Dear Pen Pal...Chapter 17
Noah Puckerman stood in the shadows as he watched Rachel and Quinn along with their pen pals leave the choir room before making his way inside and adjusting the guitar that he had slung on his shoulder.
He wasn’t purposefully playing anything specific; in fact he’d just been playing to pass the time until his companions arrived, which was at that very moment.
“Where’s my sister?” Sav asked looking at the young man once he saw that his pen pal was MIA.
Puck shrugged.
“Around, told her to hang out with her boyfriend if she knew what was good for her, make sure Santana doesn’t sink her claws into him.”
Sav just made a face while Mike took a seat on the risers next to his friend.
“So, what’s with the meeting Puck?” Mike asked, “Are you trying to get us to join your Fight Club?”
“Your in a Fight Club?” Sav asked, “Sweet!!!!!!!”
Puck rolled his eyes at the two boys.
“No, this has nothing to do with fight club,” he spoke as he turned to Sav, “it’s about your sister.”
“I KNEW IT!” Sav said, “what did Ali do… or is it something you did to her? Either way…”
Sav began to approach Puck, a pissed off look on his face.
“Chilax Bhandari, nothing happened at least to my knowledge, no she just told me about the band you were in and how you were in a movie and all that.”
Sav smiled with pride.
“She did.”
Puck nodded.
“I’ve always wanted to be in a band personally, after all I’m already a total stud the next logical step would be to become a rock star, after all chick’s dig music.”
Mike rolled his eyes.
“What’s with the eye roll Chang, isn’t that how you wooed Tina away from wheels last summer…granted it was with dancing and not singing but still.”
Mike bit his lip at that comment however it was at least partially true as he listened to Puck go on and on to Sav about the many women he wooed through song.
“…. Rachel said she’d never fall for a guy who wasn’t man enough to sing so I sang ‘Sweet Caroline’ to her…..the first time I tried to pursue Mercedes I…well that is we sang ‘Lady Is a Tramp’….then when I tried to show Quinn that I really cared about our baby I sang ‘Beth’ to her which is what we inevitably named out girl….not to mention countless other times I’ve gotten lead parts in ensemble numbers in glee…..”
Sav just nodded as he began to talk about the song that he’d written for Anya and then preceded to pick up Puck’s guitar to sing it.
“I thought you were a rock star?” Puck asked.
“Well…”
“That was lame.”
“Well it was original which is more then I can say for what you sang to your ladies.”
“He schooled you,” Mike said.
“Shut up Chang.”
“I’m just speaking the truth.”
Puck rolled his eyes at Mike’s before looking toward Sav.
“Anyway the reason I called the two of you here is cause why not have a little jam session or something.”
“Well?” Sav asked, “What do you have in mind?”
“Well Ali likes the Backstreet Boys and when Artie performed ‘As Long as You Love Me’ for Tina a while back I kind of got inspired.
Sav didn’t know if he liked the fact that this guy knew his sister’s favorite band however he decided to roll with it.
“So,” he said, “what song do you have in mind?”
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Alli meanwhile was sitting on the back steps of McKinley High as Mercedes and Anya were leaving the school building. The two girls looked over to one another before looking at the younger girl.
“Hell naw, please tell me Puck didn’t abandon you,” Mercedes said with an annoyed face on her lips.
“He didn’t abandon me…he just said to spend the afternoon with Drew and Santana cause he wanted to have ‘guy time’ unfortunately Drew and Santana didn’t get the memo and they are already off campus leaving me here alone.”
Anya took a seat next to her ex’s kid sister who was still her friend and flashed a sweet smile at her.
“Did he say where he was having his guy time?”
Alli nodded.
“The Choir room,” she stated.
“Well then,” Mercedes said, “what are we waiting for.”
Anya and Alli looked at the local girl who had a determined look in her eyes.
“Oh don’t you dare tell me you weren’t thinking of breaking up Puckzilla’s little boys club.”
“God you actually call him by that ridiculous nickname?” Alli asked as she stood up.
“Don’t worry…. I don’t do it to his face.”
Anya stood up now and turned to face the school building again where she followed her pen pal and the younger girl back into the school building and toward the choir room, curious to see just what was going down.
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Puck began to play the song on his guitar, shocking Mike and Sav that he actually knew the music by heart as he began to sing:
I may run and hide
When you're screamin' my name, alright
But let me tell you now
There are prices to fame, alright
All of our time spent in flashes of light
He looked over to Mike and Sav, trying to get them to join in for the first chorus. Mike smiled and god on the floor and began to dance while Sav joined in singing along:
All you people can't you see, can't you see
How your love's affecting our reality
Every time we're down
You can make it right
And that makes you larger than life….
At this point the trio of girls walked in and Mercedes decided to speak up.
“Busted,” she said causing Puck to stop playing his music and look over to his girlfriend, a flirtatious grin crossing his lips.
“So babe, you liking what the Puckerone is doing.”
“If your referring to your singing then yes, I enjoy it but if your referring to the fact that you abandoned your pen pal whom your supposed to be spending time with in favor of guy time then I don’t like it at all.”
“I told her to hang out with Drew and Santana,” Puck said defensively.
“They didn’t get the memo,” Alli said.
Puck flashed an apologetic look.
“Well then I’m sorry.”
Alli nodded.
“It’s alright, but why didn’t you tell me you were singing a Backstreet Boys song…you do know they are like my favorite band ever right.”
Puck just nodded.
“I did.”
“So,” Anya said, “do you boys care for an audience or…”
Sav looked to his ex and took Puck’s whole ‘chicks dig music’ theory to heart again and while he knew he would never be able to truly woo Anya back with song at least he could make he like him if only for a moment.
“Sure,” Sav said getting looks from Mike and Puck, “why not.”
Mercedes, Anya, and Alli smiled as they took a seat on the riser and the trio of boys looked at one another before picking it up for the top.
As the boys danced around Alli’s eyes were glued to Mike whose shirt was unbuttoned ever so slightly causing her to drool ever so slightly. Sav saw the glint in his kid sister’s eyes and made mental note to talk to his pen pal later on while Anya whispered.
“I know that his abs are amazing but your dating Drew.”
Alli nodded.
“Me on the other hand….”
“Save your breath,” Mercedes said, “the boy’s already got a girlfriend.”
Alli and Anya let out a collective sigh of defeat as they continued to watch the boys move.
It was definitely true what Puck said… ‘Chicks dig musicians’
TBC