hey everyone! Here's chapter four, some of you were a tad anxious for this. maybe I should have made you sweat it out more :P just kidding I'm not mean, I'm as excited to see your responses as you are to read, actually I'm probably more excited than you are ;) anyway, the outcome isn't as drastic as you probably were thinking. But this is Rachel we're talking about EVERYTHING seems more dramatic than it really is. enjoy!

-Puck-

Finn looked at me, then at Berry, "Wait, but you said that girl was frigid," He sighed after he said it, realizing that that probably wasn't the best thing to say.

"Frigid? Really Noah? You got me drunk! And I, I almost, I," She stuttered, not quite getting the words out.

"We almost did the nasty? Yeah, we almost did, and if Penelope fucking Decker hadn't walked into the damn library, we probably would have," I spit the words out for her. That Jesus freak single handedly prevented me from becoming the king of hook ups. Getting into Rachel Berry's padlocked pants would have made me immortal.

"Not like it made much of a difference! She made sure that EVERYONE believed we did!" The girl seriously looked like she was teetering on the edge of a breakdown. Santana was rubbing her shoulder comfortingly and shooting daggers at me.

"I denied it didn't I?" I recalled that pervert junior editor for the paper attempting to interview me about it. He wanted the inside scoop on how good she was in the sack, even when I told him it didn't happen, he stared at me like I was a fucking god or something.

"It wouldn't have happened at all if you'd kept your booze to yourself!" Santana pulled Berry closer to her and yelled at me.

-Sam-

This was getting way too intense for my taste. "Okay, okay, puck fucked up, Berry got wasted, rumors were spread. But that was last year, can't we just move on?" I stepped between San and Puck, afraid of her curb stomping his ass.

I glanced at Finn, who was standing quietly off to the side. This meant he was processing what was going on. He was probably trying to figure out why Rachel was alone with Puck to begin with. I wasn't even sure of that and I'd heard this story before. I'd heard the rumors too, and it doesn't surprise me that Finn hadn't. Finn's pretty good at tuning out gossip, and considering he never even knew Rachel til a couple days ago, he probably wasn't paying any attention if he had heard it.

He just heard Puck's side of the story. He got a hot sophomore drunk, he got her half naked and then the stuck up bitch from debate walked in and epically cockblocked him. That's Puck's story and he stuck to it. I gotta give him credit for denying the rumors, it was uncharacteristic of him.

Everyone nodded in agreement at me, and we finally split up into three groups and drove over to the karaoke joint. I arrived with Mike, Finn and Puck, we pulled up next to San's SUV and got out of Puck's truck. Rach and Brit hopped out and stood beside San, waiting for Kurt and his work friends to pull up.

A curvy dark skinned girl stepped out of the passenger side and walked up to us. She was easily the most beautiful thing I've ever seen. That's including Hermione Granger, and Princess Leia….combined.

-Rachel-

I really need to talk to Finn about this, he needs to hear my side of the story. I'm sure he's only heard Noah's and I can only imagine what awful things he must have said. I tugged a little on Finn's arm and he slowed down so we were walking at the back of the group into the Karaoke place, Mckinley's.

"I need to tell you what happened," I whispered to him.

He looked straight ahead, stiffly. "I know what happened," He said, deadpan.

"No, you only know Noah's side, and that's not fair," I grabbed him arm and stopped him. San looked back at me, concerned but I motioned for her and the rest of the group to go on in.

"What's the difference, you hooked up with Puck, just like every other girl at our school," He said, lumping me with every other slutty cheerio on campus.

"that's not fair Finn, he got me drunk, I was vulnerable and he took advantage of that," I don't even know why I feel like I have to explain myself to him. I also don't know why he's so upset about it.

"He made you drink?" He said, accusingly.

"Well no, but you don't see how the people at school treat me Finn! I'm a freak, and they know it, and they make sure I know it too," I said, looking down at my purple ballet flats. I smiled, I love how I dress, but no one else does. San even points out how "childish" I look, I've got the sex appeal of a preschooler.

"So a couple of kids picked on you, everyone gets picked on," He said, shifting uncomfortably.

"Not Quinn, or Santana, or even you, you're accepted. No one likes me, either I'm a loser or I'm too talented. I never win, and, and Puck made me feel wanted, not necessarily loved, but he made me feel worthy, so I gave in, almost. Thank God for Penelope Decker," I finally took in a breath, but I held it. Waiting for him to respond. He was quiet for awhile.

He just nodded, I could tell he was still unsettled about the whole thing and probably disappointed in me. I don't know what was worse, that he was disappointed, or that he even seemed a little bit…jealous.

-Finn-

Of course she hooked up with Puck. She's beautiful and talented and smart, so of course Puck would try to get in on that. I guess I couldn't really blame her, Puck had this way about him that chicks just couldn't refuse. Or maybe she did refuse him and that's why he kept pushing it, and the alcohol just let her give in. Thank God for Penelope Decker.

I don't even understand why this got to me so much. Just the thought of Puck even kissing her is, well it's pissing me off to be honest. I wasn't even this upset when I suspected Lucy of cheating on me. I'd been a coward then, I didn't even confront her about it, I just learned to ignore my jealous feelings. But with Rachel, I couldn't ignore them. I didn't want to be a coward anymore. I need to fight for what I want.

Wait, did I just admit to wanting Rachel. I'm so screwed.

-Quinn-

Noah Puckerman. What a piece of work. Why is he even here? Doesn't he have a rave to get to or something? Doesn't he have some slut waiting for him in his bed?

So why is he here, looking all, hot and dangerous and looking at me like I'm a goddess. Well, I kind of am a goddess, but he's not exactly my type. He's certainly not my parent's type, they would never approve.

Huh, maybe that's just what I need. Shit, I realized I was staring back at him. I look away quickly, but I can see him smirking out of the corner of his eye.

"so Q, see anything you like?" Santana and Brittany appeared beside me and San waggled her eyebrows at me. I laughed softly, and glanced back at Puck, who was laughing at something with Mike.

"Possibly," No one would ever approve of Puck and me. Everyone hates him, except the guys and that super tall guy who I guess is his roommate. The idea of being with someone so, different, was suddenly really appealing.

"Hey, that skirt looks really nice, but I bet it'd look even nicer on my floor," I heard a sleazy, drunk voice purring in my ear. I could smell the whiskey on his breath and I almost hurled.

I spun around, "look, that line might work with a plastered hooker, but not me. So go waste your time with the bartender, I'm sure he'll call you a cab so you can go home and pass out, alone,"

His look changed from just horny, to angry AND horny. It frightened me, but I couldn't let that show.

"Listen you little bitch," But that's all he got out. A fist struck out like lightning and the guy was on the ground in a flash. He stayed down, groaning.

I looked over, still scared.

-Puck-

I was halfway to Quinn's rescue when all of a sudden I saw a blonde mop of hair punch the guy square in the jaw. That was a fantastic shot, but it was supposed to MY shot. Sam had literally beaten me to the punch.

"oh my god Sam, that was amazing," Quinn jumped into his arms, hers around his neck, "thank you! That guy was actually starting to scare me,"

"It was nothing Q, I wasn't going to stand there and let him talk to you like that," Sam's face didn't look smug, or devious. He didn't even look proud. He looked relieved, like he was truly afraid of something happening to her. He had his arms tightly wrapped around her and he squeezed before setting her down onto the floor. I know this will make me sound like a bitch, but seeing his face like that, I know he had better intentions than I did. So I was partly glad he beat me there, but still pissed off that he stole my thunder.

-Sam-

Thank god I got there, thank god I saw him and I saw the expression on Quinn's face. She was afraid but her face was desperately trying to hide it. My mind was blank and before I knew it, my fist made contact with his face and Quinn was in my arms. I was relieved that she was okay, I couldn't bear if anything happened to any of my girls. Quinn, Rach, Brit, even San. I felt like it was my responsibility to protect them. It always has been, at least since our classes with Mr. Shue started. He brought us together, they were my girls, a few of my best friends, and I was their Sam.

Not to be cocky, but I was the most able bodied person in our little group, besides San but she fights dirty and with more words. Mike is awesome, but he's just not as physically able as I am and I'm taller, so I'm more intimidating. Until Finn and Puck showed up, unexpectedly I might add, I was the only person who could keep them safe. Part of me was happy to have help but the other part felt like I might lose something. I see the way Rachel and Q look and Finn and Puck, respectively, like they lift up the world.

I want someone to look at me that way.

okay! I hope you liked what I did here, I didn't want what happened between puck and rachel to be so bad that it would be unfixable, but just enough to piss Finn off. Also I hope you liked the almost Squam there. Sorry for the scare Quick fans! this isn't squam so no worries! I just love the idea of Sam being the perfect guy friend. Plus the cute hopeless romantic sam at the end, maybe Mercedes can be his dream come true? You'll meet Tina next, so don't worry about that, Tike will be downplayed, its not as central to the story but it will be there. the central ships will be quick finchel and brittana, with a side of klaine, tike and samcedes. Plus we're getting a new student in a couple chapters! Can anyone guess who?

read, review & repeat! love you all and your kind words!

sincerely your dedicated author 3