A/N :
Once again thank you for all the support on this chapter in the form of reviews, faves and follows as well as the PM's.
So this chapter sees a time jump and that is basically because I needed to keep the story moving forward and didn't want to be creating useless chapters with storylines that are not at all in the plan to move forward with the story.
So the time jump there for is three months, and I am now essentially sitting in the future with this story. That being that it is now Jan 2015.
Also sorry that this took a little more time then I anticipated - but as you will see in the chapter, this is the flashback one and how they all came to know one another, and it's very hard to write past when my brain is also thinking future stuff as well.
So to make upfor the slight delay this chapter without my notes top and bottom, is a super long one - about 8500 or so words!But hey, there were a lot of meetings with one another to describe here and it does give further back story to them all also!
And the flashbacks will be written in italics, just so you know what is present time and what is past time!
So anyway, enjoy it and you know what do to at the end of it!
Love KJ xoxoxo
Chapter 23 –
Time had passed since Rachel and Puck's break up. Thanksgiving and Christmas had been and life was going on for all of them. Puck had given Rachel space, since it had happened and the two of them were both dealing with the fall out of their friendship as well, which had also suffered.
The others too were being careful as to not spend too much time with one person over the other.
Rachel had also returned to Funny Girl, which saw her busy most nights and also on the weekend, and getting back to work and being around her theater colleagues was helping to lessen the pain of the breakup.
It was Saturday and Rachel had her rostered performance day off.
She had hoped that it would be a day where she be around her friends, but Puck, Blaine and Mikki were attending Santana and Dani's wedding, which meant the only ones that were available for the day were Sam and Brittany, both who were coming over whilst the others were at the nuptials. Even though it wasn't all her friends, it was better than being alone though and wallowing in misery over the demise of her relationship as yet another two got married.
Mikki came out of her bedroom, dressed in a short turquoise blue dress with a mesh trim at the top, and a black jacket over top.
"Aren't you going to be a little cold in that?" asked Rachel, as she looked at Mikki from her spot on the sofa.
"Well I'm wearing dance stockings, and they are a little thicker than normal ones. And the wedding and reception are both inside, so it's not like I am going to have a chance to really get cold" replied Mikki.
Rachel nodded. "True, just don't want you catching pneumonia or anything like that".
Mikki laughed. "Yeah, thanks mom" she replied.
Rachel laughed also as the door to the apartment opened and Blaine and Sam walked in. Blaine obviously dressed for the wedding wearing a grey suit and Sam who was not attending but going to be spending the afternoon hanging out with Rachel was dressed as he normally was.
"Looking good, Miss Kapowski" said Sam, with a laugh as he went and sat in one of the chairs in the apartment.
"Thanks" replied Mikki, with a laugh also as she made sure that she had all that she needed in her camera bag since she would be taking photos of the wedding for Santana and Dani.
"Will you be warmer enough in that?" asked Blaine, as he looked over what she was wearing.
Mikki looked at him. "You're as bad as Rachel. Yes I will be fine" replied Mikki.
"Okay, well maybe just take a jacket that is a bit warmer though" said Blaine.
"I'll be alright, won't get cold" said Mikki as she zipped up the camera bag, positive that all was in it that she needed.
"Have a good time guys, and give Dani and Santana our best" said Sam.
"Yeah, we will" replied Blaine.
"See you and don't let Sam control the tv Rach, otherwise it's going to be all sci fi channel" said Mikki, with a laugh.
"Hmm, I've seen some of those shows on that network when I've come home from work and haven't wanted to go to bed yet, and some of the guys in them are quite good looking" said Rachel, with a laugh.
"Shallow, so shallow" said Sam, looking at her.
"Oh as if you don't watch half of the shows you do because there is a good looking girl in them" said Rachel.
"True, sad but true" replied Sam.
"Okay have fun, we'll see you later" said Blaine.
"Yeah, bye guys" replied Rachel and Mikki and Blaine left the apartment to head to the wedding.
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A few hours later, Rachel and Sam were still hanging out together, but they had now being joined by Brittany and the three of them were eating chinese food, whilst watching an old episode of Will and Grace, where it explained how they all met one another.
"So how did you all meet one another?" asked Rachel, as the episode finished and another old television show started up.
"Meet one another?" asked Brittany.
"Yeah, just seeing that episode made me wonder that's all. I really don't know how you all became friends with Mikki and Noah" said Rachel.
"When I moved into the apartment across the hall" said Sam.
"And I met Blaine at Julliard" said Brittany.
"Oh come on it's got to be a little more exciting than that" said Rachel.
"More exciting?" asked Brittany.
"Yeah, like what were your first impressions of everyone?" asked Rachel.
"Well what about you, how did you meet Mikki and Puck?" asked Sam.
"High School" replied Rachel.
"And?" asked Brittany, looking at her.
"Okay, I will tell you how I know them, but you have to also tell me how you know them and what your first impressions of them were" said Rachel.
"Deal" said Sam.
"Sure, sounds like it could be fun" said Brittany.
Rachel nodded. "Okay so I met Mikki on the first day of high school".
Rachel Berry walked down the corridor of William McKinley High in Lima Ohio. It was the first day of the new school year, and she was one of the many freshman beginning their high school journey. As she looked at the number that was written on the piece of paper she had hold of indicating her locker number, she couldn't help but be in awe of the older students as they walked through the corridors, confident and proud, but also slightly intimidating, being use to the rigmarole of high school life.
She saw a bunch of football players and also a couple of cheerleaders, standing by the drink fountain and couldn't help but stare at one of the footballers, who with his handsome looks and oddly enough a Mohawk haircut seemed to ooze just that little bit more confidence and also control over the others, who seemed to be hanging on to everything he said.
Not wanting to get caught staring though, Rachel looked at the numbers of the bank of lockers that she was near, and saw that the number of her piece of paper was indeed one of those she was near.
She went over to the locker that was to be hers, and spun the dial in the hopes that it would open, as a girl went to the locker a couple up from hers, also going to open it.
Rachel looked at the girl, with a small smile and she returned the smile as she opened her locker. Rachel pushed the bar up on hers, hoping for it to open but it remained shut. She looked at it and frowned and tried the combination again, just in case she had gotten it slightly wrong. However it again didn't unlock.
"Come on" said Rachel as she tried the combination again.
The girl a few lockers up, looked to her and walked over. "Need some help?" she asked.
"Umm" said Rachel.
The girl laughed. "Some of these lockers can be quite temperamental" she replied as she banged on the locker near the combination and then pushed the bar up, which resulted in the locker opening.
Rachel looked at her. "I'm not going to have to do that every time I want to get into my locker am I?" she asked.
"Maybe, maybe not" replied the girl with a laugh.
Rachel laughed also. "Thank you for your help".
"Sure not a problem, I'm Mikki Kapowski" said the girl.
"Rachel Berry" replied Rachel.
"Well it's nice to meet you Rachel" said the girl she knew now to be Mikki.
"You too, are you a freshman?" asked Rachel.
Mikki nodded. "Guessing you are as well" she replied.
"Yes, I think not being able to open my locker gave that away" said Rachel.
"Hey could have easily have been my locker" replied Mikki, as the guy that Rachel had been admiring a little earlier came over to where they were and put his arm around Mikki's shoulder.
"Hey you" he said.
Mikki looked at him as did Rachel, who quickly picked up on the closeness of the girl she had just met and the boy that she had been admiring, and her heart sank a little.
"Hey you yourself" replied Mikki, looking at the boy.
"So you all okay here so far, no problems" said the boy.
"It's the first day, I don't think I've even had a chance to have any problems" said Mikki, with a laugh.
"Well you know where I am, if you need anything. Faces punched, beatings that sort of thing" said the boy.
"Charming, I will keep that in mind" said Mikki.
"Yeah, well no one is going to mess with my little cousin now and get away with it" said the boy.
Rachel looked at the two of them, when she heard the word cousin, and was kind of relieved to know that they were not a couple.
"Puck, you are not going to beat anyone up for me, because there is not going to be anyone in need of it" said Mikki.
"If there is though" said Puck.
"You will be the first to know" replied Mikki.
"Good" replied Puck with a nod and looked at Rachel.
"And who is your lovely friend, Mikayla?" he asked.
Rachel blushed slightly and Puck gave her a smile.
"Not really a friend yet, but this is Rachel Berry. I was helping her out with her locker opening" said Mikki.
"Forever the girl scout" said Puck.
"You know I have never been a girl scout, the thought of doing all those girly things is so not appealing" said Mikki.
Puck laughed. "Yeah, if only you could join boy scouts then you would be happy" he said.
Mikki nodded.
"Well it's lovely to meet you Rachel, and I might see you around" said Puck, looking at her.
"Nice to meet you too, umm Puck is it?" asked Rachel.
Puck nodded. "Well it's Noah, but all my friends call me Puck. Short for Puckerman, my last name" he replied.
"Well it's lovely to meet you Noah" replied Rachel, with a small smile and a slight tinge of the cheeks.
Puck smiled at her and looked at Mikki again.
"Okay mouse, catch ya later" he said with a laugh and Mikki glared at him.
"Bye you arse" she replied.
Puck laughed. "Bye" he replied, looking at Rachel again, and then walked off.
Rachel looked after Puck as he left, and Mikki noticing this couldn't help but smile, as she was already use to girls having crushes on her cousin.
"So what homeroom are you in?" asked Mikki, looking at Rachel.
Rachel looked at her timetable. "102" she replied.
"Well that's the same as mine" said Mikki, with a laugh.
"Awesome" replied Rachel.
"Yeah" replied Mikki and the two of them grabbed the books that they needed for first lessons that morning and then headed off to homeroom.
"Aww, you had a crush of Puck from the moment you laid eyes on him" said Brittany, with a laugh back in the apartment.
"Yeah, and he was so nice to me right from the start as well. Not like some of the guys at middle school who were always so mean to me and continued to be mean in high school as well" said Rachel.
"So you didn't know Mikki until high school" said Sam.
"No" she replied.
"Wow, I thought you had been friends way longer than that" said Sam.
"Really?" asked Rachel.
Sam nodded. "Yeah" he replied.
"Same here, I always know you said that you and Mikki became best friends in high school, but I thought that you had known each other before then" said Brittany.
"So what about you two, how did you meet everyone?" asked Rachel.
"Okay, I'll go first since out of the three of us, I have known them a little longer" said Brittany, and then started to explain how she knew Puck, Blaine and Mikki.
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At the wedding, after Santana and Dani had said 'I do', friends and family of both of them were now in the dinner hall, where the reception part of the evening was being held.
Mikki was walking around taking photos of everyone, so that Dani and Santana would have a lot of memories of their special day.
Santana walked over to Puck, who was talking with her mother who had a hold of Jayden.
"He looks tired" said Santana, looking at her son.
"Yes, I think it's been a rather big day for him" said Maribel Lopez, looking at her grandson who had his resting on her shoulder.
"I think so" replied Santana, with a nod.
"I might go put him in his stroller, he might take a nap" said Maribel.
"Okay sure" replied Santana.
Maribel nodded and headed over to where Puck had the stroller that he had bought along for Jayden.
"So how's it feel to be an old married woman with a ball and chain?" asked Puck, with a laugh looking at Santana.
"Very funny Puckerman, come up with that one by yourself?" she asked.
"I did actually, and you know you use to be my ball and chain. But now you are Dani's and vice versa you're hers, hopes you're ready for what that brings" said Puck, with a smile.
"Hmm, so what's happening with you?" she asked.
"Nothing much" replied Puck.
Santana looked at him. "Look I'm just going to say this Puck, but you really screwed up with Rachel".
"You don't think I know this already" replied Puck.
"Oh I'm pretty sure you do, I'm just telling you again that you destroyed what could have been a great thing for you" said Santana.
"I know I shouldn't have cheated on her, and thinking that we were actually broken up when really it was just a massive fight, was stupid" said Puck.
Santana nodded. "And if I knew her better I would talk to her, but I don't feel as if it is my place to be getting involved".
"Thanks, and I guess you'd be the expert on actually cheating, since you were screwing around with Dani when we were still married" said Puck.
"Guess I might have done more damage to you then maybe I thought, because the guy I knew and still know, wouldn't have done something that stupid as to cheat on someone he was madly in love with" said Santana.
"I was damaged long before we met Tana. I wasn't the nicest of guys in high school, just ask Mik" said Puck, with a laugh and looked over to where she was taking pictures of Dani and some of her friends.
"Okay we all know that's not true. Mikki has always said that you had her back no matter what" said Santana.
"Well yeah, because she is my cousin and no one hurts her and gets away with it. Mik, Kitty and even Ryder, if anyone wants to hurt them, they have to deal with me" said Puck.
"Then why did you hurt Rachel the way you did?" asked Santana.
"If I could answer that question Santana, we wouldn't be having this conversation" said Puck.
"Well all I am going to say is this, if you are meant to be with Rachel. Then time will eventually heal all wounds and that and you will find your way back to one another" said Santana.
"You really think that?" asked Puck.
Santana nodded. "I do. Just like I was destined to find Dani and realize that I had been living a lie" she replied.
Puck looked at her and smiled and gave a laugh also. "Yeah, and even though you did break my heart. I'm glad you're now happy".
"Thank you" said Santana.
"Right, well why are you talking with me then. Your ex husband. You should be over there with your wife, telling her much you love her" said Puck.
Santana laughed. "Okay, yeah. And you know if you ever need to talk, you know where to find me".
"Thanks Tana" he said.
"Sure anytime" she replied, giving a quick kiss on the cheek, and went to go over to Dani.
"Go mingle Noah, but hit on any of my friends. I will end you" said Santana.
"Don't think they're my type anyway" replied Puck.
Santana laughed and headed over to Dani and Puck headed in the direction of Blaine, who was now talking to Mikki, so he could at least talk to the two people he did know at the wedding.
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Back at the apartment, Rachel, Brittany and Sam were still talking about how they had all met one another.
"You know Blaine from Julliard, or did you know him before then?" asked Rachel, looking at Brittany.
"From Julliard" said Brittany.
"So how does a dance teacher meet a music teacher there?" asked Sam, with a laugh.
Brittany laughed also. "Well" she said.
Brittany walked down the corridor of Julliard School where she was one of the Modern Dance teachers.
As she walked down the corridor she saw someone looking at the numbers on the doors to the rooms, looking very confused.
"Hi" said Brittany, going over to them.
Blaine turned and looked at her.
"Ohh umm hi. I think I'm lost" said Blaine, with a laugh.
Brittany looked at him.
"Did you escape from middle earth?" asked Brittany.
Blaine looked at her.
"Umm no I escaped from nowhere. But I did come here from Michigan and this is my first day teaching here. However I seem to be really lost" said Blaine.
"What do hobbits teach?" asked Brittany.
"Again, not a hobbit and I'm going to be teaching music. If I can find where I'm meant to be that is" said Blaine.
"You're on the third floor, music depending what you're going to be teaching is fifth and sixth floors" said Brittany.
"Umm piano and jazz piano" said Blaine.
"That's the fifth floor then" replied Brittany.
Blaine nodded. "Okay thank you for your help" he said, and went to leave.
"No problem good luck with it" said Brittany.
Blaine looked at her and gave her a smile. "Thank you".
"I'm Brittany by the way" she said, as Blaine went to walk off.
Blaine turned back to her. "Blaine" he replied.
Brittany nodded. "Nice to meet you. I might see you around".
"Yes" replied Blaine and walked away.
Brittany smiled to herself and then half walked and half skipped off to where she would be teaching that year.
Sam and Rachel laughed.
"You really said to Blaine he looked like a hobbit and that he escaped from middle earth" said Sam.
Brittany nodded. "And you got to agree he kind of does, with being short and all that. Not to mention when I met him, his hair was a little longer and more curly".
"Yeah, I guess when I read the books back in high school. Someone like Blaine is what I would have pictured" said Sam.
"Can't say I ever read the Lord of The Rings" said Rachel.
Sam looked at her in horror.
"Please tell me you at least seen the movies" said Sam.
Rachel shook her head. "It's not something that I am really interested in. Sorry" she replied.
"You are dead to me" said Sam, turning away from her, but also smiling
"Sure, sure" replied Rachel, with a laugh.
"We should make Rachey watch them one day" said Brittany.
"Yes, we should" replied Sam, as Rachel just rolled her eyes.
"So I guess that leaves you Sam. How you meet Blaine to begin with?" asked Rachel.
"I saw an advert on line through one of the newspapers. He was looking for a new roommate and I replied" said Sam.
Sam knocked on the door of the apartment number that he had received in the message. Blaine came and opened the door and looked at him.
"Hello" said Blaine, when he saw him.
"Hey, I'm Sam Evans, we messaged about the room for rent" he replied.
"Yeah of course, I'm Blaine. Come on in" he replied, holding open the door.
"Thanks" said Sam, and walked into the apartment and Blaine closed the door.
"So this is it" said Blaine.
"Cool" said Sam.
"Yeah, and umm this would be your room over here" said Blaine, walking in the direction of what was now the spare room, since his previous roommate had left.
Sam walked in to the room and looked around.
"Mattress come with the room?" asked Sam.
Blaine nodded. "Yeah, as does the dresser and bedside table. My old roommate is travelling, he's a musician and won't be needing it anytime soon. But if you have stuff I can just stick it down in the storage area".
"Actually it works well if he doesn't mind me using the stuff, since I then don't have to move that stuff from Tennessee" said Sam.
"He won't mind. He's probably not going to be coming back anytime soon" said Blaine.
Sam nodded. "Well I can give him some money for the stuff if he wants it".
"Nah, it's cool. He'll just be happy someone is getting use out of it" said Blaine.
"Okay, yeah" said Sam.
"So what you think, yes?" asked Blaine.
"Yeah, if that is cool with you" said Sam.
"Fine by me" said Blaine.
"Great, looks like you got yourself a roommate then" said Sam.
Blaine nodded. "Okay, well rent is due the second Friday of each month, and we will split the utilities fifty fifty" said Blaine.
"Sounds fair and reasonable" said Sam.
Blaine nodded. "Come on, I'll show you the rest of the apartment, and then we can organise what day you can move in".
"Cool" said Sam, and Blaine continued to show him around the apartment.
"So then because you moved into Blaine's apartment, that is how you got to know Brittany and Mikki and Noah" said Rachel.
Sam nodded. "Yeah, although I did meet Mikki when I was moving into the apartment".
Sam was moving the stuff that he had bought to New York from Tennessee into the apartment. Mikki walked up the stairs to her apartment, which was now solely hers, since Puck and Santana had moved out into their own place.
Sam was picking up one of the boxes, that he had outside the apartment door and looked at Mikki as she went over to the door of hers.
"Hi there" said Mikki.
"Oh hey" replied Sam, looking at her.
"You moving in with Blaine?" asked Mikki.
Sam nodded. "Yeah, I'm Sam".
"Nice to meet you, I'm Mikki. I live here, across the hall" she replied.
"Good looking woman across the hallway, definitely not complaining" said Sam.
Mikki laughed. "Well aren't you the charmer".
"Try to be, doesn't always work though" replied Sam.
Mikki nodded. "So did you want to come inside and I can get you a drink or something, this looks like it's pretty thirsty work".
Sam smiled. "Yeah, that be great"
"Okay" said Mikki, opening her door and walking into the apartment.
Sam followed her and Mikki went over to the kitchen table and placed down the bags of groceries that she had and walked over to the fridge.
"So I have water, juice, iced tea or beer. What you want?" asked Mikki.
"Umm, iced tea" said Sam.
"Okay" said Mikki, grabbing the jug of iced tea from her fridge and turning around, only to see Sam now standing stark naked in apartment.
"Oh my god, what are you doing" said Mikki, turning back around.
"Wait, you actually meant iced tea for like real" said Sam.
"Yes, what did you think I meant?" asked Mikki, still not turning back around, and placing the jug on to the bench.
"Clearly we got our wires crossed" said Sam.
"Oh you think" said Mikki, turning back around, and saw that Sam was still just standing there in all his naked glory.
"Umm, Sam. You might want to consider covering up" said Mikki.
"Oh yeah right" replied Sam, placing his hands over his goods and grabbing his shirt and then placing that over the area.
"This is embarrassing" said Sam.
"You think" said Mikki.
"I'm really sorry, I didn't mean to offend you or anything. It's just you invited me in, and well yeah" said Sam.
"None taken don't worry, and for the record didn't even look" said Mikki.
Sam nodded. "Can we not talk about this ever again?" he asked.
"I will not say a word" said Mikki, with a nod.
"Good, okay. I'm gonna go" said Sam.
"Okay, it was nice meeting you" said Mikki, with a laugh.
"Yeah" replied Sam, and quickly ran out of the apartment and back to his.
Mikki laughed as he ran out and then got on with putting away her groceries, shocked at the boldness of her new across the hall neighbour.
Rachel and Brittany looked at Sam in complete shock.
"That did not happen" said Rachel.
"I'm telling you it did" replied Sam.
"Oh my god" said Brittany.
"Sam what were you thinking?" asked Rachel.
"I don't know. Gorgeous woman invites you into an apartment, what else do you think" he replied.
"Well not that, not that they're just going to have sex with you" said Rachel.
"I know that now" said Sam.
"Still can't believe you did that" said Brittany.
"So he didn't obviously strip off when he met you for the first time then" said Rachel, with a laugh looking at Brittany.
"No, and I got to say I'm rather disappointed" said Brittany.
"I met you at the coffee shop Britts, definitely not a place to be getting naked" said Sam.
"But a stranger's apartment is" said Rachel.
"Oh, I am never going to live this down am I" said Sam.
"No, you are not" replied Brittany with a laugh, and the three of them continued to discuss how they all met the others and some other funny stories in regards to that.
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A few hours later, Blaine and Mikki got back to her apartment from the wedding and walked in.
Rachel, Sam and Brittany were still sitting around talking and also laughing as the two of them went inside.
"Guessing something is amusing" said Blaine, as Mikki closed the door and Blaine went over to them.
"Hey man, how was the wedding?" asked Sam.
"Yeah, it was good" replied Blaine as he sat on the sofa.
Mikki put down her camera bag and also handbag and went and sat in one of the chairs.
"I got a lot of photos that I have to be going through, so I can show them to Santana and Dani when they get back from their honeymoon" said Mikki.
"Where are they going?" asked Brittany.
"Fiji, I think. All one of those islands. Can't remember now" said Mikki.
"Pretty, I've never been there" said Brittany.
"So where's Puck?" asked Sam.
"Gone back to his apartment, poor Jay crashed in the taxi on the way home. So he has taken him home to bed" said Mikki.
"Yeah, so what you guys been doing?" asked Blaine.
"We were actually discussing how we all met one another" said Brittany.
"Yes apparently Mikki has seen Sam naked" said Rachel, with a laugh.
"What?" asked Blaine, looking at his two friends in shock.
"Oh god did you tell them that?" asked Mikki, going red.
"You're embarrassed, I should be the one to be embarrassed" said Sam.
Mikki laughed. "True, you did think me inviting you in for a drink was an invitation for sex".
"Okay what?" asked Blaine.
"Umm, when I was moving into the apartment. Mikki offered me a drink and I kind of thought she meant let's go have sex" said Sam, slightly red in the face and embarrassed to be telling the story to more people.
Blaine looked to Mikki. "I didn't mean that though I would like to make it very clear, I actually meant a drink. That however did not stop me from seeing Sam's goods" she replied with a laugh.
"You told me you didn't see anything" said Sam, now beet red in the face.
"And you believed me, I have eyes Samuel" said Mikki, with a laugh.
"Oh god" replied Sam, covering his face his hands, trying to hide the increasing colour of red he was going as the others laughed.
"So moving on, how did you meet?" asked Rachel, pointing to Mikki and Blaine.
"Wait so we have to play this little game now" said Blaine.
"Yes, you do. If I have to suffer the embarrassment of my story of meeting Mikki for the first time. Then I want to know how everyone knows each other" said Sam.
"We met through Puck obviously. Nothing more to it" replied Mikki.
"Oh come on, we want more than that. We need details" said Brittany, clapping her hands together as to make a point on it.
"You want the when and how" said Mikki, and Brittany nodded.
"Okay, well it would have been when Santana and Puck married" said Blaine.
Mikki nodded. "It was".
It was the rehearsal dinner the night before the wedding of Santana and Puck. Blaine who was one of Puck's best men along with his half brother Jake, walked over to the bar, where a girl with brown hair highlighted with red and blonde foils, was standing.
"I'll need to see some ID please" said the barman behind the bar.
Mikki looked at him in disbelief. "You're kidding me aren't you?" she asked.
"Sorry, no. ID or no drink" replied the barman.
Mikki sighed and got her driver's licence out of her purse and showed the barman.
He nodded and went to get the drink she had ordered.
"I hope that's an actual ID and not a fake one" said Blaine, with a laugh.
Mikki turned to look at him. "No it's real, I turned 21 a few months ago and I thought this getting asked for ID would cease. But turns out it hasn't" she replied.
"Well that's because you don't look a day over maybe 19" said Blaine.
"I don't know if that is a compliment or an insult" said Mikki.
Blaine laughed. "Compliment, definitely a compliment" he replied.
"So bride or groom?" asked Mikki as the barman came back over with the drink for her.
"Huh?" asked Blaine.
"What can I get you?" asked the barman looking at Blaine.
"Umm, beer thanks" said Blaine.
The barman nodded and proceeded to get Blaine a drink.
Mikki looked at the barman in somewhat disbelief since he didn't ask for ID and then turned back to Blaine.
"Who do you know, the bride or the groom?" asked Mikki, as she took a sip of her drink.
"Ummm, both actually" replied Blaine.
"Really?" asked Mikki.
Blaine nodded as Puck came over to him.
"If you're hitting on her Anderson, I'm going to have to kick your arse" said Puck.
"So what I can't even talk with a guy, without you thinking they're hitting on me?" asked Mikki, looking at her cousin.
"Oh you can talk to guys, it's just that I know Anderson, and well you're attractive, so of course he is going to try and hit on you" said Puck.
"Take it you're a friend of Puck's then" said Blaine, with a laugh, looking at Mikki.
"Hmm, worse I'm his cousin. Hence the overprotective part" replied Mikki.
"Well I can guarantee you Puckerman, that I am not hitting on your cousin. We were merely talking that is all, and last I checked it wasn't a crime for me to talk to as you said attractive girls" said Blaine.
"Yeah, yeah okay. Just know I am watching you. I'll be watching the both of you to make sure no funny business happens" said Puck, with a glare at Blaine, before walking off to talk to more people at the rehearsal.
"I don't know what he takes me for" said Blaine, with a laugh.
Mikki looked at him and laughed also. "Yes and we haven't been properly introduced. I'm Mikayla, or Mikki as most people call me and I'm as you now know Puck's cousin" she said.
"Blaine. Anderson is not my first name if that is what you were thinking" he replied with a laugh.
"Lovely to meet you Blaine" said Mikki.
"You also Mikki" replied Blaine.
"So what stories have you got about a young Puckerman that I can hold against him?" asked Blaine.
"Hmm, what do you want to know?" asked Mikki, with a smile.
"Anything good" replied Blaine.
Mikki laughed and the two of them continued to talk and to ultimately get to know each other a little more.
"Oh well that is boring" said Brittany.
"What were you expecting Britts?" asked Mikki, looking at her friend with a laugh.
"I don't know maybe something more like Sam's meeting with you" replied Brittany.
Blaine looked at her and then at Mikki.
"Don't you dare" said Mikki, looking at him.
"Well I got to now, because they're going to ask" said Blaine.
"Fine, but I would like to point out before telling you this. I was not in any way naked at any time" said Mikki.
"Well got me intrigued now" said Rachel, with a smile.
"Yes, spill" said Sam.
Mikki had finished her college degree, and was now a fully fledged graduate in Art and Media Studies from the University of California, Berkeley.
She had come to New York city to maybe possibly gain employment and had lined up a few interviews with some well know advertising firms in the hopes of securing a job, and moving to the Big Apple.
Since Puck and Santana were already living in New York, before they had got married. Puck offered for his cousin to stay at the apartment that they lived in, and also shared with Blaine Anderson, who was Puck's college roommate and best friend.
Mikki had gotten in to New York and caught a cab around to the apartment, since the three that she would be bunking with for a few days were all at work.
She found a note from Puck, upon getting to the apartment to make herself at home and that they would all be in later that evening. Feeling sweaty and tired from her flight from California to New York, she decided to have a shower before doing anything else in the new state.
Blaine got back from Julliard around the normal time, he usually got back to the apartment. He heard the shower running in the bathroom and assumed that Puck had got home from work early and was taking a shower to get rid of the days stress before Santana got home.
He went and sat on the sofa and grabbed the remote and turned the television on, flicking through the channels until he came upon a basketball match that was playing.
He didn't hear the door to the bathroom open, and was only made aware that this had happened when he heard a woman's scream.
Blaine turned to see Mikki wrapped in a bath towel with another on her head, and extremely bright red in the face.
"Hey. Wow, umm sorry" said Blaine, turning back to the television, but couldn't help but smile also to himself.
Mikki cleared her throat and headed over to Santana and Puck's bedroom.
"Excuse me" she said as she grabbed one of her bags that Blaine had forgotten to notice in the apartment, and walked into the bedroom closing the door behind her.
"How can you not say you were naked?" asked Sam.
"Umm, because I was wearing a towel at least. You on the other hand were just standing there in all your naked glory like the day you were born" replied Mikki, with a laugh.
"But if you were to have dropped said towel, Blaine here would have seen everything" said Rachel.
"Well that didn't happen" said Mikki.
"Betting Blainey, wished it had" said Brittany, with a laugh and looked at Blaine, who just went red in the face.
"He can keep on dreaming, never going to happen" said Mikki.
"Yeah, well ditto you ever seeing me" said Blaine.
"And what ever gave you that impression that would be something I would be into" said Mikki.
"We've all seen the looks you give each other" said Rachel.
"Looks of disgust" said Mikki.
"Repulsion" said Blaine, with a nod.
"Hmm, sure" replied Brittany, with a laugh.
"So what about when you met Puck, what was your first impression of him" said Mikki, changing the subject back to how they all first got to know one another.
"Would have been the first day he came to college and we found out we'd be roommates for the year" said Blaine.
Blaine was in the dorm room at University of Michigan, that he was going to be residing in for the next year as he started his college education.
He had gotten there from San Francisco, earlier that day and was putting his clothes in the closet that was provided, whilst playing a little Mozart from his iPod docking station.
The door opened and Puck walked into the room, and looked at Blaine.
"Hey" said Puck.
Blaine turned and looked at him. "Oh hi".
"So guessing you're my room buddy for the year" said Puck, as he went over to the unmade bed that was in the room.
"Yeah, I'm Blaine Anderson" said Blaine, going over to Puck and holding out his hand.
Puck put the bags that he had on the mattress and shook the hand that Blaine had held out.
"Noah Puckerman, but everyone calls me Puck" he said.
"Puck, okay. Nice to meet you" said Blaine.
"Yeah you too Blaine" replied Puck.
"So where you from?" asked Blaine.
"Umm Ohio. You?" said Puck, looking at Blaine.
"San Fran" replied Blaine.
"And you came all the way to Michigan for college" said Puck.
"Yeah, well they have a good music program here and that's what I want to study, so here I am" said Blaine.
Puck nodded. "Yeah I was thinking music major maybe, considering you've got some classical stuff playing there".
"Oh right sorry, I can turn it off. It just helps me to think sometimes" said Blaine.
"Nah, it's fine man. My aunt would be pleased to know I am listening to that sort of music" said Puck, with a laugh.
"She a musical kind of person" said Blaine.
"Yeah she's actually the music teacher at the high school I attended" said Puck.
"That's kind of cool" said Blaine.
"No not really, having someone a round that is always watching you and can report back to your mom. So not cool" said Puck.
Blaine laughed. "Yeah I guess"
So what's your major going to be then?" asked Blaine, looking at his new roommate.
"Haven't actually decided on that one yet. Thought I would take some classes, see what interests me and go from there" said Puck.
Blaine nodded.
"So I can't be bothered unpacking all my stuff yet. Did you want to go and grab something to eat and see if there are any hot chicks around" said Puck.
"Sure, why not" replied Blaine and the two of them left the apartment, to see what life on the campus of University of Michigan was like.
"Well that's just really kind of boring" said Brittany.
Blaine looked at her. "What were you expecting Britts?" he asked.
Brittany shrugged her shoulders.
"I don't know, but I will have to ask Puck what his first impression of you was" said Brittany.
"Probably nerd" said Mikki, with a laugh.
"Nerd, and why is that?" asked Blaine, looking to her.
"Because you already had what you wanted to do actually in mind" said Mikki.
"I did as well, when I attended NYADA" said Rachel.
"And me as well when I attended NYU" said Brittany.
"Hmm, I guess. Puck and I were just more of the type to see what interests us when we get to college types" said Mikki.
"Well I didn't even attend college, I worked back in Tennesse for awhile, and then decided to come here and try my luck modelling and acting" said Sam.
"Which is when you met all of us" said Brittany.
"Yes, and some of us have seen more of Sam, then we would ever have wished too" said Mikki, with a laugh.
"Okay can we just forget about that, please?" asked Sam, going red in the face again.
"We are never going to let you live that down" said Brittany, with a laugh.
"Oh god, why did I even tell you" said Sam, still red in the face.
"So what about when you and you met" said Rachel, pointing to Mikki and Brittany.
"Well we met through Blainey" said Brittany.
"Hmm yes, coffee shop" said Mikki, with a nod.
Mikki had been in New York for a few days, and had an interview at an advertising firm in the mid morning.
Blaine was heading off to Julliard for one of the last times that semester before the holidays started up and offered to take Mikki down to the coffee shop that he, Puck, Santana and also Brittany who he knew from work often visited.
"So this is probably the best coffee you will get near us, or anywhere in New York really" said Blaine, as he opened the door to the Beanery.
"Better than Starbucks?" asked Mikki, looking at him in skeptism.
"Yep, definitely better than the overpriced coffee from there" replied Blaine.
"Okay" said Mikki, as the two of them walked into the shop.
Blaine walked over to the counter and looked at Kurt who was behind it.
"Hey Kurt" said Blaine.
Kurt looked at him.
"Oh morning Blaine, usual?" he asked.
"Sure" replied Blaine.
Kurt nodded and looked at Mikki. "Hello" he said.
"Hi" replied Mikki, as Brittany came over to them and tapped Blaine on the shoulder.
Blaine turned and looked at her.
"Oh hey Britts, give me like five minutes and we will get going to work" said Blaine.
"Ohh that's okay. Kurtie here still has to make me a coffee as well" said Brittany, with a laugh.
Blaine laughed also and Brittany looked at Mikki, and then back to Blaine.
"Okay, not telling me you have a girlfriend. I'm hurt. I thought we were friends" said Brittany.
"I'm not his girlfriend" said Mikki, with a laugh.
Brittany looked at her as did Kurt.
"Well you're kind of with him, so forgive the assumption" said Kurt.
Mikki laughed as did Blaine.
"This is Puck's cousin, Mikayla. She's here looking for work" replied Blaine.
"Actually it's Mikki and yes, looking for work. In fact have an interview today" she replied.
"Really, what you looking for?" asked Kurt.
"Umm work in advertising, that sort of thing" replied Mikki.
"Cool well it's always good to know someone like you, especially if you can help me out with advertising needs" said Kurt.
Mikki laughed. "Well if your coffee lives up to the hype that Blaine has given it, then certainly yes I can help"
Kurt laughed. "Okay then, well I'm Kurt and I will gladly become your favorite barista" he said.
"Nice to meet you Kurt, and if you can make me the best latte ever then I think we have a deal" said Mikki.
"On it. And will get your fave as well Britts" said Kurt, looking at the blonde with a smile.
"Thanks Kurtie" she replied and turned her attention back to Mikki.
"So hi, I'm Brittany. I work with Blainey at Julliard" she said.
"Mikki, Puck's cousin" she replied.
"So you might be staying in New York" said Brittany.
"Depends if I can get a job here. If not then it will be wherever the jobs are in the end" said Mikki.
"Well I hope you stay, you look like you could be a fun friend and shopping buddy" said Brittany.
Mikki laughed. "Well I do like to shop, I must confess to that".
"Ohh, yah" replied Brittany, with a laugh.
Kurt came back over with two coffee cups and handed one to Blaine and the other to Brittany.
"And just so you know as well, Britts also has a twin sister and they like to play tricks on people, making them think they are the other one or their personal fave knowing that somehow someone knows the other one and just making them pretend they are nuts, when they call them the wrong name" said Blaine.
"Why you ruin mine and Cyndy's fun" said Brittany, with a pout.
"Because it will make Mikki think she has possibly gone insane if she happens to run into Cynthia and thinks it you and she pretends to not have a clue" said Blaine, with a laugh.
"Mean" said Brittany, but couldn't help but smile also.
Kurt came back over with the coffee for Mikki.
"Here go, one latte on the house" said Kurt, handing it over to her.
"You don't have to give me a free coffee" said Mikki.
"I insist. Because see then it will make you come back for more" said Kurt.
Mikki laughed. "Well thank you. I'm sure it will be wonderful"
"Okay, so Britts and I have to get going. Will you be right to get to your interview later" said Blaine, looking at Mikki.
Mikki looked at him. "Yeah, if I get lost I have navigation on my phone. So I should be fine".
"Sure, well good luck" said Blaine.
"Thanks" replied Mikki.
"Nice meeting you, see you around I hope" said Brittany.
"Nice meeting you too and sure I hope so as well" replied Mikki.
"Bye" said Blaine and he and Brittany left the coffee shop to head off to work.
"Okay if I stay here a bit" said Mikki, looking at Kurt.
"Sure go, right ahead. That's what the sofas are there for" said Kurt.
Mikki nodded and went over to the sofa and sat down, and waited for a while before she then left the coffee shop and headed off for her interview.
"Cynthia did do that to me, the first time I met her" said Rachel
Brittany laughed as did the others.
"Yes as said it's one of their favorite things to do to people" said Blaine.
"So I guess that's how we all know one another then" said Rachel.
"Guess so" replied Sam.
"Wait, no. How did Puck get to meet Santana. That is one I have never known" said Brittany.
"Yeah, how did he fall in love with a lesbian" said Sam.
"I don't think she always knew she was a lesbian to be honest. She was attracted to women, but just didn't realize the full extent of it yet" said Blaine.
"So how they meet?" asked Rachel.
"Frat party at college" replied Blaine.
Puck and Blaine were at a fraternity party at the frat house, Delta Upsilon that they had both become brothers of in their freshman year.
Now both in their junior year, they were relishing in the idea of being close to upperclassmen and how they were also able to get their pick of any of the sorority girls from the college.
This particular fraternity party saw them mingling with girls from the Delta Delta Delta house and also the Kappa Kappa Gamma house, and there was a big buzz of activity in the fraternity house as they all partied and had a good time.
Puck went over to Blaine and handed him a cup of drink. "So what about that chick over there. Hot right" he said, pointing out a latina looking girl who was talking with a few other girls.
"Hmm, which one?" asked Blaine.
Puck laughed. "Well there all pretty hot. But the latina chick".
"Yeah, she's pretty hot" said Blaine.
Puck nodded. "I'm going to go and try my luck".
Blaine laughed. "Okay good luck man" he said as Puck walked over to her.
Puck went over to the girl and Blaine watched him work his magic on her and she smiled and he put his arm around her.
The girl looked over to Blaine and Puck said something to her and the two of them walked over to him.
"Hey Blainers. Santana here, has a friend who if you like, thinks you're also kind of cute" said Puck as they approached him.
"Okay, which one" said Blaine, looking over to the girls Santana had been talking with.
"Brooke, she's the short brunette over there" said Santana, looking at him.
Blaine looked at her and nodded. "Okay sure. Guess getting to know her won't hurt" he replied and then headed over to meet this girl with Puck and also Santana.
"So there was no inkling back then from either of you, that Santana liked women" said Sam.
Blaine shook his head. "No, she was friendly with some of her sisters. But we were thinking that was because she was into girls. I was close friends with some of my frat buddies and still am, but I'm not at all interested in guys romantically" said Blaine.
"So what happened with you and the girl?" asked Brittany.
"Brooke?" asked Blaine.
Brittany nodded.
"We went out a few times, but she wasn't really my type" replied Blaine.
"And just was is your type? Because all the girls I have seen you go out with since knowing you, it's not lasted" said Sam.
"Honestly, I don't know. But I am sure I will know when I meet them, that they are the right one" said Blaine.
"Hmm, yeah" replied Sam, with a laugh.
"Well as fun as all this is discussing this, I am beat. So I am going to head to bed" said Mikki, standing from the chair she was sitting in.
"Have nice dreams of Sam" said Rachel with a laugh.
"Oh shut up" replied Mikki with a laugh.
"Night Mik" said Brittany.
"Yeah night guys" replied Mikki and then headed into her room.
"Well I might be heading off as well, since it is getting kind of late" said Brittany.
"Yeah same, and this has been fun. Getting to know everyone a little better" said Sam.
"Yes, well it seems Mikki knows you quite well" said Rachel, with a laugh.
Sam went red in the face again.
"Come on cassanova, before the girls are asking to see what Mikki has clearly already seen" said Blaine, standing from the sofa he was sitting on.
"Yeah, that is never happening" said Sam, standing also from the chair he was in.
"I'll see you guys in the morning" said Rachel.
"Yeah night Rachy, sweet dreams" said Brittany, giving her a hug.
"You too Britts" she replied.
"See you" said Blaine.
"Later" said Sam and the three of them left the apartment and Rachel then also headed off to bed.
End Note:
So there you have it - how the others all met one another! Hope you liked it and the little ways they all first got to know one another.
I could have gone into even more flashbacks, like Sam and Brittany first meeting and also them coming to all know Kurt at the coffee shop. I might though if people are interested do the rest of them as a one shot for this - so if that is something that you would be interested in reading, then let me know in a review or PM!
I should note quickly, that the sororities and fraternity I mention are actually at UofM - but being Australian I really don't have any clues as to how they all work, so please forgive any slight errors there. All I know is what I see from TV and movies, and well we all know that's not always accurate!
Also as well, I did Google Julliard, but there isn't an actual floor map that I can find so
I have made up which floors the dance and music departments are located on. However what Blaine and Brittany teach, are actually at the performing arts school.
And I don't know if you have all seen the spoilers for the first episode of season 6 for what is happening storyline wise and also in terms of songs that are going to be sung!
So let me just say this, SO NOT HAPPY! Once again, I am so thankful that this is only going to be 13 eps long and that they are finally finishing up this now complete and utter disaster of a show!
However I will be grateful that it did give me the opportunity to be able to write for you all some of these stories, and also for being able to read as well some other marvelous fanfiction by some wonderful authors on here.
And I know that no matter how crappy the show has gotten, that a more wonderful version of the show and the lives of the characters will always be in existance through fanfiction!
Anyway until next chapter - and let me tell you some BIG things are about to happen.
Love KJ xxxooo