As Puck stepped out of his house in black trousers and a dark purple t-shirt, Finn noticed that Puck was wearing the watch Rachel got for him last Christmas. He only wore it for special occasions, and Finn knew that Rachel would be pleased to know her arrival was special to everybody. Quinn smiled at Puck, and he smiled back. They could have been smiling at each other for hours, but they were in a rush.
"Guys, can you please just flirt and smile in the car! Puckerman, lock the freaking door, and let's go!" Finn said in a rushed and slightly annoyed tone.
"Oh, shit. My bad." An embarrassed Puck said. Quinn was also embarrassed. Whenever somebody talked about them as if they were a couple was the only time it got awkward. Finn knew this, but he couldn't feel awkward. He was too excited to see his girlfriend, the famous and successful, and the one and only: Rachel Berry.
The drive to the airport was a long one, and Puck was sitting next to Quinn in the backseat. He usually sat in the passenger seat next to Finn, or it would be Finn next to him if he was driving.
Puck must have noticed the confusion on his two best friend's faces because then he exclaimed, "What? Finn gets crazy when it comes to Berry, and I can't handle that!"
As they were getting closer to the airport, laughing, reminiscing, and talking, Finn told them about that night's plans.
"So I thought we could all go straight to my place after we pick Rach up and we'll just, you know, chill. Kick back, watch a movie, popcorn and pizza. Sound good?"
"Sure, that sounds great. Besides, Rachel's going to be super tired to do anything big." Quinn said. She realized how dirty it must have sounded after she saw Puck wearing a sheepish grin, and noticed through the mirror that Finn was blushing. She winked at him and Puck started laughing uncontrollably.
"Aw yeah!" Puck yelled.
There was another five minutes of hysterical laughing from Quinn and Puck, and several comments telling them to "Shut up," from an uncomfortable Finn.
Quinn finally recovered from her case of the giggles, and all she had to do was ignore several remarks from Puck. Then she asked Finn, "What movie should we watch?"
Puck and Quinn gave many suggestions until Finn spoke up.
"Let's watch Funny Girl. It's Rachel's favourite." Finn said as he smiled to the thought of Rachel watching Funny Girl with him and belting out every song including her amazing rendition of Don't Rain On My Parade.
Puck gave Finn an, Are You Serious?look. "Come on dude. We love Rachel, but she's seen it a hundred times!"
"Yeah, I know man. But I want her to have a good time! It's just one night." Finn persuaded Puck.
"You don't want her to get too used to all this… pampering. She's gotta learn and understand how things roll around here."
"It's just one night, Puck." Finn said bitterly.
"I'm just saying! Dude, let's just wait and see what Rachel wants to do then. Compromise, huh?"
Puck knew that Rachel loved Funny Girl, and how the musical never ever got too old for her, but he also knew she would never force them to do anything the rest of them didn't want to do. At least not on her first night back in Lima!
"I think that's a great idea Puck." Quinn said with a smile towards him. She really did like his idea of compromise, but she also spoke up because she didn't want such a petty little argument to turn into something bigger than it needed to be.
"You cool with that dude?" Puck asked Finn.
Finn took a moment to think and reminisce. Maybe he was getting a little carried away. Something that Rachel cared about more than her dreams, Barbra Streisand, and Broadway was definitely friendship. The friendship she had with Finn, Noah and Quinn, to be more specific. The other night when she had told Finn she was visiting them in Lima, she had told him that she was so glad and grateful to have best friends like them. Rachel didn't only have a special place for him: her boyfriend, but also for Puck and Quinn, her best friends.
"Yeah. That sounds perfect Puck. And guys, I'm sorry for all my annoyingness. It's just that I'm really excited to-"
"Finn, you don't need to explain yourself," Quinn said as she cut him off. "We understand." She and Puck gave Finn the most genuine smiles one could get, and Puck suddenly said,
"Oh hey! We're finally here!"
As Finn parked the car and they all got out, Finn went over to his friends and hugged them. The group hug lasted for a while, and nobody was complaining. It was wordless, but the message was clear. Puck chuckled and gave Finn a pat on the back and used his other hand hold Quinn's shoulder. Quinn rubbed Finn's back held Puck's hand on her shoulder as a reflex. They looked and smiled at each other through the hug and as the three of them broke out of the hug, they were still smiling, and they all ran to go find their best friend.
