Chapter 9

The Pack didn't want to separate once at school. Quinn didn't want to leave Rachel's side and neither did Santana. They were all very protective of their alpha. As they were walking to Rachel's locker, Puck picked up Tina's scent nearby. "Hi Tina." Rachel said as they all came up to her.

"Hi Rachel, and everybody." She chuckled when she noticed the others standing nearby. "Not that I think it's bad; but it's still kind of weird seeing all of you together." Quinn moved forward and wrapped her arms around Rachel when she noticed Finn coming down the hallway. Tina looked at them curiously when Quinn nuzzled her mate's neck. "Are you two dating?" Rachel nodded as she tried to reach out to her pack through their mind and calm them. "Wow, that's really great." Quinn smiled over at the other girl.

"Do you want to have lunch with us?" Brittany asked suddenly. She could feel that Puck wanted to spend more time with the girl.

"Yeah, that would be cool. I usually just end up with Artie, Kurt and Mercedes. It can sometimes be awkward for me to sit with Artie. I don't usually have to worry about sitting with Mike because he sits at the football table. I notice you haven't been sitting with the football team in a while, Puck." He smiled down at her and nodded.

"I'd much rather sit with my friends." She couldn't help but return his smile and find something familiar about him. She'd never really looked into his eyes before, but there was something about them.

"Well I need to get to class." She said as she watched a few jocks walk by with slushies. Puck noticed them too and furrowed his eyebrows.

"Can I walk you to class?" He asked once he finally turned back to her.

"Oh, um sure." She smiled nervously as Puck took her books and let her lead the way. Santana saw Finn staring over at them. She knew Rachel had her first class with him and the rest of the Pack were on the other side of the school at that time.

"Hey Karofsky!" She said as she pulled him over to the group. "I have a job for you." He looked curious and excited because he knew that meant he was going to get to slushie someone. "Finn Hudson." She said through clenched teeth. "I want you to slushie him every chance you get."

"Santana…" Rachel said but was cut off by Santana speaking again.

"You can do whatever you want to him; I want him crying by the end of the day." Karofsky's eyebrows shot up and he wondered what his Quarterback had done to piss of the HBIC. Everyone knew the Cheerios ran McKinley High. "You can get the others in on it too." Karofsky nodded in acknowledgement. "Go now." She said when he didn't move right away. On his way down the hallway he grabbed a slushie from one of the Hockey players and threw it in Finn's face on his way by.

"What the hell dude!" Finn yelled angrily. Karofsky just smirked and met up with Azimio further down the hall to explain what Santana had said. Azimio was happy about the prospect of bringing Finn down a few notches.

By the time lunch time came around Finn had been slushied two more times. It got passed around pretty quickly that he was an open target now; even if he was the captain of the football team. Quinn wrapped her arms around Rachel possessively as soon as they met in the hallway to head to lunch. Santana and Brittany joined them soon after and Puck was escorting Tina once again as he came up to the group. "Alright, where do you all want to eat today?" Rachel asked once everyone was there. The group wasn't used to speaking out loud to each other as often as they had to with a human with them. "I think we should let Tina choose." She added and the whole group turned to the Goth.

"Oh, where do you guys usually eat?"

"Sometimes we eat outside, or in the choir room, the auditorium…"

"I didn't bring a jacket so I don't know if we could eat outside." Tina said shyly.

"You can borrow mine." Puck said quickly and ran off to his locker to grab it. Tina looked at the girls who were all smirking.

"He's a lot different than I thought he was."

"Noah can be very sweet." Rachel said with a soft smile. Puck jogged back up to the group holding his letterman jacket and held it up for Tina to slip into.

"Thank you." They all headed outside once they had their food. Tina raised her eyebrows when she noticed everyone else's lunch. They each had a bagged lunch from home. It looked as though they each had at least four burgers each. "Wow." She said as she watched Rachel take a huge bite of one of the burgers. Rachel looked up and blushed slightly. Quinn giggled and pulled her mate closer to her. They turned to look at Santana who had already finished one of her burgers. She looked up at everyone staring at her.

"What?" She said through a mouthful of food. Brittany smiled and nuzzled into her mate's side. Tina didn't know what to expect from hanging out with the group, but she found she was really enjoying herself. They all seemed really close and every one of them seemed extremely interested in what she had to say. She didn't say anything to tease them about their eating habits and even ate one of their burgers when they pulled out more from their bags. She felt herself liking Puck even more as she sat closer to him without even realizing it. He really was sweet. Santana and Brittany finished eating first and Santana dragged the blonde dancer off somewhere soon after. Rachel rolled her eyes but smiled fondly at her family. Quinn was whispering in her ear and soon the two girls were leaving also. Tina turned to Puck curiously and he was smirking.

"Can I walk you to class?" He asked as they made their way back toward the school.

"Sure." Tina replied with a smile. She hadn't been slushied at all that day and she figured it was because of Puck walking with her. She tried to hand the letterman jacket back to Puck once they got inside but he just shook his head.

"You keep it; it looks better on you anyway. No one will bother you if you're wearing that." He said as he watched Karofsky and Azimio coming toward them; each holding two large slushies. Tina flinched and was surprised when they stopped in front of them.

"Excuse me." Karofsky said as he squeezed between them and Azimio followed. Tina watched in shock as the two boys walked up to Finn who was waiting by Rachel's locker and tossed all four of the slushies at him.

"What is your problem?!" Finn shouted angrily while people around him laughed.

"You are my problem loser!" Karofsky said with a smirk as he walked away to get to class.