Glee | Me & My Shadow & Our Distractions | Sue & Puck (2 of 7)
Started my daily ficlets to make the hiatus pass, then decided to keep going with a 2nd cycle, and then a 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th and 11th cycle. Now cycle 12!
Yes, another hiatus is upon us! I'm working to plan out those summer cycles, so if you have things you would like to see get written, pleeease drop by the suggestion box. The link is further down!
This is another 7-chapter story! :D Chapter 2 of 7
"ME & MY SHADOW & OUR DISTRACTIONS"
Sue & Puck
This was by no means the first time this had come to happen at McKinley, and Sue had fought it every time. But each time it was the same and she would end up stuck with some kid riding her coat tails for a week. She wasn’t going to have that… not this year. She already had plenty to deal with, she wasn’t going to let this get in her way again. So she marched down to Figgins’ office, time and again, denied each time. When Monday morning rolled around, she decided it was time to play the last card she had left.
“Good morning,” she had a confident stride as she entered the principal’s office, not bothering to pay much attention to whatever he was doing. She walked around his desk and sat up against the edge. “Now I can be just as reasonable as the next; I don’t want to always have to use this threat. I mean, I understand, and I do believe there is a time and place for everything, but now…” she looked back to him. “Let’s talk about this assignment, and leave your wife out of it as much as we can,” she smiled with confident ‘kindness.’ Figgins looked to her with a firm gaze before addressing her.
“Sue, in anticipation for your visit, I asked your shadow to come in so that you two might get started,” he nodded across the desk. She breathed out, not wanting to have to turn and see who’d be there. Finally though, she did.
“Morning,” Puck gave a small nod. Sue’s head snapped back to Figgins. He braced himself.
“I haven’t had my shake just yet, I might not be quite screwed on just right yet,” she motioned to her head. “Because it seems you’re trying to tie me up with this delinquent.”
“Hey!” Puck protested.
“Shut it, Puckerman, I know where your mother works,” she spat at him, leaving him dumbfounded. Figgins stepped in.
“Now, Sue, it’s one week. A fine educator like you, I’m sure you can teach the boy a thing or two,” he appealed to her.
“Oh, don’t try and flatter me, I see you coming,” she shook her head, getting up and heading for the door. “Puckerman!” she shouted. Puck sighed and got up to follow her. They had just turned the corner when she turned on her heel and got up in his face. “Listen here, big guy, I have one rule,” she held up a finger, paused, then held a second. “Two rules: One, don’t get in my way. Two… Don’t mess with my Cheerios. You already cost me my captain.”
When they got to the gym though, Puck wasn’t so much of a problem at first… It was the Cheerios themselves. They started whispering amongst themselves, stopping when Sue hoisted up her bullhorn. Before she spoke, she pointed back to Puck.
“Don’t talk, touch, or even look at him. Now, warm up!” The girls quietly grumbled as the squad started warm ups, while Puck smirked to himself at seeing the reaction he’d gotten. He pulled it back when Sue turned to him. “That goes for you too.”
“I don’t think that’s what I’m supposed to be…” She squeezed the bullhorn, and with another huff, he joined warm-ups. Sue nodded to herself; that should keep him out of her hair for a while.
He was a jock though, and mildly used to this. He’d quickly bounced back, in time for the more defiant and daring of the Cheerios to start and break the coach’s recently installed rule. It became more and more of an excitement for them to find a way to get around it, in practice and beyond, with Puck being stuck to their coach’s side, as her shadow. But then the risk was half the fun.
By day two, the girls’ “covert” adventures had started trickling out amongst them… as had their mild physical successes with shadow boy. Learning of the multiple plays had about the expected effect on them. The brewing trouble wouldn’t reach either Sue or Puck just yet.
Sue had been temporarily lulled into a false sense of security, finding her shadow to be not all that much of a bother. He sat back, let her work… Maybe he was just a bored slacker, but at least he wasn’t in her way so much.
The morning of day three, the veil had been lifted, just as the gloves had come off of the Cheerios. She had been trying to get them quiet for a while, without success. This was already something she did not often have to deal with.
“Brittany! Front and center!” she finally called, deciding that was the best way to get an answer out of any of them. The blonde broke out of the pack, stumbling briefly before coming to stand in front of Sue.
“Yes, Coach?” she blinked. Sue became immediately aware of something, advancing on the Cheerio, observing her closely… Her eyes grew wide.
“Are you drunk?” Brittany startled at the barks, cringed.
“No…” she finally managed, clearly as though to say ‘well not anymore.’ Sue pointed to the bleachers and Brittany bowed her head and went to sit. In the time Sue had been focused on the hungover girl, the others had stopped being so on attention and more on pushing and shoving and name calling. Sue had turned back to them once she’d watched the blonde head off, flipping the bullhorn back on, missing the passage of the white-haired inspector behind her. When she did look back, it was toward the source of her problems, who was currently pointing out the tussle to his friends on the basketball team on the other side of the gym. She turned him around, all but grabbing him at the ear.
“Did I not make myself clear?” she barked. He shrugged. “Get out of here before I lose any more of my Cheerios.” Again, he shrugged, marching to join the basketball team. She sneered and grasped her bullhorn to the point of white knuckles as she returned to detangle her Cheerios.
She really despised shadow week.
THE END
* IN CONSTRUCTION! *
PREVIOUS DAYS
[Cycle 1] [Cycle 2] [Cycle 3] [Cycle 4]
[Cycle 5] [Cycle 6] [Cycle 7] [Cycle 8]
[Cycle 9] [Cycle 10] [Cycle 11]
[Cycle 12]
[232] [233] [234] [235] [236]
[237] [238] [239] [240] [241]
[242] [243] [244] [245]
[ [246]]
Suggestion Drop Off
Title: "Me & My Shadow & Our Distractions"
Pairing: None; Sue & Puck
Rating: G
Summary: It's chaos at McKinley, for one day with the faculty and an assignment...
Spoilers: 117 Bad Reputation-ish
Yes, another hiatus is upon us! I'm working to plan out those summer cycles, so if you have things you would like to see get written, pleeease drop by the suggestion box. The link is further down!
This is another 7-chapter story! :D Chapter 2 of 7
"ME & MY SHADOW & OUR DISTRACTIONS"
Sue & Puck
This was by no means the first time this had come to happen at McKinley, and Sue had fought it every time. But each time it was the same and she would end up stuck with some kid riding her coat tails for a week. She wasn’t going to have that… not this year. She already had plenty to deal with, she wasn’t going to let this get in her way again. So she marched down to Figgins’ office, time and again, denied each time. When Monday morning rolled around, she decided it was time to play the last card she had left.
“Good morning,” she had a confident stride as she entered the principal’s office, not bothering to pay much attention to whatever he was doing. She walked around his desk and sat up against the edge. “Now I can be just as reasonable as the next; I don’t want to always have to use this threat. I mean, I understand, and I do believe there is a time and place for everything, but now…” she looked back to him. “Let’s talk about this assignment, and leave your wife out of it as much as we can,” she smiled with confident ‘kindness.’ Figgins looked to her with a firm gaze before addressing her.
“Sue, in anticipation for your visit, I asked your shadow to come in so that you two might get started,” he nodded across the desk. She breathed out, not wanting to have to turn and see who’d be there. Finally though, she did.
“Morning,” Puck gave a small nod. Sue’s head snapped back to Figgins. He braced himself.
“I haven’t had my shake just yet, I might not be quite screwed on just right yet,” she motioned to her head. “Because it seems you’re trying to tie me up with this delinquent.”
“Hey!” Puck protested.
“Shut it, Puckerman, I know where your mother works,” she spat at him, leaving him dumbfounded. Figgins stepped in.
“Now, Sue, it’s one week. A fine educator like you, I’m sure you can teach the boy a thing or two,” he appealed to her.
“Oh, don’t try and flatter me, I see you coming,” she shook her head, getting up and heading for the door. “Puckerman!” she shouted. Puck sighed and got up to follow her. They had just turned the corner when she turned on her heel and got up in his face. “Listen here, big guy, I have one rule,” she held up a finger, paused, then held a second. “Two rules: One, don’t get in my way. Two… Don’t mess with my Cheerios. You already cost me my captain.”
When they got to the gym though, Puck wasn’t so much of a problem at first… It was the Cheerios themselves. They started whispering amongst themselves, stopping when Sue hoisted up her bullhorn. Before she spoke, she pointed back to Puck.
“Don’t talk, touch, or even look at him. Now, warm up!” The girls quietly grumbled as the squad started warm ups, while Puck smirked to himself at seeing the reaction he’d gotten. He pulled it back when Sue turned to him. “That goes for you too.”
“I don’t think that’s what I’m supposed to be…” She squeezed the bullhorn, and with another huff, he joined warm-ups. Sue nodded to herself; that should keep him out of her hair for a while.
He was a jock though, and mildly used to this. He’d quickly bounced back, in time for the more defiant and daring of the Cheerios to start and break the coach’s recently installed rule. It became more and more of an excitement for them to find a way to get around it, in practice and beyond, with Puck being stuck to their coach’s side, as her shadow. But then the risk was half the fun.
By day two, the girls’ “covert” adventures had started trickling out amongst them… as had their mild physical successes with shadow boy. Learning of the multiple plays had about the expected effect on them. The brewing trouble wouldn’t reach either Sue or Puck just yet.
Sue had been temporarily lulled into a false sense of security, finding her shadow to be not all that much of a bother. He sat back, let her work… Maybe he was just a bored slacker, but at least he wasn’t in her way so much.
The morning of day three, the veil had been lifted, just as the gloves had come off of the Cheerios. She had been trying to get them quiet for a while, without success. This was already something she did not often have to deal with.
“Brittany! Front and center!” she finally called, deciding that was the best way to get an answer out of any of them. The blonde broke out of the pack, stumbling briefly before coming to stand in front of Sue.
“Yes, Coach?” she blinked. Sue became immediately aware of something, advancing on the Cheerio, observing her closely… Her eyes grew wide.
“Are you drunk?” Brittany startled at the barks, cringed.
“No…” she finally managed, clearly as though to say ‘well not anymore.’ Sue pointed to the bleachers and Brittany bowed her head and went to sit. In the time Sue had been focused on the hungover girl, the others had stopped being so on attention and more on pushing and shoving and name calling. Sue had turned back to them once she’d watched the blonde head off, flipping the bullhorn back on, missing the passage of the white-haired inspector behind her. When she did look back, it was toward the source of her problems, who was currently pointing out the tussle to his friends on the basketball team on the other side of the gym. She turned him around, all but grabbing him at the ear.
“Did I not make myself clear?” she barked. He shrugged. “Get out of here before I lose any more of my Cheerios.” Again, he shrugged, marching to join the basketball team. She sneered and grasped her bullhorn to the point of white knuckles as she returned to detangle her Cheerios.
She really despised shadow week.
THE END
* IN CONSTRUCTION! *
PREVIOUS DAYS
[Cycle 1] [Cycle 2] [Cycle 3] [Cycle 4]
[Cycle 5] [Cycle 6] [Cycle 7] [Cycle 8]
[Cycle 9] [Cycle 10] [Cycle 11]
[Cycle 12]
[232] [233] [234] [235] [236]
[237] [238] [239] [240] [241]
[242] [243] [244] [245]
[ [246]]
Suggestion Drop Off
Title: "Me & My Shadow & Our Distractions"
Pairing: None; Sue & Puck
Rating: G
Summary: It's chaos at McKinley, for one day with the faculty and an assignment...
Spoilers: 117 Bad Reputation-ish