Puck: POV
Q: I'm sittin in a railway station
Got a ticket for my destination
Oh, oh
Me: On a tour of one night stands
My suitcase and guitar in hand
Both: And every stop is neatly planned
For a poet and a one man band
Mike: This wave
Satan: (Wave)
Mike and Satan: Is stringing us along
Satan: Along
Mike and Q: Just know you're not alone
Mike: Cuz I'm gonna make this place your home
Satan: Every day's an endless stream
Of cigarettes and magazines
Oh, oh
Mama and Satan: And each town looks the same to me
The movies and the factories
And every stranger's face I see
Reminds me that I long to be
Finn: The trouble it might drag you down
If you get lost, you can always be found
Finn and Satan: Just know you're not alone
Mama: Know you're not alone
All: Cuz I'm gonna make this place your home
Satan: Where my thoughts escape me
Mama: Where my music's playing
Q: Where my love lies waiting
Silently for me
All: Settle down
It'll all be clear
The trouble, it might drag you down
If you get lost, you can always be found
Finn and Satan: Just know you're not alone
Mama: Know you're not alone
All: Cuz I'm gonna make this place your home
Satan: Ohh!
Where my music's playin
Mama: I'm gonna make
I'm gonna make
Make this place your home!
No, you're not alone
Satan: Where my music's playin
Mama: I'm gonna make
I'm gonna make
Make this place our home
No, you're not alone"
MAP
This past month has been crazy. Getting used to Mama's house was weird. They worked like motherfuckin beasts and were like robots. But it was cool. Nobody ever yelled and the grub was really good.
Not to say Moms can't cook. She can but she can only cook the good stuff on special occasions. Usually it's boxed and frozen foods.
Getting used to sleeping with Mama was kinda awesome. She does kick but her bed is so big that I can get at the edge and avoid her. She has this special pillow that kinda props her up so she's mostly stuck in one spot.
She got up early in the morning and got ready. She'd have breakfast and give me a kiss before leaving and let me sleep in. Her bed was hella comfortable and I dug being able to spread out in it and get my shut eye.
The only thing is that sometimes it was boring. Whenever she wasn't cooking or cleaning, Mrs. G was in her room. The nanny still didn't speak English so I couldn't talk to her while she watched Netflix.
Doc was rarely at home but he was lightening up. But Mama and Mini Mama stayed studying. I didn't understand it. I did my homework then I wanted to relax. They studied for hours after they came home.
Mama stayed on campus until her last class of the day then came home and then she'd finish her homework, practice her instruments and study more. She'd break for dinner but then she'd go back to studying until it was late and she'd shower and come to bed.
I asked her why didn't she watch TV and she said she'd rather study. Do you get that?! Rather study?! Who does that?!
Mini Mama was as bad. Even on the days she went to school (she was still sick), she stayed reading. Her nose was always in a book. I hate reading. Watching her read all the time gave me a headache.
And that was when she was home because she was in a thousand different clubs and had a billion friends. Plus she still volunteered.
But Beth kept me company. I loved getting to see her more and I was glad as hell that we'd be living together soon. She was so smart. She was learning new things every day.
Q was teaching her Swedish and she would say the cutest things I couldn't understand. She'd say something and then smile at me as I had no idea what she just said.
Speaking of people saying stuff, Mini Mama stopped speaking English around the twins. She'd only say stuff in Japanese or Italian so they'd pick up on it, even though they didn't even know English yet.
I figured I should start trying to teach Beth some Yiddish. It couldn't hurt, right?
This month has been pretty good overall but Mama made me talk about how getting dumped by Kick made me feel. She wouldn't leave it alone.
It made me feel lousy. What else did she want me to say?! But she dragged it out of me. So we talked over everything and we decided we would keep our relationship closed for a while. Just focus on us and our kid.
We didn't want to get hurt like that again…
Everyone knew by now and no one brought it up. Mini Mama was the only one to still talk to Kick as far as I knew. I asked her why when Kick dropped us like a bad habit and she said she wasn't in the middle of it. That there was three sides to every story and it wasn't her business no way.
I guess I could get that. I still loved the blonde deserter.
Anyway, it was Thanksgiving weekend and Mike and Satan had just gotten in. We hung out at Breadstix for a while before Finn took us to the school to tell us who was working with who for Sectionals in glee. We were getting started tomorrow and helping them prepare.
For Finn's sake, I hope this goes well for him…
MAP
Mercedes: POV
I feel so bad for the New Directions!
Let me start at the beginning.
Tana and Mikey got in last night and hung out with Finn, Lucy, Noah and I at Breadstix, where we got caught up. Finn wanted us to mentor the kids so we agreed and he gave us our mentees.
I was paired with Unique. I was so happy to see her. I still felt bad about the Grease auditions. Lucy was paired with that Kitty girl. I do not like her. She's a snotty little thing. Mikey had Ryder. He's a little quiet but reminds me of a cross between Finn and Sammy.
Noah had his little brother, who is a true flirt. But he makes me feel good about myself. I'm still not showing much but I feel like a whale. Tana had Marley, the sweetest thing to hit McKinley since I left. Yeah, I said it.
They had a tight setlist. Even letting T sing lead on Gangam Style. It was amazing.
But things turned disastrous when Marley dropped during the end. She had to be rushed off stage. I was really worried about her.
Tana told me that Kitty had given Marley diet pills and had been making her feel overweight. That really pissed me off. It wasn't my place but I wanted to tell that blonde troublemaker some things that'll curl her hair!
I know that's why they lost. Finn was so hurt. He really wanted to make Mr. Shue proud. Mr. Shue had gotten back just in time for this mess.
On the bright side, I got to see Coach's baby, Robyn. She was completely adorable.
I was just sick of the drama. I wanted us to be able to bond so before everyone (including Britt, who flew in for support) flew to the winds, I had us go out to celebrate being out in the world.
It was fun but Tana pulled me to the side and said how she felt Britt was losing her mind at MIT. She couldn't focus on anything beyond numbers and margins of error. Being a math genius had its drawbacks for her.
I felt bad for her and so did her girlfriend because Tana had actually found a major while at the University of Kentucky. She got in line for law when she saw a rally for political science. Poly-Sci wasn't her thing but she knew she could argue anybody down.
She said the classes were fun but it made her feel bad that Britt was having a hard time while she was getting by. I asked her what she meant by "getting by" and she said that although she liked her classes, everything outside of them made her sad as hell.
She missed Britt and Artie too much. I had to talk her into staying in school. I reminded her that she only had five more months and she had two breaks in between. Christmas break was coming up soon and she'd be with her loved ones.
She calmed down and left to go spend time with them before she had to drive back to Kentucky.
It was a wild ride from start to finish but at least we got through it. And during Thanksgiving, we did what we usually did. My family that is. We ordered takeout and got caught up on work.
I made Noah go home for it cuz he didn't understand us and I was tired of him staring at me like a new species of animal.
Like he was so normal!
He still snored to high heaven and he continuously went to use the bathroom while I was in there and he flipped through channels way too much and left his shoes everywhere-!
Ugh! He gets on my nerves sometimes…
But I love him and wouldn't trade him for anyone else. It was nice trying to see how we'd be in New York and now I knew (with a little adjustment) we could cohabit-ate with minimum problems.