Little Sleeping Beauty And The Soldier

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Chapter 1: A Better Man

Noah Puckerman was reading Sleeping Beauty to a comatose Liza Marie Anderson as Burt Hummel walks into the room and says, "I swear, Puckerman since the funeral you are the only one out of all of Kurt and Blaine's friends that comes to see Liza Marie. My question is why. I mean you didn't have to, Puck."

Noah just looks at Liza Marie and says, "Burt, Liza Marie was the only one that sent me letters or pictures when I was overseas. She was the only one that even acted like she gave a shit about me and I want her to know somebody besides her grandparents cares about her too. Ha, I tried to get Rachel and Jesse to come to see her, but Rachel was being a bitch. Now, I want to know if the others have even called to check on her."

Burt just looked at Liza Marie and said, "No, they haven't, Puck."

Then Noah says, "I'm going back overseas in a couple of days. Will you keep me posted if anything changes, Burt?"

Carole comes in saying, "Sure, Puck, and now I know why you were named as Liza Marie's only godparent. I am shocked that out of all his friends only you came to the reading of the will."

Then Noah says to her, "Me too, Carole. Hell, even Blaine's Dalton buddies were telling me about how they couldn't believe I was the only friend from McKinley that stayed for that. God, we were never really that close in high school. Both Rachel and Mercedes were his best friends. Kurt was there for me when my ma died and when Beth died from cancer. Ha, I guess Kurt and Liza Marie both became my friends after Finn died. I guess me being Liza Marie's only godparent should have been my first clue just how much my friendship meant to Kurt."

Soon Noah is crying before saying, "God, I don't want to leave Liza Marie, but what if I don't make it back?" Then Noah heard Liza Marie's voice in his head saying, "You're Uncle Hulk, Goddamn it! You are going to make it back here to me! Do you fucking hear me?! Now, stop crying soldier!" This made Noah chuckle before he whispered, "Yes, Ma'am, Little She-Hulk, Ma'am!" Before he took her hand into his and kissed it before he looked at Burt and Carole as he says, "Ha, I am really surprised that Quinn hasn't come to see Liza Marie as much as I have. I mean when Burt was in a coma she was telling Kurt to have faith. Now, here Liza Marie is in a coma and Quinn only came to see her once."

When Noah says this, Burt and he noticed that Liza Marie was clenching her fists. Before Noah chuckles as he says, "I know, Little She-Hulk, That's messed up! Aunt Quinn told your Dada to have faith that Grandpa Burt would wake up and now she along with the others don't believe that you'll wake up!" Then Burt and Noah take both her hands into theirs before saying in unison, along with Carole, "I believe that you'll wake up, Liza Marie!"

On the day Noah was being deployed to Iraq, Burt and his sister Sarah saw him off as she hugs Noah and she says, "I'll watch over Liza Marie for you Puck and I'll try to get the others to care a little more. Ha, those assholes forgot you helped raise me and now they are being just as neglectful as Ma was."

Then Burt says as he hugs Noah, "Puck, you are a better man than your dad and I'm proud of you. Plus, you have shown me just by your actions that Kurt made the right choice of making you Liza Marie's godfather. Now, go show those Iraqi soldiers why Liza Marie calls you Uncle Hulk." Soon Noah is on his way to Iraq and praying he'll make it back to Liza Marie.

While overseas, Noah wrote letters to Liza Marie and sent them to Burt or Sarah as he wrote to them, too. Always asking if there were any changes and feeling heartbroken when the answer was no. Then one day he got a letter from Burt with a picture of Liza Marie awake and smiling. Plus, a picture that Liza Marie drew of him and her with Quinn. After seeing that picture, he wrote to Quinn saying:

Dear Quinn,

I really hope you and the others got your heads out of your asses, for Liza Marie's sake. I was fucking reading to her almost every day and being there for her. Did you know she wants you to be her new mama? Look, Quinn, I hate that you took Beth away from me and I think with Liza Marie we could be a family here. I can't do this alone, babe, and I need your help. Just think about it, okay. I miss you and I know why you stopped answering my texts or calls after the funeral. I also know I still love you and I think we could make this work. Please don't shut me out, babe. Liza Marie and I need you. Okay? I know Kurt and Blaine's death was hard on everyone. But cutting me out of your life because you fear I'll be next isn't right. Come on, babe, I know you well enough to know that's what you are doing here. Just please don't cut Liza Marie out of your life, too. She needs us both.

Forever yours Puck

Noah never got a reply to his letter to Quinn and was not all that surprised that it was sent back unopened. He wasn't even surprised to learn that Liza Marie tried to send letters to Quinn, too. Noah really hoped that Quinn would get herself together soon because Liza Marie needed a mother and Rachel wasn't being much of one right now, according to Burt and Sarah.

When Noah got back from Iraq, he couldn't hold back the smile on his face when he saw Liza Marie with Burt and Carole waiting for him. And as soon as Burt put Liza Marie down, she ran to Noah, who tossed her up into the air as he said, "God, I missed you, Squirt. I'm sorry I wasn't there when you woke up. Uncle Hulk had to take down the bad guys overseas for Ross."

Liza Marie just said, "It's okay, Uncle Nono. You're here now and that's all that matters." As they talked they had no clue Quinn was there watching them as she cried out of guilt that she had cut Noah out of her life for nothing.

When they all got to Noah's house on the base, they saw Quinn's car parked next to Noah's house. Noah is the first one to get out of Burt's truck and approach Quinn's car. But Quinn was the first to speak after rolling down her car window as she said, "Kurt told everyone that he was planning to make you Liza Marie's godfather. After Rachel and I told him that Liza Marie and Beth were our only good eggs. Rachel can adopt but I'm afraid to be a mother after fucking up my only shot at it. "

Quinn didn't give Noah a chance to speak and just left. Liza Marie tries to chase Quinn's car after Burt takes her out of his truck, but Noah catches her and says, "She's gone Little She-Hulk and she's not coming back." Noah hoped his words weren't true, but he feared that they were.

When Noah took Liza Marie inside, he fell to his knees and started to cry as he held Liza Marie. As he says, "God, why!? First, everybody deserts Liza Marie! Now, Quinn ditches both of us! What the fuck?!"

Soon Noah and Liza Marie are both crying as Burt and Carole hold each other while watching them. When they stopped crying, Noah looked at Burt before saying, "I am not leaving Liza Marie like my dad left me and Sarah. I'm going to prove to everybody that Kurt and Blaine made the right decision. I am not that Lima Loser anymore and I will be the best dad Liza Marie ever had."

Then Liza Marie says, " You're Daddy Hulk and you're not a loser. They're all just assholes, Daddy Hulk."

Burt puts his hand on Noah's shoulder as he says, "Liza Marie is right, Puck. You are not a loser and you are a better man than your deadbeat dad."

And Carole says, "Finn might not have believed in himself, but he believed in you, Puck. Finn and Kurt both believe in you and so do we." Then Carole looks at Liza Marie before saying, "We'll help you with Liza Marie."

Then they hear Dave Karofsky say, "We all will, Puck." As they see Dave and his husband Sebastian standing in the doorway.

Chapter 2 will be up soon