A/N: Sorry if the story isn't as great as the last one. I'm really working my hardest on it and I really hope you guys like the story! I can't wait until Glee comes back on. Did anyone see their white house performance? I did and it was SO amazing. Did anyone get to go to the Oprah taping? If you did, let me know about it, I'd love to hear what happened! Anyways, please R&R. Thanks for all the support, and I do not own anything. Nothing Glee, No songs in this chapter.

Today was the day: opening night. Rachel had barely seen her fathers or Puck all day because she had to go to set early. She got up at 5:00, took a shower, got ready and went straight to the auditorium. They practiced all day, so her and Finn didn't even have time to talk about their "situation." Last minute preparations were thrown together and Kaya emphasized the importance of chemistry to Finn and Rachel over and over again. The dress rehearsal went well and Kaya expected the real show to be even better. An hour before the show, the cast was backstage calming their nerves, wishing each other luck, and putting the final touches on their costumes. Rachel and Finn were avoiding each other as much as possible before the show. Maybe things will be less awkward after the show. As Rachel sat in front of the mirror, she closed her eyes and envisioned her happy place. That was the only thing that could calm her down before performing. As much as she wanted to be a star and take center stage, she had to admit that she did get nervous. She suddenly felt a tap on her shoulder. She jumped and whirled around to find Noah with an arrangement of pink and red roses in his hand.

"Hey babe, you look great. I just came by to wish you good luck." He kissed her on the cheek and handed her the flowers.

"They're beautiful, thank you Noah! Where are my parents?" She put the flowers on the counter in front of her and gave him a hug.

"They'll be back in a few minutes, they went to find parking."

"I can't believe this is actually happening and I can't believe you're actually here." She smiled at him.

"I wouldn't miss it for the world baby. I'm gonna go get some seats, see you after the show." She gave him one more hug before he left. When she turned around, she noticed Finn staring at her. She just shook her head and rolled her eyes. A few minutes later her fathers came backstage to wish her good luck as well. Then it was time for the cast to take the stage. Everything went better than perfect. Whatever differences Finn and Rachel had, they put aside and made the show a hit. When it was over, the cast received so much applause; they didn't think it would ever stop. Backstage the excitement was very apparent. Hugs were exchanged and everyone was still very high on an adrenaline rush.

"Rachel, you did amazing!" Finn walked over to hug her.

"Thanks Finn, so did you!" As soon as they got the okay, families and friends rushed backstage. Finn was off to the side with his mother when Rachel's fathers and Puck walked back.

"We wanted to take you out to celebrate," said Tim.

"I'd love to, but the whole cast was going to go get some pizza, but you can come with us." She looked directly at Puck hoping he'd want to come along.

"We'd love to." She gave both of her fathers a hug before grabbing Puck's hand and pulling him off.

"I'm so proud of you Rach," Puck whispered in her ear. Rachel, Puck and her parents sat in a booth separate than the rest of the cast and their loved ones.

"That means so much to me." She laid her head on his shoulder and linked her arm with his. Again, Finn jealously looked on. He was sitting with two of the other cast members; Veronica and Kim.

"Rachel's boyfriend is so cute," Veronica squealed to Kim.

"She's so lucky to have him," Kim said in agreement.

"Yeah, she's lucky to be with a guy that knocked her up." Finn said in annoyance. He didn't purposely say it out loud, but he didn't whisper it either.

"What are you talking about?" Veronica asked him.

"Rachel's pregnant, can't you tell?" It was clear that Finn was doing it out of spite. If he couldn't have her, he didn't want anyone else, especially Puck, having her. Veronica and Kim looked over at Rachel and noticed her bulge underneath her baggy clothing. If Finn hadn't said anything, they wouldn't have noticed it.

"Now that you mention it, I just thought she put on a few pounds." Veronica and Kim whispered back and forth, then disappeared (most likely to tell the other castmates).

The next morning as Rachel arrived at rehearsal, she got stares from every single person. She wasn't sure what was going on, but she just ignored them and went about her business.

"Hey Finn."

"Oh hey Brianna." Brianna was Finn and Rachel's costar. She played Martha in the production. Brianna and Finn weren't as close as Rachel and Finn, but they definitely got along well.

"I was wondering if maybe you wanted to hang out later, it doesn't have to be a date, well unless you want it to," she said apprehensively. Rachel was watching their interaction off to the side.

"You're great Brianna, but I…" Before he had time to answer her, Rachel pulled him over to her corner of the stage.

"You should go out with her," she suggested.

"Why?" He asked.

"Because she likes you and you guys are pretty cute together," Rachel tried to convince him.

"What kind of game are you playing here Rachel?" Rachel detected a hint of anger in his voice.

"What are you talking about Finn? I'm not playing any games." She played it off.

"First you kiss me, and then you're telling me to go out with someone else?"

"I didn't kiss you, you kissed me remember?" She said, protecting herself.

"Fine, if you want to play it that way. Hey Bri," he called after Brianna.

"Yeah Finn?" She turned around.

"I think I'll take you up on that date." He put his arm around her and walked away. Rachel pretended not to care, but the truth is that it bothered her way more than it should have. Rachel wasn't the type to get jealous easily, but that did rub her the wrong way.

"What kind of game are you playing?" She asked Finn when he returned to set after his lunch date with Brianna.

"I don't know what you're talking about." He breezily strolled by her.

"You know exactly what I'm talking about. Flirting with me and kissing me and then acting like I don't even exist." She put both her hands on her hips and walked over to him.

"Oh, so now you're interested in me? Now that I'm dating other girls, you suddenly want to be with me? What happened to being in love with Noah?" He mocked her.

"You think I'm jealous? I am not jealous." She laughed.

"Sure Rachel, whatever you say," he walked away from her.

"Don't you walk away from me," she ran after him.

"You can't do this to me Rachel. You can't tell me to get over you and then pull me back when it's convenient. I'm trying to move on Rach, so please just let me. You can't get mad when I start seeing other people; it's not fair to me!"

"You're right Finn, I'm so jealous of Brianna. I'm leading you on and it isn't fair to you," she said sarcastically.

"What?" Puck walked in to see Rachel and Finn arguing.

"Noah, this isn't what it looks like." She stuttered. She walked over to Puck.

"Well could you explain it to me, because right now it looks like my girlfriend wants to be with my former best friend." He put emphasis on "former."

"No, Noah you know I want to be with you." She got closer to him but he backed away.

"Do I? I don't know Rachel; I trusted you and I thought you guys were just hanging out because you had to work together. If I had known that you had feelings for him. Do you have feelings for him?" Puck stared Finn straight in the eyes.

"No, I don't," she said unconfidently.

"That's not what you told me," Finn stated.

"Could you stay out of this please? It has nothing to do with you," she yelled at Finn.

"It has everything to do with me!"

"Stay out of this," Puck reiterated. "Did you tell him you have feelings for him?" Puck turned his attention to Rachel.

"No, I told him I was confused. When he kissed me," she reasoned

"Wait, you guys kissed?" Puck asked as if he was taken off guard. "I'm out of here." Puck left a hurt Finn and an angry Rachel standing in the auditorium as a few of their other castmates looked on. Just as Rachel was about to follow Puck, she was stopped by Veronica.

"I know now is probably not a good time, but Kaya wants to see you in her office." Rachel hesitated before making her way to the chair in Kaya's office.

"I'm just gonna get straight to the point," she said without a minute of hesitation, "there's a rumor going around that you're pregnant. Now I don't want to believe that you would jeopardize not only the production itself, but also your future in this production, but I have to ask." She sat there, staring coldly into Rachel's eyes. Rachel knew she wouldn't be able hide it for very much longer.

"I'm sorry Kaya." Rachel avoided Kaya's eyes. When she quickly shot a glance up at her, she noticed a look of hurt of Kaya's face.

"How did I not see this sooner?" Kaya whispered to herself. She looked at Rachel's stomach and noticed that if anyone looked closely, under her baggy clothes, her baby bump definitely showed. "I'm sorry, but I'm going to have to ask you to leave."

"What? What do you mean?" Rachel asked in bewilderment.

"I can't have a 16 year old pregnant teenager in my production; it doesn't set a good example," Kaya said unfeeling.

"But the whole play is about sex," Rachel proposed.

"And the consequences, I'm sorry but my decision is final. Could you send Veronica in next please?" She couldn't even look at Rachel when giving her the bad news. Rachel wasn't sure what just happened. She sat in the chair for a few minutes longer because it felt like if she stood up, she'd just fall down. When she finally got the energy to move, she went straight to Finn.

"How could you?" She slapped him.

"What now, drama queen?"

"How could you tell everyone that I'm pregnant!?"

"I just told Veronica and Kim. I didn't know they were going to tell everybody else," he said smugly.

"Thanks to you, Kaya kicked me out of the production. I hope you're happy." She pushed him and stormed away without letting him get a word in edge-wise. If Finn cared about me as much as he said he did, he wouldn't have done that. She ran to catch up with Puck who was almost to the hotel by now.

"Wait, please?" She said once she caught up to him.

"Rachel, leave me alone. I'm done." He continued walking and didn't even turn around to look at her.

"You're breaking up with me? What about the baby?"

"Not my kid, not my problem." The deadpan tone in his voice gave her chills all over, and not the good kind. That probably wasn't the best thing he could've said, but at that point, he wasn't concerned about her feelings.

"Actually," she started, "it is your kid." That got him to turn around and walk over to her.

"What do you mean by that?" His eyes were like stone, showing no signs of affection towards her at all. It's not like he didn't love her anymore, she was his first love, that doesn't just go away. But it was going to take him a while to get over the whole Finn thing. He knew somewhere deep down she still had feelings for Finn, but he always wanted to believe that she would get over that and want to be with him.

"The night before we left for Chicago I started thinking about everything and the day I found out about being pregnant was the day after what happened with Karofsky." She never felt comfortable with saying the word 'rape.' It just brought all the frightening memories back. "The last time you and I slept together was before I left for two months. That would make me 6 months pregnant. Thank God I've found ways to make the baby bump less apparent." After she said 6 months pregnant, Puck blocked out everything else. He had no idea what to say, think, or feel.

"Have you even been to a doctor yet? You're 6 months pregnant; anything could be wrong." Rachel felt a little more at ease now. At least she knew he still cared about her.

"Have you told your parents yet?" She sensed he was "zoned out" though. He was staring at the wall behind her like he was hypnotized.

"I wanted to tell you first," she said meekly.

"When were you planning on telling me? When you went into labor?" He said obviously. She tensed up again.

"I swear I was going to tell you after rehearsal today. But Finn, just when things are great with us, he somehow always manages to get in the way of it. I'm not blaming him for this, it's my fault too, but please just believe me when I say I don't want to be with him. Yes, hanging out with him made me feel things I didn't feel with him in a while, but it's not even close to what I feel for you. I told him that I don't want to be with him, but he wouldn't give up," she opened up to Puck.

"Rachel, I love you and I always will, and I'm going to be a good father to our baby, I just need time to think," he said while walking away.

"Does this mean that we're over?" She asked; hurt.

"It just means I need some time." As he walked away, a single tear rolled off Rachel's face and onto the concrete sidewalk.

As Puck walked back to the hotel lots of thoughts swirled around in his head. Even if the child wasn't his, breaking up with Rachel wasn't an option. Whether she believed it or not, he needed her as much as she needed him right now. That didn't mean he wasn't pissed at her, but if she said she didn't have feelings for Finn, then he believed her. He'd made way more mistakes than he could count and Rachel was only human. It wouldn't be fair to blame her for something that wasn't in her control. If she had a choice, he knew she wouldn't want to feel anything for Finn. He wasn't going to abandon her and he definitely wasn't going to abandon his child over something as silly as Finn being childish. As he walked, he wasn't paying attention to where he was going. He ran straight into a tall man in a suit with brown hair.

"I'm sorry sir," Puck said as he continued walking.

"Noah?" Puck spun around. How does he know who I am?

"I'm sorry, but maybe you have the wrong person. I don't think we've ever met," Puck said cluelessly.

"Your mom's Kathleen and your sister's Stacy, right?"

"Yeah…" Puck said a little freaked out. How does he know all this information about me?

"It's me, your dad." Puck stood frozen with shock.