Thanks to everyone who reviewed and sorry for the long wait. This chapter has been the hardest to write...Damn you Puckleberry! I hope I did it justice and enjoy.
Episode 8.
Karofsky walks through the halls with an extra large grape slushie in his hand. He walks past Tina who flinches but he continues walking. Then he passes by Mercedes who hides behind her arm and screams "My Weave". But he continues walking. Rachel sees him and braces herself but walks past her and throws the slushie at Finn.
Rachel quickly turned to look at a shocked Quinn. She needed to make sure she was okay. Quinn was fine, her red Cheerio was stain-free but Finn wasn't. He lunged at Karofsky and slammed him against a locker.
"What the hell, Karofsky?"
"Oh, I've wanted to do that ever since the 5th grade when you made fun of me for getting pubes. Now that you've joined the Lullaby Lees and insperminated the Queen of the Chastity Ball and dropped below us hockey dudes on the food chain, it is open season."
Quinn was furious there was no way she was less popular than hockey freaks. "Screw you, Karofsky! You and your Neanderthal puck-heads are nothing?"
"You are going to pay for this dude!"
"No, I'm not. You two don't have the juice anymore. Welcome to the new world order." He laughs and walks off. Quinn looks at him shocked. How could she be unpopular?
They were in the choir later. Finn was sitting by the drums and Quinn was drying him off because he just wanted to leave it and Quinn wasn't going to walk around with him looking like that. 'He is such a baby.' Quinn thought to herself. 'Rach knows you have to clean it off straight away to avoid people seeing.' Quinn had helped clean Rachel off a few times but it had been in the privacy of a locked girls bathroom. She felt weird cleaning Finn in public.
"This is a disaster. Our reputation as McKinley High's "it" couple is in serious jeopardy if we don't find some way to be cool again Finn." Rachel looks at Quinn drying off Finn in public and gets jealous. Quinn can't ever be their publically for her because of their arrangement.
"The slushie war has commenced." Kurt announced to the room.
"And if Finn and Quinn got nailed...none of us are safe." Mercedes said worried about her weave.
Mr Schuester came into the room not noticing that Finn was wearing a giant purple stain on his clothes. "Okay guys, we are a bit behind for sectionals thanks to our Sue Sylvester detour. But you guys seem to really enjoy doing mash-ups right? And I wanna keep you guys fired up. Plus there is an important lesson to be learned with mash-ups sometimes things are so different they don't feel like they go together." Quinn shared a quick but loving glance with Rachel. "But the big difference between them is what makes them great." Quinn couldn't help but smile thinking that he was referring to her and Rachel. He continued. " Like...Chocolate and bacon."
Quinn immediately feels a craving for bacon dipped in chocolate. She continues to wipe corn syrup off Finn's potato head while inwardly cursing the teacher.
"Or like Glee Club and Football." Finn added.
"Exactly. But you have proven that it is a great combination. So here is...my personal favourite song." He handed out sheet music. "And you're homework for the week is to find an unexpected mash-up to go with it."
"Bust a move?" Kurt asked shocked that it could be anyone's favourite song. Mercedes agreed. "Yeah, this song is old school." Mr Schuester ignored them. "Okay Artie, try to follow on the bass. Finn, take us through it."
Finn shrugged. "Uh, sorry Mr Schuester. I got corn syrup in eye." Rachel shook her head. 'How does that effect your voice' She thought. God knows she has sung plenty of times after getting corn syrup in her eyes. "Okay, Puck how about it?" Mr Schuester asked. Puck sighed. "I don't really groove to Young MC."
"Rachel was outraged, he got a solo and was saying no. "I am shocked at the lack of leading man ambition in this room right now." Quinn looks at Rachel loving how adorable she is.
"It okay, Rachel. I guess I'm gonna have to show these guys its done" Mr Schuester says as he unbuttons his shirt. Rachel looks pleased and Quinn knows it is because her Girl has a tiny crush on the glee director after he helped her with the "No Air" number. She looked a bit pissed and walked over to the Cheerios as the song began. She had to admit he could dance.
He went over to the Cheerios and pulled her out of her seat at the line A girl walks by and you wish you could sex her He grabbed both her cheeks in his hands and Quinn understood why Rachel had a slight crush. Quinn blushed and turned to dance with Santana and Brittany.
Later on that day Quinn took Finn's stupid advice to go see the school counsellor to see if she could come up with a way to be popular. Her advice was sunglasses.
"Sunglasses are so sexy...ugh" Finn and Quinn looked at her totally confused...for Finn it wasn't that new.
"Sunglasses. Yeah, uh, sunglasses are, um, really really cool. I always see celebrities wear them, in magazines, uh, even at night. Doesn't need to be day. Very popular, gives a sense of mystery...you know: rappers."
Quinn was looking at the woman amazed that she was more long-winded than her girlfriend. "Totally. You can't see their eyes so they have all the power. I could be looking at your boobs and you would have no idea."
Quinn immediately hit him. 'That pig!' she thought. Rachel seen Puck come toward her with a slushie and braced herself. He takes a straw from behind his ear and hands her the cup. I picked it up for you when I was buying dip. It's grape. I know that's your favourite because the last time I tossed a grape one in your face, you licked your lips before you cleaned yourself off." Rachel glared at him both shocked and pissed. He was after all the guy who got her Baby drunk and knocked her up. "Hey, I was wondering if you wanted to work together on some mash-up ideas?" Rachel agreed in shock.
That afternoon Quinn went over to Rachel's as usual. Rachel sat Quinn down and came out with it. "Puck asked me out. I think." Quinn looked shocked. "What? What did he say? Did you say yes?" Quinn asked afraid of losing Rachel. "He asked to me to help him out with mash-up idea and I was in shock so I just nodded. I was just happy to have him interested in Glee. I really need a leading man with ambition." Quinn scoffed. "Puck has no ambition, he only wants hot girls...he is only pretending to be interested in Glee to get in you."
"Is that how he got you into his bed?" Rachel asked sorely. Rachel's words stung Quinn hard but she focused on Rachel. "He is only using you." She told her girl. "I can use him." Rachel said and Quinn saw a spark in Rachel's eyes she had a plan, Quinn knew it.
"You have a plan, don' you?" Quinn asked scared of the answer. Rachel smiled at Quinn loving that she knew her too well. "Yes I do. If all Puck is interested is having sex with me...I can get him to do anything I want. I can tell him I need him to be a leading man and once he sings, Mr Schue will give him the male vocal leads and then I can annoy him until he dumps me. I get a new leading man to sing with and I get to control him. It's win/win."
"Okay." Quinn said reluctantly. "Okay?" Rachel asked. "Yes but if you get knocked up don't say I didn't warn you. Come here you nut job." Quinn kissed Rachel with as much passion as she could give. Rachel felt her legs melt, her stomach flutter and an ache appear between her legs. Quinn pulled away. "Woah." Rachel said unable to say anything more. "Remember I'm your girl." Quinn smiled. "Like I could forget." Rachel hungrily pulled her back in for another kiss.
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That night Puck came over with his guitar. She sang "What a Girl Wants." By Christina Aguilera but after a few bars into the second chorus he stopped her.
"Can we take a break my ears hurt...Wanna make out?"
Rachel couldn't believe how easy her plan was. She just imagined kissing Quinn as she got on top of him and began kissing him. That was until she seen him as Finn. She jumped up immediately. She realised she was doing the same as Quinn but she tried to shrug it off.
"You okay baby." He called her what Quinn called her. She tried to remember the plan but she was still weirded out.
"I can't do this." Puck jumped up. "Why? We're a couple of good-looking Jews. It's natural." He tried to kiss her again but she quickly pulled away. 'It was all about the teasing' wasn't that what Quinn had said. "I...I can't give myself to someone who isn't" She was going to say Quinn but instead said
"Brave enough to sing a solo. If you don't have the guts to do that how are you gonna be bold enough to deal with the ups and downs of loving an admittedly high maintenance girl like me?"
"Are you questioning my badassness...have you seen my guns?" Puck began to roll his sleeves up to showcase his biceps. Rachel felt bad, she didn't like hurting anyone's feelings. "Noah, I'm sorry but...your arms are lovely but I just don't see us working out." Rachel had planted a seed. She knew she was doing the right thing.
The next Glee rehearsal Rachel knew she was right when he performed "Sweet Caroline" by Neil Diamond. She knew using his obsession with sex as a way to get him to sing would work.
Quinn and Finn took Ms. Pillsbury's advice on the sunglasses. It had worked. They hadn't been slushied all day. "Huh, I think this is working, we look supercool."
"I'm proud of you Finn, I'm proud of us." She had to give it to him. They were back to being popular thanks to his idea of asking for advice.
"Yeah, there is nothing wrong with wanting to be popular. It just means you want to be liked and that's healthy."
"I totally agree"
"Yeah being popular just means you can have it all." Finn said to Quinn just as the rounded the corner. Azimo and five other football players blocked off the exit. All of them had slushies in their hand. Rachel was standing by her locker a short distance away. She knew it was bad.
"You thirsty" Azimo asked Finn. At that four football players stood behind them.
"Sure thanks." Finn said reaching out to take the cup but before he could all the players flung theirs over Quinn and Finn. "YOU CAN'T DO THIS!" Finn yells.
"You think that's bad just imagine what's gonna happen if you don't show up to practice on Thursday and quit that little Glee Club for good. Bros before Hi-Hos dude. Don't forget that." Azimo said and walked off and one football player fell on the collective slushie on the floor. The football coach had given the glee clubbers; Mike, Matt, Puck and Finn, ultimatums. They had to leave glee or leave football. Finn just stood there but Quinn ran off to the bathroom. Rachel followed after her and locked the door.
"I have your spare cheerio uniform." Rachel said as she bolted the sliding lock into place. Quinn was trying to wipe away tears. "Quick Quinn, get out those clothes now." Rachel demanded. "What?" Rachel walked closer to Quinn and began pulling the top over Quinn's head. "You could damage the baby if you stay in that...as well as your voice but I don't want you to die of pneumonia either. Quinn baby, are you okay?" Quinn looked like she was in shock. "I got slushied." She said simply. "I know I seen it. Rachel stated as she took a towel from her bag and began drying Quinn off. "I never get slushied." Quinn plopped down on a chair by the sink "How do you cope with this? It is horrible" Quinn asked with hurt as well as corn syrup in her eyes. Rachel was drying Quinn's arms with her towel.
She smiled knowingly "I know. I get used to it. I always picture some place or usually someone hot so that way I need them to slushie me in order to cool down."
The corners of Quinn's lips curled upwards. The shock was gone from her body and filled with lust. "Oh, really what do you think about?" She purred at Rachel. Rachel stopped drying her and just looked at Quinn. She could see Quinn's eyes darken.
"Ugh, Hawaii, the Maldives...this really hot blonde I know." Rachel said coyly. Quinn pulled Rachel to sit on her slushie free lap. "Oh yeah, who is this really hot blonde?" Quinn asked seductively. "Portia DeRossi" Rachel said flatly. Quinn ticked Rachel's sides. Rachel burst into giggles. "Okay, okay, it's Quinn Fabray." Rachel said. Quinn leaned down and kissed her. "That's more like it." They began to make out heavily but Rachel stopped Quinn and told her that she needed to wash the slushie out of her hair before it dried.
So Rachel washed Quinn's hair happy that she could run her fingers through the golden locks. Once they were done Quinn left first and Rachel waited for 3 minutes before leaving the bathroom and heading home.
Thursday came by pretty quickly. Rachel was on Puck's arm walking down the stairs. He still hadn't dumped her yet. "making Tommy Tune the first to win Tony gold in four categories." Rachel blabbed on knowing it got everyone angry when she did so.
"Totally interesting...you never told me what you thought of my mash up solo." Finally he had asked her for music advice. She decided it was best to be honest.
"You are still missing the elusive high B. That's the brass ring for a baritone. I had to work on it for weeks with Finn before he had he got it. You are a great performer, Noah. I just want to say how proud I am to have you on my arm in front of the whole high school." She had wished she could be holding Quinn's hand in public.
Rachel was so much in her head that she didn't see someone come close enough to slushie Puck.
She took him into the girl's bathroom not that he needed much encouragement. She began to wash is head like she had done for Quinn the day before.
"You are pretty good at this." Puck told her.
Rachel thought of Quinn. "I've had a lot of practice. You are actually a lot luckier than me and Quinn. Your head is shaved." Rachel sat on his knee.
"I'm really sorry I ever did this to you." He told her sincerely. Rachel suddenly forgave him. He wasn't such a bad guy. "It's okay." She told him.
"No it isn't. No one deserves this feeling. You know the worst part is? It is not the burning in your eyes or the way the slushie drips all the way into your underpants." Rachel's mind wander to the heavy kissing session she and Quinn had had the day before by the very same sink on the very same chair. Puck continued. "It's the humiliation. I feel like I could burst into tears at any moment, Rachel, I'm really sorry but today when the clock chimes three thirty..."
"You are choosing Football over Glee which means we probably can't be together anymore." Rachel finally got her break up but she would be losing a good singer and that wasn't right.
"I feel like such a bad Jew." Rachel kissed him on the forehead and left the bathroom. She missed Puck spending a half an hour in the room as he read graffiti and looked at the extremely hot and graphic pornographic drawings of the very same Rachel who left him in there. If those drawings were anything to go by he had to quit football.
He needed to tab that.
That afternoon at 3:30 Tina, Artie, Kurt, Mercedes, Brittany, Santana, Rachel, Quinn and Mr Schuester waited for the boys to make their choice. Quinn took Finn's advice and kept her glasses on so she could stare at Rachel's boobs without anyone else knowing. She was looking at Rachel when Mike and Matt came in. They were hugged by Santana and Brittany. Puck came in shortly after and gestured for Rachel to hug him, she did. Quinn looked at the two of them filled with jealousy. Finn never showed.
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"Sorry baby, I will break up with him." Rachel told Quinn that afternoon. "Good...god you look amazing today. That skirt though is too short." Quinn spun Rachel around making the skirt rise. "Do you not like it?" Rachel asked feeling self-conscious. "No, I don't." Rachel looked hurt. "Because of it, I couldn't concentrate all day." Quinn pulled Rachel in for a hug and playfully bit her on the shoulder.
"Ouch, that hurt." Rachel said while laughing. "I am going to get you back." She told Quinn. "Oh yeah, what are you going to do?"
Rachel moved her mouth to Quinn neck and began trailing soft kisses down to Quinn's collarbone. She began to lick Quinn's skin. "You are evil, you know how much I love t when you...umm."
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The next day after Rachel had helped clean off Kurt after he slushied himself in order to save Finn from doing it. She went in search of Puck. He was sitting on the stands she usually sat at when watching Quinn. He was watching Football practice though.
"Do you miss it?"
"Hell No"
"I hope you didn't choose Glee over football because of me."
"Why?"
"Because I don't think this relationship is working out." She needed to break up with him she didn't want a gay beard. She didn't want a Finn.
"It's cool I was gonna break up with you anyway." He said but Rachel knew he wasn't. No one broke up from her.
"No you weren't." She said confidently.
"Yes I was. You won't even let me touch your boobs. It's Finn, right. He is never gonna leave Quinn. Not with that baby in her belly.
Rachel suddenly realised he liked her Quinn. "You like her, don't you? I can see you staring at her when I'm staring..." She stopped herself before she said her and quickly said "at Finn. Is that why you joined Glee Club...to be closer to her?"
"Like I said they're not breaking up. God, what is the matter with me? I'm a stud and I can't even hold on to a girl like you, no offense. Why don't girls like me?"
Rachel answered him honestly. "Because you are kind of a jerk, no offense. I just think you want it too much which is something I can relate to I want everything too much but our relationship was built on a fantasy, like every other one in my life." She quickly thought of her and Quinn but that was real, wasn't it.
"I think I just agreed for us to be together because I thought it would make...Finn jealous. I just hope we can still be friends."
"We weren't friends before." Puck told her and got up and left Rachel to watch Quinn perform albeit a little bit of her game but still beautiful.
The next day an angry Sue caught up with Quinn before Glee rehearsal.
"Q, take of those sunglasses. I want to see your eyes when I deliver this business. You are off the Cheerios. I can't have a pregnant girl on my squad. You are a disgrace." Sue left Quinn standing in the hall.
That afternoon in Glee. Finn got everyone slushies as an apology and to say that he was back in the group.
"Thanks for the slusies Finn. They are delicious." Rachel said. Finn raised his cup. "I would like to propose a toast to Mr Schue. You were right about Football and Glee being a killer combination." Everyone tapped cups except for Quinn who was sitting by the piano. Everyone apologised for not being able to do the homework assignment. Mr Schuester let it slide. Quinn had drowned them out but Mr Schuester caught her attention by asking.
"Quinn are you okay?"
"Do I look okay? I'm devastated. Now that I'm off the Cheerios I'll start everyday with a slushie facial."
"That's okay, if that happens Quinn because there will be eleven of your friends right here who are gonna be more than happy to help you clean off." Everyone agreed, some whooped. Rachel was one of them. Quinn wondered why the Spanish teacher couldn't just give detention to the football players but she just smiled.
"Ohh brain freeze. I can't imagine getting hit in the kisser with one of these." Mr Schuester said. He knew what was coming. They all got ready and Quinn moved close to Rachel. They counted down and then slushied their glee club director.
"Alright from the top." He told them completely covered in grape slushie. They all burst out into laughter.
And that's what you MISSED last time on Glee.
I know that by the end of this drying off sounds like an innuendo.
Hope I did it justice. This was a Cheerio bitch to write. My head is now in pain...gonna have a lie down.