This is just a small story to help me in my current writer's block for my other stories. So for those reading 'Is Love Enough' and 'No Way' I shall work on them as well as 'Never Alone' and Love Lost Then Found.' Bare with me please.

A/N: I own nothing. but to OCs Joanna and Liv.

Enjoy :)

CHAPTER 4

Puck pulled up to Rachel's and was curious as to why Finn's truck was there. He got out and walked up to the door and knocked. He thanked the higher powers above that Hiram answered. Hiram wanted Rachel to marry a nice Jewish boy and even if that Jewish boy was Puck. He knew who Noah was though. Noah is who Rachel sees in this mow hawked boy and he was ok with that. Leroy not so much. He knew Noah as well. But he was not happy with how he has treated her in the past. Even though both knew of Rachel's attraction to Quinn Fabray. They trusted their little girl's judgment.

"Noah, please come in. Rachel told us that you were giving her a ride today." Hiram smiled while Leroy grunted out a greeting.

"Nice to see you too Mr. Berry." Puck waved to him.

Hiram waved his husband off. "Don't mind him. He just likes making you uncomfortable while you are here."

Leroy gasped. "Hiram you don't tell the boy that!"

Puck laughed. He liked Rachel's dads. And he knew Leroy was messing with him. After his dad split the Berry men were there for him.

"Noah? You're early." Rachel said as Finn followed behind her.

"What are you doing here?" He scowled.

"Picking up my Jewish all American Princess." Puck answered causing Finn's scowl to deepen.

Hiram however, squealed at the nickname. Leroy just gave a small smile.

"Why? I'm her boyfriend."

"She asked." Puck said motioning to Rachel.

"Let me just go get my things Noah." Rachel said going up the stairs.

"I can take you Rachel. I'm here." Finn said giving Rachel those puppy eyes.

"That is quite alright Finn. I asked Noah for a reason." Rachel said going up another step.

"You're cheating on me aren't you?" Finn said.

"Excuse me?" Rachel asked. "I am most not."

"Then why are you blowing me off for him?" Finn shouted.

"Because we have things to do." Rachel said.

"See! You are cheating on me."

"Now see here!" Leroy stood sizing Finn up.

"Dad its fine." Rachel said holding a hand up. "Get out Finn. You are not allowed to come into my home and disrespect my guests. Noah is a friend and you are my boyfriend, you're supposed to trust me. But there cannot be an us if you can't trust me. So I'm sorry but we're done."

"This is bull!" Finn shouted stomping his foot and storming out. Rachel tried to feel bad but he had no right like she said and she had to break up with him either way. It wouldn't be fair to be wooing Quinn while dating Finn.

"I still fail to see what you saw in that boy Rachel." Leroy said.

"When are you and Noah going to be getting together?" Hiram asked and the three other occupants frowned.

"Daddy, we are just friends." Rachel said going up and getting her bag.

"Friends or not. You protect my little girl." Leroy said leveling his gaze at Puck.

"Yes sir. Then I should tell you that Rachel has agreed to fake date me while my nana comes to visit." Puck said.

"Noah." Rachel said walking down the stairs.

"What? I can't lie to your dads." He said motioning to the two men.

"I was going to tell them tonight." Rachel said.

"Oh. Sorry." Puck said knowing he probably ruined a power point or something.

"It is fine." Rachel said as she hugged her dads. "Bye dad, bye daddy."

"Bye Leroy, bye Hiram." Puck waved as he took Rachel's bag from her hand and opened the front door. To which Hiram awed. Puck blushed and hurried out of the house.

It was seven when they arrived at the flower shop. Rachel's cousin owned the place with her girlfriend and had given both teens jobs after her girlfriend began her internship at Lima General.

"Hey Jo." Puck greeted as Rachel hugged the woman.

"Hey Puck." She waved hugging Rachel. "I got some new shipments in. Can you bring the buckets here? And the ones in the soil trays stay in the back. I'm going to need help planting them later." Joanna said and Puck nodded going to get the flowers from the back.

Joanna's flower shop was originally a house but the owner before her knocked out walls and opened the flower shop. Most of the flowers they have are grown right in the backyard. Joanna lived in the apartment above the shop.

"And Rachel, I have some orders that I need to get done. So if you can help me wrap them?" Joanna asked and Rachel smiled.

"Hey what are these?" Puck asked placing a bucket down.

Joanna smiled. "Those are gloxinias."

"What?" Puck asked.

"Gloxinias." Joanna repeated. "They stand for love at first sight." She smiled.

"And these?" Puck asked carrying in another bucket.

"Those are Crocus. They mean cheerfulness." Joanna answered as she tied the ribbon on the box and put it to the side.

Puck went to the back and came back with two different buckets. "And these?"

Joanna smiled as she looked at the two types of flowers. "Those are daffodils." She pointed to the bucket in his right arm. "They mean regard, unrequited love, you're the only one, and the sun is always shining when I'm with you." She smiled at him. "You know what those are." She chuckled.

Puck looked at them again. "Oh yeah." He blushed. "They're daisies." He said and Joanna nodded.

"Can you tell me what they mean?" Joanna asked and Puck scrunched up his face in thought.

"Uh…Oh! Innocence, loyal love, I'll never tell, and purity. You taught me that when we were kids and I gave some to Rachel." Puck said and Joanna smiled.

When the Berry men wanted a date night or they were working late with Puck's mother at the hospital Joanna was their go to babysitter.

Puck turned to Rachel and handed her one. "Here you go Rach. Now that you're single again you're keeping your purity and innocence." Puck teased as Rachel took the flower with a glare and put it back in the bucket Puck had placed on the floor.

Joanna snickered and Rachel glared at her. "What? The boy isn't smart enough for you. I mean he had to go with what you told him to get Quinn for the prom last year." Joanna said pulling out an album. "I liked it so I put it in here." The album was of designs she liked that customer had given her. When Finn had come in asking for a corsage with the light green ribbon and gardenia and said it was for his girlfriend Quinn. She liked how the colors looked together and Rachel had given her the design in which the corsage would go.

"That was your idea?" Puck asked and Rachel nodded. "Nice." He nodded his approval.

"Do you know what the gardenia means Noah?" Joanna asked and Puck thought for a had told them both when they were thirteen.

"You're lovely and secret love?" Puck asked and Joanna nodded. Then it clicked. "Oh! That's why you told Finn to get her a gardenia. It was from you as much as it was from him."

"I also chose a gardenia because it went well with the light green ribbon and matched her eyes." Rachel argued as she grabbed up a gloxinia and grabbed one of the note cards and began writing. She had to forge signatures in the past because her fathers forgot a permission slip. So mimicking handwriting was no problem for her. She was mimicking Joanna's at the moment.

"That is kind of scary." Joanna commented as Rachel placed the note and gloxinia to the side.

Just as Puck and Rachel were leaving Joanna's girlfriend Olivia "Liv" walked in.

"Forty eight hour shift." She groaned kissing Joanna chastely. "Hi Rachel, hi Noah." She hugged them both before heading for the back. "Bye Noah, bye Rachel."

"Breakfast is keeping warm in the microwave." Joanna called.

"I love you!" Liv cried before bounding up the stairs that led to the apartment.

Joanna looked at the clock. "You two better get going or you'll be late." She said and they nodded hugging her and leaving.

When Quinn opened her locker that morning she smiled finding the gloxinia. She grabbed the note.

'The gloxinia means love at first sight. I fell in love with you the second I laid eyes on you.'

Quinn smiled but then spotted an arrow where her thumb was holding the note. She flipped it over.

'Come to glee? I miss your voice. I miss your smile and I miss the happy shine in your eyes when you're singing along to a song you know.'

Quinn sighed but she was thinking about it. But at least she could narrow her people down. The person sending her flowers was in the glee club.

That afternoon when the glee clubbers walked in and found Quinn seated in the back with her arms crossed they took a step back to make sure they were in the right room.

The look on Mr. Schue's face was totally worth it though.

"Good to have you back Quinn."

"I'm just here to think about coming back." Quinn said.

Quinn surveyed the group to see if anyone was giving anything up. She crossed out Mike and Tina because they were so in love and gave no signs of falling out of love anytime soon. She crossed out Mercedes quickly and then Brittany and Santana. She gave Artie a good look over before crossing him out. She looked at Puck but frowned. The boy was not romantic enough. She thought about Finn and frowned. The boy isn't smart enough to know the different meaning of flowers. He probably couldn't tell which was which. That left Rachel. But why would the diva do that. She has no reason to be nice to her and there is no way the diva could feel the same. Right?

"Alright. Anyone have anything they would like to share?" Mr. Schue asked clapping his hands together.

Puck raised his hand. "Rachel and I worked on something just today." Puck said grabbing his guitar.

"Ok. Show us what you got." Mr. Schue said as Rachel and Puck went to the front.

"This is for Finn." Rachel said as the other rolled their eyes and Finn smiled. He knew she didn't mean it when she broke them up.

Puck nodded at the band and they began playing.

Rachel took a breath and began singing.

Simple math
Our love divided by the square root of pride
Multiply your lies plus time
I'm going out of my mind
It was heavy when I finally figured it out alone

Finn looked confused and that was to be expected. But the others were shocked and confused. Weren't they the perfect power couple?

I didn't get it the first time
Don't think I've been so blind
And I may not be Einstein but I know
Dumb plus dumb equals you
Dumb plus dumb equals you
Dumb plus dumb equals you, you

Quinn was smirking as she watched the performance continue. Finn was red in the face and Santana had an approving smirk on her face while Brittany giggled. She may not be Einstein but she got this song faster than Finn.

Even had the nerve to flirt with her in front of my face
Here's your keys, your bags, your clothes, now get out of my place
You say I'm crazy, now we're happy
Is that supposed to comfort me?

Rachel made a shooing motion with her hand and she saw Santana and Quinn laugh but the music drowned it out. How she wish she could have heard her laugh. But the smile was going to have to do.

I didn't get it the first time
Don't think I've been so blind
Yeah I may not be Einstein but I know
Dumb plus dumb equals you
Dumb plus dumb equals you
Dumb plus dumb equals you, you

Mr. Schue didn't know how he felt about this performance. Glee was about being yourself and being able to vent your emotions.

All of your promises plus
A thousand apologies just
Take out the pain and let it leaves us
With nothing at all, no, nothing at all

Rachel gave Finn a pointed look as she walked up to him and ruffled his hair before stepping out of his reach and going to stand by Puck. She rested an arm on his shoulder and leaned against him making him laugh. She sung the next part directly at him. Looking him in the eyes.

You can stop wasting my time
Without you I'm just fine
Why did it take me so long to figure it out
Dumb plus dumb equals you
Equals you, yeah

Quinn couldn't help but think about her comic in her sketch book as Rachel continued with the song.

I didn't get it the first time
Don't think I've been so blind
Yeah I may not be Einstein but I know
Dumb plus dumb equals you
Dumb plus dumb equals you

Simple math
Our love divided by the square root of pride
Multiply your lies plus time
I'm going out of my mind
And I may not be Einstein but I know
Dumb plus dumb equals you

The others applauded while Finn clenched his fists and shot up in his chair knocking it over.

"What the hell? Everyone is out to hurt me!"

"Sit down Finnept. You must have done something wrong." Quinn snapped and Finn whirled on her.

"You shup up! No one wants you here! The old Quinn yeah. But not this goth emo chick who thinks this will get her the attention she wants!" Finn shouted and no one saw it coming. They were too focused on how Quinn would react.

Puck however ad the smile on his face and when the resounding smack of palm to cheek sounded he couldn't hold back the laughter that erupted from him.

"Don't lash out at her Finn Hudson!" Rachel began. "I broke up with you because you couldn't trust me. Noah and I are friends. Just friends. And you had no right to disrespect him and me in my home while my fathers were both present." Rachel glowered. "Grow up Finn and stop being a child!"

Rachel and Puck took a seat far from the fuming boy.

Quinn couldn't help but smile in admiration and lust. An angry Rachel was hot. This also gave her hope. Rachel is now single. But how would she get close to the diva? Could she even get close to the diva? Rachel had pointed out many time before that she didn't hate her. But…Quinn shook all negative thoughts away and tried to focus. But the image of a sexy angry Rachel was stuck in her head.

Review please.

I promise to get back to my other stories. This is a short one. Only a few chapters long. Eight to Ten at the most.