A/N: Ok, I decided I'm focusing on Rachel and Puck more this chapter. Sorry for the long wait. Hope you like it!
Quinn and Sam arrived first, not surprising since they saw Will and Emma everyday and had made arrangements to come first. Shortly after, they were unpacking a little, came Mike and Matt. Will stood up and, once again, they did that weird hug guys do, as they did with everyone that day. "Hey Mike, Matt. I'm so glad you moved back half way through Junior year or you wouldn't be here."
Matt smirked, "Yeah, so am I."
Not long after that Puck arrived. After he'd gone out to lunch with Rachel, which was awkward, he wasn't even sure why she invited him, he'd gone home, showered, and came here. He was surprised Berry hadn't beaten him. He smiled when he saw the guys, minus Finn, "Dudes! It's been forever!"
Sam slapped him on the back and he hugged Mike and Matt. He found his way over to Quinn and smiled sadly, seeing as how they both remembered Beth from their high school years, and hugged her too. "You know, Halo just isn't the same without you man," Mike said. Matt nodded sadly.
"I know it, I've been playing alone with the occasional join in of one of my employees." Sam was just about to ask about that, but then Finn, Brittany and Santana arrived. Finn had an arm around Brittany and she had an arm around him, but Santana and Brittany still locked pinkies as they walked, they always did. Finn and Brittany's marriage was barely a one-on-one relationship. As soon as he walked in Puck laughed, "You and Brittany?"
Finn shrugged, "We got married a couple years ago. And of course San."
Santana and Puck hugged, "Sup Puckerman?" He grabbed her ass.
"Not much. I hear you guys are Cowboys? Congrats," Puck finished hugging Brittany and Finn. Then Rachel came in. It wasn't the same now as it was earlier when she was being polite because her parent were there. She remembered the note left off on.
She managed a small smile, but he didn't smiled back. He looked at her with dark pained eyes and turned his back to her to talk to Mike, Matt and Finn. Rachel smiled and said hi to Will and Emma. She gave Quinn, Santana, Brittany, Mike, Matt and Finn quick hugs. Then she looked at Puck. Her chest tightened.
Tina, Artie, Mercedes, Kurt, and Blaine came in next. That made everyone. They laughed and talked, even sang a little. Rachel invited them to her house for a party tomorrow, laughing that now they wouldn't have to sneak alcohol in, they could just bring it. Everyone said they would come. Then they decided they would take a moment to hear about everyone's success. Will and Emma told about their adopted little girl.
Finn told them how he was the quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys and that his wife and her girlfriend, Brittany and Santana, were Cowboy cheerleaders. Puck laughed, "Open relationship?"
Finn smirked, "More like nonstop three way." Puck looked like he was missing out.
Quinn and Sam told them about their children and Sam's job. The divas told every detail about the Broadway stuff they'd starred in, and Artie brought a video game they all played a little off. Puck got up and said he owned a law firm and was a successful lawyer. Then it came to Rachel, "I don't feel like sharing."
Finn laughed, "Don't pretend like you have a miserable life, we've all been on the internet. You are a celebrity." She was a celebrity. The last movie she was in, she was the main character's, Brad Pitt's, love interest. And yes, he was still hot.
Mike laughed, "Yeah, we know about all the dudes you've dated."
Rachel looked down, "It's not as many as they say. Like that rumor that I went out with Justin Bieber, so not true. I guess I will share. I went to Broadway and starred in minor roles, then my first major role with Jessie, then a couple others. Then I went to Hollywood. I will tell you guys a secret, I'm gonna be on a TV show as the main character next year. It's all under wraps, so please don't say anything."
Puck looked at her, "How's Hollywood sex? Is it good enough for you?"
Rachel closed her eyes for a second, "Can I talk to you in the hall?"
Puck rolled his eyes and got up to follow her, "What?"
Rachel put her hand on her hip, just like she did all the time in high school, "Ok, I'm sorry."
"For what part?"
"For all of it. When we had that fight, I didn't realize how lucky I was to be with you. I thought I still wanted Finn, but I didn't want to hurt you. When I told you I was using you, that you weren't good enough to sleep with me, that you were a Lima Loser," she paused. "That I didn't love you," she looked into his deep hazel eyes, knowing that part was a whole lot quieter. "I was lying. The whole time. I was scared of what might happen if I let myself really fall for you, so I held back my love. I regret rejecting you every day of my life. All I want is your forgiveness, Noah. That's the only reason I came to this stupid reunion."
Puck shuffled his feet, "That's real touching, Rach, but I don't regret leaving you, and I don't want you back, and I sure as hell don't want to forgive you. I don't need you Rachel."
Rachel looked down, "Yes you do." He frowned, "I, I'm sorry Noah. I got caught up, and I had money, and I hired a private investigator. I know every night, or almost every night, you get drunk, go home with a girl so she can't find you again, sleep with her, and leave in the morning. I also know you always say you're name is Finn, because you think I always wanted him not you. I am ashamed of stalking you, but I had to know."
Puck slammed his hand against the wall, "Dammit Rachel, you can't suddenly talk to me for the first time in 10 years and expect to go, 'Oh, Rachel's back, yay, I can finally be with her.' You don't deserve that. You took my heart by force, played with it, pulled a couple arteries, then threw it on the floor and jumped on it a couple times, while singing one of those stupid songs of yours. Did you know all through high school, I couldn't, not once, stop thinking about you? You were always on my mind. And do you know how many wet dream I had about you? It drove crazy Rachel, loving you and not getting a glance in return. Every time we dated for a week, or got a duet in Glee, I always thought, 'Maybe now she'll realize I should be with her, not Finn.' And you know what? You always chased after him, like a love-sick puppy. Then that summer before Senior year, you gave me the time of day, every day. And we kept dating, and I didn't notice you ever even pay attention to Finn, and trust me, I watched like a hawk. Then we graduated, and I got a scholarship in California, and you got a scholarship in New York, and I told you the day before I left that we should do it, right there, right then, and you throw this fucking bomb at me. I fucking cried Rachel. I cried. Anyway, I'm not taking you back, not now, not ever." He stormed back into the old classroom.
Rachel leaned against the wall and cried. Mike asked Puck what happened, "Nothing, nothing happened. Let's just sing and dance so we can finish our reunion, won't everyone be here in an hour?" Will nodded. Rachel walked back in and they all got ready to do a final song.
