A/N: I'm really hoping to make this story reach the 20th chapter, or more otherwise the furthest I will get is the 15th. I got most of the story line written already so I'm trying to figure out what I can write in the other chapters. I don't want to let any of you guys down, since there are so many good responses to it. If you have any ideas on where you want the story to go, please, send me a pm or leave it in the reviews, I would really appreciate it. Thank you all for the continued support.
Chapter 10: The Callbacks
(1 August 2016)
After the wonderful night that Rachel and Puck spent together, every nigh was a repeat of the previous. There wasn't a moment that that didn't spend time together, of course most of the time they kept it PG because Beth was in their presence. Not that Rachel minded, because Beth was a part of Puck, and Puck was now a part of Rachel, so that made the feeling of having and being in a family come to her mind.
Now that she was completely sure that she did indeed have the love she wished for with Puck, she didn't care what anyone said or though of their relationship. All that mattered to her was absolute happiness and love between them, and something that she really hoped for was that she could spend the rest of her life with them, and she would do anything in her power to make that happen.
What made Puck fall more deeply for Rachel, is that on the weekend Rachel attended another interview on television, and the host asked her about her relationship with Puck, and her exact words were : "We have a very strong relationship, and I have a lot of faith in him and of course love, and vice versa. All I want is for our relationship to be between us and not the whole world, just like any other celebrity couple."
He watched the show on Tv because he wanted to stay with Beth for the day and spend time with her, but the moment when Rachel declared her love for him on television, made him feel like he had the ability to do anything he wanted to.
Don't get him wrong, he did not allow Quinn to leave his mind, he knew she would forever be a part of him, but he accepted that she is gone, Beth still talked about her a lot, but her problem she had with her speech got better, meaning she was also on the path to accept that her mamma was gone, even though she was only six years old. He knew at that moment, when he saw the figure of Quinn when Rachel sang 'Fix You', that she wanted him to move on be happy. And if that didn't happen, he would still be in doubt.
But he was happy, even though their relationship only officially started 5 days ago, he knew that he had the greatest love for her, there was still a lot of things they had to learn about each other but he knew everything was worth the wait.
The good mood that Rachel was in over the past few days got turned down when her dads had said that their meeting was held in LA, but promised that they would return to New York during the week since they would be going on leave, that, at least had Rachel be in the mood she was supposed to be in. Puck of course had lots of ways to cheer her up, and he was thankful that he could do It behind closed doors because he and Beth was spending the weekend at Rachel's place.
It was a little crowded now, but Rachel loved it. Puck shared Rachel's Bed, for some reason, Beth decided to jump in next to Kurt, since they had formed a really cute friendship, and Tina and Mike still had the guest room.
One morning Rachel and Tina had a very intense conversation about what happened with Puck, she didn't explain every single detail, but she told Tina what she needed to know.
Tina was very pleased that Rachel got the chance to be with someone, and what's better, to be happy with him, but she promised Rachel that if Puck made one wrong move she would : "Slash his balls into tiny bits and make him eat it with penis on top!"
Rachel broke out into a fit of laughter, not knowing that Tina would use such a strong choice of words but she felt good for knowing that she had a friend like Tina by her side, including Mike of course.
Mike and Tina decided to move to New-York together, for some unknown reason, Mike's dad had given him a ridiculous amount of money, and Mike decided to use that to go study to become a professional dancer and to open his own dance studio, Tina obviously wanted to tag along, since her parents also lived in New-York, and decided to continue her studies at NYU, where her mom was a teacher so she had no problem getting. Mike's parents still lived in Ohio, but they wanted to give Mike a chance to live his life.
They haven't moved to New - York yet, since all their belongings were still in LA, but they wanted to move as soon as they could.
Another good thing that happened is that the detective finally made contact with both Puck and Rachel, saying they have received a date for the court case, which was the 2nd of August, which would be tomorrow. And today, was the callbacks.
Puck has been on the worst of his nerves since he woke up that morning. Rachel told him that he had a very big, big, (emphasizing on the big) chance that he would get the part, and when Puck asked Rachel if might have anything to do with the choosing of his part, she would laugh guiltily and blush. She didn't know this, and Puck admired it when she did that.
When everyone was dressed and ready for the day, Rachel took Beth to Kindergarten, and Puck sat on the couch in his apartment, singing the song that he and Rachel chose together for his callback.
After a matter of moments, Rachel walked back into the apartment and collapsed on the couch next to him. Seeing that his mood was going for a downfall, she prepared herself for another award winning speech.
"Noah Puckerman, listen to me now, and listen very carefully. You have an absolute extraordinary talent, you can sing, you can dance, you can write songs, you play the guitar, and with those talents you can achieve anything you want in this industry. And I know you are going to earn that part, and don't question me about how I know, it's just a gut feeling. You have to acknowledge that you are really talented Noah, and trust me, compared to the other men who auditioned for the role, you're certainly the best of them all. So stop with you whining and get prepared for a amazing audition that will blow the judge's heads away."
Rachel moved onto Puck's lap and kept his face cupped in her hands. "What did I do to have such an amazing girlfriend?"
Puck nuzzled his nose against hers, which made her tilt her head back in laughter, Puck leaned in and trailed kisses along her neck. "Noah I know that whenever you start kissing me on my neck, it's going to lead to something more, no matter where we are." She said along with moans.
"I'm glad you know me so well.". Puck said between breaths and he kept on kissing her.
Rachel gulped. "You know the callbacks start in a half an hour?"
Rachel felt Puck nod. "I know, that's why I'm trying to get in your pants so that we'll miss it." He smirked at her now, and she stared at him with a blank expression before finally breaking the silence with the sharp sound of her laughter.
"Noah, you know I wish we can do that now, but I need you at that callbacks, please? I need you to be my beast and not some crazy celebrity that will make googly eyes at me the whole time."
That seemed to catch the attention of the horny man underneath Rachel, she knew he was, because she was sure that she didn't sit on a remote that happened to be on Puck's lap.
"If someone ever tried to touch you, I swear even if I'm not as famous as them, I would kill them with my own hands, and bury him with the sharks."
"You're being so vile Noah!" She joked and smacked him on his chest.
Puck got up from the couch, still holding Rachel securely around his waist. Rachel leaned down and gave him a kiss, and he reciprocated it, but with a lot more heat.
When he finally realized that he was going to be fashionably late (he learned that from Kurt), he grabbed everything he needed, including Rachel and walked to her car.
He was surprised when she threw the keys to him with a sexy wink, knowing that he has been wanting to drive the car, and he felt so good driving it.
"You'll get your own you know." Rachel commented while they waited for the traffic light to turn green.
"Yeah, but not from you." Puck replied and continued driving.
"You amaze me every time you think that I'm going to stop giving you things Noah. It's my job remember? To take care of you and Beth, now it became a priority for me to take care of you both."
"Yeah babe, you know that I'm the one that's supposed to be taking care of you now?" Puck grinned.
Rachel nodded her head. "Yeah I know, but for now, until I feel right let me take care of you and Beth."
"Fine. Your doing a good job you know," he said and Rachel didn't expect his crude remark that came next. "You took REALLY good care of me last night."
Puck's mind drifted to last night when Rachel was the one taking control and doing all sorts of crazy (but very pleasuring) things to him.
"I love taking care of your special needs Noah. It does things to me."
They both shared a laugh and continued their drive to the same theatre they were at for the first auditions. He was still extremely nervous, feeling like he could run for the moon right now, but, with Rachel by his side he knew things would (hopefully) go well.
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He saw Rachel sitting with the other judges, talking about the two other guys that did their performances, and if he did say so himself they weren't the best, but they had talent. He was the last one to perform, and for some reason, the wait and to hear their performances, made him more nervous.
All of sudden he snapped back to reality, like Rachel had said, he didn't need to be nervous. He had a lot of talent, (he didn't want to sound like he thought a lot about his ass but,) he knew it know, and for the first time he actually felt confident about performing. And he knew, he just might get the part if he did his best.
"Noah Puckerman, our last performer." He didn't even feel like throwing up like he thought, he walked onto the stage with much confidence and when he latched his eyes onto Rachel she was trying her best to not laugh.
"Hi, I'm Noah Puckerman and I'll be singing Bonfire Heart by James Blunt."
Rachel stared with wide eyes at Puck, that wasn't the song they decided on, she watched as the judges contemplated Puck's song choice, one smiled and told Puck he could start.
He picked the song while the other performers were buys, wanting to try something else to surprise the judges. He loved the song and dedicated it to Rachel.
He started strumming his guitar, and now and then he glances at Rachel and smiles at her.
Your mouth is a revolver
Firing bullets in the sky
Your love is like a soldier,
Loyal 'til you die
And I've been looking at the stars
For a long, long time
I've been putting out fires
All my life
Everybody wants a flame,
They don't want to get burnt
And today is our turn
Days like these lead to...
Nights like this lead to
Love like ours.
You light the spark in my bonfire heart.
People like us—we don't
Need that much, just some-
One that starts,
Starts the spark in our bonfire hearts
This world is getting colder.
Strangers passing by
No one offers you a shoulder.
No one looks you in the eye.
But I've been looking at you
For a long, long time
Just trying to break through,
Trying to make you mine
Everybody wants a flame,
They don't want to get burnt
Well, today is our turn
Days like these lead to...
Nights like this lead to
Love like ours.
You light the spark in my bonfire heart.
People like us—we don't
Need that much, just some-
One that starts,
Starts the spark in our bonfire hearts
Our bonfire hearts
Our bonfire hearts
Our bonfire hearts
You light the spark
People like us—we don't
Need that much, just some-
One that starts,
Starts the spark in our bonfire hearts
Days like these lead to...
Nights like this lead to
Love like ours.
You light the spark in my bonfire heart.
People like us—we don't
Need that much, just some-
One that starts,
Starts the spark in our bonfire hearts
(Our bonfire hearts)
Days like these lead to...
Nights like this lead to
Love like ours.
You light the spark in my bonfire heart.
People like us—we don't
Need that much, just some-
One that starts,
Starts the spark in our bonfire hearts
"Thank you Mr. Puckerman, this is quite soon but we're picking our beast today, so we'll let you know before the day passes. Thank you."
Puck left the stage and met Rachel as she came to congratulate him. "See? I told you you were gonna be great." She said giving him a peck on his lips.
The judges called out to Rachel, and she excused herself saying she would meet him at the music store, and that he could take the car, she will catch a ride with Kurt.
He kissed her one last time, then turned to leave the theatre. Never has he felt more confident about becoming something good, and making a success of himself.
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He was working peacefully until Santana barged into the store with Beth, completely disrupting his peace.
"Dada!" Beth chirped and giggled as Puck spun her around.
"I missed you big girl, how was school today?"
"Great!" She exclaimed. "I drew a picture for you." She rummaged through her little bag, not that there was much to rummage through, but she finally found what she was looking for. "Here."
She handed Puck the paper that was a little crumbled, and he help but have a goofy smile as he looked at the drawing of him, Beth, Rachel, Tina, Mike, Blaine, Kurt, and Santana. It was one big family. And in the corner of the paper was an angel.
"That's moma." Beth said, and Puck glanced up to see Santana trying to fight back her tears. He just patted her back.
"It's a beautiful drawing honey. I'll put it up on our fridge tonight."
Beth nodded her head happily and ran to the part of the store that had kiddy drums, she started playing on that.
Meanwhile, Santana and Puck stood in silence. "How was callbacks? Did you kick some serious ass?" Yeah, old Santana was back.
"It was good. I took on a different choice of song than originally planned but the judges didn't seem to mind." Shrugging, he wrapped a rubber band over a stack of papers and threw them into a box.
"What did you sing? A sappy love song that could melt hearts around the the world?" Bitchy Santana, meant happy Santana.
"It was a love song, but not Sappy. Bonfire Heart." As soon as he said it, Santana already knew without Puck having to explain, that he sang it for Rachel.
"You really love her don't ya?" When Puck nodded his head, Santana felt happy for him. "I'm not good at all this talking love shit, but I'm reals happy for you. You deserve it."
"Forget about me for a moment Satan. What about you? How you doing?" They listened to the horrifying sounds that came from Beth playing the kids drums, Puck made a mental note to teach her how to play.
"I'm cool. I got a crib close to yours, Britt and I are on good terms again, so hopefully when she finishes what ever she says she needs to finish back in Lima, she'll come here."
Puck didn't want to ask her more about Brittany, knowing the Latina doesn't like talking about it. "I'll tell you everything soon okay? I just need to clear it in my head first. We have to stop now, I hate sounding like so soft. I have to bounce, catch ya later?"
Santana yelled a goodbye to Beth and gave Puck a sweet hug. Getting the bond formed again that was there when Quinn was still alive. "I'm gonna regret saying this, and I'll dive out of this place now, but you're my best friend and I love you, ok? No matter what."
"I love you too Satan." Puck replied, glad that she's back.
"Okay now, get the fuck off me. I have to go wash the sissyness off my and gets my swag back. See ya."
With a smack to her ass, she darted out the door.
He took out his phone, feeling a vibrate, he saw it was a message from Rachel.
Hey Noah, I won't be able to come to the shop, I have another emergency meeting I have to do with my record label. Please come to my place at 7? There's something I have to tell you!Can't wait to see you, I love you!
She has something to tell me? That sounded very bad. Puck started thinking about all sort of shit again, but told himself that maybe it meant something good and she wanted to keep it as a surprise. Good news or not, He will find out soon enough.
A/N: It's not 4000+ words but I managed to get it over 3000 so that's at least good! I hope you enjoyed this chapter, it was a lighter chapter than the rest, and if you noticed I tried a different style in writing. I wanted to make it more...interesting and fun to read. Let me know what you thought, and the song used in this chapter is Bonfire Heart by James Blunt, it's a really nice song, and if you don't know it, go download it now! :)