"Noah, Finn, can we talk?" Rachel asked sweetly, looking each of them in the eye as she desperately tried to defuse the tension.
Finn readily agreed, "Yeah Rach whatever you want." He was scared of Puck throwing a punch at his face so he welcomed Rachel's suggestion for talk.
Noah glared at Finn and replied, "Of course baby."
Rachel took a deep breath and said, "I'm sick of the tension in this house. It's making me very uncomfortable. Noah I love you more than anything and Finn, I want to rebuild our friendship. But I can't possibly do that with you two casting nasty glances at each other every second and vying for my attention. Just stop it!" She hastily added, "If you ever try to kiss me again Finn, I will kill you."
She shuddered as Noah ran his fingers through her silken locks. She was afraid of being touched. He stared into her eyes and he said, "I'm sorry Rachel. You know I love you too and I'm just scared of losing you. I already lost my best friend… but I shouldn't care because he's being a complete idiot!"
"Wait, Puck. Man you didn't lose me. I'm sorry I screwed up so badly. I meant it when I said I missed you both. Yeah I'm still in love with Rach but I don't want that to get in between us," Finn replied.
"How can it not get in between us Finn? That's my wife! You are trying to come in between my marriage and I can't stand it. I will not put up with this shit!" Noah yelled.
Rachel grabbed onto his bicep and squeezed gently as she breathed, "Noah baby please calm down. Yes I know Finn messed up but nothing is ever going to happen. I have no feelings for him. After his inane comments a moment ago I'm even done trying to rebuild this friendship."
Finn looked at the ground before replying with tears in his eyes, "I don't even know what that means but seriously Rach? Puck? I'm sorry. I'm so sorry. I don't know what's going on with me. I want to be in your lives and I don't know how to do that without screwing my life up even more."
"Finn man you have to stop coming after my wife. Rachel and I are happy. We've got a great family and I'd want nothing more than to have you back as my best friend but I feel like too much has happened," Noah slurred.
Rachel stared intently at her husband and said, "You're drunk Noah." Tears filled her eyes and threatened to overflow.