Okay this was something that was just a little randomly bouncing around my mind, and was meant to be a one-shot, but sort of turned into something more. I just want to be clear that this is all before everything we've seen in Glee. It's still sophomore year, but this is before Glee Club even starts back up. Don't worry, we will get to that but just know that it hasn't happened yet. So, here's the first chapter. Read, Review, Enjoy!

"Mr. Puckerman! We all know you're not actually going anywhere in life and you're probably going to drop out of high school to get a job at Breadstix, but that inevitable outcome is no excuse for you not to turn in your homework! In fact..."

Puck wasn't exactly surprised when his math teacher had begun yelling at him for the day. He's thinking it's nothing he hasn't heard before, even when she basically says he's a Lima loser. It's probably why he avoids actually going to class. To avoid these never ending rants his teachers give him.

"... wasting my time! I swear they don't pay me enough to try and teach the worthless students in Lima! And you especially!"

He really doesn't even make an effort to defend himself anymore. What's the point? He's used to it.

"Yelling at you doesn't even get through to you! I don't even know what i'm supposed to do with you! You're not even pretending to put in an effort anymore. It's clear i shouldn't be wasting my time on you, but here i am, trying to be the best teacher i can be while you just stare off in space and-"

Her rant was cut short by a scoff from the other side of the classroom. He may be used to teachers yelling at him and telling him he's worthless, but he isn't used to anybody sticking up for him. All eyes turn to the source of the sound, and he's no exception. Soon enough his hazel orbs land on the one and only Rachel berry. The very same girl he slushies at least twice a day. Some people stare at her in surprise. Others in confusion. Some start to whisper, wondering what's happening now and what's going to be happening next.

"Do you have a problem Miss Berry?" The teacher sneers. Rachel simply raises a perfectly sculpted eyebrow at her.

"No, of course not." Damn, he was kinda hoping to see this chick bitch out the teacher, especially if it was on his behalf. "But it's obvious you do."

Maybe he spoke too soon.

"I beg your pardon?"

"It's highly inappropriate to speak to a student that way, not to mention completely disrespectful and demeaning. Your job as a teacher is to do anything and everything in your power to help us as student to learn, excel, and be the best we can be. How do you expect Noah to do any of those things if all you're doing is crushing his spirit and telling him he's worthless? And then topping off your derogatory speech by saying that it's his fault you are unable to correctly do your job as a teacher? Frankly, if this is the way you 'teach', you picked the wrong career path."

Nobody was really sure what to do. Some people looked like they were ready to cheer, others just stared at her, mouth agape. The room was silent, waiting for a comeback from the older woman.

"Honestly, Rachel. I don't see how this is any of your business." she said after a moment.

"It probably wouldn't be if you weren't wasting my time, as well as the rest of my fellow students' class time informing Mr. Puckerman how little you think of him. This of course affects me because not only am I losing precious learning time, because you are, in fact, interrupting the learning process, but you also choose to bully another student in front of me and i will not stand for it."

"I am not bullying him!" the teacher shrieked. "I am simply reprimanding him."

"Is that what you choose to call it? The way i see it, you are bullying him. You are singling him out because you have decided he's no good so you're picking on him ad calling him names. And we've all been to enough bullying awareness assembly's to know what it is and what to do about it. As students or even morally correct human beings, we are not supposed to sit back and watch as another student gets bullied. Especially by a teacher. We're told we should stand up for that person, and that's exactly what I am doing. I will not stand back as you terrorize him with false accusations!"

The teacher seemed speechless. But of course that only lasted a minute.

"Exactly what part of what i told Mr. Puckerman would you render a false accusation?"

"You told him he was not only worthless, but stupid. You also insinuated that he was a loser that was going to be stuck in Lima with a minimum wage job. It's obvious you believe this, but that does not make it true. If Noah sets his mind to it, i'm sure he could get a high paying job far from the food industry, and he could reach whatever goals he's set for himself. Just because you got stuck with some low paying job as a teacher that you never wanted, doesn't mean you can take your anger from your personal life out on a student."

"That has nothing to do with it!" Any student who wasn't still shocked into silence at Rachels outburst, began laughing when the teacher confirmed her statement. "Well, perhaps your precious Noah should have been smart enough to turn in his work then!"

"He may have chose not to do the work you assigned, but that doesn't make him stupid. For all you know he could be the next Einstein! And, i really don't think you should be the one pointing out the stupidity of others." Rachel said matter-of-factly.

"Exactly what does that mean?"

"Well you're not exactly a genius yourself are you?"

"Excuse me?"

"You heard me. Just take a look at the facts. 1) You spelt trigonometry, parallelograms and cotangent wrong on the board."

"Well, everyone makes mistakes. I'm sure that-"

"I wasn't finished. 2) Going over homework yesterday, you answered three problems incorrectly, as well as one from today before you decided to cut the lesson short to yell at Noah. 3) You read at an 8th grade level, and it's pretty time consuming for us to sit and wait while you try to sound words out. 4-"

"I think we've heard quite enough out of you Miss Berry!"

"Frankly, i think we've all heard enough of you Mrs. Riley." The class erupted into 'ohhhhh's and the teacher (apparently her name was Mrs. Riley, who knew?) looked deeply humiliated. But, Rachel wasn't done yet. "I don't know why you decided to waste everyones time bad-mouthing Noah in front of the class. I think you should probably take some time off to focus a little more on self improvement."

"Rachel! Your behavior needs some serious adjustment!" It was obvious the teacher was severely freaking out by this point, and Rachel was calm as ever.

"From where i'm sitting, it's clear your behavior could use the adjustment. Honestly, you call yourself an educator?"

"Miss Berry! That is enough. How would you like to take a trip to go see Principal Figgins?!"

Mrs. Riley's distressed face flipped into as satisfied smirk, it was clear she thought she had won.

Puck was sure she had too. He completely expected Rachel to freak out and take it all back with heavy apologies, maybe even cry a little. He did not expect her to start packing up her belongings.

"That would be lovely. In fact, I should probably go see him anyway, I think your teaching methods should be brought up to him as soon as possible." She slung her bag over her shoulder and waltzed over to the door, taking one last look at the class. Her eyes landed on his for only a second. "I apologize to my fellow students whose class time I may have interrupted in my attempt of teaching what's morally acceptable to our trigonometry instructor."

With those parting words, she walked out of the classroom and in the direction of the principals office. Leaving behind, a shocked and mouth-agape teacher, two dozen cheering students, and one confused football player.

"Alright, alright! Enough of that! Let's get back to work!" Mrs. Riley yelled out, still glaring at Puck. Though she chose to keep her mouth shut this time, in fear of retaliation.

What had just happened? Whatever it was, one thing was for sure. He had a whole new view on Rachel Berry. She was no longer the broadway-bound school freak. Rachel Berry was a badass.