Seven Deadly Sins...
A/N: Okay so this will be a series of one-shots, in honor of my birthday which is on the 22nd of this month. So this is my birthday present to me! The one shots will cover all seven of the deadly sins and possibly the seven "heavenly Virtues" if the Sins are recieved well. So please alert and review at the end!
A/N2: The snippet of poem in the middle is from "Envy" by Adelaide Proctor.
Disclaimer: I do not own Glee. I am just playing in this sandbox until my mom comes back with my "juice box" of Chardonnay!
Rated T for Puck's language. Cause the boy cusses like a sailor in my world!
Envy (also called invidiousness) may be defined as an emotion that "occurs when a person lacks another's (perceived) superior quality, achievement, or possession and either desires it or wishes that the other lacked it."
This all started because of one moment of jealousy.
She stared at the two of them, laughing at each other in their cute little corner. They were completely oblivious to everyone else in the choir room, wrapped up in their own little world. She would say something clever, and he would laugh, then lean in for a sweet little kiss, the love for the craziest person alive evident in his eyes. Then he would say something back, or he would just sing a little bit of a song, and her eyes would light up and you could see that the Mowhawked football player was her entire world at that moment in time.
It wasn't fair. She was carrying his child; he needed to be as miserable as she was! She lost everything. She lost the love of her life, her popularity, her friends, her home, her family, everything! And he gets to be happy? It didn't matter that the rest of the school hated him, as long as he had Rachel; Puck was going to be alright. It wasn't fair. She should have all of those things, not him!
"Careful, Q. Such green eyes don't look good on you." Kurt leaned over to whisper in her ear.
"I don't know what you're talking about, Kurt" Quinn whispered back, "I'm not looking at anything in particular.''
"Yes you are. You want what he's got now. You want someone to stand by you. You wanted him to stand by YOU, but everyone knows that he's standing by his child and Rachel. All that bitchiness pay off for you now?" Kurt whispered back, before going back to his conversation with Mercedes, Tina, and Artie.
Quinn quickly looked around to see if anyone else had seen what the soprano had seen. She saw Matt, Mike, Santana, and Brittany all ignoring her and saw Finn glaring at the couple in the corner; then he turned to talk to Matt and Mike. How did her life get to this point? How in the world did she get to the point that she was envious of Rachel Berry? How did she get to the point of being alone in a roomful of people? She rubbed her stomach, assuring the tiny life that was growing in there.
Spite of his many successes,
Men loved him the same;
My one pale ray of good fortune
Met scoffing and blame.
When we erred, they gave him pity,
But me -- only shame.
Everyone loved Finn even more now that the secret was out. They all said that he was a victim of her lie. That he was still Saint Finn who could do no wrong. Did anyone take into account why she did what she did? That she felt like she was losing Finn, and needed to do something to keep him. But it wasn't really that. She knew that Puck wanted her. She had seen him looking at her, wanting her and what she stood for. And in one weak moment she took advantage of the fact that he wanted her. She had been so jealous because she knew where Finn was that night. He had been with Berry, trying for the high B, and not with her. So she let the little green-eyed monster take over her inhibitions and look where it got her. Pregnant and alone.
"Quinn, do you want to talk?" came the hesitant voice of Rachel Berry. But that was not one of the voices she wanted to hear.
All at once the little green-eyed monster reared its ugly head and the words that poured out of her mouth; she had never said anything with such venom.
"I don't need your help, you bitch! You take everything from me! You tried to take Finn, and then you took Puck! You took it all, and I don't need your help! Just take your slutty person back to that Lima Loser, and leave me alone, you stupid, no talent, drag queen, midget nobody!" Quinn yelled at Rachel, throwing the hand that Rachel had placed on her shoulder so violently that Rachel stumbled back a few steps and slammed into an empty chair and fell down. Puck was up like a shot to pick his girlfriend up and glare at his baby mama.
"The fuck is wrong with you, Quinn? She was just asking you a question!" He snarled at Quinn who was frozen at the site of Puck being so nice to someone that until a couple of weeks ago, he hated.
"Why? Why are you with her? I thought that you wanted to be with me?" Quinn asked in a small, lost little voice. "Why can't I have you? Why does it have to be her," Quinn pointed at Rachel who was sitting on a chair now, being nursed by Puck, "that both of you run too?" referring to Finn crushing on Rachel also.
Puck sighed and looked at Rachel. She nodded in understanding at the question in his eyes, and he got up and pulled Quinn gently by the arm out of the room and away from all of the eyes of the rest of the Glee kids. They walked down the hallway a little bit and sat on a bench next to a trophy case that had one trophy for the hockey team. They sat there in silence for a little while before Puck sighed and turned to Quinn.
"Quinn, I'm not with you because you've rejected me so many times before. I've always wanted to do right by you and the baby, but you've never fucking let me. It's always been your way or the damn highway. Well, I chose the highway. I'm happy right now, Quinn. I'll stand by you because of the baby, but I'm with Rachel. She doesn't shit on me like you do. She doesn't call me a Lima Loser; she believes that I can do more in my life than just hang around this crappy cow town."
With that comment, Puck stood up and started to walk back to the classroom. He turned around before he got too far. "You know you did this to yourself? Not the pregnancy, but the being alone. You have pushed everyone away that wanted to help you. If you're alone right now, it's because you wanted it that way. You want to keep the "Holier than thou" attitude, then go right ahead. But it won't get you your friends back and it sure as hell won't get Finn back." He turned around and walked back into the Glee classroom. Quinn sat silently on the bench and thought about what he said.
Quinn hated that he was right. She hated that she had done this to herself. All because of one moment of jealousy that caused her to lose her popularity, her boyfriend, and her family. She couldn't keep the tiny life that was growing in her…she wasn't fit to be anyone's mother. Quinn sighed bitterly as a single tear slid down her cheek. So many people's lives ruined because of one moment of jealousy.
This was beta'd by Novice242. She was awesome with suggestions when I was stuck and she helped with the little mistakes. Thanks!
Please review! The next chapter will be Avarice (Greed)!