Beginning Our Life
Last Time: Jake stood up for Sarah and Puck in math, earning Sarah and Marley's final approval. Marley asked Sarah about Puck and if Jake's anything like him. Jake went to Puck for advice on what to do with Kitty and Marley. Grace accepted Sammie as her sister and was surprised to find that she really liked her. And that's what you missed on Beginning Our Life.
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Me Against Them
Sarah's Point of View
A strong, hacking cough awoke me from my dreamless sleep.
I carefully sat up in the bed, "Puck, is that you?"
"Go back to sleep," he muttered before coughing some more.
I crawled to where he was sitting at the edge of the bed, "Are you ok?"
"Fine," Puck coughed.
"Do you want anything?" I asked, "Water? A cough drop?"
"Both," he choked out.
A scrambled off the bed and quickly made my way to the kitchen. Surprisingly, I ran into Mom on the way back to my room.
"Whoa," she breathed, "What are you doing up?"
I stepped back, "Puck woke me up. I think he's sick."
Mom sighed, "So is Grace; she's coughing, sneezing, and has a fever. I'm going to have to have Burt bring Sammie into our room so she doesn't get sick."
I nodded, "Here," I dumped some cough drops from the bag into her hand, "You're going to need these."
"Thanks," Mom smiled and walked past me to get Grace a glass of water.
I hurriedly made my way back to the room. Puck was still sitting up in bed. He made a sound crossed between a sneeze and a cough.
"That doesn't sound good," I whispered and passed him the glass of water.
He drank half the glass in one gulp, "My throat kills," he croaked.
I nodded and sat next to him, "After you drink that, you should have some cough drops."
"Ugh," Puck stared into the glass.
"Mom said Grace is sick too," I said softly while feeling his forehead, he had a fever like Grace.
"Wonderful," Puck groaned, "How am I supposed to take care of her?"
"Hey, don't beat yourself up, the rest of us will take care of her," I told him.
He nodded and placed the glass on the side table before leaning back against the mattress.
I was about to lay next to him when the door opened and Mom walked in with Sammie in her arms.
"Sarah, can I talk to you for a second?" she asked.
"Sure," I nodded and followed her to the living room.
I was able to better take her in in the living room and saw that she was fully dressed and Sammie had a tiny hat and coat on.
Mom set Sammie in her carseat before turning to look at me, "We have a problem."
"Is Sammie sick too?" I rushed forward to look at my little sister, but she seemed fine, perfect actually, as she soundly slept nestled in her blankets.
"No," Mom answered and I turned to look at her, "But Burt and Finn are."
My eyes widened, "Really?"
Mom nodded, "I can't have Sammie getting sick, so I'm taking her to Grandma's for the day and tonight."
I glanced at the mantle clock to see it was just after four in the morning.
"Are you ok staying here by yourself with the others?" Mom asked.
I slowly nodded, "Um, sure, that should be fine."
Mom smiled and kissed my forehead, "Thank you so much, baby. If you can do this, you're going to be a great mom."
I blushed with a smile, "Thanks."
Mom gave me one last smile and picked up Sammie's carseat and bag, "I'll see you tomorrow. Call me if you need anything."
I nodded, "Of course."
"Love you," Mom said before closing the front door.
I fell back on the couch, well this was going to be fun.
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I groaned while pouring out all the soup. This was just wonderful, how did I get stuck being the only healthy one in this entire house?
"Sarah! I'm cold!"
"Babe, can you grab some more cough drops?"
"Sars, hurry up!"
"Hey Sarah, do you know where the remote is?"
I slammed the ladle down with a quiet, frustrated yell. They were so annoying. Every single one of them. They haven't stopped since five in the morning. Finn was always hungry. Grace was always cold. Burt never knew where anything was. And Puck...Puck was calling for my attention every second. The big, tough guy wasn't so strong with a cold anymore and it was getting on my nerves.
I angrily grabbed the bag of cough drops and threw it on the tray. I set all the bowls of soup and the spoons down on it was well and left the kitchen.
I made my way to the living room and gave Burt his lunch while passing him the remote that was sitting on the coffee table to his left.
"Thanks, kiddo," Burt said before turning back to the tv.
"Sure," I muttered.
I walked down the hall, grabbing a blanket from the closet on the way, and went into Grace's room.
"Here," I tossed the blanket over her and set her bowl on her table.
"Thanks," Grace smiled.
"Mhmm," I left the room and went upstairs.
Finn was sitting up in his bed absentmindedly watching tv.
"Food's here," I told him as I passed him his soup and spoon.
"Thanks, you're the best," Finn mumbled while keeping his eyes on the tv and taking a spoonful of the chicken noodle soup.
"I know," I sighed and trudged back down the stairs.
I slowly pushed open mine and Puck's bedroom door to see him laying on his side half asleep. I smiled softly. One reason being he would finally be quiet for more than a minute. The other being that he looked kinda cute all curled into a ball surrounded by pillows and blankets.
I laid the tray on our table before leaving the room. I went in Mom and Burt's room and sat on the bed. I pulled my phone out of my pocket and called Kurt.
"Hello?" he answered.
"Hi," I breathed.
"Oh, hi Sarah," Kurt said.
"What's up?" I asked.
"Nothing really, I'm actually not working for once."
"Guess what I'm doing?"
"What?"
"Taking care of your dad, Grace, Puck, and Finn. They're all sick."
"Lucky you," Kurt laughed.
I grimaced, "They're so difficult."
"I bet. Why don't you call for help?"
"That'd show Mom that I can't do this."
"No, it'd show her that you're smart. Trust me, you can't go all day by yourself. Get help."
"And who would I call?"
"Bl-" Kurt abruptly stopped, "Someone from glee?"
"Why'd you stop saying Blaine?" I asked.
Kurt sighed, "We broke up. You didn't know?"
"No," I breathed, "Oh, Kurt, I'm so sorry."
"It's fine. Ask Blaine about it, he's the one who committed the crime, so to say."
"Oh."
We fell into a silence.
"I'm going to go," Kurt eventually said.
"Ok, talk to you later," I said softly.
He ended the call and I dropped the phone on the bed.
What did Blaine do? Did he cheat like Rachel? I never thought Blaine would cheat. I never even thought the two of them would break up.
"Sarah."
Puck's choked out call broke me from my thoughts and I left the room.
I pushed open our door, "Yeah?"
"Wanna come sleep with me?" he softly asked.
I smiled, "I'll lay down and fall asleep next to you, but I won't sleep with you."
Puck rolled his eyes, "Aren't you a little full of yourself? I'm not in the mood for that anyways."
"Wow," I teased, "That's a once in a lifetime thing."
Puck smirked, "Just come here."
Just as I slipped under the blanket, Grace yelled, "Sarah! Bathroom!"
"Ugh," I rolled off the bed and went into the bathroom.
Grace was sitting next to the toilet with red, teary eyes, "I threw up," she whimpered.
"Oh, Gracie," I quickly wet a washcloth before running it across her forehead, "How come?"
She shrugged and wiped her eyes, "I took that medicine you put on my table this morning then I felt really bad so I came in here and threw up."
"What happened?"
We turned to see Puck leaning on the doorframe.
"I got sick," Grace cried.
Puck slowly made his way over to us and sat on the ground, "You took medicine? Is that what you said?"
"Mhmm," Grace leaned into her brother.
"Sarah, did you give her what you gave me?" he asked.
I nodded, "Yeah, why?"
"I think she's allergic," Puck whispered.
I suddenly felt really bad. I could see the sweat on Grace's neck and listened to her broken cries.
Upstairs there were hard footsteps and a loud grunt. As fast as I could, I made my way to the boy's bathroom to see Finn bent over the toilet.
A soft sob fell from my lips. I don't know how much longer I can handle this.
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Blaine's Point of View
I drove up to the Hudson-Hummel-Puckerman house. Automatically, I saw Sarah sitting on the front porch step with tears running down her face. I jumped out of the car and ran over to her.
"I came as fast as I could, what happened?" I asked while sitting next to her.
Sarah fell against my chest and sobbed harder, "I can't do it. I can't. I'm going to be a terrible mom. My baby's going to hate me."
I tightened my hold on her, "Shh, calm down, tell me what you need."
"Help, I need help," she breathed, "Everyone's sick. I don't know what to do."
"Wanna come inside with me and just check everyone out? You don't have to do anything," I suggested, "Or maybe, you can just take care of one person and I can take care of the rest."
Sarah nodded while wiping her eyes.
I stood and helped her up as well, "Don't worry, everything's going to be ok."
"Thank you," she whispered as we walked inside.
I smiled at her, "No problem. So where's everyone at?"
Sarah sighed, "Burt's in his room sleeping, thank God he didn't throw up, Puck's taking care of Grace in the bathroom, and Finn's up in his room watching tv."
"How about you just go sit with Finn and I'll check on the other's, alright?" I told her.
Sarah nodded and went upstairs.
I walked down the hall to the bathroom and softly knocked before pushing it open; sighing at the sight. Grace was barely awake as she laid in her brother's arms while coughing her lungs out. Puck didn't look much better as his eyes continuously opened and closed. He noticed me after a minute and stuck a hand out to slowly wave me over.
I went and kneeled in front of them, "Gracie, want to go back in your room?"
Grace's eyes fluttered open, "Blaine?"
I smiled, "Yeah, it's me. Come on, I'll go tuck you into bed."
She stuck her arms out and I chuckled while picking her up. I carefully brought her in her room and laid her under her covers.
"Thanks Blaine," she breathed.
I pushed her hair off her sweaty forehead, "It's no problem. Just call me if you need anything."
"I know," Grace coughed while falling asleep.
I placed one last blanket over her before leaving the room and shutting off the lights. As I closed the door, I looked up to see Puck leaning against the bathroom door.
"Where's Sarah?" he croaked.
"Upstairs with Finn. This is too much for her," I told him.
"I know," Puck groaned, "I feel like crap because of it."
"She thinks she's going to be a bad mom," I said.
Puck bit his lip and made to move towards the stairs, "I need to see her."
"No," I stuck my arm out to stop him, "Just...get in bed."
"Blaine, let me through," Puck begged.
"No," I stated while pushing him back.
Puck stumbled and fell back against the wall with a cough.
"Oh, I am so sorry," I muttered while grabbing his arm.
Puck regained his balance, "Gosh," he breathed.
I let go of him, "Do you need anything?"
"My girlfriend," he said.
"I can't give you that," I told him while gently pushing him towards his and Sarah's room, "I can give you cough drops, water, soup, blankets, and a whole bunch of other stuff. What sounds good?"
Puck groaned and fell onto his bed, "Fine, give me some cough drops."
I nodded, "Sure, do you know where they're at?"
Puck chuckled, "No. But I do know that Sarah was carrying some around in her pocket."
"Nice try, I'm not letting you go get Sarah," I teased while stepping out the door, "I'll be right back."
I walked upstairs where both Sarah and Finn were passed out on different beds. I slowly walked over to Sarah, after running into a dresser, and gently shook her.
"Sarah, where are the cough drops?" I whispered.
I jumped when Finn answered, "Top shelf in the cupboard next to the fridge."
I spun around, "I thought you were sleeping."
"And I thought you were more graceful," Finn sat up.
I rolled my eyes, "Do you need anything?"
"Nah, I'm feeling a little better," he shook his head, "Can you just leave Sars alone? She deserves some sleep."
I nodded, "Yeah, of course. You're going to have to tell her boyfriend that, though."
Finn rolled his eyes, "Just give him some sleeping meds to knock him out, he'll stop complaining then."
I chuckled, "That might be illegal."
"No it's not," Finn smirked.
I laughed a little louder before quickly quieting down, "I'll be back in a little bit."
The house was silent as I walked down the stairs. I glanced in Burt and Carole's room to see Burt asleep, same with Grace in her own room. After grabbing the cough drops from the kitchen, I went in Puck and Sarah's room. I chuckled at Puck sprawled across the comforter. I softly left the room and went in the living room to watch tv.
~~~~~GLEE~~~~~
The phone rang, jolting me up from the couch. I hurriedly looked around for the phone as it rang louder and louder. I jumped from the couch only to get my feet tangled in the blanket at the end. I fell to the ground with a grunt. A soft patter of feet made me look up.
Grace grabbed the phone off the coffee table, "Hello?...Yes...Sleeping...But Blaine's here...Yeah...I don't know, I fell asleep...Um," she looked over at me with a giggle, "Sure," she walked over and held out the phone to me, "It's for you."
I reached up, "Thanks," I held the phone to my ear, "Hello?" I asked while sitting up to lean against the couch.
"Blaine, it's Carole," was the greeting.
"Hi Ms. Carole."
"Blaine, is everything ok?"
"Yeah, of course."
"Did Sarah call you or one of the boys? Was it Grace?"
"Sarah called. She asked for help and I said I could give it, so I came over."
"How bad is it?"
"Everyone, except Grace, is sleeping now, so I'd say it's actually not bad at all."
"Thank you so much for coming over to help Sarah. I know she was worried at the start and I'm just glad she knew she could trust you."
I smiled at the compliment, "Thanks. And it's no problem what so ever."
"Feel free to stay the night, Blaine, I'm sure Sarah will appreciate it, along with the others."
I bit my lip and held back a sigh, "Um, maybe, I'll see. Thanks for the offer, though, Ms. Carole."
"Of course, Blaine. Even though your taking care of my family, I hope you find a way to have some sort of fun today."
I chuckled, "I'll try. Talk to you later."
"Yes, talk to you later," Ms. Carole ended the call.
I turned off the phone and set it on the table, "Thanks for grabbing that Grace."
Grace looked away from the tv, "No problem. Why couldn't you grab it?"
I made a face while gesturing down to my feet and the blanket, "I got stuck."
Grace laughed, "You're weird."
I smirked, "Thanks."
She stood from the chair and came to plop down next to me, "Why haven't you come over in a while?"
I sighed, "Um, well, Kurt and I aren't dating anymore."
"Oh," Grace stared at me, "I'm sorry."
"It was my fault," I told her softly.
She hugged my arm tightly, "I'm sure it wasn't."
I just sighed while shaking my head.
"Did I just hear you say you and Kurt broke up?" Puck asked while walking in and sitting in the chair.
"Yeah, he cheated on our brother," Finn announced.
"Be nice," Sarah scolded as she sat on Puck's lap.
"Did you really cheat on Kurt?" Grace looked up at me with wide eyes.
I slowly nodded, "Yes."
"Hmm," she slid down so she laying across my lap, "Ok."
I raised my eyebrows, "That's it?"
Grace shrugged, "Kurt doesn't like to talk to me anymore so I've been hanging out with Finn a lot more. That's cheating, isn't it? Being with other people instead of them."
Puck laughed quietly and Sarah hid her smile behind a hand while Finn just blushed.
I ran a hand across her fevered head, "Thanks, Grace."
She smiled up at me, "No problemo, Blainey."
Puck burst into laughter, "I'm sorry, I can't help it anymore."
Sarah let out a giggle, "So is everyone feeling better?"
Puck's laughter quieted down and he coughed softly, "Just a little, not really."
"Same," Finn muttered.
"I don't have to throw up anymore," Grace smiled at all of us.
We laughed, "That's great," I helped her sit up.
"What did Mom want?" she asked.
"To ask me if I wanted to stay the night to help Sarah," I said softly.
"Stay," Finn stated.
I looked up at him, "Really?"
He shrugged, "Doesn't matter. Sarah's probably going to need it."
She smiled, "Plus, it'd be fun."
"Like a sleep over!" Grace yelled before erupting in a coughing fit.
~~~~~GLEE~~~~~
I stepped out of Grace's room and was about to walk up the stairs where I was going to sleep in Puck's old bed when I heard an almost inaudible singing come from Sarah and Puck's room.
I quietly made my way to the open door and leaned against the wall to listen. I glanced around the doorway to see Puck kneeling in front of Sarah while softly singing to her stomach. I smiled at the two of them.
Sarah suddenly looked up and a blush rose on her cheeks.
Puck noticed, ending his singing. He glanced up at Sarah before turning around to look at me. A small look of shock crossed his face as his neck and face turned a light red, "Wh-what are you doing?" he stuttered.
Sarah ran a hand across his head, "Stop, it's fine."
"I was just about to go to bed when I heard you singing, so I came to see," I told him while walking further into the room.
Puck sat up and rubbed the back of his neck, "Don't tell anyone."
Sarah giggled, "What does it matter?"
Puck shrugged and stayed silent.
"I'm not gonna say it was cute, but...," I searched for the right words, "I kinda liked it."
"Whoa, I know you and Kurt just broke up, but Puck's mine," Sarah grabbed her boyfriend's hand.
I laughed, "That's not what I meant, I meant-"
"I know," Sarah smiled, "I was just kidding."
I nodded, "Well, goodnight."
"Night," Puck nodded as well and leaned back against the pillows.
Sarah smirked at him before smiling at me, "Goodnight, Blaine."
~~~~~GLEE~~~~~
A/N: Sorry for sort of rambling at the end, I wasn't completely sure how to end it, but did you like it? I know it really wasn't an original idea, but I really missed Blaine and wanted Sarah to interact with him some more. I can't wait for Glee next week! PLEASE REVIEW with any questions, comments, concerns, or suggestions! I love hearing your thoughts!
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FinchelFan728 - So do I, he's one of my favorites :)
Dance-sing-live - Thank you! And happy birthday!
Tyra - Thanks!
smilin steph - I know! I hope they get together on the show!
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Sneak Peak: Sarah gripped my arm as I pushed Beth's stroller down the driveway, "I'm really excited for this." I laughed, "It's just trick or treating."
Halloween!
