A/N: aaaaaaaahhhhhhhh thank you all so much for reading and liking and reviewing my story! :D

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ok, MAYOR shoutouts to MidnightDreamer73 because she went to a whole new level of being so cool and helping me! :D and ok, I need to ask you (demand) a favor. Please read MidnightDreamer's story! is called Relationships Aren't so Bad! starriiiiiiing...(drums)... Sam Evans! :D and Maximum Ride! is a crossover and is just awesooooome (I sang that part so... yeah) PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE! It'll mean a lot to me and to her if you read and review! :D I'll post sooner and sooner if you do! :D thank you so much for your attention, enjoy - moony!

Disclaimer: I don't own Glee. But I plan to! So, what are we doing tonight Brain? The same thing we do every night Pinky, TRY AND TAKE OVER GLEE! Muahahahahahaha *cough cough* ok, I can't pull that off. On with the story.


"What are you doing here?" Mr. Schue asked a little tense. Rachel wasn't exactly his favorite person.

"I'm back" she said smiling, knowing this fact.

"And you want to join Glee Club?"

"I'm thinking about it" she simply said.

"No, honestly what are you doing here?" Mr. Schue asked again.

"She's serious" Matt told him.

"We ran into her yesterday" Finn explained.

"And she'd be perfect for Glee" Mike said smiling.

"Rachel? Rachel Berry? Is this some kind of joke?" Mr. Schue asked a little sarcastic.

"Not really" Rachel said smiling. "I can tell you a joke if you want, although I'm not really good at telling jokes, then again-"

"It was a rhetorical question" Mr. Schue told her.

"Have you ever heard her sing?" Puck asked him. "She has an amazing voice" that made Rachel blush a little.

"Ok, if you guys say so. Look I have to go pass a test right now, why don't you get Rachel signed up at school and everything and you meet me after lunch?" Mr. Schue said getting up.

"Sure Mr. Schue" Mike said.

"It was great seeing you again Mr. Schuester" Rachel said smiling sweetly. Once Mr. Schue was out the door, she turned to the four guys. "Well that went well" she said sarcastically.

"Relax, Mr. Schue is just shocked you're back. He's gonna come around" Matt said laughing a little.

"Yeah, now come on we have to get to class" Finn said putting an arm around her.

"Let the fun begin" she said not wanting to face anyone.

As they were walking through the halls, Rachel could feel everyone staring at them. She could hear everyone whispering about her. She managed to listen things like 'Is that Rachel Berry?' and 'I can't believe she's back' but she decided to ignore the whole thing.

"Relax, we got your back" Mike whispered to her.

"OH MY GOD! RACHEL!" she heard someone yell and the next thing she knew someone threw herself at her making them both to fall to the floor.

"I can't breathe" she yelled from the floor.

"Ok, Britt calm down" Matt said pulling her off Rachel. Rachel finally stood up and everything clicked.

"OH MY GOD! BRITTANY!" she yelled and now threw herself at her and they fell again. They started laughing hysterically while everyone was looking at them weird.

"You're here! I didn't believe Mike when he told me yesterday!" she said hugging her again.

"What the hell is going on here?" Santana asked confused at the scene before her.

"Oh Santana, this is Rachel!" Brittany said as they finally stood up.

"You're Rachel?" Santana asked confused. "I thought Rachel was your imaginary friend" she said looking at Brittany.

"No, my imaginary friend is Elmo" Brittany said smiling.

"Well, I'm Rachel" she said laughing. "Hi" she said getting a little nervous. "I come in peace!" That girl was a little intimidating.

"Relax, anyone who is friends with Britt is ok on my list" she simply said.

"Well, thanks" she said still a little nervous.

"Hey Brittany, Santana, in the gym! Now!" she saw Coach Sylvester yelling at them.

"Well, we have to go, but you're sitting with us at lunch ok?" Brittany told her.

"Well-" Rachel started.

"Yes you are!" Brittany ordered her. She hugged her again and then left with Santana.

"Oh no" Puck said as they left.

"What?" Rachel asked confused.

"I had forgotten about you and Britt together and now you want to throw Santana in there? This could be the end of the world" he said laughing a little.

"Shut it Puckerman" she said hitting him on the chest.


***Puck's POV***

I can't get over the fact that she's here. I looked over at her while she was laughing at Mike in the food line. She's so beautiful. I missed her laugh so much.

"This food is like prison food" she said sitting next to me. We all turned to look at her. "Not that I know or anything… just saying" she said looking down. I know my badass baby better than that. There's something there.

"Rachel!" Brittany said excited running to sit next to her with Santana behind her. "Ok, so we're having this party on Saturday at Santana's we have to go shopping to make you look amazing and you're gonna help us with everything" she said excited. Rachel chocked up on her food. This is classic. Brittany dragging Rachel to a party, getting her all dressed up with make up and everything. Not that she needs it. She's beautiful no matter what she wears.

"Ok, calm down" she said coughing. "I haven't been here for more than four hours and you're already making me a party planner?"

"Well, duh" Brittany told her. "You always helped me with my parties!"

"Yeah, but those were tea parties and you always kicked me out for not being dressed appropriately" Rachel said laughing. I remembered that. We got kicked out the first time we were invited. We ate all the cookies and Brittany started crying so Rachel kicked us out. We must've been around six or seven.

"You came wearing Finn's sweater once" Brittany protested.

"You said I had to wear a dress! I couldn't find any dress and that one looked like one" Rachel defended herself. I smiled looking at her. I remember that day. We were at Finn's playing video games when Rachel came in panicking saying that she didn't have a dress to wear for Britt's party. We did the best we could. She looked beautiful to me.

"Hey Puckerman, Hudson, Rutheford and Chang I need to talk to you" Coach Beiste yelled at us.

"We'll be right back ok?" I said kissing Rachel's forehead and getting up with the guys.

***End of POV***

"So, you and Puckerman" Santana said smirking. "What's going on there?"

"What? Um- n-nothing" Rachel stuttered sadly and playing with her food.

"Did I pluck a nerve there?" Santana whispered to Brittany.

"Yeah" Brittany whispered back.

"Well, well, well… so the rumors are true" Azimio said walking over to the girls with Karofsky and a few more football players behind him. "Rachel Berry is back!"

"Oh, I didn't know they let animals in the school" Rachel said smiling.

"I bet you missed us babe" Karofsky said winking at her. [A/N: he is gay in the story. He made Kurt leave. He's just acting people :)]

"Not much" Rachel simply said. "I mean you all still look like the same assholes to me so, not much to miss" she finished.

"If you want I can show you what you've been missing" Azimio said sitting down. He moved closer to her placing his hand on her thigh. Rachel flinched and stood up instantly.

"Don't touch me" she snapped. At that time, Karofsky came from the other side and put his arm around her waist so tight it was actually painful.

"Oh come on babe, we're just having fun" he told her.

"Don't touch me asshole!" she told him pushing him and running to Brittany and Santana. At least they were a little taller than her.

"Leave her alone" Santana snapped getting up.

"Yeah? Who's gonna make us?" Azimio asked her making his way to them.

"We are" he turned around to look at Finn, Mike, Matt and Puck with angry looks on their faces.

"Get away from them" Mike said with clenched teeth. Puck saw the look on Rachel's face and he immediately went to hug her to him.

"Oh, isn't it nice?" Karofsky said smirking at Rachel. "You all must be so happy that your mistress is back" he said laughing.

"Don't push me Karofsky! You forced my boy Kurt out of here and juvie or no, you're already number one on my list to go all death star on" Puck hiding Rachel behind him.

"Whatever Puckerman" Karofsky said. "Later ladies" he said winking at the three girls and walking away with everyone.

"Are you ok?" Matt asked them.

"Yeah, they were just being assholes to Rachel" Brittany told them a little scared.

"Are you ok doll?" Mike asked her softly. She nodded with a weak smile and turned to look at Puck.

"Juvie?" she asked him.

"Yeah, long story" Puck said looking down.

"I have all lunch" she told him with a little smile.


"They've been in there for an hour!" Finn said frustrated waiting outside Mr. Schue's office.

"Calm down" Matt told him. "Mr. Schue said he had to help her get signed up and everything!"

"He also told you to go to class" Miss Pillsbury said coming to them.

"We have to wait for Rachel" Mike told her. "Please?" he said making puppy eyes.

"Ok, but if in a few more minutes they don't come out, you go to class" she told them walking away. At that moment the door opened and Mr. Schue stepped outside.

"What happened?" Puck asked.

"She doesn't want to join Glee" he told them.

"WHAT?" they yelled at the same time. "What do you mean?" Matt continued.

"She says she's not coming back to school" Mr. Schue told them. "I thought she was bluffing but apparently, she's serious" he said a little worried.

"Can we talk to her?" Finn asked.

"Yeah, I was kind of hoping you did" Mr. Schue told them. "I'll give you guys some time" he said walking away.

"Rachel" Mike said walking in. Rachel stood up from the chair and walked away from them. She looked a little upset. "What's going on?"

"Nothing" she said not looking at any of them.

"Rach, don't lie to us" Puck said softly walking over to her. "Why aren't you coming back to school?"

"I um-" she said, still avoiding their looks.

"Rach, you know you can tell us anything" Matt told her.

"Yeah, it's us" Finn said smiling a little.

"Yeah, thanks but no thanks" she told them. "I'm not coming back" she simply said.

"Why?" Mike asked confused. "Are you going to another school?"

"I, uh" she said looking nervous. "No" she said sighting. "I dropped out with Hunter, Travis, Drew and Danny" she said looking down.

"You DROPPED out?" Finn said getting a little upset. He was like her big brother. He was the 'serious' one. Well not that serious, just a little bit more than the other ones.

"Why did you drop out?" Matt asked in a calmed tone. He was the one more like her. He was laid-back and knew there was no reason to get upset over everything.

"I'm going on tour with them" she said still not looking at any of them.

"What did your mom say? Does she even know?" Mike asked her.

"She um- I just um" she started stuttering. She could feel all of them looking at her. "She kicked me out ok?" she said upset sitting down on the corner and pulling her knees to her chest.

"She what?" Mike said softly kneeling in front of her. "Doll, what happened?"

"She just said that I didn't fit in with her new family and asked me to leave" she said with sadness in her voice. "The guys asked me to go with them. I had nowhere to go so I said yes" she continued.

"Wait, you're leaving again?" Puck asked sadly. She nodded not looking at him. "Why? Why don't you stay here?"

"I asked them to come here first and I was going to try to look for a job so, maybe I could stay here but I didn't… so I guess I'm going with them" she said as a single tear fell down her cheek.

"No, you're not" Matt told her. That seemed about right. She belonged here. With them. "You have to stay here!"

"Matty I can't" she said still not facing any of them.

These were her best friends. She couldn't face them like this. She didn't want them to see her defeated. She was always strong. They taught her how to be strong and now, here she was, homeless, without a family and without a chance of even finishing high school.

"Yes you can! And you are!" Mike told her.

"I'm living in a place where it rains inside and there are two rooms in it" she told them. "One is the bedroom, bathroom and living room and the other one is the kitchen and the dining room and I can only afford it because the guys are here with me" she finished.

"You're staying with one of us" Finn told her softly. "Rachel how could you not tell us? How could you think we wouldn't help you?"

"I just" she said starting to cry a little. "I just thought you guys had forgotten all about me and well I didn't really wanted to disturb you with me coming out of nowhere but then I saw you and-"

"Rachel" Puck said softly holding her hand. "You know we'd do anything for you!"

"We love you!" Mike told her wiping away her tears. She turned to face him for the first time since they walked in. "I know you better than anyone and I know you want to stay here" he said with the tiniest smile. "Rach you can stay here" he whispered to her.

He saw in her eyes that there was a lot more to this story. But he also knew she wouldn't talk about it right now. Right now, all that mattered was to make her stay. He didn't want her to leave again. If he gets her to stay, he knows he's gonna know the whole story. One step at a time. First step: make her stay.

"I don't want to go Mikey" she whispered to him as more tears rolled down her cheeks.

"You're not going anywhere" he said hugging her to him. She gave in the hug and started crying a little harder. "Shhhh it'll be ok" he told her as he rubbed her back. "You're gonna be ok" he said kissing her head.


"Are you ready?" Puck asked as they pulled over at the bar where the guys were.

"Yeah" Rachel said softly. "I'll be right back" she said getting out of the car.

"Do you want us to come with you?" Matt asked her.

"That's ok" she said smiling. "I need to do it alone" she said walking away.

"Hey Rach" Travis said coming to hug her. "How did it go?"

"Um, guys I need to tell you something" she said a little nervous.

"What is it babe?" Hunter asked her.

"I'm um" she started. "I'm going to um" she kept on going. "I'm going to s-stay here" she said looking down. When they didn't answer, she turned to look at them.

"Told you" Drew and Travis said at the same time. She saw Danny paying Travis and Hunter paying Drew.

"What are you doing?" she asked confused.

"We knew you were going to stay" Drew told her.

"We were kind of hoping you came with us, but in the end we kind of knew it too" Danny told her.

"Wait, you're not mad?" she asked them confused.

"Rach, how can we be mad?" Travis asked her. "We knew why you wanted to come here. And yesterday, we saw your face light up when you saw those guys!"

"Specially the one with the mohawk" Hunter muttered. She turned to look at him. "It's ok Rach, we're not mad. We know they're like your family and we understand that you want to stay here" he told her. "We're just gonna miss you a lot" he said a little sad. "Come here you little dwarf" he said hugging her to him and messing her hair a little.

"I'm gonna miss you guys too" she said feeling tears in her eyes.

"Ow come here! Group hug!" Travis said as they all hugged her.

"Don't you dare forget about me when you're rich and famous ok?" she said wiping away her tears.

"We could never forget our lucky charm" Danny said smiling at her.

"Hey, if you ever miss us" Drew said grabbing her hand. "You look at this ok?" he said pointing at her bracelet with a four-leaf clover. They all had the same one.

"I love you guys" she said hugging each one of them again. "I have to go, but I'll come back before you leave ok?" she said and they all nodded.

"You better" Travis told her. "Come by tomorrow at night ok? We're dedicating the show to you" he said smiling. She nodded and hugged him. She went to get her stuff and then Hunter walked her to the door.

"Hey Rach" he stopped her before she left. "If you ever need anything, you know where to find us. We went through a lot together. Don't forget that. We will always be here for you" he said kissing her forehead.

"I know" she said with a weak smile. "Thank you for everything Hunter" she said hugging him. "I'm always here for you too" she said kissing his cheek. When she opened the door, Puck was standing there.

"Hey man" Hunter said. "Take care of her for us ok?" he asked laughing a little. Puck nodded. "Bye baby" he whispered to Rachel who waved back at him.

"Ok, so we talked to our moms and you can stay with either one of us" Matt said as she got in the car again. "So, who is it gonna be?" he asked smiling.

"Right like I'm gonna choose" she said with a little chuckle. "Remember when we were in sixth grade that you didn't want any guy asking me to the dance so you decided I had to go with one of you?" she asked rolling her eyes a little at the memory. "I couldn't choose between you back then, how on earth do you think I'm gonna be able to choose who to live with?" she asked them smiling.

"Well, we'll figure something out" Puck said putting an arm around her.


"Rachel! Oh my God, honey come here!" she was pulled into a huge hug by Mrs. Hudson as she walked into Finn's house.

"Oh you poor thing come here" she felt being passed on to Mrs. Rutheford. "Are you ok?"

"Wow, look at you! You're beautiful" she heard Mrs. Chang say as she pulled her into a hug. "Oh how are you honey?"

"Are you hungry? Or thirsty? Oh my God we haven't seen you in forever sweetie" Mrs. Puckerman was the last one to hug her.

"Mom, she can't breathe!" the four teenagers yelled at the same time.

"Oh, sorry dear" Mrs. Puckerman said pulling away. Rachel caught her breath and looked at the four ladies in front of her.

"Um, thanks, I'm ok um is nice to see you again, Mrs. Puckerman and Mrs. Chang and Mrs. Rutheford and Mrs. Hudson" she said smiling.

"Oh is Mrs. Hummel now honey" Carol said smiling and showing her the ring.

"Wow, I can't even see where the Titanic hit it" Rachel said looking at the ring. [A/N: quote from friends :D]

"Oh Rachel honey come here, you have to tell us the whole story" Mrs. Rutheford said grabbing her hand and leading her to the dining room where they were having coffee. Rachel quickly grabbed Puck's hand so he would follow them and they all did.

"Um, well, there's not much to tell" she said a little uncomfortable. Her mom was friends with them. How was she going to tell them that she just kicked her out? Were they even gonna believe her? "My mom just um" she said looking at Mike, Matt, Puck and Finn. They smiled at her and encouraged her to go on. "She kicked me out of the house and well, I don't have anywhere to go-"

"Oh that's nonsense you have four homes to go to Rachel" Mrs. Puckerman told her without even thinking. That's where Puck got his sweet side. Although don't tell him I said that cause he's just sweet to me.

"Well thank you Mrs. Puckerman-"

"Oh no honey" Mrs. Chang interrupted her. "Is Carol, Sarah, Miranda and Katherine, remember?" [A/N: Carol (Mrs. Hudson), Sarah (Mrs. Puckerman), Miranda (Mrs. Rutheford) and Katherine (Mrs. Chang) XD]

Rachel felt her eyes watering and she couldn't help but let the tears fall. How could her mother not believe her and kicked her out and her best friends' mothers were just so nice to her?

"Oh sweetie come here" Mrs. Rutheford said hugging her. The four ladies started crying with Rachel and the boys just looked at each other awkwardly.

"It's going to be ok" Mrs. Hudson said smiling. [A/N: I know she's Mrs. Hummel, but is just so you know the last name with Finn and everything so um yeah deal with it :)] "Look, we can settle this whole thing in the morning, why don't we just order pizza and you all stay here tonight? I know you want to be with her" she told the guys smiling.

"Thank you Mrs. Hudson" Matt, Mike and Puck said at the same time. They knew her since they were little. Calling her Mrs. Hummel was just a bit weird.

"Ok, what did we just say?" she said laughing a little. "I'm gonna go order the pizza ok?" she said walking to the kitchen.

"May I use your bathroom?" Rachel asked Finn.

"Down the hall to the left" Finn told her smiling.

"Thanks" she said getting up.

"Oh my God poor thing" Mrs. Puckerman said once Rachel wasn't in the room.

"I know, I can't believe Shelby would do something like this" Mrs. Chang said.

"Did she tell you why she kicked her out?" Mrs. Rutheford asked the boys.

"No, she just said that her mom told her she didn't fit in with her new family and asked her to leave" Mike told them.

"I knew it! Ever since they moved with that Bill guy that him and his family were no good" Mrs. Rutheford said.

"I can't believe all she's been through. Oh that poor little girl" Mrs. Chang said sadly.

"You guys have to look out for her" Mrs. Puckerman told them. "She needs you guys now more than ever!"

"We know mom" Puck told her and the other three nodded.

***Off to Rachel***

When she was out of the bathroom, she stopped to look at the pictures on the wall. She saw the picture of Mrs. Hudson's wedding.

"Excuse me, who are you?" she jumped at the sound of that voice.

"Oh, um sorry. I'm Rachel" she said to a impeccably well dressed boy.

"Are you here with Finn?" he asked her.

"Um, well yeah, I mean no, not with Finn but um" she started stuttering.

"Relax, I'm not going to hurt you" the boy said smiling a little. "You're just a stranger… in my house" he told her.

"Yeah, sorry. I'm Rachel, um Berry-"

"Wait, you're Rachel Berry?"

"Um, yeah I just said that" she said a little confused.

"Wow, so you do exist" he said a little impressed.

"Excuse me?" she said with a sarcastic chuckle.

"Well, I've heard Finn, Puck, Mike and Matt talk about you all the time. I was wondering when I was going to meet you. I'm Kurt… Hummel" he said finally introducing himself.

"Oh, well hi Kurt" she said shaking his hand.

"Rachel!" she heard someone yell and she saw Finn coming to them. "Oh, hey Kurt. This is Rachel" he told him.

"So I've heard" Kurt said smiling at Rachel.

"Pizza's here" he told them.

"Oh none for me thanks. I promised Mercedes I'd go there tonight. It was great meeting you Rachel, I'm guessing I'll see you more often" he said smiling.

"Yeah" Rachel said smiling and Kurt walked out the door. "He seems nice" she told Finn as they make their way back to the dining room.

"He is. And actually he is the reason why we need you in Glee. He just left" Finn told her.

"Why?" Rachel asked curious.

"Is a long story" Finn told her. "But we have all night" he said putting an arm around her.


"Oh my God!" Matt said laughing when Rachel walked in the living room with pajama pants and a t-shirt of the Ninja Turtles.

"You still have that?" Mike asked her. They all gave her that when she was like eleven. They saved up to buy it for her for Christmas.

"Of course" Rachel said smiling. "They are the four of you" she said smiling.

"You're crazy" Finn told her laughing a little. "So, are you excited about Glee?"

"Yeah, actually, I am" she said with a small smile.

"Is great to have you back doll" Mike said smiling.

"Yeah, we really missed you baby" Matt told her.

"So do you guys want to watch a movie?" Finn asked. "You get to pick Rach" he said. "Um, Rach?" When they turned to look at her, she was already asleep on the couch. Puck grabbed a blanket and covered her and the guys started watching The Departed.

A few hours later, Rachel woke up. She looked around and got scared for a moment, until she recognized Finn's house. She felt Puck's arm around her. She moved a little and felt Puck tightening his grip. Mike was on her right and Puck was on her left. Finn was on the other side of Puck and Matt was on the other side of Mike. She couldn't believe it. She was back.

"Hey baby why aren't you asleep?" she heard Puck whisper.

"I was just looking around" she told him with a little smile. They looked at each other for a minute but it felt like forever and Rachel cuddled up to him wrapping her arms around him. He wrapped his arms around her and brought her closer. "Would you do me a favor?" she whispered to him.

"Anything for you" Puck said smiling.

"Would you- um would you s-sing to me?" she asked looking down. Puck placed his hand gently on her chin and lifted her head so she could look at him. He kissed the tip of her nose.

"Anything for you" he repeated with a bigger smile.

"We're gonna wake them up" she said laughing a little.

"Baby do you remember them?" Puck asked as they heard Finn's, Matt's and Mike's snores.

"Right, I forgot a truck can run you over in your sleep and you won't even notice" she said laughing a little again.

"Come here" he said getting closer to her and he started singing softly to her.

Where it began

I can't begin to know when

But that I know it's growing strong

[He placed his hand on her cheek and gently put her hair behind her ear]

Was in the spring

And spring became the summer

Who'd believe you'd come along?

Hands, touchin' hands

Reaching out

[He grabbed her hand and started playing with her fingers making her giggle]

Touching me

Touching you

Ooooh

Sweet Caroline

Good times never seemed so good

I've been inclined

To believe it never would

[She had the biggest smile she had in months and she could not stop looking at him. He was looking at her with the look he always did. The look that drives her crazy. She was falling for him all over again]

Ooooh

Sweet Caroline

Good times never seemed so good

Ooooh

I've been inclined

To believe it never would

Ooooh No No

When he finished she had tears in her eyes. She didn't want to keep on crying, but she couldn't help it. She was so happy.

"Hey, what's wrong baby?" Puck asked her seeing her watered eyes.

"I'm actually staying?" she asked to him smiling and a single tear rolled down her cheek.

"I'm not gonna let you go ever again" he whispered to her wiping away the tear with his thumb. "Welcome home Rach" he said kissing her forehead.

"Thank you Noah" she whispered hugging him again. This time, she was going to make sure to never let go.


A/N: so... who do you think Rachel should live with? Mike, Puck, Matt or Finn? my first choice was Mike. but I would really like to know what you think! once again, you decide!

song: Sweet Caroline - Neil Diamond (that will ALWAYS be Puck's and Rachel's song! :D)

ok, a few more things. in my stories, Mike will always call Rachel 'doll' even if it is Puckleberry that's their nickname since You Found Me :) and the guys from the band will be back later on the story! :D they're a huge part of the whole deal that goes on :)

once again, please read Relationships Aren't so Bad and you get sooner posts and prizes if you'd like! give it a shot! it's awesome! :D and as I've said before, suggestions, ideas and requests are always welcome... let me know what you think :)