A/N: Thanks once again for the reviews and such on the last chapter!
We are now starting to get into the good part of the story - so expect a lot more drama over the next few to come!
So this is a chapter that has been pretty much written from the start! Because I knew at what points, I needed to hit the highly emotionally charged parts of the story. (The Puckleberry relationship starting and breaking up, the 'not' wedding and well now this chapter! So that has definitely got you intrigured for what will happen!)
There are two familiar songs from the show in it, and I think they work well in the context of what happens in this chapter. Which is where the delay came from, because I have to get the points in connection with the songs. (Song note : one person will be italics, one person will be bold and together they will be joint italics bold)
I don't own either of them and are just using them for the purpose of furthering the story.
Also I have mentioned in this chapter where were are in terms of month now, since I have done a bit of jumping, in order to further the story along at a quicker pace and not have any unneeded storylines. (And for the record; because I don't mention this part, but the year that we are in at the moment in the story is 2015. The story started in 2013 and has progressed nearly 3 years, considering it would have started at around the beginning of 2013, when Rachel first ran into the coffee shop in a wet wedding dress!)
Anyway this chapter is probably not really much in terms of actual storyline, because there are two songs in it, that take up a lot of the word count. However they are both very much needed for the progression which will be ongoing in the whole story.
So without my further rambles, here's the next chapter!
And you all know what to do at the end!
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Love KJ xoxoxo
Chapter 35 -
Three months passed, Christmas was fast approaching as December came about once more and the holiday season came into full swing, along with a very cold icy bout of weather.
Blaine and Mikki had settled into life, living with one another. Rachel and Sam had also settled into routine with one another and were enjoying the roommate difference. Rachel had also started to see Brody Weston on a much more serious level, although with his work commitments, being a concierge at one of the top New York hotels; which he did between acting gigs, meant that she still did spend many nights alone. Puck and Brittany were also contending with their life challenges; Brittany who was in some ways getting sick of the single scene, and Puck who was definitely still pining over Rachel, but knew that the attraction was not reciprocated from her end, back to him.
Mikki headed over to Puck's apartment to give him the stuff that she had bought for Jayden on eBay.
She knocked on the front door of the apartment and Puck came and opened it.
"Hey" he said, when he saw his cousin, taking a drink from the bottle of beer that he was holding even though it really wasn't the weather to be drinking something cold.
"Hi" replied Mikki, as he allowed her to walk in.
"What's that?" asked Puck, noticing what she was carrying and closing his front door.
"Oh umm, I saw some bigger sized clothes on eBay and thought that they be cute for Jay" she replied.
"Thanks, just throw them on the chair for me" replied Puck, sitting on the sofa and taking another drink from his beer.
Mikki placed the parcel on the chair and looked at her cousin and smiled sadly and sat down next to him.
"You're not going to find whatever answers to your problems that you're looking for in a bottle of beer" she said, taking it from him and putting it on the table.
"Hey" said Puck going to grab it again, but Mikki took his hands and stopped him from doing so.
"Talk to me. What's going on with you" said Mikki.
Puck looked at her. "My life sucks".
"No it doesn't" replied Mikki.
"Compared to yours it does, you've got your guy. And I can't even manage to keep one wife, let alone even get married to another one. And the one girl that I am crazily in love with, doesn't even want to know me, instead she's dating that Ken doll lookalike" said Puck.
Mikki laughed. "Yeah, he does kind of remind me of a Ken doll".
Puck just nodded.
"Maybe just tell Rach how you feel for her still" said Mikki.
"I can't do that, she's happy. And that's all I want for her" said Puck.
"Do you really think she's happy, deep down" said Mikki.
"Yes" replied Puck.
Mikki looked at him. "Close your eyes" she said.
"What?" asked Puck, looking at his cousin.
"Just close your eyes" she repeated.
"Okay" said Puck, closing his eyes.
"Tell me what you see" said Mikki.
"I see nothing, it's dark" replied Puck.
"No, imagine your life a few years from now what do you see?" asked Mikki.
Puck sighed and thought for a moment.
"I see myself and Jay, that's all I really need in my life, my son" said Puck.
"Okay, just for the purpose of this. Now imagine someone with you bringing up your son, the woman of your dreams whoever she is. Now what do you see" said Mikki.
Puck smiled. "I see at least one more kid with her; a little girl, and we're really happy and in love with one another and it's perfect".
"And who is this woman?" asked Mikki, looking at her cousin's smile, but already really knowing the answer.
"Rachel" he replied, softly.
"Then tell her that Noah please. I hate seeing you like this" said Mikki.
Puck opened his eyes and looked at her.
"Yeah, I would but just one slight problem. The Ken doll" he said.
Mikki laughed. "Oh please it's not like you didn't manage to do bad things to my Ken dolls when I was younger".
Puck laughed. "Yeah I decapitated a few of them didn't I".
"Uh huh, you killed Blaine" said Mikki.
"Huh?" asked Puck.
"Blaine the doll, you pulled his head off" replied Mikki.
"Okay that's not freaky at all, you named a doll called Blaine and you end up with a guy called Blaine" said Puck.
"Well it wasn't intentional and I didn't name the doll. He was actually called that" said Mikki.
"Really" said Puck, looking at his cousin not at all believing her.
Mikki nodded. "Yes. Barbie dumped Ken at one point for this Aussie surfer dude called Blaine, and they created a doll for it. Look it up on the internet you will see I am not lying about it".
"No, that's okay, I believe you, and well I'm sorry I killed Blaine the doll, but I promise you I won't kill Blaine the real guy" said Puck with a laugh.
"Thank you" replied Mikki with a laugh also.
Puck nodded. "However about Ken, or rather Brody. Whilst I don't approve of killing him, because I don't think I'd look good in prison orange, you're right when you say I got to get rid of him".
"You do need to get rid of him, because he's too much of a freaking plastic wannabe, for my liking" said Mikki.
"How then?" asked Puck.
"I don't know" replied Mikki.
"I just can't tell her" said Puck.
"No, but there is one thing you can do that Rach does love and that's music" said Mikki.
"Yeah, a song that kind of tells her how I feel" said Puck, with a nod.
"But which one though?" he asked.
"Umm there was the song, that you two sung together in Glee club when my mum made us do the duets" said Mikki.
"Oh yeah, yeah I know the one you mean" said Puck, standing and going grabbing his guitar from over near the window.
Mikki looked at him and smiled as he sat back down on the sofa next to her and he started to play the opening chords to it.
"Beanery tomorrow night, open mic night. I will make sure Rach is there and you can sing it for her" said Mikki.
Puck nodded. "Sure, but can you please help me out, it would really mean a lot to me if you did. After all it is a duet".
"Sure" replied Mikki with a nod, and the two of them spent a little time practicing the song before Mikki went home to her own apartment.
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The next night, Friday; at the coffee shop, Puck had made sure to bring his guitar along with him when he had come there, along with Jayden who he obviously had for the weekend.
"Can you mind holding him for a bit Britts" said Puck, handing Jayden, over to her from where he was currently sitting on his father's lap.
"Sure, come to Aunty Britty" said Brittany, taking Jayden from him.
"Thanks" replied Puck, and stood up.
He went and grabbed his guitar, which he had hooked on to Jayden's stroller and went up to the stage.
"Umm hi everyone" said Puck, taking the stool that was in the corner of the stage, and also grabbing another one for Mikki as well.
The customers in the coffee shop, looked up at him on the stage.
"So I want to sing you all a song tonight, that means a lot to me. And I'm also going to have my cousin Mikki, help me out with it as well" said Puck.
Mikki looked at him with a nod, and went to stand up.
"What you singing with Puck?" asked Blaine.
Mikki looked at him and smiled. "You'll see" she replied and quickly gave him a kiss on the cheek and then went up to the stage and sat on the other stool.
Puck looked at her, and Mikki nodded for him to start playing.
"Picture perfect memories scattered all around the floor.
Reaching for the phone 'cause I can't fight it anymore" sang Mikki, looking over to where Rachel was sitting with Brody, who didn't have a shift to later that night and had come along to meet her for a coffee; and saw from the look of surprise in her eyes, she knew that her best friend recognised the song that was being sung.
"And I wonder if I ever cross your mind?" Puck came in on the song, looking at Rachel as her sung the lyrics, not letting her gaze drop from his
"For me it happens all the time" sang Mikki, finishing off the first verse, as the two of them both started in on the chorus together.
"It's a quarter after one, I'm all alone and I need you now.
Said I wouldn't call but I've lost all control and I need you now.
And I don't know how I can do without.
I just need you now"
"Another shot of whiskey, can't stop looking at the door.
Wishing you'd come sweeping in the way you did before" sang Puck, looking at Rachel with a smile.
"And I wonder if I ever cross your mind?" sang Puck, as Mikki also came in on the line.
"For me it happens all the time" sang Puck, trying not the emotion of singing this song once again in front of Rachel, get to him; as he and Mikki both started in on the chorus together again.
"It's a quarter after one, I'm a little drunk and I need you now.
Said I wouldn't call but I've lost all control and I need you now.
And I don't know how I can do without.
I just need you now"
"Oh, whoa" sang Puck.
"Guess I'd rather hurt than feel nothing at all" Puck and Mikki sang together.
It's a quarter after one, I'm all alone and I need you now.
And I said I wouldn't call but I'm a little drunk and I need you now.
And I don't know how I can do without.
I just need you now
I just need you now.
Oh, baby, I need you now.
Oh, baby, I need you now.
Rachel just looked at Puck, with an unreadable look as he and Mikki finished the song.
Mikki looked over to her cousin and gave him a small smile, knowing that he had noticed that Rachel hadn't gone for the song in the way that they had anticipated that she would.
The two of them went back over to the others and sat down.
"That was an awesome song" said Brittany, as she passed Jayden back over to Puck.
"Yeah, it's a song I remember from high school" said Puck, with a small smile, looking over to Rachel, who in turn, turned to Brody.
"Sweetie, don't you have to be getting to work soon?" asked Rachel.
Brody looked at his watch. "Yeah, I should be" he replied.
Rachel nodded. "I'll walk you out".
"Thanks" he replied.
Brody stood as did Rachel.
"It was great seeing you guys again, might see you all again soon" said Brody, looking at the others.
"Yeah sure" replied Sam.
"Bye" said Brittany.
"I'll be back in a sec, guys" said Rachel, as the two of them walked over to the coat rack at the door and grabbed their coats before they walked outside.
"I don't like him" said Blaine.
Puck looked at his best friend. "Yeah, join the club".
"He still reminding you of a Ken doll?" asked Mikki, with a laugh.
"Oh so very much" replied Puck, with a laugh.
Mikki laughed also as did the others.
"And speaking of dolls, I found out something interesting the other day on the internet" said Puck.
"You found out something interesting about dolls? Do we need to be worried about what you are looking up on the internet?" asked Sam, with a smile.
"No. I actually thought Mik was pulling my leg" said Puck, looking at her.
"About the whole Blaine thing" said Mikki.
Puck nodded.
"Excuse me, Blaine thing what?" asked Blaine.
"Oh there is a barbie doll apparently called Blaine" said Puck.
"Sure" replied Blaine, with a laugh.
"Sweetie, believe me there is" said Mikki.
Blaine looked at her.
"And Puck pulled Blaine's head off when I was little" said Mikki.
Blaine looked at her and then at Puck in horror as the others chuckled.
"You pulled off it's head?" asked Blaine.
"Yes, because Mikki was always asking me to play with her" said Puck.
"And what Noah Puckerman was too big a boy to play with barbies?" asked Brittany.
"Well yes, and Mik was always trying to steal my GI Joes" said Puck.
Mikki laughed. "Because I didn't have enough male dolls, and I didn't want them all having the same boyfriend, because that would be totally wrong".
"Ken could have been a gigolo" said Sam, with a laugh.
"I was ten, I didn't know what a gigolo was" replied Mikki.
"And I had like four male dolls, it was just I had about ten females, so there was an uneven number. Hence the need for GI Joes" said Mikki.
The others laughed.
"So do you want to know the interesting part I found out" said Puck.
"Sure, I guess" replied Mikki.
"Was there a Mikki doll? Because that would be funny" said Brittany.
"No, but there is a Midge doll apparently" said Puck, with a laugh.
"Midge?" asked Sam.
"It's the name, well nickname of my mom" replied Mikki, with a laugh.
"That is kind of funny" said Brittany.
"Yeah, I have a few Midge dolls back in Ohio. Including the controversial pregnant Midge" said Mikki, with a laugh.
"Ohh, I remember that one. Cynthia and I had her as well, when young" said Brittany.
Mikki looked at her and nodded, as Blaine stood up.
"Where are you going?" asked Mikki, looking at him.
"Bathroom" he replied.
"Okay" replied Mikki, with a nod.
"You are welcome to join me if you wish" said Blaine, with a laugh.
"I think you're right to go on your own sweetie" said Mikki.
"Fine" replied Blaine, with a sigh and headed to the bathroom.
He passed Rachel on the way, who had come back in and hung her jacket up again, as she came back in and went over to the others.
"So K..Brody won't be at the apartment tonight then?" asked Sam, looking at her as her as she sat back down, as the others chuckled at his almost slip of calling Brody, Ken.
"No, he doesn't get off work until late. So he'll just go back to his apartment" said Rachel.
"You're not going to his then?" asked Mikki, looking at her friend.
Rachel shook her head. "No, his roommates are always around and they are really loud and all that. So don't get any sleep when I stay there".
Blaine came back of the bathroom, and walked up to the stage, and over to the piano and sat down.
"Uhh hi everyone" he said.
Everyone, including his friends turned to looked at him.
"So I wanted to sing a song tonight, for a very special person in my life, because I honestly don't know now what I would do without them in my life. And well yeah, this is for you Mikki" said Blaine, and started to play the piano.
"What would I do without your smart mouth?
Drawing me in, and you kicking me out
You've got my head spinning, no kidding, I can't pin you down
What's going on in that beautiful mind
I'm on your magical mystery ride
And I'm so dizzy, don't know what hit me, but I'll be alright" sang Blaine.
He turned in the direction of Mikki, and gave her a smile as he started on the next part of the song.
"My head's under water
But I'm breathing fine
You're crazy and I'm out of my mind"
"Thanks a lot" mouthed Mikki, with a laugh.
Blaine smiled at her as he continued playing.
"'Cause all of me
Loves all of you
Love your curves and all your edges
All your perfect imperfections
Give your all to me
I'll give my all to you
You're my end and my beginning
Even when I lose I'm winning
'Cause I give you all of me
And you give me all of you, ohoh"
"So sweet" said Brittany, leaning towards Mikki and whispering in her ear.
Mikki looked at her friend and nodded, as Blaine continued the song.
"How many times do I have to tell you
Even when you're crying you're beautiful too
The world is beating you down, I'm around through every mood
You're my downfall, you're my muse
My worst distraction, my rhythm and blues
I can't stop singing, it's ringing, in my head for you"
Mikki just looked at Blaine as he sung, smiling. As did the others, including Puck in that moment, who even through his own heartache at the moment, could see how much love there was between Blaine and Mikki.
"My head's under water
But I'm breathing fine
You're crazy and I'm out of my mind.
'Cause all of me
Loves all of you
Love your curves and all your edges
All your perfect imperfections
Give your all to me
I'll give my all to you
You're my end and my beginning
Even when I lose I'm winning
'Cause I give you all of me
And you give me all of you, ohoh"
Mikki glanced around the coffee shop quickly and she could see that everyone in there, was entranced by Blaine's performance and she smiled as she looked back to him.
"Give me all of you
Cards on the table, we're both showing hearts
Risking it all, though it's hard;
'Cause all of me
Loves all of you
Love your curves and all your edges
All your perfect imperfections
Give your all to me
I'll give my all to you
You're my end and my beginning
Even when I lose I'm winning
'Cause I give you all of me
And you give me all of you
I give you all of me
And you give me all of you, ohoh"
Blaine finished singing the song, to a round of applause and then the patrons continued to talk amongst themselves again.
He quietly got up from the stage, taking a deep breath and walked over to where the others were and to where Mikki was.
"Mikki" he said, getting down on one knee in front of her.
Mikki looked at him as did the others.
"I love you with every part of my heart and soul" said Blaine.
The coffee shop went quiet once again, as everyone in there came to the realization of what was about to happen.
"So will you do me the honor of becoming my wife?" asked Blaine.
Mikki looked at him, knowing that all eyes were now on here to give an answer.
"Blaine, ..."
End Note:
I know, horrible KJ ending again on a cliffhanger! But you got to have some suspense in life, right!
As for the songs, particuarly the one that Blaine sang - I actually had that planned before it was done on the show, just because I found the lyrics to be quite fitting for what was needed to be said after. And then when it was done on the show by Darren, well that just made it more perfect (forgetting the little part where he sung to Kurt at the end - that is wiped from my memory!), so now that was totally the version in my head, when I was finishing off this chapter.
Also the song that Puck and Mikki did (originally Rachel in the show) that was pretty much planned at the start that I wanted that song in it as well, because it is a truly beautiful song, and it speaks volumes as to what Puck is feeling at the moment, with all the memories. (And also if you haven't, go and give the Boyce Avenue version a listen, that was sort of more the style of it, I was leaning towards with Puck and Mikki's arrangement)
Should also note, all the songs are furbie approved before. Although if they had it her way they would be all Darren songs either original or those performed on Glee or elsewhere- and I will never use his original work in my stories - much to their dismay!)
And yes, there is actually a Barbie doll, that was called Blaine! You can google it, if you don't believe me! LOL! Barbie dumped Ken, for a blonde surfer dude named Blaine! :) hahahaha! And there is also a doll called Midge. There is however no Mikki doll, the closest name to that would be Miko.
Anyway next chapter will be up soon, with Mikki's answer!
What do people think she is going to say?! Love to hear your thoughts! (And did anyone pick up on the sneaky foreshadowing in the chapter? Hint somewhere for those eagle eyed readers out there, on what is to come! If you know send me a PM - don't spoil it for others in the reviews!)
Till next update, KJ xoxoxo
(P.S - if you're a 'Puckleberry' fan and haven't checked out my other story on here "For Good" then please do so! A new chapter of that should also be up shortly! Just got to iron out the gremlins in it!)