*Hey you all. So I don't know how to put the little lines to separate the thing-a-ma-bobs. So I'm just gonna put *separate* between them. Haha. Sorry this was late ): my bad. Next chapter hopefully soon. No promises though. (: *
I'm just so fucking torn! Puck thought as he sat in his apartment room. I mean, she's not mine. She's his. But it just feels so right. What she told me the other day… I should've looked harder. But I can't believe she hasn't talked to me since. The dress rehearsal is in… What two days? Wow. You'd think I would actually remember what day the love of my life is getting married. Why is she avoiding me? I didn't do anything wrong…Well other than the shower thing. But she should've expected that one. Maybe I should call her… Well what if she really is avoiding me? I could say I wanted to talk to Elle. Hmm… I haven't talked to Elle in a couple days. I miss my little monster. Ugh I miss them both. I hate Charlie. He's such a shit head. I just wanna bash his head in something…
Puck's knuckles clenched but before he could get too worked up, a knock on the door interrupted his thoughts. Puck slowly got up and answered the door.
"Are you going to the dress rehearsal with us?" Mercedes asked Puck. The whole group was behind her, waiting to leave.
"Oh shit that's today?" Puck exclaimed. Mercedes and Kurt smiled widely and puched through Puck into his room.
"We figured you'd forget," Kurt said as everyone filed in and had a seat, "That's why we came an hour early." He and Mercedes high fived.
""Now go!" Rachel pushed him in the direction of the bathroom, "It's a fifteen minute drive!"
*separate*
"Quinn!" A voice shouted and Quinn turned around to face her mother running toward her, "Elle's dress is just gorgeous! Now, should she wear this bracelet," She held out a small silver bracelet covered with diamonds, "Or …this necklace," She reached into her pocked and pulled out a silver necklace with a heart at the end.
Quinn looked at the necklace, well, she mostly looked at the heart. She picked it up and held it and felt a bump, indicating that the heart was a locket. She opened it and saw nothing. The heart was empty. It's such a simple pendant, with a secret inside. If she were to see someone wearing it on the street, she would think they were in love. But there's always so much more behind the story. Whether the couple had hated each other at first; Or if he fixed her broken heart; Or a couple who had been through everything, good or bad, and still looked at each other with that loving expression. Quinn felt as if the necklace was powerful, able to hold a couple's deepest secrets and passions.
She looked up to see her mother's smiling and expectant face. She made the connection then. Her mother had set the whole thing up. Quinn had been looking for an accessory for her dress for months but had failed and given up. Her mother knew though.
"Mom… this is…" Quinn searched her head for a word that could describe the locket in her hands, "It's beautiful, it's amazing, it's… perfect!" Quinn shrieked. She could feel her eyes watering as she and her mother walked to the closest mirror and Quinn fastened the locket around her neck. Quinn stared at her reflection. The locket seemed to be a part of her; Something no one would miss, but something that completed her. She felt as if she'd never take it off. Butterflies fluttered deep in Quinn's stomach as she took in the nervous but confident bride-to-be in front of her. She forgot about her mother, and her wedding, and even the chaos around her, until she felt a pair of warm arms around her.
It felt wrong. Quinn knew Charlie's arms were around her but it just didn't feel right. Quinn didn't get that jumpy, excited feeling over her anymore. As if the wrong person had his arms around her. She brushed it off and turned around to smile at Charlie. He bent down and kissed her. The kiss that had once made her knees week and her heart melt, had slowly started losing affect. Quinn realized that this time. She pulled away from Charlie and looked into his eyes. She wondered when that had started happening, when she had stopped feeling that was about him, when the door opened.
She saw her friends walk in and smile at her and untangled herself from Charlie's arms. She walked into Mercedes deep hug. Quinn looked behind Mercedes and smiled at everyone else. Rachel held up two thumbs and Finn smiled encouragingly. Everyone else was looking around excitedly, taking it all in. Mercedes let Quinn go and her and Rachel started chattering excitedly about the event that would happen in nearly 24 hours. The door opened quietly this time, but Quinn could see the man walk in. She could see the sun illuminating him and making his skin look smooth and warm. She felt her heart race and the butterflies in her stomach jittered around.
Quinn walked away from Rachel and Mercedes and stepped around her other friends, and she walked directly into the arms of Noah Puckerman.
*separate*
Puck walked into the doors of the chapel and saw an angel less than 20 feet away. Quinn looked beautiful in her white, flowing dress. The dress covered her shoes, but didn't quite hit the floor. Puck imagined the train flowing behind her, long and white. Puck couldn't stop himself from imagining that she was walking to him; That she was walking down the aisle to marry him. As Quinn got closer, Puck could see a silver necklace with a heart pendant hanging from her neck. He had never seen anything so beautiful. She walked into his arms and he could smell her heavenly scent. He could feel her warm body beneath his arms. The hug ended too soon. She was out of his arms too quick. One second, he was holding her and next thing he knows, Charlie is snaking her out of his arms and into a deep kiss.
Puck's vision went red and his hands balled into fists. He bit his lip so hard it bled. He tasted the blood and slowly pushed his anger aside. He un-balled his fists and clenched his teeth. His vision though, stayed covered by a red, furious light.
"Daddy!" Elle's sweet voice cleared the red as she ran up to him and jumped in his arms. Puck was momentarily distracted by his daughter until Quinn's mother appeared in the group.
"Hey everyone, it's time for the final run!" She exclaimed. She saw Puck and gathered him up in a huge hug throwing out a swarm of questions. Puck let her get it out then said,
"Mrs. Fabray it's great to see you! But.. uh maybe we could do this another time…" Puck said as the others walked to their seats.
"Oh yes! Another time!" She wagged her finger so he knew she meant it. Puck watched as she caught up with her daughter. Puck walked to his seat near his friends. Finn gave him a sympathetic look and Rachel patted his leg. The music started and everyone turned their attention forward.
*separate*
Quinn was beautiful as she walked down the aisle and Puck was enjoying every minute of that. Until she got to Charlie. Puck felt his heart fall to the floor. He then wondered what would happen to him tomorrow when he had to watch the real thing. Puck felt as if he had been hit by a truck and starved for a month. For the rest of the night he just couldn't get rid of the empty feeling in his chest.
