RACHEL'S POV
Dumb. I berated myself. Dumb, dumb-dumb, diddity-dumb. I'm letting Noah come to Spirit practice tonight. How dumb can I get?
The rest of the day was pretty uneventful with the exception of Sue and I glaring at each other everytime we saw each other.
As I walked by the field on the way to my car after school, I heard Sue yelling, sorry, giving a pep talk to the Cheerios.
"Alright you sloppy freak show babies! Spirit has upped the ante. I have no idea what they are going to do, I just know we have to be better."
I grinned and met up with Noah at my car.
PUCK'S POV
I'm surprised B invited me to the practice today. As we split up, I met up with the gleeks in the choir room.
"Any news?" Hummel asks, practically pouncing on me.
"She invited me to whatever the practice is tonight. I'm going, but you guys can't come with or follow us."
"What? Why not?" Jones asked.
"No idea, and honestly, I don't care. We are still finding out what it is so is it that big of a deal you have to see it?"
They all shook their heads and I heard a couple 'I guess not' from them. I grinned and headed to my class.
As the day continued, I couldn't help but wonder what this practice was. Or maybe she was ditching her practice to kill me. I chuckled under my breath and immediately dismissed the thought. B was a force to be reckoned with when she was mad, but she wouldn't kill anybody.
After the school day ended, I walked to B's car. I heard Sylvester bitching at the Cheerios about some squad called Spirit. I only know it was another squad because when I was 'dating' Satan, she was bitching about this squad that was amazing and that's when I normally tune out of the conversation.
B walked up and my breath caught. She looked hot. (Wearing her workout clothes)
"Hey Noah!" Her smile lit up her face.
I grinned back at her. "Hey B. So where we headed?"
She smirked. "You'll find out."
I hop in the passenger seat and she brings the engine to life.
"Fair warning-" The radio cut her off as it blasted from the speakers. I quickly turned it down. "I was going to warn you about that." She smiled sheepishly.
"Why was it so loud?" I asked.
"One of my favorite songs was playing this morning, so I turned up the volume."
"What song was it?"
"You Give Love a Bad Name, Bon Jovi."
I was surprised. "You're a Bon Jovi fan Berry?"
"Yeah. I listen to a lot of different types of music."
"Huh." Rachel seemed really one dimensional in her music tastes. Broadway. I guess we were wrong.
"Yeah. So before we get there, I have to ask you a favor."
"What is it?"
"Don't judge me or tell any of the gleeks. I have a surprise for them to find out."
I wasn't sure what to do for a minute. It was either, trust Rachel, or trust the gleeks. "Deal."
She pulled up to this huge strip mall sized building. On the front in red lettering was the letter's IDA. Apparently they stood for International Dance Academy. I was still confused.
She smiled nervously at me and that confused me more. We got out of her car and walked in. She checked us in and as we walked down the hallways, everyone seemed to stop and greet her. I was completely clueless.
She led me into a gym where the girls and few guys swarmed her.
"Hey B!" Some girl shouted.
"Hey Gwen. How are they doing?"
"Better now that Sarah is out and healing."
Rachel sighed with relief. "Good. Should we run through?"
"Sure."
They got into a formation of some sort and started performing a cheer. I took in the other people's outfits and it was a cheerleading uniform. Across the front said Spirit. Oh. Oh. That's why she didn't want people to know.
As I looked on, my jaw started dropping. Now I see what Satan was bitching about. They're really good! They didn't do huge life threatening stuff like Sue forced the Cheerios to do, but their performance was like as intricate design.
But Rachel brought the entire thing to life. You could tell she was in her element. No one could hold a candle to her skill.
They were getting into their final pyramid when the 2 girls under Rachel, who was at the top, launched her into the air. She immediately started doing flips. I looked on in shock as the rest of the pyramid started to fall. It was planned of course. I was counting Rachel's flips and she had just reached 8 when Gwen told her to stop and cradle.
My chest started to tighten with panic when she didn't, but instead kept doing them.
Soon most of the squad was telling her to pull out. As I watched with baited breath, I noticed maybe 4 girls and 3 guys all rolling their eyes at her.
I immediately clenched my fist, and turned back to Rachel. She was falling fast and I almost cried out to her when she pulled out just in time to cradle.
I let out a huge breath I didn't realize I was holding.
She went over to the people who had rolled their eyes and I noticed a red haired blue eyed girl punch her on the arm. I walked over to them and when Rachel saw me, I saw her eyes light up.
"Noah!" She exclaimed.
"I swear to God Rae! Next time you don't pull out after 8, I'm kicking your ass." The girl said.
Rachel rolled her eyes at the girl. "Ari, would you relax? You know I would never put myself in any immediate danger!"
Ari. I recognize that name as the chick who B was talking on the phone to this morning in the choir room.
"What about what happened last summer?"
When that Ari chick said that, my eyebrows raised higher than they have before. I can't imagine Rachel Berry doing anything like what she was implying.
I looked at B and her eyes were swimming with tears. I took a look at the other people in their little group and they were glaring at Ari.
I feel like the entire time I had a huge question mark on my forehead.
I saw Rachel wipe her eyes and smile. I don't know how she could do that. I noticed that the group of people were now not only glaring at Ari, but also at B.
"Anyway, Noah. This is Ariel, my best friend in the whole world." She pointed at Ariel.
She gave me a once over and nodded, while Rachel rolled her eyes at her.
"This is Jaslene," She pointed at an exotic looking Latina. "Eric, Ari's boyfriend," She motioned to a guy with jet black hair and clear blue eyes. "Alex, Jaslene's boyfriend." This guy was tanned and I hate to admit it, but actually pretty toned. "Emerald," She pointed to a girl with chocolate brown hair and, fitting to her name, emerald green eyes. "Emerald's boyfriend, Peter," She motioned to a blonde haired blue eyed guy. "And finally, Ellie." She nodded towards a girls with brown hair and brown eyes.
"I go by Puck."
They all start snickering at me and I have this WTF look on my face.
"What?" I ask.
"You never told him Rae?" Jaslene asked with a smirk on her face as she tried to reign in her laughter.
"Told me what?"
"Oh nothing…" Eric trailed off before letting out another burst of laughter.
"Seriously what?"
"Did you never ask Rae why she calls you Noah instead of Puck?"
"Yes. She said it's because she likes Noah better."
"She lied." Ari cut in.
"What?" I whirled around and glared at her. "Tell me now."
"Noah-"
"Tell me."
"Are-"
"Tell me."
"Because there is a character in Shakespeare's A MidSummer's Night Dream named Puck."
"And?"
"And he has pink fairy wings."
There was silence for a full minute.
"WHAT?!"
