Beginning Our Life
Last Time: The baby started kicking. Grace asked to go to Disney World, but ended up with a camping trip. Puck found out the baby kicks more when he sings. 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.
Our Camping Adventure
Finn's Point of View
I knocked on Grace's door before stepping in, "You two ready to go yet?"
Sarah looked up from braiding Grace's hair, "Almost."
"Is Blaine here?" Grace asked.
"Blaine?" I leaned against the door.
Grace sighed, "He's probably lonely and he would have come with us if Kurt was here anyways. Please call him."
I nodded and left, "Got it."
In the living room, Puck had the tent parts spread out to make sure we had everything, "Do you think it's gonna rain tonight?"
I shrugged and sat on the couch while pulling out my phone, "Maybe. Why?"
He rocked back on his heels, "We don't have a rain fly. I guess we're just sleeping in the backyard, so if it rains we can come inside," he looked up, "Who're you calling?"
"Blaine," I tapped his contact, "Grace wants to invite him."
"That's fine," Puck looked back down, "Maybe I can just find a tarp."
I ignored him as Blaine answered, "Hello."
"Hey, are you busy today?" I asked.
"Umm, no, completely free," Blaine answered, "What's up?"
"We're camping in our backyard today and were wondering if you wanted to join us," I told him.
"Yeah, sure, sounds like fun," Blaine replied, "I'll be over in half an hour."
"Cool, see you then," I ended the call. I looked at Puck, "Blaine's coming."
"Grace'll be happy," Puck started packing up the tent.
Speaking of, Grace came running down the hallway and jumped on her brother, "Is it ready?"
Puck chuckled, "Yeah, it's ready."
"When's Blaine coming?" she asked me.
"Half an hour," I answered with a smile.
"Blaine is coming then?" Sarah asked while walking in.
"Yeah," I said.
"We're gonna have fun," she said to Grace.
Grace nodded, "I know."
"Should we wait for Blaine?" Puck asked.
"Yes, we can't start without him," Grace announced.
~~~~~GLEE~~~~~
Once Blaine came, we decided to set up the tent before doing anything else. Sarah and Grace tried helping, but Sarah couldn't really bend down and Grace was just messing everything up, so it was just up to me, Puck, and Blaine.
"Are we going to go swimming?" Grace asked from where she was sitting in the grass.
"Yup," Puck answered.
"What else do you do when you camp?" she wondered out loud.
"Have a campfire and roast marshmallows," I smiled.
"I want a s'more so badly," Sarah breathed.
"That does sound really good," Blaine nodded.
"Do we have wood for a fire?" I asked.
"Yeah," Puck said, "Burt got some last night."
"Alright, I think it's ready," Blaine stepped back, "Wanna try it out, Grace?"
She nodded and ran under my arm to get in the tent, "Wow, it's so big in here."
I ducked in, "Yeah, big enough to fit us all."
Sarah stepped in behind me, "Are you sure? Where's my air mattress going to go?"
Puck peered in, "We'll put it on the side, where Grace is standing."
"Hey Blaine!" Grace yelled.
Blaine chuckled and looked in through one of the windows, "What do you need, kiddo?"
"Want to sleep next to me?" Grace yelled some more.
"Monster, stop, you don't need to yell," Puck scolded, "Blaine can hear you just fine, the tent's not made of stone."
Grace crossed her arms, "I didn't know."
"It's fine," Blaine smiled, "Of course I'll sleep next to you, Gracie."
"Noah, will you sleep next to me?" Sarah mocked Grace with a smirk on her face.
Puck laughed and pulled Sarah against him, "You bet."
I rolled my eyes, "You're disgusting."
"You're just jealous because you don't have anyone to sleep next to," Sarah pointed at me.
"Am not," I shot back.
"You can be on my other side," Grace smiled.
"Thanks," I smiled back.
"Are we ready to go swimming?" Grace jumped up and down.
Puck reached out and grabbed Grace's arm, "Yeah, calm down," he chuckled.
"Yes!" Grace darted out of the tent and into the house.
"She's pretty excited," Blaine laughed as we all stepped out.
"She claims she's never been camping before, but really, she was just too young to remember," Puck explained.
"Come on!" Grace yelled out the door, "We need to start our adventure!"
"Adventure?" Sarah laughed.
"Yeah! It's a camping adventure!" Grace giggled before running away.
I made eye contact with Puck and smiled at Grace's laughter. Maybe she wasn't so upset after all.
~~~~~GLEE~~~~~
I stuck a hot dog on the stick before passing it over to Grace, "Be careful, not too close to the fire, you don't want it to burn."
Grace nodded and stared at the hot dog intently as she held it over the fire.
"Finn, you want a pop?" Blaine asked. I nodded and he tossed it to me, "Here."
"Thanks," I said while cracking it open.
"Hey, you cold?"
I looked up to see Puck wrapping an arm around Sarah.
She shook her head, "No, I'm good for now. Maybe in a little bit, though."
Puck nodded, "Alright, just tell me and I'll get your coat."
"Finn, I think my hot dog's done," Grace broke my stare away.
"Yeah, looks like it is," I reached over and carefully took back the stick. I quickly put it in a bun and passed it back, "Here you go."
"Thank you," Grace blew on the hot dog before taking a slow bite.
"Anyone want to hear a scary story?" Puck asked.
"No!" Sarah yelled at the same time Blaine and I said, "Sure."
"I don't care," Grace shrugged.
"I got you," Puck squeezed Sarah's shoulders before turning to he rest of us, "It all started when a family adopted a new puppy..."
~~~~~GLEE~~~~~
Grace rolled around in her sleeping bag, "I can't sleep."
"Shut up," Puck groaned.
"Puck, be nice to your sister," Sarah scolded.
"What's wrong, Grace?" Blaine asked.
"Noah's story was really scary," Grace mumbled into her pillow.
I sat up to see Puck run a hand over his face, "It wasn't that scary," he said.
I pulled Grace closer to me, "Just don't think about it, kinda like a nightmare."
Blaine threaded his fingers through Grace's hair, "Think of happy things."
"Like today when Noah's pants came off when he jumped in the river," Sarah whispered.
There was a beat of silence before Grace burst into a fit of laughter. Blaine, Sarah, and I soon followed.
"Hey! Don't laugh at me!" Puck bolted up, "I had no idea I was wearing Burt's bathing suit!"
All of us laughed harder.
Puck groaned, "I hate you all."
Sarah ran a hand down Puck's cheek and whispered something in his ear.
Puck snorted, "I know, but they haven't."
"Gross," Blaine's nose scrunched up.
"You heard what she said?" I asked quietly.
Blaine shook his head, "I'm just guessing and I'm glad Sarah whispered it."
I shuddered at the thoughts of what she could have said.
"You guys, I need something else to think about," Grace wiggled to sit up and looked at all of us.
"Can you think of anything else embarrassing about your brother?" Blaine asked.
She laughed, "I don't know, maybe."
"No more embarrassing stuff about me," Puck shook his head, "Let's think about embarrassing stuff about Finn."
"Not gonna happen," I stated.
"Can you guys sing to me?" Grace asked.
There was a beat of silence. Puck cleared his throat. Sarah's fingers ran across the thin nylon. Blaine met my eye contact and shrugged.
"Sure," I answered.
"Really?" Grace smiled.
"Why not?" Puck sighed, "What song?"
"Hmm," Grace thought, "Can you just sing that flying song you did at Regionals?"
"Sure," Sarah smiled, "I'll just take over Rach-"
She stopped and quickly looked at the ground. Puck grabbed her hand and ignored my stare. Grace's mouth formed a small 'O' as she watched me. Blaine's eyes were big and he glanced at the ground after a second.
"You guys, it's fine," I finally said, "Don't sweat it. Go ahead Sars, sing Rachel's part."
Sarah nodded, "Alright, then let's sing Grace to sleep."
~~~~~GLEE~~~~~
I let out a long groan and shoved off my sleeping bag. It wasn't exactly hot, but it wasn't really cold either. I rolled on my side to see Grace curled up against Blaine's chest. I rolled back over and glanced to the opposite side of the tent. I blinked and tried to take in the sight. It looked as if Puck threw off his shirt, but that wasn't what confused me. It was the lack of Sarah that had me staring.
"Puck," I hissed, "Puckerman."
Puck waved a hand and cracked open an eye, "What?"
"Where's my sister?" I whispered.
Puck's eyes widened and he started waving his arms around; hitting the mattress, "Sarah?"
I rolled my eyes, "You're a moron."
Puck sat up, "Seriously, what if she was stolen? I had no idea she left."
I sat up as well, "She wasn't stolen."
The tent zipper slid down and Sarah stepped inside quietly. She quickly zipped it back up and spun around only to let out a squeak, "I didn't think anyone was going to be up."
"You left," Puck snapped and swung off the mattress, "You didn't say anything. I thought you were stolen."
"Shh," Sarah quickly ran over and clamped her hand on Puck's mouth, "Don't wake up Gracie or Blaine."
"Sars, he's serious, you should have woken one of us," I told her quietly.
"I know," Sarah pushed Puck down and sat next to him, "I'm sorry."
Puck pulled Sarah's hand off him, "Don't do it again."
"Do what again?" Blaine muttered and sat up.
"Nothing," Sarah stated.
"I'll tell you later," I whispered.
"Did Sarah get in trouble?" Grace laughed.
"No," Sarah glared, "Your brother just over reacted."
"Over reacted?" Puck yelled, "You left the tent in the middle of the night without telling anyone!"
"Calm down," Sarah scolded.
Puck was going to say something again, when Blaine interrupted him, "Alright, alright, stop. She's safe, let it go."
We fell into a silence until Grace stood up, "Can we get donuts for breakfast?"
I chuckled, "Sure, why not?"
~~~~~GLEE~~~~~
I walked around my room grabbing stuff I was going to need for college next week. It was sort of nice that Sarah and Grace were starting school in two days while Puck and I could wait a few. It'll probably be weird being home without them.
As I turned around to look for the math book Mom bought me the other day, I jumped at Grace sitting at the top of the stairs staring at me.
"Whoa, hey there, kiddo. You scared me," I told her.
"I'm sorry," Grace stood, "Do you think I have to go to school?"
I laughed, "Yeah, sorry. Mom, Burt, and your brother probably won't let you skip."
"Darn," Grace sat defeated on Puck's bed.
I ran a hand through my hair and sat next to her, "What's up?"
"I don't want to start fifth grade," Grace whispered.
"It'll be fun," I smiled, "Your last year of elementary school. You'll be at the top."
Grace shrugged, "I don't know. I heard that Ms. Janson isn't very nice."
"Liar," I poked her arm, "Mom said she was extremely nice when you met her last week at student orientation."
Grace rolled her eyes, "You never know."
I laughed and knocked my shoulders against her's, "You'll be fine, I promise."
"Pinky promise?" Grace looked up at me with big eyes as she held out her hand.
"Pinky promise," I chuckled.
Grace broke apart our hands and hugged me tightly, "Thanks for the best weekend ever, Finn."
I hugged her back, "No problem."
"Aww, how sweet."
We looked up to see Puck and Sarah walking in holding hands.
Sarah shoved Puck, "Leave them alone," she giggled.
Grace jumped up from the bed and ran to her brother, "Noah, do I have to go to school?"
"No," Puck automatically answered.
Mine and Sarah's eyes widened.
"But if you don't," Puck continued and knelt down to Grace's level, "You're going to end up without a job and people will call you names then you'll regret not going to school, but it'll be too late because they won't take twenty year olds into fifth grade, so you'll be miserable the rest of your life and will end up living with me, Sars, Baby Puck, and Beth and you'll live with us because no one will want to date you and be your husband that will give you babies."
Grace stared into Puck's eyes as she processed his whole story, "So...if I don't go to school, I won't get to have babies?"
"Nope," Puck stated.
"But I want to be a mom," Grace begged.
"Then looks like you have to go to school, little monster," Puck smirked.
Grace slowly nodded, "Ok, I'll go to school."
Puck put a hand on her head, "Good."
"What about me?" Sarah asked with a small smile, "Do I have to go to school? I pretty much already have a baby."
Puck stood and faced Sarah, "Yeah because who's going to pay the bills and stuff? You need to go to school to know how to do that."
I rolled my eyes, but Sarah smirked and kissed Puck softly, "I'm sort of insulted that you think I'm just good enough to pay the bills, but fine, whatever."
"You're gross," I muttered.
"Aww, Finny thinks we're gross," Sarah cooed and broke from Puck's embrace to come and hug me tightly.
"Stop," I groaned and tried to push her off, only to have her hold tighter.
"But I love you," Sarah said into my shirt.
I couldn't help but laugh a little, "Sure, sure."
"I'm gonna miss you guys," Grace said softly.
"You're gone for six hours a day, I think you'll live," Puck chuckled.
Grace shrugged, "But still, that's a long time."
Sarah reached an arm out and pulled Grace between us, "Everything's gonna be fine, don't worry."
~~~~~GLEE~~~~~
A/N: What'd you think? The season, or at least my version, is going to start coming into play next. I can't wait for Jake. Some other things to look forward to: Grace's birthday, Sarah and Puck's one year anniversary, Carole and Burt's baby, and a hint of jealousy; all in the next month. So keep reading and PLEASE REVIEW! I love hearing from you all!
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~~~~~GLEE~~~~~
Sneak Peak: I slowly closed the front door and leaned against it with a deep sigh. I didn't think watching her leave would hurt this much.
And the school year starts!
