Disclaimer: I don't own / write Glee. I think we all know who would be together if I did.
A/N: Dear everyone that read/ reviewed / favorited / and put this story on story alert; I love you :) I hope that this next chapter doesn't disappoint you. I feel like I could finish this story today because I've got everything fitting together in my head like a puzzle piece so I'm going to do one update a day, with this being an exception because I'm an impatient person! Enjoy.
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A breeze swept across the WMHS football field as the boys finished an extremely lazy practice. Bryson threw the ball to Cory and he caught it. Out of the corner of Bryson's eye, he saw that Leah had already grabbed her bag from her locker and was heading towards a small, red car.
"Hey, you and Leah seem to be close lately. Do you know where she's going?" Bryson asked seeing as he was confused as to whose car his girlfriend was getting into.
Cory turned his head to catch a glimpse. "Dude, we had one conversation. And no, I don't know where she's going but I do know that Quinn Fabray is driving the car. So don't worry," he snapped the ball back to his teammate.
"I know I shouldn't but she's been acting so weird lately; it's almost as if she's hiding something," when Bryson said that, Cory's heart began to beat faster. He hated lying to his best friend but it was a one-time thing, no big deal.
"I doubt it. Maybe she's just stressed at home or something. Puck is staying home and going to the community college. He told Finn something about their Mom losing her second job so they're really stressing right now," Cory wiped the sweat dripping off his forehead.
"You're right. Maybe I shouldn't mention to her that Kelly and I got partnered together in Chemistry. We all know that Leah and Kelly aren't the best of friends," Bryson held the ball to his side.
"We all know that Kelly wants in your pants dude," Cory laughed. Kelly was a loud mouth who always had to be right. She did have one heck of a voice though; Cory would be the first to admit it.
"God, I haven't had any action in forever," Bryson sighed.
"Whoa, what? You never mentioned that you and Leah …" Cory trailed off.
"It was just a few times before I left for Russia. Now that I'm back she just keeps coming up with excuse after excuse. I don't know what's going on with her. Normally she'd tell me anything but now it's like she filters herself," the boys noticed that Coach Beiste was waving them into the locker room for the end of practice speech.
Cory didn't want to think that Leah wasn't having sex with Bryson because of their experience but he couldn't keep that thought from crossing his mind.
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Puck had just fallen asleep when the phone rang. "Jeezus," he angrily grunted as he got up and headed down the stairs to the kitchen. "Hello?"
"Hello, this is Dr. Heisman's office. Is Leah Puckerman available?" when he heard the females voice on the other side, his worst fear was confirmed. His little sister was pregnant.
"No she's not. I can take a message though," he responded, sighing. He didn't know if he was more angry with Leah or disappointed. He always thought his sister would be better off than he was. She was smart, beautiful and had so many things going for her.
"Could you please just let her know that her appointment this evening was pushed back to 5:30 and we apologize for the inconvenience," he glanced up at the clock. '4:58, perfect,' he thought to himself.
"Yeah, no problem," he hung up the phone and quickly ran back upstairs to retrieve his keys. Within two minutes he was in his car on the way to the same doctors office that he and Quinn went to when she was pregnant with Beth.
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"Thanks for coming with me Quinn. I can't tell Noah yet. He's going to be so disappointed in me," Leah sighed as her and Quinn sat in the waiting room reading magazines.
"I know he is going to be Leah. He has every right. Don't you think you would have learned anything from us?" Quinn stared at the vulnerable girl sitting next to her.
"I just … it's not like I asked for this to happen," Leah began to tear up.
"I know you didn't. I'm sure you and Bryson are going to be great parents. The Evans won't be pleased to hear this though, I remember how stuck up they were when Sam brought me home for the first time," Quinn snorted at the memory.
"That's just the thing Quinn, Bryson -," Leah was cut off when she noticed Puck walk into the waiting room.
"Leah, what the hell? Haven't you and Bryson heard of a god damn condom?" Puck was angry. Leah began to sob uncontrollably.
"Pu Pu Pu Puuuck, Bry Bry Brysonnn isn't the fa fa fa fatherrr," she managed to choke out.
"Oh no," Quinn whispered, memories flooding back from her freshman year.
"I need nneed my brother," Leah stood up and ran into Pucks arms. He sighed as he pulled his sister into a tight hug and rubbed her back.
'I need my mother,' a pregnant Quinn stood in front of her parents. Quinn shuddered at the memory.
"I'm here for you Leah; always and forever. But you have to tell me what happened," Puck led her back to her seat and sat next to her. He took her hands in his and stared into her eyes.
"I'm here for you too Hun. You won't have to go through this alone," Quinn said, placing a hand on Leah's back and gently rubbed it in a comforting way. This whole situation was opening old wounds for Quinn and Puck. Maybe this time they would heal the right way.
The trio sat in silence until Leah had controlled her crying long enough to give a brief summary of what happened. "It was at Derek's pool party. Bryson was away and I was lonely. Cory was there the whole time for me as a friend … and then he was at the party … and we started making out and one thing led to another. We used a condom, it just broke," Leah managed to get out before more tears spilled out.
"This is the exact same thing that happened to me Leah," Quinn glanced up at Puck. "Not the broken condom part; the sleeping with your boyfriends best friend." When their eyes met, she could see the regret in them. She didn't know exactly what he regretted but she knew by the birth of Leah's baby that she would.
"You need to tell Cory and Bryson right away," Puck stated.
"They need to hear it from you. It's better than them finding out from somebody else," Quinn added and Leah nodded.
"I tried to tell Bryson about it yesterday. But then Cassidy and Cory showed up and I didn't get the chance. Bryson doesn't deserve a slut as a girlfriend," Leah said. The nurse walked out and waved the group inside.
"You're not a slut," Puck said as he helped his sister up. He bent over to pick up her WMHS cheer bag and set of pom-poms. He followed Quinn and Leah to the ultrasound room. Leah sat on the chair and they anxiously waited to see if she was carrying Cory's baby or if it was just a false alarm.
