After that make out session with Puck I haven't really spoken to him. He still was helping me with therapy but I've gotten a lot better where I can lift my legs up, so I don't really need his help as much. In school on Monday I over heard Finn talking with all the guys about how Puck might not be able to graduate because he needs to pass some test. And they all decided that they needed to help out.

I wonder why Puck didn't tell me he might not graduate. You think that would be a big deal. I was wheeling through the halls when I saw him at his locker. I rolled up to him and said,

"Hey are you not graduating?!" He closed his locker and looked down at me and said,

"Yeah I'm done with school. I'm going to get a head start to the West coast."

"Why are you doing this Puck?"

"High school just isn't for me anymore." He then turned around and walked down the hallway.

I wanted to go after Puck but I didn't know what to say to keep him here. I don't know what he wants to do with his life besides clean pools, and even that isn't a way to live.

The next day after school I saw Puck again. I was the last one in the hallways, everyone had gone home, or at least I thought. I saw Puck walking down the hallway as if he had just seen a ghost. He stared straight ahead. I said to him while he was walking by,

"Hey Puck!" He stopped and looked at me with his mouth open. "Whats wrong?"

"I was cleaning my last pool before I was going to head to the West coast when my dad showed up. I haven't seen him in years."

"What did he want?"

"Money." He sat pretzel style next to me still looking straight ahead.

"Did you give it to him?"

"Yes. All five hundred bucks. It's most of my seed money for L.A."

"Why?"

"Because I knew if I gave it to him I would never have to see him again. You know he dropped out of high school...I just kept seeing myself sitting where he was sitting, across from Beth. No dignity, no future. Begging her for rent money. I cannot let that happen to me. I have to graduate. And to do that I have to pass this damn European geography test."

I didn't know what to say. I sat there looking at his helpless face. Even though he has helped me through this whole car accident thing I couldn't bring myself to help him. I don't know what the reasoning was. I did want to see him graduate but I had so much other things going on in my life right now. I felt horrible.

Out of nowhere Finn, Artie, Blaine, Sam, and Mike came over to us. Finn said,

"Hey Puck we heard what happened and we are here to help." Puck looked surprised and said,

"Really? Thank you guys." Finn reached out his hand to help Puck up, Puck grabbed it and stood up. They all started walking away as Puck turned to me and said,

"Hey thanks for listening. See you around?"

"Oh uh yeah." Then they all walked away.

What a relief for Finn to come in when he did. I thought I was going to have to change the subject or something.