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Thanks for the reviews, they're awesome :D Here's the next chapter; more Quick fluffiness and the rest of the glee club make an appearance! Not too sad yet, the next chapter is where that starts to kick in…
Song – Adele, Make you feel my love.
They reached school with two minutes to spare but they still had to run through the parking lot to make it to Glee club on time.
"If Mr Schue's already there, we are so busted!" Quinn said breathlessly as they hurried down the hallway towards the choir room.
"Quinn, we have a kid to look after. I think Mr Schue's gonna understand if we're 30 seconds late." He said, his voice equally as breathless as hers.
"We shouldn't use Beth as an excuse, Puck. When we decided to keep her we knew it was going to be hard but we've had her for almost a year! We can't keep blaming her whenever we're late or tired or behind on our school work!" She said, frustrated at Puck's laid back attitude to the whole world.
"Chill, babe. We're not blaming her, she just gets us out of detention that's all, no harm done." Puck said, trying his best to conceal a smile. He loved winding her up.
She stopped in her tracks and glared at him.
"Well if that's all our daughter means to you, then maybe-"
He cut her off by wrapping his arms around her waist and pulling her close.
"Babe, I was kidding." He said, smiling, unable to hide it any longer.
"Well it wasn't funny." Quinn mumbled grumpily and hit him lightly on the chest.
Puck dipped his head and pressed his lips to hers, making them tingle. He let his hand mess playfully with the end of her blonde pony and he felt her lips smile beneath his.
"It's not fair when you do that." Quinn said between kisses.
"Do what?" He asked innocently, all though he knew full well what she was talking about.
"Kiss me like that! I can't concentrate! And then I forget I'm supposed to be mad at you and then you end up getting away with whatever moronic thing you did to make me mad in the first place!" She tried her best to sound angry but his soft kisses were clouding her focus and she ended up mumbling most of it whilst his lips continued to graze hers. Eventually she made herself pull away.
"We have to go." She said as Puck tried to kiss her again.
"Ugh, do we have to?" He whined, not caring that he sounded like a disobedient child.
"Yes, we do." Quinn said, but she kissed him again, not being able to help herself.
"Guys!" Said a voice they both recognized immediately. It was Mr Schue. "Inappropriate, now is not the time or the place." He said as he reached them.
Quinn quickly stepped out of Puck's arms, breaking the kiss, and ducked her head in an attempt to hide the blush that she could feel burning on her cheeks.
"Sorry Mr Schue." She mumbled quietly, entirely embarrassed by the whole situation. She was president of the Celibacy club for goodness sake and here she was, stood in the middle of the school hallway, making out with her boyfriend for the whole world to see! She was so not worthy of her celibate title.
"Yeah, sorry Mr Schue. It's that Cheerio's uniform, it just does something to me and I can't help myself!" Puck said dramatically, comically fanning himself with his hand.
"Puck!" Quinn snapped angrily and she hit him on the chest yet again, only this time a little harder.
"Ow!" He said, pressing his hand to where she'd hit him, even though it hadn't hurt in the slightest. She responded with another icy glare.
"Sorry, Mr Schue. Again." Puck said quickly in the hope that his apology would make Quinn a little less mad at him.
"Don't worry about it guys." Mr Schue said to the young couple "Just save it for after school in future, okay?"
"Okay" They mumbled together as they turned the corner that would lead them to the choir room.
Puck slipped his arm around Quinn's waist as they walked.
"I meant it, you know?" He whispered in her ear.
"Huh?"
"You seriously do look smoking hot in your Cheerio's uniform." He said quietly.
A smile played with the corners of Quinn's lips and she rolled her eyes at his flirty ways.
"Whatever." She said and he pulled her a little closer and kissed the top of her head before opening the door to the choir room and holding it open for her.
"Thanks" She said out of habit.
"You're welcome."
They took the two seats nearest the back of the little room and sat as close to each other as they could get. Having Beth 24/7 had made them appreciate the alone time they had together a lot more than they used to, so when they were in school they tended to make the most of each other's uninterrupted company.
Puck draped his arm lovingly around her and she rested her head on his warm shoulder as the rest of the glee club sang and chattered excitably around them.
Today was the beginning of the Glee clubs monthly Girls against Boys competition and this morning was the turn of the girls. After Mr Schue had given them the briefing ("Songs that mean something to you") the girls - well Rachel mostly- had decided on doing their version of Adele's 'Make you feel my love".
At first Quinn was pissed that Rachel had taken over song selections but when Rachel suggested that Quinn sing the lead, she didn't mind so much. They'd been rehearsing non-stop for the past week, determined to beat the boys, but now the time to perform had arrived, Quinn only really cared about not forgetting the words. Luckily for her though, there was no choreography to contend with as well, so she could fully concentrate on the lyrics.
"I can't wait to hear you sing." Puck whispered in her ear and she smiled gratefully at him before stretching up to kiss him again, Mr Schue's previous words forgotten.
"Good morning guys!" Mr Schue said brightly as he entered the choir room and once again Quinn and Puck were caught mid-kiss.
"Guy's enough with the PDA already!" He said sternly as he spotted the pair making out in the back row.
They pulled apart as the rest of the glee club turned to look at them, trying their best to control their giggles and Quinn felt the blush rise in her cheeks for the second time in 5 minutes.
"Sorry." They mumbled together, though neither of them really were. The kiss had been sweet and soft and it was safe to say they'd both enjoyed it as much as each other, despite the interruption.
Mr Schue spoke for a while, rambling about nothing in particular and Puck tuned out, distracted by the gorgeous blonde that leaned gently against his side. God, he loved that girl. She was playing absent mindedly with a frayed piece of cotton on the hem of her Cheerio's shirt, eyes cast down so the astonishing length of her golden eyelashes was obvious. She smiled at something Mr Schue had said and as the little dimples formed below her high cheek bones, Puck had to fight with everything in him to stop himself from kissing her again and again and again.
"Ladies, if you'd like to take your places." Mr Schue said and Puck's thoughts returned to the real world as Quinn got up from her seat, smoothing her skirt out as she did. Puck touched her hand.
"Go get 'em, babe." He said quietly with a wink and Quinn responded with a shy smile before making her way to the front of the room. The rest of the girls followed. The AV team had set up enough stools for each of them and they filed into their correct places in the line of silver seats. Quinn sat in the middle, Brittany and Santana on either side of her, followed by Mercedes, Rachel and Tina.
"Whenever you're ready, girls." Mr Schue said encouragingly.
Quinn took a shaky breath. Despite being in a room full of friends, she still got nervous about singing in front of people.
"Just before we start," she said softly, looking up at the room from under her eyelashes "I wanted to say how much Noah has helped me through this past year. I don't think I could have done it without him, so thank you." She looked at him with those eyes and if he hadn't been so badass he thought he might have cried.
"This song is for you...and Beth." She gave him a small smile, not sure how he felt about her unexpected speech but judging by the glowing smile that was spread across his face, she guessed he kinda liked it.
She nodded at the band, telling them she was ready, and the soft music started up. Quinn locked her eyes with Puck's and held them there throughout the whole song.
When the rain is blowing in your face
And the whole world is on your case
I could offer you a warm embrace
To make you feel my love.
As she sang, the lyrics felt so relevant, she struggled not to cry
When the evening shadows and the stars appear
And there is no one there to dry your tears
I could hold you for a million years
To make you feel my love.
The rest of the girls joined in for the chorus and the boys watched silently, mesmerized by the simplicity of their performance. Puck was completely in awe of Quinn and in that moment he thought his heart might just explode with the love he felt for her, even if that was incredible soppy and so not badass.
The last verse, Quinn sang so softly it was almost a whisper.
I can make you happy, make your dreams come true
Nothing that I wouldn't do
Go to the ends of the earth for you
To make you feel my love
To make you feel my love.
As soon as the music ended, the boys and Mr Schue erupted into loud cheers and wolf whistles while the girls smiled happily at each other, pleased with how well their performance had gone.
"Quinn Fabray, you are all kinds of awesome." Santana said as the other girls congratulated each other. Quinn had gotten really close to both Santana and Brittany in the last few months and she now considered them to be her best friends once again, aside from Puck of course.
"Thanks San." She said with a smile "You aren't too bad yourself."
Santana scoffed at her.
"I'm just as awesome as you are Fabray, and you damn well know it."
Quinn laughed at her feisty friend and pulled her in for a playful hug and then she noticed Brittany standing beside them, looking a little confused so she pulled her in too and the three Cheerio's laughed together, all though not one of them knew why they were laughing or what they were laughing at. But they didn't care. It was fun.
"Ladies!" Mr Schue said proudly "Awesome job! Especially you Quinn, those vocals were beautiful." He patted Quinn on the back and she smiled gratefully at him.
"You've got yourselves some serious competition there, boys." Mr Schue said as the girls made their way back to their seats.
As soon as Quinn sat down, Puck pulled her in for a tight hug and he kissed the top of her head several times.
"Not bad for a Cheerio." He whispered sarcastically. She rolled her eyes at him but she couldn't stop the corners of her lips turning up into a soft smile and she lifted her head and kissed him on the cheek before Mr Schue started speaking again.
"Okay, so next week the boys are going to attempt beating the girls with their version of..." He pointed to Finn, signaling for him to reveal the guy's song choice.
"Grenade, by Bruno Mars!" Finn announced proudly "We er, we chose this song because it's about grenades and we all play X Box, so we kind of figured that firing grenades at cartoon people was something we all had in common, so this song just seemed appropriate."
The other boys nodded enthusiastically in agreement whilst the girls groaned and rolled their eyes.
"That's stupid." Santana exclaimed "How the hell can a song about grenades mean something to you? God, you're all so immature!"
The boys were quick to defend their song choice, bickering back and forth with Santana about the importance of X Box and how practicing their fighting skills meant something to them. All the boys had something or other to say about it, except Puck who kept quiet and in that instant Quinn knew that "Grenade" had not been his first choice. She wondered what had been his first choice but she never got around to asking him because Mr Schue began shushing the noisy group once again.
"Guys! Enough! The boys have chosen their song and that's that. No more discussion on it, understood?"
"Yes Mr Schue" The group mumbled quietly. Apart from Santana, that is. She sat with her arms folded, lips pouted and generally looking pissed at the whole situation, but hey, Santana was always pissed at someone or something so no-one really took any notice.
The bell rang.
"Okay guy's, that's it for today. See you the same time tomorrow."
As soon as Mr Schue had finished speaking the group started up the chatter and gossip once again, standing around in little groups, avoiding going to their next lessons for as long as possible, Quinn and Puck included. Glee club was the only lesson they had together that day, which meant they were going to be separated for the next 5 hours! Usually they would have met up at lunch but Puck had football practice and Quinn had a Celibacy Club meeting.
And then to top it all off, they both had to stay at school for an extra hour because Quinn had Cheerio's practice and Puck had more football practice. They were not looking forward to the rest of the day, so they lingered in the choir room with the rest of the group until Mr Schue finally ordered them to get out.
The group moved slowly out of the choir room, still chatting and Puck began to walk Quinn to her next class, which wasn't so bad because it was English, Quinn's favorite 'non-Glee club related' lesson.
"Well, here we are." Quinn said as they stopped in front of the classroom door.
"Yep, here we are." Puck said flatly. He hated this part. It was almost as bad as leaving Beth at nursery.
Quinn turned to face him and he slipped his arms around her waist, pulling her close. She reached up and put her arms around his neck before kissing him on the lips, softly at first but as his hands moved up and down her back the kiss deepened and she moved her hands to the sides of his face, holding it in place. They stayed like that for a few minutes, completely wrapped up in one another but as the hallway started to clear Quinn forced herself to pull away.
"I love you." She said as she stepped out of his arms.
"I know you do." Puck said with a smug smirk. Quinn rolled her at him before opening the classroom door.
"Quinn?" He called, just before she walked in.
"Yeah?" She turned to look at him.
"I love you too."
She smiled at him before turning away.
He watched from the doorway as she made her way to a seat at the back of the room, next to Santana and Brittany, before pulling his eyes away from her and continuing down the hallway to his Biology class.
That was the last time Puck ever kissed her, and thinking back on it now, he thanked God that they'd taken their time getting to that next lesson because if they hadn't he wouldn't have had that final kiss to remember.
For Puck, the rest of the school day passed in a dull blur of pointless lessons and unnecessary small talk, the highlight of the day being when he passed Quinn in the corridor on the way to after school football practice.
They'd been too far away from each other to be able to speak and Quinn was caught up in a sea of Cheerio's so she couldn't stop but the smile that she'd given him before he lost her in the mass of red and white uniforms had been one he knew he'd never forget. Her eyes lit up at the sight of him and her lips stretched widely across her perfect teeth, forming dimples in her cheeks.
Puck's breath caught in his throat but she was gone before he even got the chance to smile back.
He continued to walk, and still a little dazed by her beauty, he managed to crash into a nerd as he turned into the boys locker room and spent the next hour of football practice longing for the time to come when he could see her again.
And then his whole word came crashing down. In one phone call his life fell apart and he was changed forever.