A/N: So, last chapter was a little bit intense, right? So this chapter, I think will be a little bit less intense in the anger sense. But in the emotional sense, intense! A couple more chapter and we're done my darlings. Enjoy!

When Artie, Mike, Matt, Finn and James got to Puck's house, they were more then a little bit angry. No one threatens Rachel. Or yells at Rachel. No one does anything to Rachel. Especially in Finn's book. Rachel was like Finn's little sister. And Lyric was like Finn's niece, and no one hurt them. Not even his best friend. When Matt stopped the car, Finn was the first one out, and stalking up to the door, his hands bawling into fists. Matt immediately got out after him and ran in front of him.

"Dude, relax." Matt said. Finn just pushed him out of the way and ran into Puck's house not bothering to knock. Finn found Puck sitting on the couch his head in his hands. Finn shook his head.

"Get your ass up, Puckerman." Finn said through gritted teeth. Puck looked up at him and stood up and in front of Finn, waiting for the punch. Finn just looked down at him, ready to punch when he realized he couldn't, because Puck was hurting just as much as Rachel was. Finn sighed and un-balled his fists.

"Sit." Finn said to Puck. Puck did as he was told and sat down on the couch as the rest of the guys came in.

"Did we miss the fight?!" Mike asked. Matt looked at him then elbowed him in the ribs.

"Shut up."

Finn ignored the two and looked over at Puck. He looked like hell. Tear stained cheeks, the back of his eyes were red, and his hazel eyes were dark. Puck put his elbows on his knees and laced his hands together.

"How is she?" Puck asked to Finn. Finn did the same thing as Puck did and put his elbows on knees.

"She's…afraid you're going to take Lyric from her. She's hurt, and she feels guilty." Finn told him. Puck let out a sigh and ran a hand over his now shaved head.

"I'm not going to take Lyric from her." Puck said quietly. Finn looked at her and shrugged.

"You told her she was lucky, you weren't suing for full custody." Finn tried to reason with him. Puck looked at him.

"I didn't mean it. It was a heat of the moment thing."

"Then you need to tell her that." Finn said. Puck looked at him and sighed.

"So I should go talk to her?" He asked. Finn shrugged.

"You should do whatever you think you should do. And if you think you should talk to her, then talk to her. But if you make her cry, I'm going to beat you." Finn said. Puck smiled and looked down, then back up at him.

"Thanks for taking care of them." Puck said quietly. Finn smiled for the first time, since earlier in the night.

"No problem."

Puck got up and grabbed his car keys and slipped his jacket on. Finn looked around and got a confused look on his face.

"Hey, where's Quinn?" He asked. Puck zipped up his jacket and smiled.

"Not here." He answered.

"Where is she?" Finn asked.

"Got an apartment somewhere. We're sharing custody of Kait. You should go talk to her. She really misses you." Puck said then went to walk out. Finn nodded.

"I'll do that. Wait!" Finn called after Puck.

"What?" Puck asked as he turned back.

"Rachel's not at her house."

"Where is she?"

"Kurt's house."

"Why?" Puck asked.

Finn shrugged. "She didn't want to go home."

"Because of me?" Puck asked.

"Maybe" Finn said. Puck sighed then walked the rest of the way out.

"I'm gonna go talk to her." Puck said. Finn nodded.

"If you upset her, I'll hurt you." Finn called after him. Puck laughed and made his way out to the car.

I'm going to get my family back. No matter what.

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"Rachel, are you sure you're going to be okay?" Kurt asked Rachel as he grabbed his car keys. Rachel rolled her eyes from her spot on the couch and nodded, then flipped through the channels, settling on an old re-run of Scrubs.

"I'll be fine, Kurt. Go have fun." Rachel smiled. Kurt sighed and kissed Rachel on the top of the head.

"I have my cell phone if you need me or anything happens." Kurt said. Rachel nodded, and kept her eyes on the TV.

"I'll be fine."

"Tell Lyric good morning for me when she wakes up tomorrow." Kurt said then walked out the door and went over to his boyfriends house. Rachel sighed and relaxed against the arm of the couch. She pulled the blanket up her body and snuggled with it, something she had come accustomed to doing since she didn't have Puck to cuddle with and probably never would again. She sighed quietly and kept her eyes focused on the TV. Rachel's eyes fluttered closed and she fell asleep for a few minutes.

When she awoke it was from a knock on the door that pulled her out of her sleep. Figuring it was Kurt, and the fact that she was still half asleep, Rachel got up, stumbled to the door and opened it. She leaned against the door frame with her eyes closed.

"What did you forget?" She asked with a yawn.

Puck, who was on the other side of door smiled at her appearance. Messed up hair that was sticking up in 3 different directions. Her eyes were closed, but he still remembered what they looked like when she woke up. Big brown doe eyes that were heavy with sleep. Her voice was laced with sleep and she was leaning against the door like if she didn't, she would fall over.

"My daughter making you tired?" He asked. Rachel's eyes flew open to look at him. Staring at him for a long second she nodded mutely.

"I came to talk." He said then ran a hand over the back of his neck.

"I have nothing to say to you. Especially with our daughter sleeping upstairs." Rachel said, smiling on the inside, being able to call Lyric 'Theirs' and not 'hers'

"Well I have a lot to say to you, Rachel. You kept her away, and Finn explained why but that doesn't make it right. I know I hurt you, but I've missed you everyday since." Puck said then looked down at the welcome mat.

"Missed me?! You missed me? Really?" Rachel scoffed folding her arms over her chest. Hey eyes scolding him. Puck nodded.

"I really did, Rach." He spoke quietly.

"Don't say things that aren't true, Puck." Rachel said, emphasizing his name. The one she never called him. He looked up at her and shook his head.

"Don't call me that."

"What?"

"Puck. It's not my name."

"That's what everyone else calls you, isn't it?" Rachel asked. Nothing about her appearance or the harshness or hardness in her voice changing.

"Not you. You don't call me that. You've never called me that. I've always been Noah. Call me Noah." He said then kicked the mat. Rachel looked down and sniffled and tears surfaced in her eyes.

"I don't know what you want me to say." Rachel sighed.

I want you to say that you forgive me and you'll take me back.

Puck looked up at her and sighed.

"I want my family back." He said. Rachel shook her head.

"You have you're family and it's not me and Lyric."

"Yes it is. Kait and Quinn moved out. I'm not with her anymore." He mumbled quietly. Rachel looked up at him with a surprised look.

"Really?"

Puck nodded. "Yes really. I love you, Rachel." He said then moved toward her, cupping his cheek in one of her hands. He leaned down until his lips were inches away from hers.

"I love you." He spoke again. This time, laced with emotion. Being the first time he said it to her in 4 long years. "I love you. God I love you so much."

Rachel brought her hands up and held his face in her hands making sure he was real. Rachel sighed when she touched him and he didn't disappear like he usually did in her dreams. "I love you too." She whispered. That was all it took. Puck crashed his lips to hers and backed her inside. Closing the door with his foot, he pulled back and looked at her, smiling.

"Can I see my daughter?" He asked. Rachel nodded with a smile and grabbed his hand and led him up to Lyrics room where she should've been sleeping. Instead she was sitting with her legs crossed playing with her dolls. Rachel and Puck stood there for a minute listening to her play.

"Well, maybe you're daddy doesn't love you." She said with one of her dolls. Rachel looked over at Puck and put a hand on his forearm as he watched his daughter. Lyric put down her dolls, grabbed her bear and laid back on the bed.

"My daddy doesn't love me." The three year old said into the darkness then started to cry. Puck fought back his own tears because, he's badass. And badasses don't cry, but this, seeing his little girl cry because she thinks he doesn't love her proved to be too much for him as a tear slid down his cheek. Rachel looked over at him and nudged him to go sit with her. Puck nodded and walked over then sat on the bed. The sobbing three year old looked over at him and tried to catch her breath but it came out as another sob. Puck lifted her easily and put her into his lap. Rachel came over and sat with them. Kissing the top of Lyrics head she sighed.

"You're daddy loves you Lyric." Rachel said. Lyric shook her head, her tiny body shaking with sobs.

"No…he…doesn't." She said stopping in between to take a breath that come out as sobs. Rachel nodded.

"Yes he does baby. You know how I know?" She asked then looked up at Puck who kissed the top of Lyrics head.

"How?" Lyric sobbed.

"Because he's holding you right now." Rachel whispered. Lyric looked up at Puck with teary eyes. Puck drew in a breath.

"Daddy?" She asked in the most innocent voice. Puck nodded, choking up.

"You…you love me, daddy?" She asked. Puck nodded fast.

"Yes, honey. I love you. I love you a lot." Puck said then kissed her forehead.

"I love you, daddy." She mumbled tiredly then snuggled into his lap. Puck smiled down at her and kisses her head.

"I love you too."

"I love you mommy." Lyric yawned. Rachel leaned over, took her from Puck and put her in the bed. Lyric was asleep before her head even hit the pillow. Rachel smiled, grabbed Puck's hand and led him out. As Rachel shut the door, Puck wrapped his arms around her waist. Rachel turned around and wrapped arms around his neck. Puck leaned down and brushed his lips against hers in the most innocent kiss, they had ever had. But somehow it turned into much more. Rachel pulled back and looked at him, the seductive look in her eye.

"Now, that she's asleep…wanna play?" She asked. Puck smirked and led her to Kurt's other bedroom.

"What if she wakes up?" He asked holding in a breath as Rachel undid the buttons on his shirt.

"She won't. She sleeps through anything." Rachel said as she threw Puck's shirt across the room and pushed him on the bed. Climbing on top of him and leaned down and kissed him again.

A/N; And I will continue this next chapter. Promise. But, I'm putting up the first chapter to my new story because…it's all I could think about besides this story. So, I hoped you liked this!