Here we go guys, another chapter :D Also for those who can't follow along its pretty simple, the stuff in italics happened in the past and the rest is happening in the present :D
Puck clearing his throat from the couch shocked her back to the present and she regarded him cautiously. So much had happened since that first kiss, so much history was there floating heavily between them. He stood from the couch and stepped cautiously towards her.
"Rachel please." He said softly, unsure of whether or not to continue.
She looked at him and shook her head lightly, a solemn frown on her face. "Noah. Why are you here? I told you I never wanted to see you again."
He blinked once or twice but stayed quiet, unable to explain to her why he would go against her wishes, he wasn't ever one to speak about his feelings, his emotions kept caged away from everyone, even her. She had been the only one to even start to break down those walls and when she had, he had done the stupid thing and had hooked up with the next pretty girl who showed any sort of interest in the idea, and when she found out she had screamed at him for hours, cried until their were no tears left and forced him out of her life. It had taken him a solitary minute outside her door before he lost it, before he found the nearest bar and drowned the feeling of complete loss into as much liquor as his body could handle and then some.
They had been perfect, Happy. And at the first sign that things were going too well he had fallen back into old habits, and broken her heart. The worst thing about it being that he had promised her that if they were going to try to be together, he would always take care of her heart.
He remembered that night, the night they had moved from being more then just best friends, the night he had taken her in his arms and told her that as long as she'd have him he'd never let her go...
After the kiss in front of her apartment, he had avoided coming back to the city for sometime, claiming to be too busy in Lima working on a screenplay. She had kept her distance as well, letting him come to her, and when her phone had finally rung, "Sweet Caroline" playing over the tiny speaker she had answered on the second ring, happily greeting him with her normal cheery disposition, as if nothing had ever occurred.
"Hi Noah!" Her voice was like a beautiful melody to his ears, and he realized just how much he missed just the sound of her talking to him.
"Hey Rae, How are you?" He had replied as nonchalantly as possible.
"I'm doing just fine, how are you?" Her reply came out in a rush and he laughed in response to the enthusiasm she was showing in talking to him.
"I'm alright. Mind if I come up?"
He could almost hear the smile in her voice, "You never have to ask Noah. You know you are always welcome here."
Moments later he stood outside her door the image of the last time he had stood there burned into his brain. As he lifted his hand to the knob, it swung open and she crashed into him, her tiny form entangling into his arms, before she looked up at him happily and cupped his face in her small fingers and pulled him down to her level.
"Please don't go that long without talking to me again okay?" Her eyes shone in happiness as she held his gaze, watching as he nodded in response, unable to speak at her sudden display of affection.
"Rae, I.."
She shook her head as he tried to apologize and leaned up on her tiptoes. "Don't ever apologize to me." And with that she closed the distance between them, her lips falling softly on his for a brief moment.
He had groaned at the contact, the months he had stayed away causing his heart to hurt, and here she was kissing him. He didn't think, only reacted wrapping her up in his arms and lifting her from the ground, as she wrapped her arms around his neck. He kept the kiss soft, not wanting to force her into anything she wasn't ready for. She sighed against him as they settled on her couch. Pulling away from the kiss, to intake a breathe.
"Rach. I don't want you to think you have to be with me." He breathed against her, his forehead resting softly on hers.
"Noah. Please...I want this."
Her words of encouragement were all he needed, as he pulled her to him to harder, his tongue sliding over her bottom lip begging entrance, which she quickly granted. As their lips and tongues danced together, the fight for dominance quickly beginning. As her nails slid against the sin of his neck, causing him to shiver and groan against her, his own hands sliding up and down her sides above her shirt once, twice, maybe three times before they slid underneath and flesh touched flesh. Her skin felt like flames against his fingertips and he almost had to pull back at the intense heat. As his fingers danced over her, she moaned into his mouth, her heart racing.
The sound of her moaning made his breath catch in his throat. That noise, was perfect. He growled against her his hands skimming down to wrap her legs around his waist, before he stood and began to walk them towards her room. When she showed no sign of protest, he moved unto her bed, laying her down beneath him his fingers playing against her thighs before moving higher over her waist, stomach, past her breasts, up her neck and entwining into her long chocolate hair.
She pulled from his lips, gasping for much need air and his mouth quickly descended to the nape of her neck, licking and sucking, nipping against the small bits of exposed skin there, before moving to push her shirt up and off of her. His tongue lapping up her torso, as each bit of flesh was bared to him. The movements of his tongue on her elicited more sounds of pleasure from her, and he had groaned allowed and looked down at her.
"Fuck Rae. Are you sure this is okay? Because once we do this there ain't any going back."
She had looked up into his eyes, her's heavily lidded and nodded. "I've never been more sure Noah."
He blinked, clearing his head of the images that swam and focusing on the task at hand.
"Why are you here Noah?" Rachel repeated again, a hint of impatience in her voice.
He looked at her and sighed, he had been hoping she would accept him with open arms, hoping but knowing far better, he said the only thing he could think of to say. "Because I fucked up Rae."