Fireworks Chapter 6, a glee fanfic

Thank you all so much for reviewing! Like I always say it means sooo much. I have good news and bad news. The good news is this chapter is three times longer than all the others (yay!) and personally it's my favorite. The bad news is there is only one more chapter left (boo hoo). The Santana in this story was inspired by her whole story line in Tuesday's episode. I never was a big Santana fan but she was totally hilarious. I hope you all like it!

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Boom, boom, boom even brighter than the moon, moon, moon
It's always been inside of you, you, you and now it's time to let it through

Rachel twirled her hair around her finger nervously. Either her plan was going to turn out amazing or it was going to be a HUGE failure. But she knew that it was time to talk to Finn. There weren't very many times that Rachel wasn't confident in her self, but this was one of them. She knew that she wasn't cheating on Puck, but she couldn't shake the feeling that she was going to get herself in trouble. This whole thing was a mess. Ideally, she wouldn't have to choose. She should be content with Puck. He was wonderful even though they shouldn't be together. But when she was with Finn, it was different like she belonged there. This was the second time today that she'd compared them but the sixth time this week. It was getting to be a little bit ridiculous. She laughed when she remembered that only a year and a half ago she was the least desired girl in the whole school. My how that changed.

"What's so funny?" Rachel turned around to see Finn standing behind her.

"I was just thinking about how a year and a half ago a guy wouldn't even look at me unless it was to say something offensive. Now I have the two most popular guys in school pining for me."

"Crazy huh? So what did you want to talk about?" Finn sat down next to her.

"I wanted to ask you something actually." Rachel turned away.

"What?"

"Why? Why me, why now? Why do you want to get back together? Why does it seem like right when I get with Puck, you're there wanting me back?"

"That's a lot of whys. Well, I want you because you're special. Because when you're around, I'm inspired. You make me want to good in everything. You push me, and I like it. When you're with me I feel safe. I feel like I can do anything as long as you're around. And I know it seems like I'm doing 'cause of Puck, and it's half true. I am going after you because of Puck because when I saw you with him, it made me realize that you had moved on. That you had asked me to move on from the past. And I realized that I didn't care about what you and Puck did. I just wanted you." Finn looked at Rachel, who was silent. "Rach? Say something."

"I make you do well."

"What?"

"You said, "you make me do good in everything" but the proper way to say it is you make me do well."

"Oh. Well, I'm sorry. I really am. I just miss you so much and I want you to know that I'm here for you. And even if you don't want me, I want you to know that I'll always be a constant for you." Finn wrapped his arm around Rachel who leaned her head against his shoulder.

"I know. I just don't know what to do. When I'm with you, I feel one way and with Noah I feel another." All of a sudden, Rachel started laughing.

"What's wrong? What's so funny?" Finn was confused.

"I just quoted The Notebook. Like, word for word. But you know, you're kind of like Lon and Noah's kind of like, well, Noah."

"Who gets the girl? I don't remember. My mom made me watch. It's Lon, right?" Finn looked hopeful.

"Oh, oh look at the time! Lunch is over and we missed homeroom. We have Glee now so we better get a move on." Rachel stood and offered her hand to Finn who accepted and stood as well.

"Miss Berry, would you mind if I escorted you to Glee rehearsal?" Finn voiced his best British accent.

"Why, I would love that. Thank you very much kind sir!" Rachel hooked her arm through Finn's and followed him off the bleachers and towards the school.

Cause baby you're a firework come on show 'em what your worth. Make 'em go "Oh, oh, oh!" as you shoot across the sky-y-y

Puck walked down the halls a little more than worried. He hadn't seen Rachel after lunch and he knew she hadn't been to homeroom either. Finn hadn't as well but there was no way the two missing people had skipped for the same reason. It wasn't like him to care for a girl. But Rachel was different. They shouldn't be together, he knew that. He was the good-for-nothing son of a drunken loser and she was the daughter of a lawyer and a doctor who would never have to worry about anything. But Rachel was the only girl who saw past all of that, and that was really special. Puck approached the choir room and hoped that Rachel would be there. He had something he wanted to tell her. He, however, was out of luck. Rachel wasn't in the choir room and he didn't have time to look for her because Mr. Schue was about to start class.

"Alright guys-where's Finn and Rachel?" Mr. Schue stopped mid-sentence to look for the missing pair. "'They're not back together are they?"

"No they're fucking not. I'm with Rachel." Puck sat up in his chair. The whole Finn and Rachel on-again off-again relationship was a touchy subject for him.

"Well then where are they? Rachel wasn't in homeroom." Tina piped up.

"Yeah and neither was Finn. You know he totally bolted from lunch." Sam said with a quizzical look at Puck.

"Yeah, I noticed that. Hey, Rachel left at lunch too." Mercedez chimed in.

"You know what's even weirder? Finn left right after Rachel bumped into him at lunch." Sam added to his previous comment. "You don't think they-" Sam stopped his sentence and looked at Quinn, who then turned to Puck.

"There is no way in this fucking world that Rachel and Finn are together." Puck restated.

"You guys are idiots. Look, a little bird told me that Finn and Rachel were on the field together. I went go see, because I love scandals and all, and they weren't there." Santana walked to the middle of the room.

"'See? I told you losers that they weren't together." Puck said, trying to convince himself.

"I'm not done. I turned to go and who do I see on the bleachers? Rachel and Finn. And Finn had his arm around Rachel and she was laughing." Santana said smugly.

"No way. You're so wrong." Puck stopped 'cause at that moment, Finn and Rachel walked into the room. Laughing.

"Am I?" Santana walked backed to her seat.

"Hey guys." Finn said stopping at the door.

"Rachel, where the hell have you been? You skip out on me at lunch, then you're not in homeroom, then I find out that you and Finn were together?" Puck stood up furious.

"Noah, its not what you think. Finn and I were talking about some really important stuff. You wouldn't understand." Rachel tried to calm him down.

"What I don't understand is why you would go behind my back and go be with Finn."

"I did not go behind your back! If you were to ask me where I was, or where I was going at lunch, I would have been completely honest with you!"

"No you wouldn't have. I guess what they say is true. One a cheater, always a cheater." Rachel looked at Puck stunned. She never thought in a million years Puck would be the one to say that to her.

"Dude, you can't talk to her like that!" Finn approached Puck.

"Just stop Finn." Rachel stepped between him and Puck with tears in her wyes. "I like you Noah. I really do. The reason why I wanted to talk to Finn, was because he apologized to me and asked me for another chance. I wanted to know why. Why this time would be different. And honestly, up until this afternoon I had no intentions of getting back with him. But something told me I had to talk to him. And that talk added with this scene you 're causing right now, is making me think twice about us. So Noah, until I've decided, I don't want to be with you."

"Are you breaking up with me?" It was Puck's turn to be stunned.

"No. We're just separating for a little while. Until I can sort my feelings out. Mr. Schue, I'm going to go home now. I really need a little breather from school."

"Alright. We'll see you tomorrow Rachel." The Glee club said goodbye and Rachel walked out of the door. Puck sighed because he realized that the something he wanted to tell her wasn't going to be said. That something was I love you.

Baby you're a firework come on slet your colors burst. Make 'em go "Oh, oh, oh!" you're gonna leave 'em all in awe-awe-awe

"What do you think she's gonna do?" Finn asked Kurt as he fell backwards onto the couch. He had told Puck everything that had gone on at school and was now asking Kurt's advice on how to handle it.

"Honestly? I have no idea. I mean Puck really cares for her. He just got a little hurt. Rachel's the only girl who sees Puck as he his and that's special to him. But Rachel also likes you . A lot. If I was really gonna call it, I bet my money on you." Kurt folded his hands on his lap.

"Really? You really think so?" Finn sat up.

"I really do. There's just something between you two. It's an instant connection that's undeniable. But then again…."Kurt paused.

"Then again what?" Finn got worried.

"Then again Rachel and Puck have good chemistry. They have really good musical chemistry too. When they perform it's magic." Kurt saw the hurt register on Finn's face. "But then again, Rachel's smart enough to look past musical chemistry. I mean her and Jesse had insanely amazing musical chemistry but she's not with him."

" He broke up with her though."

"Right. Well you know-"

"Kurt, just stop."

"Hey, I know what you should do! You should sing to her. Rachel told me that Puck sings to her all the time. You should sing your feelings to her during Glee rehearsal!" Kurt was giddy with excitement. Rachel loves it when guys sing to her.

"That's actually a really good idea! It'd be perfect! If I practice really hard I can sing it to her tomorrow!" Finn jumped off the couch.

"Well what are you waiting for? Get to practicing!"

The next day, Finn was on pins and needles. He had found the perfect song to sing to Rachel. It wasn't exactly his style, but he knew Rachel would like it and it said everything Finn felt when he was around her. So when Glee rolled around, Finn rushed there to be the first one. He had already gotten Mr. Schue's approval to sing and couldn't wait. So imagine his surprise when he showed up to see Puck, sitting on a chair, strumming his guitar.

"What are you doing?" Finn asked as he approached Puck.

"I'm getting my guitar ready." Puck said, not returning Puck's gaze.

"Uh, why?"

"Because I'm gonna sing to Rachel."

"No you're not. I asked Mr. Schue if I could sing to Rachel today." Finn balled his fists.

"Well, I asked him yesterday after school." Puck stood as everyone started to pile in.

"Hey Rach!" Finn and Puck said at the same time. Rachel ducked her head and sat next to Mercedez.

"Ok, guys. Well today we have two musical numbers for you to sing. Puck, you're up first." Mr. Schue took a seat on the piano bench.

"Well this song is for a very special girl who I was a huge jerk to. And I wanted to say I'm sorry. Even though I've totally tried to apologize five times." Puck looked at Rachel as she blushed.

Will you listen to my story?
It'll just be a minute
How can I explain?

What ever happened here
Never meant to hurt you
How could I cause you so much pain?

When I say I'm sorry
Will you believe me?
Listen to my story
Say you wont leave me
When I say I'm sorry
Can you forgive me?
When I say I'll always be there
Will you believe
Will you believe me?

All the words that I come up with
They're like gasoline on flames
There's no excuse
No explanation
Believe me
If I could I'd undo what I did wrong
I'd give away all that I own

If I told you
I've been cleaning my soul
And if I promised you
I'll regain control
Will you open your door
And let me in?
Take me for who I am
And not for who I've been?

Who I've been...

When I say I'm sorry
Will you believe me?
Listen to my story
Say you wont leave me
When I say I'm sorry
Can you forgive me?
When I say I'll always be there
Will you believe?

When I say I'm sorry
(When I say I'm sorry)
When I say I'm sorry
(When I say I'm sorry)
When I say I'm sorry
Can you forgive me?
When I say I'll always be there
Will you believe?

"That was great Puck. Finn, you're up!" Puck walked back to his seat with a smile on his face.

"Uh, my song is just to tell a certain someone how I feel. I'm not really good with words so I figured singing someone else's would be easier."

I miss the sound of your voice
And I miss the rush of your skin
And I miss the still of the silence
As you breathe out and I breathe in

If I could walk on water, If I could tell you what's next
Make you believe, make you forget

So come on, get higher, loosen my lips
Faith and desire in the swing of your hips
Just pull me down hard
And drown me in love

I miss the sound of your voice
The loudest thing in my head
And I ache to remember
All the violent, sweet,
perfect words that you said

If I could walk on water, if i could tell you what's next,
make you believe, make you forget

So come on, get higher, loosen my lips
Faith and desire in the swing of your hips
Just to pull me down hard
And drown me in love

I miss the pull of your heart
I can taste the sparks on your tongue
I see angels and devils
And God
when you come on
Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on - HOLD
Singing shalala la
Singing shalala lala
Ooooooo
Ooooooo
Oooooooooooooooo

Come on, get higher, loosen my lips
Faith and desire in the swing of your hips
Just to pull me down hard
And drown me in love

So come on, get higher, loosen my lips
Faith and desire in the swing of your hips
Just to pull me down hard
And drown me, drown me in love

(come on get higher, loosen my lips)It's all wrong
(faith and desire at the swing of your hips)It's all wrong
(just to pull me down hard and drown me in love)It's all right

So, come on, get higher
Come on, get higher
'Cause everything works love
Everything works in your arms

Finn looked straight at Rachel as he sang the last line. He had never put so much emotion into a song. But then again, he had never felt this way about anyone before. He knew his performance was more heartfelt. But it didn't matter what he thought. But if Rachel's face was any indicator of what she was leaning towards, he had a feeling he knew who she was going to be with.

Songs: Sorry by Daughtry and Come on Get Higher by Matt Nathanson