Hi! Sorry about the delay, no excuses I've just been busy. I'll keep this short so you can get to the good bits. I'm moving (once again) in a couple of weeks but I'm told that this will be the last time (Yay!). I'm not 100% sure where I want to go with this story. I've written more but I don't like all of it… so I thought I'd put it to you lot. What do you want to see happen?
Elle xox
Rachel and Noah only had 3 of their classes together but they learnt quickly that these small periods of time were perfect for masterminding their practical joke plans- especially when they had a substitute teacher. When they walked into their history class on Friday to see that Mrs Tonkin was away and a younger replacement was in, they looked at each other and smirked. Their peers had started to get to know the real Rachel; the girl who wasn't afraid to dish up as much as she was given.
The teacher, who introduced herself as Miss Saunders and informed the class she would be their substitute for the next two weeks, checked off student attendance. Rachel was still getting used to being at the end of the class lists rather than the beginning. Miss Saunders asked all students to raise their hands when their name was called so she could try to remember their names. She stopped after she read both the 'Puckerman' kids.
"Oh twins!" she said to the pair with a bright grin, "I must say, you look nothing alike!"
Everyone in the room chuckled at the teacher's mistake. They knew this was going to be fun.
"No, we don't," Puck smirked and threw his arm around Rachel and tugged her towards him. Rachel looked at him and he took the opportunity to capture her lips in a heated kiss.
"Oh!" the teacher gasped, "I… um…" she wasn't sure how to respond to what she had just witnessed. What kind of brother kisses their sister like that?
The room erupted into a fit of laughter and the young teacher frowned in confusion.
"Relax Miss S… we aren't twins!" Rachel told her sweetly, knowing that wouldn't be enough information for the woman.
"… but you are related?" the woman hinted for more.
Rachel's face furrowed in thought, "Yeah… sort of."
This comment only confused the woman further. Why should Rachel's answer make her relax? The woman tried to get on with the rest of the class but her eyes kept wandering back to the couple sitting together, absentmindedly playing with each others fingers while they worked.
She was summing up the class when Noah reached over and gave Rachel another peck on the lips, stopping the teacher again. By now, the entire class was laughing. Rachel was pretty sure she saw tears in Kurt's eyes as he gasped for breath. Rachel put the woman out of her misery. She raised her left hand, letting her wedding and engagement rings capture the light.
"He's my husband," she laughed.
"Aww Babe! We could have had so much fun with that!" Noah whined about her revealing their relationship.
"Oh," Miss Saunders replied, slightly more relieved about what she was seeing. Still, she thought, its not often two of your teenage students told you they were married, "and how long have you been… uh…"
"Married?" Rachel supplied for the woman who nodded, "two weeks tomorrow." She was purposely not handing over the information the woman wanted to hear. It was just too much fun. The rest of the lesson went by in a daze. The poor teacher couldn't keep her eyes of the unlikely couple.
When the signal rang for lunch, the new teacher made her way to the staff room and put her head on the desk.
"Rough day?" Will Schuester asked her as he and Emma sat down.
She nodded quickly, "I just witnessed the most bizarre thing between two students. I was calling attendance and noticed two of the kids had the same surname. Naturally I assumed they were twins. You can imagine my shock when the boy suddenly started tonguing the girl right in front of me."
Will and Emma burst out laughing.
"I'm guessing you just taught Noah and Rachel… the Puckerman's?" Will asked sympathetically. The teacher just nodded so Will continued, "Yeah, they can be like that, particularly Puck, Noah… Rachel seems to just follow his lead. I'm their faculty advisor. They are in Glee club with me… they did tell you they are married though, right?" He had been in several meetings over the last few days with Rachel and Puck's teachers. Their teachers were rather confused as to why Rachel suddenly had Puck's surname and it turns out the couple were causing quite a bit of mischief with the confusion.
"Only after they puzzled me completely!" the woman gasped, "they must only be sixteen or seventeen!"
"They are Jewish. Their marriage was arranged but they have known each other for years and are best friends… All of this is pretty new for us too, up until a few weeks ago, we were under the impression they were worst enemies… he was the jock, she was the geek… turns out, that was all a show to hide their friendship from us," Will explained, "but either way… they love each other, that much is obvious."
The young teacher nodded to show she understood.
"I'll talk to them," he assured her, "and ask them to lay off the jokes… it might work on Rachel, but probably not on Puck. He is pretty much like this all the time."
"Oh I don't know Will. The pair love you… I mean, you were the MC at their wedding. They rarely mess up for you," Emma chuckled, "and the stories I've heard lately have involved Rachel being the mastermind behind half their games. I'm almost positive the 'good girl' image she has being giving over the past few years is a complete act."
"I don't doubt it, but you can reason with Rachel, she knows where the line is… Puck on the other hand only stops if Rachel makes him… he'd do anything for her."
The new teacher looked horrified, "no offense, but you two aren't making me feel any better about teaching the pair!"
"You'll be fine," Will reassured her, "Just don't let their jokes get to you because Puck will run with it. If you laugh with them, he will probably tone it down."
Mr Schuester walked into glee that afternoon to see the entire club chatting away happily and laughing about the way the Puckerman's had been confusing teachers all week.
"Puck, Rachel, can I talk to you outside for a minute," he called. Puck and Rachel quickly obeyed, "so I hear you two have been tormenting half the staff," he said with a small smile.
Puck smirked but Rachel looked guilty.
"Look guys, I have no doubt that this is lots of fun for you and I'll be the first to admit, it's kind of amusing… but you need to lay off a bit in class. Particularly with substitute teachers," he gave Puck a knowing look.
"We're sorry Mr Schue. I guess we got a little carried away," Rachel apologized sincerely while Noah just sulked, "We will apologize to Miss Saunders when we have her next."
"Fine… everyone pretty much knows by now anyway," Puck grumbled.
The Berry's were over for dinner that Saturday after spending the day helping the couple get the pool house in order. They had gone threw the many boxes that cluttered the large room and moved anything that needed to be kept to the garage. By the time the weekend was over, all that needed to be done was put a fresh coat of paint on the walls and buy some new furniture.
Between school, glee, homework and getting their new place ready, Rachel and Noah had very little time to themselves. Zia had walked in on them twice now, while they were enjoying the few minutes of alone time. She hadn't walked in on anything inappropriate but it was enough for the young couple to wish their re-decorating would go quicker. So when their new house was finally ready to be moved into, they were looking forward to getting it over and done with.
Rebekah Puckerman answered the door early on Saturday morning, surprised to find Noah and Rachel's friends from glee waiting for them.
"Hi Guys, what are you doing here?" she asked the teens politely. She couldn't remember either of the couple telling her the group was coming over.
"Morning Mrs P… Puck mentioned that he and Rachel were moving all their things into the pool house today so we thought we would come and give them a hand since we know most of Rachel's stuff is still at her dad's house," Finn explained to the woman.
"Oh that's a lovely idea," Rebekah replied, stepping aside to allow the mob of teens to come inside, "as far as I know, they are still asleep… why don't you go wake them up so you can get started."
The group, minus Artie and Tina, tip-toed upstairs to the couple's room. Finn knocked gently and upon receiving no answer pushed the door open. They had expected to see the pair asleep, so they were shocked when their eyes landed on the couple making out passionately on the bed. Luckily, they were both clothed; Rachel had her pajamas on still and Noah was wearing a pair of flannelette pants but was bare chested. Rachel's legs were locked around his waist as he lay on top of her and her hands roamed his chest and back. Noah had one hand in her hair holding her close and the other under her shirt sneaking up to massage her breasts.
"Whoops!" Finn apologized, quickly shutting the door again with a laugh. The couple on the bed sprung apart at being walked in on, yet again and Noah got up to check whether that really happened. He pulled open his bedroom door to find his embarrassed friends.
"What the hell, dudes?" he cried, "What are you doing here?"
"We are here to help you move," Santana explained, looking past Puck to see a blushing Rachel pull a sweater on and join Noah at the doorway.
"We did knock!" Finn yelped defensively, "We didn't get an answer so we assumed you were asleep like your mom said."
"Yeah well… we were kinda busy," Noah muttered, "… didn't hear you."
"Apparently," Quinn laughed, "We'll wait for you down stairs." The group left the pair to get dressed in peace.
"Thank fuck we are moving into the pool house today," Noah whispered into the back of Rachel's neck, "I fucking miss you."
Rachel chuckled slightly and turned in his arms, "I miss you too Noah, but they aren't going to go away now," she sighed as he ran more kisses down her neck, "the quicker we get them working for us, the quicker they will be out of here and we can spend the rest of the evening together… away from your family and other interrupting guests."
They quickly got dressed and headed downstairs to find the rest of the glee club smirking at them. Rachel blushed and left to make them breakfast, leaving Noah to entertain their guests.
"Can't even have five fucking minutes alone with my wife in this place," he muttered as he sat down on the couch, "first Zia, now you lot..."
"Sorry dude," Finn patted him on the back sympathetically, "We'll help you get moved in then we promise to leave you alone for the rest of the weekend."
Rachel came back into the room with toast in her hand and Noah pulled her into his lap by a belt loop on her shorts. She started munching on one piece while Noah took another out of her hand for himself. They chatted about the plan for the day while the pair ate. After washing up, they separated. The girls climbed into a number of cars and headed over to the Berry household to pack up Rachel's things while the boys started carting gear from Puck's room. By lunch time, all their belongings were piled into the pool house, ready for sorting and their new bed had been put together.
Seeing the couple were going to kill them if they stayed much longer, Santana ushered all the guests out of the house, yelling, "have fun and be safe!" over her shoulder as she pulled the door shut. Rachel made their bed, very aware that her husband was watching her every move. The second she put the last pillow case on, he grabbed her by the waist and hauled her outside.
"Noah!" she shrieked, "what are you doing?" He put her down on the grass by their door for a second before picking her up again bridal style. Rachel laughed, realizing what he was doing.
"You've already done this Noah, put me down before you hurt your back," she told him.
"Please, you weigh next to nothing. I'm not going to hurt my back… and I did this when we came home to mom's house… this is our first house, well sort of… either way, I have to do it again," he said, locking the door behind them, placing her gently on the bed and climbing on top of her.
"Just so you know, Babe," he whispered as he kissed her ear, "I'm not stopping for any interruptions this time."
"I wouldn't want you to stop anyway," she captured his lips hungrily, moaning as his hands found their way under her shirt and were lightly tracing patterns on her back and stomach, "what do you say we give our new bed it's first work out?" Noah gave a throaty groan as he felt her hands tug at the hem of his shirt and pull it over his head.
They were lying on the bed, legs entwined and sheets a mess a while later. Noah's hand was rubbing circles on Rachel's bare back as he was looking around their new room. He gave a content sigh and pulled Rachel closer, "One day Squirt, I'll have a decent job and we will be able to afford a great place in New York… I'll be able to give you what you deserve."
Rachel shifted slightly to look at him, "You do just fine, Noah… I don't need all the little things. I have you and we have somewhere to sleep and eat. That's fine by me."
The pair spent the rest of the day locked away, watching TV and enjoying each others company without interruptions. Late in the afternoon, early evening, there was a knock at their door. Noah pulled on his jeans and crossed the room to answer it. He pulled the door open slightly to find Zia. He stepped outside and shut the door so she wouldn't see Rachel laying on the bed and start asking questions.
"Ima wants to know if you guys are coming over for dinner tonight or if she should send over food," the little girl smiled obliviously.
"Uh, Rachel is asleep… I'll come over and get something to bring back," he replied, following his sister over to the main house. His mom was busy cooking in the kitchen.
"Ahh! He is alive!" she said sarcastically as she stirred the chicken on the stove, "I figured you would want to stay in your room tonight," she smiled at him.
"Rachel is… uh, sleeping," he told her.
She silently dished up two plates. She handed over the plates, cutlery and a stack of napkins, "Just be safe, my Noah."
Puck blushed slightly. It was one thing to know that his mother knew what he and his wife were doing, but a completely different and awkward thing to have her talk about it. He quickly thanked his mom, grabbed a punnet of strawberries from the fridge for dessert and carried everything back to his house. When he walked in the door, Rachel was sitting on the bed dressed in one of his shirts, waiting for him.
"Ima made us dinner," he smiled as handed her a plate and sat on the bed next to her. They sat in comfortable silence watching their favorite show, How I Met Your Mother. Once dinner plates were empty and rinsed off in the sink, Rachel grabbed a strawberry and popped it in her mouth. He quickly lent over and claimed her mouth, savoring the berry flavors that invaded the kiss.
"hmmm, yum," he smirked, took another berry and held it out for her. She lent forward, taking not only the berry in her mouth, but his fingers as well. They went on teasing each other for a while longer before Noah attacked her hungrily and she let him.
Please read and review. I am going to force myself to update sooner!