Chapter Four

Danni was beyond annoyed. Her sister was hanging all over Noah and she knew it was just to get a raise out of her. Not to mention the annoying anti-gay attitude her sister seemed to have inherited from their parents. She never understood how her family could be so close minded. If she didn't shut up her sister, the Hummel's would kick them out by the end of the week. Just as she grabbed a Diet Coke, she turned around to come face to face with the second last person she wanted to talk to.

"Does Berry have any Mountain Dew in there?" Noah asked before quickly looking at the ground. Though he wouldn't admit it, he was beyond afraid of upsetting the brunette in front of him.

The two just stood there for what felt like hours. Danni was too nervous to say anything and Noah didn't want to push the wrong button. Finally Danni went into the frig and grabbed a Mountain Dew.

"Here."

Noah looked up and smiled at the girl standing in front of him. He grabbed the soda and held the girls hand for a second. She smiled slightly before quickly turning around and taking a drink of her soda.

"You can go now, Noah."

Puck was beyond confused. She had smiled at him. She had gotten him a soda. They had held hands for a moment. Didn't she feel what he felt? Didn't she want to talk to him like he wanted to talk to her? After a few moments, Noah decided it was a lost cause and headed back to the fire. Just as he left, Kurt and Blaine walked in.

"Hey sweetie, are you crying?" Kurt put his hand on Danni's shoulder.

"I'm sorry about my sister. She's stupid. I hope you can look past it."

Blaine laughed before turning Danni around and looking her in the eyes. "I have a feeling you're not crying because your sister was offended by our kiss. Want to talk about it?"

Danni smiled before nodding. "You may want to sit down, it's a long story."

"Let's start at the beginning…I met Noah when I was six. We went to summer camp together. He was my first kiss. We snuck out when we were ten and sat under the stars all night. Finding constellations and making up some of our own. At 4am, we finally walked back to the tents and it was right outside my tent when he kissed me. It wasn't anything crazy, just a quick peck on the lips but after we both starting laughing and ended up waking up Finn and my sister. After that, ever summer we slept the whole time together. We would fish or hike or just lay in the grass for hours. I know Finn didn't like the idea. He's always been very protective of me, but he let our relationship run it's coarse.

I don't know what happened during their freshman year but that summer, Finn, Mike, Matt and Noah were different. They all went by their last names and they spent the summer hazing the younger campers and hitting on every other girl. The sweet Noah who had once spent the night looking at the stars with me, now called me baby and went around telling the guys that I was 'his girl.' But I still spent every moment I could with him. We sat together at meals, laid on the beach all afternoon and stayed out late at night. One the second last week, we were lying in his tent alone. Mike, Matt, and Finn were at a bonfire with the rest of the camp, but we had left early to hang out.

As we laid together, he stared at the ceiling before he whispered "I love you." It was so quiet, I almost missed it. I just stared at him until he repeated it. He then kissed me. We ended up losing our virginity that night. I honestly thought our relationship was going to last. On the last night of camp, Noah and Matt got a hold of some beer and wine coolers. Everyone ended up getting pretty drunk. Around 2am I realized Noah wasn't at the fire anymore, so I went to see if he was in his tent. To my surprise, I found him naked and in bed with Carolina. I ran to my tent crying. Finn saw the whole thing and ended up spending the night with me while Noah tried to explain himself. Finn told him to leave me alone and I left the next day without saying word to him. I haven't seen Noah since…until tonight."

Danni sat there with tears rolling down her face. Kurt and Blaine just rubbed her shoulders and tried to calm the sweet girl down. Outside the door, Noah Puckerman stood there in despair. How was he going to get Danni to forgive him when he couldn't even forgive himself.

Rachel sat alone on her front porch. She wanted nothing more to help Noah but she had no idea how. Suddenly she heard footsteps behind her.

"Rach, can we talk?"

"What's up Jesse?"

"I'm leaving Lima. I got an internship in the Chicago Broadway. I leave next week!"

"I wanted to talk to you before I left. Rachel, you are amazing; beyond talented and truly determined. You have something special and I want you to promise to let nothing get in your way—"

"I pro—"

"Let me finish. I know you love Finn and I have no doubt that Finn loved you. But I don't want some high school romance to keep you from your dreams. I'm not telling you to leave Finn or anything like that. I want you to be happy. I just don't want to see you throw away dreams or settle for anything less than the best. It's getting late and I have to get up early. I truly love you and hope we can be friends."

"Of course. I promise to visit you and keep in touch." Rachel got up and hugged Jesse before he headed to his Pruis. Just as Jesse drove off, Finn walked outside.

"Why did Jesse leave?"

"He was tired."

Finn sat down next to Rachel and grabbed her hand. "I'm sorry about getting jealous about Jesse. It was wrong. You're allowed to be friends with whomever you want. I just want you to know that I love you."

Rachel smiles before kissing Finn deeply. Finn was shocked but extremely pleased by the surprise kiss. He took the advantage of being alone of Rachel, pulling her onto his lap. She straddled him while he lightly pulled her hair and nibbled her neck. She moaned into his neck and smelled in his soap. Everything about Finn turned her on, but she suddenly became aware of the fact that they were getting hot and heavy on her porch with a dozen guests in her backyard.

"Finn, we need to stop."

Finn kissed her one last time before lifting her off his lap and leading her to her kitchen. As they headed in, Rachel saw Noah standing outside the kitchen, listening to the conversation in the kitchen.

"What's up Noah—"

"Shhhhh!"

Rachel peaked in to see Danni crying as Blaine hugged her and Kurt got her a glass of water. It took a second for Finn to realize that Danni was crying, but once he did, he ran into the kitchen to help.

"Danni, are you okay?"

She ran into Finn's arms sobbing. Finn held on tight as the girl cried into his shoulder. The rest of the group headed into the kitchen. Rachel and Noah stood the in awe. "When had they gotten so close?" thought Noah. "Are they more than friends? Can everyone else see the chemistry between them? Is it just me or does Finn seemed to be enjoying this too much? Had Finn set me up? He was the one who told me to go for it and now he was the one holding her!" Rachel pulled on Noah's arm and pointed to the living room.

"What happened?"

"Can't you tell? Your buddy Finn told me to go for it, and now he's the one comforting Danni and I'm the old man out!"

"Noah, stop that. That is not what happened. Finn and Danni are close but he's not trying to get with her."

"How do you know? Rachel, don't be an idiot. It wouldn't be the first time. Did you know they have history?"

Rachel looked at Noah and then over at Finn and Danni. She wanted to believe her gut. She truly had faith that when Finn told her that Danni was just a friend but she had never seen him act the way he acted around her. "What do you mean that have history?"

"Forget it Rachel."