A/N - Thanks all for the reviews and also fave/follows on the previous chapter! As always love the fact you guys love this so much!
Especially when it feels that what you do in real life, and the fact that you do for free technically (I feel this crap way because even though I am not working, I am MADE to do volunteer work and am not at all liking it, because I'm sorry how is cleaning toilets, gardening and such meant to help me find admin work; not to mention I am constantly getting bitten by mosquitoes and itching like crazy - this won't be beneficial to me at all in getting the work I want to do, it's just someone getting free freakin' labor from someone who is not at moment working, but made to by a stupid arrogant Prime Minister, who thinks it's okay that his daughters get a free ride in the world and don't have to pay for education and furthering skills - but all other people who aren't born with silver spoons in their mouth have to do menial unpaid labor) that is not always appreciated! Okay that rant over! LOL!
I should also firstly mention another great author on here who I have the privilege of talking with a lot - and that is Lilyvandersteen. She has written as amazing one shot, based on the suggestion of yours truly, with the main characters being Rachel, Blaine and Sam. (Her Klaine fiction is also quite a good read as well - so you should check that out too! And we all know I am not a complete lover of Klaine, especially how they are portayed on Glee! Don't tell the Furbies I said that!)
The song in this - is probably not one many people have heard. And it's not my own work, because I honestly don't have the time to be writing song lyrics for this story as well (even though I am capable of doing so, and playing a number of instruments as well). So if you wish to hear it as you are reading along with that part of the story, the link for it will be on my Tumblr. (Link for my page is on my profile)
Anyway enough chit chat from me - here is the next chapter, and you all know what to do at the end!
Love always,
KJ xoxoxo.
Chapter 48 –
The six friends, and also Mercedes Jones who Sam had started to see were sitting in the coffee shop, on Thursday evening.
"So I listened to your whole album the other day and I really liked it Mercedes" said Blaine.
"Oh thank you" replied Mercedes looking at him.
"Are you going to be hopefully touring anytime soon?" asked Puck.
"Well they want to see how the first song goes in terms of air play and take it from there" said Mercedes.
"It's a great song, so I'm sure it won't have any trouble getting air time" said Mikki.
"Thank you" said Mercedes.
"I would love to be able to release an album one day, it was something I also dreamed of doing in high school" said Rachel.
"Really, I didn't know that" said Puck, looking at her.
"It was just something in the back of my mind" said Rachel.
"So what you would do something Broadway based?" asked Brittany.
"Maybe that, and also some originals. That's if I knew how to write music or anything like that" said Rachel.
"I could always help you out with that sort of stuff Rach" said Blaine.
Rachel looked at him. "Really?"
"Yeah, I've written some stuff in the past and it would be cool to hear it maybe" said Blaine.
"Don't do it Rach, his stuff sucks" said Mikki.
"Hey, it does not" replied Blaine, looking at his wife.
"Oh come on that song about aliens, what the hell was that even about" said Mikki, with a laugh.
"Okay, well I give you that one wasn't good, but some of the others haven't been that bad" said Blaine.
"Hmm, yeah okay that one you did write about finding a place to call home was sweet" said Mikki.
"Thank you" replied Blaine, quickly kissing her, and looked at Rachel.
"So anytime you think of something let me know and we can maybe work on getting it down" said Blaine.
"That would be awesome, thank you" replied Rachel.
"I'd love to maybe hear some as well, and I could probably get it to my producer D'Shon to see what he thinks of it" said Mercedes.
Blaine looked at her. "You'd do that?"
Mercedes nodded. "Yeah, if you have some good stuff"
"See, that right there is why you are so awesome. Offering to help out my friends" said Sam, quickly kissing her.
"Well I have to hear the stuff first though" said Mercedes, with a smile.
"Umm, well whenever you are over at Sam's place. Just come on over across the hall and I can show you some stuff" said Blaine.
"I will, that be good" replied Mercedes, and they continued to sit around talking with each other before leaving the coffee shop to head to their respective apartments.
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Saturday morning, Mikki was sitting at the kitchen table on her laptop, paying bills and doing other stuff on there, when the apartment door opened and Puck walked in.
"Hey cous" he said, as he closed the door behind himself and walked over to the table and sat down.
Mikki looked at him. "Hey. Just you"
"Yeah, Rach is looking after Jay and I was going to head out and grab some stuff from the grocery store" said Puck.
"Hmm, yeah I sent Blaine to get groceries as well" said Mikki, with a laugh.
"You women have us men whipped you know that" said Puck, with his own laugh.
"Oh that we do, that we do" replied Mikki, with a smile.
Puck laughed. "Actually kind of glad Blainers isn't around, cause I kind of needed to talk to just you, and not have him throw in his thoughts on this"
Mikki looked at her cousin. "Since when have you not wanted Blaine's advice on something?"
"It's not that, it's just that this is kind of a family thing. And sure he's my bro and all that and has been since college, and I love that you and him got together. It's just this is a family, family thing" said Puck.
"Okay a little confused right now, but go on" replied Mikki.
Puck nodded. "Yeah okay. So I might as well just tell you, I'm going to ask Rachel to marry me"
Mikki looked at her cousin. "Marriage, wow"
"Yeah, so what you think?" asked Puck.
"Umm, are you telling me that you're doing this, or asking me what I think of you doing this? Because they are two totally different things" said Mikki.
"Well telling you, but also asking what you think" replied Puck.
"Okay. Well if you want my honest opinion in this then, I don't think you should ask her" said Mikki.
"Why the hell not" said Puck.
Mikki looked at her cousin, and could see in that moment that he was pissed with what her response to it was.
"I'm not saying don't ever ask Rachel to marry you, but just don't ask her now" said Mikki.
Puck looked at her. "Why, it's not like my feelings are ever going to change for her. I've loved her for so long, and I just want to cement that love with marriage"
"You just answered yourself why Puck. Your love for her won't change. So why the rush" said Mikki.
"Because I want her to be my wife when we have our daughter" said Puck.
Mikki looked at him. "It's a girl?"
"Shit, I wasn't meant to tell you that. Rach will have my head for that, she wanted it to be a surprise to everyone" said Puck.
Mikki laughed. "Don't worry, secret safe with me"
"Yeah right, you'll tell Blaine. You tell him everything" said Puck.
"I'll try and keep this one quiet" said Mikki.
Puck nodded, although he very much didn't believe that Mikki wouldn't let it slip to Blaine.
"But in regards to the whole marriage thing cous. I know you love Rachel, and you want a future with her. It's just that I think right now, you should be enjoying the fact that the two of you are about to become parents and not having another thing to worry about at this point" said Mikki.
"So you're not against the whole idea then of us getting married, one day" said Puck.
Mikki laughed. "Of course not, it's like with me and Blaine. You get to call one of your best friends, family. And I one day will be able to do the same, and I love the idea of that. That and also that our children will be cousins and they will get to grow up with another as well"
"Your children? Something you hinting at there Mik?" asked Puck.
"Nope" replied Mikki, shaking her head not wanting to divulge at the moment that she was indeed pregnant since it was still early days.
"Well give it time, or maybe you and Anderson should just stop doing it as much. You got to give the guy time to recover a bit" said Puck.
Mikki laughed. "Okay not talking about my sex life with you, like ever"
"Hey just saying, the two times I've gotten a girl pregnant. Santana and I hadn't done anything in like months and when I was with Rachel there was a massive dry spell for me there as well before we did. So you know gave my boys time to get plenty of kick to them" said Puck.
"Thanks for that over share, Noah" replied Mikki, with a laugh.
"Yeah, well I can't help it if I am just a stud now can I" said Puck.
"Okay, we are not having this conversation" said Mikki.
Puck laughed and stood up. "Yeah, I think I should go before you're kicking me out the door then"
"Good thinking" replied Mikki with a laugh.
"And thanks for the talk Mik, making me see reason and that. You're right when you say it's silly to ask her now just because I selfishly want too. We have a daughter on the way and are together again, that's all that should matter for the time being" said Puck.
"Well someone has to be the smart one in this family, don't they" replied Mikki, with a smile.
"And you think that's you" said Puck, with a laugh.
Mikki glared at her cousin.
"Love ya cous" he said, placing a kiss to the top of head.
"Yeah, you too you big idiot" replied Mikki.
Puck laughed. "I should get going, and get this stuff before Rachel calls me up wanting something even more disgusting then what she is already wanting me to get"
"Admit it that you love every part of it Noah Puckerman" replied Mikki, with a smile.
"Yeah, I kind of do" said Puck with a laugh.
"Okay go, before Rach starts getting all crazy on you" said Mikki.
"Yeah, see you later Mik" said Puck, walking over to the apartment door.
"Later Puck" replied Mikki, and Puck left the apartment.
Mikki went back to her laptop and smiled, knowing that soon she would also be able to share with the others, hers and Blaine's good news.
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Saturday night, Mikki and Blaine were sitting on the sofa watching a movie, when the apartment door opened and Sam walked in along with Mercedes.
"Hi guys" said Sam, as he closed the apartment door.
Blaine looked over to them as did Mikki.
"Oh hey man, hey Mercedes" said Blaine, as he paused the movie that the two of them were watching.
"Hi" said Mikki.
"Hello" replied Mercedes.
"So Mercedes was just wondering if she would be able to hear some of those songs that you were talking about the other day in the coffee shop" said Sam.
"Yeah, sure of course. Not a problem" replied Blaine, standing from the sofa. "I'll just go grab my guitar"
"Okay thanks" replied Mercedes.
Blaine walked over to what was now the spare room that they had in the apartment and went inside to grab his guitar.
"Take a seat you two" said Mikki.
"Thanks" replied Mercedes as she sat in a chair.
"What you guys watching?" asked Sam as he took a seat in one of the other chairs.
"Cutting Edge" replied Mikki, as she pressed stop on the remote.
"Is that the one where the ice hockey player ends up becoming a figure skater?" asked Mercedes.
Mikki looked at her. "Not really, it's along the same lines as that, but it's like the third one they have made with the same sort of theme, someone who isn't really a figure skater becomes one sort of thing"
"I didn't realise there was more than one" said Mercedes, with a laugh.
"Neither did I until I was just searching movies one day on eBay and saw it there cheap, so I bought it" replied Mikki with a laugh as Blaine came out of the spare room with his guitar.
"So what did you want to hear?" asked Blaine, as he sat back next to Mikki on the sofa again.
"Whatever you want, that you think is good" replied Mercedes.
"Okay umm yeah" replied Blaine with a laugh and started to play his guitar.
"Bright lights, big stars, big dreams
This town ain't what it seems
Where was I goin' when I left you?
What did I think I was gonna do?
I had too much to dream last night
Hey now, do you know what I mean?
It's all different in the daylight,
Just had a little too much to dream,
Had a little too much to dream"
Mercedes looked at him with a smile and Sam also looked on impressed by what his was hearing his friend play.
"Too high, too fast, too far,
No one can catch a falling star.
Where was I goin' when I left you?
What did I think I was gonna do?
I had too much to dream last night,
Hey now, do you know what I mean?
It's all different in the daylight,
Just had a little too much to dream,
Had a little too much to dream,
Had a little too much...to dream"
Blaine finished playing and Mercedes clapped as did Sam.
"That's a really nice song" said Mercedes.
"Thanks" replied Blaine.
"What inspired that?" asked Mercedes.
"Umm I actually wrote it a while back when Puck and Rachel broke up and all that. Sort of about how you can see something different in the morning" said Blaine.
"It's good man" said Sam.
"Yes much better than the song with the line 'scales and exoskeletons'" said Mikki, with a laugh.
"You said that it was cute" replied Blaine, looking at her with a pout.
"Cute and creepy also, sweetie" said Mikki, with a laugh.
Sam laughed as did Mercedes also.
"So do you have any more that aren't creepy like that one Mikki mentioned?" asked Mercedes, with a laugh.
"Yeah" replied Blaine, and went over a few more of his songs before Mercedes and Sam left to go over to his apartment and he and Mikki retired to their bedroom for the night.
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Rachel and Puck were sitting in the living room of their apartment the same night, after Jayden had gone to bed.
Puck was currently giving Rachel a foot massage, whilst she looked at a website of baby names on her tablet.
"Hmm, that feels good" said Rachel, looking up at Puck.
"You do know that you have to one day return the favor right" said Puck, with a smile.
"Excuse me, pregnant here" said Rachel.
Puck laughed. "You love playing that card, don't you?"
"Yep, because it means that you will do anything for me" replied Rachel with a smile.
"I'd do anything for you anyway, no need for you to be pregnant" replied Puck, with his own smile.
Rachel laughed as she felt the baby kick, and she put her hand to her stomach.
"I think our daughter is trying to get attention as well here" said Rachel.
"Really?" asked Puck, as he moved his hands up to her stomach.
"Yeah, she's kicking up a storm in here" replied Rachel, as the baby still kicked inside her.
"You're right she is" said Puck. "Go easy on your momma there, little one"
"It doesn't actually hurt all that much" replied Rachel.
"Feels as if it would" said Puck.
Rachel shook her head. "Nope, now continue rubbing my feet"
"Continue rubbing my feet, please Noah, the man who I love so much" said Puck, looking at her with a smile.
Rachel laughed. "Continue rubbing my feet, please Noah, the man who I love so much and has made me the happiest woman in the whole entire world if not universe"
"Well how can I say no to a declaration such as that" said Puck as he moved back again, and started to rub one of Rachel's feet.
"Hmm, so how about Emma for a name?" she asked.
"Emma Berry Puckerman. It could work" said Puck.
"It would just be Puckerman, I don't want our daughter to have two last names" said Rachel.
"You'd be okay with it just being Puckerman" said Puck.
Rachel nodded.
"Okay yeah that's fine by me" replied Puck.
"Yeah, so do you like the name Emma?" asked Rachel.
"It has potential, put it to faves" said Puck.
Rachel nodded as she saved the name to her favorite list.
"And umm, just to give you a heads up, I kind of slipped today and mentioned to Mik when I went over to talk with her about something, that we were having a little girl" said Puck.
"Noah" scolded Rachel.
"I'm sorry it just slipped out, we were talking about kids, I was asking her whether her and Blainers were possibly going to be having one any time soon, and I just accidentally said we were having a girl" said Puck.
Rachel looked at him and sighed. "It's a good thing I am loving this foot massage at the moment, that I can't exactly get mad at you"
"Well I do give good foot massages" replied Puck with a smile.
"That you do" replied Rachel.
"And really is it so bad that Mik knows. She promised that she would keep it quiet" said Puck.
Rachel laughed. "You really think she will keep this quiet from Blaine"
"Not a chance" replied Puck, with a laugh.
"I guess the plus side is she will know what to buy me now, and have it more in line with being a girl" said Rachel.
"There is that" replied Puck, with a nod.
"And I guess at the end of it all, it doesn't matter that they know we are having a girl, because they will be loved just the same" said Rachel.
"That they most definitely will" replied Puck, and he continued to massage Rachel's feet before the two of them headed to bed.
End Note:
Yes, there was a little sly reference to AVPS and Starship there 'song about a place to call home' and 'aliens'(it's often hard not to use Darren's song sometimes when writing stuff, because there are times when they will fit in so perfectly, but I promised myself when I started writing in this fandom, that I would not use the songs he wrote, just because I find it difficult to read those stories where they have been used. And I don't think any of them are bad, it's just Mikki teasing Blaine a little!)
And of course D'Shon was the name of Mercedes's record producer in the Glee ep (played by the awesome Gary Dourdan, who I will forever associate with as being Warrick Brown from CSI)
The song that was used was "Too Much To Dream" which I presume was written by Steve Tyrell, who did most of the music for the show "California Dreams" that it was from. (Interesting fact the two guys that are singing it, didn't actually sing, the voices were that of someone else. For the most part they all also faked playing the instruments as well on the show. Least we know with majority of the guys on Glee [Darren, Mark, Chord, Samuel] they can actually play the instruments we see them with!)
Anyway, hope you all enjoyed that chapter - still finishing off the next one as there is something needing to add to it. So until then, enjoy the next actual episode of Glee, and I will be back soon with another installment!
Love to you all,
KJ xoxoxo