Hey guys, here is pt 2 of their meeting. I hope you enjoy it.
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Mr. Schuester dismissed the class and he felt Rachel squeeze his fingers encouragingly. He dropped a kiss to her forehead before standing to his feet.
"Hey Jake, wait up." Puck called out as Jake hurried towards the door with Marley in tow.
Puck watched as his brother turned around and stared at him like a deer in the headlights, pausing with Marley in the doorway. He heard Rachel sigh behind him before standing as well.
"Marley! If you have a moment I'd love to give you some pointers!" Rachel announced kindly before walking over and pulling her away from Jake.
Puck did his best not to smirk as Rachel pulled her from the room. Then he realised that he was alone with his brother and the nerves bubbling in his stomach just might choke him.
"Yeah?" Jake asked, lifting his chin defiantly.
Puck sighed and dragged a hand over his face before taking a few steps closer to his brother.
"Schuester promised he wouldn't tell you." Jake said with a hint of anger.
Puck regarded the boy in front of him carefully. The kid had definitely inherited the angry Puckerman genes.
"He didn't. You go to school with two of my best friends Dude. You really thought no one would tell me? Lima's a fucking fishbowl." He replied with a shrug.
"Listen. I don't care that we share the same last name. We aren't family." Jake growled, causing Puck to smile sadly.
"He really fucked you up too eh?"
Jake raised an eyebrow in surprise. He'd clearly expected Puck to fight with him.
"What are you doing here?" He asked finally, curiosity shining in his brown eyes.
"Because some bossy little chick told me to man up," He told him with a smirk. "Which you can probably relate to, because Marley doesn't seem too different from Rachel."
Jake seemed torn between amusement and anger. Anger won out which didn't surprise Puck in the least.
"So you're here because your girlfriend forced you?" Jake asked through gritted teeth.
Puck rolled his eyes because this kid was too much like him for his own good. Three years ago and the two of them would probably have killed each other.
"I'm here today because Rachel asked me to come. I would've showed up sooner or later. Give me a break man." He glared at the boy in front of him. "You've known about me your whole life. I've known about you for like five minutes. It's not like I'm surprised. The sperm donor is a prick and a shitty father to boot. I'm not surprised that he had another family on the side. But finding out about you after fifteen years takes some getting used to."
Jake stared at him for a moment before sneering.
"Now what? You're here to tell me that I can come to brunch on Sunday? Maybe temple on Fridays? We can be a big happy family with dad and our two moms?" Jake's voice dripped with sarcasm.
Puck closed his eyes and counted to three. He was going to punch the snarky little shit and make everything worse if he didn't turn this conversation around. He opened his eyes and stared at him until Jake looked away uncomfortably. Hell yeah he still had it.
"Listen you little smartass. I didn't do this to you. So let's get that straight. Our dad? He's a fucking loser and that sucks. You want to hate him? Cool it's something we can agree on," He glared at his brother before continuing. "We're family, we're blood and if that means nothing to you then there's nothing I can do about it. But I'm older than you and I've been putting up with our deadbeat dad forever. You're pissed that he wasn't around? The first fight I ever got in was when I was seven. He came home drunk off his ass and decided to take it out on my mom. I broke his nose and he beat me half to hell instead of my mom. I would have preferred him not being around Jake."
Puck's nostrils were flaring as he angrily recalled his past with their dad. Jake's eyes were wide as Puck continued.
"You've probably spent your whole life hating my family because he chose us. If I had known you existed I would have been jealous of you because he chose us and we were stuck with him. Get it?" He stopped speaking until his brother nodded slightly. "All of your anger and impulses and shit? That's just a part of being a Puckerman kid. I knocked up my best friend's girl when I was your age. I was in Juvie by Junior year. I spent most of high school stoned out of my mind. I also fell for a girl who was way too good for me and I screwed it up. So you know what? I get it. I get the way you feel, more than anyone else ever will. So if you want to hate me and push me away? That's your choice. But we're blood, kid. You're my brother no matter how much you wish you weren't. Let me know what you decide."
Puck stalked from the room without another word and out of the school.
"That went well." Blaine's voice invaded his angry thoughts.
Puck stopped and stared at his friend who had hurried to catch up with him.
"Eavesdropping Anderson? Sounds more like something Kurt would do." He answered snarkily.
Blaine rolled his eyes.
"I don't know if you knew this bro, but your voice carries when you're mad. I could hear the two of you yelling from my locker down the hall."
This time Puck rolled his eyes.
"Great." He looked at his friend before sighing. "Sorry."
Blaine shrugged it off and fist bumped him.
"No worries. It didn't actually go too badly you know," He smiled when Puck raised his eyebrows. "Everything you said to him addressed the shit he needs to deal with. He doesn't talk about it, but you broody Puckermans are all so easy to read."
"Shut the hell up, I am not." Puck replied petulantly.
Blaine laughed and clapped him on the shoulder.
"Yeah whatever. The girl you fell for who was too good for you?"
Puck swallowed nervously, shrugging like he didn't know what he was talking about.
"She's never thought she was too good for you. And she wouldn't have showed up two weeks early for vacation if she didn't think you were worth it." Blaine told him knowingly.
Puck wrinkled his forehead in confusion.
"Two weeks early? She said she was coming home for holidays." Puck told him.
Blaine grinned widely before shaking his head.
"She was. Just not until Hanukkah." He answered with a wink. "See you around friend."
Puck stared after his friend in surprise.
"Huh." He breathed out, his argument with his brother forgotten as he headed to his truck to wait for Rachel.
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