Beginning Our Life

Last Time: Puck and Sarah went to the river bank for alone time only to have Jake and Marley show up. The four went on a double date to the pizza place where Jake and Puck competed to be the best boyfriend. 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.

Friends in Low Places

Sarah's Point of View

I silently ate my sandwich while listening to the different conversations going on at the glee lunch table. My phone buzzed against the table, so I opened the text message to see a picture of Beth waving with the attached message: See you soon! :D

I smiled, Puck didn't have class today so he was spending time with Beth. He deserved it. I just wish I was there with them.

"Sarah, hello?"

I set my phone down and glanced around the table, searching for the voice, "Yeah?"

"You alright?" Blaine asked.

"Yeah, you're being unusually quiet today," Tina observed.

I smiled, "I'm great, really."

"I don't know, something's in your head," Joe said.

I rolled my eyes, "I'm perfect," I let out a small laugh, "Honestly."

"Ms. Hudson," a loud voice stated behind me.

I turned to see Phil Lipoff and his friends standing there.

"I found out that you had a baby shower a couple weeks ago and realized I didn't get you a gift," he continued.

"Hey," Jake stood and leaned across the table, "Back off."

"Oh, I forgot you're the uncle of the spawn," Phil nodded. He turned back to me, "Alright, what was I saying? Right, my gift. Here it is."

I was suddenly hit full in the face with a bright red slushie. I gasped, letting the frozen ice slide into my mouth. The laughter faded away leaving me with a silent table. I sputtered out the cold slushie and fought back tears. Why? Why? Why?

There was a sudden tug on my arm, "Come on, I got you, don't cry."

"We're right here."

"Try not to breathe it in, you might get sick."

Blaine's hold on my arm tightened as I felt myself being led out of the cafeteria and into the hallway.

A calloused hand slipped into mine and a soft breath said in my ear, "Want me to text Noah?"

I turned my blind head in the direction of Jake, "No thank you." I winced when my voice cracked.

I heard a door open and felt myself being pushed into a chair. The water turned on and I was dunked under cold water. I let out a small scream. It was colder than the slushie.

"I'm sorry!" Marley said, "One second, I'm new at this."

"Is it really necessary that we're all in here?" Kitty asked, "Just because I'm in glee club doesn't mean I want to help you all in your crisisses."

I opened my eyes to look around and see she was right. The entire glee club was squished into the girls' bathroom. I slowly sat up, "You guys, you can leave, really, I'll be ok."

Kitty was the first to leave without looking back. Sam, Sugar, Tina, and Brittany gave a small wave before following. Wade, Joe, and Artie did the same.

Ryder leaned against the wall, "So, um, what just happened?"

"Phil Lipoff just threw his last slushie," Jake grumbled while turning around to walk through the door.

Blaine reached out and grabbed the back of Jake's collar, "Slow down, badass, you're not killing anyone today, sorry."

Marley gently pushed my shoulders back so she could continue rinsing out my hair.

Jake shrugged out of Blaine's grasp, "Fine, I won't do anything, but Noah sure will."

"No!" I quickly sat up causing the water to shoot in my eyes and nose. I sputtered it all out until I could properly breathe. "No," I repeated, "You are not telling Noah."

Jake's eyes widened, "Why?"

"Because he will kill Phil, no lie," I stated.

Jake bit his lip before groaning, "Fine, you know what, whatever. Go ahead, get hit in the face by more slushies. I'm just trying to help," he angrily left the room.

Ryder glanced at the door as it was slammed shut, "Do you think he'll be ok?"

"I'll go see," Marley said. She looked at me, "You don't mind?"

I shook my head, "No, it's fine, I'm almost done anyways."

She nodded and left.

Blaine stepped forward, "Let me help."

I silently laid back against the sink. Blaine's fingers were soft as they washed out the last of the ice from my curls. He turned off the water and I slowly sat up. I stared down at my hands and before I knew it, I was sobbing.

"Oh, no," Blaine knelt down and held me against his chest, "It's alright."

I heard the door open and close, but didn't bother looking up. Ryder must have left. I continued crying into Blaine's shoulder.

He softly stroked my hair and rubbed small circles on my back, "Don't cry. Everything's going to be ok."

"No it's not," I sobbed, "I got slushied! No one gets slushied anymore! And no one gets slushied twice! Except for Rachel, but still! It's not fair!"

Blaine hugged me tighter. My sobs eventually calmed down as Blaine began singing.

I've been alone

Surrounded by darkness

I've seen how heartless

The world can be

I've seen you crying

You felt like it's hopeless

I'll always do my best

To make you see

I smiled and discreetly wiped my eyes on Blaine's shirt. He chuckled before continuing.

Baby, you're not alone

Cause you're here with me

And nothing's ever gonna bring us down

Cause nothing can keep me from lovin' you

And you know it's true

It don't matter what'll come to be

Our love is all we need to make it through

Now I know it ain't easy

But it ain't hard trying

Every time I see you smiling

And I feel you so close to me

And you tell me

Baby, you're not alone

Cause you're here with me

And nothing's ever gonna bring us down

Cause nothing can keep me from lovin' you

And you know it's true

It don't matter what'll come to be

Our love is all we need to make it through

I sat back and watched Blaine as he sang the rest of the song.

I still have trouble

I trip and stumble

Trying to make sense of things sometimes

I look for reasons

But I don't need 'em

All I need is to look in your eyes

And I realize

Baby I'm not alone

Cause you're here with me

And nothing's ever gonna take us down

Cause nothing can keep me from lovin' you

And you know it's true

It don't matter what'll come to be

Our love is all we need to make it through

Cause you're here with me

And nothing's ever gonna bring us down

Cause nothing, nothing, nothing can keep me from lovin' you

And you know it's true

It don't matter what'll come to be

You know our love is all we need

Our love is all we need to make it through

He wiped my eyes and pushed back my damp hair from my forehead, "You alright?"

I nodded, "Yeah, I'm sorry."

"Don't, there's nothing to be sorry about," Blaine gave a small smile.

I shrugged and glanced at his damp shoulder, "I got you wet."

"I have more shirts," he stated.

I laughed, "Ok."

"Let's go out for coffee after school today," Blaine said, "It'll be on me."

I looked down at my ruined shirt, "I don't know, my clothes are trashed."

"I'm sure Tina or Marley have something you can change into to, come on," Blaine insisted.

I sighed, "Fine, we'll go, but we need to find me some clothes fast."

~~~~~GLEE~~~~~

Blaine held open my front door for me after we'd gone out for coffee.

"Did you want to stay?" I asked.

"No thanks, I'm good," Blaine shook his head, "But I'll stay long enough for you to change then I can drop off Tina's clothes at her house."

I nodded, "Alright, just give me a second."

I started walking down the hallway only to be stopped when Puck came running down the stairs throwing his leather jacket on while doing so.

"Whoa! What are you doing?" I grabbed his arm, jolting him to a stop.

"Are you ok?" Puck gently grabbed my head. His eyes searched mine, "Your face is still a little pink and your eyes look a little irritated," he muttered.

"What are you talking about?" I asked.

"Look, you can tell me anything, you know that," Puck kissed me. He pulled back and sighed, "I can still taste it."

"What's going on?" I stamped my foot.

Puck's eyes turned dark with obvious anger, "You were slushied, I'm going to take care of this."

My eyes widened, "What? How do you know? I told Jake not to tell you!"

"First of all, Jake didn't tell me. Second, I don't see why it matters. I'm going to kill this guy," Puck placed a kiss on my forehead and quickly left.

Blaine and I were left staring at each other. Suddenly, footsteps were on the stairs, forcing us to look up.

I gasped as Ryder came into view, "Did you tell him?"

"Sarah, I had to," Ryder said.

"Don't yell," Finn added in, "He was just doing the right thing."

I marched towards Ryder, "He's going to literally tear off Phil's head! Did you know that? That's why I didn't want Jake telling him!"

"I'm sorry," Ryder whispered, "I just thought that you'd want your boyfriend to know. I had no idea he was who you and Jake were talking about."

I groaned and pointed a finger at him, "I knew you couldn't read, but I didn't know you were stupid! Why would you do this?"

The room froze. Ryder's face crumpled. He muttered a sorry before walking past me and out the door.

"Hey, man, wait," Finn ran after him.

I turned to Blaine, "I messed up, didn't I?"

He slowly nodded, "I'm sorry."

A tear dripped down my already sore eyes, "I'm such an idiot."

"No more tears, none, I refuse," Blaine came and tightly held me against him.

"I'm sorry," I stepped back, "I'll see you tomorrow."

He bit his lip, "Sarah-" he looked down, "Never mind. I'll see you later."

I turned to go cry in my room away from them all.

"Sars."

I stopped, but didn't turn.

"Everything's going to be ok, I promise."

I nodded, "Thanks," I whispered.

I heard Blaine leave before I slipped in my room and fell on my bed in a fit of tears.

~~~~~GLEE~~~~~

I hand laid on the small of my back as the bed shifted. I flipped around to see Puck sitting at the edge of the mattress.

I sat up, "Hey."

He sighed and pulled me against his chest, "You sound rough."

I squeezed him, "What time is it?"

"Just five," Puck ran a hand down my hair.

I sat back to look him in the face. I gasped, "What the hell happened?" My fingers traced around the dark, splotchy bruises covering the left side of his jaw climbing up to his eye.

He winced when I touched the spot under his eyebrow, "I went to go take care of you."

I quickly slid off the bed and ran to the kitchen.

"Sars!" Puck ran after me.

We both halted to a stop at the edge of the tile.

Mom glanced up from the chicken noodle soup. She did a double take before dropping the ladle. She came over to us and grabbed Puck's face, "What did you do? I'm not exactly ok with you two doing stuff in the bedroom, but I definitely draw the line at you hurting each other just for-"

"Stop!" I plugged my ears, "La la la!"

Puck hissed in pain, "Ms. Carole, please."

Mom let go of him, "What happened?"

"I...I got in a fight," Puck muttered.

Mom shook her head and went to the freezer where she grabbed out a bag of frozen corn. She came and gently placed it against his cheek, "Sit," she pushed him into a chair, "Why did you get in a fight?"

"It was over me, Mom, I got slushied today," I told her.

Mom's head shot up, "You what?"

I lowered the top of my shirt to show her my stained tank top.

She sighed and glanced between the two of us. Her eyes landed on Puck, "Please, please tell me you're not going to get arrested."

He chuckled slightly, "I'm not going to get arrested, unfortunately I only go one punch in before I blacked out."

"You blacked out?!" I wrapped my ams around Nathan, "For how long?"

"Well, let's see, I drove up to the football practice, said a couple words, threw a fist, and then I woke up next to the dumpster," Puck stared down at his hands.

Mom bent down, "Please tell me your face is the only thing that hurts."

He nodded, "Yeah, I'm ok, I swear."

The front door opened and closed. Finn walked in, throwing himself in one of the kitchen chairs, "Well, that was-what's wrong with you?"

Puck rolled his eyes, "I stood up for your sister."

Finn looked at me, "You destroyed Ryder, I hope you realize that."

Mom glanced between the three of us with a sigh, "I swear, it's as if you were all in middle school again; the amount of drama you get in."

I rolled my eyes while grabbing Puck's hand and pulling him to our room. Once I had closed the door, I sat him on the bed, "You're positive you're ok and that no police are going to show up at our house?"

He nodded his head, "We're going to be fine."

I sat next to him on the bed, running my hand down his arm, "I love that you stood up for me, but I hate what happened."

Puck nodded, "I'm sorry. I'm probably not going to be able to make out properly for now, but we'll be back on track in a week or two."

I laughed, "That is absolutely not what I meant! I just hate that you're hurt!"

"I'm not-"

I roughly grabbed his jaw, "Really?"

Puck jerked away, "Holy crap, what was that for?"

I softly kissed his cheek, "I'm sorry, I had to prove to you that you are hurt."

"God, that sucked," Puck muttered, "Never again."

"I'm sorry," I breathed in his ear, "Can I make it up to you?"

He chuckled, "Oh, most definitely."

"I'll go slow," I whispered.

Puck laughed, "Please."

~~~~~GLEE~~~~~

"And then I called him stupid," I told Marley and Jake as we walked into the choir room, "You guys, I'm a terrible friend, aren't I?"

Jake threw his arm around my shoulder and tugged me down into a seat next to him in the back, "You're not terrible, you're just mean."

"Jake!" I hid my face in my hands.

Marley sat on my other side, "I think you should apologize."

"Really?" I asked sarcastically, "I didn't think of that."

"Hey, lay off," Jake warned.

"Sorry," I muttered. I looked up to see Ryder walk into the room. I stood, "Hey..."

He just barely shook his head without meeting my eyes while sitting down in the front corner.

My breath caught in my throat as both Marley and Jake brought me back to my seat, "It's alright," Marley whispered.

"Don't worry about him, everything's going to be ok," Jake said softly.

I nodded, "Yeah, you're right."

~~~~~GLEE~~~~~

Finn stopped me before I left the choir room, "Hey, you should talk to him, he's pretty upset."

I didn't have to ask who or what about, I just knew Finn meant Ryder. I nodded, "I'll do it now. Do you know where he's at?"

"He said something about going to work out," Finn told me.

"Alright," I said softly.

Finn patted me on my shoulder, "I'll meet you at home."

I started walking down the hallway; making my way to the gym. I stopped outside the weight room where I could see Ryder lifting weights in the corner. I pushed open the door, ignoring the disgusting smell, "Ryder?"

He looked up, "What do you want?"

I winced, "I'm sorry."

Ryder scoffed, "Really?"

"Yeah," I gingerly sat on a bench, "You're not-you have-you shouldn't-I don't think you're," I looked down at the ground.

He sat next to me, "Stop, I know what you're trying to say."

"You're not stupid," I whispered.

"I can't read, Sarah, how is that not stupid?" Ryder asked.

"Finn's not the brightest, Puck almost became a super senior, Brittany's even still here, but none of them are stupid. You are most definitely not stupid. The only one here that's stupid, is me," I told him.

Ryder gently bumped my shoulder, "Don't say that, I don't think you're stupid."

I gave him a small smile, "I deserve it though, I was a-"

"Yeah," Ryder interrupted with a chuckle, "But who isn't nowadays?"

I laughed, "Thanks."

"You get straight As, right?" he questioned.

I blushed, "Why does it matter?"

"Maybe you could tutor me?" Ryder suggested, "I may have dyslexia, but I think once I get it under control, well, understand it more, we can work together for some better grades for me."

I smiled, "I'll help you. I'll even look up techniques on ways to help."

"You know, you shouldn't get yourself down when people say things about you or your baby or Noah or even if they throw slushies at you. You're way better than anything they say," Ryder said quietly.

My blush rose again in my cheeks at the compliment, "Thank you."

He wrapped his arm around my shoulders, "This is the start of a great friendship, Sarah Hudson, I can feel it."

I laughed, "I'm sensing the same thing, Ryder Lynn."

"So...since we're in glee club, do we have to sing about this or something?" Ryder asked.

I laughed again, "If you want to."

"Yolo," he chuckled.

~~~~~GLEE~~~~~

(Ryder/Sarah/Both)

I've been waiting on the sunset

Bills on my mindset

I can't deny That they're gettin high

Higher than my income

In comes breadcrumbs

I've been trying to survive

The glow that the sun gives

Right around sunset

Helps me realize

This is just a journey

Drop your worries

You are gonna turn out fine.

Oh, you'll turn out fine.

Fine, oh, you'll turn out fine.

But you gotta keep your head up, oh,

And you can let your hair down, eh.

you gotta keep your head up, oh,

And you can let your hair down, eh.

I know it's hard, know its hard,

To remember sometimes,

But you gotta keep your head up, oh,

And you can let your hair down, eh.

I've got my hands in my pockets,

Kickin these rocks.

Its kinda hard to watch this life go by.

I'm buyin into skeptics,

Skeptics mess with, the confidence in my eyes

I'm seeing all the angles, starts to get tangled

I start to comprimise

My life and the purpose.

Is it all worth it,

Am I gonna turn out fine?

Oh, you'll turn out fine.

Fine, oh, you'll turn out fine.

But you gotta keep your head up, oh,

And you can let your hair down, eh.

you gotta keep your head up, oh,

And you can let your hair down, eh.

I know it's hard, know its hard,

To remember sometimes,

But you gotta keep your head up, oh,

And you can let your hair down, eh.

Only rainbows after rain

The sun will always come again.

And its a circle, circling,

Around again, it comes around again.

Only rainbows after rain

The sun will always come again.

And its a circle, circling,

Around again, it comes around,

But you gotta keep your head up, oh,

And you can let your hair down, eh.

you gotta keep your head up, oh,

And you can let your hair down, eh.

I know it's hard, know its hard

To remember sometimes,

But you gotta keep your head up, oh,

And you can let your hair down, eh.

Keep your head up, oh,

And you can let your hair down, eh.

Keep your head up, oh,

And you can let your hair down, eh.

Keep your head up, oh,

And you can let your hair down.

Everyone clapped for us as we took a second to laugh and catch our breath. Finn caught my eye and winked. I laughed harder and nodded. Everything was great.

~~~~~GLEE~~~~~

"So you're going to tutor Ryder?" Marley asked as she grabbed her backpack from her locker. She was going to come over after school to brainstorm ideas for sectionals that we were going to "discreetly" tell Finn in hopes that he'll pick them and we'll get all the solos.

I leaned against the lockers next to hers, "Well, it's not really tutoring, it's more of just helping him understand stuff better."

Marley shrugged, "Same difference."

I laughed and nodded, "Pretty much."

Jake came over and wrapped his arms around Marley's waist, "Hey guys."

"Hey," I smiled.

"Hello," Marley twisted in his arms to give him a proper hug.

I rolled my eyes, "I saw you two kiss, I'm fine if you do so in front of me."

They laughed, "We're waiting for tonight," Jake told me, "When we're alone."

"Oh," I nodded. I looked to Marley, "Don't do anything stupid. The Puckermans are pretty persuasive."

She laughed, "Thanks, I'll keep my guard up."

Jake playfully pushed my shoulder, "I don't appreciate that."

Marley and I raised our eyebrows.

Jake sighed, "I'm not pressuring you at all. Gosh, I was just joking, get a-"

He was interrupted by a slushy to his face. Marley gasped as she was hit with the flying bits of it. I took a step back and covered my face.

The guy who threw it laughed with his friends, "Phil asked me to do that since technically your brother demanded that he wouldn't throw anymore. See ya around, preggo, oreo, and...and," he glanced at the others, "I'm not sure what to say besides something about your mom." They walked away while snickering.

"Are you ok?" Marley asked while gently wiping the grape ice from Jake's closed eyes.

"It stings," Jake muttered, "I don't know how you two could deal with this," he suddenly jumped, "It's in my pants, it's in my pants."

Everyone surrounding started laughing at Jake as he shuddered.

I grabbed his hand, "You can come home with us."

"Wait," Marley quickly ran into a bathroom and came out with some toilet paper that she used to better wipe Jake's face before we got in the car.

~~~~~GLEE~~~~~

I sat on Puck's bed upstairs and watched him go through his clothes, searching for something for Jake to wear.

"Gosh, I hate slushies," he muttered while pulling out a purple stained white plaid shirt, "Didn't know I still had this."

I caught it as he threw it over his shoulder. My fingers traced the stains, "Why do you still have this if it's stained?"

He shrugged and grabbed out a different shirt, "Do you think this'll fit?"

I nodded, "Yeah."

"So what are you and Marley going to do?" Puck asked.

I smirked, "Come up with sectionals ideas that will get us solos then tell them to Finn."

Marley emerged from the bathroom, "Do you think it'll work?" she asked Puck.

He chuckled, "Considering it's Finn we're talking about, yeah, it'll work. You two will get some solos."

Jake came up the stairs shirtless newly showered, "Did you find me a shirt?"

Puck nodded and tossed him the green t-shirt, "You can keep it, consider it a gift from your big brother."

Jake laughed, "Thanks."

I glanced towards Marley to see her staring at him intently. I gently threw a pillow at her.

Her head shot up to meet my eyes, "Yeah?"

I laughed and discreetly nodded towards Jake as he put the shirt on. I raised my eyebrows and made a heart with my hands.

Marley laughed, "Shut up."

Jake and Puck looked up, "What're you laughing at?" Jake asked.

"Nothing," I winked at Marley before turning to the guys, "Now leave, we have work to get to."

Puck shook his head, "You guys have to leave, we're going to hang out."

"Really?" Jake asked.

Puck nodded while staring me down, "Yeah."

I stared back before cracking a smile, "Fine, but you owe me."

"That's alright," Puck smirked.

"You two are really, honestly disgusting," Jake said.

"It's sweet," Marley told him.

I laughed and stood to go downstairs, giving Puck a soft kiss on the way, "Come on Marley."

She followed me down to my room, "How'd you and Noah get to be so cute?"

I laughed, "Not sure, he's the best though."

"Fair enough," Marley switched on my computer, "Alright, what songs should we suggest?"

~~~~~GLEE~~~~~

A/N: Starts with a slushy, ends with a slushy. What'd you think? The songs were Not Alone by Darren Criss (thanks for the suggestionDance-sing-live!)and Keep Your Head Up by Andy Grammer. PLEASE REVIEW with any questions, comments, concerns, or suggestions! I love to hear your thoughts!

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Dance-sing-live - Thanks so much!

Brooke - Thank you!

smilin steph - Of course I saw his pink mohawk! lol Thanks a ton!

Tyra - I'm glad you enjoyed it!

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Sneak Peak: I winced as the door slammed shut. "She wasn't happy, what'd you do?" Finn asked. I turned around and threw the stupid bear at him before marching off to my room.

Not everything is as cheerful as Marley thought.