A/N: Hey all, I'm back. Sorry it took so long. I hope you forgive me. Please review and let me know what you think of the Puck/Quinn story line.

Sam's love interest is on her way, she's just taking her sweet time.

Chapter Twenty Five

Rachel yawned as they finally walked into Finn's apartment. No, their apartment. Rachel beamed and turned around to see Finn yawning.

"Finn!" Rachel shouted with excitement, "This is our apartment." She told him and he chuckled, pulling her into his arms.

"It sure is." Finn beamed down at his girlfriend pulling her into a tight warm embrace. Rachel stood on her tip toes and kissed his cheek, and then brought her lips to his.

"I love you." Rachel told him like it was a promise and this made Finn's face crumble. He looked like he was almost in pain. "What is it?"

"You, you came. You're really here." Finn let the words fall out of his mouth and Rachel felt like she would burst into tears.

"Of course I'm here. You're my baby." Rachel said it sweetly, sincerely, ignoring the tear falling down her face. Finn reached up to wipe it with his thumb and Rachel beamed up at him. "Happy tears." She told him and he nodded with his lope-sided grin in tow.

"mine too."

"Come on." Rachel pulled at his arm and brought him to the living room, sliding down to sit on the floor, "I don't think we've actually spent that much time in here." Rachel pointed out and Finn sat on his knees next to her, he looked like a little boy and Rachel giggled at his posture.

"You're right, we haven't. We've been kind of exclusive to the bedroom." Finn told her, "and kitchen."

Rachel tilted her head back in laughter, "That is right. Damn, that was good."

Finn shook his head, his eyes turning black with lust and Rachel noticed the look, locking her hands behind his neck and bringing him towards her. He crawled above her as she lay herself on the floor and Finn's eyes watched her with careful determination, studying her every move.

"I'm so in love with you." Finn told her without hesitation and she let his lips crash onto hers, drinking him in, tasting his sweet kisses with a grin. Her mind and her body was his. And the jealousy that he had felt only made her want him more.

It was preposterous that he would think the she would have anything to do with Noah when she had everything she could ever want right there in her arms. Rachel grazed her tongue against his lips and he opened his mouth to let their tongues dance willingly.

Finn tasted like Dr. Pepper and candy from all of the road trip food they had been eating. Rachel was grateful to stretch her feet and be pressed up against Finn, instead of stuck with a console in between them. Rachel reached down to unbutton his shirt and Finn decided to help her, parting their lips for a moment to do so.

When she heard her phone go off, she recognized the ringtone immediately, "Dammit." Finn growled. "It's Puck. I forgot we had plans."

Finn sat up and began buttoning his shirt back up. "Do we have to?"

"You're the one who made the plans." He reminded with his eyebrow raised.

Rachel pouted, "I want to spend my first couple hours of our new life with you inside me, not in some bar with Noah… I mean, Puck."

Finn stood up quickly, reaching out his arm for his small girlfriend and she let him pull her up, "You can say Noah if you want." He smiled at her, "Puck is kind of a weird name."

Rachel nodded, "But it does rhyme with my favorite thing to do with my baby." She laughed a little.

"You are delusional." Finn chuckled, "Come on, let's go. We have to go see Puck so we can get back and I can spend the night buried inside you."

"Holy hell." Rachel gasped, her panties feeling moist just hearing him, "Do we really have to go."

Finn leaned down and kissed her cheek softly, "Yes, can you keep it in your pants for an hour?" Finn teased.

Rachel scrunched up her nose at his joke, "You're gross, Finn Hudson." But she relented, "I guess if I have to, let's get this over with." She winked at him and they made their way down to his truck.

Finn patted the hood, "I missed you." He whispered to the truck and Rachel pretended not to hear as she slid in to the center seat.

Finn got in and sighed when he looked at her car, "We should really unpack when we get back."

Rachel stomped her foot on the floor of the truck, "We will not. It can't wait until tomorrow."

Finn let out a nervous laugh, "What was that?"

Rachel shot him a glare, "We already had plans." She pouts and Finn laughs a little before bringing his lips to hers.

"I didn't forget, baby. I promise."

Rachel nodded and watched his strong arm as she started the truck, "Good. Because it's the only reason I'm allowing us to go now."

Rachel and Finn made it to the bar with time to spare so Rachel took the opportunity to have a little make out session before Puck, Blaine and Sam got there.

The banging on the window brought them to their senses and Finn groaned and urged Rachel to go on first while he put himself together. She nodded and jumped out to meet Blaine first. He pulled her into his arms, "It's good to have you back." He whispered in her ear and she pulled back to grin at him.

"I think we have lots to talk about." She whispered and he nodded with a knowing grin before turning around to hug Sam.

"Hey there, shorty!" He laughed.

"You seem happy." Rachel said as he picked her up and her feet lifted off the ground.

Sam set her down and nodded, "Yeah, I'm glad you're here."

Noah made his way to Rachel and gave her a bear hug, "Yeah, we're all happy you're here. When you're here Finn's happy and a happy Finn pounds on drums like a mad man."

"Not to mention the songs." Blaine said as they began to walk in, Rachel's head snapped back and she heard Noah scoff.

"Way to go, bro." He said under his breath.

Rachel looked between the three boys who were all avoiding her eye contact, "Wait… Songs?"

Noah looked between Sam and Blaine and finally sighed and looked at Rachel, "Look, if you fucking tell Finny D we told you, he'll have our fucking balls. But, he's been trying his hand at song writing."

"Which is normally all on me." Blaine interjects proudly.

Noah rolled his eyes, "Whatever. Anyway, obviously the songs are about you and shit and he's all nervous to play them. But they are really fucking good."

"Could you say fuck a little more, dude?" Sam yelled and Blaine elbowed him.

"Can you boys stop, ever?" Rachel snapped back.

Noah looked behind him, "Everyone shut the fuck up, lover boy is here."

Rachel scampered back to Finn and he grinned at her as she grabbed his hand. With his free hand he fist pounded Puck, Blaine and Sam separately.

"Let's go in." Finn said and everyone walked in awkwardly. Everyone hoping that Finn didn't catch on to what they were talking about.

Once they got all settled down and everyone was at least a drink in, with the exception of Finn who decided to take on designated driver for the evening. Rachel decided to bring up the elephant in the room.

"Okay, Quinn?" Rachel asked, wondering if it was okay to bring her up. Blaine and Puck looked at Sam and he nodded and waved his hand away like dismissing the notion that he would be the one not okay with it, Rachel ignored how ridiculous it was, "Okay… I'm pretty sure she's like, totally in love with Noah."

Puck held up his hands, stopping her, "Where the fuck did this come from?"

Finn decided to interject, he knew that Rachel's weird explanation from that doctor show wouldn't work, "Listen, apparently she like… told Mr. Schue, remember him? That curly haired Spanish teacher." Puck nodded, "Well they are co-workers now and she like broke down and told him that she thought she was pregnant and was upset when she found out she wasn't. Because she did want a kid with you, but she knew her parents wanted her with me. You know, cause you're Jewish and her family is, like, super catholic or whatever."

Puck still looked confused and a realization cross Sam's face, "Dude, they are right. She thought that I would make her parents happy. She had said it a couple times."

Finn furrowed his brow in thought, "Holy shit! That is all she cares about. Self appearance." Rachel scoffed as if it were common knowledge and Finn grinned down at her proudly, "See, I told you Rachel is brilliant."

"In high school, she wanted to impress students. And when she came out here she wanted to impress all of California and Finn and after Finn was no longer impressed she moved to someone else who was in awe of her, but she knew her parents wouldn't be happy with that so she stayed with Finn. But, then she was pregnant. She wanted to have the baby and stay with Noah, but she couldn't. Because she's so obsessed with self image." Rachel was looking around with a huge grin on her face as the theory breathed out, "But her mistake was, that she thought Finn was too. She thought Finn only cared about how they looked so she thought she would be able to convince him to get back together with her. But he was too hurt and so she tried to Sam and he was all for it but she couldn't do it. She couldn't go through with it because she still loved Noah."

"Holy shit!" Sam yelled suddenly, slamming his beer down on the table, "You're right. Holy…" Sam was shocked, but a look of realization was there. "You're a fucking genius."

"Wait!" Blaine yelled, "So what now? You think she's ready to stop caring what other people think?"

"It seems like it. Or that is what she told Mr. Schue." Rachel lifted her eyebrow. "She's coming around to it, at least."

Puck was speechless, completely and utterly speechless and suddenly he slammed his hands on the table and laugh like he'd won a prize, "Fuck yes!" Puck screamed, "I fucking knew she wanted me the same way I wanted her."

Finn tried not to be hurt by the fact that this was all going on at his expense, he had Rachel now. Quinn didn't matter anymore. "Wait, where you going?" Finn asks suddenly.

"I've got a girl to get." Puck grinned widely as he walked out the door pulling Blaine with him, "We're going back to Lima baby."

Rachel and Finn exchanged a look, "We just got back." They said in unison before looking at Sam who shrugged and took another swig of his beer.