This chapter is a little shorter than the others, but it's mostly a transitional chapter. I swear that this time, there really is only 2 chapters left. I figured I'd make this story an even 10. So thanks for the reviews and favourites and alerts and stuff! If you leave your favourite pair in a review I'll write a smutty one shot for them... Waking up to all those emails always makes my day that much better!
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This chapter is for Nikkler who wanted the boys to do "Giving In"... hope this works for you!
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Eight
The next few weeks were sort of a blur for Puck.
He and Kurt packed up his stuff, mostly shoving clothing into garbage bags and packing a few things into boxes. He wanted to keep his gaming system, TV, DVD player and stereo, but other than that, there wasn't very much he wanted to keep.
Everything he was taking fit into both his and Kurt's trucks.
Before he left, he looked around with a sigh, 'Sarah, I'm leaving.'
'Whatever, dirt bag, just shut up and go away!' she shouted back, angrily.
He and his sister had never really gotten along, but not for lack trying on Puck's part, he had but his sister just hadn't co-operated.
Puck grabbed one or two things out of his mother's room and the kitchen before he left his key on the table and joined Kurt outside.
Kurt simply pulled Puck into a tight hug that lasted for about ten seconds before they pulled apart and headed to their own truck.
Puck had settled into Schue's spare bedroom fairly easily, and there was no trouble for Schuester to become Puck's guardian. They ended up with a fairly decent routine. Only the glee kids, and some of the staff, knew that Schue had taken Puck in, because it really wasn't the business of the rest of school.
They didn't plan on hiding it but they weren't about to hold a school assembly to announce it.
In glee, they performed their duets, Schuester's song choices surprising everyone as Brittany and Mike sang "Bring Me To Life", it was more of a dance version of the song, but the pair made it work. While Artie and Mercedes brought a whole lot more soul to "Breaking the Habit" and Mike and Tina fairly blew everyone away with "Hate Me".
'Those were fantastic. And while I admit a little not what we normally do,' everyone gave soft chuckles, 'all of these songs, have something in common. They are all about surviving.' He glanced at Kurt and Puck and smiled softly as everyone sort of nodded in agreement.
They carried on for the rest of lesson, discussing what they should do for their next performance and how they could raise funds for sectionals.
The next week, Quinn was allowed to come back to school.
She was on crutches and was still going to see her doctor three times a week, which her doctor gladly scheduled around glee.
'How did you break your leg, Quinn Fabray? I heard you were having a kinky orgy with your fellow Cheerio's and you weren't strapped into a harness properly.' Jacob Ben Israel shoved the microphone into Quinn's face the moment he saw her, even as she fumbled with her bag and crutches. But then he bag was gone and someone was yelling at Jacob.
'We were practicing a new trick and someone didn't have their balance and Quinn broke her leg because of it, you simpering moronic cesspool of inbred hideousness.'
Santana was helping Quinn as she glared at the irritating red-head, and Brittany was holding her bag.
Mike and Matt were there, glowering at the "reporter" as he fumbled about for words.
'Get lost!' Santana snapped, causing Jacob to yelp and scurry away.
'I… thank you,' Quinn said softly.
'Whatever, Fabray,' Santana rolled her eyes, but guided the blond up the ramp. 'We aren't doing this for you.'
Quinn nodded, and let Santana lead her to her first class.
Several other gleeks had come to her defense that day, but none of them seemed too impressed with her. And she understood that. She had hurt Puck and betrayed them all in a way that went beyond slushies and dumpster tosses.
In the choir room, Quinn looked around at everyone, 'Why are you doing this?'
'Doing what?' Artie asked, genuinely confused.
'Helping me, protecting me, being nice to me! I was a bitch and you're all being so nice to me! You shouldn't be!'
'We shouldn't?' Brittany whispered to Santana, confused. Santana shushed her.
'We are a family, and family helps each other out, even if we don't like a member very much,' Rachel replied.
'My Uncle is in prison. My mum doesn't like him much, but she still sends him a Christmas card every year,' Brittany offered.
Before anyone else could offer anything, Schue breezed into the choir room, 'Who's ready to start?' he asked with an eager clap.
Rachel pulled Santana to the front of the class. The pair performed a stellar version of "I Will Survive" with Santana on lead, much to the surprise of everyone in the club.
Finn went next as he performed an acoustic version of "Run to the Water", while Puck and Kurt finished with "Giving In" with Puck taking the lead as Kurt did backup.
Everyone was blown away as the pair sang, though it was almost as if Puck was singing to Quinn, singing his pain to her as Kurt was singing to Puck, trying to draw him out of his pain.
As the song drew to a close, Puck and Kurt staring at each other, the others were clapping and cheering, including Schue, who grinned and clapped them both on the shoulder, effectively ruining their moment.
'I think we have our next lead pair!' he announced.
'You're just saying that because Puck's living with you now!' Finn teased.
Schue gave a nonchalant shrug, 'maybe.'
'They deserve it,' Rachel announced, hugging first Puck, than Kurt around the middle.
'I'm sorry,' Quinn mouthed to Puck, who nodded, but didn't say anything else. He didn't know if he could ever really forgive her. Eventually, maybe, but at the moment, a "sorry" just wasn't quite enough.
So I've included the lyrics for Giving In, just to give you an idea on how I heard the song being performed by our boys in my head. Legend = Puck, Kurt, both
Giving In - Adema
Will you, walk me
To the edge again
Shaking, lonely, and I am drinking again
Woke up tonight and no one's here with me
I'm giving in to you
Take me under
I'm giving in to you
I'm dying tonight
I'm giving in to you
Watch me crumble
I'm giving in to you
I'm crying tonight
I'm giving in to you
Caught up, in life
Losing all my friends
Family has tried, to heal all my addictions
Tragic it seems, to be alone again
I'm giving in ... to you
Take me under
I'm giving in to you
I'm dying tonight
I'm giving in to you
Watch me crumble
I'm giving in to you
I'm crying tonight
I'm giving in to you
I look forward, to dying tonight
Drink 'til i'm myself, life's harder every day
The stress has got me
I'm giving in
giving in,
Giving in, no!
Take me under
(I'm killing all the pain)
I'm dying tonight
(I'm sick of all this faith)
Watch me crumble
(I'm killing all the pain)
I'm crying tonight
I'm giving in to you
Take me under
I'm giving in to you
I'm dying tonight
I'm giving in to you
Watch me, crumble
I'm giving in to you
I'm crying tonight
I'm giving in to you