Last chapter I think it's time. Thank you to everyone who reviewed. I always love a happy ending don't you? Yeah I changed the rating. I felt that the ending needed something extra.
Disclaimer: Never claimed Glee I believe this is all Ryan Murphy.
A/N: This was not my best work trust me.
The fighting started about two months to the end of graduation. They fought all the time yes, but now they were really fighting. Fighting about him getting his grades up to try to get into college. About her going to New York.
"I knew this was going to be to good to be true." He had said to her. "I knew you would leave me."
She hadn't denied it. She hadn't told him she wouldn't do that and that she loved him.
"I promised you I wouldn't hurt you but I guess joke's on me."
Rachel Berry had never thought that she could hurt Noah Puckerman before he could hurt him.
The fighting just gets worse. He avoids her at school and Tina starts giving her rides to school.
They're basically broken up when all the seniors are cleaning out their lockers three days before graduation. They haven't talked in full sentences to each other in weeks.
Rachel is standing in her blue dress the day of graduation her dads had left a couple minutes ago to get good seats. The glee girls would be over soon to pick her up. They decided to ride together and the guys were doing the same. Everyone figured it would be easier then making Rachel and Puck sit in the same car.
Puck had been laying on his bed in his tux for the last half and hour. Rachel had picked it out for him a while back. They were going to be matching her blue dress and his blue tie. Now they weren't even a couple to be matching. A honk goes off outside and he sits up and grabs his jacket. He checks his appearance and straightens his blue tie in the mirror. Walking out to Mike's SUV where the guys are cheering because it's fucking graduation and he should be happy.
Well he's not.
All twelve of them are in the choir room wearing their red graduation gowns and caps. Mr. Shue walks in not to long after everyone has stopped hugging and laughing.
"Well you guys this is it." He claps his hands together. "You guys made it." He smiles again, everyone can tell he's so proud that we made it together. "Well I would like to announce that our very own Rachel Berry has made it into Julliard."
"Mr. Shue." Rachel looks upset that he said it to everyone.
But everyone is so excited that it doesn't matter.
"We're so happy for you Rachel." Artie says smiling at her.
Rachel's eyes land on Puck he's in his chair, arms crossed, and looking like he's going to cry.
"Noah." She says walking over to him.
"Save it." He says angrily and walks out of the choir room.
"Don't worry about it Rach." Quinn says putting a hand on her shoulder.
Rachel suddenly very angry storms out of the choir room after Puck.
"I guess it wouldn't be graduation without one more Rachel storm out." Mercedes jokes.
Puck has seated himself against a set of lockers head in his hands. He hears footsteps he knows who it is. But what he isn't expecting is an angry Rachel standing over him.
"You're supposed to be happy for me." She says simply.
"Why would I be happy? This is confirming you leaving."
"Come with me." She says in a desperate tone.
He stands up, "You know I can't do that."
"Why not? Because you don't love me enough? Are you scared of going to New York and actually liking it? Or are you scared because we'll be going together?"
"I can't just leave."
"There's nothing for me here anymore."
"I'm here." He says running a hand over his shaved head.
She shakes her head, "This has always been my plan. To get into Julliard and get out of here."
He doesn't think he just grabs her and pushes her against the locker and slants his lips over hers. Her hands go up around his shoulders. It had been so long that they had done this, it had been almost a month since he had touched her. God he had missed her so much. His pillows didn't even smell like her vanilla shampoo anymore.
Her legs wrap around his waist as he lifts her up slightly pressing closer to her.
"I love you." Rachel breathes as he moves on to her neck.
He just bites lightly on her neck and soothes it with his tongue. She moans softly pulling his lips back to hers. Then the zipper on her gown is undone and so is his. The gown coming off completely by her hands as she moves to kiss his shoulder.
"I don't want you to leave." He says as he unzips his dress pants.
Her eyes widen as he moves her panties to the side and he slides into her. "Oh god." She gasps.
She doesn't seem to care that they're right in the middle of a school hallway. They can get caught at any moment. Yeah she totally doesn't care that he's got his hand on the side of her on the locker trying to keep a steady pace. She leans forward to catch his lips for a second. He pulls away quickly and leans his head on her shoulder. Her arms wrap around his shoulders and she runs her fingers over his shaved head.
"I love you." She says again. Hoping this time he'll say it back because it's been forever since he's said it to her.
He just picks up his thrusts and grips her hipbone tighter. "God, I'm so close."
"Me too."
He kisses her neck again and reaches his hand down to rub against her clit. She gasps and moves her legs tighter around his waist trying to get him as far in her as possible.
This is what they've come to having sex right there in the middle of the hallway. Suddenly she feels sick and she pushes him away. He just grips her thigh his thrusts becoming more frantic.
"Noah." She moans into his ear.
That seems to spurn him further. "Say it again."
"Noah!" She yells as her climax takes over and his follows a couple thrusts later.
He sets her on the ground and pulls completely away from her. He bends down to grab his gown and pulls it back on his shoulders as she rights herself and zips the gown back up.
"I'm sorry." She says softly putting her hand on the side of his face. He leans into her touch immediately. "I don't want to leave you either."
"Goodbye Rachel." He says and walks away from her.
"Tell me you love me first." She says pulling his arm He pulls is arms out of her grasp and continues walking. "Noah please!"
He ignores her and keeps walking.
"Noah!" She yells one last time before breaking down and falling to her knees and holding a hand to her mouth the hold in the sobs that were slowly making their way into her throat.
The ceremony was slow, she was near the beginning because of her GPA she walked with Quinn, Tina, and Artie. Puck walked with Mike, Brittany, and Santana. The club had known something had happened. Santana had found Rachel curled up into a ball by lockers and had held her and helped her clean up before going out into the lines. Finn and Mike had found Puck throwing up in the bathroom, he had gotten himself so upset that he made himself sick.
After it was over they all went to dinner. This had been planned for weeks to go just the twelve of them and Mr. Shue at Breadstix. No one had said anything since they had gotten their diplomas.
"God dammit." Santana suddenly outbursts.
"Santana." Mr. Shue says warningly.
"You two need to quit. You guys are meant to be together stop being so stupid it's annoying."
"Yeah seriously what happened?" Mercedes asks, "You guys suddenly like stopped being together a couple weeks ago and now you guys can't even look at each other."
"This is none of your guys' business." Rachel says trying to stay calm.
"Rachel we just care about you guys. It hurts to see you guys like this." Finn says.
"Seriously just leave it alone guys." Puck says loosening his tie. "Me and Rachel aren't together anymore not that big of a deal."
"How can you say that?" Rachel says tears welling up in her eyes. "Of course it's a big deal." Finn starts rubbing her back and she closes her eyes trying to will the tears away.
"You just pick up and leave to New York and you think I'm being insensitive?"
"I'm not picking up and leaving to New York! This has been my plan for as long as I can remember!"
"It doesn't include me then!" He stands up slamming his hands flat on the table. "You didn't even consider me when as soon as you got that acceptance letter."
"Of course I considered you. You're the most important thing to me. You seriously think I didn't consider you at all? I was going to turn the scholarship down for you!" She says standing up too. Making everyone in the dining area look over at the scene.
"You were going to what?" He says surprised.
"Of course you didn't know about that at all because you haven't talked to me for the past couple weeks. I didn't want to leave you. But today you made my decision for me." She says crying again and walks away. Tina and Quinn getting up and following her.
Puck physically deflates.
"Dude." Mike says softly.
"I know." Puck says pressing his thumbs into her eyes trying to not to cry like a baby in front of everyone. "I gotta get out of here." He practically runs out.
Once he's in his truck he slams his hands into his steering wheel. "Shit!" He slams his hand again and starts his truck not sure where he's going.
Rachel stays in bed for the next week. Her dads bring her movies and vegan take out every couple hours. She's made very little progress but at least she's sitting up now.
Puck has called at least fourteen times a day and she still refuses to answer. She has nothing to say to him.
"Hey Rach it's me. Again. I know I shouldn't be calling. You hate me and trust me it's completely a given right now. But I need to talk to you. I miss you so much. Bye." That had been the last message he left for her. She decided that he couldn't do that to her and just be able to apologize. At least that's what she told Santana when she came over and said Puck is a mess please talk to him.
Her phone is ringing again. She actually had to change the ringtone because hearing the recording version of him singing Sweet Caroline to her in her room one day was really starting to make her heart reconsider ignoring him and talk to him and tell him how much she loved him.
"Dammit I guess I have to do this over the phone. We have to talk. I miss you. And I won't forgive myself if I just let the best thing that's ever happened to me just go to New York. So please just call me back. I'll keep calling I have no problem phone stalking you. My manhood was gone as soon as Santana and Brittany came over yesterday and I started crying. So definitely not afraid to keep calling. I love you."
That had been the first time he had said I love you in one of the messages.
She couldn't help but crack a smile at the crying thing. He was a big softy when it came to her. She knew that and she wasn't humble about it either.
This was the message that made her pick up the phone the next time it rings.
"Hi." She says softly.
"I love you." Is the only thing he says and she's okay with that.
He came over to her house not to long after their phone call.
She comes outside so he doesn't have to deal with the glares from her dads. They kind of hate his guts right now. Totally understandable.
"I'm going with you." He says taking her face in his hands. She's not wearing any make up and eyes look tired but she has never looked more beautiful to him. "To New York I'm going."
"Noah you don't have to do that. I was selfish to think that you would just go with me."
"I was selfish to think that you would stay here. Julliard has been your dream."
"I'll stay here with you."
"No you won't. We're go to New York. You're going to go to school and we're going to live in a shitty apartment that we can barely afford and I have to work two jobs to keep it up. But we'll be together and it won't matter."
"But Noah,"
"No buts. You're not getting rid of me." He smiles slightly at her and kisses her lightly. She wraps her arms around his neck and kisses him back.
"I love you Noah." She says her lips not leaving his.
"I love you too Rach." He kisses her again and then hugs her wrapping his arms around her waist. "You have no idea how much."
~End
