Thank you for asking about the plot. It seems all over the place because I'm trying to work with head canon, canon & my own imagination along with what I remember from before. The plot is Puck's journey to get Mercedes & keep her. I finally have an endgame & you won't expect it. Or maybe you will. You seem like a smart bunch.

I mean no offense by Marcy's comments about being a dropout. I know plenty of them & being a dropout doesn't make you any less a person.

So enjoy!

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Puck: POV

When I came home, I fell straight into bed. I was so tired. We celebrated at breakfast then I took Mama home.

I came home & just threw my stuff on the floor & fell into my bed face first. That's how Nic found me hours later.

"Wake up, Noah!"

I groaned. "Leave me alone, Runt!"

She slapped my back. "I'm not a runt! Wake up & tell me how you did!"

I turned & glared at her blearily. "Leave me alone! Get out of my room!"

"I'm telling Mommy! Mommy!" She screamed.

"Ugh!" I sat up & pulled her on the bed to slap a hand over her mouth. "We got third, alright?! Shut up all that noise!"

She hugged me & squealed.

I heard something at the door & turned. Moms opened the door, just walked right in. "What are you doing?"

"She's annoying. Take her away." I told her.

Nic punched me.

I let her go & pushed her off the bed. "Get out! I'm trying to sleep."

"Don't sleep too long." Moms told me. "We have to talk later."

I rolled my eyes. What have I done now? "Okay. Can you just leave? & shut the door behind you?"

"Come on, Nic. Let your brother rest."

I waited for them to leave & for the door to shut before I buried my face in my pillows & went right back to sleep.

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When I woke up, I felt a lot better. I went downstairs for some cereal & saw Nic was watching TV in the living room. I messed up her hair then went into the kitchen.

I grabbed a bowl, spoon, milk & cereal. Cocoa Pebbles were my favorite. I poured a bowl & ate quickly. I still wasn't full so I ate another bowl.

When I was finished, I put my dirty dishes in the sink & headed up to my room. I was shocked to find Moms in my room. She was stripping my bed. "What are you doing?"

She looked back at me. "Laundry. Give me all your clothes from your trip."

"Maybe I was going back to bed?" I went over to the bag.

"You need to get up, Noah. I found your list of medication. It still isn't filled. Why not?"

I grimaced & shrugged. "I dunno."

"Noah! You need that medicine! Go fill it! Today!"

She was such a nag! "Fine!"

"& then I want you to find all of your luggage & get some of mine."

"Why?" I watched her grab dirty clothes from the floor.

"Because you & Nic are going to camp this summer."

I looked at her like she was crazy. "What?! How?! What camp?! You can't send us away! Why?!"

"Noah, calm down. Dr. Jones, I mean Marcus & I were talking. He sends his children to a special camp every summer. Not all of them went last year but he thinks with their mother… being how she is, they'll need to safely be away.

He & Michael offered to pay for you & Nic to go. I said yes. So get used to the idea. You're leaving next week."

On one hand, I was excited to be with Mama & her people but on the other, I decided to respect her relationship with Evans. Mini Mama was right when she said you'd wait however long you have to for the one you love. I know we are meant to be so I can wait.

I sighed. "Fine. I'll pay them back."

"Don't worry about it, Noah." She wouldn't look at me.

"No, I'm going to pay them back every cent."

"Noah,-"

"How much is it?"

"Noah,-"

"How much?!"

She huffed. "$10,000. Each."

I could have died. Just had a fucking heart-attack. "20 grand?!"

"I told you not to worry."

"What the hell did you have to give them in return?!"

She pursed her lips. "You."

"Excuse me?!"

She huffed. "I had to promise to get you to marry Mercy."

I blinked then chuckled then outright laughed.

She looked at me like I flipped my lid. "What's so funny about that?!"

"I'm tryin, Ma! Mama has a boyfriend though!"

She sulked. "Nic said. She'll dump him soon. Nic told me that Quinn told her that your "ship name" is Puckcedes. I support that."

I shook my head. "She's serious about him, Ma."

"She'll be serious about you." She lifted her nose & walked out with a bundle of dirty laundry.

I laughed as I shut my door, even though I knew she was coming back. That old lady was crazy.

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Mercedes: POV

Waking up Monday morning was surreal. Momma wasn't there. It really hit home when I went down for breakfast. "What happened?!"

Marc waved a dish towel. "Dad burned everything. Even the juice. He set off the smoke alarms."

So that was coming from inside the house? I sat at the table. "It's okay, Daddy."

Daddy poked the eggs he was cooking… burning. "These aren't done. Why are they smoking?"

Marcy, who sat at the table with a napkin clasped firmly to her mouth & nose, rolled her eyes.

"Dad, just throw them out. They're a lost cause." Marc finished taking the batteries out of the fire alarm.

Daddy sulked. "Fine. I'll make toast. Princess, cut up some fruit for us please."

I got up to do as requested as he scraped the eggs into the trash along with bacon & potatoes.

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We should have made sure he could make toast…

Daddy & Marc fought the dancing flames as I hustled the choking Marcy out of the kitchen.

I took her upstairs to her room so she could be near her own sink. Marcy doesn't throw up in the toilet. She says why should she stick her face & mouth where people have had their butts. I agreed but sometimes the toilet was closer.

Anyway, the smoke got to her & she threw up in the sink. She brushed her teeth again. "We're going to be late."

"I know." I sat on her bed. I looked around her room & noticed it looked the same as when she was seven (the time she started getting sent away). That made me think of Momma & I got sad again.

Marcy came from the bathroom & took my hand. "Daddy can't cook anymore."

"He really shouldn't."

"He even burned the coffee."

"Marce, you aren't supposed to be drinking coffee!"

She snatched her hand away. "I wasn't! I can still smell though!"

"I'll get you some juice." I stood up.

She got up, too. "I can get my own juice. I'm not a baby."

I started down the stairs. "You're just having babies."

"Why'd Finn have to run into me?" She sighed.

"Marcy!" I admonished. I know she had her tongue out at me. "Be a good girl. For once."

"Ouch. Thanks, Merce."

"You know what I mean." I turned to face her at the bottom on the stairs.

She swept passed me but I grabbed her hand. "Don't get girly on me. I know what you mean."

I squeezed her hand. "Stop pushing aside your feelings."

"I'm not talking about feelings with you." She snatched her hand away again. She walked to the kitchen.

I followed her & saw the fire was out. Daddy was opening the patio door & Marc turned on the fan above the stove. "Is it safe?"

"Yes." Daddy sighed. "Here's your lunches. You're already late for school."

"I'll clean up." Marc offered. "I don't have anything to do today."

"Thank you, son." Daddy touched his arm then gave Marcy & I our lunches. He kissed our heads then put on his suit jacket before grabbing his briefcase.

The three of us left, each taking different cars. Daddy had his BMW while I had my Prius & Marcy drove her Lincoln since getting her license last week.

Marcy & I drove to school & parked. We went inside & I noticed her mouth moving. "Does lemon drops help with the nausea?"

She shrugged. "Kinda. Helps with my breath."

We weren't allowed to have candy but for some reason Daddy allowed her to eat lemon drops. She's always eating them. But then he's like that with cinnamon disks.

We split up after going to our lockers. "See you later."

"Bye."

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Sam: POV

I wasn't really paying attention in class when Finn bumped my arm. I looked at him. "What?"

"What's going on with you & Quinn?"

I was going to say nothing but figured he should hear the truth. "You were ignoring her. As a gentleman, I couldn't let a lady feel bad about herself because her boyfriend was paying attention to another girl."

He frowned. "So you flirted with her because I was paying attention to Rachel?"

"It was harmless but it made her feel better about herself."

He looked away then at me. "You don't have anything going on with Rachel, do you?"

"No." I was clear about that.

"& you're going to stop flirting with Quinn?"

"Shouldn't you pick one?"

"Did you?" He shot back.

I narrowed my eyes. "I have."

He looked surprised then licked his lips before he stuck out his hand. "Sorry for hitting you last week."

I slapped his hand. "No worries."

We began paying attention to our teacher again but I was really thinking over my situation with Mercy.

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Mercedes: POV

I wasn't known for it but I skipped class sometimes. Sometimes I just needed to be alone.

I was sitting in an alcove in the hallway, just curled up when I heard someone walking down the hall. I kept my head down but the person sat next to me.

I sniffed because they smelled really familiar. I looked up into Mikey's brown eyes. "Mikey!"

"Hey, Mercy. Why aren't you in class?" He sat back.

"I just needed to be alone."

He wrapped his arm around me & held me close. "We can be alone."

I smiled because of course he knew I wouldn't not want to be around him. I leaned all my weight on him. "Thank you, Mikey."

"Do you want to talk?"

I was going to say no but I found that I really did. "How can this be happening?"

He stayed silent, letting me find my words at my own pace.

"How could Momma destroy our family? Didn't she learn from PR? She fussed something horrible when Lucy was kicked out. But she did the exact same thing. To a seven year old. A seven year old, Mikey.

Marcy had to be scared out of her mind. I never really thought about how she felt but I'm thinking now & it's not good. Marc said Daddy told him Marcy wasn't always where Momma said she was. Where on Earth was she & what was happening to her?

What mother does that?"

"I don't know." Mikey whispered.

"& this divorce? What is that? I mean I don't blame Daddy but a divorce? I'm going to be from a broken home."

He wiped away the tear that fell. "A little broken but good. Def. good."

I laughed & sniffled. "Lilo & Stitch. Nice."

He kissed my cheek. "It'll be okay, Mercy. Things are changing but that doesn't mean they have to be bad. Our family is only going to get stronger. We overcome every obstacle that comes our way because that's what we do.

Don't think about what you don't have or what's going to be missing from your life. Think about how we're all finally going to get help & how we're going to have a niece & nephew to spoil."

I hugged him. "You're right. We're going to have to do better for the next generation. We have to."

"& we will. This is just a bump in the road. We'll be alright. I promise."

"T's so lucky to have you. If you weren't my brother, I'd fight her for you."

He threw his head back & laughed.

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Sam: POV

I was walking down the hall, just killing time before glee when I saw Marcy sitting in an alcove. I sat next to her. "Hey."

"Sup?" She looked at me & her eyes were dark & stormy.

"Are you okay? You look a little sad."

She blinked & it was like everything went away. "I'm fine."

I opened my mouth but thought better of pressing it. "What are you doing out here?"

"Waiting for glee."

"Why don't you wait in the choir room with everyone else? I'm sure Mr. Shue is there early."

"Who said I want to be by other people?" She lifted a brow.

"Am I bothering you?" I was a little hurt.

"Not at all. You're actually the first person I've seen."

"Then why do you want to be alone?"

"I'm used to being on my own."

"But you have Mercy & Quinn & Mike."

"I'm used to being on my own."

She was saying something I wasn't getting. "Do you like it?"

She blinked & I could see exactly how confused my question made her. "It wasn't really a choice."

"You were forced to be alone?"

"It sounds bad when you say it like that."

Was she joking? I narrowed my eyes but she just looked at me. "I don't know any other way to say it."

"I was simply alone. There's no good or bad about it."

"When were you alone?"

"For a long time."

"But your family is here." I was so confused.

"They are."

"& they let you be alone?"

"They did." Sadness worked itself back into her eyes. She blinked but it was still there.

"Would you like a hug?" It was all I could come up with.

"You're sweet but I don't touch people."

"Then how'd you get pregnant?"

I wanted to slap myself for that but she just smiled. "That's why I don't like to touch people. Bad things happen."

"You're not excited?"

"I don't get excited." She grinned.

"But aren't you happy?" I kept it up.

"I don't do happy either."

"You're determined to ruin this." I deadpanned.

She giggled. "Let's just say I didn't plan on being sixteen & pregnant."

I relaxed at her laughter. "I don't think any girl does."

"You never know. I watch Maury."

I laughed. "You're right."

"What are you doing out here?" She looked at me & her eyes were lighter.

"Just killing time until glee. Without football, there isn't anything for me to do. I just didn't feel like going to glee right away."

"Avoiding somebody?"

Was she a mind-reader?! "Not actively."

"Are you avoiding Puck?"

I gulped. "Not really."

"Are you avoiding Mercy?"

My eyes widened. She was a mind-reader! "A little."

"Because of us?"

"A little. I don't know how she's going to forgive me for liking her sister."

"The same way you're apparently forgiving her for Puck."

I nodded. "That's also why I'm avoiding her. What if she wants to be with him?"

"If it makes you feel any better, I don't think she's going to dump you. She really likes you."

I relaxed. "Really?"

"Yeah. You were good for her."

"Thanks." I smiled. That made me feel really good. "I wish we could hang out more."

"Because of your job?"

"Yeah but also I have to watch my brother & sister."

She pursed her lips. "Maybe I can help?"

"How?"

"Call your mom."

I frowned. "My mom? How-?"

"Just call your mom." She elbowed me gently.

I shrugged & took out my phone to call my mom. We only had one left & had to share but since I had work & school, I had it the most. I called Mom & she picked up right away. "Mom?"

"Sammy? Are you alright? What's going on?" Mom worried. She was like this more & more. Man, I hated our situation.

"No, no. I'm fine. My friend wants to talk to you."

"What? Why?"

"I don't know. It's Mercy's sister."

"Alright." I could tell she was confused.

I handed Marcy the phone. She brushed her hair back before putting the phone to her ear. "Hi, Mrs. Evans. My name is Marcy."

I could hear my mom speaking & knew she was being polite. She believed in manners.

"I was wondering if you'd let me babysit Stevie & Stacie for you."

My mouth fell open. She wanted to babysit?!

"It's no trouble. I already babysit my little sister & I take her with me to my job. I read to children at the library almost every afternoon after glee. I'm really good. I've been babysitting since I was five. & my oldest sister would take us on babysitting jobs with her when she was a teenager."

I didn't know that. She couldn't be talking about Mercy because she was only sixteen. Wasn't their other sister named Laura or something?

"I assure you, I can take care of your children. I'll have them back whenever you want them & I'll feed them. So she has to eat white bread?"

They must be talking about Stacie's gluten allergy.

"Yeah, I can do that. I promise I'm good. I'm kinda good with kids."

That much was the truth. The kids at the library were in love with her.

"They were? That's so sweet. I am. Yeah, I'm having twins. I have to rework my plans but yeah, I have a plan."

I didn't tell Mom she was pregnant. One of the kids must have.

"Hi, Stacie. Yeah, I'm going to come get you after glee. Okay, let me talk to your mommy. Hi. Okay, I'll see you guys after glee. I'm sure Sam can show me. Okay, I'll see you later. Bye." She hung up & gave me back the phone. "& done."

"Wow." I put the phone up. "You're going to watch the terrors. That's so nice of you."

"This way you can hang out with Mercy in between working." She shrugged. "Let's go to glee."

I stood up & held out my hand. "Okay."

She looked at me like I was weird.

"Do you need help getting up?"

She looked at me for a while before smiling. She took my hand & got to her feet. "Thank you."

"You're welcome, darlin."

"Look here, if you want to be friends, you have to stop calling me that. It gets me in the mood & I will jump on you."

I blushed. "No, you wouldn't. You said you didn't like me like that."

"It's plenty of people I haven't liked like that. You have a lot going for you & like I said, it's one of my trigger words. Say it again & you will be cheating on your girlfriend."

My mouth fell open. "I could say no."

"But you won't." She pulled me closer.

"I think I will." I hoped I would.

"No, you won't. & I can tell you why. I'm good, buddy. So good."

My head fell back. She was a naughty little thing. "You'd take your sister's boyfriend?"

"Call me darling again & she'll just have to cry." She ran her hands over my chest.

I laughed. "You would not. You're a good sister."

"Say it again." She taunted.

I was tempted but she didn't seem like the type to bluff. "Okay. I won't call you dar-"

She gave me a specific look & curled her hands into my shirt to pull me down to her level. She bit my bottom lip.

I'm not ashamed to say I went red. "Okay, I'm sorry. I won't say that word again."

"You better not. I don't want to be a bad sister." She let me go & grabbed my arm, pulling me down the hall to glee.

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Puck: POV

Mini Mama walked in with Evans. She was wrapped around his arm.
I waited for Sam to find Mama then sidled over to her sister. "What's up, Mini Mama?"

"Hey." She sat down & rubbed her stomach.

That was a little freaky. She didn't even look pregnant so her rubbing the two children in there was trippy. "Stomach hurting?"

"I can just feel them moving." She shrugged. "Want to feel?"

My eyebrows moved. Q never let me touch her. I gave her my hand & she put my hand on a spot on her stomach.

Something pressed against my hand & it was so fucking trippy that I flinched. "Whoa!"

"Should feel it from the inside."

"Does it hurt?" I rubbed.

"Not really. Just really odd. Unless it's a kidney shot. They have legs now & can get me."

I laughed. "You might have football kickers on your hands."

"Nah, I'm going to have soccer players. They're going to be the greatest."

"Don't you play soccer?" I frowned slightly.

"I did but I had to quit when I found out I was pregnant."

"Did that suck?"

"So hard. I'm a soccer player. I've played since I was a baby."

"Really?" I gave her a look.

"When I was little, I had a soft soccer ball. They say I used to roll it back & forth & when I started walking, I would kick it. So yeah, really."

I smiled. "I can just see you doing that."

She shrugged.

"What are you doing after this?"

"Going to the library."

"To read to the kids? I should bring Nic."

"Did she like it last week?"

"She loved it. & she loved being able to tell kids at school that she knows you."

She smiled. "I just read stories. I don't know why they get so worked up."

"Well you're good at it. It keeps me entertained & I hate baby stuff."

"Okay…" She smirked.

"I saw you came in with Sam."

"Yeah, he found me in the hallway."

"Were you hiding?"

She laughed. I sulked. She didn't have to laugh at me. "No, I was not hiding."

"What'd you two talk about?"

She looked at me. "Mercy."

I flinched. "I think I'm going to take your advice."

"I gave you advice?"

My lips twisted. "You said you'd wait however long you need to for your love. I think I'm going to stop trying to trick her into being with me. It hasn't worked so far & I don't want her only because I bamboozled her into it."

The corner of her mouth kicked up. "That's really mature of you."

"I hate it."

"I know it's hard but if you truly believe you're meant to be, you will be. God will show you the way."

"Thanks, Mini Mama. So we gon see you?"

"At the library? If you come through."

"What time are you going to be there?"

"I gotta pick up Maddie & get Sam's siblings."

My eyebrows lifted. "Why are you getting his siblings?"

"So he & Mercy can have time together."

"I thought you were team Puckcedes?"

"I'm team Mercedes. But yeah, I am. But she's got to not want to be with him. Not just not have him."

I shrugged. "Maybe a summer away will do us all some good?"

"Yeah, I heard you were coming with. Maybe a summer together will open her eyes?"

"I hope so. I'm willing to wait but I don't want to wait forever."

"I know that's right."

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Mercedes: POV

I watched Marcy & Puck talking & wondered what they were talking about. They were extremely close & it was weird.

Speaking of weird, Sammy was sitting next to me but we weren't talking. Was things so off between us that we couldn't fix them?

"Marcy's going to watch Stevie & Stacie."

I blinked & turned to him. "What?"

"Marcy's going to watch Stevie & Stacie." Sam repeated. "She said it'd give us time to be alone."

I blinked again & smiled. I loved my little sister. "Don't you have to work?"

"Not until tonight."

"So we can hang out as soon as glee gets out?"

"Well I have to show her how to get to the motel but yeah."

I smiled bigger & hugged him. "I can't wait."

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Puck: POV

The reading went great. The kids went wild over Mini Mama being back & I think she liked their praise.

She had the four little kids put away the books she'd read & we were talking about what we were going to do next when I spotted a redhead staring at us from behind a shelf.

I checked her out. She was hot. No, not hot. She looked too innocent for hot. But she looked damn good though. She wasn't very tall. Probably an inch or so taller than Mini Mama, which made her as tall as Mama short ass.

She was thin but not painfully so. Her hips were about as wide as my hands & her boobs were kinda small but she was still a looker.

Her face is what really sold it. She had pretty brown eyes & fiery red hair in a bunch of curls. Her skin was white & clear. I couldn't see any freckles but she probably had a few. Her small mouth was in a thin line as she bit her lips.

I bumped Mini Mama's arm. When she looked at me, I inclined my head. "Look at the redhead. Think she likes what she sees?"

"You think she's looking at you?"

I could feel the air coming outta my sails. "You think she's looking at you?"

"I think we're in the way of what she's looking at."

I laughed. "You're probably right."

"She's hot though. Wait. Not hot. Beautiful."

I grinned at her. We were so alike. The girl set her shoulders back & walked over to us. I set my smile to stun & outstretched a hand. "Hey, sugar cube."

Her gaze passed over me but went straight to Mini Mama. "Are you the one who reads to the children here?"

Mini Mama nodded. "Yes, I am."

"Do you know Mal Chang?"

"Excuse me?"

"Do you know Mal Chang?"

"That's none of your business."

"I think it is." She turned red. "He has a girlfriend & you're pregnant by him."

"So?"

How did this chick know that? I looked between them. The girl was getting more & more upset while Mini Mama looked cool as a cucumber.

"How does it feel to be a home-wrecker?" The girl asked.

"They weren't married & if it was so good, he wouldn't have cheated. Don't you dare try to roll up on me & check me about something you know exactly nothing about. If you're so broken up about Mal & this girl, I'd advise you to ask him some questions." Mini Mama still looked bored as she laid down a smackdown.

The girl looked set to cry. "How could you do it though? They were in love."

"How do you know we weren't?"

She gasped & took a step back.

"I was with Mal way before he ever met this chick. If anything, he cheated on me. So how about you learn some facts before you try to step to somebody you don't even know?"

Tears slid down the girl's face.

The little kids came back. This was the weirdest shit I've ever seen. MadDog got frosty. She gave the girl an ugly look. "Ellen. Why are you here?"

My mouth fell open & I had to pull it together before I drew attention to myself. I looked at Mini Mama, whose eyes narrowed. "You're Ellen?"

"Yeah, that's her." MadDog put her arms around Mini Mama & buried her face in her side.

"Look, I'm sorry he broke your heart but you're not the only one hurting. I advise you to invest in a box of tissues & a bottle of wine." Mini Mama looked down at the rugrats. "Come on, kids. We're going."

We grabbed our stuff & we left. I looked back at the girl & saw that she was still in the same spot, watching us leave. She looked really sad.

I felt bad about that but I was on Mini Mama's team. So I shrugged it off & we bounced.

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Mercedes: POV

Sammy & I had a pretty relaxing hang out. We didn't talk about anything big though. I was a little on edge about everything but our calm talks settled me a bit.

We ended up at Lookout Pointe, which isn't even a cliff! It's a parking lot in the middle of Lima! Of course Lima has to be as middle America as possible so we have a Lookout Pointe. It's stupid.

Anyway, we were in the backseat of my car, hugged up, not saying a word. It was nice.

But I had to break it. I didn't want us to bury things like my family. "Sammy?"

"Yeah?" He looked down at me.

"We should talk about things."

He tensed. "Are you sure you want to?"

"We should. To keep things uncomplicated."

He took a deep breath. "Okay. I'm sorry for liking your sister."

I smirked. "She's totally likable."

"But I crossed a line."

"You weren't alone. I completely forgive you."

"I forgive you, too. For any & everything you did with Puck."

I blushed. Did Marcy tell him? "It will never happen again. I was-"

"I don't need to know." He cut in.

"Are you sure?" Maybe if he knew why I did it, it would make him feel better?

"Positive."

I kissed his cheek. "You're such a good boyfriend."

"Are you sure?" He grinned. "I think we're both bad."

"No, we're just different." I assured him. "We'll get our act together."

"I hope you know I love you."

I turned so I could look him in the face. "I love you, too."

He leaned forward & kissed me. "Good."

I smiled & kissed him back. We started making out & I took his shirt off. I ran my hands over his chest & arms.

He smiled at me & pressed butterfly kisses to my neck. I undid the buttons on my shirt & he attacked my chest.

I giggled because it tickled but it lit me on fire, too. I held his head to me & felt him unhook my bra. Well he tried. He pulled & pulled but the hooks wouldn't budge.

I couldn't help but laugh. I could tell he was getting frustrated so I pushed him away & unhooked it myself. His innocence was too adorable. Puck could unhook my bra with one hand but Sammy was having so many problems.

He breathed deeply with a frown. "Was it glued on?!"

I tried to stop laughing. "It's okay. Sometimes they get stuck."

"I bet it's mocking me." He stuck his lip out.

I kissed it. "I'm not mocking you."

He brightened. "Good." He pulled me by my shirt ends to kiss me.

I stripped out of my shirt & bra & buried my hands in his hair. I broke away. "Do you have a condom?"

His brows lifted. "Are we-? Are we having sex?"

"Sure. Don't you want to?" My insecurities shone.

"Well yeah but I've never-"

"That's okay. We don't have to-"

"I want to. I really want to. Are you sure you want to?"

"I love you. I want to." Even though I wasn't supposed to. The doctors told me to stop having sex but what do they know?

He smiled. "I don't have anything."

"That's okay. I'm on the shot."

"So we can-?"

"You can say it." I laughed. "We can have sex."

He smiled big. "Well come on!"

I laughed & pulled him on top of me. I was gonna rock his world.

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Puck: POV

"What are you making?" I asked Mini Mama. We were at her house in the kitchen while the kids were doing homework in the dining room.

"Egg salad." She peeled eggs.

"Are you going to do your homework, too?"

"I don't have any homework. I have my dissertation. But no. I'm not."

I thought of that word slowly. "Why not?"

"I'm not going to school anymore."

"What?! Why not?!"

"Because I'm having kids." She started dicing the eggs.

"So?! You can go to school & take care of your kids! Right?" I wasn't 100% sure. I couldn't.

"I'm going to be there for my kids. I'm not going to miss one thing in their lives. They're going to get sick of me."

"I don't think your dad is going to let you quit school."

"He can't make me go. I'm sixteen now."

I couldn't say anything about that. "You really want to give up your future to be a dropout?"

"I'd rather be a good mother." She added honey mustard, Miracle Whip, ranch & green onions to a bowl.

"I'm sure you can be a good mom & go to school."

"Why do you care?" She added the eggs then mixed.

"Because you're like my little sis now & I know I wouldn't want Nic to give up on her dreams."

"You're hella annoying. You know that?"

I grinned. "So you'll finish your disteration?"

She chuckled soundlessly. "I'll think about it."

"So what are you doing now?"

"Can you make toast?"

I grinned. "That's my specialty!"

"Here." She went to grab some bread & started cutting it down the middle. It was really white & square. She handed me four slices.

"What is this?"

"Sourdough. Stacie has a gluten allergy."

I went to the toaster that had four slots. I popped them all in. "This should be a good sandwich."

She took down four plates & went to the fridge. She pulled out green stuff, a cucumber, some little red balls & a bunch of condiments.

She set it all on the island & put the green stuff in a large bowl. She cut the cucumber into slices then sliced the red balls.

I took the slices of bread out of the toaster. "Done. Now what?"

She took the slices & put two of each on a plate. She scooped egg salad onto one slice then topped it before doing the other sandwich. She mixed some stuff together & poured it over the vegetables in the bowl. "Toast the other bread please."

"Sure." I did so. "What's that stuff?"

"A salad." She looked at me before putting some on all of the plates.

"That green stuff didn't look like any lettuce I've ever seen."

"It's arugula." She looked at me like I was stupid.

Hell, maybe I am. "What's that?"

"It's a green. It's got a peppery taste. It's good."

"What about the red balls?"

"What?!" She laughed.

"The balls you sliced." I pointed to the bowl.

"They're radishes! & they're not balls."

"Look like balls to me." I shrugged.

"Not balls." She shook her head.

The toast popped up so I gave it to her. "These kids are getting a good meal."

"It's just egg salad." She made the other two sandwiches.

"My mom never made egg salad."

"Do you even like it?"

"I've never had it. Seemed wussy."

She hung her head before picking up two plates. "Get the other two plates please."

"You're sick of me, aren't you?" I picked them up.

"So much." She walked to the dining room. I followed her & we put the plates in front of the kids.

"Thank you, Marcy." Little Evans & Stacie said.

"Thank you, Marcy." Nic smiled at her.

"Thanks, Sis." MadDog got up to hug her.

"You're welcome. What kind of juice do you want? We have grape, cranberry, strawberry, orange, cherry, cranapple, açai blueberry, papaya & pineapple." Mini Mama listed.

"I want papaya." MadDog said.

"Can I have strawberry? I've never had strawberry before." Stacie smiled.

"Can I have orange?" Nic asked.

"I want grape please." Little Evans said.

"Okay. Eat up." Mini Mama told them. "You have to finish your homework & then I'll take you home."

"Do we have to?" Little Evans asked. "It's so boring."

"You have to do work so you can go to a good college & get a good job doing what you love." She ran a hand over his hair.

He blushed & beamed at her. "Okay."

MadDog leaned on the table. "I talked to my moms."

Little Evans just stared at her.

"They said we can hang out. Alone."

"Not alone." Mini Mama rushed to correct. "On your own. Meaning without them. Somebody's going to be with you."

"Will you take us to the movies?"

"Mad."

"Please?" MadDog widened her eyes & stuck her lip out.

"Why don't you want Marc to take you?"

MadDog gave her a look.

Mini Mama grinned. "Fine. But the seven year olds are coming, too."

"Marcy!" MadDog whined.

Mini Mama told her something in another language that had her pouting.

Little Evans was bright red.

I followed Mini Mama back to the kitchen, where she poured them juice. I helped her take the juice to the rugrats then we headed back to the kitchen. I watched her clean up.

"What do you want?"

I blinked. "I didn't say anything."

"No, I mean what do you want to eat." She opened the fridge.

"Oh!" I walked up behind her. "Whatever you make is fine."

She shifted some things around. "Want shrimp?"

I was geeked. I loved shrimp! "Yeah, that's fine."

She took a bag of shrimp out & carrots & peas. She got this huge pan out that kinda looked like a bowl with two handles.

"What's that?" I asked.

"A wok." She poured something in the bottom to coat it then chopped the carrots. She got out onions & chopped those, too. She put in the onions then chopped some garlic & put that in.

"What are you making?" I was mesmerized.

"Rice." She put the other veggies in then grabbed a container. She opened it & scooped out rice. She put in a pot of water to boil.

"I don't like white rice that much."

"It's Jasmine rice." She stirred everything then put the rice in the wok. She added stuff from the pantry that I knew nothing about then added all of the shrimp.

"Why'd you wait to add the shrimp?"

"It's already cooked. Besides shrimp never needs long to cook." She added seasonings to it & continued stirring.

"This was kinda fast."

"Doesn't take long." She shrugged before taking the wok off the eye. "Get two bowls."

I grabbed two bowls from the cabinet & she poured rice into each. I sniffed one. It smelled really good. "Man, that's good."

She left the rest on the stove & grabbed a fork & spoon. She handed me the fork. "Here you go."

"Why are you eating with a spoon?"

"I only eat rice with spoons. Quirk." She set her bowl aside & went to the fridge. "What do you want to drink?"

"What do you have?"

"Didn't you hear me when I said all that juice?"

"Yeah. What juice does Mama drink?"

"Strawberry."

"I'll take some of that."

"You want her juice because she drinks it? Whipped." But she poured me a glass anyway.

I didn't appreciate her calling me whipped. I was not. Nobody runs the 'Zilla! Although I might have toned things down for her. I might have changed a bit. But I was still Puckasaurus!

"Put your big boy undies on. There's nothing wrong with becoming a more mature person when you're in love. You giant girl." She poured herself a glass of apple juice.

I side-eyed her. "You're mean. You know that?"

"Man up." She walked out.

I followed behind her. "I'm a total man! I rocked your sister's world on a number of occasions!"

"Any boy can stick it in. A man sticks it out."

That confused me for a second but I caught what she meant. "I'm trying but she won't give me a chance!"

"Be her friend until they break up. Then lay all your cards on the table. Be honest & upfront."

"They might never break up." I pointed out.

"Oh please. They're totally going to break up. He's not you." She walked into the dining room & sat down.

I brightened as I sat next to her. "You really think so?"

"Totally."

I grinned & tucked into the rice. It was really good. It didn't taste exactly like takeout but it was really dope. I liked it. I was just going to tell her that when I noticed her getting out her books. "I thought you weren't going to finish?"

"What kid will be proud of their dropout mother?" She didn't even look at me.

I smirked into my bowl. I won.