#mottaberry

Rachel finished packing her bag, and throwing it over her shoulder. She stopped by her fathers room to let them know she would be spending the night at a friends and she would see them the following day. Today was just to crazy for her to say the least. Why in the hell would things start crumbling now that it was almost close to the end of the year, but she was going to try her best not to let it get to her tonight. Getting in her car, she drove to Sugar's humming along with the radio. Pulling up to Sugar's she got out, taking a deep breath before making her way up to her front door and knocking.

Sugar sat at the bottom of the stairs in her pajamas, her knees pulled up to her chest. She wrapped her arms around her legs and rest her chin on her knee. When she heard the knock, she jumped up and opened the door. Her hair was pulled back in a ponytail, so she knew Rachel would notice the nasty bruise on her cheek right away, but she didn't care, she just needed to be held.

Rachel watching the door open before her view went right to Sugar's cheek, frowning she dropped her bag pulling Sugar in for a hug. "Awww, sweetie." She cooed. Pulling back she tried to give Sugar a small smile. "I'm so sorry this happened to you..." She whispered. "This should have never happened, I'm just sorry." She whispered before hugging the girl once more before grabbing her bag and making her way inside closing the door behind her.

Sugar stood there awkwardly, not hugging back. She didn't like being treated like a fragile little girl, she could take care of herself, that much should be obvious to everyone in her life, yet no one seemed to get it. Every guy she knew wanted to kick the guys ass, they couldn't seem to understand that she had already done that. "It's not like it's your fault, I've had worse, hazard of the trade." She stepped aside so Rachel could come in, taking a breath. "So you wanted to watch Friday Night Lights, huh? Didn't know you were a football fan."

Rachel shrugged her shoulders, "Umm..yeah, but still no one has a right to hit a girl whether they can handle themselves. It's just not right. Nor will it ever be." She dropped her bag by the door before turning to face Sugar. "Yeah, for one I'm a cheerleader." She said lying. "And it you know an interesting sport, with all the hit people and you know getting touch downs. I watch it all the time with my fathers. So, football is a really big thing to me."

Sugar shook her head, but said nothing, she didn't really agree with that double standard, but it wasn't worth it to argue. Instead she looked Rachel in the eye and smirked, cocking an eyebrow. "Liar." She shook her head teasingly. "You watch for the hot guys, right?" She laughed and shook her head again. "Come on horn dog, the movie's in the media room, we can grab it and head up to my room." She took Rachel by the hand and led her toward the in home theater.

Rachel stuck her tongue out playfully. "I am not lying. I do cheer for football and I watch it with my fathers. Is it interesting? No. I really don't see the point in it, but what do I know." She laughed before shaking her head. "Pretty much, but the show itself is pretty good. And I am not a horn dog!" She followed Sugar to her home theater. "No but really, show is super intense. Those people love there football. And it's like every other episode the team is going through something. I swear the coach is going to end up having a heart attack by the end of season one"

Sugar laughed and nodded her head. "I've never seen the show, but it's set in the South, right? My cousin Cody is from the South, they are CRAZY about their football, seriously, it's like a religion down there or something." She laughed again and scanned the walls for the movie, her father owned almost every movie known to man. Finally spotting it, she stepped up and pulled it out, showing the DVD box to Rachel. "Ta da!"

Rachel stared at Sugar, "Really? You need too. I only started watching it becuase Netflix suggested." She laughed a little before nodding her head. "Yeah, in Texas somewhere." Watching Sugar scan the DVD wall, she pretty laughed at how many they owned. Rachel thought her fathers owned a lot. Seeing the dvd, Rachel clapped happily. "Let see how the dvd compares to the 12 episodes I have watched." She said before following Sugar up to her room.

Sugar laughed, heading up to her room, she stepped inside and crossed over to her desk, loading the DVD into the player before stepping up to her bed, flopping down and grabbing the remote. She scooted over and patted the side of the bed for Rachel to get in. She turned on the wall mounted flat screen and waited for the DVD menu to pop up.

Rachel climbed in the bed before sitting in the spot Sugar just patted and sighed. "You and Artie are fine right?" She asked out of the blue, she knew earlier that they were arguing and Sugar mentioning that he was going to break up with her. So, either he didn't or he did and she's a much better actress than Rachel thought. "I mean you guys haven't broken up like you thought right?"

Sugar looked at Rachel and offered her a small smile. "No, we're not broken up. We.... kinda spoke. And I guess we need to talk some more, but I think we're maybe okay?" She hated how unsure she sounded. With Puck she was always more than sure that he wanted her, with Artie it was always touch and go. Some days he seemed really into her, other days he couldn't be bothered, sometimes he was super attentive and caring, others he was super busy and didn't seem to care at all. She never knew where she stood.

Rachel sighed a little. "I know this must be....different for you. But Artie really likes you. I don't think he would break up with you because you got into a fight. And plus it was a fight trying to defend him, he's a smart boy, okay? Don't worry. You're relationship as just started just give him some time and stop thinking that every time you guys get into a fight he's going to break up with you."

Sugar nodded. "I know. It's just.... with Puck I was SO sure, and it was just.... sex all the time. Artie and I make out and stuff, but he doesn't seem even a little interested in going further. Which, I don't mind, he says he wants to take things slow, and I'm okay with that! I'm just... not sure how. So, I feel like I'm doing everything wrong and I'm being annoying. He's always so busy. I just don't know...." She bit her lip

Rachel bit on her bottom lip. "Maybe that's the thing..." She started off nervously. "I'm not saying your relationship with Puck wasn't a real one because I know it was and I don't really know how to say this, but you and Puck couldn't be in the same room without wanting to tear each others clothes off. Now with Artie it's the complete opposite of that. I'm not saying that's he isn't sexually attracted to you but you're so used to having someone be that way towards you that you don't know how to handle having someone not." She took a deep breath. "There really isn't a way, you're just going to have to try for Artie. And when he's ready it will probably be amazing. Plus, I'm not sure he's busy on purpose, didn't you say something had happened to him? Maybe he just has to work on that first."

Sugar glared at Rachel. "Well, I'm certainly glad you're not saying that, because it was, very real. And I'm sure your friendship is still very real even though you two are obviously fucking like rabbits. I can handle not having sex, so why don't we just drop it." She snapped, grabbing the remote and hitting play so the movie finally started up. She stared at the screen not watching, her jaw set in a scowl.

Rachel was a little taken back by Sugar's reaction. "First off, a friends with benefits is was different than a relationship. Those two things shouldn't even be in the same category. And secondly, you just said yourself that you didn't know how. I didn't mean to offend you, I'm only trying to help because I like seeing you happy but find considered it dropped. She took a pillow beside her, placing it in her lip as she turn her attention toward the screen in front of her.

Sugar sighed and hung her head. "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have snapped. I just.... I've never felt insecure with a man before. Since I was 12 years old, I've known I have sex appeal. Men have always chased me. Artie was the first guy I have ever known who I had to chase. And now that I have him, I still kind of feel like I don't. I mean, I get more attention from everyone else in my life than I do from my own boyfriend!" She sighed again. "I just don't know what to do."

Rachel waved Sugar off as she shook her head. "It's fine, I wasn't trying to offend you like I said I was just making a observation, I guess. I don't really have an answer seems how I can't even keep my own damn relationship together. But what I can say is talk to him. Not over the phone, not through a text, not ever dinner. Just ask him to come over one day and tell him everything you just told me. I don't think he or you both can work on anything if he doesn't know how you feel and vice versa."

Sugar nodded and tried to focus on the movie. Thoughts of Artie and Finn and Puck swirled through her mind. She had noticed Rachel had mentioned a relationship, she didn't know if she meant Sam or Puck or someone else, but she decided not to dwell on it, she didn't want to start a fight. Sugar chewed on her lip and pushed all of these thoughts from her mind, turning to focus in on Rachel. "Anyway, enough talk about BOYS, I invited you over to watch this and for snuggles, and so far I haven't gotten any snuggles." She said, pouting playfully.

Rachel nodded her head in agreement. "Fine, fine. Enough talk about boys but I mean it talk to Artie it's will make you feel a whole lot better." She giggled at Sugar, "I know, I know. I pretty much sucking at this snuggling thing right now." She moved the pillow out the way before scooting over closer to Sugar, wrapping her arms around her. "Now much better, right?" She asked looking down at Sugar with a smile.

Sugar snuggled into Rachel with slight exaggeration, letting herself giggle lightly under her breath as she did. Honestly, she did feel much better being held by anyone at all, and Rachel was soft and warm and smelled nice. She took and deep breath and adjusted so she was leaning comfortably into Rachel and able to focus on the movie, which she had never actually seen in its entirety before. She wondered if it was exactly the same as the show, or completely different like when they had made "Clueless" into a show.

Rachel didn't expect to spend her night like this. She was going to finish watching season 1 of FNL and head to bed, but she can say this was much better than her original plans. Let Sugar snuggle into her her, before taking a deep breath and smiling. "Thank you for inviting me over, much better than spending at my house watching FNL alone. And next time don't be afraid to ask, I'm here whenever you need me."

Sugar smiled and tipped her head up to peek at Rachel. "Thanks." She suddenly felt very tired, there was something comforting, even motherly, about Rachel. She felt very safe, and let her eyes begin to droop. She watched the characters move across large screen not really registering who anyone was or what their character was doing. She took a deep breath, trying to stave off sleep, but not doing a very good job.

Rachel definitely knew from the time the movie started it was very different from the show in a lot of ways but it wasn't bad. Eventually she looked down, and saw Sugar falling asleep, a small smile spreading on her lips. "You're welcome. You know, you can fall asleep and I'll be here when you wake up. If anything I'll probably be comparing the movies to the 12 episodes I've already seen." She said with a laugh, "But no really you can go to sleep and I'll still be here cuddles and all."