A/N: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR READING & REVIEWING! this is a little bit longer! and i forgot to mention that Quinn was never pregnant in this story. Oh, and english is not my native language so sorry if you see something spelled wrong or i don't use the expressions well :$! thanks again - moony!
Disclaimer: I don't own Glee! If I did, Mike Chang and Noah Puckerman would NEVER wear a shirt! & I mean NEVER! :D
Rachel sat on the armchair of the couch. "You can sit over here if you want" Finn said offering the seat next to him.
She kindly smiled and said "Thanks, but I don't really feel that comfortable around boys I don't know"
"Then why did you come to a house filled with boys?" Puck asked.
"Well, Noah, because I had no idea that you guys lived here too. And well, I guess if you guys try to do anything Matt would totally kick your asses" she said smiling, feeling a little less nervous.
"Are you questioning my badassness? Have you seen my guns?" he said showing her his arms. "And don't call me Noah, it's Puck, ok?"
"Whatever, where are Matt's parents?" she asked.
"They're away-" Finn started saying and Rachel joined him. "…away on business" she said rolling her eyes. "So, I guess things haven't changed that much since I was here" she muttered.
The Ruthefords were away a lot. That's why when they were little, Matt and his older brother Daniel, would stay with her and her dad a lot. Mr. Rutheford and Mr. Berry were friends since college. That's why they were friends since forever.
"Would you like something to drink?" Mike asked. She had forgotten he was there. He was really quiet.
"Oh, I can get it don't worry, but thanks" she said getting up.
"Really don't worry I was going there anyway" he said smiling at her.
"Um, well, sure a glass of water would be nice, thank you" she said kindly.
"Hey, Chang get me a beer will ya?" Puck said.
"Get it yourself loser!" he yelled back form the kitchen.
"He's a little quiet" Rachel said to Finn and Puck.
"Yeah, he has ever since the accident" Finn said. She was about to ask, but she thought it wasn't her place. "So, what brings you here?" Finn asked.
"Oh, well nothing, just wondering what my good old friend Matty was doing!" she said joking.
"Why did you run away?" Puck asked. "Ouch!" he said when Mike hit him in the back of the head walking into the room again. "What the fuck man? You don't bring me beer AND you hit me?"
"It's none of your business why she ran away! And you can get your own beer if you get up from your lazy ass" he said.
"You brought her water" he complained like a little kid, and then stuck his tongue at Rachel. Rachel stuck her tongue at him in return.
"So how did you guys meet Matt?" Rachel asked, changing the subject.
"We're on the football team together" Mike said "and in Glee Club."
"Really? You're all singers? Would you sing to me?" she asked teasing them.
"What are you laughing about?" Puck said "Matt said you were at the Glee Club in your old school… wherever that was since we are not allowed to talk about your past" he said glaring at Mike.
"Well if you must know, Noah, I was. I just didn't know jocks could sing"
"Stop calling me Noah, midget" Puck said annoyed.
"Hey, I'm not a midget NOAH!" she said smiling. Mike and Finn started laughing.
"So, where did you go to school?" Finn asked.
"Carmel High" Rachel said. [A/N: idk if that's in Chicago, let's just say it was :)]
"You were in Vocal Adrenaline?" Mike asked.
"Yeah" Rachel said as if it was nothing "but they suck."
"Ok cut the crap Berry. Why'd you come?" Puck asked.
"Well, if you must know I was living with an adoptive family that sucked! You know had to use 'proper language', act like a lady ALL THE TIME! Pretend everything was ok. So I got sick of them and ran away. You're really nosey Noah."
"It's Puck, Berry."
"It's Rachel, Noah."
"Ok, seriously, stop calling me Noah!" he said getting really annoyed.
"I tell you what," Rachel said looking at the TV and taking a controller "If I beat you at COD, I get to call you Noah"
Puck started laughing and said "And WHEN I win, you'll be my maid for as long as you're here" Puck said.
"Deal!" Rachel said without thinking.
"Um, Rachel, are you sure of what you're doing?" Finn asked.
"Yeah Rach, he's really high maintenance" Mike said laughing.
She liked his laugh, he looked like a really nice guy and he looked really cute when he laughed. She looked at the other two boys. Noah had this badass image, but she could see he was a nice guy too. And Finn, well he looked kind of lost, but not able to hurt a fly. She could see why they were friends with Matt, she felt safe there, even if she was alone with three strangers. She smiled at him. Thinking about the bet, and the situation in the house, she said
"I think I can handle it."
About an hour later, Matt came into his house and heard
"Dude, you're cheating! You cannot be that good! You're a girl!" Puck was whining like a bad loser.
"That is so sexist Noah!" he heard Rachel said.
He came in the living room and saw them playing COD. When Mike saw him he said, "Dude, she's totally kicking his ass."
"YEAH! TAKE THAT! I win! You suck! I rule all! Mini-wave in celebration of me!" she said getting on the table and started dancing like Chandler from Friends.
"You're crazy midget" Puck said.
"Whatever dude, you got your ass kicked!" Finn said still laughing.
"Shut up Hudson!" Puck snapped.
"Ow is Noah mad because he lost?" Rachel said pouting like a baby. Then they both looked at Matt, and saw what he had in his hands.
"ICE CREAM!" they both yelled ran over him. Puck got there first, he took the Ice cream off his hands and when Rachel tried to grab it from him he lifted his hand up saying "Ow can't the little midget get to the ice cream?"
She kicked him in the knee, so he bent down saying "Fuck, Berry"
"Don't mess with my ice cream" she said taking it from him. She looked up at Matt, who was laughing along with Mike and Finn, and asked him "Are you still mad?"
He motioned for her to go to the kitchen and she did. Once they were there, he told her "I wasn't mad at you Rach. I was just frustrated because you were having troubles and I wasn't there. I missed you so much, and I'm really sorry that I-"
"Hey, hold it! You have nothing to be sorry for! You're my best friend in the whole world. That's why I came here! I needed to feel safe and whenever I needed that I thought of home, and my home is here, and now I'm here so… just don't worry about not being there! I wasn't here either but now I am! And I'm never gonna see him again! So it's ok right?" she asked looking at him like when they were kids. "We're gonna be ok, right?" she asked him. The last time she had asked him that question was when she had to move with her grandmother and they weren't gonna see each other every day. He had failed her and he couldn't fail her again. He answered the exact same thing he did that time.
"Well, you know what we say…Don't worry bout a thing, 'cause every little thing is gonna be all right…" he sang to her. She laughed at that.
"So, you're staying here" he continued, she was about to protest, but he stopped her "Don't even think about telling me that you're not because, a) you have nowhere else to go, b) even if you did you know I wouldn't let you, c) I have a spare room since you had one when we were kids and it's still there and d) I know in the time you lived with your grandma she must've teach you how to cook, and if you're half as good as her then I'm good with that." He finished.
"Oh, and here I was thinking how my lovely friend Matty loved my company when really you just want my food" she said pretending to be hurt. "Well you really don't have to but I know I have no choice, and even if I did I wouldn't go so… thank you." She said giving him a hug. "So, your parents…" she started.
"Not today" he said, "you know the story anyway, but it's been a long night, we can talk tomorrow." She nodded, not wanting to push it. She knew how he hated his parents weren't around much. "Let's go back to the living room so I can kick your ass now."
"Yeah, you wish" she said.
After a few more hours of playing they went to bed. She was staying in the room across from Matt, just like when she spent the night when they were kids, next to her was Mike's room and on the other side Puck. Matt's brother's room was in front of Puck's, where Finn spent the night, and there was another room in front of Mike's, she didn't know for who but figure she'll ask in the morning.
***Flashback/Dream***
"So you've finally come to your senses and run back to me babe? " Jesse said.
"No you loser, you said you wanted to talk, so talk" Rachel said getting annoyed.
"Don't talk to me like that you little slut" he said getting angry.
"You know what? I'm done with you. I'm leaving" she said. When she was about to reach the door he grabbed her wrist. "Ouch! You're hurting me! Let me go." She cried out.
"I'm done playing nice with you! You're gonna give me what I wanted since the beginning!" he told her. He pushed her against the wall and started running his hands all around her body.
"Let go of me… Jesse… please" she said starting to cry.
"You like it babe, don't you?" he said slipping his hand under her skirt and kissing her everywhere.
"STOP! PLEASE!" she started yelling and crying hysterically. She couldn't believe he was actually doing this.
"SHUT UP SLUT!" he said slapping her in the face and covering her mouth. She was still screaming and fighting back. She managed to slap him. Big mistake. "I TOLD YOU TO SHUT UP! BUT APPARENTLY, YOU DON'T LISTEN" he grabbed her really hard her hips. She felt how he ripped her blouse, and when he was about to pull her panties down, she heard someone open the door.
"WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING?" she heard Blaine yell. "GET OFF OF HER YOU ASSHOLE!"
She felt Jesse being pushed away and tackled in the floor. She curled into a ball against the wall and continued to cry.
"IF YOU EVER TOUCH HER, IF YOU EVER TALK TO HER, IF YOU EVER THINK OF BREATHING ON HER DIRECTION AGAIN I SWEAR I WILL KILL YOU! AND I'LL MAKE IT LOOK LIKE AN ACCIDENT!" she saw Jesse get up with his face all bruised up, and he winked at her and said "Some other time babe" before running out the door.
"Ray?" Blaine came up to her, and when he touched her she flinched away from him. "Ray, it's me, it's ok, he's gone, he's not going to hurt you" He said in a soft voice. When she heard him she threw herself into his arms and kept on crying. He just hugged her really tight and whispered, "You'll be all right Ray, it'll be ok. I'm here."
***End of Flashback/Dream***
Rachel sat up on her bed; she was sweating and breathing heavily. She looked around and tried to calm down. It's ok, she thought, he's not here. He's not going to hurt you. She had that nightmare every night since it happened. Nobody knew though, not even Blaine. She got out of bed to get a glass of water.
She was almost inside the kitchen when she bumped into someone and fell flat on her butt. She looked up to see Mike standing there.
"Sorry Rach, didn't see you there. Are you ok?" he asked her helping her to stand up. She flinched a little when she felt his hands on her. "Sorry, didn't mean to scare you" he said worried.
"No, it's ok, I'm sorry I just… had a bad dream, sorry." She said a little embarrassed. She knew Mike wasn't him. But she couldn't help it. She had just re lived that night. She was a little scared.
"Are you sure you're ok?" Mike asked getting worried. "I'd offer you some tea, but, well it's just us boys living here, so we don't really have any." He said, he heard her laugh a little.
"It's ok Mike, really I just came for a glass of water. What are you doing up so late?" she asked.
"Couldn't sleep" he answered, not fully convinced that she was ok.
"Are you ok?" she asked
"I'm fine" he answered.
"You know what 'fine' stands for right?" she said half joking. He looked at her frowning when she continued counting with her fingers "Fucked up, Insecure, Neurotic and Emotional."
"Wasn't it Freaked Out?" he said with a little laugh.
"The original version wasn't" she said smiling at him. She looked outside the window and said excited "Oh my God!"
"What?" Mike asked confused, he saw her walking to the back yard and said, "What are you doing? It's freezing outside! It's almost 3 AM" She ignored him, so he followed her. "Rachel-"
"Fireflies" she said all excited like a little girl, pointing at them. She sat on the grass and just stared at them. He sat next to her. They spent a few minutes silent and then she spoke "When I was little, I was afraid of the dark; my daddy would take me outside to catch them in a jar so I could bring them up to my room. But I told him that was really mean they needed to be free. So instead we would sit outside and he will wait until I fell asleep watching them" She didn't know why she was telling him all this, she barely knew him, but she felt good when she was with him.
"They're beautiful" he said smiling, he felt here shake so he took his sweater off and handed it to her. "Here, you're shaking".
"You don't have to" she said, "I was the one who ran out just like that."
"I'm not gonna let you freeze to death. Matt would kill me!" he said. "Here" he unzipped his sweater and cover her and him a little. He put his arms around her so it would cover her completely.
"You don't have to stay with me" she said feeling a little guilty.
"It's ok, I'm not sleepy."
They stayed there for a few more minutes, and then he felt her breathing slowly. He noticed she was asleep. He looked at her; she looked a lot more relaxed than when he saw her in the kitchen. He carried her to her room. He didn't know much about her, but from what he knew, she hadn't had an easy life. Matt had told him about her moving because of her father's death. He didn't know what happened to him, or to her mother since she was never brought up, but he knew she was a little broken, just like him, that's why he felt like he could help her, and maybe she could help him. She seemed like a really sweet girl and he wanted to get to know her better. He gently placed her on her bed and kissed her forehead. "Good night Rach" he whispered.
"Good night Mike" she said half asleep, but with a smile on her face.
A/N: the celebration dance is from Friends, what Matt sings is Three Little Birds - Bob Marley & the 'fine' quote [fucked up, insecure, neurotic & emotional] is from The Italian Job! i don't own any of that either!
hope you liked it! let me know what you think! in the next chapter the boys tell Rachel a little bit more about their stories (Puck & Mike mostly) & she tells them a little bit about hers! xoxo! :D
