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Chapter 3 – A Kiss Causes Trouble

(POV Finn)

"Puck! Puck, how many drinks have you had?"

I screamed in Puck's ear, because the music was damn loud.

"What?"

"How many drinks have you had?"

Puck was leaning on the dining table and two drunk girls were panting in his neck. He had just broken miss Puckerman's expensive vase. I was anxious. Not only because of him, but about everybody, this whole situation.

"A couple."

Puck finally replied. Like that answer solved everything. I didn't want to waste my time to get the number out of Puck, so I just walked away. I couldn't be in this place now. There were way too many people, things were messed up, I was losing my mind… Although I'm glad I haven't drunk anything myself. I walked out of the house. I realized I didn't have anywhere to go. Actually, I did. However I wasn't sure if it was the right thing to do.

(POV Rachel)

I ran. I just ran. I just ran and never looked back. Suddenly I walked into somebody. I looked up. My heart started beating even faster than it already did when I saw it was Finn.

"Rachel?"

Finn seemed as surprised to see me as I was surprised to see him here.

"Finn, I-"

I started, but I didn't know what to say.

"What are you doing here, Rachel? I thought you lived on the other side of the town."

"How do you know that?"

Like seriously, how did he.

"Err… Quinn told me."

"Bitch is back."

I whispered. Thankfully he didn't hear me, so I continued talking.

"Well, my aunt is living there…" I pointed at the house I just ran out of. Finn didn't let me finish.

"Miss Carson?"

I nodded.

"Yeah, how'd you know that?"

Finn looked at his feet, then right back to me.

"Because she is my neighbor."

"Your neighbor? But- What? You're not gonna tell me you live with the Puckermans, are you?"

Finn didn't answer. I knew enough.

"Omg, Finn…"

"Is it really a bad thing? I mean, he's my bro. I can count on him."

"I cannot believe you just said that. It's Puck, Finn. He's a womanizer. He's annoying. And so is his mum."

"His mum? What do you know about his mom?"

Finn quizzically looked at me.

"More than you do. Now if you let me, I will-"

"Well, well, well. There is our naughty princess with her destroying tempter."

It were my dads, Hiram and Leroy. If you wanna run away, do it now, Rachel. You've got one shot. Go. Just go. I wanted to turn around and run away, but Finn grabbed my arm and pulled me close.

"Don't. Be a smart girl, Rachel."

He whispered in my ear. I tried to shake him off, but he was too strong. I whimpered and looked him in the eye.

"Let me go."

"Never in a million years."

Then something happened I'd never expected to happen. Finn kissed me. I shocked and pushed him off.

"What are you doing?"

Finn seemed to be shocked about his own action too. I saw him looking at my dads terrified. My dads looked furious. Now I got scared too. When I looked back, Finn ran away. Did he really just do what he just told me not to do? I felt the anger inside of me rise.

"Don't just run away! Be a smart boy, Finn!"

Finn just kept running. What the hell.

/

(POV Finn)

Keep running. Don't look back. You're crazy to kiss Rachel. What would her dads even think? I kept running until I spotted a bar. I needed to rest. I took a seat on the crutch besides the counter. I took some time to look around. It didn't look very modern. There were old, red chairs next to wooden tables and the walls were brown. On each table stood one little plant and a candle. This wasn't a kind of bar I would be going to for fun. I noticed I wasn't the only one here though.

"Hey, new kid!"

The boy said and came closer and I got kind of scared.

"Err… hi."

I did recognize him somehow. Wasn't he one of the kids sitting next to Rachel in the cafeteria?

"Came here too to booze?"

The boy tried to get on the crutch next to me, but at the first attempt he failed. He fell off. I couldn't hold my laughter.

"Stop it!"

The boy tried again, but this time he succeeded.

"No, I didn't come here to booze, not really. I just needed to rest."

The boy frowned at me.

"Rest from what? You just ran a marathon?"

I shook my head.

"No, not really. I-I…"

I wasn't sure if I should tell him. I barely knew him. However, if Rachel was a friend of his, he must be faithful. Right?

"I kissed a girl and then I ran away."

Oof, I let it go. It felt like a relief.

"Whoever you are, you my friend, are a coward. Why the hell did you run away?"

Am I a coward? Really?

"Because I only know this girl for like a day… And because her parents were watching… And because I was afraid of her reaction…"

Yeah okay, I'm a coward.

"Well-"

The boy started, but got interrupted by the bartender.

"Hello sir, what would you like to drink?"

"A beer, please."

I looked back at the boy.

"Go on."

"You need to go back to her and apologize, or at least tell her why you did what you did, whoever she is."

"Her name is Rachel, your friend Rachel."

The boy's eyes widened.

"Rachel Berry? In that case you shouldn't do anything."

"Yeah, if that's her last name…"

I frowned.

"… but why? You're not gonna tell me she's a lesbian, right?"

The boy looked at me like I was crazy.

"God, no! It's way more complicated."

The bartender finally gave me my drink. I thanked him.

"Hey mister bartender, can I have another glass of whisky?"

The boy asked and smiled.

"Uh, my name's Blaine, and are you sure? I mean, you've already had-"

The bartender started, but the boy cut him off.

"I said I want another glass of whisky, and I'm your customer and so you have to listen to me."

"But I care-"

The boy interrupted again.

"Don't care about me, I'm not your girlfriend or something. Just give me my drink."

I snorted. Was he a bitch or did he just act like one?

"Girlfriend? I'm not strai- Whatever."

The bartender walked away.

"Why are you so mean to him? I mean, he must know you and I aren't 21 yet, so… why?"

The boy looked at me innocently.

"Because it's not his job to worry about how many drinks I've had."

I shook my head, but I knew he was right.

"Why are you drinking so much?"

The boy sighed.

"Why do you care about me? Only because I'm Rachel's friend, for sure…"

"No! That's not true! You seem really nice and-"

The boy interrupted me.

"Oh please, I'm drunk and I'm mean, so that's bullshit."

I sighed.

"Okay, it's because you're Rachel's friend, I admit, but please answer or tell me why I can't go back to Rachel to-"

The boy cut me off.

"Okay, okay… The love of my life broke up with me today."

I finally understood him.

"Oh, I feel so sorry for you. Why did she do that to you?"

The boy snorted.

"It's a him. However, I don't know. I didn't do anything wrong. Maybe he-"

Blaine, the bartender, came back, so the boy stopped talking.

"Here's your drink. I'm not gonna give you more than this, so if you want more you have to go to another bar."

The boy took his drink and stared at the bartender.

"That makes no sense!"

The bartender folded his arms and kept standing were he stood.

"Go away mister bartender, I need to finish my conversation with this man here."

Blaine laughed.

"It's Blaine, you know, and just keep talking, you won't even notice me, mister nameless."

The boy raised his eyebrows.

"I'm not nameless! I have a name too, I'm-"

I interrupted their conversation.

"Sorry guys, but I gotta go. Can't keep the promise, sorry, but I'm going to Rachel."

The boy looked at me madly.

"You really don't wanna do that."

I finished my glass of beer en got off my crutch.

"Really? You think? Watch me."

I waved, puffed my chest up and walked away. Rachel Berry, here I come.

/

(POV Rachel)

"Get in the car, Rachel."

Hiram said. I kept looking at the direction Finn just ran away and disappeared.

"Rachel!"

"Yes dad."

I sighed and stepped in.

"You're in trouble, young lady."

Leroy said while he looked at me through the rear-view mirror.

"But-"

"No Rachel, we're not having this conversation in the car. Wait till we're home."

I took a deep breath and waited a few minutes until I asked Leroy to put the radio on.

"Fine."

He said and pushed on the "on" button.

"Leroy, our daughter has misbehaved. Don't listen to her."

Hiram turned the radio off.

"I didn't do it only for her, I like to listen to the radio, too."

Leroy put the radio on again. Hiram got furious.

"But our daughter needs to be punished! This is no punishment! Look at her, she's enjoying the music! Sooner or later she'll sing along. Stupid music. Don't you see this is wrong?"

"Dear, what's this about? Punishing Rachel or her love for music and glee club?"

Hiram's eyes widened.

"Rachel is such a disobeying teenager, she's doing everything that's unacceptable and wrong and those things make her become the most terrible person, do you hear that, young lady?"

I closed my eyes to avoid Hiram's face.

"Yes dad."

"Good. Now, Leroy, turn that stupid thing off or I will."

/

I was scared when I got home. I was going to get a speech. I was going to be punished.

"Rachel Barbra Berry. First of all, you didn't keep your promise. You talked to that boy. That's one thing you need to be punished for."

Leroy calmly said. I wasn't that afraid of him. I was mostly of Hiram. Who was going to speech now. Help!

"Secondly… You kissed that boy! How could you?! Aren't you ashamed of yourself? Don't you need to apologize, troublemaker?"

See. That hurt.

"He is the one who kissed me first, so-"

Hiram interrupted me.

"That doesn't matter! You kissed a boy. You broke another promise."

"I'm sorry, but I still don't see why I can't kiss a boy. It's nonsense."

"Nonsense?! Do you know what's nonsense? Kissing a boy who-"

Leroy interrupted Hiram.

"That's enough, darling. Let's get back to business. The punishments. You-"

Leroy got cut off by the doorbell.

"Rachel, did you invite anyone?"

"No, no, but I'm on my way, I'm gonna open the door, okay?"

I got no answer, but I kept walking, until I reached the door and opened it. I shocked when I saw a crying boy, and no, not just a boy. It was Finn.

/

Why did I go here? It was not like Rachel's parents were gonna let me in.

"Finn…"

Rachel whispered while she stared at me.

"What are you doing here?"

"I'm here to ask if I could stay here for-"

Rachel cut me off.

"I'm so sorry, but my dads… They won't allow it. I can't secretly hide you here neither. I'm gonna get punished already, because… you kissed me…"

"Oh, well, that's the other thing I wanted to talk about. And what the hell, I kissed you, you shouldn't be punished! Where are your dads? Let me talk to them!"

I tried to sneak into the house, but Rachel pushed me back.

"What are you doing? My dads hate- If they find out you're talking to me, they're going to murder you."

Rachel said and shocked when someone laid his hands on her shoulders.

"Yeah, that's right. Get the hell out of my house, boy!"

It was one of Rachel's dads.

"Well, I'm technically not IN your house, but…"

I saw his look. If looks could kill…

"Okay, well, it seems like I should be going… Bye Rachel, see ya!"

I turned around and walked away. When I turned around I saw Rachel waving and her dad slam the door shut. I hoped she wasn't going to be punished too badly…

/

(POV Rachel)

"Unbelievable! You talked to the boy again! How could you?"

Hiram yelled after he closed the door. Luckily I saw Leroy coming our way.

"What is going on here?"

"That boy… that boy just stood on our doorstep… Rachel… She talked to him! Again!"

Hiram couldn't breathe properly. He got too worked up about this. It wasn't normal anymore.

"That boy has a name."

I whispered, afraid of the reactions.

"Does his name matter? No! So shut your mouth and listen!"

Hiram almost exploded. His face was as red as the reddest tomato in the whole world.

"Rachel, why can't you ever keep promises?"

Leroy asked. I said nothing. I've just gone too far, I'm not doing it again. Leroy sighed.

"Well, you're grounded for three months at least. We have the right to check your phone twice a day and nobody is coming over until we say they can. Have I made it clear?"

Leroy said it on a tone which made me think he didn't totally agree with the punishments himself. But holy hell, the punishments were the worst! It wasn't fair. I hesitated about what I was going to say, but then I realized I had no chance to get the punishments lightened up, no matter what I was going to say, so I just said

"Yes, you have."

and walked away to my room. I heard Hiram yell

"Don't you dare talk to that boy again!"

before I closed the door of my room. I walked to my bed and sat down. I really should listen to my dads this time, and I knew the best way to avoid talking to Finn, was to avoid Finn himself. How was I going to do that?

A/N: So Rachel's dads are really strict, aren't they? Leroy's more silently strict and Hiram loudly strict. By the way, in case you wondered, the boy in the bar was Kurt. Rachel's finally going to have her solo next chapter, so keep up!

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