Beginning Our Life
Last Time: Sarah got a gift from Rachel, a box full of ideas to prepare for the baby. She realized her and Puck need to start working on the different things they need for the baby. Puck and Sarah painted the nursery with the help of Finn and Grace, despite all getting into a paint fight. And that's what you missed on Beginning Our Life.
Disclaimer: I don't own Glee or any songs that I may put in here.
Double Redo
Sarah's Point of View
I leaned against the counter as I watched Kurt pack the picnic basket for our lunch. We were gonna try and do the whole lunch in the park thing again since last time ended early. Only this time Mom and Burt weren't coming because of Mom being on bed rest. That had been a huge fight and despite being in the upstairs shower, I was still able to hear every word.
Puck came in the kitchen with Grace on his back, "Who's ready?"
Finn walked in, "Kurt, we're driving in the mini-van, right? Cause that's where I put the football."
"Yeah," I answered for him as Puck came and slipped an arm around me.
Grace jumped down from her brother, "Sarah, why do you look pretty today?"
Finn and Kurt burst into a fit of laughter as I blushed and looked down at my yellow sundress.
"She looks pretty everyday, Grace," Puck glared at his little sister.
"But more today," Grace tapped her chin as if she was thinking about it, "She just looks different."
I looked up, "Well, thank you Grace. And I just pulled this out of my clothes, I didn't plan on dressing up."
Grace nodded and turned to Kurt, "Can you buy me a dress? I wanna look pretty like Sarah."
"I'd love to," Kurt smiled.
Burt came in the room, "You guys leaving soon? Carole's getting restless."
"Yup, we were just on our way out," Puck answered.
"Alright, well, be safe," Burt put a hand on Grace's head.
"Bye Dad," she smiled.
Finn led the way outside to the mini-van where he got in the driver's seat. Grace climbed back to the back seats and started directing Kurt, in the passenger's seat, on how to set up the radio and air just how she likes it. I buckled my seat belt when Puck touched my arm.
"You do look dressed up today," he said softly.
I shrugged with a smile, "No reason."
Puck smiled back, "I like it."
"Would you two stop being so gross all the time?" Finn asked while pulling onto the road.
"We should sing show tunes!" Kurt announced.
"No!" came four different voices.
"I'd rather die," Grace mumbled.
Finn and I laughed as Puck scolded his sister, "Don't say you want to die, people'll think you're serious then you'll be put in the crazy jail."
"Did you go to crazy jail, Noah?" Grace asked.
This time Kurt added into mine and Finn's laughter.
"No, I did not go to crazy jail," Puck told Grace.
"But you went away after doing something crazy," Grace said and that's when our laughter stopped. She was being serious. She really didn't know what happened two years ago.
I reached over and grabbed Puck's hand, squeezing it gently and giving him a small smile.
Finn cleared his throat, "Hey, Grace, want me to teach you how to throw a football?"
"When we get to the park," Grace nodded.
Finn chuckled, "Of course."
"Are you guys ok if I invited Blaine?" Kurt asked.
We all nodded and the car fell into a comfortable silence the rest of the way to the park.
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I wiped my mouth on a napkin, "The food was delicious, Kurt."
"Thanks again for letting me come," Blaine told us.
"It's because you're cool," Grace said absentmindedly.
We all laughed.
"Well whatever the reason, thanks," Blaine chuckled with a smile.
Grace stood up, "Finn, will you teach me how to throw a football now?"
"Yup," Finn took one last drink of his water and stood, "Anyone else wanna learn?"
"Everyone here already knows how," Puck answered.
Finn nodded and followed Grace to where she claimed a grassy section of the park.
I snuggled back into Puck's chest and grabbed his hand that was dangling in front of my stomach.
Puck looked down at me, "You wanna go walk around?"
"Sure," I smiled and stood with his help.
Puck led the way down the small path that wove through the trees to the playground.
We stopped walking when we heard a small voice, "Mommy! Daddy!"
A smile formed on Puck's face as Beth came running into view. He let go of my hand and let Beth jump in his arms, "Hey there monkey face."
Beth giggled and put her face in Puck's neck, "Daddy!"
Shelby came running over, "Beth! Don't run off like that!"
Beth pulled back, "Sorry Mommy. Daddy!"
"I know, I see you're dad," Shelby sighed.
Beth smiled at me, "Sars."
"And Sarah," Shelby nodded.
"Hi," Puck smiled, "How are you?"
I held back a laugh at his politeness.
"I'm good," Shelby had a suspicious smile on her face, "What about you?"
"We are great," Puck smirked at me then turned to Beth, "Wanna know if you're having a brother or sister?"
Beth's mouth formed a small 'Oh' as she nodded.
"When'd you find out?" Shelby asked.
"A couple weeks ago," I smiled.
Puck touched Beth's nose, "You're gonna have a little brother."
Beth blinked, "Boy?"
"A boy," Puck nodded, "Is that ok?"
Beth looked at me and Shelby. Each of us nodded and smiled at her. Beth turned back to Puck, "Yes, Daddy."
Puck smiled and hugged Beth against him, "Thanks baby."
Beth pulled back after a second, "We play."
"Can we?" Puck glanced at Shelby.
She nodded, "Yes. I'll be over there working on some lesson plans," she looked at me as Puck and Beth walked away, "I have to get back to work at some time."
I let out a soft laugh, "I know, I just don't want to go back to school."
Shelby gave me a sympathetic smile, "You'll be ok."
I stared at her then realized she must think I'm worried about being pregnant during school, when in reality, I just didn't want to go back. But now that she mentioned it, I guess being pregnant at school was going to be hard. I just nodded and left to follow Puck and Beth.
Puck was pushing Beth on the swings and laughing as Beth chattered to herself.
I sat on the swing next to Beth, "Hey, girlie, how are you?"
Beth turned and smiled at me as she past, "Me happy."
I laughed, "That's great."
"Daddy push me and Sars?" Beth twisted in her seat to look at Puck.
Puck chuckled, "Sure."
I relaxed as Puck's hand found my back and pushed softly, "Thanks."
"No problem," Puck replied. As I went backwards, he grabbed the swing, "What's wrong?" he whispered in my ear.
"Nothing," I shrugged.
Puck sighed while letting go of my swing, "Fine...for now."
I ignored him and watched as he pushed Beth who was in a fit of giggles the entire time.
"Hey Beth," Puck started after a little while.
I stared at him in confusion.
"Daddy," Beth smiled.
Puck stepped in front of her swing, "Want to live with me?"
I almost fell off the swing, "Noah!"
"What?" Puck asked.
Beth just smiled some more, "Love Daddy."
"And I love you," Puck smiled back, "So do you want to live with me?"
"Yes Daddy," Beth clapped.
I watched in shock as Puck smiled, "Yes! Thanks Beth! That means a lot to your dad."
"Puck, she doesn't know what you're saying," I told him.
Puck shrugged, "Maybe she does. Either way, she said she wants to live with me."
"We're you planning this?" I asked.
Puck grabbed my feet, "Only since we last watched Beth."
I raised my eyebrows, "And what do you plan on doing with this new information?"
Puck let my feet go and I swung back, "Tell Shelby and ask again for custody. Plus, I have a plan."
"What's your plan? Because you're not supposed to be asking her again," I sighed.
Puck smiled, "This is great because it's actually thought out and I won't just be throwing the question at her."
"Tell me your plan, Noah," I said softly.
Puck sighed and looked at Beth, "These next few years will be crazy with the new baby and me being in college which is why I can't have custody now. But later, after college and once Baby Puck's grown a little, and maybe we'll be married, I should get custody of Beth. I mean Shelby's done a great job and I really appreciate it and I want her to be part of Beth's life, but I want to take care of her in the way I was supposed to."
I let all the information sink in. It made sense, sort of. I don't know if Shelby's gonna like it though.
Beth giggled, "Push more!"
Puck laughed, "You got it monkey face."
"When?" I breathed after a minute.
Puck looked up and shrugged with a sigh, "Now I guess. I'm sort of nervous," the last part came out softly and he didn't look at me when he said it.
I reached a hand out and gently touched his shoulder, "Don't worry, everything's going to turn out fine. You really thought about it and that has to mean something in Shelby's book."
"Should I go now?" Puck asked.
I bit my lip before slowly nodding, "No time like the present, right?"
"Right," Puck nodded and kissed me softly, "Thanks for supporting me."
"What are girlfriends for?" I asked against his lips.
Puck smiled and kissed my forehead, "Wish me good luck."
"Good luck!" Beth yelled.
Puck smirked, "Thanks Beth," he smiled at me one last time before turning around.
I slowed my swing as Puck walked away. He was doing this again even though it went so well last time. Yeah, right. But I did wish things turned out ok for him.
I glanced at Beth and smiled as she clapped her hands, "Are you excited about what Daddy's doing?"
Beth smiled, "Sars, slide?"
"Sure baby, we can go on the slide," I smiled back and stood up. I lifted her into my arms, "Oh, I love you so much."
"Love, love," Beth hugged my neck as I carried her away.
Once at the slide, I stared at it as realization washed over me; whenever Beth's gone on a slide, someone's been there to catch her, but no one's here now.
"I'm sorry, Beth, but I don't think we can go on the slide," I said softly.
"Sars," Beth protested and stuck her bottom lip out.
"Oh, no, please don't cry, Beth," I held her against my chest, "As soon as Daddy gets back, you can go on the slide."
Beth sobbed quietly into my shoulder, "Slide!"
"Does someone want to go on the slide?"
I turned to see Kurt and Blaine walking towards us.
I smiled in relief, "Could one of you catch her at the bottom?"
Kurt's eyes widened and his mouth gaped, but Blaine smiled back, "Sure."
"Thanks," I sighed. I patted Beth's back, "Did you hear Blaine? He'll catch you at the bottom."
Beth sniffled and pulled back, "Slide?"
"Yeah," I smiled, "You can go on the slide."
Beth's fists rubbed her eyes before she grinned widely, "K."
I laughed and brought her to the top of the slide, "Here we go."
"Wait!" Beth put her hands up, "Catch?"
"I'll catch you," Blaine crouched at the end of the slide, "Come on," he gave her a smile.
Beth smiled back and started scooting down the slide.
Sure enough, Blaine caught her and like Puck, swooped her in the air with a laugh, "That's it!"
"Brave, brave!" Beth chanted, sort of like how Puck would say, "Such a brave little girl."
Kurt and I laughed, "She is so cute!" he exclaimed, "I need to take some pictures!"
"I want some of those," I told him as I took Beth from Blaine and set her on the slide again.
Kurt pulled out his phone and kept taking pictures as Beth continued going up and down the slide. After a while, I jumped at the feeling of arms being wrapped around my waist.
I turned to see Puck smiling down at me, "Hey beautiful."
"So?" I asked softly.
Puck just smiled more and kissed my forehead.
"Tell me," I whispered.
"Yes," Puck breathed in my ear.
I blinked and let the words sink in, "Yes?"
"Yes," Puck smiled, "Yes!" he lifted me in the air with a laugh.
I kissed him hard on the mouth, "Oh my gosh!"
"What's going on?" Kurt asked as he put away his phone and stood next to Blaine holding Beth.
"Puck gets to-" Puck threw a hand in front of my mouth.
"We still have to talk more about it," he whispered in my ear before turning to the others, "I get to go to college."
Kurt and Blaine stared at him, "That is not what you guys were just celebrating," Blaine said.
"We've known you were going to college since before summer started," Kurt scoffed.
"I'm going for music," Puck continued.
"And a teaching degree," Kurt nodded, "We've known for a while now."
Puck shrugged, "We can still celebrate. Now give me my daughter, Anderson," he put his arms out.
Blaine gave him Beth who was barely in her father's arms before he swung her around and kissed her all over her tiny face.
"What happened?" Blaine whispered to me.
I shrugged with a smile on my face as I watched Puck and Beth, "You'll see."
Blaine nodded and went back to Kurt still trying to figure out what Puck was so happy about.
Puck came over to me and slipped an arm out to bring me against his chest with Beth, "I love you two," he muttered and kissed my head before his daughter's.
"Love, love," Beth sang.
"What she said," I laughed and put my head against Puck's shoulder.
"Something happened," I heard Kurt whisper.
"Just leave them, look how happy they are," Blaine whispered back.
I ran my hand over Beth's soft hair and smiled when she let out a small giggle. She was finally going to be ours.
~~~~~GLEE~~~~~
I crawled up to Puck in our bed, "Tell me everything you said with Shelby."
Puck sighed while pulling me back against his chest, "I told her what I told you. That I am responsible. That Beth is mine. She loves me. She said she wanted to live with me. That I want to get my life started and settled before I take Beth. I told her what I plan on doing with my life. How I do want to be a father and even though I'm still kind of on the edge, I want to be a teacher of some sorts-"
I cut him off with a kiss, "You're perfect."
Puck smiled against my lips, "Shelby thought so too."
I pulled away, "So what happens now?"
Puck sighed, "We're gonna meet for dinner; me, you, your Mom, Burt, Shelby; to discuss everything. So, I guess, technically, nothing has been decided yet and there is a chance that Beth won't be under my custody in four years, but there's a good chance."
I smiled at him, "I'll support you with anything you need. No matter how crazy it is, and me becoming a mother of two within four years is crazy, I'll stand by you."
"Thanks," Puck breathed and kissed my forehead.
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A/N: Did you like it? I decided to give Puck Beth, but in the future. What do you think? Like the idea or should I have Carole and Burt think it's a crazy idea that they won't allow? Next chapter will be their dinner together and maybe something else that I've had planned if the dinner doesn't take a long time. I hope you'll all like it! PLEASE REVIEW with any questions, comments, concerns, or suggestions!
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Sneak Peak: I took a breath and held Sarah's hand tightly as Ms. Carole and Burt exchanged a silent conversation between each other.
The decision about Beth is made next chapter!
