What the Other Gleeks Know

Chapter 1: Rachel

If you were to ask Rachel what she thought of Kurt and Puck, she would've replied with, " Who cares about Kurt and Puck? It's me everyone should be asking about." But secretly she wondered about them all the time too(well really only after Kurt moved away, but that's for later). Before Glee, it wasn't hard to tell that Kurt was being bullied by Puck and the other football players, but it was always Puck who insisted on being the one to throw him into the dumpster in the first place.

Rachel thought it kind of peculiar, even though she never did anything about the dumpster tosses or the slushie facials, not that Puck ever threw one at Kurt in the first place. In fact, he laughed when Kurt did get slushied, even though the humour didn't reach his eyes, and Rachel never thought twice about it. Besides, this was Puck that she was talking about, she wasn't that stupid. He had wanted to seem like a badass so she let him remain that way.

But whenever they choreographed a dance routine, Puck would do anything to have to move closer to the smaller boy, or even trip him so that he was there to catch him, and a strange look had passed between them then. It was only after Kurt moved to Dalton and they competed at Sectionals that Rachel had actually started having her little 'psychic' flashes. There was a look that had passed between them; Puck had looked sad, and Kurt looked depressed, but only until they caught each other's eyes, then it became relief and happiness shining through. This was the moment she had truly realized why Noah 'Puck' Puckerman had seemed like such a womanizer, he was in love with Kurt Hummel.

When Rachel caught them kissing at her party, she found herself surprised, but not really as surprised as she probably should've been, and she wished them well and smiled before walking back over to comfort the sad, depressed Blaine, who was staring from where the boys sat perched alone, kissing and smiling and whispering words of love; happy and peaceful for once.

Needless to say, once when someone asked Rachel what she thought about Puck and Kurt, she would've rattled on about herself and her importance, but now when someone asked about what she thought of Kurt and Puck, she would call them cute and meant to be.