Trouble Follows

Ch. 11

Puck knocked on the door after ringing the bell and adjusted Beth in his arms. The front door opened. "Hey!"

Quinn smiled. "Hey, Puck. Hi, Beth!"

"Mommy!" Beth yelled.

He handed her over and Quinn put her on her hip. "How was your time with Papa?"

"Good! Gram made cheese!"

"She means Mac and cheese." He told her. "That's what we ate for dinner last night."

"Ooh!" Quinn teased. "Was it good?"

Beth nodded. "Sissy didn't eat any and she threw up on Papa."

He scowled. She was right. He'd overfed Raven and she erupted like Mt. Spew.

Quinn giggled. "She got him good, huh?"

Beth nodded and giggled.

"What are you about to do?" Quinn asked him.

"Play basketball with Mike and Finn. You?" He shifted Raven to his other hand.

"Mercy and I were going to go for a walk. But not for another half hour."

Going for a walk? Boring. "Have fun. See you, Beth. I'll see you Friday."

"Bye, Papa." Beth shot forward to kiss him.

He kissed her back. "Bye, Q."

"See you, Puck." Quinn shut the door.

He walked back to his truck and buckled Raven in before going around the corner to Mercedes'.

He rang the bell and knocked. Mrs. Gonzales answered. "Hey, Mrs. G. How are you?"

"I am fine, señor Puck. How are you?" She smiled.

"I'm great. Where's Mama?"

"Señorita Mercy!" She yelled.

Mercedes showed up. "Hey, Noah! Hi, Rae! How's my baby?!" She took the car-seat from him.

"Where's my kiss?" He demanded.

She smirked before kissing him. "Can I hold my child now or does my second one want to be held first?"

"Well I could go for that." He sniffed.

She laughed and hit him. "Go away, Noah!"

"Why can't I stay?"

"Mikey said he was playing basketball with you and Finn."

He shrugged. "You right. Alright, I'll see you later." He kissed her before stroking Raven's cheek and leaving.

He hopped in his truck and went to a park in Lima. He parked and got out to try to find his friends.

He found Mike shooting hoops by himself and tried to scare him. He ended up on his back in the dirt...

"Ow!"

Mike held out a hand. "Sorry. Don't sneak up on me."

"I see!" Puck grabbed his hand and Mike hauled him to his feet.

"That was amazing!" They turned to see Finn jogging over.

Puck frowned at him. "No, it wasn't!"

"Yes, it was! He was so fast!"

Mike shrugged. "Are we playing Horse or what?"

"Yeah." Puck grumbled. "Let's go."

So they started playing. It was a pretty easy game. They really weren't keeping score. They were more interested in talking. Mike talked about hanging out with Tina on school nights while Finn talked up how happy he was to have Rachel back.