Note: A quick Puck POV story! Enjoy.
How to Avoid School Work and still get C's and B's.
He stays afterschool at the end of the semester because he has this whole school shit worked out. The end of a semester usually works like this, right before exams, and final grades, he receives the "talk" from his mother. His mother's speech, that he has memorized, usually begins with how smart he is, how he can do better in school if only he tried, but that he lacks effort or care (which to be honest is entirely true), and then ends with blah, blah, blahblahblah.
Then next up are the teachers that believe in him and Coach who threatens that he'll never play football again, which to be honest wouldn't mean that much since the team sucks but he likes football, it's the only reason why he shows up to school (oh and maybe Glee but he'll never admit that to anyone). Anyway, back to his teachers, they always give him an opportunity to turn in late homework and make up quizzes and shit. He has potential but lack effort they say, the speeches always mimic his mother and he thinks they must figure this shit out during parent teacher conference or something. He thanks them profusely for giving him a second chance and promises that he'll try harder next time.
He shows up to his final exams on time and tries really hard, so he says, as he hands his teachers his tests and give them the, "I put my best effort" smile. He tells his mother that he has gone to all of his teachers, made up his work and went to his finals on time. She beams at him and tells him that she hopes he turns it around for next semester. She also throws in, because she's Puckerman's mother of course, that if he doesn't turn his grades around that he'll lose his truck and will have to take the bus to school.
One evening, as he helps his mother put away the left away Chinese dinner she says,
"I know this young Jewish girl who comes from a nice but untraditional family and maybe she can help you."
"Ma-" he moans. A nice Jewish girl doesn't mean hot Jewish girl and if she's not hot, well then she's nothing to him but shit.
"If you want to continue driving your truck" she adds.
"My hot mama on wheels" he murmurs to himself but of course mothers can hear everything.
"Whatever you want to call it Noah, you'll have to warm up to the idea of a tutor because I'm not changing my mind."
Fuck, he loves his truck, it's like the only thing outside of his mother and sister (and maybe his baby that Quinn is caring) that he loves. God, what if his mom found out about the baby. The roof, the roof, the roof over Puckerman's head would totally be on fire.
"She's sweet and she said she'd do it for no charge Noah" and with that the conversation is over.
For the next few weeks, Puck avoids all conversations about a tutor.
When report cards come home, damn them coming in the mail and damn his mother's schedule – i.e. she get's the mail first-his mom sees that he squeezes out C's and B-s at the end. Damn, he's the man!
One evening, after grades settle in and he's eating dinner in front of the TV, and he's tried hard to avoid the tutor talk, he's reminded that he needs a tutor if he wants to keep on driving his truck.
"I've set it up; she'll be here on Saturday morning. I think she may go to your school, her name is Rachel Berry." his mom says.
The topic is closed for discussion and he quickly eats his food and sulks to his room. He tries hard not to send Rachel hate texts for keeping this to herself, and realizes that Rachel Berry may be the downfall to his perfectly crafted school plan.