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AN: Want to hear the funniest thing? When I first wrote this chapte it was barely 2700 words and now its 4800+ ladies and gentleman, I am what is fondly referred to as a waffler.
Make Me Forget
Chapter 8 – Chocolate and Bacon
Two months passed by in much the same way. Rachel and Noah snuck around together. Rachel hid her feelings well, knowing there was no way Puck would take her back as his girlfriend, besides Rachel knew he was in love with Quinn, but she couldn't help but hope that he would fall for her. When they were alone or hanging with Artie, Tina, Mercedes and Kurt, Puck doted on her. He held her hand, played with her hair, bought her dinner, kissed her without a care. It was very confusing. Rachel couldn't tell if Puck was doing it because he cared for her, or because of their arrangement. The best part of falling for Puck was that it didn't hurt her to see and talk to Finn anymore. She was over him. She could talk to Finn without feeling that pull in her chest. It didn't even sting to see him with Quinn who was now nearly six months along. Quinn was barely showing, luckily she had been slim to begin with. She just started wearing big dresses; even her parents still had no idea. The strangest thing was that Puck never really spoke to Quinn. He watched her sometimes, but most of the time he didn't even acknowledge her. Rachel knew Puck was supposed to be in love with Quinn, that was why they had started their whole arrangement, but it just felt to her that there was something off, something she couldn't quite put her finger on. But she never mentioned it, it wasn't her place.
Puck hid his feelings as well. He knew Rachel loved Finn, telling her how he felt would be redundant until she was completely over Finn. If she had to choose between him and Finn, Rachel would never choose him, she had made that quite clear the day on the bleachers. Since Puck's breakdown they had started to talk more, not just have sex. He talked about his dreams of getting out of Lima, and Rachel told him about her plans to go to Julliard and make it big on Broadway. They talked about their family, Glee, but Finn and Quinn remained taboo subjects. Puck so wanted to ask her if she was over Finn. He hadn't caught her staring adoringly at Finn for weeks, but that didn't mean the feelings weren't there, she just might have been getting good at hiding her feelings. All Puck wanted was a chance, but it just wasn't his time.
Rachel moaned softly arching her back. Noah's tongue flicked out to lick her center. She was practically shaking in anticipation of his fingers which she knew was coming. Noah had shown up a lot early than usual and had somehow convinced her to fool around while her daddy's were still awake. Noah raised himself from her catching her eyes and she bit her lip relaxing her head back with a satisfied smile. The sight of him between her legs drove her wild. His hands were warm along her inner thighs and his tongue...oh God he should charge for use of his tongue. He would make a killing. He placed his head back between her legs and darted his tongue into her causing her to gasp in shock. He chuckled, a deep grumbling noise. Rachel wasn't sure how much more she could take, especially when he slipped a finger into her.
There was a loud knock on her bedroom door that startled her.
"Rachel honey, daddy and I are going out for ice cream, did you want to come?"
Rachel had to bite her lip to stop herself from screaming 'yes!' as Noah pushed his finger in and out of her while kissing her inner thighs. She tried to wiggle away from him but he just dragged her back down her bed and punished her for trying to move away by adding a second finger. He was grinning at her, knowing how hard it was to talk to a parent while someone was pleasuring you.
"No th...anks," Rachel managed to gasp loudly and Noah smirked nipping her thighs with his teeth.
"Okay pumpkin, be back soon," her dad called through the door and Rachel felt herself coming closer and closer to the edge. Rachel only just managed to hold in her loud moans until they heard the car start downstairs and pull out of the drive way. Her walls clamped down on his fingers and she writhed with pleasure as he continued to move his fingers inside of her. Confident that he had satisfied her he sat up and took a sip from the water bottle that Rachel always had in her room and washed his mouth quickly before crawling on top of Rachel who was still lying there basking in the after effects of her orgasm.
"That was payback for the shower," he whispered to her wiggling his eyebrows.
Rachel giggled pushing him down onto his back so that she could straddle his naked waist. Already she could feel his hardness growing beneath her. She reached her hand between them and stroked him a couple of times making sure he was hard before positioning him at her entrance and sinking down onto him slowly. He hissed through his teeth and his hands came to rest on her hips possessively. Rachel moved up slowly and then sank back down onto him and Noah groaned again. She did this a couple of times, pulling him all the way out of her before sinking back down onto him making him moan. God she loved that sound.
Rachel knew everything that he loved. He looked up at her flushed face and knew, he just knew that he was in love. He wondered if she noticed the change, how he made love to her every time instead of just having sex with her like they had in the beginning. Rachel lowered her lips to his and kissed him and Noah stopped thinking. There would be plenty of time for thinking later. Especially since he could barely form a coherrent thought while he was with her.
When Rachel raised herself off him again he grabbed her hips and slammed her down onto him roughly, and she let out a loud groan as he went deep inside of her.
"I think you like that," he whispered, his voice harsh from lust and when Rachel made an incoherent murmur of agreement he growled, "Tell me how much you like it."
"I love it, I love you inside of me," she purred her voice husky and Noah thrust upwards into her a couple of time before it wasn't enough for him. He wanted her face close to his and her lips on his when he came.
He flipped her over and pressed himself hurriedly between her legs which automatically wrapped around his waist. He moved in and out of her, watching hungrily as her pert breasts bounced with every thrust. He loved her boobs. He had been with a lot of women and seen a lot of boobs but he loved Rachel's the most. They weren't as full as some that he had seen, but they were firm and perky and her nipples were small and cream colored. She made these little moans every time he slammed into her and he lowered his head taking her nipple into his mouth, running his tongue around it before sucking gently. She let out a strangled cry as her hands moved around to his back pressing him to her, her nails lightly digging into his skin. He did the same to her other nipple with the same reaction. His mouth moved around her nipple sucking at her breast, and her hands moved to his head holding him there, enjoying his kisses. He could feel her coming close to her release and couldn't help but feel smug this was the second time tonight. He finally lifted his head and his lips descended on hers. He kissed her passionately, his tongue moving inside her mouth and hers clashed with his for dominance. She pulled away from his lips briefly.
"Noah, I...I'm coming," she growled under her breath and Noah waited for her thighs to clench around him before he allowed himself release, riding out his orgasm as she gasped for air, while he trailed kisses down her neck. He collapsed on top of her breathing hard, trying to catch his breath, remaining sheathed inside her. He could feel her body pulsating under him. He could hear her heart beating wildly and he propped himself up on his elbow to look down at her.
"Rachel," he said staring at her face, running a gently finger down her cheek and Rachel felt her heart pound even faster.
"Yes?" she squeaked, not wanting to kill the moment.
"I..." Noah was going to confess how he felt right then and there but the thought of being rejected while his manhood was shrinking softly inside her didn't appeal to him, so he changed his mind and said quickly, "You know you're beautiful right?"
"You have mentioned it once before," Rachel murmured coyly waiting to see if he said any more.
"Just wanted to remind you," Noah mumbled burying his face in her neck for a moment before sliding off her and lying on his back pulling her half onto his chest.
Rachel snuggled into his arms trying to hide her disappointment. She had been expecting something different to come out of his mouth but of course Noah wouldn't like her the way she liked him. Noah was kicking himself for chickening out on telling her how he felt, but he didn't put himself out there very often, and he just wasn't ready for the rejection he knew would be coming. He was no masochist. They didn't say anything else, there was nothing either could say. Not yet anyway.
Puck was daydreaming about Rachel and the almost confession he had made the night before when he heard his name and spun around; only to have a football smack him dead in the face. Thank god for football helmets. Puck realized that he was at football practice and Finn had just tossed him a ball he failed to catch.
"Fuck," Puck cursed grabbing his helmet and wrenching it off with annoyance, before running a hand over his head, rubbing his face.
"Nice catch Puckerman, dumbass," Coach Tanaka yelled sarcastically shaking his head and Puck flicked him the finger in response when his back was turned.
Matt and Mike jogged past him with questioning stares but Puck grumpily shoved his helmet back on and tried to focus on the game at hand. About half an hour later Coach blew his whistle loudly.
"Hit the showers," he grouched and the football team headed into the locker room to shower down. Puck walked slowly to the lockers. He was still kicking himself. Why didn't he just tell Rachel how he felt last night? It wasn't like he was scared...ah shit, he was petrified.
"What's up with you lately man?" Mike slapped a hand down on Puck's shoulder and Puck realized that he had been staring at his locker. Matt, Mike and Finn were all looking at him strangely.
"What do you mean?" Puck asked quickly opening up his locker and grabbing some clean clothes and a towel. Puck led the way to the showers and the other three guys followed exchanging worried glances.
"You've been distracted, and you haven't hit on a girl in months," Finn pointed out as the four reached the stalls and went in their separate cubicles, though they could still talk to each other since the stalls only really reached their necks, or in Finn's case, his chest. Man Finn was tall. Puck turned on the water and shoved his head under.
"Seriously, last week at the game that Junior Cheerio practically threw herself at you and you didn't even notice," Mike reminded him, disbelief evident in his tone.
"And Junior Cheerio was hot," Matt added in helpfully and Puck thought back to the last game. He remembered some blonde coming up to him after the game and saying something but he had been in a hurry to get to Rachel's and he blew her off.
Kurt wandered into the shower room humming to himself.
"Maybe he's in love," Kurt said mysteriously and when Puck glared at him Kurt smiled innocently. Puck mentally made a note to destroy something Kurt loved. Puck had visions of mixing Kurt's moisturizer with dirt, yeah that would teach him to interfere where he wasn't wanted.
"I don't do love Hummel," Puck spat at Kurt warningly.
"He does cougars," Mike quipped and Puck forced himself to laugh along with the other guys.
Truth was, Puck hadn't been with anyone but Rachel since their first night. Kurt looked disappointed with the answer and went to stand in front of the mirror to exfoliate and moisturize like he always did after practice. They all showered and then Matt and Mike went to go wait for Santana and Brittany at the ladies locker room leaving Finn and Puck in the near empty locker room. In silence they headed out to the parking lot and Puck was about to say goodbye when Finn turned to him.
"Dude, seriously, are you in love with a girl? I'm your best friend, you can tell me," Finn said to him seriously and Puck sighed. At least if he told Finn something, Finn would pass it on to the other guys and they wouldn't bother him anymore about being all distracted.
"There's this girl and she's perfect, but I don't think she sees me the way I see her," Puck said quickly, hating how girly he felt saying that out loud. He almost wanted to kick his own ass. Puck grinned trying to change the subject, "And that is about as chick flick as this is gonna get."
Puck walked briskly towards his truck and placed the key in the door.
"Puck, don't give up on her okay?" Finn called out and Puck turned and waved.
Puck wondered if Finn would be so supportive if he knew who it was that Puck was in love with. Puck hopped into his truck and drove home to see him mother and sister before sneaking over Rachel's.
Noah knew he was somewhat pathetic. Rachel was asleep in his arms and he was watching her sleep. He knew he was bordering on batshit crazy and he blamed her completely for him being this pathetic. What had she done to him? She was breathing deeply and his eyes drifted to her chest watching it rise and fall. She was curled towards him, his arm was under her neck and their legs were entwined. Her slim arm was wrapped across his bare chest. Even when she was sleeping Noah thought she was beautiful. Noah wanted to kick himself. Damn he was completely pathetic. Noah reached out his hand and gently stroked the side of her face.
"Noah," Rachel breathed in her sleep, shifting her body closer to him and Noah smiled.
She was dreaming about him. Maybe being pathetic wasn't so bad.
Rachel awoke the next morning and found herself trapped under warm arms and a leg haphazardly thrown over her. She wiggled so that she could look at Noah, brushing her hair out of her face and there he was sleeping peacefully beside her. He looked almost innocent in his sleep. Almost being the key word, being that no one could ever call Puck innocent. Rachel bent her head and brushed her lips against his and his eyes fluttered open. He smirked up at her sleepily.
"You talk in your sleep," he murmured absently and Rachel's eyes widened. She did what? Oh god, what if she said something about how she felt about him?
"What did I say?" she asked worriedly and Noah had a smug look on his face.
"My name," he told her grinning wickedly as he ran a hand down her naked body that was cuddled against him under her sheets, "You can't get enough of me in real life that you dream about me as well. I'm flattered."
Rachel made a face and was about to punch him when there was a knock on her door and then the knob rattled.
"Pumpkin are you decent?" Rachel's daddy, Richard, called out from behind the door and, like all parents, didn't really wait for her answer. He half opened the door, but paused halfway in not looking into the room yet out of 'privacy' for his daughter. Rachel silently cursed herself for not thinking to lock the door, she had gotten so caught up with Noah last night it had slipped her mind.
Noah slid out of the bed and onto the floor, rolling under the bed with one swift movement. Rachel frowned, he sure had that stop, drop and roll perfected.
"Yes daddy," she called out arranging her sheets to cover her from the neck down considering she was naked. Her door opened completely as her daddy crept in, not noticing the teenage boy under his daughter's bed. Richard went over to Rachel's dresser, not really looking at her, or noticing the flush of her cheeks.
"I need to borrow some moisturizer, I've run out, because someone," Richard's voice raised so that Rachel's other dad, Alan, could hear his displeasure, "Didn't buy them with the groceries this week."
"It wasn't on the list Richard," Alan yelled from somewhere in the house and Richard mumbled something under his breath before looking at his daughter.
"Thanks pumpkin," he said coming over to sit on her bed and Rachel clutched the covers further up her neck ever conscious of the fact she was naked and her daddy pressed a hand to her forehead, "You look a little flushed are you coming down with something?"
"No daddy," Rachel assured him trying to give what she hoped was a reassuring smile and her daddy kissed her forehead.
"All right then pumpkin, don't stay in bed all day," her daddy lectured her before sweeping out of the room closing the door behind him and Rachel let out a breath of relief.
Rachel crawled to the edge of the bed and looked down at Noah who had rolled out from under her bed. He was trying to hold in his laughter but his sniggering gave him away. Rachel grabbed a pillow and shoved it in his face giggling as well. Noah reached up and grabbed her tugging her to the floor on top of him flipping her over so that his body was smothering hers.
"You know Noah, for someone with such an impressively large build you are surprisingly nimble when you are scrambling for your life," she said teasingly and Noah glared down at her, not appreciating her mocking him.
"Shut up Berry," he grumbled silencing any of her protests with his lips. She forgot what she was protesting after a couple of seconds.
Kurt had cornered him in the empty locker room after football practice one afternoon later that week. Puck had thought that Kurt was going to declare his undying affection, considering that Puck was a stud and all, but something completely different and confronting came out of Kurt's mouth.
"Do you like Rachel?" Kurt demanded his nose tilting in the air and Puck lowered the towel he had wrapped around himself now that he was confident Kurt was not about to declare his love.
"It doesn't matter if I do or not, she doesn't like me in that way," Puck replied not confessing but not exactly denying and Kurt rolled his eyes.
"How do you know that?" Kurt queried and when Puck shrugged Kurt huffed and folded his arms across his chest, "She doesn't have to be the first to admit it, you could grow some balls and tell her you like her first."
"Are you questioning my badassness?" Puck retorted standing up to his full height hoping to intimidate Hummel but Kurt was fearless. He knew there was no way Puck would do anything to him. Kurt and Rachel were good friends, she would kill Puck if anything happened to Kurt.
"That's not even a word, and yes I am questioning it, the group has been talking and we agree that Rachel may like you, so please do something about it," Kurt informed him bluntly and Puck gave a half smile at the fact that he was getting support from Rachel's friends to date her properly.
"I'll try," he conceded and Kurt practically blinded him with his happy smile.
"Good, there is only so many times I can put up with you together in the one room knowing you are both so perfect for each other but too stubborn to admit it," Kurt turned and stalked off and Puck had a stupid smile on his face for the rest of the night. Puck told himself he would talk to Rachel tomorrow after Glee, he would finally tell her.
Glee was one of Rachel's favorite things every week. Puck had been given the lead for the 'Art of Love' and every rehearsal when they sang that song to each other it made Rachel feel incredible. She still sang lead with Finn on a couple of songs, but Mr. Shue liked 'the Art of Love' so much that they had really been focusing on that song these past couple of months. Sectionals was coming up soon. Rachel arrived in the choir room before anyone else and took a seat at the piano. Kurt and Mercedes entered followed by Mike and Matt, then Brittany and Santana in their Cheerio outfits. Puck followed them all and he dropped his bag beside a chair, his eyes on her.
"Rach, can we just go through the bridge?" Puck asked coming to stand beside her where she was sitting at the piano. Rachel felt a surge of pride go through her. Ever since he had won the lead Puck was working very hard on getting it perfect. She hadn't seen him last night but he had been waiting at her locker this morning with a grape slushie and he had walked her to class. No one really paid them attention as it was becoming common place to see footballers and Gleek's together.
"Sure," she agreed as they started to rehearse.
Rachel had the strangest feeling she was being watched. She twisted her head and saw Santana, Matt, Brittany and Mike staring at her; well they weren't staring completely at her, they were staring in shock at her and Puck. Rachel's hands stilled on the keys and Puck raised an eyebrow at her but she spun to face the Cheerio's and Jocks.
"Why are you staring?" Rachel demanded and Santana nudged Brittany to speak.
"Is it true?" Brittany asked incredulously and Rachel bristled with rage.
"Kurt!" Rachel screamed looking at Kurt who was rehearsing moves with Mercedes at the other end of the room, lucky for him. Rachel wasn't prone to violence but she had the strongest urge to bitch slap Kurt into next year.
"I'm sorry, we were in the ladies talking and Santana overheard," Kurt apologized meekly and Brittany and Santana gasped and looked at each other. Puck ran a hand over his Mohawk and Matt and Mike gaped at them.
"So it is true?" Mike repeated and Puck nodded. Rachel sat back down on the piano and pouted, clearly upset.
"You can't tell anyone," Puck told them and Santana frowned at Puck like he was the bad guy. He was just going along with Rachel's wishes. Jeez, girls always jumped to conclusions when it came to dating.
Santana looked over at Brittany then back at the two people in question. Santana had changed since being in Glee, she was still shallow as hell but she had also come to look on the members of Glee as her brothers and sisters, although now there was some weird incest thing going on between brother Puck and sister Rachel, but still, it wasn't like she could talk, she was with Matt and Brittany was with Mike, and Artie was with Tina and Finn was with Quinn...okay, so maybe she thought of them as family and not brothers and sisters, just to make it less incestuous in her head. Either way, Santana actually liked being in Glee and, strange as it seemed, she liked Rachel and she had seen the change in Puck. Overhearing the others in the toilet had confirmed her suspicion that Puck was changing for a girl, and now she knew it was Rachel, though she had been a little shocked to learn of their 'arrangement'. Santana, Brittany, Mike and Matt had discussed it and agreed that Puck and Rachel were perfect for each other and had made it their mission to make sure they got together in a more official form.
"Why not?" Santana demanded, "Are you embarrassed to be seen with her? Because you don't have to be, the cheerio's won't give you guys a hard time, besides being in Glee is practically cool now thanks to all of us."
Since Quinn was out, being pregnant and all that, Santana was head cheerleader and she ruled the Cheerio's with an iron fist. She reveled in the power.
"I'm not embarrassed, it's what Rachel wants, we aren't a couple, we're just friends," Puck retorted, not liking the insinuation that he was embarrassed to be with Rachel. Puck would have loved to be seen in public with Rachel on his arm.
"You and Puck are totally cute together," Brittany added her two cents and Puck rolled his eyes. Santana advanced on them and Puck and Rachel unconsciously shifted closer to one another. Santana Lopez was a little scary at times.
"You are basically a couple," Santana informed them and Puck scoffed at her claim.
"How do you figure?"
"Are you having sex with anyone else?" Santana queried and Puck just glared at her which she took for a no and announced gleefully to the rest of the group, "Exhibit A, Puck has become monogamous, a sure sign of couple behavior."
Puck continued to glare, wishing that looks could kill. He didn't want people pointing out to Rachel that he was hooked on her. He wanted her to figure it out for herself and he wanted to be able to tell her himself, like he planned to do that afternoon if Santana didn't ruin it for him.
"Look Puck and I are just friends with benefits and we like it that way so we would appreciate it if you kept this to yourselves," Rachel finally spoke up and they all fell silent.
"Stubborn," someone, probably Kurt, fake coughed and Rachel just folded her arms across her chest. Santana sighed, disappointed that she couldn't convince more members of Glee to intermingle.
"Fine, but you guys are being ridiculous," Santana huffed just as Mr. Shue entered the room.
Mr. Shue took in the serious faces and the slight red tinging Rachel's cheeks and paused.
"What are you guys talking about?" Mr Shue asked curiously wondering if he really wanted to know and Matt grinned.
"Chocolate and bacon," he told them glancing at Puck and Rachel meaningfully.
"And how well they go together," Mike added and Brittany promptly kicked him in the shin while smiling innocently at Mr. Shue who shrugged.
"Okay."
Rachel glanced over at Puck from under her veiled lashes as she considered what Santana said. Could Puck possibly want more than their 'special arrangement'? Rachel knew she was in love with him but the possibility that Puck wanted her the way she wanted him made her heart pound. Puck saw her looking at him and winked lewdly. Santana was crazy, Puck was Puck, he didn't feel that way about her she was just his 'buddy'. Rachel was sure that's all she would ever be to him.
AN: All right well, at least both of them are thinking now Darn Santana for ruining Puck's confession. Like I said this was supposed to be a short chapter but then it became this.
NEXT CHAPTER: I don't even want to give away any clues LOL It starts getting fun :)
After watching clips of Ballads, which looks hilarious btw, stalker Rachel makes me want to wet myself laughing but I restrain myself because at 24, lets face it if I havem't got bladder control by now I should probably curl up and die somewhere. I've realised what Rachel's problem is. She falls in love with all her male leads. Finn was her first male lead and she is obsessed. Then Mr Shue sings with her and 'bang' crush on Mr Shue. So all we need to do is petition the writers to let Puck lead a song with her and she will love Puck as much as we all do. Case closed.
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