A/N: I've decided that you guys are amazing! Your feedback is really what keeps this story going. So, this is chapter 5 and in this chapter, Rachel and Puck are going to talk, A PuckleBerry date anyone? So, this chapter is going to be split in two parts, this is Part 1:You Are The Thunder And part two will be posted early tomorrow is 'I Am The Lightening.' So this is chapter 5, so there are roughly, 5 chapters left, and then another new story which will be longer then 10 Chapters, scouts honor. Hopefully, since I've decided to be a writing machine this weekend, this story will be done by Sunday. Anyway; Enjoy!

Part 1: You Are The Thunder

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Rachel looked around awkwardly then back at Puck and put on a fake smile, and shuffled her feet back and forth.

"H-hi Noah." She said, her grip on the cart tightening. He smiled softly at her then moved from behind his own cart and went over to her and held his arms out. She started at him for a minute before stepping out from behind her cart and stepping into his outstretched arms. Her head immediately went to his chest, and she buried her head into his shirt, missing the way he smelled and just wanting to get the scent again. Puck's arms held onto her tightly as he buried his nose into her hair, inhaling the scent of her Kiwi-Lime shampoo. Rachel's hands clung to his back desperately. She was now realizing how much she missed him. Puck pulled back first and smiled down at Rachel.

"Hey Rach." He said. Rachel smiled and nodded then pulled back from him.

"Hi Noah."
Puck smiled and grabbed his cart and started to move along with her. They sat in a comfortable, yet awkward silence for a few minutes just walking down the grocery store isles. Rachel looked over at Puck and threw a head of lettuce into her cart.

"How are Kaitlyn and Quinn?" She asked quietly. Puck sighed and reached for a box of animal crackers and threw into the cart.

"Kaitlyn's fine. Getting bigger everyday." He said, not mentioning Quinn.

"What about Quinn?" She asked.

"Quinn and I…we're not good together. I don't know what it is, but I'm starting to see that the only reason we're together is to try and make a home for Kaitlyn, but it's never going to work out because we're both in love with other people, and the only thing we do is fight anyway." He said, shaking his head. Rachel's eyes lit up when he said something about being in love with other people. She nodded and continued to walk down the isle not saying a word. Puck looked over at her and nudged her.

"Any guys I need to beat up?" He asked. Rachel shook her head and giggled.

"No. I don't really date. No time." She said with a small shake of the head. Puck smiled a little bit, and nodded his head.

"So, I was thinking, ever since that night, we haven't talked at all. I would really like it if we could be friends. I really miss you, Rach." Puck said with a sigh. Rachel looked over at him and nodded.

"I would like that too." She said with a smile. Puck nodded and walked with her until they both got what they needed and checked out. Puck helped Rachel with her bags out to her car and smiled at her.

"Come out to dinner with me tonight." He said. He didn't even ask, it was more like a demand. Rachel thought about it for a minute, and then nodded.

"Okay." She said with a shrug.

"Good." He said then kissed her on the cheek.

"See ya later, Rach." He said then walked over to his own car. Rachel stood there for a minute then leaned back against her car and sighed to herself.

What did I just get myself into?

"Wait. Whoa. You agreed to go on a date, with Puck?" Kurt asked in a surprised voice later on that night as Rachel was getting ready. She had made sure Lyric was at Matt and Mercedes house. Rachel looked over at Kurt as she finished zipping up her jean shorts and nodded.

"It's not really a date, it's just dinner." Rachel reasoned looking at herself in the mirror. Puck had called before and told her to dress casual. Kurt sighed knowingly.

"That's what you said on your first date." Kurt said to her, hands planted on his hips. Rachel sighed again then leaned foreword and applied Raspberry lip gloss to her lips. She finished and looked back at Kurt.

"It's different now. We both have kids, and we're older we are not going to jump on each other and make-out until we're blue in the face." She said then grabbed her bag, making sure she had her cell phone just in case there was emergency with Lyric.

"It's not different. You told me, that he told you, he wasn't in love with Quinn anymore, but someone else. We all know that someone else is you, Rach." Kurt said. Rachel shook her head and walked down the stairs with Kurt following close behind.

"It could be Santana for all we know." She said then sat on her couch and pulled her shoe's on. Kurt snorted.

"Please, Rachel. You know he's in love with you. I know he's in love with you. Hell, everybody knows he's in love with you. Just tell him about Lyric!"

"No. But if…if everything goes good tonight and we agree to keep seeing each other, I guess I will have to tell him eventually." Rachel mumbled.

"And everything will go good tonight." Kurt said. Rachel shook her head.

"You don't know that."

"Yes, I do. I'm a physic."

Rachel snorted at that. "Please Kurt, you are not. I just…I want to…"

"Enjoy this?" He finished for her. Rachel had to nod and smile.

"Yeah. I mean, I've missed him. A lot, even thought I say I don't. I still love him, and I have his child, so I see some if him in Lyric everyday." Rachel said then collapsed on the couch. Kurt sat next to her and put a hand on her knee.

"Rach, I promise you everything will be okay with you and Puck." He said. Rachel shook her head.

"No I won't. Not once he finds out that he had another little girl out there and I didn't tell him. Nothing will ever be the same." Rachel said. A knock came on her door and she got up and opened it. Puck smiled at her.

"Hey Rach." Puck said then smiled at her. Rachel smiled shyly.

"Hey." She said then grabbed her bag. Puck saw Kurt standing in Rachel's living room with his arms crossed.

"Hey Hummel." Puck said. Rachel smiled at Kurt and nodded.

"Have fun tonight with her, Puck. But not too much fun." Kurt said acting like her father, instead of her best friend. Rachel shook her head, grabbed Puck's hand and led him out the door. As soon as they were almost out to his car, Puck started to laugh.

"Was it just me, or did Hummel just try to act like he was as tall as Finn, and as badass as me." He laughed. Rachel laughed a little then shrugged.

"He's just worried."

"There's no need to be. Tonight is going to be perfect." He said then winked at her and got into his car. Rachel giggled again and got into the car with him. They talked as he drove to the park that she loved. When they got out of the car, Rachel plastered a smile on her face.

"You brought be to the park?" She asked, with a huge smile. Puck nodded.

"You love it here." He said as he grabbed a picnic basket out of the back of the car. Rachel turned back to him and smiled again, it was like she couldn't wipe the smile off her face. She remembered the first time he took her here, to this park.

-Flashback-

"Where are we going?" Rachel whined as Puck drove. He rolled his eyes and sighed.

"It's a surprise, baby." He mumbled then pulled into a parking spot. Rachel sighed.

"Why can't you ever tell me where you take me?" She asked him. Puck just smirked and looked over at her.

"Because as much as you say you don't, you love surprises."

Rachel scrunched her nose up with a smile and looked out the window shaking her head.

"You know me too well."

"I know. But you love it."

"I love you." She said looking over at him with a lazy smile.

"I love you too." He said then reached over and grabbed her hand. He drew circles on the soft skin of her hand. Rachel closed her eyes with her head facing him. When the car stopped, Rachel opened her eyes and looked around.

"You took me to a park?" She asked with a smile. Puck nodded then got out of the car, moved to the other side opened the door and opened it for her. He held out her hand to her. Rachel took Puck's hand and they walked out a few feet before she dropped his hand and looked at him with a big smile.

"Race you to the swings!" Rachel said then ran off. Puck stood there for a second, then shook his head and ran after her. A while later they were lying in the grass, Rachel's head resting on Puck's chest. She said something that made him laugh and it rumbled through him like thunder. Rachel smiled.

"You are the thunder."

-End Flashback-

He held out his hand to her which she gladly took. He led her up a hill to sit in a grassy spot of the hill. He spread out a blanket and Rachel sat down on it, and he followed suit. As they sat looking up at the stars, Puck's hand crept over to hers and interlaced they're fingers. Rachel closed her eyes and let out a shaky sigh, fearing she was going to cry. She kept them closed for a few minutes until she felt Puck's finger tips brush against her cheek.

"Rachel…" He murmured. Rachel's eyes opened and she looked up at Puck who was leaning down to look at her.

"What's the matter?" He whispered. Rachel felt the tears surface to her eyes as she looked at Puck. Flashes of Lyric floated through her mind.

"Nothing, I'm just tired."

"Do you want to go home?" He asked her. He didn't sound disappointed that she was calling the date off early, he sounded concerned. He knew that when Rachel got really tired, she got very emotional. Rachel looked up at him and nodded. He smiled at her and nodded.

"Okay, I'll take you home." He said then got up and held out his hand to her. Rachel took his hand yet again and he hoisted her up and folded up the blanket and put it back into the picnic basket and balanced it in one hand and held his other hand out to her. Rachel smiled and took it. They walked back to his car and he opened her door for her. Puck threw the picnic basket into the back of the car. He got into the car and started it up. They drove home in silence. When they pulled up to her house, she leaned over and kissed him on the cheek.

"Thank you, Noah." She whispered against his cheek. Puck smiled.

"Can we do this again?" He asked. Rachel nodded with a smile.

"Tell me when, and I'll see if I'm free." She said then pulled back from him. She got out of the car and scurried onto her front porch, turning back to smile at him and wave. Puck waved back and watched as she went into her house. He smiled and threw is car in reverse and started over to Matt's house.

He had to tell the guys how close he was to getting his girl back.

Little did he know that, one single visit to Matt's house would change his life. Forever.