A/N: Another update is here! I'd like to mention that I think there will be only a couple of more chapters for this story since I am getting a little stuck on ideas. If anyone has any suggestions on where I could take this story please tell me in a review or message. Anways, thanks for everyone reviewing and story alerting! You guys rock. Enjoy!
Rachel arrived at school ten minutes before the bell rang with Will only five minutes behind her. She did not wait for him to walk inside though because she thought that would be too obvious and a little awkward since she never walked in with him. She was a little sad knowing that she had to wait all the way till glee to see Will again but she knew she could get through the day.
As she walked into the school, she first went to her locker to get her books. As she was searching for her English book she felt someone come up behind and she immediately hoped it was Will. When she turned around however, it was Puck who was there.
"Noah," Rachel said a little surprised. "What do you want?"
"I know," was all he said before turning around and leaving.
"Wait!" Rachel cried after him but he didn't seem to hear. She ran to catch up to him and finally was in distance so she reached her hand out and grabbed his arm. He stopped and turned around.
"Noah. What do you mean you know?" Rachel asked even though she already knew that he knew about her and Will.
"Don't act dumb. I know all about you and Mr. Schuester. Finn and I spied on you last night. I was smart and made it out in time unlike Finn," he said to her.
"I know. Finn told us of you guys joining forces with Ms. Sylvester. Why would you do that Noah?"
By now everyone was already in their classes and the hallway was empty except for them. It seemed that they didn't even hear when the bell went off.
"I did it because she said that she would pay us and by that I mean a lot of money," he explained. "I need the money if I ever want to get out of this cow town."
"So you would risk getting Will fired and me suspended or even worse expelled just because you need money? How could you do that?" Rachel said while using all her anger and giving him a shove into one of the lockers.
"Like I said I needed the money and you know what? I think I am going to turn those pictures in, I wasn't sure before but after talking to you I just made up my mind. Thanks for your help."
With that statement, Puck turned and left. Rachel didn't even try to stop him. She knew that she wouldn't be able to change his mind. All she knew was that she needed to tell Will.
It was in the middle of first period when Rachel barged into Will's class. Everyone stopped doing there work and looked up at her including Will who was sitting behind his desk.
"Rachel? What are you doing here? Is there something wrong?" he asked.
"Yes. It's about glee club and the school paper," Rachel said trying to drop a hint to him that it was clearly about Puck.
After a minute or so of staring blankly at her, it clicked in his brain. "Oh right. I'll be out in a minute. Everyone read chapter 5 and work on the worksheet while I step out for a bit," he said to his class.
Will closed the door behind him and stood with Rachel in the hallway. "Rach. What is going on?" he asked.
"I'll tell you but it is too risky to tell you out here," she said. "Right. How about the choir room?" he asked.
She nodded but stopped for a minute. "What about your class?" she asked.
"I'll run and see if Emma can watch it and I'll meet you in the choir room in five minutes," he replied.
"Okay," was all Rachel could say. She headed to the choir room while he took off in the direction of the councilors office. In no more than ten minutes, Will walked in the choir room.
"Emma agreed to watch my class but we have only ten minutes before she has to go back to her work," he said a little out of breath because he had practically sprinted to her office.
"Right. I'll just get to the point," Rachel said. "Puck came up to me when I was at my locker this morning and said that he knew about us which we already know from Finn. I asked him why he would do such a thing and he said because Ms. Sylvester was paying them money and apparently a lot of it. I then got mad at him and shoved him into the locker which made him make up his mind," Rachel said taking a breather.
"Make up his mind about what?" Will asked.
"About us. He said because of this talk he was going to give the pictures he got to Sue which who knows what she has planned to do with them."
Will stood for a minute thinking of something that they could do. "I don't know what we can do Rach. I mean what if he already turned the photos in? It's not like we can deny those. They are living proof," Will said while sounding a little defeated.
"Maybe the pictures aren't that bad," Rachel said while thinking about what Finn had said to them last night. "Finn said they didn't get anything too bad."
"What if he is lying though? What if he got one of us kissing and he just told us they didn't to try and protect themselves?"
"I don't know," was all Rachel could say.
"Look, I'll talk to Puck after this class since there is a locker break and try and reason with him," Will said. "We better get back to our classes," he said while giving her a quick hug and kiss on her forehead to let her know that everything would be okay.
"Okay. I'll see you at glee," Rachel said while pausing for a moment. "Good luck Will," was all she said before she turned to leave.
Will rushed back to his class and thanked Emma for watching it. The rest of the class seemed to go by in a blur but it was finally time for the break. Will told the kids to just leave there work on his desk since he had some important business to take care of.
When Will left his classroom he immediately spotted Puck at the end of the hallway at his locker putting books away. He quickly hurried over before Puck could leave.
"Puck!" Will shouted. "Can I talk to you for a minute?"
Puck looked up but didn't seem all that interested. "I know what you want to talk to me about. I'm assuming Rachel told you about our talk this morning," he said with a smug look on his face.
"Yes she did. Why are you doing this?" Will asked.
"Well if she told you then you know why. I'm not going to stop either so we can skip this little talk," he said to Will.
Puck took off down the corridor leaving Will with a look of disappointment on his face. Will turned to head back to his classroom when he bumped into Finn. "Sorry Finn. I didn't see you there," he said to him.
"It's okay." Finn could tell something was wrong by the look on Will's face. "Is everything okay Mr. Schuester?" he asked.
"To be honest, no. Puck is going to give Sue those pictures of Rachel and I," he said.
"He is? What a punk. I was never going to turn you guys in Mr. Schuester if that makes you feel any better."
"Thanks Finn," Will said. He then got an idea. "Could you maybe talk to him? Try and change his mind? He won't listen to me or Rachel," Will explained.
Finn thought for a moment. "I'll try but I don't think it will work. He was pretty sure he was going to go through with this."
"Well maybe just explain to him the damage he is going to cause. Maybe that will make him rethink his decision," Will said.
"Okay. I'll try." With that Will thanked him again and headed back to his classroom to get ready for his next class.
Will was distracted for the rest of the day. He couldn't remember anything he was supposed to teach his classes so he just told them to study on their own. He hoped that Finn would be able to convince Puck but he had little hope that it would work. The end of the day finally came and it was time for glee.
Will quickly stacked all his papers and shoved them into his book bag and said goodbye to his students. As he was walking to the choir room he heard shouting coming from inside from two familiar voices. He realized that it was Finn and Puck.
When he entered the room Finn was shouting with his hand clenched into a fist. "Puck do you realize what you are doing to them? You can't put their lives at risk," Finn yelled.
"I can and after glee I will," Puck said not even noticing Will walking in.
With that comment Finn swung his fist at Puck but just nearly missed him because of him dodging out of the way. "What the hell dude?" Puck yelled taking a swing himself and punching Finn in the cheek making him stumble back and fall to the ground. Finn wasn't so coordinated so he had trouble dodging Puck. By now the rest of the glee club was walking in with wide eyes staring at the two boys fighting on the floor.
The boys continued to fight with Finn hitting Puck in the nose causing it to bleed and Puck kneeing Finn in the stomach. By now Will had seen enough and rushed over to break it up by pulling Puck away from Finn. "What the hell is going on here?" Will shouted even though he already knew what this was about.
"I'm sorry Mr. Schue. I tried to change his mind but he won't listen," Finn said while gasping for breath because of being punched in the stomach.
"Change his mind about what?" Quinn said.
"Nothing Quinn. It's none of anyone's business," Rachel said.
"Shut up manhands. If Finn and Puck are both fighting it is my business," she yelled. "And they better not be fighting over you," she added.
"We are not fighting over Rachel," Finn said.
"Then why?" Mercedes asked.
"We are fighting because I have proof that Rachel and Mr. Schuester are dating," yelled Puck.
Everyone was shocked and looked up at both Will and Rachel who were both looking down trying to hide their looks of embarrassment.
"So it's true," Quinn said. "I knew it and none of you believed me."
"No picture no proof," Artie said with Sam shaking his head in approval.
"I have proof," Puck said.
"Then let's see it," Mercedes replied
"Please Noah don't," Rachel pleaded trying to save her and Will.
"No," was all that he said while he started searching his backpack for his pictures. After searching for a couple of minutes, he finally found them.
"See for yourself," was all he said and as he threw them to the rest of the members.
There were gasps and wide eyes from everyone in the club. Their eyes would look at the pictures then back and Will and Rachel and then back to the pictures. Everyone was silent not sure of what to say. The pictures that were thrown out were one of Rachel at Will's door, and one of them at the dinner table, but the worst one of all was the one of Will and Rachel making out on the couch with Will on top of her.
"Mr. Schue? These can't be real, can they?" Tina asked.
There was silence but Will finally answered. "I'm sorry guys but they are."