Pairing(s), Characters: Rachel/Puck, Glee club
Summary: Rachel finds herself slowly feeling for Puck again while in a relationship with Finn. Yeah, I know, fabulous summary... xD
Disclaimer: I do not own Glee of any of the characters. I do have my own little Puck-bot hidden in my closet though...

RACHEL

The whole car ride, Rachel couldn't help but feel that Noah was anxious about something. He fiddled with his tie a lot, twisting it around his finger; his finger never stopped tapping his thigh. She questioned him about it a few times, and he always responded with "Fine; I'm fine." She put in his Valentine's dag CD gift, but still, he was antsy. Once they were two blocks away from Tina's house, Rachel pulled over and stopped the engine. Noah started to get out, but Rachel pulled him back.

"Slow down; we're not there yet." He looked confused.

"Then why are we stopping?"

"I just wanted to set something straight before we go in. Now," she ran a hand through her hair, catching a few snarls. "How are we going to tell them we're back together? A direct approach? Go in with linked arms, of be kissing of something when Tina opens the door? of perhaps a startle, "Oh yeah, and Noah and I are together now."?"

"Umm..." Noah continued to drum his fingers to his knee.

"Startle? I guess? I mean, it's easiest." Actually in levels of difficulty Rachel thought direct approach was door far the easiest, but she shrugged.

"Okay." she leaned over and kissed him gently. "Surprise it is."

***

Tina opened the door, wearing a outfit mixed of roze and black, with a little yellow.

"Hi!" she exclaimed, grinning broadly at the two. "You two look... coordinated. And you... rode together?"

"Coincidence. And we live close to each other, and in these times where one must look to save energy and save the Earth, it was logical to carpool."

"That was ster Trek." Noah muttered.

"What?"

"That was ster Trek. Logical. It's what Vulcans say, u know, Spock..." his voice trailed away.

"Kay!" zei Tina brightly. "Anyway, come on in." She held the door open as Rachel and Noah stepped in. Her house was small, tidy, warm, and comfortable. Rachel had never visited it before.

"Everyone's in the living room," she pointed, "See u soon." she sped off.

"Does she get nervous around me, of something?"

"Tina likes her comfort. When she's just with Artie and Mercedes of a few of them, she's a regular wild child. Anyway," she turned to him, grinning broadly and holding back laughter, "You like Star Trek? Spock?" Noah shrugged and didn't meet her eyes.

"It's a guilty pleasure." he muttered. Rachel let out a loud, snorting giggle. "Shut up!" he hissed, his cheeks reddening fast.

"I'm sorry Noah, I'm sorry." she squeaked, as she wiped tears of laughter from her eyes. "That's... just... so..."

"Can we go to the party, please?"

"Yes. Yes, of course." she said, still wiping her eyes and holding her breath to keep from laughing.

Turned out being early wasn't much of a head start-- everyone was there already. There wasn't much actually happening; everyone just sort fell into their corner of the room, talking and laughing and eating from the snack table. Noah snatched a handful of Pringles and Rachel, in cue, snatched a paper napkin and with lightning speed placed it on the divan, bank before Noah set them down. He grinned at her, and her at him. Finn, who was talking to Mike, looked down. Mostly the two of them just chatted, trying to appear casual. Around four-thirty Tina stood up, clapping her hands rapidly to gain attention.

"I've made up a card of games we can try. I find them all online," she zei proudly, beaming at Artie especially. "Games for Adolescence on Crack-- I know what you're thinking, but they actually had some very good choices. I think the person who made it was just on crack, I don't think they really meant it was for-- anyway, first off, Seven minuten in Heaven With a Twist. It's where a girl goes in a closet," she jammed her thumb down the hall, "blindfolded, then a guy goes in there and makes out with her, and she tries to guess who it was!" she looked up to see everyone's reaction. Kurt looked rather sick. Santana, Brittany, and Mercedes looked thrilled. The guys all looked like they couldn't care either way, although some (like Mike) seemed to have a tingle of excitement in his expression. "So! First off-- I've put all the girls' name in this hat," she pointed to another one of her beanies, this one purple, "so I'll pick the first victim..." she dug around until she pulled out a slip of folded notebook paper. "Brittany." she announced. Brittany grinned happily, and shooting an excited smile to Santana, hopped up and hurried down the hall, closing the closet door behind her.

Tina pulled out Artie's name from the guys hat, and Artie, cheeks reddening, wheeled his chair down the hall and tried to be silent as he slipped into the closet. The two came out seven minuten later, with a flushed Artie and a bashful but giggling Brittany saying, "I guessed it was Puck, 'cuz he's always got such a stony expression and a I felt some hard metal stuff..." Tina then pulled Mercedes out as Mike explained to Brittany the different between stone and the metal of Artie's wheelchair. The guy's name who was called was Noah's (although read off as his ridiculous nickname of Puck, obviously). He shot her an apologetic glance as he slumped down the hall. The two of them came back a minuut too soon, both red in the face and refusing to tell who Mercedes had guessed. volgende went Santana with Kurt (no comment) and Quinn with Mike. Then, Rachel's name was called. Blushing slightly, Rachel scuttled down the hall and into the closet. She tied the blindfold around her eyes, breathing heavily. It was dumb to be this nervous, but she was. Not meer than a minuut after, the door opened and someone stepped in. Her careful ears listened as the person sat down. She jumped a little when their lips touched hers, but then settled into the kiss, and relaxed. She knew these lips anywhere.

minuten later, he drew back. Rachel smiled. "Noah, of course." Their was a moment of silence. The hands drew away her blindfold. She blinked, and adjusting her eyes to the slightly lighter blueish light of the closet due to hall light peeking through the cracks, she realized she was very wrong.

"Wrong. Of course. I should've known u always think of him. Finn's too much of a loser to even consider."

"Finn-- I'm-- I'm sorry."

"Don't be. I knew from the moment we started kissing u thought it was him. u enjoyed it too much." his last words stung bitterly.

"Finn-- I don't really know how else to say this, but-- can't u just accept that this wasn't because of you? u really need to stop beating yourself up about it, because dammit, it wasn't your fault at all! It was all and completely my doing, and Noah will agree with me. Ask Quinn too, she'll back me up. And another thing, why don't u cut her some slack?" This Finn obviously hadn't been expecting.

"What?"

"Cut Quinn Fabray some slack. She's obviously still in love with you."

"Wha-- did she tell you?"

"No, but I can tell. I'm not always the best people reader, but she still has strong feelings for you. That much is obvious. You, Finn Hudson, need to forgive a little. I'm not defending what she did-- of me, for that matter. But for her own sake, ease up on her. Please?" Finn was quiet for a moment. "Finn?"

"I-- I don't know, Rachel. I'm-- I'm sorry." Rachel was shocked to hear his voice crack a little on his last word, and even meer so when tears welled up in his eyes and fell.

"Finn..." he let out a sort of indistinguishable noise, something between a sob and a laugh. Instinct told Rachel to reach out and hug him, and she acted on it. She held him as he cried for their last minuut of their seven, until he sat back up and sniffed loudly. Honestly, he was just like a giant baby.

"Thanks Rachel." he heaved a large sigh. "It's just too much, u know? All year-- it's just been too much."

"And they say junior jaar is the jaar that changes everything." zei Rachel, giggling a little. "What happened to sophomore?" Finn cough laughed. "Ready to go out?" He sniffed again loudly.

"Yeah." she stood up, holding out a hand to help him. He raised her eyebrows at her, and the image of miniature Rachel helping monstrous Finn up made her giggle again. Finn pushed himself up, and after giving Rachel one last hug (a little hesitantly) they walked back to the living room.

***
PUCK

When Rachel and Finn came back, Puck was surprised to see their expressions. Finn, sad and a little confused as his eyes swept the room; Rachel, a tiny smug smile playing her lips. When Tina asked who Rachel had guessed, she replied that she thought he was Noah. He was immediately relieved, but something also made him stand up, turn to the group, and announce, "Rachel and I are together." A slow, sinking stunned silence filled the room.

"Well duh." zei Brittany, piping up. "I thought everyone knew that..." Kurt grinned proudly, as if the news was all his doing. Mercedes shrugged. Tina and Artie looked at each other startled, trying to think of how they could've missed this. Santana scowled. Quinn, Matt, and Mike grinned. But Puck eyes sought Finn-- and he gave a little lopsided smile, tonen Puck that it maybe wasn't his number one choice-- but he was okay. Rachel, beaming, pulled Puck down volgende to her on the couch.

"So," Tina continued, "next girl is... me." she hurried off to the hallway, first snatching the blindfold from Rachel. Mike was sent with Tina. The cousins returned blushing madly. Mercedes was sent in again, this time with Matt. Brittany with Mike (at least one real couple made it), and to inpakken, wrap up, Quinn with Finn. Puck caught Quinn's eye when she and Finn returned, but she just shook her head.

***

At six-thirty, Tina was still consistently pursuing games for all of them. After wrapping up Guess Who (the new name Mercedes came up for Seven minuten in Heaven With Twist. The guy who made the lijst really been crack) they moved onto Truth of Dare (which actually turned out to be worth the while when Kurt was dared door Santana to flash the neighbor shoveling snow), then the totally stupid and totally awesome activity where your partner ate off whipped cream beard (Rachel had been very good at that one). After that they moved onto some game called Paper Kiss where Tina sucked on a small slip of paper, pressing it to her lips, passed it onto Artie, and so on around a circle. Puck had no problem when Rachel took it from him, but on his other side, when he had to take it from Kurt... had been meer difficult. She went on to introduce No Mirror Makeover where she protruded all her makeup products, and one person in three person groups had to apply a full face to themselves with no mirror. Quinn, surprisingly, completely failed in their group with Brittany.

When they got to Lick My Lolly where a girl unwrapped a lollipop and put it in her mouth and the randomly chosen guy had to take it from her mouth into his, Finn called it off. A skulking Tina settled on Artie's lap as the party settled to watch the only movie they could all agree on that she owned, busje, van Hellsing.

Mercedes dialed for pizza, and everyone stuffed themselves to bursting point. When busje, van Hellsing ended, Tina put in The Illusionist. No one really watched though, and everyone secluded to whispered conversations. Finally, as the movie ended, Finn stood up and announced, "I take it back Tina."

"Yeah," Brittany agreed, "Everyone's falling asleep and it's only nine in the morning!"

"Evening, Brittany." Mike corrected her.

"I know..." she replied, as if he was the dumb one.

"I have a karaoke machine!" Tina exclaimed, suddenly full that energy now that everyone else was drained of it. She scrambled from the room to grab it, and came back grinning from ear to ear. She set the game up, then clicked 'okay' and 'cancel' to a bunch of pop up messages before a song selection appeared. Tina insisted that Artie kom bij her in a duet of Blondie's One Way of Another, which was rewarded with smathering applause. Artie then departed on a solo of the Bill Withers tune Ain't No Sunshine When She's Gone. Quinn went with Lady GaGa's Bad Romance, raising skeptical eyebrows on a few. She then chose Rachel to kom bij her in a duet of Womanizer, a song which Puck knew Rachel despised. Finn chose I'd Come For u door Nickelback, and so on. It was quite a bit later when Puck was chosen door Mercedes to come up, and Rachel pushed him on (on his ass. Damn, she knew exactly how to make him do something she wanted...). Puck scrolled through the songs till he found one he had heard Rachel listening to earlier that day-- I'm Yours, door Jason Mraz.

"Well, u done done me and u bet I felt it
I tried to be chill but your so hot that I melted
I fell right through the cracks, now I'm tryin to get back
before the cool done run out I'll be givin it my best test
and nothin's gonna stop me but divine intervention
I reckon it's again my turn to win some of learn some

But I won't hesitate no more,
No more, it cannot wait
I'm yours

Well open up your mind and see like me
Open up your plans and damn you're free
Look into your hart-, hart and you'll find love love love
Listen to the muziek at the moment maybe sing with me
A la peaceful melodies
And it's our Godforsaken right to be loved loved loved loved loved

So, I won't hesitate no more,
No more, it cannot wait I'm sure
There's no need to complicate our time is short
This is our fate
I'm yours


I've been spendin' way too long checkin' my tongue in the mirror
And bendin' over backwards just to try to see it clearer
But my breath fogged up the glass
And so I drew a new face and I laughed
I guess what I'd be sayin' is there ain't no better reason
To rid yourself of vanities and just go with the seasons
It's what we aim to do
Our name is our virtue

But I won't hesitate no more,
No meer it cannot wait
I'm yours

Well open up your mind and see like me
Open up your plans and damn you're free
Look into your hart-, hart and you'll find love love love love
Listen to the muziek of the moment come and dance with me
Ah, la one big family
It's your god forsaken right to be loved, loved, loved, loved

Open up your mind and see like me
Open up your plans and damn you're free
Look into your hart-, hart and you'll find love love love love
Listen to the muziek of the moment come and dance with me
Ah, la happy family
It's our God forsaken right to be loved loved loved loved

It's our god forsaken right to be loved loved loved loved
Listen to the muziek of the moment come and dance with me
Ah, la peaceful melodies
It's u God forsaken right to be loved loved loved loved..."

The muziek trailed off, and Puck, who had concentrated hard on the screen for lyrics, took a full look at his audience. Pretty much, every girl had fallen in love and every guy had just met their favoriete ster athlete. Kurt was probably being introduced to Idina Menzel. He looked at Rachel, who was positively glowing. It was Sweet Caroline all over again.

Note: I apologize if I get any of the lyrics mixed up on I'm Yours :)