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"Noah?"

He looked down immediately. "What is it Rachel? Is something wrong?"

She shook her head. "You… you just never said… Why?" Once again Rachel saw his eyes soften. But once again they were interrupted.


"P-puck? Rachel?" came Tina's voice from the doorway.

"Tina?" said Rachel confused. Tina walked closer, with a small smile on her face.

"H-hey Rachel. Artie d-doesn't want to l-leave. C-can he st-stay?"

Rachel bit her lip and looked up at Puck.

"It's up to you," he said softly.

"…I don't want to be rude… but could he stay on the other side of the room?"

Tina gave her another smile and went to the door. Artie rolled into the room, making sure he was quite far away from Rachel.

"How are you doing Rachel?" he asked concerned. She just shook her head whimpering slightly.

"Not much better man," said Puck, his voice even more concerned that Artie's. Tina came back over and sat close to Puck and Rachel but not close enough to freak her out, just in case.

"W-what happened R-rachel?" she asked softly. Once again Rachel shook her head before turning to Puck and starting to cry into his chest again. Tina bit her lip immediately concerned she said the wrong thing. That kept Puck from yelling, though he was still extremely angry. He felt himself hugging Rachel tighter to him.

"The hockey team," muttered Puck, feeling he owed it to Artie and Tina for putting the past behind them (yeah he knew about the 'Tonight' fiasco) and trying to help Rachel. "Thought they'd give me a present." Inside he was fuming. Rachel, his Rachel (fuck when did that happen?), who was strong enough to break up with him was now sobbing into his chest unable to even say what had happened. He felt his heart go cold for a second.

"Rachel… They… They didn't do anything to you did they?"

"Th-they grabbed my b-butt a few times but… were going to wait until you were done," she said before she began sobbing again. Puck heard himself growl while getting angrier at the same time. He saw Tina's eyes widen and he heard Artie slam his hand against his wheelchair (at least that's what it sounded like). Kurt walked into the room again, holding Rachel's change of clothes as loosely as he could.

"These clothes are disgusting," he said dropping them next to her. Puck growled.

"Really think this is the time Beyonce?" Kurt was about to reply but Puck was surprised to see Tina pull him aside before whispering angrily at him. Artie rolled over and got involved. He was clearly upset as well. Tina appeared back next to Rachel but Artie was still laying into Kurt.

"Are you ready to change Rachel?" she asked. Rachel nodded. Puck looked at Tina oddly. She hadn't stuttered. She blushed.

"P-puck will you t-turn around?" she asked nervously. Puck hesitated not wanting to take his eyes off of Rachel but realized if he wanted her to keep trusting him, he would have to keep her believing he wasn't doing this for any perverse reasons. Which he wasn't!!! But he didn't want that thought to even cross her mind. So he let her go and turned around. Rachel didn't move for a moment.

"R-rachel? D-do you need h-help?" asked Tina. Rachel jumped slightly.

"Umm no," she finally said before slowly removing Puck's jacket, keeping her eyes scanning the room. After the jacket was gone, she changed as quickly as she could. Then cursing her weakness she reached out and took Puck's hand. She kept her head down when he turned around.

"I'm sorry," she muttered. "I know-"

"No," he interrupted her. "You don't say that to anyone today." She moved closer to him allowing his arms to wrap around her. She shuddered as she felt the tears threaten again.

"Shhh," he found himself saying. He rubbed circles on her back. Tina looked at her sympathetically.

"I'm s-sorry Rachel…" she offered. Rachel looked towards her.

"Why?" she asked. Puck almost smirked. She had been asking that a lot lately.

"W-what because of 'T-tonight'? R-rachel, it may h-have hurt me, b-but that's no r-reason for me n-not to help you. E-especially when it's… t-this."

Rachel's eyes began to water again, gratitude painted on her face. Tina didn't miss the same look on Puck's face either. They heard a noise and saw Kurt standing there, his face full of guilt.

"I'm sorry Rachel," he said softly. "I didn't know…"

Puck growled. "That's-"

"No excuse I know," said Kurt looking away. "I thought she was overreacting about a slushie or something…"

"Overreacting?!?!" growled Puck. "When you saw her shirt?! I should-"

"Noah…" came Rachel's small voice. Puck's face softened immediately and he looked down.

"I'm just grateful he's even apologizing…" she continued. Puck saw Kurt wince and he felt a sense of satisfaction at that.

"I know it's probably not the best time…" said Kurt. "But… seeing you so… vulnerable makes me realize… you're just a normal high schooler like us."

Puck heard himself growling again. This kid just didn't know when to quit.

"I mean you do dress fairly badly and you freak out when you don't get what you want and your crazy is just…"

Puck could feel Rachel beginning to tremble.

"Point Beyonce. Point," he snapped.

"That's who you are," said Kurt, blushing slightly that he had gotten out of hand. "I shouldn't hold that against you. Besides us divas need to stick together," he finished smiling slightly.

"Thank you Kurt," came Rachel's small voice after a fairly long pause. Kurt sighed in relief. He began to sit down but changed his mind and pulled a chair over to sit in. Puck raised an eyebrow.

"These are brand new pants and that floor is dirty," protested Kurt. An ecstatic grin broke out on Puck's face when he heard Rachel chuckle slightly. It was only like one little laugh but still!!!

"So how are you feeling Rachel?" Puck asked.

"Better," she responded smiling slightly at him. "But I don't think it takes much to be better from where I was…"

"W-well you have a-all of us t-to help," promised Tina.

"Mercedes too once she finds out," promised Kurt. "Oh I'll go get her now." He whipped out his cell phone and walked out the door. About a minute of silence passed when they heard some voices from the hallway. All of them looked up and saw Matt and Mike walk in the room. Rachel shrieked and grabbed at Puck desperately, shaking terribly again.

"Rachel! What's wrong?" asked Puck frantically holding her tight.

"The jackets! All the jackets!" he and Tina heard her say into his chest. His eyes widened as he realized.

"Take off your jackets!" he hollered. They looked at him and Rachel oddly.

"I'm confused…" said Mike.

"W-what's to understand?! Take your fucking jackets off!!" demanded Tina. Artie turned to her in shock and Puck looked at her in a newfound respect. Luckily Tina cursing had the kind of motivation needed to get Matt and Mike pulling their letterman jackets as fast as they could.

"O-outside," she demanded and they threw the jackets out the door. They looked to Puck. He looked down at Rachel, who was still freaking out.

"Rachel. The jackets are gone. I promise." She shook her head.

"No no no no no," she kept repeating.

"Rachel, you trust me right?" said Puck softly into her ear. She paused nodding.

"Then trust me now. The jackets are gone. Will you trust me?" She hesitated before nodding again.

"Then look up." The pause was so long he almost thought she wasn't going to look up. Then she slowly began moving, looking first at Tina, who smiled at her supportingly. She moved to Artie who also smiled but was clearly still staring at Tina. Then she moved to the doorway.

"Matt?.... Mike?" she said hesitantly. They both nodded clearly confused.

"What's… going on?" asked Matt. Artie motioned them over and began whispering. It wasn't long before exclamations of anger were heard. Rachel looked up at Puck.

"Was… was it Matt and Mike in the jackets?" He simply nodded. Her lip quivered and a few tears spilled over.

"No. Don't cry," he said desperately wiping the tears away. "Don't you dare blame yourself. I guarantee you Matt and Mike won't blame you."

Puck whipped his head around as he heard them heading towards the door and he growled angrily. They both looked towards him and immediately recognized what he was trying to say.

Go after them without me and die.

Mike looked towards Rachel. "We're sorry Rachel. We didn't know."

"It's ok… I'm sorry." A chorus of 'no's were heard at her words.

"I told you, you don't say that to anyone today," said Puck.

"Not even us," said Mike.

"We understand," said Matt. Rachel once again felt tears of gratefulness begin to fill her eyes.

"No one deserves to be treated like that," said Matt before Rachel could ask why.

"You don't treat girls like that," said Mike rather venomously. Then they moved back over towards Artie. It was clear, at least to Puck, they were talking about revenge, but at least he was confident they wouldn't leave him out of it.

I know its another awkward cut off but I really can't think of proper wrapups because this whole thing is going on at the same time but its waaaaaay too long to put in one chapter. Anyway I hope you liked the chapter ^^

Oh I'm going to be delving into Matt and Mike's character next chapter. Since their character's really haven't been developed that much by the show I'm taking a few liberties but I hope you guys will understand

They're putting Puck and Rachel back together next season of Glee!!!!!! Check it out! www. ausiellofiles. ew. com/2010/01/18/exclusive-glee-spoilers-rachel-puck/#comment-159935 (just take out the spaces)