Friday had arrived which meant the day of the New Directions first sectionals competition! The rest of the week went by fine, Quinn and Puck were just thankful they hadn't got a slushy facial from anyone yet. Finn still hadn't turned up to Glee club and whenever Quinn saw him in the hallway he just looked right through her as if she didn't exist, which upset Quinn even though she knew he had the right to act this way.
"Reporting for duty Mr Schuester, I have to tell you I get terrible public event anxiety."
"You know what Jacob, we only need a twelfth member so just sway in the back and sing." Miss Pillsbury says as he runs onto the bus.
"You have got to be kidding me." Quinn growls as she looks up to see the frizzy haired teen sit on the front seat with Rachel. "If he even so much as looks at me I'll flip out at him."
"I will do way worse than just throw him in the dumpster if he does trust me." Quinn looks at Puck and smiles.
"I can't believe he would post something so mean on his stupid blog about the Finn situation."
"Ok, right New Directions it's time to go. We have Jacob Ben Israel as our twelve member so let's give him a round of applause for helping us out." Miss Pillsbury shouts out. Only Brittany claps before Santana pulls her hands apart.
"Hey hot momma, how's it goin?" Mercedes says leaning over her seat towards Quinn. Quinn found it strange how the two of them had suddenly really bonded over the past few weeks, but she was so grateful to have a friend to talk to since Santana was now being such a bitch to her and Brittany wasn't allowed to talk to her when Santana was around.
"Hey. I'm fine how are you?"
"I'm good. So first week with Puckerman is nearly up, how's things going with you two?"
Quinn glances quickly at Puck to check he's still busy talking to Mike "Fine. I mean Puck's been amazing but his Mom... I just get this feeling she doesn't really want me there. It's hard to explain she's nice to me but, certain comments I get from her make me feel down and as if I shouldn't be living with them."
"Have you spoke to Puck about it?"
"Not really. I don't want to cause an argument between them and anyways I'm sure it will get better over time."
"What will get better over time?" Puck turns around to join Quinn and Mercedes' conversation.
"Umm, just baby related stuff and girl things."
"Oh" Puck looks a bit awkward and uncomfortable as he turns back around to face the front of the bus. The two girls look at each other and laugh.
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"Oh my God I can't believe we won!" Quinn says excitedly.
"I know!"
"I honestly thought it was all over once the other clubs stole our songs."
"I guess Finn saved the day." Puck says half happy and half annoyed. He looks at Quinn and wonders if she still wants to be with Finn. No matter how bad ass he is Quinn is the one thing that gets him scared, scared that one day he'll loose her after fighting and trying so hard to get her. But deep down he knows Quinn better than anyone, she might come across confident and hard to read as she has this wall around her to prevent anyone knowing her feelings, but Puck is the one person who can brake through that wall and he knows she carries a lot of guilt for what they did to Finn, which is why she looks at him that way whenever he's near them. "This is it right?" He says pulling himself out of his thoughts.
"Yeah. It looks like they're definitely out but maybe don't park on the drive just pull up on the edge of the sidewalk. Quinn says pointing out the windshield of Puck's truck as they arrive at Quinn's parents house.
The two get out and Quinn stands just looking at the house for a while. Puck walks around to Quinn and puts his arm around her "are you ready?" He says.
"I think so." They walk up to the house and Quinn quietly unlocks the door and peeks around to make sure that no one is home she is pretty sure the coast is clear and opens the door further. Quinn goes into her room with Puck following close behind and she begins to pack a suitcase of more clothes and things she needs for school.
"Do you wanna bring any of these with you?" Puck says lifting up a photo frame with a picture of Quinn and her family in.
She glances towards what Puck is holding and sternly says "no." He places the photo frame back down "Ok I think I'm done." Quinn says zipping up her suitcase, Puck walks over and picks it up and they walk out of the room.
"Babe, why do you have to turn all the lights out? Your parents won't be home for hours."
"What if the neighbours see, I just don't want to risk anything." She says as she reaches the bottom of the stairs looking through some mail using the light from her cell phone, just then she hears a loud bang and jumps "Holy crap what is that?"
"It's just me." Puck says getting up off the floor.
"What happened?" Quinn says concerned as she slips a letter into her bag.
"I fell down the last few steps."
Quinn begins to laugh "I'm sorry maybe I should have turned a light on" she says still laughing.
"Hey, it's not funny." Puck says grabbing Quinn around the waist and looking into her eyes. She moves a bit of hair away from her eyes.
"We should get going." She whispers. Puck drops his hands from her waist and picks the suitcase back up.
15 minutes later they arrive back at Puck's house and they are greeted by Puck's Mom as they walk through the door.
"Your home. I was wondering where you'd got to."
"We just went to Quinn's to get some more of her stuff while her parents were out."
"Oh. So your planning on staying a while longer then Quinn?"
"Err yeah if that's ok." She says. Puck looks down at Quinn and can see she looks a bit upset.
"Of course it's okay... You can stay as long as you want this is your home." Puck tells her.
"Thanks."
"Are you not going to ask how the competition went?" Puck asks his Mom quickly changing the conversation. The three of them sit down and tell Puck's Mom all about the competition.
"I think I'm gonna head up to bed, it's been a long day." Quinn eventually says.
"Yeah I'm gonna jump in the shower quick." Puck says getting up from his seat and walking with Quinn towards the stairs.
"Careful not to fall up them." She jokes.
The pair walk into Puck's room and Quinn turns on the bed side lamp " I never said thank you for taking me to get my things. I really appreciate it Puck."
He walks towards her and looks a bit shy "I'd do anything for you." He looks into her eyes and steps closer putting the fallen strand of hair behind her ear and moving his hand down to her waist, she gazes into his eyes and moves her head closer to his, he moves in and kisses her gently. Quinn places her hands onto his face and as the kiss deepens she brushes her fingers through his mohawk.
After a while Quinn pulls away "I thought you needed a shower?"
"It was a lie. I just wanted an excuse to be with you." He kisses her again and pulls away "I really mean it when I say I'd do anything for you."
Quinn looks towards his lips and whispers "i know" she moves her eyes up to look into his "you mean a lot to me Puck." They move towards each other and kiss, Quinn moves her hands to the back of Puck's neck and up through his hair as they fall onto the bed.