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ok, one more quick thing, I forgot to say that in my story Sam and Mercedes were never together (meaning, Sam and Mercedes never held hands at the coffee shop XD) and well, yeah that's pretty much it! I hope it doesn't suck! if it does, let me know if it doesn't PLEASE LET ME KNOW :) - moony

Disclaimer: I don't own Glee. If I did, Matt would've stayed and Puck, Mike, Sam and Matt would never wear a shirt :)


"Rach?" she heard Puck coming in her room. "We're gonna be late for school babe" he said sitting on her bed.

"I don't wanna go" she said through her pillow.

"Wow, you have turned into a little badass haven't you?" he asked laughing a little bit. She turned to glare at him. "Come on babe, I know you don't want to see him but, it'll be ok" he tried to cheer her up.

"Yeah, easy for you to say" she said sitting up. "It's just" she said sighting. "I was finally starting to process the idea of moving on and then… he comes back" she said with her voice breaking a little. "I'm pathetic aren't I?" she said with a few tears rolling down her cheeks.

"Hey, come here" Puck said hugging her to him and wiping her tears away. "You're not pathetic. You're still in love with him" he told her kissing her head.

"But I don't wanna be! I'm mad at him! He left! He left me! He swore he would never do that and he did!" she said crying a little more.

"I know" Puck said softly rubbing her back. "Look, I know you may not want to, but you should talk to him" she pulled away and threw him a death glare. "I'm not saying right now" he defended himself. "But I know how much he loved you and how much he cared about you. I'm sure he still does! And when he left, I wanted to kill him for hurting you. I still do! But I don't think you're going to be able to move on, unless you have… what's that word? Closure" he said in a serious tone. "I really think you need that babe" he said kissing her head.

"When did you get so smart?" she asked with a little chuckle.

"When I started hanging around you" he muttered and she punched him in the arm. "Hey! That's a good thing!" he argued making her laugh. "How's your cheek?" he asked getting a little upset as she got up.

"Well, it looks worse than it feels" she said looking at herself in the mirror. "I talked to my dads yesterday" she said changing the subject.

"Yeah? What'd they say?"

"They said they're coming back tomorrow" she said without any emotion in her voice. "They didn't say why though, but it'll only be for a couple of days I guess" she said sadly.

"So, party on Saturday?" Puck asked with an arched eyebrow walking towards her.

"No! You lost your right to organize any event in my house after what happened last time" she said pushing him away. "I'm gonna go get ready ok? I'll be down in a minute" she said smiling and walking in her bathroom.


"'Sup loser?" Mike said walking over to Matt's locker.

"Hey" he said with no emotion in his voice.

"Dude! I haven't seen you in over a year and that's all the emotion I get?" Mike asked pretending to be offended. Matt looked at him, then turned to look at someone behind him and back at his locker. Mike turned around to see what Matt was looking at and he saw Rachel walking in with Puck and Sam. "Oh, still haven't talked to Rach, I'm guessing?"

"She hates me! How can I talk to her when she hates me!" Matt said desperately.

"She doesn't hate you" Mike told him and Matt glared at him. "Ok, maybe she does but dude, look at this from her side of the story. You left without saying anything to any of us!"

"I didn't have a choice-" Matt defended himself.

"I know that dude! And Puck and I know the story now, but she doesn't! We're not telling her because is not our story to tell. You have to talk to her" Mike told him.

"I screwed up man" Matt said smashing his head against his locker. "Just tell me something" he said looking at Rachel again. "Is she with that blonde guy?"

"Sam? No dude, they became friends when Quinn cheated on him with Finn" Mike explained. "And now they're neighbors. We thought they would get together over the summer or something but it looks like they really are just friends" he said as the bell rang. "Look man, I gotta go, just try to talk to her ok?" he said walking away. Matt turned to look at Rachel and saw Puck and Sam leaving. He was about to go over there and talk to her, but he saw Kurt approaching her with Brittany.

"Hi Rachel" Brittany said sweetly.

"Oh, hi Britt, hi Kurt" Rachel said turning around.

"We wanted to know how you were" Kurt said sympathetically. "We brought you these" he said handing her flowers.

"Guys" Rachel couldn't help but smile. They really cared about her. "Thank you. You really didn't have to" she said hugging Brittany and then Kurt. When she hugged Kurt, he noticed a certain someone a few lockers away glaring at him.

"Well, I have to go, but I'll see you later" Brittany said smiling.

"Sure Britt" Rachel said as she walked in the other direction with Kurt.

"So, what's the story between you and the handsome chocolate jock?" Kurt asked Rachel as they walked to class.

"It's a really long story" Rachel said emotionless not even trying to deny it.

"Honey, we have the next class with Miss Hegberg. I think we have time" Kurt said laughing a little bit when they entered the class and went to sit on the back.

"Well" Rachel said biting her lip.

"Come on Rachel. Out of all of us, he was the most upset about what my stupid stepbrother did, and he was so worried sick when we were at the parking lot. And that song! You cannot tell me there's nothing there. And I mean he just tried to kill me with his eyes. He knows I'm gay right?" Kurt asked her. Rachel sighted, knowing he wasn't going to let it go, and told him about her and Matt. Not as detailed as she told Sam. Kurt may be her friend, but he's still one of the school's biggest gossips. Plus, he's friends with Mercedes, and from the looks she saw in her yesterday, she knew the other diva had a thing for Matt. "Oh my God! How could I not know that you dated him?" Kurt asked shocked by the information just taken.

"Well, we didn't want any more drama before Regionals and we were going to say it last year, but he left" Rachel simply said, not letting him know, that she had no idea he was going to leave.

"So, you're mad at him because he left?" Kurt asked confused.

"I don't know Kurt. I just…" she said sighting. "I think he moved on from me" she said a little sad.

"Look, I know it sucked that your boyfriend had to move, but he's back" Kurt said with a little smile. "You should just talk things out. Matt's a great guy and I don't know why I didn't think of it before, but you would make a good couple. And by the looks he gave you yesterday, that's not from someone who has moved on, in my opinion" he said. Rachel didn't say anything. She just smiled weakly at him and got lost in her thoughts about her and Matt.


"So, you still haven't talked to Matt?" Mike asked her in her next class. Rachel just shook her head no. "Look Rach, I know you're still mad at him but he feels really bad about it. He's crazy about you Rach. I know you hate him right now but he hates himself more for what he did. I just think you should hear him out" Mike said truthfully.

"I don't know Mike" Rachel said sad. "It's not that I don't want to. I just… I can't be around him without my eyes watering or my heart beating faster and my knees getting weaker and I get nervous and I get mad and I just don't think I can talk to him" she explained.

"You still love him, don't you?" Mike asked her sad and she nodded lightly. "Look, Rach, I know it hurts right now, but first, I don't think you're gonna be able to avoid him for a whole year before graduating. Specially if he came back to Glee. I'm not telling you to go and be his best friend, you don't even have to like him, and we all know that Puck, Sam and I will kick his ass if you ask us to" he said managing to make her laugh a little. "But Rach, you at least have to know how to be civil with him. I don't want you to start hating Glee, or hating school or" he turned sad. "or stop hanging out with us because he's here."

"I'm not going to stop hanging out with you guys" Rachel told him.

"Look" Mike sighed. "I know it's really hard for you, and you know that we're here for you right?" she nodded. "But Matt is our friend too, and being in the middle sucks cause we get to see both of our friends suffer for the other and we can't really do anything about it. I know it will be hard for you right now, and that's what we're here for, but you should really just try to give it a chance" he said.

"I guess you're right" Rachel said silently. "Thanks Mike" she said hugging him.

"Anytime Rach" he said kissing her head.


After the first two classes, Matt had a free period. He decided he was going to win Rachel Berry back. How? Music. He was on his way to the Choir Room to practice a song for her, when out of nowhere; purple iced syrup was thrown at him.

"Welcome back to Glee Club Rutheford!" he saw Azimio and Karofsky high-fiving each other and walking away laughing. He was about to go after them, when he heard something.

"Are you ok?" he heard a shy voice behind him. He turned around and saw her. When he saw her, he completely forgot his anger and focused on the petite diva in front of him.

"Yeah" Matt said softly. "Things don't really change around here, do they?" Rachel shook her head no. "Well, um, I'm gonna go get cleaned up I guess" he said starting to walk away begging for her to stop him.

"M-Matt" he barely heard her but that was good enough for him. He turned around and looked at her again. "Do, um, do you need help?" she asked a little nervous.

"Sure" he said trying to be cool. 'Anything to be with you' was really what he wanted to say. "Just uh, let me grab my gym bag ok?" She nodded and walked with him to get his gym bag and then, they walked into the nearest bathroom. Rachel grabbed the chair so he could sit down and Matt took the hint and pulled his head back as she ran her hands through his hair washing the slushie away. He closed his eyes loving the feeling of her hands running freely through his hair, trying to control himself of all the memories flowing into his mind.

"So, um" she started filling the awkward silence and snapping him out of his thoughts. "Are you gonna join the football team again?" she was trying her hardest not to let this bother her. Puck was right. She needed closure. Mike was right. She needed to be able to be around Matt staying calmed. And both of them, and even Kurt knew the truth. No matter how angry she was, she was still in love with him.

"I think so" he said softly. "Looks like they have been doing pretty good" he said with a little chuckle.

"Yeah, Coach Beiste is way better than Coach Tanaka" she said with a small laugh.

"How's your cheek?" he asked a little nervous.

"Better thanks" she said softly.

"I heard Hudson was suspended" he said not looking at her.

"Yeah" Rachel simply said as she finished washing his hair. "Um, all done" she said getting up and drying her hands.

"Thanks" he said as he got up and grabbed a towel to dry his hair. "Could you um, hand me my shirt?" he asked pointing at his bag. Rachel opened his bag and got out his shirt. Before she turned around and hand it to him, she held it close to her. It smelled like him. She loved how he smelled. She didn't want to look like a freak smelling his shirt, so she quickly turned around only to make things worse. He was standing shirtless in front of her.

"Um, I uh-" she stuttered stupidly while she looked away. "H-here" she said handing him his shirt and turning around so he wouldn't see the red on her cheeks, but what she didn't see, was the biggest smirk appearing on his face.

"Thanks" Matt said putting his shirt on. "Thanks for helping me Rach" he said softly.

"Sure" she said turning around. "We've all been there, remember? It's easier when someone helps you" she said with the tiniest smile. "Well, um, I'll see you around" she said turning around really quickly and walking towards the door.

"Rach, wait" Matt begged. Rachel stopped but she didn't turn around. "I'm sorry" was everything that came out of his mouth. Rachel felt her eyes watering but she took a deep breath and turned around. "I'm sorry I left just like that but I… there was nothing else I could do" he said honestly. He started to walk towards her. Rachel tried her best to handle it but she was wrong. It was too much. She felt her knees shake more with every step he took towards her. She was trying to back away from him, but he wasn't going to let her run away again. He had to talk to her. She had to know how sorry he was. How much he missed her. How much he needed her. Her back hit the wall and he stood in front of her. She could feel his breathing on her. She couldn't move. She couldn't think. She couldn't talk. "I never meant to hurt you. You have to believe me" he said softly. Rachel couldn't say anything. She was looking down. Matt placed his hand on her chin and lifted her head so she would to look at him. He saw her eyes filled with tears. "I missed you so much" he whispered to her.

"Matt I-"

"Tell me you didn't" he told her. She looked at him with a confused look on her face. "Tell me you didn't miss me and I'll let you go. Tell me you've moved on, and I'll move on" he said looking straight in her eyes. "Tell me you don't love me and I'll walk away."

Her head wanted so badly to get out of there, but she couldn't. Her heart didn't want to move. The guy she loved was standing in front of her, telling her that he still loved her. She could have it all back. She could start over. But there was that stupid little voice in her head telling her that he had hurt her. That he had left her.

"Matt I can't-" she said barely audible.

"Then stop me" Matt whispered leaning down towards her. Before she knew what was happening Matt crashed his lips against hers. Their lips started moving together like they were made for it. The minute his lips touched hers, everything started to come back and she deepened the kiss. Matt placed one of his hands on her cheek; careful of not hurting her while his other hand was possessively around her waist bringing her closer to him. Rachel wrapped her arms around his neck and brought him closer too. Images floated around her mind. The first time she saw him. The first time he ever kissed her. Their first date. The first time he told her he loved her. And well, a lot of first times. Rachel moaned as Matt kissed her harder demanding entrance, which, of course, she gave. She had forgotten how much she loved to kiss him. Out of all the boys she had kissed he was, by far, the best kisser. Even better than Puck. She felt her whole body go weak against him causing him to tighten his grip on her. But then, her mind did it again. It went to that day. The day when she went over to Matt's house, and everything was gone. The day when he left. She started feeling her heart aching and her eyes watering again and she managed to shove him away.

"No Matt! I can't! I can't do this! I look at you and I can't stop thinking about that day! It still hurts Matthew! You left! Just like that! You can't just kiss me and make it all go away! It doesn't work that way ok? It doesn't just make it better!" she snapped letting the tears falling down her cheeks.

"Ok, ok" Matt said walking a few steps back. "I'm sorry Rachel! I just- I can't control myself ok? I love you! I love you so much! And every time I see you I just want to kiss you and hold you in my arms like I did before! I can't leave without you for one more minute!" Matt started to pretty much yell. "I miss you so much! When I look at you I hate myself for hurting you!" he calmed himself a little and walking towards her again but she backed away. "I miss you a lot baby girl" he said softly, looking at her with the saddest eyes she had ever seen. She felt her heart breaking into tiny little pieces looking at him like that and hearing him call her like he always did.

"I love you" she said crying a little more. "I do, but I can't- I can't do this! I'm sorry" she said softly and turning around and running out of the bathroom leaving a confused, angry Matt behind.

When Rachel came out of the bathroom, she started running towards the only place where she could find peace. The Auditorium. What she didn't notice was a certain Latina watching her from her locker. The next thing Santana saw, was the dark handsome football player coming out of the same bathroom.

"Shit!" Matt yelled punching a locker.

"What'd you do to Berry?" Santana asked coming over to him.

"What?" Matt snapped. "I didn't do anything to her!"

"Hey! Don't yell at me Matt!" she argued.

"Since when do you care about Rachel anyway?" Matt asked confused but still mad.

"Look, I'm not saying she's my best friend, but Britt likes her and she kind of grows on you. And she's always nice to me even if I'm always a bitch to her. Plus, what happened yesterday was really fucked up so, I don't know…" she simply said.

"Yeah? Last time I checked, you were calling her names and making her life miserable" he said a little hostile.

"You've been out of here for a year, remember?" she said getting upset.

"Don't remind me that" he said looking to the empty hallway where Rachel had left.

"Do you um, need to talk about it?" Santana asked a little awkward and he turned to look at her even more confused. Sure, he had known Santana since he was about nine years old, and yes they dated in the past, but she was never the kind of friend that he would go to talk to when he felt bad or something.

"Ok, seriously who are you and what did you do to Santana Lopez?" Santana rolled her eyes and punched him in the arm.

"Shut up!" she said laughing. "Look, obviously you're upset and for the looks of it, Puck and Mike haven't been that much help! Berry's not talking to you, you don't know Sam, I've never seen you talk to Mercedes, Artie or Tina, you never liked Quinn, and unless you wanna have an interview with Lord Tubbington in Britt's talk show or get a makeover from Kurt, I'm the best way to go" she explained and he still looked at her with a weird look. "Don't blame me ok? Ever since I'm with Britt she makes me talk about feelings and shit-"

"Wait, you're with Britt?" Matt asked a little shocked. "Like with her? Dating?"

"You've been out of here way too long Rutheford" Santana said as they made their way to the bleachers to talk.


Rachel ran into the Auditorium and curled up in a ball on a chair and cried her eyes out.

"Rach?" she turned to look up at the stage and saw Tina sitting there with some music sheets. When she noticed Rachel was crying, she ran off the stage and sat next to her. "Are you ok?"

"Yeah" Rachel said wiping her tears away and trying to sound ok.

"No you're not! You're crying" Tina said worried.

"Look, don't worry about it" Rachel said getting up. "I'm sorry I interrupted you. I'll let you continue-"

"Rachel, wait" Tina said standing up too. "Look, I know you're one of Mike's best friends and Puck's and Sam's but" she sighed. "I think every girl needs girlfriends to talk" she told her. "And we used to be friends, remember? And well, I miss you and I guess that what I'm trying to say is… I'm here if you need to talk" she said with a sweet smile.

"Y-you really mean that?" Rachel asked a little surprised. Is not that she didn't like Tina, but they hadn't talked in quite a long time.

"Yeah. I mean what happened yesterday was just so awful" she said a little awkward. "And well, you're always there for us and I wanna be here for you" she said smiling again.

"Thanks Tina" Rachel said sitting on the floor again.

"So, what's wrong?" Tina asked sitting next to her.

"Boys" Rachel muttered with a sarcastic chuckle.

"Matt?" Tina asked her. Rachel just nodded. She knew it was most likely everyone knew about her and Matt by now. Firstly because, well Kurt had told everyone, and second, they weren't stupid, they knew that song meant something. "What happened?" Tina asked putting her hand on her shoulder.

"I tried to talk to him" she said with tears forming in her eyes again. "I couldn't do it Tina! I can't talk to him without my stupid heart aching and my knees shaking and just… it still hurts a lot" she said crying a little harder and Tina rubbed her back.

"You still love him, don't you?" she asked her.

"How is it that everyone knows that?" she asked a little frustrated.

"Well, because of the way you feel around him. And we saw how you guys looked at each other yesterday" Tina explained and Rachel simply nodded.

"He said he still loves me too" she said with another tear escaping her eye.

"Can I ask you something? You don't have to answer if you don't want to" Rachel nodded again. "Well, if you love him, and he loves you, why don't you give him another chance? Matt is a really great guy Rachel. He obviously cares a lot about you. He almost killed Finn yesterday! I mean, Puck, Mike, Sam, Artie, Kurt or any of us wanted to kill him, but it was his first day back here, he had just seen you and sang a song with you and he just protected you as if you were still together" she told her. Rachel looked up at her. She had a point. "My point is, sometimes all the fighting and remembering the hurt and stuff is just not worth it when the person you love is right there and he loves you too and you could just start all over" Tina told her as if it was obvious.

"I told you I can't talk to him without my heart start aching or my knees getting weak or my eyes watering-"

"Have you told him that?" Tina asked curious.

"No" Rachel said thinking about it.

"Well, Rach, look I have no idea why Matt left. When I started going out with Mike he was still here, and when I asked him, he didn't know either. And I saw how upset he was when Matt left. They've been friends since they were babies and Mike got really mad when he was gone without saying anything to anyone. But now that he's back, it's just like he never left. I know is not the same since you guys were together and everything, but you could talk to him and let him explain why he did what he did and you can tell him how you feel and start all over. I mean, don't you think you would be happy with Matt?"

"I guess" Rachel said unconvinced.

"Look, I never saw you looking at Finn or at Jesse the way you looked at Matt yesterday. Or them looking at you like Matt did. And if Matt makes you happy and you love him and he still loves you, you should really try again. I know it may be hard right now, but maybe you could talk things out and like start dating again and stuff" Tina said with a sweet smile.

"I guess you're right" Rachel said wiping away the last tears. "I mean it is kind of stupid to just cry about him when I could fix this right?" she asked as if it all started to make sense.

"Yeah" Tina said happily.

"But-" Rachel sighted. "Well, before I came here when we were talking he, um, he kissed me and I pushed him away and-" she started freaking out again.

"Again Rachel just talk to him. Tell him how you feel and how you thought you couldn't handle it but you want to. I'm sure he'll understand" Tina said.

"You don't think he's gonna hate me?" Rachel asked sadly.

"He still loves you right?" she said smiling.

"Right" Rachel said with a little smile. And then, she hugged Tina. "Thank you so much Tina!"

"You're welcome Rachel" Tina said returning the hug. Rachel stood up and started to walk out of the Auditorium but she turned around to look at Tina.

"Um, thank you" she said again and Tina looked at her confused. "I know I'm not the easiest person to go along with and well, you still helped me and well, I just want you to know that if you need anything I can be here for you too. I mean you're Mike's girlfriend and he's one of my best friends and I would love it if we could be friends" she said smiling. "Even more if um, I end up back with Matt" she said letting out a little chuckle and making Tina laugh too.

"I'd like that Rachel" Tina said smiling and Rachel nodded leaving the Auditorium.


"So, you'll help me? Like really help me?" Matt asked confused.

"I thought we were over this!" Santana said annoyed. "Do you want my help or not?"

"Yeah, is just that I've known you for almost ten years and well, this is the first time that you've actually helped me" he said still unconvinced of the new Santana.

"I told you! Blame Britt for it! Look I gotta go, I have practice but I'll see you at lunch ok?" she said walking in separate ways from Matt.

Matt remembered what he was doing before the slushie and decided to go to the Choir Room. Rachel spotted him entering the Choir Room and started heading towards that direction. She did want to be with Matt. Yes, it still hurt but she could get through it with him, right? Before she reached the door, she saw the other Glee Club diva entering the Choir Room. She was going to turn around and look for Matt later, but she couldn't. Curiosity getting the best of her, she walked towards the door and stood outside the room listening to what was going on inside.

"Hi Matt" Mercedes said walking in with a tupperware on her hands. She walked over to the piano where he was sitting.

"Um, hi Mercedes" Matt said kind of awkward. Santana was right; he had never really talked to Mercedes. Other than Glee performances, he had no contact with the diva.

"I brought you this" she said handing him the tupperware. Matt looked at her a little confused but grabbed it anyways.

"Um, thanks" he said still unsure of what was going on.

"I just um, remembered they were your favorite" she said smiling. Matt opened it and saw it was filled with chocolate chip cookies. She was right. Those were his favorite. He grabbed one and ate it. They were ok, but they weren't like the ones Rachel did. He became addicted to them the moment he tried them. But Mercedes was polite for bringing him cookies and well, noticing they were his favorite. Although that was a little weird. He had no idea how she knew that about him.

"Thanks Mercedes, they're really good" he said smiling. They were good, just not Rachel's.

"I um, actually had another reason I brought you cookies" she admitted sitting next to him on the piano bench.

"Yeah?" Matt said getting a little nervous. Mercedes was a really intimidating person when she wanted to be.

"Well, I was actually wondering if you could help me for a song for Glee" she said smiling. "I mean your performance yesterday was, well rather odd, but you were great and I think that our voices could fit perfect together" she said smiling flirty at him.

"Um, I could help you with the music if you'd like" Matt started. "Or if you're planning on dancing but no singing" he told her. He could only sing with Rachel. Or for her.

***Flashback***

"What was that?" Rachel asked entering Matt's room.

"What was what?" Matt asked confused looking at his girlfriend.

"Were you singing?" she asked smiling.

"No" he quickly said blushing a little.

"Yes you were! Your iPod is off and you're the only one here and I heard singing" she said lying on the bed next to him.

"Fine I was singing" he muttered looking down.

"Can I hear more?" she asked lifting his head up and he shook his head. "Why not?" she asked pouting.

"Because I don't sing" he told her.

"Yes you do! You just did!" she said with a little chuckle.

"Yeah, but I don't sing in public" he said shyly.

"But I'm your girlfriend" she pouted.

"I love it when you say that" he said smirking and wrapping his arms around her. "You're my baby girl" he said giving him a peck on the lips.

"See? You should sing for me" she said smiling.

"I can't" he said blushing a little bit.

"Why not?" Rachel asked curious.

"I don't know" he said not looking at her.

"Please?" Rachel pouted making huge puppy eyes.

"Oh, please?" Matt laughed looking at her and she nodded giving him a peck on the lips. "Ok, I'll do it but I want another one of those" he said smirking and she gave him another one.

"Well, if you sing to me, there's a lot more that you can get" she said smirking sexily at him. Matt widened his eyes and cleared his throat.

"Ok, but um, one condition" he said getting nervous. "You don't laugh."

"Matt" Rachel said appalled that he would think she could laugh at him. "I could never laugh at you" she said smiling sweetly.

"Ok" he said getting his guitar. "Um, could you sing with me? I just really love your voice" he said smiling.

"Sure" Rachel said smiling back at him. "But you first!" she said laughing and he rolled his eyes a little bit. He started playing and sang softly to her.

You touch these tired eyes of mine

And map my face out line by line

And somehow growing old feels fine

I listen close for I'm not smart

You wrap you thoughts in works of art

And they're hanging on the walls of my heart

[Rachel looked at him with the biggest smile on her face. How could she have never heard him sing before? She loved this song and he knew it. She wanted to sing with him but she was so lost in his voice that she couldn't. She needed to hear him sing.]

I may not have the softest touch

I may not say the words as such

And though I may not look like much

I'm yours

And though my edges may be rough

I never feel I'm quite enough

It may not seem like very much

But I'm yours

[Matt looked at Rachel looking enchanted at him. He didn't even mind she hadn't joined him for the song. He wanted to tell her everything the song said and when he saw her looking at him like that, she gave him all the confidence he needed to go on.]

You healed these scars over time

Embraced my soul

You loved my mind

You're the only angel in my life

The day news came my best friend died

My knees went weak and you saw me cry

Say I'm still the soldier in your eyes

[Rachel had a few tears in her eyes but she had a smile from ear to ear. She never wanted the song to end. She wanted him to keep on singing. She saw this new light on his face when he sang.]

I may not have the softest touch

I may not say the words as such

And though I may not look like much

I'm yours

And though my edges may be rough

I never feel I'm quite enough

It may not seem like very much

But I'm yours

When he finished the song, he looked over at Rachel who could not take her eyes of him and could not wipe the smile away from her face. He put his guitar away and put his hand awkwardly behind his neck.

"So?" he asked nervous. "What do you think-" Matt was cut of by Rachel throwing herself at him and started kissing him hard on the lips. Matt was a little surprised at first but quickly gave in the kiss wrapping his hands around her waist. After a few minutes Rachel broke apart but placed her forehead against his.

"I love your voice" she whispered smiling at him. Matt smiled brightly back at her and captured her lips in his again.

***End of Flashback***

"Um, Matt! Are you ok?" he heard Mercedes snapping him out of his thoughts. "You've been quiet for a long time" she said confused.

"Right, um, sorry what were you saying?" he asked not really paying attention.

"I asked you why you um, wouldn't sing" she told him. "I mean, you sang yesterday" she said a little annoyed.

"Yeah, but that was different" he simply told her.

"Um, well ok" she said with an arched eyebrow. "But um, would you still help me?" she said turning sweet again.

"Uh sure" Matt said without any emotion in his face.

"Great! Why don't you come to my house tonight at um, around six?" she asked him.

"Ok" Matt said in the same tone.

"Ok, I'll see you then, thanks Matt" she said standing up and walking out of the Choir Room. Rachel started walking to the bathroom so Mercedes wouldn't see her, but she did and she followed her. "Were you spying on me?" she asked furious walking inside the bathroom after Rachel.

"What are you talking about?" she asked pretending to be confused.

"Oh, cut the crap Miss Bossy Pants" Mercedes said getting upset.

"Hey! You have no right to-"

"No! You have no right to spy on Matt and me! Look, I don't know what kind of twisted game you two had, but I'm sure it's over by now!"

"You have no idea what you're talking about Mercedes" Rachel said standing up for the chocolate diva. She had a slap from Finnderella yesterday, she could take anything from anyone. [A/N: that nickname was stolen from MidnightDreamer73! :D hahahaha sorry thing 1! I just loved it! :)]

"What? You have some sick little sad story with Matt?" Mercedes asked defiantly.

"That is none of your business" Rachel said trying to sound mad but Mercedes noticed her voice breaking so she decided to play with the diva's mind.

"Are you hung up on him? Cause honey, let me help you ok? He doesn't want you! He's coming over to my house tonight" she said smirking.

"Yeah, for your Glee project" Rachel told her. That was it, right?

"Oh Rachel" Mercedes said letting out a chuckle. "You are so naive. You really think that working on a Glee project is just working on a Glee project? I mean, what happened when you asked Puckerman to help you with your mash-up?" she asked with an arched eyebrow causing Rachel's cheeks to turn red.

"M-Matt is not like that" she said trying to sound mad again. She didn't want Mercedes to notice that she was getting on her nerves.

"How would you know?" Mercedes asked her. Rachel let out a tiny sight of relief. At least Kurt hadn't told Mercedes about her and Matt.

"I just do!" Rachel fought back.

"Well, I guess we'll find out after tonight won't we" Mercedes said with a huge evil smirk on her face. She turned around and walked out of the bathroom.

Rachel felt her heart breaking again. Matt couldn't move on from her that fast could he? He just told her that he still loved her less than an hour ago. She shook her head and decided to go and talk to Matt. She wouldn't be able to get this out of her mind until she talked to him. She made her way towards the Choir Room again to look for Matt, but when she came out of the bathroom, she saw Matt by his locker talking to Mercedes. Mercedes was laughing at something he had just said and he was smiling politely at her. She stood there feeling her blood boil of anger.

"Rach?" she saw Sam standing next to her. He turned to look at what she was seeing and looked back at her. "Are you ok?"

"Come on!" she said grabbing his hand and leading him to the Auditorium. "I want to do a song for Glee and I need you to help me!" she told him. She was fuming red.

"Um, Rach, why don't you calm down a little-"

"No! He thinks he can tell me that he loves me, and then just move on? Just like that! I don't think so! I'm gonna move on first!"

"Who?" Sam asked confused. "The new guy? How do you know he's moved on?"

"Well, he was there all happy with Mercedes" Rachel said frustrated.

"Rachel that doesn't mean anything" Sam tried to convince her.

"He's going over to her house tonight" she told him.

"What?"

"Yeah, to work on her Glee project" she said doing a stupid voice.

"Um, why are you freaking out then?" Sam asked a little confused.

"Uh, hello!" Rachel said annoyed that Sam didn't see her point. "He's going over to her house! Tonight!"

"Yeah, to work on the Glee project" Sam said as if it was obvious.

"Oh, wake up Sam! Nobody does that! Even I made out with Noah when he was supposed to help me with my Glee project! Both times!" she said frustrated. Sam just remained silent. "So, are you gonna help me or not?"

"Um, sure what do you have in mind?" Sam asked confused. Rachel looked through Sam's bag and got his iPod out hoping to find the song she wanted.

"This one!" she said showing him the song. Sam thought it was better not to mess with her when she was this upset and he quickly nodded.


"Kurt! I've been looking all over for you! Did you get a text from Mercedes?" Tina said freaking out.

"No, I left it on my locker. Why? What happened?" he asked confused taking out his phone from his locker.

"She texted me saying she had a date tonight" Tina said upset.

"Oh my God! That's so exciting!" Kurt said happily. "Who's the lucky guy?"

"Matt!" Tina said with worried eyes and Kurt's smile turned upside down.

"Please tell me you're talking about Matt Damon" he said in a serious tone.

"No" Tina said shaking her head.

"Ok, I'm calling Santana" Kurt said picking up his phone, Tina doing the same so they would be in conference call.

"Brittana here" Santana said answering the phone.

"Santana, we have a problem" Kurt said worried.

"Oh, don't worry Lord Tubbington promised to buy more cheese when we ran out" Brittany said smiling.

"I'm afraid is bigger than that honey" Kurt told her.

"What's wrong Hummel?" Santana asked.

"Mercedes has a date with Matt" Tina said.

"What? Who is this?" Santana asked confused.

"Are you my conscience?" Britt asked.

"No! It's Tina!" Tina said rolling her eyes.

"Look, can we focus here?" Kurt said frustrated. "Mercedes told Tina she has a date with Matt tonight!"

"No! She can't have a date with Matt! She'll ruin the plan!" Santana snapped.

"What? What plan?" Tina asked confused.

"Hummel! You said you'd get Tina in the plan" Santana told her.

"I hadn't seen her until now" Kurt defended himself.

"So what are we going to do about their date?" Tina asked.

"Wait, that can't be right. I just heard Puck talking to Mike that they were having a guys night with Sam, Artie and Matt" Brittany said all of the sudden.

"Britt, are you sure?" Kurt asked her.

"Yeah. I remember cause I asked them if Lord Tubbington could join them after he bought the cheese" she simply said. "They said no."

Kurt turned to look at Tina and they hung up at the same time. They started looking for Mike. Tina spotted him by his locker, talking to Matt.

"Hi babe" Tina said sweetly coming over to them.

"Hi babe" Mike said kissing her cheek. "Hi Kurt."

"Gentlemen" Kurt said smiling at both of them.

"Um, Mike, what are you doing tonight?" Tina asked going straight to the point.

"Um, well since you have your family dinner, I'm going to play video games with the guys" he told her. "You wanna come?" he asked Kurt. He knew he was going to say no, but he kind of felt bad by not asking him.

"I'd rather burn down my Alexander McQueen jacket collection" he said smiling sarcastically polite. "But thanks."

"So, um where are you guys going?" Tina asked curious.

"Uh, I think Puck's" Mike answered.

"Cool. Who's going?" Tina asked and Kurt elbowed her arm telling her she was being too obvious.

"What's with the third degree?" Mike asked laughing a little.

"Nothing. Just curious" she said glaring a little at Matt.

"Uh, I think Puck, Sam, Artie and me" Mike told her.

"Really? You're not going Matt?" she asked turning to look at him.

"Um, no I'm busy" he simply said.

"Really?" Kurt said arching his eyebrow.

"Yeah" he said looking at them weird.

"Hey! Rutheford! What the hell?" Santana yelled coming towards them with Brittany.

"What?" Matt asked confused. Santana rolled her eyes and dragged him away from everyone else.

"I listen to you mope about Berry and we figure out a plan for you to get her back and now you're going on a fucking date with Jones?" she snapped.

"What? I'm not going out on a date with Mercedes! I'm helping her for her Glee project" Matt defended himself.

"Yeah! And Bert and Ernie were just roommates! Open your eyes you idiot! She's always had a crush on you! And she texted Tina and Hummel so they would help her get ready for her date with you tonight!" she told him.

"What!" Matt said furious. He pushed Santana out of the way and started running.

"Where are you going?" Santana asked confused.

"To find Rachel! I can't let her think that I'm going out with Mercedes" he told her before starting to run again. He ran to the Choir Room, but she wasn't there. The Auditorium. He started making his way to the Auditorium when he saw her.

"Mercedes!" she turned to look at him with Quinn.

"Yes?" Mercedes asked sweetly.

"Why did you tell Tina you had a date with me tonight? I'm helping you for your project! That's it!" he said with clenched teeth.

"What? I-I didn't say that" Mercedes said getting nervous.

"Stop lying to me! Mercedes if Rachel finds out about this and she hates me, I swear I will never forgive you for it-"

"Why are you worried about Berry finding out?" Quinn asked with a little chuckle.

"That's really none of your business" Matt said turning to the blonde.

"Well I don't think she's going to mind at all, I mean, she's too busy with Sam in the Auditorium right now" Quinn said closing her locker.

"What?" Matt asked feeling his blood boil. "But he's just her friend, right?"

"Matt, you've been out of here way too long. Rachel and Sam are obviously more than friends. I mean, they're always together and he ran out of the Choir Room yesterday after what Finn did to her. Sure, you punched him but he went after her. He hugged her and comforted her" Mercedes said with a little smirk. Matt didn't say anything; he just started running towards the Auditorium again. This cannot be happening! I can't lose her! He managed get to the Auditorium and he heard her. That was her voice. And she was with him. He sat on the last chair so they couldn't see him and listened.

[Rachel, Matt, Both]

When's the day you start again

And when the hell does you'll get over it begin

I'm looking hard in the mirror

But I don't fit my skin

It's too much to take

It's too hard to break me

From the cell I'm in

Oh from this moment on

I'm changing the way I feel yeah

From this moment on

It's time to get real

Cause I still don't know how to act

Don't know what to say

Still wear the scars like it was yesterday

But you're long gone and moved on

But you're long gone

But I still don't know where to start, still finding my way

Still talk about you like it was yesterday

But you're long gone and moved on

But you're long gone, you moved on

[Matt had enough. He stood up and ran out the Choir Room. He kicked a chair and sat frustrated on the floor. She's moving on! She's fucking MOVING ON! And for some reason, he couldn't get that stupid song out of his head. When he was little, his mom told him that when he couldn't get a song out of his head, he had to sing it. So he grabbed a guitar and sang.]

So how'd you pick the pieces up? Yeah

I'm barely used to saying me instead of us

The elephant in the room keeps scaring off the guests

It gets under my skin to see you with him

And it's not me that you're with

Oh from this moment on

I'm changing the way I feel yeah

From this moment on

It's time to get real

Cause I still don't know how to act

Don't know what to say

Still wear the scars like it was yesterday

But you're long gone and moved on

But you're long gone

But I still don't know where to start, still finding my way

Still talk about you like it was yesterday

But you're long gone and moved on

But you're long gone, you moved on

[Rachel kept on singing in the Auditorium with tears streaming down her face while Matt sang the exact same song in the Choir Room with his blood boiling of anger.]

No I can't keep thinking that you're coming back, no

Cause I got no business knowing where you're at, no

And it's gonna be hard yeah

Cause I have to wanna heal yeah

And it's gonna be hard yeah

The way I feel that I have to get real

I still don't know how to act

Don't know what to say

Still wear the scars like it was yesterday

But you're long gone and moved on

But you're long gone

But I still don't know where to start, still finding my way

Still talk about you like it was yesterday

But you're long gone and moved on

But you're long gone, you moved on

When Rachel finished the song, she wiped away the tears on her cheeks.

"Do you feel better?" Sam asked coming over to her. She wrapped her arms around his waist and cried a little more.

"Not really" she whispered to him. Sam just kissed her head and hugged her tight. "How do I start to move on?" she asked looking up at him. "Why is it so hard?"

"I don't know babe" he said softly. "Maybe because you don't wanna move on?" Rachel looked at him with sad eyes. He's right.

When Matt finished the song, he grabbed a chair and threw it against the other chairs.

"Um, are you ok?" he heard someone. He turned to look at the door and saw Artie.

"Yeah" he simply said. "Have you seen Mercedes?"


"A date with Mercedes! He has a fucking date with Mercedes?" Rachel said hysterical smashing the buttons of the controller as she tried to kill Mike in COD.

"Um, not that I'm complaining, I mean, I usually like Rachel but why is she here, killing us all?" Artie asked Puck.

"Well, she's really upset about Matt and Mercedes' date. She was supposed to go out with Santana, Britt, Tina, Hummel and Hummel's boyfriend but Tina had a family dinner, Hummel and Hummel's boyfriend had Hummel boyfriend's… something and Santana and Britt said they had their anniversary so they're taking her out tomorrow night but we didn't want her to be alone when she's like that" Puck explained to him.

"Ugh! Stupid game!" she yelled throwing the controller on the floor and walking out to the backyard.

"I'll go" Puck said following her. He found her lying on the hammock. She had silent tears rolling down her cheeks. "Hey" he said softly sitting next to her.

"Hi" she said softly sitting up and wiping away her tears.

"So, are you going to tell me what happened?" he asked her. He only knew that Rachel was hysterical and that Matt was apparently going over to Mercedes' for some reason.

"He's moving on" she whispered letting more tears out.

"Babe you don't know that" Puck said softly.

"He's going over to Mercedes' tonight. He's probably there already" she said crying harder and looking at Puck. "I'm so stupid! If I hadn't stop him if I-"

"Wait, what are you talking about?" Puck asked confused.

"I tried- I tried to talk to h-him" she said calming down a little. "I can't Noah! I can't do it! It still hurts a lot" she said crying a little harder. Puck hugged her to him and kissed her head.

"Shhh, it's ok babe" he said softly, letting her cry on his chest. They just stayed there, until she had calm down a little. "What happened?" he asked softly.

"Azimio and Karofsky slushied him" she started. He could still feel the sadness in her voice, but she tried her best to stop crying. "I saw it and I couldn't just stand there and do nothing, so I offered my help and we went to the bathroom and I helped him and we started talking" she explained. "And then, when he was done I was going to leave but he stopped me and he started apologizing. He said he was sorry for leaving and that he never meant to hurt me and then" she started crying again. "And then he kissed me and all this memories started to come back and I kissed him back but then I remembered the day he left and I pushed him away! I just couldn't do it Noah" she said burying her head on his chest again. "He said he still love me" she told him when she calmed down again.

"Do you love him?" Puck asked her. Rachel turned to look at him and nodded.

"Yeah" she said with another tear escaping her eye. "I want to move on but I can't I still love him and now he's with Mercedes" she said crying a little more.

"Why the fuck is he with Mercedes?" Puck asked getting mad. He was going to kill Matt.

"I heard them talking and she asked him to help him on her Glee project" she said between sobs.

"But he said he wouldn't sing with her" they turned to look at Mike standing on the door.

"How do you know?" Rachel asked confused.

"Matt told me" Mike said sitting on the floor in front of Rachel. "He told me she asked him to sing with her but he didn't want to cause he can't sing with someone if it's not you" he told her sincerely. "He's not moving on Rach."

"I heard him when he said he wouldn't sing" she said looking down. She knew Matt wouldn't sing if it wasn't for her. And the fact that he still didn't meant something to her.

"So, what are you gonna do?" Puck asked her and she sighed.

"I have no idea" she said lying back on the hammock. She could figure this whole thing out tomorrow. She had had enough for today.

"Do you want us to kick his ass?" Puck asked making her laugh a little.

"No" she said sitting back up again. "At least not yet."

"Well, right now" Sam said appearing on the door. "I think we can watch a bunch of your favorite movies and eat a ton of junk food" he said smiling. "Artie already left so, is just us four" he told her.

"You guys would do that for me?" she asked smiling.

"Well, don't expect chick bonding or anything but I'm down with the junk food" Puck said kissing her head.

"Yeah doll, we know you were supposed to get your girls/gay-boys night out but well we're kind of all you got" Mike said smiling sweetly.

"You're kind of all I need" Rachel said smiling back at them.


A/N: I'm Yours - The Script and Long Gone and Moved On - The Script

so? I really hope you liked it :) it was longer! hahahah and it had two songs! so mini wave in celebration of me :D let me know what you think :)