A/N: first, i would like to apologize because the last chapter was posted like 4 times! sorry about that, i had troubles with my internet so it didn't appeared as posted! thank you all for the reviews! i post the response here too just in case you don't get them! :D

Twilight Gleek - i'm really glad you like the story! :D

tomfeltonlover1991 - i'll make sure there's always a little Puck/Rachel friendship in every chapter! :D and it will be Matt/Mercedes! :D

Rogue-Z - sorry 'bout that :s

rougue4ever - thanks for the review! and again it is Mercedes/Matt! the arthur theme? really! haha random! but that's ok!

NikkiMc1001 - you read my mind! it will be Puck/Brittany :D and Matt/Mercedes! thanks again for the review!

btw, a lot of Brittany's quotes are from the show, because personally I LOVE HER! she's hilarious! and sometimes i will also post quotes from other movies or shows because i'm a bit of a quote freak! i love them so, if i can use them i will [like i have a couple of times] but i don't own those either, thanks again! - moony

Disclaimer: I don't own anything but a dog! :D his name is Ron.


"AH" she woke up jumping a little the next day. That nightmare again. She let it go because she felt her phone vibrating. She answered, still half asleep. "Hello?"

"So, you move back home you forget your friends, munchkin?"

"BLAINE!" she said smiling "Oh my God how are you?"

"Oh you know same old" he replied, "How are things back at home? Found your knight in shining armor?"

"I told you Matty is just my friend! He's like a brother to me!"

"I know, but aren't there other boys in Lima?"

"Yes, in fact, I think I met someone" she started "for you."

"Ray-"

"I know, I know you're focusing on you! But still, I'll make it happen" she said smiling to herself.

"Don't start running that little head of yours" he said, "I know what can happen, and I don't want to repeat the disaster date!" she laughed at that. She had set him up in a blind date… didn't end well.

"Hey, you had a free meal" she argued.

"I had to walk all the way back in the rain, because he wouldn't drive me home!"

"Well, of course not! You ate his dessert! If you would've done that to me, you wouldn't be able to tell the story honey!" she heard him laughing. [A/N: got that from Friends haha]

"So what's your new life like?"

"Well I live with 3 boys" she started.

"What?" he said a little shocked. "I thought-"

"Yeah, I didn't think I could do it either, but Noah and Mike are really nice guys" she told him.

"Uhh, Noah and Mike? I think I wanna learn more!" he said.

"Shut up! Is not like that!" She told him about everything that had happen in the past days.

"Wow, so you left Gossip Girl to join The OC?"

"You watch too much TV, hun, but yeah you could say that" she said with a little chuckle.

"Listen, I loved to talk to you, but I have to go get ready now, I'll call you tomorrow ok?" he told her.

"Ok, I love you B"

"Love you too Ray, don't be a stranger ok?" he said and they hung up.

Since she was already up, she decided to get something to eat. She walked downstairs and started baking brownies. She put on some music, and started singing and dancing while cooking.

Right, right, turn off the lights, we gonna lose our minds tonight

What's the deal yo?

I love when it's all too much

5 AM, turn the radio up

Where's the rock and roll?

Party crasher, panty snatcher

Call me up if you a gangsta

Don't be fancy, just get dancy

Why so serious?

So raise your glass if you are wrong

In all the right ways

All my underdogs

We will never be, never be

Anything but loud and nitty gritty

Dirty little freaks

Won't you come on, and come on and

Raise your glass

Just come on, and come on and

Raise your glass

Slam, slam, oh hot damn

What part of 'party' doncha understand?

Wish you'd just freak out

(Freak out already!)

Can't stop, coming in hot

I should be locked up right on the spot

It's so on right now

(It's so fucking on right now)

Party crasher, panty snatcher

Call me up if you want gangsta

Don't be fancy, just get dancy

Why so serious?

So raise your glass if you are wrong

In all the right ways

All my underdogs

We will never be, never be

Anything but loud and nitty gritty

Dirty little freaks

Won't you come on, and come on and

Raise your glass

Just come on, and come on and

Raise your glass

(Oh shit, my glass is empty... That SUCKS.)

So if you're too school for cool

And you're treated like a fool

You can choose to let it go

We can always, we can always

Party on our own

So raise your- (Ah, fuck)

So raise your glass if you are wrong

In all the right ways

All my underdogs

We will never be, never be

Anything but loud and nitty gritty

Dirty little freaks

So raise your glass if you are wrong

In all the right ways

All my underdogs

We will never be, never be

Anything but loud and nitty gritty

Dirty little freaks

Won't you come on, and come on and

Raise your glass

Just come on, and come on and

Raise your glass

Won't you come on, and come on and

Raise your glass (For me)

Just come on, and come on and

Raise your glass (For me)

When she turned around, she saw mike standing there looking at her and laughing quietly. She blushed a little, but pull him to dance with her when the next song started.

"What are you cooking?" he asked her.

"Brownies" she said with a huge smile.

"You're cooking brownies for breakfast?" he said with an arched eyebrow "You're the coolest girl ever!" he hugged her. She felt little butterflies in her stomach but decided it was because she was hungry. "Uh, Rach? Have you seen the kitchen?"

She turned around to see what he was talking about and saw the mess she had done. There was flour everywhere; you could see eggshells, sugar, and rests of chocolate fudge everywhere.

"You have something in your face" he said.

"Where?" she asked touching her face.

"Here" he said grabbing a little of fudge and placing it on her nose.

She gasped a little and grabbed some fudge herself and placed it on his cheek. "Yeah, you got some too."

He started laughing and said, "Oh, Miss Berry, that was a big mistake!" he grabbed the flour and tossed some at her.

"Bring it, Mr. Chang!" she said and she grabbed the bowl that had brownie batter and fudge in it. She was going to throw some at him when he came from behind and grabbed her by the waist with one hand, taking the bowl out of her hand with his other hand. He was about to turn it over so it would fall all over her. "Ok, ok, ok! You win!" she said laughing. She turned around and looked at him. He was smiling at her. He looks so handsome when he smiles. She thought. She noticed they were a little too close and she could've sworn they were getting a little closer. But then,

"Do I smell brownies?" they both turned to look a sleepy Matt. They quickly jumped apart.

"Yeah, Rachel made brownies" Mike said.

"YOU MADE BROWNIES?" Matt asked, now fully awake.

"Yes" she said smiling

"What?" Mike asked not knowing what was going on.

"Dude, we were five years old and she already made better brownies than my mom." Matt told him.

"And since I worked really hard, you guys will clean up this mess while I go get ready right?" she said with big puppy eyes.

They both started laughing, "Yeah, right, you made them, you clean up!" Matt told her.

"Fine" she shrugged "No brownies for you."

"You wouldn't" Matt glared at her.

"Try me" she said with a defiant look.

"You can't get-" Mike started saying.

"Shut up, dude!" Matt interrupted him "I have been waiting for those brownies for ten years! You're not gonna get in my way! We'll clean up smurf!" She smiled at him, gave him a kiss on the cheek and then went upstairs. When she passed Puck's door he heard him snoring. Payback! She went to her room to grab her iPod, she went to the living room to grab the iPod Party Speaker and sneaked into his room. She placed it really close to his head and turn the volume all the way up; she chose the song and started walking towards the door. Once there, she pressed play with the remote.

Na, na na na, na na na, na na na na na

Na, na na na, na na na, na na na na na

Na, na na na, na na na, na na na

Na na na, na na na na

Drugs! Gimme drugs! Gimme drugs!

I don't need it but I'll sell

What you got, take the cash

And I'll keep it

Eight legs, o the wall

Hit the gas kill 'em all

And we crawl, and we crawl, and we crawl

You be my detonator

Love! Gimme love! Gimme love,

I don't need it, but I'll take

What I want from your heart

And I'll keep it

In a bag, in a box

With an X, on the floor

Gimme more, gimme more, gimme more

Shut up and sing it with me

Puck jumped on the bed so fast that he fell to the floor.

"WHAT THE FUCK?" he yelled covering his ears.

He turned around to see Rachel on the floor laughing. She was holding her stomach and starting to cry because she was laughing so hard. Mike and Matt came into the room, saw the whole scene and started laughing too.

"YOU'RE DEAD MIDGET!" Puck told her. He started chasing her. She got up as fast as she could and ran into the bathroom, still laughing. "YOU HAVE TO COME OUT SOMEDAY!" he yelled.

After she was ready, she came downstairs and looked for Puck. But she only saw Mike and Matt eating some cereal.

"Where is he?" she asked a little nervous.

"He's still upstairs" Matt told her. Oh, no! She thought. He's in my room! She ran upstairs to her room, to see if he was there, but he wasn't. And then she noticed her closet was opened. She looked inside and noticed that all of her shoes were gone.

"NOAH PUCKERMAN!" she yelled. Noah appeared on her door and said.

"Yes?" with an innocent look.

"Where the fuck are my shoes?"

"I don't know" he said and went downstairs.

When the three boys saw her coming down the stairs they saw her wearing Puck's shoes. They started laughing hysterically. "What do you want me to wear? He hid my shoes!" she complained.

"Aren't they a little big smurf?" Matt said still laughing.

"Of course they are! I'm gonna fall like ten times today!" she said. She went to the kitchen to grab the brownies and they left for school.


In the parking lot, Puck noticed Rachel's bag. "What's in the bag?" he asked her.

"Nothing for you! You hid my shoes" she told him.

"It smells like brownies!" he said; "hand me the bag midget!" he told her.

"NO!" she said.

"Hand me the bag, and no one gets hurt!" he said.

"Oh, I'm soooo scared" she shook her knees. He ran past her and took the bag away from her hands. "YOU'RE DEAD PUCKERMAN!" she yelled at him. She ran after him and somehow managed to jump on his back. "GIMMIE THE BAG" she told him, trying to reach for the bag. They went inside the school like that and noticed everyone staring at them.

"Miss Berry, I'm going to ask you to get off Mr. Puckerman" they turned around to see Principal Figgins.

"No, he has my brownies" Rachel argued.

"She has my shoes!" he argued.

"That's because you stole my shoes!" she said.

"Enough! Mr. Puckerman, get her down, or you will both get detention" they looked at each other. "NOW!"

Puck put Rachel down and when Principal Figgins turned around and left, she jumped right back. "Give me my brownies!" she said but before she knew it, Matt had taken the bag away from Puck.

"What the hell dude?" Puck asked.

"I want my brownies!" Matt said.

"Get off, midget" Puck said.

"No, now you have to carry me to my locker if you want a brownie."

"Fine" Puck said rolling his eyes. Once they were at her locker, she grabbed the bag and pulled out three little bags.

"This one is for you" she handed the first bag to Matt, "this one is for you," she handed the next to Mike, "and this one is for you" she said handing the last bag to Puck. "Don't eat them all at once! I won't take care of you when you get sick!"

"Thanks, mom!" the three said at the same time. She was going to protest, but they hugged her and each one of them gave her a kiss on the cheek before going to their lockers.

"Hey diva" she turned around to look at Mercedes.

"Chocolate diva" she said bowing her head a little. "I brought you a brownie" she continued getting another bag.

"Thank you!" she said excited.

When she was going to reach for it, Rachel took it away. "Not so fast! Who do you like?"

"I'm sorry?"

"Oh, come on! You're one of the three girls I actually like in this school. Kurt said you like someone!"

"Yeah, he made that up"

"Fine, no brownie for you."

"Rachel!" she sighed. "Look, the reason why I don't wanna tell you it's because a) he doesn't like me back and b) you like him too."

"You like Michael Bublé?"

"What?"

"What?"

"No! You like Michael Bublé?"

"No" Rachel said a little too quickly. Mercedes stared at her. "Ok, yeah he's cute! And I love his voice."

"You're crazy girl" Mercedes said laughing.

"Wait, who do you think I like?" Rachel asked.

"Hello, my favorite divas" they heard Kurt coming their way. "What's up with your shoes?"

"Hi, and goodbye, I have to go, can't be late for class" Mercedes said, walking away before anyone could say anything.

"Hi Kurt! Long story." Rachel said. "I brought you a brownie!"

"Why, thanks tinker bell" he said reaching for the bag. But again she took it away.

"First you tell me what you know about Mercedes' crush."

"I can't do that! She's my best friend!" Kurt said.

"Fine, then I'm not setting you up" she said. "And you don't get a brownie."

"Wait! Setting me up?"

"I was, but you can forget it!"

"You're mean!" Kurt said.

"You're too! You know who's her crush! And she said she wouldn't tell me because I liked him too! Witch is weird because I don't like anyone!"

"Yeah, right! I saw the way you were dancing with Mike yesterday! You call that not liking anyone?"

"What are you talking about? I danced with Noah and Artie too! And I threw you a kiss! Does that mean I like them? Or you! Wait, you're right! I love you Kurt, will you marry me?"

"Ha ha very funny!" he said. "You know what I'm talking about! You smiled a lot more when you looked at him! And so did he! I had never seen him smiling that much since the accident."

"Really?" she said a little curious.

"Interested, are we?"

"No!" Rachel fought back.

"Oh, please tinker! I hadn't seen that face since Mercedes looking at Mat…" he stopped. He looked at her; she had a huge smile on her face.

"Mercedes likes Matt?"

"No! What? I don't know! What did you hear?"

"Kurt! Come on if you work with me, I'll give you a brownie!" he looked at her, still not convinced. "I tell you what I know! And you tell me what you know!" the bell rang and they walked together to class. They sat in the back.

"So," Rachel started. "Do we have a deal?"

"Fine! But if you tell Mercedes I told you this, she will make my life a living hell! And I'm dragging you with me!"

"Fair enough" she said. "So, Mercedes likes Matt?"

"Yes, she has liked him since we were about seven years old. We were at school, and Santana was making fun of Mercedes because her cookies were burned. Matt saw Mercedes crying and he ate one of her cookies. He told Santana those were better than her cookies. They were the best cookies he had ever tasted. He told Mercedes that she shouldn't listen to Santana, because she was mean to everyone, and she was probably jealous of her. They didn't really became friends, but he was never mean to her, and he always stands up for her."

"Oooww! That's the sweetest story I've ever heard!" she said. "Matty is so adorable."

"See, that's the problem!" Kurt continued "She thinks you like Matt and that he likes you too." He didn't know how she was gonna react, but he wasn't expecting this. Rachel burst into laughing. She was laughing so hard she fell off her chair. Everyone turned to look at them.

"Miss Berry, is everything ok?" Mrs. Castle asked. Rachel didn't even notice she was talking to her.

"I think she's having a bit of a panic attack" Kurt said. "Can I take her to the nurse?"

"Sure, Mr. Hummel, go ahead." They left the classroom, with Rachel still laughing silently. Once they were outside Kurt spoke.

"Are you mad? What is wrong with you? You're lucky she didn't give us detention!" he said laughing a little.

"You… you thought… I liked… you thought I liked Matt?" Rachel said between laughs.

"Why, may I ask, is that so funny?" Kurt said.

"I don't like Matt!" she said calming down a little bit. "I mean I love him and everything, but he's like a brother to me!"

"So, are you thinking what I'm thinking?" Kurt asked with a smile on his face.

"Of course" she answered.

"Now tell me what you had to tell me! Let's start with… What's with those shoes! They ruin your outfit" She laughed a little and told him the story of the morning. He rolled his eyes but laughed a little. "Ok, now, you and Mike?"

"Look, Mike is a really nice guy. And when I see him smile I feel really happy you know? But I just… I don't know if I could be with anyone right now, if he even likes me back that is."

"Of course he likes you back! I told you I have a sixth sense for this. And I have seen the way he looks at you! But we can figure that out later. Now, who are you setting me up with?" he said really excited.

"Oh, right! Blaine, my only friend back in Chicago. He said he would visit me one day, so when he does you are so coming with me!" she said laughing. She realized they were in front of the nursing. "Uh, Kurt, what are we doing here?"

"Oh, I told Mrs. Castle I would bring you here because you had a panic attack. Did you even paid attention to that classroom as we walked out of there?"

"No, not really" she said. They saw Puck coming out, a little sleepy. They looked at him with confused looks.

"What? I needed a nap." He said.


The bell rang and they went to their next class. After it was done, Rachel went to her locker room to meet the guys again for lunch. Once she put her books inside, she noticed someone coming her way. She turned around to see six boys cornering her, with slushies in their hands.

"Learn your place, loser" she heard someone say, before she felt six different slushies covering her completely. When they walked away, she saw them pass by her two favorite cheerios. She was going to walk over there, but she slipped and fell flat on her butt. She landed on her wrist.

"RACHEL?" she heard someone yell. Two seconds later Matt, Mike, Puck and Finn were by her side. "What the hell happened? Who did this to you?" Matt asked.

"Who do you think!" Rachel snapped. She didn't care about the slushies, but her wrist hurt. "The plastic wannabes leaded by your stupid girlfriend" she said looking at Finn.

"What are you talking about?" Finn argued. Mike noticed she was shaking.

"Are you ok Rach?" Mike asked. He helped her up. She tried to walk again and slipped again. But this time Mike held her. "Come on, let's get you cleaned up."

The boys, minus Finn, who went to look for his girlfriend, walked Rachel to the nearest bathroom. Once inside Puck was helping by washing her hair. Matt and Mike left to look for some spare clothes she could borrow. They came in holding a jersey and a towel. They handed her the towel, and then Mike handed her his jersey.

"Mike that's ok-"

"Rach, you're still shaking! If you don't take it, you could catch a cold. And you're not walking around school with different colors all over you" Mike said.

"Right, instead I will walk around dressed in yours and Noah's clothes all over me" she said laughing a little. She put on the jersey and heard Puck laughing.

"Ok, I didn't think it was possible, but you look even shorter!" he said. She glared at him.

"I think you look hot" Mike whispered in her ear while he put an arm around her shoulders as they walked out of the bathroom. She smiled to herself. When they entered the cafeteria they sat in a table with Artie and Tina.

"Hey Rach, are you ok?" Tina asked her. "I heard some guys from the hockey team slushied you."

"WHAT?" the Mike, Puck and Matt yelled at the same time.

"You said it was Quinn, Santana and Brittany" Matt told her.

"Of course they weren't going to do it themselves!" Rachel told him. "They would've ruin their manicure, and you would've figured out how they really are. And I never said Brittany."

"Let's go guys" Puck said getting up. Mike and Matt followed him.

"What the hell are you doing?" Rachel asked.

"We're gonna kick some ass" Puck said. "Look, I believe you when you say Quinn and Santana were behind this, but I can hit the ones that actually did it!" They started heading towards the jocks table. Rachel not far behind. "Karofsky!" he turned around to see the three guys.

"What do you want, Puckerman?" Puck didn't answer. He punched Karofsky in the face. "WHAT THE FUCK MAN?"

"Stay away from Rachel" Matt told him through clenched teeth.

"Who the fuck is Rachel?" he turned to look at Rachel. "Oh, you mean your little whore?" he said laughing a little.

Matt was about to throw himself at him, but Rachel stopped him. "Matty, is not worth it." She told him. She turned around to leave.

"Hey babe, you could do a lot better. You know?" Karofsky said while grabbing her by her already sore wrist. She whimpered a little. "How much do you charge a night?" Rachel tried to hold Matt and Puck back, but this time, it was Mike who threw himself at Karofsky.

"DON'T YOU DARE TOUCH HER OR TALK TO HER EVER AGAIN!" He yelled, between punches. "YOU STAY AWAY FROM HER!" he finished yelling while Puck and Matt tried to held him back.

"HEY! Mohawk, Urkel, Other Asian and Tarzan! Principal's office! RIGHT NOW!" they turned around to see Sue Sylvester yelling at them. Shit! Rachel thought.


After about an hour, the four boys came out of the office. Rachel was outside waiting for them.

"What happened?" she asked.

"We got a week of detention." Puck said a little angry.

"All of you?" she asked.

"Yeah, we weren't gonna let Mike take all the fault" Matt said. "He just did what we all wanted to do." Rachel hit each one of the boys in the back of the head.

"Ouch!" they said at the same time. "What was that for?" Mike asked.

"That's for being stupid Neanderthals!" and then she gave each one of them a kiss on the cheek. "And that's' for having my back and taking care of me" she finished smiling.

"You are crazy" Puck told her.

"Are you ok?" she asked Mike, taking his hand in hers.

"Yeah, they only hurt a little" he lied. After that, the day went by uneventful. Rachel sat on the bleachers waiting for the boys to finish football practice. She heard someone coming to her. When she saw who it was she was a little shocked.

"Hi Rachel" Brittany said.

"Um, hi Brittany" she answered.

"I just wanted to tell you that I'm sorry about the hockey team throwing slushies at you."

"Uh, thanks Brittany"

"You can call me Britt. I know that my friends are not that friendly with you, but I actually like you, you have a really pretty voice and you're always happy, like I am" she finished. "I don't want you to hate me."

"You can call me Rach, and I don't hate you Britt. Really, I know your friends don't like me, but you were always nice to me. By the way, why are you talking to me? Won't your friends get mad at you?"

"They already left," she said "I had a cold and I took all my antibiotics at the same time and I forgot how to leave.'' [A/N: quote from 'Bad Reputation']

Rachel gave her an odd look but asked. "Do you need a ride?"

"Sure, thanks!" she said smiling. "So have you kissed any of the guys? I've pretty much made out with every guy in school, except Kurt."

"You've made out with every guy in the school?" Rachel asked, a little shocked.

"Having a perfect record means a lot to me." [A/N: piece of quote from 'Laryngitis']

"So, who's the best?" she asked curiously.

"The best what?"

"The best kisser"

"Oh, I hadn't really thought about that. I think Puck"

"Really?"

"Yeah, everyone says he's a man-whore, but he was actually really nice to me. I think it's because we've been friends since we were three. He was my first kiss."

"Really? That's sweet."

"I like your shoes" Brittany told her. "And your jersey"

"Um, thanks! The shoes are Noah's and the jersey is Mike's" she answered.

"You look cute in them" she told Rachel "And you look cute with Mike." She didn't answered, she just smiled to her.


The football practice ended and the headed home. "Would you like to stay for dinner?" Rachel asked Brittany. She nodded and thanked her.

"I can help you Rach" Mike told her. "I'll just go wash my hands." When he came down, he saw Matt, Puck and Brittany watching a movie. Brittany seemed a little upset, but Puck was comforting her, so he went into the kitchen. "What's going on in the living room?"

She held up a piece of broccoli, "When I showed this to Brittany, she whimpered and thought I cut down a small tree where a family of gummy people lived." [A/N: ok, i got that from 'The Substitute' episode! one of the best quotes ever! :D]

He laughed a little. "So, how did she end up on our living room?" Mike asked.

"Oh, she needed a ride, and I asked her if she wanted to stay over, she's not a bitch like the other two."

"Yeah, she's nice" Mike replied. He heard her say something like 'ouch' "What's wrong?"

"Nothing, is just, my wrist hurts a little bit" she said.

"Let me see" he said a little worried. When he reached for her wrist, she noticed his bruised knuckles.

"Oh my God! Mike! I totally forgot! How are you feeling? Do they still hurt? Hold on!" before he could answer any of the questions she went to get a bag with ice and placed it on his hand. "I'm sorry I never thanked you for what you did. You didn't have to do it" she said looking down.

"Rach, I told you we would look out for you. I wasn't gonna let that asshole talk to you the way he did!"

"Yeah, but now you have detention for a week! And you got hurt!"

"It was worth it!" he smiled at her, but she still looked at him with a worried look. "Don't worry about it doll. I just… just don't worry ok?"

"You just what?"

"Well, you looked really scared when he grabbed you! And I wasn't gonna let him hurt you! I will never let anyone hurt you!" he told her in a serious tone.

She smiled at him. She was starting to fall for him, it was scary, but it felt right. She had met him for less than a week but she already trusted him more than she ever trusted anyone since she left Ohio ten years ago.

"Thank you, Mike" she said smiling at him. He smiled back. "I like your smile" she said, blushing furiously and looking down before even realizing what she just said.

"I like it when you smile too" he told her lifting her head up, so she would see him and he kissed her forehead. They went to tell the others dinner was ready and when they entered the living room, they saw that Brittany's head was on Puck's lap, and he was playing with her hair. Rachel smiled to herself Now I have three couples to match she thought.

"Dinner's ready" she told them. They went into the dining room and Rachel said "Um, I just wanted to thank you guys again for today, and I'm sorry you have detention because of me, and Brittany, thanks for being nice to me."

Matt playfully raised his glass and said "Cheers"

"Cheers" they all said at the same time and started laughing. They talked about everything and nothing. She had never had real friends before and even with everything that has happened at school, she has never been this happy before. When they were done, Matt helped her to clean up and put everything away and when she opened a cabinet to look for dishwasher detergent, all of her shoes fell out on top of her.

"NOAH!"


A/N: songs: Raise Your Glass - Pink, Na Na Na - My Chemical Romance.

hope you liked it! sorry it took a little longer! oh and i swear next chapter there will be more Mike/Rachel time! let me know what you think! :D