Disclaimer: Did I forget this last chapter? Meh, obviously I don't own Glee or Rachel and Puck would be together. And Mark Salling would belong to me.

Make Me Forget

Chapter 16 - The Babygate Scandal

"Did you hear?"

"Rachel Berry is pregnant."

"Who's the dad?"

"Noah Puckerman."

"Pregnant?"

"She's just a sophomore."

Rachel could hear the whispers as she walked through the hallways. She could feel their stares and smirks. She snuggled closer into Noah's side and the arm around her shoulders tightened.

"You going for a record Puckerman? See how many girls can you knock up in a year?" Anton Crawley jeered and the crowd around him laughed. Noah spun furiously, his fists clenched. He was going to kick this guy's ass. He took a step towards the guy when he felt a light hand on his arm and he looked down to see Rachel looking up at him worriedly, her hand drifting to rest on her slightly enlarged stomach. Noah immediately felt all his anger leave him.

"Well Puckerman, you got anything to say for yourself?" Crawley continued taunting them and Noah just took Rachel's hand and started walking away but they were blocked by the jock and his friends. One of them bumped into Rachel who stumbled into Puck and his temper flared.

"Lay a hand on her and you will be sorry," Noah growled pushing Rachel behind him protectively. He knew he could take these guys but he didn't want to risk Rachel or the baby getting hurt in the scuffle.

"Leave them alone," Finn interrupted coming to stand between Noah and the jocks and when the jocks hesitated Finn glared, "You better leave them alone for good or else you will have problems with me and the whole football team, now get out of here."

The rest of the football team appeared behind Finn looking intimidating as always. The hockey team slunk away in the wake of their defeat. Finn dismissed the football team with a nod of his head and some of them nodded at Puck as they started moving to their classes. That was a change of pace. Lately, due to the Quinn situation, the football team only spoke to him on the field. Could it be the holy high school trinity was coming back together? Finn remained behind standing with Puck and Rachel though his eyes were fixed on Rachel intently.

"You heard?" Noah asked him hesitantly and Finn's eyes flicked to Rachel's stomach.

"Yeah, I heard," he confirmed his voice hard as he spoke to Puck, but then his tone changed when he addressed Rachel, "How far along are you?"

"Just over five months," she whispered, her voice shaking slightly over the confrontation and being pushed around. Puck took her hand in his worriedly, and Finn's eyes drifted to her stomach again.

Finn didn't say anything else, he just walked away.

Rachel was heading to the cafeteria at lunchtime flanked by Mercedes and Kurt who hadn't left her side since her first class this morning. It was tedious to say the least but she knew they were only doing it because they worried about her and she was grateful for their support. Santana and Brittany were at the Cheerio table and they both waved as the three walked by. Santana and Brittany had been shocked when they were told the news yesterday but had promised that the Cheerio's wouldn't give them a hard time. Then Santana had lectured Puck for a good half an hour about contraception because clearly that was a man's responsibility while Brittany had attempted to make soup for Rachel and had nearly blown up the kitchen. She had turned on the gas stove but forgot to light it so gas filled up the kitchen, and when Mercedes pointed out the stove wasn't on Brittany had clicked the switch and boom; giant flames, Brittany nearly lost her eyebrows. She swore off cooking forever; and she was banned in the Berry kitchen.

"Rachel," a voice called her name and Rachel turned to see Matt and Mike hurrying towards her looking mischievous in a fun way.

"Hey guys," Rachel smiled at them both. Santana and Brittany had filled them both in over the phone so this was the first time Rachel saw them since the news broke.

"So we heard you were pregnant," Matt began grinning widely and Mike butted in excitedly,

"And we compiled our money."

"And bought you this," Matt produced from behind his back with a flourish a present, wrapped in blue paper complete with a ribbon. Rachel felt tears pricking at her eyes, silently cursing her pregnancy hormones. The whole cafeteria was staring at them but Rachel didn't care.

"I'm sorry I didn't tell you guys sooner," Rachel apologized and Mike just threw a lazy arm around her shoulders giving her a side hug.

"It's ok, we understand, you were trying to keep it quiet, just know that we got your back Rachel," Mike assured her seriously and Matt gave a nod of affirmation as well.

"Thanks guys," Rachel said meaning it with all her heart and they two footballers grinned at her then led her to the Glee table taking a seat with her. Santana and Brittany joined them, along with the usual crowd including Mercedes, Kurt, Artie, Tina and of course Puck. Quinn too was making her way to the table and she took her usual seat beside Tina.

"What is it?" Puck asked curiously, his mouth full of pie as he gestured with his fork at the present.

Puck shoved more pie into his mouth, even though it was already full. He loved pie. He had decided it should be its own food group, and thus should be a part of every meal. Quinn grimaced at his lack of table manners and threw an empty soft drink can at him which he threw back playfully but was off with his aim and the can hit Tina who responded with a French fry that hit Mercedes beginning a mini food fight at the table, much to their amusement.

Rachel opened up the present ignoring the battle going on around her and felt her heart swell with pride at the sight of the tiny little Lima Warriors football jersey being that the Lima Warriors were Lima's minor league American football team. On the back was the number 20, same number as Puck. Puck grinned widely at the jersey imagining his son wearing it.

"My kid is going to be one sexy stud," Puck comment surely and the table erupted into laughter.

Puck was stealthily following Jacob Ben-Israel around the school. Rachel had been so caught up in her baby drama coming out she hadn't made him promise not to beat up Jacob Ben-Israel and Puck was itching to put that bastard in his place. Sure Rachel would be pissed off when she found out but Puck needed to kick the shit out of him. He would teach Jacob Ben-Israel to never put him or Rachel in one of his blogs ever again. Jacob Ben-Israel entered the men's room and Puck grinned. Now was his chance, he had been waiting all day for this. He took a step forward but was stopped by a hand clasping down onto his shoulder. He turned to see Mike holding him back, a secretive grin on his face.

"We got this bro," Mike assured him gesturing to the group of boys behind him. Matt, Artie, Kurt and Finn as well. Puck was surprised to see Finn with them. As if sensing Puck's confusion at his presence Finn glared at him.

"I'm doing this for Rachel not you," Finn spat at him, before looking away, as though looking at Puck for too long disgusted him. Puck couldn't help the disappointment that settled in the pit of his stomach at Finn's harsh dismissal.

"If Rachel asks we will say you weren't involved," Matt interrupted the ex-best friends and Puck focused on what was about to happen and grinned.

"Can I at least watch?" he asked hopefully, knowing that it was better for him if he wasn't involved. Rachel had a thing about him getting into fights.

"Not in person, but I'm making a blog of my own," Artie answered in negative but Puck was pleased when Artie held up a video recorder. Jacob Ben-Israel was going to get what was coming to him.

"So what have you got planned?" Puck asked eagerly, wanting to know what he could look forward to and Artie smiled evilly.

"Well firstly we are going to bathe him in the holy toilet water," Artie informed him nonchalantly.

"And then, a trip to the dumpster," Kurt added throwing a mock glare at Puck who chuckled.

"And then..." as Artie took over explaining the next punishment Jacob Ben-Israel would go through Puck zoned out grinning.

Jacob Ben-Israel was going to get what was coming to him, and Puck was glad to have friends like these.

Later that night Rachel was studying while Noah sat on her bed idly playing songs on his guitar. A loud beep from her laptop announced Rachel had a new email and Puck smirked knowing what it was about. He had been dying to see this all day.

"Noah Puckerman was this your doing?" Rachel demanded, one hand on her hip and the other pointing at her computer screen and Noah came over to see Jacob Ben-Israel getting thrown into a dumpster then the last shot was of him ductaped to a football post in just his underwear swearing loudly he would never blog again. Apparently Kurt thought he needed a make-over as well because the boy was all painted up with blue eyeshadow, bright red cheeks and hot pink lipstick as well as a stripe shaved down the center of his head, giving him a reverse mohawk. Over all, he ended up looking like Bozo the clown in his underwear. Puck let out a loud laugh and Rachel slapped his arm.

"Rach it wasn't me, I swear," Puck defended himself, holding up his palms in surrender as he added fondly, "We have really protective friends."

"Oh, I thought it was you," Rachel seemed almost disappointed that it wasn't him who had orchestrated the great humiliation of Jacob Ben-Israel, "I thought I would have to reward you for defending my honor again."

Noah's head snapped towards her at the mention of rewards. Rachel rewards were always good. Rachel grinned at him wickedly backing towards her bathroom gesturing for him to follow her and Noah took her silent invitation. He dragged her into the bathroom and shut the door pushing her back against the door. Noah was just glad her dad's were downstairs. He pressed his body against hers as best he could, feeling her stomach pushing into him, and he trailed kisses down her neck, while his hands came up to squeeze at her breasts. Rachel moaned lustily and Puck covered her mouth with his. He slipped one hand under her skirt and pushed aside her panties to dip his fingers into her. She was so wet that Noah moaned with anticipation as she opened her legs wider for him. Noah could feel himself growing hard against his jeans at the thought of her, the mother of his child, the woman he loved. He moved his fingers inside of her while kissing her passionately and Rachel was breathing deeply and moaning softly into his mouth. He loved the little noises she made when she was turned on. Noah removed his fingers from her and Rachel groaned in disappointment until Noah tore her shirt over her head. Next he reached around one handed and unhooked her bra, letting her full breasts free. Rachel in turn tugged his t-shirt over his head, running her hands over his bare chest as he trapped her firmly against the door again, one leg between hers nudging her legs to stay apart. Noah slowly traced his lips down her body from her collar bone, stopping to give attention to her breasts before sinking to his knees, pausing to kiss her stomach before finishing with his head between her legs. Rachel was practically shaking by the time his tongue lapped out to taste her, the anticipation adding to her enjoyment. Noah pulled one of her legs over his shoulder so that he could get better access to her and Rachel wasn't sure if she would be able to stand through this, what he was doing with his tongue was making her weak at the knees. He was nipping and pulling with his teeth, adding fingers when her body started quivering, knowing she was close. Rachel pulled away from him before she could come, wanting to wait until he was inside of her. Noah stood up and quickly washed his mouth out in the sink before turning to her and Rachel stared at him hungrily. He looked so delicious.

"I'm so horny," Rachel muttered with frustration then she glared down at his pants, "get those off, I want you now Noah."

She did not have to tell him twice. Noah undid his belt and was on the zipper then Rachel took over, roughly tugging his jeans down to his ankles, not at all surprised to find him going commando. Without waiting Rachel sank to her knees and took him into her mouth. Noah had to fight not to moan out loud as she deep throated him straight away. Fuck, he was going to come if she did that one more time. Rachel raised her eyes up to look at him as she bobbed her head up and down, sucking hard. She pulled back and then ran a tongue down his length before taking him in her mouth again and Noah had to bite his lower lip to stop of crying out with pleasure. It was going too slowly, Noah wanted to be inside of her right now. Noah hauled her to her feet and sat her down on her vanity which was conveniently at his waist height. Not even bothering to remove her skirt or panties, he pushed both aside and entered her without warning. She was so wet that he slid right in, nestling himself deep inside of her as Rachel angled backwards a little so that her stomach was out of the way. Rachel made a small whimper of satisfaction, her head falling back against the mirror. Noah took that as his go ahead and started moving inside of her at a steady speed. Noah's eyes watched as her breasts bounced with every thrust he made into her, adding to his enjoyment. He bent his head capturing a nipple in his mouth while one of Rachel's hands ran through his hair.

"Noah, I'm close," Rachel breathed into his ear sending Noah that much closer to the edge himself.

Noah started thrusting harder and faster knowing that she liked that whispering her name with fervor and when Rachel's thighs tightened around his waist in that telltale sign of her reaching her climax, Noah released himself inside of her, continuing to ride out his orgasm with her. They were both breathing heavily by the end of it and they grinned at each other with complete satisfaction, their eyes glazed over with post sex euphoria.

"Rachel? Noah?" her daddy's voice echoed from the stairs and Rachel and Noah panicked. He pulled out of her and she slipped off the vanity scrambling for her shirt, while Noah tucked himself into his jeans and did up the zipper and belt.

"In the bathroom daddy, I'm just feeling a little sick," Rachel called out, trying to sound calm but she was panicking.

Rachel threw on her shirt and Noah grabbed his shirt quickly, barely managing to tug it on before the door opened. Rachel was poised over the toilet pretending to be nauseous even though nausea was only supposed to last for the first three to four months of pregnancy. Hopefully her daddy didn't remember that fact. Noah stood there liked a stunned mullet trying to look innocent but failing miserably.

"Dinner is ready you two," Richard poked his head in to say taking a good look at both of them and then he sighed shaking his head, "Pumpkin, your shirt is on inside out."

Richard closed the door as Rachel flushed bright red with embarrassment and when Noah laughed she elbowed him in the stomach before getting the giggles herself.

A couple of days later Rachel found some baby clothes in her locker along with a blanky. Somehow she knew they were from Finn. She hadn't really spoken to him since the news broke. She wanted to see him but just never found the time outside of Glee and he wasn't really talking to anyone when he was there. Whatever small friendship Finn and Rachel had begun before had taken three steps back when he found out she was pregnant. Now that news of her pregnancy had spread Puck didn't leave her on her own worried that the hockey team would try and start something. Finally she had put her foot down and demanded he let her have some time to herself in the auditorium. It was her free period on the Friday and Puck dropped her off before standing guard at the door. Rachel rolled her eyes at him. She understood his fear of her losing the baby, but honestly it was all getting too much. She wanted her boyfriend, not a bodyguard. Rachel had planned to rehearse some songs but she suddenly felt so tired that she just sat down in the audience and stared at the stage. She heard the auditorium doors open and close and sighed deeply.

"Noah, I told you I am fine by myself in here," Rachel repeated in exasperation twisting her head but she saw Finn coming down the stairs towards her.

"Puck let me come in and visit you, I know you have free period now," Finn said as he came to sit beside her and Rachel gave him a small smile, delighted that he still wanted to talk to her and be her friend. She had been worried for a while, especially when he had been ignoring her somewhat in Glee when they weren't singing together.

They sat there in comfortable silence.

"May I?" Finn asked hesitantly, his hand hovering over Rachel's belly and Rachel shrugged. She was five months and a couple of weeks along, and you could feel the bump if you were looking for it, though Rachel often wore loose maternity tops to try and disguise it. She didn't really need to hide now that everyone knew but she wasn't comfortable wearing tight tops and showing off her baby belly. Finn's face lit up as his hand touched her stomach lightly.

"I used to just sit with Quinn with my hand on her belly and I could feel the baby moving and kicking, I miss that," Finn said wistfully, then he pulled his hand back and it clenched into a fist, "I get that Puck was the father of Quinn's baby but I still feel like the baby was part mine."

"The baby was yours Finn, you were going to be the father," Rachel reminded him softly placing a hand on his and Finn looked down at their hands.

"I was ready Rach, I was ready to be a dad and raise this baby and now she's gone and I feel so empty," Finn's voice wavered with emotion and Rachel hugged him, her pregnancy hormones causing her to feel very empathetic.

"I'm so sorry Finn," Rachel whispered softly and that set Finn off as he started crying onto her shoulder.

Rachel held him to her, letting him cry. Finn couldn't believe how emotional he had been these past couple of months. He had just kept bottling up all his feelings inside him and as soon as he talked to Rachel his emotions just came pouring out. She had always had that calming effect on him. Finn managed to get a hold of himself as he wiped away his tears quickly, embarrassed for crying in front of her again.

"The worst part is that I want to hate Quinn but I can't. I see her around school and I...damnnit...I still love her, I know that I shouldn't. I should hate her for cheating on me and lying to me. But I can't. She's Quinn and I...I want to hate her but I can't, I love her too much," Finn said this helplessly shrugging his shoulders for emphasis. Rachel could understand that. True love was unconditional.

"You can't help who you love Finn," Rachel told him what she always told him and Finn looked over at her fondly.

"I still love you, I think a part of me will always love you," Finn said honestly, his eyes on hers and Rachel smiled warmly.

"A part of me will always love you too, Uncle Finn," Rachel assured him as she nudged his shoulder and Finn looked back down at her stomach.

"What is it?"

"A boy," Rachel informed him proudly and Finn's face broke into a wide smile of joy.

"I get a nephew?" he asked the rhetorical question and when Rachel nodded Finn hugged her excitedly, squeezing her so tightly that she laughed.

"They call him Puckleberry," Rachel rubbed her belly fondly and Finn then bent his head down to her stomach. Rachel was used to people talking to her stomach. Noah did it all the time and most of the Glee club too. It had gotten to the point where sometimes the others would just start talking to her belly, not even saying hi.

"Hey there Puckleberry, I'm your Uncle Finn. I'm the coolest of all your Uncle's," Finn cooed to her belly and Rachel giggled feeling Puckleberry squirm.

"He likes you," Rachel told him and Finn grinned widely. Rachel knew that she had Finn again, he was back, and she was happy. Now if only she could do something about Quinn and Finn and Puck and Finn and her world would be sublime.

Alan and Richard Berry arrived home after a nice dinner to hear their daughter screaming bloody murder. Alarmed, they raced up the stairs onto to find Noah Puckerman sitting in the hallway outside their daughter's room. Alan smirked hearing Rachel curse Noah's name from inside her room and retreated back downstairs. Richard however decided to take pity on the teenager.

"What did you do?" Richard asked taking a seat beside him and Rachel's door swung open and she glared down at both of them incensed by the question.

Richard actually cringed from her gaze of fury. He loved his daughter with all his heart, but when she was angry she was definitely scary.

"What did he do? What did he do??? He had the nerve to slander my favorite musical!" Rachel declared angrily, and then in an instant her mood changed to one of sadness, "We are having a baby and he doesn't love my favorite musical!"

Rachel burst into tears and slammed her door shut. Noah turned to Richard and shrugged helplessly.

"All I said was that she would make a much better Maria," he admitted not knowing what he did wrong and Richard just laughed and clapped a hand on his back. Richard knew he should try and say something comforting but he couldn't stop laughing and he retreated back downstairs to tell Alan.

Noah sighed and stared at the door patiently. This wasn't the first pregnant woman tantrum Rachel had thrown so he was getting better at handling them. The door slowly opened to reveal a sheepish Rachel.

"Am I crazy?" she asked in a quiet voice and Noah shook his head.

"No babe," he lied through his teeth and when Rachel fixed him with a glare he admitted with a small smile, "Maybe just a little. But your particular brand of crazy is my favorite."

Rachel held out her hand to him and Noah took it allowing her to pull him into the room behind her. All the fighting was forgotten in moments like this.

Rachel was sick of seeing Finn and Quinn moping around without each other. Rachel knew that Finn still loved Quinn, and she knew that Quinn still loved Finn but Finn never gave Quinn a chance to explain herself and Quinn would never make the first move. When it got to Glee rehearsal Monday afternoon three weeks before Regional's, the plan was set. Now was the time to put the plan into action. She, Kurt and Mercedes had spent all weekend planning this, ignoring Puck's protest that this could backfire badly. When Mr Shue asked them to get up to practice 'The Art of Love' Rachel held up her hand and Mr Shue gestured to her that she could speak. Rachel got to her feet and smoothed out her baby doll dress importantly.

"Mr Shue, I know that you gave Noah and I the leads for this song however, Noah and I have discussed it and we feel that the song would be better portrayed the way we had originally planned with Finn and Quinn as leads as well," Rachel said officially looking at Quinn then Finn. Finn looked panicked as he glanced quickly at Quinn, averting his eyes before Quinn saw.

"Okay, well if that's what you guys want," Mr Shue agreed when no one protested. Kurt and Mercedes had threatened any members with spandex costumes if they dared say anything. No one did, they wanted this to work as much as Rachel did.

"I'll sing with Rachel," Finn said quickly and Rachel whipped her head around to look at him. Drats, Rachel hadn't planned on Finn wanting to sing with her.

"That means we have to swap parts," Puck protested, not too happy about Finn trying to steal his part and when Finn fixed him with a pointed stare Puck shrugged moving to stand by Quinn who looked just about as rejected as anyone could ever look. Puck reached over and squeezed her hand giving her a comforting smile and Quinn smiled back.

Finn and Rachel sang the first verse and chorus together but it didn't feel right. Rachel couldn't stop looking over at Puck and Finn didn't really know Puck's parts. Mr Shue stopped the song after the chorus shaking his head.

"I think it's better the other way around," Mr Shue said to Finn almost apologetically, knowing how Finn had tried to stay away from Quinn.

"Please Finn, I really want us to win, I know you do too," Rachel tugged on his arm and Finn looked down at her pleading face then at the faces of the rest of Glee and nodded. Rachel hugged him then drifted back over to Puck while Finn stood on the other side of the room away from Quinn.

Rachel and Puck sang their verse and chorus perfectly before drifting back to stand with the rest of Glee doing backing vocals as Finn and Quinn moved to stand in the center of the stage to perform their parts.

Finn refused to even look at Quinn, but having her there beside him had a strong affect on him, his voice was shaking as he sang. His fists were clenched. Rachel exchanged a worried look with Kurt, maybe this wasn't such a great idea. They wanted Finn for forgive Quinn, not have a nervous breakdown in the middle of Glee.

If I forget to get the door
Remind you that you're beautiful
I know my detail requires more attention
If I ever hurt you it's not my intention

Quinn grabbed his hand and Finn reluctantly turned to look at her as she sang to him, his eyes filled with pain. Quinn knew it was her fault he felt this way and took his face in her hands and pulled his forehead down to hers as she sang her last lines putting everything she felt into the words of the song. Hoping that he would understand how sorry she was and how much she loved him.

Cause we're gonna make our mistakes
Find out how much your heart can take
But I know that you got my back
And baby I got yours

Finn's arms crept around Quinn's waist as they sang to each other, their faces inches apart. So much was being said in that moment between them. Apologies, forgiveness, declarations, regrets, it was all coming out.

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

Finn and Quinn broke off singing and Finn took her face between his hands and kissed her. The music stopped and the rest of Glee stared at them in shock. Rachel smiled at Puck smugly. When she had come up with the idea of having Finn and Quinn sing together she hadn't dreamed it would end up this well.

"Ok, we should definitely end every song that way," Kurt commented loudly clapping his hands approvingly and Finn and Quinn pulled apart looking embarrassed but their hands were still clenched together tightly.

"Maybe we should all take a break," Mr Shue suggested sternly, but he couldn't stop the smile that came to his face happy that his kids were finally talking.

Finn and Quinn moved outside, probably to have a long awaited and much needed talk. Mr Shue excused himself from the room and headed in the direction of Miss Pillsbury's office, probably to tell her the good news that Finn and Quinn had made up. Puck sat down heavily and Rachel eased herself into the chair next to him. Puck knew that Finn and Quinn would make up. Finn and Rachel were already on friendly terms but Finn had yet to speak a word to him outside of football and even in football it was more grunts than words. Puck didn't know what to do; he didn't how to get his best friend back.

"I don't think he'll ever forgive me, he's my best friend and I went and slept with his girl," Puck said downhearted about the whole situation and he looked up at Rachel dejectedly, "I'm no good Rachel, I'm sorry you're stuck with me."

Rachel slapped him across the cheek a fire in her eyes. Puck rubbed his cheek feeling the slap slightly uncalled for, but this was Rachel and she was dramatic.

"Don't you dare go down that path of self pity Noah, instead of sitting there whining why don't you go do something about it?" Rachel snapped annoyed by his childishness and Puck was a little stunned by the slap but it had the effect on him that Rachel had hoped for. Puck leaned over and captured her lips with his then trailed kisses to her ear.

"Babe you are sexy when you are all pregnant and angry," he whispered into her ear lustily and Rachel gasped and smacked him on the shoulder for trying to seduce her in the middle of Glee.

"Pig," Rachel muttered although she couldn't stop the grin that came to her face.

AN: I'm not blonde (though I do get called a Violet Crumble often, if you don't know what that means it might be as Aussie thing LOL) but I did do exactly what Brittany did in the Berry kitchen. I set some things on fire by accident because I turned the gas on and forgot to light the flame. My hubs and mum were yelling 'stop' as I pushed the lighter, and BOOM! I seriously nearly burnt my eyebrows off because I was bending down inspecting it at the time. My mum also likes to put paper towels on the stove (don't ask why, I have no idea) and they call caught on fire so I was waving my frying pan around trying to put out the paper fire on the stove....not my finest moment.

NEXT CHAPTER: Puck and Finn finally talk which doesn't end up the way Puck hoped. Kurt saves the day. All of Glee takes an interest in Rachel's ultrasound and Kurt gets a nice surprise in the boy's locker room. Yes that's right, there is man on man love (nothing graphic though, just a whole load of smooching) in the next chapter. It's about time Kurt gets some action is all I have to say,