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Make Me Forget
Chapter 22 – The Beginning of Happily Ever After
Sunday night Puck found Rachel sitting in the baby's room where she had taken to spending a lot of her time lately, sitting in the rocking chair. Dianna said Rachel was starting to nest and become more comfortable in there readying herself for the baby. Puck still worried though, he'd rather she spend time with him. He stood there leaning on the doorjamb with his arms folded across his chest. She wasn't even singing. Just rocking back and forth, back and forth with her hands slowly rubbing her stomach.
"You're quiet; too quiet," Puck mused as Rachel turned her head to smile at him and Puck held out his arms to her, quirking his eyebrows comically, "Alright, come and tell old Puck what's wrong."
Rachel chuckle playfully.
"I firmly believe talking about yourself in third person is the first sign of insanity," Rachel teased him cheekily getting to her feet to make her way over to him and Puck shrugged.
"Well I'm with you so I must be crazy," Puck joked laughing but he cut off abruptly when he noticed the look on her face and she paused in the middle of the room, "What's wrong?"
"Noah, do you think that if we weren't having a baby you would still be with me?" Rachel asked timidly and Noah sighed running a hand through his hawk. He silently cursed those Carmel High whores for putting these thoughts in Rachel's head again.
"Rach, how many times do we have to go over this? I was hooked on you before you were pregnant," Noah stalked forward to grab her shoulders and look deep into her eyes. It was kind of like his past was finally catching up with him. The one woman her actually loved doubted him because she knew what he was like before. Rachel shrugged her shoulders.
"I don't understand why, I'm nothing special," Rachel said softly lowering her eyes and Noah resisted the urge to roll his eyes. Girls and their self esteem issues. Instead he tucked a finger under her chin and lifted her head so that they faces were inches apart, hazel eyes met brown.
"Rachel Barbara Berry, you are the most amazing woman I know. You held your head high through years of bullying and slushies and then you forgave me for it. You are nice, sometimes too nice for your own good, but I think that makes you an even better person," he moved his hand to cup the side of her face, his thumb slowling making small circles on her cheek.
"You care like no one I have ever seen. You believed in me when no one else would, and you always see the best in everyone. No matter how many times they let you down, you still believe they will come through in the end. You are so smart, you with all those ten dollar words that confuse me to no end," he shook his head a little, never breaking eye contact with beautiful woman in front of him. One corner of his mouth lifts a little as he marvels at the fact that he is so damn lucky he gets her. He knows he doesn't deserve her, this crazy, gorgeous, impossible person.
"Sometimes you snort when you laugh and I love it. Especially when you can't stop and then pout because I laughed. You bite your lip when you're thinking about something really hard, which makes you look incredibly sexy. When you sing, God, I get these tingles up my spine that give me goosebumps. When I look at you I know; I just know that I love you and I know that we are getting the hell out of this town. I know that you are going to be a huge star, I know that because you are so, so special," Noah had never said so many words in his whole entire life but he was digging way deep down to prove to her how much she meant not only to him but everyone else in their lives. Rachel was staring at him slack jawed. Noah hoped this was the last time he had to speak his feelings out loud because this was the most uncomfortable he had ever been.
"That was the most beautiful thing you've ever said to me," Rachel breathed, her eyes turning dreamy and Noah scratched the back of his head with embarrassment.
"I sounded like Finn; I'm so ashamed I want to kick my own ass," Noah joked waggling his eyebrows and Rachel slapped his chest in mock seriousness.
"Noah Puckerman, do not swear in front of little Puck," Rachel scolded him, her hands moving to protect her belly and Noah grinned wickedly his arms circling around her waist as he pulled her against him as best he could.
"Little Puck better block his hears because I'm about to take his momma for a ride," Noah growled in her ear, feeling frisky and Rachel gasped with laughter.
"Noah!" she squealed as his hands roamed south to cup her behind. Rachel gasped and grabbed one of his hands pressing it to her belly, "he's moving!"
Noah loved feeling his son wiggling around and they stood there for a couple of moments before Noah bent his head to her stomach.
"Puckleberry, go to sleep, I need to defile your mother," Noah tried to cajole his son and Rachel chuckled pulling his face up to hers and kissing him.
Noah took this as his go ahead, grabbing Rachel by the hand and leading her into their room, making sure to close the door behind him. Alan had long given up on the open door policy. Rachel pounced on him as soon as they were in the room, her arms coming to wrap around his neck as her mouth devoured his. It didn't take long for her to lift his shirt over his head, revealing his naked chest. Rachel bit her lip then pressed kisses down his neck while her hand moved to fiddle with his nipple ring. Every time she saw that tiny piece of shiny metal Rachel felt the heat race through her body. With renewed vigor Rachel quickly undid his belt and then tugged down the zipper of his jeans. Noah let out a ragged breath as Rachel pushed his jeans and boxers to the floor before taking his length on her hand. She couldn't exactly get down on her knees as easily anymore, so she resolved to stroke him with her hands while keeping his mouth occupied with hers. His eyes closed in ecstasy and he started to thrust against her hands as she stroked him, applying pressure. Not wanting to blow the show too early Noah pulled himself out of her hands and then he walked Rachel backwards and then lay her down.
"You're beautiful babe, inside and out," Noah whispered to her, coming to lie beside her on his side.
Rachel smiled up at him and he lowered his head and kissed her lingeringly continuing to kiss her as his hands started moving.
Noah reached a free hand up to stroke the side of her face before trailing to her clothed breasts. He cupped her over the material feeling her nipple respond to his touch. He kept trailing his hand down until he reached the hem of her nightdress and then he slowly lifted it up so that he could see her underwear, and the rise of her belly. He paused to look at the swelling mound. That was his son inside of there; he was so proud. Noah pressed a gentle kiss to her belly before moving down the bed and hooking his fingers in her underwear and tugging them down. She moaned softly and let Noah push her legs apart. He dipped his head between her thighs and taking his time he traced lazy circles with his tongue at her core before thrusting his tongue inside of her. Rachel gasped and moaned, writhing on the bed. Noah loved seeing her like this, there was something satisfying about knowing he was the only one who could make her look like that. Sucking on her, he slid a finger in before adding another, pushing them in and out. Rachel grabbed a pillow and stuffed it on her face to muffle her moans. It was becoming too much.
"Noah I need you now," Rachel finally groaned and he did not need to be told twice.
He lay behind her and pulled her back against him. With her stomach this was the most comfortable way for them to have sex and Noah liked feeling her so close against him her back flat against his chest. Rachel arched her back towards him and Noah rested himself at her entrance that was slick with her arousal and his saliva.
"Tell me," Noah whispered nipping at her earlobe and Rachel knew exactly what he wanted to hear.
"I want you inside of me, I want all of you," Rachel said breathless and Noah slowly slid into her from behind, relishing the feel.
Both his hands trailed down to her hips, he knew that she liked it hard from this position. When he thrust up he pulled her hips down slamming into her and Rachel shrieked quietly with pleasure. One of her hands reached behind her and around his body so that she could squeeze his firm behind as he moved inside of her. He trailed kissed down the back of her neck and down her shoulders and she shivered with delight. Noah moved one hand to massage one of her enlarged breasts that he loved so much, pinching her nipple between his fingers. They continued their steady rhythm until Rachel felt a heat building inside of her. Noah was doing his best to think of anything other than how hot Rachel looked when he was inside of her and when Rachel's walls clenched around him and she whispered his name Noah only just managed to hold back until she had rode out her orgasm and then he emptied himself inside of her. Noah had to say that was one benefit of Rachel being pregnant. He never had to worry about contraception.
"I love sex," Rachel sighed with content much later and Noah propped himself up on his elbow to look down at her fondly. She was still breathing heavily from the rush of their love making and her naked chest was rising up and down. Noah couldn't help but look at her boobs; they were like giant juicy melons.
"You know, I'm going to miss those," Noah commented a little sadly looking pointedly at her breasts and Rachel blushed and smacked his arm while covering herself up. Noah just chuckled and cuddled her close to him.
Noah decided that if he ever missed those big boobs too much he could always knock her up again.
Monday morning after Regional's Puck deposited Rachel at her home room with a kiss on the lips before heading to his own home room. Rachel waddled into class and took her usual seat beside Kurt. He looked particularly dashing today with a beret and a French inspired suit and red cravat.
"Did you hear?" Kurt whispered to her urgently and Rachel frowned.
"Hear what?"
"Miss P is marrying Coach Tanaka this weekend," Mercedes intoned from the other side of her and Rachel belatedly realized that Mercedes had entered the classroom as well. Rachel could have sworn being pregnant made her lose a lot of IQ points.
"Poor Mr Shue," Rachel said sadly. Their Glee coach was a mess when it came to love and knowing what was good for him. They could understand that he was uncertain of how to act. He had been with his ex-wife since they were in high school and so he never had to put himself out there and lay everything on the line for someone. This was all new territory to him and he wasn't learning fast enough; he was going to lose Miss P if someone didn't do something.
"It would be a travesty if Miss P married Coach Tanaka. If Shue does nothing this week we are going to need to help him," Kurt placed his hand in the center of the table for the rest of his brain trust and Mercedes and Rachel shared a glance before placing their hands on top of his.
"Agreed."
Emma Pillsbury was getting married today and Will was moping. He had tried to broach his interest in Emma many different ways but each time he had chickened out telling her how he actually felt, and now it was too late. Emma was marrying Ken. Will planned to spend the day cloistered in his apartment cursing himself for his stupidity and wallowing in self pity. The world however had other ideas for William Schuester. There was a loud banging on his apartment door and Mr Shue shuffled over and opened the door to find his entire Glee club plus their honorary member, Adam, crowded into the dingy hallway outside his apartment.
"Guys, its Saturday," Mr Shue pointed out, trying not to be intimidated by them. To be fair they were scary when they were grouped together all frowning at him, and he felt inadequate against them since he was wearing his pajamas and unprepared.
"This is an intervention Mr Shue," Rachel declared using her swollen belly to push past him into his apartment and the rest of the team followed after her with determination..
"I really think this is inappropriate," Mr Shue commented weakly closing his door and following them into the living room.
"Silence," Rachel commanded firmly and Mr Shue snapped his mouth shut. Rachel was frightening enough normally, pregnant Rachel was not one to be disobeyed. Finn and Puck guided Mr Shue to the armchair and gently made him sit down. Rachel twisted her head to look at Kurt gesturing to him, "Kurt you may begin."
"Every good romantic comedy has a scene where the guy in love with the girl runs in to stop the wedding and win his true love," Kurt began to lecture him and Mr Shue ran a hand through his curly hair nervously cutting Kurt off.
"This isn't a movie guys."
Kurt shook his head at Mr Shue, throwing his hands in the air helplessly before sinking into Adam's waiting arms giving up. The group paused. Kurt was their plan, they hadn't actually had a backup plan for someone else to try and talk some sense in him. Puck felt someone poking his side and he rolled his eyes. The things he did for this woman.
"Face it Mr Shue, you are head over ass...ow!" Puck began but he cried out in pain when Rachel stomped on his foot with her heavy shoe.
"Language Noah we are having a baby and I will not accept such profanity in his presence, even if he is still in my stomach," Rachel scolded him, holding her belly protectively and Puck forced himself not to make a face at her knowing that in her emotional condition it would set her right off into an hour long lecture on how he treated her. Puck had learned it was better to just smile and nod.
"Is the stork that brings the babies in her stomach as well?" Brittany posed the question and Matt contemplated her question seriously while everyone else just stared at her.
"Guys, can we focus here?" Artie called their attention to Mr Shue who had been trying to escape from the arm chair and Mr Shue shot Artie a dirty look as he collapsed into the chair once more. Puck decided to try again.
"Fine, face it Mr Shue you are head over heels," said Puck looking at Rachel. She just smiled at him approvingly. "for Miss P and she's into you as well," Puck told him bluntly and the others nodded.
"Everyone knows that she's in love with you not Coach," Mike confirmed shrugging his shoulders. He felt kind of bad for turning on his coach like this but Mr Shue had been a good friend and teacher to him, and of the two, Mike liked Mr Shue the best. Plus Rachel and Kurt would have kicked his butt if he didn't participate in the intervention and though Rachel was pregnant and Kurt was lady fabulous, Mike was a little afraid of them both.
"Actually I only just found out today, but now all the times I thought she was stalking you makes sense," Matt commented his eyes widening with emphasis and Santana rolled her eyes and pulled him back from the front line. He was cute, but he gave Finn a run for his money in the dense department.
"You can't let her marry Coach Tanaka, he wears short shorts for goodness sake and smells like onions and sweat all the time," Tina protested, wrinkling her nose at the thought of the odd pairing. Rachel made a face as well, knowing that Coach Tanaka had some very questionable hygiene. Rachel knew that Quinn would have completely agreed if she was here, but she was with Miss P standing in as her maid of honor. The Glee kids were all invited but they had decided that convincing Mr Shue to steal the bride away was more important than being on time to the wedding.
"You have to storm the wedding," Santana added her two cents firmly and Finn nodded, his eyes getting that glazed over look when he was about to say something particularly lame.
"You need to be honest and dig right down deep and tell her everything you feel for her. Declare your love for her," Finn finished and Puck, Mike, Matt and Artie all glanced at each other before they each punched Finn for being a pussy. Sure they had shown their support but they didn't get all 'Finn-like' and start yapping about love and such. Finn yelped and then rubbed the four bruises scowling at them, especially Artie who had corked him in the thigh. Mr Shue looked down at his hands before he stood up his eyes determined.
"You're right, this is my last chance," Mr Shue said getting pumped and excited and the gang all looked at each other grinning.
"We were hoping you'd say that," Mercedes told him on behalf of the whole Glee club and Mr Shue smiled thankfully, before thought crossed his mind and he panicked.
"I don't have a tux!"
"All taken care of," Kurt assured him poking Adam for him to produce the tuxedo they had taken for Mr Shue. It was a Kurt inspired design, made by Mercedes.
"Let's get out of here already!" Puck moaned already bored and Kurt raised his fist into the sky.
"To the Mystery Machine!" he cheered looking at the team and they all just shook their heads at him.
"Kurt let it go, no one wants to be part of the Scooby doo gang," Artie broke the news to Kurt bluntly and Kurt pouted, unhappy that he didn't get his way.
"I hate you all," Kurt huffed tossing his head back and stalking for the door. Mr Shue hurried to change into the tuxedo and then he joined his kids down at the car. He was going to stop this wedding.
Will was planning his moment in his head. He would turn up at the church and throw the doors open yelling 'I object!' and then Emma would turn to him and smile and he would run down the aisle and tell her that he loved her. And then he would sweep her into his arms and carry her away. And they would live happily ever after. The Glee Club was spread out in four cars. Mr Shue, Finn, Puck and Rachel in one car; Kurt, Mercedes, Matt and Adam in another car; Mike, Brittany and Santana in the other car; with Artie, his dad and Tina bringing up the rear.
The car Puck was driving swung into the church parking lot first and Will practically fell out of the car and then started running with his head down pushing himself to run as quickly as possible. He wasn't paying attention to where he was going and he crashed into someone just as he reached the doors to the church and they fell in a heap onto the cement. Will opened his eyes to find Emma in all her wedding dress glory on the ground beneath him. Her wide eyes stared up at him in shock.
"Real smooth Mr Shue," Mike called out from Kurt's car laughing and Mercedes and Kurt slapped his arms for him to shut up wanting to see what happened. Their four cars were all lined up in a row and Miss P frowned looking over at them before back at Will.
"Will, what's going on?" Emma asked in confusion.
"Emma don't marry Ken," Will blurted out, his romantic notions slipping away. Now, seeing her in her wedding dress Will was desperate to keep her, to have her for himself. He loved her.
"Will..." Emma started to say but Will didn't let her speak, instead he leaned forward and brushed a soft kiss against her lips. A couple of the Glee girls fanned themselves and made the 'awww' noises. Quinn had been coming behind Emma and when she saw the others by the cars she ran over to them to find out what was going on.
"Emma please, I love you. I should have said it sooner but I was too cowardly to confess how I felt to you. I know Emma, I know this is not the moment to be telling you this but it's my last chance and I had to take it. Please Emma, don't marry Ken, marry me instead," Will made the speech he had been rehearsing in his head and he hoped and prayed that it would be enough.
Emma's eyes went so wide Will thought they were going to pop out of her head.
"Will, this is..." Emma broke off unable to continue. She loved Will, she always had, but she had promised Ken she would marry him. She couldn't do this to him; she couldn't break him this way when he had been there for her when Will couldn't.
"Crazy? I know, but I'm ready Emma, I want to be with you," Will held out his hands to her and Emma gazed down at her bouquet, torn between what she really wanted and the right thing to do. The door to the church opened to reveal Ken Tanaka. Will tensed thinking Ken was about to hit him, which Will knew he probably deserved for trying to steal away his bride but Ken wasn't even looking at him, instead his eyes were fixed on Emma's pained expression.
"Go with him m 'n' m," Ken said softly and Emma felt the tears pricking at her eyelids. She opened her mouth to speak but couldn't find the words and Ken sighed, "You wouldn't be as happy with me as you could be with him."
"Ken, I'm so sorry, I never meant to hurt you," Emma apologized feeling terrible for putting Ken through this and Ken looked heartbroken but he held his head high.
"I know, but I also know you were only going through with this marriage to me out of obligation because you said you would and...if I love you like I say I do, then I need to let you go," Ken said this bravely and everyone present felt just that little bit sorry for the football coach. Emma took a step towards Ken and went on her tiptoes to press a kiss against Ken's cheek. That was the first time she had physically touched him. If Ken was honest with himself, he knew this was never going to work, but he just loved her so much he had nearly convinced himself that it would work.
"Thank you Ken," Emma whispered thankfully and then she handed him her bouquet before taking Will's hand and squeezing it. The Glee kids erupted into squeals and cheering. Emma and Will jumped into the limo Emma had arrived in and sped away leaving Ken standing on the steps at the door to the church. Principal Figgins and Sue Sylvester came to stand by Ken and Principal Figgins gave Ken a pat on his back.
"Sorry Ken, but someone that good looking always get the girl," Figgins tried to make him feel better but Ken was sure his words made him feel worse.
"I can't believe I got all dressed up for a wedding where there is no bride because she's run off with the Spanish teacher with a bad perm," Sue Sylvester commented harshly folding her arms across her chest looking completely bored by the situation.
"You weren't even invited Sue," Ken replied to her bluntly and Sue snorted and shrugged her shoulders.
"Details my mixed race friend," Sue said cheerfully, then she eyed him closely and licked her lips almost shyly, "Hear me out super sized Mr Miagi. I find you marginally attractive and if you took me on your honeymoon and got me drunk you'd have an 85% chance of getting laid; what do you say?"
Ken gaped at Sue for a moment and Principal Figgins looked like he wanted to throw up. Ken looked Sue up and down and figured that he didn't have any other offers on at the moment and she did have a pretty rocking body for someone her age.
"Sure, why not?" Ken agreed and Figgins ran back into the church looking for the nearest bathroom to empty his stomach.
Sue grinned and Ken grabbed her face between his hands and forced her to lean forward and kiss him. It looked...god awful; but none of the Glee kids could turn their eyes away. It was the grossest thing they had ever laid eyes on but they had to keep watching, it was like watching that part of Fear Factor when they had to eat live cockroaches or bull testicles. They were transfixed by the utter awfulness. The cheerleader coach and Football coach finally broke apart.
"That kiss just cost you one Blue Hawaii cocktail. You want any more like that you need to buy me at least ten of those," Sue said to him wiping her mouth with the back of her hand and Ken grinned.
"Done."
Sue and Ken hurried to Sue's car and the two drove off together. For a long moment no one spoke.
"That just might be the grossest thing I have ever seen," Santana said disgust evident in her voice and Matt was dry heaving on the grass with Mercedes patting his back.
"I feel like gouging my eyes out with a spoon," Mike rubbed his eyes unable to believe what he had seen. They silently got into their cars and drove away, each member wishing to never again see what they saw that day. That weekend William Schuester and Emma Pillsbury flew to Vegas and finally got hitched. They were back for school on Monday, smiling and wearing matching wedding rings.
Rachel walked into school two weeks later with purpose in her step. When she saw her target she made a beeline for her and smiled winningly.
"Mercedes," Rachel greeted her and Mercedes turned from putting books in to her locker and grinned.
"Hey girl, how's Puckleberry?"
"Kicking me all the time, Noah says that means he's going to be a footballer," Rachel replied rolling her eyes at the memory and Mercedes laughed. Rachel bit her lip, obviously wanting to ask something but not knowing how to go about it.
"Spit it out," Mercedes said bluntly, never one to sugar coat.
"I was wondering if you would make my dress for Prom," Rachel blurted out hurriedly and Mercedes was shocked and touched that Rachel trusted her to make a Prom dress. It was like the high school equivalent of a girl's wedding dress. Puck hadn't officially asked her but when they were talking last night Puck mentioned that he booked them a hotel for after Prom so she had deduced he was talking her and wanted to be prepared when he did. Prom was in three weeks, and Rachel was due in just under one and a half months.
"Really? You'd let me make your dress?" Mercedes asked in disbelief and Rachel looked surprise at her modesty.
"Of course, your skills with needle and thread are unsurpassed."
"I'd be happy to make your dress," Mercedes agreed excitedly and Rachel smiled thankfully.
"Thank you so much," Rachel gushed and opened her mouth to say more when she was abruptly spun away from Mercedes and pulled into a crushing kiss by Puck. Mercedes felt a little awkward and turned to see Matt standing there.. He had been walking with Puck when Puck had decided to interrupt the girl's conversation by attacking Rachel's lips.
"Hey Mercedes," Matt said coming over closer to her, doing his best to ignore the make out session taking place to the left of them.
"Hey Matt," Mercedes took the hint to ignore the couple beside them and Matt smiled shyly scuffing the ground with his feet.
He and Mercedes had become closer friends since Sectionals and Regional's. He had taught Mercedes some dance moves and she had helped him with his singing. Mercedes appreciated having a friend who wasn't obsessed with show tunes like Kurt and Rachel. Mercedes adored Kurt but since he had Adam and Rachel had Puck and Tina had Artie, Mercedes had been feeling a little out of the loop lately. Not that her friends meant to make her feel that way, but she knew she was the only single one in Glee Club and it really sucked. Matt had really cheered her up when he saw she was upset. Even though he was dating Santana they didn't monopolize each other's time like the other couples of Glee and over the past two weeks Matt had been spending more time with Mercedes than before.
"You sounded really good yesterday in Proud Mary," Matt complimented her grinning widely, his white teeth near blinding her. He had a really nice smile, Mercedes noticed.
"Thanks, I love the new dance step you and Mike are working on, are you going to perform it for Mr Shue and see if he will add it?" Mercedes asked curiously not noticing that Puck and Rachel had ceased fraternizing with each other and were watching Mercedes and Matt interact with growing interest.
"Yeah on Friday," Matt told her leaning against her locker, and his face came closer to hers. Mercedes couldn't help but gaze up at him and their eyes met. Neither said anything, but they continued to look at each other.
"Let's go man, we got maths first up," Puck slapped a hand down on Matt's shoulder startling him from his staring contest with Mercedes and Matt blushed a little and waved goodbye to Mercedes and Rachel as the two boys headed to class. Rachel smirked looking from Matt's departing back to Mercedes taking in her flushed cheeks.
"What was that?" Rachel whispered urgently and Mercedes feigned innocence.
"Huh?"
Rachel folded her arms across her chest.
"I'm pregnant not blind," she retorted and Mercedes backed away from her, hoping to get to class before Rachel could pester her anymore. Unfortunately Kurt appeared and wrapped an arm around her shoulders and then Rachel's as well pulling them with him towards class.
"Put on your gossiping caps ladies, are you ready?" Kurt asked them, his voice shaking with excitement, and after waiting for dramatic pause he announced, "Matt and Santana broke up."
"Was there some sort of scandal?" Rachel asked curiously glancing over at Mercedes who shrugged. Last thing they needed was another drama in Glee and Kurt shook his head.
"No they just decided to call it quits, they are still friends. Apparently they broke up like two weeks ago but didn't tell anyone," he informed them and Rachel looked over at Mercedes and mimicked locking her lips and throwing away the key. Rachel was lucky she was pregnant, because Mercedes looked like she wanted to murder her.
As soon as Puck walked into the choir room early for Glee that Wednesday he was accosted by Rachel grabbing his arm and tugging him into a corner of the choir room so that they could whisper to each other even though, Puck noticed with the briefest roll of his eyes, there was no one else in here yet.
"So did you speak to him?" Rachel asked excitedly and Puck nodded.
"Yeah."
"And?" Rachel prompted wanting to know if Matt liked Mercedes. She had recruited Puck to find out Matt's intentions towards her friend and was dying to know.
"I can't break guy code Rach, what is said in the locker room stays in the locker room," Puck told her the same thing he had told her the night before when she first asked him to go 'undercover'. Rachel pouted.
"Kurt tells us everything that happens in the locker room," she reminded him, not liking that he wasn't telling her everything she wanted to know. She was carrying around his baby, the least he could do was spill secrets about his friends.
"That's because he thinks guy code doesn't apply to him," Puck told her with a shake of his head and Rachel fumed silently.
Rachel and Puck fell silent when Finn and Quinn walked in with Mercedes, chatting about one of the songs they were doing. They all greeted each other warmly, and Finn and Puck decided to have an impromptu jam session with Finn on drums and Puck on guitar so Quinn, Rachel and Mercedes congregated together to chat before the others arrived. Matt entered by himself looking nervous as hell but he walked straight up to Mercedes with purpose in his step. Rachel and Quinn shuffled apart so that the two had a tiny bit of privacy, but they remained in earshot.
"Mercedes, will you go to Prom with me?" he asked running his words together and Mercedes gaped at him in shock.
"You want to go with me?" Mercedes reiterated and Matt looked confused.
"That's why I asked," he said slowly wondering if maybe she didn't hear him. Mercedes was trying to take in the fact that Matt had asked her to prom. Matt Rutherford, wanted to take her, Mercedes Jones, to Senior Prom.
"Why?" Mercedes managed to ask and Quinn and Rachel exchanged glances. Puck and Finn kept banging and strumming away completely obvious to their friend crashing and burning in a fiery inferno.
"Huh?" Matt asked, confused by her questioning. Puck had told him asking a girl to Prom was easy. Ask her to be your date, she says yes, end of story. But Matt knew Mercedes was special, that's why he liked her.
"Why do you want to go with someone like me?" Mercedes asked self consciously.
"Because....I...uh...I like you Mercedes," Matt blurted out shyly, and at Mercedes dumbfounded face he hastened to explain, "Santana and I were friends who decided to try and be more, but it wasn't working out for either of us. I started having feelings for you and she noticed so we broke it off."
Mercedes fell silent trying to take it all in. Matt and Santana broke up so that he could take her to Prom. Matt broke up with Santana Lopez, the Head cheerleader who was slim and beautiful and popular, to go out with her.
"Santana is perfect, why would you give up her to be with me?" Mercedes asked shaking her head, thinking that this might be some joke but she knew that Matt wasn't like that. Matt was nice and kind and funny and good looking and everything Mercedes wanted in a guy.
"I don't want perfect Mercedes, perfect is overrated," Matt told her then he looked nervously at the others in the room before looking back to her and asking again, "So will you go to Prom with me?"
Mercedes smiled.
"I'd love to."
"Can I take you on a date tonight?" Matt thought he would press his luck and Mercedes smile grew even bigger.
"Yes."
Rachel and Quinn gathered around Mercedes excitedly and Matt walked over to Finn and Puck who gave him a high five and congratulated him on finally growing some balls and asking Mercedes to Prom like he had wanted to do two weeks earlier.
"Hello beautiful people, what's going on?" Kurt asked strolling into the room and Rachel couldn't resist shouting out.
"Matt is taking Mercedes to Prom!"
"Oh my god, we're going to Prom!" Kurt cheered jumping up and down holding Mercedes hands and Mercedes laughed, a little embarrassed but happy.
She couldn't stop smiling or looking at Matt who in turn couldn't stop grinning at her. Rachel smiled as she felt Puck's arms wrap around her belly. This was the start of something wonderful, she could just feel it. Kurt was going to Prom with Adam. It had caused quite a stir as they would be the first same sex couple to go to Prom but they didn't care. Tina rolled Artie into the room to find the room abuzz with gossip.
"Babe, you do know that I'm taking you right?" Puck said to Rachel absently. He remembered speaking with her about Prom the week before but he couldn't remember asking her, though it was pretty much guaranteed he was going with her. There was no way he would take anyone but her. Rachel smiled sweetly.
"If you took another girl I'd kill her," Rachel said innocently though her eyes were deadly and Artie's own eyes widened as he looked at Tina and mouthed 'she's serious!'. The rest of the Glee Club paused awkwardly before carrying on conversation. Finn turned to Quin and raised his eyebrows.
"Do I even need to ask?" Finn asked and Quinn pretended to be offended.
"It would be nice."
Finn dramatically pulled a giggling Quinn into his arms.
"Quinn Fabray, would you do me the honor of being my date to senior prom?" he asked her formally and Quin fluttered her eyelashes at him.
"I'd love to Finn Hudson," Quinn replied and Finn dipped his head to kiss her passionately while the others all cheered and clapped for their golden couple.
"You guys are so sweet I'm going to go throw up my lunch," Santana commented dryly as she walked into the room with Brittany and Mike in tow.
"Who are you going with San?" Quinn pried her lips away from Finn to ask and Santana blushed a little. She looked like she wasn't going to answer but the others wouldn't let her get away with not telling them.
"Lucy Morton," she whispered after a pause and just about everyone's mouth dropped open. Brittany just smiled, happy for her friend. Boy or girl, as long as Santana was happy Brittany was happy.
"Whoa, San, you switched teams?" Puck asked as visions of girl on girl action started passing through his head. Rachel looked up at him, quirking an eyebrow haughtily and Puck wiped the smirk from his face.
"I'm testing the waters," Santana explained shyly. Telling Glee she was dating someone new was like telling her parents; her eleven judgmental parents who were extremely overprotective and nosey all at the same time.
"I so knew I wasn't the only gay person in Glee!" Kurt crowed with delight, going over to Santana and giving her a hug and a grin as he joked, "Welcome to the dark side darling."
Matt looked sad as he walked over to Mercedes.
"Cedes, I'd understand if you didn't want to date me," Matt said bowing his head humbly and Mercedes frowned confused by his words.
"Why wouldn't I want to date you?" Mercedes asked him and Matt looked over at Santana forlornly.
"Because apparently I turn girls gay," Matt pointed out to her and Mercedes just laughed.
"I'll take my chances."
"They announced the theme for prom!" Adam announced as he came into the room to sit beside Kurt and Kurt held his breath awaiting the big reveal, "It's a masquerade."
"How romantic," Quinn gasped looking over at Finn adoringly and the other girls voiced their agreement while the guys exchanged glances that clearly said 'lame'.
"Yawn," Puck groaned loudly, forcing himself to yawn and Rachel poked him in the chest. Puck just gave a gruff laugh and hugged her. He didn't care what the theme was as long as he was there with his girl and his friends.
AN: Well there you go. I'm writing the Prom scenes next though I am having a little trouble considering I've never been to Prom cos I'm from Oz. I'm guessing Prom is like the Senior Formal that we go to so if there is anything off, you know why.
NEXT CHAPTER: PROM!
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