D I R T YL I T T L ES E C R E T

The rumours are right. Quinn Fabray is pregnant. They all think it's Finn's but only she knows the secret. It's really Noah Puckerman's. But Puck doesn't remember sleeping with Quinn. Will he ever find out the truth of the baby...?

Puckleberry x

A/N: You wanted Puckleberry? You got it. A full dose of Puck/Rachel. I think I might have gone a little OOC (out of character)

Disclaimer:.... blah blah blah... I don't own Glee... you get it

Chapter Thirteen

Puck was enthusiastic all week. On Saturday it was going to be his 17th birthday.

Every year for his birthday he would through a big birthday party at his house. All the girls would be all over him. This year it was going to be different: for one, he had Rachel and she was enough for him. He wouldn't leave her for anyone. Another thing, he wasn't throwing a party.

It seemed wrong somehow, throwing a party considering Quinn. She had been heartbroken and hurting all the first week after she finally left the hospital. She had insisted to not see her own child, as she "was feeling sleepy". In truth, it was because she knew that when she laid eyes on the hazel-eyes baby she would regret the decision on letting her go to the adoptive parents; but she knew that she would not be able to care for a child so she had simply pushed the baby away, out of her mind.

She spent the first week in Finn's room (hers too as she now lives with Finn) crying. She had told them it was because of the pain the doctor said she would go through since she had given birth so quickly at a young age but everyone knew that was a complete lie. It was after 2 weeks locked inside her room did she finally come out and go to school once again. She refused to take pity from anyone and never talked about her baby.

Rachel had caught on that Puck was not going to have a birthday party but she felt that he deserved it. She came up with a plan: a surprise birthday party. Fist she decided to run the idea by Quinn, to see if she was up for a party.

"A surprise birthday party?" Quinn asked, her perfectly plucked eyebrow raised. "Sounds a little kiddish but I'm in."

"You don't have to go if you don't want to," Finn whispered to her. He was always by Quinn's side now, never letting her out of his sight. He even waited outside the girl's room when she went to the bathroom.

"I do want to go," Quinn hissed at Finn. Having your boyfriend attached to your hip got annoying.

"But there will be lots of people. And it's gonna be loud," Finn urged her not to go. "And lots of booze-"

"Perfect. I haven't drank anything for 7 months!" Quinn lightly laughed and Rachel smiled. It was good to see Quinn laugh again. Also, she had just mentioned the baby (in some way) and hadn't flinched. She as improving that was for sure. "If you want to help me, then go buy a present for Puck. You can't go to a birthday party empty handed. Rachel and I are going to go discuss the planning."

Quinn and Rachel walked away, arm in arm. Rachel explained the party with much animation and Quinn nodded.

Finn watched as his girlfriend walked happily.

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"SURPRISE!" the living room as Puck and Rachel entered his house. The room was jam-packed with lots of students from their school, including the entire Glee Club and Football team.

Puck's face broke into an ear-splitting grin. When he had told Rachel and the others that he wouldn't be throwing a party he didn't think he would throw one for him. He was actually.... surprised. He looked over to Rachel who was smiling fondly at him. He knew it was her idea He reached over and kissed her on the lips as a big thank-you.

"Let's keep it PG-13 for at least an hour?" Kurt said when they broke apart.

"You actually threw me a surprise birthday party?" Puck said, still astounded. "I haven't had one of these before."

"Then it's good you had one before it was too late," piped up a familiar girl's voice. It was Quinn.

"What are you doing here?"

"You didn't want to invite me?" Quinn asked in mock sadness.

"Just wasn't expecting you. But the more the better."

The party got started. Matt put some music on and cranked the volume up so it roared through the whole house. Everyone was having fun. Around 11:30pm most of the Gleeks had to leave due curfews. Rachel stayed though, the organiser of the party.

Puck cornered Rachel in the Kitchen while she was getting more paper cups; he pinned her against the wall and kissed her.

"What was that for?" Rachel asked, confused but happy, when they broke apart.

"Just thanks for throwing me this awesome party."

"Wow. And I haven't even given you your present yet."

Puck raised an eyebrow. "Present?

Rachel laughed. "You didn't think this-" waving her hands to the rest of the party in the living room or in the garden "-was your present. No, I have something even more special." She reached into her jeans pocket (she began to wear jeans more often now) and produced 2 pieces of paper. "Tickets."

"To a musical," Puck groaned.

Rachel rolled her eyes. "I thought we could do something you like. These are tickets to a baseball game; the Red Sox are playing."

Puck's face split into a grin. "You did that for me? Awesome! I love you!"

The last three words came tumbling out of his mouth before he could stop them. Rachel's mouth fell open in disbelief. Did he just say...? She blinked several times to make sure she wasn't dreaming. Nope. Not a dream. She looked back at Puck was avoiding her gaze.

"W-what did you say?"

Noah Puckerman isn't scared of anything, Puck told himself. "I said I love you."

Silence. Puck had actually silenced Rachel Berry, the girl who was said not to be able to shut up. Puck looked away to fight back tears. It seemed that Rachel didn't feel the same way. It felt like his heart had shattered into a million pieces.

"...I love you too," she finally said. And like that Noah's heart was beating again.

He kissed her then. A long passionate kiss. All that seemed to matter in the world was just being with each other. They wouldn't have noticed if the room caught fire at that moment.

Someone cleared their thought that made them break apart. It was Finn.

"We're uh, out of cups," he said awkwardly.

"I'll handle that," Rachel said without even blushing. Finn no longer had a hold on her. She was in love with Puck.

*Evil laughter* Now we have brought them closer together it is time to break them apart… mwahahahaha!

Seriously though. The relationship has just reached the peek (whatever that means) and now it is time for it to end.

NEXT CHAPTER: Everyone finds out about the real father of the baby.

Review please! How do you think the Gleeks will take it?