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Chapter 3

"So what are you up to today?" Rachel looked up to whoever it was that were talking to her.

"Noah," she said as she saw him, "who let you in?"

"Your dads like me," was his reply.

"That doesn't tell me much," Rachel said and she took a small sip of the coffee that she had gotten herself.

"And I didn't mean to tell you anything."

Rachel shook her head; this was Noah trying to tell her what he wanted but at the same time try and act like he didn't really care about what she said.

"Why do I have a feeling that you already know what I'm supposed to do today," Rachel said and she looked at him almost challenging him.

"So what if I do?"

"Why are you here?" Rachel asked and she let out a sigh before she looked at him, "and I want the truth."

"I thought that you might want some company," Puck said and he grabbed himself a mug of coffee.

"Don't you have work," Rachel said and she waited for him to say something like he was blowing it off.

"There is something called vacation," Puck said and to a mouthful of coffee.

"I know that but I didn't know that you had the ability to think of others if it wasn't anything in it for you," Rachel said and she laughed a little as she had said it.

"That hurt," he relied and he placed one of his hands over his heart.

"And now you are feeling things," Rachel said and she was still laughing, it had been a long time since she had a good laugh, "Maybe you did grow up a little while I was in New York after all."

"I think that I should leave you alone," he said and he got up from the chair he had been sitting on.

As he was about to leave Rachel took a hold of his arm and she stopped him, "I'm just joking with you."

"And I could say the same," Puck said as he turned around to face Rachel, she could see that he was smirking at her.

"Well played," Rachel said smiling at him, "well played."

"What can I say," Puck said and he shrugged his shoulders.

"So you wanna come with?" She asked as she looked at him, she clipped a couple of times with her eyes.

"With you?" He asked and looked at her, "ask me again."

"Noah, would you care to join me today when I go and see my doctor that will decide on the progress that I have made," Rachel said as she smiled at him, "from the injuries that I sustained from the car accident that I was involved in?"

"You know," He said and looked at her, "You could just have asked if I wanted to tag along." Rachel looked at him and she gave him a glare, "I'll go with you."

"That is great," Rachel said and smiled at him, "we need to leave in a few minutes so you are my chauffeur today."

Puck placed his head against his hands and he shook his head, he should have known better than this, Rachel always had more to tell him as soon as he had agreed to something.

/

Rachel was sitting in the waiting room at the hospital; Puck was there with her, she was happy that she had a friend there with her.

"So what are you going to do after this?" he asked as Rachel was tapping away at her phone.

"I'll probably meet up with Kurt if he has the time or with Brittany or maybe both."

"Actually, I was thinking that we should be doing some training," Puck said as he turned to her, but Rachel just looked at him like he was crazy, "you did say that I could help you."

"I know what I said," Rachel replied to him, "but have you ever thought that I might have some other plans."

"Rachel Berry," Rachel looked up when she heard her name being called, she saw a nurse smiling at her.

Puck walked with her to the examroom and he turned to her, "Do you want me to come in with you?"

"And who are you?" the doctor asked and looked Puck up and down.

"This is Noah," Rachel said as she gave the doctor a smile, "he's my friend." Rachel had taken it up on herself to answer the question before Puck had a chance to say anything stupid.

"He has to wait outside for you," was what the doctor said to them.

"He can come in," Rachel said and stared at doctor, "I want him to be there." The doctor sighed, he knew better than to disagree with a patient like Rachel and even with Rachel. She had had her disagreements with the doctor earlier, ever since she had been back in Lima.

Both Rachel and Puck sat down in the room as the doctor started to explain what Rachel's injuries had been and what kind of progress she had made.

Rachel looked at the doctor before she turned to Puck who was about to ask the doctor something, but the young man didn't have a chance to ask the question he wanted.

"I wanted to know how long it will be until I can go back to my normal life?" Rachel asked, the doctor looked at her.

"I don't really know the answer to that."

"You are a doctor," Rachel said and looked at him, "you are supposed to know these things."

"All I can say is that you haven't made the progress that we had hoped that you would have done at this moment in time," the Doctor looked at Rachel as he said this.

"How do you mean?" Puck asked he had seen how much Rachel had worked with Brittany and the look on the brunette's face as she had been told this, Puck had even heard Brittany and Rachel talking about it.

"Rachel has made the type of progress so that she can live a normal 9to5 life, like you and me," the doctor said and he looked at both Rachel and Puck, "but there are still a few steps before she can go back to what she calls her normal life, the life she had before the accident."

"So what you are saying is that I'll never be back to the life I loved before," Rachel said and she knew that she was about to breakdown and cry at any second now.

"Rachel," the doctor said and looked at her with sad eyes, "that's not what we are saying."

"Then what is it that you are trying to say?" Rachel asked, she more like yelled this at the doctor.

"You had extended injuries to your leg and your knee," the doctor said, and he knew that Rachel had been told this before, "and it's a long way back from those kinds of injuries, you just have to work hard and set your mind to it."

"That is what I have done this whole time," she said and Puck could hear on her voice and see on the way that she looked that she was about to snap at the doctor and that wouldn't help anyone of them.

"I think that we should leave," Puck said and looked from the doctor to Rachel, "we'll work on this." Puck shook the doctor's hand and thanked him for his help but Rachel on the other hand didn't say anything she just left the room.

"You know that she will be okay," the doctor said and looked at Puck, "she has the will to make it back if she just finds the right kind of motivation."

"That you, again," Puck aid and he gave the doctor a smile, "and I'll try and help her find the motivation to make it back to Broadway and for her to find her dreams again."

/

Rachel had locked herself inside her room, everything that she heard had turned into her worst nightmare, she could hear Noah on the other side of the door, he was trying to talk to her and get her to understand that it was more to life then being Rachel Berry Broadwaystar.

She knew that a couple of hours had passed by and she could still hear him on the other side of the door and this time she could hear that someone else was there with him.

It didn't take long before it was a knock on her bedroom door, and she could hear a familiar voice talking to her, "you should let me in."

Rachel smiled when she heard Brittany's voice, the brunette had no idea on why her friend was there but she was happy about having someone else there too, "Brittany," Rachel said and she got up from her bed, she leaned against the wall for a minute before she slowly opened the door, "only you," Rachel hoped that Puck would understand and Brittany sneaked in to Rachel's room.

"Okay," the blonde said and she took a shirt and a pair of jeans from Rachel's closet and she threw them at the brunette, "we are leaving this house."

"Brittany," Rachel said and she let everything that she had been holding in come flooding out, the brunette was slowly breaking down.

As Brittany saw what was happening she moved the other girl, and she lied down next to Rachel and she pulled the brunette closer, this was something that Brittany had been waiting for to happen since the first time she had met Rachel, and the blonde knew that Rachel needed this.

"You will feel better when you let it all out," Brittany said and she kissed Rachel on the top of her head.

"How do you know that?" Rachel asked, as she sniffed a little as her nose had started to run when she had been crying. Rachel turned around and rested her head against Brittany's chest.

"I just now," Brittany said and she put her arms around the shorter girl, "and I also know that Puck should be taking my place."

"Noah," Rachel asked surprised and Puck came walking in the room.

"Who here asked for the Puckster?" he asked and he gave Rachel one of his trademark smirks.

"You should take my place," Brittany said and she started to move, "Lord Tubbington is acting strange again."

Rachel looked at Puck who just shook his head, "I'll explain later."

"Okay," Rachel said before she turned to Brittany, "You should come by tomorrow, Kurt is coming by."

"And I'll bring someone too," Brittany said and gave the other girl a quick hug, "you should listen to Puck he's smart."

"I'll try but he talks a lot of crap," Rachel said and smiled at both Puck and Brittany.

"Hey," Puck said and he swatted Rachel on her arm, "I'm in the room."

/

Puck had to leave he had received a strange call from his mother, it was something about his sister needing his held but he had waited to leave until Leroy or Hiram had come home and he was happy about the fact that both of them came home about the same time and Puck filled the both men in about what had happened.

"She's okay now," Puck said and looked at the two men, "but you should talk to her or something."

"So she is okay?" Hiram asked and he was a little suspicious about what Puck had said, "You did say that she had a breakdown."

"I know what I said," Puck snapped at the man, "I was there after all."

"She is a great actress," Leroy said and defended himself and his husband.

"Don't you think that I know that," Puck said and looked at them "but if there is someone that you can't fool, it's Brittany."

"Not when it comes to emotions," Leroy said with a smile, he had seen the blonde read peoples' feelings before and it was hard to understand how she did just that, "Thank you for being there for her."

"There isn't any other place that I would want to be," Puck said and took his phone from his pocket, "but I need to leave, Ma is waiting for me," Puck was almost out the door when he turned around and looked at them, "Kurt might be stopping by later."

/

Rachel and both of her fathers' sat at the table in the livingroom, the three of them were playing a game of scrabble, when they heard the doorbell.

"I'll get it," Leroy said and he looked at Rachel, "or maybe you should get it."

"Why should I?" she asked and she looked down on the letters she had in front of her and then she moved to the board. Hiram shook his head, Rachel wasn't back from her breakdown completely, and that was one thing the man was sure of.

Leroy had opened the door and he was walking with the guest and Rachel turned her head around when he heard her former, or was it still, best friend's voice again.

"This is just sad."

"Kurt," Hiram greeted the young man and Hiram looked at Kurt.

"The three of you should be ashamed of yourself," Kurt said and sat down at the table, "sitting around in a washed out t-shirt and sweatpants that are at least one size if not two sizes too big, and as that wasn't enough, there are holes in them." Kurt was shaking his head this was just too much, "It's just not acceptable."

"It's comfortable," Rachel said as she did her best to defend herself, "and I have recently been in a car accident."

"Fashion isn't about being comfortable," Kurt said and looked at Rachel before he smiled at her, "it's about looking good," he still looked at Rachel, "and honey, that accident was three months ago or something like that so just don't try that with me."

"I have missed you so much," Rachel said and she reached for Kurt's hand before she squeezed it.

"I can't say the same," Leroy said and laughed, but the man knew that Rachel was moving in the right direction at least as long as Kurt was going to stay around.

"So who is winning?" Kurt asked as he looked at the board on the table, "Let me guess, Ms. Berry is kicking your behinds."

"No," Leroy said and looked at Kurt and the young man supported a surprised look, "You wanna play with us?" Kurt shook his head he had never been a fan of Scrabble, "Hiram is kicking our butts."

"Okay, I'll join," Kurt said and the four of them were seated around the table, "I can't turn down the chance of finally beating Ms. Berry in scrabble."

"Watch it Hummel," Rachel said and glared at him, she was showing a bit of her eagerness to win and she still had it in her.

/

Rachel was on her way to meet up with Brittany and Puck, she had talked to Kurt earlier that day and he had told her that he was coming by later or if he had the time he would meet them for coffee.

Rachel had been a bit more social for these last couple of days, at least after her breakdown.

"Looking good, Berry." Rachel gave both Brittany and Puck a small smile as she sat down with them at the table.

"You should know that she always looks good," Brittany said and she hit Puck on his upper arm.

Rachel looked over at Puck, "and I wish I could say the same."

Puck looked down on his t-shirt and jeans, the t-shirt had been with earlier now it had some dirt stains on it and sweat could be seen too, his jeans had been rip over the knees and they had some dirt on them too, on the jeans it almost looked like the dirt had been a part of them from the start.

Rachel was waiting for Puck to explain her why he looked like he did, "Some of us have to work for a living," he said and looked at the shorter girl.

"Britt works and she looks nice," Rachel commented as she looked between her two friends.

"There is a difference between working in construction and as a physical therapy," Puck said before he took a gulp of his coffee.

"Rachel is right," Brittany said and looked over at Puck, "you could have taken a shower, you kind of stink."

"Thank you, Brittany," Rachel said and then she took a bite of her cupcake.

"I knew that I shouldn't have been here with the two of you," Puck said and looked at them, "too many chicks."

"You are free to leave then," Rachel said and swatted his hands away when he tried to take what was left of her cupcake, "no one forces you to stay."

"I think that I'll leave you two alone so that you can talk about how hot I am," Puck said and he got up and started to walk away from the and then he turned around, "you and me Berry, tomorrow," Rachel looked at him, "and bring your a-game."

Brittany looked over at Rachel before she asked, "What is he talking about?" Rachel didn't answer the question and Brittany just smiled at her, "Does that mean that you two finally have that hot date?"

The last comment that Brittany made, made Rachel look up, "Date?"

"Yes, you and Puck," Brittany said and looked at Rachel, "he's hot and single and so are you."

"He is helping me with my training."

"That's how it all starts," Brittany said and smiled at the brunette.

"Don't you have something else to do?" Rachel asked, it was after all king of fun talking about something else.

"I could always talk to coach Sylvester," Brittany said and tapped on her chin, "She would whip you in to shape in no time."

"Please," Rachel said and she was about to role her eyes, "You don't talk to coach Sylvester."

"Do you really want to take that chance?"

"No," Rachel answered and she looked down, "but can we talk about something else."

"Yes," Brittany said and gave Rachel a wicked smile, "we can talk about your hot date with Puck."

"I'm not going on a date with Noah," Rachel said and sighed, "How many times do I have to tell you that?"

"Many, many times" Brittany replied, "because I don't believe you."

"Agree to disagree?" Rachel suggested and she got a nod from Brittany.

/

Rachel had a short conversation later that night with Kurt, she had had a long day and she didn't have the energy to have him coming over for a talk and a movie because she knew that she would have almost the same conversation again.

They had to do something some other time.

"Good night," Rachel said as she passed by her fathers' "I'm heading to bed."

"Good night to you too," Hiram said as he looked up from a crossword puzzle that he had been working on.

"And sleep tight," Leroy added as he turned away from the news, "and sweet dreams."

As Rachel lied down on her bed, all she came back to what was Brittany had said, there was nothing that had suggested that it was a date or something like that it was just a friend that would help another friend out and then they were going to eat something, that was what friends did.