A/N: Once again thanks for the reviews (totally amazed it has reached 50!) and also faves and follows on this story.
The amount of support this is continuing to get just astounds me to no end!
I love that people are still kind of shocked to see where I am using the characters from Glee - and that no one expected Will to be Rachel's co star in Funny Girl.
This chapter I kind of wanted to see Sam have some luck and that is where another old friend of Mikki and also Puck and Rachel, comes into play.

I know I haven't really said this is set in any particular month, however there are certain time periods obviously happening, and this chapter is set probably around the month of May (although I am not specifing any years) and that is because the next chapter I do clearly need to be set in June, because of another character that I am bringing in temporarily and how this needs to be done.

Anyway thanks for the continued love and support.
And as always you know what to do!
Love KJ xoxo.

Chapter 12 –

Rachel was hard at work on her Funny Girl rehearsals, and between that and working at NYADA, spending time with Puck and sleeping, there weren't many hours left in the day.

She opened the door to the apartment, late one Wednesday afternoon and saw Mikki at the stove cooking.

"Hi" said Rachel as she entered.

Mikki turned from the stove where she was stirring something and looked at her.

"Oh hey" replied Mikki.

"That smells amazing" said Rachel.

"Fresh pasta that I made, and a vegan alfredo sauce" replied Mikki.

"I feel really bad making you do all the cooking lately, I promised you when I moved in that I wouldn't" said Rachel.

"It's fine I don't mind actually, cooking is kind of relaxing" said Mikki.

"Yeah, but you're eating so many vegan meals lately, I just feel really bad about that" said Rachel.

Mikki laughed. "Actually have some chicken pan frying to throw in mine, so don't worry about it".

"Well the next time I actually manage to get home at a decent time, I'm going to cook" replied Rachel.

"Sure deal. Just invite Puck around as well, I'm sure he'd appreciate you cooking for him" said Mikki.

Rachel laughed. "Yes, well they do say a way to a man's heart it through his stomach".

Mikki nodded. "Definitely true with Puck as well, feed him and he'll be yours forever".

Rachel laughed. "Yeah, I'm just going to go and change".

"Sure, this will be about ten minutes anyway" replied Mikki.

"Okay" replied Rachel and headed to her room to change.

Mikki continued to stir the pasta sauce and make sure that the pasta didn't boil over, or that the chicken she was for cooking herself wasn't burning, when there was a knock at the apartment door.

She looked over to it and frowned, not knowing who would actually knock; since all of her friends would just walk right on in.

Turning down the pasta sauce so it didn't burn, she headed over to the apartment door and opened it.

Standing on the other side was Artie Abrams, who Mikki knew from high school and had also dated for a while.

"Artie" said Mikki, when she saw him.

"Hey Mikki" replied Artie, with a smile.

"Yeah, wow hi. Come on in" said Mikki.

Artie nodded and walked inside and Mikki closed the apartment door.

"It's so great to see you again" said Mikki, giving him a hug.

"Yeah you too" replied Artie, returning the hug.

"So what brings you to New York?" asked Mikki, knowing that for most things that Artie did with work it was in Los Angeles where he now resided.

"Doing some work on the new Daredevil film, New York exterior shots and all that and some filming with the actors" replied Artie.

"That's kind of cool" said Mikki.

Artie nodded.

"Yeah, so I knew you were still living here and I thought I'd come by and say hi. Maybe catch up with Puck also" said Artie.

"Yeah, well he'll love that" said Mikki.

"So his ex wife really ended up leaving him for another woman" said Artie.

"She did indeed" said Mikki.

"Wow" said Artie.

"Hmm, well the wow part was that she was actually pregnant and she is now living with this girlfriend of hers and raising Jayden with her" said Mikki.

Artie looked at her.

"Wait Puck's a dad" said Artie, looking at her in amazement.

"Yeah, you didn't know that part" said Mikki.

"No, wow. I'm so out of the loop here" said Artie.

Mikki laughed as Rachel walked out of her bedroom and saw Artie talking to Mikki.

"Artie" said Rachel, recognising him.

Artie turned and looked at her.

"Okay wow, Rachel Berry hi" he said, with a laugh.

"Meet my roommate" said Mikki, with a laugh of her own.

"You guys are roommates now?" asked Artie.

"Yeah a little over a year now" replied Rachel.

"Okay, yeah I really am so out of touch with everything" said Artie.

Mikki laughed as did Rachel.

"Well you are more than welcome to say for dinner, there is definitely plenty of food" said Mikki.

"Oh no, I don't want to be a burden" said Artie.

"Pfft, nonsense. It will give us a chance to catch up again" said Rachel.

"Okay, well sure what you having?" asked Artie.

"Homemade pasta with a vegan alfredo sauce and there is also some chicken as well on the side" said Mikki, going back over to the sauce and checking that and stirring it, as well as checking on the chicken and the pasta.

"You're still a vegan, huh Rach" said Artie, with a laugh.

"Yep" replied Rachel as she went into the kitchen area and grabbed three plates putting them on the table.

Mikki got a colander and drained the pasta, putting it into a serving bowl and then put the sauce and chicken onto separate plates.

"Oh here, let me help" said Artie going over to her and grabbing the bowl of pasta and taking it to the table.

Rachel got the bottle of white wine out of the fridge and walked over, just as Mikki sat down having placed the two plates of food on the table also.

"Wow, this looks amazing, thanks Mikki" said Artie.

"Sure not a problem" she replied as Rachel poured three glasses of wine.

"Bon Appetite" said Mikki with a laugh and the three of them ate the meal and also discussed what they had been doing in their lives since they all last saw one another.

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Friday late afternoon, after having finished rehearsing lines for the show; Rachel was getting ready to leave, when Will came over to her.

"Hey Rach" he said.

"Oh hi Will" she replied, looking at him and smiling.

"I just wanted to say that I think you are doing a marvelous job so far, and I really think you're going to make a wonderful Fanny" said Will.

"Thank you, I think you're going to be great as Nick as well" replied Rachel.

Will nodded. "Yeah, so I was thinking of maybe going to Sardi's for dinner and I was wondering, well actually hoping, that you would consider joining me".

Rachel looked at him. "I can't" she replied.

"Oh well, that's okay if you have plans. We can make it some other time" said Will.

"No, it's not that. I can't go out with you because I have a boyfriend" said Rachel.

Will looked at her. "Of course you do, a girl as stunning and amazing as you would clearly be already taken".

Rachel just looked at him and nodded.

"I hope he knows just how lucky a guy he is" said Will.

"Yeah, he does" replied Rachel.

"Well, I guess I will see you on Monday then for rehearsals" said Will.

"You will, yes" replied Rachel.

Will nodded. "Have a lovely weekend Rachel".

"You too" replied Rachel, and walked out of rehearsals, not really believing that her co star had just asked her out on a date and then headed over to Puck's to spend the night with him and Jayden.

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Saturday, Mikki met up with Artie, since he didn't have to do any filming that day until later in the afternoon, and they were going to meet the others at the coffee shop.

They walked inside and saw the others sitting, including Tina who was obviously there meeting Blaine, in their usual area and went over to them.

"Hey guys" said Mikki.

They all looked up and saw Mikki as well as Artie.

"Hey man, how it's going" said Puck, standing up and holding his hand out to Artie.

"Yeah, pretty good" replied Artie.

Puck nodded.

"You?" asked Artie.

Puck laughed. "Well I'm pretty sure my cousin and girlfriend have filled you in on pretty much everything".

"Yeah" replied Artie, with a laugh also.

"Right, so obviously you already know Puck and Rach. And that's Sam, Brittany and Blaine" said Mikki, making the introductions of the others there and pointing them out, and purposely forgetting Tina.

"Hey nice to meet you all" said Artie.

"I don't get an introduction" said Tina.

Mikki looked at her. "Right sorry, so use to it just being like six of us, Artie that's Gina, Blaine's girlfriend" she said.

Artie looked at her. "Hi" he said.

"Hi and it's Tina actually, not Gina" replied Tina.

"Yes, sorry my bad" replied Mikki, although not really caring that she had gotten the name wrong.

Puck sat back down next to Rachel, who had a hold of Jayden.

"So this would be your son?" asked Artie, looking at him.

"Well it's not some kid that I stole and made pose as my son" said Puck, with a laugh.

Artie laughed as did the others.

"Yeah, he's a handsome guy" said Artie.

"That he is" replied Puck, with a nod.

"So how do you know these guys?" asked Brittany.

"Oh we went to high school together" replied Artie, as Mikki grabbed a couple of wooden chairs from a table by the window for her and Artie.

"Are you the guy that was Mikki's prom date?" asked Blaine.

"Yeah I was" replied Artie, as he sat down looking at him and Blaine just nodded.

"And I still can't believe that the reason Puck came around that night to Mikki's house when Finn almost bailed, was to take you to prom Rach" said Artie.

"Hmm, I can't either. But it just proves that under the macho exterior that he tries to put on, there is a big adorable and cuddly guy underneath" said Rachel.

"Rach" said Puck, with a laugh.

"See, shoes on the other foot now. I'm embarrassing you" said Rachel.

The others laughed also.

"Well this relationship has certainly come full circle then, if a girl can make Puck embarrassed" said Mikki.

"Yeah but see I think he secretly likes that" said Sam, and they all laughed except Puck who just glared at him.

"So what brings you to New York, Artie?" asked Brittany.

Artie looked at her. "Doing some shooting for the new Daredevil film, and we are doing some location shots with the actors and also exterior shots" he replied.

"You're a director?" asked Sam, looking at him in shock.

"Well not exactly a director, I'm one of the camera guys. But I do hope to be a director one day" replied Artie.

Sam just looked at him with his mouth open.

"What?" asked Artie, with a laugh.

"Sam, wants to be an actor. Hence the reason he's just there like that" said Mikki.

"Right" replied Artie, with a laugh.

Artie looked to Sam. "Why don't you come to the set with me later on Sam, and I can see if I can maybe get you in as an extra in a scene, maybe with a few lines".

"Really, cause that be amazing" said Sam, snapping out of his obvious shock.

"Yeah, any friends of Mik, Rach and Puck's have to be decent, so yeah I'll see what I can do" replied Artie.

"And I get to come along to the set as well, right?" asked Mikki, looking at Artie.

"You just want to come and perve on the guy playing the superhero" replied Artie, with a laugh.

"Hell yes" replied Mikki, with a laugh of her own.

"Sure, you can come along" replied Artie. "In fact if any of you want to come along and check out the set you're more than welcome".

"I would but I don't think it's the best environment for Jay" said Puck.

Artie nodded and looked at the others.

"I wouldn't mind checking it out, be pretty awesome to see a superhero movie being made" said Blaine.

"Yeah, well you're more than welcome" replied Artie.

Blaine nodded.

"You like superheroes?" asked Tina.

Blaine looked at her. "Yeah, of course" he replied.

"Oh" said Tina.

"Oh what?" asked Blaine.

"I just find them really lame and pathetic that's all" replied Tina.

"Lame and pathetic, what?" asked Sam, from over where he was sitting as Blaine looked at his girlfriend.

"Yeah, I get that kids find them interesting and all that, because they do all this stuff that is somehow really cool to them, but I don't understand why grown men still seem to worship superheroes. It just seems kind of childish" said Tina.

"Well it's obviously not childish, because if it were we wouldn't be making all the big budget movies of superheroes and having them gross really well at the movies" said Artie.

Tina looked at him.

"I'm not saying it's a bad thing in that respect, because it is giving people work. I just don't understand the appeal of comics and all that. It seems really childish to me" said Tina.

"I actually think the older you get, the more you tend to understand the meaning and also you can grasp the history as well of comics more. As a kid you just see a superhero saving the day, but as you grow older you begin to realise the meaning and the messages behind what they are doing, the reasons they are doing it and you really do come to appreciate it so much more" said Mikki.

They all looked at her.

"What?" asked Mikki, noticing the looks that they were all giving her.

"Nothing, but see this is why I always thought you were one cool chick in high school. You never made fun of someone such as myself for liking comics and that. Because you too also thought it was okay" said Artie.

Mikki laughed. "Well there is the thinking that it is cool factor there, sure. But also the way some of those guys look in those superhero outfits, hello".

"That is so sexist" said Tina.

"Excuse me?" asked Mikki, looking at her.

"You're basically saying that you watch these movies because you like the way a male actor looks in a superhero costume" said Tina.

"Yeah and that's bad because" said Mikki.

"Come on Teens, don't go and make out Mikki to be any different to any other female in the world. I'm sure you do it as well" said Blaine.

Tina looked at him.

"Well no, but Mikki's way is so more degrading. She likes them because they're wearing tight outfits" said Tina.

"Hey, if they want to put it out there, I'm going to be looking" said Mikki.

"Yeah, well I still think it's degrading. Women hate when men do it to them, so why should it be any different for women to look at men in that way" said Tina.

"I really don't mind men looking at me in that way. If they want to they can" said Mikki.

"Well clearly we think highly of ourselves" replied Tina and Mikki just glared at her.

"And you really need to be stopping dissing my cousin like that" said Puck, from where he was seated.

Tina looked over at him.

"Sorry, it's just I think it's all rather pathetic" she replied.

"Well you should just keep you clearly unwanted comments, since you are dissing something my friend does for a living in making those movies and also other friends and myself as well, in liking them, to yourself" said Mikki.

The others just looked at Mikki and then to Tina, all clearly not wanting to comment further on that particular topic before it got even further out of hand then it was.

"So what time do you have to be on the set?" asked Mikki, looking to Artie.

Artie looked at his watch.

"Well we're doing sunset filming, so probably should get there about two o'clock for set ups and everything" he replied.

"Okay, well if you want to grab some lunch before, I can take you to an awesome pizza place, get you a real New York pizza" said Mikki.

"That be good, the set food can be kind of bland and boring sometimes" said Artie.

Mikki nodded.

"You guys might as well come along too, that way we can go straight to the set when we are finished with lunch" said Artie, looking at Blaine and Sam.

"Yeah, if you don't mind" said Blaine.

"No, of course not and I can tell you guys anything you want to know about Mikki" said Artie.

"Awesome" said Sam, with a laugh.

Mikki looked at Artie. "You will do nothing of the sort" she replied.

Artie laughed. "What I'd tell them stuff about Puck and Rach too if they want to know".

"Mik, please make sure he doesn't" said Puck.

"Oh, don't worry I will. There are some things that I definitely want to remain unknown" said Mikki, standing up as did Artie and she put the chairs back over to the table where she had got them from.

"I won't be home tonight Mikki" said Rachel.

"Hmm, clearly I know that already. Since you weren't last night either" said Mikki.

Rachel laughed.

"Yes, well I don't think you're wanting Jay at your apartment every weekend" said Puck.

"No, I do like my weekend sleep in" said Mikki, with a nod.

"Exactly" replied Puck.

"So you guys ready to go?" asked Artie, looking to Blaine and Sam.

"Yeah sure" replied Sam and stood up.

Blaine nodded and stood up as well. "Yeah, see you Tina. I'll call you later" he said, quickly kissing her on the cheek.

"Bye guys, it was really nice seeing you and also meeting you and maybe I might see you again sometime" said Artie.

"Yeah it was nice to meet you as well" said Brittany.

"See you guys" said Mikki and the four of them left.

"Well I might head off too, going to have a girly day with Cyndy" said Brittany standing and grabbing her bag.

"Yeah, say hey to her for us" said Puck.

"I will" replied Brittany and going over to Rachel who still had a hold of Jayden.

"Bye little man. Baby high five" said Brittany, taking his hand and tapping it in to her palm and then tapping his with one of her fingers.

Puck and Rachel laughed and Jayden look at her and smiled. "So cute. I could just eat him up" said Brittany.

"Not going to eat my kid Britts" said Puck, with a laugh.

"Well no, just he's so adorable" said Brittany.

"That he is" replied Rachel.

"Okay, see you guys later" said Brittany looking at her friends.

"Yeah bye Britts" said Rachel.

Brittany left the coffee shop and Rachel and Puck started to talk between themselves.

Tina feeling obviously left out since Blaine had left and with people she didn't really know, stood from where she was sitting.

"So I'm going to just go" said Tina.

"Oh, okay bye" replied Puck.

Tina just looked at him.

"It was lovely to see you again Tina" said Rachel.

"Yeah sure whatever. Good luck with rehearsals" replied Tina and walked out of the coffee shop.

"Well that was a little rude and uncalled for" said Rachel.

"Hmm, maybe she just isn't comfortable around people she doesn't really know" replied Puck.

"Yeah, I just need to go to the bathroom. Take Jay" said Rachel, passing Puck his son.

"Okay sure, and maybe then we can take this one for some time in the park and grab some lunch for ourselves" said Puck.

"Sure" replied Rachel, kissing him and standing up.

She headed to the bathroom and once she returned the two of them left the coffee shop with Jayden to spend the rest of the day together.

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The next morning, Blaine and Sam were in their apartment eating breakfast at the counter. Blaine grabbed the milk to pour on to the Reese's Puffs he had just put in his bowl. Opening the carton, he poured it and only a small trickle of milk came out.

"Really Sam, again" said Blaine.

Sam looked at his roommate. "Sorry" he muttered with a mouth full of food.

"Yeah, well you're going to go and buy more later. I'm not getting it this time" said Blaine.

Sam finished chewing and looked at him.

"So you just going to go have your cereal without milk" said Sam.

Blaine looked at him as he stood up. "No, sure the girls won't mind me borrowing some" he replied and headed over to the apartment door and opened it, and then walked across the hall to the girls apartment.

He turned the door knob, but instead of turning and opening like it would normally, the knob didn't move.

"Strange" said Blaine, and knocked on the door.

"Isn't it open" said Sam, from inside their apartment, seeing that Blaine was actually on the outside and not inside.

"No" replied Blaine, with a shake of his head.

He waited a bit and then knocked again, however his attempts were unheard.

Blaine turned around and headed back into his and Sam's apartment and closed the door behind him.

"Maybe Mikki's still asleep" said Sam, as Blaine sat back down on the stool and started picking the Reece's Puffs and eating them without milk.

"Yeah, but Mik is always up about six o'clock most mornings and unlocks it" said Blaine.

"Well Rach we know is over at Puck's. And maybe Mikki has gone out early for a meeting or something" said Sam.

"Yeah maybe" replied Blaine, as he continued to eat his cereal dry.

Sam stood up and went over to the sink and rinsed out his dish and stuck it in the dish rack to dry.

"So, I got to head on down to the set and see Artie since he did manage to get me in the movie. And on the way home I will definitely grab some more milk" said Sam.

"Yeah sure man" said Blaine, looking at him.

"See you" said Sam and grabbed his keys and jackets.

"Yeah later" replied Blaine, and Sam left the apartment.

Leaving Blaine to eat his milkless cereal and wonder why Mikki wasn't home on a Sunday morning.

End Note:
Apologies for the kind of innapproriate stuff by Will, however this does come into a major storyline later on, that is essential for the progression of the story.
Also as well the way Tina is written - I am honestly not trying to make her out to be a bad person, it is needed though for her to be different to Mikki who clearly gets Blaine in some weird way and vice versa with him, her - for them to maybe come to the realization that they are probably a better matched couple. However if I get them to that point any time soon, remains to be seen! :)

Again the whole Mikki being a comic nerd is actually me - I never really cared what people thought of me and if I wanted to like comics and superheroes then I was going to and didn't care that it made me unpopular.
The writing in high school of stories of these kind (there was a very weird cross story with Lois and Clark TNAS and Power Rangers Zeo - as well as many others including the Forever Friends one that is on fanfiction - that I started in Grade 10!) didn't exactly see me hanging out with the cool kids.
But you know what that was okay, because miss popularity wasn't me and never will be.
And the friends that I have now, really don't care about it - whereas in high school it was all very different.
Guess as we grow up, we do find friends that are more like us then those ones that we are made to be friends with in school.

Anyway, until next chapter - which I am aiming to get up by Tuesday (my time)!
Love KJ xxx.