Title: Blackmail Is The Best Type Of Mail
Rating: M - Language
Pairing: Rachel x Puck (Noah)
Summary: Glee needs a leading man and Rachel knows exactly how to get one
Disclaimer: I don't own Glee
Chap 7 ~ I take It Back
"I take it back you are that bad" Noah Puckerman gasped after being thrown forward in his seat only being stopped by his seat belt after he had slammed on the hand break in his truck
"I told you this wasn't a good idea but you wouldn't listen to me now would you" Rachel huffed folding her arms across her chest and sinking back into her seat
Noah had never thought he would come across someone as bad of a driver as Rachel Berry but he had been proven wrong within the first half hour of their driving lessons.
How the hell did he even get himself into spending a whole weekend with Rachel Fucking Berry? Oh yeah that's right he opened his big mouth and said what he was thinking before he had time to process what he had been thinking in the first place.
So now he was stuck in his truck teaching Rachel Berry how to drive and he was already scared for his own safety… no actually take that back he was scared for his life!
He had been scared enough that the girl sitting next to him had overheard his conversation with Quinn, Santana and Brittany but thankfully it was obvious she had only heard the end part.
Flash Back
Everyone was packing up the stuff after Mr Shue had dismissed them and making their way out of the quire room to head home. Noah was kneeling down putting his guitar away in its case he had just clipped the last latch when he heard footsteps coming back into the room.
Standing up he turned and found that he wasn't the only one left in the room like he had thought he was.
Quinn, Santana and Brittany all stood there wearing their ridiculously short Cheerio outfits all looking at him like he knew something they didn't.
"You and Berry looked pretty cosy when we came in" Quinn said folding her arms across her chest referring to when they had walked in on Rachel hugging him.
"She hugged me, what was I meant to do push her away? Not exactly what 'friends' do" He groaned really not wanting to get into a conversation like this
"Maybe… but then explain to me why you had this goofy smile on you face that looked a hell of like the way Finn looks at me all the time?" Quinn demanded
"Q,I really don't have time for this" He said trying to get past them but they wouldn't let him pass
"Don't Q me Puckerman" Quinn snapped glaring daggers at him
"What!?" He asked wanting to get this over and done with as soon as possible so he could get home
"If we are going to pull this off then you cant get 'involved' understand?" Santana said placing her hands on her hips and directing her own glare at him
"Speak English because I don't understand!" He groaned hating it when girls used their stupid girl talk around him because he really had no idea what they were getting at.
If he wasn't aloud to get involved then how the hell were they meant to pull this off after all this whole thing was his idea.
"She means you cant fall for Rachel" Brittany piped up looking at him with those big dreamy eyes of hers staring at him like she was seeing rainbows and unicorns.
"What the hell are you… oh" He said but then stopped realising what they were getting at when they said 'involved'
"As if" He argued "I am not going to fall in love with Rachel Fucking Freak Berry"
"Well I would choose to differ from that look on your face I saw" Quinn argued back her arms still folded across her chest
"I swear I am not going to get 'involved' with Berry in that way. Sure if we are desperate and need me to make Berry fall for me than fine I can do that no probable but I can promise you that I will not fall for her" He promised them but they still looked unsure
"This was a stupid idea!" Quinn suddenly said after a moment of silence
"I agree with Quinn" Brittany said in a dreamy voice
"Yeah Puck… and I'll just deny it if you tell anyone this but I actually had fun today… but then again after everything we have done to them I doubt they are going to be very forgiving towards us" Santana huffed
"Look all you have to do is apologize its not that hard" He sighed running a hand through his Mohawk just wanting nothing more than to get out of here
"Says the one that threw slushies in Rachel Berry's face for how long?" Quinn argued back
"Yeah and guess what! I said sorry and they forgave me! Now next time you see them say sorry and we can get over the whole awkward 'we used to hate you' stage… O.K?" Noah snapped before he turned and left the quire room
End Flash Back
He was god dammed lucky and he knew it. If Rachel had come along seconds before she had then the whole operation would have been blown, that's why he had told the girls that talking about it in school was a big no no from now on.
Turning his head so he could look at the girl sitting next to him he couldn't help but admire her features.
She had soft tanned skin and it was free from any scars or blemishes. Her hair was long and hung around her face in large soft waves plus it had this shinny look to it that made him want to lean over and run his fingers through it. She was currently pouting so he couldn't help but notice her lips were reddish and plump. All in all he would be stupid to not admit that Rachel Berry was very… cute.
He was about to continue thinking but then he realised what it was he was thinking and suddenly felt the sudden urge to check he still had balls because he had just been thinking like a complete pussy.
"Slid over I'm driving" He said as he gestured for her to slid across him so he could slip into the drivers seat
She looked sceptical for a moment but did as she was told and slid across him and then he instantly regretted his words because he had completely forgot she was wearing one of those sad excuses of a skirt that were so small they could rival the Cheerios.
"Where are we going?" Rachel asked as he took the hand break off and turned out of the back streets they had been in so they were now on the highway.
"Somewhere where I can teach you how to drive without being scared that your going to run into a telephone poll" He deadpanned
"Oh" Was all she said before they slipped back into silence and it was totally creepy because for all the years he had known Rachel Berry she was never one to be quiet.
"Ok your creeping me out" He decided to break the silence "Your never quiet"
He didn't bother to look at her and just kept his eyes on the road but he could still feel her eyes on him as she turned to look at him.
"I just wasn't sure what to say… I mean we used to be friends… well at least I considered you my friend… and then I blackmailed you into joining Glee and well quiet frankly you have been doing things that we both know wasn't part of the deal. Even Kurt, Mercedes, Tina and Artie are starting to notice it but its not like their complaining or anything its just that I'm curious… you didn't have to say sorry for all those things you did to us in the past but you still did… you didn't have to hang out with Artie after school when we don't have Glee practise so you can play your guitars but you still do… you didn't have to let Kurt and Mercedes go crazy and use you as a model for their new clothes designs but you still did… you didn't have to teach me how to drive but you still are… I guess what I'm trying to say is that you didn't have to do any of this but you have been… and I want to know why?" Rachel rambled on making him mentally take a sigh of relief that she was back to normal talking a mile a minute
But then he realised what the first thing she said was and felt that stupid punch in the gut again and felt guiltier than ever. She had considered them friends back when they were kids and before he got his reputation and she thought that he hadn't considered her his friend as well.
"Rachel you were my friend back then as well… and I'm not lieing when I say I'm sorry things had to change" He sighed deciding that seeing as they were alone he could tell the truth without Quinn, Santana and Brittany being there breathing down his throat to make sure he stuck to the plan.
"I know you are Noah" Rachel nodded
"And I know that most of the stuff I have been doing isn't part of our deal… but I want to be friends again" He sighed not believing he was actually telling her this
"You do" She asked and the hope in her voice almost killed him and if he hadn't been driving than he wouldn't have been able to look her in the eye anyway.
"Yeah I do" He confirmed and he instantly received another kick in the gut of guilt
It wasn't that he wasn't telling her the truth because he was. He did want to be friends with her and all those years ago she had been his friend… one of his best friends. He hadn't remembered what it felt like to hang out with Rachel but through the three weeks before Quinn, Santana, Brittany, Finn, Matt and Mike joined he had been forced to remember.
He now remembered why they had been such good friends in the first place. Forgetting the fact that Rachel had blackmailed him into joining Glee he had seen the side of her that she had only ever shown him before, it was then he realised that when he had broken their friendship by throwing a slushie in her face the first day of her high school career she had replaced him with her four new friends Kurt, Mercedes, Tina and Artie.
She believed in him when no one else did. She didn't think he was a Lima Loser. She made him work to achieve his dreams. She knew how to make him laugh in a way no one else could. She brought out the best in him and that was something no one had been able to do since he stopped being friends with her.
To put it as simply as possible… he missed her… he missed the way she made him feel… he missed her smile… and that was why he felt so guilty and it was now he realised that guilt would never go away if he went through with his plan.
Because if he went through with his plan then that meant that he would completely and utterly destroy any and all hopes of being her friend ever again. She would never trust him again and he knew that there would be no way for her to forgive him if he went through with it.
And even though Quinn, Santana and Brittany were all in on it as well it wasn't going to be them who took away that hope in her voice… it wasn't going to be them who took away that smile of hers… and it wasn't going to be them who killed one of her many dreams…
It was going to be him…
So he just sat there staring ahead at the road as he drove and Rachel talked a mile a minute next to him and all he could do was nod his head or grunt to make her think he was listening to her…
But the only thing he was listening to was the little voice in his head that was whispering one question to him.
Are you going to be able to take all that away from her?
God he hated the fact that only his brain would decide to grow a conscious while he was hatching a completely devious plan to take down Rachel Berry
This chap is dedicated to one of my reviewers 'sweetcaroline1986' after reading their review I got the idea for this chap and started writting imediatly :) so thankyou.
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