The Ways of Badassery (3/?)
Title: The Ways of Badassery (3/?)
Pairing: Rachel/Santana
Length:8,625+
Spoilers: Up to season 3
Summary: Sequel to Bro’s Got Each Other’s Back. When inviting Santana to their bro’s night doesn’t work, Puck decides the one way to help Rachel get Santana is to get her to show her badass side more.
Rachel walked into school, her head throbbing with the hangover she was experiencing. As she walked to her locker, she saw the football team and Cheerios still checking her out and she wondered for how long that was going to happen. Ignoring them, she looked for Santana and finally found the girl at her locker with Brittany and Quinn.
As she saw them, she couldn’t help but smile. She was glad that despite the fact that Quinn wasn’t a Cheerio, she still had Santana and Brittany as friends. Rachel thought she deserved it. With a grin she walked to where they were and Brittany saw her first and smiled brightly.
“Rachel!” Brittany said, bringing the smaller girl in for a hug. Rachel let out a small laugh as she hugged Brittany as best as she could. Finally, the tall blond let her go and Rachel smiled at Quinn who gave her a small smile back. “A lot of people are talking about you.” Brittany said and Rachel smiled.
“What things are they saying?” Rachel asked. She was curious, but she didn’t really care too much for it. Besides, they couldn’t be saying anything worse than Manhands or Rupual anymore. At least she hoped they didn’t.
“That you’re really hot now,” Brittany said cheerfully and reached out to play with the collar of Rachel’s leather jacket. “I like you’re jacket.”
“Thanks, I can let you borrow it if you want.” Rachel said and Brittany shook her head.
“No, it looks hot on you.” Brittany said as she looked at Rachel up and down.
“Hey,” Quinn said, looking at Rachel. “Are you really okay with everyone talking about you?” Rachel looked at Quinn and shrugged.
“People have always talked about me, and this can’t possibly be worse than what they sued to say before.” Rachel said softly and Quinn looked down guiltily, knowing what they used to say. What she used to say.
“It’s fine,” Rachel said, shrugging and she looked at Santana, who hadn’t even turned around. Brittany and Quinn followed her gaze and Brittany frowned.
“San, are you still mad at Rachel?” Brittany asked and Santana scoffed in response. She slammed her locker closed and turned around, slamming into Rachel’s shoulder as she walked away. Rachel frowned and looked at Santana’s retreating form, apparently Santana had meant was she had said earlier.
“Is Santana still mad?” Quinn asked, confused. “I get that she might be annoyed, Coach was torture when she was pissed, but the silent treatment?”
“Maybe she’ll get over it soon,” Brittany said, watching Santana walk away. “She can’t be mad forever, right?” She looked at Quinn, as if looking for confirmation. Quinn nodded at her and Brittany looked back at Rachel. “See?”
“Thanks, guys,” Rachel said, smiling at the both of them. As she did so, she saw Puck down the hall and she waved at Quinn and Santana. “I’ll see you guys later.” With that she headed down the hall, where Puck was leaning against the lockers texting.
“Hey,” Rachel said, skipping up to him. Puck looked up from the phone and grinned at her.
“Sup bro, how’s things going?” He asked and Rachel’s face fell.
“Santana refuses to talk to me.” Puck frowned and put an arm around Rachel’s shoulder.
“Don’t worry, you’ll get your girl, don’t vie up,” Rachel gave him a small smile and Puck gave her a small grin. “I got an idea, let’s have a party.”
“A party?” Rachel asked, frowning. Because of her status as the school’s biggest loser, she had never gone to one, and she wasn’t sure if the school would let her go to one now. She opened her mouth to decline, but Puck cut her off.
“And you’re totally going,” He said and Rachel grinned. “C’mon, it’s gonna be fun and besides,” He leaned in closer so only she could hear him. “I’m not gonna let anyone mess with you. I got your back.”
“Thanks, Noah,” Rachel said, smiling at him. “You’re the best.”
“Hell yeah I am.” Puck said loudly and Rachel laughed. When the bell rang they each went to their classes and Rachel tried to keep to herself or only to everyone from Glee club, but all of the attention she got from the rest of the student body was making that difficult.
Rachel found the new attention suffocating. She could handle the looks, that she was used to, but people trying and wanting to know her more was something new to her. A part of her was afraid that this was another elaborate prank to embarrass her. Luckily in the classes she had with Puck, he gave them a glare that made everyone back off and she finally got some peace.
“Don’t worry,” Puck had said. “People will leave you alone after a few days.” Rachel hoped they would and she could finally get some peace and quiet again. It was annoying having everyone surround her and ask her questions, but at least it wasn’t so bad. At least they weren’t insulting and slushying her.
No, it wasn’t so bad, but that was ruined when Jacob Ben Israel had walked up to her with his microphone and camera man. She had been at her locker when she heard his voice and she closed her eyes and groaned in annoyance.
“Rachel Berry,” She closed her locker and turned to face him, and he gave her that creepy smile of his. “You look very nice.” He said, looking her up and down.
“Whatever.” She scowled and quickly walked past him. Unfortunately, he was determined to interview her and he followed her down the hall.
“Is there a reason for your new looks?” He questioned and Rachel scoffed before stopping again and turning around to face him.
“No,” She answered. “I’ve always dressed like this outside of school.”
“Really?” He asked, eyes wide. “Why in school now?”
“Because.” She said, and turned around and started walking away. She couldn’t tell him the reason why was because of Santana, she couldn’t tell anyone. Then everyone would know how she felt about her and that would ruin her more than anything. If that happened, she knew she had no chance with Santana, ever. Jacob didn’t give up and he rushed after her and reached for her hand once he got close enough. Rachel gasped and whipped her hand away, not liking the idea of him touching her.
“I need more questions.” He said quickly and she turned around and glared at him.
“I’m done with your questions.” She hissed and whipped back around.
“Just one more…” He pleaded and touched her again on the lower back, dangerously close to her butt. The second she felt his fingers on her, she turned back around and shoved him backwards. He fell back in surprise, onto his camera man, and they both crashed to the floor
The second they hit the floor and the camera made a breaking sound everyone in the hallway turned to them. Within seconds the hall erupted in laughter and Jacob was looking up at Rachel with wide eyes. Rachel knew those eyes, they were the same eyes the students had when they looked at the jocks in fear.
They thought that he was afraid of her just like he was afraid of the bullies in the school disturbed her more than anything. He quickly scrambled off the floor and dragged his camera man up before grabbing the camera and microphone and running down the hall.
“Good job with the freak, Berry.” Rachel looked over at the Cheerio that spoke. She was with some football players and all of them were holding a look of approval on their face. Rachel quickly walked down the hall, away from them.
Sure, she wanted to be herself, but she didn’t want this. She didn’t want to be like them, just another bully like Karofsky. That was the one thing she wasn’t. With a sigh, she quickly headed to class, all the while hearing some of the students giving her compliments on what she had done.
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“Hey, bro.” Rachel opened her eyes and looked up to see Puck walking over to her. It was the middle of lunch and she was laying down on the outdoor steps with her eyes closed. It seemed that was the only way to keep people away and all she could think of was the look Jacob gave her. She sat up and Puck sat down next to her. As he leaned back he silently looked at her and she sighed.
“What?” Rachel finally asked after a few moments of silence. Puck sat up straighter and leaned towards her.
“What’s wrong?” He asked and Rachel raised an eyebrow.
“Nothing’s wrong.” Puck scoffed at her words.
“If nothing was wrong you’d be all over the place, not over here sulking.” Rachel sighed and looked down.
“Am I really that easy to read?” She asked and Puck grinned.
“Nah, just to me.” Rachel looked at him and grinned back. Puck truly was the only one that knew what she was thinking about.
“It’s about what happened with Jewfro,” Rachel started, her grin fading. “After I accidentally knocked him down, the way he looked at me, it made me feel like… Karofsky or Azimio.”
“You’re nothing like those dudes, you know why?” Rachel shrugged at his words and he brought an arm around her shoulder. “Cuz you’re too nice to hurt people the way they do, you’re better than that.” Rachel looked at him and smiled.
“You’re being an awesome bro today, did you know that?” She said with a smile and Puck shrugged.
“Just being a bro.” Rachel laughed and messed with his Mohawk and he stuck his tongue out at her.
The rest of the school day went by smoothly, and people were still talking about Rachel’s incident with Jacob, which Rachel did her best to ignore. It wasn’t exactly one of her proudest moments ever, but at least Puck had helped and made her feel a little better about the whole incident.
Intent on making Santana at least notice her, once school was over she walked to the football field. She sat down on the bottom of the bleachers and leaned back, waiting. Finally, Rachel saw the cheerios coming out and Rachel couldn’t help but grin when Santana looked at her in surprise. She raised her hand, giving Santana a small wave.
With a huff, Santana looked away. As she did so, she saw some of the cheerios gazing at Rachel and some even give a subtle wave. She didn’t understand, it was the same Rachel Berry they used to torment sitting on the bleachers, she just dressed differently.
But, as she thought about it, she knew it wasn’t true. She had seen Rachel behind the mask she had set in school and saw someone completely different. A part of her was curious and wanted to get to know Rachel and see what the girl was actually like.
She suddenly shook her head, as if that would get the thoughts out of her head. That was Rachel and she made it clear that she didn’t want to talk to her again.
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Rachel didn’t give up, so she sat at the bleachers watching Santana and the other Cheerios practice. She looked over at the football team and saw Puck grinning at her. She gave him a grin in return and he turned his attention back to practice.
After a few more minutes Sue had let the cheerios take a break and they made their way to the bleachers. Rachel looked up and saw Brittany in front of the rest, running to her. Rachel quickly sat up and braced herself just in time as Brittany jumped into her lap.
“Hey Rachel.” Brittany greeted, wrapping her arms around Rachel’s shoulders.
“Hey, Brittany,” Rachel said, grinning. At least Brittany was talking to her. “How’s practice?” Brittany shrugged and brought her head down on Rachel’s shoulder, cuddling on her lap. Rachel looked over at Santana and caught her staring.
“Do you want to sit on my lap too, Santana?” Rachel asked and Santana’s cheeks flushed at the words, making Rachel smirk.
“You’re really comfy, Rachel.” Brittany said from her place on Rachel’s lap.
“Thank you. I’m like Santa, but better looking.” Rachel said and Santana rolled her eyes.
“You’re way hotter.” Brittany said and Rachel grinned. She looked at the other cheerios and was surprised to see some of them with the same blush that was on Santana’s face. The rest of the break was spent with Brittany on Rachel’s lap and Santana tried to ignore Rachel the entire time.
Soon break was over and they started practicing again. To Santana’s annoyance, when she looked over in the middle of practice, she saw that Rachel was still sitting on the bleachers watching them. She looked away and concentrated on practicing the performance and once it was done and she headed back to the bleachers, she saw Puck talking with Rachel on the bleachers. He still had the football uniform on and was sweating and he looked up with a grin as the cheerios headed back to the bleachers.
“Hey girls,” He said and winked at the younger ones on the team. “Guess what, I got another party this Friday.”
“Awesome.” One of the Cheerios said and the rest agreed and started talking about it. Puck grinned and pointed at Rachel.
“Rachel’s gonna be there too,” And if some of the cheerios weren’t excited enough already, they were now, much to Rachel’s surprise and Puck’s amusement. “Well, I’ll see you later.” Puck said at Rachel and got up and walked to the locker room.
“So,” One of the cheerios started nervously once he was gone and Rachel looked over at her, noticing it was a freshman cheerio and probably going to be her first party. “You’re going?” Rachel blinked and looked around, realizing most seemed anxious for her answer.
“Yeah,” She said and looked at Santana, who was staring at her. She broke out in a grin again and looked back at the cheerio. “Looks like I am.” She gave them all a cheeky grin and watched as the younger cheerios smiled shyly and blushed at her smile.
Yes, she was definitely going to that party.
Pairing: Rachel/Santana
Length:8,625+
Spoilers: Up to season 3
Summary: Sequel to Bro’s Got Each Other’s Back. When inviting Santana to their bro’s night doesn’t work, Puck decides the one way to help Rachel get Santana is to get her to show her badass side more.
Rachel walked into school, her head throbbing with the hangover she was experiencing. As she walked to her locker, she saw the football team and Cheerios still checking her out and she wondered for how long that was going to happen. Ignoring them, she looked for Santana and finally found the girl at her locker with Brittany and Quinn.
As she saw them, she couldn’t help but smile. She was glad that despite the fact that Quinn wasn’t a Cheerio, she still had Santana and Brittany as friends. Rachel thought she deserved it. With a grin she walked to where they were and Brittany saw her first and smiled brightly.
“Rachel!” Brittany said, bringing the smaller girl in for a hug. Rachel let out a small laugh as she hugged Brittany as best as she could. Finally, the tall blond let her go and Rachel smiled at Quinn who gave her a small smile back. “A lot of people are talking about you.” Brittany said and Rachel smiled.
“What things are they saying?” Rachel asked. She was curious, but she didn’t really care too much for it. Besides, they couldn’t be saying anything worse than Manhands or Rupual anymore. At least she hoped they didn’t.
“That you’re really hot now,” Brittany said cheerfully and reached out to play with the collar of Rachel’s leather jacket. “I like you’re jacket.”
“Thanks, I can let you borrow it if you want.” Rachel said and Brittany shook her head.
“No, it looks hot on you.” Brittany said as she looked at Rachel up and down.
“Hey,” Quinn said, looking at Rachel. “Are you really okay with everyone talking about you?” Rachel looked at Quinn and shrugged.
“People have always talked about me, and this can’t possibly be worse than what they sued to say before.” Rachel said softly and Quinn looked down guiltily, knowing what they used to say. What she used to say.
“It’s fine,” Rachel said, shrugging and she looked at Santana, who hadn’t even turned around. Brittany and Quinn followed her gaze and Brittany frowned.
“San, are you still mad at Rachel?” Brittany asked and Santana scoffed in response. She slammed her locker closed and turned around, slamming into Rachel’s shoulder as she walked away. Rachel frowned and looked at Santana’s retreating form, apparently Santana had meant was she had said earlier.
“Is Santana still mad?” Quinn asked, confused. “I get that she might be annoyed, Coach was torture when she was pissed, but the silent treatment?”
“Maybe she’ll get over it soon,” Brittany said, watching Santana walk away. “She can’t be mad forever, right?” She looked at Quinn, as if looking for confirmation. Quinn nodded at her and Brittany looked back at Rachel. “See?”
“Thanks, guys,” Rachel said, smiling at the both of them. As she did so, she saw Puck down the hall and she waved at Quinn and Santana. “I’ll see you guys later.” With that she headed down the hall, where Puck was leaning against the lockers texting.
“Hey,” Rachel said, skipping up to him. Puck looked up from the phone and grinned at her.
“Sup bro, how’s things going?” He asked and Rachel’s face fell.
“Santana refuses to talk to me.” Puck frowned and put an arm around Rachel’s shoulder.
“Don’t worry, you’ll get your girl, don’t vie up,” Rachel gave him a small smile and Puck gave her a small grin. “I got an idea, let’s have a party.”
“A party?” Rachel asked, frowning. Because of her status as the school’s biggest loser, she had never gone to one, and she wasn’t sure if the school would let her go to one now. She opened her mouth to decline, but Puck cut her off.
“And you’re totally going,” He said and Rachel grinned. “C’mon, it’s gonna be fun and besides,” He leaned in closer so only she could hear him. “I’m not gonna let anyone mess with you. I got your back.”
“Thanks, Noah,” Rachel said, smiling at him. “You’re the best.”
“Hell yeah I am.” Puck said loudly and Rachel laughed. When the bell rang they each went to their classes and Rachel tried to keep to herself or only to everyone from Glee club, but all of the attention she got from the rest of the student body was making that difficult.
Rachel found the new attention suffocating. She could handle the looks, that she was used to, but people trying and wanting to know her more was something new to her. A part of her was afraid that this was another elaborate prank to embarrass her. Luckily in the classes she had with Puck, he gave them a glare that made everyone back off and she finally got some peace.
“Don’t worry,” Puck had said. “People will leave you alone after a few days.” Rachel hoped they would and she could finally get some peace and quiet again. It was annoying having everyone surround her and ask her questions, but at least it wasn’t so bad. At least they weren’t insulting and slushying her.
No, it wasn’t so bad, but that was ruined when Jacob Ben Israel had walked up to her with his microphone and camera man. She had been at her locker when she heard his voice and she closed her eyes and groaned in annoyance.
“Rachel Berry,” She closed her locker and turned to face him, and he gave her that creepy smile of his. “You look very nice.” He said, looking her up and down.
“Whatever.” She scowled and quickly walked past him. Unfortunately, he was determined to interview her and he followed her down the hall.
“Is there a reason for your new looks?” He questioned and Rachel scoffed before stopping again and turning around to face him.
“No,” She answered. “I’ve always dressed like this outside of school.”
“Really?” He asked, eyes wide. “Why in school now?”
“Because.” She said, and turned around and started walking away. She couldn’t tell him the reason why was because of Santana, she couldn’t tell anyone. Then everyone would know how she felt about her and that would ruin her more than anything. If that happened, she knew she had no chance with Santana, ever. Jacob didn’t give up and he rushed after her and reached for her hand once he got close enough. Rachel gasped and whipped her hand away, not liking the idea of him touching her.
“I need more questions.” He said quickly and she turned around and glared at him.
“I’m done with your questions.” She hissed and whipped back around.
“Just one more…” He pleaded and touched her again on the lower back, dangerously close to her butt. The second she felt his fingers on her, she turned back around and shoved him backwards. He fell back in surprise, onto his camera man, and they both crashed to the floor
The second they hit the floor and the camera made a breaking sound everyone in the hallway turned to them. Within seconds the hall erupted in laughter and Jacob was looking up at Rachel with wide eyes. Rachel knew those eyes, they were the same eyes the students had when they looked at the jocks in fear.
They thought that he was afraid of her just like he was afraid of the bullies in the school disturbed her more than anything. He quickly scrambled off the floor and dragged his camera man up before grabbing the camera and microphone and running down the hall.
“Good job with the freak, Berry.” Rachel looked over at the Cheerio that spoke. She was with some football players and all of them were holding a look of approval on their face. Rachel quickly walked down the hall, away from them.
Sure, she wanted to be herself, but she didn’t want this. She didn’t want to be like them, just another bully like Karofsky. That was the one thing she wasn’t. With a sigh, she quickly headed to class, all the while hearing some of the students giving her compliments on what she had done.
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“Hey, bro.” Rachel opened her eyes and looked up to see Puck walking over to her. It was the middle of lunch and she was laying down on the outdoor steps with her eyes closed. It seemed that was the only way to keep people away and all she could think of was the look Jacob gave her. She sat up and Puck sat down next to her. As he leaned back he silently looked at her and she sighed.
“What?” Rachel finally asked after a few moments of silence. Puck sat up straighter and leaned towards her.
“What’s wrong?” He asked and Rachel raised an eyebrow.
“Nothing’s wrong.” Puck scoffed at her words.
“If nothing was wrong you’d be all over the place, not over here sulking.” Rachel sighed and looked down.
“Am I really that easy to read?” She asked and Puck grinned.
“Nah, just to me.” Rachel looked at him and grinned back. Puck truly was the only one that knew what she was thinking about.
“It’s about what happened with Jewfro,” Rachel started, her grin fading. “After I accidentally knocked him down, the way he looked at me, it made me feel like… Karofsky or Azimio.”
“You’re nothing like those dudes, you know why?” Rachel shrugged at his words and he brought an arm around her shoulder. “Cuz you’re too nice to hurt people the way they do, you’re better than that.” Rachel looked at him and smiled.
“You’re being an awesome bro today, did you know that?” She said with a smile and Puck shrugged.
“Just being a bro.” Rachel laughed and messed with his Mohawk and he stuck his tongue out at her.
The rest of the school day went by smoothly, and people were still talking about Rachel’s incident with Jacob, which Rachel did her best to ignore. It wasn’t exactly one of her proudest moments ever, but at least Puck had helped and made her feel a little better about the whole incident.
Intent on making Santana at least notice her, once school was over she walked to the football field. She sat down on the bottom of the bleachers and leaned back, waiting. Finally, Rachel saw the cheerios coming out and Rachel couldn’t help but grin when Santana looked at her in surprise. She raised her hand, giving Santana a small wave.
With a huff, Santana looked away. As she did so, she saw some of the cheerios gazing at Rachel and some even give a subtle wave. She didn’t understand, it was the same Rachel Berry they used to torment sitting on the bleachers, she just dressed differently.
But, as she thought about it, she knew it wasn’t true. She had seen Rachel behind the mask she had set in school and saw someone completely different. A part of her was curious and wanted to get to know Rachel and see what the girl was actually like.
She suddenly shook her head, as if that would get the thoughts out of her head. That was Rachel and she made it clear that she didn’t want to talk to her again.
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Rachel didn’t give up, so she sat at the bleachers watching Santana and the other Cheerios practice. She looked over at the football team and saw Puck grinning at her. She gave him a grin in return and he turned his attention back to practice.
After a few more minutes Sue had let the cheerios take a break and they made their way to the bleachers. Rachel looked up and saw Brittany in front of the rest, running to her. Rachel quickly sat up and braced herself just in time as Brittany jumped into her lap.
“Hey Rachel.” Brittany greeted, wrapping her arms around Rachel’s shoulders.
“Hey, Brittany,” Rachel said, grinning. At least Brittany was talking to her. “How’s practice?” Brittany shrugged and brought her head down on Rachel’s shoulder, cuddling on her lap. Rachel looked over at Santana and caught her staring.
“Do you want to sit on my lap too, Santana?” Rachel asked and Santana’s cheeks flushed at the words, making Rachel smirk.
“You’re really comfy, Rachel.” Brittany said from her place on Rachel’s lap.
“Thank you. I’m like Santa, but better looking.” Rachel said and Santana rolled her eyes.
“You’re way hotter.” Brittany said and Rachel grinned. She looked at the other cheerios and was surprised to see some of them with the same blush that was on Santana’s face. The rest of the break was spent with Brittany on Rachel’s lap and Santana tried to ignore Rachel the entire time.
Soon break was over and they started practicing again. To Santana’s annoyance, when she looked over in the middle of practice, she saw that Rachel was still sitting on the bleachers watching them. She looked away and concentrated on practicing the performance and once it was done and she headed back to the bleachers, she saw Puck talking with Rachel on the bleachers. He still had the football uniform on and was sweating and he looked up with a grin as the cheerios headed back to the bleachers.
“Hey girls,” He said and winked at the younger ones on the team. “Guess what, I got another party this Friday.”
“Awesome.” One of the Cheerios said and the rest agreed and started talking about it. Puck grinned and pointed at Rachel.
“Rachel’s gonna be there too,” And if some of the cheerios weren’t excited enough already, they were now, much to Rachel’s surprise and Puck’s amusement. “Well, I’ll see you later.” Puck said at Rachel and got up and walked to the locker room.
“So,” One of the cheerios started nervously once he was gone and Rachel looked over at her, noticing it was a freshman cheerio and probably going to be her first party. “You’re going?” Rachel blinked and looked around, realizing most seemed anxious for her answer.
“Yeah,” She said and looked at Santana, who was staring at her. She broke out in a grin again and looked back at the cheerio. “Looks like I am.” She gave them all a cheeky grin and watched as the younger cheerios smiled shyly and blushed at her smile.
Yes, she was definitely going to that party.