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Chapter 4

Hudson

Puck's mom had no problem with Puck and Rachel sleeping in the same bed. This surprised her because she knew her son, much better than he thought she did. She did not even allow him to have girls over, but she sound herself not only liking Rachel, but thinking of her as a part of the family. She was beginning to love her like a daughter. It made her very proud of her son. And while she was upset at what the Hudson boy had done to Rachel, it wasn't all bad. It had been the kick Noah a nd Rachel had needed to realize how much they cared for each other.

Puck was lying in bed, absently stroking Rachel's hair and thinking about everything. She was already asleep and Puck smiled down at her. He was in love with her and that scared him more than he could say. Badasses don't get scared, so no one would ever know that. He just felt this surge of protective instincts whenever he was around her. He would kill Hudson. (Once he decided to kick someone's ass and they were no longer friends, they got called by their last name.) Puck had never told Rachel he wouldn't do anything and this shit was not going to be let go. Hell. No. Come tomorrow, Hudson would be history.

"Rach. Babe, let's go. You're going to tarnish your perfect attendance record if you don't get your ass up right now." Rachel groaned. "I already did by skipping school with you yesterday. What's just one more day?" Puck put his hands together over his heart and pretended to be shocked as he let out a little gasp and looked towards the ceiling. "Oh my god, I'm going to have a heart attack. I have turned Rachel 'never misses a single day of school' Berry into an amateur bad ass."

Rachel giggled and pulled Puck down by his hand. "Yes you have and now there is no going back. Puck." He narrowed his eyes and leaned his head down towards hers until their lips were mere centimeters apart. Rachel thought he was about to kiss her and leaned her head up a bit. She could feel his breath when he spoke. "That's Noah to you babe." He pulled back and pulled a shirt out of the closet as Rachel gasped at him. She got out of the bed, upset that she had fallen for it so easily. Puck just looked at her with that trouble making smirk on his face. "Besides, who says I want to go back?" He moved over to her quickly and placed his lips over hers in a passionate kiss.

Puck and Rachel got to school on time and Puck kissed her, promising to meet up at lunch. Finn came to school late and Puck didn't find him until right before lunch, at his locker. "Hey, Hudson." Finn whipped around and gave Puck a questioning look. "Um, hey, Puck. What's up?" Before he could blink, Puck had punched him in the jaw. "What's up? You touched my girlfriend, that's what's up." Finn stood up slowly and glared at Puck. "I have no idea what you're talking about. I don't know what Rachel told you, but you have to listen to me."

"Rachel told me the truth. And today, Hudson, you're finally going to pay."

Finn was more prepared this time and hit Puck back as hard as he could. The boys were pummeling each other and teachers began to come out of their classrooms and debate on how to stop this.

News traveled fast. Rachel heard about a fight going on in the hallway and had a sinking feeling she knew who it was that was involved. She ran out and was unhappy with being correct. She ran at the boys and grabbed one of Finn's arms because he was on top of Puck. "Finn! Please stop it!" He threw his arm back, not thinking about anything but hitting Puck, and Rachel hit the wall and began to see black on the edges of her vision. She had hit her head off the tiles on the wall.

Puck heard Rachel and pulled away from Hudson. Then he saw her hit the wall and slide down. "Rachel!" Finn heard the scared tone Puck had said her name in and backed away, stunned. Puck shoved him as hard as he could. He knelt down next to her. "Rach? Baby, can you hear me?" Puck stroked her cheeks and held her body close to his. A couple teachers grabbed Finn and pulled him into a room while they had the chance and others went to get the nurse. The rest of them stood around Puck and Rachel silently, not really knowing what else to do with themselves. "Rachel, come on, babe." Rachel groaned and opened her eyes to look at Puck. "Noah? Are you okay?" She sat up quickly. "Where's Finn?" Puck shushed her and told her to take it easy. "Relax, babe. Hudson's gone. The douche is probably going to jail at the end of the day." Rachel wrapped her arms around him and he did the same. What she said next came out muffled, but he understood. "Why are you calling him Hudson instead of Finn?"
"Because, Hudson and I are no longer friends. He doesn't deserve me calling him by his first name, so Hudson it is."