Fic: Disaster (15/15 + Epilogue)
Title: Disaster - 15/15 + Epilogue
Genre: Angst/Drama/Romance
Rating: R
Pairing: Puck/Kurt
Word Count: 1700 this chapter | 16190 overall
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.
When Puck woke up the following morning, it was to the sound of Kurt’s slightly frantic voice. “Get up!” Kurt said. “Beth and Catherine are going to be here in just a little bit.”
Puck yawned and got up. He had never understood how Kurt was so good in the mornings, even when the night before he had been exhausted. He took a shower, put on some clothes and then walked out into the front room of the apartment. Kurt was cleaning up the front room and Quinn was peeking out of the kitchen, looking at Puck with a guilty expression on her face.
“I made breakfast if you’re hungry,” she said softly. She didn’t look like her normal fabulously put together self, dressed in yesterday’s clothes, not wearing makeup and showing signs of her own exhaustion, but she seemed more at peace than she had the night before. “Well, Kurt helped me, but yeah, I figured it was the least I can do after coming to your house a total wreck. So, she’s coming pretty soon?”
He nodded, still sleepy. “Yeah,” he said. Kurt had already put out a pot of coffee. God, he loved Kurt and Kurt just knew him so well. He took a drink of his coffee. “You ready for this?” he asked Quinn.
She nodded. “I am,” she said quietly. “Thank you for letting me see her.”
Kurt spoke up, throwing a pillow back onto the sofa. “Quinn and I talked,” he said softly. “I’m sorry for the way I acted last night. I was really just kind of exhausted.”
Puck shook his head. “Kurt, don’t worry about it,” he said. “I’ve been exhausted too and this just isn’t easy, what’s been going on.”
A few more drinks of coffee and there was a knock at the door. He got up to get it. He opened the door to see Catherine standing there, Beth clinging to her side. The little girl looked just about as sleepy as her daddy; her hair was a mess and she was yawning. “Hey sleepy girl,” Puck said, touching her cheek. Beth turned up her face towards him and smiled sleepily. “Daddy’s a sleepy monster in the morning too.” He looked at Catherine and smiled at her, “Hi.”
The woman came inside and quickly set Beth down. “For a tiny two year old, she is quite the weight sometimes,” Catherine said, stretching her arms out uncomfortably. “She’s still really sleepy. She was never good at being woken up.”
“Genetics,” Kurt said, laughing.
Quinn stood quietly by the kitchen, kind of paralyzed to the spot. Puck glanced at her and then looked over to Kurt, who was also looking at her sympathetically. Puck broke the silence and introduced her. “Catherine, this is Quinn,” he said, softly. “She’s…”
The woman nodded. “I know who she is,” she said quietly.
“She just wanted to meet Beth,” Puck said, sensing the suspicion in her voice.
Quinn very quietly put down the kitchen utensils she had been holding onto and approached Beth, who had sat up on the sofa. “Hi Beth,” she said softly, delicately. “I’m Quinn.” She seemed fascinated by the child, her eyes wide but quickly filling with tears. “Your daddy told me that I had to meet the most amazing girl in the world.”
The child seemed confused but waved sleepily at her.
Quinn bit her lip. “She looks so much like you,” she told Puck, obviously struggling with a million emotions. “She’s just about the most beautiful girl that I have ever seen in my life.”
Kurt stepped across the living room and hugged Quinn from behind. This was a surprise to Puck, because he knew Kurt wasn’t that good with overly affectionate things like hugging. “She has a lot of pretty girl in her,” Kurt said tenderly and Puck was so glad that the tension between Kurt and Quinn had ended, at least for now.
Catherine smiled and decided to break the quiet, uncomfortable silence. “Beth was talking about you guys all night,” she said, a lot more at ease than she had been before. “Where’s daddy? I want Kurt. It went on and on all night until we watched Cinderella and went to bed.”
Puck could see the pride in Kurt’s eyes at that.
“I made breakfast,” Quinn said softly. “Are you guys hungry?”
Catherine, who had seemed a little suspicious of Quinn, smiled and tried her best to be polite. “That’s very sweet of you.”
Quinn shrugged a little bit. “It’s the least I can do for everyone,” she said, before returning to the kitchen. Kurt looked after her concerned but Puck shook his head. She needed a moment after seeing her daughter, he was sure. The first time that Shelby had given Puck a visitation he had wound up sobbing in front of her house, hysterically.
“Hungry Beth?” Puck asked, tickling the sleeping child. “I can tell you one thing about Miss Quinn, she makes the best food ever.”
Beth nodded. “Hungry,” she repeated hugging onto Puck, arms around his neck.
“We really don’t have a lot of dining room furniture yet,” Kurt said, his face a little bit red with embarrassment. “But, we’ll bring Beth’s high chair in here and everyone can eat in the front room.”
Puck decided that it would be best if he went to get the high chair from the kitchen, just in case. As it turned out, that was a very good idea because Quinn was staring into the wall, hard. "Hey," he said, walking up to her and lightly touching her shoulder.
She spun. "Hey," she said softly.
"She's something else isn't she?" he asked, knowing just what she was thinking. It was hard to get over Beth, especially when you were involved in creating her. He couldn't imagine what Quinn was feeling, being the woman who carried her, all those months.
"Get me some plates," she said, moving to get the pans off of the oven. "God, yes she is. She's a miniature you and she adores you and Kurt so much so fast." He got her some plates and handed them over. She quickly took them. "The funniest thing is, I'm okay with it."
“Yeah?” he asked, as she started putting the plates together.
“I am,” she said honestly. “You and Kurt are fantastic parents and you’re gonna be exactly what she needs. I was the girl who gave birth to her, but this is your world, not mine. I…I am going to be making a few decisions about my life pretty soon and I would love if maybe I could see you guys from time to time though.”
He nodded and hugged her. “Let’s feed the masses Quinn.”
Puck brought out the high chair and picked Beth up, putting her inside. “There you go girlie girl,” he said brightly, kissing her nose. Beth chuckled. Kurt went to help Quinn bring out the food for the adults and Puck went and brought Beth one of the tiny child’s plates out for his girl.
It was almost like a family, sitting around the living room - anything but the disaster it once was. Kurt and Catherine were talking excitedly about Beth’s favorite Disney films, and Quinn was curled up on the side of the couch, coffee cup in hand. It was kind of perfect.
-
Kurt’s first day of class was an absolute whirlwind. He had only been to two classes and he sort of felt a little nauseated with the rush of emotions. He and Puck had done a very good job arranging their schedules so that Beth was never alone, plus Beth had a plethora of babysitters - Puck’s little sister was going to start babysitting, as soon as she and her mother moved into town, Quinn had taken her first semester of school off, in order to sort her life out and was always there for Beth, and Catherine of course, babysat nearly every weekend. Beth was well taken care of but Kurt was still nervous being away from the family he had quickly developed.
His first reaction, getting out of class for a break, was of course to check his phone. He found three texts from Puck.
(1:50) Your class just got out right?
(1:52) It better have.
(1:53) Come to the lower quad of your school. Now.
He didn’t even bother to text back, heading down to lower campus quickly. He was still a little confused by the layout. He found Puck and Beth standing up against a tree, Beth with her arms wrapped around Puck’s leg.
“Hey there. What are you guys doing here?
“Well, I don’t work today and we figured we’d see what smart daddy was up to.” Puck smiled that brilliant smile of his and then leaned down and captured Kurt’s lips in a quick kiss. Kurt kissed him back and then scooped Beth up into his arms. “How was your first day of class?” Puck asked.
“Exhausting,” Kurt said. “I’m a little bit overwhelmed.”
“Understandable,” Puck said, looking around. “This place is huge, but one of us has to be the family genius, sorry.”
Kurt smiled, warmly. “Hey, I think that both of Beth’s daddies are pretty smart,” he said. He hated that Puck had to put his education plans on hold but honestly, the guy was smarter than any college education could give him. He was brilliant. He leaned down and kissed Beth again. “Now tell me sweetheart, what did you and daddy do today?”
Her eyes lit up. “Auntie Quinn,” she said brightly.
“Yep,” Puck said. “We saw Quinn today. She’s staying with her mom for a semester, which is good for her head but kind of driving her crazy all the same, so she drove down to see us. She’s shocked at how big our girl has gotten.”
Kurt had to agree. It had only been about a month since Quinn last saw Beth but she was already showing signs of what a big girl she was. “Did you use the potty today?” he asked the little girl, who nodded proudly. God, Kurt was so in love with his family.
His family. He could deal with that.
Genre: Angst/Drama/Romance
Rating: R
Pairing: Puck/Kurt
Word Count: 1700 this chapter | 16190 overall
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.
When Puck woke up the following morning, it was to the sound of Kurt’s slightly frantic voice. “Get up!” Kurt said. “Beth and Catherine are going to be here in just a little bit.”
Puck yawned and got up. He had never understood how Kurt was so good in the mornings, even when the night before he had been exhausted. He took a shower, put on some clothes and then walked out into the front room of the apartment. Kurt was cleaning up the front room and Quinn was peeking out of the kitchen, looking at Puck with a guilty expression on her face.
“I made breakfast if you’re hungry,” she said softly. She didn’t look like her normal fabulously put together self, dressed in yesterday’s clothes, not wearing makeup and showing signs of her own exhaustion, but she seemed more at peace than she had the night before. “Well, Kurt helped me, but yeah, I figured it was the least I can do after coming to your house a total wreck. So, she’s coming pretty soon?”
He nodded, still sleepy. “Yeah,” he said. Kurt had already put out a pot of coffee. God, he loved Kurt and Kurt just knew him so well. He took a drink of his coffee. “You ready for this?” he asked Quinn.
She nodded. “I am,” she said quietly. “Thank you for letting me see her.”
Kurt spoke up, throwing a pillow back onto the sofa. “Quinn and I talked,” he said softly. “I’m sorry for the way I acted last night. I was really just kind of exhausted.”
Puck shook his head. “Kurt, don’t worry about it,” he said. “I’ve been exhausted too and this just isn’t easy, what’s been going on.”
A few more drinks of coffee and there was a knock at the door. He got up to get it. He opened the door to see Catherine standing there, Beth clinging to her side. The little girl looked just about as sleepy as her daddy; her hair was a mess and she was yawning. “Hey sleepy girl,” Puck said, touching her cheek. Beth turned up her face towards him and smiled sleepily. “Daddy’s a sleepy monster in the morning too.” He looked at Catherine and smiled at her, “Hi.”
The woman came inside and quickly set Beth down. “For a tiny two year old, she is quite the weight sometimes,” Catherine said, stretching her arms out uncomfortably. “She’s still really sleepy. She was never good at being woken up.”
“Genetics,” Kurt said, laughing.
Quinn stood quietly by the kitchen, kind of paralyzed to the spot. Puck glanced at her and then looked over to Kurt, who was also looking at her sympathetically. Puck broke the silence and introduced her. “Catherine, this is Quinn,” he said, softly. “She’s…”
The woman nodded. “I know who she is,” she said quietly.
“She just wanted to meet Beth,” Puck said, sensing the suspicion in her voice.
Quinn very quietly put down the kitchen utensils she had been holding onto and approached Beth, who had sat up on the sofa. “Hi Beth,” she said softly, delicately. “I’m Quinn.” She seemed fascinated by the child, her eyes wide but quickly filling with tears. “Your daddy told me that I had to meet the most amazing girl in the world.”
The child seemed confused but waved sleepily at her.
Quinn bit her lip. “She looks so much like you,” she told Puck, obviously struggling with a million emotions. “She’s just about the most beautiful girl that I have ever seen in my life.”
Kurt stepped across the living room and hugged Quinn from behind. This was a surprise to Puck, because he knew Kurt wasn’t that good with overly affectionate things like hugging. “She has a lot of pretty girl in her,” Kurt said tenderly and Puck was so glad that the tension between Kurt and Quinn had ended, at least for now.
Catherine smiled and decided to break the quiet, uncomfortable silence. “Beth was talking about you guys all night,” she said, a lot more at ease than she had been before. “Where’s daddy? I want Kurt. It went on and on all night until we watched Cinderella and went to bed.”
Puck could see the pride in Kurt’s eyes at that.
“I made breakfast,” Quinn said softly. “Are you guys hungry?”
Catherine, who had seemed a little suspicious of Quinn, smiled and tried her best to be polite. “That’s very sweet of you.”
Quinn shrugged a little bit. “It’s the least I can do for everyone,” she said, before returning to the kitchen. Kurt looked after her concerned but Puck shook his head. She needed a moment after seeing her daughter, he was sure. The first time that Shelby had given Puck a visitation he had wound up sobbing in front of her house, hysterically.
“Hungry Beth?” Puck asked, tickling the sleeping child. “I can tell you one thing about Miss Quinn, she makes the best food ever.”
Beth nodded. “Hungry,” she repeated hugging onto Puck, arms around his neck.
“We really don’t have a lot of dining room furniture yet,” Kurt said, his face a little bit red with embarrassment. “But, we’ll bring Beth’s high chair in here and everyone can eat in the front room.”
Puck decided that it would be best if he went to get the high chair from the kitchen, just in case. As it turned out, that was a very good idea because Quinn was staring into the wall, hard. "Hey," he said, walking up to her and lightly touching her shoulder.
She spun. "Hey," she said softly.
"She's something else isn't she?" he asked, knowing just what she was thinking. It was hard to get over Beth, especially when you were involved in creating her. He couldn't imagine what Quinn was feeling, being the woman who carried her, all those months.
"Get me some plates," she said, moving to get the pans off of the oven. "God, yes she is. She's a miniature you and she adores you and Kurt so much so fast." He got her some plates and handed them over. She quickly took them. "The funniest thing is, I'm okay with it."
“Yeah?” he asked, as she started putting the plates together.
“I am,” she said honestly. “You and Kurt are fantastic parents and you’re gonna be exactly what she needs. I was the girl who gave birth to her, but this is your world, not mine. I…I am going to be making a few decisions about my life pretty soon and I would love if maybe I could see you guys from time to time though.”
He nodded and hugged her. “Let’s feed the masses Quinn.”
Puck brought out the high chair and picked Beth up, putting her inside. “There you go girlie girl,” he said brightly, kissing her nose. Beth chuckled. Kurt went to help Quinn bring out the food for the adults and Puck went and brought Beth one of the tiny child’s plates out for his girl.
It was almost like a family, sitting around the living room - anything but the disaster it once was. Kurt and Catherine were talking excitedly about Beth’s favorite Disney films, and Quinn was curled up on the side of the couch, coffee cup in hand. It was kind of perfect.
-
Kurt’s first day of class was an absolute whirlwind. He had only been to two classes and he sort of felt a little nauseated with the rush of emotions. He and Puck had done a very good job arranging their schedules so that Beth was never alone, plus Beth had a plethora of babysitters - Puck’s little sister was going to start babysitting, as soon as she and her mother moved into town, Quinn had taken her first semester of school off, in order to sort her life out and was always there for Beth, and Catherine of course, babysat nearly every weekend. Beth was well taken care of but Kurt was still nervous being away from the family he had quickly developed.
His first reaction, getting out of class for a break, was of course to check his phone. He found three texts from Puck.
(1:50) Your class just got out right?
(1:52) It better have.
(1:53) Come to the lower quad of your school. Now.
He didn’t even bother to text back, heading down to lower campus quickly. He was still a little confused by the layout. He found Puck and Beth standing up against a tree, Beth with her arms wrapped around Puck’s leg.
“Hey there. What are you guys doing here?
“Well, I don’t work today and we figured we’d see what smart daddy was up to.” Puck smiled that brilliant smile of his and then leaned down and captured Kurt’s lips in a quick kiss. Kurt kissed him back and then scooped Beth up into his arms. “How was your first day of class?” Puck asked.
“Exhausting,” Kurt said. “I’m a little bit overwhelmed.”
“Understandable,” Puck said, looking around. “This place is huge, but one of us has to be the family genius, sorry.”
Kurt smiled, warmly. “Hey, I think that both of Beth’s daddies are pretty smart,” he said. He hated that Puck had to put his education plans on hold but honestly, the guy was smarter than any college education could give him. He was brilliant. He leaned down and kissed Beth again. “Now tell me sweetheart, what did you and daddy do today?”
Her eyes lit up. “Auntie Quinn,” she said brightly.
“Yep,” Puck said. “We saw Quinn today. She’s staying with her mom for a semester, which is good for her head but kind of driving her crazy all the same, so she drove down to see us. She’s shocked at how big our girl has gotten.”
Kurt had to agree. It had only been about a month since Quinn last saw Beth but she was already showing signs of what a big girl she was. “Did you use the potty today?” he asked the little girl, who nodded proudly. God, Kurt was so in love with his family.
His family. He could deal with that.