A/N I own nothing! Sorry for the delay.

Chapter 9

"Please come back to glee club Rachel, we need you." Mr. Shuester pleaded a week after Rachel had quit.

"I don't want to go back there," Rachel replied matter of factly, "If that's all you wanted to say, can I go to lunch now?" Rachel asked and Mr. Shuester shook his head.

"You are glee club Rachel, you're voice and drive, it's what makes the rest of the members show up and want to do better. You're a star Rachel and we need you." Mr. Shuester told her trying to convince her to re-join with flattery.

Shaking her head, Rachel sighed.

"I don't want to sing with Puck as my male lead, Finn has a lovely voice… I'd feel more comfortable if he was our new male lead." Rachel told Mr. Shuester softly.

She missed glee club, she missed singing for a crowd but she didn't miss it enough to be female lead with Puck as her male lead.

"Done, Finn can be our male lead." Mr. Shuester promised, "Thank you Rachel."

Giving Mr. Shuester a strange look, Rachel just nodded softly before walking around him and out the class room door.

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Rachel walked into the choir room that afternoon for glee practice and was surprised when Brittany stood up and hugged her.

"I'm so glad you're back Rachel, I've missed you." Brittany smiled and Rachel couldn't wipe the shocked look off of her face.

"Thank you Brittany," Rachel smiled hugging the taller girl back, "I-I've missed you too."

Letting go of Rachel, Brittany smiled and turned on her heel sitting next to a just as shocked Santana, as Rachel made her way to the back row sitting next to Kurt.

"What was that?" Kurt whispered and Rachel shrugged.

"I have no idea," Rachel mumbled back just as Mr. Shuester walked into the choir room.

"Okay guys so everyone welcome back Miss. Rachel Berry," Mr. Shuester smiled and everyone but Quinn clapped, "And on that note, I'd like to announce that we have a new male lead, Mr. Finn Hudson." Will added and everybody looked around for Puck to find that he wasn't there.

"Where is Puck?" Santana asked and Quinn shrugged.

"I'm not sure; I haven't seen him since lunch." Quinn admitted.

Just as Finn was about to say something, Puck stormed into the choir room and made a bee line straight to Finn. Stopping in front of his friend, Puck clenched his hand into a fist and punched Finn as hard as he could, sending the taller boy out of his chair.

"Puck!" Mr. Shuester exclaimed as Matt pulled Puck away from Finn.

"You lying asshole, you too," Puck sneered turning his attention to Quinn, "Why the fuck would lie to me about this?" Puck demanded, shrugging Matt away from him but made no movement towards Finn again.

"W-What are you talking about?" Quinn whispered.

"You fucked Hudson and the kid isn't mine." Puck muttered out darkly, his rage clearly visible from his body movement.

"The baby is yours." Quinn lied and Puck turned and kicked the piano bench over.

"Stop lying to me you stupid bitch!" Puck yelled making Quinn flinched from her seat.

"I'm so sorry," Quinn whispered standing up and walked closer to Puck, "Don't you see I want this baby to be yours." Quinn added and Puck scoffed.

"Fuck you Fabray." Puck sneered before turning his attention to a bleeding Finn, "And fuck you, I'm done." Puck sneered, "Done!"

Turning on his heel, Puck stormed out of the choir room just as Quinn burst into tears. Watching as Brittany and Santana walked over to check on Quinn and the rest of the club going to see if Finn was okay, Rachel stood up and made her way out of the choir room and went to the place she knew Noah would be… the bleachers.

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"Are you okay?" Rachel asked quietly as she approached Noah who was sitting underneath the bleachers.

"Peachy," Puck snapped before sighing, "Sorry,"

"Don't be sorry, you're hurting." Rachel whispered feeling her anger towards Noah Puckerman slipping away. He had just been hurt in a way she would never understand.

"I'm not hurting," Puck snapped, "I'm just pissed off that she cheated."

"So you're hurting, don't worry I won't tell anybody that the great bad ass of McKinley in sad." Rachel promised, making Puck chuckled softly.

"Thanks Berry…" Puck sighed letting out a breath, "Guess I should be happy knowing that I won't have to be a teenage dad." Puck added and Rachel nodded.

"Yeah, think of it like that Noah," Rachel whispered and Puck smiled over at her.

"Haven't called me Noah in a while," Puck commented softly and Rachel shrugged.

"You seem like you need a little win today," Rachel whispered and Puck laughed.

A/N sorry for the short chapter, writers block, everything is out now so things are going to get better for Puckleberry.