Callie is almost asleep when her father knocks gently on her door to tell her goodnight and to remind her of the doctor's appointment the next afternoon.
He never opened the door so she didn't know what happened earlier that night until later.
Callie got up the next morning and got ready for school, picking out a pretty simple royal blue and white peasant style dress and a pair of low heel black pumps. She wants to look like a grown up for her father.
She lets her hair dry with all the natural curls and simple make up. She is pleased with her reflection in the mirror.
A simple breakfast of fruit and cereal is all she has time for before school. She grabs her book bag, keys, and cell phone. Yelling a quick good bye to her Dad, Callie heads to school.
Not that far away in a different house, a totally different rush is going on at the Hudson/Hummel house.
"Kurt, get up we are going to be late!" Finn is standing over Kurt yelling at him.
"For the love of all things fashion, SHUT THE HELL UP FINN! My head is going to explode."
Kurt is sitting up in the bed now, holding his head in his hands.
"I told you about getting drunk last night." Finn reminds Kurt about the prior evening.
"I didn't hear you complaining last night Finn and you two kept drinking after you cut me off!" Kurt cant believe that he slept in his clothes and his shoes.
"I am not the one with the hangover Kurt, you are!" Finn at Kurt as he heads up the stairs.
"Cant you both just shut the hell up?" Puck says through clenched teeth.
Every inch of his body is a dull throb and the two screeching parrots are just making it worse.
Puck is slowly getting up off the couch, hoping to make it to the bathroom. He knows he will never get in there if Kurt goes first.
Finn comes back down stairs with clothes for Puck.
"I thought you could wear these until we get back this afternoon and you can ride with us if you want?"
"Thanks and for the ride too." Puck grabs the clothes and shuts the bathroom door.
Puck is glad he doesn't have to walk into school alone today. He goes into Kurt's bathroom, does his business and starts getting dressed in Finn's Big & Tall clothes.
He sees the cuts,bruises on his face and his chest. Shit looks like Kurt tapped danced on me with those damn GaGa boots.
He can hear the two still arguing about being late for school and Kurt needing at least two hours to get ready. Finn told him to just be a normal guy for once and throw something on. Kurt is yelling something about fashion is normal.
Finn finally threatens him with calling Burt and telling him about stealing the bourbon from his sock drawer before Kurt shuts up.
Puck exit's the bathroom as Kurt practically shoves him out of the way and closes the door.
Twenty minutes later the boys are in Kurt's Navigator heading to school. Kurt wearing a loose pair of black jeans and a gray over sized hoodie, mumbling something about the clothes fit his mood.
The silence is due partly to Kurt's sulking with a hangover and due to Puck trying to gather his thoughts.
Puck sees Callie's car when Kurt pulls into the parking lot. Without realizing what he is doing he places his hand on the window watching it go by, breaking his heart just a little bit.
Puck puts his best scowl in place as Kurt place the Navigator in park. Finn grabs his shoulder in a bro gesture and squeezes it gently. He nods and opens the passenger door.
Puck and Finn escort the rather grumpy and ill tempered Kurt past the dumpsters.
Karosky calls out to Puck, something about who rearranged his face, he just ignores the taunts and keeps walking to the school doors keeping Kurt close to him and Finn.
No one reaches for Kurt and Finn is glad, Puck was in no shape to fight and everyone knew Finn wasn't the greatest fighter.
Once inside Puck watches as the McKinley students openly point at him and whisper behind their hands.
Mike and Tina are standing with Artie and Brittany when they notice the threesome walking together. They walked over to them.
"Hey guys." Artie looked at Puck's face and grimaced at the cuts and bruises.
"Are you okay?" Tina asks in a low voice to Puck.
"Yeah." Puck only gives a one word answer. He just shrugs his shoulders at the group.
Coach Sylvester intervenes before anymore questions can be asked by anyone.
"Puckerman, my office now."
Puck simply nods his head and walks with her back to her office, its going to be a long day. Finn heads off to find Rachel after giving Puck a sad smile.
Mercedes spots Kurt in the hall and squeals as she runs up to him.
Kurt grabs his head in his hands feeling like he is going to be sick. He gives her a hug and asks her to please stop breaking his ear drums.
"What the hell is going on white boy? You look like hell, Puck looks like someone took a ball bat to him, and the whole school is talking about him raping a girl? This is what happens when I miss my flight back from Chicago, Lima goes to hell."
Mercedes is talking a mile a minute and Kurt is slowly losing his patience with his friend.
"For the love of Gaga, shut up chocolate diva! Yes Puck is going through some really bad stuff right now, no one is suppose to talk about it, including him and the baby momma." Kurt rubs his temples hoping to get the throbbing to stop or at least ease up.
"What the hell? A baby, a rape, a beating, and you looking like a bad imitation of Eminem. Did somebody open the gates of hell while I was away? Somebody talk to me please!" Mercedes looks at the rest of the group.
"Callie is a nice girl and to be honest I know she would appreciate all the girl friends she can get right now Mercedes." Tina looked at her and Brittany. "No one talks to her or is even nice to her right now. She needs friends."
"What about Puck? Doesn't he need his friends?" Mike looks at Tina like she is wanting him to chose sides or something.
"They both need friends. Puck already has us as friends, we maybe mad at what he did and she did, but they both need people to make them feel welcome in this hellhole of a school."
"Until we found each other in Glee we all knew what it was like to be alone in this school, we know how they feel. I just think we should be friends to both of them."
Mike smiles at his girlfriend and bends down to kiss her cheek. "You're right, and maybe we should just keep them apart for awhile."
Artie looks at the group and smiles, "you know we all have come a long way from when we first met. I think Tina and Mike are both right. The guys can hang out with Puck and the girls can hang out with Callie."
"Okay now that we agree what about the diva and the two Cheerio's do you think that they will go for this idea? And what about Sam, he and Puck aren't even close to being friends." Mercedes looks at the group, she knows that the others will probably join in the effort but she still has her doubts.
"Well if they don't want to help, then that's up to them. We can start by inviting Callie to sit with us at lunch. See how that goes."
Everyone agrees with Mercedes suggestion and they head off to their respective classes. Mercedes and Kurt walk together, Mercedes talking the whole time about how awful his outfit looks and that he really needs to bring her up to speed on the latest drama.
Kurt simply tells her to shut up again that he will feel more like talking at lunch. She begrudgingly gets quiet.
Puck sits in Sue's office waiting for Coach Bieste to arrive, Coach Sylvester sent her a text telling her to get to her office. The door opens and Bieste walks in and with one look at Puck starts yelling while Sue simply sits back in her chair.
"What the hell Puckerman? You look like proverbial shit. Who did you get into a fight with? You don't have enough problems without looking for a fight? I didn't work you hard enough yesterday? So you had to go looking for a fight?"
Bieste is seeing red, Puck looks like he just wants the chair to swallow him whole.
"I thought we all agreed yesterday that you could come and talk to us if you needed to, to keep yourself out of trouble. Are you going to answer me?"
Puck looks at both women and nods his head. His voice is shaky but he doesn't cry, he did enough of that last night.
"My mom kicked me out last night. She said that I wasn't her son anymore and that I was dead to her."
Bieste and Sue see the anguish in his umber eyes. Both of their hearts breaking for the boy but they don't let it show to him.
"I grabbed a bite to eat and then I came back to the school parking lot to spend the night here. I didn't have any other place to go. I was sitting on the tailgate of my truck when these three old guys came up and started talking to me. The next thing I was getting the shit beat out of me."
Puck looks down at the floor and not at the coaches, he knows that they will want to know who, but he really doesn't want to tell them.
"Puckerman, who did this? I know you know, you won't look at us." Bieste lifts his chin up so he has to look at them.
"One of the guys was Callie's father, I don't know who the other two were, but they pulled him off before he could kill me. He said that if I didn't stay away from her he would finish me."
Puck shifted nervously in his chair looking at the coaches.
"How do you know it was her father?" Sue asks in a voice of authority.
"He asked me if I knew the guy who had been dating his daughter over the summer, when he said her name it was like he already knew it was me. He started throwing punches before I could even answer."
"I can understand why he did it Puckerman, can't you?" Coach Sylvester cocked an eyebrow at him. "You did something horrible to his daughter twice, I think you're lucky to be alive to tell you the truth."
"Yeah. I would of probably would kill me too." Puck looks at his hands knowing that if it was his daughter he would kill the guy that did it.
Coach Bieste looks at him strangely and then looks at Sue.
"So where are you staying Puckerman?"
"Uh, Finn and Kurt are letting me stay with them until their folks get back and then I plan on talking to them about staying with them."
"What if I give you a place to stay?" Coach Bieste asks him.
Coach Sylvester looks at her like she just grew a dick or something.
"A student can't live with a member of the faculty unless they are blood related Bieste or adopted or a foster kid."
"No not with me but in the small apartment above my garage. The realtor said it was a mother-in-laws apartment. It's more like a loft but it is separate from my house."
Coach Bieste looks at Puck for a moment and then continues.
"You would pay me rent each month and help on the utilities. You have your own private entrance and trust me when I say that you will have your privacy too. I like my privacy so I will respect yours. What do you say?"
"Uh, I don't have a lot of money and I don't have a job…"
"There is this little grocery down the road from my house and I know the owner. I could talk to him about an after school job. You could work there after school and football practice."
Coach Sylvester walks around her desk and answers for Puck.
"I think that is a wonderful idea Bieste. It will teach him about responsibility and paying bills and all that grown up shit he needs to learn. And he will give a part of his money to Callie to help with the baby. Isn't that right Puckerman?" Sue gives the look of say yes or I will totally fuck up your world.
"Uh, yeah that would be great Coach. How much do you want each week in rent?" Puck is glad for the offer but it is kinda scary to think about being on his own. But Coach Sylvester is scarier, the bitch could scare a nuke.
The warning bell goes off.
"We will talk about it after practice today. You better get to class now." Bieste makes a gesture towards the door.
Puck stands to leave and for some reason, he doesn't know why, he reaches out and hugs Bieste. "Thanks." He nods to Coach Sylvester, he is still afraid of her and the unspoken threat, he walks out the door.