Chapter 7
A/N: I don't own Glee.
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RPOV:
I keep getting stared at but I just brush it off. Kurt and Mercedes made me promise to tell them everything in glee. I take another sip of my ginger ale hoping to calm my stomach. Whoever said morning sickness was only in the morning needs to be shot. I have all day sickness and it's driving me crazy. I walk slowly to my next class when my cell buzzes. I check and see a text from my dad Richard. He always checks up on me and it makes me feel happy and sad at the same time. I read the text and I can't help but smile. I send him a quick one back thanking him and then I rush to Noah's locker.
I find him standing there with Mike and Matt looking very serious as he dictates something to him. Matt looks at me and flashes me a huge grin. "What's up baby mama." He says playfully. Noah turns and the sour look on his face disappears. He smirks at me and I feel my heart flutter a little. Why does he always have this affect on me? My cheeks burn thinking about early this morning. I couldn't help myself. I've been so tense for lack of a better word and well he smells so good and my hormones have just been wreaking havoc on me.
"Hi." I say softly. Mike and Matt leave after a few moments and I can't help but forget what I wanted to say to Noah when I look in his hazel orbs. "Everything alright Rach?" He asks his brow furrowing in concern. "Oh…yeah…everything is fine. It's great. I have some good news. I got a job." I say beaming at him. He looks at me blankly for a minute. "You don't have to work Rach. I told you I will take care of you and our son." He says his eyes narrowing a little. "I know that Noah, but he's my responsibility too. I've also been thinking a lot lately and I know staying with your mom is fine for now but I think we should look for our own place." I say hoping he won't think I'm crazy. "Huh?" He says looking a little confused.
"Well, you don't have to move with me but if you do want to that's ok too. I just…well you see…uhh…I just think that adding a baby to your mom's place will make it crowded. We would have to share a room with our son and your sister doesn't need to be around a crying newborn all day." I say trying to make him understand. "Ok. Uhh…ok…we can do that. I've got a job interview today after school. It's not much but it's a job at a auto shop I can work on the weekends and some days after school. It pays ok." Noah says rubbing the back of his neck. "Ok and I got a job teaching piano and singing lessons after school at a drama studio. The owner wanted to expand the kind of creative classes they give. It doesn't pay a whole lot but it's better than nothing." I say and Noah pulls me into a hug.
"It'll be ok Berry. We can make this work." He says and takes my hand. We walk into glee hand in hand and everyone is looking at us. Santana glares at me and Puck making wonder what her problem was. Quinn and Finn don't make eye contact with either of us. The rest of glee seems to be happy we are there. Mercedes jumps up and grabs my hand leading me away from Noah. He just smiles and shrugs his shoulders. He takes a seat next to Mike and Matt.
"Ok girl now spill. Since when are you Puck's baby mama?" She says eying my growing bump. "It wasn't planed it just happened." I say nervously. I don't want them to find out it was on the night of the party. "S-s-s So h-h-how long have you and Puck been together?" Tina asks. "Umm…l…we…it's been at least six months. We were together two months before I got pregnant." I ramble not sure if that's the right thing to say. "Damn girl you were giving it up kinda quick." Mercedes says with her hand on her hip.
"I'm not a prude when it comes to sexual intercourse. Just because we didn't wait till we were married didn't make it any less special. What happened between me and Noah was perfect and meant to be." I say snidely. I don't want to be judged for not waiting till my wedding night. I'm realistic about sex. I knew that I would eventually do it and I was definitely not going to wait till I got married. I had no plans to get married anytime soon. I just wished I was more careful about it.
"It's cool girl. I'm not trying to judge you. I just thought you of all people would have it all planed out and perfect. I definitely wouldn't think you would end up with Puck." She says softly. "What are you having?" Artie asks sincerely. "It's a boy." I say the smile spreading easily on my face at the mention of my little man. "Aww…our little godson is going to be the most fabulously dressed baby in all of Ohio." Kurt coos and I can't help but laugh.
I notice that fifteen minutes before glee is over Noah, Mike, and Matt leave. It's odd that they left. I shrug it off. It's probably some football thing. The rest of glee passes by quickly and I am more than ready to go home. I grab my stuff after agreeing to go baby shopping this weekend with the girls and Kurt. I head out the door and look up when I hear a shriek. I'm stunned. A slushie covered Santana is fuming. Noah, Mike, Matt and a few other football players tossed what looks like ten gallons worth of slushie all over her.
"Ahh…I can't believe you!! You fuckers!!" Santana screeches while everyone in the hall burst out laughing. Since when did a member of the cheerio's get slushied? Noah just looks at me with that sexy smirk that makes my insides all tingly. He leans into her and whispers something in her ear and heads towards me. Santana looks like she's going to burst out in tears and then she just stalks off angrily. Noah walks over to me trying to look innocent, well as innocent as someone that is pure sin can look.
"Do I even want to know what that is all about?" I ask arching my eyebrow at him. "Hmm…I'll explain later." He says with a mischievous glint in his hazel eyes. I wonder if our son will have that same look when I catch him doing something he shouldn't be. "Fine, I'll let it go for now." I say knowing he'll tell me when he's ready. He drops me off at his house and leaves for his job interview. His mom is working late and his sister is spending the night at her friend's house. I decide to do something nice and make dinner for us.
I make simple spaghetti and meatballs. I know it seems kind of dated but I like the idea of cooking dinner for Noah and our little boy. When I'm finished I leave everything warming on the stove and flop down on the couch. I curl up on my side and drift off. I've been so tired lately. I feel like I never get enough sleep. I don't know how long I was out for. I can feel someone brush my hair from my face. "Rach…Rach get up." I hear Noah say softly. My eyes flutter open and I see him leaning over me.
"Hey when did you get home?" I ask sleepily. "I just got back. I got the job." He says beaming at me. I jump up and wrap my arms around his neck. "That's great." I squeal excitedly. He just hugs me back. I pull away and I can see how happy he is. "I made us some dinner." I say and head for the kitchen. "Sit down Rach. I'll serve us." He says sweetly. "Ok." I say and take a seat at the kitchen table. I wonder if this is what it'll be like when we get our own place.
He serves us each a plate and hands me a can of ginger ale. Ever since he googled morning sickness he has been making me drink ginger ale. We eat and talk for a little while. This is nice. "So are you going to tell me about why you slushied Santana?" I ask and watch as a smirk spreads across his face. "She had it coming to her and Jacob will be getting his soon too." He says and it hits me. She and Jacob we're the ones behind the picture. "Oh my god. They sent the picture. Noah why didn't you tell me earlier." I ask wanting to know why he kept that from me. "What? I didn't want you to worry more than you already have been. Look Berry I took care of it. She won't be bothering you anymore and when I'm done with that little nerdy blogger he won't come near you." He says grabbing my empty plate and taking it to the sink.
I get up and help him wash dishes. "Noah you didn't have to do that." I say as I dry and he washes. "Yes I did. No one messes with my family." He says fiercely. Even though I don't condone the use of violence his statement warms my heart. We don't say anything else. We finish doing the dishes in comfortable silence. I make a plate for his mom and put it in fridge with a post it note for her.
The next couple of weeks pass by quickly and I'm getting bigger we each passing day. The day after Santana was slushied I passed by Jacob and noticed his black eye and busted nose. Well it serves him right. Noah and I have gotten into a comfortable routine. He drops me off at work after school and on the days we both have to work I drop him off and keep the truck. We save every dime we can for our own place. My dad Richard has been helping me with money behind my daddy Ben's back. Things are still strained and I feel bad for coming in between my dad's but I refuse to give my son up.
Noah's mom was a little upset when we told her we wanted to move out on our own but she understood we needed to do this. Today is my day off so I decide to take Noah lunch. I park the truck and carefully get out. I waddle towards where Noah is. He's leaning over a beat up old car and I can't help but stare at his nice firm bottom. Since I hit four and half months in my pregnancy I've been craving sex. Noah and I have been intimate a few times but lately it's all I've been thinking about the past few days. Especially since he admitted about the numerous cold showers he's been taking.
He stands and turns to get something from the toolbox when he sees me. I have to bite my lip because he so sexy standing there in his grease covered overalls and smudged wifebeater. He smiles a real smile at me and I feel like I'm going to melt into a Rachel puddle. Lately things have been getting complicated between us. He wants us to define what our relationship is but I'm still so confused. Sometimes I only think he's with me because of the baby. It's just so hard. Everything used to be so black and white but now we are stuck in this grey area and I don't know what to do. We had our first fight last night about it and he slept on the couch for the first time since I moved in.
We kind of made up this morning but I still feel bad. "Hey." He says beaming at me. "Hi. I brought you lunch." I say nervously. "Ok. I'll ask Jared if I can take my break now." He says and takes off for the office. I waddle over to the picnic table and take a seat on the worn bench. Noah walks his way over to me drying his hands. He takes a seat next to me and I hand him the brown paper bag. He practically inhales the two sandwiches I made him. "I'm sorry bout last night." I say softly. I'm not really use to apologizing to anyone. "It's ok Berry. I understand." He says taking a long sip from his can of pop.
"I feel terrible. I don't want you to think I'm stringing you along. There's no one else. I don't want anyone but you. I just don't know if I can deal with that right now. I just want to focus on our son." I say trying not to cry. "Rach please don't cry. I don't want anyone but you too. I can wait. I'll wait as long as you need me too." He says and wraps his arms around me. I sniffle a little and bury my face in the crook of his neck. His orange and rain scent always seems to calm me.
"I got some good news. I was going to tell you tonight but now seems like a good enough time." He says and I pull away and look at him. "What is it?" I ask my curiosity piqued. "My boss Jared owns a few small houses and he rents them out. One just became available. He says we can have it if you want it. He says it's not much but it's big enough for the three of us." Noah says gauging my expression. "Wow…that's great Noah. How much is rent? When can we move?" I ask feeling excited. "Well it's going to be six hundred and fifty a month but that includes water and we can move in as soon as you want to. He just needs first and last month's rent." He says sounding so responsible.
"I think we can swing that. Money will be a little tight but we can do that." I say feeling so giddy at the thought of us having a place of our own. "Good. I'll talk to him after my shift. Thanks for lunch Rach. I got to get back to work. Tony's giving me a ride home later. I'll see you back at the house." He says and walks me to the truck. He pecks me softly on the lips and helps me in the truck. He waves to me as I pull out the parking lot.
The ride to Noah's passes by quickly. I park by the curb noticing my dad's car in the driveway behind Noah's mom's car. I take a deep breath. What could they want now? My daddy Ben hasn't said two words to me since I left and my dad Richard texts me once a day but doesn't call. I have a feeling I'm not going to like what they have to say. I square my shoulders and walk into the house. I'm not the same Rachel I was before. My perspective on things has changed so completely. I just hope they can love the new me.
A/N: Please Review. Next up Rachel has it out with her dads and glee throws the happy couple a baby shower.
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