Don't Sweat It

Disclaimer: I do not own or have any connections to Glee.

Pam Anderson set the angel food cake on the table, "Ok, eat up."

Puck was the first to grab a slice and when Blaine looked at him with wide eyes, Puck shrugged, "I love strawberry shortcake," he spooned strawberries on top.

Blaine chuckled and grabbed his own slice, "Ok."

Richard smiled and looked between the two, mostly at his son though. It was nice to see him have a new friend.

There was a knock at the door before Sam Evans walked in the house, "Hey! Did I miss dessert?"

"Of course not, you never do," Pam smiled and passed him a plate.

Sam sat at the end of the table to Blaine's left, "Why haven't you been at Grease rehearsal?"

Before Blaine could say anything, Puck interrupted, "Grease? You didn't say you were in Grease. Shouldn't the lead be at every rehearsal?"

"He's not the lead," Sam said through his cake.

Blaine's mouth opened to explain when Richard spoke, "You're not the lead? That's not my son. Blaine, I'll be sure to talk to the director. Is it that Glee teacher?"

"I thought he was out of town?" Pam questioned.

"I'll kick Finn's ass if he didn't give you the lead," Puck stated.

Blaine sighed and stood, picking up his plate.

"Honey, where are you going?" Pam stood as well.

"If everyone's going to ignore me, why should I sit here?" Blaine asked.

"You have the floor, Warbler, speak," Puck nudged him.

Blaine rolled his eyes, "I'm just playing Teen Angel, I didn't want to play the lead in a romance if I suck at romance." He turned and walked through the hall to the den.

Puck sighed and stood. He looked down at Sam, "Get up."

"What? He wants to be alone and Ms. Anderson's food is delicious," Sam shrugged.

"I saw her take it out of a container, moron," Puck hit the back of Sam's head, "Now let's go."

Sam sighed and took one last bite before standing and walking with Puck to the den. "Hey, man," he said softly and sat next to Blaine.

"I don't know musicals all that well," Puck started, "But aren't Grease and Danny like icons?"

"I'm not going to take the roll from Ryder, that's not fair," Blaine said while poking his cake, "And like I said, I'm not right for the roll."

"That's a lie, we all know that," Sam stated.

"Well, I'm sure Danny could have gotten a guy thrown in jail for taking advantage of him," Blaine whispered.

"What are you talking about?" Sam asked.

Puck glanced to him before kneeling next to Blaine, "I'm sorry about that, Blaine, it makes me sick to my stomach that he's not going to pay for what he did to you, but shouldn't you show him how awesome you are that you're not letting this control your life?"

Blaine shrugged and swallowed.

"We're here for you," Sam said quietly.

Blaine nodded and took a deep breath, "Thanks."

Puck waited a minute, "Will you at least show me this angel person so I can see what you're going to be doing?"

Blaine laughed softly and nodded, "Yeah, I can show you that."

"The set looks amazing, dude, you have to at least come to one rehearsal to see it," Sam said.

"He'll be there tomorrow," Puck stated.

Blaine raised his eyebrows, "Tomorrow's Saturday."

"Then we'll break in," Puck shrugged, "You're not putting your life on hold anymore. Kurt's not worth it."

Blaine bit his lip, "Ok."

-GLEE-

Puck ran through the halls to the backstage, "Sam! Sam!" He pushed open the door and ran straight into his friend.

Sam stumbled backwards and put his hands up, "Um, hi."

Puck gasped for breath, "Kurt's here."

Sam's eyes widened, "Ok, Blaine's in the bathroom."

Puck nodded and took off with Sam to the bathroom. They came to a halt though at the sight of Blaine and Finn talking to Rachel and Kurt. Puck shamelessly walked between the New Yorkers and took Blaine's shoulder, "Excuse me. Come on, you should be warming up. Finn, you have places to be." He set a hand on Finn's chest and pushed his friend backwards.

"I'm fine," Blaine said quietly.

Finn nodded and tore his gaze from Rachel to look at Sam, "We're ok."

"She cheated on you," Puck breathed.

Kurt scoffed and Blaine's face fell.

Puck spun around, "If you'd answer your damn phone, you'd understand why I'm on this side of this crazy line."

Kurt's eyes widened, "What's there to understand? He literally-"

"I'll kill you," Puck lunged forward only to be caught by Sam.

"Knock it off!" Sam yelled, "Not here."

Finn took Blaine's shoulder and pulled him away, "Thank you two for coming."

Rachel breathed shakily as Puck was dragged off by Sam, "Kurt…"

"I don't know if I can stay," Kurt said quietly.

"You can," Rachel replied softly and rubbed Kurt's arm, "We're going to sit and laugh and sing along together."

-GLEE-

"Thank you," Blaine whispered to Puck.

"It's nothing," Puck breathed harshly, "He needs to know what's going on."

"I cheated," Blaine looked at his feet.

"Shut up," Sam, Puck, and Finn all said at the same time.

"You didn't cheat," Finn said and lightly set a hand on Blaine's shoulder, "It was a mistake going there, but a disgust with what happened. None of this is your fault."

Blaine swallowed and looked up, "Thank you…all of you…for being on my side."

Sam nodded, "Let's go warm up, Teen Angel."

Blaine smiled and let out a short laugh. He stood and followed Sam to the group.

"Are you ok?" Finn asked Puck.

"Am I ok?" Puck laughed, "Are you ok?"

"I…I'll be fine," Finn answered, "You should take a minute though before going back out there. You look a little heated."

"I can't stand the thought of Kurt hurting Blaine over something that wasn't his fault," Puck said, "Blaine deserves better."

Finn nodded, "We'll fix this." He held his hand out.

Puck laughed quietly and shook Finn's hand, "Can't wait."

-GLEE-

Puck was making his way to the choir room when he heard it. His steps quickened and he started running down the hall, throwing open each door he passed. "Blaine," he yelled, "Blaine, I'm here, I'm coming." He rounded the corner when he saw the former Warbler sitting in his white costume at the end of the hall.

Blaine looked up from his knees and smiled weakly, "Hi."

"Hey, hey, what happened?" Puck skidded to a halt and fell to his knees next to his new friend.

"I tried telling him, but he wasn't interested," Blaine whispered and shrugged.

Puck bit his lip and without hesitating, hugged Blaine tightly, "I'm sorry."

They sat in silence for a minute before Blaine pulled away, "You're not a Lima Loser, Noah, you're the opposite. I don't know how I would have gotten through the past couple weeks without you."

"I wish I could do more," Puck said quietly.

Blaine shook his head, "It's more than enough to know that you, and even Sam and Finn, are on my side. Thank you."

"Come on," Puck stood and put a hand out, "Let's wrap up in the choir room with Finn then we'll go out with him and Sam."

Blaine took his hand and stood, "Go out where?"

Puck shrugged, "Food. I'm starving."

Blaine laughed, "Fine." He led the way to the choir room, "You know, maybe I should help you out with your love life."

Puck snorted, "Unless you can summon a certain blonde away from her studies, I'm good."

Blaine nodded, "Consider it handled."