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Chapter 37 Aftermath

Puck watched his girlfriend sleep restlessly; sitting across the bedroom on the chair next to the window, the crease between his eyes furrowed he clenched his hands together as she rolled over and pulled a pillow over her head as the sun rose filling the room with golden light. Rachel never moved when she slept, she always slept on her side her legs tucked up with a hand under her head, since he put her to bed she had rolled around and whimpered in her sleep, at first he had hoped it was because of the vodka, plus everything she had had drunk at the party, but she had started the whimper and thrash about. And since then he knew she was dreaming about her parents, and her past, watching her he debated waking her again as she began to thrash about, suddenly she screamed loudly sparking him out of his seat and running to her.

"Baby, baby wake up" he yelled shaking her shoulders, sighing in relief as her eyes snapped over and she launched herself into his arms, holding her tight he rubbed her back and climbed into bed next to her as she cried into his shoulder.

"Don't leave" she begged when she calmed down enough to speak, Puck closed his eyes and remembered what Luke had said and that Rachel didn't just mean right now.

"I will never leave" he promised quietly but resolutely, holding her tighter as she settled across him and closed her eyes again.

"Still mad at you" he heard her mumble as she relaxed in his arms, Puck smiled and pressed a kiss to her head

"I know, yell at me in the morning"

"I will" she mumbled again and cuddled up to him closer.

Having drifted off with her in his arms a little after her, Puck wasn't prepared for the pillow that hit him on the head a few hours later, opening his eyes as he was hit again, he looked up his very pissed off girlfriend.

"I know I'm a fuck up, a douche, an idiot, I suck and I'm sorry, really really really sorry, please forgive me" he babbled pouting for good measure as he finished "I had been drinking and was stressed cos you were stressed and annoyed at everyone who thought they had the right to know your story, and then you said you were sorry about your scars and that annoyed me as well, but I am really really sorry, and I never say sorry usually but I love you so I am"

Rachel growled in frustration and hit him with a pillow again as she sat on her knees beside him "that is for stealing my thunder" she hit him again "that is for rambling me into a corner" she hit him again "and that is for using those three words against me"

"But did it work?" he asked with a cheeky grin, earning himself another hit on the head, wrenching the pillow out of her grasp he tugged her down so she lay across him and grabbed her hips to pin her against him before she could move away.

"I guess it worked a little" Rachel gasped as he moved against her and rubbed against her centre biting her lip she looked down at him accusingly as he continued to rub harder causing her panties to dampen instantly. Arching his eyebrow and somehow managing to look both innocent and sexy he slipped one hand underneath her shirt towards her breasts his other keeping her pinned against him and rolling her over onto her back "sex doesn't solve everything you know" she informed him as he slipped her top off.

"Yeah but it will help" he insisted as he lowered himself down her body taking her shorts with him and looking up at her with a lecherous grin, making her arch her back and moan in anticipation.

Gleeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Rachel tossed her bare legs over him in exhaustion; both sweaty and tired Puck gathered her closer to him and fitted her against his body perfectly as she always did "I'm sorry"

"I know" she said simply looking at him "but that really hurt"

"I was being a twat, I'll say I won't do it again but you know I will"

Rachel laughed and nodded looking up at him lovingly dropping a kiss onto his bare chest too lazy to reach up and catch his lips.

"Do you want to talk about...?"

"No, you said something earlier when you were grovelling" she changed the conversation

"Baddasses do not grovel"

"Well you were, anyway you said something about everyone expecting they had the right to know about my scars and their story, who do you mean?"

"Well everyone was stressing over it but when I was walking upstairs I heard Jess yelling at Kurt"

"Again" Rachel said wryly rolling her eyes

"Yeah so you had a fight with your friends in the middle of a shop?"

"Kurt was stressing me out about wanting me to wear a bikini, even though I informed him that I was uncomfortable wearing one, a few of the others then decided to intrude on the conversation and I walked away, it was rather pathetic to be honest, and very intruding and rude, if I do not want to wear a bikini they should just accept that"

"I know baby" Puck said kissing her on the head and glancing at the clock "you know what is bloody annoying?"

"What's that?" Rachel said stretching in his arms and bringing back into view his favourite part of Rachel's body

Biting back his moan and struggling to return to his previous thought "that you drank the better half of a bottle of vodka last night and you don't seem to have a hangover"

"Oh I had a headache, but do you know what the best cure for a headache is?"

"Nope"

"A screaming orgasm" Rachel said smugly getting out of bed and padding across the room naked to the bathroom and looking back with a smug grin, making him jump out of bed and follow her quickly.

Dressing after her shower Rachel grabbed her one bikini top and tied it on above her daisy dukes, making Puck stop in surprise as he pulled on her board shorts again and another wife beater.

"Not that I don't love seeing your sexy as fuck body on show all day, but I'm a little surprised that you are wearing a bikini" he said sliding his arms around her to look at her in the mirror.

"they're not really a secret anymore, may as well get a proper tan for once" Rachel said before they walked downstairs together and into the kitchen, where her brother was standing at the sink shirtless, his own scars on show as he drank a cup of coffee "Morning Eth" Rachel said hugging him gently around his waist.

"Morning sis, Puck, how you doing?"

"Fine" Rachel said with a fake quizzical look "why wouldn't I be?"

Rolling his eyes but knowing what she was doing Ethan nodded and turned to put his cup in the dishwasher, if his sister wanted to avoid thinking about his parents and lie about her feelings then he wasn't going to stop her, just watch her carefully and rely on her boyfriend and friends to do the same.

"Where is everyone?" asked Puck leaning over and grapping a piece of toast off Ethan's plate

"Outside, some interesting noises from upstairs drove them out of the house" Ethan said with a knowing grin as Rachel blushed and Puck smirked proudly "I'm going to catch up with some friends down in LA today you guys cool without the car?"

"Of course, I think another day on the beach is all I'm really up for today" Rachel said stretching out the kinks in her back before walking out onto the veranda and silencing everyone waiting out there, especially Kurt with her outfit.

"Oh darling, don't you think you should wear a t-shirt?" he whispered gently earning himself yet more glares from the glee club.

"Kurt shut the fuck up!" Rachel screamed in exasperation "yesterday you acted like a right ponce practically ordering me to wear a fucking bikini and today you are telling me to cover up, tell me Kurt are you ashamed of your actions and you think I am making a point by making you see me like this?" she took a step closer to him "or are you ashamed to see my scars? Do you find them ugly and grotesque and cannot stand to look at them? Because either way you sound like a right fucking arsehole right now"