Saturday morning and Puck was forced to go to this stupid festival that had been a Lima tradition, since like forever. Puck had always hated the festival. When he was a kid he thought the rides were terrible, and he still thought the food tasted like absolute horse crap.
In his younger years his only sanctuary was hanging out with his best friend Finn and poking fun at Quinn, Rachel, Santana and Brittany, and then in the last couple of years it was trying to pick up as many cougars as he could but now he had nothing.
Puck hadn't really insulted those girls, at least not at the festival, for the last couple of years and he hadn't had sex with a cougar ever since he found out Quinn was pregnant with his baby, so now he was sure he was going to be more bored then ever. Sure the glee clubbers were going to be there, well maybe except for the one gleek he wanted there, who hadn't gone for the past three years, ever since 'the incident', but they hadn't really ever spoken to him outside of glee club, heck even Finn was being distant and he didn't even know yet that the baby wasn't his.
As he arrived at the park, where the festival was held, with his mother and sister, Puck got out of the car and stuffed his hands in his pockets, with the same pissed off expression he had had every year when he arrived at this place.
Puck walked though the park, catching glares from pretty much everyone in Lima, for someone who was a stud he sure as hell was hated in this cow town, although he did get some winks from the teenage girls and cougars, but it did nothing for him. Puck's mind had only been on one person for a long time now, not including his unborn daughter, who he also thought about.
After about ten minutes Puck had made his way to the centre of the park, after walking most of it and finding nothing to do, although he did grab some food. Puck took a bite of the burger he bought but quickly spat it out and groaning "still taste like shit." After a couple of seconds Puck looked to the left, where a massive water fountain was located, and saw the gleeks, although as he suspected, the one person he wanted to be there wasn't.
Puck walked over to gleek's and flashed them a small smile "hey guys" he said to them although no one but Brittany, Kurt and Artie gave him any acknowledgement, Finn was looking in the opposite direction and Quinn was looking at her shoes, it was like someone had died, but it didn't look like that seconds ago when he looked at them from where he was standing, in fact they looked to be having the times of their lives. Just as Puck opened his mouth to ask why they were being a bunch of asses he heard her voice behind him, the voice of the one person he wanted to see, the voice of the person that takes his breath away.
Puck turned around quickly and smiled, a much more genuine smile than before, as he saw Rachel Berry "hey Rach" he replied, his mind and heart going a million miles an hour. Before he could say anything else she grabbed his arm gently and said "I want to introduce you to my dads… they just met everyone else" and she was dragging him away before he could give an answer.
As they were out of the sight of the glee clubbers, Puck stopped in his tracks, which made Rachel stop in front of him "is everything alright" she asked to which he nodded "yeah everything's fine but I gotta tell you something first" he said. He was finally going to do it. It had been four years, four long years, that he had felt the same way for her. That he knew he loved her and he was finally going to say it.
Puck opened his mouth and was about to tell her everything but a voice from behind him caught his attention, it was the police commissioner and was talking to Rachel, not even giving Puck a glace, but it didn't bother him, in fact he wasn't even paying attention, that was until he heard him say that her dads told him she had a boyfriend "that nice kid" he said with a glare at Puck "John Davids… from Vocal Adrenaline" Puck looked down at Rachel who was nodding with shy smile.
What the fuck was all Puck thought, suddenly he felt like some was trying to crush his lungs, he couldn't breath, he needed out of the festival, heck probably the town. He pulled his arm away from Rachel, who looked confused and a little hurt but he didn't let it phase him.
Puck searched his pockets for his keys but remembered he came with his mum so he walked over to her and grabbed the keys from her handbag without her noticing, he would just have to text her later and tell her he had them but right now he needed out.
Once in the car Puck started the engine and began to drive, with no real destination, but before he knew he had acquired a whole lot of beer and was stopping in the same riverside where he impregnated Quinn. Puck got out of the car and got the beer out from the back. He sat down in front of a large tree and leaned back on it, he pulled his cell phone out and messaged his mum letting her know he had the car.
Next second Puck cracked open his first beer and downing it, letting his mind keep the image of Rachel's face when the commissioner mentioned her boyfriend, he also made a mental note to beat the loser within an inch of his life, which was done while downing the second beer.
After a couple more beers Puck began to think back to four years ago when he realized his feelings for her but than they went even further to the time they first met.