I've had assignments coming out of my ears so this chapter was a little bit late than I planned it to be. Also the latest glee episode officially broke me and Ryan Murphy better fix this mess because none of it is making any sense to me right now. Hope you enjoy this chapter, its very emotional Jake Puckerman filled so idk how you guys will find it but hey ho! Enjoy!

Jake walked into his house a little bit more lighter than he had the past couple of days. He was glad Mr. Shue had let him come back, even if the rest of them didn't seem all that happy, but the conversation he overheard between Ryder and Marley had caught him completely off guard. He slumped his bag onto the floor in the hallway and walked into the kitchen to go let his mom know that he was home. However, as he walked in he noticed that she was already expecting him, and with a look on his face that he knew only meant one thing... trouble.

She was stood with one arm on her hip while the other was holding what looked like a letter and Jake immediately knew what this was about. He gave her a light smile as he decided to take the oblivious approach, "Uh, Whats that?" he asked putting his hands in his pockets.

"Don't you play dumb with me Jacob Puckerman." Shit. He thought, he knew this wasn't going to be fun. Jake went to speak but was cut off by his mom's stern voice, "Cutting classes? Getting into fights? What the hell is going on?" She said, putting the letter on the table and staring at him dead in the eye, waiting for an answer.

Jake sighed as he grabbed an orange from the fruit basket and started walking away, "It's nothing mom. Everything is fine, I promise."

"Everything is fine?!" She said with an almost laugh in her tone, "Jake I haven't had one of these letters for months and now all of a sudden I get this? No, everything is definitely not fine. What is going on?" She said following him out into the hallway. Jake continued walking, trying to keep his anger at bay.

"I don't wanna talk about it."

"You don't want to talk about what? God y'know sometimes you really do remind me of you fath-"

"I'M NOTHING LIKE HIM!" He bellowed across the whole house as he turned round to face his mom, he was pretty sure that Mrs Robinson across the street probably heard him. Breathing heavily, he watched as his mom's face dropped in shock, turning all his anger into guilt. He quickly walked over to her and pulled her into a tight hug before breathing out deeply and speaking in a shaky voice.

"I'm so sorry mom." He said as he closed his eyes tight shut, suddenly filled with all these emotions that honestly, he had never encountered before. It was like his body was controlling itself and he had no say in the matter, all he could do was let it happen. He felt his mom's hand come to his cheeks as his eyes remained shut, breathing heavily the entire time, trying to control himself from smashing up the nearest thing he could find.

"Jake, what's happened?" He heard his mom say, detecting the concern in her tone. He pulled away from her grasp, bringing his arm to wipe away the single tear that had managed to creep its way out, "I messed up." He said, trying to control his breaking voice.

"How?"

"I..." He went to speak but stopped right before he said those last three words. He was scared, scared of what his mom would say to him, what she'd think. If she thought that he sometimes reminded her of his father, then she would definitely think it now. "I cheated... on Marley."

"Oh Jake..." She spoke quietly, but not quietly enough for Jake to catch on to the clear disappointment in her voice.

"I know, alright? I'm a worthless piece of crap that ruined the only good thing that's happened to me. But I just feel so out of control without her... a-and now she's going on a date with my best friend because he's better than me... because he can treat her better than me. But I still love her mom." He said as his voice finally cracked and the tears began to swell in his eyes as he bowed his head as though he was trying to hide the fact that he was crying in front of his mom.

Tanisha walked over to her son with an almost smile on her face as she rubbed his upper arms with her hands before speaking, "Well, I'd never thought I'd see the day where you would be crying over a girl, and I don't mean that in a teasing way. It takes a lot for a man to cry, and that's exactly what you are Jake, a man. Not some worthless piece of crap. You know you did wrong by her, and I'll be damned if you mess this up completely because I love that girl, and so do you... right?"

Jake nodded at his mom's question, of course he loved her. He fell for her as soon as his eyes met those big blue ones of hers.

"Well, you gotta fight for her... give her whatever she wants. If she wants space, then you give her all the time in the world. But do not push her, and you might have to be prepared to let her go if that's what she wants you to do okay?" Tanisha said, giving her son a warm smile

"Yeah... got it. Thanks mom." Jake said giving his mom another hug before heading upstairs into his room. He decided that all this anger and emotion could have only been expressed one way for him right now and that was through dancing. He searched around his room for his ipod but couldn't find it anywhere, so he figured it probably fell off his drawers and under the bed, so he moved himself onto the floor and looked under his bed, only to find the cardigan of one Marley Rose. Jake sighed as he held the blue coloured cardigan in his hands, debating whether or not he should text her to let her know he had it, but then he remembered that she'd be on her date with Ryder and as much as the thought left a pain in his chest, he didn't want him texting her to ruin any of her happiness.

So without even thinking about it twice, Jake decided to drop it off at her house instead because in that case, he wouldn't have to see her and Ryder together, or have any awkward conversation. He headed down stairs, pulled on his jacket and told his mom he would be back later.

He knocked three times on the door he had been many a time stood on both sides of, as he waited for Marley's mom to answer. He was anxious to say the least, because Marley was bound to have told her mom about what happened and he knew he wasn't going to be in for a warm welcome when Miss Rose answered that door.

And then the door opened, and to no surprised, Jake was greeted by the sullen face of Millie Rose. Jake brought his bottom lip into his mouth and raised his eyebrows as he swallowed hard before clearing his throat and speaking, "Um, Marley left her jacket at my house, I guess a couple of weeks ago um so here you go." Jake stuttered as he handed Millie the cardigan as she took it and carried on looking at Jake with a raised eyebrow, clearly unimpressed. He cleared his throat once more and steadied his breathing deciding that this was one of his opportunities to try and make things right with someone, "Look Miss Rose, I know you probably really don't want to hear this and I wouldn't blame you. But I'm really sorry for betraying Marley's trust and hurting her. But not only for betraying her trust, but for betraying yours too because I know you put your trust in me with Marley, especially with everything she's been through and trust me, I am regretting everything that I did to her so so much." Jake finishes, looking at Millie, hoping she would sense that he was telling the truth. However, Millie says nothing but continues to look at Jake who sighs in defeat and begins to walk away from the house.

"Jake..." He hears Marley's mom speak from a little bit behind him. He turns round, with a half smile on his face.

"Yeah Miss Rose?"

"You wanna come in? Marley's out with Ryder and..." she says and stops hesitantly as Jake bows his head a little, "But I'm sure you already know that." She finishes as she walks into her house, leaving the door open for Jake.

As soon as he walks through the hallway, he feels completely at home again. Marley's became like a second home to him and Miss Rose like a second mom. He followed her into the living room as she gestures for him to sit as she herself takes a seat on the couch herself. As he sits down, he hears Millie let out a sigh, before she turns herself towards Jake with an almost concerned look on her face.

"Why'd you do that to her jake?" She simply asks and suddenly, Jake is at a loss of words. Why did he actually do it? Why for a moment, did he think that losing her was every worth the possibility of something that would have meant nothing to him.

"I-I don't know... I." He stops again, anguish washing over him like a tidal wave, the anger over himself building inside again like it did not long ago with his mom, why did he do it? Just why?

Millie continues to look at him, her concern growing for the boy as she notices his pained expression that he tried to mask by hiding his face. Jake lets out a long, strained breath as he speaks up again, "I just wish I didn't do it. I wish I could take it all back. I wish- I wish I wasn't so god damn stupid and impulsive and I tried so hard to prove everybody wrong, that I wasn't my father, that I wasn't Puck but all I did was prove them right!" He wasn't shouting, but his tone was harsh and Miss Rose must have caught on to this as she placed an arm on his shoulder and told him to calm down.

"Now I don't know your dad, nor do I know Puck. But I know your mom and I can tell you that you couldn't possibly be like them, because you are your mother in every way possible."

He wished he could believe her words, he wished they were right, but his actions lately just seemed to contradict everything and Jake didn't even know who he was anymore.

"I love your daughter Miss Rose. I still love her, and I will do my best to make her see that I'm can change... for her." He says as he finally looks up and towards Marley's mom who smiles slightly at his words.

"Oh Jake, call me Millie, you haven't called me Miss Rose in months... and I believe you, and however this is meant to work out, in the end it will work out for the best. And if you and my daughter are meant to be, then you will find your way back to one another, that I can assure you." She says giving him another warm smile, which Jake returns. Millie then looks towards the clock and stands up, "Now, if you're staying for dinner you're going to have to let your mom know." She says as she walks into the kitchen.

Jake smiles towards Millie and accepts her offer to stay for tea as he stands up, looking at the baby pictures of Marley that were placed all around the room. He'd seen them all over a dozen times, but they never failed to make him smile as he turned away and followed Millie into the kitchen.

More than a few hours had passed before Jake realised it was half past nine and that he had homework that he hadn't yet done for school, but honestly he was really enjoying the company of Marley's mom, not that he ever didn't because Millie always seemed to have interesting stories for him and always seemed to take an interest in how he was doing at school and with his dancing, much like his own mom. However he also realised that Marley would soon be returning home (her curfew was always 10pm) and that she probably wouldn't be best pleased with seeing him in her house. He thanks Millie for the dinner and promises that he will change before getting up and making his way to the front door.

As he pulls the door open, he was not prepared for the face that was going to be on the other end of it with an equally shocked look, Marley.

"Oh... sorry" She says rather surprisingly as she bumps into him before she realises who she actually bumped into, "actually... I'm not sorry. Excuse me." She says as she almost shoves Jake out the way, refusing to meet his gaze and hurriedly walking upstairs into her room, ignoring Jake's calls to her. He contemplates going up there, telling her that he wasn't going to give up on her, on them, but he quickly decides that actions speak louder than words and instead of just saying all these things, he needs to be thinking about how to put them into action. So instead he walks out of the house, closing the door behind him and then coming to the realisation that Ryder was still stood at the end of her garden.

"Jake, why are you here?" Ryder says pulling at Jake's arm, trying to stop him from walking away. Jake turns around to look at his friend with contrasting feelings of wanting to punch him, but also wanting to just apologise to him also. He chose neither for now.

"I was just giving Marley's mom, Marley's jacket back. She left it at my place last week" Jake spoke as he turned back around to continue walking.

"What when you tried to pressure her into having sex?" He heard his best friend say and suddenly the urge to hit him became almost impossible to stop. He turned round, his jaw muscles contracting from how tightly his teeth were grinding together.

"It wasn't like that." Jake said.

"Sure it was Jake, because that's all you care about isn't it? Sex. That's why you lost Marley, because you slept with Bree after Marley told you she wasn't ready." Ryder said in an accusing tone as he took a step closer to Jake.

This would have been definitely round the time when Jake would have punched the guy who was saying this too him. But Ryder wasn't just any guy, he was his best friend and he had to prove that he was capable of changing so instead, Jake remained still, speaking calmly, "I didn't sleep with Bree."

Ryder looks at him confused, "What?"

"I didn't sleep with Bree." Jake replies staring at his best friend in the eye, "I'll admit, I went with the intention of it yeah, but as soon as I kissed her, I knew it wasn't right. I didn't sleep with her Ry."

"Oh..." Ryder says, "Well... that's good, that you never slept with her an all. But you still kissed someone else Jake."

"I know that, and I'm paying for it now aren't I?" Jake says, looking defeated before looking at his best friend in the eye once more, "But I'm not giving up on her y'know. And I know you went on this date or whatever. But unless she tells me not too, I'm gonna fight for this Ry." He honestly hoped this didn't get in the way of their friendship but he knew that it may have been asking for a little too much.

Ryder sighed as Jake spoke before lifting his head from the floor and looking back towards Jake, "Okay man." He says as he gives Jake a half smile before walking away from Marley's house and down the street.

Jake stood there for a couple of more minutes, looking at the light that was coming from Marley's bedroom. He was thinking about the times when he used to sneak up to her room at night, when all he wanted to do was be around her, even if it meant just being next to her while she fell asleep, and that's when things where cemented for Jake. He couldn't just look back on those things as a memory for it to be followed with a sharp pain in his chest because of how badly he messed up. He was going to fight for her.

PS I haven't read over this, so if its all over the place then its because its late here and i'm super tired lol sorry! chapter three should be up sooner than this though!