A/N: The author's note for this chapter doesn't really have anything to do with the story. But one author's note that does deal with the story, there's music in this chapter again! I haven't had a song in a while. Song: The Reason by Hoobastank. I'll post the other a/n at the end though.:)
The next afternoon Puck sat outside on his porch steps. He still had no idea what to say to Rachel's parents. He really wanted to prove to them that it was different; that it wasn't about just sex with her. He wanted them to know that he loved Rachel and he would do anything for her. As he was thinking of what to say he heard footsteps on the walkway to his house. He looked up and saw Rachel's beautiful face walking towards him.
"I'm so sorry about last night," were the first words she spoke. "I can't believe my dad did that." She stood there with her arms folded across her chest.
"Its fine," he said pulling her into a hug. He rested his head on her shoulder and noticed that she smelled of vanilla again; which was quickly becoming his favorite smell.
"They know we had sex," Rachel said quietly.
"You told them?" He sounded surprised.
"It just sort of slipped out. I'm sorry."
"It's fine. I just wish there was some way to get them to understand how much we want to be together."
"We've been through so many obstacles as a couple; maybe it's just a sign that this isn't meant to be; that we're not meant to be," she said backing away.
"No, we are meant to be. Rach, you're the first girl I've ever felt this way about before and I know couples in high school don't always last, but honestly I don't want to be with anyone else for a long time if ever again. I see myself actually having a future with you and that's something I've never been able to do before." He grabbed her hand again and brought it up to his lips. "I love you and I'm going to find a way to prove that to your parents."
"You're amazing, did you know that?" she said rubbing the back of her hand against his cheek.
"I'm only amazing because of you," he said sweetly. She took his face into her hands and brought him closer to her. They shared another one of their tender kisses. Rachel found her foot steadily moving upward. She felt like she was in a fairytale moment. Nobody ever thought Puck was capable of loving someone the way he loved Rachel, and neither did he. But now that he'd fallen deeply in love for the first time, he was glad it was with her.
"You know, your charm is quite sexy sometimes," she said pulling away. She held onto his shirt.
"You think so?" he asked holding onto her waist.
"Very much so." She gently bit his bottom lip.
"I find you to be quite sexy."
"Oh, why thank you." As they continued to kiss, Stacy came walking out of the house.
"Who's this?" she asked looking up at her big brother.
"This is Rachel. Rachel, this is my little sister Stacy," he introduced them.
"Well hi Stacy, it's nice to meet you," she said squatting down to Stacy's level.
"You must be the girl Puck has been talking about!" she said excitedly. "Puck talks about you all the time, right Puck!" She tugged at her brother's shirt.
"Has he?" She smirked at her boyfriend.
"Yeah he tells mommy all the time about how he loves you and how he misses you," she sing-songed.
"Okay Stacy, that's enough. I think Mom's calling. You should go back into the house," he whispered to his sister before giving her a shove back up the stairs.
"She's adorable!" squealed Rachel once Stacy was gone.
"Yeah, she's an awesome little kid."
"I better get going. I promised Mercedes and Kurt they could take me shopping. They want to give me a new wardrobe," said Rachel rolling her eyes.
"Well don't change too much, after all I did fall in love with you and your sequined legwarmers," he teased.
"Hey, don't hate on the sequined legwarmers." She playfully smacked his arm. She kissed the tip of his nose and skipped off like a little girl. As he watched her walk away, he couldn't help but smile. She really was just the most attractive thing he'd ever seen. She had him totally and completely whipped and for the first time he was fine being a one-woman man. Now he just had to show her fathers that.
"I'm coming, I'm coming," yelled Bill as he heard a knock on the door. When he got to the door he saw that Puck was standing in front of him. "What do you want? I've made up my mind and I don't want Rachel seeing you," he said blatantly.
"I understand that sir, but I just wanted to make one thing clear. I have no intention of hurting your daughter at all." He was going to continue, but was stopped by Bill.
"I've heard that one before," Bill groaned.
"Bill, let the boy explain," Tim suggested.
"I know I've said it many times before, but this time it's for real. I am madly in love with Rachel and I want to be with her more than I have ever wanted to be with anyone else before and that's the honest truth." He seemed sincere, but Bill couldn't be sure.
"How do I know you're not just saying this to appease me? How do I know that you're not just using my daughter for sex?"
"If it was about sex with Rachel I would have left her after we had sex," he stated awkwardly, "but I'm still here and I'm trying to show you how much I care for your daughter. I love Rachel. Would I try this hard if it was anything less?" Bill still looked skeptical, so Puck left him with one more piece of mind. "If that doesn't prove it to you, I don't know what will, but I'm just letting you know that I won't stop trying. Rachel and I belong together and I'll find some way to make sure you know that." After Puck left, Bill stood in the doorway for a while dumbfounded before finally shutting the door.
Later that night, her fathers wanted to have a talk.
"What about now? Maybe this time you can tell me who I should be friends with," said Rachel sarcastically.
"Sit down please," pleaded Bill, "I want to talk to you about Puck." He directed his daughter into their living room chair as Tim silently stood close by.
"What are you gonna tell me now, that he's not good enough for me? That I could do better?"
"I just wanted to tell you that you have my permission to date this boy," said her father empathetically.
"Are you serious?" asked Rachel in disbelief. "What made you change your mind?"
"Puck did." Rachel looked confused so Bill continued. "He came by earlier today and talked to me."
"What did he say?"
"He said that he loves you and cares for you. It was just the way he said it. It seemed genuine and I see that he makes you happy. Who am I to stand in the way of that?"
"Thank you daddy!" She ran to give her father a hug.
"You really love this boy, don't you?"
"I do, so much daddy." As Rachel gave Tim a hug he whispered in her ear. "I told you everything would work out." Rachel just smiled at her fathers and thought about how lucky she was that she had Noah. Nothing could get in their way now; they could finally be a drama-free couple. As soon as she thanked her parents, she left to go tell Puck the great news; they could finally be happy.
Rachel eagerly waited as Puck came downstairs to open his front door.
"Hey, what's up?" He looked at the clock and noticed it was after 10:30. For Rachel, that was late; especially on a school night. "Is something wrong?"
"No no, everything's the opposite of wrong; everything's perfect." Puck squinted his eyes in confusion.
"Why are you so happy?" She threw her arms around his neck.
"Because my boyfriend is incredible."
"I'm loving the compliments here, but I don't think your dads would be too happy if they knew you were here right now," he said looking at her.
"They know I'm here. They gave me permission to date you. After the little talk you gave them, they changed their mind about you. Now we can finally be together," she said happily. He picked her up and spun her around. "But they said on one condition."
"Okay, what's that?"
"That I'm never ever allowed to have sex again until I'm married," she laughed. "Seriously, it freaked them out to know that I've already lost my virginity, but they trust me and they're slowly hoping to trust you too."
"Well we wouldn't want to do anything to break that trust, now do we?"
"No we don't," she smiled. "So did you really mean all of the things you told my dads?"
"Every single word of it." She stood on her tip-toes to give him a kiss.
"You know, my dads trust me so much that they'd even let me spend the night with you; in separate rooms of course."
"Oh, hello, you must be Rachel." Puck's mother came into the living room to greet her son's girlfriend.
"Hi Mrs. Puckerman, it's nice to meet you." She shook her hand.
"Call me Kathleen. It's nice to finally meet you too. Would you like me to give you a ride home? It's getting pretty late."
"Can Rachel stay here tonight?" Kathleen raised her eyebrows at her son. He'd just told her that they weren't allowed to date and now he was asking if she could spend the night. Puck noticed his mother's expression and put her mind at ease. "Well it's just that it's getting late and I don't want you guys to be out there in the dark." Oh, he's good, thought Rachel. He really wanted to spend time with Rachel. They hadn't just hung out together in a while and he missed that.
"I don't know, Noah. Would her parents be okay with this?"
"My dads know I'm here." Puck gave his mother a pleading look and she gave in.
"Well if it's alright with Rachel's parents, you can stay here."
"I'll go call them right now." Rachel ran off to the bathroom to make her phone call. Once she left, Kathleen pulled some blankets out and laid them on the couch.
"Can Rachel sleep in my room?" Kathleen looked at Puck.
"I don't know," she said hesitantly.
"Please?" he begged his mother.
"Fine, but one of you have to sleep on the floor," she eyed him.
"Sure thing," he said before kissing her on the cheek and flying up the stairs.
"And the door stays open," she shouted.
"Mhm," was the last thing she heard her son say. Kathleen just shook her head and wondered how Rachel got her son to become a committed relationship type of guy.
"So," said Rachel as she came into Puck's room, "what do you want to do?"
"I'll show you." He pulled her onto the bed and gave her a quick kiss.
"I like that idea," she said kissing him again. "I like your room," she said randomly.
"Really?" He asked puzzled. He didn't think it was all that great.
"Yeah, it's," she tried to find a word to use, "comfy." Puck lay on his back and rested his eyes. Rachel laid down and propped herself up on her side.
"Thank you so much. I don't know how you did it, but I'm so glad you got my parents to see you how I do, well not in the sense of seeing you like a boyfriend, but like an amazing person." Rachel rambled on.
"You are way too cute sometimes," he said opening his eyes. He let out a slight giggle.
"Sorry, I ramble…"
"When you're nervous, I know, but you don't have anything to be nervous about. Everything's finally working out and we're together. I couldn't be happier." He turned to his side and put his hand on Rachel's back.
"Me neither," she smiled giddily. She pressed her lips against his and found herself moving to lay on her back. Puck put both of his hands on either side of Rachel. The kiss got passionate pretty quickly before Puck forced himself to stop.
"Sorry, sorry," he said laying back down. "I get a little caught up sometimes."
"I know what you mean. I'm surprised it actually happens to me too. It's so easy to lose control with you; I've always got to stop myself." She sat up and saw his guitar in the corner of the room. "You know what we should do?" She got off the bed and took the guitar into her hands.
"Elope?" He was mocking her for the time she said it to Finn. He wasn't there, but when Finn told him about it, he thought it was pretty funny. She nudged his stomach with her elbow and rolled her eyes.
"Actually, I was thinking that you should play me a song," she suggested.
"Okay, what do you want to hear?" He took the guitar from Rachel's hands and began randomly strumming.
"How about one of these?" She looked around his room and saw an orange notebook on his bedside table. "Puck's Songs" was scribbled on the cover. Puck flipped all the way to the back of the book and played her a recent song.
"This is one that I wrote recently. It's about a special someone," he said winking at her. She felt herself blushing a little. Even after all they had been through together, she still found herself blushing when he flirted with her.
I'm not a perfect person
There's many things I wish I didn't do
But I continue learning
I never meant to do those things to you
And so I have to say before I go
That I just want you to know
I've found a reason for me
To change who I used to be
A reason to start over new
And the reason is you
I'm sorry that I hurt you
It's something I must live with everyday
And all the pain I put you through
I wish that I could take it all away
And be the one who catches all your tears
That's why I need you to hear
I've found out a reason to me
To change who I used to be
A reason to start over new
And the reason is you
And the reason is you
I'm not a perfect person
I never meant to do those things to you
And so I have to say before I go
That I just want you to know
I've found a reason to show
A side of me you didn't know
A reason for all that I do
And the reason is you
When Puck finished his song he noticed a tear in Rachel's eye.
"That was beautiful. You're such an amazing songwriter Noah and I'm glad to have you on my arm," she said leaning over to wrap her arms around him.
"Well I have some good inspiration for it." He poked her in her side and she jumped.
"Lately, so have I." After a few minutes of silence Rachel asked a question. "I've always loved the song you wrote when you first auditioned for Glee. Where did you get the inspiration from?" She saw the look on his face when she asked the question. "You don't have to tell me if you don't want to."
"Naw, it's fine," he said rubbing her back. "It's about my dad. When he left us, that's when I really started getting into music and songwriting. I wrote that song because I was so mad at him for leaving my family in the mess we were in. I thought how could a guy do that to someone he claimed he loved. How could a guy ever leave his wife and two children; one of which who wasn't born yet?" Rachel looked at Puck and nestled closer to him.
"Your dad is going to regret ever leaving you guys. He missed out on knowing an amazing son. He will see that one day."
"How does it feel to have two dads? I know that's a random question, but I don't even know what it's like to have one dad."
"It's definitely difficult sometimes. Don't get me wrong I'm not ashamed of them at all; I love them. But I've always wondered what it's like to have a mom, to have an woman to go to about boys and make up and girl things, you know?" she said laying on his lap. Her hair was sprawled across his legs and he rubbed the top of her head.
"I understand that; that's how I feel about not having a father, but I wouldn't change anything. My mom worked so hard to raise my sister and I and I feel like sometimes I just let her down or I disappoint her. That makes me feel bad because I think about all the things I put her through and all the things she's had to go through because of me." He looked down in disappointment.
"Your mother is probably so proud of you. Your father was the one who put your mother through everything; not you. You can't think that's your fault because it isn't. Your mom loves you, don't ever forget that." He bent down to kiss her on the lips.
"She's right you know," said Kathleen walking into Puck's room. "You should listen to that amazing girlfriend of yours." She winked at Rachel.
"Thank you! I try to tell him that all the time," Rachel kidded.
"I am very proud of you sweetheart. I know sometimes I might not say it enough, but I just wanted you to know." She kissed her son on the top of his head.
"Told you," Rachel smiled.
"Alright guys, it's getting pretty late. Time to get to bed; you've got school tomorrow Noah." She said good night to Rachel and Puck and went downstairs.
"Goodnight," said Puck turning off the light.
"Goodnight." Rachel gave Puck a goodnight kiss before slipping into the sleeping bag on the floor.
A/N: Here's what I wanted to say. Am I the only one who's SO stoked to see the new season of GLEE! What do you guys want to see happen? What do you think will happen? Also, is anyone going to the Glee tour? I am PRAYING I get to go. Hopefully the tickets don't sell out though Anyways, back to my point. Did you guys hear about Naya Rivera and Mark Salling dating? I heard about it a while ago but I didn't think it was true. I think it's cute if they are because they're both gorgeous people! I'm the biggest Mark Salling fan ever, so of course it sorta bums ya out at first, but if they're happy, I'm happy Who would you guys want to see date in real life? It doesn't have to happen or anything, I just want to see who you guys think is cute together. I love Lea & Mark & Lea & Cory. So anyway people, let me know what you think of the story. Thanks again for all the R&R's.