Okay, here's a long chapter guys! It is also a shocking one. I don't know when I will be updating between now and Monday. I am going home for the weekend and between helping my cousins move, seeing my best friends, seeing family, and hanging with my sister I have no idea if I will have time to update. However, I will be back on Sunday night and ready to write. Enjoy!

Disclaimer: I do not own Glee or any of the familiar characters or places.

It was a cold, bright morning when the Anderson-Hummel household was filled with loud, annoying ringing. Knowing what it was the minute it woke her up, Liv groaned as she pulled the covers over her head. It went on for another minute, so she sighed and smacked the obnoxious alarm clock next to her bed.

"Why couldn't it be Saturday? Seriously, it's only a one day difference…or better yet, a snow day! That would be perfect." She whined, staring at her ceiling as if talking to God.

Ten minutes later she was out of bed and getting in the shower. She wondered if she would have to wake Willie, who had stayed at her house all week, since Blaine and Finn decided to join their spouses in New York. Turning off the water, though the warmth felt good on her cold skin, she wrapped herself in her fluffy robe and decided what to wear to school. Picking her outfit carefully, she hurried downstairs to start the coffeepot. Once that was done, she changed and fixed her hair. She decided to curl the ends and pin one of the sides back. Satisfied, she started on her makeup.

As she was finishing her makeup, her laptop made a noise that made her turn. Smiling, she opened the Skype tab, and answered the call from her parents.

"Hi, dads!" She chuckled.

Immediately, they started singing "Happy Birthday" while she just shook her head.

Once they were finished, Blaine sighed. "I can't believe our only child is a woman now!"

Liv rolled her eyes. "I think that happened a while ago, Daddy."

"You know what I mean." He said. "You're an adult now! You're all grown up and soon you'll be leaving home for college and then starting your own life."

"Pretty soon you won't need us anymore." Kurt said sadly.

"Dad. I'm still in high school. And you're still my parents. I'm always going to need you." Liv told them, attempting not to laugh at this year's version of the conversation they had every year.

"Well thank you, honey. That's very good to know." He said, a bit happier than he had been a minute ago. "Now…back up so we can see what you're wearing!"

She rolled her eyes and stood, backing up so they could see her outfit. She had chosen to wear a simple white t-shirt with a gray jacket and jeans, with a coral scarf around her neck. In her ears, she wore a pair of coral feathered earrings.

"That is so cute!" Kurt exclaimed. "You definitely have my approval on that."

Blaine sighed. "You really are all grown up."

"Oh, no! Do not start that again!" She laughed and they were silent for a moment.

She looked at them. "What?"

They looked at each other and then back to her. "What?"

She cocked an eyebrow. "I know when you guys are hiding something. You haven't been able to hide things from me since I was twelve." She watched them glance at each other again. "Spill it."

Blaine folded his hands together. "Honey…there a really big storm hit here last night."

"Yes, really big." Kurt added. "It was so bad that…they closed down all the airports and aren't letting anybody out for a while."

She stared at them. "Which means you guys aren't coming home tonight."

Blaine nodded. "Yes, but we can Skype tonight and you can tell us how your day was and when we get back we'll have our dinner wherever you choose!"

"Do you hate us?" Kurt asked after a moment.

She chuckled. "No, Dad, I don't hate you. It's not your fault that the weather sucks. It's fine. Willie and I will be fine for a few more nights by ourselves and it's not like I don't have anyone to celebrate with." She paused. "I guess it's a good thing we decided to have the party at Uncle Puck and Aunt Quinn's."

"We are going to call them right after we hang up with you and explain everything." Kurt told her quickly.

"Alright." She said and glanced up as Willie ran up the stairs, pointing to his watch. "Oh crap!"

They looked alarmed. "What's wrong?"

She shook her head. "Nothing, it's just later than I thought."

She stood to find her things as Willie leaned over the computer. "Hey Uncle Blaine! Hey Uncle Kurt! Sorry you guys are stuck in New York; wish we could talk longer but we are running later than we had planned."

"Yes, you have to go and pick everyone up. You cannot be late on your birthday." Blaine smiled at Liv and Willie as she walked back over. "We love you."

"I love you both, too. Be careful, and if the weather is that bad, don't go out. Stay in; play board games or something." She teased.

They hung up a minute later and Liv rushed to slip into her shoes. Grabbing her bag, she hurried to the kitchen and poured her coffee into her thermos and ran out the door right behind her cousin. As they drove to pick up everyone else, Willie turned to Liv.

"Are you okay?" He asked quietly.

She glanced at him as she turned the corner. "What are you talking about?"

He shrugged. "Your parents are stuck in New York on your birthday. That really sucks, Liv."

She sighed. It was true…it did suck. She couldn't deny that she was sad that her fathers would not make it home to celebrate with her. However, at the same time she knew it was not their fault.

"It's fine, Willie. Yeah, it sucks, but what can you do? At least I have you guys tonight." She smiled.

"Hell yeah! Danny and I are totally kidnapping you after dinner and we are going to make sure you have a great night." He laughed and she shook her head.

"Whatever you say, cousin." She said as her phone started ringing. "Can you get that?"

He nodded and grabbed her phone. "It's Lux." He said confused. "I'm putting it on speaker."

"Hey Lux." Liv said when he answered it.

"Tell me you aren't at school yet." She asked hurriedly.

"We're not at school yet." She said quickly. "Are you okay?"

"No I am not okay! Danny left me behind! Apparently he went early today to do something with his stupid football buddies but conveniently forgot to tell me so here I am waiting for him to come down so we can go and Dad tells me he's already gone!" She rambled.

Liv looked at Willie as she turned in the direction of her house. "I am seriously going to kill that boy. We'll be there in like three minutes. Be ready because we have to go get the others."

True to her word, they were pulling up three minutes later and she waved to Puck as Lux jumped in the car. "Thank you."

She nodded. "Text everyone and tell them to be ready, we're already running late and I do not need a reason for some jock to slushie me in this outfit today." She pulled out of the driveway and shook her head. "If we're late, I am going to kill Danny."

…

"So why did he leave early, anyway?" Justin asked Lux as they climbed out of her car.

"I don't know. I vaguely recall him saying something about a prank but that was yesterday and I could be wrong." She said.

Willie shook his head. "You're probably right, knowing those idiots."

They got to the building just as the warning bell rang and hurried to their lockers. When they got to their Spanish classroom, they crashed into their seats just as the bell rang.

"Way to cut it close this morning." Will chuckled and shook his head.

She shrugged. "We're just skilled like that."

After class, they waited while everyone left and then Liv hugged her uncle.

"So, how has your birthday been so far?" He asked with a big grin.

She shrugged. "Well I woke up late, my parents are stuck in New York, Danny ditched Lux so we had to pick her up and we were nearly late to school."

He stared at her. "Okay where do I start?" He paused. "Danny ditched Lux?"

She nodded. "Yes and he nearly missed a beating. If we had been late, he'd be eating cake through a straw tonight."

Will sighed. "What was that about your parents being stuck in New York?"

"They called this morning. Apparently a big storm hit last night and the airports aren't letting any flights out until at least tomorrow." Willie said.

"Oh, Liv, I'm so sorry." Will told her.

She waved him off. "It's fine. There's really nothing we can do so I am not dwelling on it." She said with a smile and interlocked her fingers with Oliver's.

"Alright, well you should go to your next class so you're not late. I will see you two in Glee." Will smiled and they quickly left the classroom.

The day went by pretty well for Liv. Thankfully, nobody decided to slushie her (Nora was the target that day and they got her during the break between study hall and English) so her outfit went undamaged. It wasn't until lunch that things got weird.

"What the hell?" Gen asked as she sat next to Liv. "What is Danny doing over there?"

Oliver glanced to the jock's table. "Isn't that where he always sits?" He asked as he stole a fry off of Liv's tray.

Next to him, Cassie shook her head. "Not on birthdays, he doesn't."

"We have this tradition," Justin told him. "where whenever there is a birthday in our family we sit together at lunch."

Liv shrugged. "Whatever. It's probably for the best. I'm still peeved about him ditching Lux this morning."

"I can go get him if you want." Grace told her but Liv shook her head.

"Don't." She said, not even glancing in his direction. "If he wants to ignore us during school today, that's his problem."

Then she turned to Oliver and snagged a bite of his pasta. He let her and looked over at Danny's table, glaring. Grace and Gen looked at each other and then smiled at Liv, starting a conversation. But no matter how much they tried to ignore it for Liv's sake, there was no doubt: they were all pissed at Danny Puckerman.

…

When they got to Glee later that day, they all noticed that Danny wasn't there.

"Don't even tell me he's ditching Glee now, too?" Kevin exclaimed.

"He's not." Victoria said as she walked in with Mary and Joanie. "He and some of the other football guys got sent to Figgin's office for the prank they pulled this morning."

"What did they do, anyway?" Sonny wondered.

Gabe chuckled as she plopped down into the seat next to Liv and threw his arm over her shoulder. "They painted all the benches and shelves in the locker room pink."

Liv shook her head but couldn't keep the smile smirk from crossing her lips. She had to admit, even though it was totally stupid, it was still kind of funny. "Who got hauled in with him?"

Victoria thought for a moment. "I think it was Jones and Doyle…maybe Collins, too."

Just as Will was starting class, they heard the old squeaking sound of the intercom turn on.

"Oh great, not another school announcement." Nora whined.

"I wonder what Figgins has to say now." Eric said.

Will just looked confused. "I thought he was talking to Danny and the other guys?"

"Dude so we figured it out, man." Jones' voice said.

"Oh, yeah? What do you think you've figured out?" Danny chuckled.

"Why didn't you tell us you were a father?" Doyle laughed.

"What the hell are you talking about?" Danny snapped at him.

"You're a father! You don't have to hide it from us anymore. I mean, there is really no other reason for your freaky cousin to be gone that many months last year." Collins chuckled. "But nice job, dude. She's definitely not too bad to look at."

"Shut up." Danny growled.

"Even if she is your cousin, there are so many people in that family, you guys were all bound to knock each other up." Jones spoke again.

"She wasn't pregnant!" Danny shouted.

Liv felt her heart drop into her stomach and Gabe squeezed her shoulder.

"Where the hell is Figgins?" Will asked himself outloud.

"It's okay. You don't have to lie, dude." Collins said.

"I'm not lying. Livvie wasn't pregnant, you idiots." He said quickly. "And I definitely am not sleeping with her. She's my cousin!"

"Well then why was she out last year?" Jones asked.

There was momentary silence before Doyle spoke. "Come on, dude. It's been the hottest topic of gossip since she left last year and as our friend, you should tell us."

Danny still didn't talk and someone sighed.

"Dude! Just tell us!" Doyle shouted.

"She was in California." Danny said quickly. "She needed help."

"Oh my God." Gen whispered and looked wide-eyed at Willie.

"No way…" Nora started and gripped Justin's shoulder.

"Why has no one turned this off yet?" Will wondered. "Where are all the damn teachers when you need one?" He looked up and saw Emma running past the doorway towards the office.

"So she was pregnant." Collins laughed.

"She cut herself…a lot." Danny said quietly. "She had an eating disorder. She needed help. She went to California so that she could get treatment."

There was the sound of a door being thrown open. "Danny!"

"Aunt Emma?" Danny asked confused. "What are you doing here?"

"You're sitting on the intercom." She said quietly.

"Oh shit."

They heard the noise again and the intercom stopped. There was no noise or movement in the choir room for a long time. Everyone just stared either straight ahead or at Livvie. Will slowly started to walk towards her but stopped when he saw her move.

Showing no emotion, she slowly rose to her feet. She could feel everyone's eyes on her and all she wanted was to run away and never look back. Her mind was running a mile a minute and she wasn't sure what to think. Almost as slowly as she had stood, she walked past her uncle and out the door. Class was in session, so she knew no one would be in the hallway, and the minute she walked go there, she ran.

Will turned to the kids and opened his mouth but was cut-off.

"I got Liv." Gabe said.

"I'll get the jack ass." Will said.

They both shot out of their chairs and ran out of the room in opposite directions. Hearing Willie's footsteps disappear from behind him, he tried to figure out where Liv would be. As he walked through a far hallway, he paused and sighed. Walking into the bathroom, he found what he was looking for.

Kneeling next to Liv, he held her hair while she emptied her lunch into the toilet. When she finally finished, he pulled her close to him and held her while she cried.

"They know." She sobbed into his shoulder. "Everybody knows."

Gabe shook his head. "I know, Liv. It'll be okay."

"The one…the…the one thing I asked…you guys to…do." She cried and clutched his shirt.

He wasn't sure what to say, so he just held her and waited with her. He knew that if someone came in he would get into trouble for being in the girl's bathroom, but he didn't care. He needed to make sure Liv was okay. Later, he would help Willie kick Danny's ass.

When she had finally cried herself dry, she looked up at him. "He's going to hate me."

Gabe looked down at her, confused. "What?"

"Oliver." She whispered. "Not that he knows, he's going to hate me."

Gabe shook his head and looked into her eyes. "Oliver loves you, Liv. He is not going to care."

She nodded. "Yes he is."

Sighing, he pulled her to him again and held her tightly. After a few minutes, he heard the door open and they looked up to see Emma watching them.

"Livvie?" She knelt down and put her hand on Liv's back. "Do you want to go home?"

She looked up at her aunt and shook her head. "I have to take everyone home."

"Honey, Will and I can get them home." She said quietly but Liv shook her head again.

"I have to. I promised everyone I would. They trust me to get everyone home." She sniffled.

"You can stay in my office for the rest of the day, if you want."

They all looked up and saw Will standing there. Liv sniffled again and nodded. Slowly, Gabe helped her stand and she hugged him robotically. Then they followed their aunt and uncle out of the small bathroom and went to Will's office. Emma and Gabe quietly left, and Will turned and knelt in front of Liv, who had sunk onto the floor in the corner.

"I'm sorry." She whispered and he shook his head.

"This is not your fault. This is all on Danny." He saw her look up at him. "He is still in Figgin's office, but he's actually with him now."

Will hugged her and she wrapped her arms around his neck tightly. He held her for a few minutes and then looked at her.

"Listen, I am going to let Sue cover my classes for the rest of the day, okay?" When she nodded he sighed and when he finished working that out, she turned back to her. "We have a while until school's over…do you want to help me pick out the numbers for regionals?"

She looked up at him and shrugged. "Sure."

…

Everyone avoided Danny for the rest of the day and after school, Gabe and Willie walked to their car. Deciding she was in no condition to drive, Willie grabbed her keys and the two cars of family members departed. Danny had left right after the bell, so Lux grabbed a ride with Gabe.

When they all arrived at Puck and Quinn's house a while later, the sky had grown dark and they saw that most of their family's cars were there. The only ones they didn't see were Danny's and Will and Emma's. They walked inside and no one said a word. They weren't sure how to bring it up and they knew Liv was hurting.

"So how was school, birthday girl?" Mercedes asked with a smile but Nora jumped in quickly.

She shook her head. "Don't, Mom."

"Girl, what are you talking about?" Her mom asked, confused but saw the look on Liv's face.

She was about to speak again when the saw Danny walk in, followed by Will and Emma.

"There you are!" Danny exclaimed. "Thank God. I didn't know what to think. I tried to find you after school but you weren't home. I knocked forever. I'm sorry, Liv."

Puck looked at his son, confused and everyone gathered around the teenagers. "What are you talking about, Danny? You knew everyone was going to be here today."

"No he didn't."

Everyone turned to look at Liv, who has spoken for the first time since they'd arrived. Then she lunged at him. Tackling him quickly, as he wasn't expecting it, they fell to the floor and she punched him.

"I hate you!" She shouted and pounded on him wherever she could get a clear shot.

She was pulled away quickly, Mike's arms wrapped around her. "What is going on?"

Puck looked at the blood on his son's face and then at Liv. "What the hell? You two are best friends!"

"No." She said quickly. "We were best friends." When everyone looked at her, shocked, she nodded. "That's right. We were friends. Why did you do it?" She asked. "It was the one thing I asked you to do."

"What are you talking about?" Burt asked quickly, coming to stand at the front of the group.

She took a shuddering breath and ignored him. "You promised me, Danny. I knew you were changing and you wanted to keep your popularity. I know being in Glee hurts you when it comes to those people but I never thought you would actually turn against your own family." She paused and everyone was quiet. "But you did; and now the entire school knows my secret."

The adults gasped. Quinn looked at her son. "Danny?"

"I'm sorry." He said, his eyes sad.

She shook her head. "You ruined this day for me, Danny. You did that. I know, you have no idea what today is. I knew when you ignored us at lunch. But I figured I would just bust your chops about it in Glee. Now, I know that I do not know you anymore."

She turned and looked at her family. "I'm sorry. I just really want to go home."

Carole nodded as she stepped forward and hugged her granddaughter. "You and Willie can stay with us tonight."

"I'm coming too." Gabe said quickly.

"I want Oliver." She mumbled into her grandmother's shoulder.

She nodded. "Whatever you want, sweetie." Then she looked at Burt. "Find Oliver and bring him home. We will meet you there."

He nodded and walked out the door, glaring at Danny the entire way. Carole bundled her granddaughter up in her coat and she followed the boys out of the house.

"I will bring some of her clothes over in a little while." Lux told her quietly and she nodded thanks to her.

The minute the door closed Puck turned on his son. "How could you do that to her?"

"I didn't mean to. The guys were hassling me and they thought she and I had had a baby and that's why she was out! I didn't mean for the whole school to hear us. It was an accident." He said.

Quinn shook her head. "You should have told anyone at all. You promised her that and you broke it."

Lux turned and slapped her brother. "The saddest thing is that you have no idea what today is, Danny."

He looked at her. "Then tell me! Why is everyone here?"

Shaking her head, Santana pointed to the kitchen. He slowly walked in and his heart stopped. In blue icing he read the words, "Happy Birthday, Liv!"

Lux glared at him, grabbing his car keys. "Nice job, asshole."

…

From the minute they arrived at the house, Liv hadn't said a word. She'd sat with Carole on the couch, her head in her grandmother's lap and her feet in her boyfriend's. They watched as she stared straight ahead of her at the wall.

They knew that Danny had broken her. They just weren't sure how much.