It all started in a milli-second of time; one touch was all it took to spark the feelings Noah Puckerman had for Rachel Berry. It happened in Glee Practice, the two of them were paired together for a duet, and of course with the amount of talent between them they rocked the performance, but in the few minutes after the show Rachel threw her arms around Puck's shoulder, her perfume wafted into his nose.
The side of her face made contact with his, a burning sensation heated his face and made his heartbeat turn rapid, a small amount of sweat leaked down his forehead and his breathing become erratic. She was always on his mind, the next day Noah did the only thing he could think of, he walked down the hallway with some of his football buddies, when he saw that they were approaching the tiny brunette Puck intentionally moved over brushing his bare arm against hers.
He knew they both felt the same burning sensation and tingly feeling by the way she jumped at the contact but he pretended he felt nothing and continued down the hall. A series of other things helped tip him off about his feelings but there were mostly the four main reasons he knew he was in love:
Everything she said had a cute factor and brought butterflies to his stomach, not seeing her for a couple of days made his chest feel tight like it was being squeezed, a sort of deep emptiness that felt like he would never recover from it settled into his very being, every time they were in a room together it was like they were drawn towards each other and there were no other people for miles away, always finding himself trying to talk to her but still managed to end it by offending her in some way which killed him a little every time and the fourth and final reason was the biggest one he could think of. It happened after football practice, Puck and Finn were making their way across the student parking lot when the conversation of Rachel arose.
"Well it all depends, if you had to describe the way you felt about Rachel right now, what would you say? No thinking about it first." Finn clutched his sports bag strap and hoisted it higher on his back.
"Ok, being around Rachel is like.... pissing my pants." Finn started laughing and shot Puck a stupid grin, " because everyone can see it but only I can feel the warmth." Noah had to admit for a first minute explanation he had done a pretty good job.
"I think you have your answer dude." Finn clapped Puck on the back and headed towards his car without another word. Noah Puckerman spent weeks trying to convince himself he was wrong but to no avail, he had serious feeling for Rachel Berry. Something inside of him had a deep emotion for her and a sudden overwhelming urge to be her protector sank in.
Puck was concerned, Rachel had left on Monday at lunch and by Friday she still hadn't shown up, Finn had convinced him to wait before rushing over to her house, promising that if she still wasn't there on Monday they would go over together and check on her.
Rachel's tired form lay beaten and bruised sleeping soundly in her tiny pink bed on Thursday night, her fathers had been out of town the last couple of days leaving her to lay around without being questioned. She had been to exhausted to go to school the last couple of days but promised herself she would work extra hard when she did go back. The nights she had of rest were restoring her overall look and she had been pretty sure everything would work itself out soon. The loud bang of the front door being smashed open jolted her out of the sound sleep, she slipped the blanket off of herself and touched her bare feet to the cream colored carpet.
Her tiny body was dressed in a white night dress that hung about mid-thigh, she approached her door and looked down the stairs. It was Jeph, he climbed the stairs slowly an evil grin sketched into his handsome features, she immediately felt a threat and ran into the bedroom, but he was already there with a foot in the door. With his strength all it took was one hard shove to knock her backwards onto the floor.
Rachel scrambled to get up and Jeph was all to willing to help grabbing a handful of her hair and pulling her to the bed. "Jeph please stop." Her pleads were in vein, he wasn't himself the smell of alcohol seeped into her senses as he pushed her onto the bed and straddled her waist. She screamed for help but he was having none of that throwing a right hook straight down on her nose, a loud crack echoed threw the room and blood pooled down her top lip and into her mouth as she cried out in pain.
Her eyes watered mixing with the already present tears to drip down the sides of her face. "Please baby don't do this." He knew Rachel was a virgin and wanted to keep it that way, but could really give a fuck less. She went into survivor mode punching and slapping every inch of his body she could reach. Jeph responded by grabbing her arms and holding them above her head.
With his free hand he roughly pulled down his jeans, she continued to scream and struggle against him, fear coursing through her body. She had to do something to protect herself but the only thing that would work in this situation was to run away in her thoughts. To get as far away from her current situation as possible. He continued slipped her panties to the side and sliding his large swollen member inside of her. The pain brought her away from her sanctuary and put her right back into the horrid situation. Blood dripped down her thighs soaking her bed and night dress. If she had ever felt vulnerable or raw embarrassment this moment in time trumped every other.
Puck couldn't help but look up every time he heard a door open, he knew it wouldn't be Rachel but the hope remained the same. He was worried and a strange feeling in the pit of his stomach told him something was wrong. He didn't want to wait till Monday but refused to rush over there on false pretenses. So he waited and every agonizing second made him even more tense. His composure remained strong but there were always the thoughts of bad things to come running through the back of his mind.
Rachel sat on her bed for most of the day Friday just staring at the wall, a catatonic state had taken her over, she was stuck in her head, it was like she was on auto pilot her body moved but there was no thought put into it. The scene from the night before kept playing and re-playing in her mind. He body moved down the stairs of her house and took her outside, the weather was dark and stormy, cloudy, with rain hammering on the city. The tiny pelts actually stung the skin as the dropped, fog covered the streets making it hard to see but it didn't matter anyways Rachel's body was sore, her deflowered body ached and it was hard to walk but her body pushed through. Her white blood stained night dress was already see through.
School was over for the day and everyone had gone home, Puck walked out of the school, he loved the weather when it stormed, everything seemed more real. He wasn't enthusiastic about leaving, after all he would just be heading home to chill for the night. He took the long route around to the student parking lot walking across the football field. He was lost in his own thoughts, until he saw the tiny brunette figure rocking back and forth in the middle of the field a sick sense set in, something was wrong with this picture. He approached the girl cautiously, bending to see her face as he got closer. He noticed the blood on her dress and became increasingly more worried. "Hey are you okay?" The girls head twitched but didn't look up, and Puck realized who he was looking at. "Rachel?" She didn't even move as he ran forward. "Rachel, look at me." He slipped his jacket off her shoulders and wrapped it around her. "Rachel!"