Quinn stepped in front of the diva and inhaled deeply."Puck what are you doing here? She asked sternly.
Puck walked down the steps of the log house. "hello to you to babe" he replied winking.
Quinn kept her glare on him. "I said what are you doing here?" she asked again.
He stepped forward a few more steps. "we need to talk" he told her, but he turned to Rachel almost immediately after."well well, who do we have here? Long time no see Rach" he told her and leaned in for a hug.
Rachel tensed, she no longer saw Puck as an old glee club friend, she looked at him as competition.
The diva looked up at Quinn and put her hand on the blonde's arm. I'm going to go inside she whispered, but before Quinn could protest she was already up the steps.
Puck reached out and put his hand on Quinn's face. The blond shivered, and not in the good way like when Rachel touched her. "I've missed you" he told her.
Quinn cleared her throat. what do you want Noah?" she asked
"Wait wait, so you're telling us, Noah Puckerman is outside right now, talking to Quinn? Mercedes asked. Rachel nodded.
"Does he have a huge beer belly?" Santana asked, holding back a smile.
"From what I could see, he looks the exact same" Rachel told her.
"Mohawk and all?" Kurt asked giving a disgusted look.
"Yup" she told him.
Rachel was just about to tell them that she was really hoping he wasn't staying but Puck and the blond walked in the doorway. Quinn locked eyes with Rachel, trying to somehow communicate with her without actually talking.
Rachel looked around at all of the shocked expressions. Santana, Brittany, Mercedes and Tina sat with their mouths open while Kurt had a painful look on his face.
"Well if it isn't the whole crew" Puck said, lifting his hands.
When no one answered, he smiled."where's little Finny?" he asked, directing his question at Rachel.
The diva was just about to answer but Quinn beat her to the punch." there not together anymore" She told him, but quickly regretted it.
He raised his eyebrows. "Finally dumped him?" he asked her.
Rachel nodded. "Berry your suddenly looking way hotter to me" he told her.
Quinn put a firm hand on his shoulder. "Puck stop" she warned him, and he nodded.
"I MADE SPAGHETTI" Brittany yelled.
All eyes turned to Santana who shrugged. "It was all her" she told them.
Brittany quickly skipped towards the kitchen but stopped when no one fallowed. "c'mon" she told them.
Everyone awkwardly walked into the kitchen and took their seats.
Quinn sat on one side of the table in between puck and Kurt, while Rachel sat in between Mercedes and Brittany, with Santana on the other side of the blond and Tina on the end.
Everyone took the first bite of their spaghetti. "This is actually delicious" Tina said surprised.
Mercedes nodded in agreement.
"Britt you better not have put anything in this" Kurt warned.
Brittany looked at Santana with wide eyes. The Latina glared at everyone. s"he obviously didn't" she announced and shoved another forkful of spaghetti in her mouth.
Rachel could sense that puck had his hand on Quinn's leg, and she fought the temptation to jump over the table and strangle him to death. Instead she turned to Kurt.
"Are you still with Blaine?" she asked him, not in the least interested.
Excitement flashed in Kurt's eyes. "why yes Rachel, Blaine and I are still going strong, he was actually going to tag along with me but he went to California with his parents for the summer" he told her. The diva nodded. "The beaches are amazing there" she told him.
"He better not be at any nude beaches" he said completely serious.
Rachel let out a laugh then pictured the thought in her mind. "oh god" she whispered.
Rachel peeked a glance at Quinn who was staring directly at her. She tried to read Quinn's expression but she couldn't so she just gave the blond a weak smile, and looked down at her half eaten bowl of spaghetti.
Quinn tried not to look at Rachel, she wanted to touch her, to kiss her, to always be with her. She had no idea why Puck would come back like this, was she destined for bad luck?
They sat at the table for a full two hours. Santana watched curiously as Rachel would slowly glance up at Quinn who would be staring at her, but then Puck would whisper in Quinn's ear and Rachel's face would twist in pain.
She stood up looking directly at the diva. "I think it's time everyone hit the hay" she announced with a fake yawn.
Puck stood up next. "I take it ill be bunking with Quinn?" he asked smiling seductively.
Rachel felt her stomach churn.
" I don t think that will be necessary, there's fresh blankets downstairs and a very comfy couch, besides Rachel rooms with Quinn, I'm sure she won't be too lonely" The Latina told him.
Rachel filled with relief, thank god for Santana. She shot the brunette a thankful look, which got her a nod in return.
Puck put his hand on Quinn's shoulder, whispering something in her ear. Rachel's hands balled into fists, she couldn't stand this much longer.
Everyone said goodnight, while Rachel and Quinn headed to their room. The diva changed into sweatpants and a black T-shirt while Quinn, put on just an oversized T-Shirt.
It wasn't until both girls were snuggled into each other that one of them spoke. "I'm sorry" Quinn muttered.
Rachel frowned. "for what?" she asked.
"That he's here" she told her.
Rachel took that as her chance. "Why is he here Quinn?" she asked.
Quinn sighed. "He said he made a mistake" she told the diva.
The brunette winced and nodded, taking in the information.
"I'm not taking him back" Quinn told her, letting a tear fall down her face.
Rachel wiped away the tear and scrunched her eyebrows together. "Why are you crying baby?" she asked.
The blond shook her head."Who does he think he is, coming back here like that, after he left me? I'm with you now Rachel, he has no right to barge back into my life" she exclaimed.
Rachel softly stroked the blonde s hair."shhh" she whispered." go to sleep" she cooed.
Quinn put her hand on Rachel's lower back and closed her eyes, finally drifting off into a deep sleep.
Rachel stroked Quinn's hair over and over again, for two hours until she slowly climbed out of bed.
She closed her eyes and sighed, she knew what she had to do.
The diva walked to the closet and began pulling her neatly folded clothes and putting them in her suitcases.
20 minutes later, she quietly laid back down beside Quinn. She stared deeply at the blond, trying to search for answers, something to stop her, but she couldn't find anything, and she couldn't find the strength to stay.
She leaned down and placed her lips to Quinn's forehead. "I love you" she whispered against her porcelain skin.
She picked up her bags and made her way to the front door. She put on her coat and shoes and quietly opened the door, turning around and looking into the darkness of the old home.
She felt one single tear fall down her cheek.
When Quinn awoke in the morning she smiled lightly. With her eyes still shut she reached over to the other side of the bed, feeling for Rachel, but instead she felt the coldness of the covers.
Something was wrong. Her eyes shot open and she looked around the room, her eyes landed on a tiny piece of white paper on the pillow beside her.
She picked up the paper in her shaking hands.
She read the words over and over again trying to process it through her mind.
I'm sorry.
Quinn let out a muffled cry, know exactly what had happened. She threw the covers off her heated body and ran to the closet, which was empty.
She put her fragile hand to her mouth. She couldn't be gone.
The blond ran down the stairs, not caring that she was in a T-shirt and underwear. She ran into the kitchen where Mercedes, Puck, Kurt, Tina, Brittany and Santana were eating.
They all looked at her with wide eyes.
Quinn ignored them and ran to the front closet, pulling open the doors. The diva's shoes and coat were gone. Tears were falling down her face, she raced passed her friends and flung herself into bed.
Mercedes raised her eyebrows. "time of the month" she told them.
Kurt nodded in agreement.
Santana shared a brief look with Brittany, before standing. Puck put his hand on her arm. "I'll go" he told her. She stared at him for a minute, considering it, but she finally nodded.
He walked into his ex girlfriend's room, and found her lying on the bed clutching a piece of paper.
"She's gone" Quinn whispered.
Puck winced, he still cared for the girl but he knew what he needed to do.
"You need to go" he told her.
Quinn looked at him confused." excuse me?" she asked.
" Quinn I know were over, I've known it for a long time, hell I came here to try and get you back, but when I saw the way she looked at you and the way you looked at her, I knew we'd never have that" he told her honestly.
The blond flushed."what?" she repeated dumfounded.
"Cut the bull shit Quinn, I know you love Rachel" he told her.
Quinn was tired of lying, she felt a fresh tear fall down her face. "I do, but she s gone now" she whispered.
Puck pulled the girl into a small hug. "The question is what are you going to do about it?"
Quinn felt something inside her spark, she wasn't going to let Rachel run this time.
Quinn pulled out her suitcase and began packing, she packed everything she could, Sweaters, dresses, t shirts, shorts, jeans not knowing how cold it would be. She pulled her hair into a tight pony tail, and put on one of her white sundresses.
She sped into the living room where all of her friends were sitting, and began rummaging around her stuff, putting a few pictures in her bag including one of her and Beth at the hospital.
"And where the hell do you think you're going?" Mercedes asked.
"new York" she replied simply.
Kurt lifted an eyebrow. "and why are you going to New York?" he asked her.
"Rachel left" puck answered for her.
All eyes fell on him.
"wait what the fuck, where is she?" Santana yelled, feeling protective over the shorter brunette.
"she left, because Puck is here" Quinn responded.
They all looked at her confused, except for Santana who had the look of realization on her face.
"Wait so why are YOU going to New York?" Mercedes asked.
Quinn took a deep breath, and spun around dropping her bag on the ground.
"I'm going to get my girlfriend back" she told them, confidently.
Every person in the room's mouth's dropped open and eyes widened.
"Wait hold up, am I missing something?" Tina asked.
Santana stood up, and rolled her eyes. "Are you guys seriously that dumb? c'mon, being together every minute since we got here, going out all the time, sharing looks. Man and you guys graduated?" She said laughing.
Mercedes face softened, and then scrunched up again. "Wait what the fuck, you and Rachel have been sneaking around behind our backs?" she growled.
Quinn shrugged. "Brittany and Santana knew" she told them.
"and me" Puck said raising his hand.
"Holy shit, I've been by Rachel's side everyday for 5 years, and I never knew she was gay? I'm a terrible friend" Tina told them frowning.
"Explain" Kurt demanded.
So she did, she explained everything. How Rachel has loved her since sectionals, she told them about the cliff, and the meadow, and how she fell for Rachel, she even told them about the movie theatre and their little rain moment.
When she finished they all had shocked looks on their faces.
Mercedes looked angry and Quinn waited for her to yell again, but she leaned in and hugged her.
"Shit Quinn you better go get her" she said.
Everyone nodded in agreement.
Quinn smiled "that's exactly what I m going to do."
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