Never Forgotten Past
Last Time: Rachel found out that Puck and Grace have been living with the Hudson-Hummels. The girls went dress shopping for Rachel and Finn's wedding. It was revealed that Grace and Puck may be separated when their mom is released from rehab. Sarah believes Grace will always be with the Hudson-Hummels from now on. And that's what you missed last time on Never Forgotten Past.
Disclaimer: I don't own Glee or any songs that I may put in here.
Their Future
Finn's Point of View
I slowed my truck and pulled up behind Puck's own car in the driveway to the house Mom and Burt had told us about.
"Good curb appeal," Kurt nodded as I turned off the engine.
I'm not completely sure what that means, so I just hopped down from the car and walked over to where Sarah was clutching onto Puck's arm. Grace stood next to them with a smile on her face, different from her brother and his girlfriend.
"Can we go in?" Grace asked.
"Of course!" Kurt said as he appeared. He grabbed Grace's hand and the two of them ran inside to check it out.
"I don't want to move," Sarah whispered.
Puck's hand rubbed up and down her back, "It won't be bad. Besides, do you really want to live in a basement for the next two years?"
Sarah shook her head and looked at me.
"Let's go in," I suggested and I led the way to the front door.
We walked through the door to see Mom, Burt, Kurt, and Grace talking in the living room.
"Oh, great, you guys came in," Mom smiled while walking towards us.
"Yeah, just enjoying the curb appeal," I said, pulling out Kurt's language.
I could tell from Kurt's face that he knew that I had no idea what I just said.
"It is beautiful," Mom said, "How about we show you around?"
The three of us nodded and followed Mom down a hall. We walked passed a dining room, a side study, the kitchen, living room, great room, bathroom number one, and bathroom number two before we made it to the back of the house. There were a set of stairs going up between three doors.
"This one is the master bedroom," Mom pointed to the door on the far left, "This will be Grace and the baby's room, if it's a girl," the middle door, "And this will be your room Sars."
Sarah walked towards the door on the right, still holding on to Puck's hand, and pushed it open. I followed them into the light blue room with Mom right behind me.
There was a large closet to the left and a huge window with a connected seat straight ahead. Sarah walked almost absentmindedly to the closet, dropping Puck's hand, and opened it with a gasp.
"Oh my God," she whispered and walked in. She walked in, "This is huge," came her voice.
"Now you can get more clothes," Mom smiled.
Sarah poked her head out, "Really?"
Mom nodded before turning to me and Puck, "Want to go see where you guys will stay?"
Puck and I exchanged a look.
"Where?" I asked.
"Up stairs," Mom said while walking out of the room.
"Wanna come?" Puck asked Sarah.
She looked away from the window, "I'm good, I kind of want to take it all in."
Puck nodded and we walked out. Mom was waiting for us at the bottom of the staircase, "Ready?" she asked.
"Yeah," Puck answered.
I couldn't, my mouth had suddenly gone dry and I had no idea why.
We walked up the stairs to find a huge, open room with a door off to the side and what looked like two closets.
"I know it still has the three of you sharing a room, but I figured this is a little bigger than the basement and it does have some closet space and a bathroom," Mom said softly.
I headed over to the far wall where there were two windows like the one in Sarah's room, each had a seat connected to it as well. I sat down on one of the seats and looked out the window while Puck went to see the bathroom.
"Whoa, this is giant!" Puck exclaimed, "There's a toilet and a shower in here!"
Mom laughed and went to join him, but I zoned out. I really could imagine living here. It seemed perfect for all of us, well, at least for the ones that were staying. Kurt and I probably weren't going to stay once summer ended and who knew what Puck was going to do, or what he was going to have to do. After a while, this might actually turn into a playroom for the baby or Sarah could move up here so Grace could have her own room.
"Yo! Gigantator!"
I looked up to see Puck standing in front of me waving his hands.
"Yeah, what?" I asked, snapping out of my trance.
"You ready?" Puck raised his eyebrows.
I nodded and stood to follow him down the stairs. There was laughter coming from one of the rooms, I think Grace's, so that's where we headed. Sure enough, Sarah and Grace were dancing around in the middle of the room to Sarah's iPod. Puck and I watched them for a minute before they realized we were there.
"Do you guys want to go out to eat?" Puck asked.
The girls smiled and Sarah ran to put her iPod in her pocket. We went outside to find that Puck's truck was the only one left in the driveway.
"Mom and Burt had to get to the real estate agent before noon to close on the house and Kurt was going to pick out paint colors with Mercedes," Sarah explained while climbing into the backseat next to Grace.
"He said my room can be my favorite color, purple!" Grace yelled.
"Calm down kid, no need to scream in my car. Haven't we already discussed this anyways?" Puck said as he pulled out of the driveway.
"I'm sorry Noah," Grace whispered.
We laughed and fell into a comfortable silence the rest of the ride to the mall. Once there, we went directly to the food court to get our lunch. Grace automatically grabbed Puck's hand and pulled him to the Chinese food.
"What do you want?" Sarah asked.
I shrugged, "Doesn't matter. Do you have anything in mind?"
"Mexican," Sarah smirked.
I laughed because I knew she was going to say that, "Then let's go get some Mexican food."
"The new house is nice," I said while we stood in line.
Sarah nodded.
"Do you still not want to move?" I asked.
"I guess it doesn't matter, the house is nice, my room is huge, I'm kinda looking forward to it," Sarah admitted before stepping forward and ordering.
Ten minutes later we were seated at a table off to the side. Puck and Grace joined us soon after.
"Sarah," Grace started.
My sister looked up from her tacos, "Yeah?"
"Are you pregnant too?"
The blood drained from my face. Sarah coughed and turned a bright red. Puck started choking on his chicken.
"What?" Sarah whispered.
I glanced at her stomach to make sure it was flat before turning to hit Puck on the back since he was still choking.
"Grace," Puck managed to breath out once he was better, "Why?" he started coughing again and Sarah passed him her drink.
"There's another room in Sarah's room. I saw it," Grace said innocently, "It's kind of small for a room, but big enough for a baby."
"Oh," Sarah said softly, "Um, Grace," she started to smile and giggled a little.
"Is it not a baby room?"
Sarah shook her head, "That's going to be my closet."
I let out a nervous laugh, "See Grace? It's just for her clothes, not a baby."
"My closet's not that big!" Grace exclaimed with wide eyes, "That's not fair."
"Sarah's older than you, that's why she gets the bigger closet," Puck told his sister.
Grace looked down at her food, "Oh."
"You know what?" Sarah asked.
Grace looked up, "What?"
"When I move out in a few years, you can have my room and the baby can stay in your room," Sarah reasoned.
Grace smiled, "Ok."
Puck sat back on his chair, "Thank God," he groaned, referring back to the pregnant thing.
"I know," I muttered back.
Everyone went back to eating their food when a thought occurred to me. Sarah and Puck actually seemed a little worried about the baby thing, like that it could really happen or something.
"What's going to happen if the baby's a boy?" I asked.
We all exchanged a look.
"Maybe they'll sleep upstairs with you guys," Sarah suggested.
"What?" Puck yelled, "We can't have a baby in our room."
"It'll get in the way," I added.
Sarah laughed, "Get in the way of what? Your Mario Kart and Call of Duty?"
"I would share a room with him," Grace smiled.
"Let's just cross that path when we get there," Puck said.
Grace nodded and stood to get a refill on her pop.
"They're really banking on this kid being a girl though," I said as I took a sip of my drink.
"I think they're banking on something else as well in order to really be hoping for a girl," Puck admitted quietly.
He was talking about the fact that him and Grace might have to go live with their mom again.
"Don't think like that," Sarah scolded in a whisper.
"It could happen though," Puck told her.
"But it won't," I pointed out.
I liked living with Puck and Grace. For one, I could keep a better eye on Puck and Sarah to make sure nothing was happening that shouldn't be. Two was that it made Sarah happy. Third, I liked having another guy around that would do guy things with me, when he's not stuck to my sister's face. And finally, I would never admit this, but I'm glad to know that Puck and Grace are safe and out of harm's way.
Grace came bouncing back, "Guess who I saw?"
"Who?" Puck asked.
"Allie!" Grace smiled, "She asked if I could go shopping with her and her mom. Can I?"
Puck looked at me and Sarah.
"Sure," I said.
"Sounds fun," Sarah smiled.
"Ok, bye," Grace started to walk away, but Puck grabbed her hand.
"I never said you could go and I'm in charge of you since you're my sister."
Grace's face fell, "Please Noah."
"I guess," Puck smiled and stood up, "But I want to talk to her mom to see if she can drive you home because I don't want to come back up here to get you."
Grace nodded and led him away to where her friend was waiting.
I stared at Sarah, "Do you have anything else planned for today?"
She shook her head, "Nope, just this."
I nodded, "Me neither, maybe I'll call Rachel."
"Sounds fun," Sarah smiled and stood to dump our trash.
I followed her, "Why don't you and Puck do something?"
"We'll see."
Puck came up behind us, "Grace is going to her friend's house and will be back for dinner."
"Do we need to pick her up?" I asked as we made our way out of the mall and to the truck.
"Nah, the girl's mom is driving her home," Puck said while unlocking the truck.
"It's so nice out," Sarah said absentmindedly.
"Want to go for a walk?" Puck asked her quietly.
"I'd like that," Sarah whispered.
Puck looked satisfied with himself and nodded.
Despite sitting in the passenger seat, I felt like I was invading their privacy, so I cleared my throat.
"Sorry Finn," Sarah giggled, "Forgot you were there."
"Why else would you be sitting in the backseat?" I smirked.
Puck turned up the radio to an old Journey song. I recognized it as Lovin' , Touchin', Squeezin.
He started singing softly to it and I laughed, "If you're going to sing, do it right," and I belted out the lyrics.
Sarah and Puck laughed and started singing along with me the rest of the ride home.
~~~~~GLEE~~~~~
Puck's Point of View
Sarah's fingers wove through mine as we walked down the sidewalk towards the park. I smiled and looked down at her.
"What?" she asked when she noticed my smile.
"Nothing," I smiled back and pulled her closer to me.
Sarah giggled and nodded, "Fine, don't tell me."
I chuckled, "I won't."
Sarah led me to an open bench near some of the swings, "So, what's up?"
I laughed, "You know what's up. We live together, you see me everyday."
Sarah shrugged, "I could have missed something."
"Well you didn't," I whispered before leaning towards her and kissing her softly.
Sarah pulled away after a second and set her chin on my shoulder as her arms wrapped around my torso. I played with some of her curls that had draped down her back.
Suddenly, Sarah jumped back and grabbed my hand. She tried to pull me off the bench, but I was stronger.
"Let's go," Sarah said while pulling harder.
"Why?" I asked.
"Please Noah."
She struck a chord and I knew something was wrong, "Sarah," I pulled her back on my lap, "What's wrong?" I asked slowly.
"We have to go," she repeated in the same tone I just used for her. Sarah slid off my lap and offered her hand.
I stared at it, "I want to know why first."
Sarah glanced behind me and her face froze, "Noah, come on," she pleaded.
I gave in and stood up, "Ok, but you have to explain on the way home."
Sarah nodded, but I could tell from the look in her eyes that whatever she was going to say would be a lie, "Hurry."
I grabbed her hand and as we walked away, I looked behind me and stopped. Beth was running around in the grass with an old man crawling after her. Shelby was standing off to the side with a camera and an older woman. There was a lady that looked a little like Shelby and two kids that joined in to play with Beth and who I'm guessing was her grandpa, or their grandpa.
"Noah, will you-" Sarah stopped when she turned and realized that I noticed what she was trying to shield me from.
"It's ok Sarah," I whispered as I watched the small family. They weren't Beth's real family, but they acted like they were. That wasn't the worst part though, the worst part was that Beth actually believed it.
I shook off the feeling of sadness that I hadn't felt since Christmas and started walking away. Sarah had to run to catch up with me.
"Hey, hey, what's wrong?"
I smirked since she was using the words that I had just said to her, "Doesn't matter."
"Matters to me," Sarah whispered while slipping her hand in mine.
"Shelby just let's Beth see whoever she feels fit," I spit angrily, "She's terrible."
Sarah stopped walking, something I realized a second too late and accidentally yanked her arm.
"You don't actually think that," Sarah said softly.
I shrugged, "If she keeps pulling stunts like this, I will."
"Come here," Sarah pulled me towards an open grassy spot and sat down. She patted the area next to me, "Sit, now."
I sighed and sat. I turned to try and see if Beth was still over in the grass.
"Look at me," Sarah prodded.
I stayed looking at Beth.
"Puck."
She looked so happy with Shelby's family.
"Noah."
One of Beth's cousins caught her around the waist and pulled her onto his lap. He shouldn't have done that, Beth could have gotten hurt.
"Noah David Puckerman! Would you look at me?"
I turned towards Sarah, "What?"
Sarah raised her eyebrows, "What's wrong?" she asked softly.
"I told you and you didn't believe me."
"Because I don't think you really believe that Shelby is a terrible person," Sarah reasoned.
I shrugged, "Why wouldn't I believe that?"
"She cares for Beth, like really cares for her. She makes sure she's safe and healthy and happy," Sarah said carefully, "And I know that you're grateful for that."
I sat and played with some pieces of grass.
Sarah's hand trailed up my leg, "Noah, it's ok to want to see Beth more or to wish you would have kept her."
I sighed and tried to look up to see what Beth was doing.
"Noah, please, stop looking over there, you'll just get hurt."
"Watching my daughter isn't going to hurt me," I groaned and glanced at Sarah.
"Maybe not physically, but definitely mentally," Sarah whispered.
I turned towards her, "I'm not like that."
Sarah smirked, "You're not like what?"
"I'm not going to cry about Beth, if that's what you want me to do," I told her.
"I don't want you to cry, I mean, if you did, that would be ok, but...," Sarah struggled to find the right words to say to me.
"It's fine Sarah, don't worry about it," I said softly.
"Noah."
"Sarah, stop, let's just go home," I grabbed her hand and stood up.
Sarah nodded and we walked in silence.
"I'm always open to talk Puck," Sarah whispered, "You know that."
I shrugged, "Can we talk about something else then?"
Sarah let out a small giggle, "Sure, like what?"
"Like...," I looked around to find something to talk about when, finally, I ended on something that could either get me in trouble or get a laugh out of Sarah, "How that lady over there really needs to wear a bra because it looks like she's running naked."
Sarah elbowed my chest, but laughed, "You are-," she glanced over at the lady I was talking about, "-Right."
I laughed.
"Seriously, who would go out like that?"
I laughed again and opened my mouth to talk, but Sarah placed a hand over it.
"Don't even say it. I know you wish I would actually go around like that," Sarah scolded.
"Ok, ok," I smirked down at her, she knew me so well.
There was a loud ring and Sarah looked down at her pocket. She fished out her phone and glanced at the screen then at me with a smile on her face.
"What's up?" I asked.
"It's Finn, he said he's at Rachel's, Kurt's spending the day with Mercedes, and Mom and Burt are still at the real estate agent's."
I stared at Sarah and, as if on cue, we both started walking as fast as we could to the house.
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A/N: I'm going to write another chapter that doesn't involve them at Regionals because I want to wait and see the next episode so I can find out what happened then put my spin on it. I hope you don't mind. Ok, so I'm open to any suggestions that you may have because I'm hitting a dry spell. Oh, and does anyone know when you can find out the gender of the baby? The story's in the beginning of March, so it's been about two/three months since Carole's gotten pregnant. PLEASE REVIEW with any questions, comments, concerns, or suggestions! I love reading them, they make me smile!
Would you guys mind wishing me luck on something? I'm trying out for a higher up band in school this week and could really use some luck. Thanks! :)
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Ace5492 - Thank you!
REDROBINS007 - It's ok, and thank you so much! That's so nice of you to say.
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Sneak Peak: My eyes flew open when I felt someone climb on the bed. I could hear some whispering, but not much since there was an array of thunder outside.
Might be a little filler, but this idea's been in my head for a while and I needed to write it down.
