Beginning Our Life

Last Time: Puck got sympathy pains. Quinn offered her help and knowledge to Sarah. Puck and Sarah fought over potential baby names before finally agreeing on a middle name. And that's what you missed on Beginning Our Life.

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Puck's Point of View

The air was hot as Finn and I played basketball in the driveway. Out of the corner of my eye, I could see Grace and Sarah sitting in the grass talking.

"Ha! Loser!" Finn yelled, "Get your head in the game, Puckerman."

I rolled my eyes and grabbed the ball as it bounced on the concrete, "Whatever."

Sarah suddenly screamed.

I dropped the ball and ran over to her, "Hey, what's wrong?"

Sarah's breathing was harsh as she stared down at her stomach, "Oh my God."

"Do I need to get the car?" Finn asked while kneeling next to me.

"Noah," Sarah whispered and looked up with wide eyes.

"Tell me, Sars, what's wrong?" I softly brushed back her stray hair.

"The baby," Sarah breathed.

Grace rolled onto her stomach and looked between Sarah's legs, "I don't see a baby."

I pushed her away, "Grace, get away, don't do that," I scolded before turning back to Sarah, "What about the baby?"

Sarah reached forward with her hand shakily and grabbed mine. Finn, Grace, and I watched as she gently placed my hand palm down on the side of her stomach.

All sound stopped as Sarah's hold tightened on my wrist, "Do it again," she whispered to herself.

I was about to just pull my hand away when I felt a small movement. It was like a tiny push. He kicked. I stared down at my hand in amazement. It was like Baby Puck was trying to tell me something.

I quickly looked up at Sarah, "Did he just...?"

Sarah nodded and wiped her eyes, "Yeah, he just kicked."

"What?" Finn asked, his eyes staring wide at my hand.

"I want to feel!" Grace crawled forward and set her small hand on mine.

Sarah laughed softly, "Here, Grace," she moved my hand and replaced it with Grace's, "Do you feel it?"

"Yeah," Grace smiled. She slowly rubbed her hand, "Hi, baby."

"Hey, I wanna feel," Finn reached forward.

Sarah replaced the hands before rotating around and letting us all feel again. When it was my turn again, I was disappointed to find that Baby Puck then decided to stop kicking.

Sarah kissed the top of my forehead, "It's not you, he just got tired."

I shrugged and let my fingers linger before falling back on my heels, "Yeah."

"As weird as this is, I'm actually a little pumped to be an uncle," Finn smiled at us, "I could show him cool stuff and tell him things that'll piss his parents off."

I shoved him, "You do that and I'll make sure you never have kids of your own."

Finn laughed, "Whatever, you don't scare me."

Burt's car pulled up in the driveway and he stepped out, "What's going on?"

"Nothing," Grace answered while standing up and running over, "Guess what just happened?"

Burt pretended to think hard as he hugged Grace, "I don't know."

"The baby kicked!" Grace jumped up and down, "Isn't that cool?"

Burt's smile froze as he slowly nodded, "Yeah, that's very cool."

"Yeah! He's real! There's really a baby inside Sarah! I'm going to be a sister and an aunt!" Grace followed Burt inside the house.

"Well, that wasn't awkward," Sarah muttered.

Finn chuckled and stood, "I have a feeling that's how it's going to be for a while, at least until you guys move out."

I glared at him, "Everything's going to be fine," I stood next to him and reached down to help Sarah up, "Come on, you should call Kurt then write it down in that book you got."

Sarah nodded and held my hand tightly as we walked inside. We were about to walk down the hallway when Grace jumped in front of us.

"Wait! Don't go anywhere! I have an announcement," she led us to the living room.

"What? You finally grew a tail?" I joked.

Grace rolled her eyes, "No, Noah, I did not grow a tail."

"Then get on with it," Finn said.

Sarah and I laughed while sitting down despite the glares Finn was getting from his parents.

Grace nodded and grabbed a big pad of paper which she flipped open. I ran a hand over my face at the title page: Why Grace Marie Puckerman Needs to go to Disney World. A Project By Grace Marie Puckerman.

Ms. Carole opened her mouth to say something, but ended in just closing it and signaling Grace to continue.

Grace flipped the page and her school picture from last year smiled at us, "This is me last year after my summer. I did not go to Disney, but Allie did," she flipped the page to show Allie's school picture, "If you look closer, Allie's smile is bigger than mine because she's happier than me because she went to Disney before school started."

"Grace-" I started, but stopped when Burt looked at me.

Grace continued as if I didn't say anything, "Now, if you look at the calendar," she held up the calendar we keep in the kitchen, "We only have two weeks until school starts which means we have one week to pack and get there and one week to hang out in Disney."

"Sweetie, stop for a second," Ms. Carole held up a hand, "Two weeks isn't enough time to prepare for Disney."

"No, it's one week," Grace corrected, "We have one week to pack and get there."

"Gracie, that's definitely not enough time," Ms. Carole continued, "We have to buy tickets not just for Disney but for the plane too. And besides, I'm not really supposed to be traveling since the baby's coming next month."

"Then when can we go?" a look of realization crossed Grace's face.

"Maybe next year," Burt said softly, "That way you can go to Disney before middle school and both babies will be there to celebrate."

Sarah's face blushed a deep red and she looked down at her stomach.

"I have to wait a year?" Grace rapidly started blinking her eyes to stop the tears from falling.

"Maybe we can do something else instead," Finn suggested.

"But look," Grace picked up the envelope she brought with her. She dumped it out in her hand and held up the few dollar bills and change, "I saved money. It's $32.86. I was going to help pay."

I stared at the ground. I knew she'd been wanting to go to Disney forever. It kinda hurt to see her standing there looking disappointed.

"Honey, that's not nearly enough," Ms. Carole said gently.

I looked up to see a tear slip down Grace's face, "Ok, I'll just save it for later," she whispered.

Sarah pushed off the couch and went over to pull Grace in a hug, "It's alright. There's still a lot of fun stuff we can do without having to go all the way to Florida."

"Like what?" Grace sobbed.

I walked over to her and knelt down to her level, "Lots of stuff. We can go swimming, play soccer, go camping, see a baseball game," I wiped away her tears, "What sounds good?"

"I've never been camping," Grace answered.

"You've never been camping?" Finn asked. He came to kneel next to me, "That's not true, I know you've been camping before."

"I don't remember," Grace crossed her arms.

"So do you want to do camping then?" Sarah smiled.

Grace quickly nodded, "Yeah."

"We'll make sure it's perfect," Finn smiled at Grace.

"Yeah, we won't tell you either when we're going," I added in, "We'll just take you and go."

"That sounds like fun," Grace smiled.

"It will be, we promise," Sarah hugged Grace against her.

"Is that ok, Grace?" Ms. Carole asked.

Grace nodded, "I guess."

I stood and tugged Sarah away, "Come on, I want to test something."

Sarah laughed and followed me, "What do you want to test?"

I brought her into our room and quickly shut the door, "Sit on the bed."

Sarah did as I said and crossed her legs, "Alright, what's up?"

I crawled onto the bed, "Don't move."

"Noah, you're kinda scaring me," Sarah breathed.

"I'm not gonna hurt you," I smiled before leaning down and softly kissing the spot where the baby had kicked, "Hey, can you hear me in there?" Sarah stayed still and I slowly set my hand on the spot, "Come on, bud," I whispered, "Please, kick for me, it's your dad...just don't hurt Mommy."

Sarah laughed, "Puck, leave him alone, what if he's sleeping?"

I ignored her, "Please, bud, kick my hand."

"What if you sing?" Sarah asked softly.

I looked up, "I don't know."

"Please, you haven't sung in a while," Sarah begged.

I closed my eyes and took a breath.

Some things we don't talk about

Rather do without

And just hold the smile

Falling in and out of love

Ashamed and proud of

Together all the while

Sarah's hand slowly went down my neck and I heard her breathe out a soft sigh of content. I glanced up to see her eyes closed with a smile on her face.

You can never say never

While we don't know when

But time and time again

Younger now than we were before

I swirled a finger around the spot and continued singing, hoping Sarah was right, that he would kick again.

Don't let me go

Don't let me go

Don't let me go

I smiled when I felt the soft push against my palm just like earlier. Sarah's eyes shot open and her smile widened.

We're pulling apart and coming together again and again

We're growing apart but we pull it together, pull it together, together again

Don't let me go

Don't let me go

Don't let me go

He was full out kicking now and I chuckled as I finished singing, "Did you like that, kiddo?"

"I think he did," Sarah laughed.

I sat up while keeping my hand on Sarah, "That's really cool."

"I think he likes your voice," Sarah smiled, "He's still kicking."

"I know," I rubbed my hand, "Does it hurt?"

Sarah shrugged, "I don't know. It's hard to describe."

"I hope it doesn't hurt because I'm going to want to feel it a lot," I told her.

Sarah smiled, "I won't mind."

"Good," I kissed her forehead.

We fell into a silence as we both felt our son kick against Sarah's stomach and my hand.

"I want you to sing more," Sarah eventually said.

"Really?" I asked.

"Yeah," Sarah nodded, "You're a great singer and I'm afraid that since you're going to college and won't be in glee club, you won't sing as much."

"I can sing more if you want me to, I think he likes it too," I smiled down at the baby bump.

"Grace was pretty upset about not going to Disney," Sarah changed the subject.

I nodded, "Yeah, she wants to go there so badly, I just hope she'll be ok with camping instead."

"Don't worry, as long as you're with her, I'm sure she'll have fun," Sarah smiled.

I shrugged, "I think it's Finn that she really wants there."

Sarah laughed, "I think you're right."

There was a knock on the door and Ms. Carole stepped in, "I wanted to see how you were doing."

"How come?" Sarah asked.

"Grace said my grandson learned how to play soccer today," Ms. Carole smiled while coming farther in.

I chuckled, "I wouldn't say he's ready to go pro yet, but he'll be the star of the pee-wee team."

"Is he kicking now?" Ms. Carole asked.

Sarah nodded, "He's been kicking nonstop since Puck sang to him."

Ms. Carole softly put her hand out, "Mind if I feel?"

I was reluctant to remove my hand, but did so Ms. Carole could put her hand there.

"Oh, honey, that's amazing," Ms. Carole smiled at her daughter, "Are you ok?"

"Yeah, I'm fine, it doesn't hurt right now," Sarah answered.

Ms. Carole removed her hand and I quickly replaced it with mine, "Alright, well we're going out to dinner in about ten minutes, so get ready," she told us.

"Got it," I stared down at my hand and rubbed soft circles.

I heard Ms. Carole laugh softly before leaving the room.

Sarah covered my hand with hers, "You can stop rubbing, it doesn't hurt."

I shrugged, "I don't mind."

"No, seriously, stop," Sarah squeezed my fingers to keep them still, "It sort of tickles."

I smirked and looked up, "Really?"

Sarah nodded with a smile.

I slid my hand down to her waist and pushed her back, "Where else are you ticklish?"

"I'm not telling you," Sarah giggled.

I chuckled and held her hands above her head by her wrists, "I'll just have to find out myself then."

"No!" Sarah screamed in protest, but it came out as a laugh.

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A/N: Did you like it? Sorry for the abrupt ending, I didn't know what to do. I'm happy to say that I have a lot of the upcoming story planned out. That's the good part about being in Creative Writing Class, you come up with ideas easier. Who liked the premiere? I thought it was great! I'm so excited for this season! You probably know, seeing as Jake sung it, but the song Puck sings is Never Say Never by The Fray. You'll see why I chose it later. PLEASE REVIEW with any questions, comments, concerns, or suggestions! I love hearing from you all!

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FinchelFan728 - Neither can I! But first, I'm excited for Burt and Carole's baby.

Tyra - Thank you!

dance-sing-live - I love writing Grace! Congrats to your family!

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Sneak Peak: I made eye contact with Puck and smiled at Grace's laughter. Maybe she wasn't so upset after all.

The Hudson-Hummel-Puckerman family camping adventure!