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Hiram had taught Puck quite a few things about fixing cars. So normally he would try and figure out what happened himself, but so far he had no luck. There was only one person Puck trusted with his car, but bringing it to your ex's Dad's shop was not something he was looking forward to.

"Hey!" Puck called out, '"Hiram here?"

"He quit," Another man said, "Back couldn't take it anymore."

"Quit?" Puck said confused.

"Yeah, old Hiram is living on disability," He told Puck, "Sucks seeing as he got two kids." Puck shook his head. Damn her.

"Don't love me my ass," Puck said to himself.

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Rachel was absolutely exhausted. She had been pulling doubles all week because someone quit, but after the former manager left she was a shoo-in for the manager position at the Lima Bean. She would be making more money which was good because they were going to need it. So when she unlocked the door she found a note saying that her Dad had taken Ben to baseball and then would be pounding the pavement. So when Rachel went into her room the last thing she expected was to see her ex-boyfriend laying on her bed reading one of her girly magazines.

"Now why did we never try this?" Puck said showing her the article he was reading as soon as she entered.

"Noah what..." Rachel began to say.

"Funny story," Puck said cutting her off, "I went to bring my car in for your father to take a look at and what do I find? Hiram had to quit and go on disability. So naturally the caregiver daughter that he has decides to stay home and take care of things. Am I close?" Rachel said nothing, "So then said daughter breaks up with boyfriend and then sleeps with him two weeks later thinking he wouldn't remember. I am never going to be drunk enough to forget something like that," Rachel blushed. "Rachel, come on, tell me what happened."

"For one thing, I didn't get the scholarships I needed," Rachel said rolling her neck. Damn she was tired, "So even with my Dad being unable to go back to work I still wouldn't have been able to go with you. Puckerman I am tired, can we talk later?" Puck really looked at her and saw that Rachel have circles under her eyes and looked a second away from passing out.

"Yeah," Puck said getting up, "I will call you." Rachel smiled and nodded her eyes already drifting shut.

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"You're going," Rachel said as they hung out in his living room that night. It was one of those times were both his parents were gone so it was just the two of them alone in the big house.

"No I am not," Puck argued.

"You're going," Rachel said taking his hand, "As for the rest, you know where to find me."

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Puck's phone was ringing. He looked and saw that Rachel was calling. "I have to take this." Puck said to the small group of people around him.

"Come on Puckerman," His roommate Matt said, "Can it wait?" Puck looked at the phone and then his friends.

"Yeah, I will call her later," Puck said sitting back down.

"Her?" A girl asked, "Girlfriend?"

"Yeah," Puck told her, "Back in Ohio."

"How long have you been together?" She asked nearly rubbing up against him.

"Two years," Puck replied moving away.

"Every song he has written has been about her," Matt said cutting in.

"Rachel is my muse I guess," Puck said smiling feeling even worse that he had just dodged her call. He was just about to get up to call her when someone said,

"Hey Puckerman look at this!" Puck looked over his phone call forgotten.

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Rachel pressed the end button. That was the fourth call Noah had not answered. He only sent her good morning and goodnight texts now. Even the sexting was getting less frequent. This is why she knew it was right to break up with him the first time. A clean break, that way she would know why Noah wasn't calling. Now all Rachel could do was wonder.

Goodnight Baby was the text she got a couple hours later. She didn't even bother to reply.

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"I know!" Rachel heard Sam say as he came up to the counter, "Right Man...I will talk to you later...dude...lucky, k bye." Sam smiled at Rachel, "Hey Rach."

"Who were you talking to?" Rachel asked already knowing the answer.

"Puck," Sam answered, "The music scene there is awesome. He is pretty busy, good thing he still keeps in touch with old friends." Rachel managed to smile.

"What can I get for you?" Rachel asked cheerfully.

"Whatever sweet thing was on display in the window," Sam said grinning Rachel made the drink and tried to get Sam to stop when he put a 20 in the tip jar. "I'll see you later Rach."

"See you Sam." Rachel said and saw that Quinn was waiting outside for him texting someone on her phone. She waved at Rachel before the two left walking hand in hand. Rachel took out her phone and texted Puck asking how he was doing. He didn't answer till the next day. Even then he didn't ask how she was.

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"Glad to be going home for Thankgiving?" Matt asked.

"Yeah," Puck said, "Get to see the 'rents and my friends and shit. Besides I think Rachel is mad at me so I have to deal with that."

"Why do you think she is mad?" Matt asked.

"Well I didn't really answer when she called sometimes so she stopped calling altogether and we just text now," Puck said shrugging. It was his fault. He had made a big deal about how they could work and he was the one fucking it up.

"Hope everything goes good for you man," Matt said.

"Thanks," Puck said and left for the airport.

Now Puck knew something was defiantly wrong. When he arrived at the airport only his Mom and Dad were there, no Rachel in sight.

"Where is Rachel?" Puck asked after greeting and hugging his parents.

"Working," Rebecca said simply. But when Puck went to the Lima Bean that night to see her she wasn't there. So Puck called her.

"Rachel Berry House Party Headquaters how can I help you?" Santana's voice said from the other line.

"Hey Santana," Puck said, "Rachel there?"

"At the moment she is licking salt off of Brittney's stomach," Santana informed him, "But I can take a message. Damn Berry you are going to drink the whole bottle!"

"Drink. Drink. Drink..." Puck heard people chanting. This wasn't like Rachel at all. Sure she partied sometimes, but never like this, and never without him. "You can come over you know," Santana said, "The whole Glee Club is here. Oh okay now Rachel is..." Santana hung up.

"Puckerman!" Everyone said together as soon as Puck walked in. He wasn't sure where her Dad was, but Ben was sitting and talking to Sam who by the water bottle in his hand was the DD.

"You are having a party without me?" Puck said walking farther into the room. Rachel had yet to acknowledge him. She was dancing with Santana and Quinn. Santana nudged Rachel and Rachel and Puck caught eyes. She just kept dancing and Puck knew he was in it deep. So Puck just took the drink that Mike handed to him and drowned it. Rachel didn't talk to him all night but once everyone was leaving and Ben was tucking into bed (Rachel would never be drunk enough to not take care of Ben) Puck lingered.

"So you aren't going to talk to me?" Puck asked.

"Why not?" Rachel said picking up cups and cleaning up, "You don't want to talk to me."

"Baby..." Puck began to say.

"I knew it," Rachel said cutting him off, "I knew you needed a clean break, but you didn't listen to me. So now I am just the afterthought long-distance girlfriend."

"That isn't it..." Puck tried to say but Rachel wasn't having any of it.

"I am breaking up with you," Rachel said, "For real. This time it is not about you, it is about me. I hurt Noah. I don't want to hurt anymore. Go be Puckzilla again, take New York by storm. I wish you the best, but I am not going to do this. I can't."

"Just because I missed a few calls?" Puck said finally getting a word it, "I know you are dramatic Babe, but is it that of a big deal? Fuck I am not cheating on you. Ask my roommate, chicks are all over me and I turn them down." Rachel just looked at him like "Why are you telling me this?"

"I appreciate that Noah," Rachel said, "I never thought you were cheating on me, but no more. I am not going to lie, I love you more then anything and always will. So I am letting you go, and hopefully the hurt I feel will go away after a while."

"Rachel..." Puck said coming close to her rubbing her arms, "I'm sorry okay. I didn't mean to hurt you."

"I know," Rachel said putting her hand over his, "But I am thinking about me, and I don't want to be the girl left behind, my choice or not, nor do I want to be the girl holding you back. Did you catch how many times I said "I"? This is about me." Rachel pointed to herself. "Not you." She poked him in the chest. "Me..." She pointed back to herself. "I am doing what I need to do, and so do you. Maybe our paths will cross again, but this is how it is supposed to be, at least for a while." Puck didn't know what to say so he just nodded. Rachel kissed his cheek but he moved his head so she kissed his lips. And everyone knew that when Rachel kissed Puck she got carried away.

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"Get up Rachel I made breakfast," Hiram said knocking once on Rachel's door. "You too Puckerman." Rachel opened her eyes and sat up only to fall back again.

"Does anything get past your Dad?" Puck said rubbing his temples. Hiram wasn't dumb, he knew that Puck and Rachel had a physical relationship. Hiram also knew that Puck loved his daughter, and that counted for a lot.

"Why is it that every time we break up we end up sleeping together?" Rachel asked.

"I am stud that is why," Puck said smirking, "Come on, we all know you love the guns." Rachel smiled and then brought her knees to her chest and rested her cheek on them.

"I'll see you around Noah," Rachel said and Puck's smirk dropped.

"Yeah, see you around," Puck said and Rachel got up and began to dress. Knowing that if she touched him again a repeat of last night might happen Rachel just nodded to Puck who nodded back.

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"Fuck," Rachel said looking down at stick.

"It could be a false alarm." Santana said from her seat next to her, "You had one of those in high school right?"

"Yeah," Rachel said taking a deep breath, "That is probably it."

"Fuck," Rachel said as the doctor confirmed what Rachel had already suspected. Santana was holding one of her hands, Rebecca Puckerman holding the other. "Can I have some information on adoption?" Rachel asked the doctor.

What did you think?

So this story is taking a whole new twist, I wasn't sure where I was going to go with this till I was trying to go to sleep one night and I got all these ideas.

I was going in another direction before, but let me know if you like this. If you don't I might delete this and go back to my original plan...

Thanks for reading and reviewing...you are all awesome!

P.S. the Sam/Quinn epilogue to What Did I Do Last Night? should be up so look for it if you want to.

I know Ben shouldn't have been there during the party, but humor me, just a work of fiction...