10 Things I Hate About Glee
Summary: AU Quinn is the most popular girl at McKinley High. Her sister Rachel is something else entirely. For Finn, it's a problem. For Puck it's a challenge. And for Rachel, its about time. Based on the movie.
Disclaimer: I don't own 10 Things I Hate About You or Glee
Ten
I Wanna Dance With Somebody
Puck was still brooding over everything that had happened. He was so angry that Rachel didn't trust him, but then again every time he thought about that he started feeling stupid and guilty. Their entire relationship was based on money. But then he felt his phone vibrating in his pocket. He looked down to see it was Rachel. Answering almost nervously he tried to seem smooth.
"Yup?" Really? That sucked, dude.
"Puck?"
"Yeah," he replied, looking at the sky overhead.
"It's Rachel."
"Oh, yeah…" God he needed help. Why was it every time he talked to her he seemed to lose his whole bad boy cool persona?
"I have thought about it and I might have jumped to conclusions about you and your intentions for prom. So I am now asking that you please forgive me and ask me one more time to go to the prom."
Puck stared dumbfounded at the sky, his mouth hanging open a bit. What was he supposed to say? Was this a trick?
"Hello? Are you still there?"
"Y-Yeah… Uh… Rachel Berry. Would you do me the honor of coming with me to prom?" Dude, that was the worst. But it managed to work.
"Yes, I will go with you. Meet you there."
And before he could say anything else, she hung up. He started to grin stupidly and he wasn't exactly sure why.
Finn twidled his thumbs nervously, trying to think of what to say. Quinn was probably still angry at him, and who could blame her? He was a moron. But luckily the talk with Rachel kind of cheered him up. He liked her. She was nice. Suddenly he was starting to feel a little guilty about using her to get to Quinn. He was actually feeling really crappy about that. Everything seemed to escape him, though, when Quinn came walking down the hall. She was on her way to Cheerios and Finn was desperate to talk to her.
"Quinn!"
She looked up to see him. She gave him a blow off look and kept walking but Finn stood his ground.
"Please. I need to ask you something."
That made her stop and turn around, crossing her arms.
"You have one minute."
"I was wrong. Please will you go with me to the prom tomorrow night?"
He was actually completely and totally sorry. She could tell that he had been worrying about what to say. She wanted to just shoot him down but he was so cute. She finally sighed and nodded her head.
"I will go with you to prom."
Efficiently to get to Cherrios she hurried off, but did manage to see him punching the air in triumph. He was really just too cute to deny.
Rachel stared at her reflection in the mirror. Her dress was really not something she would really like to wear in public, it was the only thing she owned that had sequence on it. It was white and the only dress she owned that could be considered prom-like. She tied back her hair and Quinn strangely enough gave her a beautiful white butterfly hair pin to decorate her hair with. This was probably in thanks for going to prom, and Rachel didn't want to push her luck with Quinn.
They were just starting to get along better since the new rule was in place and the sudden news that Rachel was going to prom re-ignited the love Quinn had for her big sister. Of course, Rachel also had a hand in Finn taking a second stab at asking Quinn out, but she refused to admit that.
She walked down the stairs towards the front door when she came face-to-face with her father. Quinn was at the top of the stairs coming down too and had stopped when she saw her father standing below.
"Where are you going?"
"Prom," Rachel replied quickly, and he crossed his arms.
"Very funny sweetie, but where are you really going?"
"I'm really going to the prom. I'm meeting my date there, so," Rachel said, walking around him and opening the door and before he could get another word in Quinn had reached the base of the stairs.
"Daddy, what do you think?" she asked, showing off her royal blue prom dress and he stared at her.
"What is that for?"
"Prom."
"I've been hearing that a lot lately," he replied, looking at the door where Rachel had just left.
"You said that if Rachel goes, I could go!" she reminded him and just then the doorbell rang. He opened it before Quinn even had the chance and towering at the door was Finn Hudson.
"Hello, I'm here to pick of Quinn," Finn said a little too excited and just as he was about to reach out and shake her father's hand she grabbed it and hurried out.
"Let's go!" she said, and before her father had the chance to say anything they were hurrying down the front lawn.
"Oh god… it's starting…"
Despite everything Rachel ever thought about Noah Puckerman, she could say one thing. He cleaned up nice when he tried. He looked very handsome in his tuxedo, a red carnation in the pocket. He spotted her coming towards him, holding up the dress to keep it from dragging along the floor. A couple was having their picture taken nearby.
"You look great," he breathed, looking her over. He held out his arm for her to take and smiled. He produced a single stemmed rose and she accepted it gratefully.
"Thank you. You clean up nice," she replied, looking at the tuxedo. "Where did you get a tux at the last minute?"
"Oh, it was just something I happened to have lying around," he replied, smirking off as he thought of stealing it from his mother's closet earlier in the day. "And the dress?"
"Oh, just something I happened to have, you know, lying around," she replied playfully and he smiled down at her, noticing now that she was the prettiest he had ever seen her. He showed her down the stairs and to the dancing, and she spotted Quinn and Finn among the crowd. She even spotted Artie and Tina, Mercedes with someone she didn't know and even saw Kurt further amongst the sea of faces.
"Everyone is here…" Rachel said to herself, actually surprised to be joining the masses for the first time in her high school career. Puck took her hand and they started to dance to the band. At the end of the song a familiar song came on and Rachel looked to the stage to see her favorite band. Vocal Adrenaline was standing on stage, singing loudly and she almost squealed in delight.
"Oh my god its-" she practically shouted, pointing and Puck smiled down at her.
"I called in a favor," he said and before she knew what was happening, he was kissing her. She pulled away as the music swelled loudly overhead and she leaned against him. Puck was completely lost, he didn't know what to do. He just enjoyed her head pressing against his shoulder as they slow danced.
Fate was a fickle bitch in Quinn's opinion. She had gone off to the restroom, leaving Finn to hang out alone near the dancing. Just as she was fixing her makeup she looked up to see Santana dressed in a black prom dress.
"Santana? What are you doing here?"
"Don't think you're the only sophomore invited to prom. Victor just picked me up," she replied, looking at her face in the mirror.
"Congrats, he's all yours," Quinn said, checking her reflection again.
"Thanks for being so generous, Princess. But just so you know, Victor only wanted to date you for one reason, he had a bet going with his friends. He was going to nail you tonight."
Quinn nearly dropped her lipstick. She hurried out of the bathroom past her. That was the reason why Finn had managed to get Victor to agree to backing their little project. He had wanted to sleep with her? And Victor was there, so that meant only one thing. He was going to go and see Puck!
She hurried down the stairs to the dancing but it was too late, she saw the back of Victor heading towards Puck and Rachel. Puck looked up to see him and he let Rachel go.
"When I shell out that much, I except results. I didn't pay you to take out Rachel so Quinn could show up with that doorknob," Victor yelled, and Rachel stopped dancing to look at Puck.
"Nothing in it for you, huh?" she asked, grabbing up her dress and pushing through the crowd. Puck looked at Victor and then went running after Rachel. The entire night was now officially ruined. Victor turned around to see Finn coming towards him, having seen the entire thing between him and Puck.
"Look," he said, and just before he could do anything, Victor punched him in the face, knocking him down. Quinn came running up behind him, everyone around them gathering in a circle to see the fight. Victor turned around and before she knew what was happening she punched him in the nose. Before he could even start yelling at her she kicked him in the shin and kneed him in the balls. He fell over, yelling in pain and she helped Finn to his feet.
"You okay?"
"Y-Yeah," he replied, smiling, getting a quick kiss before she hurried off to find Rachel.
Rachel was already halfway down the stairs when Puck caught up with her.
"Rachel! Let me explain!" he called, stopping her.
"What? Did you get paid extra if you slept with me?" she yelled, and he tried to kiss her but she pushed him again, running down the rest of the stairs before he could even regain his balance. Quinn appeared at the top of the stairs and looked down to see that Rachel was already gone. Puck looked up to see her and then back at where Rachel had left. The night was ruined forever.
- Who doesn't root for Bianaca when she kicks Joey's ass? Finally getting around to finishing this story. Puck really made me mad at the end of the season with all of the Quinn crap. Didn't feel like finishing this story for a long time. Oh well, I still can't help but love him. Thanks for reading!
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