"Hey, Berry," Puck greeted arriving at the Berry's household. He was the first one there because Rachel had requested he come early so they could practice a couple of duets.
"Hello, Noah, how are you?" Rachel asked making a little gesture the stairs that indicated they could head to her room.
Puck grunted as he walked up the stairs, "Fine."
"That's great! I'm really excited for the musical so I thought we should get practicing right away."
The couple walked into Rachel's room, Puck taking in his surroundings as he entered, he was surprisingly comfortable in Rachel's room.
"So I thought we could go through 'I Should Tell You' first because I think it's the most simplistic singing wise, then we could go onto 'Light my Candle' and 'Another Day' and finish with 'Without You'. We have about an hour until the screening but Finn may come early and watch. If that happens we may have time for the big Mark-Roger duet 'What You Own'." Rachel said beginning her opening ramble. "Now did you listen to the MP3s of the soundtrack I e-mailed you?"
"Yep, I always do homework," Puck said causing Rachel to scoff. "Fine, but I do do my glee homework."
"Oh really?" Rachel questioned.
"Who did the Bust a Move thing? Who did the bad reputation project?"
"Who only did those because of me?" Rachel teased.
"Well, yeah but I didn't see Finn doing them."
"Finn has done plenty of assignments, why do you think he's the male lead?"
"Because Schue happens to favour him, face it I'm way better then Finn, why do you think I'm the one singing these duets with you and not Finn?" Puck challenged.
"Because Finn isn't a hooligan, I didn't see him in Juvie," Rachel said.
"Did you just call me a hooligan?" Puck asked
"Well it's true, isn't it?"
"Obviously, I was just wondering if people actually still said hooligan," Puck stated.
"Alright, let's just work," Rachel said walking over to her little pink stereo and putting in disc 1 of the RENT soundtrack that had been played so many times. She skipped it to track 24 and paused the music readying the lyrics of the song. She handed one to Puck, "Ready?"
"Of course."
The gentle music began and Puck began,
I should tell you I'm disaster
I forget how to begin it
Rachel then cut in,
Let's just make this part go faster
I have yet - to be in it
I should tell you
Puck went,
I should tell you
Then Rachel,
I should tell you
And Puck again,
I should tell you
They continued going back in forth. Rachel,
I should tell I blew the candle out
Just to get back in
Puck,
I'd forgotten how to smile
Until your candle burned my skin
Rachel,
I should tell you
Puck,
I should tell you
Rachel,
I should tell you
Then they came together for a verse,
I should tell
Well, here we go
Now we -
Rachel went again,
Oh no
Back to Puck,
I know - this something is
Here goes -
And Rachel once more,
Here goes
Puck went again,
Guess so
It's starting to
-Who knows?
Rachel went,
Who knows
And then they came together there voices meshed into one, the whole performance they had almost been encircling each other getting closer and then separated but inevitably winding up together one more.
Who knows where
Who goes there
Who knows
Here goes
Trusting desire - starting to learn
Walking through fire without a burn
Clinging - a shoulder, a leap begins
Stinging and older, asleep on pins
So here we go
Now we -
Puck went again,
Oh no
Rachel,
I know
Puck one more,
Oh no
Before they came together one last time, weaving in and out of each other,
Who knows where - who goes there
Here goes - here goes
Here goes - here goes
Here goes - here goes
They ended once more together and without really thinking Rachel pressed there lips together. The kiss lasted longer then Puck had expected but ended very abruptly when they heard a knock on the door and a voice call out, "Rach? It's me, I'm coming up!" The voice belonged to one, Finn Hudson.
"That was an accident! It was scripted in the show!" Rachel said.
"No it wasn't, I do my homework remember? I read through the script there wasn't a kiss till a little later," Puck said.
"Well in, um, some productions there might be," Rachel said. "Look, it just didn't happen."
Before Puck could respond Finn walked into the room, "Hey, how's it going." He placed a chaste kiss on Rachel's lips and gave Puck a wave. "Mind if I watch you guys sing?"
"Actually," Rachel began. "I have to get some snacks ready so why don't you guys do a couple of the Tune Ups, 'What You Own' and the fight scene in 'Goodbye Love'?" Rachel suggested desperate to get a moment to think.
Finn shrugged, "Sure."
*Glee*Glee*Glee*
Rachel walked down stairs to the kitchen. What had she just done? She cheated on Finn! She cheated on the guy that was supposed to be the love of her life! No he was the love of her life! She just wouldn't tell him, all couples kept secrets right?
As she arranged the veggie pigs in a blanket platter she heard the doorbell ring.
She went to answer and revealed Kurt with Mercedes, Tina and Mike surrounding him, "Hey Lady, ready for RENT."
She smiled weakly, "Of course."
Kurt raised an eyebrow that said 'we're gonna talk later', "While Sam and the Cheerios will be here soon and Artie's dad was trailing behind us. I take it Finn's here already?"
"Yeah him and Noah," She squeaked.
"Alright," Kurt said as the doorbell rang once more, she opened the door and saw Artie smiling up at her, "Hi," he said out of politeness more then anything.
"Hi, Artie," Rachel mumbled absentmindedly as she noticed Puck and Finn had heard the doorbell ring and had decided to come down.
Once again the door was opened and Sam, Santana, Brittany and Quinn all entered. She smiled and told them to head into the living room where the movies would be shown.
By accident Rachel caught Puck's eye with her own and he sent her a good natured wink and against her better judgement she smiled back. A smile that did not go unnoticed by Quinn.
A/N: Sorry this took forever! And then it ended on a cliff hanger; however I like this chapter I had fun writing it, I'm starting to really get into the plot of the story. Let me know what you think in a review!
I'll update soon!