A/N: Hello readers! Thank you for taking the time out to read this, it means a lot even if you hate it. These are a collection of short oneshots that are basically Puck/Tina centric. It may be ever so slightly AUish at times but I'll warn you beforehand so you guys don't get confused. ^.^ I'm not quite sure when Tina invented her stutter but I'm going to say that from about First Grade onwards she invented it. I'm probably wrong but eh, what the hell. Also thank you to HanaDear for encouraging me to write this, you should go and check out all of her fics (especially the Pina ones) as they are extremely well written and I love them, you've been a great inspiration to me and I hope you enjoy this!

Fourth Grade

Noah 'Puck' Puckerman had never been able to deal with crying very well. In his eyes, crying was wasting time which could've been allocated to something much more badass. He wasn't completely sure what that something was as his days in fourth grade mostly consisted of him and his friends discussing the latest game that was out in the arcade –Street Fighter 2 –and the mysterious 'TEE' that kept beating Puck's previously undefeated high score. He, Matt and Mike had vowed to find out who this 'TEE' person was and show them who was boss even if that person was in high school. Puck wasn't afraid of any high school dude as his best friend Finn was already so tall that he could pass for a college quarterback. At least...that's what Puck and his friends thought.

So as he gingerly placed the quarter into the hand of the crying girl –'TEE' didn't stand for Timmy as Finn had thought. It actually stood for Tina, a girl in Puck's class who was surprisingly gifted when it came to gaming– he hoped that she was accept his 'peace offering' so he could get the hell out of here already. His so-called friends had already fled upon seeing Tina begin to cry, making up various excuses such as: "My mom's expecting me home and I'm already late...see ya Puck." –Matt, "I'm not gonna hit a girl Puck..." –Finn and "Omg! Is that Tony the Tiger?" –Mike; leaving him alone to deal with the soggy mess that was Tina.

"I'm not gonna apologize," Puck said gruffly, frowning a little when she sniffled in reply. "I mean, I'm not gonna apologize about pushing you over. I am sorry I guess that you bumped your head on the wall, I mean that wasn't part of the plan but can you stop crying so I can go home?"

Tina glanced up at him and held his gaze despite the tears that were clouding her vision. So what if he apologized? Her head really hurt and he was lucky she didn't sue him. She frowned inwardly, who was she kidding? Wiping her eyes with her sleeve she picked herself up.

"I've s-s-stopped crying, y-you can go n-now." She said curtly, looking in his direction but not quite looking at him.

Somehow this made him feel more uncomfortable than the crying.

"Gee, Tina you know I didn't mean it. It was just one of those things you know? How about I let you beat me to make up for it? Don't worry I'll pay." He replied, taking another couple quarters out of his pocket in an attempt to make her stop giving him that look.

What was with that? The look she gave him was so distant yet it made him feel like she was somehow looking at him with x-ray vision. He felt something he hadn't felt in a long time. He felt vulnerable. Exposed.

He inserted the money into the machine so he didn't have to look at her and had an internal debate with himself.

Why was he doing this anyway? Tina was just another girl in his class...wasn't she? He didn't have to do this; but somehow he felt like he owed it to her. He owed her this much as he was pretty sure that gash on her forehead –no matter how small it was– wasn't going to go away anytime soon and anyway he could do without the overwhelming sense of guilt he'd feel every time he looked at her until it disappeared.

"So are you going to join me? I'm sure you know as a guy I'm not that great at multi-tasking and playing against myself would be-"

"D-d-do you e-ever stop t-t-talking a-a-about yourself?" She interrupted, rolling her eyes but smiling slightly as she did so. She came over to the joystick turned to him and grinned,

"Just so y-y-you know, y-y-you are about t-t-to get y-your a-a-ass kicked."

Puck scoffed and selected his character,

"We'll see about that Stutterfly."

I hope you liked that! I really enjoyed writing it and I'm sorry if the characters seem very OOC I tried my hardest to keep them in character. Don't worry the Tina in these oneshots will not be constantly a puddle of mascara on the floor, hopefully you'll see the badass Tina that I adore. If there are any suggestions or characters you'd like to see in these oneshots please let me know via review and I'll try to work them in for you guys. So please review!

Lots of glee-filled love,

Vienna x