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Mercedes: POV

I checked my phone. It was a text from Marcy. That was weird. Wasn't she home? I looked over the text and saw she was calling a meeting.

I got up from my desk and went to her room. "Hey, Marce? What's up with your text?"

She came from her bathroom. "What?"

"Hey? Why'd you text me from the bathroom?"

"I was doing something." She put her phone in her back pocket.

"What's your text about? Why are we having a family meeting?"

"You'll see."

"Stop being so mysterious. Tell me. Is something wrong with the twins? With you? With me?!"

She looked at me like I was crazy. "What's wrong with you?"

"I'm just saying." I shrugged. "Tell me. What's the meeting about?"

"You'll see."

"Is everyone coming? Like Marc and Laura and Mikey?"

"Mikey, yes. Marc and Laura said they had news to share so they'll be through."

"When is it?"

"Tomorrow. Want to make snacks for it?"

"I had homework…" I truly didn't care about that. "But I can put it off."

She smirked.

"Did Mal get the twins yet?"

"Yeah, he just left."

"Noah will be here soon to get Beth. Should we tease him with food he can't eat?"

She laughed. "And we say you're not bad!"

I brightened. "Yay!" I clapped before threading my arm through hers and led her from the room.

MAP

I was surprised when I opened the door to see Artie, Lila and their parents. "Artie! Lila! Mr. Bennett! Ms. Janet! What are you doing here?!" Another girl was with them that I didn't know.

"Boo Thang said we had to come. Something about a family meeting." Artie wheeled up to me.

I backed up so he could come inside. "I thought she meant our family?"

"I think she meant all of us." Tana said from behind them. Her, her little brother (the impossibly cute), Gomez and their parents were right behind the Abrams.

"Mr. Enerilson! Ms. Maribel! Hi, Gomez!" I winked at him.

He winked back. "Sweet Mercy!"

Lila turned and hugged him. "Hi, San."

He blushed. "Hey, Li."

"Come in." I loved the two of them going back and forth. They were so cute together.

Lila turned to me. "MJ, this is my best friend, Sara. You've always just missed each other. Sara? This is MJ. She's amazing."

I hugged her. "You're so sweet!"

"And she's pregnant."

"You cheeky girl!" I pinched her cheek.

"Sadie!" Britt called out.

I let Lila go to pull Britt in. "Hey, Britt! Hi, Mr. Ken! Hi, Ms. Melanie! When'd you get in?"

"This morning." Britt hugged me.

"Come into the living room." Marcy scared the life out of me. She materialized out of thin air behind me.

I hit her. "You scared me!"

"Go sit down." She sneered.

"Humph!"

"Come sit, shawty." Mr. Ken was so out of touch. He was living in the nineties. He talked like an old black man who worshipped Tupac and Biggie Smalls. "You gotta get off yo feet!"

"Thank you, Mr. Ken."

"Mercy can show you to the living room." Marcy said.

"We know where it is." Tana waved a hand.

"Do you want to keep opening the door?" Marcy asked me.

I shrugged. "I don't mind."

"At least sit in a chair."

"Aww! You do care!"

"When your feet swell and your back aches, don't say a word to me."

I pouted. "Mean!"

She lifted a brow.

I waved Tana and the others off. "Tana, take them to the living room."

"Actually; the kids can go to the den."

"Shouldn't they know about what it is we're going to talk about?"

"Nope. Head to the den." She hooked a thumb at the back of the house.

"Where is it?" Lila asked. "Hi, Marcy. Remember Sara?"

"Hey, blondie." Marcy lifted her chin. "I'll show you where it is. The babies are coming so you squirts are stuck watching baby programs. Sucks to be you."

Of course she wouldn't apologize..

Tana took the others to the living room (as she snuck kisses to her spouses) while Marcy led the kids to the den.

I stayed at the door. I didn't have to wait long because T showed up with her parents. "Hey, T!"

"Hey, Mercy!" T hugged me.

"Hi, Mr. Xian! Hi, Ms. Dinah!" I waved to them but Ms. Dinah hugged me.

"How's the baby?!" She spoke in baby talk.

"She's good. Forming well."

"Aww! I can't wait to see her!"

"Me either." That was Kurt's voice.

I screamed. "Kurt!"

"Cedes!" He screamed back.

I threw my arms around him. "How have you been, boo?!"

"I missed you!"

"I missed you, too!" T wailed.

Kurt opened the hug up to her. "I definitely missed you!"

We hugged until Finn cleared his throat. "Sorry, Finn!"

Finn smiled. "Hi, guys."

"Hi, Finn." I pinched his cheeks. "Hi, Papa Burt. Hi, Ms. Carole."

"Cedes!" Ms. Carole hugged me.

Papa Burt rubbed my stomach when she backed away. "How's it coming along?"

"It's coming." I rubbed past him.

"Favorite Uncle coming through!"

I gasped. "Marc?!" I wrapped my arms around his neck and he picked me up.

"Excuse you?!" That sounded like Mikey and Mal.

Marc put me down and we turned to see the Changs with the Fabrays. "Mikey!"

Mikey hugged me. "I'm Favorite Uncle!"

Mal punched his back. "I'm Favorite Uncle!"

The three of them began arguing. I rolled my eyes and took a twin from Mal. "Isn't Daddy and your uncles silly?"

I was holding Mickey and she took her pacifier out of her mouth and tried to put it in mine.

I avoided her and kissed her cheek. "Marcy wants us in the living room."

"Is Beth here yet?" Lucy asked.

"No, Noah hasn't showed up."

She pouted.

"Come in. Marcy wants us in the living room."

"I wonder what the monster wants." Laura rolled her eyes.

"To boil you alive." Marcy scared me again.

"I'm not surprised."

I used Mickey's hand to hit Marcy. "Stop scaring me!"

"Stop being a baby." She took her daughter from me. "Mad, you're in the den."

"Why can't I know what you're talking about?" Maddie demanded.

"It's on a need to know basis and you don't need to know. Yet."

Maddie pouted.

"You're alright. Take Mally and come on. You guys go into the living room."

"Drill sergeant." Laura muttered.

"You're not pregnant. I can fight you." Marcy left.

"So I don't get no kiss?!" Mal yelled at her back.

She said nothing.

Maddie took Mally from Mrs. C. "I guess not."

He gave her a sour look. "I used to be the baby."

"But you're not now." She stuck her tongue out then ran when he reached for her.

The others chuckled as they left to go to the living room. Daddy came from around the corner. "Is everyone showing up?"

"Yup. Marcy didn't tell me everyone was showing up. I thought she just meant our family."

"Who else is here?"

I told him. "I wish she'd tell us stuff instead of leading us on."

"You know your sister. She's wrapped in mystery."

I nodded. "She wants us in the living room."

He nodded and walked that way.

The doorbell rang so I opened the door. It was Ellen. "Hi, Ellen! Hi, Mr. and Mrs. Majors. Hello, young man."

Ellen smiled at me. "Hi, Mercy! This is my little brother, Elliot. These are my parents. Guys, meet Marcy's sister, Mercy."

"Hello!" Mrs. Majors looked exactly like her daughter, except her eyes were blue. "How are you, dear?"

"I'm good, thank you!"

Mr. Majors was really tall (like Finn) and had a nice smile. His son kind of looked like him. "Hello, young lady."

"Hello, Mr. Majors."

"How are you feeling?" Ellen asked.

"I feel good today. Thank you for asking, sweet girl."

She giggled.

Marcy walked back in. I think she stomped extra hard for me. That was unnecessary… "Hey, Mr. Marshall, Ms. Lilly! What's up, Elliot?!" She messed with him. "You get to go in the den with the kids."

"I'm stuck with the twins?" Elliot stuck his bottom lip out.

"You'd be lucky to be stuck with my kids!" She joked. "Nah, there's other siblings in there. And a very pretty blonde. Think you can turn on the Majors charm?"

He blushed and ducked his head.

His father clapped him on the shoulder. "Sure, he can!"

"A pretty blonde?" Ellen looked horrified.

"A very pretty blonde." Marcy corrected. "Lila's friend."

"Artie's sister? She has a friend?"

"Yup. Pretty brown eyes, long blonde hair, cheerleader."

Ellen looked so upset.

"Is she nice?" Elliot asked.

"Lila wouldn't hang out with anyone mean." Marcy shrugged.

"Will you introduce us?"

"Sure. Come on."

"Be respectful!" Mrs. Majors called out with a frown. I don't think she liked the idea of Elliot around Sara any more than Ellen did, who followed the two out.

"I can show you the living room." I told their parents as Annie walked up the walkway with Blaine and a woman. "Annie!"

"Hi, MercyCat!" Annie hugged me. "How's my little girl today?!"

I smiled. "She's moving a lot."

She kissed me. "I wonder what that feels like?"

"It's definitely weird." I smirked. "Where are your parents?"

"Oh. Marcy called us too late. My parents had other things to do today so they told me to take extra good notes for whatever the meeting was about."

"What's with all the secrecy?" Blaine asked.

I hugged him. "Hey, sweetie. I have no idea. That's your friend."

"That's what scares me." He shuddered. Annie and I laughed. "This is my mom, Mollie Anderson. Mom, meet Cedes and Anna."

"Hi!" We waved.

"Hello." Mrs. Anderson waved back with a nice smile. She was a very pretty woman.

"These are Ellen's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Majors." I introduced them.

They all shook hands and said hello.

"Annie, can you show them the living room? I think we're just waiting on Noah and Rachel."

"Okay." She kissed me again and led them out.

"We are."

I jumped. "Marcy, don't do that!"

"My bad." She lifted a shoulder.

"Where's Ellen?"

"She's trying to keep Elliot away from Sara." She rolled her eyes. "I'm just about to get Mal so he can stop her from cock-blocking."

"That poor boy!" I laughed. "Poor Ellen! I remember the first girl that paid attention to Mal. Lucy and I did not handle it well."

She lifted her shoulders. "Look at him now."

"Go get him so he can save Elliot. I might have to keep him for myself."

"Elliot?"

"Mal!"

She laughed as she walked out as the doorbell rang.

I'm serious! I miss my baby! I opened the door and squealed. "Bethie!"

"Me!" Beth reached up for me.

I picked her up and covered her face in kisses. "Hi, baby!"

"Hi!"

"Hi, Mercy!" Nic bounced on her toes.

I included Nic in our hug and covered her face in kisses, too. "Hi, sweetie!"

"I don't get no love?" Noah gave me a look.

I leaned over and kissed him. "You got some. Go away."

He grinned at me in that wicked way of his. "I'll be back."

Ms. Nadine shook her head. "What is this meeting about, Mercy? Marcy just said it was mandatory."

"She would." I grumped.

"She did." Marcy got me again.

"I'm telling Laura!" I stomped a foot.

"Stop crying." She took Beth from me. "Come on, Nic. You get to watch cartoons with old people."

Mal laughed. "And babies. Don't forget the babies."

"Mal!" Beth shouted.

Mal took her from Marcy and kissed her cheeks. "How's my favorite niece?!"

"Good!"

"Come on! Let's go watch cartoons!"

"I shoulda set something out for them." Marcy frowned. "Come on, Nic. We'll get snacks for you all."

The four set off in different directions.

I was about to tell Noah and Ms. Nadine to go to the living room when I heard movement behind them. "Sorry! Sorry we're late!"

It was Rachel. "I'm sure you're not too late." I reassured her. "Hi, Mr. Leroy. Hi, Mr. Hiram. Hi, Shelby."

"Hello, Cedes!" They spoke.

Rachel hugged me. "Are Finn and Quinn here?"

"Yeah, we're just waiting on you guys." I hugged her back.

"Good. Not good that you're waiting on me but good that we're not too late."

"We get it." I kissed her cheek.

She beamed. "Where are we?"

"The living room." I shut the front door and led them to it. Most of the kids were on the floor (Tana and Britt were on Artie's lap) while the adults were sitting on furniture.

They all talked amongst themselves as we waiting for Marcy to come back. The doorbell rang again so I went to go get it.

I was in for a shock. "Momma?!"

Momma smiled. "Hi, Mercy baby."

"What are you doing here?"

"Marcy called me to come. Said it was really important."

I couldn't believe Marcy called her to come. Wasn't this breaking the restraining orders? "Can't you get in trouble for this?"

"Marcy said that we could just not tell anyone."

"Momma, you know Marcy's bad. Just bad all the time."

"Rude!"

I clutched my heart. "Marcy!"

"Stop acting!"

"You scared me to death!" I hit her.

"That's what you get for talking about me behind my back!"

I frowned but she was right. "I'm sorry."

"Humph!" She lifted her nose. "I'll grab Mal and Elle and we can get started."

"Hello, Marcy." Momma waved small.

Marcy nodded before leaving with a quiet Nic.

I hugged Momma. "I'm so glad you're here."

Momma brightened and hugged me back as we walked to the living room. "How's school going?"

"So well!" I exploded in happiness.

"Good. College was one of the best times of my life."

We made it to the living room and Daddy noticed Momma. "Rose."

"Hello, Marcus."

"Hello, Rose." Mrs. C nodded coolly.

Ms. Judy crossed her arms. "Hello, Rose."

"Hello, Jeanette, Judy." Momma nodded. "Hello, Michael."

"Rose." Papa Mike looked at Daddy. They face-spoke and Papa Mike looked back at Momma.

"Hey, Ma." Marc got up to hug Momma.

"Hello, sweetheart." Momma hugged him tight.

Laura, Mikey and Lucy got up to hug her next. "Hi, Momma Rose."

"How are you all? How's Chicago, Mikey?"

He smiled. "Really awesome."

"Good. How's living off campus, Laura?"

"Our apartment is amazing." Laura beamed.

"How's all those clubs you and Mercy are in, Lucy?"

"They're so much fun!" Lucy gushed.

"Good. Good."

"Momma Rose! Hey!" Mal came in with Ellen on his heels.

"Hi, Mally Mal!" She hugged him.

"Hi, Mrs. Jones." Ellen waved.

"Hello, Ellen."

"We should sit." I said. "Where's Marcy?"

"Right here." Marcy came in with a bunch of papers and books. She sat in front of the fireplace on her knees and arranged things. "Sit! Sit!"

We all sat down.

"Why are we here, Sweetpea?" Daddy asked.

"I assume everyone told their parents the plan about New York."

Affirmatives rang out.

"Good. I found some place for us to live."

We all began talking at once.

She pulled on Mal's shirt and he whistled for her. "Are you done or can I tell you the details?"

"But wait!" Artie threw out a hand. "How did you find something so fast? We talked about this just last month!"

"I started looking a week ago. I wanted a borough that was safe but was close to everywhere. Then I picked a place that had wheelchair accessibility and amenities that we'd all want. Then I went into price ranges and neighbors and then it became a kaleidoscope of misery."

"But you found something we can all agree on?" Mikey pressed.

"Yes!" She handed out sheets.

I read over mine. "So this building hasn't been built yet?" It was just the picture of the outside of a building that wasn't done.

"It's in the process of being built." She corrected. "If we get in now, we can totally customize our homes."

"So it's an apartment building?" Kurt asked.

"Yes. Condos. It's only going to have four condos per floor and six floors not counting the first floor."

"That sounds small." Tana wrinkled her nose.

Marcy handed out another set of sheets. "Nope. It's going to take up a whole block. It's in TriBeCa. We're going to have a tonne of space."

"A whole block?!"

"So how is this going to work?" Mrs. Majors asked. "Are you each going to take an apartment?"

"Well the top floor is being built into four penthouses. They'll have two levels. I was thinking the thruples can live together. Two to a penthouse. Split it any way you want to." Marcy explained.

Lucy gasped and threw herself on my legs. "I call Sissy!"

Marcy's mouth fell open. "Rude!"

"Sorry, Marce."

"It's okay! I don't wanna be in your little club no way!"

I blew her a kiss. "You'll be right across the hall."

"Humph!"

Britt fell off Artie's lap and crawled to Marcy to throw her arms around her neck. "We're going to live together!"

"Yeah, yeah."

"You could show a little more team spirit!" Tana gave attitude.

Marcy stuck her tongue out and blew.

Artie laughed. "BT!"

Rachel clapped and turned to Finn. "I would love to live with you guys! I hate the dorms!"

"What about us?" T asked. "We're not in a thruple."

"I thought maybe you would want to live with Kurt on one of the other floors. The second and third (first and second) floors have three bedrooms. The fourth and fifth (third and fourth) have four. The penthouses have six." Marcy said. "I was thinking Mikey would want to live with Blaine. And just to let you know; I invited Sam to live with us. He can live with you two."

"What?!" Mal looked to her sharply.

"You have got to let up."

He threw up his hands.

Marcy passed out more paper with more information on it. Then she started handing out books. Turns out they were decorating magazines. "We need to start planning how we want them now. These have tiles, carpets, flooring, paint colors, bathroom and kitchen fixtures and more. Plus Artman, we'll need info for your rooms so we can get stuff right height-wise and wheelchair wide."

He nodded. "Got it."

Mikey brought up his hands. "How much is this going to cost?"

"Depends on what we get." Marcy evaded.

He was no fool. "How much?"

"How much did you get for your inheritance?"

"Nu uhn. How much?"

"A couple mil."

"Marce!"

"I know you don't want to part with that much but this is prime real estate in one of the most expensive cities in the world. What do you expect?"

"Where are we supposed to get a couple million dollars from?!" Tana yelped as the others started getting uneasy.

"Mikey, Mercy and Lucy can buy their places ouright. Blaine, Finn, 'Zilla, Anna and Rachel can pay rent." Marcy said. "As for you guys, you can pay Mal and me rent. I called Grandfather and he said he'd float me a loan until my inheritance kicks in then I'll pay him back."

"And I'll pay you back for my half when my inheritance comes in." Mal put his hand on her leg.

"What about me and Kurt?" T asked.

"I figured we could go in five way split and you two just pay us rent. Plus you'll have an extra room that you can rent out if you want to keep costs down." Marcy said.

Kurt nodded. "I don't know if I want another roommate. The one I have now drives me crazy."

"We're enough for each other." T took his hand.

"I'm glad to be here but why exactly did you call for us to be here, Marcy?" Mrs. Majors asked.

"I know for us that our parents take care of us. Maybe you'll do the same for your children? We are just college kids after all." She lifted a shoulder.

Mr. Majors nodded and took his wife's hand. "We would never let Ellie struggle alone."

"We can also get jobs. I mean they probably won't be much but anything's better than nothing."

Tana glared at her. "Jobs?!"

"Yes, Satan!" I hissed. "We're adults! We should try to take some responsibility for our own lives!"

"Ugh!" She threw herself back against Artie.

"When do they have to hear back from us?" Mal moved his leg so his knee was touching Marcy's thigh.

"If we want them furnished, as soon as possible. If we wait and take however they do them, months. These plans just went up." Marcy told him.

"How wheelchair accessible is this place?" Ms. Janet asked.

"There's no stairs outside and two elevators inside."

"What about security?" Mr. Hiram wanted to know.

"They have a doorman and security guards 24/7 with surveillance."

Daddy blew out a breath. "Thank goodness!"

"I know you're all excited but how are you realistically going to live together?" Ms. Judy brought up. "You're all so different."

"We're not that different." Lucy shrugged lightly. "We all have things in common and our differences will only make us stronger."

Ms. Judy cupped her chin. "I always knew you and MercyCat would end up living together."

"So do we all agree?" Marcy asked us.

We all looked at each other. "Yes!"

MAP

Anna: POV

I was super excited for this. I don't know how to say this so I'll just say it; I hate living at home. My father is rarely at home and my mother is very unpleasant. I feel so trapped at home and the only peace I have is at school.

I can't wait to graduate and live with MercyCat and Noah. I can't wait to live in New York with our friends.

At the moment, we were writing down different things like tiles and fixtures. Nailing down how we wanted the general layout to be.

I really liked Marcy's and Kurt's ideas about the bedrooms. Marcy wanted the bedrooms to be connected like how the Jones's are upstairs; with a bedroom, bathroom and walk-in closet. Kurt suggested themes. They fed off each other coming up with ideas.

Then Marcy suggested a study room and studio. We all were confused at first until she explained the study room would be how an actual library is and the studio for her would be part art studio/part dance studio and a place to put all their instruments along with a small darkroom for Mal and Ellen.

Mal hugged her and told her she was thoughtful. She smirked and waved it off but I think she liked it. MercyCat, Quinn and Rachel really liked the idea of a mini library in the house and I did, too. MercyCat decided that we should have a studio, too but a music studio.

Artie loved that idea and they went back and forth designing it. Mrs. Jones brought up the idea of having a piano in the living room. We all looked to the grand piano sitting two feet away. Her kids agreed wholeheartedly (even Mike; which made Blaine happy) and she lit up at their praise.

MercyCat was looking through books with Quinn while Rachel and I gave general feedback about colors and whether something was too different for us. We sort of forgot to ask Noah and Finn what they thought…

Anyway, we were all talking (especially the girls with their moms), when Mal asked a great question. "What about chores?"

"What about them?" Marcy flipped through a book.

"How are we going to split up chores?"

She lowered the book. "I don't know. I'm not living in a pig sty but I'm not cleaning up by myself."

"Yeah but your…-" He stopped.

"My what?"

"Your… particular cleaning habits might pose a problem for the rest of us. You get weird about cleaning."

She stared at him.

"Love you?"

She rolled her eyes. "We can each take a day of the week to wash dishes. There's six of us so we each get a day and we pick a day to just leave them or all do them together."

"Dishes?!" Santana griped.

"Yes, dishes." Her mother teased. "Those things you hate doing?"

Santana made a face. "I don't wanna do dishes!"

"Too bad." Marcy didn't care. "I'm not touching trash so I think a boy should take it out."

"What?!" Artie and Mal yelped.

"Agreed!" Santana said immediately.

Ellen and Brittany giggled. "Agreed!"

Artie and Mal looked so hurt. "Hey!"

"You're on trash detail." Marcy didn't care about their feelings. "As for dusting, we can each pick a day that's not our dish duty and dust. Same with watering plants and cleaning the bathrooms. It doesn't have to be in depth. Just enough so it's not completely filthy. Then every Sunday is Spring Cleaning. We wash the house from top to bottom."

"Every Sunday?!" Santana was having a hard time with this.

"Yes." MercyCat smirked. "I think that's a great idea. We'll do that, too."

"Agreed." Quinn nodded.

"Wait a minute!" Noah drew back.

"Don't we get a say in this?" Finn added.

"Finn, we cannot live in a dump!" Rachel crossed her arms. "I think Marcy and therefore Cedes and Quinn make a lot of sense. We're girls and we're clean. We'd like to stay clean."

"You can stand to clean, Noah." Mrs. Puckerman patted his shoulder.

He made a few faces. "Fine!"

"Since it's just you and me, we can trade every other day for cleaning and do a deep cleansing every Sunday as well." Kurt told Tina.

Mike looked at Blaine. "I'm not dirty but I'm not crazy about cleaning every day."

Blaine shrugged. "How about we keep our rooms clean and we clean up after ourselves in the public areas? We can deep clean every Sunday."

"Agreed." They shook hands.

"I change my mind. I wanna live with Mikey and Blaine." Marcy said.

Mal hit her leg. "How are we going to keep this on schedule? We don't graduate for months. Will this even be done in time?"

"It's supposed to be done by March but there's always delays. I'm sure they'll be done by graduation. Especially if we check in with them."

"Is anyone going to keep an eye out on construction and after until we're ready to move in?" Rachel asked.

"I can. I have less than nothing to do."

"What about school?" Kurt brought up.

"We get breaks. Besides you two are up there. Just walk by every couple of weeks."

"You're right. We'll keep an eye out on it."

"Back to my question; chores." Mal said.

"What other chores are there?!" Marcy groaned.

"There's sweeping, vacuuming, mopping, walking your demon dog and the most important thing; cooking!"

"One, there will be little to no vacuuming in my house. There will be no carpet. Besides, sweeping and mopping can have a day, too. Two, I can walk my own dog. Three and most importantly; you must have lost your orange loving mind. I'm not cooking all the time and if you think I am, you need to stop smoking."

"Cute." He gave her a look.

"I'm not cooking all the time. You know I hate cooking."

"I don't blame you, Patti!" Santana waved a hand. "These hands were not made to cook!"

"We can't eat takeout all the time." Ellen brought up. "We should eat home-cooked meals."

"Then you home-cook them." Marcy threw her hair over her shoulder.

"I don't know how to cook."

"You have eight months to learn."

"Marcy!"

"I'm not playing with you! You better learn how to do something! I'm not cooking all the time!"

"Come on, Marce!" Mal complained. "I like your food."

"You know how to cook! You better break a sweat in that kitchen!"

Mrs. Chang laughed. "You know you can cook, Mal! Stop being lazy!"

"But Mom, I am lazy." He pointed out.

"I want to learn how to cook!" Britt piped up as everyone laughed at Mal.

"I can show you how to make a few things." Her mother told her. "But you have to come home more often so I can show you."

"Thanks, Mommy!"

"I guess I should pay attention when you cook from now on?" Artie asked his mother.

Who nodded. "Yeah."

"Ugh!"

Santana echoed him. "Ugh! I guess I can cook once in a while!"

"Don't hurt yourself, Santa." Her father chuckled.

Noah wrinkled his nose. "I can only make toast."

"I can't cook either." Finn shook his head.

Rachel grimaced. "Neither can I."

MercyCat smiled and patted her hand. "Lucy and I know how to cook and I love cooking for people. I don't mind doing the majority of the cooking."

"Thanks, Diva!"

"So I'm on the hook for cooking?" Quinn sucked in a breath and rolled her eyes.

Noah smirked. "Ha! Ha!"

"Shut up, Puck."

He made a face at her. "What else will this building have?"

"Like what?" I asked.

"Like what about trash pickup and other stuff? What's in the lobby?"

Marcy handed out sheets of paper. "This is the floorplan of the first floor. It'll have a gym, a pool and a couple hangout rooms with the main lobby and security desk and post. Trash pickup will probably be every day since it's an apartment building."

"They have a pool?!" His eyes lit up. "Yes!"

"I want to see how the roof situation is. If it's open to everyone, I was thinking of putting a garden up there."

MercyCat clapped. "I love that idea! Growing our own food would keep costs down!"

"And it'll be healthier than whatever they have at stores." Quinn added.

"Great idea, Marcy." Mrs. Chang said. "I think you should send an email today expressing interest in the building but still call on Monday morning."

"I will." Marcy handed out another batch of papers. "This is a map of the neighborhood. There's plenty of things in the neighborhood that will interest us. Plus there are churches and temples nearby."

"Really?!" Rachel clenched her fists in happiness.

"Yeah, I found a few."

"Awesome, Mini Mama." Noah inclined his head.

She shrugged lightly.

Finn sat up suddenly. "Who else is hungry?"

MAP

Puck: POV

I didn't know what to expect from this meeting but I'm glad Mini Mama had it. We were just talking about New York and now we have some place to live!

Now we really had to be on our game with our schoolwork. That meant I had to stay on my grind and keep my nose in the books.

But I can hack it. Come June, we were hittin the road and hopefully only had to come back to this shit town for visits!

We stayed at Mama's house until early evening. We discussed a bunch of things we wanted and Mini Mama brought up how she didn't want shoes in the house. Elle Woods asked her why and she gave a grocery list of reasons that made my 'hawk stand up.

Mama had shuddered and declared we had to take our shoes off at the door, too. Rachel freaked out and agreed that minute. Kurt and Tina liked the idea but Mike said that was too fussy for him and Bowties said it didn't matter to him.

Wheels asked about his chair since Mini Mama hated germs and she told him that he had to get a wheelchair for inside the house. Looked serious as shit when she said it, too.

He gulped and told her "Got it" and that was the end of it until something else was brought up.

We had to dip out early for temple but we learned something before we left. Apparently the reason Marc and Laura came home was to drop some news on us.

Marc was being heavily recruited by some NFL teams. He was seriously thinking of going pro.

He and Laura were talking it over and he wanted to know what his family thought. Doc and Doc C said they would talk about it later while the rest of his family praised him. Then we praised him because holy fucking shit! the NFL wanted him!

When I went to bed that night, I couldn't help thinking about how blessed we all were. I tried not to think about it but I had the feeling something was going to ruin it…