chapter 5! yayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy this one is a little longer than the others, but bare with me.
this thing is twisty! (maybe) like those gross tubes you used to crawl around in at the play place at McDonalds!
hmmmmmmmmmm
well i dont own anything except for my creativity and funniness. (which is my own made up word)
enjoy!
He just stood there; studying my face. Watching my last tear fall. I finally stand up.
"L-Listen. I won't tell anyone, if you don't either…" I manage to say.
"I won't tell anyone. I-" he replies
"Especially…..NOT …..Puckerman!" I give him a look that says, 'can I trust you?'
"Of course not" Finn says
There is nothing left to say. I walk away from him. I walk down hallways, head staring at the floor.
I walk to my locker and open it. I stare at the cut-out of Puckerman`s face of which I taped to the face of Edward Cullen. I sigh a sigh of disappointment. Disappointment of myself, mostly. Disappointment in Finn.
There is no way I am going on that date tonight! I can't face him. I need tonight to clear my head. What will I say? I wasn't feeling good? I forgot? I got grounded?
It will be a miracle if he still wants to be with me after tonight…..when I don't show up.
"Hello…Lauren" Puckerman says the next day when I'm standing at my locker. He says it coldly; like I just ran over his dog with my truck. I shiver slightly and turn around.
"What's your problem?" I retort almost as coldly as he. I sure can act! Not for too long though…..
"Oh, I don't know…..maybe our date was last night? You know; Breadstix?" now he's almost yelling at me.
"Oh, that was last night?" I play dumb.
"To tell the truth, I'm not used to being stood up." he continues more quietly.
"Oooh" I shrug my shoulders.
"I get it. You've had your heart broken before. But I'm not like that." He claims
"Ok. First of all, you got a girl pregnant last year. So yeah, you kind are." I close my locker and head to history.
After history I head to glee club rehearsals. When I get there, I'm alone in the room. Well, almost. Puckerman was there talking to the pianist about something.
"Thanks" I hear him say to the pianist. The pianist gets up and leaves. Puckerman turns around and looks at me with a blank expression. He starts to turn back around.
"Wait!" I need to remember to keep my badass-ness. "I guess I should apologize to you."
"Really?" he says with nothing but sarcasm. That's my specialty! Grrrrrr
"I'm sorry. I wasn't feeling good and I couldn't call you." I say. Not a complete lie. I wasn't feeling good. But, I could have called. "My old man took my phone away." I roll my eyes and shake my head. Lie.
"I'm sorry I overreacted earlier. I should have let you explain." He takes a few steps closer to me and starts stroking my arm…..again.
I shiver a little. He notices and smiles. "I don't like you for the way you look; I like you because you're a bigger badass than I am!"
I laugh softly. "So…. Are we still going to Breadstix on Valentines Day?" I ask shyly
"Only if you want." He replies
"I'd like that. But, only as friends." He looks disappointed. "I do like you, Puckerman, but I want something serious. And if you're truly interested, we need to take this slow."
He takes my hands and nods. Our arms swing back and forth like jump ropes. We smile at each other.
Then he pulls me into a hug.
All of a sudden Rachel walks in. she is followed by Mercedes and Brittany.
"Are we….interrupting something?" She asks as Puckerman and I break away from our hug. I take his hand. Usually I would have said, ' watch it, boy hips'. I was in a pretty good mood today so I just said, "nope".
Puckerman and I turn, still holding hands, and sit down on the top row together.
Eventually, everyone starts showing up. The last to make it are Finn and Artie.
Finn and Quinn look sick. Sam notices it too. Something's going to go down. I can tell.
"Mr. Shue?" I have my song ready" Tina stands up and gives the pianist the sheet music.
"Go ahead." He says. He sits down on the end next to mike in the front row.
"This is for you mike" she continues.
The song begins.
"My funny valentine
Sweet comic valentine
you make me smile with my heart"
I lay my head on Puckerman`s shoulder.
She takes a shaky breath in as if she is about to cry. Uh-oh.
"Your looks are laughable"
Another shaky breath.
"Unphotographable
Yet youre my favourite work of art"
She is falling apart. She continues to sing. She weeps in between phrases.
"Is your figure less than greek
Is your mouth a little weak
When you open it to speak
Are you smart?"
Mr. Shue motions for mike to go comfort her.
Puckerman snickers softly sitting next to me. I elbow him hard in the ribs and give him a dirty look. He grabs his side in pain. Then he mouths the word 'sorry'.
"Stay, oh God, valentine
Each day is Valentines Day"
On 'oh, God' she falls to the ground and starts to weep unconrtollably
The song ends. "I'm so over come with love!" Tina exclaims to mike.
They hug. Mr. Shue says, "Ok, wow. That was…..powerful" he is clearly on edge.
"I love you Mike Chang!" she continues
"Almost too…..powerful" Mr. Shue continues.
"Mr. Shue, I don't feel good" Finn announces
"Me either" Quinn adds
"Let me guess your throat is swollen…" Santana says
She keeps going on and on naming symptoms. Puckerman whispers to me, "here we go…"
"How did you know?" Finn asks her.
"It sounds like you have mono. Also known as the kissing disease. . Sounds like Quinn has it to. You know what helps spread it? A little tongue." She smiles evilly
"I think Finn and I should just go to the nurse" Quinn sounds congested, really congested.
They leave and after that nothing really exciting happens. We just kinda sit there and talk about nothing. The room is noisy and almost everyone one is on their feet.
Rachel and Mercedes are standing next to the piano. I glance over at them and they are motioning me over. Puckerman notices too and shakes his head as a look over at him.
"I'll be fine" I say with a soft laugh. I stand up and walk over there.
"Mercedes and I were just noticing…you know, you and Noah over there." Rachel begins
"Oh, yeah. What about me and…..Noah….did you call him?" I respond
"I heard that you keep rejecting him and-" Rachel is cut off by Mercedes
"I heard you had a date last night, but you stood him up." Mercedes says
"Well, I-I kinda forgot about it and-" I am interrupted by the bell.
"You should come to lunch with us." Mercedes suggests. "Fill us in on all the info" she winks at me.
"That sounds cool" I decide it will be fun. It will be a lot more thrilling that sitting in the corner with the nerds, talking about blogs and physics and junk. It will be nice to have some girl talk for change. "I'll meet you guys there" I say and wave as they leave the room.
"See! I'm fine." I say to Puckerman as he walks toward me. We are the last ones in the room.
He laughs and we leave together, hand in hand. We, however, didn't go to lunch together. He had football practice which was perfect!
I got myself a big helping of sweet potato fries and sat with Mercedes and Rachel. 5 minutes later Brittany, Artie, Mike, and Tina also joined us. I didn't mind. They aren't going to tell anyone.
So I start from the beginning. Puckerman giving me candies and me telling him they sucked. They laughed and 'awwwed' in sympathy for the guy. (This was surprising)
Then I told then what happened after he sang to me. And then about the fight. I ended with his giving me the ring pop and standing him up and us making up.
"So, you guys are going to Breadstix for v-day?" Tina asked.
"Yeah….but just as friends…..for now…" I smiled "I like him, but I told him that I want something serious and if he wants this to work, we have to take it slow."
"And he's cool with this?" Mercedes asks suspiciously
"Yeah, I guess." I responded everyone 'awwwed' again especially Tina who looked at mike
And tilted her head. They smiled at each other.
From behind me I hear, "Hey, babe."
"Puckerman." I say with a smile. "Sit down" he pulls up a chair next to me.
"Oooh! Sweet potato fries! My favorite!" I've never heard someone other than me get excited over fries! I'm in love!
"Really? Those are my favorite too." I say slowly and tilt my head
"Weird. May I?" he motions toward the fries.
"Have at it." I say as I push the basket of fries toward him. He eats a few and then takes off his letterman jacket and puts it on the chair he is sitting on behind him.
A few minutes go by and he asks, "What time is it?"
Brittany takes Artie's wrist, looks at the watch and says, "It's either 1:29 or 12:09. I never really learned how to tell time on a circle clock."
Artie pulls his wrist back and says, "No that says 12:45."
"Oh…why don't they just make a clock that just has the numbers on it?" she continued. "Because I find that very confusing"
"You mean a digital clock?" mike asks
"I have to go" Puckerman gets up to leave." told Finn I would meet him somewhere now"
He takes one more fry and bends down to kiss me on the cheek. "I'll see you later" he says.
"Bye" I smile as he walks away. Then I notice he left his jacket behind.
I stand up, "hey Puckerman! Jacket!" I yell from across the room.
"Check the pocket" he yells back and waves. As he walks out of the cafeteria I sit back down. I open the left pocket to find some chocolate chip cookies and a note that says 'enjoy. But first open the other pocket'. I do and there is a note that says 'wear me'.
I chuckle to myself before saying, "Hey! Who wants Puckerman cookies?"
If that ain't love, I don't know what is.
how 'bout those apples? didn't that just knock your pants right off your body? wait...woa! eww. sorry i said that.
dear TheShadyGirl, i hope i uploaded fast enough. now where are my brownies? I have Puckerman cookies we could trade if you want.
dear SamAP, i bet that knocked your pants off especially and i'm not sorry i said that. thanks for reading!
dear ooo a jellybean, i like your name and thank you for likeing my story! i've been working so hard on it.
stay tuned for the next chapter because it will be the last! don't cry though. i'll make more. don't worry!