I was getting ready with Mike Dean as we were going to preform after my cousin.
"I hope you don't choke~" Luke sang as he went off to go preform. The winner of this competition would go to Chicago for the nationals. Mike and I were going to dress as the sailor and the nurse that are in the famous picture.
"You nervous?" Mike asked as he looked at me.
"No, I'm just ready to kick my cousin's ass." I smiled as I started to stretch.
"Your on deck." One of the stage managers said as I heard the start of music playing. I took a deep breath as I grabbed Mike's hand before walking off to the left wing of the stage.

Mike and I always held hands as we were going to get ready to preform our number, it was a ritual for us. As my cousin's song ended they walked off and the announcer announced that we were next. I heard whistles as I knew that was from my supporters. I smiled to myself as we got I to position. As soon as the routine started, it ended. I exited the stage as intermission started, so the judges could determine who was going to nationals.

I went out into the hallway to be greeted by Kurt who was smiling.
"What?" I asked him being a bit suspicious of his smile.
"My dad and Fin's mom are getting married! They're going to have a Glee wedding!" He exclaimed as I smiled and hugged him.
"Congratulations! When did he propose? I'm so happy for you~" I sang before Ashlyn, Mercedes, Derek, Puckerman and Juliet showed up.
"Friday morning and they told me when I got home. I have to ask you a favor." he smiled as I waited to hear the favor, "Can you help me teach my dad and Fin how to dance?" He asked.
"Of course!" I smiled before being presented with flowers by Derek.
"Dahlias! My favorite~" I smiled as I took them and brought my nose up to them and took a deep breath in before giving out a content sigh.
"Though who invited Pukezilla?" I asked the group. They all looked to each other trying to determine who was the one that invited Puck.
"Well your cousin suggested that I come show support and to keep her company." He stepped forward, I raised my eyebrows as I looked to Ashlyn before Juliet hugged me.
"Well, since he is in your dance class I thought it'd be good to show support." She shrugged as Juliet wouldn't let go of me.
"I missed you!" She exclaimed as her eyes beamed with happiness.
"I missed you too my sunshine." I smiled as I looked to Juliet.
"How was I?" I asked her before I noticed her smile was wide.
"You were good! I have a bunch of lolipops for you." She smiled before holding them up to me. All this weekend Ashlyn had made me eat lolipops instead of smoking cigarette. It was my 'healthier substitute'. So I took the bouqet from Juliet and opened one.

"So I heard from Kurt that you joined Glee." Derek smiled at me as Kurt, Mercedes, and Ashlyn left to get refershments.
"I did, it took a small agreement but I'm in it. Luke's in it too." I rolled my eyes as I looked over to Puck, "Though I do have someone to practice songs for sectionals." I shrugged before sending a small smile his way.
"I can't wait to kick your butt!" Derek smiled before hugging me. I hugged him back, "In your dreams." I smiled at him as Juliet then got in on the hug. I let go of Derek and bent down to Juliet's level.
"You sometimes are the sweetest thing!" I smiled before picking her up.
"Well, I'm going to go get something to drink. See you after." Derek smiled as it now was just Puck, Juliet and I.
"How are you liking the competition so far?" I asked him as I gave Juliet a big hug.
"It's alright." He shrugged. Puck didn't look too pleased that he was here but I smiled at him.
"Thanks for coming. I really do appreciate it." I smiled as put Juliet down and I noticed Ashlyn wave Juliet over. Ashlyn was always trying to play cupid with me ever since she got out of the hospital.

"You know how I told you yesterday about letting you know when we could practice for sectionals?" He nodded, "You can come over tomorrow night." I smiled as I leaned against the wall.
"Do you have any songs in mind? Or is this code for something else." He looked at me before I shook my head smiling at him.
"I have songs in mind. Though they are probably far from what you listen to." I looked at him as he raised his eyebrows.
"Try me." He looked at me with that 'challenge me' look in his eyes. As I was about to speak up I noticed Mike coming up to me, "They're going to announce the winner." He looked to me. I smiled to Puck as Mike and I walked off. I took in a deep breath as I walked out on stage with the other contestants. My eyes searched the crowd for my fan club. I found them because of Ashlyn's big hand gestures. I chuckled as I smiled at them all, even Puck (to my surprise smiled back).

"And the lovely couple going to Chicago for nationals is..." The announcer said as he opened the envelope, "Constestants seventy and seventy-one, Nova Andrews and Mike Dean." He announced. I stood there for a moment in utter shock. Mike and I won. We won and beat my couin! My smile grew into an estatic grin as I then looked to Kurt and realized that I would miss the wedding ceremony. Right now he didn't seem to care, but I knew he would.

As Mike and I received our tickets and the information people were clearing out. I knew Juliet left with my sister, as I found out that she dropped Juliet off and then picked her up.. I went over to my fan club to be hugged by everyone except Puckerman.
"I'm sorry but I'm going to have to miss the wedding ceremony. I might make it to the reception." I apologized to Kurt.
"It's fine, Puck will just go alone. I'm just glad you won." He smiled at me. I gave him another hug but as we parted I felt a tap on my shoulder. I turned around to see that it was Luke.

"Congratulations." He smiled.

"Thanks?" I questioned as he never really congratulated me for anything.

"You were better, but that doesn't mean I'm going to let you off easy." He looked me straight in the eyes before going off to god knows where.

"That was weird." I laughed as I had to say my goodbyes to Kurt, Mercedes and Derek. I looked at Ashlyn and Puck, "I guess I'll be driving you home." I looked to the two as Ashlyn smiled as she shrugged. I rolled my eyes at her before going to get my things and change into my street clothes. I met the two at my car and threw my things in the back where Ashlyn had chosen to sit.

I put on my music and heard a groan from Ashlyn. We weren't even moving yet and she already had a complaint!

"Turn off this sour music. I don't need to be depressed after you just beat Luke!" She exclaimed as then she took my ipod hostage and was going through my music. "Here it is!" She exhaled and put on a song that we both used to jam to all the time.

"Really?" I asked her as I heard the familiar beat of Good Vibrations by Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch.

"Hey! We listened to this song religiously and Mark Walberg is sexy as fuck!" She defended her cause.

"You listened to this song?" Puck asked in disbelief.

"What? You think I listen to depressing music all the time? I have a good music taste." I smiled at him cockily.
"Finn, Mercedes and I sang this last year for our lesson on 'Funk'."He told me. I had to stop the car for a moment before looking at Puck.

"Seriously? Who told you that?" I asked him as I couldn't believe what he just said.

"Terri Schuester." He looked at me. I looked to Ashlyn and we started laughing at him. I couldn't believe what my ears heard! I rested my forehead against the steering wheel as I continued laughing at him.

"Okay, so it was a funny mistake. Can you actually drive and bring me home?" He asked me. I took a deep breath before nodding yes.

~Monday~

Today I was all smiles because of my recent win at the dance competition. "Hi Puckerman." I smiled as my bodyguard waited for me outside.

"Your in a happy mood." He looked to me before walking next to me.

"Why wouldn't I be? I'm overyjoyed! I beat my cousin and I feel on top of the world!" I smiled before I got a disgusting cherry slushie facial to the face. Right then I felt on the bottom of the world.
"Great." I seethed as I wiped off what I could. I rushed to the bathroom and dropped my bag at the door. It seemed like everytime I was beginning to get out of this depression, shit just had to happen. I started to clean up before I heard the door open.
"The boys bathroom is out the door and to your right." I looked to Puckerman who had taken off his sweatshirt and handed it to me.
"Your shirt is soaked and I don't think you would like wearing that cherry stained shirt." He gestured to my shirt with his head. I sighed as I took the sweatshirt out of his hand and turned him around. I took off my shirt and zipped up his sweatshirt so it wouldn't show my bra. "You always save the day don't you?" I asked him as I picked up my bag and my wet shirt.
"It's the least I could do." He shrugged.
"The more and more I spend time with you, the more and more I keep seeing a different side of you." I mumbled softly to myself as I walked out of the girls bathroom and to Glee club, where we would be practicing for Fin and Kurt's parent's wedding. I took a seat in the back where Puck followed. It didn't last as long as usual so we left early to go do what we needed to do.

"I forgot my english textbook." I looked to Puck as we were walking down the hallway.
"Where is it?" He asked.
"The choir room. I'm going to go get it." I sighed as I turned around and walked back to the choir room. As I walked in I looked to see Rachel, Tina, Quinn and Brittany.
"Your having a glee girls meeting without me?" Santana asked as she beat me to the punch.

"Glee girls with boyfriends." Rachel corrected her.
"I'm dating Luke." Santana looked to the girls.
"Your having sex with Luke." I looked to Santana before grabbing my english textbook.
"We would of invited you but if Puck violates his probation he could go back to juvie." Tina looked to me. Was she actually serious? I was not in any way, shape or form dating Puckerman.
"We aren't dating." I looked to her before Brittany spoke up, "Your wearing his sweatshirt and girlfriends wear their boyfriends clothes, right?"

"He let me borrow his sweatshirt because I got a cherry slushie facial this morning." I looked to them before leaving.
"I love it how people just assume things." I sighed as I opened my locker.
"What is it?" Kurt asked as he joined Puck and I.
"The Glee girls think I'm dating Puck because I'm wearing his sweatshirt." I rested my head against my locker door.
"Well, that's not a bad thing. Could be worse." Kurt shrugged as he was being optomistic.
"I know it could be worse. People already call me a slut, thanks to my ex-boyfriend." I rolled my eyes as Puck got out a text book I needed.
"What time do you want me to come over tonight?" He asked.
"Eight sounds alright. Bring your guitar as well." I told him. I told Puck that he didn't need to go to his swing class anymore since it was perfecting Mike and I's routine for nationals and I told Puck that I wouldn't be able to drive him there. He was releaved of course.

"So practicing for sectionals?" Kurt asked me.
"Yeah, I need to get up in the game. Also, I plan on being there at the reception." I smiled at Kurt before hearing the bell ring. "Better get to class." I smiled as I waved goodbye to Kurt.

"So what did you tell the Glee girls?" He asked me.
"The truth. If I had an extra shirt I would be wearing it and there would be no assumptions." I looked to him as I noticed that he still had my text book. "Can I have my textbook?" I asked him as I held out my hand for it. He gave it to me and walked off to his class.

~Later that Night~

As I heard my door open I looked up to see Puckerman.
"So you decided to show." I cheekily smiled at him.

"So are we going to get started?" He asked me. I paused my game and looked at him.

"Take a seat." I looked to him as I picked up a stack of CDs. Iset them on the bed as Puck started to look through them.
"I have a bunch of eighties and older songs in there. I have records also. Take a look and we can get started." I looked to him as he held up my Dirty Dancing CD.
"Seriously?" He asked.
"It's a great movie! I'm an eighties lover so of course I'm going to have the soundtrack!" I defended myself.

"You listen to Bon Jovi?" He asked me in disbelief.

"Why wouldn't I?. I made a CD of my favorite songs from Bon Jovi, Journey, Queen and other amazing rockbands. I have a great taste in music." I looked to him before digging through my CDs full of mixes. Once I found it I put it in my five in one music system.
"Fat Bottom girls? You like that song?" Puck asked as he heard the opening line.
"Why not?" I shrugged as I laid down on my bed and started singing along.

"Oh down beside that red fire light

Are you gonna let it all hang out?

Fat bottomed girls you make the rocking world go round" I sang before the guitar rift. I tried my best at doing air guitar.
"Hey
I was just a skinny lad
Never knew no good from bad
But I knew life before I left my nursery
Left alone with big fat Fanny
She was such a naughty nanny
Heap big woman, you made a bad boy out of me
Hey hey!" Puckerman sang. He put his guitar down and started singing to me. I let out a laugh as I sat up.

"I've been singing with my band

Across the wire across the land

I've seen every blue eyes floozy on the way

But their beauty and their style

Went kind of smoorh after a whole

Take me to thm lovely ladies every time" I sang back to him though he joined me in the chorus.
"Oh won't you take me home tonight

Oh down beside your red firelight

Oh and you give it all you got

Fat bottomed girls you make the rocking world go round

Fat bottomed girls you make the rocking world go round" We sang, though when I got up and was going to start singing and dancing Puck put his hand over my mouth. I gave him a glare before he let go of my mouth.

"Hey listen here
Now I got mortgages on homes
I got stiffness in the bones
Ain't no beauty queens in this locality, (I tell you)
Oh but I still get my pleasure
Still got my greatest treasure
Heap big woman, you gonna make a big man out of me
Now get this" Puck sang as the only part I got to sing was the lousy I tell you part. So I covered his mouth before he could get a peep out.

"Oh you gonna take me home tonight (Please)" I sang as I took my hand off of his mouth and when he said "Please" I had a smile on my face. I don't know what it was but just the way he said it with that famous smile of his was, sexy.

"Oh down beside that red firelight

Oh you gonna let it all hang out?

Fat bottomed girls you make the rocking world go round

Fat bottomed girls you make the rocking world go round

Get on your bikes and ride

Fat bottomed girls

Fat bottomed girls" I sang as I could not get that little "Please" moment out of my mind.

"I wish we could do something like that for sectionals." I sighed as I turned down the volume a bit and sat on my bed. Puck sat on the other side as he was looking through my CDs.
"Why couldn't we?" He asked.
"I don't Mr. Schue would approve of doing that song. That's fine with me though." I shrugged as I put up my hair in a messy bun.
"Do you have an obsession or something?" Puck asked as he gestured to the CDs.
"No, as I said I love the 80's. Though, I had a big rocker/biker chick phase my freshman and sophmore year of school." I told him as he then looked at me. I could tell he was picturing it. So I gave him a simple wack on the arm.
"What was that for?" He asked me.
"To get you out of your fantasy and bring you into reality." I looked to him before stopping and singing along to Bon Jovi's "You give love a bad name". "Shot through the heart and your to blame you give love a bad name."
"How can we work if you are singing every song that comes on?" He looked to me before picking up his guitar.
"Sorry. It's just such a good song." I mimicked oneofthose girls who sang every song, "What could we do for sectionals?" I asked him before I hearded a faint buzzing sound. I looked to Puck as I knew it wasn't my phone. I snatched it from his hands and saw that it was from Finn. Though it was difficult for me to read it because Puck was trying to get it back.
'Hey man, where are you?' It read. As I was trying to type a message back I accidentally pressed the call button and it dropped to the bed as Puckerman pinned me.
"Hey, I was just trying to be helpful." I shrugged my shoulders as I gave him a a sly smile. I honestly didn't know why I did it but I knew that I wanted Puckerman to chase me.
"What by reading my message?" He asked before a small but manly "hello" was heard. Both of our heads turned to Pucks phone.
"Hi Finn." I said into the phone as Puck grabbed his phone with his free hand.
"Hi Nova." I heard him say before Puck started to listen and talk to Finn.
"No, Nova and I are practicing for sectionals...I don't know, whenever she releases me." I was forced to listen to their conversation, well was Puck was saying.
"Were you two supposed to play online or something?" I asked him before wriggling out of his grasp. I turned on my xbox and gave him my controller and put in halo. "Use it, maybe Finn can help us out." I looked to Puck before sitting on my bed and looking at the CDs.
"My mic is in the top drawer of the desk." I pointed out to Puck as I sat back and watched him play while thinking of ideas for sectionals.

A/N: Okay so uh first thing, you may already know that Cory Monteith died because of heroine and alcohol. It's very sad and weird to write this fic because well, Finn is in it and it's the same to rewatch episodes. I feel very bad for Lea because I believe she wanted to start a life with him. She's in my prayers as is everyone in the Glee cast. Secondly, there will be more interaction between Nova and Finn since Finn is besties with Puck. Those moments are dedicated to him, I know that sounds weird but I-well I don't know what I'm trying to say. -Sigh- But I do wish that this was a bad practical joke or dream. It's not though, his ashes are cremated and it's real. So real that it's unreal. Anyway I hope you enjoy this and as I'm writing this, Cory will be on my mind and Lea will be in my heart, (Metophorically speaking). R&R and love you all.