Disclaimer: I don't own Glee.
A/N: After this chapter there is only one left!
Quinn smiled, making her way down the hallway. Everything was going back to normal. Everyone moved out of her way when she walked into a room and no one looked her directly in the eye. She loved it.
"Good morning." Quinn kissed Sam's cheek when she reached his locker.
"I think something's wrong." Sam said quietly. "Come on. Tina and Mike are waiting for us in the choir room. We need to talk before Glee practice."
Quinn furrowed her brow and followed after Sam as he hurried down the busy hallway.
"I don't know what happened." Mike frowned. "Puck admitted to me and Sam that he wanted Rachel."
"And she told me that they kissed the other day." Tina added.
"When Tina and I left his house last night, they seemed really into each other." Mike shrugged.
"So what's going on?" Quinn asked.
"Puck's pissed and Rachel's wearing pants." Sam told her.
Quinn groaned and squared her jaw. "Do I have to do everything myself?"
No one answered as Puck walked into the room followed a few seconds later by Finn.
"Puckerman!" Finn yelled grabbing the other boys shoulder and whirling him around. "You slept with Rachel?"
Puck looked confused. He didn't have time to say anything before Finn punched him. "Okay, maybe I deserved that." Puck said out loud but when Finn went to punch him again he jumped out of the way.
"I can't believe you would do this again!" Finn fumed. "Now that's two of my girlfriends you slept with."
"Rachel wasn't with you when we had sex." Puck yelled back, just as angry. He was getting tired of Finn throwing the Quinn thing back in his face every chance he got.
"Calm down." Mike said.
"You are such a bad friend!" Finn yelled. "You're just a Lima Loser. I can't believe she was actually desperate enough to have sex with you."
Puck felt the anger rising in his chest. He was tired of being called a loser and he was tired of Finn always getting everything. Quinn chose Finn, Finn always got everything he wanted, and now Rachel was choosing Finn as well. He couldn't stand it. What was so great about Finn? He was dumber than a stack of twigs and was a total douche. Before Puck knew it Finn was on the ground and he was punching Finn over and over. He could hear everyone screaming at him to stop but he didn't care.
"Noah!" Rachel screamed walking into the room. "Puck!" She raised the binder she was holding in her hand and brought it down to smack it onto Puck's head. He stopped punching, a little dazed, and felt Rachel push him away from Finn. "Stop." She backed him against the wall while Mike and Sam helped Finn to his feet.
"He punched me first." Puck yelled still glaring at Finn.
Finn stepped forward and Rachel planted herself between the two boys. "Stop!" She screamed as loud as she could. "You two are so childish!"
"You slept with him." Finn looked down to glare at her.
"You slept with Santana." Rachel crossed her arms.
"That was different." Finn said coldly.
"It's exactly the same." Rachel shook her head.
"I think everyone needs to just take a step back." Quinn suggested.
"Hey, now you and Quinn can compare notes." Finn said. "Hopefully, Rachel doesn't end up pregnant too."
Rachel brought her hand up to slap him across the face. "You are so out of line."
"Whatever!" Finn put his hands up and stormed out of the room.
Rachel turned to face Puck who was still fuming behind her. "Noah." She whispered.
"Don't." Puck stepped away from her. "Don't look at me, don't touch me, don't talk to me, just… don't." He left the room as well.
Rachel turned around to see all of the other glee members staring back at her in shock. She felt the tears fill her eyes and she couldn't hold them back.
"I'm sorry." She apologized before fleeing from the room.
"Rachel?" Mr. Schue walked into the choir room the next day to find Rachel standing by the piano sniffling over some sheet music. "We don't have Glee practice today."
"Oh, I know." She smiled weakly at him and wiped her nose with her sleeve.
"Are you okay?" He asked.
"I'm sure you heard about it by now." She sighed. "Puck and I sleeping together. Finn finding out. It's all just a huge mess and it's all my fault."
"Maybe." Mr. Schue stepped closer to her. "Do you want to talk about it?"
"I did it to get back at Finn." Her voice was small.
"I'm sure Finn will forgive you. It'll just take a little while."
"Have you ever wanted something so badly that it actually hurts?" She asked him.
"Yes." He nodded. "I think you should talk to him."
"I can't." She shook her head. "He broke my heart."
Will had a feeling she wasn't talking about Finn anymore.
"It hurts so much and I never want to feel like this again. I never wanted this to happen. I feel so stupid." Rachel sniffled again and bit back the tears. She refused to cry in front of Mr. Schuester.
"Do you know why no one wants to be your friend?" Mr. Schue asked her suddenly.
"Because they hate me." She laughed weakly.
"They're jealous. I'm jealous of you." He smiled. "You have a great talent that is going to take you to so many places. You know what you want and you go for it. You don't let anyone stand in your way."
"Mr. Schue." Rachel felt a small smile grace her lips.
"You have something amazing Rachel. Don't let one heartbreak stop you from getting what you really want." With that, he left the room.
Rachel bit into her bottom lip thinking over what Mr. Schue had told her. She thought she wanted Finn but now she wasn't so sure.
Puck sighed walking into the auditorium. Mr. Schue had sent him in here to get put some supplies away in the stage room. He had just finished when he saw the small, brunette girl sitting on the edge of the stage with her feet dangling over the ledge. She looked like she had been crying recently. He sighed and sat down next to her.
She looked over and offered him a small smile. He stared straight out unable to look at her face. He slowly reached out and took her small hand with his own to let her know he wasn't mad at her and she didn't pull away to let him know that she wasn't upset either. He heard her sniffle loudly and he finally looked over at her. Her eyes were puffy and red and her cheeks were stained with tears.
"Don't beat yourself up." Puck told her. "Finn's a big boy. He'll get over it."
"What if he never forgives me?" She whispered back.
"Can I ask you a question?" He asked.
"I guess." She nodded.
"What does Finn have that I don't? What is so great about him that everyone wants him so much?" Puck asked her. "Why does everyone always choose him?"
"Noah…" She wasn't sure what he wanted her to say.
"Did it mean anything at all to you?" He looked over at her.
"Of course it did." She replied. "But I'm still in love with Finn and you and I will never work. It's too hard, Noah."
"Fair enough." He nodded. "But answer me one more question. If Finn is so god damn perfect, why did you sleep with me?"
"I don't know." She sighed.
"It's because I make you feel, Rach." He leaned down to kiss her lips softly. "Feel that? Finn can't make you feel like that. Only me. Think about that the next time you and Finn are together." Puck jumped down from the stage and shoved his hands into his pocket before slowly walking out of the auditorium.
A/N: Like I said, there is only one more chapter after this and hopefully I will have it posted tomorrow. I've got classes at eight and I probably won't get home until after seven so it'll be later tomorrow night when I post it.
