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Rachel sipped her caramel soy latte hoping the blonde would show up. The woman wasn't exactly known for being the most trustworthy person on the planet but she'd promised to meet with her. She looked toward the door and breathed a sigh of relief when April Rhodes strode into the Lima Bean like she owned the place.
During one of her breaks from New York, April had been visiting Lima. Even though she'd successfully remained sober, she'd gotten into an accident in town and because of her previous record, the cops on the scene automatically took her in on charges of public intoxication. Rachel's father David had been appointed as her defense attorney and effectively proved to the judge that while April had been distracted when she'd crashed her car into a telephone pole, she'd done it stone sober and had only been wondering around in a daze because she was still in shock from her accident. Because her father had been an integral part in keeping April out of jail, April had given Rachel her phone number with instructions that if she ever needed anything to give her a call. Rachel was just hoping the woman would be true to her word.
"Well hello my little diva! Don't just sit there like a frog on a log, give me some love." Rachel stepped into the woman's outstretched arms and hugged her. The meeting was certainly off to a good start. "Okay now, before we get going, I have to ask. Are you still seeing that cutie patootie Finn Hudson?" Rachel couldn't help giggling as she sat back down.
"No I'm not. We ended our relationship a while ago. We just work better as friends. I'm actually dating Noah now." April's eyes grew wide at that, slapping her manicured hands down on the table as though her balance had just been taken.
"Puckerman? Oh I remember him. That boy's body should be registered with the government as a weapon of mass seduction. Ooh, there was this one time in the showers, the things he could do with his hands could make a grown woman feel like a teenage girl again. Man could he kiss like a," Rachel cleared her throat to stop April's stroll down her debauched memory lane.
"Yes April I know. Noah is extremely talented in many ways. But, with all due respect, I didn't call you so you could tell me all about your past excursions with my boyfriend. I actually have a favor to ask of you." April smiled and leaned over on her elbows.
"What can I do for you sweetie?"
"Do you still own the roller rink," she asked cautiously. She didn't want to come on too strong because she was asking for a big thing.
"Well of course I do honey. A place I can escape to and sing my little heart out whenever I'm in town? Why on earth would I give that up?" April smiled at her, like she was remembering the times she'd had at her roller rink.
"I was actually wondering if I could borrow the rink for a night. Rent it out or something so that Noah and I could have it to ourselves. How much would that cost?" Rachel waited for a second as April looked as though she was calculating numbers in her head. Her brow furrowed and she just seemed to give up.
"Oh sugar why worry about the cost? One night isn't going to put me out of business or anything. You just let me know which night you need it for and I'll make sure it's cleared out and staffed so you kids can have a great time. How does that sound?" That sounded generous and unexpected actually.
"Wow April you can't be serious. You'll lose money if you don't let me compensate you for using the rink. I can't let you do that." April just waved her hand in front of her face and shook her head.
"Honey I couldn't let you pay me for something like that. Not after everything your family has done for me. Did you know that your dad even set me up with a fantastic rehab in New York for when I'm not here? He did that out of the goodness of his heart. After all of that, it just wouldn't feel right taking your money for something like this. You just consider this a present from Auntie April. When do you need it?" Rachel swallowed quickly and then took another sip of her drink.
"Um, would tomorrow night be okay?"
By the time the ladies got all of the details figured out in order for Rachel to borrow the roller rink, Rachel realized that it was almost time for her to be at Noah's house. She bid April goodbye and walked outside to her car, already giddy about the date she had planned. She was positive that Noah would think it was cheesy but that was the novelty of a roller rink anyway. The beauty of it was they would have it all to themselves and it was legal!
Dani Puckerman's voice sounded behind the door of the Puckerman household and Rachel was instantly positive that Noah had given his little sister sugar for breakfast that morning. She knocked on the door and waited. When Noah opened the door, he had Dani in his arms upside down with her legs thrown over the back of his shoulder. She was yelling for him to put her down but giggling the whole time. Rachel smiled at the duo.
"Rachel you're here," Dani yelled, in the middle of trying to simultaneously throw her arms up (down?) in the air and keep her shirt from falling down to her chin. "Noah put me down for real this time! I wanna hug Rachel!" Noah laughed at his sibling and set her right side up on the floor. The ten year old promptly threw her arms around Rachel's waist and squeezed.
"Hi Dani," Rachel grinned as she hugged her back, "I hope Noah is being a good babysitter today." Dani grimaced.
"I'm not a baby Rachel. But yeah, Noah's alright. He made pancakes for breakfast this morning and let me put extra syrup on mine. It was awesome!" Rachel laughed at the smaller girl and stepped further into the house. "Ooh Rachel, will you play hide and seek with us? Noah said he wouldn't play until you got here." Rachel looked up and saw the suggestive look in Noah's eyes. It was ridiculous but, that look sent a chill through her entire body.
"That sounds like fun Dani." Noah grinned and took Rachel's hand in his.
"Okay Dani, you go in the kitchen and count to two hundred. Me and Rach are gonna hide." Dani seemed to think that was a fantastic plan and quickly ran off towards the kitchen. Rachel looked back at her boyfriend, about to ask him what he had up his sleeve, when he tugged her hurriedly and quietly up the stairs. Noah pulled her past his bedroom and into the bathroom that he shared with his sister.
"Noah," she whispered, "what are you doing?" Rachel quickly found herself pushed up against the door as Noah's fingers carded through her hair.
"I'm taking advantage of the moment and making out with my girlfriend. What do you think I'm doing?" She didn't really have time to answer with anything more than a gasp. His lips moved along her jaw and effectively short-circuited her brain. He nibbled on her bottom lip for a few seconds, just light enough to drive her crazy. Rachel moved her head so that his mouth would be on hers, impatient already, and moaned when his tongue found its way against hers. Wearing this little pale blue shirt-dress that wasn't buttoned up all the way, Rachel knew how easy it wouldn't been for him to just unbutton it a little bit more, reach in, slide his warm hand over her skin and do whatever he wanted. She was quite positive that she would go along with anything he wanted at that point. When he pulled her to the shower's edge, never once taking his lips off of hers, she moaned as her thoughts went to places where Noah was naked and dripping wet. He stepped over the edge of the tub without difficulty but when Rachel picked her foot up to do the same, while attempting to maintain contact with his lips, she hit the side instead. Noah pulled away, chuckling softly at her and gripping her hips to steady her.
"Noah, why are we getting in your shower?" He held onto her as she paid closer attention to stepping into the tub and promptly closed the curtain as soon as she was in.
"We're hiding babe. I figure Dani's gonna get distracted in the kitchen, have to start counting all over again, and then she'll be sweeping the house looking for us. No locked doors allowed during hide and seek so I'm using that as an excuse to get you in the shower." Rachel giggled and stepped closer to him, splaying her hands on his chest, feeling his heart beating against her palm.
"It's good to know you play by some rules," she whispered. Noah grinned while his fingers curved gently around the side of her neck, guiding her mouth back to his. He growled low in his throat when Rachel darted her tongue across his top lip. That's when she felt it. The hand on her neck was gradually, almost hesitantly, inching down her skin. She stood up on her toes, effectively pressing her body closer to his and moving his hand lower at the same time. She could feel the shower knobs digging into the small of her back but the things he was doing with his tongue made her forget it all. His entire body, from his broad shoulders and hardened abdominals to his firm thigh muscles, covered hers. Rachel shuddered as one of her buttons was slipped through its hole. She felt his hand cup her breast as his lips moved to her collarbone. The heat from every point of contact was strong, and she just wanted to let it burn.
Puck could feel her nipple hardening in his palm, just beneath the soft cotton fabric of her bra. The one thing that could've made their situation better would've been to take clothes out of the equation. Well, that and for Dani to be out of the house of course. His dick was reacting every single time she moved or made a sound. He realized that if Dani actually found them in this position, she'd tell their mom and he'd never hear the end of it. But then Rachel made that noise again and he didn't even know who Dani was. He kissed her roughly, unable hold much back any longer, and rolled his hips into hers.
Rachel whimpered in pain as his sudden movement caused her to get stabbed by the cold water knob. Noah pulled back, ready to ask if she was okay, when Rachel reached behind her to create a buffer between herself and the protrusion but her shoe slipped on the tub and she turned the water on instead. The next thing they knew, they were both drenched in freezing cold water and Rachel screamed in shock. They both heard Dani's footsteps and Rachel clamped her hand over her mouth while Noah tried to turn the water off.
"Aha! I found you!" Dani burst triumphantly into the bathroom and jerked the curtain open. When she saw her brother and his girlfriend standing there under the steady stream of water, her forehead wrinkled in confusion. "You guys, you're not supposed to wear clothes when you take a shower. And why are you taking a shower anyway? We're playing hide and seek. Come on, you're both it now. Count to two hundred and then you have to find me." Without another word, the ten year old ran out of the bathroom on her way to find her own hiding spot in the house.
When Noah finally got the water turned off, Rachel was shivering. They took one look at each other and burst into laughter. Rachel's hair was sticking to her forehead and Noah's was sticking up in tiny spikes after he ran his hand over his head. Their clothing was clinging to their bodies but neither one of them could stop laughing. Rachel took Noah's hand so he could help her out of the tub and then took the towel he handed her so she could dry off a little bit. She looked at her reflection in the mirror and giggled again.
"God I look like a drenched rat." Noah wrapped his arms around her torso and placed a gentle kiss to her neck from behind her.
"The hottest drenched rat I've ever seen though." Rachel smiled at the warm feeling she got when he said that. "Come on, we'll throw our clothes in the dryer and I'll give something of mine to wear. Maybe by the time we're done, we could've counted to whatever number and we'll look for the kid." He kissed her again and reached under the sink to grab another towel.
"I'm sorry I turned the water on," Rachel whispered after a second, still wringing her hair out over the sink. Noah shrugged his shoulders with a chuckle and threw his towel around his neck.
"Hey, any longer and I would've needed a cold shower anyway."
Rachel kept eyeing Noah on the way to the roller rink. She really didn't want him to know where they were going until the last second so she'd picked him up at his house and driven them instead of having him drive to their destination like how they usually did on their dates. Noah had complained at first, stating that her car didn't have enough space for him to stretch his legs out but she just told him to shut up and adjust the seat.
When she parked her car in the deserted parking lot of Rinky Dinks, she wanted to laugh at the look of confusion on Noah's face.
"Um babe, can you explain to me why we're at a deserted skating rink?" She laughed softly and took her seat belt off.
"It's deserted for us. I made sure of it. This is April's rink and she's letting us have it for the night. All to ourselves except for a few workers inside." Rachel smiled brightly at him and quickly got out of her car. When Noah finally got out, he looked down at her and she noticed how his demeanor had changed. "What's wrong?" Noah ran his hand over his head and sighed.
"I'm not really good at skating." He looked so annoyed with himself for saying it but Rachel didn't quite understand.
"That's ridiculous Noah. You're on your skateboard all the time." Noah rolled his eyes at her and leaned against her car.
"Yeah that's because a skateboard doesn't make your feet go in two different directions. You might not have a problem with doing the splits but my body doesn't move that way. I didn't even skate that one time when we got banned from the auditorium and Shue brought us here." Rachel just took his hand and began pulling him in the direction of the front doors. He was resisting the entire way and when they made it to the door, Rachel turned around to give him a light-hearted glare.
She pulled his head down to hers and kissed him as passionately as she could until she could feel his body loosening up. When she slowly pulled away, she was quite proud of herself for the dazed look on his face. "Please, Noah, I promise we'll have fun." He licked his lips and smirked at her, moving to kiss her again, when the door opened.
"Well aren't you two just the most adorable things since fluffy kittens." April Rhodes smiled at them from the doorway and motioned for them to come inside. "Okay you two can get your skates over there and if you want any snacks I've got the bar open. No alcohol unfortunately, had to get rid of the stuff so my sponsors wouldn't rag on me all the time. But there's food and drinks if you want anything. My DJ can play anything your little hearts could possibly want to skate to so all you kids have to worry about is having a blast. I'll get out of your hair sweetie and let you get your skate on!" Rachel laughed nervously at the quick pace with which April spoke and briefly wondered what she'd used for her substitute to alcohol. David Berry kept in touch with her sponsor in New York and swore she was clean though so she dismissed the thought from her mind and turned back to Noah. He still looked doubtful.
Puck was holding on to Rachel's hand as she led him around the rink. She was smiling all wide and beautiful like she was just enjoying spending time with him. It was easy to forget the few workers in the building, probably watching him make a fool of himself, because he was actually having a lot of fun. He'd gotten frustrated the first time he fell on his ass but Rachel just giggled softly and helped him right back up. Puck was surprised at the patience she had with him. It didn't take long before he was racing her around the rink watching as she lapped him doing her own skating version of the Running Man.
"You look like such a dork," Puck shouted over the music when Rachel was doing a cute little spin. She skated over to him and started circling him.
"You're just jealous of my skills Puckerman," she stated with a laugh. He caught her around the waist which made her scream in his ear. Puck was pretty surprised that they didn't fall with as much as she was squirming. "Noah, I feel I should warn you about something." She paused and met his gaze with a serious look on her face. Inching closer, she whispered, "You're having fun." Puck laughed and nodded his head.
"Yeah I am. It usually helps to have a really hot chick holding your hand. I think I finally got feeling back in my ass. Maybe you should squeeze it just to make sure." Rachel rolled her eyes, scoffing softly, and made no attempt to move her hands from his arms. "Oh come on, just one cheek. Will it help if I grab yours too? Because I have no problems with that. I'm your ass's biggest fan baby." That made Rachel break into a fit of giggles which he really liked. She looked so perfect when she laughed.
"I think I had a dream where you said that before." The second the words were out of her mouth, she sucked in a breath as though that would cause the sentence to become unsaid. Her pink cheeks made him positive that she hadn't meant to say that out loud. Suddenly, it was like a power shift happened and Noah began to roll in a small circle around Rachel.
"So, you're still dreaming about me," he said with a smug grin. "What was this one about Rach? I mean, if the first one was about me eating you out, and this second one has something to do with me liking your ass," Rachel looked up at him when he said that, causing him to pause. There was something in her eyes, like she was hiding something and desperately hoping he didn't figure out what it was. "Wait a second, there's been more than two dreams, hasn't there?" Rachel bit down on her bottom lip, giving off that unintentionally sinful look that was all her, and Noah took her hands in his. "How many babe?"
She'd known that this would come up eventually. With a small huff, Rachel looked up into his eyes. "Every night since the first one. But I don't know an actual number. Sometimes I wake up because of, because of the subject matter, and when I fall asleep again another starts. I think the most I've had in one night was four." His eyes grew wide at her confession. Clearly, he wasn't expecting that answer.
"But it's been two weeks since you had the first dream. Is your brain trying to make up for lost time or something?" Rachel smiled through the blush on her cheeks and nodded her head.
"That actually makes sense. I never really had these types of thoughts and dreams before you came along. It's all your fault." She started to skate again and he followed after her.
"Don't think blaming me is gonna get you off the hook. I wanna know what the dreams are about. At least tell me one. You owe me that." Rachel gave him a pained expression and he knew that she still wasn't very comfortable talking about it. But if he could help her with that, help her become more comfortable with having the types of conversations that he wanted to have with her one day, he knew it would be more than worth it. "Will you pick one of the less x-rated ones to tell me? I'm just trying to help babe, I promise."
He watched as she skated over to the tiny stage in the middle of the rink. She sat down on it and waited for him to skate over to her and sit down beside her. "There was one, it was more sweet than anything. You had, um, we had just uh, finished. We were just lying beside each other, naked of course but that's not really the point. And you told me that if I ever needed anything, you would be there for me. It meant a lot to me, even if it was just a dream, I think it's founded in some truth. You've always been there for me Noah, even when I didn't realize it at the time. Thank you Noah."
He wrapped his arm around her shoulders with a small smile. Puck had known for a while that Rachel held a larger part of him than he'd ever let anyone else have. It wasn't something he made a habit out of but with her, it felt right. She deserved it. As a reply, he simply offered, "I got you."
"You totally wore jeans just to torture me didn't you?" Rachel giggled as she stared at him across the tiny space of her car.
"Noah you generally tell me that my skirts torture you. Now you're saying my jeans are torturous? Besides, I didn't think that roller skating with a skirt on would be particularly practical. What's wrong with my jeans?" He leaned over closer to her and placed his hand on her thigh. She sucked in a quiet breath and glanced down at his hand before looking at his face.
"Your skin feels a lot better under my fingers," he whispered hotly. Closing the two inches that separated them, he pressed his mouth against hers and slowly moved his hand just a little higher. Rachel pulled back and smiled at him like he was in trouble.
"Are you really going to feel me up while we're parked right outside your house? Your mother could be watching Noah." He chuckled and kissed her again before opening his door.
"Not my fault your car is so freaking tiny Rachel. There's nowhere else to put my hands."
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