Fic: Disaster (13/15)
Title: Disaster - 13/15
Genre: Angst/Drama/Romance
Rating: R
Pairing: Puck/Kurt
Word Count: 840 this chapter | 13570 so far
Summary: Sequel to The System. Kurt and Puck are still together after over a year’s trials and tribulations. In fact, they’ve even moved in together and are awaiting college in the fall. Everything seems perfect until one phone call changes the perfect world they’ve planned.
Previous Chapters: Located at the Directory here.
"Can I really see her?” Quinn asked softly. The moment those words left her lips, the girl started to sob, tears filling her beautiful brown eyes. Puck remembered well a time when her eyes were the only things he saw. "I'm sorry. I'm so, so sorry. I just want to see her. I've wanted to see her for so long and now she's your baby and I don't know how to handle it. I let her go...it was the right choice. We were never supposed to have to deal with this again. We were never supposed to feel like this again. It's not fair."
Puck frowned and then leaned forward, pulling the girl into his arms. "Yeah you can see her," he said softly, rubbing her back lightly. He looked at the kitchen, where Kurt had vanished to, so confused and scared and honestly, needing his boyfriend. Kurt was the strong one, the one who always knew how to handle things like this. He didn't know how to deal with the girl he had once loved, sobbing on him like he was trying to ruin her life. He wasn’t trying to ruin Quinn’s life. He was just trying to find his own.
"Is she...a good girl?" Quinn whispered. "Does she love her daddy?"
He nodded. "So so much," he said softly. "Beth is one of the most amazing children I've ever met Quinn. Shelby, she raised her so well.”
Quinn sighed a little bit and stopped hyperventilating at least. Puck had heard a tea kettle go off, which meant that Kurt wasn’t happy. “How do you know you can do this?” Quinn asked. “What makes you so confident that you can do this? I’m not even confident that I can take my entry exam at UCLA and I’m getting freaked over that. Now, you’re gonna go and be a father?”
Puck rubbed her arm. “Quinn,” he mumbled. “Are you happy with your life?”
She had sort of called it a fake life. It was something that he needed to ask her, even though he had more than enough of his own troubles.
“I guess,” she mumbled low. “I have a fantastic boyfriend and my mom’s helping me get through college. My dad is also helping too, in his own I’m sorry I threw you out of the house way. I’m just…I’m unsure of everything. How come you get to be so confident and sure?”
“Because I can’t afford not to,” he said quickly. “Do you think I’m really confident? I mean, I’m eighteen and all of a sudden I’m the father of the perfect two year old again. I work at a grocery store, picking up shopping carts and stocking shelves. When you freaked out on us, you said that what we were doing was insane - and it is. If I don’t have confidence in myself and my ability to do this, then what is there left?”
She nodded, slowly, like she sort of understood what he was saying. “I don’t even know what I want,” she said softly, shaking her head. “I don’t want to be a mother. I gave her up because I wasn’t ready and I couldn’t be a mother. I’m not even asking that from you. I just hate my life, I hate it.”
“That’s something you have to fix,” he said, looking her straight in the eye. “I hated my life too, couple years ago. It was so freakin’ pointless, that there was nothing in it that mattered. I just wanted someone to notice me and say hey dude, you’re fucking up. It took the worst thing in the world, for that to happen, but finally someone did say it.”
“Wish someone would tell me that,” she mumbled low.
“Hey dude, you’re fucking up,” Puck said quickly, which brought a smile to her face. He was always pretty good at making Quinn smile and he felt confident when she lit up. He shook his head. “High school’s over princess, stop doing what people want you to do and go for what feels right.”
She sighed a little bit, but he felt her nodding against his side.
He pat her shoulder lightly. “Quinn, you’ll be okay. You’re the queen of confidence; you just gotta apply it to where you want to be. Now, are you staying the night? Catherine will bring Beth in the morning and then you two can meet again.”
Quinn looked up. “Uh sure,” she mumbled low.
“Kay, lemme get you something to sleep in,” he said. “The sound of boiling water from awhile ago means that I’ve got a pissed off or upset boyfriend on my hands, so one sec.”
Quinn looked concerned. “I hope I didn’t…”
“Don’t worry about it,” he said. He quickly went to the bedroom. Kurt wasn’t there. He got a shirt and some pajama pants and brought them to the girl in the front room. “Thanks,” she mumbled.
Then he went into the kitchen, where he found Kurt staring into a teacup.
Genre: Angst/Drama/Romance
Rating: R
Pairing: Puck/Kurt
Word Count: 840 this chapter | 13570 so far
Summary: Sequel to The System. Kurt and Puck are still together after over a year’s trials and tribulations. In fact, they’ve even moved in together and are awaiting college in the fall. Everything seems perfect until one phone call changes the perfect world they’ve planned.
Previous Chapters: Located at the Directory here.
"Can I really see her?” Quinn asked softly. The moment those words left her lips, the girl started to sob, tears filling her beautiful brown eyes. Puck remembered well a time when her eyes were the only things he saw. "I'm sorry. I'm so, so sorry. I just want to see her. I've wanted to see her for so long and now she's your baby and I don't know how to handle it. I let her go...it was the right choice. We were never supposed to have to deal with this again. We were never supposed to feel like this again. It's not fair."
Puck frowned and then leaned forward, pulling the girl into his arms. "Yeah you can see her," he said softly, rubbing her back lightly. He looked at the kitchen, where Kurt had vanished to, so confused and scared and honestly, needing his boyfriend. Kurt was the strong one, the one who always knew how to handle things like this. He didn't know how to deal with the girl he had once loved, sobbing on him like he was trying to ruin her life. He wasn’t trying to ruin Quinn’s life. He was just trying to find his own.
"Is she...a good girl?" Quinn whispered. "Does she love her daddy?"
He nodded. "So so much," he said softly. "Beth is one of the most amazing children I've ever met Quinn. Shelby, she raised her so well.”
Quinn sighed a little bit and stopped hyperventilating at least. Puck had heard a tea kettle go off, which meant that Kurt wasn’t happy. “How do you know you can do this?” Quinn asked. “What makes you so confident that you can do this? I’m not even confident that I can take my entry exam at UCLA and I’m getting freaked over that. Now, you’re gonna go and be a father?”
Puck rubbed her arm. “Quinn,” he mumbled. “Are you happy with your life?”
She had sort of called it a fake life. It was something that he needed to ask her, even though he had more than enough of his own troubles.
“I guess,” she mumbled low. “I have a fantastic boyfriend and my mom’s helping me get through college. My dad is also helping too, in his own I’m sorry I threw you out of the house way. I’m just…I’m unsure of everything. How come you get to be so confident and sure?”
“Because I can’t afford not to,” he said quickly. “Do you think I’m really confident? I mean, I’m eighteen and all of a sudden I’m the father of the perfect two year old again. I work at a grocery store, picking up shopping carts and stocking shelves. When you freaked out on us, you said that what we were doing was insane - and it is. If I don’t have confidence in myself and my ability to do this, then what is there left?”
She nodded, slowly, like she sort of understood what he was saying. “I don’t even know what I want,” she said softly, shaking her head. “I don’t want to be a mother. I gave her up because I wasn’t ready and I couldn’t be a mother. I’m not even asking that from you. I just hate my life, I hate it.”
“That’s something you have to fix,” he said, looking her straight in the eye. “I hated my life too, couple years ago. It was so freakin’ pointless, that there was nothing in it that mattered. I just wanted someone to notice me and say hey dude, you’re fucking up. It took the worst thing in the world, for that to happen, but finally someone did say it.”
“Wish someone would tell me that,” she mumbled low.
“Hey dude, you’re fucking up,” Puck said quickly, which brought a smile to her face. He was always pretty good at making Quinn smile and he felt confident when she lit up. He shook his head. “High school’s over princess, stop doing what people want you to do and go for what feels right.”
She sighed a little bit, but he felt her nodding against his side.
He pat her shoulder lightly. “Quinn, you’ll be okay. You’re the queen of confidence; you just gotta apply it to where you want to be. Now, are you staying the night? Catherine will bring Beth in the morning and then you two can meet again.”
Quinn looked up. “Uh sure,” she mumbled low.
“Kay, lemme get you something to sleep in,” he said. “The sound of boiling water from awhile ago means that I’ve got a pissed off or upset boyfriend on my hands, so one sec.”
Quinn looked concerned. “I hope I didn’t…”
“Don’t worry about it,” he said. He quickly went to the bedroom. Kurt wasn’t there. He got a shirt and some pajama pants and brought them to the girl in the front room. “Thanks,” she mumbled.
Then he went into the kitchen, where he found Kurt staring into a teacup.