A/N: HELLO EVERYONE I'M BACK! :D ok, I won't even make up an excuse for taking so long! I got it... writer's block! THE WORST EVER! I literally started writing this chapter and it started so awesome and then it hit me... the competition... I had to do the competition! I had the worst time finding a song for everyone! and I did the best I could so I really hope you like it! and if not... well there's not much you can do about it so :P but it starts awesome and then it gets lame :( not my best work but at least is long so you have a lot to read :)
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ok, so here it is! I swear to you people I spent the last week in this! it was SOOOOO STRESSFUL! I was really losing my mind! I asked opinions, I read tons of lyrics, heard so many songs (which in the end was awesome cause I discovered new artists) and well, I really really hope you like it! and like I said inspiration is coming back to me again, so expect sooner posts :) I'm also almost done with next chapter of Pretty in Pink (had the same block just need to finish it suggestions are welcome) and also working on You Found Me (takes a lot longer cause it has to be perfect) and in my new story Science & Faith :) now I hope you enjoy this and I'll try to post the next one asap! :) enjoy - moony
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"Mikey! Mikey! Mikey! Mikey!" Rachel jumped up and down his bed with Jude by her side.
"What do you want?" Mike asked burying his head on his pillow.
"Your mom told me to come wake you up" she said bouncing up and down.
"Would you stop jumping?" he asked still not getting up.
"Fine!" she pouted sitting down. "Plan B!"
"What's plan-?" before he could go on, Jude started licking his face. "Aahh! Jude!" he complained getting up while Rachel laughed at him. "Stop laughing!" he yelled throwing a pillow at her.
"Ow don't get grumpy Mikey!" Rachel said standing up and pinching his cheek. "He's snout is completely clean! He just drank from the toilet" she said laughing walking out of the room.
"WHAT! You're dead!" Mike yelled and ran after her but she locked herself in the bathroom. "You have to come out of there someday you coward!"
"Michael Christopher Chang!" Mrs. Chang yelled from downstairs. "That is no way to talk to Rachel!" Mike rolled his eyes when he heard Rachel giggling on the other side of the door. "Now get down here or you'll be late for school!"
After a while, Rachel walked downstairs and went to sit down with Mike on the kitchen table while Mrs. Chang made more pancakes.
"Well, hello again Rachel" Mrs. Chang said happily while Mike was still glaring a little at her. While she wasn't looking, Mike stole Rachel's bacon.
"Hey!" Rachel complained trying to grab it from his hand.
"That's what you get for waking me up with Jude licking my face after the toilet!" he whispered to her as he ate her bacon.
"You gotta admit, that was pretty funny" she said laughing.
"Mmm no, I don't think so" he said grabbing more bacon.
"Hey!" Rachel complained again.
"Oh, guys I hope you don't have plans for today cause your dad is coming back from his business trip and he's so excited to see Rachel, so we're having a family dinner" Mrs. Chang said turning around and putting more pancakes and bacon on the table.
"A family dinner?" Rachel asked excited. She had never had a family dinner, unless it was with the Changs. Or the Ruthefords. Or the Puckermans. Or the Hudsons. But never with her own family.
"Yes" Mrs. Chang smiling. "You can invite Tina, so maybe we can finally meet her" she said looking at Mike who rolled his eyes. When she turned around again, Rachel stole Mike's bacon.
"Hey!" he complained.
"You started it" she whispered smirking to him.
"Why the hell are you so happy this morning! You're not a morning person" he told her annoyed.
"No reason" she said widening her eyes and pointing at his mom with her head. She still hadn't told Mrs. Chang about her and Puck because she knew she would worry thinking it was too soon. Mike looked at her confused and she mouthed: 'She doesn't know about Noah.'
"What?" Mike whispered and Rachel rolled her eyes.
"She doesn't know about Noah" she whispered a little louder.
"What?" Mike said pretending to still not hear her.
"Mike!" Rachel said annoyed.
"Oh" Mike said smirking. "Hey mom, can Rachel invite Puck tonight?" he said smirking at Rachel who saw him with a death glare.
"Why would she invite-?" Mrs. Chang said turning around and saw the blush on Rachel's cheeks. "Rachel?" she asked smiling. "Are you dating Noah Puckerman?"
"Well, I'm gonna go take a shower" Mike said getting up while Rachel was throwing daggers at him and Mrs. Chang sat next to Rachel. When Mike was behind Mrs. Chang and she couldn't look at him, he did a victory dance mocking Rachel and left upstairs.
"Well?" Mrs. Chang asked Rachel again.
"Um, well, I um" she said getting nervous. "Kind of?"
"Since when? I mean, you just came back" Mrs. Chang said a little confused.
"Well, I had a date with him last night and he asked me if I wanted to get back together-"
"Back together?" Mrs. Chang asked even more confused.
"Um, yeah we kind of dated before I left" Rachel told her. She didn't really feel comfortable having this conversation. She never had conversations like this with her own mother. Let alone with her best friend's mother. "And well, he said he wanted to be with me and I really, really want to be with him, so um, we got back together" she said smiling.
"Well that's great dear" Mrs. Chang said smiling. "I mean, Noah is an incredibly handsome and nice young man and we've known him forever. And if you're happy we're more than happy for you" she said smiling.
"Thank you" Rachel said sweetly sighting in relief thinking this was over.
"But, Rachel, honey I just want you to know that, well, I know maybe you didn't talk about this things with your mother but honey, every girl needs a mother to talk to and now you're part of the family so I really want you to know that if you need to talk about anything, you can talk to me. You know that right?" she said smiling.
"Yes, thank you Mrs. Chang" she said smiling politely.
"Oh honey I just said you're part of this family, so it's either aunt Kate, like when you were little, or mom, you choose but no Mrs. Chang" she told her smiling sweetly.
"Um, well thanks aunt Kate" she said smiling. Is not like this was new to her. Mrs. Chang had always been the closest thing she had to a mother. She took care of her more than her own mother did. But still, calling her mom would be like stealing her from Mike.
"You're welcome honey" she said hugging her. "Now" she said pulling away from her. "If you're planning on being sexually active with Noah, you're gonna have to be careful" she continued.
"W-what?" Rachel asked blushing furiously. She did not want to have this conversation with Mrs. Chang.
"Oh, honey I told you, you have to talk about this to someone. I know I can't stop you from making your own decisions, but at least I want you to be careful" Mrs. Chang said as she kept on going having 'The Talk' with her, Rachel flushing deeper and deeper while she told her all about birth control and contraceptives.
"Shut up! It's not funny!" Rachel said hitting Mike on the arm while him and Matt laughed hysterically at her as they drove to school. "Stop laughing you idiots! It was SO embarrassing!" she yelled at them.
"Oh, come on babe it couldn't have been that bad" Matt managed to say between laughs.
"She wanted to get out a banana and show me how to put on a condom!" she said glaring at Mike. That caused both of them to burst out laughing even harder.
"Ok, this shit is priceless" Mike said wiping away his tears as Matt pulled over in the parking lot.
"You guys are such jerks!" Rachel said getting out of the car.
"Oh, come on doll! We're just messing with you" Mike said getting out of the car with Matt and following her.
"Yeah, you know you love us" Matt said smirking.
"No! Get away from me" she said running towards Finn and hugging him. "Finny!"
"Hi love, what's wrong?" he asked confused.
"They're being mean to me!" Rachel said childishly pointing at Mike and Matt.
"Oh don't be such a baby!" Matt said laughing.
"Yeah, she's just mad because she had a sex talk with my mom" Mike said laughing.
"You what?" Finn asked laughing a little bit too. "Why?"
"Ugh shut up all of you! You guys suck!" Rachel said pouting.
"RACHEL!" Brittany said running towards her. "Hi guys" she said sweetly to them.
"Hey Britt" they all said at the same time.
"You HAVE to tell me all about last night" she told Rachel smiling.
"Oh yeah! You have to tell us too" Matt told her.
"Well, you don't get anything" she said sticking her tongue out to Mike, Matt and Finn as she walked away with Brittany.
"Well?" Brittany asked excited.
"We're back together!" Rachel said smiling.
"Oh my God!" Brittany squealed excited and hugged Rachel. "This is so cool! You guys are the cutest couple ever!"
"What's going on here?" Santana asked curious walking over to them.
"Rachel and Puck are together again!" Brittany said excited.
"Really? Cool" Santana said smiling at her. "Congrats Berry!"
"Thanks" Rachel said smiling.
"Santana! Brittany! Gym now!" Coach Sylvester yelled at them.
"Well, we'll see you later you have to tell us everything!" Brittany said hugging her again. "I'm so happy for you!"
"Thanks Britt" Rachel said hugging her back. "I'll see you later girls!"
"See ya Berry" Santana said as they walked away and she made her way to her locker. While she was grabbing her books she felt two strong arms wrapping around her waist and she smiled to herself.
"How's the most beautiful girl in the world today?" she heard Puck saying burying his face on her neck.
"Well" she said turning around and wrapping her arms around his neck. "I just saw Brittany and she seemed fine" she said laughing a little.
"Very funny" Puck said kissing her lips. "Hi baby."
"Hi baby" she said looking up dreamingly at him.
"So, I was thinking maybe we could go to the movies tonight?" Puck said not letting go of her.
"Oh, um, about that" Rachel said looking down. "I have a family dinner. Well, we have a family dinner" she told him.
"What do you mean?" he asked a little confused.
"Um, well, Mike's dad is coming back today from his business trip so aunt Kate said we were going to have a family dinner and she told Mike that he could invite Tina because they don't know her and well, Mike told her we were dating and she said you should come too" she said really quickly.
"So, technically I'm gonna have dinner with your family? I'm-I'm gonna meet your parents?" he said a little nervous. He did not do well with parents. Even if they were Mike's parents and he had known them since forever.
"Noah! It's Mike! And you've known Mr. and Mrs. Chang since you were five!" Rachel said laughing a little at his nervousness. "But, I guess you could say that" she said smiling. "I was kind of nervous at first but, isn't it great? I mean, my mom never even cared what I did and aunt Kate has a whole family dinner and everything" she said smiling excited. Puck could not say no to her after seeing her excitement, not only about the dinner but also about having a family again.
"Well, then you can count me in baby girl" he said leaning down to kiss her again deeper when the bell rang.
"Ugh I officially hate school" Rachel whined.
"Yeah me too" Puck said giving her another peck on the lips.
"Watch those hands Puckerman" Mike said coming towards them with Finn and he threw a football, hitting Puck on the head.
"Dude!" Puck said turning around.
"Mikey!" Rachel said rolling her eyes and grabbing the football.
"Do I need to remind you the little talk you had today-" he started to say but Rachel cut him off by hitting him on the stomach with the football.
"Listen to me Michael Chang" Rachel whispered threateningly at him. "You say one word to Noah about my talk with your mom, and I swear James is going to be the only one able to carry on your family name" she said with death eyes before turning sweet again. "Ok?"
"Yes ma'am " Mike said scared. It didn't matter that she was smaller than any of them; they were still scared of her when she was mad.
"What the hell was that?" Puck asked Finn confused.
"No idea dude" Finn said confused too when they heard the second bell ring. "Come on Rach, you're with me now" Finn said putting an arm around her shoulders.
"Bye Noah, bye Mikey" Rachel said smiling walking away with Finn.
"Bye babe" Puck yelled and they started walking in the opposite direction. "So, I'm coming over to your house tonight" he told Mike punching him in the arm.
"Dude! What the hell?" Mike whined.
"You hit me with a ball! And you made your mom invite me to your house! You know I suck with parents!"
"Yeah I know" Mike said laughing. "You could've said no."
"I know but" Puck sighed. "Rachel was so excited about it. I couldn't say no to her."
"You're a wuss Puckerman" Mike said laughing.
"I'm serious dude! She's just like excited to have a family again" he said getting serious.
"I know" Mike said a little sad when they arrived at their class.
After her first class, Rachel was supposed to meet Matt at his locker. They both had free period so she went to put her things away. While she was walking towards Matt's locker (assuming she remembered the way) she saw Quinn, Tina and Mercedes coming her way and be fore she knew it, a blue slushie was thrown at her.
"What the fuck!" she yelled furious. She could hear the girls laughing but when she opened her eyes, the trio was nowhere in sight.
"Rachel?" she heard Sam coming her way. "Are you ok?"
"What the fuck is their problem?" Rachel yelled furious looking for them.
"Who? Who did it?" he said between clenched teeth.
"Who do you think? Stupid Barbie, Mercedes and Tina!" she said getting mad.
"What? Quinn?" Sam asked surprised.
"Oh right, I forgot you're her Ken" she said rolling her eyes a little.
"Wait! Are you sure it was them? I mean, they're in Glee" he said confused.
"So? What does that have to do with anything?" Rachel asked confused.
"Well, the ones that do it are the football players, hockey players or some cheerios-" Sam started.
"What do you mean 'the ones that do it'?" she asked confused. "How often does this happen?"
"Slushie facials? All the time" Sam said sighting. "To us gleeks anyways. I guess we should've warned you before you joined, but it hasn't really been that bad lately and, well, I figured, since Puck, Finn, Mike and Matt are always with you, they wouldn't dare to touch you" he told her.
"Slushie facials? Gleeks? What the hell are you talking about?" Rachel said more confused than ever.
"Look, why don't I um, explain it to you while we help you get cleaned up ok?" he told her a little awkward of the fact that the one who started this, was Puck.
"Alright" she said softly. She didn't know Sam, but he seemed like a descent guy and well, she was freezing. While they were walking towards the nearest bathroom, they saw Matt by his locker.
"Hey blueberry, I was starting to get worried- wait" he stopped when he saw her. "Why do you look like an actual blueberry?" he asked getting a little mad.
"His girlfriend threw a fucking slushie at me!" Rachel said pointing at Sam.
"You're not sure it was her" Sam said not wanting to believe that Quinn would do something like that.
"I saw a blonde cheerio!"
"There are like ten blonde cheerios" Sam told her.
"Look pretty boy! It was her ok? I saw a blonde cheerio, a goth girl with blue hair, and a girl dressed all over the top!"
"Wait! Tina? And Mercedes? Rach, are you sure?" Matt asked her.
"YES I'M SURE!" she yelled frustrated. "Now, can you help me? I'm fucking freezing!" she said shivering. Matt took off his jacket and gave it to her.
"Yeah, let's go" Matt went to the locker room to grab a shirt she could borrow while Rachel and Sam walked to the nearest bathroom.
"So?" she asked while she was washing her hair. "What's the explanation for the slushie facial?"
"Well, it became a tradition for the jocks and some cheerios to slushie the people who were in Glee. They used to do it all the time, until Puck, Mike, Finn, Matt, Britt, Santana and Quinn joined. They even got slushied at least once, until Finn, Matt, Puck, Mike and I made it stop a little" Sam explained.
"What the fuck is wrong with this school?" Rachel asked to no one in particular.
"So many things" Sam muttered.
"Starting with your girlfriend" Rachel said without really thinking.
"Yeah? You're the one to talk! Your friends were the ones who started it" Sam told her.
"What?"
"Puck, to be exact" Sam told her.
"Noah would never do that" Rachel said laughing a little. At that moment, Matt came in.
"If you don't believe me, why don't you ask Matt?" Sam told her.
"Ask me what?" he asked confused.
"Please tell me that you never threw a slushie at anyone" she told him. Matt blushed and looked down. "Matthew James Rutheford!"
"Fine! I never threw a slushie at anyone!" Matt defended himself. "I swear Rach!" he said looking at her. Rachel knew he was telling the truth.
"Any of you?" she asked with an arched eyebrow. She knew there was still something she wasn't telling him.
"Well, I mean, um I uh-" he stuttered while she was looking at him with her arms crossed. Matt knew he was a terrible liar. "Mike and I never did it" he said looking down.
"What about Finn and Noah?" Rachel asked him.
"They stopped when they joined Glee" Matt said with a little smile.
"Oh my God!" Rachel said grabbing the towel from Matt. "Are you serious?" she said while drying her hair.
"Rach they know it was wrong-"
"Wrong? It's fucked up to do this to people! That shit is ice! With syrup!" she yelled frustrated and Matt handed her his shirt. She went into one of the bathrooms to change. "Thanks" she muttered when she came out. "Both of you" she said smiling at Sam too.
"You're welcome Rach" Sam said smiling at her. "I have to go, I'm gonna be late for Math. See you guys in Glee" he said walking out of the bathroom.
"He still doesn't believe me, does he?" she asked Matt.
"Nope" Matt told her laughing a little. "Look, I know that you're probably gonna lecture Finn and Puck about this, and I know you're gonna lecture Mike and me for not lecturing them" he said rolling his eyes a little. "I'm just asking that… you lecture them in front of me! I love to see you go on and on about how stupid they are" he said laughing and making her laugh a little. "Yeah! You laughed, I'm off the hook" he said proudly.
"Shut up Matthew!" she said trying to be serious. "And I will have a talk with the four of you" she told him.
"Of course you will" he said with a small smile. "Rach, are you sure the three of them did this?" he asked again and she rolled her eyes. "It's not that I don't believe you and well, Quinn, wouldn't be shocking, but, why would Tina and Mercedes do this?"
"Ok, so maybe they didn't physically threw one at me, but they were with Quinn!"
"I just don't see them doing this" Matt said confused.
"Well they hate me" Rachel told them. "You know girls never like me because of you four, except for Brittany and well, now Santana, but I think it's only cause Brittany made her" she told him. "Plus" she said sighting. "Tina came over to me yesterday and told me to stay away from Mike and well I told her that I couldn't cause I was living with him and told her to stop drooling over Artie-"
"Wait, what?" Matt asked confused. "Rewind woman! What'd you say about Artie?"
"Well, she was drooling over him yesterday at Glee!"
"When?" Matt asked her.
"When Brittany, Santana and I were dancing with you guys" she told him.
"Oh yeah" he said spacing out thinking about him dancing with Santana.
"Ahem, Matty!" she snapped him out of it.
"Right, sorry" he said clearing his throat. "Look, ok, first can we get out of here? We've been here too long and it's creeping me out" he said looking around the bathroom.
"Sure" Rachel said smiling and they walked towards the Choir Room. "Um, why are we here?"
"I'll tell you in a minute" he told her. "First, I have to tell you something I haven't told anyone" he said in a serious tone.
"Are you a serial killer?" she asked out of nowhere.
"What? Why would I be a serial killer? And if I was, why would I tell you?" he asked her.
"I don't know. But that sounds like something that you wouldn't tell anyone" she explained. "And maybe I'm your next victim. Or maybe you want to kill someone that we both know and now you want my help" she finished proudly of her deduction.
"Ok, you're crazy" he said laughing a little. "But I'm glad you know that if I was a serial killer you would totally be my sidekick Bonnie" he said winking at his all-time partner in crime.
"Of course it would be me Clyde" she said smiling. "Now, what did you have to tell me?"
"Well, um" he said a little nervous. "I hate Tina!"
"What?" Rachel asked shocked. She'd known Matt basically her whole life. He wasn't a hater. She could count with her fingers in one hand, the people he hated.
"What you heard blueberry" he said without any emotion in his voice.
"Why? Why didn't I know about this sooner? Do Noah and Finn know? Does Mikey know?"
"No! None of them know. Look, Finn and Puck weren't like, excited about them dating, but they just ignore her. But I never liked her! She's a bit scary and she's always bossing Mike around and he follows like a stupid little puppy! It makes me sick! Plus…" he stopped.
"Plus what?" Rachel asked him. "Plus what Matthew!" she said shaking his shoulders and he removed her from him.
"I always had the hunch that she still had feelings for Artie. I mean, she's always looking at him and stuff and she gets all bitchy when he's around" he told her.
"Oh my God!" Rachel said frustrated.
"I know! Oh it feels good to talk to someone about this" he said smiling.
"Yesterday, when she came over to me, she had a voodoo doll of me" Rachel told him.
"Are you serious? Shit! That girl is scary" Matt said with scared eyes. "One time, we were gonna go play Halo over at Finn's she made this huge scene in the middle of the hallway and when Mike finally told her that they would go on their date, she turned to look at Finn, Puck and me and I swear she mumbled something in another language. And it wasn't Chinese! I've heard Mrs. and Mr. Chang talk to Mike in Chinese" he said scared.
"Are you thinking what I'm thinking?" Rachel said smirking.
"Elementary my sweet little Bonnie" he said laughing. "So, what are we going to do?"
"The same thing we do every night, Pinky – try to take over the world! MWA HA HA!" she said laughing evilly and Matt joined her.
[Puck] – come to the auditorium :)
[Rachel] – now? I'm in history! :/
[Puck] – so? ;)
[Rachel] – right, I'll be right there :D
When Rachel got to the Auditorium, she saw Puck sitting on the stage with his guitar and a little picnic set in front of him.
"What's all this?" Rachel asked getting up onstage and sitting next to him.
"Well, since we can't have our date tonight, maybe we could have it right now" he said putting his guitar away and leaning over to kiss her. "Hi."
"Hi" she said giggling and kissing him again. "Is this all for me?" she asked looking down at the peanut butter & jelly sandwiches in front of her. "Wow, I'd be careful if I were you or I might end up getting addicted to you spoiling me" she said hugging him.
"I don't mind baby" he said kissing her head. "Wait a second, why are you wearing Matt's shirt?" he asked realizing she was dressed differently than the last time he saw her.
"Oh, right" she said pulling away from his hug. "You're gonna find this very funny" she said pretending to laugh. "Could you believe that someone threw a slushie at me?"
"WHAT?" Puck said furious. "Who did?"
"Quinn" she said as if it was nothing. "With Tina and Mercedes but the funny thing is" she continued. "Sam told me that apparently, it's been going on for a long time" she told him and saw him get a little nervous. "And that it was started by some dumb jocks who thought it would be funny!"
"Yeah?" Puck asked not really looking at her and she hit him on the back of his head. "Ouch!"
"How could you do something as stupid as that Noah?" she asked a little upset.
"Hey! I don't do that anymore" he defended himself. "And why the hell is Evans saying things like that!"
"He helped me after his stupid girlfriend threw a slushie at me" she explained. "When I told him how lame his girlfriend was, he said my stupid boyfriend was the one who invented it" she said nudging him in the arm.
"Hey I apologized for that babe" he told her truthfully. "I know it was stupid and I even felt what it was like. And then, we stopped it" he finished. "I'm sorry" he said pouting. Rachel knew what he was doing. He knew she could never say no when he pouted. She tried her best to keep a straight face but a little chuckle escaped her mouth.
"It's ok" she said looking at him and he hugged her to him again.
"Really?" he asked kissing her cheek, making his way down her neck.
"Noah!" she giggled turning around and kissing him on the lips. "Really" she said softly.
"Hold on, did you say Tina and Mercedes did this too?" he asked confused.
"Well, they didn't throw one at me, but they were with Quinn" she told him.
"Have you told Mike?"
"No" she simply said.
"Are you going to?"
"No" she said in the same tone.
"Rach" Puck said turning serious.
"No! Noah, Sam got so upset when I told him it was Quinn! I don't want to think what Mike's going to say when I tell him Tina was a part of it! I don't want to have that conversation with him. He's going to say that I'm making it all up because I don't like Tina!" she argued.
"Ok, I'm not gonna get in the middle of it. But babe, Mike's your best friend and he would understand if you talk to him. I don't think he would not believe you or something" he told her.
"I don't know" she said unconvinced and burying herself in him. He just wrapped his arms around her and kissed her head. But then, he pulled away and stood up. "What's wrong?" she asked confused standing up too. He went to get his bag and got his jacket out of it.
"I don't want you walking down the halls with Matt's shirt and everyone thinking you're his girl" he complained. He put his jacket around her shoulders and brought her closer to him kissing her cheek. "You're my girl" he said making his way to her lips, feeling her smile against his lips.
"Rachel!" Kurt and Blaine yelled making their way towards her. [I had to add them even if it was for a little bit :)]
"Hey guys, um what are you doing here?" she asked confused.
"We know you have Glee right now" Blaine told her.
"We're dying to hear you sing" Kurt continued.
"And you have to tell us all about your date last night, but looking at your jacket, I'm thinking it went well?" Blaine said with an arched eyebrow.
"Ok, you guys are the sweetest things ever" Rachel said laughing a little. "Let's go to the Auditorium ok? I have to meet Britt and Santana there too" she told them and they followed her. "Hi girls" she said making her way over to Brittany and Santana.
"Ok Berry, spill! Brittany has been driving me crazy about you and Puckerman today!" Santana said a little annoyed. Rachel told the four of them all about her date.
"Oh my God! This is just the sweetest thing ever" Kurt said putting his hand on his chest.
"It's even sweeter than what I remembered" Brittany said with dreamy eyes.
"I had no idea Puckerman had a soft side" Santana said laughing a little while Tina and Mercedes entered the Auditorium.
"Hey 'Cedes" Kurt said excited while Mercedes and Tina glared at Rachel.
"Hi Kurt! What are you guys doing here?" Mercedes asked a little confused.
"Oh, we came to watch Rachel sing" Blaine told her.
"What?" Mercedes asked getting upset. "You're friends with her?"
"Of course I am" Kurt said confused. "Aren't you?"
"Of course she is" Rachel said with a fake smile. "We're such good buddies, aren't we girls? We like each other so much, they throw slushies at me" she said smiling.
"WHAT?" Kurt, Santana, Brittany and Blaine yelled at the same time.
"What the hell is your problem Jones?" Santana said stepping in front of the diva.
"Is that true?" Kurt asked getting mad.
"W-we didn't throw a s-slushie at you" Tina said getting a little upset.
"Oh, that's right! Quinn did. You were just walking next to her and laughing your asses off. My bad" Rachel said annoyed.
"I can't believe you girls! Why would you do something like that when you know how bad it makes someone feel!" Kurt said outraged when Finn, Sam and Artie came into the room.
"What's going on?" Artie asked confused when he saw the tension in the room.
"Rachel was slushied by Tina, Quinn and Mercedes" Blaine said equally mad as the rest.
"What? Why would you girls do something like that?" Finn asked mad.
"Oh, I still have to talk to you about that" Rachel said glaring at Finn a little bit.
"We did not throw a slushie at her" Mercedes defended themselves.
"You were with Quinn when she did it" Brittany told them.
"So, you knew Quinn was going to do it and you didn't stop her?" Artie asked mad.
"What's the big deal? We've all gotten one" Mercedes said causing Kurt to gasped shocked at his best friend.
"Mercedes Amber Jones! How could you possibly say something like that when you know exactly how that feels!" Kurt said outraged when Puck and Matt joined them.
"I'm just sick of her ok? She comes out of nowhere and tries to take over Glee Club just like that? And has every single guy talking about her and looking at her! Where does she even come from? Why is she always surrounded by Finn, Matt, Puck and Mike? Why is she living with Mike? Where's your family Rachel?" Mercedes snapped looking at her.
"Shut up Mercedes" Puck said harshly. He didn't want to talk to a girl that way, but no one was going go talk like that to his badass baby.
"That's really none of your business" Rachel said fuming but Puck noticed her voice broke a little bit.
"I think you're a phony! I mean, no one knows anything about you and all of the sudden you're friends with Kurt and Blaine and Santana and Sam?" Mercedes continued. "I bet you can't even sing! I mean you've just sung easy songs. You distract people by you crying or with your dancing and they don't really see that you don't even have a voice!"
"Oh really?" Rachel said furious.
"Alright, is everybody ready?" Mr. Schuester said coming into the Auditorium with Miss Pillsbury and Mike and Quinn behind them. "Everybody take a seat" he said and everyone did as they were told. Rachel sat down between Puck and Brittany. Finn was on the other side of Puck. Matt was sitting in front of her with Santana. Kurt and Blaine were on the back of the Auditorium. Artie was on the other side of Brittany and next to him, Mike, Tina and then Mercedes and Sam was sitting with Quinn.
"Are you ok?" Puck whispered to Rachel. She just nodded and rested her head on his shoulder. He put his arm around her shoulders and kissed her head.
"Oh hi Kurt, hi Blaine! I didn't know we had visitors" Mr. Schue said excited.
"I assure you Mr. Schuester we are not here to spy on the competition" Blaine said instantly.
"We just couldn't miss the opportunity of watching our friends sing" Kurt said glaring a little at Mercedes and Tina.
"That's ok guys, but I will have to ask you to leave when we say the winners" Mr. Schue told them and they both nodded. "Make yourselves at home" he offered. "Ok, I will take your names out of this hat to see who goes first alright?" he said putting his hand inside the hat and drawing the first name. "Santana! Take it away Miss Lopez" Mr. Schue said excited and everyone cheered for her. Santana went upstage and didn't say anything and just waited for the music to start.
He left no time to regret
Kept his lips wet
With his same old safe bet
Me and my head high
And my tears dry
Get on without my guy
You went back to what you knew
So far removed from all that we went through
And I tread a troubled track
My odds are stacked
I'll go back to black
We only said good-bye with words
I died a hundred times
You go back to her
And I go back to...
I go back to us
[Throughout the whole song, Rachel noticed Santana was staring deeply and sadly at Matt. Matt was enjoying the performance, clueless of the point the Latina was trying to make.]
I love you much
It's not enough
You love blow and I love puff
And life is like a pipe
And I'm a tiny penny rolling up the walls inside
We only said goodbye with words
I died a hundred times
You go back to her
And I go back to
Black, black, black, black, black, black, black
I go back to
I go back to
We only said goodbye with words
I died a hundred times
You go back to her
And I go back to black
When the song ended, everyone started cheering for her. While Mr. Schue was congratulating Santana, Rachel leaned forward to Matt and whispered in his ear.
"You know she sang that song for you, right?"
"What?" Matt said turning around confused.
"Oh come on Matty open your eyes! Here's the girl that you can't dance with because she makes you nervous and she's singing a song about how sad she is without you!"
"I have no idea what you're talking about" Matt told her. "And you swore you wouldn't tell anyone about that!"
"I haven't you loser" she said and he turned around. "…yet" she muttered to herself.
"Alright guys, next one is" Mr. Schue said dragging another name from the hat. "Artie!"
Everyone cheered for him as he made his way to the stage and grabbed his guitar. "Well, um" he started. "This is something I've been working on and I'm really happy with how it turned out so…" he started playing his guitar and singing his version of 'Dancing With Myself'. [A/N: I'm sorry, but if I put every lyrics in here, it would make it endless!]
"Awesome" they heard Rachel say and she started swaying along with Brittany, ignoring Tina's death glare towards her.
Rachel noticed Tina looking at Artie like if he was singing just to her and she turned to look at Matt who looked back at her knowing exactly what she was thinking.
"What's wrong?" Puck whispered to her and she just told him she'd tell him later and went back to see Artie's performance. When he finished, everyone stood up cheering for him.
"That was great Artie" Miss Pillsbury said excited.
"That was better than Billy Idol's version! You totally rock!" Rachel said smiling.
"Thanks Rach" Artie said coming downstage and Brittany went to kiss him.
"Alright guys, next is… Sam" Mr. Schue said reading the name.
"Ok so um" Sam said grabbing his guitar. "I know the mood is a little tense right now, so I though I would just do something fun" he said smiling and started playing. Everyone started dancing on their seats.
He's been waiting around for the weekend
Figuring which club to sneak in
Fancy drinks and fifty-dollar cover charge
Lately it's been a big hassle
Heineken and New Castle
To make sure he's fitting in and living large
Disregard the lies that he will tell
and what he's probably like 'cause
It's not hard his charm is gonna
Get him through the night
If he wanna rock he rocks
If he wanna roll he rolls
He can roll with the punches
Long as he feels like he's in control
If he wanna stay he stays
If he wanna go he goes
He doesn't care how he gets there
Long as he gets somewhere he knows oh no
ah na na na na na na na na na na na
ah na na na na na na na na na na na
And in a wink they're on the brink
From drink to drink and at the bar
With cash to blow
From shot to shot it's getting hot
Advance the plot to see how far
It's gonna go
All depends so ditch the friends
And grab a cab
Another chance for cheap romance
Doesn't count cause the room is spinning
Nothing to lose tonight they both are winning
And they fall in love as they fall in bed
They sing
If they wanna rock they rock
If they wanna roll they roll
They can roll with the punches
Long as they feel like they're in control
If they wanna stay they stay
If they wanna go they go
They don't care how they get there
Long as they get somewhere they know oh no
Ah na na na na na na na na na na na...
[A/N: I love that song and I wanted someone to sing it and well, Sam won :)]
"That's what I'm talking about! That was great Sam!" Mr. Schue said smiling while everyone cheered for him.
"Thanks" Sam said shyly and went to sit next to Quinn.
"Ok guys, next on the hat is… Miss Tina Cohen-Chang!" Mr. Schue said while everyone (except for Rachel, Puck and Matt) cheered for her. She went to the center of the stage and grabbed the microphone.
"I would just like to say that I dedicate this song to my boyfriend" she said smiling at Mike. Matt turned around to look at Rachel and mimicked as if he was going to vomit and Rachel let out a big snort.
"Rachel? Is everything ok?" Mr. Schue asked a little annoyed.
"Yeah, sorry Noah just tickled me" she said blushing a little and burying her face in Puck's chest. Tina shot another death glare at Rachel and started singing 'My Funny Valentine'. Rachel and Matt saw Tina's eyes starting to water in the middle of her performance. They turned to look at what she was looking at and they wanted to think she was looking at Mike, but Artie was sitting right next to Mike so they weren't really sure.
"That girl is so weird" Matt whispered to her and Rachel just nodded. In the middle of the song, Tina fell to the ground crying, unable to continue the song. Everybody just looked awkwardly at each other, not really knowing what to do. Tina let out a frustrated scream and left the Auditorium. Mike was getting up, when Mercedes stopped him.
"No, wait! Let me" she said getting up and running after Tina.
"What the hell was that?" Santana asked more confused than ever.
"Um, should we go on?" Mr. Schue asked as confused as everyone.
"Um, yeah, Mercedes is with her, I'm sure they'll be back after she's calm down a little" Mike said still not getting what was going on.
"Alright, we can wait a while for them and if not, we go on" Mr. Schue told him and Mike nodded.
"What was that all about? And what is it with you and Rutheford giving each other this weird looks?" Puck asked Rachel.
"Look, we believe Tina still has feelings for Artie" Matt as he turned around.
"What? Are you serious?" Puck asked them.
"What's going on?" Finn asked joining the conversation.
"We think Tina is not being honest with Mike" Rachel told him.
"What do you mean?" Finn asked her.
"Well, she kind of threw a slushie at Rachel and we think she still has feelings for Artie and, dude, let's face it, she's pretty scary" Matt told them and they both nodded.
"Alright, welcome back Tina. Are you feeling ok?" Mr. Schue asked when Tina and Mercedes walked back in the Auditorium.
"Yeah, sorry about that Mr. Schuester, I don't really know what happened" she said blushing and sat down.
"Are you ok?" Mike said sitting down next to her.
"Yeah" she said a little annoyed.
"Are you sure-?"
"Can we not talk about it right now? Please?" Tina asked him while the group of friends glared at her.
"Sure" Mike said still confused.
"Ok, so um, next name" Mr. Schue said still a little confused on the whole thing. "Finn!"
"Ok, I just really didn't know what to sing, and then I found this" he said getting a picture out of his pocket. It was a picture of Finn, Puck, Matt, Mike and Rachel when they were about six. They were all covered in flour, eggs and cake mix. "And well, is when we tried to bake a cake for your birthday, remember love?" he asked looking at Rachel, who nodded with watered eyes and a huge grin on her face while Puck kissed her head. "And, anyways, I decided to sing this song" he said putting the picture away. He went over to the drums and sand 'With a Little Help From my Friends'. When he finished, everyone started cheering for him and Rachel ran upstage to hug him.
"I love you Finny" she said as he carried her and kissed her head.
"I love you too Rach" he said putting her down.
"That was great Finn" Miss Pillsbury said excited.
"Ok, next one… Matt!" he said while everyone cheered for him. Mike, Brittany, Matt stood up and Matt held out his hand to Rachel.
"Hey! What's going on?" Puck said stepping between them.
"Well, we're going to do a dance and I asked Rachel to dance with me" Matt told him.
"You're dancing with Matt?" Puck whined childishly at Rachel. Rachel stood on her tiptoes and kissed him.
"He asked me to because he knew Britt was dancing with Mike and he can't dance with Santana because he gets nervous" she whispered in his ear causing him to laugh.
"What?" Matt asked confused at the joke.
"Wuss" Puck said laughing.
"Rachel!" Matt complained.
"Yes?" Rachel said innocently.
"Guys! Um why are the four of you up?" Mr. Schue asked them.
"Well, we actually thought about it and Sectionals is not really just about singing" Mike started.
"So we did a dance number" Brittany continued excited.
"Except, well, we needed four, so Rachel is just helping us, she has a performance on her own" Matt said smirking. Rachel noticed a certain Latina not to pleased by not being the fourth ingredient of the performance.
"Ok, well, then, the stage is yours" Mr. Schue said smiling. The four of them made their way to the stage and stood in the middle. Mike gave the cue and the music started playing. The four teenagers started dancing and singing perfectly 'Party Rock Anthem'. In the middle of the performance, everyone was dancing and cheering for them, except for a certain trio. Tina was throwing daggers at Brittany for dancing with Mike. When they finished, everyone was shocked at their dancing skills and how well they managed to pull of this performance in so little time.
"Wow guys, that was awesome! We are definitely having a dance number for Sectionals" Mr. Schuester said excited. "Or not" he said turning around remembering Kurt and Blaine were there. They both just mimicked locking their lips with a key. "Ok, and now… Quinn!"
Quinn stood up and walked upstage. "Thanks Mr. Schuester, I just want to demonstrate why I should be the lead at Sectionals" she said glaring at Rachel, Brittany and Santana. She started singing and dancing around to Britney Spear's 'Circus'. When Quinn finished, Mercedes and Tina were the first ones who cheered for her. Sam and Artie joined a little awkward and then Finn and Mike.
"That was great Quinn" Mr. Schue said cheering for her as the rest of the club politely clapped for her. "Ok guys, now moving on… Mercedes! The stage is yours Miss Jones" Mr. Schue said looking at the diva.
"Thanks Mr. Schue" she said sweetly standing up but before she went onstage she passed by Rachel and whispered. "Watch what a real singer does honey" she said bitchily and went onstage. Mercedes sang her lungs out giving the best in her performance.
Ain't no way for me to love you,
If you won't let me
It ain't no way for me to give you all you need,
If you won't let me give all of me.
I know that a woman's duty is to help and love a man,
And that's the way it was planned.
Oh, but how can I, how can I, how can I
Give you all the things I can,
if you're tying both of my hands?
Oh, it ain't no way (ain't no way)
It ain't no way (ain't no way)
It just ain't no way, baby (ain't no way)
Ain't no way baby (ain't no way)
It ain't no way for me to love you,
if you won't let me
Stop trying to be someone you're not
How cold and cruel is a man
Who pay too much for what he got?
And if you need me to love you, say, say you do
Oh, then baby, baby, baby don't you know that
I need you
Oh, Oh, it ain't no way
I'll tell you that it ain't no way,
It ain't no way
It ain't no way, baby, no
It just ain't no way
It sure ain't no way
It ain't no way for me to love you,
If you won't let me...no way...if you won't let me...ain't no way
When she finished, the whole crowd went mad. It didn't matter what the diva had done, her voice was something out of this world. Rachel had her mouth dropped, shocked at what she had just witnessed.
"Wow Mercedes… just wow" Miss Pillsbury said cheering for her.
"That was amazing Mercedes" Mr. Schue congratulated her.
"Thank you Mr. Schuester" Mercedes said sweetly and then turned to look at Rachel, who was still out of herself.
"Ok" Mr. Schue said grabbing the next name out of the hat. "Rachel!"
"Well, this should be interesting" Mercedes muttered to Tina who giggled. Rachel turned to glare at them and turned back to Puck.
"I can't do this" she whispered to Puck. "Not after her" she told him freaking out.
"Don't listen to them baby" he said placing his hand on her cheek. "Mercedes is good, but you have the most amazing voice I have ever heard in my entire life. Go blow us all away ok?" he said kissing her other cheek. She nodded smiling weakly at him and went upstage. She didn't say anything. She just grabbed the microphone and closed her eyes. When the music started, everyone went quiet.
Listen
To the song here in my heart
A melody I start but can't complete
[Rachel opened her eyes and looked at Puck, who smiled confidently at her so she kept on going.]
Listen
To the sound from deep within
It's only beginning to find release
Oh the time has come for my dreams to be heard
They will not be pushed aside and turned
Into your own all 'cause you won't listen
[She looked over at Matt, Mike and Finn. The three of them nodded at her smiling and she felt like she had everything she needed to shut everyone's mouths up.]
Listen
I am alone at a crossroad
I'm not at home in my own home
And I've tried and tried to say what's on my mind
You should have known – Oh
Now I'm done believing you
You don't know what I'm feeling
I'm more than what you made of me
I followed the voice you gave to me
But now I've gotta find my own
[She saw Santana smirking and Brittany smiling swaying along with Kurt. Blaine and Artie had shocked looks on their faces but were smiling too. Miss Pillsbury had tears in her eyes and Sam's jaw was dropped.]
You should have listened
There is someone here inside
Someone I thought had died so long ago
Oh, I'm screaming out and my dreams will be heard
They will not be pushed aside or worked
Into your own all 'cause you won't listen
Listen
I am alone at a crossroad
I'm not at home in my own home
And I've tried and tried to say what's on my mind
You should have known
Oh, now I'm done believing you
You don't know what I'm feeling
I'm more than what you made of me
I followed the voice you gave to me
But now I've gotta find my own
[She turned to look at Mercedes who looked like she wanted to kill her with her own eyes. Quinn's face was red and she could see smoke coming out of her ears. Tina had a shocked look on her face along with Mr. Schuester. And then, she turned to look at Puck again who was smiling brightly at her. She felt like she could do anything when he smiled at her like that. She took a deep breath and sang for every single person who never believed in her.]
I don't know where I belong
But I'll be moving on
If you don't, if you won't
Listen
To the song here in my heart
A melody I start
But I will complete - Oh
Now I'm done believing you
You don't know what I'm feeling
I'm more than what you made of me
I followed the voice you think you gave to me
But now I gotta find my own
My own
When Rachel finished a single tear rolled down her cheek. Puck, Finn, Matt, Mike, Blaine, Kurt, Sam Brittany and Santana stood up cheering for her. Artie started wolf whistling, while Miss Pillsbury had let the tears fall out. [A/N: ok, I know Sunshine sung that but when I first thought of this part I saw Rachel singing it, you'll find out why a little later on the story! I know I asked a lot of people they're opinion and I'm sorry if I didn't choose the one you said but I just had this feeling that it had to be this one because I wanted her to do a powerful song! please don't hate me for it :(]
"Oh my God, Rachel that was amazing" Miss Pillsbury said smiling sweetly.
"Damn Berry, I knew you were good, but not that good" Santana admitted.
"You so have to be the lead at Sectionals" Finn said smiling while Puck, Sam, Matt and Mike nodded.
"So, what do you think Mr. Schue?" Rachel asked with a little smirk.
"That was great" Mr. Schue said getting up.
"Wait, that's it?" Rachel asked getting upset.
"Well, it wasn't really enough for me" he simply said.
"What!" Puck said furious. "That was genius! That is the best performance anyone in this room has ever seen! You can't say no to her Schue!"
"Look, I'm not denying she's a great singer, you are Rachel" Mr. Schue said turning to her. "But I just didn't see your feelings when you sang the song" he told her.
"What? You have to be kidding me!" Rachel snapped at him.
"Mr. Schue, I think Rachel did the best performance today" Sam said defending her too while Quinn looked fuming at her boyfriend.
"Yeah, she totally felt that song! She even cried at the end!" Mike said furious.
"Yeah! None of the other girls have showed that much emotion when they sing!" Finn complained.
"I beg your pardon white boy?" Mercedes interrupted.
"She will make us win Sectionals" Matt argued too, ignoring Mercedes.
"Guys! I'm not saying she won't win. I still have to count the votes and in the end, it's my decision and I have to do what's best for the club" Mr. Schue told them.
"You know what? This is just bullshit!" Rachel yelled from stage.
"Rachel-" Mr. Schue started.
"No! Mr. Schue you couldn't be more obvious about hating me! I get it if you don't want me to sing because you don't like me! But how dare you tell me that I didn't feel the words I sang on that song?" she said with her eyes watering.
"See? This is exactly why you couldn't handle a solo in a competition Rachel! That attitude won't get you anywhere!" Mr. Schue argued with her while Quinn and Mercedes smiled to each other.
"I don't care about your stupid solo! You can just put me in the back while Barbie sings a mediocre song and we place second or third!" she said kicking one of the speakers and storming offstage. Puck immediately ran behind her.
"Mr. Schuester you're being really unfair" Santana argued with the Spanish teacher.
"Yeah, Rachel has an incredible voice!" Artie argued too.
"Will, you had no right to tell her she didn't feel that song! It was obvious it meant something to her" Miss Pillsbury argued.
"It meant a lot to her!" Mike yelled furious.
"Look fine! I'll apologize to her but that's my opinion and I'm sticking to it" Mr. Schue said annoyed while the three teenagers looked furious at him.
"Rachel!" Puck yelled running behind her. He saw her go inside the Choir Room and didn't hesitate to follow her. He found her curled up in a ball against the wall crying. "Baby" Puck said softly walking over to her. He lifted her up and sat her on his lap.
"It's n-not f-fair" she said between sobs. "I d-did meant every-thing the song said" she said wiping her tears away.
"I know baby" Puck said wiping away the tears that were still falling down her cheeks. "And it was beautiful you can't listen to Schue" he said upset.
"It just sucks! It's been like that for the past two years! No one believed in me! I just" she said letting more tears out. "I missed you guys so much because you were the only ones that made me feel like I could actually do anything" she said burying her head in his chest. Puck put his hand gently on her chin and turned her head up so she could look at him. He placed some of her loose hair behind her ear with his other hand.
"Don't cry baby" he said kissing her forehead. "You look even more beautiful when you smile" he said with a little smile. "Can I see it?" he pouted knowing that she could never keep a straight face when he pouted. "Please?" he asked kissing her cheek and managing to get a tiny little laugh from her. "See? I told you" he said smirking a little bit. "Rach, did you realize that every single person in that room, except for the trio of bitches-"
"Noah" she said letting another laugh escape.
"Every other person stood up for you? I mean, even Sam who doesn't know you? And I'm sure that Hummel and his friend didn't say anything because they're our competition but their faces were fuming red" he told her. "Baby you have an amazing talent and I'm not going to let you believe the only screw head in that room who said otherwise. You are the smallest person in that room, cause well, you are" he said laughing a little bit and earning a slap on the arm. "But you still walk up that stage and open your mouth, and the whole world shuts up and stares" he said smiling.
"You really think so?" she asked with a little smile.
"I know so and I will kick anyone's ass that says otherwise" he said leaning down to kiss her lips. "Do you wanna go?" he asked her when she rested her head on his chest.
"No" she said softly.
"No?"
"No! There's still one name in that hat and I wouldn't miss that performance for the world" she said smiling at him.
"Well, it's gonna suck because it's following the best performance so far" he said smiling at her. "But I'll do my best ok?"
"You better" she said giving him another peck on the lips. Puck stood up and helped her stand up and they walked to the Auditorium holding hands.
"Puck, we're missing your performance" Miss Pillsbury said politely.
"Right" he said kissing Rachel's forehead. He got onstage and grabbed his guitar while Rachel went to sit between Brittany and Finn. "Well, um, this is for my badass baby" he said winking at Rachel and making her blush. She heard Kurt and Blaine sighed dreamily and she rolled her eyes a little laughing.
It's the morning
The white light hits your face
Your head upon that pillow
I let you radiate
You spend all day
Twisted up in sheets
One of those days
One of those moments
You just, make me happy
It's amazing the happiness you bring no, no
I never had no cold night with you here next to me
So we, we take our time
Living it up loving life
So why
It's one of those days
One of those moments
You make me happy
I need your lovin
And your kisses too
Make that stomach
Do that butterfly thing
Don't you feel the same?
Tell me love
Tell me love
Do I, do I make you happy?
Oh you inspire me
Never needed love
No, no not me
Tell me love
Do I, do I, do I inspire you?
Never need a no, no, no
Not you
Tell me love
Do I, do I make you happy?
Cause I'm a lucky man
For all the love
I never had to have
No competition, no good advice
Just some undercover lovin'
Till we get it right
Said "Hey what about that shake"
Will you rattle and roll like you did before?
Here's to making up the rhythm as you go?
Here's to making up
Here's to making love
It's making me happy
Oh you inspire me
Never need another love
No not me
Tell me love
Do I, do I, do I inspire you?
Never need a no, no, no
Not you
Tell me love
Do I, do I make you happy?
Cause I'm startin to flame and no one can tame it
Cause you make me happy
I wanna go home with you
So we can, so we can get happy
Never need no reason to come to you
Cause you make me happy
Oh what about you?
Oh you inspire me
Never need another love
No not me
Tell me love
Do I, do I, do I inspire you?
Never need a no, no, no
Not you
Tell me love
Do I make you happy?
Do I make you happy?
Cause you make me happy
Do I make you happy?
Cause you make me happy
When Puck finished everyone cheered up for him. Rachel stood up and ran upstage to him.
"Thank you" she said softly kissing him.
"Anytime baby girl" he said smiling.
"That was great Puck" Miss Pillsbury said excited.
"Ok guys, you all did a great performance, now you have to write your votes and put them in this hat. Now, I'm choosing the person who will have the lead for the group performance. The two girls with the highest votes, will have a diva off on Monday to see who will earn the solo" Mr. Schue explained as he gave them papers. "And same thing with the two guys with the highest votes" he continued. "Now, Kurt and Blaine, I'm sorry but I'm gonna have to ask you two to leave" he said to them.
"Sure Mr. Schuester" Blaine said as they both got up. They walked over to Rachel and Kurt leaned down to whisper in her ear.
"You have the most amazing voice I have ever heard" he said and then walked out of the Auditorium with Blaine. Rachel smiled to herself and turned back to what they were doing.
"Ok guys, first, I'll give you our choice on the lead for the group performance" Mr. Schuester told them smiling along with Miss Pillsbury. "Emma, would you do the honor?"
"Well, we discussed it and our choice on who should lead the second performance at Sectionals is… Santana!" Everyone started cheering for her, except for Quinn, Mercedes and Tina. Brittany hugged the Latina who still didn't believe they said her name.
"Really?" she said excited.
"Yeah" Mr. Schue told her. "And it's going to be a song for Mike, Brittany, Matt and Rachel to dance" he said smiling and the four teenagers smiled excited. "Ok, now on to the votes" he said getting the papers. "The two boys competing for the solos are…. Puck and Sam!"
Sam and Puck turned to look at each other and smirked. Rachel gave Puck a kiss on the cheek while everyone cheered for them.
"And now the ladies" Miss Pillsbury said excited. "The girls competing for the solo are… Mercedes" Mercedes instantly smirked at Rachel. "and Rachel!" Rachel's jaw dropped.
"Told you" Puck said kissing her head while everyone cheered.
"Ok guys congratulations to you all and I hope the four contestants get ready for Monday" Mr. Schue said excited. "Have a great weekend guys" Mr. Schue said walking out with Miss Pillsbury.
"What the hell do you think you're doing?" Quinn asked furious walking over to Rachel.
"Back off Fabray" Santana snapped getting in front of Rachel.
"Oh, don't even get me started on you!" Quinn told her. "You think you can talk to me like that just because you got the lame lead on the second song?"
"Is more than what you got" Santana said smirking. Quinn let out a frustrated yell and ran out of the Choir Room.
"That solo is mine Berry" Mercedes said glaring at Rachel before walking out of the Auditorium while Rachel mocked what she said.
"I'll be right back" Mike told Rachel and walking out of the Auditorium with Tina.
"You have an amazing voice Rachel, I really hope you win" Artie said smiling she thanked him and then he said goodbye to everyone before leaving.
"Oh my God! You're both singing!" Brittany said excited hugging Rachel and Santana.
"Um, I don't know if I'm gonna sing-" Rachel started.
"Oh please you are so gonna sing! Jones won't know what hit her" Santana told her.
"Thanks girls" Rachel said smiling.
"Ok, we have to go get ready everything for tomorrow. You guys are staying over right?" Santana asked all of them.
"Of course" Finn said smiling.
"Ok, then you come early to help me" Santana said smiling and the guys complained. "Hey! You wanna stay? You help! You know the deal" she told them.
"We'll be there" Matt said grinning while Puck and Finn smirked at each other.
"Ok, we'll see you guys tomorrow. Bye!" Brittany said walking out with Santana.
"So, is Tina ok?" Finn asked Mike when he walked back to the Auditorium.
"Yeah, I guess. I don't know man" he said annoyed. Clearly, he didn't want to talk about it. "So, COD?"
"Sure we can go to my house" Matt said. "You in?" he asked Sam.
"Sure, I just have to talk to Quinn first, but I'll see you guys later" Sam said walking out of the room.
"Let's go" Finn said.
"We'll meet you guys later" Puck told them hugging Rachel to him.
"Wuss" Matt said laughing.
"Says the wuss who can't dance with Santana" Puck said laughing.
"What?" Finn asked confused.
"Is that why you asked Rach to dance with you?" Mike asked trying to hide his laugh.
"Yes" Rachel answered for Matt.
"You are so lame dude" Finn said laughing.
"Shut up!" Matt said complaining as they all left the school.
"So, where are we going?" Rachel asked Puck when they were in the car.
"Well, I actually have to go pick up Dani right now-"
"Are you serious?" Rachel said excited. "Why didn't you tell me! Oh my God! Does she remember me?" she asked him.
"Of course she remembers you! She was so upset when I told her you came back and she still hadn't seen you" he told her when they pulled over at a house. They both got out of the car and walked towards the door and Puck knocked.
"Oh hello Puck" Mrs. Evans said opening the door.
"Hi Mrs. Evans, this is my girlfriend Rachel Berry" Puck said smiling at her and introducing her. Rachel felt her heart beating so fast when he said that. Girlfriend. My girlfriend. She couldn't take the smile off her face.
"Oh, well hello dear" Mrs. Evans said politely. "Are you the Rachel Berry that just joined Glee Club?" she asked her.
"Um yes I am" Rachel said confused.
"Oh, right um, she's Sam's mom" Puck told her.
"Oh, it's really nice to meet you" Rachel said politely.
"Nice to meet you too dear, Sam tells me you're quite a singer" she told her laughing a little bit and Puck squeezed her hand.
"Well, um, thanks" she said blushing a little.
"I'll go get Dani dears, please come in" she said stepping aside and they walked in the living room.
"So, Sam's house?" Rachel asked Puck.
"Yeah, Dani became really good friends with Stacy, Sam's little sister" Puck told her and she nodded.
"Noah, do we have to go?" Dani complained walking in the room with Stacy. Rachel was standing behind Puck, so she hadn't seen her.
"Well, you can stay if you want but you have to tell her" he said stepping aside so Dani could see her.
"RACHEL!" Dani yelled excited and running into her arms.
"Hi Dani" Rachel said picking her up. "Oh my God! You're so big" she said hugging her.
"I missed you so much!" Dani said hugging her even more. "Stacy! This is Rachel! She's Noah's girlfriend" she said excited. Puck laughed at the fact that his little sister instantly assumed Rachel was his girlfriend. He didn't mind, he just loved his little sister for it.
"Hi, I'm Stacy" Stacy said sweetly to her.
"Hi Stacy" Rachel said kneeling down.
"Well, we have to go Dani" Puck told her. "Say goodbye and thank you."
"Thank you Mrs. Evans! Bye Stacy" Dani said never letting go of Rachel.
"Thanks Mrs. Evans" Puck told her.
"Oh my pleasure dears, say hi to your mother for me ok? And it was great meeting you Rachel" she said sweetly.
"You too Mrs. Evans and Stacy" Rachel said as they walked out. They drove to the Puckerman residence with Dani and Rachel talking all about each other for the past years.
"Can we watch a movie? Please Noah? Please?" Dani said with huge puppy eyes and pulling Rachel's blouse. Rachel kneeled down to her level and looked up at Puck.
"Please?" she asked with the same puppy eyes making Puck laugh at them.
"Well, how can I say no to that?" he asked picking up Dani. "What do you wanna watch munchkin?"
"The Princess and the Frog!" Dani yelled excited.
"I love that movie" Rachel said excited. Puck put on the DVD, knowing he had no chance against the both of them, and they started watching the movie. In the beginning of the movie where Tiana and Charlotte were still little girls Puck started laughing out of nowhere.
"What?" Rachel asked him confused.
"Well, when Dani made me watch this movie for the first time, those little girls reminded me of you and Britt" he dolt her, still laughing.
"Really?" Rachel asked him smiling.
"Yeah, I mean the blonde little girl with her puffy pink dress and all romantic about kissing a frog to find her prince it's totally Britt and the other little girl thinking it would be disgusting to kiss a frog but still wishing on a star it's you" he said smiling sweetly at her. "And well, also, the two of you tormenting a poor little cat" he finished laughing.
"Hey! We never tormented a poor little cat" she said laughing a little too.
"Yeah you did. Britt's cat. You used to dress him up all the time" he said laughing and making her laugh too. That was sort of true.
They continued to watch the movie and halfway through it, Dani fell asleep. Puck picked her up and brought her to her room, but when he came back to the living room, Rachel wasn't there anymore.
"Rach?" he said walking upstairs again. He walked over to his room and saw her laying on his bed, looking at the sealing.
"I missed your room" she said turning to look at him.
"Yeah? I missed you in my room" he said lying next to her and hugging her to him and kissing her softly on the lips. She noticed he started to nod off.
"Are you tired?"
"No" he said childishly opening his eyes. She laughed giving him a peck on the lips and started to run her hands through his mohawk while she sang softly to him.
I never thought that you would be the one to hold my heart
But you came around and you knocked me off the ground from the start
You put your arms around me
And I believe that it's easier for you to let me go
You put your arms around me and I'm home
How many times will you let me change my mind and turn around
I can't decide if I'll let you save my life or if I'll drown
I hope that you see right through my walls
I hope that you catch me, 'cause I'm already falling
I'll never let a love get so close
You put your arms around me and I'm home
The world is coming down on me and I can't find a reason to be loved
I never wanna leave you but I can't make you bleed if I'm alone
You put your arms around me
And I believe that it's easier for you to let me go
I hope that you see right through my walls
I hope that you catch me, 'cause I'm already falling
I'll never let a love get so close
You put your arms around me and I'm home
I tried my best to never let you in to see the truth
And I've never opened up
I've never truly loved 'till you put your arms around me
And I believe that it's easier for you to let me go
I hope that you see right through my walls
I hope that you catch me, 'cause I'm already falling
I'll never let a love get so close
You put your arms around me and I'm home
You put your arms around me and I'm home
When she finished the song, she closed her eyes and a few tears rolled down her cheeks. She thought Puck was asleep but felt his thumbs wiping away her tears.
"What's wrong baby?" he asked sadly.
"It's just been so long since I felt at home" she said with a sad smile. "I mean, I have aunt Kate and uncle Chris is coming tonight and I have my three brothers back and my sister and my little sister" she said with a little chuckle. "and I have you" she said smiling at him.
"You'll always have me baby girl" he said kissing her. "Come on, we have a little time before my mom comes home and we have to go to your family dinner" he said hugging her tighter and closing his eyes. Rachel rested her head on his chest and slowly fell asleep listening to his heart beating.
A few minutes later, Rachel felt a soft flump on the bed. She opened her eyes and saw a sleepy Dani standing there with her teddy bear.
"S-sorry, I was looking for Noah" she said sleepy.
"What's the matter honey?" Rachel asked when she saw Dani's sad face.
"I had a bad dream" she told her. Rachel remembered Dani would always go to Puck's room when she had a bad dream. She smiled softly at the little girl.
"Come here sweetie" she said opening her arms and Dani launched herself into her arms. Lying there between her boyfriend and her boyfriend's little sister, Rachel fell asleep smiling to herself. Yes, she was back at home. And she was happy.
A/N: songs: Back to Black - Amy Winehouse (R.I.P. my respects and best wishes to her family and to her fans. so sad to lose another music genius like that), Dancing With Myself - Billy Idol (LOVED Artie's version :D), Rock & Roll - Eric Hutchinson (I LOVE this song!), My Funny Valentine - Babes In Arms (I'm sorry I just thought that was a weird performance! and my deduction is that it was because Tina still liked Artie! but maybe that's just me cause I want Mike Chang for myself :D), With A Little Help From My Friends - The Beatles (that song ROCKS), Party Rock Anthem - LMFAO (LOVE that song :D), Circus - Britney Spears, Ain't No Way - Aretha Franklin (Mercedes took my breath away when she sang that song!), Listen - Beyonce (you had the explanation up there! you have absolutely NO IDEA how much I searched for a song for her), Makes Me Happy - Matt White (I've developed a little [huge] crush [obsession] with him :)), Arms - Christina Perri (I love that song and had to include it)
ok, again, sorry the ending it's a little... meh! but I swear I'll update really soon! and in the next chapter: more Kurt and Blaine! Chang's dinner! Santana's party! more Puckleberry! a little comeback of Boys Like Girls and hints about Rachel's past two years :) please let me know what you think :)
