Sorry for any spelling or grammar mistakes. By the way, I'm not sure if I should say Puck or Noah when I'm talking about Puck in general, so the only time he's going to be called Noah is when Rachel is talking to him. Got it? I'm pretty sure that in the first chapter I mentioned that this takes place junior year, I'm not 100% sure and since I'm too lazy to go back and check, I'm just going to assume I did. So anyway, I lied. I've decided since it's AU season one, then it has to take place in sophomore year, right? That just shows how dumb I really am. Here's chapter 3!

Rachel walked the short distance from her house to the playground to find Puck already sitting on a bench over by the sand pit.

"How long have you been sitting there?" Rachel asked. Puck turned around and a grin danced acoss his lips.

"Since I got home. I was waiting for your text."

"Oh."

"Yeah, I come here to think a lot. It really reminds me of when we were kids and we used to play in the sand and race across the monkey bars. I really miss the summer days where we would sit under the gazebo and wait for the icecream man."

By now, Rachel had slid onto the bench next to Puck and was hanging onto his every word.

"Whatever happened to us, Noah?"

"I don't know, but as I recall, it was my fault we stopped talking, you had nothing to do with it. I mean, I kissed you and then never spoke to you again. Sorry about that, by the way," Rachel rolled her eyes and asked,

"Why did you?"

"I kissed you because I may have had a crush on you back then, but those feelings are long gone," he lied smoothly, "I started ignoring you because I really was afraid of the possibility that you would reject me, saying that I was only your first kiss and nothing more. I really miss you and I think we should be friends again." Rachel smiled and looked down at this,

"I'd love to be friends again Noah," then she wrapped her arms around him and pretty soon, Puck was hugging Rachel back.

The next day in glee, Puck and Rachel kept shooting each other glances and smiled whenever they caught each other looking. They held hands, in a friendly way, while they sat and listened to Mr. Schuester.

When glee was over the pair packed up their things, linked arms, and walked down the hallway, for Puck was giving Rachel a ride home.

Puck glared at anyone who threw looks of disgust their way.

Back in the choir room, Finn could not believe his eyes. He thought that Rachel and Puck weren't friends anymore, let alone together. How did this happen?, he thought. He felt an unfamiliar feeling in the pit of his stomach. He thought that maybe, just maybe, he was jealous of Rachel and Puck and all of the time they'll be spending together. He needed to come up with a plan to split them up again.

When Rachel and Puck stepped into Rachel's house, they went straight up to her room.

"Still looks the same, I see," Puck commented, noting the pink walls and stuffed animals from Rachel's childhood.

"Yeah, I never got around to redecorating."

"Well I like it," Puck replied as he plopped down on the bed, "It's like we're kids again."

Rachel blushed and sat down next to Puck. She rested her head on his shoulder and sighed,

"Are we going to be okay?" she asked.

"Of course."

The next day, Rachel was walking down the crowded hallway as she hurried to her first class of the day.

Her and Puck had fallen asleep in her bed when he stayed over the night before, so they had slept in. Rachel's dads weren't even mad that he had left their house early in the morning. They were just happy that the pair were friends again.

Rachel still had ten minutes to get to homeroom, but she liked to get there early, so in her mind, ten minutes early was like being ten minutes late. She reached the classroom and right as she placed her hand on the doorknob, she had been startled by a voice,

"Hey Rachel," it was Finn, "I haven't talked to you lately.

"Finn, we talked yesterday," Rachel sighed. She had noticed that lately Finn was being really clingy. It annoyed the hell out of her. "Look, as much as I'd like to talk right now, I'm going to be late for class, and so are you. Bye!"

Finn stopped her from opening the door and said,

"But we still have like five-," but Finn was cut off by the sound of Rachel slamming the door behind her. He sighed.

Rachel sat down in her usual seat and took a deep breath. Jeez, what is up with Finn these days?, she thought.

Notice how Finn thinks that Puck and Rachel are a couple, but they aren't...yet! Haha!