Chapter Twelve – What Vitamins Are You On?

When Leigha Haynes saw Noah Puckerman, she was pretty sure he was on something.

Next Tuesday, the girls were waiting for the boys to perform their mash-up. It had been Mr. Schuester's idea to have a little competition in glee. None of the girls had really taken it seriously except for Rachel but she always took everything seriously. Quinn didn't even show up for any of the practices. Not that Leigha really cared. The less she saw of the Cheerio, the easier it was for her to keep her typical anger towards the girl in check. Leigha leaned back in the plastic chair, picking at the chipped black nail polish she had on. She watched as the boys came onto the risers in matching leather jackets and white t-shirts. Her eyes lingered on Puck for a little bit longer than the others. Ever since they went to the movies, which was not a date, and the Kill Bill marathon at his house, they'd started hanging out. He'd stop by the pizzeria for a slice after football practice every once in a while and she actually went to a football game for the first time. Despite the constant pestering from Cate, she firmly denied that anything was going on between them. No matter how good he looked in that football uniform.

This ain't a song for the brokenhearted

Finn stepped forward as he sang into the microphone. The jazz band was thumping through the rhythm of the Bon Jovi music and Artie was using a voice box. This was bad for the girls. Very bad.

No silent prayer for the faith departed
And I ain't gonna be just a face in the crowd
You're gonna hear my voice when I shout it out loud
It's my life
It's now or never
I ain't gonna life forever
I just wanna live while I'm alive
It's my life
These are my confessions
Just when I thought I said all I could say
My chick on the side said she got one on the way
These are my confessions
If I'm gonna tell it then I gotta tell it all
Damn near cried when I got that phone call
I'm so thrown
I don't what to do
But to give part two of my
Better stand tall when they're callin' you out
Don't bend, don't break
Baby, don't back down

Mike jumped down from the risers and started dancing his ass off. Leigha was shocked. She had no idea he could dance like that.

These are my confessions
It's now or never
I ain't gonna live forever
These are my confessions
I just wanna live while I'm alive
It's my life
Just when I thought I said all I could say
My chick on the side said she got one on the way
These are my confessions
I just wanna live while I'm alive
It's my life

All of the girls as well as Mr. Schuester and Miss Pillsbury, their "celebrity" judge, cheered for the boys when they finished their number. Well, everyone except for Rachel, who looked like she might start hyperventilating. The boys had easily exceeded everything the girls had expected of them. They'd thought it would be easy as can be when it came to beating them. Now, none of them were sure.

"Awesome guys," Mr. Schuester said as he walked over to congratulate them. "Geez, I didn't know you had that in you. It's like somebody slipped something in your juice boxes." The boys glanced at each other nervously. "You ladies better bring it tomorrow. Otherwise, we've got our opening number for sectionals!"

The boys jumped around, whooping and hollering like a bunch of little kids. They all were acting like five year olds when they'd had way too much sugar. Practice didn't last much longer and soon everyone was heading out of the choir room, except for Rachel who was convinced she needed to stick around and work on their routine. After much persuasion on Leigha's side, she convinced the perfectionist to go home and worry about it tomorrow. Leigha gathered up her things and headed down the hall to the front entrance. She was stopped however when she found herself pulled into one of the empty classrooms.

"What the hell?"

Puck was standing in the classroom, his hand still wrapped around her wrist, with the grin that a kid usually has when they go to a candy store. "So what did you think of the performance? It was pretty good, huh? I thought it was pretty good. Actually, I thought it was really good. Artie totally can shred on the guitar and Mike can dance his ass off. What did you think?"

"I think you need to breathe between sentences," she quipped with a small laugh. "What did you do? Drink like twenty Red Bulls this morning?"

"No, we all took this vitamin this morning that the nurse gave Finn and it just makes you feel great. I mean, I feel great. I bet you feel great cuz you look great. But you always look great. Like that time you guys performed and you had on those tiny shorts that was great. And hot. You looked really hot."

"Okay, slow down. Are you high or something?"

"No, they're just vitamins. But they make me feel great." That was when he pulled her closer and chastely kissed her. At first, she had no idea what to do. Her entire body froze up as his lips crushed against hers, not that he noticed. One of his hands slipped up into her hair and she felt herself start to relax a bit. Her eyes slipped shut and she tentatively began to kiss him back. Her hands rested on the front of his cotton t-shirt as his arms slid around her back. Just as he started to slip his hands under the hem of her shirt, she pushed away from him. She felt like her head was spinning and she needed to think.

"I, uh, I have to go," she quickly explained before practically bolting from the room. A thousand things were running through her mind as she fumbled to pull her cell phone from her jeans' pocket. She hit the speed dial button and waited impatiently for an answer. "Kylie, I need to talk to you now."

I figured I'd let you guys read the chapter before my lovely note. I hope you all are happy that something finally happened between Puck and Leigha and I gurantee more in the next chapter. Now for all my lovely fans...

Surreptitiously Anonymous: I never promised that it would be in the last chapter. I said in the next few chapters. Gosh.

jasperhalefan: ooh I would love to get Puck & Kurt for my birthday. :)

justblaire: I think you win the biggest fan award and I love you for that. (in a totally non-creepy way) I love Kristin Chenoweth too. I thought it was kind of funny her always hitting on Puck. He finally got to have some cougars at school. Hope you liked the chapter.

lazyASshika: He's trying to be casual about his crush on her cuz everyone knows he's a stud.

LeaderOfTheRevolution: He would probably make up some line about how they had to go do something and couldn't make it just so he could hang out with her on his own.

Fairy Skull: Hope you liked this chapter just as much.

Pendragon-love: Your dog is safe...for now.

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