Beginning Our Life
Last Time: Sarah and Puck's friends and family joined together to convince Puck to join college. In the end, Puck decided to enroll in an online course. 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.
I Quit
Sarah's Point of View
Marley and I walked out of the auditorium together, "I'd like to hear some of your songs."
She shrugged, "But no one else does."
"Come on, I bet they're really great," I urged.
She shook her head, "They don't care."
"They're just mad about Mr. Schue," I stated, "His ideas sucked."
Marley laughed, "Exactly."
"Wanna teach me how to write a song?" I asked, "I've always wanted to try."
"Yeah, sure," she nodded, "We could do it after school."
I smiled, "That'd be great."
~~~~~GLEE~~~~~
I groaned, "This is so hard."
"That's because you're trying too hard," Marley laughed, "Just let it happen."
"I keep getting distracted," I admitted, "Puck's doing his class right now upstairs and I keep thinking about him."
"Alright," Marley nodded, "We can work with this. You love Puck, right?"
"Duh," I rolled my eyes and flopped back against my pillows.
"What do you love about him?" Marley asked.
I looked at her to see she was holding a notebook and pen. I laughed, "This seems a lot like therapy."
Marley laughed, "I swear it's not. Just tell me, why do you love Puck?"
I shrugged, "He makes me laugh and tells me I'm beautiful and perfect even though I'm obviously not. He gave me the best gift ever. And he's not ugly."
Marley laughed again, "I'd say."
I giggled, "He's kind of perfect."
"I like that," Marley nodded, "Kind of perfect."
"That could be the title," I said softly.
"Perfect," Marley smiled.
I laughed, "Alright, we've got a start."
~~~~~GLEE~~~~~
My mouth gaped at Mr. Schue's outburst to the entire club. He was being so unreasonable and downright mean. He was about to leave when a sudden burst of adrenaline and confidence coursed through me, forcing me to stand.
"Mr. Schue, can you just listen?" I asked.
He spun around, "Excuse me?"
I was shaking, but I tried to keep my cool, "We can't sing those songs. You've done original songs before and done fine. We can always just do one and then some other cover songs along with it."
"Sarah, you are not the teacher of this club, you cannot tell me what to do," Mr. Schue stated, "Now sit."
I angrily jumped down from the risers, "You're just being a bully, Mr. Schue."
His eyes flashed, "Sarah-"
"No, you were getting mad at Marley for speaking up when she's never done anything like that before. You're pretty much making fun of Unique for being who she is. You're fighting Blaine when he has every right to speak up because he is the leader. And you're being really mean to Sam when he's just trying to cope with a school shooting." I finished with a gasp and sat down. My hands were shaking and I was freezing cold, but it felt good to let loose.
"Sarah," Mr. Schue started quietly and it actually scared me, "Ever since your brother left this club, you've been nothing but trouble. I don't need another Hudson trying to take over my glee club, so if you'd please leave, I would greatly appreciate it."
I stared at Mr. Schue, "Are you kidding me? You're seriously kicking me out?"
He shrugged, "You could be working for the other team."
"Other team!" I yelled and stood, "Alright, fine, whatever, I quit." I gathered up my backpack and books, "You know, after the other day when you were helping with Puck, I thought you had finally forgiven Finn since you actually came to help, but you never did. How can you just kick me out because of my brother? That's not fair at all." I marched past him to the door. I was about to leave when I spun around, "Jake, come on."
His eyes widened, "What are you talking about?"
"Mr. Schue's decided that siblings aren't aloud in Glee, so come on, that includes you," I waited patiently.
Jake glanced at Marley and slowly shook his head, "I'm sorry, Sars, but I can't leave."
Angry tears filled my eyes, "Fine. I'll just see you later." I looked at Blaine and had to fight not to sob, "Bye." I spun on my heel and quickly walked away. Once I knew I was out of sight of the choir room, I took off running towards the parking lot. I couldn't stay here any longer.
~~~~~GLEE~~~~~
Puck passed me another tissue, "I mean, I just don't get it," I cried, "Why do Finn's actions have to affect whether or not I'm in the club?"
He kissed my forehead, "I'm sure Mr. Schue will come around."
I fell on his lap, "I hate him, I honestly hate him. I don't care that he's been my teacher for a year and a half. I don't care that he took Finn under his wing. He means nothing to me. You should have heard everything he was saying about Blaine, Marley, Sam, and Unique. It was terrible."
Puck hugged me close, "I bet. Honestly, I'm glad you got out. You don't need that."
I wiped my eyes on his sweatshirt that was wrapped around me, "But I love them. Glee club's my second family."
Nate started crying from his nap and before either of us could move the door opened. We turned to see Mom standing in the doorway.
She froze at the sight of us. "What are you doing here?"
I sat up slightly, "Mr. Schue kicked me out of Glee, so I came home."
"And I decided to take a little time off college to...you know," Puck gestured down to me.
"Honey, I'm sorry," Mom said softly, "Do you know why?"
I wiped my eyes some more, "Finn. Plus, I may have been a little too outspoken."
Mom smiled slightly, "I'm sure you'll figure this all out. Just apologize."
I shook my head, "No way, Mr. Schue was treating everyone terribly and his ideas sucked, someone had to speak up."
She walked over to Nate's nursery and brought him out, "Maybe this'll make you all feel a little better." She placed him in my arms and kissed my forehead, "Love you."
I hugged Nate close to me once Mom was gone, "Mommy's gonna be around a lot more now and I promise it'll be fun," I whispered.
"Hey, don't give up all hope," Puck said softly.
"I'm not giving up," I stated, "I'm just telling the truth. Without Glee, I'll have a lot more time for my family."
Puck wrapped his arms tightly around the two of us, "It's all going to be ok."
I openly sobbed into his shoulder, "Do you promise?"
He kissed the top of my head, "Yes."
~~~~~GLEE~~~~~
"I don't want to go," I whispered to Puck.
He sat up in our bed and looked down at me, "But don't you like school?"
"Where I was kicked out of the only place I belonged? No thanks," I shook my head while sitting up.
"You have to show Schue, Sars," Puck said determinedly, "You have to prove to him that he made a huge mistake in kicking you out and you don't need him. You can't hole up here forever."
"It hasn't been forever," I scoffed, "He kicked me out yesterday. I can miss a day."
"Hey now," Puck softly put his hands on the sides of my face, "You never let me give up or call myself a failure, so I'm not going to let you do just that."
Tears formed in my eyes as I hugged him, "You're the best."
"I know," he smirked.
I slid off the bed and grabbed my clothes, "Well, I guess I have to get ready."
"That's my girl," Puck nodded.
I hurried out of the room and into the bathroom. I quickly locked the door and dropped my clothes. I kneeled in front of the toilet while taking a deep breath. There was no way I could go to school today. It was a Friday, not like I'm going to be doing anything anyways. I slowly stuck my fingers in my mouth and gagged before completely throwing up everything I had for dinner and dessert yesterday.
~~~~~GLEE~~~~~
Mom felt my forehead, "You don't feel like you have a fever."
Puck watched with narrow eyes from the corner of the room with Nate securely in his arms.
I lied back into the pillows and coughed, "I just feel terrible."
"I wonder if it's the stress of Glee and being a mom," Mom said quietly with a glance towards Puck.
"I don't know," Puck bit back.
I coughed harder, "Maybe the flu. That's going around."
"Two months ago," Puck snapped.
"I'll go get you some juice," Mom left the room.
Puck strode across the room, "Are you freaking kidding me? You little liar. You just told me you'd go to school and now you're faking sick."
"I'm not faking," I lied with a blush.
"Listen," Puck sat on the bed, "I know you hate this. I know this is hard. But you can't just give up and quit school."
"You don't get it," I fought, "You've never been kicked out or even quit Glee. You were always welcome."
"Fine, you got me there," Puck admitted, "But I almost failed high school. Do you remember how crappy I felt? If it was up to me, I would have never gone back there, but I did and what happened? I got the opportunity to redo that damn test and passed. I didn't give up and I don't want you to give up either."
I stared down at my hands, "It just sucks."
"I know," Puck whispered and ran a hand down my hair. He glanced down at Nate and picked up his tiny hand, "We love Mommy, though, right?" He waved Nate's hand, "Right."
I laughed softly and kissed Puck's lips before Nate's nose, "And I love you two, too."
Puck chuckled. He quieted down, "So, what do you say? You going back to school?"
I sighed and tossed off the blankets from my legs, "I guess."
Puck followed me out of the room, "I'm not taking any chances, which means today, we're showering together."
I laughed and looked back at him, "And what are we going to do with our son?"
Puck held up a finger and turned to the stairs, "Finn! Get down here! It's an emergency!"
Finn came running down, "What?"
I held back a laugh as Puck passed Nate over. "I need you to watch this guy while I make sure his mom doesn't skip out on school," he explained.
"Oh, alright," Finn nodded and went back upstairs, "Come on, bud."
"Idiot," Puck shook his head while turning back to me, "So, you ready? We haven't taken a shower together in, like, months."
I laughed, which quickly turned into a scream when Puck threw me over his shoulder and ran into the bathroom.
~~~~~GLEE~~~~~
"Alright, Hudson, you can't run from me now."
I spun around to face Blaine. It was true. For the past four hours, I've been avoiding everyone from Glee, except those who I have class with and even then I didn't talk to them. And now, it's the end of the day and I have nowhere to hide.
"Come on," he grabbed my hand, "We have to talk."
"I don't know," I shrugged away, "I'm not really in the mood to sing ever since I was denied the right."
"Fair enough," Blaine put his hands up, "I'm just asking to talk to you."
"I guess," I closed my locker.
We started walking together down the hall, towards the auditorium, I noticed, but whatever.
"We missed you at lunch today," Blaine started, "Who'd you eat with?"
"Puck came and met me outside," I muttered.
"Oh," Blaine nodded, "That's cool."
"It was fun," I said.
"He actually text me," Blaine told me, "Said to make sure you don't go to the bathroom by yourself. I'm guessing he sent it as a group message or something. What's that about?"
"None of your business," I snapped, "It was a stupid mistake."
"Whoa, whoa," Blaine halted to a stop and grabbed my arm to do the same to me, "Come on, you have to tell me what's going on."
"I may have forced myself to throw up this morning just so I wouldn't have to come to school," I admitted quietly, "And Puck may be a little scared that I'm going to become addicted to it as a way to lose weight along with a way to skip school."
"Sarah," Blaine breathed before pulling me into his arms, "Do you really think-"
"No," I interrupted, "Of course not. I mean, obviously I need to lose weight, but I'd never-"
"You need to what?" Blaine held me at arms length. "Sarah," he breathed, "No. You're beautiful."
"And you're gay," I snapped, "Why does your opinion matter?"
His eyes fell slightly, but otherwise he kept his composure, "I'm your best friend, I think my opinion matters a bit."
I sighed and tightly hugged him, "I'm sorry. Of course your opinion matters, this is just kinda stressful. My whole world was turned upside down yesterday, which was my fault, and I need to accept that."
Blaine stepped back, but kept his hands on me, "You were standing up for your friends, which was really brave, and going against our teacher. Sure, it bit you in the butt, but we all admire you for it."
We started walking again down the hall again. I grabbed Blaine's hand, "Well, thank you."
"No problem," he smiled.
Unique was waiting outside the auditorium, "Well, look who showed up."
I shrugged, but smiled, "Hey."
She hugged me, "Thanks for yesterday."
"No problem," I laughed softly.
"Come on, Marley's waiting," she grabbed my other hand and we went inside.
I took a place between Blaine and Sam at the piano and couldn't help but smile during Marley's song.
Once it finished, I nodded along with the others until finally saying, "I'd really love to sing that with you at Regionals."
Sam's head snapped over, "You want to rejoin?"
I shrugged, "Well, I can't really deal with Mr. Schue, but I know I'd love to sing a song like that with you guys."
"Just apologize," Blaine suggested.
I turned to him, "You're kidding, right?"
He sighed, "Sorry, but how else can you rejoin?"
"I don't know," I leaned against the piano, "He treated you guys kind of crappy."
"But we all just have to pick up and move on," Unique said softly.
I met eyes with Marley, "Yeah, but it's just hard."
She gave a small smile, "For all of us, but we need you. You're kinda like the glue."
I laughed, "Yeah, no."
Sam wrapped his arm around me, "Seriously, everyone tells you their problems and does duets with you."
I laughed harder, "We'll see."
~~~~~GLEE~~~~~
I was trying to get Nate to stop crying when the doorbell rang. Puck was upstairs and I literally taped the stairs so he wouldn't come down and try to help. He really needed to get his college stuff done for the day. The only good thing about not being in Glee was the part where I could take care of Nate while everyone else was busy.
"Shh, alright, hold on," I soothed while rocking Nate in my arms and running to the door. I opened it and froze.
"Can I come in?" Mr. Schue asked.
I glanced down at Nate still crying. "I don't know," I muttered, "I'm busy."
"Sarah, please?" Mr. Schue pushed.
I sighed and stepped back, "Welcome."
He walked passed me to the living room. He sat on the couch, "How are you?"
I couldn't help but glare at him while sitting on the chair, "A little busy." I gave a pointed glance towards Nate.
"I see," Mr. Schue nodded, "How are you taking to being a mom?"
I shrugged, "Nate's my world. I love him more than anything. It's hard, but I don't care."
"That's great," Mr. Schue smiled.
"Why are you here?" I asked, "No offense, really, but why?"
"To ask you to rejoin Glee Club," he stated simply. "You're one of our best singers and you keep everyone happy. The way you stood up to me the other day was gutsy, but I admire that. I think you're a leader that I'd really like on my team."
I smiled with a blush, "Thank you."
"So you're in?" he asked.
I was about to say yes, when a thought occurred to me, "What about Finn?"
Mr. Schue smiled, "We talked and he's going to be a co-teach Glee with me. He'd really like if you-"
"Yes!" I stood, "Yes, yes, yes!" I quickly set Nate in the bassinet and hugged Mr. Schue, "Thank you!"
He laughed, "You're welcome."
"I was going to go and apologize to you, but the fact that you did it first makes me kind of pumped and maybe my ego's bursting just a little," I ranted.
Mr. Schue chuckled, "Alright, alright."
I ran to the stairs and tore down the tape, "Puck! Puck!" I was running up when Puck ran down. We ran into each other and stumbled down the stairs. I landed on his chest, "Guess what?"
"What's wrong?" he groaned while sitting up.
"Mr. Schue's letting me back in Glee!" I screamed.
"That's great," he kissed my forehead. He reached around and rubbed his back, "That really hurts though."
"I am so sorry," I scrambled off of him and helped him up, "Do you want some ice?"
He nodded, "Yeah."
We walked into the kitchen where I filled an icepack. Mr. Schue came in with Nate, "I heard a loud noise, you two ok?"
Puck smirked, "Someone was a little excited and we ran into each other on the stairs."
I gently placed the ice on Puck's back, "I'm really sorry."
"Don't worry about it," Puck shook his head.
Mr. Schue sat at the table, "How's college?"
Puck smiled and sat opposite our teacher, "Pretty good."
"Well, I'd like if you could take a day off and maybe visit sometime to help with Regionals," Mr. Schue suggested.
Puck glanced at me, "I think that'd be fun. Maybe Nate could come."
"I'd really like to sing for him," I smiled.
"That would be great," Mr. Schue smiled back, "I look forward to it."
~~~~~GLEE~~~~~
Finn hooked elbows with me and we walked in the choir room. Everyone cheered at the sight of us and I was suddenly swept off my feet.
"I knew you wouldn't leave!" Sam yelled while spinning me around.
I laughed, "Oh my gosh, it's been like a week."
"A week of torture," Blaine smirked as he hugged me, "Glad to have you back."
"We all are," Marley smiled.
~~~~~GLEE~~~~~
A/N: I felt like this episode took forever for me to write, but I finally finished and I'm excited to move to the next because I like what's coming. PLEASE REVIEW with any questions, comments, concerns, or suggestions! I'd love to hear what you think!
~~~~~GLEE~~~~~
Alex B. Goode - Thanks!
Tyra - Thanks a ton!
dance-sing-live - The Beth storyline was actually in BOL. It was at the very beginning during the summer. It became official in Chapter 15. I've really missed Quinn too and knew she needed to be there. And how can I have a central Sarah/school chapter and have Blaine not involved? He'll be a main part next chapter. I foreshadowed it (ahh, I'm using writing terms!).
~~~~~GLEE~~~~~
Sneak Peak: Sarah collappsed against her mat, "That was the hardest thing I've ever done." "Tell me about it," I gasped.
Anyone know what they're doing?
