Neighbours

Mike's POV

I rolled down the windows of Finn's old car and let the cold air rush in. Sure the scenery and weather of New York weren't so sunny and upbeat like in Ohio, but it had a certain charm to it. In the background, Puck had turned on the radio and 'Valerie' by Amy Winehouse was blaring through.

The song slowly began to occupy my mind and almost involuntarily, my feet began to tap against the old car and my hand slowly flicked sideways, thinking about how I would choreograph this number.

My thoughts were interrupted when Puck who was driving snorted and said " Yo Changster, I know dancing is your passion and all but try not to break this old thing down. I don't want Finn to murder me for wrecking his grandad's car."

This caused Matt, who was busy scanning his phone to laugh and join the conversation," We're beginning classes at Julliard, next week. Can't you wait a little, Mike?"

" Just like how we've not even reached and you're already texting Monica?" I asked sarcastically.

Matt just laughed and muttered something about being in love.

Puck, then decided to call Finn and check if everything was going fine, back home .

After a few rings, Finn took our call.

" Dude are the last few boxes packed yet?" asked Puck.

" Yes Puck, since you called an hour ago asking the same question. " came a tired reply.

Puck simply smirked and said," One can never be too sure, bro . Anyway are you sure you're okay with bringing the boxes along with you tomorrow? "he asked.

" Yeah, I don't mind.Besides mom was just glad that I got to spend more time with her, even if it was, only for a day more." Finn replied.

" When are you going to reach tomorrow?" asked Puck.

" Probably by noon." answered Finn" Have you guys reached yet?" he asked.

" We're on our way to the apartment right now . We'll reach in about ten minutes. " said Puck.

" Okay then. Oh and dude there was a girl, Veronica something, who came to my house asking for you." said Finn.

Matt suddenly replied," Isn't that the girl you hooked up with last week, Puck? The waitress from the restaurant? "

Puck shot Matt a deadly glare, while he just grinned.

" Seriously Puck? You gave her my address? My mom was here, you moron!" said Finn.

Puck grinned sheepishly and replied, " But dude, after we hooked up, she asked me out on a date. I panicked, okay!"

" It's not like she asked you to marry her. Jeez Puck ! " exclaimed Finn exasperated.

"Anyway, just please tell me that there won't be any more girls coming to my mom, giving their numbers and asking for you?" asked Finn.

" Yeah, yeah sure . There aren't any other girls . Mostly. " said Puck.

" Mostly?"asked Finn and let out a frustrated sigh.

" Hey, It's not my fault that the ladies want a little action from Puckzilla. " said Puck defensively.

" Yeah, whatever. I'll call you guys after I land. " replied Finn and ended the call.

" Thanks, Matt." said Puck sarcastically while we laughed.

After taking a few lefts and rights we reached our new haven.The apartment was beautiful from the outside and had six floors. Matt, Puck and I started taking out our boxes from the car, pressed the elevator button, pushed all the stuff in and pressed the fourth floor button.

As we lifted all the boxes upto the door of our apartment, I saw a short brunette in her workout outfit getting out of the four bedroom apartment opposite ours.She saw us and had a surprised look on her face. She quickly hid it with a warm smile, which I returned. Then she went inside her apartment and closed the door.The guys and I exchanged a knowing glance. That was weird.

Anyway, we opened the door and entered our fully furnished, beautiful four bedroom apartment which was painfully expensive but still worth it. As we set down our boxes, we heard the doorbell ring. We had barely kept our boxes how come we had visitors already?

I opened the door to find the same short brunette standing in front of the door with a small container in her hand.She had a huge smile on her face as she greeted us.

"Hi. My name is Rachel Berry and I'm your neighbour. Here, these are a batch of brownies I made." she said handing me the container.

Pleased by the gesture, we introduced ourselves.

"Please come in, Rachel" I offered.

As she entered the apartment, Puck asked " So Rachel, do you live alone in that four bedroom apartment? "

She replied, " No I live with my best friend Kurt and in a matter of two days, my friends Quinn Fabray and Tina Cohen Chang are gonna settle here."

I heard Matt snicker and give me a look that said ' You both have the same last name '.

I mean, come on ! It isn't my fault that 'Chang' is a common American-Chinese surname.

Oblivious to Matt's looks she continued "What do you do, Mike? Are you studying in college? "

" Actually Matt and I are starting classes at Julliard next week." I replied.

" Oh , you guys are dancers? That's nice." she said " So are these all your boxes? I thought you would need more suff. I mean, there are three of you. "

Puck then said, " Actually we're waiting for one of our friends Finn who's gonna come down tomorrow with the rest of our stuff. "

" Oh, so there are gonna be four of you guys? That's great. Actually, you should come over on Sunday for a little get together. You guys could get to know my friends and Oh Mike, you should totally meet my friend Tina. You guys would be so cute together." she ranted excitedly.

She thought her friend Tina and I should go out because we're both Asian? That's kinda racist, I thought.

But when she spoke excitedly about Tina and the get together, I thought that maybe she wanted to set us up because maybe we both were each other's types . But then again, she didn't know me well.

Seeing the brunette talk about her friends, Matt and I exchanged glances. I knew he was thinking the same thing. Rachel seems perfect for Finn.She was bubbly, friendly, pretty, sweet and slightly talkative. He hadn't been dating anyone since Kathy, who was an evil bitch. It was high time that he moved on.

My thoughts were interrupted, when Puck who was listening to Rachel talk about Quinn, while eating the brownies she made said," Oh my god, Rachel ! These brownies are so good. You know, I think Finn would be excited to meet you. "

Rachel laughed and said," I too am excited to meet Finn. I'm glad you liked the brownies."

She checked her watch and said, " Sorry guys, I must go now . I'm late for my morning walk. See you on Sunday. Tell Finn, I said hi."

" Will do, honey ." said Puck and gave her a wink. Rachel just rolled her eyes and chuckled.As she was leaving Puck stopped her and said," Oh and Rachel, could you give this to Quinn. It's my number. I would love to meet her."

Matt and I stared at him incredulously while Rachel took a piece of paper from Puck's hand with an amused smile and said," Of course. "

After she left, Matt spoke up," She was nice."

" Yeah" I said " Finn would love her. And Puck, seriously? You had to ask her to give your number to Quinn?"

Puck shrugged and said ," Dude, if her friends are as hot as she is, how can I say no? I mean, I would've asked Rachel for her number, but she's Finn's type ; Matt has Monica and Rachel's hooking you up with Tina. So, I decided to hook up with Quinn. "

A slight blush crept up my face as I said, "Dude , I haven't even met her yet . It's not necessary that we will hook up! "

With a smirk, Puck replied " Whatever you say, man."

Then we started unpacking and setting our stuff up. We moved the couch to a favourable spot, kept the dishes in the kitchen and set each of our stuff in our rooms. When I finished unpacking, it was 8:00pm. I was so tired. But , we still had to do some more stuff tomorrow, to completely settle down .

As I went to bed, I thought about what Rachel said . Maybe I should see Tina. Maybe she would be my type after all. But how could I be sure? I wanted something serious, unlike Puck. Well, at least I should meet her first. With these thoughts, I slowly drifted off to sleep.

The next morning, I was woken up from some weird noises coming in from the kitchen . I checked the alarm next to my bed . It showed the time as 4:05am. Matt was probably hungry considering Puck never woke up before 10am.

Then all of a sudden, I heard a yanking sound and glass clattering. Shit ! Had Matt broken something? I slowly got up and headed towards the kitchen.

I was just about to ask if everything was alright, when I saw that instead of Matt, there was a super tall guy in the kitchen, his back faced towards me, in the dim light.

I quietly grabbed Puck's baseball bat that he had left on the couch and carefully reached him.

When I looked closely, I saw that he had a knife in his hand. Cornering him, I said, " Drop the knife or I'll call 911."

I heard a faint " huh " and the drop of the knife, before I sprang on top of him, hitting him in the shin. I was this close to swinging the bat at him, when I recognised his face.

" What the hell, Mike? Are you freaking trying to kill me ?? " he said.

" Finn ?? "