It's a little late for a review, but i just read the story. I suposse i can understand people not liking your take on Rachel, but really? I LOVED it. I ship Puckleberry, i hate Finchel, but i hate more Puckleberry badly writen. There are a lot of fics out there where Rachel plays with Noah, or not plays, but is blind to what she is doing, during years, and Noah is always there, always forgives her, and they become another version of Finchel with Rachel as Finn. I hate Finchel because Rachel loses all self-respect, and Finn gets away with murder. I dont want stories where Noah is the one forgiving everything. Yes, he can love her all he wants, but the mayor part of the time love is not everything, respect is much more important, for your partner and for yourself.

So after so many Puckleberry fics where after a mayor screw-up Rachel cries and repents and Noah forgives her, because he still loves her, ignoring the X time that passed where he was suffering like nothing, i loved to see this, where everything isn't perfect, but it's mature, and realistic, and my happy ending would be Rachel in Lima seeing/reading about the X anniversary of the Jewish wedding of Noah to a famous and talented actress/singer after a much covered by the press happy and healthy relationship, with happy children, the couple evidently in love. And then take a look at her life, and cry at could have been

When I think about the future of glee that fits with canon this is honestly one of the possibilities to name a few and none of them end happily for finchel!

I cried when reading this... The raw emotion you put into this made me pity Noah so much and I just adored Quinn! I hate canon!Quinn but in this fic she was such an amazing rock for Noah and I loved it! Rachel does have a dark side and I do think it will come out at some point on her journey to be a star (that's of RM doesn't decide to just have her scrap her dreams to become Finn's adoring housewife/doormat). You have captured that part of her personality so well but...

am I wrong for hoping that one day she does wake up and realise life with Finn is awful. To be honest all hope for her and Noah is gone but in my little fairytale after hearing the song she leaves Finn to live in New York doing who knows what and then years later Noah's married and they meet again then she thanks him for waking her up? I might be being a little optimistic but I do hope!

finally I commend you for writing such a awe-inspiring piece of work. I do believe this is the longest review i've ever left. Again, while I hope that canon still gives Rach her dreams it seems like this is an inevitability *sigh

wish you the best

Kitty xxx

My God...this broke my heart. The fact that she's been with Puck but still went with Finn. Even though Quinn pointed out that she was jealous of Puck for getting everything he wanted. It was her fault she didn't take a chance. But I actually do like reading stories that are heartbreaking in that way every once in awhile. The writing was really good and I loved the Puck/Quinn friendship and how she helped pull himself together. But the last line...holy shit. It just killed me and I wanted to cry. I really hope that she heard that song and just felt all sorts of guilt over it, especially since Finn is cheating on her. That line was amazing along with "The best actress I've ever known and now no one else will ever know it either." I'll probably reread this a few times!

I liked it...don't know why others are hating on you. It is a surprising twist on Puckleberry!

Good one-shot. Like the Quinn/Puck friendship, 'cause I don't see them as a couple (I think they would both kill each other!). I can see Rachel letting herself feel insecure, but I don't see it happening for long...she IS Rachel Berry, for gods sake! But this version was kinda cool...so thanks for that.

But have to say...If Rachel had sex with both Finn & Puck...do U really think she'd pick Finn? NOT! Sorry, I had to say that. Plus, even though Rachel is pretty stubborn, so is Noah (or should I say Puck), & I somehow don't think he'd let her 'pick' Finn once he knew she wanted him. He'd work his ass off to make sure she never wanted anyone else BUT him. He'd take the 'want' & end up with the 'Love' then would make sure they were 'forever' in the end (& I LIKE the word 'EndGame' 'cause life & love is really just a big game...sometimes fun & sometimes not...but a game none the less!) LOL...just my little take:)

thanks for posting...elle

I love all your writing and I loved this story!

How I hate to see Puck suffer like this, not only was he treated so badly by Rachel but he was also in danger of becoming the one person he feared the most ie his dad. I thought it was such an interesting twist to have Quinn being the one who stood by him and wanted to make sure he moved on since she called him a Lima Loser all those years ago. As much as I love Puckleberry I can accept that this is how Rachel would behave, perhaps out of jealousy but also as a result of how she has been treated throughout high school,sometimes you start to believe the taunts and let your insecurities rule your life. I have also always seen how big of a risk choosing Noah would be for her and I think that is partly why I ship Puckleberry because they are these two lost souls that need one another to escape Lima,excpet here she wasn't strong enough.

This fic is just filled with pain and raw emotions,there is a slightly dark edge to it,so although it made me sad I felt the end where he says goodbye and finally moves on is justified,he deserves to be happy and deep down I think Rachel would want that for him as well.

Its so pretty! I love it. There are always 2 sides to every broken love story. End-game from one side simply becomes 'game' from another.