Mr. Schuester Finds out
A/n: Thank to all those who have either reviewed or read. And thank you to the original author dshortklutz for the original idea and chapters 1-7 anything after that is mine.
Rae continued to stand outside the classroom door watching through the window as Finn and Rachel continued to quietly talk. As she stood gazing at the couple, came walking by, caught sight of the couple in the room and then got a good look at Rae's face.
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"What the Hell is going on here!" Mr. Shue exclaimed. "Mr. Shue, it isn't what it looks like." Rae pleaded. "Who the hell are you and why do you look so much like Rachel Berry?" Mr. Shue asked. Rae sighed. I am Rachel Barbra Berry. I am just not the one from this time period." Rae said quietly. Rae let it sink in for a minute before she spoke again. " I am from ten years in the future." Rae said. "Time travel isn't real or even possible so either you give me a better story than that or I am calling the police." Mr. Shue said. "Just step into the room with me and we'll talk to your Rachel and Finn. They know who I am and why I am here." Rae said.
Will then gasps at the sight of both versions of Puck walking towards him, and glanced at the Rachel in front of him and the Rachel in the classroom. He took a deep breath, as if to keep himself from passing out before he started to speak to the young people in front of him.
"I don't know what the hell is going on here but I believe you. But I also know that there must be a reason that you came back. All four of us are going to join Finn and that Rachel inside the classroom and all of you are going to explain to me why there are two Puck's and Rachel's walking around." Mr. Shue said.
They all went into the room and made sure that the door was closed. Rae turned to Noah with a serious look on her face. "Keep a watch on that door for Coach Sylvester and make sure she or Becky aren't listening. If she hears about this, that woman can cause some serious trouble for the both of us and we definitely don't need to deal with her bullshit right now." Rae said.
Puck, Will, Finn and Rachel all stare at Rae in shock at the profanity that had just come out of her mouth. Their Rachel never said things like that; they all exchanged a look and wondered what had happed to change the young woman in front of them so drastically that she cursed.
"Now why are you both here? What happened in the future that you feel the need to be here?" Mr. Shue asked. Will's tone was serious and his arms were crossed over his chest as he watched the five people in front of him glance at each other before the 'future' Rachel started to speak.
"First, you need to call me Rae so you won't cause confusion by calling both of us Rachel." She points at Noah, who is wearing a white polo shirt and khakis. " We need to tell everybody that Puck was named after him or something like that. You and the rest of the New Directions are the only ones that I want to know who Noah and I are. We also need to get jobs here at McKinley." Rae said bluntly.
"Hold it right there!" Will exclaimed, he now knew that the young woman in front of him was Rachel because she had her ability to talk a mile a minute without pausing. "Why do the two of you need jobs here?"
"Because one of you in this room is going to die in two months and Noah and I are here to stop it!" Rae snapped at him before she could stop herself. Her hands went to her mouth, shock appearing in her dark eyes.
Finn stepped forward, his voice almost shaking as he started to speak. He felt Rachel beside him, she had taken his hand in hers and he could feel her trembling.
"It's me, isn't it? That's why you're here? You told my Rachel that you are who she will become when she loses me. What the hell happens to me?"
"I can't tell you that Finn. No matter how much I want to. I have already told you too much, all I can say is that Noah and I are here to make damn sure that it doesn't happen." She walked over and touched his cheek softly, tears starting to fill her eyes and fighting not to get lost in the beautiful face that she had longed to touch again for the past ten years. Rae glanced over at Rachel, who was trembling in fear and clinging onto Finn's hand. "I promise the both of you; I will stop what happened before from happening again."
The bell rang for the end of classes and they all quietly watched as the hall filled with students. A fierce glare came over Rae's face as the sight of Jacob walking past the door and it was only Noah grabbing her around the waist that prevented her from killing the little stalker right then and there.
"He's not worth it, all you can do is prevent the damage that he caused before." He harshly whispered in her ear.
"Rachel, Finn and Puck get to your next classes. I want to talk to Rae and Noah in private."
The three teenagers reluctantly left the room, closing the door behind them. Will turned to look at Rae, a stern look on his face, which didn't have quite the same effect on them as it used to. Now that they were both only a few years younger than he was now.
"Why did you get so angry at the sight of Jacob Ben Israel walking past this room? Finn and Rachel were too shaken by the fact that he could die in two months to notice the look of rage come into your eyes when you saw him, but I did. What does that little stalker do to cause Finn to die?"
As Rae recounts the story to Will, his eyes grow wide with every word of her store. He glances over at the future version of Puck and wonders if the death of his best friend is what makes him more serious and dressed more conservative then the sixteen year old Noah Puckerman.
"Maybe you could give me a clue as to what happens during Sectionals so I will know the right decisions to make."
Rae smirked at the younger version of her former teacher and exchanged a look with Noah, who stepped forward and finally added something to the conversation.
"I never thought you would ever contemplate doing something so sneaky just to win Sectionals. Noah commented, for the first time proving that he was definitely the older version of Puck, just more mature and with a lot more self- control. '"Let's just say that you shouldn't use the same entrance used last year at Sectionals and Regionals. Also don't put Sam and Quinn on the duet; it will be what gives us a tie with Dalton because 'Time of my Life' doesn't fit their voices at all. Finn and Rachel are your go to singers in completions for a reason. Also do a better job at standing up for Rachel because the others will give her hell that week but leave Santana to Rachel. She is going to do something in that classroom that Rachel will have to learn to deal with on her own and I am pretty sure that Rachel is going to teach her how to do it. Oh she does do a very good job on 'Valerie' but still have Mercedes and Tina learn the words because if I know Santana, she will show her ass in the Green Room at Sectionals, if she does take the solo from her right then and there. Because if you let her sing and we win her ego will get out of control." Rae said.
"You have given me a lot to think about. Now how do we figure out how to explain your presence here to the rest of the school?" Will asked.
"We will let the rest of the Glee Club and Rachel's dads know exactly who you are because we have to come up with a cover story. The rest of the schools, Coach Sylvester in particular, don't need to know that we are the future. I seriously don't want to deal with her crap." Rae commented from where she had taken Noah's place at the door.
"Given your reaction to Sue, you don't like her, do you Rae?"
"No I don't." Rae spat out, Her fists clenching in anger at the thought of the cheerleading coach, memories of how the woman had allowed Finn's killer to go free.
Her tone was bitter and Will had a feeling that there was a story behind her dislike of the Cheerleading coach. That Sue does something to turn Rachel and Noah, from the hardened look on his face, against her.
"What did her future counterpart do to make the both of you hate her so much?"
"Let's just say that the person who is responsible for our Finn's death is walking around a free man because of her. Her hatred of the Glee Club was more important than seeing Finn's killer go to prison. And she succeeded because I never performed again unless Noah and Quinn drag me to bars to sing karaoke. The club fell apart after that because after losing Finn, I wanted nothing more to do with music and singing and the others weren't as into it either. We saw Finn as all of our Quarterback he was the soul and life of the club in a way."
"So you are saying Sue, in your time, used Finn's death to finally get the Glee Club disbanded?"
"Yes," Noah said, angrily. "We were all devastated and broken. Rae locked herself in her room, refusing to come to school for over a week. She had not only lost the love of her life ; but her love for singing and performing. And when Rae came back to school her focus was on her studies and determination to become a doctor. She wanted to become like the doctor that fought to save Finn's life and had to be ordered to stop because there wasn't any hope left. So in that state of mind we were all in, it was very easy for Sue Sylvester to get away with preventing the person who had caused Finn's death form being charged because of some bullshit technicality."
Before Will could respond, the door flew open and Rachel steps into the room, you can see Finn and Puck behind her out in the hallway. Mr. Shue could tell that she had heard every word of their conversation. Her face is flushed with anger and there were matching looks on Finn and Puck's faces as well.
"It's time for Glee, Mr. Schuster. We need to go ahead and get there before the others so we can put Rae and Noah in your office. Finn and Puck brought a couple of hoodies so everybody doesn't see two of me and Puck walking down the hall."
The hoodies were handed to Rae and Noah while Will left the classroom on his way to Glee. The three teenagers stayed behind to walk with Rae and Noah, who had their heads covered and kept their faces aimed towards the floor. Finn took Rachel's hand in his and held his other arm out for Rae to loop her hand through it, smiling gently at her shock came into her dark eyes.
One of the things that he and Rachel had talked about before Mr. Shue had interrupted them was the effect of losing him had taken on Rae. So they were in agreement that if his presence could help her future version in any way, within limits of course, but he would be there for the other Rachel when needed.
Rae smiled as she placed her hand on Finn's arm, glancing over at her younger version and knew exactly what they were up to. The memory had popped into her head the second that it was discussed. It had just thrown her for a moment to see them actually do it. For the young woman she had been during this time to let another girl, even if it was the future version of herself, be this close to her boyfriend was showing just how much things had already starting to change because of her presence here. She just hoped that any changes didn't significantly change who ended up with who because Noah would kill her if something happened to change the fact that he had finally had gotten Quinn back from Sam. The next two months were going to be an insane ride for all of them.