Aaah, a little drama between the "brother and sister" couple. Like I said in the last update this story probably won't get updated as much as I'd like to but with school back I'm focussing on that, especially with added pressure I'm gonna get to have school work down to make up for the lack of School Certificate exams. Anyways,, enjoy!


Noah rounds the corner near the hotel and slows to a stop a block from The Manhattan Lodger. He looks over at his little sister's frame staring blankly ahead and sighs to himself. He's not exactly in the good books with his little star in the trench coat. He's lying if he says that she doesn't care that he's getting her out of the business because she does. She cares a lot. He's not sure why she wants to be in all of sudden. He just remembers that things got kind of heated when he told her.

"You're what?" Rachel asks Noah as he stands and rummages through the key bowl for his car keys. He stops and turns to look at her. She's standing now with her arms crossed over her chest. She looks taken aback.

"After tonight you're not doing this job anymore. You've been doing it for way too long. Ever since your parents..." Noah can't quite finish that sentence. He knows Rachel hasn't had anything to do with her parents since she was five years old but when she found out what happened to them it kind of threw her and she's been with Santana ever since.

"You've no right to tell me what I'm going to do with my life Noah," she says, ignoring the brief mention of her parents.

"I'm your legal guardian, Rach. I've got all the right in the world."

"I'm eighteen!" she throws at him. He just shrugs his shoulders.

"That's right. You're only eighteen. You've no idea what you're doing. Rachel, I'm the adult, I'm making the decision."

"You're only twenty-fucking-five! You act like a fucking fourteen-year-old! You knocked up someone's girlfriend when you were twenty-one! That's not exactly adult behaviour Noah."

"I thought we got past this, Rachel." Noah says. He hates that she keeps bringing it up. She knows he didn't mean it. And she knows that he regrets leaving the poor girl behind every minute of every day. And she knows that he wishes he'd had the chance to meet his little son or daughter just once. But she also knows that bringing it up gets him where it hurts and it hurts.

"Well," Rachel drops her arms and tenses her fists, "I guess we're not."

"And when did you suddenly change your mind?"

"When you decided to ruin my life," Rachel whispers in response. Noah looks at her. She's always been dramatic but something in the tone she uses makes him think that she's being serious and she actually thinks he ruined her life.

"Stop being dramatic, Rach. Why did you change your mind?"

"Because I started to fall for that poor guy who you screwed over. And you know what, Noah Puckerman? He hates me. He fucking hates me. And it's all your fault!"

That's when things start to get hazy for Noah. He just remembers standing there and thinking about his little sister blaming him. He knows that he's been stupid in the past and she's always been kind of disappointed in him but he would never ever doubt for a second that she blamed him for anything. He would never ever doubt that she loved him because he knew with everything he had that she did. That she loved him like an older brother. She would always bounce back from whatever disappointing thing he would do. But this time he's not sure because god knows that his little sister really was falling for that poor guy and he just hates that he's the reason she isn't happy anymore.

"Come on," he finally says, "you'll be late."

Rachel doesn't look at him. She just slowly unbuckles her seatbelt and stares ahead. She's clearly stalling because of the pouring rain. Noah looks out again. "Put your seatbelt on. I'll drive you to the front, okay?" he offers.

"No!" Her voice rings out in the car. He looks at her, startled, and she's staring at him through narrowed eyes. She looks so mad and it cuts him deep. It's the first time he's ever seen her look at him with such hatred and disappointment in her eyes. It cuts him to the core. He leans over and reaches out to place his hand on her arm.

"Rach, come on –"

"Don't touch me." Rachel hisses. He pulls his hand back and drops his head. "Just don't touch me, okay?" And with those final words she steps out into the pouring rain and runs away.

Noah watches his sister run away. Can he even call her that? She's not really his sister. She just lives with him and he just takes care of her. He loves her like she's his sister. He was always there for like she's his sister. He'll always be there for her but he wonders if she thinks of him as her brother anymore. The way she looked at him just before she ran out of the car makes him wonder.

Noah bangs his head against the steering wheel. He makes a decision. He's going to find Joanna Havenberg and ask her the name of her ex boyfriend. He's going to find her ex boyfriend and he's going to fix things for Rachel. He doesn't want her to suffer because of his stupid mistakes. He loves Rachel. He wants her to be happy. He's going to make her happy for once in his sorry little life.

Noah Puckerman has direction for the first time in his life.


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