A/N: hi! thank you so much for the reviews! :D again first, in case you didn't get them!

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ok, i said this would be a little bit longer, but it got a lot longer so i split it into two chapters! witch means the next one is almost done! i'll post it asap! it's kind of a bonus because i start school on monday and i won't be able to post that often! :( but in the mean time enjoy this chapter! and soon the next one!

btw, the first part of this chapter is dedicated to tomfeltonlover1991, because she's an awesome reviewer and because it was her idea! XD enjoy - moony

Disclaimer: I don't own Glee! If I did, there wouldn't be shirts for Puck and Mike ;)


"Rachel! Rach wake up!" she felt Mike shaking her. She sat up, still sleepy. "Are you ok? It looked like you were having a bad dream."

"Right, I kind of was" she said a little ashamed.

"Again?" she looked at him with a confused look. "You had a bad dream the first night you were here."

"Oh, right, um yeah, I had another one, but nothing to worry about!" she said with a little smile. "What's wrong?"

"Oh, right! It's Puck, he's not feeling very well. Matt told me to come get you."

She got up and went to the bathroom where she found Matt at the door and Noah kneeling by the toilet, throwing up. "What happened?" Rachel asked.

"Well, we stayed up late, and we dared him to eat three pizzas." Matt told her. "I think it wasn't a very good idea."

"You think?" Puck told him, before throwing up again.

"So we decided to wake you up, so you could take care of him" Matt told Rachel.

"What? Why me?" she asked him.

"Because you're a girl!" Matt told her.

"That is so sexist! What does that have to do with anything?" she said.

"Well, when you get sick, usually you're mom takes care of you, right?" Mike said.

"That's because boys are pussies when they get sick" she told him.

"Hey!" Puck protested. Before throwing up again.

"I rest my case" Rachel said. "Ok, you guys stay here I'll go get something for him to take" she said turning around. "And I'm skipping school."

"What? Why?" Matt asked her.

"Because I'm taking care of Noah" she said walking down the stairs. She came back with a glass of water and some pills for him. After that, Puck went down to lay on the couch with a warm towel over his eyes.

"Why can't we stay too?" Mike asked Rachel.

"Because I'm a girl! So I'm the one who has to look out for him, remember?" Rachel told them.

"That's not fair!" Matt told her.

"Life's not fair sweetheart! Now go to school! You can't be late! And don't get into any trouble ok?" she told them.

"Yes, mom" both boys told her. She just glared at them, but they each gave her a kiss on each cheek. Rachel came back to the living room and found Puck sleeping. About an hour later, he woke up.

"Morning" she said smiling.

"Hey midget" Puck told her, a little sleepy.

"Here" she said handing him a bottle of water.

"Thanks" he told her.

"How are you feeling?"

"Better thanks" he answered. "It's not like you had to skip school for me" he said with a little chuckle.

"Well, better safe than sorry, right?" she said with a little smile.

"Right, I guess" he said. "I'm gonna go take a shower" he said heading upstairs. When he was upstairs, Rachel felt her phone vibrate. She saw she had four texts.

[Kurt] missed you today diva, been working on the plan! call me later so i can update you lov you!

[Mike] school's not fun without you doll, remember if Puck gives you crap, you tell me and i kick his ass! ;)

[Matt] so unfair you got out of this boring jail for a day! love you baby!

The last text was from an unknown number. But when she read the number, she recognized it.

'Think you can get out of town without saying goodbye? Thought I meant more to you than that! Don't worry babe, I'll find you so we can catch up! Remember babe, don't kiss and tell ;)'

She froze when she saw that text. Seconds later, Puck came downstairs.

"Rachel, are you ok?" he asked her. "You look paler than me"

"What? Oh right yeah, sorry, I'm ok" she said. "How are you feeling?"

"Well a little better. I'm kind of hungry actually"

"I'll make you some soup" she said smiling.

"Soup? I don't like soup! Can I eat something else? Like a burger?"

"Are you crazy? Do you wanna get sick again? You can't eat something that heavy! It'll kill your stomach!"

"You're no fun" he said. She made him a soup, even with his whining. "Thanks" he said when she gave it to him. "Wow, this is really good midget! Where did you learn how to cook? Because your brownies were the best thing I've tried in my whole life! By the way, are there more of that?"

"Not for you! You're sick remember. And my grandmother taught me to cook."

"What happened to your mom?" he said all of the sudden. She turned to look at him a little shocked. "Sorry, is just, you never really talk about her."

"That's because I don't know her" she said in a soft voice. "After I was born, she told my dad she didn't want anything to do with any of us. I've never met her. Not even after my dad died."

"I'm sorry Rach" he said in a soft tone. "My mom walked out on me too" he told her. "She took my sister with her. She got sick of my drunk father and just left, but she always said I was just like him, so she left me behind" he said getting a little angry.

"You're not like him Noah"

"How would you know? No one believes in me! Everyone thinks I'm gonna end up being a Lima Loser for the rest of my life."

"Look, I know we've known each other for almost a week, but since the day I came here, you've been nothing but nice to me! You're a really great guy Noah! I don't think you're a Lima Loser" she said smiling.

"Really?"

"Really, and I'm not the only one that knows you're not!" he looked at her with an arched eyebrow. "Well, I'm sure Mike and Matt don't think so either" she said. "And Brittany."

"What do you mean?"

"Oh, come on Noah. You can't tell me there's nothing there!"

"You're very nosey Rachel" he said smirking.

"Spill!" she said smiling.

"I don't know! I mean I like her and everything, she's really sweet and all, but I don't do girlfriends ok?"

"Oh, please that's bullshit! You're scared!"

"Excuse me?"

"You heard me! You're scared! You care too much about her and you think you're gonna hurt her!"

"You have no fuckin' idea of what you're talking about, midget!"

"Then how come you haven't even try to deny it?" she said smiling devilishly.

"You're good midget!" he said giving up. "Ok, let's say you're right! Let's say I like her! I wouldn't even know how to act about it! I've never had a girlfriend! I'm the man-whore of McKinley! Why would she even be interested in me?"

"Well I happen to know she actually is! And you're the man-whore of McKinley because you want to be! You are everything you believe you are Noah! If you really like her, you should tell her. It's not like a role you play, you guys have been friends for a long time, you'll know what to do!" she said smiling.

"You really think so?"

"No, I know so! And I can help you with anything you need" she said smiling.

"Thanks midget!" he said messing her hair. "So, who's ass do I have to kick?"

"What do you mean?"

"Who do you like? Because who ever it is, has to go through your badass brother first"

"You're delirious"

"I'm serious! I told you my story! You know how we roll!"

"I don't really like anyone like that!"

"Look, I remember you telling me that someone hurt you in Chicago! Rach, don't let that asshole keep you from doing what you want! Forget about him!"

Easy for you to say she thought. "I know"

"It's Chang isn't it?" he said smirking.

"What? No! I mean, wait what?" she said stuttering a little.

"I knew it!" he said still smirking.

"I don't know what you're talking about."

"Oh come on midget! I've seen the way you smile at him! You don't smile like that to Matt or me!"

"What is it with you people and seeing me smile at someone?" he looked at her a little confused. "Kurt" she simply said.

"Oh! This shit is priceless! I wasn't even sure! Hummel knows all of that shit! He told me about Mercedes' crush on Matt!"

"Wait, you know about that?"

"Yeah, I saw Mercedes drooling over Rutheford when he was dancing on Glee! I told Hummel to tell me everything about it or I would destroy his Jacob Mark jacket!"

"Marc Jacobs?" Rachel asked laughing a little.

"Right that! Anyways, he told me about it! And if he says you like Chang, I believe him!" he said smirking.

"Look, Noah first, I don't even know if Mike likes me! And even if he does, I'm not sure if I can be with someone."

"I told you Rach, don't let that douchebag keep you from doing what you want! You deserve this" he said smiling. "Plus, Chang would be one of the few guys who's ass I wouldn't kick if you decide to date him."

She laughed a little. "Thanks, badass brother" she said smiling.

"You're welcome, it's nice having a sister again" he said with a small smile. She kissed his forehead and told him she was going to the bathroom.


She went to her room and called Blaine.

"Hello?"

"Blaine! Is this a bad time? Can you talk right now?"

"Hold on a second… I'm all ears munchkin, what's wrong?"

"I got a text from you-know-who!"

"Voldemort?"

"BLAINE! I'm not joking! I got a text from Jesse!"

"WHAT? What did it say?"

"It said that if I think I could get out of town without telling him and that he would find me so we could catch up!" she said panicking.

"Ray, calm down! I'm sure he's just messing with you!"

"What if he's not Blaine? What if he actually finds me! What I'm I gonna do?" she said starting to cry a little.

"Rachel! Listen to me! That asshole would never come near you again ok? If I'm not there with you I know this Matt guy would protect you! Plus I heard yesterday that he was on vacation with his family in Hawaii" he took a deep breath. "Look, I know you may not want to, but why don't you come to Chicago this weekend? Just so I get to know this Matt guy and know you're in good hands! I miss you Ray, and Jesse is gone and the Humphreys went with them so you wouldn't have to deal with them. What do you say?"

"Ok, first of all, stop calling him 'this Matt guy'! Of course you can trust him! He's like my brother-"

"I know and I believe you, but it would make me feel so much better"

"Ok, I'll ask him, but one condition."

"What?"

"Kurt comes with me!"

"Fine! But don't think that this means you're our wedding planner."

"Of course I am your wedding planner! Who else would it be?"

"You're crazy! But I'm glad you feel better munchkin."

"Yeah, I actually do, thanks B! I love you, see you Saturday" she said a little excited.

"Can't wait Ray! Love you too" he said before hanging up. She went downstairs and saw Noah watching TV.

"You ok? You were gone a long time" he told her.

"Yeah, sorry, my friend Blaine called."

"Who?"

"Blaine, he was my only friend back in Chicago, he asked if we wanted to go to Chicago this weekend."

"Is he Chang's competition? 'Cause his ass I can kick!" he said pretending to be angry. Before she could answer she heard her phone ringing.

"Hello?"

"Rachel? It's Kurt! We have a problem!"

"What happened?" she asked worried.

"Well, today Karofsky came looking for you to your locker, but obviously you weren't there. So when he asked Mercedes and me about you, Mercedes told him to, and I quote, fuck off and to leave you alone! He told us to watch our backs, and that we would be next! Of course at that point we had no idea what he was talking about, I mean he's a stupid Neanderthal, and well, they never really make any sense-"

"Kurt, get to the point!"

"Right, the point! After lunch, he slushied Mercedes. Matt and Mike saw the whole thing! Matt got really pissed and he got into a fight with him!"

"What? Oh my God! Is he ok?"

"No, not really! They both got really hurt! Mike drove him to the hospital before any teacher found them! So he didn't get more detention, but he might've broken his wrist!"

"Oh my God! And where are you?"

"I'm on my way to the hospital! Mercedes is with me! She wants to know he's fine! But I thought we should tell you! In case you wanted us to pick you up!"

"Ok! Yes could you? I'll tell Noah right now!"

"Ok, I'll be there in a minute!"

"K, see you then" and then she hung up. "Kurt is picking us up! Matt's at the hospital!"

"WHAT? What the fuck happened!" Puck said.

"Matt got into a fight with Karofsky because he slushied Mercedes! They're coming to pick us up so we can go meet them there."

"What a fucking weird day" Puck said.


A couple of minutes later Kurt was there to pick Rachel and Puck up. When they arrived at the hospital they went to talk to the recepcionist.

"Hi, we're looking for Matt Rutheford" Kurt said kindly.

"Yeah, you're gonna have to sit over there" a nurse said.

"You don't understand, it's kind of an emergency" Kurt said.

"Sir, I told you to take a seat" she replied.

"Listen lady!" Rachel snapped. "That's my brother in there! He's everything I have in this life do you understand? And if you don't tell me where he is I swear I will go to the animal shelter and get you a kitty cat. I will let you fall in love with that kitty cat. And then on some dark cold night I will steal away into your home and punch you in the face." [A/N: piece of quote from 'Mash-Up'… sorry I love Sue Sylvester!]

The nurse looked at her with a shocked face. "The doctor is seeing him right now. Down the hall to the left."

"Thank you! Was that so hard?" Rachel asked sweetly. They made their way to the room and Puck told her

"Ok, it's official, you're crazy! But that was totally badass!" she just rolled her eyes and they entered the room. They saw Matt sitting there with a cast on his wrist and some bruises on his face.

"Oh my God Matt, are you ok?" Mercedes asked him, really worried.

"Hey guys, yeah Mercedes, don't worry I'm ok. You should've seen Karofsky" he said smiling. Rachel walked to him and hugged him. Then she hit him on the back of the head. "Ouch! I'm already in pain woman!"

"I told you to not get in trouble today! And what do you do? You go and fight a big gorilla! What if you got caught! You could've been expelled! Or worse! You could've been seriously injured!" she said getting angry.

"Rach, that guy is a total asshole! He was talking crap about Mercedes and about you! I wasn't gonna let him get away with it!" he told her. But he could see she was still pretty upset.

"Rach, could you come outside for a minute?" Kurt told her.

"What?" she said once outside.

"Look, I know you're upset about Matt! But he's ok! And he didn't get caught! So stop giving him a hard time and realize that he defended Mercedes" he said with a smile.

"You're right! I hadn't thought of that!" she said. "I'm sorry I over reacted, I just got a little scared." He hugged her. "Oh, by the way, we're going to Chicago this weekend so you can meet Blaine!"

"What?" Kurt said, but Rachel was already back in the room.


After a couple of hours, they all went home. Once there, Matt asked.

"Rach, are you still mad at me?"

"No Matty, you just scared me" she said. "Sorry."

"Sorry smurf!" he said kissing her head. "Can we eat something?" she rolled her eyes and went to make dinner. At the table Puck spoke up.

"Rach, isn't there anything you wanted to tell Matt?"

"Uh, no?" she said a little confused.

"Guess who called today?" Puck said in a teasing tone. "Blaine!" he said in a girly tone mocking Rachel.

"Who's Blaine" Mike asked a little jealous. Luckily for him, Matt was the only one who noticed it.

"I don't talk like that Puckerman! He's my only friend from Chicago."

"What did he say?" Matt asked.

"He asked if we wanted to go to Chicago this weekend."

"What? No! No way you're going back there Rach!" Matt said a little angry.

"Matt, relax! He's on vacation with his family and my fake family! He won't be there!"

"Who?" Puck and Mike asked at the same time.

"Jesse" Matt said angry. "He's-"

"My ex-boyfriend!" Rachel jumped in, glaring at Matt.

"So, this Blaine guy, he's not your ex? Or anything?" Mike asked with jealousy in his voice. Puck was smirking.

"Oh, no! Blaine is just my friend. Although, he's everything you want in a guy you know? He's smart, cute, funny, sweet, a total gentleman" she said with dreamy eyes. When she saw the boys staring at her with an we're-gonna-kick-his-ass look she finished "too bad he's gay."

"He's gay?" Matt asked.

"Yeah, that's why Kurt's coming with us! I'm setting them up!" she said smiling proudly. "Oh! Mercedes could come too! And Brittany! And Artie and Tina!" she said excited. "It could be a road trip!" she said bouncing up and down her chair like a little girl. "Oh, by the way guys, Mercedes is going to the game with us tomorrow! And she's spending the night! That's ok right?"

"Of course smurf!" Matt told her. "Oh, we have Brittany's party tomorrow night! But I'm sure she invited them too! And yes we can go to Chicago and if everyone can it can be a road trip!"


After dinner, they cleaned up and the boys started yawning.

"I'm gonna go to bed, ok? Night guys." Matt said.

"Yeah, I'm off too" Puck said. "Night."

"Aren't you going to bed?" Rachel asked Mike.

"Yeah, I just want to make sure you're ok first" he said.

"What do you mean?"

"Rach, I know you're upset!"

"Am I that obvious?"

"Mmm just a little." he said. He sat with her on the couch. "What's wrong?"

Rachel thought about what to say. She didn't want to tell the whole story to Mike. Oh, nothing is just that my ex-boyfriend who tried to rape me is looking for me and will probably find me. And the nightmares I have are about that night. And it happens every night. "I don't know, it just was a weird day, that's all."

"Rach"

"Ugh, you sound like Matt!" she said. "I just got scared about you and Matty" she said in a soft voice. "You guys are really all I have, and I didn't want you to get into more trouble, or get hurt."

He put her in his arms. "Rach, I'm sorry we scared you. But Matt got really mad about Karofsky being an asshole to Mercedes and saying stupid things about you."

"I know, I just got scared."

"I know doll, I'm sorry about that" he said kissing her head. "Are you sure that's it?" she stayed quiet for a moment, but then she said

"I'm scared to go to sleep."

"Why?" he asked a little worried.

"I have the same nightmare every night" she said as a single tear rolled down her face. He wiped it away with his thumb.

"What's it about doll?" he asked in a really soft voice.

"I can't tell you" she said starting to cry again.

"Why not?" he said wiping away her tears.

"I just can't! I'm sorry. I will tell you someday, but I just can't right now." she said resting her head on his chest.

"Don't say sorry doll, it's ok, you can tell me when you're ready" he said bringing her closer to him. "Hey, look" he said pointing out the window.

"What?" she said. But he didn't answered. He carried her to the back yard.

"Fireflies" he said sitting down on the grass, and sitting her in his lap. She smiled at him.

"Thank you"

"For what?"

"For everything" she said resting her head on his shoulder and putting her arms around him.

"Any time gorgeous" he said running his fingers through her hair and hugging her with his other hand "Go, to sleep doll, I'll be here."

"I'm scared" she whispered to him.

"I'm here doll, I'm not going anywhere" he told her and tightened his grip. He started singing to her softly.

You've got the best of both worlds

You're the kind of girl who can take down a man,

And lift him back up again

You are strong but you're needy,

Humble but you're greedy

Based on your body language,

And shoddy cursive I've been reading

Your style is quite selective,

but your mind is rather reckless

Well I guess it just suggests

that this is just what happiness is

Hey, what a beautiful mess this is

It's like picking up trash in dresses

Well it kind of hurts when the kind of words you write

Kind of turn themselves into knives

And don't mind my nerves you can call it fiction

'Cause I like being submerged in your contradictions dear

'Cause here we are, here we are

Although you were biased I love your advice

Your comebacks they're quick

And probably have to do with your insecurities

There's no shame in being crazy,

Depending on how you take these

Words they're paraphrasing this relationship we're staging

And it's a beautiful mess, yes it is

It's like, we're picking up trash in dresses

Well it kind of hurts when the kind of words you say

Kind of turn themselves into blades

And kind and courteous is a life I've heard

But it's nice to say that we played in the dirt

Cause here, here we are, Here we are

Here we are…

We're still here

And what a beautiful mess this is

It's like taking a guess when the only answer is yes

And through timeless words and priceless pictures

We'll fly like birds not of this earth

And tides they turn and hearts disfigure

But that's no concern when we're wounded together

And we tore our dresses and stained our shirts

But it's nice today, oh the wait was so worth it

He felt her breathing slow down. He carried her to her room. He kissed her forehead and whispered to her "I don't know who broke you doll, but I'm gonna fix you."


A/N: the song: Beautiful Mess - Jason Mraz

ok, so it's not that long, but agian, i'm almost done with the next one cause i decided to split them up in the last minute! hope you liked it! let me know what you think! :)