Chapter 9

A/N: I am seriously ecstatic with all the wonderful reviews on the last chapter! Also, I'm sorry for the delay…this chapter kind of kicked my butt. Please review! It seriously makes my day.

A/N 2: I don't own Glee. Eli (dad) and Daniel (daddy) Berry are mine though.

Puck slowly eased himself back into the bedroom, flinching slightly when he heard the window close with a soft thud. He glanced at Rachel, her eyes wide and her mouth open in shock. The entire situation would be hilarious if he wasn't so worried about her dad throwing him out the window.

"Mr. Berry, this is not what it looks like," Puck said in what hoped was a calming tone.

"Really?" Eli replied with a mixture of skepticism and anger. "Because it looks like you were trying to sneak out of my daughter's room…while holding a pair of her underwear."

Puck looked down at his hand and groaned. Sure enough, he was still holding Rachel's black thong.

"Shit," Puck muttered under his breath, quickly dropping the thong on the ground.

"Daddy…" Rachel began to say nervously.

"You're grounded for a month now Rachel," Eli said firmly. "No car, cell phone, television, and no internet connection."

Rachel gasped. "Dad, that is completely unfair!"

"Sir, please…"

Eli threw a hard glare in Puck's direction. "Young man, I think it would be best if you leave right now!"

Puck stepped closer to Eli. "Please, just let me explain," he said.

Eli took a deep breath and gave Puck a curt nod.

"Rachel had no idea I was planning on coming here tonight," Puck told him, glancing back at Rachel who was biting her bottom lip so hard he was surprised she didn't pierce right through it. "I climbed the tree outside her window and she let me in so I wouldn't fall and break my neck."

"Why?" Eli asked with a small frown.

"Why what?" Puck replied in confusion.

"Why did you feel it necessary to climb outside my daughter's window late at night when you will be seeing her tomorrow at school?" Eli said, crossing his arms over his chest.

"Shit," Puck thought nervously. "What the fuck am I supposed to say…`Well gee sir, I couldn't stop thinking about your daughter and needed to see her.' I'll sound like a completely pussy!"

"Well…uh…I just…I just wanted to see her," Puck stammered. "Yup, sounded like a complete pussy."

"What exactly is going on between the two of you?" Eli asked tensely. He turned to Rachel, who was standing next to Puck. "Rachel you went to the dance with Finn and ended coming home with Puck…the next morning! You lie to us and say you were sleeping over at a friend's house, when in fact you spent the night in a hotel room…with Puck!."

"Actually, I told you she was sleeping over at Mercedes' house. Rachel just went along with it," Puck said. He took an involuntary step back when her dad's eyes flashed angrily at him.

"Not helping," Rachel hissed at Puck. She took a step closer to her dad and tentatively put her hand on his shoulder to calm him down.

"Dad, I deeply regret lying to you. I never intended to hurt you or to make you and daddy disappointed in me," she said in a quiet voice.

Eli took a deep breath in order to calm down. "What happened at the dance Rachel?"

Rachel looked at Puck. He gave her small shrug of the shoulders, as if saying "go ahead and tell." Rachel looked back at her dad and forced a small smile.

"Finn reconciled with his ex-girlfriend Friday night in front of me…in fact in front of the entire student body."

Eli felt his shoulders sag as he looked at the anguish on his daughter's face. He quickly pulled her into a hug, his heart breaking for his little girl.

"Oh sweetheart, I am so sorry," he whispered into her hair.

Rachel pulled back and gave him a little smile to show she was okay. "Needless to say I was not only embarrassed but deeply hurt and angry. I…ah…I got the hotel room intending on doing something completely reckless," she told him, her voice laced with shame.

"Do I want to know what reckless activity you had planned?" her dad asked nervously, almost afraid to hear her answer.

Rachel shook her head no. They both looked over at Puck who was staring at her thong on the floor with a smirk on his face. She rolled her eyes and smacked his arm.

Puck turned his attention back to the Lifetime Movie of the Week that was playing out in front of him, giving Rachel a guilty smile. "Sorry" he mouthed to her.

Rachel rolled her eyes again. She turned back to her dad, who was glaring at Puck.

"And how does Puck fit into this story," Eli asked.

"Noah actually stopped me from making a foolish mistake. He made me see that my plan would only result in more hurt and humiliation."

Eli looked back at Puck in disbelief. He had a hard time believing this young man with a Mohawk talked his little girl out of her plans, which he knew consisted of having sex, especially considering Puck kept making furtive glances to her thong on the floor.

"I'm telling the truth dad," Rachel said, seeing the doubt in her dad's eyes. "I know I should have come home but I was so emotionally drained and I didn't want to have to explain to you and daddy what happened with Finn. I stayed the night and Noah stayed with me to keep me company, but I swear to you nothing happened in that hotel room."

"You mean other than the pornographic film that was ordered," Eli deadpanned.

"Yeah…that was my bad," Puck said. "If it makes you feel any better though the sex scenes were pretty terrible…nothing to store in the spank bank."

"Spank. Bank." Eli said in a horrified whisper.

"What he means," Rachel quickly said, looking fiercely at Puck, "is that he is sorry for ordering filthy smut and then watching it."

"Yeah, that's what I meant to say," Puck replied, grinning sheepishly at Rachel's dad.

Eli pinched the bridge of his nose, pushing his glasses slightly up. "I think," he began to say exhaustingly, "it would be best if you go home now Puck. Rachel and I still need to discuss some things."

"Eli," Daniel called from the upstairs hallway. "Have you talked to Rachel ye..." He paused as he stood in Rachel's doorframe. His eyes widened when he saw Puck standing in the room. "Oh no," he said. Then he saw his daughter's thong on the floor and his eyes widened further. "Oh no!"

"Daniel," Eli said calmly, stepping closer to his partner.

"She had sex while we were downstairs!" Daniel cried out hysterically.

"Daddy, my…"

"Rachel Barbara Berry don't you dare say hymen," Eli interjected quickly.

Puck could feel his ribs crack under the strain of not laughing out loud. He looked over at Rachel who was blushing furiously. She caught his eye and shook her head in embarrassment.

"Daniel, why don't you go to our room? I'll be there in a moment and explain everything to you," Eli said in a soothing voice as gently ushered a clearly distressed Daniel out of Rachel's room.

"Don't take this the wrong way, but your dads are drama queens," Puck whispered into Rachel's ear.

Rachel let out a tired sigh as he dad walked back into her room. "Dad am I really grounded for a month?"

Eli gave his daughter a long, hard look before finally shaking his head no. "Your initial punishment of one week still stands, but you will also have to pay off the hotel charge. I need to go calm your daddy down so we will talk more about this in the morning." He turned to Puck and gave him a wary look. "I suppose I should thank you Puck for watching out for Rachel Friday night." He stuck his head out, offering it to Puck.

"It was no problem Mr. Berry." He pulled out his wallet from his back pocket and took out a wad of cash. "Um…how much do I owe you for the…ah…movie?"

"$20.99," Rachel replied quickly.

Puck smirked at her as he pulled $30 out of his wallet and handed it to her. "Keep the change," he told her with a wink. Rachel rolled her eyes but couldn't help the smile that was on slowly spreading across her face.

"Puck I think it's time for you to go," Eli said, watching his daughter and Puck with a mixture of curiosity and fear.

"Right," Puck replied. He turned back to the window and started to lift it up.

"Puck," Eli called out in exhaustion, "you can use the front door. Rachel, please take your guest downstairs."

Rachel stifled a giggle as she reached for Puck's arm. She walked them down the stairs and paused in front of the foyer door. She let out the giggle she had been holding when she took a look at the embarrassment on Puck's face.

"It's not that funny Berry," Puck said in annoyance. "I'm used to escaping through the window…it was natural reaction for me."

Rachel bit the inside of her cheek to stop laughing, although her body was still shaking with amusement. Her breath hitched when Puck suddenly leaned in close, wrapping his arms around her tiny frame.

"Rachel," he whispered huskily, staring down at her with a wicked gleam in his eyes.

"Ye…yes Noah," she replied softly, her eyes fluttering when she felt his hands slowly run up and down her back.

"Can you bring your black thong to school tomorrow? I didn't have enough quality time with it."

Rachel's eyes flew up in disgust. She scowled at him as she reached for the door and pulled it open. "Out," she ordered, pushing him through the door.

Puck laughed as her delicate arms pushed him out of the house. Rachel stuck her tongue out at him before slamming the door in his face.

"Is that a no?"