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Chapter 2

After Puck dropped Sara off at school the next morning, he went to the school to make sure he was on time. He hardly slept the previous night thinking about the challenges he could possibly face at such a fancy school but couldn't think of anything. As he walked around the campus, all he saw were rich kids walking around talking about problems that only rich kids have.

When he went to Hiram's office, he found him on the phone. Hiram motioned for him to come in as he started to get off the phone.

Hanging up, Hiram looked at Puck. "You're right on time, if not a little early. That's good, I hope you keep it up."

"I plan to," Puck replied. "I just figured you'd need a minute to tell me where to report and who's going to be training me."

"You'd be correct. Follow me." The two of them left and walked outside to where a tall young man was standing. "Noah this is Finn Hudson. Finn this Noah Puckerman, our new guard. Finn is going to be in charge of training you so you'll be following his orders."

"Yes sir," Puck nodded.

"Alright I'll leave you to it. Good luck," the older man smiled before walking away.

Puck turned to Finn. "Okay lay it on me. I know being new means I have to do the jobs no one else want so let me have it."

Finn laughed. "As glad as I am that you're willing to do it, there is no dirty job really. You just have to stay alert with everything happening on campus and know when to step in and sell out one of these guys because they're being dumb."

"Well they're rich, being dumb kind of goes hand in hand, right?"

"Not everyone who goes here is rich. The school gives scholarships but those kids can be just as dumb as the rich kids."

"Thought so," he smirked as the bell rang and everyone went to class. "So what now?"

"We walk around school to make sure no one is skipping," Finn said before they started to walk. "Sometimes Mr. Berry will have us at the different entrances of the school to check out anyone who comes in. There are other guards on campus but sometimes they'll need us to stay late when they're having events."

Puck frowned. "We have to work at night?"

"Not often, just every once in a while. Is it a problem?"

"Kind of," he sighed. "My mom works at night so someone has to be home with my sister but I'll figure something out."

Finn nodded. "How old is your sister?"

"Ten."

"Maybe she'll be able to come to school here someday."

He shook his head. "Not unless she's one of the scholarship kids. We wouldn't be able to afford it otherwise. Besides, I don't want her to turn out like the kids who go here."

"Hey it's a pretty good graduation rate. Mr. Berry wouldn't send his daughter here if it didn't."

"Wait, his daughter goes to school here? That must suck for her."

"Yeah I don't know how she does it," he smirked as they continued walking.

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Rachel yawned as she sat through a history lecture. She knew she was going to regret staying up late the previous night looking through apartments in New York. Even if she hadn't been accepted into NYADA yet she knew she would still go to New York no matter what. She was going to get out of Ohio if it was the last thing that she did.

After the bell rang ending class, Rachel grabbed her books as her friend, Mercedes smirked. "I see you were struggling to stay awake. Up late last night?"

"Yeah looking at apartments in New York," she said as they walked out of the classroom. "You know they'd be even better if I had a roommate."

She laughed. "Yeah like my parents will let me up and move to New York."

"They would if they knew you were with me. Your parents love me."

"Because they don't know how crazy you are. Plus, I'm not sure if there are any schools in New York I'd be interested in. NYADA isn't really my type of school."

"Well there's always NYU or Columbia. Either way you have to admit the idea of the two of us in the city is a pretty interesting one."

Mercedes rolled her eyes as she noticed Puck and Finn. "Looks like there's a new security guard."

Rachel looked in the same direction and nodded. "I guess so. I'm going to say hi to Finn."

"Are you saying hi to Finn or flirting with the new guy?" she raised an eyebrow.

The brunette ignored the comment and walked over to the men. "Hey Finn."

He smiled. "Hey Rachel. Everything okay so far today?"

"Is anything ever not okay in this place?"

"You have a point there," he laughed. "This is Noah Puckerman, he just started."

"Call me Puck. Nice to meet you," he said.

"Likewise," she smiled. "Well Puck I'm sorry you got stuck with a job like this. I hate to be around these people too but at least you get paid for it."

"It definitely makes it worth it."

As the warning bell rang, Rachel looked at them. "Okay well good luck on your first day. See you guys later."

"Go learn something," Finn joked. She rolled her eyes and walked away as Finn looked at Puck who was confused. "What?"

"So we're allowed to interact with them casually?"

"Rachel's an exception. That's Mr. Berry's daughter."

"That's her?" his eyes widened. "We should've tried to look busy then."

Finn laughed. "Dude relax. Rachel doesn't snitch to her dad about any of us and actually makes an effort to get to know all of us unlike the other kids. Plus I've known her for years, she wouldn't do anything to get us fired."

"Years? So you guys are friends?"

"Pretty much. Mr. Berry knew my dad and after he died he saw I was struggling to deal with it so he got me this job. I met Rachel when she was twelve so she's like a little sister to me."

"That was pretty cool of him. Sorry about your dad though."

"Thanks. So what made you take a job here? You don't seem like the kind of guy who would want to work at a place like this."

Puck shrugged. "I needed to make some money to pay the bills and this place seemed like the perfect fit."

"I thought you lived with your mom?"

"Yeah let's just say she's not much of a help," he replied, not really up for explaining how much of a mess his home life was. It was already starting to feel like work was an escape from his issues with his mom which was exactly what she needed.

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After school, Hiram walked to where Puck and Finn were standing outside.

"How'd the first day of training go?" he asked.

"Great, looks like we got someone good," Finn replied.

"That's what I like to hear. Good job, Noah."

"Thank you, sir," Puck smiled.

"So there is a concert tonight and I might need you two to cover it." He looked at Puck. "Events like this are always considered overtime and we try not to ask the same people to stay. I know Finn is available but what about you?"

"Uh, I might be able to work something out." Before Hiram could say anything else, Puck felt his phone vibrate and quickly glanced to see it was Sara's school. "I'm sorry, sir, it's my sister's school."

Hiram nodded in understanding. "Of course."

He stepped away from them and answered. "Hello? Yes, hi Mrs. Wilson. She didn't? I understand. I'll be right there." He hung up and went back over to Hiram and Finn. "Mr. Berry would it be possible to leave and come back for the concert? There's a problem at my sister's school."

"Absolutely, just be back by six."

"Yes sir, thank you," he nodded before walking away.

Puck left the school and quickly drove to Sara's school. When he got there, she was sitting on the stairs with a teacher. He sighed as he got out of the car.

"I'm really sorry, Mrs. Wilson," he told her, walking over to them. "There must've been a confusion between my mom and I about who's picking Sara up."

She nodded. "I understand but Noah you do realize we haven't seen your mother here in over a month and this isn't the first time you've been late picking up Sara. Is everything alright at home?"

"Yes everything is fine. I just started a new job and I guess my mom forgot the new schedule, that's all. It won't happen again."

"I hope not," she replied before walking away.

Puck groaned to himself before taking Sara and getting in the car. As they sat there for a moment, Sara looked at him.

"Are you mad?" she asked.

"Don't worry about it. Just put your seatbelt on," he responded, starting the car.

"Puck," she said.

He looked at her and sighed. "Not at you, don't worry. We'll figure something out so this won't happen again okay?"

"Okay," Sara nodded. "What's social services?"

Puck's stomach turned as he glanced at her. "Why?"

"Mrs. Wilson said that after being late a certain amount of times they have to call social services."

"Shit," he mumbled. "You want the honest answer?"

"Yes you're always honest with me."

He hesitated. "They're people who can take you away from me and Mom."

Sara's eyes widened. "I don't want to be taken away."

"I know, we'll figure this out. No one's taking you anywhere I promise."

Believing him, she nodded and started talking about her day at school the rest of the way home. When they got home, he found Maria making herself coffee. As Sara went upstairs to do her homework, he walked over to his mom.

"You know you forgot to pick up Sara," he told her.

"I did?" she asked, looking at the clock. "Oh I must've overslept."

"Because you were drinking?"

"Don't start again, Noah. Please."

"Sara's teacher noticed that you don't come around anymore and mentioned calling social services if we keep being late picking her up."

"Why can't you get her then?" she asked.

Puck groaned in frustration. "I told you the school I work at lets out an hour later than Sara's school so you have to get her. And I found out that I have the opportunity to get overtime sometimes so we have to find somewhere for Sara to go."

"I'm sure she can stay by herself for an hour or two. She's old enough."

Seeing that he wasn't getting anywhere with her, he shook his head. "Whatever, forget it."

"You know you're always so tense," she told him. "You're nineteen, you should be out here having fun like you used to."

"Having fun like I used to is what got me into trouble in the first place."

"I'm just saying, you need to live a little. I'm going to get some sleep before I go to work."

As she walked away, Puck ran his hands over his face. Times like this it felt like he was the parent instead of the kid and he hated it. Now he had to find someplace for Sara to go when he went back to the school.

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