Hey again! Okay so before I start the next chapter, I want to tell everyone that I'm very sorry about the sporadic updates, but I have school right now so I need to focus on that first, so I'll update whenever I have the chance too. So sorry once again, but I hope you enjoy this next chapter, because it's going to be a long one since I have so much to fit into it, so enjoy!
And I obviously don't own anything, or else Darren Criss would be signing to me all the time, Chris Colfer would be my best friend and Mark Salling would be in my bed!
Chapter 11
Ever since the discussion Quinn and Puck had with Luke and Lorelai, time just seemed to be whizzing by, seeing as the four were very busy discussing things further, signing papers as well as attending doctor's appointments and planning a surprise baby shower for Lorelai. That's why around the end of May, Quinn wasn't surprised when Puck got a call from Mercedes, explaining the current dilemma they were in since Regionals were arriving, and fast.
"Hey 'Cedes what's up? How's glee doing?" Puck answered his cell, while sitting with Quinn in her room. Quinn quickly yelled a hello to her best friend. Mercedes then squealed in delight right into Puck's ear and he yelled.
"Geez calm down Mama, I'd rather not be deaf by the time I'm 20, thanks"
"Sorry Puck, I just miss my girl! But I guess I should tell you why I called you of all people!" Mercedes said and Puck just scoffed.
"Gee thanks, love you too mama!" Puck snorted, then continued; "But what's up? It must be serious if you are calling me".
"It's very serious, we're out two people in glee and there's only a week left until regionals!" Mercedes said, cutting right to the chase, and at this, Puck perked up and listened more intently. "Well can't Mr. Schue find replacements like he did with sectionals?" He asked.
"Well one of the less hateful Cheerios is stepping in for Quinn, but as for you, we really don't wanna have to use Jacob again, I mean I don't really like Rachel, but even I wouldn't want to put her through that again. And plus, last time he actually peed his pants when we were backstage!" Mercedes said then scrunched her face up in disgust as she thought about the disgusting boy. Puck also made a disgusted face and snorted through the phone.
"Ewww. Look, I know I've stopped throwing kids in dumpsters, but I think I want to continue my tradition with Jacob, is that alright?" He asked Mercedes and the other teen just laughed and said "yes please do, they should lock him in there!" They continued laughing for a bit, but soon sobered up enough to talk about more serious matter.
"As much as I'd love to continue this Jacob hate-fest we have going on, there's a very serious matter at hand", Mercedes said clearing her throat. "We have eleven members right now, but as you know, we need twelve to compete in regionals and we have no one". As Mercedes was talking, Puck knew what she was getting to: he had to go back to Lima, because glee needed him. Okay, it's not like he didn't want to go back, but he hated leaving Quinn and he wasn't sure what she would think of it. So, with this thought in mind, he dared to acknowledge the giant elephant in the room.
"So I have to come back, don't I?" He sounded really sad when he said this, and as soon as he did, Quinn looked up at him, and gave him a questioning look, which caused him to stare back at her. Mercedes huffed through the phone, "Look, I know you don't wanna leave Quinn, especially since she's so close to her due date, but we need you. None of us wanna lose Glee Club just yet, it brought us all together, and we're not ready to let go of that yet and I already talked to Quinn about it and she said she'd miss you, but she's willing to let you come back. So please Puck?" As Mercedes finished her speech, Quinn seemed to be begging Puck to go with her eyes, while Puck still looked unsure, but when Quinn reached her hand out to grab Puck's, he smiled back at her and squeezed it harder.
"Fine, but I'm only coming back for regionals, then I'm coming straight back here", he said in a 'and-that's-my-final-answer' tone.
"That's fine, I understand you don't want to leave Quinn, it's just I—we as in the whole glee club don't want you to leave for good. We miss Quinn too, and we need you two back".
"Mercedes, I promise you we will come back as soon as we're ready, I still need to talk to Quinn about that", he said, whispering into the phone, so that Quinn didn't hear.
"That's fine, I don't expect you two to come back right away, just let her know that we all miss her okay? Especially me", Mercedes finished, letting out a breath.
"Will do. I gotta go now though, M, Baby Mama's flailing wildly at me and making rude gestures, I think she's hungry—tell her to stop please!" Puck nearly yelled jokingly at Mercedes.
"Hey Q, give the boy a rest, he's too much of a Puckerwoman to tell you himself!"
"Hey!" He yelled at a laughing Mercedes.
"Sorry, it's true though, man up Puck! Aren't you supposed to be 'Puckzilla' or something?" She joked.
"Whatever Aretha, I'm hanging up now!"
Hey! What did I say about that nick—"She begun, but was cut off by a dial tone. Quinn gasped, but burst out in laughter.
"That was mean—but hilarious!" She continued laughing along with a smirking Puck.
"Hey! No one insults the Puckasaurus's badassness and gets away with it!" He said, smirking and flexing his 'guns'. Quinn just scoffed at his behaviour and rolled her eyes. "Oh just admit it, Puck, ever since you came here, you've had NO 'badassness'! I've taken it all!" She continued laughing, and smiled at Puck.
"Let's face it Puck; ever since you came here, you've been a big softie—but I like it", she said, smiling up at the older teen through her eyelashes, who just smiled back as he leaned in to kiss her gently.
"I'm not gonna lie, I kinda like it too. But if you ever tell anyone that I admitted to losing my badassness, I'll tell people I caught you stealing bacon from Lorelai's fridge, then proceeded to eat the whole plate, while talking dirty to it!" At this, Quinn gasped in shock then slapped him hard in the chest. "You wouldn't'! You weren't even supposed to hear that!"
"Well I did babe, and I gotta admit it was kinda hot, even though you were hitting on bacon like that and not me", he said and smirked at her. She then slapped him again and he really wasn't liking this 'getting beat up by a pregnant girl' thing they had going on, so he quickly grabbed both her hands to stop her from hitting him anymore, then kissed her.
"You're not gonna win this way!" Quinn whispered into his mouth, right before their tongues intertwined.
"Well I'll definitely try!" He whispered back then let out a throaty chuckle as they fell back onto the bed. Quinn gasped as they hit the bed, seeing as they have never been in this position since that night, so she was slightly nervous, since she was only beginning to trust Puck. He must have sensed her apprehension however, because he lowered his hand to her stomach, and gently rubbed it, to assure her he wasn't going to do anything stupid ever again. At that moment, Quinn smiled against his lips and pulled him closer, feeling like she needed him as close as possible in order to know that this moment—this absolutely perfect moment was actually happening. Of course, their 'absolutely perfect' moment was soon interrupted by a knock on the door, and at this, both teens groaned.
"Ignore it", Noah whispered to Quinn, while beginning to kiss her neck gently. Quinn did listen to Noah, but then the person on the other side of the door got impatient.
"Guys, I know what you're doing in there, and you're lucky she's already pregnant or else I'd be more worried! Now come on, open the door before I break it down—or get Luke to!" She exclaimed, now pounding on the door. With a huff of annoyance, Quinn reluctantly pushed Puck off her and got up, while the latter teen groaned and tried to pull her back to the bed.
"I'm sorry Noah, but if I don't answer her now, she'll just get louder, break the door down, then start throwing stuff at us, so I'm really saving us here", she explained, and with that she opened the door to reveal Lorelai looking very annoyed and impatient.
"Finally!" She huffed. "I swear I do not miss teenage hormones one bit—at least I don't miss dealing with them!" Quinn rolled her eyes at this, but smiled at the older woman.
"Yeah yeah, now what was so important that you had to come here and interrupt us from….whatever was going on here?" She asked the older woman, looking a bit uncomfortable, because to be honest, she really didn't know what would have happened if they didn't get interrupted. Lorelai just rolled her eyes at her younger friend and answered. "You have a visitor", she said while smiling brightly at Quinn.
"A visitor? Who would come to visit me?" She asked, not really knowing who would actually visit her, since she didn't really know many people that well in this town yet.
"I'm not saying anything girl, just go down there and find out, he's getting very impatient you know!" She joked while nudging Quinn lightly. At the mention of 'he' however, Puck suddenly got curious, and rather jealous, so much so in fact, that he didn't even hear Quinn calling him to come when she and Lorelai were leaving the room.
Once they got downstairs, the first thing Puck saw was Quinn running over to an older looking male with short blonde hair and blue eyes. "Oh god, another pretty boy! First Hudson, then that Ben jerk, now this douchebag!" Puck thought to himself as he looked the other guy over. Quinn then pulled the older man into a tight embrace, and Puck's jealousy suddenly went up almost ten notches.
"Oh my god, Logan! I'm so sorry, I meant to call you to see if you wanted to meet sometime soon, but I got so busy with the baby and work, that I forgot!" She said, all the while smiling widely at Logan. Suddenly, as if she forgot about him, she looked over to Puck standing there looking pissed off, and began to introduce the two.
"Oh, I'm so sorry! Logan, this is Puck, he's the father of the baby. Puck, this is my favourite cousin, Logan!" She smiled at the two males, and Puck suddenly felt a huge rush of relief come over him as she said the word 'cousin'. Quinn must have noticed this as well, because she rolled her eyes exaggeratingly at Puck, who just rolled his back.
"Really, I'm your favourite, eh? Well thanks for the high honours Quinnie! It's nice to meet you Puck—that's not your real name though, is it?" He asked, while holding out his hand for the younger male to shake.
"Nope, it's just a nickname, everyone calls me that though", he said while shaking Logan's hand.
"Yeah, and he's also too stubborn to change it. He says it makes him sound 'badass', and his real name sounds 'whimpy'", Quinn explained to Logan while rolling her eyes and scoffing at Puck, who just smirked in return.
"Well, when you get a bunch of jerks in grade five, asking where your ark is, you'd change your name from Noah pretty fast too!" Puck pouted at his words, while Quinn rolled her eyes once again at his idiocy. "Hey don't make fun of the 'Puckerone' babe, he's badass!"
"How do I ever put up with you?" She asked while letting out an exasperated sigh, and looking over at Logan, who was apparently very amused at their antics if the hysterical laughing was anything to go by.
"Well you two are very amusing, it reminds me of my sister and her husband, if you add in the fact that they've been married long enough to bicker worse than my parents!" Logan exclaimed, which earned a knowing shrug from Quinn, since she knew exactly what her aunt and uncle were capable of, as well as Logan's sister.
"This is true! So my favourite cousin, what brings you here to Stars Hollow and to me and my hugeness?"
"I just wanted to see how my favourite cousin is doing, and is 'hugeness' even a word?" Logan asked, cocking an eyebrow at the young girl.
"I don't know if it is, I think this baby is making me delusional, so don't mind me if I make up my own words", she laughed, but then turned serious. "There is something I wanted to talk to you about though".
"What is it Quinnie?" He asked while taking a seat beside the girl who was now sitting at a table in the dining room with Logan and Puck.
"Babe, I think I'm gonna go explore the town some more. There's this awesome music store I saw the other day, so I wanna go check it out", Puck explained to her, while telling her without words that he was leaving so they could talk in private.
"Okay Noah, I'll still see you at Luke's for dinner right?"
"Yup. It was nice meeting you Logan, see you later!" He said while leaving, and Logan waved at him.
"He seems nice, a little 'rough around the edges', but nice", Logan said, smiling at the younger girl.
"Yeah, and that's to put it nicely!" Quinn joked, but then turned serious once again. "Anyways, I actually wanted to talk to you about Rory". At the mention of her name, Logan's face fell and he looked utterly distressed.
"I know and I feel terrible about what I did, it's just that when I saw her in that store, every memory of me and her just came rushing back to me, so I felt like I had to talk to her again. I didn't mean to cause any fights between her and Jess, I just wanted to hear her voice again, and make sure she was happy, because she means so much to me—she always will. God, I feel so stupid, like I'm that young over-privileged rich boy who screws everything and everyone's life up including his own, why do I always do that?" After Logan's heartfelt confession, he now had his head in his hands, but looked up once Quinn touched his arm.
"Hey, that's enough! Don't beat yourself up about this, this isn't really your fault if you think about it, I mean you had good intentions when you called her. You know what? Rory's coming back later tonight, so I really think you should talk to her and tell her that you're sorry about what happened between her and Jess, and tell her everything you just told me, I think she'll completely understand". She gently smiled at the cousin that was more like an older brother to her and he was suddenly hugging her tightly.
"Thank you Quinnie, you've always been good at putting me back on the right track, even when you were younger", he said, while patting her back.
"Well, I'm glad I could be of help. And now, it is time for me to sort my own life out, I'm still working on that one", she smiled sadly, and Logan lifted her chin up with his hand.
"Hey, don't worry you'll figure it out, you always do. And besides, you've got Rory who's a great help, and Lorelai who knows what you've been through, and Puck who seems kind of abrasive, but he means well".
"He kind of reminds me of you when you were younger", she said and Logan nods knowingly.
"And of course you have me, and you can call me whenever you want, okay Quinnie?"
"Thanks Logan. You know, I really missed you, you're like the brother I never had, and I kind of needed you around, especially lately".
"Well then, we'll just have to make a habit of seeing each other more often, won't we?" He smiled at the younger girl while pulling her into another hug.
"We will. Well, I'm gonna head out, did you maybe want to go out for lunch?"
"Sure, except let's not go to Luke's, because I don't think that man's too fond of me", he chuckled, while scary images of Luke seeing him around town and beating him with his 'trusty old baseball bat', popped into his head, which he shuddered at.
"No problem, Weston's then?"
"Sounds good, cuz", he said, smiling fondly, and draping an arm around her shoulder, while they walked out of the inn.
Later that day, Rory came back and Logan explained everything to her. They then proceeded to stay up all night just talking and laughing about the old times, while Rory told him that her and Jess were slowly working things out. He smiled at this confession, because he really wouldn't be able to deal with breaking up a relationship, and he wasn't lying to Quinn, he really did want to see her happy.
"It was really good seeing you again Logan. I know you had the best intentions when you called me, and I don't really blame you for anything that happened", Rory explained.
"You don't?" Logan asked, seeming to be very shocked at this.
"No I don't, I blame myself for the way I reacted to your call. I actually thought you were calling because you missed me and you, well wanted—" She cut off at this, because she really couldn't finish speaking, but Logan seemed to get what she was trying to say, and stepped closer to her.
"Okay, I'll admit it, I was thinking about that, but I knew you were happy with Jess, and as long as you're happy, I'm happy—wow, how cliché" He chuckled, and she smiled.
"Thank you Logan, it was really good seeing you again", she said as she hesitantly hugged him goodbye, (they were at Lorelai's house). Logan returned the hug enthusiastically, before saying goodbye and leaving the house.
Yes, they decided, everything would eventually be fine.
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