A/N: Oh my Gallagher. I definitely surpassed my quota! And soso many people story/author alerted/favourite story/favourite author'd me SO I SAY, "THANK YOU SO MUCH!" *blows a million cyber kisses to all of you* And I just watched the cast of Glee on Oprah, oh my word. Mark Salling in his wife beater dancing to "We've Got the Funk" was incredibly hot. Someone reviewed (I think it was Literati Lover) saying that they went to the taping and all I could think was "UGHHH LUCKY GOOOSE!"
I have three songs in here, all of which I DON'T own. First song is Mooning from Grease, and everything in brackets is Rachel's part. Second is Oh! Darling by The Beatles, and everything is sung by a special someone to his special someone. The third is The Way I Am by Ingrid Michaelson, and everything is sun by Rachel. It might help to play them while reading..
Enjoy, and I'll see you at the bottom!
Disclaimer: I don't own Glee. Or any of the songs I used.
Chapter Three: Oh Darling
Puck flung his duffel bag in the corner and threw himself on his bed ten minutes after Rachel and Quinn had dropped him off.
What a fucking road trip.
As cheesy as it sounded, he never thought he could realize that he might have feelings for someone, be completely seduced by that someone (even if it wasn't intentional) and fall for them, IN TWO FUCKING DAYS.
Oh and that someone? Rachel Berry, of course!
And it still wouldn't sink in! Rachel Berry, the girl who made him want to light himself on fire, the same girl he threw slushies at since her freshman year, was the girl he might be in love with!
He liked how comfortable she seemed with him. Like last night? When Quinn invited everyone to their room to order desserts and Rachel was wearing that adorable-but-sexy-as-hell mid thigh chemise? She didn't even try to cover up!
"Hey, come on in, guys!" she welcome warmly and stepped aside to let them in."
"Nice nightgown, Berry," Puck smirked and wiggled his eyebrows suggestively. He was certain that she'd go run and put on a robe.
Rachel looked at her nightgown and stared at Puck's bare chest. "Thanks, I like it too! Victoria Secret, by the way…some people like to know where I buy my stuff."
She skipped back to her bed, sat down and continued looking at the room service menu. She didn't even cover herself with the comforter!
"Aren't…aren't you going to cover up or something? Say something about my staring or subtle suggestions?" he asked incredulously and sat on the edge of her bed.
Rachel laughed lightly and nodded towards his chest, "I could ask you the same thing. And I did notice, but did you notice mine? And I'm flattered, thank you.
Good Lord. She really has changed!
Eventually he sat beside her on the bed and shared his banana split with her while she shared her Oreo cheesecake.
Which brought him to the next thing he liked: she wasn't shy with food! Yeah, she was picky (she cared a lot about what made her voice tight and hoarse) but when she ate, she ate! He liked watching her eat, trying to use her table manners, but devouring the cheesecake at the same time.
He found out that stupid humour makes her laugh a lot. They were all watching Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle (CLASSIC) and she couldn't stop laughing!
It was nice to see her all chill and mellowed out, instead of crazy and serious.
But… he loved her crazy. And sometimes it still shone through, like when everyone left except for him and Finn…
Finn was lying on Quinn's bed while Rachel and Puck were playing cards on hers. Quinn waddled her way over to her side of the bed and lay down next to Finn. Puck looked over at the couple and could see Quinn drifting off to sleep on Finn's chest.Puck couldn't believe it. I could not sound more like a pussy than I do right now.
"Quinn, I didn't see you take your vitamins or sing to Drizzle. I know Mrs. Shuester was crazy but she's right: you don't want any complications with the baby. And singing to her will make her happy and hopefully musical!" Rachel reminded without even looking back.
Puck and Finn started laughing as Quinn groaned and got up again to go fetch her vitamins.
"Rach, you're like those calls that remind people to refill their prescriptions or something… except you're musical. And more incessant," Finn joked.
Rachel put her cards face down, took her pillow and ran over to Finn's side to beat him with said pillow.
Her crazy was cute…when it was times like these. And he laughed when she made them start their game again because she knew he looked at her cards.
He groaned and sat up in his bed.
He was so, totally whipped about Rachel Berry.
Now if only he could fix that…
The following Monday, Rachel walked into glee (early as usual) only to find the room empty. Thinking Mr. Shuester wanted them to practice for Regionals, she made her way to the auditorium.
But the stage was full.
Of teenagers.
But not from McKinley.
"Ah, Rachel! I have people I want you guys to meet!" Mr. Shuester greeted waving her over. She gave shy smiles to the other kids in the room as she made her way over to Mr. Shue.
"Rach, these are the kids from Vocal Adrenaline. And this," he said patting the dark haired woman next to him, "is Shelby Gray, their coach."
The kids from Vocal Adrenaline just stared looking her up and down, like they were sizing up the competition. But she plastered her mega watt smile and said, "Nice to meet you all! Mr. Shuester, I need to speak with you for a moment."
She strolled out to the exit far from where everyone else was and Mr. Shuester followed after her.
"Is there a problem, Rachel?"
"Mr. Shuester, what are you doing?"
"I'm holding a surprise scrimmage!" he announced proudly. By then most of the glee club were surrounding them.
"What's going on?" Santana asked.
"Mr. Shue is holding a surprise scrimmage, that's what! Against our arch-rival!" Rachel exaggerated.
Mr. Shuester rolled his eyes, "Rach, this is good! This way, they'll know what's coming, and we can take from their performance and make ours better! Rachel, trust me. When I was in glee club, we did this all the time and we always did better. This will be good! Just...give it a chance. Please?"
Rachel looked around her at the rest of the glee club. She locked eyes with Noah, who smiled encouragingly.
"Fine!" she pouted and walked back to her seat.
As she took her seat, the lead of Vocal Adrenaline (she's watched them before, and he's always the one singing) took the seat next to her.
He was cute – great hair, great skin, great teeth, and looked very self-assured.
"Hi, I'm Jesse. Hey, is your dad a butcher? Because you got two nice hams," he tried, smiling suggestively.
Rachel looked at him and burst out laughing. "OHMYGOD!" she breathed in. He just continued watching her during her fit.
"I'm sorry, that was rude. But that was really cheesy," she admitted. He chuckled and strutted back to where the rest of the opposing team sat. Rachel noticed Kurt's eyes on his ass, and Puck's death glare aimed for him as well.
"Alright guys, let's get started! Oh, this is Shelby Gray, the Vocal Adrenaline coach. Alright… you guys can start," Mr. Shuester announced and took his seat.
They did a phenomenal job with Lady Gaga's Speechless.
And New Directions retaliated with their rendition of Kings of Leon's Use Somebody.
Rachel had to admit: it was actually really fun. She had taken notes on what they could improve on, and what they had done better than Vocal Adrenaline. Sure, they may not have great stunts like they did, but they had the voice. And passion.
-
Everyone was packing up to go home when Mr. Shuester stopped them all.
"Okay guys, just wait a second. Shelby and I thought that as a sort of unity thing, Jesse and Rachel could do a duet for us," Mr. Shuester suggested.
Her fellow glee members cheered her on while his did the same. She looked over at Jesse, who was on the stage, and he smiled and shrugged.
"Come on, it's harmless and totally just for fun! And Rachel as an incentive, it's a Grease song…" Mr. Shue prodded.
Rachel smiled and got up to join Jesse on stage. She did love Grease…
She actually laughed when she saw that it was NOT a Danny/ Sandy song, but a Roger/Jan song.
"Whenever you're ready," Mr. Shue encourage from his seat.
"Ready?" Rachel breathed to her leading man.
"When you are, princess," he answered as he took a step to start singing.
Rachel rolled her eyes but plastered a smile to match the sweet song they were about to sing.
*
"I spent my day just mooning so sad and blue so sad and blue
I spent my nights just mooning over you…"
("All over who?")
"Well I'm so full of love as any fool can see
'Cause angels up above have hung the moon on me…"
("Why must you go?")
"Why must I go?"
"On mooning…"
("So all alone!")
"So all alone
There would be no more mooning if you would call me…"
("Up on the phone…")
"I guess I'll keep on striking poses
'Till my cheeks have lost there roses…"
"Mooning over you!"
"I'll stand behind,"
("You'll stand behind me")
"Mooning forever more…"
("Forever more!")
"Someday you'll find me,"
("Someday I'll find you…")
"Mooning at your front door!"
("At my front door,")
"Oh, everyday at school I watch ya
Always will until I got you mooning too
There's a moon out tonight…"
*
The song ended and Rachel actually laughed at how sweet and inappropriate the song was. Mooning?! Really?! TOTALLY something Noah would do!
Oh Noah…Jesse chuckled and extended his hand to Rachel, "I'm sorry for acting kind of sleazy earlier. I should have known that a talented girl like you wouldn't fall for a bad pickup line like that."
Rachel smiled and nodded, "Thank you for your apology."
When she looked at everyone who was watching them, they were cheering them on and laughing.
-
Quinn and Rachel were just leaving the auditorium when Rachel heard someone call her name. She turned around and the doors burst open.
"Rachel! Thank God I caught you! Listen, I was wondering if you wanted to go out with me this Friday?" Jesse asked sheepishly, putting his hands in his pockets and smiling cutely at her.
Rachel gasped. She guessed he was kind of cute. And his voice was amazing. She knew he was a performer, and it might be refreshing to bond with a fellow performer…
But what about Noah? She still liked him, but it didn't look like he was gonna make a move anytime soon. Maybe she just had a crush… that would go away in a few weeks.
She brought herself back to reality and brought her eyes back to her potential suitor.
"Uh, sure Jesse! Pick me up at 7," Rachel agreed. They quickly switched phones to swap numbers and Rachel tugged Quinn to her car.
"Wanna tell me what that's all about?" Quinn teased.
Rachel groaned, "Not. Right. Now."
How come it felt like she made one of the worst decisions in her life?
-
That night, Rachel and Quinn were in the living room eating popcorn and watching Grey's Anatomy.
"So… care to tell me about your thing with your new performer boy toy?" Quinn asked during commercial.
Rachel cleared her throat, "He goes to Carmel… lead of Vocal Adrenaline…"
"I heard that already!" Quinn complained, throwing popcorn at Rachel.
Rachel retaliated by sticking her tongue out at her. "Well, I don't know what else to tell you. I only met him today."
"He seems interested enough in you…but are you reciprocating those feelings?" Quinn asked seriously.
Rachel crossed her legs and moved her body towards Quinn. "I honestly don't know! I'm sure that I have feelings for Noah, but what if it's just a crush that I'll get over in a few weeks? I think… I think that's the reason why I agreed to go out with him – so I try to get over this crush," Rachel admitted.
"Well, you know what I think. And I'll repeat: PUCK LIKES YOU. I can see it! He made googly eyes at you the whole time we were in Cleveland. But it's your love life, Rach. If you wanna give Jesse a chance, then you should have fun doing so," Quinn encouraged and kissed Rachel's cheek.
They turned themselves towards the screen when the show came back on.
"Oh my Bashoff. It's Blake Bashoff! We saw him on Spring Awakening!" Quinn freaked.
She decided to take the whole thing in stride. It was Monday, and her date was scheduled for Friday. Five days is a long time, right?
-
But the next thing Rachel knew, it was Friday night and she was in her room with Kurt and Quinn picking out things to wear.
"Okay, well, I can easily pick out the things you bought by yourself," Kurt observed, pushing all of Rachel's cardigans and skirts to one side of the closet rack.
"…And the things you bought under Quinn's discretion," he pushed all over her new clothes to the left side.
"We'll work with the left side," he concluded and took out all the clothes on the left side and laid them on the bed.
Judging by how much clothes Kurt had taken out, she was sure he would take a long time to pick an outfit.
"A little black studded dress will make him love you in an instant," he said with finality. Quinn nodded eagerly and held the dress up to Rachel.
-
Half an hour later, Kurt had left after helping Quinn fix Rachel's hair and makeup (they kept her hair wavy, but fixed it with a few ringlets. Her makeup was all smoky and they took pointers from Kurt's Cosmopolitan to make her eyes "sex eyes").
"Don't… don't you think I'm a little bit overdressed? I mean, we're only going to dinner at the new Thai restaurant outside of town," Rachel doubted as she looked at her reflection through the mirror.
"Relax, Rachel. You look great. And it's not over the top. It's how everyone should dress on a casual dinner-date," Quinn soothed.
The door bell rang and Rachel took a breath. It was only 6:30 – he was half an hour early.
Well, punctuality IS important…
She opened the door and took a step back.
Uh, not what I was expecting...
Finn was over at Puck's when he looked at the clock and got up.
"Dude, I know we're at a new level but I'm gonna go over to Rachel's to see Quinn," Finn announced.
Rachel.
Puck stopped listening at RACHEL.
He couldn't stop thinking about her, no matter how much like a homo he sounded.
Oh, and that performance she and pretty boy put on? He totally noticed the crazy eyes she was giving him the whole song!
No, Puck was not jealous. He… just didn't want another guy's arms wrapped about his prospective girl's waist. And he didn't like to see her giving him eyes that she should give him!
Holy hell, I am jealous.
"Uh, what are you guys gonna do?" he asked nonchalantly.
Finn shrugged, "Probably gonna make out. Watch a movie. Make out some more…"
"You're gonna make out while Rachel's there too?! Dude, that's so not cool. She'd be like… a third wheel. I'll go, I'll keep her busy while you can do your thing with Quinn," he suggested and wiggled his eye brows at Finn.
Finn scoffed, "Dude. Never do that to me again. You…slapping my ass in the locker room is enough! Besides, Rachel might not even be there."
Puck's head perked up. "What? Why?"
Finn shrugged again, "It's the reason why Quinn wants me to come over. She's calling it our 'night-in'."
Puck took his keys from the key rack. "I'm coming with, dude," he mumbled as he ran out the front door.
"Dude no! You're gonna totally ruin our 'night-in'!"
Puck drove like a mad man all the way to Rachel's house. Whatever, he considered it practice for when Quinn was in labour.
The normal twenty minute car ride took only ten. Once he pulled into her drive way, he jumped out even before Finn could undo his seat belt and calmed himself before he rang the door bell.
Rachel opened the door and looked at him in surprise.
Holy fucking shit.
She looked like a dream!
Little black studded dress, her hair wavy and natural, and her eyes…were fucking sex eyes.
"Noah! Finn, I knew you were coming over but Noah? This is a surprise!" she said and she let them step inside.
"Huh. Why all the sex appeal, Berry?" Puck raised his eye brows and nodded to her body.
"I have a date!" she said proudly. Puck smirked, "Oh yeah? With who?"
"With Jesse St. James. Remember? The lead from Vocal Adrenaline?" Rachel answered curiously. "Noah, what's going on?"
Fuck.
She was going on a date WITH THE FUCKING PRETTY BOY.
Looking as hot as she did.
Yes, he was very jealous.
"Do you think it's really smart to be going out on a date with someone you've just met, Berry? How do you know he's decent?" he asked her, but honestly? He just wanted her to not go…
"I have happened to learn a lot about him. Through texting. And besides, what do you care? You don't own me, even if you think you do," she snapped back.
Puck heard a car honk outside and saw Quinn peer through the window.
"That's him! Here," Quinn helped Rachel put on a grey bubble coat and kissed her on the cheek. "Have fun! Call me if anything happens!"
"Thanks Q," Rachel smiled.
Puck stood by the door, just watching her the whole time she got herself ready.
"I'll see you later Noah," she mumbled to him.
Acting quickly, he grabbed her waist before she opened the door. She peered up at him with her large brown eyes and raised her eyebrows.
Before he could think, he kissed her lips softly. She gasped in shock, but kissed him back for a few moments before pulling away.
She didn't even give him a second glance.
-
Rachel skipped her way down her front porch and into Jesse's waiting car.
Don't cry. You're about to go on a date.
"Hey, Rachel! What's the matter? You look a bit upset," Jesse greeted. Rachel looked him in the eyes.
He seemed like a great guy! He texted her everyday, they asked each other questions about themselves, and he was an amazing singer.
Rachel took a breath and smiled, "No, nothing's wrong. I just couldn't find my favourite earrings."
Jesse chuckled and reached to the backseat. "These…are for you. Yellow roses mean friendship, so we can go slow?"
Rachel beamed at his gesture, "That's so sweet!"
You NEED to have fun.
-Their dinner went great. Rachel told him stories and he told her his, they talked music and about their respective glee clubs…
But Rachel could not get Noah out of her mind.
That kiss…was what she was waiting for. But it came at the wrong moment. It ruined her whole plan of wanting to forget about him.
Was he jealous? Was Quinn dropping hints every time she brought Noah up whenever they were talking? Did Noah like her as much as she liked him?
This… the kiss, his jealousy, the hints, hit her so hard, that Rachel just wanted to go home and lie down to process it all.
Rachel brought herself out of her thoughts when Jesse paid for the bill and extended his hand to help her out of her seat.
"Jesse, I know we planned to walk around the village, but I'm really tired. Could you just…take me home?" she excused. She looked at Jesse, expecting to see him frown but he nodded and gave her a small smile.
"WHERE THE FUCK IS RACHEL?! Wasn't her curfew at 9?! It's 9:30! I'm calling her dads," Puck paced and reached into his pocket for his cell phone.
"PUCK STOP!" Quinn screeched from her place on the couch next to Finn.
"Dude…you need to calm down. I mean, we know you love her and all-"
"I don't fucking love her!" he denied, but he sounded like a little boy who was caught lying.
Finn and Quinn stared at him blankly.
"Puck you spent this whole time ranting about her dress, her shoes, her hair, that 'fucking pretty boy' she's with! You're totally jellin' dude!" Finn pointed out.
Puck huffed and sat down in the recliner across from the happy couple.
"I'm just worried. She's past her curfew, and knowing her, the crazy Rachel wouldn't even let her be a minute late! What if she's fucking lying in a ditch on the outskirts of town?!" he exaggerated.
Quinn rolled her eyes. "Her dads extended her curfew to 10:30, stupid. And we both saw that kiss! And that waist grab! And why are you still here? You completely ruined our 'night-in'…you can make it up to us by professing your love for Rachel."
Finn chuckled and nodded eagerly.
Puck groaned and rubbed his forehead.
Not the way to get caught…
"Fine. I'll admit defeat. I am shit faced crazy in love with Rachel, whether or not she's in her crazy mood or in her chill fun mood. She believes in my daddy potential and she's super fucking hot."
Quinn and Finn's smiles disappeared with the last part and Finn threw a pillow at his best friend. "That was kind of sweet, but you just reminded us that you're still a pig," he joked.
Finn's eyes went to the television while Quinn's eyes lingered on Puck. She motioned her head toward Finn and rubbed her belly. Puck got the message quickly.
"Hey dude, me and Quinn got something to tell you," he started.
"I already know you're the father, Puck. Rachel told me that already. No need to rub it in!" Finn complained. Quinn and Puck both smiled at how wrong he was.
"Baby, just listen. Since Rachel isn't here, I wanted to ask you something…just the two of us. But Puck wouldn't leave and he can't stay away from Rachel, even IF she isn't here!" Quinn pointed out.
"Puck and I were talking… and we wanted you and Rachel to be Drizzle's godparents seeing as Puck agreed to let me raise her a Christian. I have yet to tell Rachel, but I wanted to ask you tonight. What do you think?" she asked and she looked hopefully into her boyfriend's eyes.
Finn looked from Quinn to Puck, who nodded encouragingly. "Really? You actually want me to be part of Drizzle's life?"
"Of course we do, Finn," Puck piped in.
"Then hell to the yes!" he exclaimed and kissed Finn fiercely. Puck chuckled and man-hugged Finn.
Quinn peered out the window and saw Jesse's car parked outside.
"Ooooh, she's home!"
Jesse pulled up to the curb outside Rachel's house and shut off the engine.
"This was wonderful, Jesse. You were very good company," Rachel said politely. She leaned in to kiss his cheek, but he turned suddenly and she ended up catching his lips.
He was slow, and gentle, but not like Noah's. Noah's was gentle, but he had an air of desperation when he kissed her.
Desperate for her not to go.But before she knew it Jesse broke the kiss and started apologizing profusely, "I can't do this. I'm sorry, I'm so sorry Rachel. You're a great girl but I need to be honest with you."
Rachel turned her body towards his and braced herself.
"I've always thought I was attracted to men, but I never wanted to accept it, to believe it, because I was afraid of what people would think. At Carmel, everyone treats the gay boys like crap. And then when we went to your school for the scrimmage, I saw that boy who's friends with Aretha…"
"Kurt," Rachel filled in.
"Yes. Him. And the football players who are in glee. They…they didn't do anything to him! If anything, they laughed with him, not at him. So I had this idea that it would be just a phase, and that if I went out with you, my orientation would suddenly change. And as much as I had fun tonight, Rachel, that kiss just proved that maybe I need to accept myself and switch sides," Jesse confessed, but he wasn't looking at Rachel.
Rachel let out a sigh of relief, "Oh my goodness, Jesse. You don't know how relieved I am. Now I need to be honest too - something did happen before our date. I sort of fell for this guy Noah, and I agreed to go out with you partially because I wanted to see if my crush on him would disappear. But he kissed me right before our date, and he's been on my mind ever since!"
Jesse pulled Rachel into a friendly hug and chuckled, "It seems that we both made some kind of self-discovery on this date."
Rachel nodded. "Thank you. So much. And don't be afraid to accept who you are, remember I have two gay dads? And Kurt and the boys never used to be that close. In fact, they used to throw him into the dumpster! But everyone in glee is sort of family, and what kind of family would we be if we threw each other into dumpsters and not accepted each other for who we are?"
Jesse smirked, "I wish it was that easy at Carmel. Thanks for listening to me, Rach. I really hope we stay friends…. And uh since we're friends, I really wouldn't mind if you gave my number to Kurt. I know he kept checking me out."
Rachel laughed. It all turned out great – she made a new friend and she could have Noah, guilt-free.
-
Rachel had a smile plastered on her face as she entered her house, eager to tell Quinn everything that happened on her date.
"Q! Where are you?! I need to tell you everything!" she called out as she opened the door. She stepped inside and looked to the living room, where Quinn was, along with Finn and Puck.
"How was your date Rachel? And why were you in the fucking car for so long?" Puck asked. His jaw clenched as he watched her sit down next to Quinn and put the yellow roses on the table.
She completely ignored him and went rambled about her date to Quinn.
"He got me yellow roses! We went to the Thai restaurant, which was great, by the way. AND HE'S GAY AND WANTS TO SET ME UP WITH KURT!"
Everyone's jaw dropped. They all expected her to gush about her date with 'pretty boy' and how they set another date, but that? No… Puck thought he heard wrong.
"What?!" Quinn asked incredulously.
Rachel laughed and nodded, "He wanted to see if he still liked girls, which he doesn't…"
She turned her body towards Noah who had his head in his hands listening intently, "…and I told him that I only agreed to our date because I wanted to see if my crush was just a crush, or if I really had feelings for someone."
Rachel had no idea where the jolt of confidence to say that came from, but she knew she had to put herself out there.
No more than two seconds later, Puck pulled her up and looked deep into her eyes.
"Who, Berry?" his breath fanned her face and she peered up at him through her lashes.
"You, of course," she breathed and kissed him fiercely. Puck's hands travelled down to her ass and pulled her up against him.
"Ugh, God. Get a room," Quinn scoffed.
-
They were all sitting comfortably watching American Idol: Rachel was sitting on Puck's lap on the recliner and Quinn was resting her feet on Finn's lap.
"Hey babe, we told Finn that he's gonna be Drizzle's godfather," Puck said to Rachel as he played with her hair.
"Oh yeah? You proud, Finn?" Rachel asked. Finn chuckled, "Of course I am. And you should be too, mama."
"Finn what are you talking about? I'm not…Noah what is he talking about?" Rachel looked at her boyfriend (she was starting to love that word).
"Huh. Mama, it'll grow on you, Rach, seeing as we're making you her godmother," he told her. Rachel turned her head to face him and kissed his lips smiling.
"I think I love you," she declared.
As much as Puck wanted to say it back, he'd sound too much like a pussy. So his genius response was, "Same here, mama."
"Hello?"
"Hey, Rach. It's Jesse. Did you uh… ask Kurt if…"
"No, Jesse, I have not asked Kurt yet if he's interested in you, even if I'm pretty sure he is."
"Oh, well then…"
"Wait, Jesse. I have a plan. You wanna come over to McKinley during your fourth?"
The following Monday, the end of the day bell rang and Puck walked into the choir room. He was hoping to see Rachel by herself and hopefully sneak in a hot makeout session, but instead he saw her and Jesse sitting at the piano practicing something.
"Hey mama, what are you doing?" he accented the mama and laughed as she blushed.
"Oh hi, Noah. You remember Jesse?" Rachel introduced. Jesse was about to extend his hand to Puck, but the latter was too busy whispering sweet nothings into his girlfriend's ear.
"'Sup dude," Puck finally said when he pulled away thirty seconds later.
He and Rachel took their seats as Mr. Shuester walked in. He stopped when he saw Puck and Rachel laughing and Puck's hand on her thigh.
"Uh, you guys back together? And Jesse, what are you doing here?" Mr. Shuester inquired.
"Oh uh, them? Yes. I just…" Jesse looked to Rachel for help on how to explain the situation.
"Jesse thought he'd be more comfortable here when he serenaded someone," Rachel explained like it was no big deal.
Just then Santana, Brittany, Mercedes, Tina and Kurt bustled in. Kurt froze when he saw Jesse. They quickly locked eyes and Jesse winked at him.
Kurt came out of his trance and took the seat beside Rachel. He looked momentarily shocked to see Puck's hand on Rachel's thigh, but shook it off to ask her an IMPORTANT question.
"Why is he here? Are you trying to kill me, Berry? Look, I'm sorry for making you dress in a cat suit when you wanted a make over for Finn, but-"
"Relax, Kurt. He's here because he needs my help," she soothed and turned back to Puck.
"I kind of liked that makeover, baby," Puck whispered in her ear.
Rachel laughed lightly, "Well, you should've seen the cat suit he dressed me in. Wait… I still have it!"
Puck groaned and stirred in his seat. "Damn it Rach, don't do that!"
Rachel Berry was getting him hard. IN GLEE CLUB!They waited five more minutes until everyone was settled. Jesse (thankfully) was talking in the corner with Kurt, who looked smitten.
"Alright everyone, let's get started! But first, Rachel, you said Jesse wanted to do something?" Mr. Shuester reminded.
"Oh yes!" she exclaimed and nodded to Jesse to stand up. He gave her his sheet music and she made Brad move from the piano.
Kurt, intrigued, moved himself to Rachel's seat.
"First of all, I really envy the environment you guys have in your glee club. You guys accepting Kurt, even if you're jocks is something I wish was happening at Carmel. And secondly, I've wanted to make a move on someone since last week," he locked eyes with Kurt, "and Rachel helped me come up with a good song. And what's better than a Beatles' song?"
Rachel played the opening notes of 'Oh! Darling' and Jesse took a breath and started singing,
*
"Oh! Darling, please believe me
I'll never do you no harm
Believe me when I tell you
I'll never do you no harm
Oh! Darling, if you leave me
I'll never make it alone
Believe me when I beg you
Don't ever leave me alone
When you told me you didn't need me anymore
Well you know I nearly broke down and cried
When you told me you didn't need me anymore
Well you know I nearly fell down and died
Oh! Darling, if you leave me
I'll never make it alone
Believe me when I tell you
I'll never do you no harm
When you told me you didn't need me anymore
Well you know I nearly fell down and cried
When you told me you didn't need me anymore
Well you know I nearly fell down and died
Oh! Darling, please believe me
I'll never let you down
Believe me when I tell you
I'll never do you no harm…"
*
Jesse's eyes were glued to Kurt's the whole time, and Puck thought he saw Kurt's eyes glistened.
He was a pretty good singer, and he did the Beatles' song justice. Everyone got on their feet and cheered for Jesse, but cheered even louder and he hugged and kissed Kurt on the cheek.
"That was pretty amazing Jesse. Alright, guys. I've been thinking about a new song…" Mr. Shuester started.
"Actually, Mr. Shuester, I had a song I'd like to try," Rachel piped up.
Mr. Shuester and Puck both raised their eyebrows. "What song, babe?" Puck whispered in her ear.
"Oh, okay then. Rachel, the floor's yours," Mr. Shue said, and took his seat again.
"You'll see," Rachel grinned and stood up. Jesse started testing out his guitar and nodded to Rachel when he was ready.
Rachel took her breath and started to sing,
*
"If you were falling, then I would catch you
You need a light, I'd find a match
Cuz I love the way you say good morning
And you take me the way I am
If you are chilly, here take my sweater
Your head is aching; I'll make it better
Cuz I love the way you call me baby
And you take me the way I am
I'd buy you Rogaine when you start losing all your hair
Sew on patches to all you tear
Cuz I love you more than I could ever promise
And you take me the way I am
You take me the way I am
You take me the way I am…"
*
She kept her eyes on Noah the whole time, and smiled slightly when she sang the part about him calling her 'baby'. Everybody smiled and squealed, "Awww, that's so cute!" when she finished, and wolf whistled when Puck stood up and kissed Rachel deeply.
He didn't break the kiss until Mr. Shuester cleared his throat a minute later.
"You wouldn't have to buy me Rogaine, since my head is shaved. But I appreciate the sentiment, baby."
A/N: I need to know: do you lovely readers want an epilogue that MIGHT POSSIBLY include Quinn giving birth? *hint hint, wonka-wonka, nudge-nudge* Because I've already started looking at baby names...
OH! And who's bought this April's Cosmopolitan with Lady Gaga on the cover? Here's an incentive: Cory Monteith spread. Well, not really. But it's three super hot pictures of him. And I MDR'd (mort de rire.. dying of laughter in french) when they listed 50 Things to Try Naked. Number 43? "Strip down and try the routines on the new episodes of Glee. Imagine bad-boy Puck is your partner" - Cosmopolitan. Yes, and happily!
Anyway, my quota for this chapter is a total of 25. Think you can help me and make that quota? If yes, then *POP!* Puck appears to help you learn the new routines he learned in glee! REVIEW MY LOVELY READERS, AND THANK YOU FOR READING!