Beginning Our Life
Last Time: Sarah went into labor and gave birth to a perfectly healthy little boy named Nathan Christopher Puckerman. And that's what you missed on Beginning Our Life.
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Sarah's Point of View
I bit my lip as Puck gently set Nathan in Grace's arms. Sure, she was sitting down, but still, that was my son and he was less than two hours old.
Grace smiled, "This is really cool."
Puck carefully removed his hands, "Yeah, now be careful."
Finn gently nudged my shoulder, "You alright? You're going to bite through your lip."
I nodded, "Mhmm."
Grace started moving around in the chair, "I have a wedgie."
"Noah!" I screamed.
"What?" he asked.
"Grab him," I hissed.
Puck nodded and quickly grabbed Nathan into his arms.
"Hey!" Grace crossed her arms, "That's not nice."
"Honey, it's not you, Sarah just wants to hold Nathan herself right now," Mom said softly while picking up Beth, but gave me a small stare as if to warn me to cool it.
Puck placed Nathan in my arms, "There you go, back with Mommy."
I kissed Nathan's forehead, "Hi baby."
There was a knock on the door and Kurt opened it. Jake and Marley walked in with some balloons, stuffed animals, and flowers in their arms.
Jake set down his vase filled with daisies and came over to me. He gave me a quick side hug, "Congrats."
I smiled up at him, "Thanks."
"We're going to be in the cafeteria," Mom said while holding the door open for Burt and Sammie, Grace, Shelby, Finn, Rachel, Kurt, and Blaine.
I nodded as they left, "Ok."
Marley came to sit at the edge of the bed, "He's so cute."
I smiled, "Yeah."
"So what was the final decision on his name?" Jake asked.
"Nathan Christopher Puckerman," Puck said. I grinned up at him. Ever since the nurses placed Nathan in my arms, Puck had this wide smile on his face that he couldn't shake. I couldn't help but think it made him look even more handsome than before.
"Can I hold him?" Marley asked softly.
I nodded and slowly passed her my sleeping son.
Puck's hand shot forward before quickly going up to run over his head. Jake raised his eyebrows and Puck shrugged, "Habit," he muttered.
Marley smiled, "Wow, he's so warm."
"Really?" Jake reached across the bed and ran a finger down Nathan's face and barely exposed chest, "Isn't he naked under there, though?"
Puck shook his head, "He has a diaper on."
"Yeah, like that counts," Jake rolled his eyes.
"Speaking of diapers," Marley said, "I think someone needs to get their's changed."
"Hear that Jake?" Puck teased.
Marley stood so I could toss the blankets off of me. Puck grabbed my hand and signaled Jake to put a hand on my back. I glanced at the two of them, "You guys, I should be fine and able to stand."
Jake shrugged and removed his hands. Puck scoffed, "Yeah, right. Come on, I got you."
I started scooting off the bed until I gasped in pain, "That hurts."
"I know," Puck smirked.
"Oh, do you have to look so happy about it?" I snapped.
Puck's face quickly wiped of any emotion and he helped me continue off the bed. A minute and many gasps of pain later, I was standing next to Marley and Nathan at the changing table.
Marley passed me Nathan, "So what do you do?"
"Um," I laid down Nathan, "I guess just change him? It can't be different from changing Sammie or Beth, right?"
Jake stood behind me, "I think it might be different seeing as Sammie and Beth are girls and Nate's a boy; he...you know...has different parts."
I nervously looked at Puck, "What do you think?"
He shrugged, "I don't know, I mean he is a little different, but it should stay the same."
Nathan then let out a small whimper and his face contorted before he started screaming.
My hands desperately waved over him, "I don't know what to do!"
Puck gently pushed me to the side and unwrapped the blanket from Nathan, "We just have to do the same thing as we do with Sammie and Grace. It shouldn't be hard."
"What's wrong with his stomach?" Jake pointed to Nathan's umbilical cord.
"That's where he was connected to Sarah," Marley said while rolling her eyes.
Jake's eyes roamed up and down my body until Puck smacked the back of his head, "Focus. I need to figure this out."
"Don't hurt him," I whispered as Puck untaped the diaper.
Puck looked at me out of the corner of his eyes, "I know."
It seemed like all of us were holding our breath as Puck slipped the diaper out from underneath Nathan.
Puck sighed in relief when we noticed it was pretty much clean, "Thank God," he whispered, "This should be easy." Within minutes, Nate was wrapped back in a diaper and blanket.
I smiled at Puck, "I didn't really think you could do it, but you proved me wrong."
He gently pinched my side with a chuckle, "Thanks for the support."
I blushed and carefully picked up Nathan before walking back to the bed. I passed him to Puck who then passed him back to me once I was settled.
Jake pulled up a spare chair to my bed, "So, on a scale of one to ten, how hard was it?"
I groaned at the memory, "Like a million."
Puck held up his hand where my nail marks were clearly visible, "I'd say about a nine."
I shook my head and stared down at Nathan, "Daddy's crazy thinking he's in worse pain than Mommy."
Puck sighed, "Sarah, that's not what I meant."
"I know," I whispered.
There was a knock on the door and Shelby and Beth walked in, "We'll be on our way," Shelby announced.
"No!" Beth screamed and ran to Puck, "Stay with Daddy!"
Puck lifted her up and glanced at Shelby, "Beth, you have to listen to your mom."
"No," Beth stated, "Hugs for Beth not boy."
I looked up with wide eyes to be met with a matching expression from Puck and Shelby. Marley shuffled in her seat and played with her hands while Jake absentmindedly picked up Blaine's congratulations card and read it.
"You know what? Beth can stay," Puck said, "Finn can take her home tonight."
Shelby bit her lip, "I don't know, Noah, you're very busy right now, I want Beth to be properly cared for and you have a lot on your plate. I'm sure you understand."
Anger flashed in Puck's eyes. He stood and placed Beth in Marley's arms, "Shelby, can I have a word in the hallway please?"
Shelby nodded and led the way out.
Beth squirmed, "Sars."
I passed Nathan to Jake and grabbed her, "What's up girlie?"
She smiled, "Me sister."
I hugged her close, "Yes you are. To Nathan. Can you say Nathan?"
Beth's eyes scrunched together, "Na-Na-Nathan."
I smiled and kissed the top of her head, "That's right."
The door opened and instead of Puck walking in, it was Santana, Brittany, and Mercedes.
"Why's Puckerman getting bitched out by the pretend mom?" Santana asked while walking over. She gave me a side hug, "You look good."
I winced, "Thanks. And they're fighting over Beth."
She pursed her lips and stiffly nodded.
Mercedes went over to Jake and leaned over his shoulder towards Nathan, "Sarah, he's adorable."
"Thanks," Jake smirked.
Mercedes rolled her eyes, "Just like your brother."
Speaking of, Puck angrily came in the room with a diaper bag over his shoulder. He tossed it on the table next to my bag and fell onto the rocking chair.
"Is Beth staying?" I asked.
He nodded, "Yeah."
Brittany was intently staring at Nathan so Marley asked, "Brittany, is everything ok?"
"Yeah," she nodded, "I'm just thinking of how he was in Sarah a little bit ago, but nine months ago, he was in Puck which means he was also in Puck's mom and Puck's dad so he was with Jake at one point, right?"
I groaned and rubbed my forehead. That was a lot to take in in such a short time period.
"She's kinda right," Santana breathed while making her way to Jake and the baby.
I leaned my head back against the pillows and closed my eyes. All I wanted was to sleep, but they didn't seem to be leaving anytime soon.
I felt Marley stand from the bed, "We should probably-"
"Hello!"
I cracked open an eye to see Tina, Ryder, Unique, Artie, Sam, Joe, Sugar, Mike, Mr. Schue, and Ms. Pillsbury walk in.
"No way," I whispered, "No," I cried softly.
Puck heard me and jumped up, "Hey guys."
Mr. Schue hugged him tightly, "Congratulations."
Artie passed Puck a small box, "This is from the whole club."
"Where's Kitty?" Santana sneered.
Tina rolled her eyes, "She said she wasn't really into hospitals or babies."
Nathan started crying and panic ran across Jake's face, "Take him away. Take him. Someone."
Mercedes groaned, "Give him here," she grabbed Nathan.
"No way, give him to Auntie Santana," Santana gently tugged away my son.
"You guys," I started.
"Wait, I want to hold the baby," Sugar stated.
"My godson wants to come to me," Sam shook his head.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa," Jake stood, "He's my godson, your nephew."
"Guys," I said a little louder.
"What?" Sam spun around to Puck, "Dude!"
Nathan cried harder, "He's probably hungry," Unique observed.
"Alright, Sars, pull out the boobs," Santana announced.
"She's doing that?" Joe asked, "I don't know if I'm comfortable being here then."
"Everybody!" I sat up straighter.
Brittany looked down her shirt, "Do you think I could feed Nathan?"
Ryder stepped between Sam and Jake, "Maybe you should cool it."
"Puck, open up the gift, it's a good one," Artie smiled.
"I don't know," Puck glanced at me where I was starting to hyperventilate. He jerked forward, "Sarah!"
The sobs wracked through my chest, "Out! Get them out. He's crying. Nathan's crying. I need my baby."
"Alright, one sec," Puck kissed my forehead and straightened up, "Everyone out!"
Nobody moved or stopped their conversations. I felt the tears come closer to falling. The door swung open and my whole family walked in. The walls seemed to be closing in on me.
Grace ran over to me and hugged Beth, "You're staying the night!"
"Rachel!" Mr. Schue exclaimed.
A tiny yell escaped my lips as Nathan's shrills seemed to get louder.
Puck started sweating, "Hello, people! Listen up!"
Still, everyone seemed too caught up in their self to notice.
I began crying, not knowing what else to do. There was way too many people in here and nobody seemed to care. Puck kept running his hands over his head and, over the noise, I heard him let out a small whimper of his own.
The door opened once more and a nurse stepped in. She immediately stopped in the doorway. Shock crossed her features. "What's going on here?" she asked.
Puck ran over to her, "You have to help, please."
She nodded, "Of course." She placed her fingers in her mouth and let out a loud whistle.
Finally, the room halted to a stop. Everyone looked up.
"Thank you," the nurse nodded, "Now can everyone please stop what they're doing and leave?"
There was a soft muttering as the room cleared out. A scared Beth was taken from my arms and replaced with a still screaming Nathan.
Mom hugged Puck, "We'll be back tonight. Love you."
And they were gone.
The nurse let out a sigh and leaned against the door, "Well, that was something you don't see everyday."
Puck chuckled and wiped his forehead, "Welcome to glee club."
The tears continued down my cheeks, "Why isn't he stopping?"
"Oh, honey," the nurse ran over with a box of tissues, "He's probably hungry. Are you breast feeding?"
I shook my head, "No."
She nodded and gently wiped my face, "I have a bottle ready in the hallway that I'm going to grab."
"What's your name?" Puck asked once the woman returned from the hallway, testing the formula on her wrist.
"Kelly," she smiled, "I'm sorry, I should have introduced myself earlier," she passed me the bottle, "Keep it tilted slightly and be gentle at first," she watched as I started before turning back to Puck, "I'll be your nurse for the next couple days. I know they are Sarah and Nathan, but you are?"
"Noah," he stuck his hand out, "Nice to meet you."
I felt my eyes start to droop, "Noah," I whispered.
"Yeah?" he hurried over.
"I want to sleep," I looked up at him.
His face turned concerned and sympathetic as he nodded, "Alright, I'll feed him," he carefully grabbed Nathan and the bottle, "Go ahead, sleep."
I smiled softly, "Thank you."
Puck kissed my forehead, "Thank you."
I closed my eyes and took in silence for the first time all day.
~~~~~GLEE~~~~~
My eyes fluttered open to darkness. I wonder how long I slept. It could be any time after six since it's January and blacks out after then. Once my eyes had adjusted, I glanced at the clock to see it was only 7:20. Puck was passed out in the chair in the corner, snoring away. I could see Nathan laying in his basinet across the room. I heard him make a small noise and bit my lip. Puck would be mad if I tried getting out of bed, but I really didn't want to wake him up.
Nathan cried again and Puck shot up, "Coming, coming."
"Bring him here," I whispered.
Puck stumbled and spun around, "What are you doing up?" he hissed.
I smirked, "Did I scare you?"
He rolled his eyes, "Yeah. Did I wake you?"
I shook my head, "No, I woke up by myself, don't worry."
"You only got about two hours of sleep," Puck fought while turning back to our baby. His hands tried getting underneath Nathan in a way that would hold his head up safely. I tried not to laugh as Puck stared at Nathan. I could practically see the wheels turning in his head. "How do I pick him up without hurting him?" Puck groaned in frustration.
"I could help."
I smiled at the voice and looked at the door, "Quinn!"
She smiled and set her purse and a small bag down on the dresser before going over to Puck, "What is your problem? Just pick him up. Haven't you done this before?"
"No," Puck muttered, "I've just set him down or grabbed him from people, I haven't actually picked him up once he was laying down."
Quinn sighed, "You are unbelievable. How am I supposed to trust you with my daughter when you can't even pick up your son?"
I laughed, "Come on, Puck, bring me my baby."
Puck's hands slipped under Nathan before he quickly jerked back, "I'm going to hurt him."
I tossed the blankets off, "You're too slow."
"Sit," Quinn pointed at me behind her shoulder without even turning around. She grabbed Puck's hands and set him up to pick up Nathan, "Alright, I'm right here, be gentle. It's your own son, you can't hurt him."
"My mom hurt me," Puck mumbled while slowly lifting Nate, "Look! I'm doing it!" he held Nathan against his shoulder, "I'm a pretty good dad."
Quinn rolled her eyes with a laugh, "Yeah, sure."
"Shut up," Puck smirked as he came over to me. He carefully passed me Nathan, "Go to Mommy."
Quinn hugged Puck from behind, "You did good."
He smiled, "Thanks, Q."
She walked around him and gently hugged me and Nathan, "He is so perfect."
"Well, thanks again, Quinn, but you should probably focus on Nate right now," Puck teased.
I laughed, "Do you want to hold him, Quinn?"
She nodded and lifted up Nathan, "My godchild needs to meet me at some point."
Puck's phone beeped and he grabbed it before reading the text out loud, "Finn says that they're all heading over to say goodnight and that Beth refuses to leave my room."
Quinn looked up, "Beth's at your house?"
I nodded, "She's spending the night there."
"Shelby didn't want her to though," Puck grumbled as he replied to Finn.
"How come?" Quinn asked.
"Yeah, what did happen?" I added.
Puck rolled his eyes and pet Nathan's soft hair over Quinn's shoulder, "Apparently I am unable to care for two children at the same time. If she didn't think I could do it, she shouldn't have handed over Beth to me, even if it is in four years; that was my argument."
Quinn sighed, "I love that she's giving custody to all of us, but I just wished she would trust us."
I nodded, "Beth's going to be so happy with us, Shelby needs to accept that."
Puck came to sit next to me on the bed. He lifted his legs up and set them on mine, "Let's just forget about Shelby for a little while and focus on Beth and Nathan, they are the ones that need us right now."
"And Grace," I whispered against his cheek, "She's probably going to be jealous again."
"I'll take care of her," Quinn smiled.
I smiled back, but Puck looked skeptical, "What is up with you? Since when are you the mothering type?"
She smirked, "College changes people, Puckerman, try it out."
"I do go to college, Fabray," Puck snapped, "And I'm pretty good at it, my teacher said I'm at the top of my class."
I bit my lip to hide my laughter over the fact that Puck's the top of his guitar class, not his math or science classes. I guess what Quinn didn't know, didn't hurt her.
Quinn raised her eyebrows, "I'm impressed," she carefully sat in the chair and cooed at Nathan.
The door slowly opened, "How's everything going? Are we all awake?" Nurse Kelly asked.
I smiled and hugged Puck's side, "Everything's great."
She looked at Quinn, "Are you a friend?"
Quinn nodded, "I've gone to school with Noah forever and Sarah's a good friend of mine."
Puck hid his smirk in my hair, "I can't believe she called me Noah without gagging," he breathed.
"When would you like me to take Nathan down to the nursery for the night?" Kelly asked.
"Wait, what?" Puck jumped up from the bed and ran over to Quinn. He grabbed Nathan and held him tight against his chest, "Nate's sleeping here tonight and that's final."
"Noah," I whispered, "I want to sleep."
"You will," he nodded, "I'll take care of Nathan for the next twelve hours and you can sleep."
"Puck, don't do this," Quinn said softly, "You know that it's best for Nathan and Sarah if he slept with the other babies and nurses."
Puck shook his head, "My son, my son Quinn, will not sleep in the nursery. The only nursery he's sleeping in will be his own at my house."
"Noah, I don't have to take Nathan now, I can take him in an hour or two if you'd like," Kelly said.
"No," Puck muttered, "Please just leave him here."
"Puck," I couldn't help but whine, "I want to know Nathan's safe at all times too, but we're going to need to have energy to make that happen, so we have to sleep."
~~~~~GLEE~~~~~
I stared at Puck as he paced the room, "I can't sleep knowing that other people that I've never met can be staring at my boy right now," he muttered.
I threw my head back against the pillows, "Please at least sit down. You realize that you've been walking the length of this room since Kelly took Nathan three hours ago, so down."
Puck came and bent over me, "Sarah, it's midnight, you need to sleep."
"And so do you!" I grabbed his shirt collar to pull him closer so our noses were almost touching, "I'm really not in the mood for this right now, so please just lay next to me and hold me until I fall to sleep. Ideally, you'd fall asleep as well, but if you don't, that's your problem, but until I wake up at eight, you are to be right here on the bed next to me. Got it?"
He sighed and nodded while shrugging out of my grasp. He gently climbed on the bed next to me and wrapped his arms around me to hold me against his chest, "I'm sorry."
I shook my head, "It's fine."
We stayed in silence for a while and I was almost asleep when Puck breathed, "I hope they're feeding Nathan and that they're keeping him in the back away from people staring at him."
"Oh my God," I muttered, "Please just go to sleep already."
"Right, sorry," he whispered, "Ok, I'm good. Night."
"Goodnight," I kissed his jaw.
Puck suddenly sat up, "I'm going to go check on him."
"No you won't," I grabbed his hand and tugged him back down, "He's fine, trust me, I wouldn't put my baby in danger. I miss him too, so much, he's just perfect."
"He is, isn't he?" Puck smiled.
I nodded with a smile, "He has your hair."
"Yeah, but he has blue eyes just like you," Puck poked my nose, "Which is exactly what I said would happen."
I squished myself closer to him, "It's so cold in here."
"Because it's the middle of winter," Puck replied, "Want me to get you my sweatshirt?"
"Yes please," I smiled up at him.
He smirked and rolled off the bed over to the bag Rachel packed him hours ago where he pulled out his old McKinley sweatshirt. He stared down at the mini winter coat Quinn bought Nathan, "Do you think he's cold?"
I shook my head and waved him over, "He has blankets and there's heat, he's ok."
Puck sighed and nodded as he curled up next to me. He wrapped the sweatshirt around my shoulders, "Love you, so much, I can't tell you enough after what you've done for me."
"I just gave you a baby, a home, your sister some parents, helped you graduate high school, but you know, no big deal," I smirked.
"You're right, no big deal," Puck whispered.
~~~~~GLEE~~~~~
A/N: What'd you think? I'm not going to post the epilogue from Never Forgotten Past, but you can read that if you'd like. This goes along with it as best as possible because I know a couple things are a little different. PLEAE REVIEW with any questions, comments, concerns, and of course suggestions now that Nathan's here! I love to hear from you all and loved the response to last chapter!
By the way, I created a twitter account that goes along with my Fanfic account so you can keep up with updates and stuff on there as well. I figured I'd try it out. So follow me loueylouey14 !
~~~~~GLEE~~~~~
Dance-sing-live - Thanks so much! Were you right?
Tyra - Aww, thanks!
Alex B. Goode - Gosh, thanks for such a huge compliment!
Gabby - You were right! I'm glad you like this so much!
~~~~~GLEE~~~~~
Sneak Peak: I set the bottle down, "See, I don't know what people are saying, I can take care of you just fine." Nathan blinked his big eyes and stuck his tongue out. I chuckled, "Was that good?" There was a sudden scream and I almost dropped Nathan when Sarah's voice rang out, "Puck!"
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