A/N: Because I need Puckleberry in my life!
Prompt: Rule Number One.
A/U: The story of how Sebastian Smythe became Rachel Berry's friend but why did this annoy Blaine and Puck?
It's not often Rachel Berry is lost for words but right now that's exactly what happened as she looks at the scene in front of her.
To tell you the whole story she would have to go back to this afternoon during Glee, it was just like every other day at school, Rachel went through her daily routine, she smiles at the lack of slushies today as her eyes meets with his over the crowded Choir Room, Noah Puckerman, the jock, the guy that used to slushie her, he had his guitar on his lap strumming a familiar tune, he smirks at her before his attention goes back down to his guitar, just as she feels someone put their arm around her shoulders, she turns to see Blaine standing next to her.
"Hey Rachel, did Mr Schue tell you?" Blaine says happily, walking to her seat with her.
"Hi Blaine, did Mr Schue tell me what?" Rachel responds smiling at her friend.
"We are doing Whitney!" Blaine announces smiling at Rachel, as he nods in Puck's direction, as he's sitting directly behind them.
"Oh my" Rachel says, pressing a hand to her heart in her usual dramatic fashion.
"Exactly" Blaine says as Mr Schue is telling the class to quiet down so he can talk to them,
The class mainly the girls plus Kurt and Blaine are screaming with excitement as Mr Schuester writes Whitney Houston on the board.
She's not entirely sure but she's feels something on the back of her neck, it makes her skin tingle, her hair stand up, maybe it was Noah's fingertips, but then again maybe she was imagining things as he is leaning back on his chair looking disinterested at the moment in time when she turns around a few moments later.
The rest of Glee is a blur, as per usual she's the last one to leave, the choir room is her safe haven, she notices something on the side of Noah's chair a crumpled up piece of paper, possibly a song he was writing? She couldn't help but notice just how talented he is even if he didn't see it himself.
She picks up the piece of paper tentatively, it's not what she expects, it's an address and a time 8PM.
But an address to where?
She hears footsteps coming back to the Choir Room, she drops the piece of paper back in the spot she found it and picking up her sheet music and her bag, she's straightening up when she meets his eyes again, "Oh hi Noah, I thought you'd left already" She says smiling at him.
"I just came to get something Berry" He drawls out her name, smirking as he sees her blush when he checks her out, what he couldn't help that she was wearing a mini skirt and she had legs that went on for days even though she was a midget, it didn't make any sense.
He sees his note and he picks it up, she's looking intensely at him in the only was that Rachel Berry does, "I'm writing a song Berry" He says before he leaves her in the Choir Room, Rachel is left wondering why Noah Puckerman is lying to her, she would find out what going on with him.
On her way to her Maths class she inputs the address into her Map applications on her phone and she's even more confused as the picture appears it's a an abandoned warehouse, why would he be going there?
Rachel allows herself to be distracted by this, why does she care so much?
Why does Noah have to be so infuriating?
She wants to ask him, but she knows that he's not going to tell her anything, it's not like they are friends, right?
He sits across from Rachel in Spanish, Mr Schuester re-organized the desks for the group work sections which he thought was lame but least he knew he didn't have to do a lot of work as he had Rachel and Blaine sitting across from him, he's sure she's avoiding him, yes she might be right in front of him, she's not looked at him once which is not the norm for one Miss Rachel Berry, she looks at him a lot, even when she thinks he doesn't know.
"Hola Rachel" He says, it's the first time she looks at him that lesson, "Te ves sexy hoy" He says smirking at her and she rolls her eyes at him.
"Noah, can you please just focus on the task please?" She asks him before turning back to her worksheet in front of her, but she is smiling he notes.
Why was he annoyed she wasn't watching him as much as she normally does?
She drives him crazy.
She parks her car at Breadstixs as the abandoned building address that was on Noah's crumpled piece of paper was less than a five minute walk away from here, Rachel felt her palms getting sweaty, she was nervous, what did she expect to find in there?
Why was it such a secret?
It's not often Rachel Berry is lost for words but right now that's exactly what happened as she looks at the scene in front of her.
What was she expecting to find there?
It isn't this that is for sure, there's a lot of young men cheering on such a brutish activity, there's a ring set up which currently has two men in it, fighting each other, it's when she looks closer she realizes she recognizes both men in the make shift ring, she gasps, it's Noah and more shockingly Blaine.
They have just announced Noah as the winner, some of the crowd cheering, some of them booing (clearly Blaine's fans), Rachel feels someone grab her arm pulling her away from staring at Noah and the way the sweat glistens and trails down his sculptured abs.
"Wh-" Rachel starts to say and looks across at the person who is manhandling her to a degree it's another person she knows, but not as well as the two boys in the ring, it's Sebastian Smythe from Dalton Academy.
"Sebastian?" She asks the boy in front of her slightly confused.
"We have to get out of here like now" He says seriously, he's grabbed hold of my hand and is walking towards the entrance.
"What? Why?" She can only ask as she is following behind him.
"Rule Number One Miss Berry" He says flashing her a smile.
Rule Number One? What? She thinks, following Sebastian out of the abandoned warehouse.
"It means you don't talk about it" Sebastian says when they get outside, he looks over to her as if he's reading her mind.
"Oh" She says she seems sad.
"Well you can talk to me about it but no one else" He says nudging her, "Not even your boyfriend Puck or Blaine" He adds after a couple of seconds.
"Noah isn't my boyfriend" Rachel says.
"But you want him to be" Sebastian teases her.
"Um-" She doesn't know how to respond to that does she want Noah in that way?
"It's the reason you didn't say yes to Finn" Sebastian says causing Rachel to stop, "I-" She doesn't know how to respond to that, how did Sebastian even know about that?
"What was that?" She asks the boy in front of her.
"Fight Club Rachel" He says simply.
"But-" She starts to say.
"Look I used to be just like them" Sebastian says, his voice a lot softer and quieter unlike the sneers he normally sends her way.
"Why? I mean why did you do it?" She asks him her voice laced with concern.
"I had to release my anger some way, I'm guessing it's the same for them" Sebastian says.
There's a minute of comfortable silence between them as they keep walking side by side.
"Rule number one remember" He smiles across at her.
"Fancy a coffee?" She asks smiling back at him.
"Why not?" He says and they enter Breadstixs together.
"Dude, you were on fire tonight" Blaine says as he looks across at Puck who has just entered the small locker room area.
"Sorry about your lip man" Puck says pointing at his cut lip.
"It's fight club no harm no foul" Blaine says shaking it off.
"You hungry?" Puck asks, as he picks up his towel,"Breadstixs is just up the road, I'm starving" He adds with a grin.
"Sure, let me shower and we can go" Blaine replies.
The locker room area was starting to get busier with other fighter entering wanting to shower and get the hell out of there just like them, Blaine and Puck saw more McKinley students there as well as other schools like Dalton Academy and North Lima High School.
Once both boys have showered and got dressed again they were out of the door, the fresh Lima air hitting them on the way out, as both boys walked side by side, they formed a deeper bond when they both saw each other at Fight Club a month ago, they were boys now.
As they walked into Breadstixs, Noah hears a familiar laugh, it's her laugh, a scowl forms on his face when he sees who she's sitting with, why was she alone with him?
Before Blaine can ask where Puck wants to sit he sees his friend storming off in the opposite direction towards his old team mate Sebastian and then Rachel Berry.
"Berry, Dalton, mind if we join you?" Puck says, he can't help but grit his teeth seeing Rachel sit with this dweeb.
"Oh hi Noah!" Rachel says her head swiveling her head around to see him, "We didn't see you there, course you can join us" She says smiling at him.
"Rachel, Sebastian" Blaine acknowledges them as he sits down next to Sebastian as Puck slides in next to Rachel, his arm immediately going to the back of her chair, which doesn't go unnoticed by the the two boys sitting opposite them.
Blaine has to suppress a chuckle, his friend wasn't as exactly subtle when it came to things he wanted and in this case he wanted Rachel Berry.
Rachel is looking at Noah, he's talking to the waitress ordering his food, she's searching his face, any part of his body that is on show to her for injuries especially now she knows what he's doing, she can already see the but on Blaine's lip, least he has physical scars to see.
He can feel Rachel's eyes on him.
Why did this make him smile?
He leans back in the soft chair, he's finally looked at her outfit, and damn did Rachel Berry look good in jeans.
"So since when were you two friends?" Blaine beats Puck to the punch, he was about to ask that same question.
They both laugh before replying in unison, "Rule number one" leaving Blaine and Puck even more confused than they were before.
Sebastian has finished his coffee, "That's my cue to leave" He says standing up, "I'll see you around Rachel, it was nice seeing you again Puck, Blaine" He says leaving the three McKinley students alone in Breadstixs, then there's awkward silence before Blaine mumbles something about going to the bathroom.
"So you and Dalton?" Puck asks turning to face Rachel as he waits for his food, he boxes her in, his arm around her back and his leg and side pressed against her.
"It's not what you think" She's about to say more but then she remembers the cardinal rule- rule number one.
"It better not be Berry" He mutters.
"Why do you even care?" She as she stares at him.
"You know why Rachel" He says softly turning away from her.
She connects her hand with his arm she sees the wince on his face as she does so, she jumps back, "I'm sorry" She says thinking that she didn't like him doing whatever she saw back there.
"It's nothing Berry, I did it in football practice he other day" He says and she can't tell if he's lying or not.
"You know Sebastian's not interested in me right?" She tells him.
"He's blind then" He says scoffing.
"He's gay Noah" she says trying to hit his shoulder but he catches her hand before it makes any impact, "Good" He says staring at her for a brief moment before his food arrives and Blaine arrives in time for his food to arrive too. Rachel plays with Noah's hand under the table as he eats his burger whereas Blaine is eating his pasta dish both boys happy to be eating.
Text Message
To: Rachel Berry
From: Sebastian
Same time next week?
A/N 2: "Hola Rachel" (Hello Rachel) and "Te ves sexy hoy" (You look sexy today) got off google translate.
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