I decided to load another chapter today because it's a short one. Hope you enjoy it.

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Puck walked back into the room with more pop for the three of them and settled onto the couch next to Rachel. She was a cuddler and he was sure as shit not letting Evans in on it. Shut up, cuddling with a hot chick is totally badass.

Sam settled into the loveseat across the room and became so engrossed in the movie that he didn't notice Rachel and Puck grinning as he spoke along with the movie. He watched as Sully reclaimed Pandora for the Na'vi people and grinned as the credits rolled. He had seen this movie 107 times now and he loved it more every time he saw it. Stretching he looked over at the other couch and was surprised at what he saw. At some point Puck had wrapped his arms around Rachel and she had put her head against his shoulder. The two of them had clearly fallen asleep sometime during the movie. He decided that maybe the complexities of Avatar weren't for them...yet.

He quietly turned off the movie and pondered his next move. He knew Puck would be pissed if he woke them and ruined their blissful little moment. On the other hand he felt like a total creep sitting there watching them as they slept. Rachel seemed so peaceful though. Puck had told him what happened with Finn that morning and he wasn't looking forward to going home tonight. When Rachel and Finn both offered to let him stay with him Finn seemed like the easier (less crazy) choice. He's not sure why he expected more of the guy who stole his girlfriend last year though.

"Sammy Boy if you don't stop staring at me I'm gonna have to kick your ass." Puck mumbled sleepily.

Sam's answering bark of laughter woke Rachel as well as Puck. She jumped up and offered the two of them dessert after apologizing for falling asleep. Puck shot him a look of annoyance which he pretended not to have seen as he followed Rachel and Puck into the kitchen.

Apparently dessert was code for Rachel baking them chocolate chip cookies while they sat around eating ice cream and listening to music. Yeah he could definitely get used to being best friends with Puck and Rachel.

Puck watched her as she scurried around the kitchen preparing the cookie dough. He had been worried that she was more miserable than she had admitted to being. But she seemed...okay. Her eyes weren't as bright as they could be but they hadn't been for awhile. Finn had that effect on her and he was so glad that he wouldn't have the chance anymore.

"Need any help B?" He questioned half-heartedly.

"No thank you Noah. When you help me bake I spend more time cleaning up than baking." She answered lightly.

She had him there. The last time he "helped" her bake he had dropped the bowl of dry mix on the floor and then she had slipped on it. It was one of the funniest things he had ever seen. The background photo on his phone was a picture of her covered in flour head to toe as she scowled up at him from the floor.

He was brought out of his thoughts by the sound of her singing along to Red Solo Cup with Sammy. He remembered how upset she had been when he called her and told her about Sam's big welcome back song. He shouldn't have been surprised that she not only knew of the song, but that it was her who suggested it for him to sing as a joke. She was just sad that she hadn't been able to be there to officially welcome him back to the club. She had been so sad about the team splitting up when Mercedes started spouting trouble. Troubletones indeed. That choir had way more ego and attitude than anyone could handle. He was relieved that they had come back but he noticed that Rachel and Mercedes still weren't talking. He was pretty stoked that Berry had talked Babymama away from the brink of insanity though. Girl was good at talking people out of doing stupid crap.

"They should be ready in half an hour! We could go upstairs and work on something for Glee if you'd like?"

The boys both nodded and followed her upstairs to her room. Sam sat on her bed and took in his very bright surroundings for the first time. Puck took a moment to notice all of the changes since the last time he was there. He was pleased to note that the Finn shrine had been taken down.

He walked over to her giant friend mural and studied the pictures there. He remembered the day that they had played chicken in the pool. It had been two weeks after Nationals and Finn had the flu so he had picked Rachel up and taken her to the party. She had been sitting on a lounge chair alone; clearly worried that everyone was still mad at her about Nationals. He had walked over to her and picked her up, tossing her in the pool before she had a chance to complain. He expected her to be furious when she came up for breath, but she had been grinning with bright eyes. He had dived in after her and the two of them were quickly included in a game of water polo and then later on a chicken contest. They had beaten all of the other couples easily. By the end of it even Santana looked impressed.

"That was a good day," She said quietly coming up behind him, smiling sadly. "It was the perfect high school experience with friends. I'm afraid that I haven't had many like it."

"Then let's have some more," Sam said getting up from the bed and walking towards them. "I know that a lot of drama happened while I was gone and that the team split up and everything. But maybe now is the perfect time to have some fun as a team. It's our last year all together. Why not enjoy it to the fullest?"

Puck nodded as he studied Rachel and waited for her response.

"I think I know of just the song to sing for the group!" She said clapping her hands excitedly.

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