Chapter seven: Cry
It was lunchtime and Rachel had snuck off to the odatorium. Every lunch time since she started getting picked on she would come in here sit on stage and just cry. She'd cry about not being pretty enough. Or good enough. Cry about being alone and people not wanting her. Cry that she must be so horrible and worhtless for her to get picked on so bad. She'd just sit there and cry for 45 minutes before going to the bathroom re-doing her makeup and putting on a smile. She'd leave all the emotions, regrets and self loathing it that room. On that stage and get on with her day. It was a great was to sooth her mind and let out what she couldn't.
Before today no one ever knew where she went at lunch but today she felt a presece behind her. She knew it was him without turning round. She could just feel his body heat and smell him.
"Noah?" Rachel whispered in a strangled voice, with her legs tucked into her chest, "What are you doing here?"
"Looking for you, I figgured you'd be in here. But I thought you'd be singing, not crying."
Rachel hummed in agreement, leaning back into his body.
"Baby, whats wrong?" Puck asked sitting down and wrapping his arms around her from behind.
"I...at lunch time I come in here to cry." She whispered.
"Why?" He asked, leaning his chin on her shoulder and rubbing soothing patterns into her belly.
"Because I'm never good enough," Rachel said leaning into his touch, "Jesse left me for fame, Finn left me for Quinn. Dad left me for a man, Daddy's never around anymore and my..." Rachel cut herself off before she could finish.
"Your mother left you for Beth," Puck whispered. Rachel nodded her head.
"Please don't leave me Noah, I-I couldn't take it," she sobbed. Puck didn't say anything just held her closer. When he felt his phone buzz he quickly looked at it.
Santana: 19 days Puckerman.
It reminded him that Rachel was a bet. The guy who he was on the inside, somewhere deep down, the man his Ma raised him to be, Noah, wanted to punch him in the nuts for doing this to her. She was a sweet inoccent girl. She didn't deserve this bet at all. Now he was stuck. He didn't want to hurt her but at the same time the Puck in him really wanted the foursome so bad.