A/N: Ok Guys I am so sorry for the wait. I feel terrible. But here I am with a new chapter. The reason I haven't been updated is simply these. First, school. Second, Drama in real life. Third, fear of people not liking the story. Although your reviews have showed me otherwise.

Disclaimer: I don't own anything. If I did, Puck and Rachel would be together. Matt and Mercedes would be together. The baby wouldn't be Puck's and Santana would be getting a slushie to the face every damn day.

Puck was pissed. Mega pissed. Hell he was kind of curious as to why he hadn't bashed someone's face in yet. Rachel-fucking- Berry had denied him. Him of all people. She denied him and he cared way to damn much. He had been a stupid love sick dumbass for weeks and it needed to end. He was a stud. He didn't do relationships. He did the screwing and then things would be over. That was how it went. But that stupid brunette with her long legs, and loud mouth that his mind was wrapped around complicated things.

Ever since she'd told him they couldn't be together and took a huge ass blow at his ego, he'd gone searching for a new girl to distract him. Distract him from Rachel…and Quinn. He'd been trying to push all things baby related from his mind for a while now and he was starting to realize he couldn't push it away forever. Especially if he wanted to be a part of his daughter's life. Which he desperately did. If he thought like that, he would feel better because he had some bigger damn problems to worry about. Like how he got between Quinn's legs while she was with Finn. Normally he wouldn't feel so bad but Finn was his best friend. He'd gone behind his back, and now Finn actually thought Quinn was having his baby rather than Puck's.

He needed to get things back to normal. Every day it seemed as though he was pulling further and further away from his bad ass image and he didn't want things that way. He liked being a bad ass. He liked sleeping around, as bad as that sounded. He didn't like all this feelings bull shit. He needed to get things back to normal and he had to do it soon. Otherwise he didn't know what he would do.

Rachel walked back and forth in her bedroom, pacing. She had her cell phone in her hands, and she dialed the number into it before quickly pressing the end button. After five more minutes of pacing she dialed the number again, but yet again pressed the end button. Why couldn't she just call him?! Because you stole his pride from him, idiot. She sighed and looked down at the phone in her hands. Ever since her freak out at lunch four days earlier, things had been weird and different between her and Noah. And she honestly didn't want that. She meant it when she said she enjoyed having him as a friend. He could be a jerk, and she wasn't going to deny that. But he'd showed her his sweet side- minus the whole sleeping with her and leaving business. And that brought her to the question- Why do I still want to be around him? She should have hated him, but she didn't. She couldn't bring herself to hate him. If she proved anything with Finn it was that when she wanted someone, she couldn't just give up. Not that she wanted Noah or anything. God she was so conflicted.

Kurt, who had been lying back on her bed this whole time, shook his head. "You're facial expression is just screaming 'Kurt give me advice' so I'll help you out." He paused, waiting for her to acknowledge that fact that he was still in the room. She sighed deeply and looked over at her friend with a sad expression. "Ok, lovely, let me tell you right now. You aren't going to feel better until you jump his bones, and make out with him."

"Kurt" Rachel scolded, sitting down at the end of the bed. The last thing she needed right now was Kurt's weird obsession with her getting together with Noah Puckerman. "If you're going to help me, then help me. But when I ask for help, I'm not asking for you to get me and Noah together. I don't want that."

Kurt rolled his eyes, examining his nails like they were the most interesting thing in the world. "Fine. But trust me when I say you aren't going to feel better until you fix things. So I suggest you start…right now" He said, snatching the phone away from Rachel. He pressed the 3 button then the call button, and ran like his life depended on it. Thank god he knew Rachel had Puck as her number three person on speed dial.

"Kurt" Rachel yelled, looking around frantically. What would she do? What was she going to say? 'Noah, hi! It's Rachel, and I just wanted to say sorry for denying you and making you feel like less of a man than you really are. Want to be best friends?' That wouldn't work.

"Yeah Berry" Puck's gruff voice answered. He sounded annoyed, and he hadn't called her by her last name for weeks. That made her even more nervous and kind of upset.

She froze. She didn't know what to say. Stupid Kurt. Stupid emotions. Stupid Noah Puckerman and his charming self! She took a deep breath and began rambling "Noah, hey. Right…I just wanted to apologize for the other day. I did not mean to offend or hurt you and I feel absolutely terrible. I even made you a batch of my famous I'm sorry cookies but just didn't have time to stop by and give them to you and…"

"Berry, shut your mouth for five seconds and let me speak. You don't need to be sorry. I told you before it don't mean shit to me if you want to be with me or not. I'm meeting up with a chick later any way" He said simply. His words tore through her, but she cleared her throat-shaking the feeling off. She had no reason to be angry or upset. It very well could have been her who could have been with Noah but she told him no. That was her mistake and she would have to deal with it.

"Oh, well enjoy yourself. Oh and Noah" She said, waiting for a response before she continued.

She heard him groan before answering "Yeah Berry?"

She looked at the door way and glared at Kurt who had returned half way into her conversation. "You don't understand how immensely sorry I am. I know you said I don't need to be and I do. I just really hope this doesn't ruin our friendship. You and I had something good" She said softly.

There was a long pause and she was afraid that maybe he hung up. She heard him sigh though, and was glad that he hadn't just closed the phone and given up on her. "Yeah, sure. I'll talk to you later Rach." She heard the line click, and frowned as she closed her own phone.

"That didn't sound like it went well" Kurt said slowly, stepping back into the room. He sat down next to Rachel, examining her face. He sat, waiting for her to start to cry, like any normal teenage girl would do. She didn't though. She just sat there, staring ahead. "Rachel?"

"Hmm" She asked, looking over at him. He looked annoyed, confused, and worried all wrapped up in one. "What? I'm ok. I have no problem with this. Noah shouldn't have to be put through a crazy girl stringing him along. It's not fair to him, and it's not right of me."

"But you should be mad. You should be furious. He did sleep with you and walk out" Kurt said, dumbfounded. He knew Rachel tried to keep on a brave face most of the time but this was ridiculous. She didn't need to lie to him and he thought she knew that.

Rachel nodded "I know. And he's explained why he did that. It wasn't acceptable, him leaving, but at least now I know he did it because he was afraid rather than he just didn't want to be in the same room as me anymore. He has many flaws. Dozens of them even. However he has good things about him too. Do you understand?"

Kurt frowned, but nodded. He excused himself to flee to the bathroom. He sat in there, looking around frantically. Mercedes had told him Puck's little secret just two days prior and he was trying not to spill the beans. He wanted Rachel to know about the baby and how it was Puck's rather than Finn's. But he couldn't do that, and he understood why. Rachel- being the good friend she is-would probably go and tell Finn and then their little family they had started to form would be broken for god knows how long. Kurt just wished everyone would shut the hell up and play happy for once but it seemed as though that wasn't happening any time soon.

"Stupid Puck and his super sperm" He mumbled to himself, before standing up and walking out of the bathroom. He shuffled back into Rachel's room and raised an eyebrow. She was lying down with her knees pulled up to her chest. Her eyes were closed tightly shut and she was mumbling to herself "Don't cry. Don't cry. Don't cry."

Kurt sighed and sat down next to her, patting her shoulder comfortingly. "You need to get out of the house" He said, instantly pulling his phone out. He texted the crew one handed, expertly, telling them to get to Rachel's house as soon as possible.

Puck sighed, staring at his cell phone as he sat at the kitchen table. His mind was racing. Rachel had called him to apologize? It practically made him throw all his thinking away and say "screw you" to the bad ass image. But she didn't say she was wrong either, so he stuck with his gut.

"Noah" A little voice asked, approaching him. He looked over to see his little sister, Jessica, looking around the kitchen before looking back at him. She was timid and shy, and had this way of annoying the hell out of him. He loved her though, like any big brother would. Her brown hair was cropped short and she was wearing this stupid pink frilly dress. The things his mother dressed her in, he swore to god.

"Yeah Jess" Puck asked, watching as she tried to climb onto one of the chairs. He rolled his eyes and picked her up, setting her back down on the chair.

"Stupid tall chairs" She pouted, crossing her arms over her chest. Seven year olds…such a challenge sometimes. The expression on her face didn't falter and he laughed. His sister always made him laugh even if he was raging pissed. When his laughs died down, he sighed and frowned. He flipped his phone in his hands, hoping for some reason that Rachel would call again.

"Noah….what's wrong? Why are you sad" Jessica asked, climbing over onto his lap and hugging him around the neck. The two of them had these heart to hearts often, since his little sister was one of the only people he could tell his secrets too and they wouldn't be all around school the next day.

Puck smiled half heartedly at her "Just girls Jess."

"Didn't you tell me I was the only girl in your life" She asked, scrunching up her nose. He couldn't help but roll his eyes and just shake his head at her. "Well me, mom, and that Rachel girl?"

He threw his head back and groaned. Of course his mother would go on and on about 'that nice Jewish girl' in front of Jess. He would have to make sure she kept her nose out of places it didn't belong.

Jess shrugged "Well I still love you Noah."

Puck smiled "Thanks squirt." He set her back on the ground "Now go get ready."

Jess raised an eyebrow at him to the best of her capability "For what?"

"We're going out" He simply said.

Rachel sat next to Kurt and Mercedes, with Tina and Artie sitting across from them in the mall. She sighed deeply and looked around her.

"Oh cheer up Ms. Diva. Losing that white boy is not the end of the world. Trust me" Mercedes said with a nod.

Kurt sighed deeply, looking just as depressed as Rachel. This caused Artie to raise an eyebrow. "Kurt is there a problem?"

"Yes."

"And what is that?"

"You guys get the love problems, and I get a big fat nothing. I don't get a nice man who will break my heart."

"Do you see me with some lover boy all up in my business?"
"You don't count."

Rachel sighed as the bickering continued. She looked up and saw Tina giving her a small smile. "It'll be okay Rachel. I promise."

Rachel smiled. After discovering Tina didn't really have a stutter, things seemed different about her. She just didn't know how to explain it. "Thanks Tina."

"Sweet Idina Menzel" Kurt shrieked, with wide eyes.

Rachel looked at him with confusion. She moved her gaze to the direction his were in and her eyes widened. This was just fabulous. Kurt's mouth turned into a smirk.

"Oh " He called.

A/N; Cliffy! And a total filler. Wanted you guys to know I didn't forget about you. I'm trying here.