The Summer Life

By WorkingGirl22.

Summary.

16 year old Rachel Barbra Berry was looking forwards to spending the summer with her cousins in California after dealing the the slushie facials and losing Regionals. This was her break before Junior Year. Boy was she wrong. Instead her Dads surprised her by sending her to stay with her childhood friends in The Hamptons. There she helps her best friends out with watching the younger siblings while Mr. and Mrs. Montgomery are busy with work. All the girls will get paid for their work.

On the first day she meets the Montgomery's in house pool boy/Landscaper Noah Puckerman who changes her mind about having a crappy summer, She couldn't help but be attracted to this guy on her first night.

This summer will change her life forever. Enjoy. Oh the OC are Rachel's childhood friends.

2. Girl's Day, Late Night Swim.

Taliah Montgomery was super excited when she heard that her childhood best friend was going to be spending the whole summer with herself and her siblings. Sofia was super close with Rachel when they younger but this was her chance to have a great bond with her. Libby felt the same way. They were always jealous of the close bond Sofia and Rachel shared. They wanted to have the same so they have all summer to get that. That's why she wasn't pissed off that Rachel was getting all cozy with her ex hook up buddy.

"Hey sis give me the keys, Samara is too drunk to drive and I haven't been drinking anything, we're leaving in a few minutes. Get the girls."

Larissa Montgomery said as she walks up to her. Taliah handed her the keys before glancing back at the two.

"Do you think I could actually have a real relationship with a guy? you know like Puck?" Larissa stared at her for a second before looking at Puck and Rachel who was whispering in his ear laughing. Puck put his arm around her shoulder as they talked. He actually looked interested in what she was saying.

"Taliah your not starting something are you? It's Rachel's first night here don't go all bitchy on her." Taliah stared at her older sister.

"Remember Puck ended your whole hook up buddies ordeal when he asked you to be his girlfriend and you said no. You weren't even sad about it." She knows this.

"Let it go sis. If he wants a relationship with Rach then so be it. Your main focus is to rekindle your friendship with Rachel Berry, not act like a bitch towards her because your jealous, she's free to do whatever she wants even if that means taking your ex." Taliah frowns looking at her older sister.

"Your supposed to be there for me sis, not make me feel horrible. Puck and I talked about getting back together two days ago, I just think I'm ready for something serious with him, aren't I allowed to be happy with a guy?" Larissa nodded.

"Of course you are but it's not going to be Puck. I really think Rachel has feelings for him. Go tell the girls that we're leaving."

Larissa says before walking away to get Samara who doesn't need anymore to glanced back at Puck who was now staring at her with yet another beer in his hand. He loved his beer, he drank it all the time when they were hooking up even though he's not old enough to be drinking it. He was a badass and a risk taker. Which she liked in a guy.

She walked over to him and sat down. "Having another beer I see, can I have a sip?" He looked at her shaking his head.

"You know I don't share my favorite beer. Aren't you leaving?" She nodded.

"Yeah if a few minutes. Aren't you too drunk to drive your motorcycle?" He shook his head.

"Yeah which is why I'm staying on the boat tonight. I'll be home in the morning." That was smart of him. Taliah thought.

"Have you seen Rachel?" He pointed to Rachel who was walking their way.

"Hey Taliah are we leaving now?" She smiled grabbing ahold of her hand.

"Yup I was just saying good bye to Puck. See you in the morning?" She asked hopefully. He nods towards her before glancing at Rachel winking at her.

"Come on Rach, you can sleep in my room tonight so we can catch up a little bit more." Rachel said okay and grabbed her shoes and waved goodbye to Noah.

"See you tomorrow Rachel." He called out to her and she looked back saying see you tomorrow. Taliah frowns and pulled Rachel away from the yacht that never left the dock.

Puck chuckled at Taliah's jealousy. He knew Taliah was starting to get strong feelings for him but he wasn't interested anymore. She made it clear that whatever they had in the past when they were hooking up, wasn't serious to her which hurt him, now he could care less if she was interested.

"Hey Puck you want another beer?" Stacy asked him as she danced to the music. He shook his head tiring of drinking beer. He needed some water.

"No I'm good, I much rather dance with you." He said getting up and started dancing with her. He wasn't into Stacy like that. They were best friend and they were there for each other.

Rachel was laying in Taliah's queen's size very comfortable bed wearing navy blue sleep shorts with a gray tank top. Her hair was up in a messy pony tail. She already did her nightly moisturizing ritual. Taliah had her back towards her in the bed after they talked for two hours.

"Liah are you sleeping?" Rachel whispered.

"No what's up Rach?" She whispered back.

"Is there something going on with you and Noah?" Taliah's eyes opened and bit her bottom lip.

"Why? I thought you were staying single for awhile?" Rachel sighs looking out the window.

"I do but I kind of like him. I wouldn't take your boyfriend away from you but I noticed a couple time tonight you were looking at us and didn't seem happy. I'm not trying to step in on somebody's elses guy. If he's yours I'll stay away." She told her softly.

Taliah turned to face her. "We had a thing two years ago. I might have been young but I didn't care. We were hook up buddies and when he asked me to be his girlfriend one day, I froze up and he got the hint that that's not what I wanted. He said that we couldn't hook up anymore." Rachel stared at her.

"And how do you feel about him now?" She shrugged.

"I don't know. I'm not in love with him but I might want to try a relationship with him." Rachel nodded and looked away.

"Rachel I'm not going to tell you to stay away from Puck. He seems to really like you and It's your summer to have fun." She smiles lightly.

"Alright I think I'm going to go for him." Taliah looked at her unsure.

"Are you sure that's a good idea? I mean Him and I have a history together. I don't want you to get hurt." Rachel looked unsure now that Taliah said that.

"Would it be okay with you if I get to know him better?" She looked away. Rachel frowns and mutters Good night Taliah." She lays down facing the window and tries to get some sleep.

Taliah didn't want her best friend to think that she doesn't like that she wants Puck. She can have him all she wants. She was done with hooking up with her past.

"Rachel do whatever you want. I'm done with my past hook ups." Rachel looked back at her.

"Are you sure?" She nodded with a tired smile. They hug then go to sleep.

The next morning Rachel got woken up by somebody shaking her. She opened her eyes to see Taliah shaking her.

"Come on girlie. Breakfast is calling our names. Our cook Molly made you Apple-Almond Butter Pancakes!" Rachel sat up liking already and got out of bed. She fixed her hair a little and both girls go dining room where the other girls were sitting down. Samara wasn't anywhere to be found but Larissa was

"Good morning Rachy. Did you sleep good?" Sofia and Libby asked at the same time as they had their breakfast in front of them.

"Yeah I really did, Taliah's bed is so comfortable." The girls laughed as she sits down.

Molly walks into the room and puts Rachel's plate in front of her telling her that it's Vegan friendly.

"Thank you Molly. Can I have some orange juice please?" She smiled at her saying sure and puts Taliah's plate in front of her aswell.

"So Rachel we were thinking about having a girl's day. We want to show you around the Hamptons and maybe go shopping." Rachel takes a bite of her breakfast and closed her eyes loving this.

"Those are good pancakes huh?" Sofia asked seeing Rachel enjoying her food. Rachel nods giggling.

"I would love to get to know the Hamptons. I've never been to this part of New York. I've always been in the city." The girls grin and say that she's going to have the time of her life today.

They finish up breakfast then the girls get ready for the day. Rachel walked outside to enjoy the fresh air with her phone in her hand, since they weren't leaving for another two hours. She looked around wondering why her Dads wanted to stay in boring Lima Ohio when they could living the life like the Montgomerys.

Her phone starts ringing and she sees Quinn Fabray calling her. Shouldn't she be taking care of her daughter with Sam Evans? they haven't spoken to each other as friends in years. Quinn stops calling then calls back and she reluctantly answers it.

"What do you want Fabray?" Rachel says not in the mood for pleasantries. Normal she's polite when she answers the phone but she's not a fan of her ex best friend.

"Hi Rachel I know it's surprising that I'm calling you but I really need to talk to my childhood best friend, I want to be able to talk to you again like old times, I miss our friendship, I shouldn't have turned my back on you." Quinn said in a stressful voice. Rachel stayed quiet hearing Melanie crying in the background.

"Then why aren't you calling Santana or Brittany? They are your best friends now anyways. I'm haven't been your best friend since you joined the cheerios and threw slushies at my face, called me horriable names and drew degrading pictures of me on the walls of the girl's bathroom. Your a mother now Quinn, you slept with my boyfriend behind my back, friends don't do that." Quinn sighs.

"I was trying to fit in okay? I know I was cruel to you but after this year, I realize that you were the only one that was there for me. I never got to thank you for convincing me to stay in Glee club once you find out that I was pregnant with Melanie. You are a great person and I tried to tear you down, also Santana and Brittany turned their backs on me once I pregnant. That's why I was hoping we could start over."

Rachel is about to say something when Quinn kept talking.

"I want our friendship back, I know your with our childhood friends for the summer. I talked to Libby last night and I'm going to visiting you for two weeks next month. I think it's time we all work this whole thing." Rachel runs her fingers through her hair and sighs.

"Rach I promise you that I'm done with the bullying, done with the slushies to the face, the horrible names. Everything. I'm someone's mother now and I don't want my daughter growing up thinking it's okay to throw away friendship and being cruel to others." Quinn tells her.

"Do whatever you want Quinn, I'm not going to be so forgiving anymore. I'm tired of people thinking they can push me around. Earn my damn trust back and I'll see you next month. Give Melanie a kiss for me. Bye." Rachel says before hanging up.

"Having trouble with the people back home beautiful?" Puck whispers in her. She jumps breathing hard. He chuckled. She slapped his shoulder.

"Oh my goodness you scared me. Don't sneak up on me like that." He chuckled saying sorry and placed his hands on her hips.

"What are you doing tonight beautiful?" She stared at him and got out of his embrace.

"Probably doing something with the girls, why are you planning on kidnapping me?" He chuckled grabbing ahold of her hand.

"You up for a late night swim with me instead?" Rachel blushed glancing down at their hands. He brushed his finger against her cheek.

"Um sure but what if we get caught?"

"Trust me we won't get caught. I'll be seeing you here by the pool tonight for our little pre first date."" Puck kissed her cheek before letting go and went to his room.

Rachel stood there grinning and went back into the house to get ready for the day. She couldn't wait for tonight.

Out and About With The Girls.

Taliah and Larissa watched Rachel get her hair done with Libby sitting next to her also getting her hair done. They showed Rachel around more and now they were getting their hair and nails done.

"So are you letting her be happy with Puckerman?" Larissa whispered to her sister. Taliah nodded as they got their nails done.

"Yeah she asked me how I felt about it and I told her truthfully that we had a thing in the past but it was over and done with. I wouldn't take away her happiness."

Larissa gave her look. "What's that look for? I wouldn't do that to Chelle. Remeber what you told me yesterday? my main focus is to work on the friendship we had when we were younger. She was like a sister to all of us and it's time for us to reconnect." Larissa agrees with her.

"Oh my god your hair looks amazing." They turned their heads to see that Rachel's hair was now layed and shoulder length. She also had bangs with a little high lights.

"You think?" Libby nodded with a huge grin on her face. She looked so pretty with shorter hair.

"What do you think of her hair girls?" They grin saying it's beautiful and Rachel felt so happy. She couldn't wait to show Noah her new hairstyle.

"Puck's going to love it Rachy." Sofia chimed in from where she sitting. Taliah turned her head away from the girls and looked at her nails which were turning out good.

After the girls finished up at the salon. They went clothes, shoes and makeup shopping. Rachel wasn't use to this kind of stuff.

"Hey girlie try on this top and these shorts, they seem like they would look perfect on you." Sofia hands Rach the outfit she picked out and she pushes her into the dressing room.

She tries them on and is shocked to see how short these shorts are. These were full on daisy dukes. They did make her legs look really long but she could never wear something like this at school. Also the top was a crop top. She's never worn a crop stop before. It was a cute top but she wasn't sure.

"Come out Rach let's see." She said no.

"Chelle come on we're not going to make fun of you. We just want to see how it looks." She opens the dressing room door and walked out.

The girls stared at her. They have never seen long legs on such a short girl. She looked really good.

"You hate it right?" Samara walked up to her and fixed the shorts a little then stepped back.

"You look fantastic, stop trying to hide that body of yours. You need to get more shorts, a few more tops like this one to show off that figure of yours. Cute little skirts, rompers, tank tops, cute jeans, dresses. We're going to make you into a whole new Rachel Barbra Berry." Rachel looked scared but they just laughed and got more clothes for her to try on. This was going to be a long day for her.

After shopping, going out to lunch. Samara and Larissa had to go to work at their summer bar jobs and said good bye to the girls. Sofia said she was going to her boyfriend's house and Libby was taking a nap. Taliah helped Rachel put her stuff in the closet.

"So do you have plans with Puck yet?" She nodded.

"He asked to take a late night swim with tonight, is that okay?" Taliah nodded.

"You don't have to ask, this is your summer to live a little. Take some risks and just have fun." She says okay.

"So what new bikini are you wearing for this little late night swim?" Rachel got up from the floor and went over to the dresser and got out the bikini she was thinking about wearing tonignt. Taliah shook her head at pink and white bikini.

"No that's for day time. You need a sexy night one." She looked at her other ones and smirked at the sexy red and black bikini that they made her buy today. She forgot she picked that one out today.

"Are you sure?" She nodded.

"Of course I'm sure. He's going to love it trust me." Taliah puts it on the bed and leaves the room. She looked at the bikini and wondered if she should change it.

"Don't even think about changing it Berry, you'll hot in that." Taliah yelled as if she read her mind.

Later That Night.

Rachel quietly left her room in the red and black bikini the girl's picked out for her. She grabbed her towel and made her way out the back door slowly and quietly closing it behind her. She took a deep breath and made her way over to the pool. She put her towel down and waited for Noah to show up.

"Hey beautiful you made it." She looked up at him nodded. She looked nervous.

"Chill we're not going to get caught. If anything happens I'll take the blame for it." He took his shirt off showing off his body. She couldn't help but bite her bottom lip just staring at his rock hard abs in the moonlight.

"Come on let's go in the pool." Rachel walked over to the steps and slowly gets in the cold water. She starts to shiver. He walked over to her and wrapped his arm around her wet hips. She looked really good to him her her red and black bikini.

"I'll keep you warm." Rach looked into his eyes and felt herself getting comfortable in his arms. They swim around in the water just staring into each others eyes.

They let go of each other and dive under the water staring at each other before going back up. He runs his hands through her hair. She wrapped her arms around his neck. He picks her up and spins her around making her giggle. He though it was the cutest sound in the world.

He leans in and pressed his lips against hers. She closed her eyes reponding to the kiss. His lips were nothing like Finn's or Jesse's. His lips felt just right against hers. They slowly pulled back looking right into each other's eyes before kissing each other again.

Somebody clears their throat and they pull back to see Samara and Larissa standing there smirking at them.

"Enjoying your midnight swim Noah and Rachel?" They just stared at them.

"Don't worry we were just coming back from work. Go back to your makeout session." The older sisters waved goodbye and walked into the house.

Rachel looked at him and bursts out laughing. He joins her and held her by the waist. She stared into his eyes.

"Will you go on a date with me tomorrow?" Rachel smiles nodding her head and they spend more time in the pool stealing kisses from time to time.

Somebody else clears their throat and they stayed holding each other but looked up to see Mrs. Montgomery.

"Out of the pool both of you. It's 1:45 in the morning, I mind you guys using the pool but your making too much noise out here." Violet tells them before going back inside.

Rachel stared him kissing him a few more times which he deepened and they stayed like that like for a while. They got out a few minutes later.

He helped her dry off and kissed her good night. She wrapped her arms around his neck. She just couldn't stop kissing him. They pulled back after lack of breathing.

"Good night Noah, see you in the morning." She kissed his cheek then walked back into the house with a bright smile on her face.

He wrapped the towel around him and grabbed his shirt. Also going back in the house with a grin on his face. This was the best pre date he's ever had.

Find out what happens next.