A/N: Once again thanks for all the reviews and also fave/follows on this.
I do apologize for not getting this out a lot sooner - but there were a few mitigating things that prevented it.
Firstly as said, I sprained my ankle the other week and this has been a great source of pain; and secondly last week was doing a course for hopefully allowing me to gain employment. And I now have three assignments to do as well for that! Don't worry though, I will make sure that whatever I end up doing I will still find time to write; because it's for me a relaxation thing, and I know from past experiences if I don't have this outlet then I do become rather frustrated with everything.
So anyway, this chapter sees a little more Bram interaction - now I am not saying as if this means they are getting together in this chapter, or anytime soon. But I think the stuff between them is quite cute.
There is also a sweet Puckleberry part with them pretty much being domestic and family orientated as well; and well this chapter there isn't so much to the Mikki/Blaine stuff - because there is obviously going to be a lot happening with the two of them soon, and the birth of their children.
However, enough rambles from me; enjoy the chapter and you all know what to do at the end! REVIEW! And also for the person who leaves my 250th review, I shall grant you a one shot of your choosing! It's your turn to challenge me and see what I can come up with!
Love to you all,
KJ xxxooo
Chapter 56 –
Sam, along with Penny who for once was not working a night shift at the hospital; was getting ready to spend a night in with his roommate and watch a few movies.
"I still can't believe you have never seen Avatar" said Sam, as he got the bag of popcorn out from the microwave and emptied it into a bowl.
Penny gave a laugh as she grabbed a few pieces of popcorn, and eating them. "I don't know the whole concept of it just never really appealed to me"
"Well be prepared to be amazed" said Sam took the bowl of popcorn over and Penny the pizza that they had ordered, them both heading over to the sofa and sitting down.
Sam grabbed the remote and turning on the DVD. "Show time"
Penny just laughed and the two of them started to watch the movie.
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Mikki and Blaine were sitting on the sofa in their own apartment, and Blaine had his laptop open, firstly connected to the internet where he and Mikki were looking at baby names, and also open as well that he was flicking back and forth to a spreadsheet where they were putting down the names that they liked the most, that they were possibly thinking of naming their yet to be born children.
"What about having soundalike names" said Blaine.
"Like how?" asked Mikki, as she leant against his shoulder.
"Well for instance them both starting with the same letter" said Blaine.
"I guess that could work" said Mikki.
"Yeah so like, Jesse and Jordan" said Blaine.
"Okay I see where you're going with this" said Mikki.
Blaine nodded, and Mikki sat up and took the laptop from him.
"Hey" Blaine protested and Mikki looked at him and laughed.
"What I want to see too if there are any names I like as well, that flow well with each other" she replied.
"Okay, well amaze me" said Blaine, quickly giving her a kiss on the cheek and the two of them continued to look through baby names.
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Rachel and Puck were in the living room of their house, watching "Beach Party" on TCM, when they heard Jayden's voice slightly over the sound of the television.
"Daddy?" he asked, going over to him on the sofa, and climbing up next to him.
"Hey buddy" said Puck, looking to his son. "Aren't you meant to be in bed, asleep?"
"No sleep" replied Jayden.
"Really, is that what you think?" asked Puck.
Jayden nodded and looked to the television, pointing to it also. "Me watch"
"No buddy, you're meant to be in bed" said Puck, standing up and picking his son up from the sofa also. "Sleep time now"
"Nooooooo" protested Jayden, as Puck went to walk out on the living room with him and head back upstairs.
"Sorry buddy, it's way past your bedtime" said Puck, as he headed upstairs.
"Put down, put down" repeated Jayden, over and over as Puck got up to the room that was Jayden's in the house and walked into the room.
Puck went over to the bed and put his son down on to it, and Jayden quickly got back off it and ran out of the room and headed downstairs and back to the living room where Rachel still was.
Puck sighed, as he too walked out of the room; following his son downstairs.
Jayden ran back downstairs to the living room ant went over to Rachel on the sofa.
"Jayden" said Rachel, looking at the young boy.
"Me no sleep" said Jayden, as he climbed on to the sofa with her.
"Sweetie, why don't you want to sleep?" asked Rachel.
"Cause, don't" said Jayden, as he grabbed the remote control from where it was on the sofa and went through the channels until he got to a kids one.
"Jayden, bed" said Puck, as he came into the living room also.
"No, no bed" said Jayden, shaking his head as he looked at his father.
"I think he is testing you" said Rachel, looking to Puck.
"Testing me?" asked Puck, as he looked to his fiancée.
Rachel nodded. "It said in one of the books that I read when I was pregnant with Elisa, that at a certain age children will start to not rebel as such, but just try and see what they can get away with"
"And you think that is what Jayden is trying to do now?" asked Puck.
"Yes" replied Rachel, with a nod. "That and this moving between two sets of parental figures, with maybe slightly different sets of rules and that, it's confusing"
Puck nodded. "Okay, so I think we need to set some rules and such with Santana and Dani that we both agree with"
"I do too" replied Rachel.
"That's enough Jayden, it's time for bed" said Puck, taking the remote from his son.
"No bed" said Jayden.
"Yes, bed and you're going to stay there this time" said Puck.
"No" replied Jayden, again.
"Do you want to be doing anything fun tomorrow?" asked Puck.
Jayden just looked at him.
"Because if you don't go to bed, then tomorrow will be just that; no fun, because you will be tired" said Puck.
"No bed" said Jayden, again.
"Yes, bed Jayden. I am not going to have this argument all night with you" replied Puck, picking his son up from the sofa once more.
Rachel stood up also and took the remote from Puck that he still had hold of, and flicked the television off.
"See Jayden, no more tv now. Your dad and I are going to bed also" said Rachel, looking to the young boy.
Jayden looked at her and frowned.
"And how about before you go to sleep, if you promise to do that; your dad and I sing you a song" said Rachel.
"Sing" said Jayden.
"Would you like that?" asked Rachel.
Jayden nodded.
"Noah, is that okay with you?" asked Rachel.
"Sure" he replied. "Can you grab my guitar Rach. It's in the other room"
"I'll bring it up" replied Rachel, and headed to the other room to grab Puck's guitar.
Puck headed upstairs with Jayden, and took the young boy to his room, and then put him in his bed again, pulling up the covers over him.
"Now Jayden, I know this is got to be strange for you moving between me and Rach here and your mom and Dani. But don't try and play either of us for fools okay" said Puck, as he sat on his son's bed.
Jayden just looked at his father.
"So that means less of this telling us no, business okay" said Puck. "Understand?"
Jayden nodded as Rachel came into his room with the guitar.
"We sing you this song, you go to sleep and stay in bed until morning; okay" said Puck, as he took the guitar from Rachel.
"Okay" replied Jayden, with a nod.
Puck looked over to Rachel as she also took a seat on Jayden's bed.
"Goodnight Jayden" she said, placing a kiss to the small boy's forehead.
"Night Rae" said Jayden, looking at her.
Night daddy" he said, looking to Puck and giving him a hug.
"Night buddy" replied Puck, also placing a kiss to his son's head.
Jayden leant back against the pillow of his bed and Rachel made sure the young boy was tucked up okay.
"So what song?" asked Puck, looking to Rachel.
"Do you know that song from Tangled "I see the light"?" asked Rachel.
Puck nodded. "Kind of, I think. I know the words, but not one hundred percent sure of chords"
"We'll try anyway" said Rachel.
Puck nodded and started strumming some chords on his guitar. "This sound about right?"
"Pretty close to it" replied Rachel, with a nod and then started to sing.
"All those days watching from the windows
All those years outside looking in
All that time never even knowing
Just how blind I've been"
sang Rachel, as she lightly brushed a thumb over Jayden's forehead to get him to sleep.
"Now I'm here blinking in the starlight
Now I'm here suddenly I see
Standing here it's all so clear
I'm where I'm meant to be"
Puck gave Rachel a smile as he saw the song was having the desired effect on Jayden, and he was starting to close his eyes.
"And at last I see the light
And it's like the fog has lifted
And at last I see the light
And it's like the sky is new
And it's warm and real and bright
And the world has somehow shifted
All at once everything looks different
Now that I see you"
continued Rachel, as she looked to Puck and gave him a nod that he should now come in on the song.
"All those days chasing down a daydream
All those years living in a blur
All that time never truly seeing
Things, the way they were"
Puck gave Rachel a smile and then looked to Jayden who now had his eyes closed.
"Now she's here shining in the starlight
Now she's here suddenly I know
If she's here it's crystal clear
I'm where I'm meant to go" continued Puck as he saw the Jayden was not definitely in the state of sleep.
"And at last I see the light" both Rachel and Puck sang with a smile, looking at Jayden who was now breathing a steady rhythm as he slept.
"I think he's out" said Puck, as he stopped playing the guitar.
"Yeah" replied Rachel, with a nod and gently stood from the bed.
"Hopefully he will stay that way this time" said Puck, as he too also stood from the bed gently as to not disturb his son.
"So did we want to go to bed as well?" asked Rachel.
"Sure, did you want me to sing you to sleep also?" asked Puck, with a laugh as they left Jayden's room.
"Hmm, I think there is something else I'd much rather you do, to get me to sleep" said Rachel, with a smile.
"Really, you want to do that?" asked Puck.
Rachel nodded with a smile on her face.
"Well what are we waiting for?" asked Puck, with a smile of his own, and the two of them headed to their own bedroom, to spend some much needed quality alone time with one another.
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Penny and Sam were about a quarter of the way through the movie, when there was a knock on their apartment door.
"You didn't order any more takeout did you?" asked Penny.
"I know you have this idea that I like to eat, but no I didn't order anything else" said Sam.
Penny laughed and stood up from the sofa. "Then it's probably our across the hall neighbours then"
"Yes, Blaine is probably hiding from Mikki and what has become her kind of gross eating habits" said Sam, as Penny walked over to the apartment door and opened it.
On the other side though was not Blaine or Mikki, but instead Rick Nelson; Penny's ex boyfriend.
"Rick" said Penny, in a somewhat state of shock when she saw her ex on the other side.
"Hey Penny" he replied. "How are you?"
"I'm good" replied Penny, with a nod. "Rick what are you doing here?"
"Umm, your brother told me where you were living now, and I really had to see you" said Rick.
"Is everything okay?" asked Penny.
Rick shook his head. "No, I made a terrible mistake thinking that I didn't want what you wanted, and I know that now"
Penny just looked at him.
"I was hoping maybe we could take a walk and talk, discuss some stuff, about us" said Rick.
"Umm, well I was kind of in the middle of watching movies with my roommate" said Penny, looking back to Sam.
"Oh, are you and he are thing?" asked Rick. "Because I know Paulie said that you had a guy roommate"
Penny shook her head. "No Sam, and I are; we're just friends"
"Oh, well that's good" said Rick.
"Can you give me a moment, to talk with him?" asked Penny.
"Yeah of course" replied Rick.
Penny nodded. "Okay just wait out here, I'll only be like a minute"
Rick just nodded and Penny quickly closed the door and went back over to the sofa and sat down again.
"So umm that's Rick" said Penny.
"I kind of figured that from you calling him Rick" said Sam, with a laugh.
Penny nodded.
"He wants to get back together by the sound of it" said Sam.
"Yeah" replied Penny.
"Is that something you want?" asked Sam, looking at his roommate.
"I don't know, but I do know that I haven't stopped caring for him" replied Penny.
"Well I'm no expert in relationships, but I do know that if you do still care for him, you at least owe it to yourself to maybe try and see if it could work out this time" said Sam.
Penny nodded. "I just don't want to have my heart broken again"
"Maybe it won't be" replied Sam.
"Yeah" replied Penny. "So you think I should go and take a walk with him, see what maybe could be?"
"You've got nothing to lose" said Sam.
Penny nodded. "No, I don't"
"And if it's not anything good or something you don't want, then I will be here for you whenever you want to talk, ice cream at the ready" said Sam.
Penny laughed. "Thanks Sam, you're a sweet guy. One day some girl is going to be real lucky to have you"
"Well if you have any willing single friends, please feel free to give them my number" said Sam, with a laugh of his own.
Penny stood up and grabbed her bag from over near the kitchen counter. "I'll send you a message later, let you know what is happening"
"Okay sure, have a good time" said Sam.
Penny nodded. "You too, and I'm sorry about our movie night"
"Nah, it's fine. Some other time, maybe" said Sam.
"Sure" replied Penny, with a smile and headed over to the apartment door and left, leaving Sam to finish watching Avatar on his own.
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Brittany was sitting on the sofa with Lord Tubbington, catching up on some episodes of Kardashians that she had been recording, when her cell phone started to ring.
Grabbing it off the coffee table and not bothering to stop the show, she looked at the caller ID and saw that it was Sam calling.
She smiled as swiped her finger across the phone to accept the call and then placed the cell to her ear.
"Hey Sam" she said.
"Hi Britts" replied Sam. "What you doing?"
"Nothing much, just watching some Kardashian" she replied, with a laugh. "You?"
"Well I was watching Avatar with Penny, but then Rick came over and she went out with him" replied Sam.
"Rick, as in Rick her ex boyfriend?" asked Brittany.
"Yep" replied Sam.
"Okay, wow" said Brittany.
"Yeah, so then it was like I have no one to talk with, and I didn't want to be heading over to Blaine and Mik's apartment and disturbing them. So I thought of you" said Sam.
"Well I am flattered that I was a choice" said Brittany.
Sam laughed. "Well you are probably one of the only other single people I know, who wouldn't be dealing with kids or weird food cravings"
"That is true, I sometimes miss it when we were all single and able to hang out with one another" said Brittany.
"Yeah me too" replied Sam.
"You know what we should do" said Brittany.
"What?" asked Sam.
"Tomorrow night, you and I should go out for dinner. Just us two" said Brittany.
"What like a date?" asked Sam.
Brittany laughed. "No, not like a date; just two friends having dinner together, maybe going and seeing a movie also"
"Yeah, that sounds like it could be fun" said Sam.
"Uh huh, it will be kind of like old times, except it will only be the two of us" said Brittany.
Sam laughed. "So did you want to choose the dinner place and I will choose the movie then?"
"Sounds fair" replied Brittany. "Just as long as you promise me it won't be some sci fi movie that we go and see"
"Fine" replied Sam, with a sigh. "But I got to say it's also not going to some chick flick either"
"That's okay with me" replied Brittany, with a laugh. "A little action maybe would be good"
"Okay, I will see what is playing then" replied Sam, with a laugh of his own.
"So I'll give you a call tomorrow and let you know where we are having dinner" said Brittany.
"And I will let you know which movie we will be seeing" replied Sam.
"Okay, it's a date" said Brittany, and then laughed. "Well you know what I mean"
"Yeah, it's like a non date. A friend date" said Sam, with a laugh of his own.
"I'm going to go and look at my computer now, see if I can find any good restaurants" said Brittany.
"Sure Britts, I'll talk with you tomorrow then" said Sam.
"Yeah, bye Sam" replied Brittany.
"Bye Britts, sleep well" said Sam.
Brittany laughed. "You too, don't let the bed bugs bite"
"I won't" replied Sam, with a laugh and then ended the call, and Brittany went to check her computer to see what restaurants were a possibility for her and Sam's evening out the next night.
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The next night, Blaine was walking back up the stairs to his and Mikki's apartment after having gone out and got some things for Mikki that she was craving; just as Sam walked out of his own apartment and closed the door.
"Hey man" said Blaine, when he saw his friend.
"Oh hi" replied Sam. "Mikki make you go out again and get stuff?"
"Yep, I swear pregnant women and their weird cravings" replied Blaine with a laugh.
"Hmm, please don't divulge what she is eating now. I want to be able to eat my own dinner tonight without being nauseated" said Sam, with a laugh of his own.
"Yeah" replied Sam, with a laugh. "So you heading out?"
Sam nodded. "Going to have dinner with Britts and then we're going to see a movie later on"
"Really" said Blaine.
"Uh huh" replied Sam.
"You guys aren't dating are you?" asked Blaine.
Sam looked at his friend and laughed. "No, we're just two single friends going and having dinner then heading to see a movie"
"Okay well have fun" said Blaine, opening the door of his apartment.
"Yeah, will do. Later man" replied Sam and walked down the stairs.
"Later" replied Blaine, as Sam headed off and he himself headed into the apartment.
Mikki was sitting at the kitchen table gluing flowers onto a crotchet headband.
"You're still doing that?" asked Blaine, with a laugh as he went over to the counter and put the bag of groceries down.
"Yeah, figure might as well since I am on a roll with it and all" replied Mikki, with a laugh.
"I think Rachel will be inundated with headbands for Elisa" said Blaine.
"Well she was the one who said she wanted many different color assortments, and that is what she is getting" replied Mikki.
"Hmm, you know you could probably sell these online as well" said Blaine, picking up one of the finished ones.
"I was thinking that, when I am on maternity leave. Doing this will make me keep my sanity maybe, that and also making other stuff" replied Mikki.
Blaine nodded. "Well you have always been creative, I will give you that"
"Why thank you" replied Mikki, with a smile. "Now where are my pickles?"
Blaine laughed as he went over to the bag of groceries and got out the extra large jar of pickles. "One jar of pickles"
Mikki laughed. "Thank you" she replied, as she unplugged the glue gun from the extension lead and sat the gun on the table to cool.
"You're going to eat those just like that right, nothing weird with them. Tomato sauce, peanut butter?" asked Blaine.
Mikki shook her head as she opened the jar and took one of the pickles out. "No, just like this tonight"
"Good, because pickle with peanut butter that is just gross sweetie" said Blaine.
"You might want to tell your children that, because that is what they wanted me to have" said Mikki, with a smile, as she walked over to the sofa.
"Yeah" replied Blaine, with a laugh as he too headed over to the sofa and they both sat down.
Blaine grabbed the remote and flicked the television on.
"So you want to hear something weird?" he asked.
"What?" asked Mikki, as she took another pickle out of the jar and ate it.
"As I was coming back home; Sam was heading out to go and have dinner with Britts" said Blaine.
"What's so weird about that?" asked Mikki, looking at him.
"It just is, because they're both single still and well you know" said Blaine.
"Know what?" asked Mikki, with a laugh.
"Maybe, they like one another" said Blaine.
Mikki looked at him and laughed. "Britts and Sam, really"
Blaine nodded. "You're the same as Puck. He totally couldn't see it either happening"
"Huh?" asked Mikki.
Blaine sighed. "After Puck proposed to Rach, I jokingly said to him that it was now just a case of Britts and Sam to get it together, and it would be like this complete circle of friends, all of us with someone that we each love and think of as family"
"Okay, and Puck thought you were crazy also. Like I do" said Mikki.
"Yeah, he bet me that he doesn't think either of them will ever get with one another, and well I bet that they will maybe one day get together" said Blaine.
"That is so cruel, betting on our friends like that" said Mikki.
"You do know that Sam and Britts had a bet going on when we would get together" said Blaine, with a laugh.
"Well yes, but that was because even if we weren't seeing what was kind of obvious between us, they did" replied Mikki.
"And you don't see anything like that between Britts and Sam" said Blaine.
"Nope, sorry" replied Mikki, as she got another pickle from the jar and eating it. "I think you will lose this bet, sweetie"
"Well I think you're wrong" said Blaine, grabbing a pickle out of the jar and eating it.
"Hey my pickles, hands off" said Mikki, lightly squatting her husband.
Blaine just laughed and grabbed his cell phone and then sent a message to Puck to tell him that he might want to reconsider their bet, before he and Mikki continued to talk and watch television.
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Sam and Brittany were sitting at the East Harbor restaurant, in Yonkers that Brittany had chosen.
"So how did you find this place?" asked Sam, as they ate the assortment of Chinese and Japanese food that they had ordered.
"One of the girls I know from dancing, she lives out this way. And we came here one night, a group of us for dinner" replied Brittany.
"Got to say I love it" said Sam, as he grabbed some sashimi. "Combining both Japanese and Chinese food together, complete genius"
"I agree, totally genius" said Brittany with a nod, as she also too grabbed some a piece of sushi and dipped it into some wasabi.
"So are you going to readvertise for a new roommate, now that Penny is moving back with her boyfriend?" asked Brittany, since Penny had decided to give a relationship with Rick another go, and advised Sam that morning that she would move out over the next few days.
"I don't know, I think it's just too much hassle" replied Sam.
"I agree, when I was living with Sunshine, as good as it was to be able to split bills and all that stuff. It was also annoying as well having to work yourself around someone else as well, who maybe doesn't share the same ideals or likes the same things you do" said Brittany.
Sam nodded. "Yeah, I totally agree. Living with Blaine was awesome, because we both loved the same thought of things"
"But then he had to go and fall in love with the girl across the hall, and you lost your roomie" said Brittany, with a laugh.
"Exactly" replied Sam, with a laugh as well. "You know when I saw Blaine on my way to meet you, he thought us going out was a date"
"And what did you tell him it was?" asked Brittany.
"I told him it wasn't" replied Sam with a laugh. "Because, us together. Too weird"
"Definitely too weird" said Brittany with a nod, as she went to grab a piece of sashimi; at the same time Sam also went to grab the same piece.
They looked at each other and laughed.
"You have it" they both said in unison, and laughed.
"I'm a gentlemen, so I insist that you have it" said Sam.
Brittany laughed and also blushed, grabbing the piece of sashimi. "Thanks"
"Sure" replied Sam, with a smile; and the two of them continued on with their 'non' date, but both of them secretly wondering to themselves if there could maybe ever be more to their relationship.
End Note: Firstly song in the chapter was "I see the light" from Tangled as mentioned - and I do not own this song.
And yes, as you can well see Penny is no longer Sam's roommate...so does that mean that Brittany will become that, or will that be someone else?! And what of Blaine having a bet with Puck, for when he thinks that they will get together to Puck not thinking they will. Who do you think will win that one!? ;)
The hinting of names for Mikki and Blaine - I use names that are able to be either girl or boy, because even though I know what they are having, that is something I will not divulge to you all until the chapter that they are born in. And I already know what their names will be, so that is indeed all planned out.
Anyway, until next chapter - of this or maybe another story. I thank you all for your support and love! (And remember if you're the 250th reviewer = one shot of your choosing!)
Lotsa love,
KJ xoxoxoxo