I'm bored…
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Mercedes awoke to the feeling of someone staring at her. She frowned as she peeled open her eyes. It was Nic. She was in the bed between Mercedes and Puck and was staring at Mercedes as she shook her brother.
Mercedes gasped and jerked back before touching her stomach. Okay, I have on clothes. "Nic?"
"Mommy says to come down for breakfast." She sat on her knees.
Puck groaned. "Stop shaking me, Runt. I'm awake."
"Don't call me runt!" Nic slapped his chest then gave Mercedes a hug before climbing over her to get out of the bed. She ran out.
Mercedes sat up and brushed her hair from her face. We're in trouble. She pushed at Puck. "Your mother is waiting! She's going to kill us!"
He grunted and rolled over.
"Noah, this isn't funny! She's probably really mad!" Mercedes didn't want Nadine mad at her.
"Who cares?" He finally sat up.
"I do! I like your mom! I don't want her mad at me."
He rolled his eyes. "Ugh!" He threw back the covers and stood. "I'm going to take a shower."
"Hurry up so I can, too!" She left the bed and started making it.
He just walked out.
Puck took a quick shower and brushed his teeth before going back to his room. Mercedes had made up the bed and even tidied up his room. She's really scared Moms hates her. "Bathroom's free."
She looked up from organizing his books. "I'll be right back." She left.
He got dressed then sat down to wait for her. He looked at the bed and smirked. Flashes from the last night flew through his head.
Whispered promises and soft touches… He didn't care if Nadine didn't like her now. He loved her and she wasn't going anywhere.
She came in dressed. "Ready?"
"To get this over with." He stood up.
She took his hand and pulled him down the stairs. They went to the kitchen and saw Nadine making pancakes. "Good morning, Ms. Nadine."
Nadine didn't turn around right away but when she did, her face was blank. "Have a seat."
Mercedes sat like her legs gave out. He sat next to her. "When'd you go get the Runt?"
"She wanted to come home early." Nadine told him. She flipped another pancake.
He looked to Mercedes, who was so freaked out. "Relax."
She threw him a sour look.
He smiled and kissed her.
She relaxed and leaned against him.
He looked back at Nadine, who was watching them. He stared at her. She turned to serve up the pancakes.
She made their plates then gave them to them before she poured herself a cup of coffee and sat in front of them.
Mercedes tensed up again. She leaned away from him. "I'm so sorry, Ms. Nadine! I didn't mean to disrespect you or your house! I just didn't want to be at home by myself! It'll never happen again-!"
Nadine raised a hand. "I'm only going to say this once, if you get pregnant, you're keeping that baby."
Mercedes frowned, so lost. "Of course! I would never give my baby away! I'm too strong for that!"
"Good." Nadine sipped her coffee.
He was a little blown away himself and looked at Nadine as he took Mercedes' hand. "If she got pregnant, I would propose right away! I'm not giving another kid up!"
"We don't have to get married, Noah." Mercedes squeezed his hand.
"Yes, we do!"
She giggled and Nadine cracked a smile.
He kissed her hand. "I'm not letting you go."
She blushed and smiled.
W.O
Puck took Mercedes to the hospital to see Marcy, Mal and the babies before she had to go to the school. They heard arguing before they even made it to the room.
They got there and saw Marcy throwing things at Mal. Whatever she could get her hands on.
"Marce! Would you calm down?!" Mal shouted as he tried to protect himself.
"Marcy, what are you doing?!" Mercedes raced over to her side.
"Make him stay!" She turned to her sister.
"Stay? Where's he going?" Mercedes looked between them.
"I just have to run an errand." Mal flicked off the eggs she'd thrown at him. "I'll be right back."
"Do not go, Mal!" Marcy yelled.
He went to her purse for her keys. "I'll be right back."
"I'm serious! Don't leave!"
He kissed her gently and she swiped at him. "I'll be right back."
"If you leave, don't even think of coming back." She was ready to cry.
"I'll be right back." He left.
She groaned loudly and kicked her feet before falling backwards and crossing her arms.
Mercedes sat beside her and wrapped an arm around her. "He'll be right back."
She looked at Mercedes and it wasn't nice.
"Where's Daddy and Mrs. C?" Mercedes changed the subject.
"They went to church." She looked away and Mercedes took a breath.
Puck, who'd been looking over the twins, looked at Mercedes. "We're late for school."
She nodded and kissed Marcy's cheek before getting up. "I'll see you after school. I'm just going to get my uniforms. Okay?"
"Whatever." She muttered bitterly.
Mercedes twisted her lips then looked at Puck, who shrugged. "We'll see you."
Marcy just stared straight ahead.
Mercedes took Puck's hand and they walked out, hoping she'd be okay.
W.O
Mal sighed into his pint of Ginger ale. "She hates me."
"What have you done now?" Earl stopped washing a glass and stared at him.
"She told me if I leave to never come back."
"I know you're not trying to run out on her!"
"No. Marcy's literal. She meant if I left the hospital."
"You obviously left the hospital." (Previously unnamed) Devon said. "Why?"
"I had to get something." Mal lifted a shoulder.
"What was so important that you left her there by herself?" Earl demanded.
He flinched. "I wanted to get her a push present."
"A what?!" Bubba piped up.
"A push present. A present for pushing out my kids. I got her two. And something else." Mal took out three boxes.
They each reached for one. Bubba opened the necklace box and whistled. "Nice!" It had a pendant in the shape of the half moon and had twenty three diamonds in it.
Devon picked up the bracelet box and opened it. It was a charm bracelet with some of her favorite things like a book, ballet slipper and her sign. "She'll like this."
Earl opened the ring box and convulsed when he saw the picture of the ring that used to be inside "Holy hell! Are you proposing?!"
"I've been designing that ring for years. I always planned on giving it to her." Mal ignored the bar going quiet. "And I did. At camp. She said yes."
Earl took a deep breath.
"I think she'll forgive you." Devon said.
"Only if you hightail it right back to the hospital." Earl gave the ring box back. "When'd you leave?"
"Around eight this morning." Mal told him.
"And you ain't been back since?!"
"I had to wait for the jewelry store to open!" Mal defended himself. "It's only open for a few hours on a Sunday! Then I thought about how mad she was when I left and I got scared."
"Did she throw anything at you?" Bubba asked.
"Everything she could get her hands on."
"That's love." He nodded.
"I hope she has a brick just for you." Earl rolled his eyes at Bubba.
"She broke my hand!" Mal lifted his left hand and showed off the splint the hospital gave him.
Everyone laughed.
"How much pain was she in?" Devon asked. "The drugs should have taken care of that."
"She didn't get any drugs." Mal lifted a shoulder. "She's scared of needles."
"She won't ever let you touch her ever again." Earl whistled low.
"I'm not knocking her up ever again!" He snapped then relented. "Maybe a couple more times. Want to see pictures?!"
Everyone crowded close. "Yes!"
Mal brought out his phone and went to his photo albums. He went through the pictures until he found the first one; his baby girl. "Isn't she beautiful?"
A woman, Marissa melted. "Aww! She's so precious!"
"Who does she look more like?" Devon asked.
"Marcy. She's got her eyes and curly hair. Same button nose." Mal smiled goofily. He switched to another picture. "Look at my son!"
"Aww! He looks just like you!" Another woman cooed.
He beamed. "My kids! My mom says they both look like me when I was a baby."
"Look at those chubby cheeks!" Marissa leaned over his shoulder.
"Here's a pic with all four of us." He showed it next. He was in the bed with Marcy and they were holding the twins. He was looking at her and she was looking at them.
"You should frame that." Devon said. "Send it as your Christmas card. Something."
Mal went through a few more pictures before someone blew in from outside. "Hey, Earl! Hook me up with a pint! Who's car is out there with the flames?!"
"Somebody has a car with flames on it?" Earl looked up.
"That's Travis. Marcy's car." Mal said.
"It belongs to him." Earl pointed to him. "What's it look like?"
"Dark green with lime green flames and a dark blue interior." Mal flipped to another picture.
"Nice." Earl went to pour the man a drink.
The man sat at the bar. "What's everybody looking at?"
"Baby pictures!" Mal gushed. "Want to see my kids?!"
He looked at him and started laughing. "You look twelve!"
"I'm fifteen!" Mal yelled.
"Leave Mal alone." Marissa said.
The stranger raised his hands. "Let's see 'em, pipsqueak."
"Don't call me pipsqueak. My brother calls me pipsqueak." Mal showed him his phone.
"Is he gone?" He asked.
"No, he's just a jerk."
He laughed. "Cute kids."
"Thanks!" Mal put his phone away and went back to his seat.
"What are their names, sugar?" Olivia, a drag queen, asked.
"Mally and Mickey." Mal stated proudly.
"Why?" Bubba asked.
"My nickname is Mally. Or at least it was. He's named after me. And her name is Mikaela."
"I like Mickey. It's such a bright happy name." Marissa said.
"The doctors say it's gas but I know she's smiling at me."
"I heard that!" Olivia shouted.
Bubba lifted his drink. "Yeah boy! I remember when my kids first smiled at me. I was a superhero!"
Earl shook his head with a smile. "Go back to the hospital, Mal."
"She will kill me." Mal said slowly so he'd get it.
"Mal, go back to the hospital."
"If I go back to that hospital, I'm going to need a hospital."
"So you're just going to leave her up there by herself?" He stared at Mal.
Mal blew out a breath. His love for her outshone his fear of her. "I guess I'm going back."
Earl smiled. "Come back and we'll sign your cast!"
That is not funny!
W.O
Mal peeked into the room and saw Marcy was lying back in the bed with her phone in her hands. She was texting. *Good. She loves texting.*
He came in fully and held the flowers in front of his body like a shield. "Hey, Marce."
She didn't react.
He sat on the bed next to her and braced himself. "I got you flowers." He held them out. They were her favorite; lily-of-the-valley.
She stopped texting and took the flowers. She dumped them on the tray by the bed and continued texting.
Yeah, she was mad at him. He pursed his lips and pulled them back in. "I'm sorry I left but it was for a good reason."
She swerved to look at him. Her face was blank but her eyes were on fire. "And what reason would it be to leave me here by myself when I asked you several times not to?"
He took two boxes from his pockets. "I got you push presents."
Her eyes didn't change.
"Open them." He handed them to her.
She snatched them from him and opened the necklace first. Her eyes softened and she smiled.
"I know how much you like the moon." He leaned closer.
She lifted the necklace from the box and he took it from her to put around her neck. "It's so pretty."
"Yeah, but it pales in the light of your beauty."
She looked at him, forgiveness in her eyes.
"Open this one." He tapped the box.
She opened it and smiled. "A charm bracelet?"
"It even has your sign."
Her smile widened. She was a proud Gemini. "Yay."
He took a deep breath. He didn't know how this was going to play out. "I have something else for you."
"Mal, I don't need anything else."
He took her hand. "I want to apologize for how things went down between us in March. I was wrong. Entirely wrong and you didn't deserve to find out about Ellen from anybody else. I should have been honest with you both from the start. I'm sorry.
I apologize for not apologizing sooner. You're my best friend and the love of my life and I let you go months without speaking to me. That's not us and I will never let it happen again.
I also want to ask you for a favor. I know you said yes but since you're not wearing the ring and you haven't exactly said you haven't but can you stop seeing Kenneth? I love you and our family and I want it to be just us."
She sniffled. "Okay."
"Okay?" He had to make sure.
She nodded and picked up her phone. Her fingers flew over the keys then she dropped it back in her lap. "Done."
He was surprised. That she agreed to it and for doing it so fast. He smiled. "Do you want to put it on? I just want to see it on you."
She unclasped a chain from around her neck and slid the ring off. She placed it on her ring finger then held out her hand.
He kissed her hand and pressed it to his heart. "What's on TV?"
She snuggled close to him. "Junk."
W.O
Puck was not ready to go back to school. He wanted another three months of camp. Just him and Mercedes. And their siblings. But he did miss Finn and Artie. Just not enough to come back to this hellhole.
He drove Nic to school before going to the high school. He found a parking spot and got out. He saw a Prius and knew Mercedes was there. The doors opened and she (and Sam) got out so he walked over to her.
Mike and Tina came up just as he and Quinn made it over. Puck wrapped his arms around his girl and kissed her.
Mercedes kissed him back before leaning back. "Do you see anything different?"
He stilled. "About you?"
She laughed. "No! About T!"
He looked at Tina but didn't see anything all that different. He shrugged. "I don't know."
Mike laughed.
Puck sulked. Now he knew something was different. "I don't see anything."
"I changed my style up, Puck." Tina said. "I'm more fifties than goth this year. I even got blonde highlights instead of my blue."
He blinked. She did look different! "Oh. Are we going in or just standing out here?" He asked.
"We're waiting for Britt, Tana and Artie." Mercedes said.
"Hi!" Brittany screamed from Artie's specialty van.
It was pretty cool. It was a tan van with space in the back for a row of seats plus trunk space but the front had one long seat, too. But instead of having a seat for the drivers side, it had space for his chair.
They all waved as Artie parked. He, Santana and Brittany got out and came over to them. "What's up, my peoples?!"
"We're sisters again." Mercedes wrapped an arm around Quinn.
"What do you mean?" Artie adjusted his glasses.
"Our brother and sister got married two weeks ago." Quinn told him.
"Congrats!"
"Why didn't you tell us that your fine ass brother got married?!" Santana put her hands on her hips.
"Tana!" Mercedes swatted her as Quinn looked sick.
"Well he is!"
Artie glared at her.
"But I'm happy where I am." She sighed.
He rolled his eyes hard.
"Let's just go in." Brittany suggested.
They walked inside and went to get their schedules. Welcome to a new year.
W.O
Puck hated school…
He shouldn't have studied so hard with Mercedes last year. They had him in trigonometry! All his other classes were just as lame.
He couldn't wait til lunch so he could bitch. Mr. Shue wanted them to eat in the choir room so they could bond.
He got his lunch then headed to the choir room. Mercedes walked in with Quinn. She saw him and lit up. He really liked that. She came over and kissed him. "How was your morning?"
"Stupid. We have no classes together."
"I know but the day is almost over. Just focus on that."
He groaned. "Not soon enough."
"Come sit and eat." She patted his chest.
Finn and Rachel walked in and he saw Quinn roll her eyes. She sat next to Mercedes and opened her lunch.
Kurt and Blaine walked in after. Puck was shocked to see the boy but he guessed he switched schools. Dude don't look like he's wearing socks.
Mike and Tina walked in with Artie and his girls. Everybody found seats before Sam and Mr. Shue walked in. The teacher clapped his hands. "Welcome back, guys! How was your summer?"
"It was amazing, Mr. Shue." Rachel jumped up.
"Our summer was good, too." Santana gave her a dirty look and she sat down.
"We had fun." Mike defused the situation.
"My grandma moved in with us." Tina said.
Mr. Shue smiled. "And we have a new member? Are you auditioning?"
Kurt's bowtie wearing boyfriend smiled. "Yes!"
Mr. Shue sat down. "Well you can either audition now or after school tomorrow."
"You should audition tomorrow and do something spectacular." Kurt told Blaine.
Blaine nodded. "Okay. It doesn't matter to me."
After that, they just ate and talked about their summer but then Tina commented on wanting to see the babies. "When can we go see Marcy?"
"Any time you get ready." Mercedes offered. "She's not doing anything but watching TV and taking care of the twins."
Mr. Shue frowned. "What do you mean? Marcy had the twins? Is that why she's not here?"
"Yes!" Mercedes clapped. "They're so cute!"
"Why didn't anyone tell me?" He was hurt.
"We're sorry, Mr. Shue. It's been crazy the last few days. I'm sure she meant to tell you."
He nodded. "Do you have pictures?"
W.O
Puck received a note in class telling him to go to another classroom. He was confused. He was even more confused when he saw Quinn walking up. "What is this?"
She frowned. "I don't know. I just got a note telling me to come to this classroom."
He opened the door and allowed her to go first. "I hope we're not in trouble."
"You're not in trouble." A voice said.
They stopped dead.
W.O
Mercedes ran to room 121. Quinn just sent her a text saying S.O.S. That was cause for worry. Their family only reserved S.O.S. texts for real emergencies.
She stopped at the room and saw Mike coming up to her. "Do you know what this is about?"
"No." He shook his head.
She opened the door and stopped short, blocking the way. It was Shelby Cochran, Beth's adoptive mother and Rachel's birth mother.
Mike picked her up and moved her out of the way. "What's going on?"
"She's back." Quinn was shaken.
Mercedes went to hug her. She looked at Puck, who was blown away himself. "So what does this mean?"
"I think it would be a good idea for Puck and Quinn to visit with Beth." Shelby said. "I think a playdate will be our best option."
"I have to call Marcy and Mal." Quinn took out her phone. She dialed Marcy's number and waited for her to answer. "Marce?"
"Hey?" Marcy's voice came over the speakerphone.
"Is Mal with you?"
"Yeah. What's going on? You sound queer."
"Put me on speaker."
"Q,-"
"Please?"
"Okay, you're on speaker. Now what's going on?"
"Shelby's here."
"Shelby?!" Both Marcy and Mal came through loud and clear.
"Yes. She's back. She thinks Puck and I should see Beth."
Both were quiet.
"Guys?"
"I'm having a baby shower this Saturday." Marcy told Shelby. "You and Beth can come to that."
"A baby shower? You're pregnant?" Shelby's eyes widened dramatically.
"Actually I've already had the babies. They were early." Marcy denied.
Shelby frowned a little. "Um… that would be good, I think. Where are you having it?"
"It's at our house. Quinn can give you the address. It's just going to be family and the glee club."
"Okay. See you there." Shelby left after Quinn gave her the address.
"How are you feeling?" Mercedes asked Puck.
He was leaning against a desk looking like he was in a wind tunnel. "I can't believe this. We're going to be in her life."
"Isn't that a good thing?" Mike asked.
"Yeah. I just can't believe it."
"Why don't you bring your mom and sister to the baby shower?" Marcy suggested. "They'll love to see her and I promised they'd be in the twins' lives."
"You'd do that?" Puck looked up at Quinn's phone gratefully.
"Yeah."
He smiled. "I'm going to see my daughter in four days."
W.O
It was nearly after school and Puck was standing by Mercedes' locker. She walked around the corner and saw him. She skipped over and planted a kiss to his lips. "Hiya!"
"You're in a good mood." He wrapped his arms around her.
"I'm about to go see my babies. I'm very happy." She smiled.
"I think you have competition."
She grinned. "I'll beat them!"
He smirked.
"Why are you at my locker?" She opened it and grabbed her stuff.
"Waiting for you." He turned.
She smiled and was about to say something when her phone went off. She checked it and screamed.
He almost flipped out, he was so surprised. "What's wrong?!"
People were looking down the hall but she didn't care. She shoved her phone in his face. "Look at what Jr. got Marcy for push presents!"
"What's a push present?" He leaned back to see better. It was a picture of a necklace in the shape of a moon. Diamonds twinkled in the light.
"It's a gift for pushing out your kid." She duhed.
"Is that why you made me give Q that glass statue?"
"Yes." She looked through her phone then shoved it back in his face. "He also got her a charm bracelet."
It looked nice. It was silver with a bunch of charms. He nodded. "He got her two because they're twins?"
"Yup." She took her phone back then let out a scream that rivaled the first one. People definitely looked.
"Mama!" He was slightly embarrassed.
She showed him the phone with an upset look on her face. "Look at what he bought her!"
He looked and his jaw dropped. "Damn!"
Mercedes nodded. "Yeah!"
"Where the hell did he get that from?!"
"I don't know but I'm so jealous!" She texted.
"What are you texting her?" he was still in shock.
"That she better had laid one on him for that one!"
He laughed. "I bet she made it worth his while."
Her lips pursed. "She says she can't stop kissing him. And that she has something super secret to tell me."
That was worth a bunch of kisses in his opinion.
"I gotta text Quinn and Laura!" Her fingers sped over her keys.
"You know I'd get you that if I had the money."
She cupped his chin and spoke in that baby voice that gave him a confused boner. "I know. The love of my life is as sweet as can be."
His eyebrows lifted as she went back to texting. Love of her life? Does she have any idea what thoughts that puts in my head? I'm now picturing us married with a bunch of rugrats.
Mercedes was busy texting Quinn and Laura when Santana walked up. "Hey? Glee meeting."
"But it's Monday." She looked up.
"I know. Schuester's assembling the troops." Santana shrugged as she kept walking.
"Come on, Noah." Mercedes pulled at his shirt and shut her locker.
He followed behind but he was in a daze.
They went to the choir room, where everyone was gathering. Mr. Shue walked in and clapped his hands. "Since I didn't know that Marcy had the twins until this afternoon, I think we should sing her and the babies a song. To welcome them into the world."
"That's such a good idea, Mr. Shue!" Mercedes praised.
"Thank you, Mercedes." He beamed. "Now I think we should mix a few songs into a mashup. She likes those."
"I want to sing. We were with her when she went to the hospital." Tina sat up straight.
"I think Finn and I should be the ones to sing a lead song." Rachel said primly.
Tina gave her an ugly look. "You weren't even there. And she doesn't like you."
"Does she not like me?" Finn asked, worriedly.
"I don't think she dislikes you." Mike was zero help.
Finn frowned.
"I think Korea Town should sing." Santana voted.
"How about her and Finn?" Mr. Shue compromised.
Everyone but Rachel agreed.
"What song should they sing?"
"How about the Things We Do for Love?" Kurt suggested.
"I know that song." Finn brightened.
"Who sings it?" Tina asked.
"It's from a movie called Spectacular!."
"I can look it up for you." Mercedes told her. "I have it in my i-Pod."
"Cool. Thanks." Tina sat back.
"I think Mikey and I should sing Strawberry Jamboree." Quinn put in the request.
"You guys should definitely sing Strawberry Jamboree." Mr. Shue was excited.
Quinn and Mike smiled at each other.
"I want to sing, too." Mercedes told him.
"What do you want to sing?" Mr. Shue still had stars in his eyes about Christina.
"Nome Candu. It's a Swedish lullaby."
"Sure, Christina Barnes' granddaughter."
"Mr. Shue, I'm still me."
He nodded. "Of course."
"If you're nice to us, we'll introduce her to you." Quinn was as bad as Mike sometimes. "She got in yesterday."
Mr. Shue made a weird sound then fainted dead away.
They all leaned forward. "Mr. Shue!"
W.O
After they woke up Mr. Shue, they got to work harmonizing. Puck was with Artie and Artie kept cracking jokes about Mr. Shue falling out.
"You know? I looked her up and she is a big deal overseas. I can see why he hit the floor like he was fighting Muhammad Ali. The world loves her."
"She seems nice enough." Puck shrugged. "I barely talked to her yesterday. But I know one thing; she's hot as hell."
Artie nodded hard. "She's kept herself up! I've seen the pictures!"
"Come on, guys." Mr. Shue called out. "We're ready!"
They grabbed their things and left. They went to the hospital and rode up to the right floor. They went to the room and saw it was crowded with people. Marcy was rocking a baby as Mal was being handed another one.
Marcy noticed them standing there like idiots. "Hey, guys."
"We have a present for you, Mal and the babies." Tina pulled Finn to the front and started singing.
The rest of them chimed in where needed until the song ended. Then Quinn and Mike started singing their song. Their grandmother wiped away tears.
Mercedes sat next to Marcy and sung her song. Marcy blinked at her. When Mercedes finished, she laid her head against her sister's. "Happy birthday, babies."
"Thanks, Sis." Marcy smiled.
"Mr. Shue, meet Christina Barnes. Grandmom, meet Mr. William Schuester." Mercedes introduced them.
Mr. Shue gasped.
Christina Barnes waved. "Hello, William."
"He's our glee club advisor." Mercedes told her. "He's a fan."
"Oh joy!"
"Right. Joy." Her husband, Donald Taylor muttered.
"Say hi, Mr. Shue." Marcy goaded.
"Hi, Mr. Shue." Mr. Shue stammered.
"Is he alright?" Christina asked.
"He's just nervous." Finn slapped Mr. Shue's back. "Talk, Mr. Shue."
Mr. Shue fell out again.
"That can't be healthy." Marcy quipped.
"He did it at school, too." Puck told her.
"Somebody wake him up before he dies."
Finn shook his arm. "Mr. Shue! Wake up!"
It took a while but he eventually woke up. He blushed then asked a bunch of questions.
Christina answered them patiently and even gave him an autograph and hug.
He blushed more and stuttered before telling the group to leave so Marcy and the twins could rest. Puck was sure he was just tired of embarrassing himself.
Puck stayed and so did Tina and Sam. Mike grabbed a chair and sat in it with Tina on his lap so Puck sat in the only other free chair and put Mercedes on his lap.
Mal had climbed into the bed next to Marcy and Quinn climbed on his other side. Sam sat at their feet.
Another grandmother (who reminded Puck of Sue by how scary she was and blonde), Olga Allen stood up and put a blanket over all of them. She began singing the song Mercedes sang. Her voice was pretty good and as Puck looked around, people were hugged up.
Mal had his arm around Marcy and his daughter, Quinn snuggled into his side, Tina curled up on Mike's lap, Mercedes wrapped her arms around Puck.
Eyes started closing and before Puck knew it, his were, too.
W.O
Marcus sneaked into his daughter's hospital room in case she and the babies were resting. They were. Nearly everyone in the room was asleep. Mike and Tina were on a chair, Mercedes and Puck were on a chair, Marc and Laura were on a couch, Quinn was in the bed with Marcy and Mal with Sam at the bottom.
Marcus went to the bed to see both twins were asleep. He smiled before going to his father and waking him. Marcus put his finger to his lips then awakened Jonathan. Marcus waved them to follow him outside.
When Marcus Sr. shut the door behind them, Marcus rubbed his hands together. "We have a problem."
"What is it, son?" Marcus Sr. asked in broken English.
"Rose's lawyer insists she be allowed in the room when Sweetpea gives birth."
"That's a little late." Jonathan pointed out.
"I know. She's going to be angry she missed this."
"There is nothing to do but gear yourself up for when she finds out." Marcus Sr. shrugged.
"We have another problem." Marcus looked to Jonathan. "Concerning Russell."
Jonathan groaned. "What has my son done now?"
"He's petitioning to take Beth away from Shelby."
Both great grandfathers threw up their hands.
Marcus knew how they felt. "I know. This is going to get worse before it gets better."
Marcus Sr. shook his head. "You need to bud this nip."
Marcus nodded. "What am I going to do?"