an oversized gym sweater than in the shortest skirt and tallest knee highs she owns. Her hair is in a loose ponytail and she isn't wearing any make up (not that she wears much to begin with but she looks more natural than he's use too) and he gets the feeling that not many people get to see her like this. Before he even has the chance to say anything she hands him bags of takeout and walks into the house.
"I called Finn to see if he wanted to go over to Kurt's (whose having a movie night of his own) with me but he said he had a date with Quinn. I know tonight is usually your movie night with her. So I was going to invite you to Kurt's but you probably don't want to watch all three high school musicals. Anywhoo I own them so I'm not really missing anything. I thought I'd come over and watch a movie with you instead. Its Chinese, extra plum sauce right?"
He doesn't really know what to say, not that he has to say much, just nods when she asks about the plum sauce and walks her into the living room. His mom remembers her from the week they "dated" and he can see the wheel turning in her head, nice Jewish girl shows up to spend time with her son and she's got half the wedding planned in thirty seconds. They spend a few minutes downstairs and the more his mom talks to Rachel the more he can see her planning. When she casually mentions loving the park in the summer he's had enough and tells his mom that they'll be upstairs watching movies, pretends he doesn't see the smirk on her face or the laughter in her voice when she says one grandchild is enough for now.
Rachel laughs at this, he doesn't know why but he kind of thought she'd blush. She takes off her sweater as soon as she gets into his room and he can't help but to notice how good her body looks in a tank top. Her back is turned to him as she goes through his movie collection, he doesn't know why but he asks her what she doing next Saturday (he figures he and Quinn can watch movies another day plus Saturday's date night now that she has a boyfriend again), she looks at him over her shoulder and smiles so beautifully that he feels like he must have just made her day.
"Watching movies" she says it like a question and he has to laugh. "Yeah" he says, "but next time I'll order the food". She's turned back around but he can see her shoulders shake as she giggles (who knew Berry giggled about things other than glee and Finn), "Sure, but then I bring the movie".
He's about to protest against any musicals or black and white classics but she's turned around with a movie in hand, smiling that smile again. It takes him a while to realize it, but by the end of the night he knows that he's falling for her and it scares the shit out of him.
Next: Puck sighs and decides that the sooner she solves this problem the better for him so he intentionally stands behind her forcing her to stop right in front of him at the end of one of her turns. They go through the entire thing with Puck singing Finn's parts.
