Author's Note: So how was everyone's Christmas? Mine was nice, got nice pressies. I like nice pressies. They make me feel special. But let's get on with the story.

Disclaimer: I don't own Glee or the songs used.

Chapter 4

Finn walked into the Glee club with a nice big smile on his face. He felt it was going to be a good day. That changed when he saw Rachel turn to look at him. She was sitting next to Tina with her legs and arms crossed and her face emotionless. He didn't understand why she was looking so...passive. He sat behind her and moved forward.

"Rachel, are you okay?"He whispered into her ear. Rachel just ignored him and how nice it felt to have him close to her again. She instead focused on the task at hand. Which was convincing Will Schuester to let her sing one of the greatest songs possible.

"Rachel, are you going to sing anything this week?" Mercedes asked when she sat next to the girl in question. Rachel noticed Puck came into the room but shifted her attention onto Mercedes.

"Yes, I think I feel well enough to sing again." Puck smirked to himself when he heard her say that. Finn noticed the smirk and the fact that Rachel replied to Mercedes but not to him. That pissed him off more. Yesterday he wanted to smash Puck's head into the wall but Santana found him before he got a chance to.

"Well that's good. Because if the other diva in this club doesn't sing, you know that there is something wrong with the planet." Rachel laughed at that, Mercedes smiled herself but didn't know why Rachel was in such a good mood. Mr Schuester came into the room and Rachel immediately sat up straight.

"Hey guys, so this week I thought maybe we could do something more mellow-ie type." He smiled at the Glee club who just stared at him like he was crazy. Little did they know that he was trying to encourage Sue towards the club. AGAIN. She was the one who gave him the idea for the kids to do something nice and smooth. He suspected there was a reason behind it because Sue always gave something to gain something in return but he didn't care at the moment. He was still a little depressed about Emma and decided that listening to songs like that would make him feel a little better. "You know, something like Fiona Apple."

"Fiona Apple?" Santana asked confused.

"A Fiona that likes apples?" Brittany added.

"Actually that's quite ironic because Fiona doesn't like apples-"He started but got cut off by Mike.

"Do we have to do it in groups again?" He asked.

"Not if you don't want to."Mr Schue said slowly. "So you all are okay with the assignment?" He asked.

"Yeah." Finn.

"Sure." Sam.

"Whatever." Puck.

"Men." Tina. The bell rang and everyone started to get up but Rachel grabbed Puck's arm and dragged him towards Mr Schuester. Finn glared but Puck wasn't really aware of anything besides the stupid feeling in his stomach from Rachel's touch. Will looked at Rachel, then at her holding Puck's hand and then at Puck.

"Yes Rachel?" He sighed.

"I have the perfect song for regionals for me and Noah to sing." She smiled excitedly and Puck noticed that very dangerous glint in her eyes.

"And that would be?"

"Summer Vine by Ville Valo and Natalia Avelon." She said. Puck blinked.

"What the fuck is that?" He asked bluntly.

"Noah language!" Rachel reprimanded him and turned back to Mr Schuester in a scary way. "So Mr Schue? What do you think?"

"I think..." He looked at his watch. "It's 3 o'clock on a Friday afternoon in Lima. I'm going home." He moved away from her and picked up his suitcase. Rachel lost her smile and sighed. Puck rolled his eyes and was about to stand up for her when the teacher turned around. "If Puck agrees then it'll be fine but Rachel, I picked Airplanes as a backup for you guys just in case you can't pull it off. If you want this song, you two better practice hard but I highly doubt we will go with that."And with that Rachel's smile returned onto her face.

"Okay Mr Schue." Puck threw his head back in defeat.

"How come I never have a say in anything?" He asked the ceiling. Rachel poked him which always irritated him. "What?"

"Remember you're coming over to my house tomorrow. And can we make it 4 instead of 6? That way we'll have more time for practice." She said and turned to the music sheet on the piano.

"Sure. But I want something in return for this extra credit stuff." He said and started to walk out. At the doorway he heard Rachel call his name. "Yes, you really annoying but fellow Jew?" She hesitated. "Rachel what is it? I want to go home."

"Thank you. For doing this with me. Not many people would because they hate me." Rachel sighed at that but then looked back at Puck. "That's all I wanted to say. Thank you." Puck nodded and left. In his car he was getting that stupid feeling back in his stomach as he thought about how perfect she looked and how short her skirt was. Needless to say, he hit his head on the steering wheel. And while he was beeping in the parking lot, Rachel was getting a nice inspirational talk with Sue Sylvester.

"You do not want to end up like an old maid. You want to take what's rightfully yours and the square-headed football jock is yours." Sue told Rachel.

"With all due respect Miss Sylvester-"

"Mrs Sylvester. I'm married to one lovely Sue Sylvester Betty."

"It's Rachel and with all due respect MRS Sylvester, mine and Finn's relationship is over because of his incapability to be able to move on from ridiculously unessential mistakes that have happened as a result of one's actions. I do not plan to apologise to him again because I have already begged on my knees and it didn't work. Besides, I am taking a break from men all together. I think I might follow your footsteps Mrs Sylvester and just marry myself." Sue, even though she didn't like the girl, felt as if she accomplished something. She smiled and put her hand on Rachel's shoulder.

"Then you sing about it." And with that Sue left the room leaving a stunned Rachel behind.