Hey guys! I'm back with another story. This is a sequel to I Still Believe. I highly recommend reading that before this, if you already haven't, so it would make more sense. But it's your decision. Another quick shout out to all of you who did read, review, and favorite that story. I'm planning to use some parts of the episodes from season 2 in my story but will pretty different considering that this is a Fuinn story. One thing I changed was that Matt didn't move. He's still at McKinley. Hope you enjoy!
We Came Back Stronger
Sadly the beautiful and wonderful days of summer were now over and the first day of school was about to begin. My first day of junior year was just about to start. I don't have the normal teenage life. I have a beautiful daughter named Beth. Who isn't the biological daughter of my loving boyfriend, Finn Hudson, but the daughter of his best friend, Noah Puckerman. Even though Puck is the biological father, Finn is Beth's Daddy.
I worked really hard during the summer, working off the all weight I gained while carrying Beth around for nine months. By the end of the summer, I felt and looked much better. I looked almost as good as I did before I got pregnant.
I got Beth ready for her day at the daycare. I packed a baby bag and changed her. Then, I gathered all the stuff that I would need for school. As soon as I finished, I headed downstairs into the kitchen to be greeted with Mercedes and my new mom.
During the summer, Mr. and Mrs. Jones and I have become a lot closer. Eventually I ended up calling them Mom and Dad because that's what they were. They were my parents who loved me for who I am. Not to mention that they are amazing grandparents to Beth.
"Good morning, sweetie." Mom said.
"Morning, Quinn." Mercedes called.
"Good morning, you guys." I walk over and give my mom a big hug before joining Mercedes for breakfast.
"So are you girls excited for your first day of school?" She asked.
"Yeah!" We answered enthusiastically. Honestly I was nervous and kinda scared. I mean it's the first year I start while still taking care of a baby. I'm not completely sure if I can handle all the talk and bullying that was surely gonna happen.
"That's good. I want you two to have fun with your friends today. Oh and don't forget to look out for each other ok? Sisters stick together, remember that." Our mom tells us before she kisses both of our heads and goes to work.
"Finn and Puck are going to pick us up for school today. So we'll drop Beth off at the daycare and then head to school. Like we did at the end of year." I reminded Mercedes.
"Ok." She says as we finish our breakfast.
Just then the doorbell rings signaling the arrival of the two boys. I pick Beth up from the couch and head over to open the door.
"Hey, Q." Finn walks in and gives me a kiss. Then takes Beth from my hand and grabbing the baby bag so that I could grab my school stuff.
"Hi, Finn." I walk up and give him a hug.
"Morning Mercedes." He directs to my sister. She gives him a big smile. "Puckerman's waiting for you in the back of the car. He seems to be really excited to see you."
I watch as Mercedes happily rushes over to the car to greet her boyfriend. They didn't get to spend that much time together since Puck and his family had to go and visit their sick grandma. And when they got back we went on vacation for a few days.
When we arrive at school, Mercedes and Puck immediately go out in search of the other members of New Directions. I wasn't too happy to arrive at school because reality made me remember my morning fears of starting my junior year. High school students can be very cruel, I would know, I used to be one. But not anymore.
Finn walked over to my door and opened it for me. He must have noticed my hesitation to get out of the car because I felt him grab my hand with one of his and used the other to grab my chin so that I would face him.
"What's wrong, Quinn?" He seemed worried.
"I'm scared." I sheepishly admit.
He looked at me a bit confused. "Scared? Scared of what?"
"I'm scared of going in there and seeing all those people who saw the perfect girl I pretended to be. And now they all have the chance to get back at me for all the times I bullied them." I bury my face into his chest. "I don't know if I'll be able to take all the talk that will be revolving around the school."
"Hey...hey. Quinn. Look at me. Come on look at me." I hear him telling me. I eventually pull myself from his chest and look into his eyes. "It's ok to be scared of all the talk. I'll admit that I'm really not gonna like the talk going around about our family. But we can't really stop it, we just have to face it. I'm going to be there for you, glee's going to be there for us. We're going to be ok. And eventually something will come along that get people talking about something else. No matter what, as long as we have each other and our friends, we'll be ok."
I let out a little laugh. "When did my boyfriend get so smart?"
"When my girlfriend decided to take me back so that we could raise our daughter together." I smile before giving him a kiss. "Let's go. Everyone's probably waiting for us."
We walk to the front of the school to find everyone from New Directions. Even Rachel. Finn and I walk over and were greeted with a lot of huge grins. I walked over to the girls and Finn went over to the guys.
The first thing I noticed that was different than from the last day of school last year, was that Tina and Artie weren't together and talking to each other. I later found out that they had broken up because Tina and Mike got closer while at Asian Camp as did Artie and Brittany while they stayed in Lima. Both new couples seemed to be happy, meaning they may have had an easy and clean break up. Which I thought never existed.
Mercedes and Puck seemed to be very happy to be able to see each other again after the long summer apart. Matt and Santana looked be still going strong. Rachel and Jesse were still seeing each other even though it's different since Jesse just moved out to California to attend UCLA. From what I've been told, they were working hard on keeping a long distance relationship going.
I also heard from Mercedes and was later confirmed by Kurt himself, that he and Blaine were now officially more than friends. They were together. As in, in a relationship. As in boyfriend and boyfriend. I was so happy for the two of them.
I decided that even in the shape I am in, I will not be trying out for the Cheerios again. I do not need Sue Sylvester there to make my year even harder that it was already going to be. And I definitely didn't need to hear any talk from her about my daughter. Which was the reason why she kicked me off the Cheerios anyway.
"So who's ready to go in and rock this place?" Puck asked the entire group.
"Let's do this!" We all cheered.
We all walked in together as one big group. We were proud to walk in as one big group. I mean we did just come back from Nationals in California and placed fourth place! Who wouldn't be proud to walk in with their friends who made that big of an accomplishment?
We headed to the choir room since Mr. Shue emailed us all that he wanted us to have a quick meeting before school started. I walked into glee club hand in hand with Finn. We walked in and took a seat by Puck and Mercedes. We continued to talk until our favorite teacher and glee club director, Mr. Shue walked in with a couple of papers in hand.
"Welcome back, you guys! I'm glad that you guys were safe and are back at school. Who's ready to take Nationals all the way this time?" Mr. Shue shouted. We all agreed by cheering and some screaming their head off, namely Brittany. "Well I'm glad that you guys are excited. I think that we'll be great this year. But we'll still gonna have to work hard if we want to assure ourselves a spot at Nationals."
"Don't worry, Mr. Shue. We'll work extra hard to make it to Nationals this year." Rachel assured him. "We all want to win Nationals as much as you do, maybe even more."
"Well, I'm sure you all will. But I think one way we could get better is by getting some new members. New members mean more voices which could all help out in the end. So I want us to try and go find some people who may be interested in joining."
"What people would join, Mr. Shue? No offense to any of us but I mean we're still the losers of the school. Almost everyone knows that." Puck reminded us.
"You're right, Puck. People may still think that being in glee isn't cool. But we could remind them that we did just rank fourth place at Nationals. Not to mention that Nationals will be held somewhere special this year. This year Nationals will be hosted in..." He paused for dramatic effect. "NEW YORK!"
"Oh my gosh. Oh my gosh. Please Mr. Shue tell me that you aren't kidding. That this isn't some sick joke." Rachel practically pleaded.
"This isn't a joke, Rachel. If we make it to Nationals, we're going to New York!" He assured her and the rest of us.
"So you want us to use the facts that we placed fourth at Nationals this year, and that if we make it to Nationals this year we're head off to New York; so that we could hopefully get some new members to join. Despite our reputations at the bottom." I ask for clarity.
"Yes, Quinn. That's exactly what I want you guys to do. Just like you guys, there are some people who have a love of music that is greater than the thought of their reputations. We just need to find them. Some of you may have taken some time to get to that conclusion. But you did and you became a family. So let's expand it." Mr. Shue explained encouragingly.
"Ok, Mr. Shue. I guess we could give it a try. And I have an idea on how to find those people." Puck commented.
"Yeah? Well let's here it Puck." Mr. Shue
Artie: Yeah, I'm up at Brooklyn,
Now I'm down in Tribeca, right next to DeNiro,
But I'll be hood forever, I'm the new Sinatra,
And since I made it here, I can make it anywhere,
Yeah they love me everywhere,
Finn: I used to cop in Harlem, All of my Dominicanos
Right there up on Broadway,
Brought me back to that McDonald's,
Took it to my stash box,
Five Sixty State street,
Catch me in the kitchen like a Simmons with them pastries,
Puck: Cruising down 8th street, Off white Lexus,
Driving so slow but BK is from Texas,
Me I'm up at BedStuy, Home of that boy Biggie,
Now I live on Billboard,
And I brought my boys with me,
Say what up to Ty Ty, still sipping Mai Tai's
Sitting courtside, Knicks and Nets give me high fives,
J-gga I be spiked out, I can trip a referee,
Tell by my attitude that I most definitely from…
New Directions: In New York,
Concrete jungle where dreams are made of,
There's nothing you can't do,
Now you're in New York, these streets will make you feel brand new,
Big lights will inspire you, Let's hear it for New York, New York, New York
Finn: Catch me at the X with OG at a Yankee game,
Dude I made a Yankee hat more famous than a Yankee can,
You should know I bleed Blue, but I aint a crip tho,
But I got a gang of brothers walking with my clique though,
Welcome to the Melting Pot, corners where we selling rocks,
Africa bambaataa, home of the hip hop,
Yellow cap, gypsy cap, dollar cab, holla back,
For foreigners, it ain't for they act like they forgot how to act,
Puck: 8 million stories out there in it naked,
The city is a pity half o' y'all won't make it,
Me, I gotta plug Special Ed "I Got It Made",
If Jesus payin' LeBron, I'm payin' Dwayne Wade,
3 dice Cee-Lo, 3 card Marley, Labor Day Parade,
Rest in peace Bob Marley, Statue of Liberty,
Long live the World trade, long live the kingdom,
I'm from the empire state that's…
New Directions: In New York,
Concrete jungle where dreams are made of,
There's nothing you can't do,
Now you're in New York,
These streets will make you feel brand new,
Big lights will inspire you,
Let's hear it for New York, New York, New York
Artie: Lights is blinding, girls need blinders
So they can step out of bounds quick,
Lined with casualties, who sipping life casually,
Then gradually become worse, don't bite the apple Eve,
Caught up in the in crowd, now your in-style,
End in the winter gets cold en vogue with your skin out,
The city of sin is a pity on a whim,
Good girls gone bad, the city's filled with them,
Finn: Mommy took a bus trip and now she got her bust out
Everybody ride her, just like a bus route,
Hail Mary to the city your a virgin, and
Jesus can't save you life starts when the church ends,
Came here for school, graduated to the high life,
Ball players, rap stars, addicted to the limelight,
Dub MHS got you feeling like a champion,
The city never sleeps better slip you an Ambien
New Directions:
In New York,
Concrete jungle where dreams are made of,
There's nothing you can't do,
Now you're in New York,
These streets will make you feel brand new,
Big lights will inspire you,
Let's hear it for New York, New York, New York
Mercedes: One hand in the air for the big city
Street lights, big dreams all looking pretty,
No place in the World that could compare,
Put your lighters in the air,
Everybody say yeaaahh come on, come, yeah,
New Directions: In New York,
Concrete jungle where dreams are made of,
There's nothing you can't do,
Now you're in New York,
These streets will make you feel brand new,
Big lights will inspire you,
Let's hear it for New York, New York, New York.
We finished our performance on the steps of the school in our New York outfits. We looked to see if anyone was interested but I didn't see anyone. But as we were walking back inside, Finn told me that he saw a guy who looked into the performance. He was gonna try to get the guy to join. I smiled at how Finn was so determined to get the new kid to join glee club before he noticed how uncool it was to everyone else.
"So you think he would join?" Finn asked me.
"I don't know. He might, but we won't know until we try. Will you walk with me to the daycare to pick Beth up?" I say.
He smiled, even more determined to get the new kid to join. "Sure." Finn intertwined his fingers with mine as we walk off with our office pass to pick up our daughter and get back in time for glee.
The day was going pretty well. I did hear some of the names people called me and managed to catch some parts of other peoples conversation but I kept my head held up. It wasn't that bad of a first day. But I kinda figured that it was probably because people were too busy catching up with their friends about their summers. I knew that I still had a long year ahead of me and the worst part hasn't even begun.
Did you like it? I really hoped you did. I do have some plans already in mind so if you guys want me to continue I'll try to update soon. Any suggestions or ideas would help. Thanks for reading! Please review!
