Thanks for all of the reviews for the last chapter. I know that it ended on a pretty low note, Puck leaving Rachel like that wasn't exactly ideal, but I promise that it isn't the end to their story. Puckleberry will live on ;) As always please review, they make me smile and makes writing this even more fun.
Hope you enjoy x
There was an extremely awkward atmosphere the next day at rehearsals, Rachel still hadn't spoken to Quinn about last night, Puck and Rachel were avoiding each other, and Blaine simply wanted answers from his best friend.
"Okay guys, we're going to run through Puck and Rachel's duet," Will announced as the teens slumped into their seats. Rachel rolled her eyes and made her way towards the stage, Quinn smiled at her, and Blaine gave her a supportive smile. Rachel glanced at Puck, but he was still refusing to look her. She rolled her eyes and got into position as the music started, New Directions watched the performance began to take place, each of them cringing. Kurt actually turned away from them and glanced at Blaine.
"You know something, don't you?" he whispered, Blaine shrugged and cringed as Rachel and Puck glared at each other.
"I know nothing," he told him; Kurt rolled his eyes and rested his head on Blaine's shoulder. Blaine continued to watch, unsure of what was going on. Yesterday, he was positive that Rachel had feelings for Puck, yet as he watched them both perform on stage, they both looked like they'd both rather be anywhere but here.
"Okay guys, just stop!" Will shouted as he cut off the music, Rachel and Puck both moved as far away as possible and Will frowned at the two of them
"Now, I don't know what's going on between you two, but we're competing tomorrow, and you need to get it together. This is supposed to be a romantic duet, at the moment you both look like you're set to kill each other," Rachel sighed and focused her eyes onto the ground.
"The rest of you, take a break, we'll meet up again in an hour," New Directions made their way out of the conference room, leaving Puck and Rachel alone. Will gave the two teens one final glance before guiding Emma out of the room. When the door had finally closed, Rachel walked away from Puck and sat down in one of the now vacant chairs. Puck watched her for a few seconds before taking a deep breath and walking over to her.
"Hey, about last night," he said quietly taking the seat in front of her,
"What about it?" Rachel asked, lifting her heard slightly, Puck sighed and turned to face her properly.
"I just wanted to say…well…you know, I'm sorry. It was a mistake." Rachel stared at him, trying to read him, but he wasn't giving anything away. She sighed quietly and picked her bag up.
"It's fine Noah," she told him as she stood up and made her way towards the door.
"So we're cool Berry?" he called after her, she paused as she reached the door, and she took a deep breath and ignored the lump in her throat as she nodded.
"Yeah, we're cool. I think we should just focus on the competition anyway, we don't need any distractions," She didn't stay to hear to his response, she gulped and quickly made her way to her room.
Rachel was practically runnig through the hallway when she left the elevator, she'd already started crying, and was desperately trying to ignore the concerned looks on people's faces as she passed them. She barely noticed that she'd passed Kurt and Blaine in her haste as she fumbled in her bag for her room key. Blaine glanced at Kurt before the two of them ran after her, Kurt taking the key out of Rachel's hand and unlocking the door as Blaine pulled her into a hug and ushered her into the room.
"Rachel, what's up with you?" Kurt asked as she sat down on the edge of her bed, she didn't know what to say, she felt ridiculous for getting so upset over something that barely happened, but she'd honestly began to think that things were finally changing between Noah and her, but now all of the progress had gone to waste. Blaine sighed quietly as he watched his best friend sob quietly.
"Kurt, could you give us some time to talk please?" Blaine asked, Kurt sighed and glanced at his boyfriend.
"It's a good job I'm not the jealous type," Kurt laughed,
"I could say the same about all of the mysterious shopping trips you and Mercedes take together," Blaine laughed before pulling Kurt closer to him and gently placing his lips on his. Kurt smiled as he pulled away, his cheeks reddening slightly.
"I'll call you when we're finished," Blaine said as Kurt gave Rachel a quick hug and made his way towards the door. Blaine waved at Kurt and watched as he shut the door before picking up a box of tissues on the dresser and handing them to Rachel. She smiled gratefully and began to carefully wipe her eyes, Blaine smiled and sat down next to her, pulling her into a hug.
"So, you want to tell me what's really going on?" he asked finally.
"You already know," she sniffed quietly; Blaine smiled and stroked her hair gently.
"So, are you going to tell me what happened?" Rachel nodded and sat up, turning her body so she was facing him properly. She took a deep breath and Blaine waited patiently as Rachel prepared to tell her story.
"I thought that things were finally changing between us, I thought that he might actually like me this time," Rachel said quietly, "After everything that happened with Finn, I just thought…I thought I was finally getting over him."
Blaine frowned and stared at Rachel.
"You are not going there again," he told her adamently, Rachel smiled and shook her head.
"It's not Finn, it's Noah," Blaine nodded and gave her a knowing look.
"I knew that there was something going on between you two," he grinned, "Kurt thought I was just imagining things, but I was sure of it," Rachel rolled her eyes and smiled at him, she knew that no matter how upset she ever got, Blaine could always find a way to cheer her up.
"I can't believe that you and Kurt have discussing me," she smiled and Blaine pulled her into a playful hug, kissing the top of her head.
"So, now I need details," he grinned.
Meanwhile, Puck walked into his room, slamming the door shut behind him, barely noticing Quinn and Sam sat on Sam's bed, with his arm wrapped tightly around her. They were talking quietly, only stopping when Puck slumped onto his own bed. Quinn sat up and shook her head, she removed herself from Sam's arm and walked over to Puck. Puck stared at her and Quinn sighed quietly, before hitting the back of his head.
"What the hell was that for?" Puck shouted, Quinn rolled her eyes and leant against the dresser next to Puck's bed.
"You're an idiot," she told him, "What did you do this time?" Puck grunted loudly and turned his back on her. Quinn glanced at Sam who shook his head; this was one argument that he didn't to be a part of. Puck glared at Sam, who decided that now was the perfect time to leave
"I'll catch you two later, I'll go and see what the others are doing," he kissed Quinn on the cheek and left pretty quickly.
"I know something happened between the two of you last night," Quinn stated, "So what did you do mess it up this time?"
"What makes you think it was me?" Puck asked, turning back around. Quinn raised an eyebrow and Puck nodded.
"Okay, I get your point." He mumbled.
"So, go on then, what happened?" Quinn smirked.
"I kissed her last night,"
"Wow, you must have lost your technique, she's been moping all morning," Quinn laughed and Puck frowned at her. "Sorry, so if you kissed her, then why are both moping around like a couple of lost puppies?"
"I told her it was a mistake," Quinn shook her head and hit him again.
"Will you stop hitting me woman!" Puck shouted.
"You complete idiot!" Quinn snapped,
"Why do you keep calling me that?" Puck asked, back away from her.
"We've all seen the way you look at her," she grinned, "When she finally broke up Finn, we all thought you were going to make your move, but for some reason you were too stupid to do anything," Puck frowned as he stared at the blonde,
"You've all been discussing this?" Puck asked, incredulously. Quinn smirked at him.
"Oh please, we all know that you're into her. I think you two are the only people who don't know anything, even Finn knows and it's annoying the hell out of him."
"It doesn't matter anyway," Puck told her quietly, "She's off to New York at the end of the summer, I'm going to be stuck her probably still being the Lima Loser, I've always been." Quinn relented slightly and perched on the edge of his bed.
"You're not a Lima Loser, and I'm sorry that I ever called you that." She said quietly, "But you need to do something about Rachel." Puck shook his head.
"She doesn't want any distractions," he told her earnestly, "She just wants to focus on Internationals, before she can leave for New York with Blaine and Kurt," Quinn rolled her eyes.
"And you really believe that?" Puck shrugged. "Puck, she's probably having the same conversation right now with Blaine,"
"I messed up Q," he groaned as he lay back on his bed.
"He kissed me last night," Rachel sighed as she paced across her bedroom, Blaine sat back relaxing on her bed, "He kissed me Blaine!"
"So why are you upset, I thought you liked him?" Blaine asked cautiously.
"I do!" she hissed, before glancing at Blaine and smiling at him, "Sorry,"
"Was he really that bad of a kisser?" Blaine smirked and Rachel rolled her eyes.
"Do you really need to ask that?" she asked, Blaine laughed and Rachel collapsed on her bed, lying across Blaine.
"Boys are so confusing," she whined, Blaine laughed and patted her back.
"It's what we do best," Rachel laughed and Blaine was pleased that she was finally returning to her old self. He hadn't seen her this upset since she broke things off with Finn.
"I haven't been this confused about a guy since you and I tried dating," she turned to face him.
"You promised you'd never speak of that," he laughed, and Rachel shook her head, the pair sat quietly for a while, Rachel deep in thought and Blaine just sat comfortably underneath her.
"You need to talk to him Rachel," he said finally,
"What's the point Blaine?" she sighed,
"He's probably having this same conversation with Sam," Blaine added.
"I doubt it, he's already told me it's a mistake."
"I'm sure he didn't mean it like that," Blaine added, trying to make it sound better than it was.
"You know what, I just want to get this competition over with and concentrate on New York,"
Blaine sighed and shook his head as Rachel tried to change the subject, he loved Rachel; she'd become so much more than a friend to him over the last year, she was more like a sister. He'd always go to her if he and Kurt had fought and he didn't know what to do anymore, but he just wished that she wasn't so stubborn all of the time.
New Directions met back up an hour later, Puck and Rachel still not talking. Will sighed but decided to focus on the group numbers instead. Rachel was pretty pleased about this, knowing that she wouldn't have to think about Puck whilst performing, she partnered Blaine for two of the group numbers, then the only other number left was the girl's number. As everyone got into position to do a final run through of 'I've Got a Feeling,' Blaine pulled Rachel to one side.
"Talk to him Rachel, talk to him now." he said, and Rachel shook her head defiantly.
"No, now can we please get on with rehearsals?" she asked, Blaine shrugged and walked to centre stage as Rachel followed the rest of the girls, ready to make their entrance later on. Rehearsals managed to run without a hitch, Will congratulating them on their hard work and assuring them that he was really proud no matter what the outcome was at the end of the competition. He finished up by telling them to enjoy the competition no matter what and make the most of the time that they had left together as group. As everyone headed towards the restaurant, Quinn caught sight of Blaine and hurried to catch up with him, pulling him away from the group.
"I know that you know," she said, Blaine stared at her for a minute as she stood grinning at him,
"You know that I know what?" he asked; now smirking at her.
"That Puck kissed Rachel last night." Blaine grinned and nodded.
"Oh yeah, I know all about that," Quinn smirked and glanced across the room where the rest of New Directions had pulled a few tables together and Puck and Rachel were trying as hard as they could not to sit anywhere near each other. Blaine rolled his eyes and moved in front of Quinn, turning his back on everyone else.
"It seems that Puckleberry 2.0 has hit an obstacle," Blaine remarked,
"Puck told me that Rachel doesn't want any distractions, that she's only thinking about getting to New York with you and Kurt."
"Well Rachel told me that Puck told her that the kiss was a mistake," Quinn rolled her eyes and shook her head.
"They're both just too stubborn to realise what's been under their noses this whole time," she commented, "They're so stupid!"
"So, what's the plan?" Blaine asked, bringing Quinn's attention back to him.
"What makes you think there's a plan?" she asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Quinn, it's you. There's always a plan," Blaine smirked and Quinn smiled at him, lowering her head so the two could conspire together.
I'm loving Blaine and Quinn in this story, I especially loved the idea of it being Quinn to be the one to set Puck straight. I did consider having Sam to be the person, but I can't see Puck opening up to another guy somehow, I figured with all of their history, Quinn would be the perfect candidate for him to confide in. I love the idea of Blaine and Quinn being friends with Rachel anyway, but I also like the idea of them being friends as well. So now we have Blaine and Quinn on the case to save Puckleberry :D Go Team Bluinn (I'm not sure if there is a couple name for those two, so I figured I'd make my own up)
