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Chapter 4

When the party started to die down, Quinn helped Sam clean up behind everyone. They'd been together practically the whole time and she had to admit that she was loving every minute of it.

"Hey you don't have to help me," Sam told her. "I mean, this party was my idea so I know I have the responsibility of cleaning everything up."

Quinn shook her head. "No it's no problem. Can't expect you to clean everything up yourself."

While they were cleaning, Blaine rushed over to them. "This party actually wasn't a bad idea. Kurt agreed to go see a movie next week."

Sam smirked. "Is that a thank you?"

"Yeah whatever. Anyway where's Rachel? I haven't really seen her all night."

Quinn shrugged. "I gave her a little makeover for the party and I haven't really seen her since. Do you think she met someone?" The boys shrugged. "Well I'm going to go find her."

As the boys continued to clean, Quinn went upstairs to Rachel's room and found her laying on her bed staring up at the ceiling. Hearing someone come in, Rachel turned to look at Quinn. "Hey how was the rest of the party?"

"It was good. Did you have fun?"

She shook her head. "Soon after you went to find Sam I bumped into one of the boys and made him spill their drink. In return, he called me a loser and said I had no friends which made everyone laugh."

"Rachel I'm sorry," Quinn frowned. "I really wanted you to have fun but I guess I shouldn't have forced you to go."

"It's okay Quinn, I understand what you were trying to do and I appreciate it. Maybe someday I'll be able to go to parties. How'd everything go with my brother?"

The blond smiled. "It was great. I think I have a chance."

"That's great." Suddenly remembering what happened with Puck, Rachel smiled. "And actually something good did happen to me tonight."

"What?"

"Don't tell Sam or Blaine but Puck was here tonight."

Quinn raised an eyebrow. "He came to the party?"

"Yeah I guess he was laying low at first. But anyway, he started talking to me when I came downstairs until the incident with that boy happened. Then he came up here to see if I was okay and he said that he liked me and then he kissed me."

"He what?" Quinn asked, shocked.

Rachel nodded eagerly. "I know, can you believe it? Someone actually kissed me. Without the need for some childish game. And he said he liked me! This is huge Quinn."

"Rachel are you insane? You let the most dangerous boy in Lima catch you alone and kiss you. The same boy whose gang almost beat you up the other day."

"He stopped it."

"Maybe but that doesn't change the fact that he's in a gang and could get you hurt or worse. You can't get involved with someone like him. Especially when you know that your dads and the boys will have a heart attack if they find out."

Rachel frowned. She knew Quinn was right but didn't want to admit it. It was foolish to even think about getting involved with Puck given his reputation and how her fathers were. She nodded. "Yeah you're right. I should try to find someone else."

Quinn nodded. "Come on, let's go help the boys clean up."

As they went downstairs to help Sam and Blaine, Rachel's mind drifted and went to Puck. Even though she knew she shouldn't, she couldn't stop thinking about their kiss. It was something so unexpected and yet she couldn't say that she regretted it.

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Puck pulled up in front of the warehouse where the gang met and hung out sometimes. While normally he didn't mind when Ross said that he needed to see them, this time he was particularly annoyed about it considering the position he was in with Rachel. He knew it wasn't going to go any further but that didn't mean he wasn't enjoying just kissing her.

When he walked in, Ross looked at him. "Come on in Puck, I just have to talk to you guys about something."

"What's going on?"

"Well as you guys know, I'm getting up there in age and I can't be on top of everything anymore like I used to be. So I've decided that in the spring, I'm going to step down as the big boss and let someone else take my place."

"But you're only thirty-three," Aaron smirked. "That's not exactly old."

Ross chuckled. "Yeah you're right it's not. But either way, I think it's time for me to just fade to the background and let someone else take over for me. With that being said, I think my choice for who's going to take over is pretty expected."

Everyone turned to look at Puck who stared back at them. "Wait me?"

The boys and Ross laughed. "Yes you. You've done a pretty good job keeping the guys in line so who else would I want to take over and be the head of the gang?"

"Yeah I guess it makes sense," he shrugged.

"So what do you say Puck? You think you can handle the responsibility?"

Puck smirked as he got up and walked over to where Ross was standing. "Hell yeah I can handle it."

The boys cheered in agreement as Puck shook Ross's hand. Even though this was a big responsibility, Puck couldn't say that he wasn't looking forward to the challenge. He always imagined what it would be like to have total control over the entire gang. Instead of following Ross's orders, he'd be the one calling the shots and getting the biggest cut of the money they earned which could really help his mom. While everyone was congratulating him, Puck's mind drifted to Rachel. What she was doing and if she was still thinking about their kiss. He know he still was.

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The next day, Rachel woke up and went downstairs to find Sam eating breakfast. She sighed. "Are you just determined to break all of Dads' rules while they're gone?"

Sam shook his head. "Finn didn't stay the night. His mom knew Dads were gone so she had him bring us breakfast."

Rachel smiled at Finn. "That was nice of her, tell her we said thank you."

Finn nodded. "Will do."

"Is Quinn up yet?" Sam asked his sister.

"No not yet."

"Good. I'm about to go have some fun waking her up."

Without another word, he went upstairs as Finn looked at Rachel. "He really likes her you know."

"Yeah I figured," Rachel nodded. "I'm happy for Sam and Blaine. Both of them are finding love."

"Yeah it's great." He cleared his throat before looking at Rachel. "Listen I know this might sound weird and it's completely unexpected but I just…I think you're kind of cool Rachel. And smart and pretty."

Rachel's jaw dropped. "You do?"

"Yeah. I mean I know you're my best friend's younger sister but I think we could be good together, you know?"

"Um yeah I guess we could." Rachel wasn't sure if she believed it, especially with the lingering thoughts about the kiss between her and Puck, but she had to remember what Quinn said. Puck wasn't an option. She had to find someone else.

Finn smiled at her. "We should go out sometime. I'd say tonight but I don't want to get off on the wrong foot with your dads by taking you out without them knowing."

Rachel smiled at Finn's show of respect towards her fathers and nodded. "I would like that."

"Great. I'd better get out of here. Tell Sam I'll see him later and I guess I'll just see you at school on Monday."

"Okay." As Finn walked out, Rachel stood there thinking about what had just happened. She was going on her first date. Not with Puck but with her brother's best friend. Not exactly what she had expected.

Blaine smirked as he walked into the kitchen and stared at his sister. "What was that about?"

"Finn just asked me out."

"Hey that's great," he smiled. But when he noticed Rachel's face, the smile faded. "You don't seem too excited about it."

"What? No I am why would I be? I'm finally going on a date."

"Looks like the makeover Quinn gave you for the party worked out pretty well."

She nodded as he started walking away. "I guess it did."

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At school on Monday morning, Rachel waited in the classroom for Puck to show up so they could start his tutoring. She left a note in his locker telling him to meet her but maybe he didn't get it because she'd been waiting for twenty minutes. Finally, Puck walked in the classroom not even realizing how late he was.

"Did you get my note?" she asked, looking at the clock. "You're late."

Puck shrugged. "I get to school late. I have other things to do."

"Well we only have fifteen minutes to get something crammed into that brain of yours so let's get started," Rachel said, opening up the textbook in front of her.

Puck sat down across from her and smirked. "That'll be pretty hard to do since the only thing in my brain right now is that kiss from Friday."

She felt her heart beat faster but tried to show that his words didn't get to her. "Well I suggest that you get it out so we can focus on this."

"What if I don't want to?" Puck asked as he moved closer to her, unbeknownst to him causing Rachel to forget how to breathe for a second. "What if I want to recreate what happened?"

"Um I-"

Before she could say anything else, Finn walked through the door. "Hey Rachel."

Rachel quickly stood up and moved away from Puck. "Hi Finn. How'd you find me?"

"Sam said you'd be here. I figured I could walk you to homeroom."

Realizing this could be a way to get away from Puck and all of his temptations, she quickly nodded. "Yeah sure. Let me just get my bag."

Finn nodded and finally noticed Puck. "Um I'll just wait for you outside."

As he walked out, Puck looked at her. "Now I get it. You've got the hots for Hudson."

"I don't have 'the hots' for anyone," Rachel replied as she put her books in her bag. "Finn is simply a nice boy who happens to have feelings for me so I'm seeing my options."

"You and I both know that's bullshit. You were into our kiss from the other night so what happened?"

She shrugged, trying to seem like she didn't care. "Maybe I wasn't as into it as you thought I was."

She started to walk out of the room but Puck blocked her. "Wait a minute. This is about your daddies and what they would think, isn't it?" When Rachel kept quiet and looked down, Puck nodded. "Now I get it. You're too scared of what they would do if they found out that you wanted a sexy gangbanger instead of the hometown jock. But it's okay. When you get bored of him, you know where to find me."

Rachel shook her head and quickly walked out of the room. As Finn talked to her about how football was going, she couldn't find the will to listen. The only thing on her mind was how close Puck was sitting next to her and how much she wanted him to move even closer so they'd kiss again. When Finn left her to get to his homeroom, Rachel knew she had to try harder to get these thoughts about Puck out of her head.

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Puck sat in his homeroom and thought about his conversation with Rachel. He knew she was only seeing Finn because she knew that her fathers wouldn't approve of him. But he wasn't going to let that stop him from trying to get her for himself.

Santana walked in and sat in her desk next to him. "What's wrong with you?"

"What do you mean?"

"You have a weird look on your face like you're thinking about some girl you want to fuck."

"I don't just want to fuck her," he replied defensively. "I actually want her. She just doesn't want to admit that she wants me."

Santana raised an eyebrow. "Who is it?"

"Don't worry about it."

She thought about it before laughing. "Oh my God. The dwarf from the party? Seriously Puck?"

"Thanks for the support Satan," he rolled his eyes as he got up to move seats but Santana pulled him down.

"Oh relax. I'm just surprised. She's not your usual type."

"I know but things change. Now I want her but she just sees me as some gangbanger."

Seeing that her cousin might actually like someone, Santana sighed knowing that she had to help somehow. "Show her you're not just someone in a gang."

Puck thought about it. He was going to have to start doing extra work in the gang to prove that he could handle taking over for Ross but at the same time, he still wanted to be with Rachel. He just had to figure out how to get her away from Finn and convince her to take a chance on him.

What do you think Puck should do to win Rachel over? Let me know your thoughts. Bye for now :)