A/N: hey guys! sooo soo soooorry for not updating sooner! i've been incredibly busy and this chapter took me forever to write lol. i'm trying to multitask, writing three different chapters between this one, Over the Rainbow, and Somewhere I Belong. so i'm sorry that it's taking so long, please forgive me. :)
Chapter Twelve
"Thank you so much for coming up," Grady hugged Rachel tightly, "And thank you for putting up with my knuckle-head of a son."
"Thank you for having us," Rachel laughed and pulled away, "It was really nice seeing Noah's childhood."
"She's lying!" Puck called out after he hugged Sarah tightly, "Rachel hated it here."
"He's lying!" Rachel tsked and shook her head before looking back at Grady, "It was amazing and so homely and welcoming here. I haven't had something like that in a really long time, so thank you."
"Anytime, dear!" Grady promised and hugged Rachel again before moving onto Puck, "Now you better treat this girl wonderfully and how I taught you to! Don't make her run for the hills!"
"Yes Ma," Puck sighed before pulling away and kissing his mother's cheek, "Thanks for having us."
"Like I said, anytime!" Grady smiled.
"It was nice meeting you," Rachel smiled to Sarah who nodded and hugged her.
"Same to you," Sarah smiled and pulled back, "And thanks for taking my profile picture with me."
"Anytime," Rachel nodded and stepped beside Noah who opened the passenger side door for her, "I'll see you guys soon! Thanks again!"
"Have a safe trip!" Grady waved as Puck closed the door and got into the drivers side.
After starting the truck up and waving goodbye, Puck pulled out of the driveway and took off down the road. Rachel took her shoes off and placed her feet up on the dash, fixing her dress before looking over to Puck with a huge grin on her face.
"What?" Puck raised an eyebrow.
Rachel held out her hand, "Twenty dollars, please!"
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"Three hours away from Toronto!" Rachel grinned as she read the sign aloud to Puck. She glanced over at him and he smirked back to her, "Finn would be proud of you."
"Why's that?" Puck asked amusedly, getting off the exit of the highway and driving into Niagara Falls.
"We're actually in Ontario on June 20th," Rachel mocked and glanced around their surroundings, "We're stopping in Niagara Falls?"
"Yeah, I'm hungry," Puck shrugged but his stomach was actually hurting with nerves, "I also have to stop somewhere quickly but we can go to Clifton Hill and do some touristy things; press will love that."
"'Puckleberry hits the Falls!'" Rachel quoted the fake paper, "Sounds good; what do you have to get?"
"Somethin'," Puck shrugged nonchalantly.
"Not going to tell me?" Rachel teased, sticking her tongue out.
"It's better keeping it a surprise," Puck shrugged once again, turning the radio up so she couldn't ask anything else.
After a few more minutes of driving, Puck pulled into a parking lot of a town mall and turned the truck off before jumping out and walking briskly towards Rachel who also jumped out, her skirt bouncing on impact. They linked hands and entered the one-floor mall.
"While I get the thing I have to get, you can go shopping?" Puck shrugged as they stopped in front of the malls' map; Rachel nodded and Puck smirked, "I'll meet you at forever 21?"
"Always," Rachel grinned and stood on her tip-toes to kiss Puck's cheek before walking away, "I have my phone."
"And I have mine," Puck reminded her, quickly finding a jewelry store on the map and heading in the opposite direction that Rachel was heading in.
He entered and was instantly warm; the bright lights to make the jewelry shiny, was sweltering and the brightness was almost overwhelming. His stomach hurt as he glanced at the engagement rings that were located near the anniversary rings and necklaces. There were big ones and small ones, gold and silver, different shapes and colors of the diamonds and there wasn't one that was like the other.
"Can I help you sir?" An old woman's voice cut through Puck's shocked thoughts.
He looked up from the rings and threw his lips into a smirk before looking back down, "I'm buying my girlfriend a ring."
"Really?" Her voice was happy, "A promise or engagement?"
"Engagement," Puck nodded, still letting his eyes trace over the different styles.
"Well, if you give me your price range, I can show you some gorgeous rings," She nodded and looked down at the rings as well, "Oh, my name is Shirley."
"My name is Pu- Noah, my name's Noah," Puck nodded and smiled up at her, "And we don't have a price range, Shirley."
"No price range?" Shirley tsked, "You should always have one."
"I don't need one," Puck smirked at how clueless Shirley was, "I make enough."
"Well…" Shirley stated after a moment, "Do you have a certain type of style in mind?"
"Okay, Shirley?" Puck raised an eyebrow, "I don't wear jewelry- I'm not a rapper or a wannabe mobster. I am a guitar player who sings," He shrugged, "So no; I do not have a style in mind. But if you show me a couple rings and explain the significance of them and the style, I will then have one in mind."
Shirley smiled, "My kind of man."
"I'm taken," Puck smirked and looked back down at the rings, "Can I see that one?"
"Of course," Shirley nodded and took out the display of rings before placing them in front of Puck.
He reached out and plucked out the largest of the 12 rings. It was white gold with small diamonds all around the band with larger ones leading up to the princess cut diamond. The wedding band also had diamonds and Puck smiled; gaudy, but so Rachel.
"Like that one?" Shirley asked, looking over the ring in his hand with her glasses, "I'll be honest, it's not that new but it was one of the top sellers all across America."
"Yeah?" Puck looked up to the older women, raising an eyebrow.
"It's very popular with the south states and people of money," Shirley nodded, "It's a lot more than what people can afford now-a-days."
"How much?" Puck asked out of curiosity, shrugging slightly to himself.
"Just a little over $95,000 plus tax," Shirley frowned, "It's been in the shelf for a good year, it's not that in style as it was two years ago."
"I'll take it," Puck confirmed.
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"That was awesome!" Rachel grinned as they walked out of the wax museum, "Everything looked exactly like the people!"
"I looked like an idiot!" Puck barked out, remembering the statue that was made of him. He barely remembered being there for the opening and the placing of the large wax figure do to being so high he could barely walk, and now that he was completely sober, he realized the statue didn't look like him.
"You looked adorable!" Rachel teased, pinching Puck's cheek.
"I looked like a short weird dufus!" Puck complained, "I don't loafers!"
"You're VANS look like loafers," Rachel reasoned, shrugging slightly as they walked down to the falls.
"No, they don't!" Puck shook his head, stuffing his hands into his jeans pockets and swallowing thickly as he felt the box.
Rachel smirked and threaded her arm through his as they crossed the street, "'Restrictions' look like they do in real life."
"Yeah, like whores," Puck blinked but then smirked as Rachel shoved him, "I'm just kidding. Yeah, you all like the same except for Santana, she looks weird."
"I think it's because they did her hair wrong," Rachel shrugged and glanced around as they passed a small garden.
The mist from the falls was hitting Rachel and Puck's face as they came up to the iron gate and stone wall. There were random people littering the cross walk and the fence as well but it wasn't as busy as usual. Rachel placed her hands on the fence and stood on her tip-toes to see the bottom of the falls; Puck stood behind her, placing his hands on her hips.
Rachel casually glanced around before looking back out at the falls, "Paparazzi are horrible in trying to hide."
Puck glanced around as well, leaning into Rachel slightly, "Where?"
"They're by the statue over there," Rachel tilted her head slightly, "Our adventure will be front page news by tomorrow."
"More than likely," Puck agreed, letting go of Rachel's hip before digging into his pocket, "How about we give them what they want?"
"I'm not kissing you," Rachel shook her head, still staring out the falls.
"Maybe I don't want to kiss you," Puck teased, opening the ring box and hooking his other arm around Rachel's middle, pulling her back slightly. Rachel tilted her head towards him and Puck smirked, "Rachel Barbara Berry?"
"What are you doing?" Rachel raised an eyebrow.
"Will you marry me?" Puck smirked and glanced down at the ring box, seeing out of the corner of his eye that Rachel did the same.
"Oh… my… god…" Rachel breathed, "That is huge."
"That's what she said," Puck laughed, but held her waist tighter as Rachel tried to move away.
"I wasn't expecting this right now," Rachel shook her head, taking the box from Puck's hand and bringing it up to her face, "I thought you were going to just give me the ring."
"Well, that wouldn't be proper now would it?" Puck mocked.
"You're not a very proper man, Noah Puckerman," Rachel smirked towards him.
"Whatever," Puck shrugged, "Will you?"
"It's not like I have a choice now is it?" Rachel rolled her eyes.
"You're such a bitch," Puck shook his head.
"I was joking," Rachel shrugged, "Well, technically I wasn't but I didn't mean it… well, I mean I didn't mean for it to sound so harsh-"
"Rachel, God- just put the damn ring on!" Puck sighed.
Rachel smiled and took the ring out of the box, sliding it onto her left, fourth finger and turning around in Puck's arms, "You caught me by surprise."
"Yeah, I'm a spontaneous kind of guy," Puck smirked.
"Thank you," Rachel smiled, going on her tip-toes and hugging Puck tightly, "For not making it seem like a duty."
"You're welcome," Puck smiled into her hair, hugging her back just as tight.
"I'll kiss you now," Rachel whispered into his ear.
Puck couldn't help the butterflies that came into his stomach as Rachel pulled back and grabbed his face softly, soon connecting their lips. Puck felt an explosion in his stomach as Rachel smiled into the kiss before pulling back and standing on her flat feet.
"How's that for giving them what they want?" Rachel smiled up at him.
Puck smirked before glancing between Rachel's eyes and lips before bending down and giving her a slight peck, "I like when camera's are around."
"That's what she said," Rachel stuck her tongue out at him.
"Oh, my girl," Puck joked, wrapping an arm around Rachel's shoulders and quickly bringing her against his chest.
…
"Wow, you're actually on time," Finn nodded in approval, "Thanks to Rachel, I'm guessing."
"Shut your mouth," Puck threw up his middle finger, flopping down on the couch in Finn's hotel room.
"Are you going to show me the duet yet?" Rachel sat on the chair across from Finn, crossing her legs.
"Ye-"
"No!" Puck cut Finn off and smirked towards Rachel, "You've gotten enough for today."
"Oh shut up!" Rachel narrowed her eyes towards her now 'fiancé'.
"What?" Finn glanced around cluelessly.
Rachel sighed and held up her left hand, "Puck gave me a ring."
"Really?" Finn's eyes lit up, "In public?"
"Right in front of a shutter bug!" Puck informed smugly.
"That's why Kurt is calling me like crazy!" Finn clued in, "I guess everyone is calling the publicist for the comment."
"Most likely," Rachel nodded, letting her arm fall.
"Alright, so plan for tomorrow," Finn lifted his planner and glanced towards Rachel, "Make sure you guys are in the studio by 8AM. We have the studio for 12 hours- so use it wisely please. By 9 at the latest the single has to be sent to the producers so they can get it on record and you guys can be ready to shoot the video on the 22nd."
Rachel nodded and glanced towards Puck who was playing with his phone; she rolled her eyes and turned back to Finn, "Sounds good. Can I have my room key please? I need to have a good night's sleep if I'll be singing tomorrow."
"It's on the counter," Finn hooked his thumb towards the small kitchenette, "Puck- Rachel's getting her own room, we're sharing."
"Awe, come on man!" Puck sighed, "Give me my own room!"
"No," Finn shook his head, "If the press is smart enough, they will try to find out if you guys are sharing or have separate rooms. This way, we're safe."
"See you later," Rachel smiled towards the two men, "Have a good night."
...
Well hello, GC fans!
Another Puckleberry insider scoop,
&this one is HUGE!
Sources to GC say that something heavy and huge is now resting on Rachel.
No, not that, get your minds out of the gutty GC fans!
Apparently something huge and heavy is now resting on Rachel's left ring finger.
How can we be sure? Well, check these photos of course.
While taking a road trip and stopping by to see the family,
the duo stopped in Niagara Falls to enjoy the sights and shops
&while enjoying the great Falls,
Puck popped the question.
Matched with their first public lip-lock,
a large diamond was spotted on Berry's finger
they are now officially marking their couple status.
Now they just have to admit it!
Will it be when Rachel Berry is on MOD this coming Friday?
Or will they forever keep their mouths shut (to the public anyways, ;] ) ?
Producers of MuchMusic are claiming Puckleberry will be the hosts of this years MMVA's,
also allowing Puck's band 'Fuct Up' to perform, Berry will be performing a song by 'Restrictions alone,
&get this...
The duet between Puckleberry will be performed live to close the show!
The video isn't due out until the end of the month,
but we'll take the live performance!
That's all the gossip we have for now!
tah-tah, GC fans.
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A/N: so there's chapter 12! i hope it makes up for the lack of updating!
i'm still working on chapter 13 &i have no idea when i'll be able to have it up but i hope you guys will stay tuned! ;)
also, i will be posting the outfits on my polyvore site (link in profile) later on tonight after i get back from work!
so go take a look please! :D
thanks for reading! let me know what you think! :)