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This one is just Rachel's P.O.V. and I know some of you guys said to put more than one but I think this P.O.V. really fits well with this particular chapter.

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Hanging Out

Rachel is beyond nervous as she cleans up her room frantically. She was beginning to regret inviting Kyle to 'hang out' at her house. Whatever 'hang out' means, Rachel sure as heck doesn't know how to do it. Sure she's had Finn over at her house before but usually they would just make out or talk about their undying love for each other. Surely she could not do that with Kyle. The fact that she has never had a 'friend' over before makes her even more nervous as she realizes that the reason for that is because she's never had a 'friend' before. She has no clue how to act or what to say! She thinks back to her nothing short of awkward invitation.

Glee had just ended and Kyle was waiting for Rachel to gather her books. Rachel looked up to notice Santana making her way over to Kyle. Rachel bit her lip at the look on the Latina's face. Want.

She couldn't over hear the conversation the two were having but it wasn't a long one. After about a minute, Santana exited the room with a scowl.

Rachel took this as her opportunity to make her way over to her new friend. She avoided the eyes of Finn, who was just leaving the room, as she walked up to Kyle.

"You didn't have to wait for me you know," Rachel told him.

"I know," he answered with a smile, "but friends wait for each other."

She smiled back at him ,then frowned, "so what did Santana want?"

He seemed confused for a second before realization hit his face, "oh her, she told me that if I ever wanted to, and I quote, 'tap this' that she's always willing." Rachel hid the hurt that she felt for some reason. Probably because she isn't on the best terms with Santana right now. That's the reason, right? "I thought her and the Mohawk guy were together."

"Santana's not 'together' with anybody, she's 'together' with everybody. She just comes along and has sex with people, not caring if it ruins someone's life!" Rachel found herself yelling at the end.

Kyle cleared his throat, "um ok. Well the Mohawk guy looked pretty tough so I told her thanks but no thanks." Rachel calmed down at this but still felt upset. Kyle noticed. "Are you ok? Did I um say something-"

"No!" Rachel told him quickly, "I'm sorry, I'm just not on the best terms with Santana at the moment. So let's change the subject." Kyle nodded, "so um, are you doing anything now? Because I figured since we're friends now and everything maybe you would want to 'hang out' at my house since that's what friends do and everything," she paused and he didn't speak so she added quickly, "unless you don't want to which is fine I'll-"

"Hey, Rachel," he stopped her, putting his hands on her shoulders, she found herself blushing at the sudden contact. "I'd love to 'hang out' at your house. I do have to go pick up my little sister from school first and bring her home but I can come by right after if that's okay."

"Of course, that's actually better because my dads won't be home until about an hour from now and they like to be home when a boy is over-" she cut herself off after realizing what she was saying, "not that we would do anything um… sexual but they just want to make sure-"

He laughed, "I know what you mean, and um, just to clarify, did you say dads?"

Rachel realized that she hadn't told him yet and stood up straighter, "yes I have two dads, is that a problem?" she asked firmly.

"No!" Kyle replied with out hesitation, "in fact a friend of mine back in New York has two moms and their great." Rachel felt relief wash over her and she smiled. Kyle looked at his watch and frowned.

"Ugh sorry Rachel but I have to go. My sister is probably waiting. So I'll see you in about in hour?" Rachel nodded, "here I'll put my number into your phone and you take mine." He handed Rachel his phone and Rachel gave him her bedazzled one. He took one look at in and laughed, "sparkly," he said as he looked at it, "just like your eyes." Rachel blushed at the compliment and was grateful that she was looking down at his phone so he wouldn't see.

They handed each other back their respective phones and he smiled, "I'll text you when I'm on my way."

"Okay," Rachel told him as he left the room. Rachel leaned back against the wall and banged her head against it a few times. All she could think to herself was 'smooth Rachel. Real smooth.'

Rachel sighs again and looks down at her phone again.

Heey, just dropped my sis off, be there in 5 –Kyle

She received this text message 3 minutes ago, not that she's counting, her fathers got home about ten minutes ago so Rachel had time to tell them that Kyle was coming over.

She takes one more look at herself in the mirror, she doesn't understand why she's so cautious of her appearance but she shakes it off as the doorbell rings. Here we go. She thinks as she shouts down the stairs to her dads that are in the kitchen.

"I'll get it!" she races down the stairs and takes deep breath before putting on a warm smile and opening the door. Kyle smiles at her and she moves aside so he can come in. "Hello Kyle! Um welcome to my home."

Kyle enters and takes a good look around before his eyes find hers again and he smiles. "Your house is beautiful."

Rachel blushes, somehow taking that as a direct compliment to herself, "thank you."

"Rachel, honey, is someone here?" her daddy asks from the kitchen sounding like Rachel hadn't told them that her first and only 'friend' was coming over and ordering them to be 'cool'.

"Yes daddy!" Rachel calls back, "my friends here." She looks over at Kyle who is now standing straighter and looking more confident. Her dads walk in from the kitchen and stop in front of her and Kyle.

"Hello Mr. and Mr. Berry, I'm Kyle Witmen," he holds out his hand.

"Hello Kyle, my name is Hiram," he shakes the boys hand and the taller, darker man follows.

"and I'm Leroy, it's a pleasure to meet you." Kyle smiles.

"And please call us Hiram and Leroy," Hiram adds, "any friend of Rachel's is a friend of ours. We've heard so much about you." Rachel sends him a warning look, and Hiram bites his lip which looks quite funny on the short man. "oops, wasn't supposed to say that."

"Daddy!" Rachel wines and Kyle laughs.

"It's okay Rachel, it's a pleasure to meet you guys too. Leroy and Hiram." He says more casually.

"Dad, daddy, we're going upstairs to my room," Rachel starts pulling on Kyle up the stairs.

"Door open!" Leroy calls to them playfully and Rachel turns around to glare at her father, "dad."

"Sorry Rach, you know the rules." Kyle laughs as Rachel stomps up the stairs while pulling him behind her.

They reach Rachel's room and Kyle stares at the door with a smile. "Gold stars are kind of my thing," Rachel explains and Kyle nods.

"I see that." Rachel opens the door to reveal her bright yellow room. Kyle looks around again, the smile never leaving his face. "I like it," he tells her and she smiles feeling extremely happy for some reason.

"So," she says nervously, "what do you want to do? I'm not really good at this although I've researched it a couple of times and that wasn't very helpful because it said that it depends on what you like to do and I don't-" Kyle cuts her off.

"Hey Rach, don't worry," she blushes at the nickname, "how about we just talk?"

"Okay, I'm quite good at that," she jokes an they take a seat on the floor so they're both leaning back against the frame of her bed.

"Sooo," she starts, playing nervously with the hem of her skirt, "what do you want to talk about?"

He pauses for a second, obviously in thought before turning to her, "what's up with that Finn guy?" Rachel tenses immediately, "I don't think he likes me very much."

Rachel takes a deep, calming breath before beginning, "he isn't my biggest fan right now and he probably just doesn't like you because you're my friend." He looks at her confusingly so she explains, "you see he is-was my boyfriend but I made out with Puck because I was upset about him sleeping with Santana."

Kyle seems to ponder this for a moment, then looks a little agitated, "why would he be mad at you, if he slept with Santana first?"

Rachel let's her head fall back against the head bored, "because we weren't together when he slept with Santana. But he lied about it and I got…upset, well, jealous."

Rachel looks at Kyle for any signs of disgust but he keeps an unreadable expression on his face. It seems like forever before he turns to meet her gaze. "Well he's an idiot for breaking up with you."

Rachel feels surprised, "why? I cheated on him. It's my fault."

Kyle raises his hands up innocently, "hey, I don't know the whole story, I can't judge either of you, but I still think he's an idiot for breaking up with you."

Rachel sighs, why does he have to be so...sweet? "thanks."

Kyle bites his lip before asking, "do…do you still love him?"

"Yes," Rachel answers without hesitation but feels guilty when she sees his face fall, "but I think I always will. I have to move past that though, he broke up with me and I've…accepted that."

Kyle stares up at the ceiling with the same unreadable expression and Rachel wishes he would say something. Finally he takes a deep breath and turns to her with a smile. "So how about you tell me about glee club."

Rachel smiles and begins talking. She tells Kyle everything. She gives a detailed discription of everyone in the club, even Mr. Shue. She's tells him about sectionals and about the baby drama that went with it. She tells him about Jesse and he looks ready to kill as she explains the egging scene to him but he calms down when she tells him about how they got them back with their 'Funk' number. She also tells him about Shelby but leaves out the part where they sang 'Poker Face' with each other because she hasn't even told her dads that. She tells him all about regionals and Quinn giving birth. Then goes on telling him how she gave the baby to Shelby and he stops her.

"Wait, that didn't upset you? Quinn giving the baby to your mom?"

Rachel shrugs, "I was a little upset when I first found out, I thought she wanted to replace me." Rachel stares up at the ceiling to stop herself from crying, "but I got over it and accepted that I couldn't give her what she really wanted."

Kyle puts a comforting hand on her shoulder, "hey, it's her loss because she's missing out. Plus, you have two amazing dads who love you more than anything. I can tell just by how they look at you that you're their world." Rachel gives him a sad smile, "and Shelby loves you too, how can she not, she's just scarred she's missed out on too much of your life and that's her problem."

Rachel nods and turns her head away to wipe her almost-fallen tears away. She turns back to him, putting on a confident smile. "So, enough about me and glee, how about you?"

He laughs, "my life isn't nearly as interesting as yours and the rest of the club. Seriously, your guys' lives could be a hit TV show." He laughs again then looks at her, "what do you wanna know?"

Rachel thinks for a moment before answering, "well you said you had to pick up your little sister from school." He nods, "is that your only sibling?"

He shakes his head with a small chuckle, "no." he says simply and laughs again, "I have 4 sisters and a brother."

Rachel's jaw drops, she's always wanted a sibling but five? "Are…Wow…Um…Are you the oldest?"

"Yes," he says with a nod, "then there's Lizzy, the one I picked up from school, who's 11. Brian, who's 8." He starts counting them on his fingers, "the twins, Amy and Anna, who are 5, and little baby Erica, who's almost 2."

Rachel takes in all the information, "wow," she tells him with a smile, "and you said your life wasn't interesting."

"Not as interesting as yours." He smiles again before asking, "anything else?"

"Umm…What do your parents do?"

Rachel notices his smile fading a bit, "well my dad used to be a really popular electrician on Broadway," he pauses and Rachel's eyes widen, "Broadway as in THE Broadway?"

Kyle let's out a laugh trough his frown, "yeah, but then they found someone else so he got fired and we had to move here because we couldn't afford our house anymore." Rachel feels guilty for bringing this up.

"You don't have to continue if you don't want to," she tells him, putting a hand on his shoulder much like he had done earlier. He looks at her hand and shakes his head with a sad smile.

"No it's fine," he tells her, "it's not that bad actually, my uncle got my dad a small job as an electrician at my sisters elementary school and my mom works as a nurse in the local hospital. She doesn't know much about it but they put her as one of those 'entertain the kids' nurses."

Rachel nods, not really knowing what to say. They sit there in an uncomfortable silence before Rachel finally speaks up.

"I told you I'm not good at this 'hanging out' thing." He shakes his head.

"I'm having a great time," he tells her and stands up, holding his hand out for her to take. She grabs it and he pulls her up. "So tell me what we can do and then we'll pick something."

Rachel nods, "okay, well we have a selection of video games, not to mention the classics like guitar hero, rock band, dance dance revolution, sing along k-" she cut's herself off because he's smiling at her weirdly. "What?" she asks him almost reaching to see if she has something in her teeth then realizing that she hasn't eaten anything since he got here.

"Did you say Dance Dance Revolution?" he asks her with the same smile.

"Yes…" she says slowly, "I haven't played it in a while because Finn doesn't like to dance to much but I do miss it."

He grabs her hand and practically races down the stairs with her, "let's play," he tells her and Rachel giggles as they enter the living room. She's grateful that she saw her dads go into their office about half an hour ago because the last thing she needs is more embarrassment.

They set up the game and start playing, they are a very good match for each other but someone eventually wins.

"Yes!" Kyle shouts in triumph, "I won! I am the D.D.R. champion!"

"I let you win," Rachel tells him with a pout. "I felt bad because I was beating you so badly."

"Sure," he says sarcastically, "that's what they all say."

"I challenge you to a rematch!"

"You're on!"

They start playing again but this time Rachel wins and she jumps up happily, "Ha! I win! I win! You lose!" she chants happily.

"I let you win," he tells her, mimicking her voice, "I felt bad because I was beating you so badly."

"That is sooo not what I sound like," she tells him with a slap to his shoulder.

"Oh it sooooo is," he teases and she picks up a couch pillow, walking up to him as he backs away.

He holds up his hands innocently, "think about what your doing Rachel, put the pillow down and step away from the unarmed innocent boy."

She nods and goes to put the pillow down, then brings it back up and hits him with it.

"Oh, now you've done it raspberry."

"Raspberry?" she asks him with a smile, it's the first nickname she's received that isn't insulting.

"Yup, that's your new nickname," he tells her before grabbing a pillow and hitting her with it. That's what starts the huge pillow fight filled with laughing and playful shouting. It goes on until Rachel trips over the rug and falls onto Kyle on the couch. Their faces inches apart, he leans in and Rachel feels herself leaning in as well until...

"Hey Kyle are you planning on staying for-" Hiram trails off as he sees the position they are in. The two kids jump apart, both blushing crazily. "dinner." He finishes.

"D-daddy," Rachel get's up and brushes herself off, Kyle also get's up and starts putting the pillows back where thy belong. "We were just…Having a pillow fight."

"I see that," he says with a smile, "will you be staying for dinner Kyle."

Kyle, who has just finished arranging the pillows, "I'd love to Mr.-I mean Hiram, let me just call my mom and ask." Hiram nods and Kyle excuses himself for a minute to make the call.

"A pillow fight huh?" he then looks at the two mats on the ground, "D.D.R. that hasn't been taken out in a while." He smirks.

Rachel shrugs innocently, "Kyle wanted to play."

"I see…" Hiram says. Then Kyle comes back in the room and says, "I'm really sorry but my dad's working late tonight and my mom had to pick up an extra shift at the hospital. So I have to go home and babysit." He says with a frown.

Rachel feels disappointed but Hiram just offers a soft smile, "that's all right Kyle, maybe next time. You are welcome here anytime." Kyle smiles, " thank you Hiram, I may just take you up on that."

Then he turns to Rachel who gives him a smile and shows him to the door. He gives her a hug before leaving. "See you at school raspberry." He then leaves. Rachel turns around and sees her dad smirking at her.

"Raspberry?" he asks.

Rachel blushes, "it's my nickname," she says defensively.

"Mmhhmm…" he pauses before adding, "I like him."

"Me too," Rachel tells him before giving him a kiss on the cheek and heading upstairs to do her homework.

Yay! That took me like all morning i'm soooo glad it's done. Hope you guys liked it!

I'm still stuck with the whole Finn or Kyle thing because some of you want Finn and others Kyle and I really don't want to dissapoint anybody.

So, there's going to be quite a bit a Kychel in the next few chapters because I think Rachel deserves a little romance and we didn't really get to see that with Finn.

Finchel fans don't hate me because there will be Finchel in later chapters until I decide who to pick. So keep reading!

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