Chapter 3: Show-and-Tell

Finn still worried about Lauren after that night. Luckily, she didn't bring up the topic back. She seemed to forget about it for a while. Lauren woke up with the brightest smile on her face. Tuesdays were Show-and-Tell. Lauren wanted to show the class something really cool and awesome. Something the class didn't have but she did.

She politely asked her three fathers if they could be her show-and-tell. Puck and Sam weren't sure if this was the greatest idea. They didn't want to see Lauren get sad, knowing kids could be cruel these days. Finn talked them out of it and said this was a way to show how much Lauren loves and appreciate them.

Everyone went to show their cool things. Lauren thought that none of them were really cool except hers. When Lauren sat up in front of class, her three fathers walks in the room to stand in front of first-graders.

"My show-and-tell is better than the rest of you guys." Laruen said as she stood up. "And you know why?" She asked. The class shook their heads. "Because I have three daddies and you don't. I have three daddies that love me." Lauren smiles. She points to Sam. "This is Sam. He's my dad. He's so cool. He was a model for magazines. This is my Daddy. I call him Puck Daddy. He says if anyone messes with me, he'll hurt you." She says repeating the words coming from Puck. "And this is my daddy. He's a Glee club teacher at a high school. He calls me princess." She says. She finished introducing her dads to the class.

No one clapped. No one knew what to say. Puck whispered to Sam. "Why aren't they clapping? They're supposed to clap!" Puck cried getting angry.

Mrs. Claire smiles. "That's very beautiful, Lauren." She says. "Does anyone have any questions?"

A couple of boys sitting in the back raised their hand. "Zachary?" Lauren calls out. "You can't have three daddies. A family only has one dad."

"Matthew?" Lauren called out. "You have a weird family." Puck glares at the kid. Lauren glares as well. "That's not a question!"

And finally a young girl who sits next to Lauren raised her hand. "I have a mommy. Don't you have one?" She asked concerned. The three father's g lances at each other.

Lauren stares at them, not knowing what to say. "Um, alright. Lauren? Thank you. You may have a seat." She turns to the fathers. "It was nice meeting you both." She says.

Sam, Puck, and Finn nod and worriedly exchange looks at Lauren who sadly sat down on her desk.

None of them were prepared.

Finn let out the club early since he was too worried about Lauren. Puck was home while Sam had to run some errands. Puck made a grilled cheese sandwich, had cut apples, and pretzels as a snack time for Lauren. She was pretty quiet ever since she came home. She didn't even run over to great her daddy.

Puck kept looking at Lauren the whole time as she played with her pretzels. "How is she?" Finn rushed over to Puck.

"She must be upset, confused..."

"My princess." Finn cries.

"I told you this wouldn't have been a great idea." Puck whispers. "Her grilled cheese is getting cold."

Finn gives Puck a look. He shook his head and walks over to Lauren. "Hey, princess." He says kissing her on the cheek. Lauren didn't smile.

She moves her plate towards Finn. "I'm not hungry."

"Not even for grilled cheesus?" That story always made Lauren laugh, but she didn't laugh this time. "You eat it."

"You have to eat something. Dinner will be a little late.."

"I'm not hungry." She repeated herself.

"Princess...are you sad about what happened in school?"

"No.."

"So you're not sad?"

"No."

Finn nods confusingly. "I'm embarrassed." For a six-year old, she was pretty smart. "I thought showing my class my three daddies was so cool! But then it's not so cool. The boys were teasing me and that Kim girl kept asking me about my mommy all day." Lauren spoke up. "Daddy, Do I have a mommy?" She stares at her daddy waiting patiently for a response. Finn Hudson felt that his world has ended.