AN: Hi all! I was pleasantly surprised by how much support this story has received. It was one that just wouldn't leave me alone so I sat down and wrote it one day. I'm at home sick (Scarlett Fever… not something you hear about every day anymore) so hopefully I can get some more chapters finalised!

Enjoy=)

Elle xox

"You know, I've never met a girl's parents before," Noah told her as he drove the familiar trip to his house.

"Really?" Rachel was surprised.

He shrugged in reply, "I've never been with anyone worth enough to put myself through that."

"Well, our relationship might be a scam, but I appreciate you agreeing to meet my parents," Rachel smiled.

"Hey, it's the least I can do… you're helping me out of a big mess right now and I didn't mean for it to get so out of hand on your end as well," he told her honestly.

"I wouldn't have agreed to help if I minded," Rachel replied. Noah pulled his car into its normal space in his driveway.

"Are you sure about this? It's not too late to 'break up' with me," Noah told her.

"What if she doesn't like me?" Rachel asked nervously as he helped her out of the truck.

"Rach, the second we walk in there, she is going to be planning our wedding… you're exactly the kind of girl she wants me to date," he reassured her with a laugh.

Rachel froze and looked at him, "What?" he asked, hoping he hadn't freaked her out with the comment about marriage.

"What did you call me?"

"Uh… Rach. Why? Is that a problem?" he asked her hesitantly.

"No… it's just… no one apart from family has ever called me that before," Rachel gave a little smile, "I don't have friends to give me nicknames."

"You have me," he said sincerely, leaning in and kissing her forehead. He saw the smile on her face grow when he pulled back so he confidently took her hand and pulled her towards the front door.

"Mom!" He called, as he opened the door for her.

Hearing what sounded like an 'in the kitchen' coming from somewhere in the house, he lead her through the halls. His mom turned from the bench and beamed at him when she saw the girl who was tightly grasping her son's hand.

"Mom, this is my girlfriend, Rachel… Rachel, this is my mom," he said quickly, grabbing Rachel's hand and starting to pull her away.

"Noah! That is no way to introduce us!" his mom scolded him before turning to Rachel, "How do you put up with his rudeness?"

"He's actually quite charming when he wants to be, Ms Puckerman," Rachel replied with a smile.

"Please, call me Rebekah, dear," his mom grinned. She already liked this girl, "so Noah tells me you're in the Glee Club with him."

"Rach is the star, mom," Noah said, taking a seat and pulling Rachel down next to him.

"Really? How impressive. Noah won't let me come and see any of the performances," Rebekah informed Rachel. Rachel turned to Noah and hit him on the arm. He yelped and rubbed his arm tenderly.

"You should let your mom come Noah! You have an amazing voice," Rachel reprimanded him.

"Geez you pack a punch," he whined, "Fine, she can come… happy now?"

"Yes, I am," Rachel stated.

Noah rolled his eye when he saw the grin on his mom's face grow even wider.

"Well, dinners still on the stove… why don't you two head up to Noah's room while you wait for it to be ready?" Rebekah suggested to her son and his girlfriend.

"What about the 'no girls in my room' rule?" Noah raised his eyebrows.

"Don't worry about that, go on up," Rebekah gushed causing her son to roll his eyes yet again. But he wasn't one to skip out on opportunities as they arose. He pulled Rachel up and tugged her up the stairs.

"It was nice meeting you, Rebekah," Rachel called as she was pulled from the room. Noah led her up to his room and shut the door behind them. Rachel took the opportunity to look around his bedroom. It was the perfect mix of Noah and Puck. He had a few football photos but also family photos hanging on the walls. He grabbed her wrist and pulled her back into his grasp. Noah lent down and captured her lips in a soft kiss.

"What was that for?" Rachel asked breathlessly when they pulled apart. They were alone so there was no need to keep up the act.

"Just practising," he smirked, "… and because you're awesome."

"Oh trust me when I say you don't need any practise in that department," she sighed.

"Really?" he laughed, letting her compliment go to his head, "that good huh?"

"You have no idea…" Rachel played along.

"Must be the guns… chicks are always falling for them."

"I think your arms are only part of the… appeal," she whispered close into his ear.

"You have plenty of appeal too, babe," he returned huskily. Rachel took a look at him and burst into a fit of laughter. It was infectious and within seconds he was laughing too.

"I like this carefree Rachel," he told her brushing a strand of hair off her face, "why do you pretend to be someone else at school?"

"For the same reason you do… I don't really want people to see the other side of me," she replied.

"Why not? This Rachel is awesome… she'd be much more popular," he told her.

"And I think that Noah is better than Puck… yet you refuse to let other people see that side of you. Don't get me wrong… being popular would be nice, but I really only need a few friends and I've never been great at making them… It's hard to think you're worth anything when you are constantly the centre of the schools bullying."

"Trust me, if you acted like you have been today all of the time, you would have more than a few friends," he whispered, "and you're worth a lot to me." Rachel turned onto her side to look at him again. She took charge this time, leaning forward and kissing him gently.

"What was that for?" he asked this time.

"Just practising," she smirked, mimicking his answer from earlier, "… and because I wanted to."

"No arguments from me… you're pretty good at that yourself," he lent back smugly. This arrangement would get a whole lot better if she let him kiss her like that more often. He shifted over on the bed to give her more room and reached over to switch the TV on. They watched TV in a comfortable silence for a while.

"Hey Noah?" Rachel said after a while. He looked at her to show her she had his attention, "You know you're my best friend, right?"

"Yeah, I know… and you're my best friend too," he replied.

"Really? Not Finn?"

"Finn is one of my good friends, but you're my best friend. You see a different side of me to the others and you actually think I have a shot at doing something worthwhile with my life… it's nice," he explained.

Rachel beamed at him and opened her mouth to say something when they were interrupted by a knock on his door.

"It's unlocked mom," he called out. Rebekah opened the door and looked at it surprised that it was indeed unlocked. She was even more surprised to see the pair were laying on the bed watching TV. She figured that by giving Noah permission to have a girl in his room she would likely walk in on something.

"Dinners ready," she said with a smile, turning on her heel and leaving the room quickly.

Noah laughed, "She totally thought we were up here making out."

"Well we were for a while," Rachel chuckled.

"Please, that was tame compared to what she has walked in on before," he joked.

"Noah! That's disgusting…" she crinkled her nose at him.

Dinner was good. Rachel met Noah's little sister, Hannah and Rebekah asked the girl lots of questions. Rebekah had been particularly impressed when Rachel mentioned she goes to temple each week if she can. When Rebekah started to clear up the plates, Rachel stopped her.

"You cooked dinner, we can do this," she insisted, pulling a groaning Noah up to help her with the dishes. Rebekah watched as her son helped Rachel without much of a complaint. As he finished washing the last dish, he handed it off to Rachel to dry and stepped up close behind her. Her hands froze feeling his breath on the back of her neck.

"Stop distracting me," she whispered.

"I'm not… I'm just trying to hug my girlfriend," he teased.

"Yes… and it's…" she leant back into him as he rested his hands on her hips and placed a kiss on the back of her neck, "…very distracting."

She swatted his hands away and turned to face him with a mischievous look on her face. Moving quickly she whipped the cloth in her hand so that it hit him in the thigh with a loud crack.

"Ow!" he complained loudly earning laughs from Rachel, his mom and his sister, "… oh that's it Berry… you're going down," he quickly grabbed another cloth off the bench and started flicking back at her. At some point Rachel held up her hands in surrender and he slung her over his shoulder, not letting her back down as he grasped onto her tanned legs that poked out from her tiny denim shorts.

The doorbell rang and his mom left to answer it. She was still laughing uncontrollably when she pulled back the door, "Oh hi Finn!" she greeted the teen, "they're in the kitchen… I'd stay a few meters away if you want to be safe," she joked, "they both appear to have excellent aim."

Finn shot the woman a confused look but followed her into the kitchen. He froze, eyes wide, at the sight he saw. Puck still had a struggling Rachel in his arms while she continued to try and get him with the cloth. Both of the teens stopped mucking around when they saw they had a guest.

"When did you get here?" Puck asked curiously, letting Rachel return to her feet but not letting her move away. He hadn't heard the doorbell ring.

"Umm… just then… I thought we could knock back a few rounds of Halo but I see you are… busy," Finn stumbled, "I'll just see you tomorrow," he turned to Rachel briefly as he left the room, "Hi Rachel."

Rachel gave a little wave from her spot as she smoothed her hair back down. They all stood uncomfortably until they heard the front door click closed.

"Well… that was awkward," Noah broke their silence.

"What was that all about, Noah?" his mom asked.

Rachel answered for him, "Finn is my ex… we've been broken up for a while now but things are still… a little tense when it comes to me dating other guys."

"And… we haven't really told anyone about us," Noah added, "I mean, they are probably very suspicious but we haven't officially told them anything."

"Well considering how things have been with Finn… that was probably a smart move," Rebekah admitted, "but you had to know he would find out eventually."

When Finn got out to his car, he called his brother straight away and told him to activate the glee clubs phone network, minus Puck and Rachel, and get everyone to their house straight away. By the time he made it home, nearly everyone was there.

"So I went to Puck's place to see if he wanted to play x-box. When Mrs Puckerman let me in, you are never going to believe what I saw!" he told them.

"Oh for goodness sakes Finn! Get on with it!" Kurt whined to his brother, "we want to hear the story today."

"Right… well, Puck was in the kitchen but… so was Rachel," he said allusively, "He had her slung over his shoulder and they were attacking each other with cloths from doing the dishes."

"What is going on with those two?" Artie asked.

"I rang Rachel earlier but got her answering machine and she hasn't rung me back," Kurt told them.

"Well, if they are together, I say good on them," surprisingly, that comment came from Santana, "they have both had a lot of shit going on over the last year… with Rachel's mom and the baby. And they proved today that they are both more bearable when they are together."

"So why haven't they told us?" Mercedes asked.

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