A/N: ok, before anything, please read this because it's important! if this is your first time reading this story, you can skip it, but if not... here's the thing! so I had like this HUGE deal in my mind! idk why! I was writing this chapter and all of the sudden, I decided to change the band (Boys Like Girls) for We the Kings! if you notice, I changed them in every chapter and even changed a song! I just wanted to include more We The Kings songs because I became obsessed with them and I was like... I should've used them from the beginning! I just wanted to use Five Minutes to Midnight (the first song) so I ended up with Boys Like Girls! but I changed them! the names and everything! this does not change one thing about the whole story plot is just the guys from the band! I hope you understand and you keep on reading! :) and now to the thank yous

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ok, so once again, I apologize for the huge We The Kings/Boys Like Girls fiascoo! but well, is my story and I just wasn't feeling it with Boys Like Girls anymore so... sorry! now, there's a liiiiittle hint on Rachel's past in here! and well, I made a promise to myself that I will do my best to update at least every weekend one of my stories, you just won't know which one hahahaha so I hope to keep that up and remember, the more reviews, the happier I get! :) enjoy my insanity - moony

Disclaimer: I don't own Glee, Boys Like Girls or We The Kings... the world would be an insane place if I ever get to own anything that important...


"Are you ready?" Rachel asked Puck when they pulled over at the Chang's residence.

"I don't know. What if they hate me?" he asked her a little nervous.

"Noah" Rachel said grabbing his hand. "You've known Mr. and Mrs. Chang since you were five years old" she said laughing. "Mike is your best friend" she continued. "The Changs love you."

"Really?" he asked still a little nervous.

"Well, not as much as they love me, but they do" she said smirking a little bit. "It'll be fine. I promise" she said kissing his hand.

"Fine" he said getting out of his truck and walked around it to open the door for her.

"Thank you" Rachel said walking down. They walked towards the door and Rachel opened it and let them inside. Mrs. Chang was on the kitchen making dinner. "Hi aunt Kate" Rachel said smiling.

"Hello honey" Mrs. Chang said turning around. "Oh, hi Noah" she said smiling at Puck.

"Hi Mrs. Chang" Puck said smiling back at her. "Thanks so much for inviting me" he said handing her the bottle of wine his mom had insisted on him bringing for Mr. and Mrs. Chang.

"Oh thank you Noah, you didn't have to bring anything" she said grabbing it and putting it on the counter. "Mike and Chris are in the living room and I'm guessing Tina would be here shortly" she said kindly.

"Ok" Rachel said smiling sweetly. "I'll just go say hello to uncle Chris and then I'll go change and I can help you with dinner."

"That would be lovely dear" Mrs. Chang told her as she returned to cooking. Rachel grabbed Puck's hand and practically ran into towards the living room.

"What's the rush baby?" Puck asked with a little chuckle.

"Are you kidding? I haven't seen uncle Chris in TWO years!" she whined dragging him to the living room. Rachel loved Mike's dad. Why? 1. He was the funniest and coolest man she had ever met. He was like a big kid. 2. Him and Mr. Rutheford were the closest thing she had to a normal dad since her dad was a jerk, she never met Finn's dad and Puck's dad was a jerk too. 3. He spoiled her to death. He didn't have any daughters so Rachel was practically his daughter.

"Aha! I killed you! Wow, it must be so embarrassing for you to be killed by your own father!" Rachel heard Mr. Chang telling Mike. Oh yeah, that was another thing. He loved video games. "I'm gonna tell all your friends about this you know-?" Mr. Chang dropped the controller when he saw Rachel standing at the entrance of the living room. "Is that my jitterbug?" he said excited. Rachel laughed at the nickname he gave her when she was about three years old because her and Mike would never stay still and it looked like a jitterbug dance. Rachel ran to hug him and Mr. Chang picked her up. "Oh my God! You're so big" he said putting her down. "Well, I mean, not that much but still" he said laughing and making her laugh. Rachel hugged him again.

"I missed you uncle Chris" she said smiling.

"I missed you too kiddo" he said messing her hair a little bit. "Puck" he said turning serious and walking to the teenager.

"Hi Mr. Chang" he said a little nervous and shaking his hand.

"So, you're dating my daughter?" he said trying to be threatening while Rachel and Mike watched the whole thing trying not to laugh.

"Yes sir" Puck said still a little nervous.

"And what are your intentions with my jitterbug?"

"Um, I'm crazy about her sir" he said smiling at Rachel who couldn't hide her smile while Mike mouthed 'kiss ass' to him.

"Are you gonna treat her right?"

"Yes sir" Puck answered without even thinking.

"You gonna take care of her?"

"Of course sir" Puck answered again.

"Ok, I just have one more question for you" he told him and got a little closer to him. "How did I do?"

"S-sorry?" Puck asked confused.

"Was that threatening enough? I've never had a daughter before so I've never had to worry about this intimidating crap" he said laughing a little.

"Um, yeah it was ok sir. I mean you did scare me a little" Puck said letting out a little laugh in relief.

"Good. Just know that if you hurt my little jitterbug in any way I will send the ninja turtles, meaning your three amigos" he said pointing at Mike, implying that the other two were Finn and Matt. "to hunt you down and kick your ass" he said with a simple smile.

"Yes sir" Puck said getting a little serious again.

"I'm gonna go get changed" Rachel said kissing Puck's cheek and walking upstairs. She came back a few minutes later and started helping Mrs. Chang with dinner when the doorbell rang.

"I'll get it" Rachel said at the same time Mike did. They rushed towards the door and got there at the same time.

"Get lost" Mike told her annoyed.

"Oh no, you made me go through a sex talk? Now I get even" she said smirking. They both grabbed the doorknob and started pushing the other one to get away.

"Seriously it's like you're still seven years old" Mr. Chang said coming towards them and pushing both of them aside.

He opened the door and saw the Goth girl standing there. There was only one difference. She was not the Goth girl they all knew. Right in front of them, Tina was standing with her hair all black and wavy. She was wearing a simple but beautiful blue dress and black heels. Rachel and Mike had their jaws dropped (in a completely different way). Mike was practically drooling over his girlfriend while Rachel knew exactly what the shy Asian was doing.

"Hi Mr. Chang, I'm Tina" she said sweetly holding a plate of mooncakes.

"Well hello Tina" Mr. Chang said kindly. "It's nice to finally meet you" he said stepping aside to reveal the two teenagers with their mouths still open. "Please come on in" he said letting her in. "Close your mouths" he whispered to the other two.

"Thank you. Hi Rachel" Tina said walking inside the house. And then she made her way to Mike. "Hi baby" she said kissing his cheek. Puck came walking from the hall and had the exact same reaction when he saw Tina. "Oh, hi Puck. I didn't know you were here already. Sorry I'm late I was finishing this mooncakes" she said sweetly.

"Let me get that for you" Mike said smiling getting them from her and walking her to the kitchen so she could meet his mom. Mr. Chang followed them, but Puck and Rachel stood there froze still shocked at what they just saw.

"Oh hi Tina, it's so nice to finally meet you. You look so beautiful" they heard Mrs. Chang from the kitchen.

"Thank you" they heard Tina reply. "It's so nice to finally meet you too."

"Did you see what I just saw?" Rachel asked Puck still standing in the hallway with shocked looks.

"Uh huh" was everything he could say.

"You can close your mouth now by the way" she said whining with jealously and slapping his arm.

"What?" Puck asked confused turning to look at her. "Babe" he said laughing and kissing her forehead. "It was not like that! I just had never seen Tina dressed like that" he explained.

"Yeah? Well, you could've stared less" she said childishly crossing her arms and walking into the living room. Puck let out a little laugh and put his arms around her waist but she was stubbornly not giving in on his hug.

"Baby" he said bringing her closer and kissing her cheek.

"No" she whined. "I'm mad at you."

"Really?" Puck said as he continued to kiss her and started to make his way towards her neck.

"That's not gonna work" she pouted but Puck wasn't really paying attention to her. He just made his way to her jaw line and then down her neck. "Noah-" she was cut off by Puck kissing her hard on the lips. She quickly gave in the kiss and forgot why the hell she was whining in the first place. "You are such a cheater" she said smirking against his lips.

"Yeah right, like you were complaining" he said laughing a little. He was going to lean down to kiss her again but he pushed him aside. "Hey!" he whined while she went to get her phone. "Um, babe, what are you doing?"

"I'm calling Matt. That girl is up to something and it creeps me out" she told him.

"No, Rachel" he said grabbing her phone.

"Hey!" she pouted making huge puppy eyes. "Give it back."

"No. You are not going to make a huge scene in your family dinner" Puck whispered to her.

"I'm not making a scene! She is! Did you see her? She was wearing a dress! And heels! What am I saying, of course you saw her! And she made mooncakes!"

"You love mooncakes" Puck told her laughing a little.

"Oh, what are you on her side now?" she asked frustrated. "She is up to something! And I'm gonna find out what it is!" she told him.

"Babe, I know that what Tina did today was shitty" Puck said trying to calm her down. "But I told you to talk to Mike. Not to make a whole deal tonight in front of Mike's parents" he told her.

"Rachel, Puck! Dinner's ready" they heard Mr. Chang yelling from the dining room.

"I can't promise anything" Rachel told him.

"Look, I don't like Tina either but we just have to go through one dinner with her ok?" Puck said holding her hand and kissing her cheek. "I'll be there baby, it won't be that bad" he said hugging her.

"Yeah, you'll be drooling all over her and her mooncakes" Rachel said mocking his voice and making her way to the dining room. Puck rolled his eyes and followed her.

Mr. Chang was at one head of the table and Mrs. Chang was at the other one. Rachel was next to Puck and in front of Mike who was next to Tina.

"So, Tina" Rachel started the conversation, ignoring both Mike and Puck's warning glares. "I just love what you're wearing" she said with a fake smile.

"Well, thanks Rachel, I love your dress" she said with a fake smile too. "You have a beautiful home Mr. and Mrs. Chang" she told them.

"Well, thank you Tina" Mrs. Chang said kindly.

"So, how long have you guys been dating?" Mr. Chang asked looking at Mike, but then he looked at Puck.

"Um, us? Or them?" Mike asked him.

"Both" he simply said.

"Well, we've been going out for three months" Tina answered. "And I assume Puck and Rachel have been going out for about a day?" she said with the same fake smile.

"You know, when you assume-" Rachel started.

"Yeah, that's about right" Puck interrupted Rachel and squeezed her hand under the table.

"But Kate said you guys dated before you left" Mr. Chang said looking at Rachel.

"Oh, right" Puck said still holding Rachel's hand. "We just started everything over" he said rubbing Rachel's knuckles with his thumb. "But we dated for almost eight months before Rachel left" he said with a little smile looking at Rachel. "Right?"

"Yeah, that seems about right" she said with the same smile.

"Wow! That's a long time" Tina said shocked looking at Puck.

"Is not that long" Rachel told her a little annoyed.

"From what I know from Puck, it is" she muttered under her breath but Rachel heard her.

"So, how's the football team going?" Mr. Chang asked noticing the slight tension between the two girls.

"Well, we're getting better" Mike told him.

"Yeah, even if half of the team still hates us" Puck said with a little chuckle.

"Is that Karofsky boy still there?" Mr. Chang asked them a little upset.

"Chris" Mrs. Chang said in a warning tone.

"What? That kid is bad news" Mr. Chang continued. "Just like his father" he muttered. "And he made Burt Hummel's kid leave" he told her.

"Kurt?" Rachel asked a little confused and Mike nodded.

"So, um, Rachel" Tina asked her with the fake smile back on. "Where did you live before you came here?"

"Uh, Philadelphia" Rachel said a little nervous. Puck felt her tense up and grabbed her hand a little tighter, rubbing her knuckles gently with his thumb.

"Tina, Mike told us you're in Glee Club too" Mr. Chang said before Tina could go on, knowing Rachel wouldn't want to have that conversation.

"Oh yeah, I love to sing" Tina said smiling sweetly at Mrs. Chang. "But I'm nowhere near good as Rachel" she finished smiling sweetly at Rachel who literally chocked on her food and started coughing while Puck patted her back.

"You ok?" Puck asked her worried.

"Mhm" she said still coughing.

"I mean, her performance today was just outstanding" Tina continued to tell Mr. And Mrs. Chang. "I'm just curious, why did you pick that song?"

"Why did you pick yours?" Rachel asked a little harsh while Puck and Mike exchanged awkward looks. "I mean it was such an interesting choice" she continued while Tina threw daggers at her.

"Well, it was for Mike" she said smiling and holding Mike's hand.

"Really?" Rachel said with a cocky smirk.

"Yes. Really" Tina said glaring at her a little.

"Cool" Rachel said with a defiant look and then turned back to her food.

The rest of the dinner went by pretty quickly with Mr. and Mrs. Chang chatting to avoid the obvious tension between the two girls. After dinner, and dessert (that Rachel did not want to admit was delicious) Tina and Rachel offered to do the dishes. Mr. and Mrs. Chang were having tea in the living room while Puck and Mike cleaned up the table and Tina did the dishes with Rachel.

"Ok, what's your deal?" Rachel asked as soon as they were in the kitchen with no one else around.

"Deal?" Tina asked with the same sweet tone she had the whole dinner.

"Seriously drop the act already!" Rachel said annoyed. "You may have fooled Mr. and Mrs. Chang! And Mike probably hasn't noticed that you're a fake bitch that throws slushies at people, but I can see right through you ok! I told you that if you hurt Mike, I was going to hurt you!"

"Oh, please like Mike would believe you that I would throw a slushie at you! He knows I would never do that!" Tina said getting to her old self. "And how exactly am I hurting him?"

"You still have feelings for Artie! I know that song wasn't for Mike! I know you sang it for Artie and you broke down cause you saw him with Brittany!" Rachel noticed Tina's face frown when she mentioned Brittany.

"I have no idea what you're talking about" Tina said turning to glare at Rachel. "And it doesn't matter what you tell Mike! He would never believe you over me. I'm his girlfriend" Tina said with an evil smirk.

"Hun" Rachel said smirking a letting out a chuckle "I grew up with Finn, Noah, Mike and Matt. I wouldn't challenge me if I were you" Rachel said with the same evil grin. All of the sudden, Tina started to 'cry'.

"Mike!" she yelled and tried to walk out of the kitchen.

"Oh you want to cry? I'll give you something to cry about!" Rachel said grabbing her by her hair and pulling her back while she sprayed water all over her with the dish sink sprayer.

"Rachel! Are you insane!" Tina yelled trying to keep the water away from her. The minute Puck and Mike heard that, they ran to the kitchen.

"What the hell is going on here?" Mike asked shocked when he saw both girls screaming and Tina grabbing Rachel and pulled her to the floor.

"Rachel!" Puck yelled running towards her but slipping with all the water on the floor.

"You are such a bitch!" Rachel decided to yell the minute Mr. and Mrs. Chang entered the kitchen.

"Rachel!" Mrs. Chang said worried. "What happened here?"

"She sprayed me for no reason!" Tina said pointing at Rachel.

Rachel actually let out a chuckle while her and Puck stood up. She really thinks they're gonna be on her side? "That's not true! I had a reason!"

"Care to explain it to me?" Mike asked furious as he helped Tina up.

"She slushied me today in school!" Rachel said all of the sudden.

"She what?" Mr. Chang asked confused while Mike's anger turned to Tina.

"Is that true?" Mike asked her.

"N-no! She's lying!" Tina tried to defend herself.

"Wait, what did she do?" Mr. Chang asked Puck.

"She threw a slushie at me!" Rachel answered him.

"What's a slushie?" Mr. Chang asked confused and Puck explained it to him.

"You are such a liar! I didn't throw a slushie at you!" Tina yelled at Rachel.

"You keep on saying yourself that? You were with Quinn! The three of you threw a slushie at me! And you have a voodoo doll of me! And you-" Rachel stopped. She couldn't do the whole 'Artie thing' to Mike in front of everyone. "Your mooncakes weren't even good!" she finished rudely. "And, you're weird!"

"I'm weird? You're the one that doesn't even have a family and comes out of nowhere all of the sudden to live with Mike and his family!" Tina asked all of the sudden. Everyone saw Rachel's eyes slowly fill with tears and Puck instantly wrapped his arms around her.

"Hey! Listen to me young lady" Mr. Chang said in a calmed but really angry voice. "You cannot come in here and talk like that to my daughter."

"Michael, I think it's time for you to take Tina home" Mrs. Chang said in a warning tone. Mike didn't say anything, he just grabbed Tina's hand and they walked out of the house. "Noah, I think you should leave too" Mrs. Chang said quietly. Puck turned to look at her with pleading eyes while Rachel cried on his chest but Mrs. Chang nodded with a little smile.

"Um, sure Mrs. Chang" Puck said softly. He picked Rachel's face and placed a soft kiss on her forehead. "I'll call you later ok baby girl?" he asked with a little smile and Rachel just nodded. "Thanks for everything Mr. and Mrs. Chang" he said smiling at them.

"Say hello to Sarah for me" Mrs. Chang said smiling and taking Rachel into her own arms.

"I'll walk you out" Mr. Chang said walking with Puck.


"So, how did it go?" Puck asked her while they were talking on the phone. Rachel and Jude were sitting in the living room, looking out the window, waiting for Mike to come home.

"Well, it went ok" she said softly. "Mr. and Mrs. Chang weren't really mad, they said that Tina really crossed the line when she talked about- um, you know" she said awkwardly.

Puck's heart ached every time someone mentioned Rachel's family. He knew how much that word meant for her. And, even if he hated the fact that she still couldn't completely talk to him about what happened and why was she back, he knew she will tell him when she was ready.

"Baby, you know that what Tina said was bullshit, right? You know you have a family."

"I know" she whispered softly. "Thank you baby" he knew she had a little smile on her face.

"What about Mike?" he asked her.

"He hasn't come home" Rachel said with her voice trembling a little. "Noah, what if something happened to him?" she asked with a little tear escaping her eye.

"Rach, babe don't cry" Puck said hating the fact that he couldn't be there with her right now. He absolutely hated when she cried. "I'm sure Mike's ok, maybe he's just talking to Tina."

"Do you think he'll be mad at me?" she asked him worried.

"I don't think so baby, none of this was your fault, you just told him the truth" Puck answered when Rachel saw the lights of Mike's car pull over.

"He's here!" she told him. Puck noticed her voice was a little relieved for some reason.

"Go talk to him, I'll call you in a while ok?" he said knowing she needed to talk to Mike and, even if she wasn't completely sure, they agreed and then they hung up. Rachel quickly ran into the kitchen. But when Mike came inside the house, Jude started barking like crazy and ran into the kitchen. Mike, understanding completely, followed him.

"Tattletale" Rachel, now sitting on the counter, muttered to Jude and he growled a little at her.

"Hey" Mike said walking in the kitchen. "What you doing?"

"I told your parents I'll clean up the mess" she said looking at the floor. Mike carefully walked over to the counter and sat next to her. "So, what happened?"

"It's over" Mike said looking at Jude who was playing with his tennis ball.

"What? Oh my God! Mike I'm sorry I never meant to-" Rachel panicked looking at him.

"Rach, relax" Mike said looking at her with a soft smile. "This wasn't your fault. It was like bound to happen" he told her and she calmed down a little. "Why didn't you tell me about the slushie?" he asked her a little worried.

"I don't know" Rachel shrugged. "I just um, didn't want you to get mad at me" she said avoiding his eyes.

"Doll, why would I get mad at you?" Mike asked her confused.

"Because…" she sighted. "I don't know. I didn't want you to think that I was making it up just because I didn't like Tina" she said still looking down.

"Rach, look at me" he said softly and she slowly turned her head up to look at him. "You are my best friend in the whole wide world and I know that, even if you tried, you would never lie to me" he said in a serious tone and she smiled sweetly at him.

"I'm sorry about you and Tina" she said softly.

"Don't be, we were fighting a lot lately, I kind of saw it coming" he said shrugging his shoulders. "Is it true that she has a voodoo doll of you?" he asked scared.

"Well, yeah, she came over to me yesterday and told me to say away from you" she said sadly.

"She did?" Mike asked her getting a little upset and Rachel nodded sadly. "My God! I can't believe her!" Rachel turned to look at him a little confused. "Today, in the Auditorium, when I left to talk to her, she told me to stay away from you because she didn't trust you" he explained to her.

"Oh" Rachel said sadly looking down again.

Rachel had never admitted this to Mike. But she couldn't bear the fact of another girl coming into his life, not liking her and steal him completely away from him. She wasn't in love with Mike, but him, Matt and Finn were like her brothers. And with Puck, it was a completely different story. This was one of her biggest fears. She felt the same with Finn and Matt. But with Mike, it would be the worst. Little did she know, he knew exactly what she was thinking.

"Hey" Mike said softly lifting her chin. "You know no one will take me away from you, right doll?" he said smiling sweetly.

"Really?" she asked still a little worried.

"Hell yeah! You're my sister! I'm never leaving you" he said kissing her head and hugging her closer.

"I love you Mikey" Rachel said wrapping her arms around him.

"I love you too doll" Mike said kissing her head again. "Can I ask you something?"

"Um, sure" Rachel said a little nervous.

"What were you going to say to Tina before you said that her mooncakes weren't good?" he asked looking into her eyes.

"What?" she asked pretending to be confused.

"I know you weren't going to say that since you ate like half of the plate of mooncakes" he said laughing a little. "So?"

"Um, well is just that um, I think, but I'm not sure that" Rachel started rambling but the look on Mike's face told her to just tell him already. "I think she still has feeling for Artie" she muttered. Rachel shut her eyes expecting for Mike to yell hysterically. But nothing came.

"Why'd you think that?" he asked her calmed.

"Well, I just saw her staring at him when we were dancing in the Choir Room and today when he was singing and I don't know. So, I told her that if she hurt you, I was going to hurt her" she said trying to be serious but Mike laughed a little.

"I'm glad you learned everything we taught you" he said messing her hair a little and making her giggle.

"So, we're cool?"

"We're always cool doll" he said smiling. "You know you do have a family, right?"

"I know" Rachel said with a sad smile and kissing his cheek. "Thanks."

"Come on, let's clean this up" Mike said standing up.

"Do we have to?" Rachel complained.

"Hey! This was your mess doll" he said laughing and grabbing the mop. "Come on, we'll do it like when we were kids" he said grabbing his iPod and pressing play. When the song started, Rachel laughed and jumped down from the counter.

It's as simple as something that nobody knows

That her eyes are as big as her bubbly toes

On the feet of a queen of the hearts of the cards

And her feet are all covered with tar balls and scars

It's as common as something that nobody knows that her beauty will

Follow wherever she goes

Up the hill in the back of her house in the wood

She'd love me forever,

I know she could

I remember when,

You and me,

Mmm how we used to be just good friends

Wouldn't give me none

But all I wanted was some

[Mike danced around Rachel with a mop while she was trying really hard not to laugh. When the next part came, he dropped the mop and dragged her along with him.]

She's got a whole lot of reasons

She can't think of a single one

That can justify leaving

And he got none but he thinks she got so many problems

And he got, too much time to waste

His dreams are like commercials

But her dreams are picture perfect and our

Dreams are so related though they're often underestimated

It's as simple as something that nobody knows that

Her eyes are as big as her bubbly toes

On the feet of the queen of the hearts of the card

Feet are infested with tar balls

And La da da da da da

La da da da da da da

La da da da da da

La da da da da da da

La

[They each grabbed a mop and continued to dance (with Jude) while they cleaned up the water on the floor.]

Well I was eating lunch at the D. L. G.

When this little girl came and she sat next to me

Never seen nobody move the way she did

Well she did and she does and she'll do it again

When you move like a jellyfish

Rhythm don't mean nothing

You go with the flow

You don't stop

Move like a jellyfish

Rhythm is nothing

You go with the flow

You don't stop mmm

It's as common as something that nobody knows that

Her beauty will follow wherever she goes

Up the hill in the back of her house in the wood

She'll love me forever, I know

She La da da da da da

La da da da da da da

La da da da da da

La da da da da da da

[Somewhere between the dancing and the mopping, they both slipped on the floor. They turned to look at each other and started laughing hysterically while Jude placed his head on Rachel's stomach.]

If you would only listen

You might just realize what you're missing

You're missing me

If you would only listen

You might just realize what you're missing

You're missing me

It's as simple as something that nobody knows that

Her eyes are as big as her bubbly toes

On the feet of the queen of the hearts of the card

Feet are infested with tar balls

And La da da da da da

La da da da da da da

La da da da da da

La da da da da da da

When the song finished, Mike got up and helped Rachel up too. They put everything away and went upstairs. When Rachel opened her door, she turned to look back at Mike who was waiting for her to go inside.

"Mikey" she said softly. "I think, I'm ready to talk about it" she said shyly.

"Are you sure doll?" he asked knowing exactly what she was talking about. Rachel nodded lightly and he saw a few tears run from her eyes. "Hey" he said softly wiping them away. "It's ok if you don't want to-"

"I want to" she whispered to him. "And I think I need to."

"Ok" he simply said leading her to his room with Jude behind them.


"Hello?" Rachel said sleepy waking up.

"Hey babe!" she heard four voices on the other side of the phone. She woke up completely and ran out of Mike's bedroom and into her own.

"Oh my God! Hi guys! You still remember me even when you're famous" she said excited.

"Oh, come on babe! It'll be years before we forget you" Travis joked.

"Very funny! How are you guys?"

"Well, it's kind of a bore without you" she heard Hunter taking the phone away from Travis. "But we'll survive."

"Where are you guys right now?"

"We're in Texas" she knew it was Danny now. "You should've come with us it's so much fun!"

"Yeah, we miss you a lot" Drew said grabbing the phone. "How you've been?"

"Well, I'm ok" she said giggling while Jude came into her room and she patted his head.

"Really?" it was Hunter again. "Why do I have the feeling there's something you need to tell us?"

"Because you're extremely paranoid?" Rachel said giggling.

"Hey! That's not true!" Hunter complained.

"Seriously, you sound happier" Travis said sounding a little hurt. Rachel could tell he was pouting. "You don't miss us?"

"Of course I miss you!" she said laughing.

"So, what's going on?" Travis asked her. Rachel didn't really know how to tell them about Puck. "You're with the mohawked guy aren't you?" he whispered and Rachel could tell he was smirking.

"His name is Noah, and I've told you a million times that is really freaky when you do that!" she said giggling.

"I know, but it's fun" he said laughing. "Ok, I'm out of the room, Hunter can't hear. So? Are you?"

"Kind of" Rachel told him. "How'd you know?"

"I saw the way he looked at you" Travis told her. "There's nothing wrong with that, you know?"

"I know" Rachel said biting her lip. "It's just… well, Hunter" she said awkwardly.

"Babe, he kind of knew it too. I mean, you always talked about him, and we were there when you saw him. I had never seen you smile like that" Travis told her.

"You don't think he'll hate me?"

"Ha! Rach, you and I both know Hunter could never hate you" he said laughing a little. "Just make sure this guy knows that if he does anything to you we'll kill him" he said in a serious tone.

"Sure" Rachel said rolling her eyes a little. "So, how's life like a celebrity on the road?"

"We're not celebrities babe" Travis said laughing. "But, being on the road is kind of fun. You would've hated our mess though."

"I'm sure" Rachel said laughing.

"So, Rach, how's your new school?" she heard Drew again and she could hear Travis complaining on the back. "You're on speaker."

"Well, it's um, interesting" she told them. "I joined Glee Club!"

"Wait, as in Choir? You're in the Choir?" Danny asked laughing and then she heard a noise. "Ouch!" she knew someone hit Danny.

"That's awesome babe" Drew told her. "I bet you kick ass!"

"Well, I have to compete with this girl to sing for Sectionals" she told them sighting.

"What's Sectionals?" Danny asked her.

"A competition for choir groups" she explained to him and heard him laugh. "Shut up Daniel!"

"Unless this girl is… well, ok, no there's no one better than you, so I'm thinking you'll definitely sing at Sectionals… whatever that is" she heard Hunter.

"Ow, thanks Hunt" she said giggling a little.

"Hey! Maybe we could come and see you" Travis said excited.

"Really? You guys would do that?" Rachel asked excited.

"Anything for our lucky charm" Travis told her and she just smiled.

"So, um" Hunter said getting serious. "We wanted to know, um, how you were… you know… about…"

"Oh, um, well I'm better" she told them. "I kind of talked to Mike about it last night. I think that helped" she explained to them.

"Which one's Mike again?" Drew asked her confused.

"The Asian one" Rachel said laughing a little.

"Rach!" she heard Mike knocking on the door and he opened it a little. "Hey doll, mom says breakfast's ready" he told her.

"Thanks Mikey, I'll be down in a minute" she said smiling. He nodded and left with Jude.

"Wow, you're having home made breakfast, I'm jealous" Travis said laughing.

"Well, if you guys come visit me, I can introduce you to my new family and you could have a proper meal" she told them.

"Yeah, I'm so in for that!" Danny said laughing.

"Totally, we could go some day" Drew said happily.

"Count on it babe, although, I doubt you would get rid of us after" Travis told her.

"We would love that babe" Hunter said smiling.

"Well, I loved talking to you guys, but I have to go" she said smiling too. "Can I call you guys tomorrow?"

"Rach, you can call anytime" Danny told her.

"Yeah, we miss your voice… and you're bossiness" Drew said laughing.

"Hey! I'm not bossy" Rachel complained.

"Sure you're not" Drew said still laughing.

"Ok guys, I gotta go" Rachel said smiling sadly. "Be careful alright?"

"Yes mom" the four said at the same time.

"I love you" she said ignoring what they said.

"We love you too!" they yelled at the same time. "Bye!"


"Ok, we're here!" Matt yelled going inside Santana's house with Finn, Kurt, Mike, Puck and Rachel behind him.

"Wow, this house is bigger than my old school" Rachel said looking stunned at the mansion.

"Hey guys" Santana said walking downstairs. "Um, Berry… Britt wants to see you" she said with a serious tone.

"What? Is everything ok?" Rachel asked seeing the Latina's face.

"I don't know. She locked herself in the guestroom and said she wouldn't come out until you came with sprinkles" she said a little confused.

"Oh, ok. Where is it?" Rachel asked her.

"Up the stairs down the hall to second door the right" she explained. "Wait, do you even have sprinkles?"

"Always do" Rachel said smiling and pointing at her bag. She walked upstairs and went to the door Santana told her. "Britt" she said knocking on the door and opening it a little. She saw her blonde friend sitting on the bed with her knees curled up to her chest.

"Rach?" she said turning to look at her. Rachel saw she was sad.

"Britt, what's wrong honey?" Rachel said sitting next to her and putting out a jar of sprinkles.

"I like sprinkles" Brittany said smiling.

"I know, because they're every color in the world" Rachel said smiling too remembering how they got addicted to sprinkles when they were younger. Everyone thought they were crazy for eating them just like that, but they loved them.

"I know" Brittany said smiling at her. "I really missed you when you left Rach" she said with her smile turning a bit sad.

"I missed you a lot too" Rachel said smiling back at her. "So, what's wrong?"

"Do you think I'm dumb?" Brittany asked her.

At that moment, Rachel felt her blood boiling. Her whole life, people had been calling Brittany dumb. Every time it had been a girl who called her that, it was Rachel stepping in and saying something even worse to that girl, and a few times, she even managed to hit the girl. Whenever it was a boy, well, he had to answer to the four guys that would never let anyone do anything to both of them. Never ended pretty.

"Britt, you know you're not dumb! You're one of the smartest people I know" Rachel said smiling sweetly.

It was true. Maybe she wasn't the smartest when it came to school. Ok, without the maybe. But she saw things differently. She was the kind of people who was smart, when it came to people. She was the kindest people Rachel had always known. Whenever anyone had a problem, Brittany would always be there to help them. She was the loyalist friend she could ever think of. Not that she had that much, but still. She knew exactly how to make them feel better. She was heart-smart. And that's why she was always happy. And when someone made her unhappy, that someone was a jerk.

"Really?" Brittany asked with a sad smile.

"I've always told you that Britt. You know you're smart" Rachel said rubbing her arm. "Why would you doubt that?"

"Artie broke up with me" Brittany said looking away. "I think it's because I'm not smart like him" she said crying a little.

"Oh, sweetie" Rachel said hugging her. "What did he say?"

"He said that he was sorry and that he really liked me but that we'd be better off as friends" Brittany explained.

"Oh, Britt, I don't think it was because he thinks you're dumb. You're not dumb, so he couldn't think that" Rachel assured her. "Maybe you guys are better as friends. I mean, did you really love Artie?"

"Well, he was always really nice to me and I really liked him. But, well before we dated, for a while, I thought he was a robot" Brittany told her. Rachel managed to hold back a laugh. "But I don't think I loved him."

"Well, there you go, maybe he really wants to be your friend" Rachel said smiling sweetly.

"Yeah, I guess you're right" Brittany said smiling again. "Have you ever loved someone Rach?" she asked all of the sudden and Rachel's smile fell. Love was a really strong word for her.

"Well, um, I uh-"

"It's Puck, isn't it?" Brittany asked her. See? She is smart. She's always known this kind of stuff.

"I don't know Britt" Rachel said looking away.

"What don't you know? You guys are like meant for each other" Brittany continued. "I mean, ever since I met you guys, you're the only one, aside from his mom and sister, that calls him Noah. You guys are always together. Puck is always different when he's with you… he's like happy! And he was so sad when you left" Brittany finished.

"I told him you know?" Rachel said all of the sudden. "I told him that I loved him before I left. Just right before I left" she continued looking down. "He didn't say it back" she said looking at Brittany again with the saddest smile the blonde had ever seen on someone.

"Oh, Rachel, that doesn't mean he doesn't love you back" Brittany told her.

"I shouldn't have said it" Rachel said shaking her head. "I mean, what was I thinking? And well, now that we're back together, I don't know… I don't really know how I feel, I don't want to love him if he doesn't love me back Britt" she said with her voice breaking a little.

"Rach, the fact that he didn't say it doesn't mean he doesn't feel it" Brittany tried to convince her. "I mean, is like that song we like, More Than Words, remember? It says that it's about more than what you just say, and we can all see how Puck takes care of you. I've always seen that. Ever since we were kids. I mean, Finn, Matt and Mike also take care of you but it's different with Puck. He would really do anything to make you happy and I think that says a lot. Maybe he's not ready to say it, but I'm really sure he does. And I think he always has, maybe even before you loved him" Brittany finished smiling. Rachel wiped away one of her tears and let out a little chuckle.

"And here you were saying you were dumb" she said laughing a little and saw Brittany blush a little bit. Rachel hugged her. "Brittany S. Pierce, you are the smartest girl I have known in my entire life. Don't ever let anyone tell you otherwise ok? And don't you ever dare thinking otherwise" she said smiling back at her and Brittany laughed a little.

"Thanks Rachel" Brittany said hugging her again.

"Thanks Britt" Rachel said hugging her back. After they ate some more sprinkles, they went downstairs to join the others.

"Hi everyone" Brittany said smiling excited.

"Well, hello again ladies" Kurt greeted them. The rest of the guys had gone out to get more beer and food while Kurt and Santana were decorating after Kurt insisting for like fifteen minutes. "Now that you're all here we can get your outfits" he said excited.

"Oh my God yes!" Brittany said equally excited. "And Rachel, no, you're not wearing what you're wearing!"

"How did you know I was going to say that, and why not?" Rachel complained.

"You mean your torn jeans and a t-shirt and worn out converse" Kurt said looking up and down at her.

"Yeah, so?"

"You'd have to kill me" Kurt said smiling sarcastically. "I am going to go to Miss Lopez's closet and pick out something for each one of you."


About an hour later, the girls decided the house was fine and the guys came back with everything they needed. Rachel was sitting with Puck on the loveseat while they watched Matt talking to Santana.

"Ten bucks says they're hooking up tonight" Puck whispered into Rachel's ear.

"Nah, I don't think they will just yet. Matty's not like that" Rachel said smiling.

"You're on Miss Berry" he said kissing her cheek.

"Ok ladies, get up here to see your outfits!" Kurt yelled from upstairs and Rachel rolled her eyes. "And yes, Rachel! You too!"

Puck laughed when he heard that and Rachel slapped his arm. "Ouch!"

"You're supposed to be on my side" she pouted.

"Babe, you know you look hot whatever you wear-"

"Rachel!" Kurt yelled and Rachel noticed Santana and Brittany were upstairs.

"But, Hummel is really scary when it comes to fashion" he said kissing her cheek. Rachel pouted again and then went upstairs.

"What's that all about?" Mike asked coming in the living room and they all started playing video games… you know, for a change.

"Chicks man… plus Hummel and outfits" Puck said laughing. "So, you and Lopez" he said smirking at Matt.

"Shut up dude" Matt said rolling his eyes.

"Seriously, what is going on with you two?" Mike asked him.

"Nothing!" Matt said annoyed.

"Oh, come on dude!" Finn said in the same tone. "I bet you'll guys hook up tonight!"

"Dude, that's what I just told Rach" Puck said laughing.

"I'll take that bet, I think you're a wuss and won't do anything tonight!" Mike said laughing.

"SHUT UP!" Matt said annoyed. "And stop betting on me! I'm gonna tell Rach!"

"Matthew! I am not your mother!" they heard Rachel yell from upstairs.

"Rachel Berry! Get back here!" they heard Kurt again.

"Noah!" and then they heard the door slam.

"Seriously dude, all jokes aside, you should get with San already" Mike told Matt completely ignoring the whole scene that was going on upstairs. They knew better than to fight Kurt when it came to him getting someone dressed.

"Yeah, you're the one to talk! You're the one who's been hung up on Britt for like ten years or more!" Matt fought back.

"Shut up dude!" Mike said annoyed.

"You both are so lame" Puck said laughing.

"Oh right, Mr. it-took-me-almost-ten-years-to-man-up-and-kiss-Rachel!" Matt said in a childish tone.

"Don't go there, dude!" Puck said fuming.

"Dude! I kissed her when we were eight!" Matt said smirking at the fact that he had been Rachel's first kiss. And even if Puck never admitted it, everyone knew, it got on his nerves that it wasn't him.

"Shut up for your own good Rutheford" Puck said standing up.

"Not again" Finn said rolling his eyes with Mike.

"Make me" Matt said still smirking and then the classic fight between them would start. It was a completely brotherly fight, but well, it was still a fight.

"I bet on Matt this time" Finn told Mike.

"You're on! Puck so got this!" Mike said as they watched.

"Excuse me, gentlemen" they all stopped and turned to look at Kurt standing at the end of the stairs. "I would like to present my three master pieces" he said smiling proudly. "So if you would be kind enough to put your testosterone aside, I would deeply appreciate it" he said glaring a little.

"Fine" the four boys sat on the couch waiting for the girls to come down.

"Ok, first off, Miss Santana Lopez" Kurt said proud putting his hand out for Santana to take and everyone cheered. She walked down the stairs looking stunning with sexy short purple dress, black tights and high heel boots. The four boys were almost drooling. Ok, Matt was actually drooling.

"Oh, they're so hooking up today" Finn whispered to Puck who nodded smirking.

"Lookin' good San" Mike said smirking ignoring Matt's death glare towards him.

"Thanks guys" Santana said smirking proudly.

"Ok, second is Miss Brittany S. Pierce" Kurt said putting his hand out again and Brittany came down looking gorgeous while the guys cheered for her too. She was wearing navy blue shorts, a grey top over a black tank top with necklaces all around her and tanned pumps. Once again, the boys were stuck on a dumb daze, especially one dancing Asian.

"They're so hooking up tonight too" Puck whispered to Finn who nodded again.

"You look awesome Britt" Finn told him sweetly.

"Thanks Finny" Brittany said walking over and giving him a kiss on the cheek. Again, the boys ignored, Mike's death glare towards Finn.

"Ok, and last but definitely not least, gentlemen, Miss Rachel Berry" Kurt said with the biggest smile ever. The guys started cheering again. The girls were smirking. They had loved what Kurt did with Rachel's outfit. It was sexy but it was still her. They all waited, but nobody came downstairs. "Um, Rachel Berry!" Kurt said again a little annoyed.

"I'm not wearing this Kurt!" they heard Rachel yell from upstairs.

"But of course you are!" Kurt said outraged. "You look stunning!"

"Yeah Rach, you look beautiful" Brittany yelled to her.

"Come on Berry! You look hot!" Santana said smirking. The four boys couldn't wait to see her but she never came down.

"Girls" Kurt said raising his eyebrows at Santana and Brittany who both looked at each other smirking and went upstairs. The boys sat on the couch and heard the yelling coming from upstairs.

"No! Let go of me! Ouch! Santana!"

"Come on Berry!" the next thing they saw was Brittany and Santana dragging Rachel into the living room. She was wearing skinny black jeans, a white sexy top and black pumps. And she had never looked sexier. Puck could not take his eyes off her.

"Wow" Finn started.

"You look…" Mike continued.

"Fucking hot!" Matt finished. The three guys had never seen their best friend dressed like that. Ever. Each of them got a punch in the arm by Puck.

"Stop drooling over my girlfriend you sick freaks!" he threaten them getting up and walking toward Rachel, who was managing to stand up straight. Everyone else left to the kitchen.

"Hi" Rachel said smiling shyly at him.

"You look gorgeous baby girl" Puck said placing his hand on her cheek and saw her blush.

"You really think so?" she asked biting her bottom lip.

Unable to say anything else, Puck leaned down to crash his lips against hers. He grinned against her lips letting out a small noise as she placed her arms around his neck.

"You have no fucking idea babe" Puck said between kisses as the kisses became harder and more urgent.

"Noah" she said laughing a little when he bit her bottom lip.

"God, I missed you" he said after they both needed to stop in order to breathe.

"I missed you too" Rachel said giggling looking at his swollen lips.

"Remind me to thank Hummel later" he said smirking and Rachel rolled her eyes a little but laughed at the same time. Puck put his arm around her waist and they walked into the kitchen with the others.


By 9 p.m. Santana's house was full. There were no signs of Tina, Mercedes or Quinn anywhere. But Rachel spotted Sam walking through the front door earlier so that meant Quinn couldn't be far behind.

"So, single ladies" Rachel said to Santana and Brittany. "Who are you hunting tonight?"

"What?" Brittany said confused. "I don't hunt. That's mean Rachel."

"No sweetie, I meant who do you like?" Rachel asked her again.

"Oh, I don't think I like anyone just yet" she told her. "I mean, I just broke up with Artie" she said a little sad. But Rachel noticed that while she said that to her, her eyes were looking at Mike.

"Ok, you're right, so how about you Santana?" Rachel said smirking at the Latina who was avoiding her look.

"I don't roll like that Berry" she said shrugging her shoulders.

"What do you mean 'you don't roll like that?'"

"I'm not the relationship kind of girl ok?" she said annoyed. "I need another drink" she said walking away from them.

"I was just trying to be nice" Rachel told Brittany confused.

"It's not your fault. It's Santana's way of not admitting who she likes" Brittany assured her.

"So, she does like someone?" Rachel asked curious.

"Well, she has never said she likes him because she is too stubborn, but she always threaten the cheerios to stay away from Matt" Brittany told her.

"Seriously?" Rachel asked with her eyebrow arched.

"Yes, she always tells them to back off! And a lot of girls are dying to date him but Santana always says he's off limits and when I asked her why she did that, she said she cared a lot about Matt because he's the only one that's ever treated her differently" Brittany continued.

"Differently?"

"Well, ever since she started school, Santana didn't have the best reputation when it comes to guys, if you know what I mean. But she says that out of all the guys she's dated, Matt has been the one who's been nice to her."

"So, she's dated a lot of guys?" Rachel asked getting a little nervous and not knowing why.

"I think every guy in school except for Mike, and well Kurt because he's a dolphin-"

"A dolphin?" Rachel asked confused.

"You know, a gay shark" Brittany said in an obvious tone and Rachel burst into laugh.

"I seriously missed you Britt" she said smiling. "Ok, so Mike and Kurt and..."

"Oh and well Jacob Ben Israel cause he's creepy" Brittany said shivering a little.

"Israel is still at that school?" Rachel asked disgusted and Brittany nodded.

"He was out all week because the football team beat him up cause he was taking pictures of the cheerios while we were changing" Brittany explained to her.

"Creep" Rachel said disgusted. "Wait, did you just say that she's dated everyone except for those three?" Rachel asked her. "Y-you mean she dated Noah?" she asked a little hurt.

"Oh, Rach! Don't worry about that! They dated for like a few weeks and figured out they were too much like each other to be together" Brittany said giggling a little. "You have nothing to worry about" she said smiling sweetly. Rachel tried to smile back but there was something in her stomach that didn't quite let her. Before she could say anything, she saw Puck and Mike making their way over them.

"Hey sexy ladies" Puck said smirking at them and wrapping his arm around Rachel.

"Hey, um, Britt, would you like to dance?" Mike asked a little nervous.

"I would love to!" Brittany said excited grabbing her hand and dragging him to the dance floor, leaving Rachel alone with Puck.

"Are you alright?" Puck asked noticing her frown.

"Um, yeah" she said with a little smile. "Let's dance!" she said grabbing his hand but he stopped her.

"Don't lie to me baby" Puck said worried. "What's wrong?"

"You dated Santana?" she blurted out and noticed Puck tensing up a little.

"I um- I… we just dated for like a week and I-"

"It's ok, I'm sorry I didn't mean to um- I mean I just" Rachel started shifting uncomfortably and looking down. Puck hugged her closer to him and lifted her head up.

"I'm sorry I didn't tell you" he whispered to her. "She meant nothing to me Rach" he said truthfully. "She's not you" he said and saw her smile a little bit more.

"Really?" she said blushing a little bit. She couldn't help it. She couldn't stay mad at him when he looked at her with his hypnotizing eyes. Puck smirked a little and leaned down to catch her lips with his.

"Of course babe" he said once they broke away.

"You owe me a dance" she said dragging him to where Brittany and Mike were dancing.

"Come on babe! I'm a badass! I don't dance" he said pouting.

"Shut it Puckerman!" Rachel said laughing and she started dancing with him.

And it goes like this

Take me by the tongue

And I'll know you

Kiss me till you're drunk

And I'll show you

All the moves like Jagger

I've got the moves like Jagger

I've got the mooooooves... like Jagger

I don't need to try to control you

Look into my eyes and I'll own you

With the moves like Jagger

I've got the moves like Jagger

I've got the mooooooves... like Jagger

"Hey Puck" Matt said coming towards them. "Santana asked us to buy more beer" he told him.

"Bullshit!" Puck said laughing a little.

"Ok, fine, she said we needed more beer and I told her we could go get it" he told him.

"Whipped" Puck said making Rachel laugh. "I'll be right back ok babe?"

"Sure" she said looking at both of them. "You guys be careful ok?" she said standing on her tiptoes to kiss Puck one more time and then he left with Matt.

"Well, hello my current favorite diva" Kurt said appearing on Rachel's side. Rachel noticed the drink on Kurt's hand, grabbed it and drank it.

"What the hell Hummel? Sprite?" she asked handing it back.

"Hey, I'm still trying to impress Blaine. Can't be too sloppy" he told her looking at Blaine who was not far away dancing wildly with Santana. "Clearly, he doesn't have the same concern" he continued.

"Wait, so you aren't together?" Rachel asked confused and Kurt shook his head. "I could've sworn you guys were a couple" she said looking back at Blaine and Santana but they were no longer there.

"You know, it's so cool that you're with Puck" Blaine said hugging Rachel all of the sudden. "I mean he used to be kind of scary but when he's with you he's like a whole different person" he said laughing a little.

"Um, thanks?" Rachel said trying not to laugh at his drunkenness.

"Having fun Blaine?" Kurt asked him.

"Yeah! This is the BEST party ever!" he yelled excited. Rachel laughed a little, grabbed Blaine's drink and choked it down.

"This is what I'm talking about" Rachel said smiling at Kurt.

"Uh, are you ok?" Kurt asked a little worried.

"Yup" Rachel said popping the p and laughing a little. "I'm just fine" she said grabbing a beer from a guy who was passing by. "I'll see you guys around" she said smiling and walking around the living room and out the back yard.

She needed to be alone for a while. It was dark and it was kind of cold. She could hear the party going on inside but she didn't feel like being with people right now. She wasn't mad at Puck for dating Santana. She wasn't with him at the time, but she couldn't help to feel a little hurt. When she past the pool and the lawn furniture and everything, and that's where she saw him.

"Artie?" she asked confused looking at him.

"Hey Rach, what are you ding out here?" he asked confused.

"What are you doing here?" she asked mocking his tone.

"Waiting for Sam, he said he'd get some drinks" he told her. "Are you alright?" he asked when he saw she was a bit out of herself.

"Wait" Rachel said frowning all of the sudden. "I'm mad at you" she said pointing at him with her beer. "You broke up with Britt! And now she's sad" she argued with him.

"I know" Artie said sighting. "I didn't mean to hurt her though-"

"Why did you break up with her then?" she asked a little harsh.

"Come on Rach, I'm not stupid! We all know she's in love with Mike" Artie told her in a serious tone.

"You- um, you know about that?" she asked confused.

"I've always known" he said sadly. "I'm not mad at her though. I couldn't be. She doesn't even know it and she's the sweetest girl I've known. I see the way Mike looks at her and well, the way she looks at him. I love Brittany but like a friend, so I couldn't really pretend with her anymore" he said honestly. Rachel couldn't help but smile at him.

"You really are a good man Abrahams" Rachel said sitting down on the floor next to Artie.

"Thanks Rach" Artie said smiling back at her. "So, what are you doing out here?"

"Just kind of needed some fresh air" she simply answered. They were silent for a couple of minutes just listening to the party going on inside and feeling the wind on their skins until Rachel spoke again. "Can I ask you something?" she said looking back at him. "You don't have to answer if you don't want to" she said a little nervous.

"Um, sure" Artie said a little confused.

"You were in a car accident, weren't you?" she asked all of the sudden. "I mean, um, your legs" she said awkwardly and she could see Artie getting a little uncomfortable. "I'm sorry! I shouldn't have-"

"It's ok" Artie cut her off. "And yes... I was" he said with an awkward smile. "When I was eight. With my mom" he continued. "She got out fine but me, well…" he said looking at his wheelchair.

"I'm sorry" Rachel said softly. "Do you ever, um… do you ever like t-talk about it?" Rachel asked and Artie noticed she got a little nervous.

"Not really, I mean not anymore" he said sadly. "The last one I talked to about it was Tina" he said a little awkward and Rachel just nodded. After a few minutes of just looking at her he asked. "Why?" he asked all of the sudden.

"Oh, um, no reason" she said with a little smile. "Is just really admirable what you do, you know?" she told him.

"Thanks" Artie told her. "I think I'm gonna go look where Sam is. Always nice talking to you Rach" he said smiling at her. "And well, if you ever need to talk... you know where to find me" he told her knowing Rachel didn't really want to talk right now and maybe she wanted to be alone but he had the feeling there was something she needed to talk about. She just nodded and he turned around and left. After a while, she stood up and started to make her way back to the house when…

"You bitch!" she heard out of nowhere and the next thing she knew, a drink was thrown at her. When she opened her eyes, she saw Tina standing there furious with Mercedes and Quinn next to her.

"Wow, you're getting good at that" she said sarcastically. She didn't feel like dealing with anyone right now so she tried to walk past them.

"Where do you think you're going? You ruined Mike and me!" Tina said fuming.

"No, I didn't! You did! You and your stupid self!" Rachel argued back.

"Listen to me you pathetic loser" Quinn said furious. "You better learn your place before we make you" she said between clenched teeth. Rachel looked at her and all of the sudden burst out into laugh.

"Oh God, Barbie you are such a loser!" she said between laughs. "That's like the worst threatening line ever!"

"Do you really think that just because you're friends with Mike, Finn, Puck and Matt you're untouchable? We are going to make your life a living hell if you don't back off" Mercedes told her.

"Uh, I'm so scared" Rachel said pretending to shake her knees. "Trust me trio of bitches, I've handled worse" she said smirking and she tried to past them again but Tina grabbed her arm.

"Seriously, who do you think you are?" she yelled pulling her back and she ended up pushing her to the pool.

"WHAT THE FUCK IS YOUR PROBLEM!" Rachel yelled when she came back to the surface.

"Fabray!" the four girls turned to look at Santana who was coming out of her house with Brittany. "What the hell did you just do?" the Latina asked furious.

"Just putting the loser in her place" Quinn said smiling at Rachel who was getting out of the pool.

"Get out of my house Fabray! You two losers too!" she said looking at Tina and Mercedes. "NOW!" Santana yelled and the three girls left laughing at Rachel.

"Are you ok Rachie?" Brittany asked her worried.

"Yeah" Rachel said shivering a little.

"Ok, hold on, we'll get you something dry, but my mom just got a new carpet so you can't come inside all wet" Santana apologized and ran inside with Brittany while Rachel hugged herself to keep her from shivering even more.

"Well, look what we got here" she heard Karofsky coming her way. Shit! Can this get any worse?

"Get away from me" she said walking backwards.

"You look hot when you're wet babe" he said looking up and down at her.

"Get out of my face perv!" Rachel said trying to walk past him but he grabbed her by her waist.

"What's the rush?" he asked smirking at her. "We could have some fun!"

"Get away from me asshole!" Rachel yelled punching him on the face. Karofsky let go of her placing his hands on his nose.

"You bitch!" he yelled grabbing her wrist before she could run anywhere.

"Don't touch me!" Rachel yelled trying to break free and she felt a few tears ready to fall down her cheeks.

"Karofksy!" she saw Sam coming running them. "Get your fucking hands off her!" he told him between clenched teeth.

"This doesn't really concern you Lady Lips" Karofsky told him while he pulled Rachel's wrist, making her whimper in pain.

"Oh really? Well, then why don't I go get Puckerman? I'm sure it concerns him! Or should I get Chang? Or Rutheford or Hudson! Is your call!" Sam said furious. Karofsky let go of Rachel's wrist pushing her a little and she instantly went to hide behind Sam and gripped his shirt with her hands. Sam could actually feel her shaking behind him.

"You're gonna pay for this bitch!" he yelled before walking away, still hodling his nose.

"Are you ok?" Sam asked worried turning to look at her.

"Yeah" she said still shaking a little.

"Do you want me to go get Puck?" he asked her.

"Um, I think F-Finn is inside. B-but Santana asked me not to go inside while I'm wet" she said with her voice breaking a little bit.

"Ok, hold on" Sam said getting his phone out and texting Finn, Mike, Matt and Puck at the same time.

[Sam] – guys I'm outside with rach! she's shaking, wet and she punched Karofsky or something! she needs you here now!

The first one to come out of the house was Finn. When Rachel saw him, she immediately threw her arms around him and hugged him tightly.

"Love? What's wrong?" Finn asked worried but when Rachel didn't answer, he turned to look at Sam. "What happened?"

"Well, I came outside looking for Quinn and I saw Karofsky being an asshole" Sam explained. "I think she hit him" Sam said with a little smirk. "He got really upset and he was hurting her and well, she was really scared so, I didn't know what to do but to call one of you four" he told him. Rachel still hadn't said a word.

"Why is she wet?" Finn asked confused.

"I don't really know. She just said Santana wouldn't let her come inside if she was wet" Sam explained.

"Ok, thanks man" Finn said, still rubbing Rachel's back.

"Is she gonna be ok?" Sam asked worried looking at Rachel who was still shaking.

"Yeah, don't worry. Thanks man" Finn told him. Sam nodded and went back inside the house. "You ok?" Finn asked looking down at Rachel.

"Y-yeah" she said still a little scared.

"Here" Finn said taking off his jacket and putting it around her. "What happened?" Finn asked her softly.

"F-first, Quinn, Mercedes and Tina pushed me into the p-pool" she said still shivering. "A-and then Karofsky came a-and he just started saying stupid things and I got sick of it and I punched him but then he grabbed me and I…" she started crying and breathing heavily.

"Ok, Rach, love calm down" Finn said placing his hands on her face. "Breathe babe" he said getting a little scared and Rachel did as she was told. "It's ok. I'm right here" he said softly trying to calm her down.

"Finn! I just saw Sam's text have you- Rachel!" they heard Mike coming their way with Brittany and Santana behind him. Mike wrapped his arms around Rachel. "What happened doll?" he asked her. Rachel just wrapped her arms tightly around his waist and cried a little more while Finn told them the whole story.

"Oh my God, B! I'm so sorry, come on, let's get you inside" Santana said handing her the towel and bringing her upstairs with Brittany.

"Where the fuck is Karofksy?" Mike said furious.

"Wait, where's Puck?" Finn asked all of the sudden.

"Oh shit! Karofsky's dead!" Mike said as they both headed inside. The minute they stepped inside the house they heard the front door bang open.

"Where is she?" Puck said furious with Matt behind him.

"Dude, chill, she's alright. She's upstairs with Santana and Brittany" Mike said trying to calm him down.

"What the fuck happened?" he asked furious.

"We're not really sure. We just know she punched Karofsky" Finn said smirking a little bit.

"She punched Karofsky?" Puck asked with the same proud smirk Matt put on. Mike and Finn nodded. "Where the fuck is he?" but before anyone could answer, he spotted him talking to Azimio. He saw he had a pack of ice on his nose. "KAROFSKY!" he yelled furious making his way towards him. When Karofsky turned to look at him, Puck punched him with all his strength.

"What the fuck is your problem Puckerman?" Karofsky said fuming.

"YOU are my problem!" Puck said pissed. And then he looked at his nose. Rachel had hit him pretty hard. He couldn't help but to feel proud of his badass baby. "I told you to stay the fuck away from Rachel! The next time, I won't be so nice!" he said walking past him. As he was making his way to the stairs, he felt someone grabbing his arm.

"Hey Puck" he turned around to see two cheerios standing in front of him. What he didn't see was a pair of eyes watching the whole scene.

"Uh, hey girls" he said a little awkward. "What can I do for you?"

"Well, we were remembering that last year at Santana's party, we had a lot of fun" one of the girls said pointing at the three of them.

"And we were thinking it would be fun to do it again" the other one said smirking.

"Right, um no thanks" he said trying to walk past them.

"Wait, no thanks?" one of the girls said upset. He didn't even remember any of their names. "What do you mean no thanks?"

"Means, I have a girlfriend now" Puck said upset. "And if you don't mind, I need to go find her" he said trying to walk past them again.

"Wait! A girlfriend?" the other girl said. "Who? That dwarf you're hanging out with lately?"

"She's not a dwarf! But yes! She's my girlfriend! So go spread it around for everyone to know" he said rolling his eyes. The two girls looked offended and walked away from him.

"Wow, you must really love Rachel if you're throwing away your old life" Puck saw Kurt walking over to him.

"Love is a strong word Hummel" Puck said uncomfortably, remembering the day Rachel left two years ago. "But I would do anything for Rachel! And I wouldn't screw that up for anyone in the world! I just..."

"Love her?" Kurt asked with a smirk that would actually make Puck proud. "Fine, maybe you don't want to say that word, but that's what this looks like for me. I mean you just rejected a threesome" he said a little shocked and proud at the same time.

"Look, I know I did a lot of stupid shit in the past two years. Loosing Rachel was the worst thing that's ever happened to me and I handled it in the worst way possible. But now that she's back, I'm done with stupid stuff. It's her and only her ok?" he said a little pissed off.

"Is not me you have to convince about that Puck" Kurt said still smirking a little bit. "I knew that since the first time I saw you looking at her. And that sounds like love. And if you love her, you will tell her about your past life without her cause it looks like she doesn't know about it" he said before spotting Blaine with another drink in his hand. "If you'll excuse me" he said walking away from him and leaving Puck to his thoughts.


Puck had always loved Rachel. He knew it. His love for her was different than the love Finn, Mike or Matt had for her. He also knew that. And he knew she loved him differently than the other three. Ever since they met, he knew she was different from any other girl. But somehow, he couldn't say it to her. He was a stud. He thought love ruined everything. He knew it since his own father, who was supposed to love his mom, him and his little sister, simply walked out on them. So when Rachel said it to him, he got scared. He would never admit it to anyone, because fuck, he was Noah Puckerman, and he wasn't scared of anything. But he couldn't loose the best thing in his life. So, as much as he wanted to say it back, he couldn't do it. And now that she was back, they said they would start everything over and take things slow. And he could do that for her, because he loved her. But he still didn't know how to do it. He didn't know how to love her and not screw up. He knew he loved her but it scared the shit out of him. He shook off his thoughts and made his way upstairs as fast as he could.

"Rachel!" he said walking into Santana's room without knocking but he only found Brittany and Santana there. "Where is she?"

"She won't come out of the bathroom" Santana told him.

"She was pretty upset. She didn't even want sprinkles" Brittany told him sadly.

"Ok, I got it from here girls" he told them. The two of them nodded and left the room. Puck walked over to the bathroom door and knocked. "Rach, baby?"

"Noah?" he heard on the other side of the door.

"I'm here babe" he said softly. He could hear her crying on the other side of the door. He saw the door open a little bit and he pushed it open and found her sitting on the floor with her knees to her chest and crying. He saw she was wearing his t-shirt and pajama shorts. "Hey baby girl" he said sitting next to her and sitting her on his lap. "You ok?" he asked running his hands through her hair. She simply nodded and wrapped her arms around his neck.

"I don't want to go back downstairs" she said tightening her grip on his shirt.

"That's ok, we don't have to go back" he said kissing her head. "Let's just get out of Santana's room cause I have a feeling her and Rutheford will be hooking up here later" he said making Rachel laugh. He helped her up and they went to about two rooms from Santana's.

"This house is really huge" Rachel said looking everywhere.

"I know" Puck said smirking a little. "We even got our own room" he said smirking even more and Rachel smiled brightly at him. Once Puck closed the door, Rachel pulled him by his shirt and started kissing him passionately. "You look even hotter in my clothes than earlier tonight" he said smirking and kissing her again.

He ran his tongue along her bottom lip demanding entrance to her mouth, which she instantly gave. Puck moved them gently towards the wall and deepened the kiss. She let out a small moan as her back hit the wall, breaking the kiss for a moment to catch her breath, while Puck took the opportunity to start kissing down her neck and shoulder as she moaned above him.

"Fuck, I missed you babe" Puck said while he continued to attack her neck. Grabbing his chin, she guided his lips back to hers, kissing him with force, pushing herself against him, giggling as he let out a small moan against her mouth.

"I missed you too" she said smirking back at him. Puck started making his way to the bed dragging her with him. Once Puck placed her on the bed, he moved to catch breath but Rachel grabbed his shirt pulling him back to her, needing his lips moving against her own.

"You're not allowed to do that" she whispered between kisses. Puck moaned into her mouth and rolled them putting himself on top, kissing her firmly, his tongue moving against her own, loving the moans escaping from her mouth, and the unconscious movement of her hips against his already tightened jeans. Puck pulled his shirt she was wearing, which only made her look sexier, sitting up she let him take it off, their lips parting for only seconds and he stopped to look at her.

"What?" she asked blushing a little worried.

"You're so fucking beautiful" he said attacking her lips again.

"Hey, hold on" she said stopping and he got a little nervous. Fuck! Get yourself together! You're a badass. You don't get nervous. "How come I'm the only one without a shirt?" she asked pouting sexily at him. Puck let out a little laugh and started kissing her again while she took his shirt off.

Running her hands along his now bare chest, Rachel shifted her weight to rub against him, Puck groaned and buried his head into her neck running his own hands across her stomach, kissing her collarbone, moving his hands to her hips and then her legs. He made his way to her neck causing her to moan his name and now running his hands to her upper body. He travelled all the way to her stomach kissing and nipping every part of her exposed flesh, which was a lot. He came urgently looking for her lips again.

And that's when it happened. The stupid voices coming into his head.

[Mike] 'We're not letting anyone, including you, do anything to Rachel.'

[Kurt] 'And if you love her, you will tell her about your past life without her cause it looks like she doesn't know about it.'

[Rachel] 'You dated Santana?'

And then, the worst one. The one that has become more and more like his conscience. The fucking conversation he had when he went to get beer.

[Matt] 'You haven't told her? Dude! You have to tell her eventually! She will find out! And if she finds out some other way, you're going to lose her forever! Everyone in her life has failed her except for us four and you know it! If you break her Puckerman, we won't ever forgive you!'

Puck stopped kissing Rachel all of the sudden and she looked at him frowning.

"Noah? What's wrong?" she asked worried sitting up.

"Nothing baby" he said hating himself right now. But he couldn't do it. Not when he's not being completely honest with her. "Just… we're taking things slow remember?" he said hating himself with every word he said. "And I just want it to do it right for you baby girl" he said placing his hand on her cheek. Rachel smiled softly at him and placed her hand over his.

"Ok" she whispered softly and gave him a peck on the lips. "I'm um, kind of tired, I think I'm going to bed" she said laughing at the irony of the whole thing and making him laugh a little too. "You can go back downstairs if you want-"

"Trying to get rid of me babe" he asked smirking. "I'm staying here with my badass baby" he said kissing his forehead. She smiled back at him and put her shirt, well, his shirt back on.

Rachel was lying on Puck's chest while he ran his hand through her hair. Once she felt his breathing slowing down, she rolled over to the other side with one of his arms wrapped around her waist, and the other one being used as her pillow. She couldn't help but feeling her heart ache. She had no idea why Puck had stopped. She knew they said they would take things slow, but she was basically giving him every green light there was and he just stopped. She couldn't help but thinking something had changed in him. She didn't know what, but something did and it hurt her a lot. Lying there holding his hand tighter, she let out a single tear roll down her cheek and falling onto Puck's hand. Little did she know, he wasn't asleep and he felt her tear fall on his hand. And it broke his heart.


A/N: songs: Bubble Toes - Jack Johnson (I'm in love with that song, with his music, and with Mike's performance of it in Glee) and Moves Like Jagger - Maroon 5 ft. Christina Aguilera (I love that song and wanted to put it in :D)

I again apologize for the whole We The Kings thing! and a few more things... first, I would like you to read my story Today and Everyday if you could! thanks :) second, since this story has always been about what you my awesome readers want... I have a few questions... a few reviewers have suggested of Rachel becoming a cheerio, now I'm not sure about it cause her personality is a whole other thing but I would like to know what you think... and the other one is... how would you like Rachel to find out about babygate and how should she react? I have my way but some of you don't want it to be as dramatic or something so again, I would like to hear your opinion about it :) and third, have you guessed what's wrong with Rachel? if not, don't worry... there will be more hints :) oh and btw you will also find out why Karofsky is acting that way cause he is gay but well, you'll see :)

thank you again so much for reading, linking, favoriting, alerting, and reviewing my story! let me know what you think :)