Chapter 2: It's Not That Easy

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Noah's POV:

"That's why you kissed me then!"

I was sitting on the sofa with Finn watching TV and explaining to him what happened out in the hall. He started laughing. I frowned, this wasn't funny, and I was already regretting this.

"Dude," he said still laughing, "She's gonna totally kick your ass!"

"Thanks for being supportive;" I told him, "She always wins these bets!"

Finn smirked, "So does everyone in glee include you or are you gonna be missing on the tongue action?" he asked me slyly. I both sank into my seat and blushed.

"I don't think that we're supposed to pull each other." I told him, "Even if we were I wouldn't do it."

Finn sighed, "Oh come on!" he said sitting forward, "You're telling me that there hasn't been one time in your life where you just wanted to kiss her, or do her, or take her out dancing?"

I raised an eyebrow and answered calmly, "No." I told him, "Again, just friends."

Finn looked at me dully, "I'm telling you man there is so much sexual tension around you two it pains me to watch you."

I laughed, "Says the guy who comes all over himself just by kissing his girlfriend," I teased, "You're such an amateur!"

"An amateur with a high sperm cal," he mumbled, "I still can't believe that happened, hey you've made out in a hot tub right, did that ever happen to you?"

"No," I answered him feeling slightly uncomfortable, "I don't come making out, I come when I have sex."

Finn gave me a dirty look. He obviously felt the sudden rise in tension between us.

"Anyway," he said changing the subject, "She's a really good kisser, I mean seriously good, better than Quinn by far."

I raised my eyebrow; Julie's a better kisser than Quinn huh, "Seriously."

Finn nodded, "If I wasn't about to become a father I would have totally done some serious tongue twisting with her."

"No way," I said sounding a bit surprised, "Julie, our Julie, the same Julie that would rather sit at home and play Xbox than date Dex?"

Finn nodded, "Either her or Rachel."

I snorted, "Rachel." I told him. He frowned.

"Why?" he asked me, "What's wrong with Julie."

"She'd blow you off so you could go date Rachel," I told him simply, "Rachel may be a bitch, but, I think that Julie's her 'friend', and knowing Julie, she would never let you take her out unless Berry was ok with it, and knowing Berry, that's not gonna happen."

Finn's once cheery face turned sadder.

"Well," he said sounding a little quieter, "I don't mind that, Julie's great, but Rachel's…"

He went into a bit of a zone 'cause he was staring randomly at the coffee table. I hit him on the head. He glared at me.

"Dude," he told me, "not cool."

"Dude," I told him back, "you randomly dazed off, what was I supposed to do? You might have done something drastic, like, think."

He glared at me, "Yeah you're right, I remember how dangerous it turned out to be when you tried that."

"I'm not stupid," I told him, "I could beat anyone at school on a Math test."

"Yeah right." Finn answered back. I suddenly forgot that no-one at school, except for Julie, knew that I secretly was a bit of a nerd. In fact, I secretly wanted to be a geneticist, particularly a genetics laboratory technician or something in that area. But being a nerd with badass guns like mine at school? Are you kidding?

"Finn I'm serious," I told him sounding a little annoyed, "I'm gonna be a scientist."

Finn stared at me waiting for me to cave in. The doorbell rang and my little sister Mary ran to the door. She opened the door letting out a shriek of excitement at the new guest in the house.

"Julie!"

I gave a slight smile. Julie could defiantly back me up on this. Finn turned around giving her a large smirk.

"Julie!" Mary said jumping up and down, "I got an A in my spelling test today!"

Julie gave her a hug and a warm smile. I could tell she was proud of Mary, and she should have been, since she was Mary's tutor. She tutored her in everything twice a week and requested to do it for free, and ever since then Mary's grades had improved drastically, and my mother had been even happier that her little girl finally got the attention that she couldn't give her because she worked so hard.

She let go of my sister and turned to the both of us. She blushed slightly when she saw Finn. My once so evident smile turned a bit sour; Finn was probably gonna ask her about today in the hall.

"Julie-Ann," he said slyly, "don't I get a hug babe?"

Julie laughed, "Baby," she said in an overly flirtatious voice, "I've given you enough already."

"Oh God," I mumbled under my breath. This was way too corny for me. How was I gonna last until next Friday? That was what, 10 days away!

Julie smirked at me, "And I think Puck gave you plenty too."

It felt weird when she said Puck. She only called me Noah when we were alone or at each other's cribs. I gave her a dirty look.

Finn turned to me, "Yeah," he said laughing, "He told me why you were so eager to see me after practice…and why he wasn't so happy to see me after practice."

"Like you didn't enjoy that," Julie said walking with Mary to the kitchen which was right next to the living room, "I saw you smack your lips when we were done."

I laughed when I saw Finn blush a bit, "Hey," I said getting up, "what can you say? I'm just a really good kisser."

Finn gave me a light push and Julie started laughing again. Mary turned to me.

"You kissed Finn?!" she said in a sudden horror. I felt myself go pink. Julie looked at her in a sudden shock whilst Finn who had started setting up the video game console turned to Mary shaking his head in denial.

Julie turned Mary around and away from me, "Of coarse he didn't," she said softly, "we were just saying stupid stuff. Puck's too much of a man to do an ewwy thing like kiss a boy, and we weren't talking about Puck and Finn kissing, we were just having fun that's all, ok sweetie?" Mary nodded her head and turned to me.

"So you didn't kiss with each other?" she asked, I assumed, us guys. Me and Finn shook our heads in unison.

"Did you kiss with them Julie?" she asked her innocently. I closed my eyes at the suddenly awkward situation. I couldn't have my sister saying that I kissed guys, otherwise, I swear my mother would either die or kill me, and she knew that Julie wouldn't kiss me! So why was she even asking her?

Julie made a dramatic shake to her head, "You think I want to get coodies!?" she asked with a laugh. Mary smiled at her, "Come we better go and get started, we're doing Math today."

"Puck you better study hard otherwise your sister will beat you." Finn said smirking. I sat back down on the sofa and turned to Julie who was sitting on the dining room table getting ready to help Mary study.

"Julie," I started grabbing the control for the consol and getting ready to play, "What do I want to be when I grow up?"

"Scientist." she answered. Finn looked at me with doubt.

"Ok?" he said not sounding convinced, "How good is he in Math?"

A large evil smile crept on my face as Julie answered, "He's already passed his Math requirement for high school, so when we all have Math he has a free. He's a lot better at Math than I am."

Finn's facial expression turned from disbelief into shock but then…which was a bit strange…he looked at me and gave me a sort of, 'wow, my best friend's a genius, that's so cool,' look.

He turned to the game and didn't say anything for a while.

Julie-Ann's POV:

"Yes!" I said loudly at the TV displaying a You Win sign on the screen. Puck through the controller on the floor in admitted defeat and Finn who had given up ages ago looked at his watch.

"Hey it's getting late," he said to Puck, "I better get going or my mom will kill me."

He stood up said his manly good bye to Puck, hugged Mary and winked at me, making me blush a little, and left. I smiled lightly. Puck coughed.

"Erm," he said grabbing my attention, "after you're done drooling, do you wanna help me make dinner? You are staying over right?"

I looked over at Mary who was now watching SpongeBob on the TV. "Sure," I said walking over to the kitchen, "and I wasn't drooling."

Puck laughed, "Right and the sky's pink." He said getting the bread out of the pantry and the butter from the fridge.

"I guess it is," I told him taking the chicken cold meat out of the fridge as well as the cheese and the lettuce, "seriously Noah, get your eyes checked."

He laughed, "Whatever Miss 'Baby I've given you enough already', I swear you wanted to do very naughty inappropriate things with him alone." I frowned.

"Rachel likes Finn," I told him calmly, "She got with him first, and also, he has a girlfriend, remember, Quinn?"

He started buttering the bread slower than he usually would. I sighed. I shouldn't have reminded him about Quinn, this was the first time in ages where he was starting to be like his old self again. Well, all he needed was his cell phone sexting some random hoe and then he would've been normal again.

I placed my hand on his shoulder trying to comfort him best I could. When we were younger I would've hugged him, but, knowing Puck that would've been too awkward for him. He turned to me giving me a half-hearted smile.

"Great," he said quietly, "your making me go all soft."

I smiled at him warmly, "I'm sorry."

He shrugged and went back to making the sandwiches, "Don't be," he told me sternly, "you shouldn't be sorry, you should be praised. You really pulled through for Finn and Quinn. And…"

He suddenly frowned deeply whilst staring at the table, "you really pulled through for me.

I laughed and punched him lightly on the arm, "God you're so cheesy! You're right you're going soft."

He finished and took one plate of sandwiches to Mary, who ate quickly, and then went upstairs to go to bed. Puck and I ate our sandwiches by the TV. Puck flicked to a channel with a movie on. It was a horror movie.

"Noah I'm not watching that." I told him sternly, he knew how much I hated horror movies, "I wont be able to sleep tonight."

"It's not like your gonna be sleeping alone though," he reminded me. He was right. I slept on the mattress on the floor in his room, since I was over quite a lot, and his bed was right next to it.

I sunk into the sofa, my face giving off a large look of doubt. He got up and got us a blanket. I stared at him.

"When you get scared just close your eyes and hide under this." he told me. I nodded and then looked at what we were exactly watching.

Great, The Grudge, and on a school night, I was defiantly not gonna get any sleep.

I sat with a cushion in my hand and squeezing it hard. I suddenly got scared and hid under the blanket as I was told. Puck laughed.

"Baby." He said to me sounding seriously amused. After this he was totally going to get it.

"Noah!" I urged him, "I hate horror films! Please can you change the channel?"

"Changing the channel is like you admitting defeat and not facing your fears," he told me slyly, "If you can go up to a boy you like kiss them stupid in front of me and then expect me to do it, which I did, then you can watch a horror film, no problem."

I got up from under the covers and glared at him, "Oh so this is because you know you're gonna lose the bet isn't it?" I said with a smile, "Stop trying to talk me out of it, I'm trying to prove a point to you."

"So am I." he said smirking, "besides, with the bet we don't actually win anything, but by facing a fear like, not being able to watch an entire horror film, that's it's own reward and point."

"You shouldn't win anything," I told him laughing, "but just out of curiosity what would you want form the bet?"

Bingo. His smirk grew larger. He stretched himself along the sofa without touching me, "A new guitar."

I raised an eyebrow at the idea. Smart kid. I knew that Puck wanted two things, a guitar and a new car. He was close to finally being able to buy the new guitar, but he knew that he was also pretty close to buying a new car too, so he didn't know what to spend it on…well now he did…

"Fine," I told him, "but what do I get?"

He looked at me hard, "What do you want?"

"If I win," I said thinking, "You have to do my Math homework for three months."

He frowned and then took his hand forward, "Deal." He said.

I shook his hand, "Deal." I repeated. I suddenly got really scared again and went under the covers. Puck sighed and cuddled up next to me.

"Better?" he asked sounding slightly annoyed, "with all this screaming and talking I cant hear a thing."

I nodded, "Thank you," I told him, "But you wont be very nice to me when you're doing my homework."

"You probably wont come over after you've bought my awesome badass guitar." he said with a confidence.

"Who we kissing tomorrow?" I asked him innocently, "You can pick since I got the first choice today."

He looked at me for a minute and then gave me an evil look. I gulped. I knew who we were kissing tomorrow.

"Rachel and Quinn." I heard him snigger.

God, tomorrow was gonna be a really shit day.

Noah's POV:

Mom came home two minutes after the movie ended and me and Julie went to bed. It was about 10:40 pm and, even though I had made Julie watch this film before, she was seriously freaked out. I told her that she could sleep besides me tonight, like how we used to when we were kids and when we'd get scared.

Not the best idea my horny little head's had.

Now, don't get me wrong Julie's not an ugly girl, but she's defiantly one that I wouldn't sleep with or do anything with. So when she somehow managed to fall asleep, it was about 12:30 now, she was perched up so close to me that her knee was dangerously close to a particular organ that I didn't want her to make contact with.

So, there I was, not moving an inch, with another person in my bed, and sleep deprived. I eventually fell asleep. But that's when strange things started to happen.

I was dreaming. I was dreaming and I was horny. Not to mention there was a girl on my bed. Even worse she was a virgin.

Now I don't know who the girl in my dream was. I didn't see her face, but let's just say I didn't sleep a wink that night, because whenever the girl in my dreams did anything to me, I forced myself to wake up. Julie was like my sister, and no way in hell was I having a wet dream when she was right next to me.

So I ended up staying awake the whole night, and I didn't know whether it was because I was tired or because I was sleeping right next to her, but I had a strange feeling that the girl in the dreams were her, but I forced myself to deny that. It was only a feeling, that girl wasn't her, that girl was anyone but her.

Then, as you probably would've guessed, I asked myself the stupidest question in the whole world:

What if it was?

I turned to my sleeping friend in a slight disgust and horror. If it was I would probably have myself circumcised…again…The things the girl did to me, or better yet wanted to do to me in my dreams were, epic, and I really wanted to know who the person was!

I didn't sleep a wink that night. When Julie woke up she turned and smiled to me.

"Thanks," she said with a yawn, "That was the best sleep I've had in ages."

When I heard that I slammed my head into the pillow, leaving her seriously confused, today was not going to be an easy day.

Julie-Ann's POV:

"You ready for this?" Puck asked me sounding half amused half afraid. I glared at him giving my best confident look I could muster.

"Of coarse," I told him, "This is gonna be a piece of cake."

He smirked at me, "Ok then," he said slyly, "ladies first, go get her!"

Rachel Berry was standing by her locker, looking at her schedule, and getting ready for class. I gulped and began walking forward.

Kissing Finn was easy because I knew neither of us took it seriously, but, Rachel was my glee rival, my worst friend, she was a friend full stop. This was going to be so hard to get out of. But I had an advantage. Puck was going second and he didn't like Rachel that much, hell he probably liked her more now than when he was dating her.

Rachel smiled at me warmly, "Hey Julie-Ann," she said sweetly. I drew in a breath.

"Rachel I'm sorry for what I'm about to do now," I told her, "but its for a dare and I hope you don't get offended."

She looked at me puzzlingly. I closed my eyes and quickly pecked her on the lips and then ran. Thank God I was faster than most of the non cheerio/jock members of the glee club, not that she was chasing after me, but I needed time to brush my teeth and get some mouth wash.

I was gurgling in the bathroom when she came in laughing. I looked at her half curious half worried. She stood next to me smiling.

"Finn warned me last night," she said, "He told me about your little gamble with Puck and that I should be prepared."

I let out a sigh. Then I stiffened again, "Did he tell anyone else?"

Rachel shook her head, "No," she said calmly just me, "I was going to tell you I but you checked me off your list before I got the chance."

I laughed, "Sorry, I thought you were gonna kill me." I admitted. She frowned.

"I am a strong believer of non-violence," she said and then she gave me an amused look, "besides; I wouldn't have been able to catch up with you even if I tried."

I smirked, "Well I suppose all those hours running after Puck trying to kick his ass really paid off."

She laughed, "Well, how many glee members have you done?"

"Just two," I told her, "I'm gonna have to do Quinn today too."

Rachel gave me a serious look and then leaned herself at the edge of the sink, "What do you think of Quinn."

I looked at her trying to choose my words the best I could, "I don't hate her but I'm not saying that she's my sister."

Rachel nodded at the statement, "Ok." She said in agreement, "What about Finn."

I smiled at her, "Ok, you've got nothing to worry about," I told her, "I like Finn, but I know how much you like him too, and so you can have him, you like him more than I do."

Her face immediately lit up, "He's not a toy," she said trying not to show her happiness over what I had told her, "If he likes you and if he and Quinn broke up and he asked you out then you should go out with him."

I shook my head, "No," I told her, "He's not my type anyway, he's all yours."

She suddenly hugged me. I felt severely uncomfortable but then remembered that Rachel didn't have many friends to hug so accepted her friendly cling on me.

"Thank you." She said happily, "From now on I'm gonna help you every step of the way."

"Augh," I started sounding stunned, "Ok, but I don't need that much help."

Rachel let go off me and then stared at me seriously again, "Yes you will," she told me, "I know the others a lot better than you do, you need someone like me to help you win this bet. Besides then the teams will be even."

"Teams?" I repeated, "What teams?"

"Finn helping Puck," she sated, "and me helping you."

I thought about that, it seemed fair enough.

"Ok" I told her, "Let's do this."

When we were finally finished in the bathroom, we saw both Finn and Puck waiting outside. I smirked at him.

"Your turn." I told him. He shrugged and pecked Rachel on the lips making it look simple.

"Nothing dramatic in this bet Julie." He told me smirking, "Two down nine to go."

I sneered at him. He suddenly pointed at something. I turned.

Quinn.

I looked at him again and I knew he knew that I was asking him if he was ok with this. He nodded his head calmly. I sighed.

I will never forget the day Puck told me that Quinn was pregnant and I was 100% certain that memory was playing in his mind.

Noah's POV:

I took Julie under the breaches. We would come her from time to time when we had nothing better to do and just sit and talk. She could tell something was bugging me.

We lay on the grass looking up at the metal above us and hearing the sounds of the other jocks practicing under the midday sun. She was humming something. Sounded like that song Not That Easy by Lemar. My mind started remembering the lyrics and I felt myself at the urge of a mental breakdown.

Was it me?
Was it you?
Was it all the little things that I didn't do?
Try to move on, but I cant
no I cant imagine being someone else's man

Julie suddenly got up, "Hey are you ok?" she asked me, "You look like you're about to hit something."

I had to control my sudden rage. I sat up and looked at Julie in the eyes.

"Julie," I said to her softly, my throat unusually coarse, "What would you do if you were pregnant?"

She looked at me for a second and then she looked at the ground in deep thought.

"I wouldn't give it up," She told me, "I'd keep it."


girl I tried, I tried a million times
to get you off my mind
its not that easy no
not that easy
don't you know how hard it is for me
to smile and say goodbye
it's not that easy no
it's not that easy

I looked at my sneakers and forced myself to breath normally.

"What about the father." I asked her trying to sound innocent, "What would you do about him?"

She looked at me this time, "I would tell him," I said, "and I would allow him to be as involved as he wants, I wont put any pressure on him. If he wants to help, he can help, if he wants to abandon me, then hell he wouldn't have been an awesome father anyway."

Its not over
not for me
used to have so much faith and I still believe
you're my weakness
you're my strength
and one without the other
just don't make no sense

She then gave me a puzzled look, "Any reasons for the conversation?" she asked me quietly.

I turned from her to the ground again, "What if you had a boyfriend and fell pregnant but the baby wasn't his?"

Girl I tried, I tried a million times
get you off my mind
its not that easy no
not that easy
don't you know how hard it is for me
to smile and say goodbye
it's not that easy no
it's not that easy

She suddenly stiffened, "Puck, Santana's not pregnant is she?" she asked me sounding worried.

"Hell no!" I said to her hastily. She suddenly fell quiet. It fell silent.

"I would tell them both the truth."

I turned to the sudden source of noise in regret. Julie looked at me and then, she placed her hand on my shoulder in comfort. I stared at her dark worried orbs in guilt.

its not as easy for me
as it is for you
let me talk about it
its not that easy
listen
what am I meant to do without your love, your love
what am I meant to do without your love
oh what am I meant to do without your love, your love
what am I meant to do without your love

"Quinn's pregnant." I told her. She gave a slight gasp. I took in another breath, "Finn told me."

She then frowned, "If Quinn's pregnant then why are you-" She suddenly fell silent in the realization of what had actually happened. I didn't know when I started shaking, but I did.

girl I tried, I tried a million times
to get you off my mind
its not that easy no
not that easy
don't you know how hard it is for me
to smile and say goodbye
it's not that easy no
it's not that easy

Then Julie kneeled and pulled me to her chest wrapping her arms around me in comfort. I then did something I hadn't done since my dad had beaten me last. I began to cry.

What am I meant to do without your love, your love
what am I meant to do without your love
what am I meant to do without your love, your love
what am I meant to do without your love

"Shh," she said into my ear comfortingly, "It's ok. It's ok. It's ok."

"It's ok"

I closed my eyes at the realization again and felt myself feel al little more secure. She kept whispering to me that it would be ok, but I wasn't stupid, it wasn't ok.

Don't you know how hard it is for me
to smile and say goodbye
it's not that easy no
it's not that easy

"We're gonna go through with this together," she said to me, "Don't worry, I'm here, I'll always be here."

I snapped out of my little flashback as I watched her peck Quinn and run. I then laughed a little and did the same, knowing that she was watching me from behind. As I let go of Quinn and ran behind Julie, I realized something. I was going to have to tell Finn the truth and I knew that it wasn't gonna be easy.

But it was gonna be the right thing to do.

Please review my story!!! I could really use some adviceWas it me?
Was it you?
Was it all the little things that I didn't do?
Try to move on, but I can't,
No I can't imagine being someone else's man,

Girl I tried and tried a million times to get u off my mind,
Is not that easy, no, is not that easy,
Don't u know how hard it is for me to smile and say goodbye,
Is not that easy, no, is not that easy,

Its not over
Not for me.e.e
You still have so much faith and I still believe
You're my weakness
You're my strength
And one without the other,
Just no make no sense.

Girl I tried and tried a million times to get u off my mind,
Is not that easy, no, is not that easy,
Don't u know how hard it is for me to smile and say goodbye,
Is not that easy, no, is not that easy,

Is not as easy for me, as it is for you
Let me talk about it
It's not that easy

Listen,
What am I meant to do without your love, your love?
What am I meant to do without your love, your love?

What am I meant to do without your love, your love?
What am I meant to do without your love, your love?

Girl I tried and tried a million times to get u off my mind,
Is not that easy, no, not that easy,
Don't u know how hard it is for me to smile and say goodbye,
Is not that easy, no, not that easy,

What am I meant to do without your love, your love (When I wake up in the morning?)
What am I meant to do without your love, your love? (And u r not with me?)

Don't u know how hard it is for me to smile and say goodbye,
Is not that easy, no, not that easy,Was it me?
Was it you?
Was it all the little things that I didn't do?
Try to move on, but I can't,
No I can't imagine being someone else's man,

Girl I tried and tried a million times to get u off my mind,
Is not that easy, no, is not that easy,
Don't u know how hard it is for me to smile and say goodbye,
Is not that easy, no, is not that easy,

Its not over
Not for me.e.e
You still have so much faith and I still believe
You're my weakness
You're my strength
And one without the other,
Just no make no sense.

Girl I tried and tried a million times to get u off my mind,
Is not that easy, no, is not that easy,
Don't u know how hard it is for me to smile and say goodbye,
Is not that easy, no, is not that easy,

Is not as easy for me, as it is for you
Let me talk about it
It's not that easy

Listen,
What am I meant to do without your love, your love?
What am I meant to do without your love, your love?

What am I meant to do without your love, your love?
What am I meant to do without your love, your love?

Girl I tried and tried a million times to get u off my mind,
Is not that easy, no, not that easy,
Don't u know how hard it is for me to smile and say goodbye,
Is not that easy, no, not that easy,

What am I meant to do without your love, your love (When I wake up in the morning?)
What am I meant to do without your love, your love? (And u r not with me?)

Don't u know how hard it is for me to smile and say goodbye,
Is not that easy, no, not that easy,Was it me?
Was it you?
Was it all the little things that I didn't do?
Try to move on, but I can't,
No I can't imagine being someone else's man,

Girl I tried and tried a million times to get u off my mind,
Is not that easy, no, is not that easy,
Don't u know how hard it is for me to smile and say goodbye,
Is not that easy, no, is not that easy,

Its not over
Not for me.e.e
You still have so much faith and I still believe
You're my weakness
You're my strength
And one without the other,
Just no make no sense.

Girl I tried and tried a million times to get u off my mind,
Is not that easy, no, is not that easy,
Don't u know how hard it is for me to smile and say goodbye,
Is not that easy, no, is not that easy,

Is not as easy for me, as it is for you
Let me talk about it
It's not that easy

Listen,
What am I meant to do without your love, your love?
What am I meant to do without your love, your love?

What am I meant to do without your love, your love?
What am I meant to do without your love, your love?

Girl I tried and tried a million times to get u off my mind,
Is not that easy, no, not that easy,
Don't u know how hard it is for me to smile and say goodbye,
Is not that easy, no, not that easy,

What am I meant to do without your love, your love (When I wake up in the morning?)
What am I meant to do without your love, your love? (And u r not with me?)

Don't u know how hard it is for me to smile and say goodbye,
Is not that easy, no, not that easy,