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Rachel's POV

"Rachel, you need to wake up!" I heard someone say and shake me by the shoulder.

"Seriously crazy, get the hell up, I am not letting you waste my tanning time." Another voice said, sounding rather angry.

"Santana, she just got out of the hospital yesterday for a concussion, besides its only 11:00." I heard someone else stutter. I felt the shaking again. Did they say it was 11?

"Oh my God!" I snapped out of my sleepy state quickly. "It's 11?" I asked frantically.

"You have somewhere to be Berry?" Santana asked.

"No," I replied quickly than continue to explain myself. "I never sleep past 7 on summer vacation."

"Are you serious?" Tina asked shocked.

"Well if I got up any later I would have no time to myself…between my dance, voice, and piano lessons I need to get up early just to relax my mind." I explained grabbing my brush from my bag. Everyone else appeared to be shocked into silence.

"You guys can go if you want. I'll be down as soon as I can."

"No, we will wait for you, Rach." Britt said quickly. "Right?" From the mirror I saw her glaring at Santana daring her to leave.

"Just hurry the fuck up." Santana muttered angrily, while Tina tried to hide her chuckle.

"What took you guys so long?" Mike asked as we came into view.

"Are you okay?" Noah asked sitting in one of the chairs in the lobby.

"Rachel just thought it would be fun to sleep in today." Britt said happily as we stood in the lobby waiting for instructions for today.

"Sorry," I mumbled embarrassed. Noah threw me a smile from his spot.

"No worries, Berry. We are still waiting on Beyonce to get down here." He joked and motioned for me to come towards him. As soon as I was within reach his arms grabbed me to sit me on his lap. Everyone laughed at my surprise scream than settled down into talking about what Schu would make us do today.

"I have arrived." I heard Kurt announce cheerfully behind me. I saw Santana roll her eyes, but that was the only attention he got from his 'entrance'.

"Okay everyone I have a big surprise today. Follow me." Mr. Schu said walking out of the lobby.

"Seriously, when is he going to realize that nobody likes his 'big surprises'?" Santana laughed with us as we followed Mr. Schu into a grassy area.

"This is a boys versus girls game." Mr. Schu started. "Girls you will find your supplies to the right, boys to the left. When I say go you may begin." Each group walked over to there respective sides and gasped. There were 10 giant buckets filled with water balloons on each of the sides and about five water guns.

"Is everyone ready?" Mr. Schu questioned. I grabbed two water balloons and looked up at Noah who was smirking at me.

"You're going down?" He mouthed to me.

"Bring it." I mouthed back.

"Go!" Mr. Schu screamed and everything went into chaos. I felt a water balloon hit my arm and quickly threw one back from where the throw came from. I had no idea who was hitting me and if I even got them back. It went on for five minutes before I felt someone's arm snake around me and water go into my face.

"Well Berry, told you I was taking you down." Noah whispered into my ear.

"Noah!" I screamed/laughed. "Let me go!" He spun me around and took me over to the guys' side.

"I think I'll keep you captive." He said, still not letting me go.

"That is against the rules." I said between chuckles.

"Fine, I'll let you go for now, but I'll find you again." He said releasing me. I quickly grabbed the water gun he had and sprinted back over to the girls.

"How is it going Rach?" Britt asked when I reached her side.

"Okay. How about you?"

"Fine. I saw you with Puck. You guys are so cute." Britt gushed and I quickly aimed the squirt gun at her and fired.

"You aren't supposed to hit your own team mate." Brittany sputtered at me, a smile clear on her face.

"Sorry, I forgot." I said innocently and ran away to hide behind a tree and catch my breath.

After a few more minutes of commotion someone came up and grabbed me from behind again.

"Noah!" I screamed turning. It wasn't Noah though, it was Finn. I jumped away, quickly.

"I got you Rachel." Finn looked down at me coming forward again. I went to squirt him with the gun, but he quickly grabbed it out of my hands. Before I could move he had his hand around my wrist.

"Why the hell do you keep hiding from me Rachel?" Finn snapped at me angrily.

"I'm sorry Finn, but I don't feel comfortable around you right now." I said and my voice cracked a little from my irrational fear. "Please let go of me!" I said shaking my hand away, but he gripped tighter.

"No!" He screamed. "You are being a stupid drama queen!" He sneered down at me terrifyingly.

"Noah!" I screamed as loud as I could, but I wasn't sure he would be able to hear with all the commotion.

"Are you kidding me? You are screaming for Puck's help?" He got closer (if that was even possible) glaring down at me. I looked away and saw Tina looking towards me and her eyes widen as she saw Finn.

"Noah!" I screamed again and Tina nodded rushing away.

"Shut up and tell me why the hell you like him more!" Finn yelled.

"What the fuck is going on here?" I heard Noah scream from behind me.

"Nothing about you Puck, get out of here!" Finn yelled gripping his hand tighter making me wince. Noah was by my side in a second ripping Finn's hand off me, before he jumped at Finn. They fell to the ground Noah on top of Finn, punching and kicking. I felt someone pull me away and looked down to see Artie moving me away.

"Someone stop them!" I yelled. Than I saw Finn punch Noah's stomach. "Noah!" I screamed tears flowing down my eyes. Artie pulled me onto his lap and hugged me.

"Mike and Matt will stop them Rach. You can't go you might get hurt like last time." Artie said holding me tight. I looked and saw Mike and Matt pulling the two off each other. I felt helpless. Why and how is this happening? I kept thinking in my mind.

"You stay the hell away from her!" Noah's voice snapped me from my thoughts. "If Matt and Mike weren't here you'd be dead right now." His voice was venomous. Mr. Schu came then came up and dragged Finn away, the trio following. Noah turned to face me his green eyes filled with concern and possibly love? Now you are being silly Rachel, I chastised myself. Artie gave me a squeeze before he let me go. I slowly got up and walked over to Noah.

"Are you okay?" I asked timidly looking Noah over, but I didn't see any cuts or bruises.

"Don't worry about me…I'm fine," He grabbed my hands and started looking my wrist (where Finn had grabbed me) over. "Does it hurt? What was he doing? Did he touch you anywhere else?" Noah fired off one by one.

"No it doesn't hurt, it looks way worse than it feels. He did not touch me anywhere else and I' not sure how to answer your second question."

"What do you mean you don't know how to answer it?"

"He just seemed angry. He was angry that I was friends with you. Angry that I am afraid of him. Just plain angry." I said and Noah pulled me in holding me close. He kept kissing the top of my head and whispering soothing words to me as I let the tears fall freely.

"I just don't get it," I heard Santana in the background. "This is Finn… I mean the harmless giant, now he is attacking Rachel. What the hell is his issue?" Santana finished and everyone mumbled there agreement and I tuned the rest out just focusing on Noah and his arms around me, drawing designs on my back to sooth me.

"I think we should go have fun and relax for a while," Miss P said after a while of silence. "I'm going to see what happened to the others." And with that she left. Tina, Artie, Matt, and San went to the pool while the rest of us went to the beach.

"Are you sure you are up for it Rachel?" Brittany asked softly from my left.

"I am fine, Britt. I really don't want to talk about it. Let's just have some fun." I smiled and we linked arms and made our way there, with Noah and Mike following behind us.

"Let's walk down the beach!" Brittany exclaimed her idea as Mike and Noah stopped in front of us. "It will be fun. We can see the sights." Noah and Mike exchanged a look before Matt replied.

"Alright, we'll come." Mike said and grabbed Brittany's hand walking away.

"Come on Noah!" I said grabbing his hand, quickly following after Britt and Mike. The four of us walked and chatted easily, it was relaxing. Noah and I never let go of each other. His hand stayed twined with mine, his thumb rubbing little designs as we walked. When we saw the sun setting we decided it was time to head back.

"Where the hell have you guys been?" Mercedes bitched when we walked into the lobby door.

"Thanks to Miss Thang over there Mr. Schu is canceling the trip. I still have yet to complete my proper tanning plan! You better fix the mess you've made." Kurt freaked out on me.

My mess? I didn't cause any of this! I didn't want any of this to happen. I was so angry with them pinning it on me, I was actually speechless.

"This is not Rachel's fault!" Brittany screeched at them, Mike and Noah nodding their agreement. "It is Finn's fault and if you want to go throwing the blame around it's yours too. Rachel had a concussion from when you two pushed her and she banged her head! Don't you dare pin this on her!" Brittany's face was red with anger. Wow! I never imagined that she could get that angry, or even angry at all.

"Don't forget Hummel, you aren't officially a girl, so Puck and I can kick your ass." Mike said coming up in front of me with Brittany, crossing his arms. Noah just kept his grip tight around me, holding me close and glaring at the people in front of us.

"Where is he?" I asked Kurt. "Where is Mr. Schu?"

"In his room," he sneered and walked off, with Mercedes following.

"I'll be right back you guys." I said tiredly pulling out of Noah's arms.

"What are you going to do Berry?" Noah asked following me into the elevator.

"I'm going to tell him that we should stay."

"Why? So Kurt can get his way?" He sounded angry, but I was too tired to care.

"No. I don't want to go home to an empty house just yet. Do you know that my 'loving fathers' have yet to call me and ask me if I am okay? Or how about I called them and was sent straight to voicemail? I just want a little while away from the loneliness." Tears were flowing from my eyes before I could stop them. Noah kissed the top of my head and held me close.

"Rachel, I promise that you won't be lonely anymore, even after we leave here. You're fathers have no idea what they are missing out on. You are beautiful, talented, funny, smart, and so much more." He kissed my head again than tilted my chin so I could see into his eyes.

Ding!We jumped apart at the sound of the elevator reaching its destination. He grabbed my hand and we walked to Mr. Schu's door together.

"I'll wait out here Berry." I nodded and knocked on the door.

"Rachel," Mr. Schu sounded surprised. "Come in." He opened the door for me and revealed a huge suite. Of course he gets the best room!

"Sit down Rachel. What can I do for you?"

"I don't want to leave Mr. Schu. I don't think its fair if you make us leave now when we are only here for four days! Just because of myself and Finn are having… issues…it doesn't mean everyone else should be punished."

"Rachel," Mr. Schu sighed. "What is going on with Finn is beyond issues. He is harassing you. Physically hurting you." He ran his hand slowly through his hair. "I know I may not have always been fair to you, but I am going to start. You are a great girl and I think I was jealous knowing that you'll be going wherever you want while I'm still stuck in Lima and it was wrong for me to take it out on you. I will treat you better and listen to you more." Wow! Who would've thought? That is the second time this has happened this week!

"Than listen to me now. I want to stay here for the whole week. Noah will keep me safe from Finn. I just want to have a good vacation." I pleaded with him. After a few moments he nodded, somewhat reluctant.

"Thank you!" I jumped up and rushed out the door to Noah. "We are staying!"

"That's great Rach!" We hugged each other and then I yawned exhausted.

"We should get you into bed Rach. Have you been feeling okay?" He asked worriedly leading me to my room.

"I feel fine. I guess I am just drained from all this drama. It gets to be really stressful trying to please everyone." I unlocked my door and we sat on my bed.

"Than don't try to please everyone. They don't matter." He said.

"Wow that was corny." We chuckled and I laid out on my bed.

"I should get going." He said starting to get up.

"No," I grabbed his hand. "Stay for a little while." I looked up at him and he nodded slowly laying down next to me. I cuddled into him and he wrapped his arms around me. I quickly fell asleep listening to his breathing.

Puck's POV

I looked down at Rachel sleeping. She was absolutely beautiful, inside and out. I know I am a stud and all badass, but I can't bring myself to care when I'm around her. As stupid as it sounds she makes me a better person.

I felt like I was going to kill Finn today. My supposed best friend! Why won't he leave her alone? She doesn't deserve any of this shit from him or anyone else. Her dads don't deserve her either. I never even met them and I already want to kill them for the pain they put her through. She shouldn't have to go through it. Somehow I will make it stop.

I closed my eyes listening to Rachel's even breathing and was soon asleep.

Author's Note: So what did you think? I was about to have Rachel and Noah get together, but part of me wasn't ready for it just yet. I think I am going to have Puck set this whole amazing plan up and then tell her how he feels. How would you like that?

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