Ok before the chapter starts WOW!!!!! I never believed I could have this much activity on a story I just submitted! Thank you guys sooooo much!!! So this chapter is also kind of short BUT the good stuff starts next chapter. This is background since I deviated from what the show told us. Thanks so much for watching and reviewing!! Enjoy!!
5 days earlier…
"We weren't friends in the first place."
Rachel felt a small pang in her heart as she watched Noah walk away. She had learned in the short time they had dated that if she said something that tried to dig a little too deep Puck came out and he brushed her aside. She looked down at her hands. He was hurt that she had broken up with him. She looked up at his receding back when a thought hit her. The entire time they talked about Finn and Quinn… he was focused on the baby. She found that odd. She had thought he loved Quinn, but now she wasn't so sure. Multiple possibilities flew through her mind including, since he can't have Quinn he could try and be a part of the baby's life, and since he and Finn are best friends he might be a godfather or something. She stood up with a sigh. No matter what the case was… it looked like she had screwed up. Then her mind firmed and she went to collect her things and drive home. She had a plan to make.
The next day she strode into school, her confident grin on her face. She had figured out exactly how to apologize to Noah. She reached her locker and began preparing all her school materials. Once she was fully prepared for the upcoming school day she would go find Noah and put her plan into action. She smiled once again.
"Rachel!" she heard a voice say. She turned, recognizing the voice.
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And was met with a slushie. She shook as she opened her eyes to see Noah and another jock standing right next to him. The empty cup was in Noah's hand, and in his eyes she thought she saw regret. Then the other jock began laughing throwing an arm around Noah's shoulders and Noah… no Puck began laughing too. The anger boiled inside her and before she realized it she had slapped Puck. She thought she could hear the whole school gasp as one. It would have been funny if she wasn't so hurt.
"I believed you," she seethed, and she knew she had met the mark when she saw the hurt cut into his eyes. They both flashed back to the bathroom the day before when he had apologized for ever doing this to her.
"I really thought… Was even going to…" she stuttered, the slushie now completely soaking her through. Then she saw the jock next to Puck shake out of his stupor and made a step towards her. She bolted, throwing the well thought out plan of apologizing to Noah in the trash before disappearing into the girl's bathroom.
"Don't worry we'll get her," swore the jock to Puck. He just glared back at the hockey player, who quickly disappeared. The halls began to empty, everyone whispering about what had happened. Puck stood there, just staring at the red puddle of liquid left behind where Rachel had been standing before. He looked around. No one was left in the hallway. He gently closed her locker before heading to the trash can. He looked inside and what could have been a small smile tugged at his lips but it was most likely a trick of the light, when he saw the crumbled up paper with stars on it. He fished it out and looked at it for a moment before stuffing it in his pocket and sauntering off, desperately trying to ignore the sobs coming from the girl's bathroom.
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