Beginning Our Life

Last Time: Puck and Sarah discussed names for their son until it ended in a walkout. Sarah was surprised when she received a phone call from Rachel just wanting to catch up. Rachel asked Sarah not to tell anyone she called and Sarah did just that, until Puck found out. And that's what you missed on Beginning Our Life.

Disclaimer: I don't own Glee or any songs that I may put in here.

Big Brother

Grace's Point of View

Mom's hand was on the small of my back as the entire family walked over to a shady spot under a tree for our picnic Kurt packed.

"So Kurt, what'd you pack?" Dad asked.

Kurt shrugged, "Just the usual; some cookies, sandwiches, fruit, a salad-"

"Gross," Noah muttered from where he was helping Finn set up the blanket.

"It is healthy food, Puck, something you need to eat," Kurt scolded.

I watched Noah roll his eyes and laughed. Noah noticed me and winked.

"Can we eat now? I'm starving," Sarah asked while Noah helped her down onto the blanket.

"Yes, what would you like?" Mom replied after Dad helped her sit down.

It was the weirdest thing to have all the girls in my family pregnant, except for me of course. They couldn't sit by themselves and were always hungry.

I sat next to Finn and smiled as he passed me the sandwich labeled with my name. We fell into a comfortable silence as each of us ate our sandwiches and other food Kurt packed.

"Grace!"

I looked up from my water to see Allie waving at me. I got a weird feeling in my stomach when I saw she was with Mason and another one of his friends.

"Hi!" I waved back and automatically ran my hand over the French braid Sarah put my hair in.

"Grace, you can go play if you'd like," Mom smiled.

"Thanks," I smiled back and jumped up from the blanket.

As I walked away, I could hear Noah whisper, "If she comes back crying because of that kid, I'm gonna kill him."

I skipped over to Allie, Mason, and the boy who I remember was Ethan, "Hey guys!"

"Hey!" Allie smiled.

Ethan smiled as well, but Mason just glared at me. Even though he looked anything but nice, Mason still made my stomach do flip flops.

"Is that your brother over there?" Mason asked.

I slowly nodded, "Yeah, that's him."

"I hate him," Mason stated.

Allie and Ethan's eyes went wide as they stared at me to see my next move. The butterfly feeling in my stomach went away and was replaced with such anger I thought I was going to explode.

"What did you just say?" I stepped forward.

"Your brother destroyed my family, so I hate him," Mason crossed his arms.

"Grace, let's go do something else," Allie said softly and grabbed my hand.

I took my hand back and stared at Mason, "You don't know anything about my brother. He's the nicest person I know and he'd never break your family on purpose. So stop saying mean things about him."

"You know what, Grace? You must be just like him since you're standing up for him. My dad called him a Lima Loser. Are you a Lima Loser, Grace?" Mason taunted, "I don't be boyfriends to girls that are Lima Losers."

My heart dropped asI blinked back tears and ran away as fast as I could. Why were boys so mean? I wasn't paying attention to where I was running and ended up tripping over the picnic blanket and falling onto Finn's lap.

"Oh, sweetie, what happened?" Mom asked and placed a hand on my shaking back.

I ignored her and continued crying into Finn's thigh.

"That's it," Noah grunted.

"Stop," Sarah scolded at the same time Kurt said, "I'll help."

"Ms. Grace's Pretend Mom! I know what happened!" Allie's voice came.

I looked up to see her standing above me looking down at Mom.

"Honey, you can call me Ms. Carole," Mom smiled.

"What happened?" Dad asked.

"Mason was saying really mean things about Grace's brother and he called him a name and said Grace was probably the same thing so that's why he wouldn't go out with her," Allie rushed out.

I sobbed and fell back onto Finn.

"What. Was. The. Name?" Noah spit out.

"Umm...it was something about Lima...," Allie muttered.

"Was it Lima Loser?" Finn asked.

I burst into more tears.

"Puck, no, hey, stop," Sarah whispered.

I looked up and through my tears I could see Noah's hands clenching and unclenching against the blanket as Sarah rubbed his back and hands as she whispered in his ear.

"Puck, the boy's ten, he doesn't know anything," Kurt assured.

"Grace, wanna go swing?" Allie asked me.

"No thanks," I hiccuped, "I wanna go home."

"Good," Noah jumped up and I was suddenly in the air. He swung me over his shoulder and brought me to the van where he set me back down, "Don't listen to that kid, you're not a Lima Loser."

"And neither are you," I tried to smile, but it came out more as a grimace.

Noah pulled me into a hug, "Don't cry."

I sniffled and nodded, "Ok."

"Thanks for helping me," Sarah grumbled while walking over.

"Sorry," Noah told her while stepping back.

Mom came over and hugged both me and Noah, "I love you two so much. Promise me not to listen to people when they say things about you that aren't true."

Noah squirmed away, "Ok, promise."

"Me too, I promise," I smiled up at Mom.

Mom kissed the top of my head, "Alright, get in the car."

"Wait, where's Burt, Kurt, and Finn?" Noah asked.

Mom and Sarah exchanged a look.

"Well," Sarah looked at the ground.

"Just get in the car," Mom pushed us forward.

"Ha! Doubt that kid'll even look at Grace again!" Finn's voice sounded.

"No, I bet now he'll realize Grace's a great girl no matter what's happened in his past with Puck. They'll be dating by the time they finish middle school," Kurt added in.

"Grace will not have a boyfriend in middle school, I don't even want her to have one in high school," Dad said.

"What did you guys say to him?" Sarah asked when they walked up.

"Just put him in his place," Finn cracked his knuckles.

"What? I would have wanted to be included," Noah glared at them.

"What happened?" I asked.

"Allie brought us over to Mason who we calmly scolded for calling you that name and told him that Puck is a good person who is sorry for breaking up his family," Kurt explained.

I just stared at him until a thought occurred to me, "Did you break his face?"

Everyone started laughing, but I was serious.

"Really, I don't like him anymore and think he deserves a good beating," I crossed my arms.

Dad put a hand on my head, "No, we didn't beat Mason up."

"Unfortunately that's probably illegal," Finn muttered.

I stepped forward and tried to hug the three of them, "Thanks, though."

"You are very welcome," Kurt smiled.

"Can we go home?" I asked Mom.

"Of course," Mom smiled.

~~~~~GLEE~~~~~

Sarah's fingers were soft against my head as she tried to do my hair differently. She said she wanted to be able to make me the prettiest fifth grader in history. So here we were, sitting on her bed trying different braids and twists in my hair.

"Sarah?" I asked.

"Mhmm?" she replied softly.

"Did you ever say something really mean to Finn?" I questioned.

Sarah's fingers paused just for a second before she continued, "Probably, but I can't exactly remember right this second. Why?"

I weaved my fingers together, "I said something really mean to Noah the other day."

"Yeah? Wanna tell me what you said?" Sarah turned me around to see what my hair looked like from the front.

I avoided her eye contact, knowing that Sarah might not be happy with what I said.

"Grace," Sarah warned and tilted my chin up, "What'd you say?"

"I told him I hated him and that he ruined my life," I closed my eyes to keep the tears from falling.

Sarah's finger ran down my cheek, "Gracie, you didn't mean that, did you?"

I opened my eyes, "I'm sorry Sarah. I meant it when I said it. I thought he really did ruin my life since he was the reason Mason didn't like me, but now I know Mason's stupid and mean."

Sarah took a deep breath, "Alright. So you want me to tell you what to do?"

I quickly nodded my head.

"Apologize. Tell Noah you didn't mean it," Sarah gave a small smile.

I groaned, "I was afraid of that."

Sarah laughed, "You know, Noah's not that bad."

I crossed my arms, "You're just saying that because you're his girlfriend."

Sarah laughed again, "I'm serious. You know that he used to be like a brother to me."

"Yeah, I know that," I muttered.

"And he used to take care of me like a big brother. Like when my dad died," Sarah whispered.

I stared at her, almost expecting her to start crying, but when she didn't, I said, "Maybe I can go say sorry."

Sarah nodded, pretty much lost in her thoughts.

I got up from the bed and made my way into the living room where Noah was watching the Olympics with Dad and Finn.

"Noah," I said while sitting next to him.

Noah glanced down, "Yeah?"

"I'm sorry for saying that I hated you and that you ruined my life," I told him.

Out of the corner of my eye, I could see Finn and Dad look away from the tv at us.

Noah blushed, "Grace...um...thanks."

I hugged him tightly, "You're the best."

Before Noah could respond, I ran back to Sarah's room.

Sarah looked up when I came in, "So, did you say sorry?"

I nodded and sat next to her, "Yup. I think I surprised him."

Sarah laughed softly, "Alright, now that we got that out of the way, do you want to do anything certain?"

I smiled, "Yeah, tell me how to make Ethan be my boyfriend."

Sarah groaned, "Ok, let's talk because a ten year old does not need a boyfriend."

~~~~~GLEE~~~~~

I walked into the living room to finish watching my movie only to see Noah and Sarah laying on the couch with something completely different on.

"Uh...hello!" I stomped my foot, "I was watching that!"

Noah glanced at me and continued drawing circles on Sarah's belly, "It's getting late, you should go to bed."

"Noah!" I yelled.

"Grace! Go to bed," Noah didn't even look up this time.

Sarah put a hand over Noah's, stopping his circles. She reached up and whispered something against his jaw.

Noah sighed and held Sarah up so he could get out from underneath her, "I was serious, Grace, it really is time for bed," I opened my mouth to protest, but Noah held a hand up, "But I promise I'll finish the movie with you tomorrow."

I closed my mouth and smirked, "You'll watch High School Musical with me?"

Noah ran a hand over his face, "Yeah, sure, whatever."

I smiled, "Alright, I'll go to bed then."

Noah nodded and followed me to my room.

Once there, he tucked me in and sat at the edge of my bed, "Night monster."

I laughed and reached up to hug him, "Goodnight, Noah."

Noah kissed the top of my head and laid me back down, "Go to sleep," he stood up and moved to walk out the door.

"Wait!" I called out.

Noah turned around, "Yeah?"

I bit my lip and looked down at my comforter, "I'm not tired."

Noah sighed and came back to sit next to me, "Grace, it's 10:30 at night. How are you not tired?"

I shrugged, "I don't know, I don't control my tiredness."

Noah smirked, "Alright, well we need to figure out how to get you tired then."

I looked up at him, "Tell me about your baby."

"Um, ok," Noah moved to lay next to me with his back against the head board, "What do you want to do?"

"What's his name?" I asked.

"We haven't decided yet, we probably won't decide until he's actually born," Noah nodded.

"Ok," I racked my brain, "When will he be here?"

"January 14th," Noah answered, "Tired yet?"

I shook my head, "Nope. When did you make him?"

If I was paying enough attention, which I think I was, Noah's face paled slightly. He let out a quiet laugh, "I didn't make him."

I raised my eyebrows, "Noah, I'm not stupid. I know you and Sarah made him together, but I don't understand why since you're not even old like Mom and Dad. So how are babies made?"

Noah wouldn't look at me, "Haven't you already asked me this?"

"Yes," I nodded, "But you didn't answer me, so answer me now."

Noah coughed, "Ask Sarah."

"But you're right here," I poked his arm, "Please Noah."

"It's magic," Noah said with his eyes closed.

"Magic?" that didn't seem right.

"Yeah," Noah opened his eyes, "Yeah, it's magic. Beth and my son and Ms. Carole's baby, they all got inside their mom because of magic."

I just stared at him, "I'll go ask Sarah or Ms. Carole...or Kurt will probably tell me," I threw the blankets off of me.

"No!" Noah put the blankets back on me, "Just...lay there, ok? It's almost 11 and you really should be getting to sleep."

I groaned, but laid back against my pillows, "Fine."

"Goodnight, Gracie," Noah put a hand on my head before standing up.

"Night, Noah," I smiled.

Noah smiled back and shut of my lights while closing the door.

I closed my eyes. Sarah was right, Noah's pretty great, even though he totally lied about the baby thing. I will find out and he won't be able to lie to me anymore.

~~~~~GLEE~~~~~

A/N: Oh my gosh, that was really hard. I'm so sorry that took a while, but I ran out of ideas which is why this isn't really with the story line. I hope you don't mind. Did you like it though? I'm still open for chapter ideas if anyone has any. I'd really appreciate them. PLEASE REVIEW with any questions, comments, concerns, or suggestions! I love knowing what you think!

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HomezYOLO - That was one of the main reasons why I had the baby be a boy. I've read a lot of stories with Glee people being pregnant, but the baby is always a boy. It gets me annoyed too.

raem9898 - Lol, yeah I had to sink to 10 year old angst, oh well. And Carole's baby is due late September while this is late July. So she'll be here soon! I'm getting excited. I actually have a chapter idea that I'm going to use about the pregnancy.

Tyra - Yeah, I guess it sort of is like a soap opera. Soap operas are another thing I love to watch (General Hospital!), but I don't think they've had a pregnant teen story line, at least not that I know of.

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Sneak Peak: I held Sarah's hand tightly as I drove the truck. This cannot be happening right now, the baby's not due for a couple months. Even I know that this can't be good for the baby.

Some drama next chapter that sends the whole family in a spiral!