The next day Callie slipped the pictures from the ultra sound into Puck's locker. She thought no one saw her, but Tina was coming around the corner just as she gave the little push that sent the envelope all the way into the locker. Tina quickly texts Puck and tells him to check his locker after first period. She catches up to Callie.
"Hey! Thanks for the picture last night, it does look like a tadpole right now. You have to show it to Brittany! She will love it." Tina doesn't tell her that she sent the picture to Puck last night or that he didn't even say thank you for doing it. It made Tina wonder last night if he even wanted the picture.
"Do you still want to get together this weekend? You know have a little girl time with the rest of the Gleek girls?" Tina really hopes so and it wasn't to keep an eye on her for Puck either, she genuinely likes Callie.
"Let's see, shopping, food, movies and girl talk….I cant wait! I've never had a girl's weekend thingy before. I just need to know what you guys like to snack on and drink. I eat a lot of fruit and fresh vegetables, juice and water. So if you guys want soda and junk food just let me know." Callie is excited about the weekend. She feels like this is a good thing.
"We can talk more about it at lunch. Can I ask you something Callie?" Tina isn't sure about the question but…Callie nods yes… "Do you need anything from Puck? Money? Baby things? You know what I am trying ask Callie?" Tina wasn't sure of the right way to bring Puck up, but she told him that she would help him too.
"No. I can take care of myself and the baby, I'm not sure if he even wants to be a father. He hasn't even asked me about the baby and I really don't want to see him or talk to him either." Callie stares at her shoes, gripping the handle of her book bag. He doesn't want to be around her, he wants her to stay away from him. So she is going to give him what he wants, which reminds her that she needs to change out Lit class.
"Sorry, I didn't mean to upset you. Just give it time to work itself out for all three of you. Okay?" Tina rubs Callie's arm trying to sooth her. "It's okay Tee, he made it clear yesterday he doesn't want me in his life and right now the baby is inside of me, so I guess that means he doesn't want anything to do with it either." Callie's voice is soft like a whisper. "I want him to be a part of the baby's life but it's up to him."
"You know a lot of what he is saying right now is out of anger and being hurt. You said a lot of things Monday that hurt and he said a lot of things to you that really cut deep. You both need to talk instead of yelling and hurting each other. You got to think about the tadpole and what you really want from each other." Tina hopes that she is getting through to Callie about what they are doing to each other.
The warning bell sounds and Tina hugs Callie telling her that they will talk more at lunch. Both girls walk to their classes.
Callie had just sat down in class when Becky walks in with a note from Coach Sylvester for the teacher.
"Callie, um, Coach Sylvester wants to see you in her office now." Mr. Neal gives her a sad and confused look. He knows better than to cross Sue, but he doesn't understand why she would want to see Callie, she isn't even a Cheerio.
Callie grabs her stuff and follows Becky to the coach's office. Becky tells her to go on in that she is waiting for her.
From Callie's POV
I just spent the most excoriating thirty minutes of my life with two Coaches in Sylvester's office. I basically told both of them to mind their own business and to stay the hell out of mine. Where do they get off on asking me questions about me and Puck. About the baby? Ugh I just want to forget that conversation ever happened, maybe they will find another poor lost soul to save instead of me. Coach Sylvester looked like she was going to explode when I told her to fuck off but I don't need their help or anyone's for that matter. It only took two of us to do this, to make this fucked up situation. Now there are only three of us in it, not five or six, and that is the way its going to stay.
Just when I thought it couldn't get any worse, my guidance counselor tells me I cant change out of Lit class, something to do with the other classes being at capacity. Bullshit….
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Puck heads to his locker after first period to find out what is in his locker, twisting the combination he opens the door. There is a small blue envelope laying propped up beside his never used text book for math. He looks around to see if anyone is watching him and opens it. There are two black and white stills of his baby tucked inside of a note.
Puck,
I know that you hate me but please don't hate our baby. I am sorry for hurting you but I'm not sorry for falling in love with you…
Callie
Puck looks at the pictures, they are clearer than the one Tina sent him. He can feel the tears pricking at his eyes, but he blinks them back. Placing the note and pictures back in the envelope he carefully puts them in his jacket pocket. Puck looks around him closes the door to his locker, heading to his next class.
Puck bumps into Tina on the way. She walks beside him, "did you get the pic I sent you last night Puck?" He looks at her, "yeah, thanks, you want to see something?" She knows some of the things he sends to Mike's phone and yuck nasty doesn't even begin to describe them. "It's not anything disgusting is it?" He just smirks at her taking the envelope out of his pocket, letting the stills slip out of the note.
Tina watches his face soften and a smile replaces the smirk. "Nope, just a couple of pictures of my kid and they are clearer than the one on my phone," his voice is full of pride and regret as he hands her the pictures, "I'm sorry I didn't text you back last night, I had some stuff going on. But thanks it meant a lot that you did that for me."
"I told you I would help you and Callie. So sweet. You know the baby is getting a nickname don't you?" Tina's turn to smirk as she hands the pictures back to Puck. "What?" Puck raises his eyebrow at her. "Tadpole. You can blame Brittany for it." Tina laughs at the expression on Puck's face. She walks away to her next class ignoring Pucks questions.
Puck opens the note up to place the pictures back inside when he rereads the note again before tucking it all away in his jacket pocket. He walks to his class making a mental note to talk to Tina or Kurt about the note, she's not sorry that she fell in love with me.
Lunch brings everyone from Glee together, well sort of . The guys sit at a table across from the girl's table.
"Oh look see Callie is having a tadpole, I told you guys." Brittany is staring at the pictures in awe. "It's so tiny and living inside of you too. Are we all going to be there when its born?"
"B we talked about this yesterday, it isn't a tadpole it just looks like one right now. But you know how Puck is always nick naming everyone I say we call it tadpole instead of it. What do ya think Callie?" Santana has an evil smile on her face, "its only fair that we get to name it for now."
"Uh, I guess you guys can come to the hospital, if you want to?" Callie is watching their faces to see what kind of reactions are from the girls. She knows that they are all friends of Puck's but she is enjoying their friendships. "Tadpole is a good nickname too."
"I know I'm gonna be there, cant let you and tadpole go through all of this alone", Mercedes is taking her turn to look at the pictures. There is a chorus of me toos spoken around the table. Callie almost cries at the gestures. Mercedes grabs Callie phone and puts her number in it. Then it is passed around to each girl to put their phone number in it. They finish out their lunch period talking about the weekend and what they are wearing to the mall.
Quinn surprises everyone, "call us if you need anything, even pickles and ice cream. If you need to talk we all will be here for you too." She smiles at Callie thinking it could have been her in this situation.
Tina smiles at the group. It's nice when everyone pulls together to help someone. Even Santana and Quinn are trying to be her friends and they were the ones that worried her, both could be quite nasty bitches when they wanted to be, but so far they were playing nice with Callie.
The boys table…..
"Dude isn't this awkward for you?" Finn is looking at the girls laughing and then at Puck.
"What?" Puck knows what his best friend is talking about but….plays dumb. It was kinda nice seeing the girls be good to his baby mama.
"Callie your ex, your baby mama sitting at the next table, laughing with our girlfriends?" Finn doesn't want to upset Puck, but Rachel had told him about how the girls were going to like adopt Callie and the baby at lunch.
"Finn leave Puck alone. There hasn't been any bloodshed today or yelling between them so let it go!" Kurt glares at Finn so that maybe he will shut up. No such luck.
"He's my best friend Kurt, I have the right to make sure he's okay sitting this close to the girl that broke his heart!" Finn fires back at Kurt.
"He's not an innocent in this Finn Hudson, they both hurt each other, sitting here listening to YOU remind him of it; isn't helping either one of them!" Kurt's face is red and he is yelling now, they both are yelling at each other.
Mike is trying to hide his face, looking at Tina like it's so not my fault. She just glares back at him. He notices the twitch in Puck's jaw, oh shit he's going to go off on something or someone. He hopes that Artie will play along with his idea, cause the rest of the girls look like they are about to hand us our favorite appendages to us.
"Artie didn't you want to show Puck something in the choir room?" Mike raises his eyebrows trying to signal him to play along and get Puck the hell out of here.
"Uh, yes I wanted to ask him about the song we are doing today. How bout it Puck?" Artie looks at Puck talking loudly as Kurt and Finn are now into full sibling scream fest mode. "Puck?"
Puck isn't listening anymore, he is watching Callie get up and start walking towards the double doors her shoulders hunched over. He doesn't think twice as he gets up from his seat and bolts after her. He knocks Sam over as he heads out the door.
"What did I miss?" Sam asks Quinn walking up next to her. "Trust me you are fixing to find out babe", she slips her hand into his. She knows that Mercedes and Rachel can handle their boys without any help from her.
"Kurt, see what you did?" Finn is now playing the blame game.
"This is not my fault Finn, you started this whole mess! Puck was doing just fine until you started asking him dumb questions and pointing out the fact that Callie was enjoying herself. Why couldn't you just shut the hell up?" Kurt grabs his messenger bag and attempts to leave. Mercedes stops him with a shove back into his empty seat.
"Why the hell couldn't both of you just SHUT THE HELL UP?" Rachel is looking Finn square in the eyes. She turns her fury towards Kurt next, "the two of you sounded like an old married couple fighting over what side of the bed you're going sleep on."
"I was only sticking up for Puck and for Callie too." Kurt's voice fades as he sees the murderous look his best friend, Mercedes, is giving him. Shit, she is going to have a diva melt down.
"The two of you have probably caused another argument between them. They were doing just fine, Puck wasn't unhappy until the two of you started yelling at each other and made Callie uncomfortable. You know sometimes Finn you are truly the lowest watt light bulb in a box of 20 watt bulbs." Finn nervously squirms in his chair casting sideways glances at Rachel. "And what the hell are you laughing at you screaming banshee?" Mercedes loves Kurt but sometimes… "You were broadcasting everything just as loud as he was, now we have to fix this mess."
"Boo, don't be mad at me. I can help fix it too." Kurt pouts at Mercedes with puppy dog eyes. "Hell no white boy, this takes a feminine touch, not another blame game." Mercedes looks at Tina who is still looking at Mike trying to decide if she is going to blame either him or Artie.
"Okay ladies what do we do? Do we go after them? Or do we give them some space?" Rachel looks at the group not really knowing what to do and that is a first for her. Finn tries to hold her hand and she bats it away with a look that says don't even think about it buster.
Mike is the first to offer a suggestion.
"Why not wait and see? They both have got to be tired of everyone in their business. I think they both need to be alone and if they need us they have our phone numbers so they can text us." Mike slips his arm around Tina and he gets to keep it there. He smiles at her.
Artie nods his head in agreement, letting Brittany get comfortable in his lap. He likes having her sit in his lap. He sort of zones out for minute as Brittany is nuzzling his neck.
"You know for a dumb jock you're pretty smart. I agree with Mike, they need to be left alone and try to work it out themselves." Tina has other plans but no one needs to know about them though.
Rachel, still ignoring Finn tells everyone to meet up in the auditorium after class they still have to work on their assignment for Glee. Everyone starts to clean up their tables, gather things and head for their next class.
Puck follows Callie to the auditorium, he doesn't know what to say but he has to know that she is okay. She sits at the piano and just lays her head against it, letting her hands ghost over the keys. He walks up to the stage waiting to see if she will turn around to notice him, she doesn't even look up.
He walks over to the IPOD music station and puts his in it, bringing up a song. He hopes she will accept the words as what they are, what he feels inside at the moment. He walks over to her and takes her hand in his pulling her from the piano bench, putting a finger to her lips to keep them still. Pushing the play button the sound of the music filling the stage.
He pulls her close slowly dances with her while he sings.
In a way
I need a change
From this burnout scene
Another time
another town
Another everything
But it's always back to you
Stumble out,
in the night
From the pouring rain
Made the block
sat and thought
There's more I need
It's always back to you
But I'm good without ya
Yeah, I'm good without you
Yeah, yeah, yeah
How many times can I break till I shatter?
Over the line can't define what I'm after
I always turn the car around
Give me a break let me make my own pattern
All that it takes is some time but I'm shattered
I always turn the car around
I had no idea that the night
Would take so damn long
Took it out, on the streetWhile the rain still falls
Push me back to you
But I'm good without ya
Yeah, I'm good without you
Yeah, yeah, yeah
How many times can I break till I shatter?
Over the line can't define what I'm after
I always turn the car around
Give me a break let me make my own pattern
All that it takes is some time but I'm shattered
I always turn the car around
Give it up, give it up, baby
Give it up, give it up, now
Now
How many times can I break till I shatter?
Over the line can't define what I'm after
I always turn the car around
All that I feel is the realness I'm faking
Taking my time but it's time that I'm wasting
Always turn the car around
How many times can I break till I shatter?
Over the line can't define what I'm after
I always turn the car around
Don't wanna turn that car around
I gotta turn this thing around
The music stops but they don't, they continue to dance to their own music. "Just give me time, give us time Callie cause I'm not sorry either." He whispers in her ear as his hand brushes the baby bump. She nods her head and walks away to side door leaving Puck standing alone on the stage.