Hello everyone! Here's the next chapter. Sorry in advance for any grammatical errors. I suck at those lol Hope you enjoy. Have a good Friday :D Let me know what you think!
"So my Marc Jacobs coat that I pre-ordered from the Winter Collection finally came in today and there holding it for me at Nordstrom's. Wanna come with later to pick it up? Finn's taking me after school."
"I can't." Rachel walked down the hallway beside her best friend, clutching her books tightly to her chest, "I'm still punished remember?" She mumbled.
"Oh right! I forgot. Geez Shelby is no joke. What has it been like two weeks already?" The two friends rounded the corner of the crowded hallway.
Rachel sighed and blew a loose strand of hair out of her face, "Yes. My punishment will be lifted by the end of this week. Then everything will resume back to normal." Rachel arrived at her locker and Kurt leaned his shoulder against the wall next to her. She flitted with the lock and gave it a few tugs before it finally clicked opened.
"F-Finn's not punished anymore?" She cautiously asked, mentally slapping herself for stuttering his name. Why do I keep doing that?
"That's why he's driving me to the mall today." Kurt sang out and grinned. "Carol said he had too and my Dad agreed that it was torturous enough."
Rachel smiled and shook her head as she put away her science binder and pulled out her math one.
"Hey look Hudson it's your sister" A deep voice called out behind her and Rachel spun around to get a better look.
"Oh very original Neanderthal!" Kurt snapped back. He wasn't afraid of his step-brothers friends.
Not really.
Okay maybe sometime.
The guy Rachel recognized as one of Noah's friends took a menacing step forward towards the now cowering freshman.
"Azimio leave him alone." Finn nudged the shorter football player.
"What Hudson? I was just saying hi to your gay brother."
"He's not gay!" Finn grabbed Azimio by the collar of is shirt , "C'mon man! Did he tell you he was gay?" He tightened his grip and gritted through his teeth, "Didn't think so cuz he's NOT gay!" Finn let go of the collar and shoved Azimio aside.
"So what are you saying? You saying he spends all his time with Corcorans sister and what? You think he's gettin some from her?" Azimio lightly punched Finn on the shoulder and howled with laughter at what he thought was the funniest joke he ever told.
Rachel felt her face redden.
"Whose doing what now to my sister?" Noah appeared seemingly out of nowhere and flexed his arms as his eyes roamed over the scene in the hallway.
"Corcoran. Your boy's trippin'." Azimio glared at Finn.
"What's goin on?" Puck asked as his eyes fell on Rachel then went back towards his two teammates.
"I was just saying hello to Hudsons sister."
Finn growled and made a move towards Azimio but Puck held him back. "Chill Azimio." He spoke with authority.
Azimio narrowed his eyes and smacked his fist into his palm, glaring at Finn. The shorter football player slowly backed away, listening to the team captain and disappeared down the hall, but not before yelling out, "I'll see you on the field Hudson."
"Nice choice of friends you have there Finn" Kurt fixed his shirt and smoothed over the pleat of his collar.
"Look I'm sorry alright? You guys okay?" Finn gave his brother a once over, confirming he was fine and then turned his eyes on Rachel.
Rachel looked up into the brown pools and felt herself getting lost, they were the most magnificent eyes she had ever seen, they looked so caring, so genuine so-
"Rachel?"
She was snapped out of her daze and quickly looked towards her brother who was staring at her funny. "What. Yeah we're okay."
"Don't let anyone bother you guys alright?" Finn placed his hand on Rachel's shoulder and the young girl wanted to melt right there in the middle of the floor underneath his touch.
"Yeah anyone messes with you just tell them I'll beat them up." Puck winked at his sister and headed down the hallway with Finn in tow.
Rachel watched them disappear through the crowd following the back of Finn's head the entire time. She shook her head to regain her composure and slowly turned around to face Kurt.
"What?" Her friend asked shrugging his shoulders and averting his eyes. He spun around and pulled open her locker so he could check over his reflection in the mirror. "So I still haven't gotten around to telling them about 'you know what'. Big deal!"
Rachel just tilted her head to the side, took a deep breath and closed the metal door. It baffled her that Kurt was convinced his family didn't already know or suspect he was gay. Come to think of it, the way Finn reacted maybe Kurt did a better job at hiding it around them than she realized. Rachel decided to drop it, when he was ready she'd be there for him. She held out her arm and glanced over at her best friend, "Shall we?"
Kurt looked down at the outstretched arm and smiled, this was why he loved Rachel Corcoran. She never judged him. From the very beginning she accepted him for who he was, exactly how he was and he could always be himself around her. He looped his arm through hers and smiled, "We shall." And the two walked down the hall towards their next class.
"You think this is hard?" Sue Sylvester blared into her megaphone, menacingly staring at the quivering Cheerios before her, "Imagine looking into a mirror and realizing your Will Schuester. Now That's Hard!"
Santana was trying her very best not to fall, she kept her eyes trained forward, her arms sticking straight out in front of her. She long ago stopped feeling the burning pain in her legs. They were completely numb and the only reason why she knew she still had legs was because her thighs were slightly quivering, causing her line of sight to wobble. She felt a trickle of sweat drip down her forehead and she ground her teeth together. Coach Sylvester had them doing wall squats for the past 28 minutes which meant they only had two minutes left of this torture.
You can do this.
"Feel the burn ladies! Embrace it!" Sue yelled and marched back and forth in front of the girls. "Ah what do we have here?" Her voice slithered as she stopped in front a sophomore. The poor girl's entire body was violently shaking, struggling to stay up. "Pathetic! One minute left and your telling me you can't hack it!"
The girl couldn't take it anymore, her legs caved from under her and she fell onto the gym floor in one exhausted heap.
"Congratulations Collins you just bought yourself another thirty minutes! Becky reset the timer. From the top ladies!" Sue Sylvester blared into her megaphone and grinned.
Santana lost it. She sprang up from her spot, "Fucking Collins! TE VOY A MATAR!" She yelled in spanish like she usually did, reverting to the language her nanny Grace Diaz taught her when she was younger. Santana found that it had it's benefits and would use it to inflict the most threat and fear on whoever it was that was on the receiving end of her anger, in this case, poor sophomore Stacey Collins.
Everyone began screaming and Brittany and Quinn found themselves holding Santana back, gripping her arms and shoulders tightly as she flailed and pushed against them, desperately wanting to strangle the poor girl.
"Corcoran! I like your fighting energy and spirit!" Sue barked into her megaphone as she glanced at the fiery brunette before her. "Now Heel!"
Coach Bieste blew her whistle signaling the start of the scrimmage.
Puck yelled out, "Set!" And wrapped his hands around the leather football, his fingers fitting perfectly between the groove of the laces.
"Blue 57. Blue 57. Hut-Hut" The players scrambled on the second hut and Puck moved back, dodging an oncoming opponent. He sprinted to the left and searched for an opening, his eyes scanning for the perfect moment. He saw a flash of red out of the corner of his eye and flung his hand back, arching it forward with a strong snap and watched as the football spiraled perfectly through the air, aiming straight for a set of outstretched arms.
Finn effortlessly caught the ball and ran right for the end zone, pummeling through two opponents, never slowing down until he passed the line and scored a touchdown.
"And that's how it's done!" Puck yelled out as he received slaps of encouragement on his back.
"Not bad Corcoran. Hudson good game. Alright same time same place tomorrow!" Coach Bieste yelled out, signaling the end of her practice.
The guys all threw the mesh scrimmage jerseys in a pile and took off their shoulder pads, walking shirtless off the field towards the bleachers.
Puck grabbed his water bottle off the floor and squirted the refreshing cool liquid into his dry mouth. He wiped the sweat off his forhead and looked up at the bleachers, his eyes scanning over the scattered groups of students that were watching their practice and landed on the one brunette he was looking for.
He walked over and leaned into the fence, glancing up at the petite freshman, "Rach wait here for me. I'm just gonna jump in the showers real quick."
Rachel had been talking with Kurt and two other girls from her grade, her back facing the field and she turned her head to look at her brother, "Okay. I'll be here."
"Tell Finn to hurry up!" Kurt yelled after Puck and the quarterback lifted his hand in response as he disappeared into the gym.
"Oh my gosh. Your brother is so hot!" One of the girls squealed and Rachel rolled her eyes. She was getting tired of hearing that.
"Did you see his abs!? Does he walk around shirtless at home too?" They asked Rachel, suddenly more intrigued by her than before. Figures.
"That's disgusting. He's my brother." Rachel tucked back a strand of loose hair behind her ear.
"Yeah ladies don't even waste your time. He doesn't go for freshman. He goes for cheerleader." Kurt crossed his legs and held his hand out assuringly.
"Oh my god I would so join the Cheerios in a heartbeat if it meant I had a chance with Puck Corcoran!" The girls laughed and Rachel couldn't help but feel her heart constrain a bit as she looked them over. Desperation couldn't even begin to describe these brainless wannabes.
He would never.
She wouldn't allow it.
"Yeah but I wouldn't want to join the Cheerios they're all scary evil bitches." The girl with the brown hair said, the one Rachel didn't like all of a sudden.
"No they're not." Rachel spoke up.
"Yes they are! That junior Quinn Fabray is ruthless. She's pretty I'll give her that but she gives Coach Sylvester a run for her money."
Rachel stood quiet, she liked Quinn, she had always been nothing but nice to her.
"Woah wait a sec, if Puck's your brother then wouldn't that make Santana your sister?" The brown haired girl asked and Rachel slowly nodded as she warily calculated the thought pattern process of the girl before her.
"Oh my god she's worse! I feel bad for you! I can imagine what living with her is like!"
Rachel frowned and was about to speak her mind but the girls quickly shot up from the bleacher. "Um we gotta go. We'll see you guys in class tomorrow. Bye Kurt nice meeting you again, um, Rachel." They grabbed their books and hopped off the metal bench. Rachel stared after them wondering why they suddenly ran off, when she heard the unmistakable husky voice come up behind her.
"Rachel. Carry this." Santana appeared by the gate and threw her duffle bag in the direction of her sister. The petite brunette scrambled to catch the cheerleader's bag and she caught it with her chest, feeling it knock the wind out of her.
"Oof. Gee. Thanks Santana." Rachel dead panned.
The darker haired girl waved her arm in a swatting motion and hunched forward, grabbing her back in pain. "I can't carry that thing."
"You okay?" Rachel asked standing up, grabbing her books and swinging the strap of the duffle bag over her shoulder.
"No. I'm not okay. Do I look like I'm okay? I am going to fucking murder Collins." Santana slowly took a step forward, shuffling her foot, inching her way over towards the parking lot.
Rachel watched as the rest of the Cheerleaders came wobbling out of the gym too, all shuffing their feet, bent over low to the ground.
If Kurt didn't know any better he swore they were all trying out to be Quasimodo in the Hunchback of Notre Dame.
"Oh give it up already Santana." Quinn mumbled as she reached them and flinched in pain when she took a step forward.
"Tough practice?" Kurt asked smiling, and he quickly hid the smile when Santana narrowed her eyes at him.
"Why are you walking like that San? Did you shit yourself of something?!" Puck yelled out as he too walked out of the gym with his friends in tow. They all high-fived each other and Santana angrily turned towards her brother, steam coming off her body.
"No asshole we actually worked out. You know the national championship team that we are. Unlike your sorry ass excuse of a team" Santana growled and wobbled in the direction of her brother, not getting very far as Puck howled with laughter.
"Asswipe." She gritted through her teeth and latched onto Kyle Smith's arm as he walked by, "Kyle pick me up!" Santana held up her hands and ordered the boy to carry her towards the car. Kyle glanced down at the junior cheerleader, he wanted nothing more than to pick her up and feel her body pressed into his but he remembered her brother and quickly shot his eyes in Pucks direction. The smug captain quickly stopped laughing as a scowl fell across his face.
"Smith do it or these lips and goodies are forever off limits!" Santana snapped and stared into his green eyes and he quickly wrapped his arms around the demanding girls tiny waist and threw her over his shoulder.
"Hey Smith put her down!" Puck yelled and began striding over to them.
"Kyle If I were you I'd haul ass to the car. Like now" Santana screamed and smacked his butt and Kyle ran in the direction of the black mustang, with Puck hot on their heels.
Rachel was walking beside Kurt and shook her head at her older siblings, watching as Kyle made a beeline towards the car, jaggedly running around the parking lot with Santana hanging over his shoulder, screaming at the top of her lungs at Noah to stop.
"Need a lift?" Finn walked over and scooped Quinn up in his arms. The blonde squealed and laughed and lightly smacked his shoulder, "You scared me!"
Rachel couldn't keep her eyes off of them, suddenly wishing she were a Cheerio too.
"Brittany... What are you doing?" Kurt asked confuzed by the blonde standing before him.
"I'm trying to pick myself up...It's not exactly working." She said as she fell over and landed on the ground.
"I got you Britt." One of the football players scooped her up too and she happily squealed with delight.
Kurt glanced over at Rachel and rolled his eyes, "Jocks."
Rachel jumped out of the car when they pulled up into the driveway. She thought her ears were going to explode with Puck and Santana switching back and forth between the radio stations. The three walked inside the house, well in Santana's case, hobbled and Noah headed straight for the kitchen and pulled open the fridge.
Santana crawled along the wall all the way to the den and collapsed onto the sofa.
Rachel put her books down on the kitchen table and looked over at her brother who had his head in the fridge.
"Mom said to order food when we get home." The young brunette slid onto the bar stool.
"Okay then order food." Noah mumbled and spoke with a mouthful of turkey and cheese.
Rachel curled her lip in disgust, "That's repulsive Noah."
The teen opened his mouth wide and stuck out his tongue. "It's delicious" He mumbled.
Rachel gagged and grabbed a handful of take out menu's from the counter, flipping through them.
"What do you want for dinner? Chinese? Italian? Indian? Thai?" She leafed through the menu's and glanced up as Santana wobbled her way into the kitchen.
The cheerleader ripped the freezer open and pulled out two ice packs. She made her way over to the table and sat down. She pulled a chair closer to her scraping it along the floor and propped her legs up, flinching the entire time and placed the ice packs on both of her thighs. She sighed and sat back into the char.
"San? What do you want for dinner?" Rachel asked.
"I don't care. Food." The raven haired girl closed her eyes.
"Fine I'm picking tonight then." Rachel grabbed the Thai menu, already salivating over the vegan special they made. The phone rang and Noah walked over and picked it up, "Hello" He swallowed the bite of cheese and chugged his gatorade, wiping his mouth and asked again, this time more forced. "Hello?"
Rachel looked up and watched as her brother's face changed.
"Yeah this is he." He folded his arm over his chest and suddenly frowned. Noah listened for a moment, his eyes darting back and forth before he pulled the phone away from his ear and slammed it back onto the holder.
"Who was that?" Rachel asked.
"Nobody." Noah snapped. Santana opened her eyes and watched as he pushed himself off the wall and grabbed his sweater.
"Where are you going?" Rachel called after him.
"For a walk." Noah yelled and the door slammed shut. Rachel glanced over at Santana and the older girl shrugged her shoulders, "He's probably just pmsing," and closed her eyes again.
Rachel sighed and glanced back down at the menu. Maybe that was one of his ex girlfriends on the phone. Although technically they weren't really his ex-girlfriends more like girls he had a fling with. Every time she would ask her brother why he never introduced any of them as his girlfriends he would always say labels were overrated and relationships were complicated. Rachel shook her head at her brother's logical thinking and hopped off the stool and made her way over to the phone.
Her hand was right above it when it rang. Rachel jumped and picked it up, bringing the receiver up to her ear, "Hello?" She spoke into the phone and waited to hear the voice of a cheerio or some other girl from the school calling back for Noah. The person on the end was silent, she heard them breathing but they were quiet so she asked again, "Hello!"
Silence.
Breathing.
and then the person on the other end managed to find their voice. "Rachel?"
Rachel froze. She recognized that voice. She knew that voice anywhere.
"Rachel is that you?"
A/N: Dun Dun Dun...hmm I wonder who that could be? lmao I tried getting this one up as soon as possible, but I have my own Coach Sylvester I had to deal with this week, and the nazi had us doing wall squats too and every time someone on my team fell we all had to start over -_- I can't feel my legs. Fun times. But at least my hands can type so good news the next chapter will be up soon. ;)
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