Beginning Our Life
Last Time: Puck and Sarah went to the Sadie Hawkins dance. Sarah got over her fears with the help of Puck. Grace informed her brother she doesn't want to be treated like a child. And that's what you missed on Beginning Our Life.
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Nothing Like Him
Blaine's Point of View
I watched Sarah feed Nathan as I sat on her bed, "Did you have fun at the dance?"
She looked up with a smile, "Yeah, I did."
"That song was amazing by the way," I added, "I was really surprised."
Sarah laughed, "I know, it just felt right."
"And now you can show off even more in glee," I stated.
She nodded and set the now still Nathan in his crib, "Correct."
The door swung open and Puck walked in shirtless, "Sarah, we have a problem," he noticed me and nodded, "Hey Blaine."
"Hey," I nodded while trying to avoid his eye contact. In noway was I attracted to him, he was my best friend's boyfriend, but still, it's not like he's ugly.
"What is it?" Sarah asked once she'd shut the nursery door.
He strode over to her, "I have no clothes, like none."
"You're kidding," Sarah shook her head, "I just did laundry yesterday."
Puck shrugged, "I have about six shirts and most of them are too dressy for just a normal Saturday...and you know about my other clothes."
"Are you trying to say you want to go shopping?" Sarah laughed.
I chuckled, "I think that's exactly what he's trying to say."
"Sarah," Puck whispered and stepped closer, "You know why I need new clothes," he glanced back at me then to Sarah, "Can't we just go?"
They had a stare off for a good minute before Sarah sighed and nodded, "Yeah, sorry, it's my fault anyways. I'll go see if Mom has some spare cash, if not, I'll buy." She ran out of the room.
Puck ran a hand over his face and went to the nursery, "Did he fall asleep?"
"I think so," I told him, "Sarah did put him in his crib."
Puck opened the door where I could see Nathan squirming around on his bed, "Hey bud, I knew you wouldn't be sleeping; must be father's instinct."
I smiled at them as Puck lifted Nathan from the bed and held him close.
He spun around, "Do you want to come? I know you and Sarah were gonna do something today, so you can join us. I'm not the only one that needs clothes, some of Nate's got scr-messed up too, right buddy?" He looked back up at me, "I have to start watching my language more apparently," he said as an afterthought.
"What happened to your clothes?" I asked.
"Sarah did laundry," Puck muttered, "For the first time ever."
I knowingly laughed, "Pink underwear?"
"More like brown," he shook his head, "Sarah not only put her clothes in the wash with mine, but Nate's as well. She managed to take out all her white clothes and most of mine and Nate's, but she left a couple pieces in by accident. It was her first time and she was distracted and she might like me without clothes on, but I need something."
I rolled my eyes, but chuckled, "So we need clothes for all the Puckermans?"
"Not Grace," Puck pointed out, "Thank God."
Sarah walked in with a large t-shirt and cash in hand while Grace trailed behind, "Grace's coming too, we'll just head to the mall because they have all the stores we need."
Puck glared at his sister, "What do you need?"
She crossed her arms and looked at Sarah, "I want a dress."
Sarah nodded, "I know," she turned to Puck, "Don't worry, mom's buying it."
Puck softened and nodded, "Alright, fine," he cleared his throat, "But you know you're going to have to talk to me sooner or later, Grace," he said loudly.
Grace rolled her eyes and avoided looking at him by watching Sarah.
"I was thinking I could go with Grace since that hopefully won't take long and you can take Nate to get your clothes and because of..." Sarah trailed off with a glance at Grace, "Whatever this is."
"I'm mad at Noah," Grace muttered.
"I'll go with you," I nodded towards Puck.
Sarah smiled, "Thanks for coming."
I smiled as well, "No problem."
~~~~~GLEE~~~~~
I held up a dark grey button down, "How's this?"
Puck looked up, "Yeah, fine."
I sighed, "You've said that to the last four shirts, what do you want?"
"I don't know," he shrugged, "I just want some clothes."
I tossed the shirt over the rack at him, "Well, what'd you lose? What do we need to replace?"
Puck groaned, "Just a couple shirts, some socks, boxers," he glanced around the store, "Could use some more-" he paused and his eyes widened. Suddenly he started stuffing the clothes I suggested onto Nathan's stroller and took off to the cash register.
"Puck!" I yelled while trying to follow him, "What's going on?"
He waved a hand and anxiously waited as the cashier rang up his clothes. Quickly he passed over a couple twenties before grabbing the change and bags and running off.
"Puck," I looked around and only saw a dark haired man in the corner staring intently at us. I shook my head and ran out the door. I could see Puck sitting in the seating area down a while with Nathan right in front of him. As I approached him, he put his head in his hands and was breathing pretty hard. "You alright?" I asked.
He shook his head, "No, not really. You have to promise me something though, don't tell Sarah. If this is the farthest this goes, don't tell Sarah."
"Yeah, of course," I sat next to him, "You wanna tell me what's going on though? I wouldn't mind knowing about what I'm hiding."
Puck looked up and shook his head, "It's nothing."
"No," I knocked my shoulder against his, "It's not, what is it?"
He looked around and froze again. He quickly turned his attention to Nathan, "I'd like to leave."
I sighed and was just about to stand when I noticed the same man from earlier. "Who's that?" I asked with a glance to the man staring at us across the lobby.
"My dad," Puck whispered.
I felt my mouth gape slightly, "Your dad?"
Puck nodded and let Nathan grab onto his finger.
I set a hand on his thigh, "Do you want-"
"No," he quickly stated, "Absolutely not."
"Ok," I said quietly, "Well, I guess we should go then."
Puck nodded and stood while grabbing Nate's stroller, "Come on bud, we're gonna find your mom then leave."
But that's not what his dad was planning. The man strode across the carpeted area and stopped in front of us with a smile, "Hello, Noah."
Puck froze and turned to face his father, "Hi, Dad."
I stood next to them and put my hand out, "Nice to meet you, Mr. Puckerman. I'm Blaine Anderson."
He shook my hand while looking me over then turned to Puck with a smirk, "I thought you were dating that short girl."
Puck's jaw set and he nodded, "I am. This is my friend; Sarah's shopping with Grace right now."
Mr. Puckerman's eyes seemed to widen slightly, "Grace? Your sister? She's here?"
"Yeah," Puck stated, "She's here somewhere and I'd prefer if you don't go anywhere near her. She's happy as she is."
Mr. Puckerman glared at his son, "I'll do as I want. Now who's this little guy?" he bent down to look in the stroller, "Did you steal him?"
Puck jerked it backwards, "He's mine, I didn't steal him. I brought him home last week with Sarah."
Mr. Puckerman straightened up, "I'm a grandpa."
I glanced at Puck, guessing he hadn't told his dad about Beth either then.
Nathan cried softly, breaking Puck's trance. He quickly grabbed out the youngest Puckerman and rocked him against his chest, "Shh, it's alright, Daddy's here."
"He looks a lot like you did," Mr. Puckerman whispered, his eyes locked on the baby with a small smile on his face, "Kinda looks like..."
"Jake?" Puck guessed. He smirked at his father's shocked expression, "Yeah, I met my brother a few months ago. We spent the holidays together."
"I'm glad you're getting along," Mr. Puckerman said quietly, "What's your son's name?" he asked.
Puck smiled for the first time as he looked down at Nate, "His name is Nathan Christopher Puckerman. It's Jewish and then his middle name is after Sarah's dad."
Mr. Puckerman nodded and smiled as well. Tentatively, he set a hand on Nathan's back, "Mind if I hold him?"
Puck took a deep breath and looked at me. I gave him a small smile and nod, what's the worst that could happen?
Puck gave Nathan a soft squeeze before gently placing him in his dad's arms, "Just...watch his head and he might wiggle a bit since he doesn't know you."
Sure enough, Nate started moving around and began struggling against Mr. Puckerman's grip. Yet the grandpa stayed calm and only smiled down at his grandson, "Hi there Nathan."
"What the hell?"
Puck and I spun around to face Sarah and Grace. Grace looked intrigued as Sarah hid her view firmly with an angry look on her face.
~~~~~GLEE~~~~~
Grace's Point of View
Sarah and I walked out of the store each with a bag in hand. I had ended up getting more than just a dress, but Sarah didn't care because she was buying Nate clothes too.
Sarah wove her arm through mine, "So when are you going to forgive your brother?"
I shrugged, "When he stops making me feel little."
"You are little," Sarah pointed out.
I stuck my tongue out at her, "I'm only shorter than you by a couple inches."
"It better stay that way," Sarah teased.
I laughed before quieting down, "Maybe I'll forgive Noah later today. He's pretty nice."
Sarah laughed, "Yeah, he is."
"Was your dance fun last night?" I asked.
She nodded, "Yup. I even sang a song."
"To Noah?" I raised my eyebrows.
"Yes, to Noah," Sarah smiled.
I stepped onto the escalator, "What song?"
"Starlight by Taylor Swift," Sarah stepped on behind me, "You know that song."
"It's a love song," I stated.
"Because I love your brother," Sarah giggled.
I turned to look at her and rolled my eyes, "Gross."
Sarah gently pushed me off the escalator at the bottom, "Shut up. I seem to remember someone having their own crush. Was there a reason you wanted the dress?"
I blushed and shoved her, "None of your business."
"Uh-huh," Sarah laughed, "That's what I thought."
We walked over to the lobby area that Sarah and Noah agreed to meet at. Suddenly, Sarah stopped and jerked me behind her.
"What are you doing?" I asked while looking around her arms.
"What the hell?" she said rather loudly.
I finally noticed Noah and Blaine with Nathan, but they weren't the ones holding him. Nathan was in the arms of some guy that looked like Noah and Jake mixed together.
Noah and Blaine spun around at Sarah's voice. They both started running at us while the man looked confused, but returned to normal when Nathan started crying.
Noah grabbed Sarah in his arms and held her tight, "I'm sorry, he was just all the sudden here and he wanted to meet him and I didn't know what to do," he whispered.
Sarah kissed Noah softly and held his face, "It's ok, we'll get passed this, ok? I promise you. I'm right here."
Blaine knelt down so we were eye level and he hugged me, "Hey, it's alright."
"I don't get it," I gently pushed him away, "Who's that?" I pointed towards the man and Nathan.
Sarah took a deep breath and stepped away from Noah who knelt down next to Blaine, "Mons-Grace, I need you to suck it up and put all this crap behind you because you're about to probably get screwed over for the second time in your life meaning this is no time for you to bitch at me."
"Puck!" Sarah and Blaine yelled at the same time as my eyes widened.
"What?" Noah shrugged, "Grace wants to be treated like a teenager, I'm going to treat her like a teenager."
I quickly shook my head, "No, I'm sorry."
Noah sighed, "You are so confusing."
Blaine stood and Sarah grabbed his arm tightly.
I glanced over Noah's shoulder at the man holding Nathan again, "Why's that guy holding Nate?"
Noah slowly turned my face to look at him, "That's our dad."
My eyes widened and I looked back to the man, "Really?"
"Yeah," Noah said quietly, "You don't have to do anything you don't want to, you don't have to-"
"I want to meet him," I interrupted.
"Oh God," Sarah muttered.
Blaine came back and knelt down next to a shocked Noah, "Are you sure, kiddo?"
I nodded my head, "Yes, I want to meet my dad."
I wasn't sure why, but I felt like I needed to. This was my dad and I needed to meet him at least once in my life.
Noah carefully stood and grabbed my hand. He cleared his throat, "Alright, come on."
I felt Blaine and Sarah walking closely behind us to the lobby. Once there, Sarah's arms shot forward as if to grab Nathan, but stopped halfway.
Noah noticed and took Nathan in his arms, "Dad, you remember Sarah, right?"
He nodded and slightly smiled at her, "Nice to see you again."
Sarah remained quiet and gave a stiff nod while taking Nathan away from Noah.
"And Dad," Noah gently pushed me in front of him, yet kept his hand on my shoulder, "This is Grace."
I stared up at my dad, "Hi."
He smiled, "Hi, how are you?"
"I'm good," I whispered and looked at the ground, suddenly feeling nervous.
Noah cleared his throat, "So, what are you doing here?"
Our dad shrugged, "Even dads have to go shopping ever once and a while; you know that, Noah."
Noah nodded, "Yes, but still..."
"I was hoping to find you here, though," he said quietly, "Could I pull you to the side for a minute?"
Sarah sucked in a breath and turned around angrily. Blaine gently pulled me backwards so Noah could walk towards our dad.
"I can't guarantee anything," Noah whispered as he led our dad away.
"He can't do this again," Sarah said angrily to Blaine in a hushed tone, "He destroyed Puck last time and I will not allow that this time around."
"Puck'll stand his ground," Blaine reassured Sarah. He looked down at me, "Are you ok?"
I shrugged, "I don't know what to call him."
"Nothing," Sarah stated, "You don't have to call him anything."
Blaine gave Sarah a disapproving look before turning back to me, "Wanna go get a smoothie or hot chocolate?"
"No!"
The three of us turned around to see Noah and our dad glaring at each other. Some surrounding people looked up as well.
"You're my son!" our dad yelled back to Noah.
"That meant nothing to you, why should it mean anything to me?" Noah asked loudly.
I noticed our dad's hands clench into fists that he started to raise.
Blaine ran forward and pushed Noah backwards, both of them landing on the ground. My father angrily watched them before shaking his head and turning to leave.
"Wait!" Noah jumped up and pointed at our dad, "Let me just say something," the man paused, but didn't turn so Noah continued, "I'm not giving you the money because I need it for my own family. I won't let you be selfish and destroy my life just so you can continue buying beer or whatever else it is you live on. Don't think about calling Jake either, he's fine and doesn't need to be bothered."
Our dad shook his head again before leaving.
Noah watched him then turned to help Blaine up, "Thanks."
Blaine nodded, "No problem."
Noah came back to me and hugged me against him, "I'm sorry you had to see that, Grace. It wasn't exactly the best way to meet your dad."
I looked up at him with a small smile, "I already have a dad, at home."
Noah nodded, "You're right."
I looked at the ground, "Can I still be your monster?"
Noah chuckled and gently hit my shoulder, "Yeah, you can still be my monster."
~~~~~GLEE~~~~~
Blaine's Point of View
Sarah and I sat silently next to each other as Puck paced the room. He had Nathan in his arms with the phone squished between his ear and shoulder. It was only a matter of time before he did this; call Jake. He'd managed to stay pretty calm until we got home where he automatically went to his room not letting go of Nathan.
"I don't care, Jake, I worked for that money. I might have given it to him last time, but I really need it now; diapers cost a lot when the kid goes through a pack a day," Puck stated into the phone.
Sarah shook her head and laughed softly. I raised my eyebrows at her and she shrugged, "He's not exactly wrong, Nate does go through a lot."
I was about to reply when Puck said loudly, "Five hundred freakin dollars."
Sarah stiffened and I wrapped an arm around her, "It's alright," I whispered.
Puck scoffed, "You have to promise me that you'll graduate high school because I will not allow that to happen to you...So? You have to take those ACTs or whatever in a couple months, do good on them and then I won't have to worry about you...I'm sure Sarah can help you."
I chuckled and Sarah smiled before whispering, "Because Sarah can take care of her son, maintain her 3.8 GPA, and help her boyfriend's brother study for the most important test of his and her life. She's like a superhero."
I laughed harder and Puck glared at us, "I'm on the phone."
Sarah and I lost it. We fell backwards on the mattress in a fit of laughter.
"Jake, I gotta go, I'll talk to you later," Puck ended the call and tossed his cell on the mattress near my head, "You guys couldn't stay quiet for one minute?"
We laughed harder, which only seemed to egg on Puck's anger.
"Come on, Nate, let's leave," he muttered.
"No, come on," Sarah sat up and ran over to him at the door. She grabbed his arm and tugged him to sit between us on the bed, "Come on, we're sorry."
I nodded while sitting up, "Totally."
Puck sighed and nodded as well.
"Now tell us, what'd Jake say?" Sarah ran a hand down the back of his neck.
"At first he was kinda upset, but then he said I should have given the ass my money," Puck said quietly, "After I convinced him I was right, he was kinda worried because he didn't want to see him. Do you guys think I was wrong?"
Sarah kissed his cheek, "No, you did what was right and I'm proud of you for standing your ground."
I nudged his shoulder and nodded, "You gave him money last time, that's good enough. What you said about your family was good too; how you needed to take care of them."
Puck stared down at Nathan, "Do you think he realized what happened?"
"Your dad?" Sarah asked, "Puck, you-"
I shook my head at her and turned to Puck, "He's so young, just weeks, that he won't remember any of this. Plus, he was asleep for most of it."
Puck smiled, "Thanks."
"Keep saying that, I appreciate it," I teased.
Sarah reached over and shoved me hard enough that I fell off the bed, "My boyfriend, not your's, no flirting."
I chuckled while sitting up, "You're pretty strong."
"Well," Sarah raised her hands, "I did shove a baby out of me."
"An awesome baby," Puck defended while smiling down at Nathan.
"A very cute baby," Sarah said softly.
I smiled at the two of them and their different family. I stood and was just about to leave when Puck grabbed my wrist, "Stay for dinner."
Sarah nodded, "Please."
I smirked, "I don't know, I've been with you guys long enough today that I've ended on the floor twice." They laughed and I sat on the bed, "Any idea what we're having?"
~~~~~GLEE~~~~~
Sarah's Point of View
I woke from a nightmare panting. Puck's dad had come to our house and went on a revenge rampage.
I rolled to my side only to find Puck missing, but there was a soft glow coming from the nursery. I glanced at the clock; it was half past midnight. Has Puck been up for an hour feeding Nate?
I crawled out of bed and quietly walked over to the nursery. I was about to open the doors when I heard Puck whispering.
"I promise I'll never call you garbage. That was one of the worst moments of my childhood and I promise I'll never let you feel like that...'cause kid, I-I love you. I'm going to do everything I can to make sure I don't turn into my dad; you and Beth deserve way more than that."
I felt frozen in place. Maybe I shouldn't have listened in. That was kinda personal. I was about to go back to bed when the doors opened.
Puck jumped, "What are you doing up?"
"I had a nightmare," I said softly, "But I'm fine."
Puck shut off the nursery light and closed the doors before leading me back to bed, "Wanna tell me about it?"
I hid in his chest, "No, I just want to be here with you."
He wrapped his arms around me, "Ok, I can do that."
I was just about to fall asleep when I whispered, "You're nothing like your dad, Noah."
Puck kissed the top of my head, "Thank you."
~~~~~GLEE~~~~~
A/N: Thoughts? I know it was a little angsty, but I tried to lighten it up a little, so I hope you liked it. Can you believe it? 50 chapters! I'm so happy! PLEASE REVIEW with any questions, comments, concerns, or suggestions! I'd love to hear what you have to say!
~~~~~GLEE~~~~~
Jenni - I appreciate you telling me. I'm going to try and make her better so she's less annoying. I'm glad you like everything else though!
Tyra - Thanks for the idea! It wasn't for long, but I hope you still liked it.
Gabby - I hope you liked it. I tried making him kinda funny despite what he was going to do.
dance-sing-live - Thanks again, like always! Hope you liked it!
~~~~~GLEE~~~~~
Sneak Peak: "What's this?" I asked in awe. "A surprise," Puck smiled, "Do you like it?" I numbly nodded, "Yeah."
I'm skipping ahead a little because I couldn't really think of anything for Naked or Diva, but this means we're a little closer to I Do which I'm excited for.
