Glee's Finest (A Puck Love Story. Or is it?) chapter 34

I made this one!! For not having any photo shop program and having to do it all online I think it turned out ok. :)

Chapter 34

“What?” I asked, shock taking over me. Jesse looked at me from over his shoulder.

“You’re stage name. Savvy. It is a really good one, brilliant idea of yours to be honest.” Jesse shrugged like this was some random topic instead of my life’s secret.

“How did you…? Did Puck tell you? If he did I am going to juvie and killing him.” I stood up ready to take any action necessary. Jesse laughed and walked over to me as cool as ever.

“Don’t worry Savvy. Puck didn’t tell me a thing. I knew all along.” Jesse’s smiled was filled with humor but I was not laughing. This was one of the most serious moments in my life.

“He didn’t tell you? Well how did you know?” I was confused and frustrated. Why did this always happen to me?

“At the competition I figured it out. Maybe for that one night you could have taken that ring off.” Jesse smiled and grabbed my hand motioning to my purity ring. My mind shot back to that night. I was so careful about it, never talking the same, acting the same, showing my face. Anything. And everything could come crumbling down before me just because I overlooked my ring.

“Why haven’t you said anything?” I asked still a little distraught. He saw the color draining from my face and sat me down immediately.

“Savannah, look at me.” He turned my eyes to look him square in the face. “I will not tell your secret. I care about you too much to ruin it for you. All I want to know is why it means so much to you. Why can’t you tell? Your voice is like nothing I have ever heard. The glee club could really use you.” Jesse was assuring me but yet I still felt my bones rattle within me. Two guys now know my secret. That is two more than planned. Who else knew?

“Thank you.” I managed to breathe out despite the surprise. He pulled me to him and hugged me tightly.

“I’ll always be on our side Savvy. Always.” He whispered stroking my head soothingly. If he hadn’t told anyone in like 8 months then why would he tell now? He was my boyfriend and Jesse wasn’t the type to do that sort of thing.

“Now please tell me the whole story. I’ve been wondering about you for months. You are an enigma.” Jesse smiled taking a seat beside me and wrapping his arm around my shoulder. I chuckled slightly and took a deep breath calming myself down.

“You asked for it.” I said turning to him and laying the whole thing on him. Why I stayed away from glee club, why I didn’t want to be popular, my façade of being the new top witch and all of that. He listened extremely well only stopping to ask about things he didn’t understand. It was obvious he wanted to know me, the real me, which is more than I could ever have asked for.

When I had finished Jesse was leaning against his arm watching me intently.

“And to think you went through and did all of this stuff without anyone suspecting a thing.” Jesse shook his head in amazement.

“You are the most amazing girl I have ever seen.” He admitted without a care.

“So you still want to be with me even though I hid the real me?” I asked hopeful. There was no telling how he would take the whole thing.

“Are you kidding? I thought it was impossible to love you anymore, I was just proven wrong.” Jesse smiled and the feeling of gratefulness and admiration flooded through me. I jumped into his arms.

“Thank you Jesse!” I cried out and we both fell back against his bed making us laugh.

“Anything for you Savvy.” Jesse replied looking up at me on top of him.

“This could be a bad position to be found in if your parents decide to check on you.” I laughed and tried to get off but he held my arm.

“Wait. Just a minute longer.” The confused look on my face made him chuckle. “If you are going to wait until you get married, then so am I. We’ll do it together.” Jesse said pulling me back down on top of him.

“You’re waiting too? Why?” I asked surprised. He looked at me like I was crazy.

“If you wait… I wait. Besides, if I am going to marry you one day, then I want to make it special.” Jesse said running his hand across my face. This was amazing, never in my life had I thought someone would do all of this for me. I didn’t think anyone would care enough to do that for me.

“I love you.” I blabbed without thinking again. I paused hearing what I just said hit my ears. I wasn’t over Puck. No way, but maybe him being in juvie helped out my cause. Perhaps it was good to have some alone time without Puck around. Well, right now it was doing good. Jesse seemed as shocked as me to hear the words come out of my mouth. We just stared at each other unmoving for another minute until he smiled sweetly.

“May I?” He asked sitting up some and brushing my lips with his fingers. I smiled and nodded once feeling a little breathless already. Without another word Jesse kissed me with uncharacteristic passion. It reminded me of when Puck and I would kiss and how I felt with him. I didn’t feel the same spark with Jesse. Not yet anyway. Who knew, maybe I would eventually. It was worth a shot.

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The next couple weeks at school I was stuck to Jesse’s side like he was stuck to mine. Puck was still out of sight so that made the situation better. Like they say, out of sight out of mind… Right? Now that there weren’t any secrets between us I could act out my part even better. Jesse had already agreed to help me out with my charade and together we were unstoppable. Soon I really was the new top witch. I was comfortable with the way I was dressed, I lived the part perfectly and before I knew it. I was the most popular girl in school. Jesse was right beside me all the way helping me out with any aspect I needed to get the wool pulled over everyone’s eyes. Puck hadn’t been seen in weeks and I had to be glad for it. His absence made things easier for me. Easier to not be myself, easier to not think about him. Everything. Jesse and I were going strong. Very strong. Power couples didn’t exist until us. Puck and I were dynamite but for a different reason. The ‘Maserman’ relationship was best known for the unlikely thought of it happening. The ‘Jason’ relationship was popular because we were both (as others said so not to make myself look like a self righteous snob) hot and bad butt. People did say Puck and I were hot but back then because I was a nobody so that didn’t help us out. We were doomed to fail from the start but I just couldn’t see it. The world Puck lived in was different from my own small, unrecognized one. This world I was in now was his world. A world where opinions mean everything popularity was the most important thing, and brains were nonessential. Yes, this was my most recent world. My friends barely even knew me anymore to use their own words. Bianca didn’t see me a whole lot at school, she was too busy in glee club and spending time with her friends. Part of me was bothered by the whole situation but Jesse always came behind to back me up saying ‘this is who you are now’ and ‘look at us, everyone loves us’. Soon enough he was my only friend left around. Kate never would abandon me but even she backed off a bit. Just because I didn’t have friends didn’t mean I didn’t have people hanging on me all the time. That was far from the truth. Day after day I got professions of love from guys I didn’t even know the names of and the same thing happened to Jesse. If it didn’t make me sad to see people so desperate to be popular then I would find it amusing. What else could I do? Being more popular than, Quinn Fabray, Santana Lopez and any other cheerio was a lot of work but I pulled it off well enough. Santana deserved everything she got for sleeping with my boyfriend. Every time I thought about it I almost wanted to go punch her face off, good thing my self-restraint is as stellar as it is. I tried not to think about the betrayal I had felt thanks to my so-called friend, boyfriend etc. I didn’t know what I did to deserve it but here I am still paying for it.

“So are you excited about homecoming?” Jesse asked over our lunch table surrounded by devoted followers. I sighed and dropped my fork losing interest in my food.

“I guess, I’m not exactly sure why we have to wear masks though, it’s too Cinderella-ish if you know what I mean.” I replied looking around the cafeteria. It had been about two months since Puck went to juvie and no one has heard anything from him since. I couldn’t help but worry about him. Maybe he was killed by some butch kid wanting his tater tots at dinner? All I had to go off of was my imagination. Mom wouldn’t tell me even though she had talked to Mrs. Puckerman now and again. She knew I wouldn’t spread rumors but caution was a good thing I guess.

“I know what you mean. We don’t even get to go together. Picking some random people’s name is not my idea way to go about it.” Jesse shook his head looking upset. It was true. The teachers (I’m assuming to try and make themselves look hip) came up with the idea that we had to wear masks and come up with a name for ourselves and when the girls walk through the doors they get handed a piece of paper with the name of their supposed date on it. Jesse and I would definitely have gone together but no, we had to do something completely out of the ordinary. I just knew something bad was going to happen. With my luck I’d be stuck with Fuller, or Karofski.

“Tell me about it.” I laid my head on my arms in exasperation.

“Let’s just get this over with.” Jesse said reaching across the table and patting my head like a little child.

“Agreed.” I answered sitting up and trying to smile. Tomorrow night wasn’t exactly my idea of fun. My idea of fun was when Jesse and I spent the entire afternoon one Saturday just singing and playing out hearts out. It was just what I wanted to spend my time doing. But, mom wanted me to go to homecoming and when she heard the idea the teachers had she thought it even better. No getting out of it now. I had already bought my dress and everything. Now all I had to do was choose my name. Hmm…. Then it hit me. Of course! My name would be Mrs. Puckerman. I didn’t exactly know why I picked that one and little did I think about what the consequences would be from it. I wasn’t going to tell anyone either. They didn’t need to know my business. Well, I did tell Jesse. He wasn’t too thrilled by it, but he understood. What would it matter anyway? Puck was un juvie.

The next day came and I sat up in my room preparing for Homecoming. I put on my earrings and finished my makeup just as the doorbell rang.

“Kate is here Savannah!” my mother yelled up the stairs and I quickly grabbed my mask and ran down to meet her.

“Kate! I’ve missed you so much!” I said giving her a huge hug. She laughed holding me tightly.

“I’ve missed you too! Now let’s go or we are going to be late!” She said holding my arm.

“Sounds good.” I replied pulling on my mask like she had.

“Wait! I need pictures my mom said pulling out her camera and snapping a couple quick ones.

“We really have to go mom.” I exclaimed impatiently.

“Ok, ok! Have fun you two! And Savannah… stay out of trouble!” My mom shook her head and Kate and I headed out to her car.

“Thanks so much for taking me with you. This would have been really uncomfortable on my bike.” I joked looking down at my red short dress.

“Anytime my friend. Where is Bianca though?” Kate smiled and we took off to school.

“She was able to drive with her new boyfriend. Sam Evans from glee club. Yea, I thought the same thing.” I replied seeing the surprise on Kate’s face. It was good to catch up with her but the ride wasn’t a very long one so we had to cut it short.

“So who do you think you will get?” I asked when we stepped out of the car and headed to the gym where homecoming was. Kate gave me an evil smile and fixed the top to her strapless blue dress.

“Well… Josh and I kind of cheated and hacked the file and put our names together.” She spoke nonchalantly but my mouth hung open.

“Are you serious?!” I almost cried out and she immediately hushed me.

“Do you know who I get? Please tell me Jesse. Because there is no one else here, well maybe Mike, that I would want to be stuck with for the night.” I gave her a puppy dog look and she shook her head.

“No way… Mrs. Puckerman.” Kate’s evil smile grew and I knew she knew who I had.

“Gah! You are so bad!” I said reaching her throat and play choking her. We were cracking up when we entered the building immediately surrounded by masked kids and teachers. We looked around in aw seeing the decorations and hearing the loud music.

“Wow. This is awesome.” Kate said looking up at the shining stage lights and the decorations around the room.

“Yea, it is.” I spoke distracted by the sparkles everywhere.

“Excuse me! What is your name Miss?” One of the teachers manning the desk asked me. I turned a little surprised.

“Of course. My name,” I paused and looked around to see if anyone was listening before continuing “Mrs. Puckerman.” I murmured so no one could hear even though they weren’t paying attention to me. Tonight, I could be me. I could be Savvy. And it would be awesome.

“Aha. I see, well Mrs. Puckerman your date for tonight is…” I sat waiting for her to say the name. Who could it be? Ok, so yes, I was a little excited now that I was here. Could you blame me?

“Mr. Puckerman.” I gave her a surprised look.

“What?” I asked surprised by the name. A rush of fear ran through me before I realized. Oh Jesse. He was smart. If Puck were here he probably would be mad we took his name. But he wasn’t so it was working out just fine.

“Your lucky young lady. Tonight they haven’t had couples stay together. Here. Have fun.” She said handing me a number, Jesse’s number. I smiled and gave my thanks and rushed off to find him. If I was Mrs. Puckerman he was just the type to choose Mr. Puckerman. He was so cute like that. I saw a tallish man standing beside a line of girls who, like me, had a number in their hands. There were tags on the men’s shirts with the number they were assigned on them and it took me only a couple minutes to find the right number. Thank God they were in numerical order. Now that I knew I had Jesse I was grinning ear to ear.

“Hey stranger.” I spoke tapping my date on the shoulder. He was wearing a suit jacket with a waistcoat and a fadora. That was definitely a Jesse look. My date turned around and to my horror I realized it was not Jesse.

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So who do you think it is??????