Out of everyone, Quinn was the first to arrive at Rachel's house that evening. She was flustered and quite upset; Puck had given her a hard time about going over there.
"Quinn, you can't go over there. I'm actually forbidding you to get in that car and drive to freaking Rachel Berry's house."
She stared at the boy in front of her, crossing her arms over her chest and resting them on her baby bump. "And why is that?"
"Because she's a liar and it's unfair."
"You're a liar and you're unfair," Quinn shot back, going into the spare room to change into a pair of sweatpants and a giant t-shirt. "And besides, she needs her girls. Everyone needs to have their back up behind them, supporting them the whole time, I just so happen to be one of Rachel's."
Puck sighed, letting his head fall against the door with a thud. "Yeah, but Quinn, she, like, manipulated us; she lied to us…"
Quinn flung the door open, causing Puck to stumble slightly. "You lie all the time, Noah Puckerman." Puck gave Quinn a look with could make any girl swoon; the wide eyed, puppy dog look. "She needs support. She just lost her boyfriend, her best friend, and the person who throws Slushees in her face; it's been a pretty rough day for her."
Puck let his head hang. "But she lied to us…"
"Then you can go to your boys and have them cheer you up," Quinn said, getting tired of this 'We… Are the innocent ones,' act he had going. "Go use your fake IDs, buy beer, and get drunk than make the stupid decisions I know you're fond of making. Be the Noah Puckerman I know you are."
She picked up her bag and started walking down the hall, heading toward the front door but Puck grabbed her shoulder, spinning her around. "It's not as easy as that, Quinn. What Rachel did… That was just… That was not right."
Quinn's jaw nearly dropped to the floor. "Puck, you're such a hypocrite." His brow creased. "You lie to girls, then sleep with them, then lie again and you're getting upset about a music video, a music video of all things, that Rachel made, using the three best singers in the group?" Puck let his head hang and Quinn's arm itched to reach out and stroke his cheek. "Why do you even care this much anyway?" she said, her voice soft and alluring.
"Because… Because…" Quinn's eyebrows were raised as she saw Puck struggle for his words. "Because, she said it was just going to be me, then she used Finn and the Jesse kid as well."
"Gosh, Puck, if I didn't know you were completely set on a relationship with me, I'd think you were in love with her…" Quinn said, amused.
Puck gave her a small smile. "I feel deceived."
Quinn's eyes rolled for the millionth time today. "Don't we all," she mumbled, wrapping an arm around Puck's neck and giving him a hug. "Get over it, Puckerman."
Puck laughed in her ear, kissing her cheek before allowing her to flounce out of the house and to her car. He was about to go into his game room to play Halo, when Quinn came back into the house, a shameful look on her face. "What's going on, Fabray?"
"I can't fit into my car… Will you drive me?"
Puck froze, his eyes glued to hers. "No way in hell am I driving you."
"I can't fit behind the wheel!" Quinn shrieked, throwing her hands up in the air. "Come on, Puck. Just drive me!"
He shook his head. "No freaking way, Fabray. I'm not driving to her house."
"It's not like you have to get out of the car," she said, huffing. "Come on, please?"
She jutted out her bottom lip in a pout. Puck's mouth started to twitch as he tried not to cave. "Fine!" he snapped, grabbing his keys from the shelf near the door. "But I am so pissed at you, Quinn."
She glared at him. "You're so immature!" she screamed, stomping out the door. Quinn climbed into his truck, slamming the door and crossing her arms over chest stubbornly. He climbed into the driver's side and turned the key, smiling to himself as the engine hummed to life.
He gave her a cocky smile, his teeth flashing white at her in the setting sun. "I hate you," she mumbled, looking out the window. They began driving down the bumpy dirt road and Puck felt uncomfortable with the silence. He carefully slid his hand across the console to place it over her knee but she jerked away, glaring at him.
"Don't. Touch. Me."
Puck flinched away. "Damn, Quinn, what's with the hostility?"
The blonde turned her head slowly to glare at him. "What?" she said darkly, her eyes turning almost black. He gave her a look that screamed 'You heard me.' "I cannot believe you, Puck. You are being so selfish! She just made a music video and you're acting like she was dating you, than slept with someone else. Not that that would be a problem; you do it all the time!"
Puck's knuckles tightened around the steering wheel as he kept his anger inside, keeping himself from lashing out at her. "You're taking this too seriously," he whispered to her.
Again, Quinn's jaw fell in shock. "Are you serious, Puck? I'm taking this too seriously?" Puck nodded. "You're pissed off at Rachel because she made a stupid music video and used you, Finn and Jesse. Get over yourself."
Puck snorted. "Why are you being so defensive over her anyway, Quinn?"
"I shouldn't have to tell you why, Puck. You should just know that girls stick together. We're the only thing she's got, she's the only thing I've got."
Puck rolled his eyes. "Quinn, you don't even like Rachel; stop acting like you do."
There was sudden silence in the car as Quinn iced Puck down with an acid stare. "Stop the truck," she hissed.
He turned his head to look at her. "What?" Puck's voice was surprised and quiet.
"Stop the truck," she said again, a little more annoyed then angry. He shook his head.
"Nope."
Quinn reached her hand over, grabbing his ear and digging her nail into it. "Noah Joseph Puckerman, you better stop this truck or I'll-"
"You'll what?" he said, his voice slightly pained. "Rip off my ear?" He smirked at his wise ass answer.
"Stop the fucking truck!" she screamed, opening the door before the wheels even stopped turning. Puck halted to a stop at her sudden, and scary, outburst and she hopped out of the car, supporting her baby bump with one arm as she hit the ground. Quinn grabbed her bag and flung it over her shoulder, slamming the door shut. "You're such a child," she growled at him before walking off the road and onto the side walk.
Puck started to drive incredibly slow, keeping up with her motherly waddling. "Quinn, get back in the car," he called to her, rolling down the window so he could talk to her. She shook her head, keeping her eyes straight. "Come on, Quinn, seriously."
"No!" she said, turning to face him, her hands placed on her hips. "You're so… Immature and self-centered. Can't you see that Rachel just wanted to be liked?"
Puck's forehead creased as he stopped his truck, pulling onto the side of the road and climbing out. "What are you talking about?" he said, walking so close to her he had to tilt his whole chin down to look at her.
Quinn sighed. "If she used just you, Finn would get jealous and Jesse would get jealous. She'd loose her boyfriend, best friend, and she'd only have you, but that wouldn't do her much good." Puck nodded, allowing her to go on. "If she used just Finn, you wouldn't care because you wouldn't have taken a part in it but Jesse would, again, get jealous and she'd loose her boyfriend. If she used Jesse, Finn would understand but he'd still be jealous she didn't use him even a little bit because they're friends and he loves her, so he'd drop her out of the picture.
"Don't you see, Puck? If she used just one of you, she'd end up losing someone. Rachel thought the best solution was to use all three so things would be fair, but she just ended up with nothing. So, now, since all of you are being royal pricks, she's relying on us to keep her strong."
Puck looked at the ground, digging his toe into the concrete. "And, don't say I don't care. I may not have taking a liking to Rachel, but when I got pregnant and I realized what it was like to be invisible, I started to see her side. That's why I'm sticking close to her, giving her support because I figure, if I give her support, she'll do the same for me.
"And that's what girls need; support. So if you don't mind, I'd like to continue on to Rachel's house. Would you kindly move out of my way?"
Puck didn't. Quinn, sighing, shoved past him and continued down the sidewalk. "Quinn, wait! I'll drive you to Rachel's house, just get in the truck!"
She spun around, still walking. "Not until you truly see my side of the argument!" she called back, turning back around.
She got no less than twenty feet before she hear Puck's truck come roaring up next to her. "Quinn Fabray, get in the car. Now."
"You're not my father and I'm not listening to you." She took a deep breath. "You just don't get it Puck. Do you realize how stupid you're being? Getting upset over a music video. It's so… little and babyish."
He turned a corner with her, running his hand over his Mohawk quickly. "I'm sorry, Quinn, just get in the car."
Quinn was about to respond when a car behind Puck's truck honked it's horn, telling them to move faster. Puck jolted to a stop, sticking his head out the driver's window to look at the car behind him. "Shut the fuck up, you stupid Lexus!" he screamed, giving the driver an angry glare. "No one cares where you need to be. Just go around, lazy ass!"
The car honked again but drove around the truck, flipping Puck off as it drove by. He nearly jumped out of his car and ran after the little hunk of metal, but he didn't. Instead, he just looked back to Quinn. "You were saying?" he said calmly and maturely.
"I'll get back in the car when you apologize to Rachel."
He made a face. "No freaking way, Fabray."
"Than I'm not getting in the car," she said, walking again.
This time, she got all the way to Rachel's house without Puck talking to her. Instead, he just drove slowly next to her the whole way.
When Rachel opened her front door, Quinn dropped her bag on the floor and eloped Rachel in a hug, sobbing into the small brunette's shoulder.
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