Disclaimer: I do not own GLEE! I wish I did but sadly I do not! =( This is my first fanfiction. I hope you enjoy it. REVIEW AND RATE!

School was out and Rachel Berry had decided that this was the summer that she got her shit together. It had been a busy two years and she had had enough drama to last the rest of her life. It was time to forget about all of it and start over; no more baby drama, Jesse drama, mother drama, Quinn drama, or Glee drama period.

Just as Rachel was about to hop in the shower there was a knock at the door.

"Who could that be?" she asked herself. Her fathers were out of town for two weeks on their yearly gay couples cruise and she had been home alone for the past two day.

"Berry, my little star of David, open the door! I bring gifts!"

Rachel looked in the peep hole and smiles. Her best friend, Noah Puckerman, was standing at her front door with three grocery bags and a box of decorations. She quickly opened the door and grabbed two of the bags.

"Noah, why are you here so early? I said I didn't need help setting up until 6."

"I know but I figured if I came early then maybe we could have some private fun before the glee dorks come…"

Rachel just rolled her eyes. Normal Puck. She turned towards the kitchen and set the bags down on the counter before getting two cups and filling them with fruit punch.

"Do you know who's all coming?" Noah asked as he came into the kitchen with even more bags.

"Mike and Tina of course. Mercedes, Santana, Brittany, Sam, Kurt, Blaine, Jesse, and Artie too. I don't know about Finn or Quinn. Is Lauren coming?"

"I really don't know…" Noah turned away from Rachel and quickly changed the subject. "Why wouldn't Finn come? He's in love with you, so I don't see him missing out on a chance to be with you."

"He didn't want Jesse to come, but Jesse is a friend. I told him that I am over the drama, so either he gets over the whole Jesse thing or don't bother coming. He said he would let me know it he was coming. What's up with you and Lauren?"

"Beth."

"WHAT?"

"I got a call from your mom yesterday. She said that Beth's first birthday went great and that she wanted to know if Quinn or I wanted to visit her next weekend. I told Lauren about it and that I think I'm gonna visit Beth, try to have some sort of relationship with her. Lauren wasn't happy. She said that she couldn't handle the relationship anymore and hasn't talked to me since."

"Noah, I'm so sorry." Rachel put down her pitcher of fruit punch and hugged Puck. She held on a moment longer than she normally would cause this was her best friend and he needed her.

Noah and Rachel had an extremely complicated history. They had been friends as toddlers; gone to temple together and for some reason, Rebecca Puckerman liked the idea of Noah hanging out with a Jewish girl growing up. Their tight friendship ended in elementary school. Noah ended up going to South Lima elementary and middle school while Rachel went to school in North Lima. They reunited in high school, but Noah was a jock and Rachel was a naïve drama student, so their friendship hit a huge wall.

His freshman year, Noah wanted to join the football time. The head quarterback told him that the only way him and his best friend at the time, Finn could join was if they threw a slushy at the next person who walked down the hallway. As Noah turned around with a grape slushy in hand his heart dropped. Berry was frolicking down the corridor in a plaid skirt and navy blue reindeer sweater. He didn't want to do it. This was Rachel and even though they hadn't said more than two words to each other in over eight years, in his mind she was his little sister.

"Come on Puckerman. Either grow some balls or go home!"

Noah closed his eyes and threw the slushy at the innocent girl. He opened his eyes to see Rachel's brown eyes fill up with tears and run into the bathroom. His heart sank. He was no doubt the worse Jew ever!

Sophomore year, things got more complicated. He hooked up with Finns girlfriend, then dated he's ex-best friend only to have her break up with him. He will never forget the day he had left her on the bleachers after the break-up. "We were never friends!" is all he spat at her. He had seen the pain in her eyes. He had felt the hurt she felt. He honestly thought they would never be friends again.

No matter how many times he hurt her, she always forgave him. They were always there for each other when things really mattered. She was the one that had helped him find the song "Beth" and she had practiced with him until it was perfect. She was the first one he called when Beth was born. She was the one who picked him up when he got out of juvie. She had been the one to warn him about Quinn and Sam before he returned to school. He had been the one who had listened while she cried for hours over Finn. He was the one that had stopped her when she told him she wanted to sleep with him. He had said it was because of Finn but truth be told, he cared about Rachel too much to use her like that.

Rachel remembered the day that she asked Noah to sing "Need You Now" with her. Sure, it had been to make Finn jealous but it was the perfect song for them. Whenever he needed her, she was there and whenever she really needed him, he came through. It wasn't until her Barbaravention that their friendship became as solid as it had been during their youth. Now they called and texted all the time. Rachel helped Noah with homework weekly. And Noah drove her to and from school daily. They were more that best friends, they had become like family.

Now Noah stood in Rachel's kitchen hurting from his most recent break-up and Rachel knew it was her job to make him feel better.

"I have some banana bread. Want some?"

He had to laugh. His little Berry always had his back and he honestly didn't know what he would do without her.

"Yes please."

She quickly sliced some bread and placed it in front of Noah before grabbing out some fruit and slicing them up for the party.

"RACHEL? Are you home? It's Finn."

Rachel jumped up and turned around to see Finn walking into her kitchen and staring at Noah.

"Oh, Finn! You came! Here, let me get you some punch and bread. I'm so glad you came. Umm…here." Rachel placed the food in front of the tall quarterback and went back to slicing fruit. "I have a lot of food to prep and I still need to take a shower. Noah came over early with food, but we can use all the help we can get." She turned around and smiles.

Noah could tell Finn was uneasy with him being there. He thought the two of them had gotten over it. They had come together for the football team this year and they had even hung out a few times. Finn knew Rachel and Puck were close. Noah hadn't tried to hide that fact when Finn was dating Quinn. He had explained that it was just friendship, nothing more. Noah thought about trying to clear the air when Finn's phone went off. He quickly read the text and turned to Puck.

"So how are things going between you and Lauren?"

"We broke up."

Finn reread the text message and took a deep breath before he stood up, told Rachel he would be right back and headed for the door. He turned around and glanced at Puck.

"So…Danni and Carolina are here for the summer."

And with that Finn walked out the door.