Okay let me start by saying I can't give a schedule on my updates because I'm pretty random with when I write but lucky you! The plot bunnies in my head led me to chapter 2 pretty quickly. This chapters a little long because I slipped some backstory in here and there but I like it. Lets see where it goes! And remember tell me what you think

Disclaimer: don't know if I have to keep doing this any way Glee is not mine

Last Time

"Because your gonna keep me from knocking Finn's lights out" Puck said. Matt looked surprised but listened as they drive to the tree lot….

Matt just stared at Puck when he was finished telling the story. Puck took his eyes off the road for a second to look at Matt.

"Dude your creeping me out say something" Puck said

"I knew it" was Matt's only response.

"Huh?"

"I knew the second Mike introduced me to you two in 5th grade."

Puck looked at Matt as if he just told him he was a flying purple hippo.

"I knew I was in for a ride when I met you guys but this is insane."

"Come on man its not that crazy."

Matt gave him a look while saying "I just spent the last," Matt checks his watch "Two hours driving to your house then being shoved out the door to get beer and bro-bond with Sam because apparently we need to know each other more." Matt rolled his eyes and continued "The dude made Avatar and Lord of the Rings references all the way to the store, in it, and back. I walk in to see you looking like you're about to hulk out and smash someone. With Mike leaning over a phone and Artie looking confused only to be shoved out the door again and find that apparently Rachel made out with you." Matt glared at him at that detail " making Finn dump her and leave her stranded and unsafe in the middle of no where. Making you want to go smash Finn and using me as a shield to make sure you don't." Matt finished and spread his arms, "How is any of that normal?"

Puck looked thoughtfully at the road ahead before shrugging and saying

"Not my fault you suck at choosing friends."

After that Matt gave up and put his head down in defeat on the dashboard and Puck smirked. It was quiet for a while until Matt sighed and picked his head back up.

"Why did you do it?" he asked.

Puck concentrated on the road not answering Matt's question already knowing what he was referring to. Matt sighed again. "I mean I know in middle school you had a thing for her." Puck tightened his hands on the wheel trying not to get upset with Matt for bringing that up.

"But I thought when high school started and we all kind of went up on the popularity scale and Rachel went down and she started making us be friends with her in secret, which I still think is stupid by the way." Matt said "I thought it you know went away."

"It did." Puck said shortly snapping at Matt

"What about last year?" Matt asks

"That was for my Ma and Jewishness" Puck answered

Matt rolled his eyes "Okay that was grade A bullshit right there"

"You know I could leave you on the side of the road."

Matt looked fake offended, " What would Rachel think?"

Matt jumped as Puck literally growled at him. Matt looked at Puck for a while as wheels turned in his head and as if he had a light bulb moment he suddenly said.

"You still like her."

That made Puck explode, "Shut up Rutherford. You don't know anything, you left, remember? This is just me trying to be a good friend to Rachel. Something I haven't been in a long time and I let her make out with me because that's what friends do. They become the one night-stand to help with their friends relationship. And I don't care how stupid that sounds because whatever reason I have for driving to get Rachel doesn't matter as long as she doesn't freeze to death." Puck inside of the truck was quiet until they got to the tree lot.

Soon the lot came into view and both boys breathed a sigh of relief when they saw the bright red coat clearly visible from the front. As the truck approached the front Matt turned to Puck

"Sorry I brought it up man, its not really my business anymore and I'm sorry I left, trust me if I could have stayed with my dad I would have but my mom got custody." Puck frowned remembering why Matt moved in the first place. "Its good man, its my fault I was an asshole to say those things." Matt grinned and shrugged then looked ahead, that was the sign he didn't want to talk about it.

Finally the truck reached the front of the tree lot and Puck sucked in a sharp breath when he saw Rachel shivering and coughing. "Shit, I didn't know it was that cold." Matt said. Puck stopped the truck but didn't take the keys out, he reached in back and grabbed his letterman jacket and a sweatshirt he had left in there. "Rutherford your driving, slide over." Matt turned to him with a look of confusion.

"Dude I got to make sure she doesn't get freaking hypothermia" Puck said as he quickly slid out of his own jacket. "Here" Matt said taking off his jacket and handing it to Puck, "We don't need two hypothermic people." Puck nodded thanks and stuffed the jacket on then opened the door and ran over to Rachel.

(Rachel's POV)

"Wait I see the truck. "Rachel said in the phone. She could hear three boys sighing in relief and she started to laugh which caused her to cough again.

"Rach you gotta stop laughing, it's not helping your throat." Mike said. Rachel smiled, she was happy she had Mike as a friend. Rachel growing up had been one of those girls that made friends with boys easier then girls, so she had played with Noah and Mike since she was 5 and met Matt in 5th grade when Mike was put in a different class then her and Noah. It had been fun, until high school started and they all quickly became popular, leaving her behind. They tried not to but Rachel had already by then established a reputation and she didn't want to drag them down. So they threw slushies' at her and on weekends would not stop apologizing while they tried to teach her how to play video games. Rachel didn't mind she just didn't want to make their lives any crazier. Which of course with tonight's drama she sort of screwed the pooch on that idea because now both Sam and Artie knew about there secret friendship. Plus Tina, although that didn't really count, Rachel realized Mike had told his girlfriend a while back why he was spending so much time with Rachel. It was actually pretty nice having another girl in the group. Of course Tina agreed to keep things the same at school although she made it perfectly clear she didn't want too, but now with Sam and Artie things were definitely going to get more complicated.

Rachel watched as Puck's truck stopped practically in front of her, Rachel was surprised to see Matt in the front with Puck. She tried to walk towards the boys but found she was shivering to badly. She found if she gritted her teeth she could keep them from chattering and from freaking out Mike anymore. He was sort of a mother hen with all of them, Puck teased him about it but Rachel thought it was sweet. He sort of acted like a big brother towards her. Of course now was not the time to deal with a freaked out Mike so she kept her lips clamped.

A few minutes later Puck ran out of the truck slamming the driver door. Puck ran around the truck towards her while Matt slid to the drivers seat. Rachel smiled as Puck arrived in front of her and immediately threw his oversized sweatshirt on her shoulders.

"I can see you shivering Rach so un clamp your teeth cause your not fooling anybody. "Puck said. Rachel huffed at being caught; Puck just took her phone out of her hand and hung up on Mike with a quick goodbye. He handed her back her phone and then started putting his letterman jacket and winter jacket on her. "Noah what are you doing? I'm cold but I'm not that cold." Puck ignored her and started zipping up the layers.

"You could have hypothermia for all we know." Puck said and then reached to pull her hat farther down. He jumped when he felt Rachel's face. "Holy Shit Rachel!" He then took both hands and put them on her face. Rachel sighed as the warmth of his big hands covered her numb face. She leaned into his grasp and started to close her eyes. That only freaked out Puck who pulled his hands away quickly making Rachel open her eyes and almost lose her balance. Luckily Puck caught her and held her tight trying to get her warm. "No sleeping, its bad when you have hypothermia."

Rachel rolled her eyes even though her face was stuffed in his coat-covered chest.

"I don't have hypothermia"

"Well you could we don't know." Puck held her tighter, "I should kill him for leaving you I don't care how mad he was you don't forget to give a girl a ride home." Puck said.

Rachel froze at his words. Finn left her, she had cried before when he first left her but then became panicked when she realized she was stranded. Now all those feelings came to the surface and her whole body began to shake, this time from trying to hold back the sobs. Puck got really freaked when she started shaking

"Rachel?" he asked trying to get out of her grip to look at her but she wouldn't let go. She didn't want him to see her being like this, she hated being weak. Vunerable, it showed that she was stoppable, not undefeatable. She liked being thought of as this invincible girl that no one could touch; now she just felt broken.

"He left me." She finally let out in a tiny voice. Puck stopped trying to loosen her grip. Instead he held her tighter and started rubbing her back (although she probably couldn't feel it with all the layers of coats)

"Its okay Rach." He said, "He left me." She said again in that tiny voice.

"Yeah" Puck said soothingly "But I came and Matt's here to, were gonna take you back to my house where its warm and dry and Mike can fret about you more then Kurt does about your outfits." Rachel didn't laugh but his words did make her stop shaking. Puck rubbed her back again and then started leading her towards the truck.

Matt leaned over and opened the passenger door for Rachel and Puck helped lift her in. Matt had the heat blasting so when Rachel sat down she instantly felt better. "Hey Rach." Matt said as he leaned in for a one armed hug, the other one staying on the wheel. Rachel smiled and leaned into it, she had missed Matt ever since he moved. Puck hopped in and scooted her close between the two boys. He shut the door.

"Drive on Rutherford"

Matt snorted "Why do I feel like a cab driver now?"

Puck grinned "Please my truck's better then a cab."

"Wanna bet." Matt said and Rachel giggled, her friends bantering already filling her with good memories and making the empty sad feelings disappear. Puck looked down at Rachel giggling, "This is mutiny Rutherford, you got the munchkin behind you." Puck said. Rachel giggled again.

"I can't help if she fell for my devilishly handsome good looks." Matt said.

Puck rolled his eyes "Sure that's what convinced her." Rachel was full on laughing now but it quickly turned to coughing. Which freaked out both Puck and Matt.

"Whoa Rachel where did that come from?" Puck asked worriedly. Rachel tried to clear her throat, "Its just an effect of the cold I just need something hot to drink." Matt and Puck exchanged a look and Rachel felt like calling them both mother hens when Matt started to go faster and Puck put his arm around her and started rubbing her thickly coated arms.

Soon they were back in front of Noah's house where to Rachel's surprise she saw Tina by the front door. "Mike called me and I got worried." Tina said when Rachel met with her halfway up the walkway. When she saw Rachel's surprised face she shrugged "You grew on me Rachel." Rachel smiled and Tina returned it, "Come on lets go make you some tea." Tina said grabbing Rachel's hand and leading her into the house.

Puck and Matt followed and walked into the living room to see a still confused Artie and Sam. Mike sighed and looked at both of them, "We got some things to explain." He said. Matt stared at Puck "Yeah we do." Matt said.

Puck sighed, this was going to be a long night.

TO BE CONTINUED…