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"Matt!" Matt felt someone shaking him lightly and he opened his eyes to find Rachel sitting in front of him staring at him with a worried look on her face.

"Hey, what's wrong baby?" he asked with his voice kind of hoarse.

"You were talking in your sleep" she said softly. Matt sat up and looked at her with his eyes widening a little.

"I was?" he asked a little scared and she nodded.

"Well, you were kind of mumbling, but you looked pretty upset" she said frowning and Matt noticed she was holding his hand.

"Sorry, I just kind of had a bad dream" he said with a sad smile.

"Are you ok?" she asked worried.

"I will be" he said with the same sad smile. "Did I wake you?"

"No" she said blushing a little bit. He turned to look at the clock. 2:30 a.m.

"What were you doing up?" he asked concerned. She simply shrugged and looked away. "Rach" he said sighting.

"I missed you" she whispered hugging her knees with her free arm, never letting go of his hand. Matt sat closer to her and wrapped his arms around her, relieved when she didn't pull away, she just leaned her head against his chest and he placed his head on top of hers. "I… I tried to hate you" she whispered. Matt knew she was crying. "I tried to be mad at you and I told myself that you had forgotten all about me" she said crying a little harder. "I tried to move on from you for a whole year… but then" she said looking at him with her big watered eyes. "Then you came into the Choir Room" she whispered to him. "and then I knew… it didn't matter how much it hurt, it didn't matter how mad I was… I never stopped loving you" she told him with a sad smile. "I don't think I ever could" she said burying her head on his chest again but he lifted her head again.

"Baby, I'm so sorry. I never meant to hurt you" he whispered softly placing his hand gently on her cheek. He saw that the bruise on her cheek was still there and he felt his blood boil a little but he needed to concentrate. "You have to believe me, I didn't mean to just leave… I- it just sort of happened, but Rach, you gotta know… if I had known the last time I saw you would be the last time, I... I would have stopped to memorize your face, the way you move, every single thing that I love about you. If I had known the last time I kissed you would have been the last time... I never would have stopped-" Matt was cut off by Rachel smashing her lips against his. He was a little surprised at first, but quickly gave in wrapping his arms around her waist while she brought him closer with her hands on his neck. After a few minutes they both broke apart needing air. Matt placed his forehead against Rachel's. "I know we still have a lot to talk about-"

"We don't" she cut him off one more time. "You don't have to say anything else. What you just said," she said with a little smile. "That's all I needed. I know you still have things to tell me, but you can tell me when you're ready, I don't need to hear them, I just needed to know that you still needed me" she said blushing a little bit.

"I have always needed you baby girl" he said smiling when he saw her smile. "More than anything" he said placing a soft kiss on her lips. "I love you" he whispered against her lips.

"I love you too" she said smiling.

"Come on" he said lying back down again and bringing her closer to him. "Time to sleep" he said kissing her head.

"No, I want to stay with you" she said hugging him closer.

"I'll be here baby" he whispered kissing her head one more time. "I promise."


"Rachel Barbara Berry!" the next time Matt opened his eyes, the image he saw wasn't exactly the one he was expecting. Instead of looking down at Rachel, still in his arms, he saw Kurt ripping Rachel out of his arms and dragging her out of the room followed by Blaine.

"Kurt, what are you doing?" he heard Rachel complain while he got up.

"Hey, Hummel! What the fuck?" he asked opening the door only to see Santana and Brittany dragging Tina away from the house too. Before he could say anything else, everyone was gone. He saw Puck and Sam passed out in the living room, completely oblivious to what had just happened, and then he saw Mike coming out of his room.

"Dude, what the fuck just happen?" he asked as confused as Matt.

"Kurt Hummel! I demand an explanation for you dragging me down the street! Put me down!" Rachel yelled fighting in Kurt's grip while Tina tried to free herself from Brittany and Santana.

"Shit T, you're strong!" Santana complained letting go of her.

"What the fuck is wrong with you people?" Tina asked as annoyed as Rachel.

"Wrong with us? Wrong with us?" Kurt said and Rachel kicked him on the knee. "Ouch! Rachel! You girls scared the shit out of us!" Kurt said furious. Rachel and Tina turned to look at each other with guilt in their eyes, plus they could literally count the times they'd heard Kurt swear. He swore even less than Rachel.

"Sorry" they both said at the same time.

"Seriously what is wrong with you? Just sneaking out of the house in the middle of the night!" Santana snapped at them.

"What happened?" Blaine asked a little more calmed as they made their way to Tina's house and the girls explained the whole thing to them.

"Wait, someone was following you?" Brittany asked getting a little scared.

"Well, we're not really sure" Rachel told them. "We didn't even look back we just ran to Mike's" she said shaking a little when she remembered the whole thing.

"Well, I'm sure maybe it was like a cat or something" Blaine said with a comforting smile hoping he was right. The fact of someone actually following them was just… creepy.

"Ok, enough let's go get ready, we're gonna be late for school" Kurt said and they all went to get ready. Rachel was about to walk away but Blaine grabbed her hand and turned her around. Him and Brittany with exact smirks on their faces.

"Ok, what happened?" Blaine asked Rachel.

"What? What do you mean?" Rachel asked stuttering a little.

"Oh, come on Rachel, Kurt may have been too mad or something to notice you were in Matt's arms when you were sleeping" Blaine said smirking.

"Are you guys back together? I told San you guys would be like the cutest couple" Brittany said smiling sweetly.

"Well, I don't really know" Rachel said shyly putting her hair behind her ear. "I really want to be with him, but I don't know like exactly how he feels" she said frustrated.

"Oh my God! You should sing for him!" Brittany said excited.

"That's a great idea!" Blaine said smiling with her.

"You guys really think so?" Rachel asked smiling a little brighter and they both nodded.


After dropping Blaine at one Nick's so he could go to school, they arrived at McKinley. While Rachel gathered her things, Kurt noticed a familiar car on the parking lot. His eyes went wide and he quickly whispered something to Santana who gasped a little shocked and whispered the same thing to Tina.

"What's wrong?" Rachel asked confused when she saw the three teenagers with worried faces.

"Um, nothing" Santana said linking her arm while Brittany linked her other arm.

The minute they stepped inside the school, Kurt, Santana and Tina started looking everywhere for Matt, Puck, Sam or Mike. Santana and Tina's locker were on the other side of the hall, so Kurt replaced Santana linking his arm with Rachel. When they arrived at her locker, she started to put her things away.

"You ok? You got everything?" Kurt asked worried looking everywhere.

"Kurt, what's going on?" Rachel asked really confused.

"Did you eat the same cheese Lord Tubbington had?" Brittany asked. "Cause he got kind of gassy after that" she explained both of them.

"Uh, no sweetie" Kurt said still a little confused. "Nothing's wrong, I just don't want to be late for class" he said with a little smile.

"Can you guys help me find Matt first? I kind of need to talk to him" Rachel told them. Leaving Mike's house like that wasn't exactly her idea and Kurt still had her phone.

"Uh, ok, but let's hurry up" Kurt said grabbing her hand and Brittany started following them but when they turned around, Rachel froze when she saw who was standing in front of her.

"Um, hey Rach, can we talk?"

"F-Finn?"

Meanwhile on the other side of the hall...

"Ok, hurry up! I saw Puck's truck outside! They have to be here somewhere!" Santana told Tina as they ran down the halls looking for Matt, Mike, Puck or Sam.

"I thought he was suspended!" Tina said annoyed. "I mean he hit her!"

"I know that!" Santana told her. "I have no freaking idea what he's doing here I just hope he just doesn't go next to her!"

"Tina!" they turned around and found Mike by Tina's locker with the other three. "Can you explain to me what the hell happened this morning?"

"No time for that Chang! There's something you should know" she said getting a little nervous.

"What's going on?" Puck asked. Santana and Tina turned to look at each other and sighted.

"Finn's back" Tina said worried.

"WHAT?" the four guys yelled at the same time.

"What do you mean he's back?" Sam asked furious.

"He was suspended!" Mike yelled.

"Apparently only for two days, we saw his car on the parking lot" Santana told them.

"We haven't seen him! We had to tell you first" Tina told them.

"Where's Rachel?" Matt asked with a mix of anger and fear in his voice.

"Relax, she's with Kurt and Britt by her locker" Santana told them and then she saw Matt's face turn into a frown looking past her. She turned around and saw Finn standing in front of Rachel, Kurt and Brittany. Before she could even say anything, the four guys were running towards them.

Rachel felt her whole body shake when she heard the tall boy's voice.

"W-what do you want Finn?" Rachel asked trying not to sound as scared as she actually was while she gripped Kurt's arm as if her life depended on her.

"Look, I just want to apologize" Finn said stepping a little closer.

"Don't come near her Finn" Kurt said fuming confronting his stepbrother.

"Come on Kurt, I just want to talk to her" Finn said getting a little upset.

"She doesn't want to talk to you" Brittany told him.

"Guys! Come on, you can't be serious" Finn said still angry. "Don't be such a drama Queen Rachel!"

"Hudson!" Finn lifted his head, while the three friends turned their heads, to see Puck, Mike, Matt and Sam walking towards them with Santana and Tina hot on their heels. He saw Artie was near them and he decided to get over there too. Matt stepped protectively in front of Rachel. He could feel her shaking behind him. "Get away from her" he said with venom in his voice.

"This doesn't really concern any of you" Finn said glaring at everyone else. "This is between Rachel and me" he said nervously looking around seeing a small crowd turning heads in their direction.

"She wants nothing to do with a shithead like you" Puck said between clenched teeth.

"What the hell are you even doing here?" Sam asked.

"Like I said, Evans. None of your fucking business" he said widening his eyes at Sam. "So, if you give Rachel and me some space-"

"You're seriously fucked up if you think we're gonna let you talk to her, let alone by yourself" Mike snapped all of the sudden.

"I believe she can make that decision for herself, right Rach?" he said smirking at the petite brunette, still hiding behind Matt.

"Don't call me that" Rachel said before any of the guys could say anything. Her voice was breaking but she tried not to show it so much. "I have nothing to say to you Finn" she said while her hand found Matt's.

"Come on Rachel! I already apologize! Stop making a huge drama out of it-"

"A huge drama?" Rachel said suddenly finding the strength to stand between Finn and Matt, the latter never letting go of her hand. "You actually think I'm overreacting? How dare you Finn Hudson! You slapped me!" she yelled at him and the people surrounding them gasped shocked looking at the scene.

"Wait, you slapped her?" they heard someone say in the same tone Puck, Mike, Sam and Matt had been talking. Everyone turned around and their jaws dropped when they saw whom that voice belonged too. "You hit a girl?" Karofsky asked again.

"And not just a girl, a tiny girl?" Azimio asked with the same disgust in his voice.

"You're the ones to talk!" Finn said turning red. "You've tormented her over all this years! And you" he said landing his eyes on Karofksy. "You made Kurt leave!"

"First of all, I apologized for that" Karfosky said angry. "I know it was shitty, but Hummel's a boy! I would never hit a girl!"

"And we may have been assholes to her but we never laid a hand on her" Azimio defended themselves. "That shit is just fucked up!" he said while the rest of the guys on the football team who were in the crowd, nodded along.

"Oh what? So now suddenly, you're all on her side?" Finn asked annoyed. "She's a loser!"

"You're the loser Hudson!" Santana snapped. "You're the one who's pathetic hitting a girl that's not even half your size just because she had the guts to tell you that she didn't love you!" she yelled at him and she saw his fist clench. "What? You're gonna hit another girl? Go ahead! I'll go all Lima Heights on your ass and crack one of your nuts right or left... your choice!"

Finn looked around him. The whole Glee Club, specially his own stepbrother, was throwing daggers at him. The whole football team was throwing daggers at him. And the rest of the students standing close, were throwing daggers at him. He had fucked up. He was the new target. And there was nothing he could do to make things better. He felt his blood boiling and turned to look at Rachel one more time.

"This isn't over" he muttered before walking away from the crowded hallway. Rachel let out a sight of relief once Finn was out of sight. The bell rang and the people left in the halls started dispersing their ways to their classes, the Glee Club coming to see if Rachel was ok first.

"You ok babe?" Puck asked her really worried and she nodded lightly.

"Thanks guys" she said with a weak smile.

"Anytime Rach" Sam said when the second bell rang and they all left, leaving Rachel alone with Matt. Matt turned to look at Rachel and saw the fear in her eyes.

"Hey" he whispered softly. He wrapped his arms around her and she gave in, crying her eyes out. "I'm here" he said rubbing her back and kissing her head. "Come on" he said leading her towards the Auditorium.

"We have class" she complained, but still followed him and he let out a little laugh.

"I know baby, but one time is not that bad" he said helping her to seat on the edge of the stage and then, climbing next to her. "You ok?" he asked wrapping his arms around her once again.

"I am now" she said softly while she held him closer. Matt pulled her gently and placed his lips softly to hers.

"I won't let him get near you baby, you know that, right?" he asked in a serious tone.

"I know" Rachel nodded kissing his cheek and smiling a little bit.

"Oh, before I forget" he said pulling away a little and looking for something in his bag. "Here" he said taking out her stuffed elephant and handing it to her. "You dropped it this morning" he said looking down.

"Thank you" she said resting her head on his shoulder. "Sorry about this morning. I have no idea what Kurt was thinking" she said with a little laugh.

"Yeah, remind me to have a talk with him in Glee" he said laughing but stopped when he saw Rachel's smile fade.

"Oh my God! Glee!" she said panicking. "Finn is back! A-and he's gonna be on Glee and-" she started breathing heavily.

"Baby, baby" Matt said softly trying to calm her down. "It's ok. Nothing is going to happen ok? I'm gonna be there, and Puck's gonna be there and Mike and Sam" he told her. "I swear, I'm not gonna let anything happen to you" he said kissing her forehead and she smiled sweetly at him. "What?"

"Nothing" she said blushing a little. "I just… missed you so much" she said playing with the little elephant's ear.

"Yeah?" he said with a little smirk and placing his finger on her chin to lift her face a little. "I missed you a lot too" he whispered before kissing her one more time.


The rest of the day went by pretty quickly. By lunchtime, the whole scene from the morning had spread around through the whole school. Rachel hadn't seen Finn for the rest of the day. Plus, the fact that Puck, Sam, Mike and Matt had never left her side probably had something to do with that too. After lunch, she had a free period and she had asked Puck and Sam to help her with her song. They told her they would if she told them the whole story about the night before. After her comment on them being worse than girls, they agreed to help her. Later that day, the two guys entered the Choir Room to be surprised no one was there. The next one to arrive was Artie.

"'Sup dude" Sam greeted him.

"Hey guys, um, I think that there's something you should know" he started awkwardly. Both boys turned their full attention to him. "What did you guys do yesterday?"

"Went over to Mike's" Puck said confused. "Why?"

"Well-" before Artie could go on, an enraged Mike entered the room.

"What's wrong?" Sam asked seeing the usually chill Asian dancer.

"This!" Mike said taking out his phone and showing them Jacob-Ben Israel's Blog.

Glee Club, Drama Club or Sex Club? – If you weren't completely convinced about the Tangle Web between the Glee Club, maybe this will do it. Seems that our favorite club can't get enough of each other. After the obvious passion between the great chocolate couple, it seems drama strikes once again. Last night was a ladies/gay-boy's night for half of the club, while a few blocks away the guys were having a party on their own. So, naturally with Kurt Hummel and his beau (name hasn't been confirmed) in one room and Santana Lopez and Brittany S. Pierce in the other, it left Miss Cohen-Chang and Miss Berry no other choice than to walk over to where their men were. Now, we all know Cohen-Chang-Chang is a go. The real question is, who is Rachel Berry's new/old love? Since she's been linked to the other three men before. Is she back with her prom date? Is it her Jewish American prince? Or is it once again, her long lost love, the chocolate jock?

Next to the article, there were some pictures of Rachel and Tina leaving Tina's house and making their way over to Mike's house.

"What the fuck is Jew-fro's problem!" Puck said furious.

"Look, nobody has seen it, this is a copy that I got from the computer lab. He's going to post it this afternoon" Artie told them.

"Not if I can help it" Puck said threateningly walking out of the room with the other three behind him. They spotted Jacob in the computer lab with his laptop and camera hooked up. Puck snatched the laptop away from his hands and handed it over to Artie so he could do his thing. "'Sup Jew-fro?"

"P-Puck?" Jacob asked swallowing scared but Puck grabbed him by his shirt and smashed him against the wall.

"Listen asshole. And listen carefully because we're only going to say this thing once" Puck said as Sam grabbed Jacob's camera and took the memory of it.

"We want you to start understanding how things work" Sam said tossing the camera on his hand like a baseball.

"You see, the things you say in your pathetic blog, or your pathetic newspaper is almost always about our friends" Mike started to explain.

"See, us Glee Club? We're a family" Puck continued. "And no one messes with our family."

"Here's the thing, the four of us" Sam said pointing at the four of them. "We're like Rachel's brothers."

"The three of us" Artie said pointing at himself, Puck and Sam. "Are Tina's brothers."

"We don't care if Santana's strong enough to kick the shit out of you, you still answer to us if you mess with her" Mike said angrily.

"And Britt" Puck said letting out a sarcastic chuckle. "She's like the baby of the family, you know? So sweet and innocent, so if you even dare of thinking to say something about her… you're done" Puck told him.

"Plus" Mike said shrugging his shoulders. "We beat the shit out of Karofsky for bullying Kurt."

"So, it's pretty simple" Sam continued. "We like our family to be happy. Specially Rachel, you know? Since she's been through so much and stuff" he told him while he was sure Jacob had wet his pants already.

"So, as Rachel's brothers, is our job to make her happy" Artie told him.

"And somehow, every time you show your face, she's not happy" Mike told him. "And if she's not happy then, we're not happy" he said with angry eyes.

"You want us to be happy Israel?" Sam asked playing with Jacob's smashed camera.

"Us happy means you get to keep breathing" Puck said gripping Jacob's throat a little tighter. "Do you understand?" he asked between clenched teeth and Jacob did his best to nod. "Good" Puck said smiling before punching him on the face. "Make sure we don't have to explain this to you again cause I don't like repeating things" he said bored.

"You're blog is now off and it should stay that way, but just to be sure" Artie said before resetting his whole laptop and then smashing it on the floor.

"Oh, and one more picture of our family in your camera, and the next front page of your newspaper will be the tragic dead of a weird lonely kid" Sam said smirking.

"Have a nice day" Mike said leaving with everyone and returning to the Choir Room, which was still empty.

The next ones to arrive were Quinn and Mercedes. They glared a little at the three guys and made their way to a corner. Next ones to arrive, Brittany and Santana linking pinkies and their hair a little messy. It was matter of seconds, before Puck made his classic comment and earned a punch in the arm from Santana. Tina and Kurt entered the Choir Room with Matt and Rachel behind them, holding hands. When they were all seated, Mr. Schuester came in.

"Hey guys" he said with an awkward smile. "I have some news."

"We know Mr. Schue" Kurt said rolling his eyes.

"We know Finn's back" Artie said when the teacher placed a confused look on his face.

"We're just wondering why?" Santana snapped while Matt squeezed Rachel's hand.

"Well, his mom and Kurt's dad came to talk to Principal Figgins and he agreed that Finn could come back as long as he apologized to Rachel and she wouldn't feel uncomfortable around him" the teacher explained.

"But she does feel uncomfortable around him" Sam said annoyed.

"We all do" Tina said all of the sudden. "I mean he hit her, why wouldn't he do the same with any of us?" she asked pointing at the other girls.

"Look guys, I'm not trying to defend Finn. What he did had no excuse. But we've known him for a very long time and he's never been violent. He's a good guy who screwed up. I'm not asking you to welcome him with open arms, to be honest, I can't do that myself after what he did" he said with a little anger in his voice. "But Principal Figgins thinks he deserves a second chance" he said sighting in defeat. "But he's not coming back to Glee until it gets easier for you to see him again" he told Rachel.

"Thanks Mr. Schue" she said with a sweet smile.

"Alright guys, does anyone have something they'd like to share with us today?" Mr. Schue asked excited and Rachel raised her hand almost immediately. "Ok, Rachel great! The stage is yours Miss Berry" Mr. Schue said cheering excited with the rest of the club. Rachel stood up with Puck and Sam while Matt looked confused at her.

"Um, well I just wanted to sing this song for someone who I think knows just how much he means to me" she said looking straightly into Matt's eyes. "The first time I heard this song I knew it was everything I needed to tell you when I saw you again" she said with a little smile. "I really hope you liked it!"

Puck and Sam started playing the guitars and Rachel felt her knees shaking a little bit. But when she saw Matt smiling at her, she forgot all about it.

If you're standing with your suitcase

But you can't step on the train

Everything's the way that you left it I still haven't slept yet

And if you're covering your face now

But you just can't hide the pain

Still setting two plates on the counter but eating without you

[Rachel gripped the microphone and closed her eyes as she remembered the whole summer when Matt practically lived at her house.]

If the truth is you're a liar

When you say that you're okay

I'm sleeping on your side of the bed going out of my head now

And if you're out there, trying to move on

But something pulls you back again

I'm sitting here trying to persuade you like you're in the same room

[She remembered the day when he left. How much pain she felt when she saw his house empty. But she remembered that, even if she was so mad at him, there was a part of her that knew he wouldn't leave just like that. A part that knew that he loved her no matter what. And it didn't matter how much he tried, she was never able to hate him.]

And I wish you could give me the cold shoulder

And I wish you could still give me a hard time

And I wish I could still wish it was over

But even if wishing is a waste of time

Even if I never cross your mind

[Rachel turned to look at Matt and smiled at him while she sand the next part.]

I'll leave the door on the latch

If you ever come back, if you ever come back

There'll be a light in the hall and a key under the mat

If you ever come back

There'll be a smile on my face and the kettle on

And it will be just like you were never gone

There'll be a light in the hall and a key under the mat

If you ever come back, if you ever come back now

Oh if you ever come back, if you ever come back

[She lifted her head and saw Matt smiling brightly at her. She saw Kurt with his phone out and knew he had call Blaine so he could listen to the performance. Mercedes and Quinn rolled their eyes and pretended to not be interested in the least. Puck and Sam helped backing her up in the chorus.]

And they say I'm wasting my time

Cause you're never coming home

But they used to say the world was flat but how wrong was that now

And by leaving my door open

I'm risking everything I own

There's nothing I can lose in the break in that you haven't taken

[There was something in her that had always told her he would come back for her. That he couldn't leave just like that. She knew him better than that. She knew she meant something to him.]

And I wish you could give me the cold shoulder

And I wish you could still give me a hard time

And I wish I could still wish it was over

But even if wishing is a waste of time

Even if I never cross your mind

[Rachel felt Matt's eyes on her. She knew everything will be ok between them. She knew she could have him back and he wanted her back.]

I'll leave the door on the latch

If you ever come back, if you ever come back

There'll be a light in the hall and a key under the mat

If you ever come back

There'll be a smile on my face and the kettle on

And it will be just like you were never gone

There'll be a light in the hall and a key under the mat

If you ever come back, if you ever come back now

Oh if you ever come back, if you ever come back

[Rachel had let a few tears fall out. She sang the whole song looking at Matt, who couldn't stop smiling at her, and she knew he had missed her just as much as she missed him, if not more. Brittany was resting her head on Santana's shoulder and the Latina rested hers on Brittany's head smiling at the scene in front of them. Tina was crying happily and Mike was hugging her and kissing her head. Artie was smiling and swaying to the music and Mr. Schue was smiling admiring the performance.]

If it's the fighting you remember or the little things you miss

I know you're out there somewhere, so just remember this

If it's the fighting you remember or the little things you miss

Oh just remember this, oh just remember this

I'll leave the door on the latch

If you ever come back, if you ever come back

There'll be a light in the hall and a key under the mat

If you ever come back

There'll be a smile on my face and the kettle on

And it will be just like you were never gone

There'll be a light in the hall and a key under the mat

If you ever come back, if you ever come back now

Oh if you ever come back, if you ever come back now

Puck and Sam picked up the last lines since Matt had made his way over to Rachel and crashed a kiss on her lips before she even got a time to finish the song. Everyone in the room started cheering for them, until someone interrupted.

"William, a word?" Coach Sylvester said standing on the door.

"I'll be right back guys" Mr. Schue said sighting and walking out of the door.

"What the hell is going on?" Mercedes snapped standing up making everyone remember Finn's outburst a few days ago. Matt and Rachel broke apart and turned to look at her. "You're back with her?" Mercedes asked looking disgusted at Rachel.

"Not that is any of your business, but yeah" Matt said in an obvious tone.

"Seriously? After what she did to you? After being with Finn and kissing Puckerman and being with Sam-"

"I was never with Sam!" Rachel snapped at her. "And Matt is right, is none of your business!"

"She's just gonna break your heart, you know?" she asked looking back at Matt.

"Oh Mercedes cut it out!" Tina said annoyed. "Nobody is interested in listening to your drama" she said rolling her eyes.

"My drama? What? All of the sudden you're all her friends?" she snapped.

"Yeah, you're all a bunch of hypocrites!" Quinn said standing up too. "I mean, Puck you used to be the one who started throwing slushies at her" she started.

"Tina stopped talking to you after you started getting slushied" Mercedes continued.

"San and Britt? You both said she was the most loser and pathetic freak show in the world" Quinn went on.

"Artie? You said she was the most irritating girl you've ever met and Kurt always said you were the worst fashion disaster to walk over the planet" Mercedes said smirking.

"Sam rejected you to go to prom at first cause you're not his type. I mean, how could you? He dated me. And Mike and Matt said you were the most annoying person in the school" Quinn finished smirking too.

"Shut up!" Santana snapped standing up. "Ok, so maybe we were never the nicest people to her, but she was to us! Specially you Fabray! She was the nicest one to you when you got knocked up and when you became HBIC again, you treated her like shit once again!"

"Yeah! And Matt and Mike never said that! You did and put them against her when you wanted to be the lead of Glee when we all joined!" Brittany told her.

"And I may have started that stupid shit, but I stopped after I knew what if felt like! You felt what it was like to be an outcast and you still do the same shit to her!" Puck intervened too.

"Face it! Your rule days in this school are over Fabray, and if Jones is stupid enough to be dragged with you is her problem! But if you think you're going to keep on ruining Rachel's life, you have to go through her new friends" Santana said smirking proudly. Mercedes and Quinn stormed out of the Choir Room furious and everyone turned to look at Rachel, who was on the verge of tears.

"Rach, don't listen to them" Sam said softly.

"Yes, Rach, we're sorry we ever said or thought those stupid stuff" Artie said awkwardly.

"Is not that" Rachel said smiling a little. "I've just never had so many friends" she said smiling brightly.

"Hey! What about us?" Puck asked pouting.

"You know what I meant Noah" she said with a little chuckle.

"We've got your back diva" Kurt said smiling at her.

"Yeah Rachie, we really like you" Brittany said smiling sweetly while everyone nodded. She laughed a little and felt Matt's arms around her.

"You don't believe them, right?" he asked a little worried.

"Do you really think I would believe two of the meanest people I've known over you?" she asked him giving him a peck on the lips, feeling him relax against her.

"I love you" he whispered smiling.

"I love you too" she said hugging him again.


"That's not fair! He has more cookies than I do!" Nate complained like a little boy.

After waiting for Mr. Schue for about twenty minutes, only for him to never come back, they all decided to leave. Matt had insisted for Rachel to come to his house because his little brothers wouldn't shut up texting him to bring her.

"Seriously Nate?" Rachel asked laughing. "You're fifteen years old! Plus, Kyle has the exact same amount of cookies as you" she told him.

"You like him better" Nate muttered childishly while he ate his cookies.

"Of course she likes me better! I'm the cute one of the family, right Rachel?" Kyle asked proudly.

"Of course you are Kyle" Rachel said kissing the little boy's cheek.

"Hey!" Matt complained pretending to be hurt and Rachel simply rolled her eyes while Kyle stuck his tongue out at him.

"Hey, Rach! Did Matt tell you? I have new friends!" Kyle said excited.

"You do?" Rachel asked him smiling. "That's wonderful!"

"They said they knew you!" Kyle continued to tell her all about how Puck's little sister, who had been his friend before they moved, had two new friends. Stacy and Stevie Evans.

"That's great Kyle!" Rachel said laughing a little at the boy's excitement.

"Matt! Can we watch a movie?" Kyle said excited.

"Sure bud, what do you wanna watch?"

"Toy Story 3!" Kyle yelled excited at the same time Nate did. Rachel couldn't help but laugh.

"I just, um, knew he was going to say that" Nate said blushing a little.

"Of course you did Nate" Rachel said laughing a little.

"Do you like Toy Story Rach? We could watch something else if you like! But all of our movies are for boys. We don't have any princesses or anything" Kyle rambled on.

"That's ok Kyle. I love Toy Story" Rachel said smiling.

After watching the movie, Mrs. Rutheford got home and insisted that Rachel stayed for dinner. A couple of hours later, Matt drove her home. He held her hand the whole ride while she smiled brightly at him. When they pulled in front of her driveway, he saw her smile fade away.

"It's gone again" she said sadly. It took about two seconds for him to realize what she was talking about. He turned to look in the direction she was seeing and he noticed her dads' car was, once again, gone.

"I'm sorry baby" he said rubbing her knuckles with his thumb. "Come on, I'll walk you in" he said opening his door and quickly walking over to her door to open it for her.

Once inside, she made her way to the kitchen to find what she had suspected. A note from her fathers telling her they'll be gone for about two weeks, they left money on her bank account and the emergency phone numbers in case she needed them. She simply folded the note and threw it in the dumpster. Matt felt his heart breaking. He saw her walk past him straight to the living room couch and she started crying silently. He simply followed her carried her onto his lap and let her cry for as long as she needed.

"Do you want me to stay the night?" he asked more as a demand since he wasn't completely comfortable leaving her alone in such a big house. Especially when she was still a bit shook up about the whole Finn thing.

"No, that's ok" she said shyly. "You weren't home last night" she said trying to hide the fact that she would do anything for him to stay with her.

"My mom would understand. And I don't like the fact of you staying here by yourself" he said worried kissing her cheek and she smiled at him.

"Sam lives next door. I'll be fine. And I promise I'll call you if I need anything- oh God! Kurt never gave me back my phone" she said all of the sudden.

"Why does Kurt have your phone?" he asked confused.

"Well, he didn't want me to drink and dial last night" she said blushing a little bit.

"So, instead you walked three blocks?" he asked laughing a little.

"Well, sort of" she said laughing too and looking away, but Matt grabbed her face and placed a kiss on her lips.

"You sure you don't want me to stay?" he asked for like the millionth time when they were at the door.

"I'm sure, the Evans are right there" she said pointing at the house next door. "And Noah is about three houses from here" she said pointing in the other way.

"So, you'd rather have Puck and Sam to come before me?" he asked pouting. "Really? First, you say Kyle is the cutest one and now this?"

"Matthew" she said laughing. "You know I would rather have you coming over but that's just in case there's an emergency, so you don't have to worry that I'm alone. As for Kyle… he is the cutest one" she said and he frowned even more. She laughed a little and whispered in his ear. "But you're the sexy one!"

With that, she gave Matt a peck on the lips and turned around closing the door, because she knew, that if she had let him kiss her, she wouldn't be able to stop and he would've never left.

"Rachel Barbara Berry! You can't just do that!" she heard him on the other side of the door.

"Good night Matthew!" she said laughing.

"I hate you!"

"Love you too!" she said smiling before walking upstairs.

Rachel was tossing and turning around her bed trying to sleep. She hated being alone in her house. Her house was huge. It was scary to be alone. Particularly at night. She really wanted Matt to stay with her, but she couldn't keep him from his home two nights in a row. She knew Mrs. Puckerman had a shift so Puck was taking care of Dani. She was going to call Sam so maybe he could come over or she could go to his house, but saw all the lights out and didn't want to wake them up. And as much as she loved Mike, she knew it would be awkward for him to spend the night when he was with Tina. Plus, both of their parents were still out of town so chances were, they were together and she didn't need to think what they were doing. While she kept on rolling around on her bed, she heard something. She tried to calm herself by repeating in her mind that she was imagining things and that it was probably a tree branch or something, but then, she heard it again. She slowly turned around to look at her window and saw someone standing there. Sighting in relief, she walked over to the window and opened it.

"Matthew! What are you doing here? You scared me!" she said still a little shaken.

"I'm sorry baby, I just had to come" he said wrapping his arms around her and that's when Rachel noticed he was shaking.

"Matt, are you ok?" she asked him worried and he shook his head. He looked like the night before, when she had heard him talk in his sleep.

"I needed to know you were ok" he said holding on to her as if at any moment someone was going to take her away from him.

"Matt as sweet as that is, you didn't need to come in the middle of the night, I told you I would be fine" she said trying to calm him down as they made their way back to her bed. "Plus, you have a key, why did you climb up my window?"

"Well, if I just came in and suddenly appear on your room I would've scared you even more" he said looking down.

"Yeah, I guess you're right" she said lifting his head up. "What else is wrong?" she asked him. He opened his mouth ready to say nothing, but then remember he was never able to lie to her.

"I just wanted to make sure you were safe" he whispered kissing her head. "I told you I won't let anything happen to you and I didn't like the fact that you would be here alone" he told her with was partly true.

"Matt, I know you're not lying but I also know there's something you're not telling me" she said worried.

"I think," he said starting to shake a little again. "I need to tell you why I left" he said in a serious tone.

"Matt, you don't have to. I told you-"

"I know" he said softly. "But Rach, I've been living for a whole year loathing myself for leaving you because I told you I would never do that! I promised you I wouldn't be like my dad and I left you" he said with his voice breaking a little, making Rachel's heart to break too. "I never wanted to leave you baby. I hated myself for just going away like that and I need to tell you what happened" he said breathing heavily.

"Ok, Matt, but you need to calm down first, you're scaring me" she said hugging him to her. After a few minutes, she felt his breathing getting slower. She pulled away a little and saw that he had relaxed a little. "Better?" she asked sweetly and he nodded. "Are you sure you want to talk about this now?" she asked him in a soft tone and he nodded quickly. "Ok. Why did you leave?" she asked in the same soft tone. Matt thought about it for a while and then looked at her straight in the eyes.

"He came back!"


A/N: song: If You Ever Come Back - The Script

ok, so that'll be two more chapters for this story and we're done :) I hope you guys liked it! let me know what you think :)