Sorry, this chapter is just a bit of an explanation piece and it's probably a bit boring, but necessary, so just bear with me :P

Rachel continued to visit Puck on an almost daily basis. For weeks, she would go over and spend a few hours at Puck's house talking, watching movies, and other things. She really did enjoy his company. He was funny, and surprisingly nice at times for someone who put on such a bad boy image. Rachel felt she could talk about almost anything with Puck.

Except for Finn.

Maybe it was just because the right moment hadn't come up yet, but Rachel could not bring herself to tell Puck she actually had a boyfriend. At some times she felt like she should, like Puck should know about Finn. But she didn't even know how to begin to tell him that.

She knew she should tell him sooner rather than later; it would be a bit weird if after months of being friends Puck all of a sudden realized that Rachel wasn't single. But that wouldn't really matter to Puck, would it? Puck wouldn't care if Rachel were in a relationship.

But still, it felt weird that the person who knew her best on this planet, the person she was so honest with didn't even know such a large detail of her life.

And so, Rachel kept neglecting to tell Puck about Finn. It didn't really matter, did it?

Meanwhile, things with Finn were not running so smoothly. Finn didn't like that Rachel all of a sudden had this other friend, someone he didn't know, who Rachel was spending lots of her free time with. Finn liked it better when he could just show up at Rachel's house when he was bored. He liked it better when Rachel had no one else to pay attention to but him. But what seemed to bother him most was that Rachel never quite told him who this mystery friend was. Whenever he asked where she was or whom she was with, she always had a similar response: a friend, my neighbour, etc.

Rachel was in her room, thinking about her latest date with Finn, which had not gone so well. She sighed. If it wasn't for the fact that being the girlfriend of the school's stars quarterback made her dads so happy, she didn't know if she would still be with Finn anymore. Rachel didn't really want to be lonely, it was nice being able to tell people she had a boyfriend and having someone to turn to when she felt down. But lately she had noticed how Finn wasn't the same. He was not proud to say Rachel was his girlfriend. He tried not to mention it at school, or hang out with her and his friends at the same time. In fact, if she already had plans with him but his friends asked him to hang out. He would always choose his friends. Always. After this happened a couple times, Rachel started to notice that Finn was probably just embarrassed to have such a loser as a girlfriend. Rachel tried not to let this realization get her down, but it did hurt.

And the more it seemed like Finn didn't care about her, the more she hung out with Puck.

Being with Puck made her feel so much better than being with Finn. He listened to what she said, always comforted her when she felt down, and treated her way better than Finn did.

Rachel started to realize that Puck would probably be a way better boyfriend than Finn. He had all the qualities a great boyfriend would have. And Finn…didn't.

Sadly, Rachel knew she could never be with Puck for many reasons. Firstly, they were friends. They were close friends at that. Being with him after being friends for so long would just be…awkward. Wouldn't it? And he would probably never think of her that way. So that was definitely out of the question.

The other most important reason, though, was…her dads would never approve. Well, Leroy wouldn't really care; he just wanted his daughter to be happy. But Hiram…Hiram would never let Rachel date a guy like Puck. He had strict, only nice boys that I approve of policies. He had his guidelines and ideas about what kind of guy Rachel should date, and Finn fit them perfectly. Or at least, Hiram thought he did. Whereas Puck…was about as opposite as boys could get for Hiram's idea for a good boyfriend.

And so, Rachel continued to date Finn, even though after her realization, she almost felt as if her feelings for Puck were beginning to change. She didn't know why, and she didn't want them to. All this could lead to was heartbreak, Finn breaking up with her, and even disappointment from her fathers. And so she pushed her feelings aside. Or she tried to. But it was so hard.

All of a sudden, Rachel was jolted from her thoughts when she heard a knocking on her door. "Come in," she absentmindedly called out, pulling out some homework so it looked like she had been doing something. She was expecting one of her fathers, or Finn, but she was wrong. She turned around to see Puck behind her. "Oh, hey."

"Hey Berry," he responded.

"What brings you here?" Puck sighed and sat on her bed. He began to explain how his math teacher had called about his latest work on his assignment, and how he needed to try better at keeping up in class. After hearing this, his mom had giving him this whole lecture on how he needed to smarten up, and if he didn't start getting his act together he was going to be sent to live with his aunt and uncle. All the while, Rachel continued to rub his back, stroke his hair, put her arm around his shoulder, anything that would comfort him while he explained his situation.

"I don't know what to do, Rach, I've really been trying to keep up with math, I have! Its just so hard…"

"Tell you what," Rachel said to Puck. "I'm not that bad at math. If you come over every Tuesday afterschool, I'll tutor you to help you get better."

"Really?" Puck looked up. "You would do that for me?"

"Yeah, totally," Rachel replied.

"Thanks, Rach! You're the best." He said, giving Rachel one of the most genuine smiles he had ever seen. Rachel couldn't help but to smile back.