D I R T Y L I T T L E S 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: Wow. Thaaaaaaaaaank you everyone so much for the reviews! Didn't want to keep everyone waiting so here's the next chapter. I do admit it's quite rushed and it may have lost its 'touch' so sorry again.

Disclamier: If I had £1000000 lying around I would buy Glee. And a new dress. But I don't (fingers crossed).

"Finn, what are you doing?" Rachel shouted as she broke apart from him.

Finn opened his eyes then blinked a few times and looked at the now speechless Rachel. He thought he was a good kisser. Maybe it's not that. Maybe she's just still upset.

"I'm sorry," he apologized. "Let's pretend it never happened." But you won't be able to forget about a kiss like that Rach, he thought smugly.

"Ok," Rachel said feebly. "Because you know I don't feel that way about you anymore."

Liar, Finn smiled at the thought.

Finn had kissed. Finn had kissed her. It wasn't the other way around. It wasn't her first kiss with Finn, though. She had kissed him once before when she still liked him. Before he knew about Quinn's pregnancy. It had been a magical moment but this kiss… it wasn't so special. There was no spark.

It was time to go now; the judges had made up their mind. The Glee Club had been eavesdropping but heard no final decision. Win or lose, it could be either.

They made their way to the bus, ecstatic. Yes, they had won!

They said goodbye to Rachel (who ignored most of them) as she made her way to her car. She came by car and had been determined to leave by car, not stopping to make any small talk whatsoever.

They all sat in their same seats, but this time they were all livelier. They were going to Nationals!

Jacob sat near the front along with Kurt, Mercedes, Tina, Artie and Finn. Jacob had been their extra 12th member. Without Rachel had made them an 11 and they required 12 to qualify. Though Rachel had arrived, Jacob had not left, and instead just watched from back stage.

"Sorry you couldn't perform, Jacob," Artie called out to him.

"That's all right, I got a story of the centaury today," he replied.

"Everyone knows it wasn't Finn's baby," Kurt rolled his eyes. This boy is slow…

"Not that. I caught the lead singers kissing-"

"Rachel and Finn?" Mercedes said in awe.

"She wouldn't do that to Puck!" Tina said shocked.

"Are you sure Puck and Rachel aren't broken up?" Artie asked perplexed at Kurt who was like a bloodhound who could smell a scandal from miles away. It was a shock when Kurt looked back at Artie bewildered, when they thought he was a better Gossip Girl than Jacob – the McKinley Gossip Girl himself with his own blog dripping with the latest juicy news, most of it lies.

"I guess this proves she's over him," Jacob shrugged. "By tomorrow everyone will know she's moved on. If only I had been there quick enough to comfort her…." He trailed off in a pretentious daydream.

"You can't run that story!" Kurt shouted.

"It would ruin the chances of Rachel and Puck getting back together!" Tina added.

Jacob looked from Kurt to Mercedes to Artie to Tina. None of them seemed able to beat him up if he actually ran the incriminating story. "I don't know…" an idea flashed to mind and Jacob grinned mischievously. "I do take bribes," Jacob told them greedily.

Kurt sighed, wondering how much this would set him back. How much do I love Rachel…?

They all pitched to stop Jacob from running the story. They really cared about Rachel still and didn't want her to be part of the McKinley High's Gossip-girl's latest Newsflash.

Next day they were all back to school. Including Rachel.

She did her best to ignore Puck. It was a good thing that she was in the more advanced classes.

She didn't do the same to Kurt, Mercedes, Tina and Artie. It was hard to stay mad at them especially with Kurt's puppy-dog eyes, Tina's puppy-dog pout, Mercedes 'come-all' attitude and Artie being the nonchalant guy he was. They didn't mention to her anything about the kiss with Finn. If Rachel didn't want to tell them she didn't have to.

Well it seemed to Kurt she did have to. He desperately wanted to know how it had happened. And there was no way he was going to ask Jacob about it.

When they talked to Rachel they steered clear of certain topics. Like Puck. Though they wanted her to get back together with him as they made such a good couple, they knew if Rachel were to be pushed they would lose her again for even longer.

Puck tried to talk to Rachel. He was the first person out of the classroom as soon as the bell went. But every time he got close someone always got in the way. Whether Kurt or Tina or Finn. Is it just me or are they spending a lot of time together? He wondered how close they were…

Rachel would never cheat on him, he knew that. Especially with Finn.

That day after school was basketball practice. Football season was out, basketball was in. Puck, Finn, Mike and Matt had signed up for basketball, a better chance of getting a scholarship.

The two ex-best friends still didn't speak to each other and kept their distance, even on the court. They didn't even pass to each other.

After practice, when they were in the changing rooms, Matt and Mike were talking to Finn about a certain sensitive subject.

"Have you spoken to Quinn yet?" Matt asked.

"No, and I'm not planning to."

"C'mon man, Brittany says she's really depressed," Mike persuaded.

"What does Brittany know?" he snapped angrily.

Mike glared, "That's my girlfriend!"

"I'm sorry, man," Finn apologized, eyes still blazing with anger. "But no way am I talking to her!"

"They're right, Finn. Quinn's really upset," Puck blurted out before he could stop. He was beginning to get a big mouth like Rachel too.

Finn looked at Puck in pure hatred. This wasn't some small fight like the one they had when they were 10 and Puck scored all the basketballs and never passed the ball to Finn, this was real.

"Why would I give a shit what you think?" Finn snarled at him. "You're the one who knocked up my girlfriend!"

"I didn't know I did that! I would never purposely hook up with my best friend's girlfriend!" Puck protested. He avoided looking into the eyes of the other basketball players who had stopped changing and were watching the fight. Puck stared only at Finn, the loyal friend he had had since he was 5.

"Then you probably did it subnaciously or subconsciously or whatever Rachel said," Finn argued back furious. The last comment hurt Puck, hearing about Rachel. She taught me new words so I would stop swearing, he remembered nostalgically. Did she do the same to Finn too?

"You told me knocking up the Head Cheerleader was a great achievement," Finn continued. "But look, you had to steal that too because you want everything I have! You always wanted to be first-"

"That's not true!" Puck shouted outraged. The other basketball players (including Mike and Matt) looked from Finn to Puck then back to Finn, like they were surveying a tennis match.

"But you have to remember that I got Rachel first!" Finn finished cunningly.

"You never had Rachel," Puck told him severely, dropping his voice. "You could have had her, if you weren't with your preggo lying girlfriend at the time. You kissed her before me but never had her."

"I don't think you have her either," Finn snarled back, not taken aback by what Puck told him even though he knew it was true. "Because if you had her then we wouldn't have kissed at Regionals."

The last statement burnt Puck. He kissed her again? At Regionals! I was there, I should have stopped her! Puck winced. I should have told her I love her. It was like Finn had set a fire that was heating Puck up until he was no more…

He looked back at Finn. He was smiling smugly and slyly at Puck as if he had one the round. Well it's not over yet.

Puck punched Finn square in the nose before he knew he had it coming.

"Punch me all you want, it doesn't change the fact that she kissed me back," Finn told him whilst wiping away the blood from his nose.

Puck decided to take him up on that offer and went forward to give him another blow to the head when Mike and Matt stepped in front to stop him (much to the disapproval of the athletes who were hoping for a fist-pounding fight).

"C'mon man, he's not worth it," Matt advised him. Scowling, Puck left the changing room in anger, kicking a dent into a locker (hopeful it was Finn's and not his own).

He wandered out into the hallway wondering what to do next.

He couldn't go home. Now that his mother knew that Puck had a child at the age of 16 and the baby was now adopted, he could never get a moment's peace in the house. His mother was either screaming her head off at Puck or sulking in the corner, muttering about what a disgrace to Judaism her son was.

There was only one place to go.

While I was typing this I had the slight urge to make Puck carry on with the fight. (Weird…)

And the argument with Finn and Puck in the locker room seemed quite sexist: 'had her' you can't own a girl!

Umm…. Next chapter = last chapter?

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