Alright I'm back and here with Chapter two and I know I just uploaded chapter 1 a couple hours ago but that's how I am when I get on a role. and I want to thank all of you who put this story on alert already, it made me smile! This chapter is a little longer so enjoy! :)
Disclaimer: I wish I owned Glee, but I don't just this story.
Four hours later, and then only because the mall had closed, Santana let them stop shopping. Rachel had never seen so many clothes and accessories in her life. They had already had to go out to the car three times to put bags in it because the boys couldn't carry anymore and their arms were full now as well, which made four trips total.
It had been exhausting, embarrassing and overall…fun. She had had fun, talking and joking around like a normal teenager with her friends it was new and nice and she had loved every minute of it. Well, every minute besides the ones where San would shove clothes at her that she would never dream of wearing in public and then make her try them on and model them not only for her and Brit but for Matt and Mike too. That had been humiliating to say the least. Both boys had seen more of her then even her dads had seen in years and that was with her wearing her supposed new school clothes, but she had to admit, a lot of it was pretty cute and she did look great in a lot of them if she did say so herself.
Once the finished packing the last of the bags into Santana's car, they realized that there was no way three people were going to fit in with all of the bags.
Mike laughed at them as they tried to figure out how they were going to get Rachel into the car then offered "Hey we're going to grab some dinner if you want to come with us, Rach can ride with us and we'll follow you to her house after." Santana thought about it for a second then nodded, "I guess we can spare a little time for food"
"Um, aren't you just taking me home afterwards?" Rachel asked, confused and tired.
"Sorry B, you still have a long night a head of you. We have to teach you how to put these outfits together, how to accessorize, how to do your make up, how to talk like a normal person."
"Damn, San does the poor girl get to sleep at all tonight?" Matt asked, laughing as his ex girlfriend listed off all the things she was going to put Rachel through in one night
"Depends on how quick of a learner she is," San shot back.
Matt rolled his eyes and threw his arm around Rachel, "Come on, Rach. We'll protect you from her for a little longer"
Mike winked at her "Yeah, as long as your with us, you can dress and talk however you want"
Rachel smiled at the two and gave a small wave behind her before she was whisked into Mike's car and they were on their way to an all night diner nearby.
They were all pretty quiet on the way there, though about halfway through Mike had said, "Okay, gotta ask, how did you get mixed up with San and Brit? I mean they're cool and all but last I knew San hated you and Brit well, she just follows Santana really so what changed?"
Rachel shrugged in the back seat smiling a little "Santana came up to me at my locker and pretty much told me her and Brit were giving me a makeover and they were going to be my friends, didn't really sound like I had a choice so here I am"
"Did you not want to come?" Matt asked, surprised seeing as she seemed to have been having fun.
"Oh, no I wanted to, I was just saying that Santana left no room for the word no if I hadn't. It's been nice today, it almost was like we were all actually friends" She answered, quickly.
"Yea once San decides someone's her friend, they are pretty much stuck. She can be a bitch but she's a good friend," Mike laughed, thinking about how San had probably all but ordered Rachel Berry to be her friend, the thought was hilarious seeing as just a couple weeks ago she couldn't stand Rach but whatever, girls were strange.
Rachel nodded at that, smiling and leaning back into the seat, resting her eyes for a few minutes before they pulled up to the diner.
"Rach, we're here" Matt said quietly waking her from her light nap.
She hopped out and headed in with her four new friends realizing she had never felt happier.
Sadly the dinner was rushed but a very impatient Latina who was anxious to get back to Rachel's so about thrity minutes after arriving they were back in their cars and driving towards her house.
Mike was following Santana, even though Rachel could have directed him it was easier this way.
No one was talking, just kind of humming to the radio and looking out their windows.
Suddenly Rachel's phone went off.
It was a text from Noah. They had become sort of friends since sectionals, and by sort of friends it meant that he texted or called her whenever he needed to vent or something and she listened and in return he didn't do anything to her in school and tried to make sure no one else did either.
Noah: I heard about Karofsky, I'll kick his ass tomorrow.
Rachel: Don't worry about it Noah, I'm fine so please just leave it alone.
She sent that and put her phone down and returned to looking out the window but the humming stopped.
"Who is it?" Mike asked, curiously.
"Noah" She replied, not really thinking just wondering if there was any chance he would listen to her and leave it alone and knowing there wasn't one.
"Noah?" Mike asked confused At the same time Matt was like "Puck?"
That snapped Rachel out of her thoughts and she turned away from the window, "What? Um…yeah" She stammered not really knowing if Noah wanted his friends, or former friends or well whatever to know he was talking to her on a semi-regular basis. Oh well it's out now.
Before they could say anything else though her phone went off again.
Noah: Not a chance, Berry. Are you busy? I was thinking about swinging by.
Rachel sighed at the text even though she knew it had been coming. She looked at the time and saw it was 10:15 and his mom would be home from her shift. Normally on nights that his mom works seconds or mid shifts he'd come over when she got home and they would talk or watch movies or whatever but she didn't think that was a good idea tonight seeing as Santana and Brittney and possibly Mike and Matt were there plus she didn't want Noah seeing her new clothes yet, she wanted to surprise him so she typed back,
Rachel: Sorry, Noah but I sort of have plans tonight but I'll see you tomorrow at school : )
Matt saw her put her phone down again and turned to her just as they were pulling into her drive way, "Why is Puck texting you?"
Rachel was a little surprised to see he seemed a little hostile while asking that question, ever since the baby drama came out about Puck being the father, Puck had been on the outs with a lot of people but Matt and Mike had been careful to not take sides so she couldn't figure out where the hostility came from. "Um…he and I have sort of became friends during this whole ordeal."
Mike snorted and Matt rolled his eyes.
"What?" Rachel asked, confused by their actions.
"Puck isn't the friend of girls type" Mike offered in explanation as he got out of the car.
Matt followed him while adding "He's more of the play nice, get in their pants and leave type"
Rachel was now glairing at them both as she got out of the car, hands on her hips, "I'll have you know that Noah Puckerman is an amazing friend. He has been here talking to me, hanging out with me when no one else in glee or anywhere else gave a damn. How many of you called me during our break? When everyone got upset at me because I told Finn the truth about the baby, how many of you made sure I was alright? Hell, how many of you made sure Noah was alright. I mean I know none of you are really my friends but everyone of you are his," She now started including Santana and Brittney in her tirade, not really meaning to but they were there and she was angry.
Santana walked over to them, glaring at Matt and Mike, "What did you two do?"
Matt shrugged while Mike answered, "Rachel got pissed because we said Puck wasn't the type to just be friends with a girl"
Santana's glare stayed on them as she snapped, "Show's how smart you are, dumb asses, Rach and Puck have been friends since their whole minute of dating, if you'd bother to pay attention. Have you seen Puck slushy her since? Have you seen him say a mean word to her since?"
"So?" Matt asked, " is that what makes you friends? Because in that case Mike and I have been great friends to Rachel." He was getting mad because he was getting yelled at for being honest and he didn't like it.
"You may not have done those things to her but have you kicked the asses of the guys who did? Have you told the girls that did it that they were the worst lay that you ever had and you were going to make sure to pass that info to all of the guys on the football, baseball, basketball and hockey teams? Have you threatened me and Quinn that if we called her one more name that wasn't hers that you would personally find a way to get me thrown off the cheerios and make sure that Quinn was never allowed to join again, even if it means having sex with Coach Sylvester? No? I didn't think so"
Rachel's jaw had dropped during this tirade, she had no idea Noah had done all of that, sure she knew he had gotten into a few fights with the jocks because of something they did but she didn't know the extent of his protectiveness and top of that, she was surprised to hear Santana yelling at her two friends about it, defending Noah and her along with him.
Santana saw the jaw drop and quickly slapped her hand to her mouth, "Damn it, Puck's going to kill me, you weren't suppose to hear all of that, think you can just conveniently forget it all?" She asked hopefully while Brittney giggled.
Matt looked at the three girls in shock, "I never noticed Puck doing any of those things, did you Mike?"
Mike looked like he was thinking hard about something, "You know now that I think about it, all of those fights that Puck has randomly been getting into have been with guys who had slushied Rach or done something to her not to long before and he hasn't really been flirting with the Cheerios lately but did he really offer to have sex with Sylvester because that's just gross"
Santana laughed at that last comment and even Rachel smiled, "Yes, now you, please forget you heard this all, I'm begging you" Santana looked at Rachel as she said it, "He will kill me and I'm too hot to die"
Brittney nodded in agreement with that at Rachel, "Yeah Rach, you can't tell Puck you know all this because I don't want San to die"
Rachel felt her phone go off again
Noah: What plans do you have at 11 at night, Berry? If you don't want me to come just say so, don't lie.
Rachel sighed at how defensive he got so quick and looked up when she noticed Santana reading over her shoulder,
"Just tell him you're having a sleepover with me and Brit. He'll figure out we're friends tomorrow anyway"
Rachel nodded, deciding to leave out Matt and Mike for now since she was leaving out the make over part.
Rachel: Noah of course I want you to come but I'm having a sleep over with Santana and Brittney.
There was a brief pause before her phone buzzed
Noah: Obviously you want me to cum if you're trying to put thoughts of a sleepover with you and those two but seriously, what are you doing.
She groaned at his crassness as well as his disbelief in what she was doing.
Rachel: Noah Eli Puckerman! Do you kiss your mother with that mouth? I really am having a sleepover with San and Brit. You'll see tomorrow, we're riding together
Santana had been reading the conversation and had rolled her eyes at his reply before, the boys were being quiet because they didn't want to incur the wrath of either of the two brunettes right now and anything they were thinking about Puck would definitely do that so they kept their mouths shut and Brittney was petting a stray cat that had walked up to her.
Noah: Hmm well make sure to kiss both of them for me Berry ;) And take pictures! We'll talk tomorrow so you can tell me wtf is going on that makes you suddenly hang w/cheerios.
Rachel: You are incorrigible. Good Night Noah, sweet dreams.
Noah: lol, small words Berry, insults mean nothing if I don't understand them. And my dreams will be very sweet thanks to the lovely images you provided me. Nite Rach. Sweet dreams
She rolled her eyes again and decided she was going to buy him a pocket dictionary. She put her phone up and said "So should we get the bags inside or are we going to stand out here all night."
Any answers that were going to come stopped when they heard Brittney, "Maybe I should take you home, I don't think you would read my diary like my other cat does. I can trust you, right?"
Rachel started giggling while Santana and Matt rolled their eyes and Mike just patted Brit on the shoulder.
They started toting bags into Rachel's house and up to her room, after making two trips, (it was a lot shorter when the girls actually carried things too) they had everything inside and the kids took time to look around.
"Damn Rach, your house is huge" Mike exclaimed, looking around and seeing doors and halls everywhere.
"Yeah, it's pretty big but really only the front part, my room and the basement are used."
"It would be a great place to party" Santana remarked looking around the huge living room they were in while they heard Brit yell, "San, she has a hot tub!"
They walked over to Brittney, who had wandered towards the back of the house, and were looking out into the back yard, "Hey you have a pool too" Matt noted.
"So we are going to be able to party here, right B?" Santana asked, already thinking of the fun that could be had with the hot tub and pool alone.
"Um.. most of the kids at school aren't really going to want to come to my house, San" Rachel reminded her.
"After tomorrow, everyone's going to be dying to be your friend, B, because you're friends with me and Brit" San started then with an offended "Hey" coming from the guys she added, while rolling her eyes "Oh and Mike and Matt of course"
Rachel giggled, "We'll see"
"That's a yes in disguise right?" San asked
Rachel just linked arms with Brittney, leading her back to her room, leaving the other three to follow.
"Alright time for lessons!" Santana clapped at them when she got upstairs and saw Rachel starting to unpack all of the bags. She was sorting them into piles and getting them into her own organized fashion and showing Brittney where she wanted things so the girl could help her. Santana rolled her eyes, muttering "this might take a while"
The boys decided this was their cue to leave, but first they exchanged numbers with Rachel, "Just incase San goes to crazy on you tonight, text us we'll come save you" Mike had joked while they were doing it. Santana had then proceeded to throw one of Rachel's pillows at him.
"Good night ladies," Mike said giving Brittney and San a quick hug before turning to Rachel, "Do I get a hug for all my hard work?" he joked with her.
She walked over to him and gave him a hug, "Thanks so much for coming to the mall with three hot girls and watching me model barely there school clothes, Michael"
Santana held her hand out for a high five looking impressed, while Matt was laughing at his friends wide eyed expression, only Brittney didn't seem to surprised at Rachel's sarcastic response.
"Night everyone" Matt said, getting his laughter under control and quickly hugging all three of them, winking at Rachel before he gave her hers.
"Night guys, see you tomorrow," Rachel called as they let themselves out and she locked the door behind them.
"Now the fun begins," Santana said evilly, while Brittney stood behind her clapping because she said it'd be fun right?
Rachel groaned and her hand was already itching to get her phone out and beg the boys to come back but she didn't and she let San drag her back to her room where she proceeded to show her all of the ins and outs of putting together an amazing, boy-drool worthy, outfit with the least amount of effort. And by 3 in the morning she had decided that Rachel had learned as much as she was able to teach her and told her the could go to sleep as long as she promised to talk like a normal human being tomorrow.
Rachel would have promised her the world right about then, as she was exhausted and had to get up in three hours so she just nodded grateful to be able to get some sleep anyways, Brittney had fallen asleep in her bed hours ago and it had just been her and San. She quickly sent two texts as Santana went to the bathroom to get ready for bed.
Rachel:[to Mike] the wicked witch has finally deemed it bed time, see you in a few hours, nite
Rachel: [to Matt] FINALLY class is over and it's time for sleep, See you soon, nite
She was surprised that as soon as Santana came out and she was about to go get ready herself that her phone buzzed.
Mike: Lol, nice. Don't let her hear you call her that or you won't get any sleep ;) Sweet dreams, Rach.
She smiled at that, not daring to laugh, San would ask her what she was laughing at and that could be bad. She did, however, go get ready for bed and come out with a huge grin on her face as she realized, Santana was right this morning, this semester was going to be very different.
A.N. Alright so this was a longer chapter and actually would have been longer because I was going to keep typing through her first day of her new look but it's 5 in the morning and I need to get some sleep before work tomorrow so...First day will be written hopefully tomorrow night and it will show more of the glee club and their reactions to the new and improved? Rachel Berry, also it will show more of her and Noah's relationship as well as her growing relationships with San,Britt,Matt, and Mike and how they all react to each other, besides that I can't tell you because as I said in the first chapter, I know the basic idea but I almost never know what's going to come out when I start typing. Hope you enjoyed this chapter :D I will answer all reviews but I'm never going to ask for any certain amount or whatever before the next chapter(in fact this will be the only time I mention them :) ) Have a great day! *Hugs*
