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"Hey! How's the hangover?" Lucky asked laughing when Rachel walked in the diner with her sunglasses on, a messy low bun and about a gallon of water.
The movie? Hilarious! The state? Sucks!
"Don't even ask" she said getting behind the bar with her. "Was I really that drunk?"
"When I asked you how much you had to drink you celebrated that you had two pickles like Buckwheat from the Little Rascals" she said laughing.
Well, we all do dumb shit when we're fucked up. [A/N: The Hangover :)]
"Oh my God!" Rachel said embarrassed.
"Don't worry, I thought it was cute" she said still laughing.
"Yeah, well Noah didn't think so" Rachel told her laughing a little. At that moment, Finn and Quinn entered the diner and sat at their usual table. Luckily for Rachel she was at the bar with Lucky today.
Na na na naa naaa, I made you eat your parents, na na na naaaa naaa! Ok, I may have been watching too much South Park…. Na na na naaaa naaa!
"So what happened between you and Sam?" she asked excited. "You guys looked really close last night" she said grinning and saw Lucky blush. "Except, well um, for the part that I almost ruin it- I'm so sorry" she said a little embarrassed.
"That's ok" Lucky said laughing.
"So?" Rachel asked smirking a little bit. Lucky tried to hide her smile.
Ok, did Lucky get lucky last night? Ha! Got it? High five? Anyone? No? *High five to myself!* That's right!
"Spill missy" Rachel said as she stopped cleaning.
"I think I might have fallen in love" she told her smiling excited.
Pretty girl said WHAT?
"You what?" Rachel asked shocked but with a huge grin on her face.
"I know it might seem impossible, because well we just met, but I mean, he's just so sweet and so protective and he treats me like I'm all that matters" she said smiling. Rachel smiled back waiting for more details. "And he just treats me like the center of his world already. And I'm not afraid to be myself around him, you know? I mean, at first I was kind of quiet cause he made me really nervous but I don't know I just felt so comfortable with him and-"
"Hey Rach-" Dean, another waiter, came near them.
"Shhh! Can't you see we're busy here?" Rachel told him. He just rolled his eyes and left. "You were saying?" she told Lucky really excited.
"Well, I just feel like he will always be there for me you know? He just gives you that confidence" she continued.
I smell loooveee. Where? What do you mean where? Lucky and Sam. What about you and Mike? That's not love! What do you call that? Um, I don't know. Shut up! I want to hear the rest of it!
"Oooooowwwwwww" was everything Rachel could say.
"You must think I'm crazy!" Lucky said laughing a little bit.
"No, I think you're in love" she said smirking.
"I just feel… so different around him, I have never felt that way about any other guy in my life and I just met him! It's crazy" she said really excited.
"So, what happened after I ran into you guys with Mike?" Rachel asked her.
"Well, he took me home and he's such a gentleman. I mean, he opened the door for me and he held my hand and lend me his jacket because I was cold, and he walked me to my door and-"
"Ahem!"
"Shhhh! IT. JUST. GOT. INTERESTING." Rachel said annoyed turning around to whoever had interrupted them and then turned back to Lucky until she realized who it was. "Oh! I mean, hi Luke" she said turning around again with the same innocent smile that Lucky had on. He was a cool manager but well, they did have to work.
"Do you girls really think that I pay you to come here and have girl-talks?" he asked them, trying not to laugh at the two girls.
Wow that would be an awesome job! I wish there was a job like that… maybe someday there will be! Focus! Right.
"Um no?" Rachel told him. "But Lucky had a date last night" Rachel told him.
Luke gasped sarcastically. "So?"
"With my friend Sam" she continued.
"Rachel!" Lucky said glaring at her a little. She didn't really need her boss knowing about her love life.
"Oh, with your friend Sam" Luke said pretending to be interested. "So?"
Do you not understand the importance of two of my closest friends coming together? HELLOOO!
"So, well I just um" Rachel rambled a little. "It's a big deal!"
"Look, I don't care if you girls talk while you're working" he told them.
"Sorry Luke" they said at the same time and continued to clean the bar and Luke walked away. At least there were no costumers sitting at the bar.
"Ok, so he walked you to your door and then…" Rachel said really excited.
"Well" Lucky said smiling.
Spill it out already!
"He kissed me" she told her.
"OH MY GOD!" Rachel yelled excited and the whole diner, including Luke, turned to look at them.
Make up something! Now!
"Um, uh, we finished cleaning the bar. Yaaay" she said jumping up and down while Lucky tried her best not to laugh at her. Luke just rolled his eyes and went to his office.
Lamest excuse ever.
"You're the craziest person I know" Lucky told her laughing.
"Shut up! Oh my God! You kissed!" she asked really excited.
"Yeah" she said with dreamy eyes. "Oh my gosh it was just the sweetest thing ever! It was so gentle and tender" she continued. "And he asked me out on a date again" she said really excited.
"Really? Oh my God! When?" Rachel asked her.
"Tonight" she said really excited.
"Oh my God! This is so cool!" Rachel said hugging her. "I'm so happy for you!"
"Thank you" she said hugging her back. "So, what about you? What happened last night at the party? You looked like you were crying" Lucky said a little worried.
"Ugh I had a huge argument with Mike" Rachel said annoyed.
"Really? What happened?" Lucky asked her and Rachel told her the whole story of the night at the party.
"…and just when he said all those things I got the texts from Kurt, Noah and Sam so he told me we should go look for them-"
"Girls" Luke came over again.
"Shhhh!" this time it was Lucky who shushed him. Luke rolled his eyes. "Oh, sorry Luke" she said a little embarrassed.
"Do I dare ask?" Luke said regretting the minute he did.
"Luke this is important! It's Rachel and Mike's future! I mean, Claire and Quinn told her that Mike was dating Claire but it was bullshit cause he told her he wasn't! So obviously she just did it cause she wants him for herself! I mean, she's so full of bull! I can't believe those plastics would sink that low! I mean he was her date! And he was just really sweet taking care of her even though she yelled at him because she overheard him talking to Matt about him not having feelings for her. But Brittany told Rachel that Mike liked girls when he denied he does and he totally did that last night! Don't you see what's going on here?" Lucky protested at her boss' ignorance.
I bet you he got lost halfway through.
"No. I honestly don't" Luke said more confused than ever. "You lost me at Rachel and Mike's future- who the hell are these guys anyways? You know what? Not important! Look, I'm going out for a while and you girls are in charge, since Abby rests on Sundays and well, I don't really trust the guys so… just call me if you need anything ok?"
"Sure Luke" they both said smiling and he left the diner.
"So what happened after you left the party?" Lucky asked once Luke was out of sight. Rachel told her the rest of the story. "Oh my God! You had a date!" she said excited.
Right. I forgot you were a hopeless romantic my friend.
"What? That was barely a date!" Rachel told her laughing.
"Not the part of the party obviously" Lucky told her. "Afterwards. When he took you home. And he gave you his jacket and he was all sweet" she said grinning. "And he asked you out again" she said excited.
"He did?" Rachel asked confused.
"Yeah! When he got all nervous and said he would like to do it again, just the two of you" she said grinning.
"You have way too much imagination" Rachel said laughing a little.
"Whatever, you know I'm always right" Lucky said smirking.
Ok, maybe that's true. It is really creepy how she's always right about everything.
"Rachel, why won't you admit you like him?"
"Because what if I do, and then it was all in my head? And he never liked me, and he just likes me as a friend like he said" she asked her.
"Look Rach, from what you've told me, Mike seems like a really nice guy. I mean, not any guy would still be that nice to you after you pretty much yelled at him and accused him of being a liar and well, you should just give it a shot and see what happens" she told her smiling.
Why does everyone keep saying that?
"Well, I don't know" Rachel said still unconvinced and she felt her phone buzzing. She ducked down, since she's not supposed to use her phone during work, and read the text.
[Mike] – morning doll :) how's the hangover?
Aaaaahhhhh! He called me doll! That's just adorable! Right? Doll. Doll. Doll. Answer! Oh right.
"OH MY GOD!" she pretty much yelled.
"What?" Lucky asked confused.
"He texted me! He texted me!" she said jumping excited.
"What! Let me see!" Lucky said snatching the phone away from her and she read the text. "Oh. My. God!" she said excited. "He's adorable!"
"What should I do?" Rachel said freaking out.
"Text him back loser" Lucky said laughing a little.
"But what do I say?" Rachel asked her.
"Excuse me waitress" Quinn said raising her hand.
Ugh! Forget it! I'm at the bar Barbie. I don't know you. You do not exist. [A/N: The Hangover with a twist ;)]
"Rock, paper, scissors?" Rachel asked Lucky and she nodded.
"1, 2, 3" Lucky counted. Rachel had rock and Lucky had scissors.
"Yeah! I won!" Rachel celebrated.
"This does not seem fair!" Lucky protested.
"It's rock, paper, scissors. There's nothing more fair!" Rachel told her. [A/N: also from The Hangover :D]
Lucky rolled her eyes and went to see what they wanted as Rachel finish cleaning.
Yeah, you go there and kick her ass! Go Lucky! *Insert banner here*
Rachel ducked down again to answer Mike.
[Rachel] – good morning Mike :) you don't wanna know! :/ I feel terrible, and I look even worse!
Ok, I was cool. It was breezy. Right? Oh God! What if it wasn't breezy? What if I answered too fast?
Her phone buzzed again, her snapping her out of her thoughts.
[Mike] – liar! I bet you look beautiful ;)
Read that again! 'liar! I bet you look beautiful ;)' Read it again! 'I bet you look beautiful ;)' Again! 'beautiful :)' Ok, we can be here for hours! Move on. Ahhhhh! I'm flying!
Rachel felt her cheeks burning red but before she could answer, she heard someone talking to himself at the bar. She knew who it was because he always talked to himself when he was nervous.
Watch this!
"Hey!" Rachel said coming up from behind the bar and scaring Sam.
"Ahh!" Sam yelled jumping a little and almost falling to the floor as Rachel laughed at him. "Rach! Don't do that!" he said sitting down again.
"Sowy Sammy! Whatcha doin'?" she asked grinning innocently.
"I'm looking for the most beautiful girl in the world" he said smiling.
"Oh, thanks Sammy but you're not my type" Rachel said pinching his cheek and he just glared a little at her. "Oh, you mean Lucky" she told him. "Well, she's a little busy right now but a little birdie told me about you two last night" she said smirking when she saw him blush. "Oooowww my wittle Wammy is in wuv" she said pinching his cheek.
"Shut up!"
"I'm so glad I asked Dean to spit on that Barbie's food I mean she is the worst bitch I have met! And I have met- Sam!" Lucky said walking in the bar again and noticing Sam sitting there. "Hi."
I smell loooveee. Where? Oh come on! We already had this conversation!
"Hey" Sam said smiling dreamingly at Lucky.
"Ooowww" Rachel said smirking at the two of them. "Well, I'll get out of your way" she said walking out of the bar.
"Not so fast" Sam said looking at her.
So close!
"You haven't told me what happened to you last night" he told her getting protective.
Rachel sighed. "Do I have to?"
"Yes! Because I have to know if I have to kill Mike, now spill" he said and Rachel started telling him the whole story and when she finished he simply asked "Can I kill him?"
"No!" Lucky and Rachel yelled at the same time.
"Why not? That asshole made you cry" Sam said getting mad.
"No he didn't" Rachel told him. "I mean, well, technically he did but because I thought that he didn't like me but-"
"But he was really sweet with her and took care of her and took her home" Lucky finished for her.
I'm so glad you're here!
"Well, if you girls say so, but I'm still not too happy about him" he said a little upset.
"Ow, you're so sweet" Lucky said kissing his cheek and Sam blushed a little bit.
"Ow, you guys are adorable" Rachel said laughing a little bit.
"Excuse me? Can we get the check" Rachel saw Finn raising his hand while Quinn got up to the bathroom.
"I'll go" Rachel told Lucky.
This should be fun.
"Here you go" she said handing him the check and trying to be kind.
"Thanks Rachel" he said winking at her.
Please tell me that's a nervous tick.
"You know? You looked really hot last night" he told her smirking a little bit.
"Um, thanks?"
Um, creep?
"So, are you and Mike together?" he asked her curious.
If I say yes, would you leave me alone? Wait! You can't say yes. You're not with him. What if I say I want to be with him? You can't do that either! You'll scare him away and blow your chances of him ever wanting to be with you! Crap.
"So?" Finn asked.
Hey! I'm having a conversation with myself! I would expect you to don't interrupt me! Yeah! Aren't you rude?
"Um, no" she told him softly.
"Cool, maybe you'd like hang out sometime?" he asked her.
And the MTV Movie Award for Best Jaw Dropping Moment goes to… this moment right here.
"What?" Rachel asked not believing the words that came out of his mouth. "Aren't you with Quinn? Your girlfriend, who's at the bathroom right now?"
"Um, well, yeah but I mean-" he started stuttering.
You're an ass.
"Oh my God! You're even more of an asshole than I thought. I mean yesterday you were drunk, but now? Look, I'll save you the embarrassment and pretend that this never happen" she said taking the money and the check.
"Hey you can't talk to me like that" he said getting up but in less than two seconds, Sam was next to Rachel.
"Got a problem Hudson?" Sam said with clenched teeth.
"No" Finn told him. "Just talking to Rachel here" he said smirking at Rachel.
"Looks to me she doesn't really want to talk to you so why don't you go get your girlfriend and leave?"
"I'm waiting for my change" he said looking at the money Rachel had in her hands.
"I think your waitress deserves that tip" Sam said smirking at him. Finn saw Dean and about three other waiters (plus Lucky) joining Sam and glaring at Finn.
"Finn, baby" Quinn said getting out of the bathroom. "What's going on here?" she said glaring at Sam and Rachel.
"Nothing" Finn told her grabbing her hand. "Just paying for out breakfast. Come on" he said walking out of the diner with her and glaring the whole time at Rachel.
Did that just happen?
"You ok Rach?" Sam asked her worried and she just nodded.
"What was that about?" Lucky asked Rachel.
"That asshole asked me out" she said annoyed.
"What? While Quinn was at the bathroom?" Sam asked shocked. "What a king douche" he said annoyed.
"I know!" Rachel told him.
"There you are! I've been worried sick about you" Kurt said entering the diner with Blaine behind him.
"Good morning to you too Kurt" Rachel said sarcastically. "Oh, this is Lucky" she said introducing them.
"I know, we met yesterday when we were both looking for you" he told her. "Hi honey" he said to Lucky, who just smiled back. "What exactly were you thinking? You can't just go on missing like that in a party young lady" he turned to look at Rachel again. "I want to know what happened and I want to know now!"
"Stop yelling" Rachel and Blaine complained at the same time.
"Well if you would've at least answered your phone we wouldn't be having this conversation-"
"Oh my God! My phone!" Rachel yelled running back to the bar remembering she left it on the floor and that she hadn't answer Mike.
"Hey come back here young lady" Kurt said outraged.
"Oh, come on let her get to it, she's texting Mike" Lucky said smirking.
"What!" Sam, Kurt and Blaine asked at the same time. Kurt and Blaine were excited but Sam was a little upset.
"Shut up! I-I'm not texting him" she argued.
You are the worst liar in the world.
"Really? And what exactly do we have here?" Kurt said taking the phone away from Rachel.
"Kurt! Give me back my phone!" Rachel said trying to reach it.
"Oh my God!" Kurt said grinning widely showing the newest text to Lucky.
"Oh my God!" Lucky said excited too.
Oh my God!
"Shut up! Give it back!" Rachel complained.
"Wait so now you're texting this guy and everything?" Sam asked protectively.
"Um, no?" Rachel said unconvinced.
"You have to answer!" Blaine told her. "He's gonna think you don't want to talk to him!"
"Give me that!" Rachel said taking the phone away from Kurt. "Ok, you're the only one sane here" she told Blaine.
"Hey!" Lucky, Kurt and Sam complained at the same time.
"Oh right, and Lucky" she added.
"Hey!" Kurt and Sam complained again.
"What do I say?" she asked ignoring her friends' whining.
"Calm down" Blaine said laughing a little bit.
"Give it to me" Kurt said.
"No! You're gonna say something embarrassing!" she said taking the phone away so he couldn't get it.
Like how much I like him! And how his smile is so amazing. And how his eyes are mesmerizing. And how he has THE best abs ever! Ok, too much info. Shut up!
"Fine, give it to me" Blaine said and she handed him the phone. He showed the text to Lucky and to Rachel and they both nodded smiling.
[Rachel] – thanks Mike :") sorry I didn't answer! work :/
"This is so exciting!" Kurt said with crazy eyes. Sam just rolled his eyes at the whole situation.
"Look, I have to go. I just wanted to say hi to you" he said looking at Lucky.
"Hey!" Rachel complained a little bit.
"You too Rach" he said chuckling a little.
"Thanks" she said smiling proudly.
"I'll see you later ok?" he said kissing Lucky's cheek.
"Can't wait" Lucky said with her cheeks blushing.
"Bye Rach" he said kissing her head. "Bye Kurt, Blaine" he said walking out of the diner.
"Oh my God! Is that the cutest thing I've ever seen or what?" Kurt said smirking at Lucky.
"I know right?" Rachel said excited while Lucky bit her lip trying not to make her smile bigger.
"So, I wanna know what happened last night" Kurt said sitting at the bar with Blaine.
"Yeah, you just kind of disappeared" Blaine told her.
"Order something, or get out of my bar!" Rachel threatened them. After they ordered breakfast, Rachel told the whole story. Again.
"Wow. Intense" Blaine said when she finished.
Tell me about it.
"Yeah" she said sighing and she felt her phone buzzing again.
[Mike] – that's ok :) weren't you supposed to rest today? :s
"Oh look he's worried about you that's so sweet" Kurt said with dreamy eyes as he read over her shoulder.
"Could you not do that? It really creeps me out" Rachel told him and he rolled his eyes. "He is sweet isn't he?" she asked dreamily turning around.
"Oh my God" Kurt said with the biggest smirk on his face. "You're finally admitting you like him" he said excited while Lucky smirked at her.
"Well, um, maybe?" she said not looking at him and texting him back.
[Rachel] – well I was, but I took Thursday off so :/
[Mike] – well then, maybe I'll drop by later ;)
"AHHH!" Rachel yelled dropping the phone.
Mike Chang is coming people! This is not a drill! I repeat: THIS IS NOT A DRILL! I can actually feel all the minions running in my mind panicking... Yes I have minions working on my mind, so?
"What's wrong?" Blaine asked confused while Kurt grabbed the phone.
"Oh my God!" he yelled excited.
"What?" Blaine asked again.
"Mike is coming to see Rachel" Kurt said smiling excited.
"What?" Lucky said excited grabbing the phone and looking at the text.
"What do I do? What do I tell him? He can't come! I look horrible! I'M FREAKIN' HUNGOVER FOR GOD SAKES!" she yelled shaking Kurt by his shoulders.
"Dammit woman, pull yourself together!" Kurt said shaking her shoulders.
"Rach, it's gonna be ok" Lucky told her. "We'll fix you up" she said smiling.
"Yeah, tell him to come over" Blaine told her.
"Ok" Rachel said still nervous. "Wait, how?"
"Give it" Blaine said as she handed him the phone again.
[Rachel] – can't wait to see you ;) xoxo
He sent the text before showing it to Rachel. That probably wasn't the best idea.
"WHAT THE HELL DID YOU DO?" Rachel said panicking when she read it. "He's gonna think I'm a freak!"
"No he's not" Blaine told her.
"You're a genius" Kurt said smiling at his boyfriend.
"Calm down Rach" Lucky said trying to calm her down when she saw her phone buzzing again.
"Give me that!" Rachel said grabbing the phone.
[Mike] – I'll be there as soon as I can doll! ;)
"Oh my God!" she said trying not to panic again.
"See?" Lucky said smirking. "It's going to be great!"
"Ok, I'll get your makeup" Kurt said walking to get Rachel's bag.
"I can fix the hair" Lucky said smiling.
"And I'm gonna finish breakfast" Blaine said smiling and eating.
About half an hour later, Rachel had her hair down and straight, perfume was sprayed all over her so she wouldn't smell like the diner's food and her makeup was perfectly done. But Kurt wasn't satisfied yet.
"Your clothes" he simply said.
"What?" Rachel said looking down. She was wearing ripped jeans, converse and a t-shirt.
"They're not sexy enough" Blaine told her.
Of course they're not sexy enough! It's Sunday! Sunday it's pajama day!
"I have a tank top she could wear" Lucky told him.
"Great" Kurt told her smiling.
"Uh could you not talk about me like I'm not here?" Rachel said annoyed.
"Stop complaining Rachel and get this on" Lucky said handing her the tank top.
"Fine" Rachel said rolling her eyes a little bit.
"RACHEL!" Puck stormed inside the diner furious. "I need to talk to you!"
I didn't do it! He didn't say you did it you idiot! Shut up or he'll know you ate his chocolate!
"Can't this wait Puck? We're kind of busy-" Kurt started but Rachel stop him.
"Stop talking if you wanna live" she warned him when she saw his face. She knew Puck better than anyone else and she knew she could kill someone right now. "What's wrong?" she asked nervous. He grabbed her hand and let her out to the back of the diner. Puck paced around in circles and hit a wall. "Noah, you're starting to scare me" Rachel said a little nervous.
"My mom is dating someone" he said really upset.
Oh no!
"R-really?" she said trying to sound surprised. Puck arched an eyebrow at her but shook his head.
"Yeah! And she's not just dating! I mean she's dating Luke! Our boss, Luke!"
"Oh my God! What?" Rachel said a little too fake. Puck looked at her with the most suspicious look.
"You already knew about this didn't you?"
"Little bit" she told him. Rachel knew she couldn't lie to him so she didn't even try.
"Oh my God! Rachel I can't believe this! You lied to me?" Puck said getting really upset.
"No! I didn't lie! I just… didn't say anything" she said with a sweet smile.
"Nice try" Puck said furious. "Since when have you known?"
"Thursday" she said biting her lip.
"THURSDAY? How could you not tell me! You're my best friend!"
"Look, Noah I'm sorry! Your mom told me and she begged me not to tell you. She said she wanted to tell you" she said grabbing his hand and trying to calm him down. "I'm sorry" she said softly.
"It's ok" he said calming down a little. "It's not you I'm mad at" he told her. "Why does she have to date someone?" he snapped again. "And why does it have to be Luke?"
"You like Luke" Rachel told him.
"As my boss! I don't want him coming into my family pretending to be my father! I already have one and he's an asshole! I don't need another one like that!"
"Noah! He's not your father! He would never be your father! And you know Luke! He's nothing like your father" Rachel tried to calm him down. Puck let out a frustrated sight and sat on the floor.
"I just- I have to look out for my mom and Dani Rach" he said looking at her. "I can't let another idiot coming into our family and ruining our lives again! I can't fail them again" Puck said sadly. Rachel felt her heart braking a little bit. Puck rarely talked about his father. And when he did, he would only talk to her.
"Noah" she said softly sitting next to him. "You have never failed your mom or Dani" she told him.
"Yes I have! I let my stupid dad ruin our lives-"
"Noah! You were a kid when he left!" Rachel told him. "You were eleven years old and Dani was a baby" she said softly. "Do you remember what you did the night he left?"
"Yeah" Puck muttered. "I grabbed Dani when I heard him smashing things. I climbed out of the window and took her to your house and then I came back for my mom while you told your fathers" he said looking down.
"And can you explain to me in what part of that did you fail them?" Rachel asked him confused. "Noah, you protected both of them even when you were a kid and you still do that. You're Dani's hero, I mean her eyes brighten up so much when she sees you and your mom loves you more than anything in this world Noah" Rachel told him softly.
"But we're just so good like we are now why does she have to get him in our family" Puck told her.
"I know Noah, but what's gonna happen when you grow up and Dani grows up and you guys get married and make your own families?" she told him. He just looked at her but didn't say anything. "I mean, don't you think your mom deserves to be happy? And Luke is a nice man. He's not like your father or my father" Rachel told him with a sad smile.
"I know I just have to look out for them, you know?" Puck said as Rachel rested her head on his shoulder.
"I know" she said smiling. "And you are" she said looking up at him again. "You want your mom to be happy, right?"
"Of course" Puck told her without even thinking.
"Well, maybe Luke makes her happy" she told him with a little smile.
"Ugh I hate it when you're right" he whined like a little boy.
"I know" she said kissing his cheek.
"Thanks Babs" he said kissing her head. "I love you."
"I love you too Plucky."
"Hey! You didn't leave the house like that this morning" he said noticing her hair for the first time. "Why are you so dressed up?"
"Um, I'm wearing a t-shirt that I think is yours" Rachel said looking down at her t-shirt.
"Yeah, but your hair is different and you have makeup on and you have a tank top on your hands and you" he said getting closer to sniff her. Yes, he sniffed her.
Shit. He's like a dog detective. He's like Scooby Doo.
"You smell nice" he smirked.
"Hey! I always smell nice" Rachel defended herself.
"Yes, but not when we're at the diner working. Then we smell like food" he explained.
"Um yeah, well I um-"
Crap!
"What's going on?" he asked with an arched eyebrow.
"N-nothing" she said looking away.
"Do you really think I'm gonna buy that?" he asked with a little chuckle. "What's going on babe?"
Rachel sighed knowing she would end up telling him anyways. "Mk's cmin ovr tth dinr" she muttered under her breath.
"What?" Puck asked confused. Rachel rolled her eyes.
"Mik's comin ovr to the dinr" she said a little more audible.
"Rachel-"
"Mike's coming over to the diner!" she said really fast and quickly snapped her hands to her mouth.
Idiot.
"Ooooohhh" Puck said smirking and laughing a little. "So, Chang is coming over."
"Noah" Rachel said worried. "You're not- um, you're not gonna do anything right?"
"What are you talking about?" he said looking innocently at her.
Yeah, he's gonna do something.
"I mean, um you're not gonna get all big brother and saying stupid stuff right?" she begged him.
"Rachel!" Lucky said walking out of the diner. "You have to go change!" she said grabbing her hand and pulling her inside. Puck followed the girls but they went inside the bathroom. He went over to talk to Dean about something and at that moment, the diner door opened and in came Mike Chang and Matt Rutheford.
"You didn't have to come with me" Mike told Matt annoyed.
"Are you kidding? I'm not gonna let you screw this up again!" Matt told him as they sat on the bar. "If you don't make a move today I'm gonna take her out on a date" Matt said smirking. "And once she's out on a date with me, she'll forget all about you."
"Shut up asshole" Mike said rolling his eyes.
"'Sup losers" Puck said coming over to them.
"'Sup Puckerman" Matt said bumping his fist. "Can we get something to drink?"
"Yeah, you can but not from me" he said sitting next to Mike. "It's my day off" he noticed Mike looking around the diner. "She's in the bathroom."
"Who?" Mike asked him pretending to be confused.
"Don't shit with me dude! I know you're not here for the 'Sunday Sundae Special'" Puck said laughing.
"There's a 'Sunday Sundae Special'?" Matt said excited looking at his menu again and Puck rolled his eyes a little.
"Ok, so what's the deal with you and Rachel?" Puck asked Mike with a serious look.
"What? Um, th-there's no deal" Mike said nervous.
"Rutheford?" Puck said looking at Matt.
"He likes her but he won't admit it" Matt said not taking his eyes of the menu.
"Dude!" Mike turned to look at Matt with a death glare.
"What?" Matt asked as if it was nothing. Mike rolled his eyes and turned to look at Puck really nervous.
"So?" Puck said with an arched eyebrow.
"Look, Puck, I know she's like your little sister-" Mike started.
"That's right" Puck interrupted him and looking 'casually' at his menu. "So, it's pretty simple" he said still not looking up. "If you hurt Rachel in any way, I will kill you slow and painfully" he said turning to look at him. "And I can make it look like an accident" he said in a serious tone. "Clear?"
"Y-yeah" Mike said really nervous. He had known Puck for a really long time. And he knew what Puck was capable of doing when he was mad. Especially if it involved Rachel.
"Look, I gotta go, but I'm watching you Chang" he said motioning the 'I'm watching you' look. "Don't fuck up ok?" he said leaving the diner.
"I'm dead, aren't I?" Mike said looking at the door where Puck had just left.
"Little bit" Matt said laughing. "Come on, we both know Puck threatens everyone. Even more when it comes to Rachel, but you just don't fuck up and he won't kill you" he said as if his logic made perfect sense.
"Dude, I don't even know what I'm gonna do" Mike told him.
"Well, you better think of something because here she comes" Matt said looking in the direction where Rachel was coming with Lucky. Matt noticed Rachel widening his eyes when she saw them and walking quickly towards the kitchen. Lucky rolled her eyes and walked over to the bar.
"Hi guys" she said smiling.
"Hey, you're the hot girl from my house" Matt said smirking again. "Lucky right?"
"Right" she said smiling. "And you are Matt and Mike, right?" she said looking at them and they both nodded. "Cool. Sorry I hadn't take your order, what can I get for you guys?"
"Um, can I have the BLT sandwich, a coke and your phone number?" Matt said smirking. Lucky smirked back at him.
"I can get you the sandwich and the coke, but I'm taken hun" she said winking at him.
"No! Someone beat me up to it?" Matt asked disappointed. "Well, can't blame a guy for trying, right?" he said winking at her and making her laugh a little.
"You're cute" she said laughing. "And for you?" she asked looking at Mike who was looking in the direction where Rachel had been. "She'll be right out, Jack just needed some help in the kitchen" she told him.
"I'm sorry?" Mike asked her. He wasn't really paying attention to her.
"Rachel" Lucky simply said.
"Oh, um sure that's ok" Mike said as if it was nothing but Lucky noticed his cheeks turning red. She also saw Kurt and Blaine at a table on the corner of the restaurant 'in disguise' (meaning hiding behind a menu, with a scarf, a hat and a pair of sunglasses each) watching the whole thing. "Um, can I get a cheeseburger and a coke please?" he asked nicely.
"Sure" Lucky said smirking. "I'll be right back" she said walking inside the kitchen. Matt and Mike heard both girls mumbling something behind the kitchen door and the next thing they heard was "Get out there already!" the door opened and they saw Rachel being pushed outside.
Well since you said it nicely.
"Um, hi guys" she said shyly looking over at Mike and Matt and walking towards them.
"Hi Rach" Matt said smiling.
"Hey Rach" Mike said too. Matt noticed he got all nervous when he saw her. He placed a huge smirk back on his face and turned to look at Rachel. He was going to make his best friend crack.
"You know Rach? I think you're the hottest person that I've ever seen hungover" he said still smirking at her. Rachel smiled at him blushing while Mike threw daggers at Matt.
"Um, thanks Matt" Rachel said shyly putting her hair behind her ear. "So, um how did the party end up last night?"
"Well, after you left it got really boring" Matt said winking at her. Rachel noticed Mike trying to kill Matt with his own eyes.
Is anyone else seeing this?
"I'll be right back" Matt said getting up to the bathroom.
"So, um how are you feeling?" Mike asked her a little worried.
"Well, aside from the massive headache that woke me up this morning and a few bruises on my arm from falling I'm guessing?" she asked and he nodded with a little smile.
"Yeah, you fell quite a bit yesterday" he told her trying not to laugh.
"Um Mike" she said with a light blush appearing on her cheeks again. "Thank you so much for taking care of me last night" she said smiling sweetly.
"You're welcome Rach" he said looking kindly at her. "I'm happy to do it."
Ok, what's that in my stomach? Those are butterflies you idiot.
"So, how's been work so far?" he asked her.
"Well, until now it's been pretty slow. BreadstiX has the $20 all-you-can-eat on Sundays so the diner it's pretty much dead" she said with a little chuckle.
"So, um what time do you get out?" Mike asked her.
"Uh, um, f-five I think?" she said trying not to sound nervous.
"Would you like to um, do something afterwards?" he asked with a hand behind his neck.
Wait, is he asking me? Duh! You're the only loser standing behind this bar! Right.
"S-sure, I'd love to" Rachel said smiling brightly at him. They kept on talking without noticing, not only the couple in disguise on the the far table, but also their best friends smirking looking at them behind a corner.
"So, you're in this too?" Lucky asked Matt.
"Of course I'm in this! I'm flirting with Rach so Mike would man up and ask her out already. I told him that if he didn't make a move today, I'd take her out on a date. You should've seen the look on his face" he said laughing. "Hey, hold on what do you mean I'm in this too? Who else is in it?"
"Well, Kurt and Blaine" she said pointing at their table.
"I knew I had seen that guy before" Matt said realizing they were there.
"Look, we have to do something so they can spend time alone" Lucky told him.
"What time does Rachel get out?"
"Well since the diner is really slow on Sundays, Luke lets us get out at five, but he left a while ago and he hasn't come back. We can't really go if he hasn't returned" she told him.
"Uh huh" Matt said thinking. "Well, if he doesn't come back in time, maybe then they can stay here" he told her. "I can be out as soon as I eat, but how do we get everyone else out?"
"Well, at around four the place empties completely. We always spend the last hour cleaning or sometimes even playing cards or something" Lucky explained. "The thing is, we have to get Dean and Jack out of here. I have a date so I'll ask them to let me go early and I can get Kurt and Blaine to come with me and help me."
"You'd really go through a whole afternoon with Kurt and Blaine picking up like five hundred outfits for you just so Rachel and Mike can be alone?" Matt asked her shocked.
"She deserves it" Lucky said looking back at the bar where Rachel was laughing at something Mike had said.
"Ok, so, first plan, Luke comes back on time and hopefully the idiot manned up and asked her out, but plan B, if Luke hasn't come back by five, they get their time here" he asked her and she nodded. "So how do we get Jack and Dean out of here?"
"Well, first we have to see what time Luke is coming back" she told him. "If he's coming after five, only one of us has to stay until he returns" she said smirking.
"And we both know Mike would never let Rach stay on her own" Matt said smirking while Lucky nodded with an identical smirk on her face.
It was almost four o'clock. Luke still hadn't come. It all seemed like they had to go with plan B. The diner was empty since Lucky had pretty much kicked Kurt and Blaine out explaining them the whole plan. Matt and Mike had left but Mike told Rachel he'd be back at five.
"So, what are we gonna do if Luke hasn't come back by five?" Rachel asked Lucky.
"Well, only one of us has to stay here to wait for him" Lucky said.
With my luck, it's gonna be me.
"Really? Cause um, Mike kind of asked me out" she told her.
"He did?" Lucky asked excited. "What? When? Why didn't you tell me?"
"Well, because he was right here! I mean he just asked me when I got off work and if I wanted to do something" Rachel said smiling.
"Oh, well don't worry about it! I'm sure Dean or Jack can-"
"OH MY GOD! OH MY GOD!" Jack yelled coming out of the kitchen.
"What's wrong?" Rachel and Lucky asked at the same time while Dean came over to the bar.
"My wife's in labor!" he yelled freaking out.
"What?" the other three asked excited.
"Yeah! She just called me! Her mom is driving her to the hospital right now! I have to get there!"
"Well, let's go!" Dean said getting their coats.
"Oh my God! I'm gonna be a father!" Jack excited, but then his tone changed and he started freaking out. "I'm gonna be a father!"
"Jack, relax! Everything will be ok! You're gonna be a great father!" Rachel tried to calm him down.
"You have to hurry!" Lucky said pushing him out of the door.
"Alright wish me luck girls!" he said running out of the diner with Dean.
"Oh my God! Can you believe it?" Rachel asked Lucky excited.
"I know! This is so cool!" Lucky told her.
Wait a minute.
"Oh shit!" Rachel said wiping the smile off her face.
"What?"
"Jack and Dean just left!" she told her.
"So?"
"So? This means that I'm gonna have to stay here until Luke comes!"
Just. My. Luck.
"Oh no!" Lucky said realizing that too. "Why the hell did Dean have to drive him?"
"They carpool every day" Rachel told her. "They probably got Dean's car today" she said sadly.
"Rach, um look we could do rock, paper, scissors again-"
"No Lucky" Rachel said with a sad smile. "Sam asked you first. I am not going to let you miss your date."
"Are you sure?" Lucky asked feeling a little guilty.
"Of course I'm sure! Sam would never forgive me! And it's only fair. Mike will understand" she told her. "I'll just wait for Luke and if he hasn't come by five, well, I'll tell Mike" she said trying to sound ok with it.
"Well, why don't we call Luke? Maybe he's on his way over" Lucky said.
"Do you have his phone?" Rachel asked her.
"Yeah, I do" she said getting her phone out and handing it to Rachel. Rachel dialed the number and begged for him to answer.
"Hey, this is Luke. Leave me a message, or don't, but do me a favor, don't text me, it's gay." [A/N: also from The Hangover :D]
"Um, it went to voicemail" Rachel said laughing a little at the answering machine's message. "Look, it's ok! I'll keep on calling him and I'll wait for him here. You have to go get ready" she said smiling.
"Rachel, are you sure-"
"Yes I'm sure! Now get out of here before I change my mind" she said pushing her towards the door. Lucky turned around and hugged her.
"Thank you so much! I owe you one Rach!" she said grabbing her bag and leaving the diner.
Great. Just great.
4:53. Luke hadn't answered his phone. Rachel had cleaned up the diner and was mopping the floor. She could not believe she was going to miss her first date with Mike. Since the diner was empty, she decided to put on some change on the jukebox and played one of her favorite songs while she danced around the diner mopping.
I saw him dancing there by the record machine,
Knew he must have been about 17
The beat was going strong, he was playin' my favorite song
I could tell it wouldn't be long 'till he was with me, yeah me
I could tell it wouldn't be long 'till he was with me, yeah me
Singin'...
I love rock n' roll
So put another dime in the jukebox baby
I love rock n' roll
So come and take the time and dance with me
[She didn't noticed a certain Asian coming in the diner in the middle of her performance. Mike just stood there contemplating while she danced around with the mop, singing the rest of the song.]
He smiled so I got up and asked for his name
He said that don't matter cause it's all the same
He said can I take you home, where we can be alone
And next we're movin' on and he was with me, yeah me
Next we were movin' on and he was with me, yeah me
Singin'…
I love rock n' roll
So put another dime in the jukebox baby
I love rock n' roll
So come and take the time and dance with me
He said can I take home where we can be alone
And next we're movin' on and he was with me, yeah with me
And we'll be movin' on and singing that same old song, yeah with me
Singin'…
I love rock n' roll
So put another dime in the jukebox baby
I love rock n' roll
So come and take the time and dance with me
When she finished, she heard someone started clapping for her. She froze feeling the red getting all the way up her face.
Please be Luke. Please be Luke. He already thinks I'm crazy anyways.
She slowly turned around, only to find Mike standing there with the biggest smirk on his face.
I would once again like to thank God for keep on getting his opportunities of embarrassing me in front of Mike.
"You know, it's really rude to spy on people like that?" she told him trying to sound offended.
"It's not spying if you're in a public place" he said laughing a little. "Besides" he said smirking again. "It was awesome."
Oh my God! He thinks I'm awesome! *Chandler Dance* Clearly he doesn't know you that well. Shut up!
"Well, um thanks" she said still feeling her cheeks burning red.
"So, ready to go?" he asked her smiling.
Oh no. He's gonna hate me forever.
"Um actually" she said sighing sadly. "I can't go."
"Why not?" Mike asked a little disappointed.
"Um well, is just that Luke hasn't come back and well, we couldn't just leave without closing up so I was going to ask Jack or Dean to stay until Luke came, but Jack's wife got into labor and Dean had to drive him and Lucky had a date so…" she looked down. "I um, have to stay until Luke comes" she said sadly.
Stupid Luke.
"And you don't know when he's coming back?"
"Well, I called him like a million times and he won't answer!" she said frustrated.
And I can't text him because he said it's gay!
"I'm sorry" she said looking at him with sad eyes.
"Wait! So, you're here by yourself?" he asked worried.
"Um, yeah?" she simply said.
"Well, um, I could wait with you if you'd like" he said with a sweet smile.
*Add fireworks audio effects here*
"Um, really?" she asked trying not to sound too excited.
"Yeah, I mean I had plans with you anyways so" he said with a little laugh.
Oh my God! His laugh.
"Um, well I'd love that" she said smiling. "Let me just put this away" she said taking the mop to the back. Mike went to sit at the bar waiting for her. She came out a few minutes later with a brownie sundae in her hands and two spoons.
"What's this?" he asked a little confused.
"Our 'Sunday Sundae Special'" she said with a sweet smile. "It's on the house. You know, for staying with me and keeping me company" she said a little nervous.
"I thought the 'Sunday Sundae Special' was just a sundae with a lot of whipped cream, sprinkles and a cherry on top" he told her. [A/N: ha! I like to say Sunday Sundae Special! :D]
"Yeah, but Sam came in about an hour ago and asked me to bake brownies for his date with Lucky tonight and well, I kept some of it so I decided to make it a brownie sundae. That's way more special than the regular special" she said with a little laugh. Mike felt something weird in his stomach by thinking Sam was there with her alone, but it went away when she mentioned his date with Lucky. He turned to look at the brownie and noticed the ice cream was vanilla. He knew how much she hated vanilla so he couldn't help but smile at her.
"Thanks Rach" he said hugging her and kissing her head.
I can literally feel my heart melting right now.
"Oh my God!" he moaned as he tried the brownie. "You made this?"
"Yeah" she said laughing a little at him.
"This are the best brownies I've ever tried in my life!" he said taking another bite.
"Thanks" she said smiling.
While they ate the sundae, they talked about everything. School, music, movies, a little bit about sports, and Mike was a little shocked about how much Rachel knew about baseball, Glee, etc. When they finished, Rachel went to put the dishes away and returned to sit next to Mike, pretty much collapsing on her seat and resting her head on the bar.
"Tired?" Mike asked immediately regretting it. He knew it was obvious she was tired. Even if Rachel was smiling at him, he could see how exhausted she was. He couldn't blame her. If he had to get up early to work the next day after a party like yesterday's he would've probably told them to go to hell. Especially if he had had as much to drink as she did the night before. And it wasn't just yesterday. She had three jobs. His only job in his life had been… ok, he had never worked in his entire life and she was working three jobs to help her dad.
"Little bit" she said looking up at him again.
"What's on your mind doll?" he asked with a sweet smile.
Doll. Doll. Doll. Oh my God the way he says that just makes me want to kiss him so badly! Shut up you can't say THIS is what's on your mind! Make up something else!
"About our Glee performance for tomorrow" she said looking away.
Nice save. Well done.
"Oh right I had forgotten about that. How did it go?"
"Well, we have the final practice tomorrow at lunch since I have to work everyday" she said trying to make it as a joke, but Mike didn't think it was funny. He just looked at her with worry in his eyes. "So it means that the only free time I have in the day, I'll have to put up with Quinn complaining that we didn't pick her song and Santana yelling at her that nobody cares what she thinks" she said with a little laugh. "Is it me, or was Santana nice to me yesterday?" she said remembering her encounter with the Latina.
"Well, I don't know if she was nice to you but you were both giving a free show to the jocks" Mike said with a hint of jealousy and anger in his voice.
"Oh my God" Rachel said burning red but started laughing. She smashed her head against the bar causing her hair to fall all over her face. Mike gently removed it with his hand. Rachel smiled sweetly at him and he stared at her for what felt like ages.
"You are such a liar" he said with a smile.
"What? Why?" Rachel asked him confused and getting up but resting her head on her hand.
"You told me you looked terrible today. I knew you looked beautiful" he said smiling widely at her.
And here comes the flush all over again.
Rachel couldn't say anything. She just let out a little chuckle and turned to look down.
"Um, thanks" she said biting her lip and looking at him again.
"I really mean it" he said putting some loose hair behind her ear again. His face was really close to hers.
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"Sorry we couldn't get to do something else" she said a little embarrassed looking down. "But, um thanks for waiting with me. It would've been pretty boring without you" she said laughing a little.
"Well, it looked like you were having fun before I came" he said laughing a little and causing her to yes, blush deeper. He placed his hand gently on her chin and lifted her head up to look at him. "But I had a lot of fun with you" he said smiling at her. "Maybe we could get to go out next time."
Next time? Did he just say next time? Answer or there won't be a next time!
"Um, yeah I would really like that" she said with a sweet smile. "I like spending time with you" she said without really thinking.
What? Did my mouth got a mind on its own? GET IT TOGETHER LOSER!
"I like spending time with you too Rach" Mike said smiling.
Mike studied her face. He had no idea how he had never seen how beautiful she really was. He loved to see her smile. It was not something he saw often so he liked the fact that he had been able to bring it up more in the past week. She could swear he started leaning towards her. Her heart was beating so loud, she had no idea how he could not hear it. They were so close to each other, when they heard the door of the diner open causing them to jump apart and blush furiously.
"Rachel?" Luke asked coming inside. "What are you still doing here?" he asked a little confused.
WORST TIMING EVER LUKE! Seriously, if you weren't my boss, I'd probably kick you right now!
"Um, well, Jack's wife went into labor! And Dean had to drive him to the hospital! A-and we didn't have the keys and I didn't want to just leave like that" she told him while Mike looked everywhere but at Rachel.
"Where's Lucky?" he asked her.
Shit! Make up something!
"She um, had a huge test tomorrow so I told her to go home early" she said smiling.
"Oh, ok. I'm so sorry I'm late I just really lost track of time and well I assumed Dean and Jack would've been the ones staying" he told her apologetically. "Who are you?" he asked looking at Mike.
"Oh, right, um Luke, this is Mike and Mike, this is my boss, Luke" she said with an awkward smile.
"Hi" Mike said awkwardly. "Nice to meet you."
"Likewise" Luke said trying to put on a tough face.
Seriously? I already have Noah, Sam and my dad! I don't need another one Luke!
"Well, um, I guess we're gonna get going" Rachel said getting up, Mike doing the same.
"Yeah, sure, thanks for staying Rach, I'll see you on Tuesday" he said as Mike and Rachel went out the door. "Hey Rachel!"
So close.
"Um, yeah?" Rachel said appearing on the door again while Mike waited outside for her.
"Is this the Mike that you and Lucky were talking about?" he asked her a little protective.
"Y-yes" she said awkwardly. "Why?"
"Just checking. I don't want him to try any funny business with you" he said in a serious tone. Rachel let a little laugh. Luke was an awesome boss. And she knew he meant it. She nodded at him and started to head out but before she went out the door she turned to look at him.
"Hey, um Luke?"
"Yeah kid?"
"I'm really glad you're dating Mrs. Puckerman" she said with a sweet smile. Luke looked at her with a confused look, but then remembered Puck was her best friend. "Although it sounds kind of weird that I call her Mrs. Puckerman and you're dating her" she rambled a little. "But you knew what I meant, right?"
"Yeah" he said laughing a little.
"It's just that, well she's the closest thing I've had to a mom" she continued. "And the Puckermans are my family too so, just" she said looking away and back at him. "don't fuck that up ok?" she said without really thinking.
What? Shit! I'm getting fired.
"You do realize that you just told 'don't fuck up' to your boss, right?" he asked her trying to hide his laugh at her awkwardness.
"Um, well, yeah but uh, my shift is over, so it doesn't really count" she said with a hopeful smile.
"See you on Tuesday kiddo" he said laughing and walking into his office. Rachel smiled and headed outside.
"Is everything ok?" Mike asked a little worried.
"Yeah" she simply said.
"It's still kind of early, would you like to do something?" he asked still a little awkward of the moment they just had.
"Um, sure" Rachel said smiling at him.
Are you kidding? You could ask me to go hide a body that you just killed right now and I would go just to spend time with you. Although that would be weird.
Mike grabbed her hand and they started walking towards the park they went yesterday. They walked in perfectly comfortable silence.
Oh yeah, I'll tell you something I think you'll understand. When I say that something I wanna hold your hand! I wanna hold your hand I wanna hold your hand! What? Yeah, I come with my own background music.
"Can we go to the swings?" Rachel asked him a little excited.
"Sure but um, one condition" he told her turning serious and Rachel looked at him waiting for him to continue. "You don't jump off like you did yesterday! You scared the shit out of me" he said letting out a little chuckle but Rachel knew he was being honest.
"Deal" she said laughing as they made their way to the swings.
Mike sat on the swing and just watched her as she started swinging. She looked so happy. He remembered why she told him she liked swings. It was the simplest things, but he could see how her face changed. It turned into the face of a little girl that had no worries and no responsibilities. He liked how she was when she was this carefree. When she didn't have the obligations of working or taking care of her dad or helping Puck or Sam or Lucky or Mrs. Puckerman or taking care of Dani. He was snapped out of his thoughts when Rachel, once again, jumped off the swing and landed on the floor.
"Hey!" Mike yelled running towards her. "You said you wouldn't do that" he said trying not to laugh.
"I'm sorry" she said between laughs as he helped her up. "I can't help it" she said smiling sweetly at him.
"It's ok doll" he said smiling down at her.
"Why do you call me doll?" Rachel asked all of the sudden and saw his smile fade a little.
WHAT? Which one of you stupid little minions is responsible for this? What have I told you? If the boy is nice enough to call you something as sweet as doll, you let him!
"I mean, I like it" she said trying not to sound so nervous. "Is just kind of confusing" she said looking down.
"What is?" he asked lifting her head again.
"All of it" she said a little sad. "I mean you taking care of me yesterday, and the texts you sent me today and hanging out with me today and you holding my hand- I don't know."
"Well, I like taking care of you" he said smiling sweetly.
That's good enough for me!
"And I like hanging out with you. You're an amazing girl Rach and I like you" Rachel saw his cheeks turning deep red. "a lot" he finished. It was her turn to lift his face.
"I like you a lot too" she said biting her bottom lip. "How do you do that?" she asked all of the sudden.
"Do what?" he asked confused.
"Every time I'm hanging out with you it just feels like a break" she said with a sad smile. "A break from school, and from work, and from everyone else… like a break from the world" she said with her voice breaking a little bit. She didn't want to sound selfish. She loved her dad, but when she was with Mike, she got to be a carefree teenager. And she liked it every once in a while.
"You needed a break" he told her. "You work too much" he said a little worried.
"You're starting to sound like Noah" she said with a little chuckle.
"I'm serious Rach" he said softly. He grabbed her hand and borught her closer to him. "You work a lot, and you still help Mrs. Puckerman with Dani's birthday, and Sam with his date, and school and Glee!"
"Yeah, but I like Glee" she told him. "And is not like I can quit school."
I should quit school.
"And well, I need the jobs" she said a little embarrassed looking down. He lifted her head again gently with his hand and saw her eyes watering.
Mike felt his heart ache. He saw a scared fragile little girl in his arms that at the same time was so strong. He knew about her dad being sick on top of all her things, but he wasn't going to bring it up until she wanted to talk about it with him. She took care of everyone and everything around her and she needed someone to take care of her. Mike just wanted to hold her in his arms and tell her that everything was going to be alright. He couldn't understand how life was so unfair. He never, in his life had to work for anything. Rachel was an even more amazing person than he thought. She was doing all this for her dad. He needed her and she was doing everything she could to help. Even if it meant giving away sleep hours, or working more shifts or just stop thinking about herself completely.
"You are an incredible person Rach" he said in a whisper. She felt his hands moving, one snaking around her waist and the other tangling with the hair around her shoulders, and then, he leaned down and placed his lips softly against hers.
(Press FFWD) Kiss me beneath the milky twilight. Lead me out on the moonlit floor. Lift your open hand. Strike up the band and make the fireflies. Dance silver moon's sparkling…
It took Rachel a second to realize what was actually happening and returning the kiss. Mike placed his arms around her waist and she placed hers around his neck. They kept kissing in a slow pace, feeling each other's small smiles and shallow breaths so they wouldn't have to be apart for more than a split of a second. Finally, they deepened the kiss for a few seconds and broke it. Their hearts pounding in their chests, their lips swollen and they were panting for air, but both with smiles playing on their lips and sparks in their eyes.
So kiss me…
A/N: songs: I Love Rock N' Roll - Joan Jett & The Blackhearts (THAT SONG ROCKS WAY TO MUCH TO BE TRUE!), I Want To Hold Your Hand - The Beatles (loved Kurt's version, but the original one it's so happy! :D), Kiss Me - Sixpence None The Richer (I think I've used that song in all my stories but I just love it SO FREAKIN MUCH!) :)
I really hope you like it and I swear the next one won't take that much! same for my other stories! :D let me know what you think :)
