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Chapter Two

"Ma! I'm home!" Puck walked through the door holding his duffel bag returning from a two-week training stint in Tampa, Florida. When he left, his sister Sarah sent him an email telling him that Quinn had dropped off Beth with them so she could go on a two-week cruise with some of those rich Yale snobs tanning and drinking cocktails, much to Puck's disapproval.

"My boy! You've grown in the last two weeks! That t-shirt looks too small…" Rebecca hugged him then held his shoulders looking over him smiling.

"Where's dad?"

"Jonah had to go into court today, but he said he'll buy pizza for dinner tonight." Puck's mum got remarried two years ago, much to his displeasure, weary about his intentions but once he got to know him and saw how well he looked after his mum and Sarah, he couldn't fault him and gave his blessing for him to date and then marry his mum.

"DADDY!" Beth ran out of Sarah's grasp and sprinted down the stairs into Puck's arms giggling and smiling.

"I miss you so much Beth!" Puck whispered in her ears as he smoothed her hair and gave her a big kiss on the cheek.

"I miss you too, daddy. I was good for Bubbe (grandmother) and Zayde (grandfather) and they let me help them make dinner and they took me to play at the park. Aunt Sarah helped me with my homework and my teachers keep telling me that I'm a very good speller and reader." Beth babbled on while Puck smiled as he listened to his daughter talk non-stop, reminding him of Rachel. They all walked to the lounge room and sat on the couch talking. Sarah told him about the current drama happening at McKinley High and Glee Club.

"Bubbe said that Rachel is coming to visit with Aunt Santana and Aunt Brittney on Friday." Beth said casually while playing with her doll on her dad's lap. Puck's eyes flew up from Beth looking at his mother who had that signature Puckerman smirk on her face.

"Is she really?" Puck asked quietly. Rebecca nodded.

"She's staying for the summer – just as long as that shikse (derogatory word for a woman) of a wife of yours is going to be away from." There was no doubt that his family hated Quinn – for many reasons aside from making them babysit Beth more than the amount of time Quinn spent with Beth.

"Ma, please."

"Beth, sweetheart, can you go with Sarah and have a bath please? Zayde Jonah will be home soon with pizza for dinner." Sarah stood up and held Beth's hand leading her out of the room.

"I know you don't like Quinn, but she is Beth's mother." Puck had grown up since graduating high school and joining the Marines – he became more mature, disciplined and his swearing was at an extreme level.

"No, I've had enough of it. Quinn leaves her here about 5 times a week. What about when you moved to Connecticut for three years? She hired a nanny to look after her while you were at base."

"What?" This new news for him. He was on base from seven am to six pm every weekday and often would come home a complaining Quinn who made him feel like shit every time he came home.

"Oh, you didn't know? Well, whenever you were on base, the nanny was at home looking after Beth – taking her to school, taking her to her extra-curricular activities and playdates. By six pm, the nanny leaves leaving Quinn ten minutes to spend with her before you came home. I followed her once – she was often at Yale or spending time at the stupid country club with all those rich people."

"Well, what the fuck do you want me to do?" Puck asked exasperated. Rebecca was about to reply, but the door opened and Jonah walked in holding two boxes of pizzas and his briefcase.

"NOAH!" He shouted. He placed the food and case on the table and walked over to Puck giving him a huge bear hug. "It's so good to see you son!" Puck was a bit hesitant with getting close to Jonah in the beginning, but as soon as his mum got married to him, Jonah told him to call him dad and that he was the perfect son that he's never had.

"Thanks dad! It's good to see you too." They walked into the kitchen with each of their arms wrapped around each other's shoulders talking and laughing. Beth and Sarah came downstairs and they all had dinner. It had been a while since Puck had sat down and had a family dinner that didn't involve insults, complaints, screaming and crying. After dinner, as Rebecca was cleaning up, Puck helped Beth brush her teeth and tucked her into bed.

"Daddy, we need a better mommy." Beth said sadly. Puck's heart broke seeing his daughter all sad over her mother.

"Why kid? You've got your mommy."

"Mama wouldn't have liked her. She didn't sing to me or dance with me like mama did before she went to live in heaven."

"I'm sorry baby." Puck apologized feeling guilty for not being with Beth enough as the Marine is a very demanding job.

"Why are you saying sorry?" Beth looked up at him with her big hazel-green eyes resembling Puck's.

"For not being with you enough… I don't get to take you to school or go watch your recitals and sporting matches because I'm always at work."

"It's okay daddy. Zeyad Jonah said that you work to protect our country and save people from being hurt." Puck smiled and gave her a big hug before standing up and tucking her in bed, as Beth cuddled her teddy bear.

"Do you think Rachel will like me?" She yawned. Puck walked out to the door and turned off her lights.

"She will love you, just like I do."

"I love you daddy."

"I love you too kid." He smiled shutting the door behind him. He walked downstairs and into the kitchen where his parents and sister were talking and having some dessert. Rebecca placed a slice of apple pie with ice cream in front of him.

"Noah, your mother was just telling me about your conversation you two had before I came home."

"What do I do, dad? Beth needs her mother."

"No, she doesn't Noah. She has us." Sarah interjected before his mother. "Even Shelby has done more for Beth in three years, than Quinn has in the last five."

"And! Rachel is coming back."

"Ma, what does that have anything to do with Beth?" Puck furrowed his brows confused with the point his mother was trying to make.

"What your mother means, is that Beth can get the mother that she deserves. Rachel would make a wonderful mother for Beth." Puck stood up, having heard enough and was about to go up to his room.

"I know you still love her. You made a stupid mistake staying here instead of going to New York. You made a stupid mistake giving Rachel up like that. You married that shikse and you both have suffered for the past five years. Sarah has been emailing her for the past five years and I know she still loves you too." He stopped walking and stood there listening to his mother's words.

"You don't think I know that ma!? What the hell am I supposed to do? It's too late"

"It is never too later. You get your best friend back first and then you get her back." His ma said bluntly, leaving Puck to his thoughts as he walked to his room. Puck shut the door and stripped off all his clothes and jumped into the shower. The water was hot and the bathroom was steaming washing away all his pain and soreness from his body and the thoughts.


Puck strutted down McKinley's hallway towards the locker where his amazing girlfriend was standing sorting out her bags and books. He wrapped his arms around her waist and nuzzled his nose in her neck, making Rachel jump in fright.

"Noah! You scared me…." She scolded weakly trying to ignore the pleasurable feeling of being wrapped in his arms.

"Happy one year anniversary baby…" He whispered in her ear. She gasped and spun around with a 1000-watt smile and her eyes looking deep into Noah's eyes lovingly.

"Happy anniversary Noah… I was worried that you wouldn't remember." She bit her lips. Noah growled and grabbed the back of Rachel's neck and pulled her lips onto hers, passionately kissing her making Rachel moan as he nibbled on her bottom lips. He pulled away from her swollen lips, but their foreheads remained touching.

"The amount of hits I get in football could never make me forget something special like this." Puck reached to the back of his jeans pocket and gave Rachel a square jewelry box. Rachel looked down at the box curiously.

"What's this Noah?"

"Open it."

"Honey, it's a Tiffany's box! How can –"

"Open it first." Puck interrupted chuckling. Rachel opened the box and gasped in shock and surprise. It was a pair of beautiful heart earrings in sterling white."

"Oh, Noah…It's beautiful." She stood on her toes and pressed a hard kiss on his lips. "I'm going to put it on now." She took off her star earrings and threw them in the bin then gently put on the earrings. She put the box back into the Tiffany's bag and gently put it in her locker. She reached up and hugged Puck, fitting in his big, muscled body and arms.

"HAPPY ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY PUCKLEBERRY!" They broke out of the hug and looked at some of the glee kids who shouted and was walking up to them. Santana and Brittney walked up to them with Sam and Mike who pulled them into a big group hug. They had formed a close bond since Sam had arrived at New Directions although Santana was a bit hesitant because of Rachel, but Rachel managed to crack her and become one of her close friends.

"YOU GLEE KIDS DISGUST ME. GET TO CLASS !" Sue Sylvester yelled from the other side of the corridor. They broke apart.

"Come on kids, you heard Coach Sylvester. Save it for after the football game." Santana winked walking away. Puck walked Rachel to her first class with his arm wrapped her shoulders whispering dirty things in her ears making her cheeks flush.

"This is me. You are the best boyfriend ever." She pecked his lips. "You get your present tonight." She winked then spun around giving Puck getting a glimpse of her underwear under that red skirt as she walked to class.

The day went by quickly for Puck, have realized that by paying attention in class and actually doing work makes time go by quickly, but having Sam and/or Mike in his classes helped the time pass quicker too. The football game was a high-intensity game with McKinley winning 30-24 and Puck scoring two touchdowns. He remembered seeing Rachel giggle every time he kissed his three fingers and pressing it on his chest where his heart was – each finger for Rachel, his sister and ma.

Puck finished talking to Coach Bieste about the game and what needs to be improved during their practices then he got into the showers. He heard the sounds of footsteps approaching the shower and grinned knowing it was Rachel. It had become a tradition with Rachel coming into boys' change rooms after the games starting six months after they started dating.

"Noah, are you almost ready?" Rachel called out from the other side of the curtain pulling out Puck's clothes out of his locker.

"Yeah babe…" He said as he stepped out of the shower with the towel wrapped around his torso and water droplets ran down his body. Rachel spun around and froze. He smirked as he saw his hot American Jewish princess licked her lips and eyes darken. He walked up to her and took his boxers out of her hands, pecking her lips in the process.

"You played so well tonight, Noah. I'm so proud of you!" Rachel said clapping her hands gleefully. He pulled on his jeans that hung low on his hips. He pulled on his wife beaters and grey t-shirt that showed off his strongly defined abs and his biceps seeping through his sleeves.

"Thanks baby." He went over to his locker and grabbed his backpack then slammed the locker shut. He grabbed Rachel's hand and pulled her out to the football oval, slightly confusing her.

"Noah, aren't we meant to be going to Britt's house for the party?" Rachel asked slightly nervous standing on the oval.

"We will soon, after I give you this…" He pulled out a slightly bigger black bag from his backpack and pulled out a long rectangle box from it.

"Noah!" Rachel breathed out. He opened the box and took out a beautiful infinity charm bracelet and clipped it onto Rachel's left wrist. Rachel looked at his face as he was clipping it on with tears sliding down her face at the same time as she was sniffling her nose. Puck pressed his right hand on her cheek which Rachel held his hand in place and turned her face, snuggling into his warm hands and their bodies were pressed up against each other.

"The R stands for Rachel; the N stands for Noah; the star stands for your metaphor and your dream; the cupcake represents your amazing baking skills, the tennis racquets represent your secret talented tennis skills." He pointed at the heart lock and key and smiled, "that represents you having the key to my heart and that I love you." He pointed at the big infinity symbol, "this means that I love you, infinity times infinity." He whispered. Rachel was bawling her eyes at Puck's words as he explained the meaning of the bracelet. She grabbed his face and crushed her lips onto his surprising Puck. He responded and thrusted his tongue into her welcoming mouth and started dominated the kiss, caressing her tongue making her groan in pleasure. She pulled away, both breathing heavily and her lips swollen and smiled.

"Have you been watching Revenge?" Rachel giggled breaking the moment.

"Ma makes me watch it." He admitted. The badass of McKinley watched Revenge was very unusual and unexpected.

"I love you Noah."

"I love you too Rachel. I'm sorry; it took me six months longer than you to say it. I felt so guilty every time you told me that you loved me for the past six months. I wanted to tell you so many time but I was –"

"Noah, shut up." Rachel interrupted giggling. He hands slid down from his face and interlaced with his. "Come on, let's go to the party then I can give you my present." She winked.

"Tease." He groaned. When they got to the party, they drank and danced together, having a great time… ignoring the glares from Quinn and every other jealous Cheerios.

It was about one am when Puck dropped Rachel off at home.

"You can stay over if you want. Dad and Daddy are in San Diego on business for a week." Rachel said shyly,

"Let me text my mum first then I'll come in." Rachel raced inside as Puck texted his mum telling her that he was staying with Rachel for the night.

He moved his car into her driveway, grabbed his spare duffel bag and walked into the house.

"Rachel?" He shouted.

"Noah." Puck looked up the stairs and saw his girlfriend.

"Rachel…" He gulped.

"Noah…."

"NOAH!" He looked up seeing his mum standing on the other side of the shower, pulling him out of his memories.

"Holy shit ma! Can't I get some privacy?" He shouted pulling the towel of the rack and wrapping it around his waist.

"Language! You're under my house, so I can come and go as I please." He walked past her and ransacked his bag putting on a pair of boxers to sleep in.

"Ma, I'm tired and my body is aching. I just want to sleep. I don't want to talk anymore." He got under his covers in the bed whereas his ma came to sit on the side of the bed and ran her hands through his short hair.

"I know Noah. You know I love you right? I just want the best for you." Noah sighed.

"I know ma."

"Rachel coming back is your second chance – she is a yiddisher kop (smart person) and if she loves you still, you will both get the happy ending you both deserve together." She bent down and kissed Puck's forehead before walking out of the door and turning off the light.

"Love ya Ma!" He yelled. He heard her hum from the other side of the shut door. He quickly fell asleep smiling as he pictured his future with little Rachel and Pucks running around the house.


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