Beginning Our Life

Last Time: Puck and Sarah celebrated their one year anniversary of being together and their ten years of friendship. 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.

Welcome to the Family

Sarah's Point of View

I shifted in my chair before math started. The baby always made me slightly uncomfortable after I ate something and today's lunch was no different.

Mr. Werbian walked in the room, "I hope everyone had a good lunch and are ready to start class. Today you just have a review assignment..."

I zoned out and glanced at the empty seat next to me. I knew Jake was here somewhere. Sam pointed him out in lunch as Mr. Schue dragged him away from that fight.

Just as I started copying down the problems we needed to do, Jake came in the room. He was quiet as he sat down.

"Hey, what are we doing?" Jake whispered.

I shrugged, "Just some review problems that are due tomorrow."

He silently nodded and got to work. A soft buzz of talking fell across the classroom as everyone started talking to their table partner.

I glanced at Jake out of the corner of my eye, "You alright? You're acting kinda weird."

He set down his pencil and looked up at me, "What do you know about Noah Puckerman?"

I held back a smile, deciding just to tell Jake what he needed to know, "Some."

"Is he a jerk? Like, does he actually care about people?" Jake asked while looking back down at his notebook.

"He can be a jerk," I honestly said, remembering all the things he's done in his life, "But yes, he really does care about those close to him."

"How do you know?" Jake muttered.

I took a breath, considering telling him how we grew up together, but deciding on just mentioning the obvious, "Glee."

"Right, I forgot you were in that," Jake nodded, "I was kinda thinking about joining."

I smiled, "That'd be great. You know, you really were amazing when you auditioned for us...that was until you-" I blushed and avoided eye contact with him.

"Until I threw a temper tantrum," Jake finished, "I know and I'm...sorry."

I glanced up, "Really?"

"Yeah," Jake said, "Maybe I will join, I don't know, I'll keep thinking about it."

"That's great," I smiled, "I can't wait."

Jake smiled back and picked up his notebook, "So, you wanna help me with problems 1-27 odd and 32-36?"

I laughed, "Why not?"

~~~~~GLEE~~~~~

I plopped down on the couch with a bowl of popcorn. I had no homework and nobody was going to be home for another three hours, which was just enough time for a movie.

Just as I clicked play, the door slammed open and shut. I bit back a groan. Why? I just wanted some alone time for once. At least be the person I wouldn't mind being around. Please.

Puck walked in the room and fell next to me, "Hey."

"Hey," I sat up, "What's up?"

"Nothing," Puck put his head in his hands.

"Are you alright?" I asked softly.

"I'm wonderful," he sat up, "Fantastic. Great. Perfect."

I ran my hand over his face, wincing at the clammy skin, "Are you sure you're ok?"

He shook his head with a sigh, "No. I just found out that Grace is not the second child Dad had."

I blinked, "Sorry, what?"

"Mr. Schue called me today and told me to get to McKinley because he had something to tell me-"

"You were at school and didn't tell me!" I yelled, "Puck!"

"Not the point," Puck groaned, "Can I continue?"

I nodded, "Yeah," I grabbed his hand, "What happened?"

"Anyways," Puck shook his head, "I got there where Schue put me in the choir room and told me that I have a younger brother. He said the kid was having some problems in school and asked if I'd help him. I said yes, I had to. I met him and-God-he was just like me. I told him some stuff about joining glee and how it helped me, which is what Mr. Schue wanted me to do. And then I left, but not before I could remind him that he was my brother, no matter how we were raised."

I was almost afraid of the question, but asked it anyways, "What's his name?"

"Jake," Puck automatically answered, "Jake Puckerman. My little half brother."

I bit my lip, "Jake. That's why he looked so familiar."

"What do you mean?" Puck asked quietly.

"He's the guy that hit on me the first day of school," I told him, "He's the guy that tried out for glee but didn't get in because he threw a stand. He's the guy that reminds me of you everyday."

Puck snorted, "Kinda sounds like me."

I smirked and wrapped my arms around him, "Are you going to tell Grace?"

He sighed, "I don't know. I guess I have to, don't I? What am I going to tell her? 'Hey, guess what? You've got another brother because Dad cheated on Mom 16 years ago.' No, that's too much for her."

"I could tell her," I whispered.

Puck shook his head, "I'll tell her, but maybe there is something you could do for me."

"What's is it?" I leaned my head into his shoulder.

"Talk to Jake. I think I convinced him to join glee, but just in case, add your word in as well," Puck told me, "And I think...I think you should tell him about Grace. He may or may not know about her, I don't know. I'm not sure when I'll see him again and I don't think it'll be good if I'm with Grace and he doesn't know about her."

"I can do that," I nodded, "He asked about you today. He wanted to know what you're like, if you're a jerk."

Puck laughed, "Yeah? And how'd you answer?"

"That you are a jerk," I laughed, "But also that you really do care about the people close to you."

We fell into a silence as the tv played the movie I'd forgotten about.

"I'm not telling Grace till tomorrow," Puck eventually said, "I still need to think it all through, even though I know exactly what happened and am actually sort of ok with it, it's still weird."

I kissed the side of his mouth and sat up, "That's fine, I understand. I'll try and talk to Jake tomorrow before school."

Puck grabbed the back of my neck and forced his mouth to mine, "Thanks," he breathed, "But you just missed with that kiss."

I laughed as Puck slowly brought me backwards to lay against the couch, "Sorry."

"Shh, no need to talk, we're alone for the next few hours and are going to make the most of it," Puck whispered.

I laughed harder, but was quieted down by Puck's lips on mine.

~~~~~GLEE~~~~~

Just as I closed my locker, I noticed Jake pass behind me. I quickly turned and followed him down the hall.

"Jake!" I called.

He barely flinched and continued dodging all the people. I followed him to the gym doors which he went through outside. I sighed while following him, he wasn't making this easy.

"Jake!" I yelled again, "Would you please wait up?"

He turned, "What do you want Sarah? I'm busy."

I scoffed, "Busy? You're outside doing nothing before school."

Jake crossed his arms, "Alright, you caught me, I'm skipping."

I smirked, "Really? I don't think it counts as skipping if you're still on school property."

He shrugged and led the way to the bleachers, "I'm not a fan of first hour."

"That's fine, I'm sure Mr. Schue won't mind if I skip."

"You're not skipping with me, you have to go to class."

"Why?"

"Cause you've got a kid inside you."

"It's history, I'm sure my son won't mind if I don't know every single thing about our country."

"What's that got to do with Schuester anyways?"

"He's the teacher and he won't mind because I'm recruiting you."

"You're not recruiting me to do anything."

"You're right, Noah already convinced you to join glee, I don't need to do anything."

Jake stopped walking either from what I've said or because we made it to our destination, "What are you talking about?"

I sat down, "Noah Puckerman. He convinced you to join glee because he's your big brother."

"He is not my brother," Jake scoffed, remaining standing.

"I don't know, you two look an awful lot alike," I smirked, "Plus, your last name's Puckerman."

Jake sat defeated next to me, "Fine, you're right, Noah's my brother. How'd you find out?"

I sighed, "He told me."

Jake's eyes widened, "Really? So you still keep in touch even though he lives in L.A.?"

I burst into laughter, "He lives where?"

"L.A.," Jake answered, "Why? He doesn't live there?"

I shook my head through my laughter, "No! He lives in Lima."

"How do you know?" Jake said in an accusatory tone.

"Cause we share a bed!" I burst out without thinking.

I quickly stopped laughing. That was definitely not how I wanted to start this conversation.

"You share a bed?" Jake quietly asked.

I slowly nodded, "Yeah, he, um, he lives with me and my family."

"So...you share a bed? What? Are you poor and can't afford more mattresses?" Jake stared at me.

I shook my head, "Our house is actually really big, the reason we share a bed is because he's my boyfriend."

Jake was silent. I watched him, not really knowing what to expect. Was he angry? Shocked? Happy? Upset? I couldn't tell.

"I'm guessing that means that that," he pointed at my stomach, "Is my brother's?"

I wrapped my arms around Nathan, "Can you please call him either by his name or at least say he or him or even call him your nephew? But just stop calling him that or it or the thing. It's kind of insulting, especially since he's related to you."

"You're right, I do have a nephew now," Jake whispered.

And a niece, I added in my head, but deciding to maybe have Puck explain that later.

"What's his name?" Jake asked.

I smiled, "It's going to be Nathan Christopher Puckerman. Noah picked Nathan while I choose Christopher after my dad."

"Cool," Jake slowly nodded.

"There's another family member you should know about too," I started, "Her name's Grace."

"What? Is she my sister?" Jake chuckled.

I just nodded, "Yeah."

"Oh," Jake stopped laughing, "Huh."

"Your dad left Noah, Grace, and Ms. Ruth a few months after Gracie was born and it was probably for the best. Noah saw him for the first time a couple months ago, he went begging for money for rent," I softly told Jake.

He shook his head, "He's not exactly the best dad out there."

"No," I breathed, "But mine ended up not really being that great of a dad either, something we have in common."

"What'd yours do?" Jake asked.

I bit my lip, "He, um, he killed himself, well, he overdosed on drugs. We thought he'd gone back to the army when really he was in Cincinnati. I just found out in January, not exactly the best way to start the new year, but whatever."

"Sorry," Jake muttered.

I shrugged, "I'm better now, I guess."

We stared out at the football field, "How old's my sister?" Jake eventually asked.

"She turned eleven last week," I told him, "She didn't have a party, but was happy with the cake and all her presents we got her."

"So she lives with you too?" Jake guessed, "What's up with their mom?"

I winced, "Last time I checked, which was June, she was in rehab. She...um...she abused Noah and drank whine and vodka more than anything else."

"Whoa," Jake breathed, "That's...something I didn't expect to hear."

I slowly nodded, "Yeah, it sucked...mostly for Grace and Noah, but for us too. Can we talk about something else? I really hate this topic. Is there anything else you want to know?"

Jake shrugged, "I can't think of anything, but I can't say that I won't ever have questions."

"Give me your phone," I put my hand out.

Jake raised his eyebrows, but reluctantly set his phone down, "What're you doing?"

I started punching in my number, "Giving you my cell number, Noah's, and our home phone. Use them whenever. I'll give you my address too."

"I can understand your number, but why the address?" Jake asked.

I shrugged, "In case you ever need it."

Jake grabbed his phone back just as I finished typing in the address, "In case I ever need it? Sarah, my mom isn't gonna hit me like brother dearest's."

I rolled my eyes, "I'm not saying that's why you'd need it, I think you'd need it if you ever wanted answers to questions that I couldn't tell you. I think you'd need it if you ever want to know the brother and sister you never got to know. I think you'd need it if you ever wanted help with math homework."

Jake laughed, "You know what? That last reason is a pretty good one."

I smiled, "I know."

"I might take you up on that offer," Jake smirked.

"Good," I stood, "I'm heading back to school. See you in math," I started walking down the stairs.

"Sarah!" Jake called.

I turned and waited for him to speak.

"Thanks," he said just softly enough for me to hear.

I smiled, "No problem."

~~~~~GLEE~~~~~

Finn nudged my shoulder while we both tried cooking dinner.

I laughed and hit back, "Stop."

Finn chuckled, "No," he bumped against me again.

I set down the knife and pushed him with my hands, "Are you gonna hit a girl, Finn Hudson?"

He laughed, "When that girl's my sister, yeah, I'm gonna push her back."

The front door opened and we could hear Grace babbling away, "...And then Ms. Janson almost threw up!"

"That's disgusting," Puck said to her while they walked in the kitchen.

"Hey, how was school, kiddo?" Finn asked.

Grace hugged him, "Really gross!"

"I don't want to hear it," Finn chuckled.

I put a stray piece of hair behind Grace's ear, "Meet any new friends?"

She sighed and crossed her arms, "Why do you ask that every day?"

I smiled, "Because I think you should make new friends everyday."

"Sarah, I have friends, I don't need new ones," Grace scoffed.

I shrugged, "Yeah, but you can always use new ones. I made a new friend today."

"Really?" Puck asked and came to wrap his arms around me.

I nodded, "His name's Jake."

Puck smirked while Grace looked insulted and Finn's eyes widened.

"Sarah!" Grace grabbed my arm, "You can't be friends with a boy!"

"Grace, I'm actually allowing this one," Puck told her.

"Noah, don't you love Sarah?" Grace asked.

Puck stepped away from me and grabbed Grace's shoulder, leading the way to the living room, "I have to tell you something, little monster."

Grace jumped on the couch, "Yeah?"

"What's going on?" Finn whispered in my ear.

"You'll see," I whispered back.

"Alright, Grace," Puck sat next to her, "Remember how I told you that Dad was never really around when I was a kid?"

"Yeah," Grace scrunched her nose, "My dad now is way better."

Puck smiled, "I know, but listen, apparently Dad was with another lady once when he was gone."

Grace didn't catch the double meaning behind the words, but Finn did. I heard his breath get stuck in his throat as he guessed where this story was going.

"Monster, Dad got the lady pregnant," Puck continued slowly, "So we have a half-brother."

Grace blinked, "What's a half-brother?"

I sat next to her, "A half-brother is when you and the brother have either the same dad or mom and then a different mom or dad, so they're only half related to you."

Grace nodded, "That makes sense."

"So Samantha Paige, she's my half-sister," I told her.

"That's not her name," Finn muttered.

I looked up to see him smirking at me, "We'll just have to wait and see," I smiled.

"What's my half-brother's name?" Grace asked.

"You don't have to call him your half-brother," Puck said, "You can just call him your brother and his name is Jake."

Grace looked at me, "That's your new friend's name."

I laughed, "Because he is my new friend."

"Wait, Sarah's met him?" Grace looked back to Puck, "I want to meet him."

"We'll see," Puck honestly told her.

"I invited him to come and meet you and the rest of our family," I said.

Grace thought for a second, "Is he nice?"

I laughed, "Yeah, he's pretty nice. He's funny too."

"Is he the one who ran off after Mr. Schue cut him off at the auditions?" Finn asked.

"Yeah," I nodded, "That's him."

Finn snorted, "Dude, your brother's just like you."

Puck rolled his eyes, "I know, I talked to him yesterday."

"Is he like me?" Grace asked.

Puck and I exchanged a look and shrugged.

"I don't know, we'll have to get to know him better and then we can figure that out," Puck told her.

Grace sighed, "Alright, well, I guess I have to do my homework and I told Kurt I'd call him tonight. Can I tell him?"

Puck nodded, "Yeah, you can tell him."

Grace ran off to her room.

Finn sat in the chair, "You ok with this?"

Puck shrugged, "I'm fine, mad that my dad cheated on my mom, but I'm alright."

I ran a finger down his arm, "We're here for you, no matter what."

"I know," Puck nodded.

Finn threw a pillow at him, "Alright, stop before this turns gross, let's go outside and play some basketball."

Puck laughed, "Ok, I'll see you later," he kissed my forehead before following Finn outside.

I leaned back in the pillow wondering what our family's going to be like now that we've added someone else into it.

~~~~~GLEE~~~~~

A/N: What'd you think? I worked really hard on this one and am happy with out it turned out, plus, you get it a lot faster than the last one. I can't wait for the next few chapters, they're gonna be big! PLEASE REVIEW with any questions, comments, concerns, or suggestions! I love hearing your thoughts and ideas!

P.S.: What'd you think of The Break Up? Was I the only one crying? Despite that, I thought it was really good.

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Tyra - Thanks! Hope the quick update for this one makes up for the last one!

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Sneak Peak: Sarah held my hand tightly, "Do you think she's in pain?" I stayed quiet, not wanting to answer the question knowing it wouldn't end well either way. "Puck, seriously, on a scale of one to ten, ten being a lot, how much pain do you think my mom's in?" Sarah asked.

Can anyone think of why Carole would be in pain?