Make Me Forget Chapter 3, a glee fanfic

Disclaimer: Of course I don't own it. Duh. Or Rent, which I totally bash while in Puck's POV but I actually love it to death.

For the song that Puck and Rachel sing its 'The Art of Love' by Jordin Sparks and Guy Sebastian (who is the bomb). So if you want to experience that scene the way I imagine it listen to the song while reading, keep in mind I skip a chorus and a verse because they don't use all the parts of the song.

Make Me Forget

Chapter 3 - The Art of Love

Rachel was not expecting Finn to corner her in the choir room early the next morning. She was sitting awkwardly on the piano bench. Last night in the car with Puck had been breathtaking but in the morning the side effects of car sex were rearing their ugly head. She had been at an awkward position and her neck was killing her plus Puck had done a replay of the night before, set on his mission of making her unable to walk. Rachel was pretty sure he succeeded today.

"Rachel," Finn greeted her breathing a sigh of relief when he didn't see anyone else in the room. Rachel spun to look at him and smiled brightly. She had learned how to fake happiness in front of Finn. He was handsome, but he wasn't very perceptive. His bulbs weren't the brightest if you get her meaning.

"Hey Finn, what's up?" she asked him curiously and Finn scratched the back of his head awkwardly.

"You've been distant, I just wanted to check that everything was ok, you know, between us," Finn stuttered through his words and Rachel sighed. Finn was so caring, but that was the problem. He kept being so nice and sweet to her, making her fall in love with him against her better judgment. Rachel couldn't fathom how he couldn't understand what he was doing to her.

"Everything is fine between us Finn, honestly," she said shortly getting to her feet and briskly walking toward the door, wanting to avoid any deep and meaningful moments with Finn because that would send her in a downward spiral. She was so close to getting over him.

"I miss you," Finn blurted out while her back was turned and Rachel stiffened before she spun to face him narrowing her eyes.

"You can't say stuff like that to me Finn," Rachel spat at him, feeling anger towards him for doing this to her again. Why couldn't he just let her go?

"Why not?" Finn asked completely obvious to the fact that this was a bad idea.

"Because it's wrong, because it's cruel, because Quinn is having your baby and you missing me is wrong," Rachel hadn't noticed until the end of her rant that her voice had raised dramatically and she glanced down at her fidgeting hands to whisper, "That's why."

Rachel turned again to leave but Finn captured her from behind, hugging her so tightly that Rachel wanted to cry. Back and forth, that's all this was. Finn didn't see how much he was hurting her. Or maybe he just didn't care.

"I like you, I wish I could make myself stop but I can't," Finn whispered into her hair and Rachel pulled away from him, steeling her spine.

"Then do as I do Finn, pretend," she choked out, and then raced to the door, "I've got to go to class."

Rachel made it to the girl's bathroom before bursting into tears. She hated Finn for what he did to her, but the worst part was she didn't hate him at all. Rachel hurried into a cubicle and locked the door behind her, moving to sit on the toilet seat and pull her legs to her chest. All Rachel wanted right now was Puck, she wanted him to kiss away her memories and feelings for Finn. She heard the door open to the bathroom and tried to hide her sobs.

"You were right you know, about Glee being all I would have left," Quinn's voice drifted to her and Rachel sniffed surprised at Quinn's presence. How had Quinn known she was in here? Rachel sensed Quinn just wanted someone to talk at and so kept silent. Rachel didn't really have anything to say anyway, she was too busy trying to stop crying.

"Glee and Finn are all I have left, please don't take either one of them away from me," Quinn begged softly and it all fell into place. Quinn had seen and heard Finn and Rachel in the choir room. Rachel scrambled to her feet and swung the cubicle door open.

"Quinn, I may be a lot of things, but I am not heartless, I would never do that," she told Quinn bluntly, then her eyes drifted to Quinn's slightly protruding belly, "You and Finn are having a baby, it's over, it's done."
Quinn pursed her lips before looking down at the ground.

"Thank you."

Rachel had never seen Quinn look so defeated. It shocked Rachel to realise that she felt sorry for Quinn. Quinn was pregnant and the father of her baby had undefined feelings for someone else. Rachel Berry was no home wrecker. Rachel hesitantly reached out a hand to place it on Quinn's shoulder while simultaneously wiping away her own tears. If Rachel Berry was good at one thing other than singing, it was giving an upbeat pep talk.

"I know that we may not always have gotten along but I happen to think you are becoming a very nice person, and I would like to say that I, along with the rest of Glee, will be there for you. Come rain or sleet or snow or falling boulders we will be here for you."

"So you guys are like the mail service?" Quinn giggled and Rachel smiled, happy that the joke made Quinn laugh.

"You get my meaning," Rachel squeezed her shoulder, "We're your family, you're one of us."

Quinn sighed deeply, though she still looked hesitant. Rachel knew she was to blame for Quinn's uneasiness. To begin with Rachel had mercilessly chased Finn, but he was going to be a father and Rachel was not taking a father away from his daughter. No matter how she felt.

"You have my word, Finn and I are friends only," Rachel promised and Quinn nodded before awkwardly leaning over to hug Rachel.

"Thank you," she whispered thankfully and almost as soon as it happened Quinn was pulling away and exiting the bathroom. Rachel looked down at her own stomach. She had just felt Quinn's baby belly against her own, and almost immediately Rachel was depressed again. She pulled out her phone to send a text.

I need you now, choir room

Rachel wasn't surprised when Puck showed up five minutes later and she led him into the storage closet without a word. He didn't say anything, he didn't ask why she so desperately wanted him, but she knew that he knew why. She was glad he didn't say anything.

Noah tried not to think that Rachel was using him for a revenge fuck against her thoughts of Finn, but it was kind of hard when she had her eyes squeezed shut tightly, like she was imagining someone else instead. Noah reached under her skirt and pulled aside her underwear then paused. He wanted her to focus on him, not Finn.

"Rach, look at me," Noah growled at her and Rachel's eyes snapped open obediently. Noah buried himself in her and she gasped.

"Noah," she moaned her head falling back and Noah pressed his lips to her neck hungrily.

He lifted her up and pushed her against the wall as he continued to move inside of her, bouncing her up and down while her legs wrapped around his hips. Rachel was whimpering with pleasure as she moved her eyes to his so that she was still looking at him, her eyes glazed over with lust. Noah fleetingly thought just once he wanted her to want him without Finn being the cause. Just once, to want him for him and no one else. When Rachel came she whispered his name and for the first time Noah couldn't follow her. Instead he kissed her lips, whispered something about it being too messy for him to come as well, and then he withdrew from her and waited patiently till she dressed. Then they separated and went about their day.

During the week Puck, Rachel, Quinn and Finn had gotten together under the watchful guidance of Mr. Shue to practice their song, all they had to do was put the dancing and singing together at Glee that week. Glee practice came on Thursday and Rachel was waiting impatiently in the choir room for the rest of her team to arrive. Puck entered the room and he smiled when he caught her eye. Artie, Tina, Kurt and Mercedes were watching them like they were the main attraction at the zoo, but Puck and Rachel ignored them going through some last minute rehearsals. Three thirty came, and Finn and Quinn hadn't shown. Mr. Shue entered and told the first group to get up, being Santana, Mike, Matt and Brittany. Their performance was pretty good; Rachel was pleased to see how far they had come since they first joined Glee. Artie, Mercedes, Tina and Kurt were next, and great as always. When they were clapping after the performance, Rachel leaned over to Brittany.

"Where are Finn and Quinn?" she whispered urgently, though it was more of a stage whisper.

"Quinn barfed on her clothes, they're still trying to clean it off," Brittany told her apologetically and Rachel turned to Puck, her face looking like someone just ran over her puppy.

"We can't do our song," she squeaked and Puck rolled his eyes when she started to hyperventilate. Drama queen.

"We can do the back up, you guys can still do your parts," Artie offered hearing the conversation and the devastation in Rachel's voice and Rachel looked over at him thankfully.

"Rachel, Puck, where are Finn and Quinn?" Mr. Shue finally noticed that Quinn and Finn were AWOL. Rachel got to her feet and smoothed out her skirt.

"They had an incident, but the others have graciously offered their back up singing services so that Puck and I can still perform our parts," Rachel explained a hell of a lot more calmly than she felt and Mr. Shue smiled warmly and settled into his chair.

"Okay, let's hear it."

The band started and Puck licked his lips before turning to look at Rachel. He was nervous about this, singing lead with Rachel was one thing, but singing this song was like singing to her how he really felt. And he knew she didn't feel the same way about him. The music started and Puck never let his eyes leave her as he began to sing.

"I'm saying sorry in advance cos this won't always go to plan
Though we don't mean to take our love for granted
It's in our nature to forget what matters."

Rachel took over for the next verse, her eyes not leaving his. It was like the rest of the world fell away when she was singing with him. It was almost the same feeling she got when she sang with Finn only with Puck it felt like more. Like his singing struck something deep inside and it was making her stomach do these little flips.

"How when the going is getting tough
And we're all about giving up
Things that we never thought we'd say, gonna say them
Things that we never thought we'd play, gonna play them."

Puck began singing taking a step forward and on the other side of the room Rachel took a step forward as well when she harmonized with him.

It ain't perfect, but it's worth it
And it's always getting better

Rachel stepped forward first and Puck took a step forward when he sang and then they turned and walked towards each other meeting up in the middle of the room.

It's gonna take some time to get it right

Puck reached out and grabbed Rachel's hand as they sang to each other, moving their bodies with the heavy beat. Their voices melded perfectly leaving Mr. Shue and those watching dumbfounded. Their faces were so honest, those in the room who didn't know about their 'special arrangement' would have sworn that the feelings they were emoting were real.

Cause I'm still learning the art of love
I'm still trying to not mess up
So whenever I stumble let me know
You need to spell it out
You need to spell it out
You need to spell it out
You need to spell it out for me
Cause I'm still trying to learn the art of love

Puck finished the chorus by stepping close to her, trying to take her into his arms but Rachel turned her head away from him.

"Sometimes I'm gonna miss," Rachel pulled away from Puck and walked in the opposite direction wrapping her arms around her body.

"I'm still learning how, learning how to give," Puck moved after her and wrapped his arms around her from behind and Rachel's body melded against his, her back against his chest. His warmth enveloped her and she took a deep breath.

"I'm not giving up," Rachel sang resting her head on the muscled arm that held her firmly and Puck rested his head against hers.

"I'm still learning how, learning how to love," he squeezed her up against him and Rachel closed her eyes as his scent fell over her taking a deep breath.

"Learning how to love," Rachel hit the long high note perfectly pulling away from Puck as they turned to stare into each other's eyes before they broke apart to finish the song.

While Rachel and Puck walked around singing to each other the others carried on the chorus with renewed fervor, motivated by the intensity of the two leads. Rachel and Finn had been amazing together, their voices melded, but Rachel and Puck; they were singing from the heart and the others felt it.

There was a prolonged silence when the song ended before those watching erupted into applause. Kurt and Mercedes took their bows from the back while Puck and Rachel tore their eyes away from each other to look at Mr. Shue who approached them still clapping.

"That was...wow...Rachel you were great as always...Puck...wow...I would really like to use this for Sectionals, with you both as the leads," Mr. Shue stuttered and Rachel beamed pleased with this development. Not only was Puck her 'special arrangement' man, but he was also her leading man which meant one less song that she had to sing to Finn. Puck shrugged, trying to look like his heart wasn't racing with joy.

"Cool," he agreed easily and the others all high fived each other, happy with the decision.

Santana, Mike, Matt, Brittany and Mr. Shue all left as soon as Glee was over. Finn and Quinn had never shown up. Rachel was packing up her books and Puck came over and picked them up for her without asking. Tina and Artie watched them and then grinned at each other. Tina whispered something to Kurt who looked at Rachel and Puck then winked at Tina.

"Movies at my house to celebrate!" Kurt announced to the Gleeks remaining and Mercedes gave him an excited high five.

"What kind of movies?" Puck asked hesitantly. He just had this rotten feeling that the movies wouldn't be the ones that he would want to watch, especially from the way Kurt clasped his hands behind his back innocently and fluttered his eyelashes.

"Action ones, I swear."

Puck raised an eyebrow sceptically and Rachel laughed.

"He's lying," she informed him and Puck narrowed his eyes at Kurt who grinned sheepishly.

"I figured," Puck sort of groaned and Rachel frowned.

"You don't have to come," Rachel reminded him and Puck shrugged. He had nothing better to do and he wanted to spend more time around Rachel, show her that he could be friendly with her friends. Maybe she would start thinking of him as boyfriend material.

"I'll come," he agreed and the others cheered.

Half an hour later Artie, Tina, Kurt, Mercedes, Puck and Rachel were crammed in Kurt's basement about to watch 'Rent'. Puck had never even heard of the musical before, but Rachel was really excited so he hoped it wouldn't be too bad. Puck took over the only armchair and then pulled Rachel down to sit on his lap, not caring what the other Gleeks thought. They knew their secret so they didn't have to pretend in front of them. Mercedes, Kurt and Tina curled up on the couch together while Artie stopped his chair beside Tina. Rachel was a little shy to be sitting with Puck like this but no one made a big deal about it. Rachel tried not to think of how warm he felt beneath her, or the hand on her thigh. All Rachel could think was that this felt nice, it felt normal.

An hour later Puck was officially bored. The only part he enjoyed was when the stripper sang her little song, she was hot and half naked. He stored that image in his spank bank for later use. Unfortunately for him, Rachel was riveted by the movie, her eyes not leaving the screen. He absently played with a tendril of her chocolate hair, inhaling the strawberry scent not noticing how the others were watching him and Rachel gauging their actions around each other.

"Okay, chocolate break before the second half," Kurt declared hitting pause before jumping to his feet and running up stairs with Mercedes following him. Artie and Tina looked at each other a little shyly and Puck had to say something. He had been watching those two share looks for the past couple of months. An idiot could see they liked each other.

"So what's up with you two?" Puck asked them and they froze, taking particular care not to look at each other.

"Who?" Artie asked feigning dumbness and Puck gestured.

"You and Tina."

"N..n..nothing, why would yo...you say that?" Tina managed to say completely horrified at the situation.

"You guys are retarded for each other," Puck stated bluntly and Artie and Tina both blushed bright red. Rachel reached over and slapped the back of his head, "Ow! What?"

The brunette may have been tiny but she smacked pretty damn hard.

Puck was still rubbing the back of his head when Kurt and Mercedes came back into the room, Mercedes carrying chocolate and Kurt carrying a tray of hot chocolate's which he passed out. Mercedes took in Artie and Tina's faces and stopped Kurt from pressing play.

"Something happened in here and somebody better tell me what it was," she demanded folding her arms across her chest looking at Puck pointedly since Rachel was giving him a dirty, accusing look.

"Tina would you like to go on a date with me on a date tomorrow night?" Artie spoke up his voice shaking and all heads whipped to Tina to see her response. Tina gave a small, shy smile.

"I would love to," she accepted slowly, careful to not stutter. Artie and Tina grinned at each other dumbly. Puck gave a proud smile as he looked over at Rachel who shook her head at him, though she couldn't stop the smile coming to her lips.

"Well now that the warm fuzzy feelings are here to stay can we get back to Rent?" Kurt interrupted importantly and everyone laughed settling in for the second half of the movie. Rachel snuggled back into Puck, unaware of the eyes watching, though Puck was aware. He flicked them all the finger behind Rachel's back and they averted their eyes.

Rent couldn't end soon enough and when it was finished Puck practically bundled Rachel into his truck and was backing out of the driveway before the other Gleeks tried pulling out another musical. There was only so much that Puck could handle, even for Rachel. While Puck was driving Rachel's small hand reach over into his lap and stroked him through his jeans. He was hard instantly.

"I can't believe you outed Artie and Tina," Rachel scolded him and Noah turned to her shifting so that she could undo his zipper which she did.

"You knew they liked each other?" Noah asked with surprise and Rachel's hands became still.

"We're in Glee, we're not stupid," she retorted with annoyance and Noah knew he had to say something otherwise she would stop. He really didn't want her to stop. She did this flick thing with her wrist that always had him weak at the knees. God, Rachel Berry had him so whipped. Surprisingly, he was completely fine with this fact, as long as she kept doing what she was doing.

"So I did them a favor when you think about it," Noah pointed out and Rachel smirked and wrapped her hand around his shaft. Noah shifted into a more relaxed position while keeping his eyes on the road. Rachel's hand slid up and down and Noah gave a hiss of pleasure. If he wasn't careful, there was a pretty definite chance she was going to make him crash. It was almost like she was trying to get him to.

"You did really well today with the song, you're voice is amazing," Rachel wiggled closer to him as her hands started moving faster and Noah groaned fighting to not close his eyes. He had difficulty in replying to Rachel but he managed.

"We go well together right? Our voices."

Rachel leaned over and nibbled his jaw line then down his neck as her hand pumped faster. Yep totally trying to get him to crash. Suddenly though, he couldn't for the life of him remember why that was a bad thing.

"Yeah we do," she whispered, her tongue flicking out and caressing his ear and that sent Noah over the edge. Rachel cleaned him off with wipes from her bag, the girl had everything in her purse. Noah reached over to hold her hand in his, she didn't say anything.

Rachel gave a sideways glance to the hand that held hers. It felt so normal, so natural for him to hold her hand like that, they fit perfectly. A silence fell over them and then Rachel changed the subject to Rent, discussing the movie and the difference between the movie and the Broadway version then going into a lengthy pro and con list of stage versus screen. Puck wanted so badly to zone out but his brain wouldn't stop hanging on her every word. It didn't take him long to get to Rachel's house and when he pulled up she opened up her door and slid out.

"Bye Noah," she whispered smiling at him and Puck just gave her a wave. Rachel ambled to the front door and into the house where she was met by her daddy's. After talking with them for a couple of minutes she drifted up the stairs ready for bed.

Rachel opened the door to her room and was pleasantly surprised to see Puck sitting on her bed, a smile on his face. Rachel grinned and locked the door securely behind her before pressing play on her iPod. Thank goodness for the West Side Story soundtrack.

AN: I don't advocate giving 'pleasures' to your guy or gal while driving, just thought I'd add that in there, but I'm sure we've all done it once or twice. And if you haven't...LIVE A LITTLE...I'm joking I'm joking sheesh put away the pitchforks. No sexual favours while driving people!

And yes I outed Tina and Artie, you want to fight about it? LOl jokes.

Review people! You know you want to! All those reviews that you sent through so far have been awesome. I seriously squealed and jumped around like an idiot, they made me get all warm and fuzzy feelings in my chest. You guys are the best so please keep reviewing, it makes me happy.

Please note I will not be posting this often all the time, I'm just on a Glee sugar high at the moment and my fingers won't stop typing. Today they decided to add a slushie war to the next chapter which wasn't there to begin with but suddenly appeared. I'm telling you my fingers are insane and have minds of their own.